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Sport as a privilege in Spain
The reduction of Physical Education hours in the Spanish curriculum originates from a false premise: families are already aware of the importance of physical activity, and attempt to compensate for the lack of it at school with an extra schedule. It seems then, that there is an assumption that classes that are available after school are only related to physical activity: this is not the case. Furthermore, only those families that are fully aware of the consequences of their childrenâs inactivity, and who can (and want to) invest in those extra classes and engage in some kind of physical activity after school. But the reality is that Physical activity only is important for some families
An investigation into the fertilizer particle dynamics off-the-disc
The particle size range specifications for two biosolids-derived organomineral fertilizers (OMF) known as OMF10 (10:4:4) and OMF15 (15:4:4) were established. Such specifications will enable field application of OMF with spinning disc systems using conventional tramlines spacing. A theoretical model was developed, which predicts the trajectory of individual fertilizer particles off-the-disc. The drag coefficient (Cd) was estimated for small time steps (10-6 s) in the trajectory of the particle as a function of the Reynolds number. For the range of initial velocities (20 to 40 m s-1), release angles (0Ă° to 10Ă°) and particle densities (1000 to 2000 kg m-3) investigated, the analysis showed that OMF10 and OMF15 need to have particle diameters between 1.10 and 5.80 mm, and between 1.05 and 5.50 mm, respectively, to provide similar spreading performance to urea with particle size range of 1.00 to 5.25 mm in diameter. OMF10 and OMF15 should have 80% (by weight) of particles between 2.65 and 4.30 mm, and between 2.55 and 4.10 mm, respectively. Due to the physical properties of the material, disc designs and settings that enable working at a specified bout width by providing a small upward particle trajectory angle (e.g., 10Ă°) are preferred to high rotational velocities. However, field application of OMF with spinning discs applicators may be restricted to tramlines spaced at a maximum of 24 m; particularly, when some degree of overlapping is required between two adjacent bouts. The performance of granular fertilizers can be predicted based on properties of the material, such as particle density and size range, using the contour plots developed in this study
The Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey. V. Statistical study of bars and buckled bars
Simulations have shown that bars are subject to a vertical buckling
instability that transforms thin bars into boxy or peanut-shaped structures,
but the physical conditions necessary for buckling to occur are not fully
understood. We use the large sample of local disk galaxies in the
Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey to examine the incidence of bars and buckled bars
across the Hubble sequence. Depending on the disk inclination angle (), a
buckled bar reveals itself as either a boxy/peanut-shaped bulge (at high )
or as a barlens structure (at low ). We visually identify bars,
boxy/peanut-shaped bulges, and barlenses, and examine the dependence of bar and
buckled bar fractions on host galaxy properties, including Hubble type, stellar
mass, color, and gas mass fraction. We find that the barred and unbarred disks
show similar distributions in these physical parameters. The bar fraction is
higher (70\%--80\%) in late-type disks with low stellar mass () and high gas mass ratio. In contrast, the buckled bar
fraction increases to 80\% toward massive and early-type disks (), and decreases with higher gas mass ratio. These
results suggest that bars are more difficult to grow in massive disks that are
dynamically hotter than low-mass disks. However, once a bar forms, it can
easily buckle in the massive disks, where a deeper potential can sustain the
vertical resonant orbits. We also find a probable buckling bar candidate (ESO
506G004) that could provide further clues to understand the timescale of the
buckling process.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in The
Astrophysical Journa
Ichthyological ecoregions of Argentina
The Argentine Republic is situated in the southernmost portion of the American continent, occupying over 2,785,600 km2 not including the Antarctic territory. The country ranges from subtropical areas (21Âș46âS) to subantarctic regions (55Âș03âS), extending latitudinally over about 4,000 km. It possesses significant latitudinal and altitudinal variation (33Âș of latitudinal range, and heights from Bajo de San JuliĂĄn in Santa Cruz province at 105 m below sea level, up to Mt. Aconcagua, 6,959 m over sea level), as well as two gradients of physical variability, extending in north-south and east-west directions. Owing to these features, the country presents a wide range of climates and soil types, being one of the countries with greatest diversity of biogeographical units (Lean et al., 1990, In: Bertonatti & Corcuera, 2000).
There are four main hydrographic systems: RĂo de la Plata basin, the Atlantic and Pacific drainages, and several endorrheic systems. Within these basins, the ichthyofaunistic assemblage is well represented, with different magnitude in accordance with the different taxonomic groupings and regions considered.
From an ichthyogeographic standpoint, and according to the works of Ringuelet (1975) and Arratia et al. (1983), Argentina is included in the Brasilic and Austral Subregions. The first of these is represented by two domains: the Andean Domain, comprising the southernmost portion of Titicaca Province, and the Paranensean Domain, including part of Alto ParanĂĄ and Paranoplatensean Provinces. The Austral Subregion is represented in Argentina by the Subandean-Cuyan and Patagonian Provinces.
The present survey indicates that there are about 441 fish species in Argentina, distributed throughout the country; this number represents less than 10% of the total fish species occurring in the Neotropical Region. There is a recognizable trend of faunal impoverishment, both in North-South and East-West direction, reaching its maximum expression in the provinces of Tierra del Fuego (situated at approximately 52Âș30âS to 55ÂșS, and 65ÂșS to 68Âș50âW) and San Juan (approximately 28Âș50âS and 67ÂșW to 70Âș45âW), which have 4 and 5 fish species respectively. In north-south direction, one of the regional indicators of this phenomenon is the Salado river basin in Buenos Aires province, which constitutes the southern distributional boundary for the majority of the paranoplatensean ichthyofauna; 12 of the families occurring in the ParanĂĄ-Plata system are absent from this pauperized paranensean ichthyofaunal assemblage.
Most of the continental fish fauna of Argentina belongs to the primary division of Myers (1949), while some elements are included in the secondary division and others in an amphibiotic or âmarine penetrationâ category. This ichthyofaunistic scope encompasses a wide range of morphological, biological, ecological and ethological types (benthic and pelagic, migrating and sedentary, haematophagous or parasites, annual species, inhabitants of plains or heights, estivation-adapted, etc.) inhabiting different regions within the national territory
Continuous Charge Modulated Diagonal Phase in Manganites
We present a novel ground state that explain the continuous modulated charge
diagonal order recently observed in manganese oxides, at hole densities
larger than one half. In this diagonal phase the charge is modulated with a
predominant Fourier component inversely proportional to . Magnetically
this state consist of antiferromagnetic coupled zig-zag chains. For a wide
range of relevant physical parameters as electron-phonon coupling,
antiferromagnetic interaction between Mn ions and on-site Coulomb repulsion,
the diagonal phase is the ground state of the system. The diagonal phase is
favored by the modulation of the hopping amplitude along the zig-zag chains,
and it is stabilized with respect to the one dimensional straight chain by the
electron phonon coupling. For realistic estimation of the physical parameters,
the diagonal modulation of the electron density is only a small fraction of the
average charge, a modulation much smaller than the obtained by distributing
Mn and Mn ions. We discuss also the spin and orbital structure
properties of this new diagonal phase.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures include
The inhomogeneous Suslov problem
We consider the Suslov problem of nonholonomic rigid body motion with
inhomogeneous constraints. We show that if the direction along which the Suslov
constraint is enforced is perpendicular to a principal axis of inertia of the
body, then the reduced equations are integrable and, in the generic case,
possess a smooth invariant measure. Interestingly, in this generic case, the
first integral that permits integration is transcendental and the density of
the invariant measure depends on the angular velocities. We also study the
Painlev\'e property of the solutions.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure
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