Sustainable landscape in arid zones : useful ornamental xeric species

Se analiza el valor económico, ecológico y paisajístico de especies vegetales, pertenecientes a la flora espontánea de Mendoza (Argentina), resistentes a la sequía y que pueden alcanzar porte arbóreo. Su empleo ahorra agua de riego en espacios verdes ornamentales y de protección ambiental. Se sugiere medidas de conservación de las especies espontáneas más útiles paisajísticamente, así como normas generales sobre métodos de plantación y mantenimiento. Se recomiendan especies leñosas espontáneas de la provincia, de bajo requerimiento hídrico, utilizables paisajísticamente.This paper analyzes the economic, ecological and landscape value of drought resistant species from the spontaneous flora of Mendoza (Argentina). Some of such species could reach tree size and its use might save the irrigation water used for ornamental and environmental protection areas. Actions to protect the most useful spontaneous species, as well as general rules for plantation and maintenance are suggested. Spontaneous wooden species of low water requirements, to use in different landscape objectives, are recommended.Fil: Codina, Ramón A.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Producción AgropecuariaFil: Manzano, Enrique R.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Producción AgropecuariaFil: Carrieri, Sergio A.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Producción AgropecuariaFil: Fioretti, Sonia B.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Producción Agropecuari

Environmental value calculus of the frontal urban gardens. : Mendoza (Argentina)

Los espacios verdes y, en general, la vegetación que cumple funciones estéticas y de protección ambiental son valorados, medidos y calculados por el área destinada al cultivo, en lugar de basar los cálculos en los elementos vegetales constitutivos. Esto significa una simplificación excesiva de la valoración de la vegetación (actual o proyectada) que no aporta criterios de cuantificación valorativa necesarios, actualmente, tanto para preservar vegetación existente como para políticas de desarrollo urbano y proyectos de ingeniería del mejoramiento ambiental. En el presente trabajo se propone aplicar a la valoración de los jardines frontales urbanos de la ciudad de Mendoza una metodología cuantitativa desarrollada por R. Codina et al., que se apoya en un concepto nuevo que es su influencia como mejoradores ambientales. La ecuación de cálculo se integra con índices de valoración como el Índice de Vegetación Ambientalmente Activa y el Índice Ambiental Urbanístico, que permiten cuantificar la importancia urbanística y ambiental de la vegetación. También se propone una base para implementar una política de incentivo de los jardines frontales mediante la disminución del avalúo valor terreno del impuesto inmobiliario, en una escala progresiva según el Índice Ambiental Urbanístico de cada propiedad, tendiente a la transformación de la ciudad en una ciudad-jardín, mejorando la calidad de vida y el atractivo turístico urbano.The green spaces and in general, the vegetation used for aesthetics and environmental protection are valuated, measured and calculated through the area destinated to the cultivation instead of calculus based in the component vegetal elements. This means an excessive simplification in the vegetal valoration (current or projected) that not contribute with cuantitative valoration criterion, which are needed today in preservation of existent vegetation, urban development policies and in engineering projects of environmental improvement. This work proposes the application to the frontal urbans gardens in Mendoza city, of a cuantitative metodology developed by R. Codina et al., which is based in a new concept, it influences as environmental improvement. The calculus equation is to be composed of valoration indexes as the Environmental Active Vegetation Index and the Urbanistic Environmental Index, that allow the cuantification of the urbanistic and environmental importance of vegetation. Also is proposed a base for the implementation of an incentive policy of the frontals urban gardens through the diminution of the real estate tax land appraisal, in a progressive scale according the Urbanistic Environmental Index of each property, tending to transformation the city in a garden-city, to improve the life´s quality and the urban touristic charm.Fil: Codina, Ramón A.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Producción AgropecuariaFil: Passera, Carlos B.. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (México). Facultad de Ciencias BiológicasFil: Naranjo, Gabriela. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Producción AgropecuariaFil: Carrieri, Sergio A.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Producción AgropecuariaFil: Fioretti, Sonia B.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Producción AgropecuariaFil: Manzano, Enrique R.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Producción Agropecuari

LEARNING ACTIVITIES WITH LEGO ROBOTICS EV3

From May 8th to 12th, 2017 the Taccle 3 training course “Teaching coding to children” (http://www.taccle3.eu/en/tallinn-training-course-guide/) was held in Tallin (Estonia), which will focus on introducing programming in primary schools and teaching children how to code. The training has been designed by the Taccle 3 project partners. The training course aimed to develop your own coding competences and also the competences to teach coding to children from 3 to 14 years. There were five training days during which we learned together, in order to: Describe the key principles of coding; Describe the basics of computational thinking; Use appropriate terminology; Build on activities teachers and children already do; Measure progression, differentiate lessons and assess what children have learned; Link the curriculum to the Taccle3 website. The final activity developed by these participants was related to use Lego Robotics EV3 in learning activities

The visual resourses in the territorial arrangement : I- Potrerillos (Mendoza, Argentina)

Se presenta la primera etapa del relevamiento de los recursos paisajísticos de la provincia de Mendoza, con el ajuste metodológico efectuado mediante una prueba piloto desarrollada sobre la Ruta Nac. N° 7, desde el Acceso sur en Luján de Cuyo (límite este) hasta Potrerillos inclusive (límite oeste). Los límites norte y sur están abarcados por el horizonte observable desde la ruta que atraviesa el área en sentido este-oeste. Se seleccionaron los puntos representativos mediante dos tipos de muestreo: sistemático y discrecional. En base a la catalogación de los recursos visuales se diseña una zonificación referencial general con miras al ordenamiento territorial y uso del suelo en distintas actividades de desarrollo futuro: turístico, reservas, residencial, agrícola, industrial. Se valora la calidad estética del paisaje aplicando, además, índices valorativos de la vulnerabilidad de los espacios a las actividades humanas (Índice de Naturalidad e Índice de Fragilidad), para obtener valores de la Calidad Visual Vulnerable del paisaje. Estos valores se grafican en planos que representan las distintas calidades alcanzadas y se complementa con una descripción de los puntos analizados, recomendaciones para el mejoramiento paisajístico a través de introducción o conducción de vegetación y fotografías documentales de las vistas analizadas.This paper presents the first stage of the inventory of visual or landscape resources of the province of Mendoza. The metodological adjustment was done in an area of the high basin of Mendoza river, along the route n° 7, from the South Access in Luján of Cuyo, to Potrerillos, as limits east and west. The observable horizons from the route crossing the area in east-west direction, are the nort and south limits. Representative points were chosen across these limits by means of sistematic and discretional sampling. By the cataloguing of the visual resources, a general reference zonification is designed for territorial arrangement and use of land in future development and activities such as touristic, reserves, residencial, agricultural, industrial. The landscape aesthetic quality is evaluated, applying in addition, vulnerability valoration indexes of the spaces to the human activities (Naturalness index and Fragility index) to achieve Landscape Vulnerable Visual Quality values. These values are plotted in charts that represents the different achieved qualities and are complemented with a description of analized points, recomendations for the lanscape improvements through vegetable introduction and management, and documental pictures of analized views.Fil: Codina, Ramón A.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Producción AgropecuariaFil: Manzano, Enrique R.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Producción AgropecuariaFil: Day, Mario.Fil: Passera, Carlos B.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Ciencias BiológicasFil: Fioretti, Sonia B.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Producción AgropecuariaFil: Carrieri, Sergio A.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Producción AgropecuariaFil: Cappe, Osvaldo Emilio. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Ingeniería Agrícol

Parabolic stable surfaces with constant mean curvature

We prove that if u is a bounded smooth function in the kernel of a nonnegative Schrodinger operator $-L=-(\Delta +q)$ on a parabolic Riemannian manifold M, then u is either identically zero or it has no zeros on M, and the linear space of such functions is 1-dimensional. We obtain consequences for orientable, complete stable surfaces with constant mean curvature $H\in\mathbb{R}$ in homogeneous spaces $\mathbb{E}(\kappa,\tau)$ with four dimensional isometry group. For instance, if M is an orientable, parabolic, complete immersed surface with constant mean curvature H in $\mathbb{H}^2\times\mathbb{R}$, then $|H|\leq 1/2$ and if equality holds, then M is either an entire graph or a vertical horocylinder.Comment: 15 pages, 1 figure. Minor changes have been incorporated (exchange finite capacity by parabolicity, and simplify the proof of Theorem 1)

Detection and quantification of classic and emerging viruses by skimmed-milk flocculation and PCR in river water from two geographical areas

Molecular techniques and virus concentration methods have shown that previously unknown viruses are shed by humans and animals, and may be transmitted by sewage-contaminated water. In the present study, river water from urban areas in Barcelona, Spain and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were analyzed to evaluate the dissemination of human viruses, while simultaneously optimizing and validating a low-cost concentration method for virus quantification in fresh water. The following three viral groups were analyzed. (i) Recently described viruses: klassevirus (KV), asfarvirus-like virus (ASFLV), and the polyomaviruses Merkel cell, KI and WU (MCPyV/KIPyV/WUPyV). (ii) Gastroenteritis agents: noroviruses (NoV) and rotaviruses (RV). (iii) Human fecal viral indicators in water: human adenoviruses (HAdV) and JC polyomaviruses (JCPyV). Virus detection was based on nested and quantitative PCR assays. Nested PCR assays were developed for KV and ASFLV. The method applied for virus concentration in water samples was a one-step procedure based on a skimmed milk flocculation procedure described previously for seawater. Using spiked river water samples, inter- and intra-laboratory assays showed a viral recovery rate of about 50% for HAdV, JCPyV, NoV and RV with a coefficient of variation ≤ 50%. HAdV and JCPyV were detected in 100% of the river samples from Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro. Moreover, NoV GGII was detected in 100% and MCPyV in 50% of the samples from Barcelona, whereas none of the other viruses analyzed were detected. NoV GGII was detected in 33%, KV in 33%, ASFLV in 17% and MCPyV in 50% of the samples from Rio de Janeiro, whereas KIPyV and WUPyV were not detected. RV were only tested for in Rio de Janeiro and resulted positive in 67% of the samples. The procedure applied here to river water represents a useful, straightforward and cost-effective method that could be applied in routine water quality testing.  The results of the assays expand our understanding of the global distribution of the viral pathogens studied here and their persistence in the environment. Fil: Calgua, B.. Universidad de Barcelona; España;Fil: Fumian, T.. Ministerio de Salud de Brasil. Fundacion Oswaldo Cruz; Brasil;Fil: Rusinol, M.. Universidad de Barcelona; España;Fil: Rodríguez Manzano, J.. Universidad de Barcelona; España;Fil: Mbayed, Viviana Andrea. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Microbiología, Inmunología y Biotecnología. Cátedra de Virología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay; ArgentinaFil: Bofill Mas, S.. Universidad de Barcelona; España;Fil: Miagostovich, M.. Ministerio de Salud de Brasil. Fundacion Oswaldo Cruz; Brasil;Fil: Girones, R.. Universidad de Barcelona; España

Atmospheric dust captation by ornamental species

Se clasificaron 90 especies de árboles y arbustos de uso frecuente en Mendoza (Argentina) en base a su capacidad de filtrado del particulado atmosférico en suspensión. Se utilizó colectores de polvo atmosférico impregnados en vaselina líquida como superficie adherente. Se analizó por turbi-dimetría en un Hach 2100 P, con lectura en unidades nefelométricas de turbidez (NTU). Dichos colectores de polvo se colocaron en el interior y el exterior de la copa de cada ejemplar, con un mínimo de 15 repeticiones para cada posición. Por diferencia de promedios de lectura entre el exterior y el interior de la copa se obtuvo, en cada caso, un valor característico. Para lograr valores comparables entre ejemplares, con variaciones producidas por el follaje, debe referirse la mencionada diferencia del ancho de copa atravesado por el aire que transporta el contaminante y una lectura unitaria, mediante la relación: ILi =[(Loi -Lci) / (Efi * Loi)] * 100 m-1 donde: • ILi = índice de lectura interferométrica de la especie "i" • Loi= lectura interferométrica exterior (promedio de NTU externos) • Lci= lectura interferométrica interior de la copa (promedio de NTU internos) • Efi = espesor - expresado en m- de la copa en línea recta horizontal. El ILI, por caracterizar cada especie según su capacidad de captación de polvo atmosférico, permite el mejor uso de las mismas en proyectos de espacios verdes para protección ambiental.Based in the capacity to filtrate the atmospheric particulate it was established a classification of 90 vegetable species: shrubs and trees, frequently used in Mendoza (Argentina). The method used atmospheric dust collectors, impregnated in liquid vaseline as adherent surface, which are analyzed by a turbidimeter Hach 2100 P, with digital lectures in nefelometric turbidimeter units (NTU). In the samples these collectors were situated inside and outside of the canopy, at least in a number of 15 repetitions for each position. By difference of averages lectures among outside and inside, is reached the characteristicvalue for the specimen. This difference must be related to the canopy´s width crossed by the air current and to the unitary lecture, to obtain comparable values among different specimens, with variations produced by the characteristics of foliage. Itwas stablishedthe following relation: ILi = [ (Loi -Lci)/ (Efi * Loi )] * 100[m-1 where • ILi=interferometric lecture index of the specie "i" • Loi = outside interferometric lecture (average of externals NTU) • Lci= inside interferometric lecture (average of internals NTU) • Efi= width -expressed in m-of canopy crossed by air current, in horizontal straight line. The ILI index allow to characterize the vegetable species in order to their atmospheric dust captation capacity easing their utilization in green spaces projects and in environmental protection.Fil: Codina, Ramón A.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias AgrariasFil: Fioretti, Sonia B.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias AgrariasFil: Pérez, Paola V.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias AgrariasFil: Ureta, Norberto M.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias AgrariasFil: Llera, Joaquín. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias AgrariasFil: Verd, Patricia. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias AgrariasFil: Carrieri, Sergio A.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias AgrariasFil: Manzano, Enrique R.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agraria

Three strongly correlated charged bosons in a one-dimensional harmonic trap: natural orbital occupancies

We study a one-dimensional system composed of three charged bosons confined in an external harmonic potential. More precisely, we investigate the ground-state correlation properties of the system, paying particular attention to the strong-interaction limit. We explain for the first time the nature of the degeneracies appearing in this limit in the spectrum of the reduced density matrix. An explicit representation of the asymptotic natural orbitals and their occupancies is given in terms of some integral equations.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, To appear in European Physical Journal

SoNeUCON_{ABC}Pro: an access control model for social networks with translucent user provenance

Proceedings of: SecureComm 2017 International Workshops, ATCS and SePrIoT, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, October 22–25, 2017Web-Based Social Networks (WBSNs) are used by millions of people worldwide. While WBSNs provide many benefits, privacy preservation is a concern. The management of access control can help to assure data is accessed by authorized users. However, it is critical to provide sufficient flexibility so that a rich set of conditions may be imposed by users. In this paper we coin the term user provenance to refer to tracing users actions to supplement the authorisation decision when users request access. For example restricting access to a particular photograph to those which have “liked” the owners profile. However, such a tracing of actions has the potential to impact the privacy of users requesting access. To mitigate this potential privacy loss the concept of translucency is applied. This paper extends SoNeUCONABC model and presents SoNeUCONABCPro, an access control model which includes translucent user provenance. Entities and access control policies along with their enforcement procedure are formally defined. The evaluation demonstrates that the system satisfies the imposed goals and supports the feasibility of this model in different scenarios.This work was supported by the MINECO grants TIN2013-46469-R (SPINY: Security and Privacy in the Internet of You) and TIN2016-79095-C2-2-R (SMOG-DEV); by the CAM grant S2013/ICE-3095 (CIBERDINE: Cybersecurity, Data, and Risks); and by the Programa de Ayudas para la Movilidad of Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain (J. M. de Fuentes and L. Gonzalez-Manzano grants)

Isolation and phenotyping of potential stem cells from the umbilical cord of the bottlenose dolphin(Tursiops truncatus)

We have successfully isolated cells with stem-like properties from bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) umbilical cord. Our results show that this cetacean species has embryonic fetal and adult stem cells as do humans and other studied mammals. This accomplishment allows to eventually investigate whether dolphins, due to their unique adaptations to aquatic environments, have special stem cell lineages or distinctive mechanisms of cell programming. Further characterization of their potency to differentiate into multiple cell lineages would fulfill numerous applicative purposes. We characterized, developed and refined a new protocol for obtaining potential stem cells from umbilical cord tissues of the bottlenose dolphin. Tissue samples were taken from umbilical cords of successful deliveries immediately after placenta ejection and collection from the water. Umbilical cord samples (2-3 cm3) were excised and subjected to enzymatic digestion and mechanical dissociation. Viable cells from specimens resident in the Oceanografic Valencia were cultured and subsequently isolated and tested for pluripotent characteristics (cell morphology, phenotype and expression of surface markers). Cell viability was confirmed also after freezing/thawing. The established protocol is suitable for collection/isolation/culture of dolphin potential mesenchymal stem cells from dolphin umbilical cord, which can be deposited in cell banks for future research needs