El sistema legitimario español

Se establecen las lineas generales del Derecho Sucesorio en España, y en particular de la Legitima, a través de un análisis breve de la historia, de una revisión de política del Derecho y por ultimo de una observación del Derecho vigente en materia de legítima.Departamento de Derecho Civil, Eclesiastio del Estado y Romano Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Condiciones generales abusivas en los préstamos hipotecarios

Las innumerables ejecuciones hipotecarias de viviendas han dejado al descubierto la falta de control de legalidad de las condiciones generales de los préstamos hipotecarios. Se hace una crítica de los artículos 12 LH y 84 TR-LGDCU. Así como de la doctrina de la DGRN anterior a octubre de 2010 y de la STS 20.5.2008 (Sala 3ª). Se refl exiona sobre la libertad contractual en relación a las condiciones generales de los contratos. Se estudia el impacto de la STJUE de 14.3.2013 y, en especial, las cláusulas de vencimiento anticipado por falta de pago y los intereses de demora. Se hacen referencias a la ley de protección de los deudores hipotecarios de 14 de mayo de 2013. Finalmente se hace una crítica a la STS de 9.5.2013 por declarar que la nulidad de las cláusulas suelo no tiene efecto retroactivoThe countless foreclosures have exposed the lack of legality control on general conditions in mortgage loans. It is a review of articles 12 LH and 84 TR-LGDCU, as well as of the doctrine of the DGRN previous to October 2010 and the STS 20.5.2008 (3rd Chamber). It refl ects on contractual freedom in relation with general conditions in contracts. We study the impact of STJUE of 3/14/2013 and, especially, early termination clauses for non-payment and default interest. References are made to the law on protection of mortgage borrowers from May 14, 2013. Finally the STS 09.05.2013 is critized, as it declares the voidness of ground clauses is not retroactiv

Geological setting and genesis of stratabound barite deposits at Múzquiz, Coahuila in northeastern Mexico

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A Multidisciplinary Experimental Study on the Effects of Breeders Diet on Newborn Seahorses (Hippocampus guttulatus)

The global trade in seahorses is increasing and new rearing techniques are currently available for a few species. One of the main bottlenecks in seahorse production is reproductive success, which is dependent upon the administration of high quality diets to breeders. However, little is known about the most adequate diets, on how they should be administered and on how they might affect newborn performance. In this study, three homogeneous groups of adult seahorses Hippocampus guttulatus were maintained in captivity. Each group was fed on one of the following diets since the onset of the breeding period: unenriched adult Artemia (diet A), unenriched adult Artemia and mysidaceans (diet AM) and mysidaceans (diet M). As a positive control, a wild pregnant male was used. The mixed diet AM provided the highest overall breeding success and reasonable fatty acid profiles, and better resembled newborn from a wild male. The use of mysidaceans solely (Diet M) provided the worse results in spite of the high DHA content. Significant differences were observed in newborn characteristics and fatty acid profiles among dietary groups and along the breeding season, especially in total n-3 HUFA and DHA. Monospecific diets including Artemia or mysidaceans very likely suffered nutritional deficiencies, which were reflected in morphological alterations of the muscle tissue (diet A) or abnormal early mortalities in newborn (diet M). Three progressive stages were identified along the whole breeding period: initial mixed capital-income period (100–120 days since the onset of the breeding period), followed by an inflection period (short transitional stage – income sources), and finally a long period characterized by the use of income sources and the progressive exhaustion of body reserves. Special attention should be deserved to the progressive changes in fatty acid profiles along the breeding season, resulting in a decrease in newborn performance. Considering the time required for a diet to be reflected in newborn, we recommend Hippocampus guttulatus breeders to be fed on a high quality diet for at least 3 months prior the breeding period

Remediation of metal-contaminated soils with the addition of materials - Part II: Leaching tests to evaluate the efficiency of materials in the remediation of contaminated soils

The effect of the addition of materials on the leaching pattern of As and metals (Cu, Zn, Ni, Pb, and Cd) in two contaminated soils was investigated. The examined materials included bentonites, silicates and industrial wastes, such as sugar foam, fly ashes and a material originated from the zeolitization of fly ash. Soil+material mixtures were prepared at 10% doses. Changes in the acid neutralization capacity, crystalline phases and contaminant leaching over a wide range of pHs were examined by using pH stat leaching tests. Sugar foam, the zeolitic material and MX-80 bentonite produced the greatest decrease in the leaching of pollutants due to an increase in the pH and/or the sorption capacity in the resulting mixture. This finding suggests that soil remediation may be a feasible option for the reuse of non-hazardous wastes.Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia CTQ2010-14874, CTM2008-01147Ministerio de Medio Ambiente A536/2007/3-01.2, 300/PC/08/3-01.

Assessment of bio-ionic liquids as promising solvents in industrial separation processes: Computational screening using COSMO-RS method

The use of organic solvents in the chemical industry for gas-liquid absorption or liquid-liquid extraction operations is still unavoidable. The search of “greener” solvents to replace fossil-based counterparts is a challenge for the scientific community. Biocompatible ionic liquids (bio-ILs) emerged as a sustainable approach for the development of greener processes. In this work, bio-ILs based on choline as common cation are evaluated as promising solvents in typical industrial separation processes such as gas absorption (refrigerants, CO2, H2S, NH3, or acetone) and liquid-liquid extraction (hydrocarbon separations, denitrogenation, desulfurization, and recovery of value-added compounds and/or contaminants from aqueous streams) by means of COSMO-RS method. Some bio-ILs show competitive behavior compared to the benchmark common ILs solvents for all the solutes evaluated. None of the solvents evaluated is predicted to form two liquid phases in aqueous solutions, so future work should be conducted on finding hydrophobic bio-ILs to perform these separations. On the other hand, bio-ILs in hydrocarbon separations by means of liquid-liquid extraction show competitive results in terms of selectivities (benzoate-based) and partition coefficients (bicarbonate-based) compared to benchmark sulfolane and common ILs previously testedThe authors are grateful to Comunidad de Madrid (project SUSTEC P2018/EMT-4348) and Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad of Spain (project CTQ2017-89441-R) for its financial support and Centro de Computación Científica de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (CCC) for its computational resources. Rubén Santiago thanks Ministerio Universidades for his Margarita Salas contract (CA1/RSUE/2021-00585