Caracterización económica-financiera de las empresas agroalimentarias. Un análisis comparado entre España y Portugal

El análisis de la información contable de las empresas es de vital importancia para diagnosticar la situación de un sector y para identificar problemas y definir estrategias. El objetivo de este trabajo es realizar una caracterización de las empresas agroalimentarias de España y Portugal en el periodo 1991-2006 a partir de los documentos contables que las empresas presentan voluntariamente a sus respectivos bancos centrales. La información se ha tomado de la base de datos BACH (Bank for the Accounts of Companies Harmonised) que contiene información contable armonizada de las empresas no financieras de 11 países europeos, Japón y Estados Unidos. Para estudiar las empresas agroalimentarias, se ha tomado información de las empresas incluidas en la clase DA, manufacturas de alimentos, bebidas y tabacos

Linguistic skills and the intergenerational transmission of language [WP]

We investigate the pattern of intergenerational transmission of language in a bilingual society. We consider the case of Catalonia, where the two main speech communities, Spanish and Catalan, are of similar sizes, both languages are official, and each one enjoys the protection of a different layer of government. However, whereas all native Catalan speakers are bilingual, only a fraction of native Spanish speakers are fully proficient in Catalan. In this environment, transmission decisions are far from trivial. We provide a simple theory showing that changing the costs of acquiring a second language affects language skills as well as the language parents speak to their children. Empirically, we exploit the natural experiment generated by a language-in-education reform that introduced Catalan–Spanish bilingualism at school to estimate the causal effects of language skills on intergenerational transmission. Results show that the increased proficiency in Catalan among native Spanish speakers induced by the reform augmented their propensity to speak Catalan to their offspring. The causal effect of the policyinduced increase in language proficiency on language transmission is not confounded by spurious trends, potential changes in language identity, and linguistically mixed partnership formation

A cow-calf farming system fully adapted to elevation and harsh conditions in Andorra (Europe)

The use of natural resources is an important topic to optimize the efficiency of cattle production. The purpose of this work is to describe the project of the Bruna d'Andorra; a local cow breed under an extensive cow-calf system in Andorra (Europe), as an example of local farming and marketing of its meat products in an area with adverse environmental conditions. This breed is located in Andorra, a microstate that consists predominantly of rugged mountains and harsh weather conditions. The cow-calf Bruna d'Andorra extensive system is thoroughly described and productive and reproductive performance, compiled over 21 years (2000-2020), has been analyzed by years with the Chi-square test or ANOVA to compare proportions or means, respectively, and regression analysis was used to decipher evolution across years. The results show a population with a census large and stable enough to avoid inbreeding. Moreover, a sustained improvement of the productive performance and maternal fitness has been observed along the studied period for Bruna d'Andorra. The work concludes that local breeds can achieve sustainable animal production, especially when farmers, public administration and commercial circuits in the area agree to cooperate on such projects. The study also concludes that the Bruna d'Andorra cow breed can still improve in meat and reproductive performance

Nou procés de priorització de les peticions dins el programa PADRIS i resposta urgent davant l’epidèmia de covid-19

PADRIS; Priorització de les peticions; Recerca biomèdicaPADRIS; Priorización de las peticiones; Investigación biomédicaPADRIS; Prioritization of requests; Biomedical researchEn el seu plantejament inicial, el programa PADRIS contemplava la creació d’un sistema per donar prioritat a certs estudis i, de fet, s’havia previst des de la seva concepció que es pogués implantar un procediment de priorització de les peticions en la segona fase del seu desplegament. L’objectiu d’aquest procediment de priorització, implementat per primer cop en la convocatòria de 2020, ha estat prioritzar les necessitats d’accés, anàlisi i elaboració de models fonamentades en la informació del Sistema de Salut de Catalunya que requereixen els estudis de recerca i innovació en salut a Catalunya