Habitar corporal-mente el espacio como construcción de heterotopías

This work is based  on the analysis of the article by Bernhard Waldenfels entitled "Habitar corporalmente el espacio". It is an analysis that runs through each of its points treated: the here, the there, the space, the time, the interiority, the exteriority, the presence, the virtuality, the common and the strange to inquire into the essence of living in a thinking body, studied from the perspective of the heterotopies proposed by Michel Foucault and supported by the conception of being, inhabiting and building from Martin Heidegger. From these relationships between these three authors, it is concluded that inhabiting the space bodily constructs heterotopies and interstitial spaces where body and mind flow and converge.Este trabajo surge del análisis del articulo de Bernhard Waldenfels titulado “Habitar corporalmente el espacio”. Es un análisis que discurre por cada uno de sus puntos tratados: el aquí, el allá, el espacio, el tiempo, la interioridad, la exterioridad, la presencialidad, la virtualidad, lo común y lo extraño para indagar en la esencia del habitar de un cuerpo pensante, estudiado desde la perspectiva de las heterotopías propuesta por Michel Foucault y ayudado por la concepción del ser y el habitar y construir en Martín Heidegger. De estas relaciones entre estos tres autores, se concluye que el habitar corporalmente el espacio construye heterotopías y espacios intersticiales donde cuerpo y mente fluyen y confluyen

Lab-ller_va: Transformando la arquitectura desde las Proposiciones proyectuales

El lab-ller_VA, es el medio propicio que conjuga la experimentación del laboratorio con el lugar para la fusión del arte, la teoría y la práctica, conformando una atmósfera para el intercambio de in-formación que podría conducir hacia una re-in-formación del arte, el diseño y la arquitectura. Sus acciones de formación en el arte, el diseño y la arquitectura, discurren a través de ocho pro-posiciones, pero son las Pro-posiciones proyectuales, que mediante un método basado en el texto, despliega una serie de etapas que buscan abordar de manera compleja el desarrollo del proyecto arquitectónico pudiéndose extrapolar al Diseño y al Arte

Habitar corporal-mente el espacio como construcción de heterotopías

This work is based  on the analysis of the article by Bernhard Waldenfels entitled "Habitar corporalmente el espacio". It is an analysis that runs through each of its points treated: the here, the there, the space, the time, the interiority, the exteriority, the presence, the virtuality, the common and the strange to inquire into the essence of living in a thinking body, studied from the perspective of the heterotopies proposed by Michel Foucault and supported by the conception of being, inhabiting and building from Martin Heidegger. From these relationships between these three authors, it is concluded that inhabiting the space bodily constructs heterotopies and interstitial spaces where body and mind flow and converge.Este trabajo surge del análisis del articulo de Bernhard Waldenfels titulado “Habitar corporalmente el espacio”. Es un análisis que discurre por cada uno de sus puntos tratados: el aquí, el allá, el espacio, el tiempo, la interioridad, la exterioridad, la presencialidad, la virtualidad, lo común y lo extraño para indagar en la esencia del habitar de un cuerpo pensante, estudiado desde la perspectiva de las heterotopías propuesta por Michel Foucault y ayudado por la concepción del ser y el habitar y construir en Martín Heidegger. De estas relaciones entre estos tres autores, se concluye que el habitar corporalmente el espacio construye heterotopías y espacios intersticiales donde cuerpo y mente fluyen y confluyen

El cálculo de la conductividad térmica equivalente en la cubierta ecológica

Through the monitoring of an ecological roof located on the building of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos (ETSIA) of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), the thermal equivalent conductivity has been determined. An equation that establishes a relationship among the energetic balance of a vegetable coverage in a natural environment, and the energetic balance of an ecological cover on a roof has been formulated. Three important factors have been taken into account: the quantities of absorbed, reflected, transmitted, evapotranpirated and used in the photosynthesis process solar radiation; the convective heat flow within the vegetable layer; and the conductivity heat flow. Through this process, an equation for the calculus of the thermal equivalent conductivity of the ecological roof was obtained. The result (0,12 W/m ºC) was evaluated and compared with those obtained through the essay of a sample of the same parcel carried out in the materials laboratory of the Ministerio de Fomento de España.A través del monitoreo de una cubierta ecológica ubicada sobre el forjado de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos (ETSIA) de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), España, se ha determinado la conductividad térmica equivalente. Para esto se ha formulado una ecuación que establece una relación entre el balance energético de una cobertura vegetal en un medio natural y el balance energético de una cubierta ecológica sobre una edificación. Se han tomado en cuenta la radiación solar absorbida, reflejada, transmitida, evapotranspirada y utilizada en el proceso de fotosíntesis; el flujo de calor convectivo dentro de la capa vegetal; y las transferencias de calor por conducción. Es así entonces como se obtiene una ecuación para el cálculo de la conductividad térmica equivalente de la cubierta ecológica, cuyo resultado (0,12 W/m ºC) ha sido evaluado y comparado con los obtenidos a través del ensayo de una muestra de la misma parcela realizado en el laboratorio de materiales del Ministerio de Fomento de España.A través del monitoreo de una cubierta ecológica ubicada sobre el forjado de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos (ETSIA) de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), España, se ha determinado la conductividad térmica equivalente. Para esto se ha formulado una ecuación que establece una relación entre el balance energético de una cobertura vegetal en un medio natural y el balance energético de una cubierta ecológica sobre una edificación. Se han tomado en cuenta la radiación solar absorbida, reflejada, transmitida, evapotranspirada y utilizada en el proceso de fotosíntesis; el flujo de calor convectivo dentro de la capa vegetal; y las transferencias de calor por conducción. Es así entonces como se obtiene una ecuación para el cálculo de la conductividad térmica equivalente de la cubierta ecológica, cuyo resultado (0,12 W/m ºC) ha sido evaluado y comparado con los obtenidos a través del ensayo de una muestra de la misma parcela realizado en el laboratorio de materiales del Ministerio de Fomento de España

Hydrological response of a dryland ephemeral river to southern African climatic variability during the last millennium

12 páginas, 6 figuras, 2 tablas.-- El PDF del artículo esta en su versión post print.A long-term flood record from the Buffels River, the largest ephemeral river of NW South Africa (9250 km2), was reconstructed based on interpretation of palaeoflood, documentary and instrumental rainfall data. Palaeoflood data were obtained at three study reaches, with preserved sedimentary evidence indicating at least 25 large floods during the last 700 yr. Geochronological control for the palaeoflood record was provided by radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating. Annual resolution was obtained since the 19th century using the overlapping documentary and instrumental records. Large floods coincided in the past within three main hydroclimatic settings: (1) periods of regular large flood occurrence (1 large flood/~30 yr) under wetter and cooler prevailing climatic conditions (AD 1600–1800), (2) decreasing occurrence of large floods (1 large flood/~100 yr) during warmer conditions (e.g., AD 1425–1600 and after 1925), and (3) periods of high frequency of large floods (~ 4–5 large floods in 20–30 yr) coinciding with wetter conditions of decadal duration, namely at AD 1390–1425, 1800–1825 and 1915–1925. These decadal-scale periods of the highest flood frequency seem to correspond in time with changes in atmospheric circulation patterns, as inferred when comparing their onset and distribution with temperature proxies in southern Africa.The study was funded by the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission through the project “FloodWater recharge of alluvial Aquifers in Dryland Environments”, WADE Project (contract no. GOCE-CT-2003-506680).Peer reviewe

La casa de Alicia en el país de las maravillas: la casa del SER en su contexto

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The Science-Policy-Stakeholder interface in land- and water-use interactions

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Measuring Spinal Mobility Using an Inertial Measurement Unit System: A Validation Study in Axial Spondyloarthritis

Portable inertial measurement units (IMUs) are beginning to be used in human motion analysis. These devices can be useful for the evaluation of spinal mobility in individuals with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). The objectives of this study were to assess (a) concurrent criterion validity in individuals with axSpA by comparing spinal mobility measured by an IMU sensor-based system vs. optical motion capture as the reference standard; (b) discriminant validity comparing mobility with healthy volunteers; (c) construct validity by comparing mobility results with relevant outcome measures. A total of 70 participants with axSpA and 20 healthy controls were included. Individuals with axSpA completed function and activity questionnaires, and their mobility was measured using conventional metrology for axSpA, an optical motion capture system, and an IMU sensor-based system. The UCOASMI, a metrology index based on measures obtained by motion capture, and the IUCOASMI, the same index using IMU measures, were also calculated. Descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted to show the relationships between outcome measures. There was excellent agreement (ICC > 0.90) between both systems and a significant correlation between the IUCOASMI and conventional metrology (r = 0.91), activity (r = 0.40), function (r = 0.62), quality of life (r = 0.55) and structural change (r = 0.76). This study demonstrates the validity of an IMU system to evaluate spinal mobility in axSpA. These systems are more feasible than optical motion capture systems, and they could be useful in clinical practice

Nuclear astrophysics with radioactive ions at FAIR

R. Reifarth et al: ; 12 págs.; 9 figs.; Open Access funded by Creative Commons Atribution Licence 3.0 ; Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics VI (NPA6)The nucleosynthesis of elements beyond iron is dominated by neutron captures in the s and r processes. However, 32 stable, proton-rich isotopes cannot be formed during those processes, because they are shielded from the s-process ow and r-process -decay chains. These nuclei are attributed to the p and rp process. For all those processes, current research in nuclear astrophysics addresses the need for more precise reaction data involving radioactive isotopes. Depending on the particular reaction, direct or inverse kinematics, forward or time-reversed direction are investigated to determine or at least to constrain the desired reaction cross sections. The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) will oer unique, unprecedented opportunities to investigate many of the important reactions. The high yield of radioactive isotopes, even far away from the valley of stability, allows the investigation of isotopes involved in processes as exotic as the r or rp processes.This project was supported by the HGF Young Investigators Project VH-NG-327, EMMI, H4F, HGS-HIRe, JINA, NAVI, DFG and ATHENA.Peer Reviewe

A chemical survey of exoplanets with ARIEL

Thousands of exoplanets have now been discovered with a huge range of masses, sizes and orbits: from rocky Earth-like planets to large gas giants grazing the surface of their host star. However, the essential nature of these exoplanets remains largely mysterious: there is no known, discernible pattern linking the presence, size, or orbital parameters of a planet to the nature of its parent star. We have little idea whether the chemistry of a planet is linked to its formation environment, or whether the type of host star drives the physics and chemistry of the planet’s birth, and evolution. ARIEL was conceived to observe a large number (~1000) of transiting planets for statistical understanding, including gas giants, Neptunes, super-Earths and Earth-size planets around a range of host star types using transit spectroscopy in the 1.25–7.8 μm spectral range and multiple narrow-band photometry in the optical. ARIEL will focus on warm and hot planets to take advantage of their well-mixed atmospheres which should show minimal condensation and sequestration of high-Z materials compared to their colder Solar System siblings. Said warm and hot atmospheres are expected to be more representative of the planetary bulk composition. Observations of these warm/hot exoplanets, and in particular of their elemental composition (especially C, O, N, S, Si), will allow the understanding of the early stages of planetary and atmospheric formation during the nebular phase and the following few million years. ARIEL will thus provide a representative picture of the chemical nature of the exoplanets and relate this directly to the type and chemical environment of the host star. ARIEL is designed as a dedicated survey mission for combined-light spectroscopy, capable of observing a large and well-defined planet sample within its 4-year mission lifetime. Transit, eclipse and phase-curve spectroscopy methods, whereby the signal from the star and planet are differentiated using knowledge of the planetary ephemerides, allow us to measure atmospheric signals from the planet at levels of 10–100 part per million (ppm) relative to the star and, given the bright nature of targets, also allows more sophisticated techniques, such as eclipse mapping, to give a deeper insight into the nature of the atmosphere. These types of observations require a stable payload and satellite platform with broad, instantaneous wavelength coverage to detect many molecular species, probe the thermal structure, identify clouds and monitor the stellar activity. The wavelength range proposed covers all the expected major atmospheric gases from e.g. H2O, CO2, CH4 NH3, HCN, H2S through to the more exotic metallic compounds, such as TiO, VO, and condensed species. Simulations of ARIEL performance in conducting exoplanet surveys have been performed – using conservative estimates of mission performance and a full model of all significant noise sources in the measurement – using a list of potential ARIEL targets that incorporates the latest available exoplanet statistics. The conclusion at the end of the Phase A study, is that ARIEL – in line with the stated mission objectives – will be able to observe about 1000 exoplanets depending on the details of the adopted survey strategy, thus confirming the feasibility of the main science objectives.Peer reviewedFinal Published versio