Jet Physics at the LHC in ALICE

The strong suppression of high-$p_T$ hadrons observed in heavy ion collisions at RHIC indicates the interaction of high energy partons with a dense colored medium prior to hadronization. We review the main results from the high-$p_T$ hadron analysis at RHIC and what they tell us about the medium. We then concentrate on the new possibilities that the wider kinematic range at the LHC will offer and how they will help us to better characterize the medium produced in these collisions.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures. To appear in the proceedings of Hot Quarks 2006, Villasimius, Italy, 15-20 May 200

Mainstreaming access and benefit sharing in agricultural Research and Development: a workshop for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in selected African countries and organizations

The workshop Mainstreaming access and benefit sharing in agricultural Research and Development: a workshop for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in selected African countries and organizations was held at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa from the 21st to the 24th of November 2022. The workshop was co-organized by the African Union Commission, ILRI and the CGIAR Genebank Initiative, and funded by the CGIAR Genebank Initiative. It brought together about 35 participants from national and international research organizations, regional and continental intergovernmental organizations, national ministries of environment and agriculture, private sector and farmers’ associations. The list of participants can be found in Annex 1 of this report. The objectives of the workshop were: • Raise awareness about the role of ABS in reaching pan-African objectives of sustainable agricultural development, food security and climate change adaptation. • Facilitate exchange of experiences in implementing ABS systems • Raise the profile of ABS procedures for reaching development objetives • Identify examples of how organizations have mainstreamed compliance with national ABS measures • Identify challenges for parties and brainstorm on potential solutions. • Exchange views on ABS for digital sequence information (DSI), taking into account practitioners’ actual use of DSI and ongoing international level consideration of the issue. • Initiate or strengthen dialogue between practitioners and national policy makers about guiding principles for mainstreaming ABS in agricultural research and development, • Advance the development of AUC template for material transfer agreement. • Advance on the consideration of ABS issues within concrete initiatives, including the Consortium Agreement on genomic reference resource for African cattle and the African Network of Animal Germplasm Biobanks The workshop agenda included the main following topics: - Setting the scene on ABS in Africa - ABS in agricultural research and development projects - Guiding principles for mainstreaming ABS in agricultural research and development - The African Union Commission template of Material Transfer Agreemen

Agrobiodiversity and integrated seed systems to improve smallholder livelihoods

Crop and tree diversity are essential to agriculture sustainability and food and nutrition security. The diversity of species and varieties that are available for farmers and the ways through which this diversity is made accessible to them depend on seed systems. But what must seed systems be like to enhance agrobiodiversity and smallholders’ livelihoods? Our authors take a look at the strengths and weaknesses of existing seed systems and experiences gained from a ten-year project in five countries on three continents

Vertical sleeve gastrectomy lowers SGLT2/Slc5a2 expression in the mouse kidney

Bariatric surgery improves glucose homeostasis but the underlying mechanisms are not fully elucidated. Here, we show that the expression of sodium glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2/Slc5a2) is reduced in the kidney of lean and obese mice following vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG). Indicating an important contribution of altered cotransporter expression to the impact of surgery, inactivation of the SGLT2/Slc5a2 gene by CRISPR/Cas9 attenuated the effects of VSG, with glucose excursions following intraperitoneal injection lowered by ∼30% in wild-type mice but by ∼20% in SGLT2 null animals. The effects of the SGLT2 inhibitor dapaglifozin were similarly blunted by surgery. Unexpectedly, effects of dapaglifozin were still observed in SGLT2 null mice, consistent with the existence of metabolically beneficial off-target effects of SGLT2 inhibitors. Thus, we describe a new mechanism involved in mediating the glucose lowering effects of bariatric surgery

Los factores psicosociales en el desempeño laboral de los trabajadores del sector retail: una revisión de la literatura científica entre los años 2010-2019

Las organizaciones pasan por diversos factores dentro del entro laboral como el estrés, la insatisfacción laboral, la falta de motivación, un pésimo clima y cultura laboral, entre otras, estos factores tienen la capacidad de afectar directamente al desempeño del trabajador y son reconocidas como factores psicosociales. Por esa razón, el objetivo de la revisión sistemática es conocer cuáles son las tendencias en el tratamiento de los factores psicosociales más empleados para mejorar el desempeño laboral en los trabajadores del sector retail, a partir del análisis de artículos científicos y doctorados de diversas bibliotecas virtuales como Scielo, Google académico, Dialnet y Redalyc. Los resultados de la investigación se basan a los aportes de los 20 documentos de investigación seleccionados, se aplicó los criterios de inclusión y exclusión tomando en cuenta documentos con una antigüedad máxima de 10 años. La conclusión a la que se llegó fue promover un buen clima y cultura organizacional a través de actividades recreativas entre los jefes y operarios. Además, implementar herramientas de escucha para los colaboradores, como: Un cuestionario que mida en qué nivel de riesgo se encuentra cada factor psicosocial; asesorías por parte del área de RR.HH, fomentar el PsyCap, implementar Test para medir la satisfacción laboral de cada trabajador y focus group. Toda esta información debe ser analizada y se deben de implementar estrategias para que la organización logre ser más competitiva y el desempeño laboral de los trabajadores mejore.Organizations go through various factors within the workplace such as stress, dissatisfaction, lack of motivation, a lousy climate and work culture, among others, these factors have the ability to directly affect the performance of the worker and are recognized as psychosocial factors . For this reason, the objective of the systematic review is to find out what are the trends in the treatment of the psychosocial factors most used to improve job performance in workers in the retail sector, based on the analysis of scientific articles and doctorates from various virtual libraries such as Scielo, Google academic, Dialnet and Redalyc. The research results are based on the contributions of the 20 selected research documents, the inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, taking into account the documents with a maximum age of 10 years. The conclusion that was reached was to promote a good climate and organizational culture through recreational activities among managers and operators. In addition, implement listening tools for collaborators, such as: A questionnaire that measures what level of risk each psychosocial factor is at; advice from the HR area on Mobbing, promote the PsyCap, implement a Test to measure the job satisfaction of each worker and focus group. All this information must be analyzed and strategies must be implemented so that the organization becomes more competitive and the work performance of the workers improves

Estructura de costo y productividad da las empresas productoras de banano; municipio de Aracataca, zona bananera del magdalena. 1994- 1997

Una de las actividades Económicas del país, de relevante importancia es la explotación bananera. El banano es el segundo producto agrícola que exporta Colombia; además, se considera como uno de los productos más apetecidos en los mercados de las Economías más desarrolladas. La industria del banano en el departamento del Magdalena, y en general los habitantes de esta región, todos ellos dependientes de dicha actividad que, en otrora, fueron rentable; y en la actualidad escasamente alcanzó para cubrir los costos de producción Este cultivo es el más innovador, y el de mayores avances tecnológicos. Es generador de mayor fuente de empleo, actualmente demanda dos empleados por hectáreas. Su efecto dinamizador parte del hecho de que en el proceso de producción y consumo de este producto están involucrados casi todos los sectores de la Economía, abarcando instituciones crediticias, productores, asalariados, fabricantes de insumos, etc. (Revista Económica Unimag, No 2: 1993, P. 67). La actividad bananera representa para el departamento un 35% de su PIB. 7 tradicionalmente la zona Bananera comprende el área plana de los municipios de Ciénaga y Aracataca, con una población aproximada de 150.000 habitantes. En el Magdalena hay alrededor de 1000 cultivadores de banano, con un total de 16.500 hectáreas en producción; de éstas solo quedan 13.500 hectáreas y siguen abandonándose y cerrándose fincas. (Tiempo Caribe: jueves 25 de septiembre de 1997; P3