FDI another day: Russian reliance on European investment. Bruegel Policy Contribution Issue n˚3 | February 2020

Most foreign direct investment into Russia originates in the European Union: European investors own between 55 percent and 75 percent of Russian FDI stock. This points to a Russian dependence on European investment, making the EU paramount for Russian medium-term growth. Even if we consider ‘phantom’ FDI that transits through Europe, the EU remains the primary investor in Russia. Most phantom FDI into Russia is believed to originate from Russia itself and thus is by construction not foreign

THE STATE OF CHINA-EUROPEAN UNION ECONOMIC RELATIONS. Bruegel Working Paper Issue 09 20 November 2019

China and the European Union have an extensive and growing economic relationship. The relationship is problematic because of the distortions caused by China’s state capitalist system and the diversity of interests within the EU’s incomplete federation. More can be done to capture the untapped trade and investment opportunities that exist between the parties. China’s size and dynamism, and its recent shift from an export-led to a domesticdemand- led growth model, mean that these opportunities are likely to grow with time. As the Chinese economy matures, provided appropriate policy steps are taken, it is likely to become a less disruptive force in world markets than during its extraordinary breakout period

From climate change to cyber-attacks: incipient financial-stability risks for the euro area. Bruegel Policy Contribution Issue n˚2 | February 2020

The European Central Bank’s November 2019 Financial Stability Review highlighted the risks to growth in an environment of global uncertainty. It also discusses sovereign-debt concerns in case interest rates increase, and risks arising from household and corporate debt. It assesses the risks from a possible overvaluation of asset prices, and evaluates risks within the banking and non-banking system, and climate risks. On the whole, the ECB report is comprehensive and covers the main risks to euro-area financial stability. However, some issues deserve more attention. • First, the assessment of risks in the housing market should be more nuanced. Current housing markets relative to those pre-crisis seem to be far less driven by mortgage credit, and the size of the construction sector has not increased. This is possibly good news for financial stability because a house price correction would transmit less into mortgage defaults and corrections to economic activity. • Second, there should be greater emphasis on changes in market expectations of interest rates, which can have substantial effects on asset prices. This could be particularly relevant if interest rate changes are not driven by real-economy developments. • Third, the financial system relies on a safe asset as a reference. We show that the supply of safe sovereign assets in the euro area has fallen dramatically, driven by deteriorating sovereign credit ratings and reduced supplies of bonds from the safest countries. More safe assets would support financial stability. • Fourth, though climate risks to financial stability must be taken seriously, risk weights on green assets should not be reduced since they still contain normal financial stability risks. Instead, risk weights for brown assets should be increased. • Fifth, the ECB does not consider cybersecurity and hybrid threats in its assessment. These threats are significant risks for financial institutions and at the more systemic level. • Policies to address financial-stability concerns include macroprudential measures. In this respect, we discover discrepancies between EU countries: countries with the same levels of house-price overvaluation have adopted very different macroprudential measures. Some countries might thus have done too much, while others have done too little. • When it comes to preventing the next recession or reducing its impact, we argue that EU policymakers need to be better prepared to use discretionary fiscal policy earlier and more forcefully, in particular because the ability of monetary authorities to react to the next cyclical downturn is very limited

Evaluación del rendimiento del servicio de videostreaming adaptativo en redes inalámbricas

YouTube Live is one of the most popular services on the Internet, enabling an easy streaming of a live video with acceptable video quality. Thus, understanding user´s perception of this service is of the utmost importance for network operators. The image Quality delivered and user videoplayback behavior on YouTube Live streaming are important keys to ensure an adequate Quality of Experience (QoE). In this paper, an analytical model, and stacked Bar Graph to estimate the QoE for encrypted YouTube Live service from packet-level data collected in the interfaces of a wireless network is presented. The inputs to the model are Transport Control Protocol (TCP)/Internet Protocol (IP) metrics, from which two Service Key Performance Indicators (S-KPIs) are estimated, namely video quality level (itag) and, videoplayback connection ratio. The model is developed with an experimental platform, consisting of a user terminal agent, a WiFi wireless network, a network-level emulator, a Mitmproxy and a probe software. Model assessment is carried out by comparing S-KPI estimates with measurements from the terminal agent under different network conditions introduced by the network emulator.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Proyecto TEC2015-69982-R, UNMA13-1E-1864), y FEDER

Trabajar por proyectos en Educación Infantil

Treball Final de Grau en Mestre o Mestra d'Educació Infantil. Codi: MI1040. Curs acadèmic 2015-2016En el presente Trabajo de Final de Grado nos adentraremos en cómo se desarrolla el trabajo por proyectos en las aulas de Educación Infantil, con el fin de llegar a cómo se debería trabajar de forma correcta con esta metodología. El punto de partida con el que nos encontramos es que en los colegios actualmente se trabaja por proyectos, ya sea por moda o porque realmente los docentes creen que es una gran metodología con la que despertar el interés de su alumnado. El problema encontrado son los llamados “trabajo por proyectos de libro”; el dilema de si hay que trabajar por proyectos a todas horas, solo en algunos momentos o unos pocos días a la semana o incluso la duda de cuándo finalizar un proyecto. Mediante la comparación de las experiencias en las asignaturas “Practicum I” y “Practicum II”, en las cuales se ha utilizado la metodología de trabajo por proyectos de una forma totalmente diferente entre sí, y mediante respaldo teórico y bibliográfico, se investiga cómo se debe realmente trabajar por proyectos. Es decir, se compara el marco teórico con la realidad observada y vivida; se problematiza la realidad, en busca de unos resultados que sean verdaderamente útiles. Todo ello nos conduce, finalmente, a una crítica del trabajo observado y realizado en aulas de Educación Infantil bajo la perspectiva del trabajo por proyectos, que engloba el constructivismo y el trabajo cooperativo, y a su consiguiente propuesta pedagógica, respaldada por un marco teórico para tratar de aprovechar todo el potencial que esta metodología nos ofrece

Modelos experimentales de Kindling para el estudio de la Epilepsia

Fac. de FarmaciaTRUEunpu

La esposa dominante en tres cuentos de Clarín: un arquetipo de mujer que amenaza la paz masculina

Este artículo estudia el arquetipo de la esposa dominante en tres protagonistas clarinianas: doña Ninfa Los bañistas (cuadros al fresco)—, doña Paz —Novela realista— y doña Quirotecas —Los sábados de doña Quirotecas (cuadros de la anarquía de las letras) . Además de dominar en el hogar, Clarín retrata en ellas a la mujer de gran fortaleza física y, en algún caso, a la fémina trabajadora y erudita despreocupada de la maternidad. El objeto es analizar cómo, a través de este estereotipo, se perfila a la «nueva Eva»: la fémina que, en la segunda mitad del XIX, fue reivindicando paulatinamente su propia identidad al rebelarse contra el discurso de la domesticidad (ideal del ángel del hogar), constituyendo, así, una amenaza para el hombre y, en último extremo, para el «correcto» funcionamiento social.This article examines the archetype of the dominant wife in three Clarín´s heroines: doña Ninfa Los bañistas (cuadros al fresco)—, doña Paz —Novela realista— and doña Quirotecas —Los sábados de doña Quirotecas (cuadros de la anarquía de las letras) . Clarín portrays not only the dominant woman at home, but also the physically strong female and the hardworking and erudite woman, who doesn´t worry about being mother. Our purpose is to study how Clarín represents the «new Eve» through this stereotype: female who was claiming her own identity in the second half of the nineteenth century by rebelling against the speech of domesticity (ideal of ángel del hogar). So she became a threat to man and the «right» social functioning, ultimately

Medidas para un espacio público en transformación: metodología para la evaluación de las actuaciones urbanas del programa La Ciudad Amable en Andalucía 2013/15

Este artículo es parte de una tesis doctoral en proceso cuyo objetivo es evaluar la iniciativa sobre política de espacio público de la Junta de Andalucía llamada La Ciudad Amable. Este es un programa piloto que pretende sensibilizar, formar e intervenir en el espacio público y la movilidad urbana. A la vez, este programa propone un cambio en las políticas de espacio público actuando en la ciudad consolidada e incorporando en el debate cuestiones como la movilidad sostenible y la participación ciudadana. La metodología elegida para evaluar la eficiencia y eficacia de las 52 intervenciones llevadas a cabo dentro del programa La Ciudad Amable en su primera etapa piloto es la evaluación de procesos. Este tipo de evaluación permite identificar la medidas y procedimientos puestos en marcha en cada intervención así como desarrollar y comprender los elementos clave y las barreras que pueden afectar en su proceso de implementaciónThe following paper is part of a doctoral thesis still in progress whose aim is to evaluate the public space policy initiative of the Regional Government of Andalusia called The Friendly City. It is piloting program which seeks to raise awareness, deliver training and intervention in public spaces and urban mobility. This program proposes a change in the current public space policies by working in the already consolidated city and incorporating sustainable mobility and citizen participation in the urban debate. Process evaluation is the methodology chosen to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the 52 interventions carried out by The Friendly City program in its initial piloting year. This type of evaluation allows us to identify the measures and procedures used in each intervention as well as to develop an understanding of the driving factors and the barriers affecting the overall success of their implementation

From Manuscript to Print Culture: a Study of Thomas Wyatt's Sonnets

Universidad de Sevilla. Grado en Estudios Inglese

Experiencia y reflexiones acerca de la protección de menores en el Reino Unido

This article expresses some of my experiences as a social worker in the United Kingdom. In this paper, I will explore the way this field and its professionals are viewed in this specific context, before examining certain aspects of social intervention and the day to day job of a social worker, specifically in the field of child protection. While this article does not try to be a generalization about social intervention in the United Kingdom, it attempts to give an example and open ideas of reflection around the social construction and dynamics around social work and its praxis in the particular field of child protection.Este artículo narra algunas de mis experiencias como trabajadora social en el Reino Unido. Abordaré la visión que en este contexto se tiene de esta profesión y de sus profesionales, como punto de partida para la reflexión acerca de aspectos concretos en la intervención social y el día a día de una trabajadora social, en un campo tan especifico como es el de la protección de menores. El artículo no pretende ser una generalización acerca de la intervención social en el Reino Unido, sino que pretende poner un ejemplo y abrir campos de reflexión acerca de las construcciones sociales y dinámicas que se generan sobre el Trabajo Social y su praxis en un campo tan particular como es el de la protección de menores