Debiasing EQ-5D Tariffs. New estimations of the spanish EQ-5D value set under nonexpected utility

Este proyecto tiene como objetivo estimar las utilidades asociadas a los estados de salud definidos mediante el sistema EuroQol-5D a partir de la medición directa de las preferencias de una muestra de la población andaluza. Los valores obtenidos serán susceptibles de ser utilizados en el marco de estudios de evaluación económica de políticas sanitarias (análisis coste-utilidad) realizados en la comunidad andaluza y en el conjunto del estado. Para la valoración directa de un subconjunto de estados de salud se realizará una encuesta personal asistida por ordenador a una muestra representativa por sexo y cuotas de edad de la población española, extraída de la población residente en Andalucía. Los métodos que se aplicarán para obtener las preferencias y calcular las utilidades tratarán de corregir algunos de los sesgos que pueden afectar a las estimaciones existentes. Así, se adoptarán enfoques teóricos alternativos a los habitualmente empleados que permitirán relajar algunos de los supuestos que han sido puestos en cuestión a la luz de la evidencia empírica, como es el caso de la linealidad de la función de utilidad del tiempo de vida, la validez descriptiva de la teoría de la utilidad esperada o la separabilidad multiplicativa de las preferencias por cantidad y calidad de vida.EQ-5D, social tariff, utility curvature, probability weighting, rank-dependent utility, time trade-off, value lottery equivalence, certainlty equivalence

Challenges in the Practice of Sexual Medicine in the Time of COVID-19 in Spain

At the end of December 2019, the existence of a new pneumonia of unknown causes was reported in the city of Wuhan (Hubei, China).1 Only 3 months later, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic caused by a new coronavirus (COVID-19),2 resulting in an unprecedented crisis in most of the world's health-care systems. Many countries have been overwhelmed by this pandemic and have adapted their facilities and staff in record time to fight against it. But, at the same time, many health-care services have been affected, including sexual medicine. In light of this situation, we are faced with a series of challenges to keep on offering continuity in medical care, education, and research.post-print134 K

Replacement of cables of the cover archs carbon park in As Pontes (A Coruña)

Congreso celebrado en la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Sevilla desde el 24 hasta el 26 de junio de 2015.The work done by Acciona Engineering at the coal yard located in As Pontes, is included within the maintenance plan established by Endesa for the period 2010-2020. This consists of predictive, preventive and corrective actions on the cables of the roof structure, which ultimately will allow extending the useful life of the facilities of the power plant. Several pathologies were detected in numerous cables, and in particular, “cable 15 of arch ner15", suffered an advanced state of degradation with significant loss of its resistant section. This led to recommend its replacement, for which an engineering detail design project was carried out. Therefore, a structural model of the whole arch affected by the pathology was done to allow the analysis of the structural behaviour of the cover during the replacement of the cable. To achieve this goal, the model was performed by implementing a three-dimensional system of nodes and bars processed with GtStrudl structures software

How to Treat Implicatures in Translation: Comparative Analysis of English-Spanish Translations of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Translation does not consist only on what words mean but also on what words imply. Implicatures show the intention a sender is transmitting behind the words used and that forms part of the message as well. The main purpose of this paper is the analysis of different examples of fragments from Huckleberry Finn. The focus of the analysis is on the translation of implicatures in idioms, slang, humour and other examples. The analysis suggests that older translations were too strict in terms of formality, explicitness is a difficult aspect in the translation of slang and literal translation is a useful strategy in the translation of Mark Twain’s irony.Traducir no se trata solo de traducir el significado de las palabras, pero también de lo que éstas sugieren. Las implicaturas muestran la intención detrás de las palabras del emisor y forman parte igualmente del mensaje. El objetivo de este Trabajo de Fin de Grado es el análisis de distintos ejemplos en fragmentos de Las Aventuras de Huckleberry Finn. El análisis se centra en la traducción de implicaturas en expresiones idiomáticas, la jerga, el humor y otros ejemplos. El análisis sugiere que las traducciones antiguas son más estrictas en cuanto a la formalidad de la traducción, que la explicitud es un aspecto difícil en la traducción de la jerga y que la traducción literal es una estrategia útil en la traducción de la ironía de Mark Twain.<br /

Morphological variations in bipedal dinosaur tracks from the Aguada de Tuco tracksite, Candeleros Formation (Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina

New bipedal dinosaur tracks from the Aguada de Tuco tracksite of the Cenomanian Candeleros Formation (Neuquén Group, Neuquén Basin, Argentina) are reported here. These tracks are preserved in medium grain-sized sandstones from fluvial deposits in three different stratigraphic levels (Level 1-3). The Level 1 comprises deep tridactyl tracks with apparent metatarsal impressions (average length of 31 cm) preserved as true tracks and undertracks, perhaps generated due to simply sinking of the pes into a soft substrate. The Level 2 includes large tridactyl tracks (average length of 58 cm) found a few meters close to a previously studied sauropod trackway. These bipedal and quadrupedal large tracks differ in several preservational features probably due to differences in the pedal shape and substrate interaction between these trackmakers. Level 3 comprises small to large tridactyl tracks (length from 6 to 34 cm) with a broad variety of morphologies including intra-trackway variation, suggesting changes in the substrate properties, mainly moisture content, along the tracking surface. Considering that the footprints studied here are poorly preserved, they were not assigned to any particular ichnotaxon. The large tridactyl tracks were attributed to theropod trackmakers while medium and small tracks to undetermined bipedal dinosaurs. This tracksite exemplifies inter- and intra-trackways morphological variability of dinosaur tridactyl tracks controlled mainly by the substrate properties.Fil: Heredia, Arturo Miguel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaFil: Pazos, Pablo Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaFil: Díaz Martínez, Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología; Argentina1° Reunión Virtual de Comunicaciones de la Asociación Paleontológica ArgentinaBuenos AiresArgentinaAsociación Paleontológica Argentin

Analysis of substrate variations related to dinosaur track preservation from the Aguada de Tuco area, Candeleros Formation (Cenomanian), Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Fossil tracks provide direct information of the activity of a trackmaker during the interaction with the substrate. Track morphology can exhibit differences as a response to changes in substrate physical parameters like humidity, grain-size and sediment composition, as well as response to the limb dynamics and foot anatomy of the trackmaker. Recently, several dinosaur tracks with different preservational variants were found in a tracksite under study of the Candeleros Formation (Aguada de Tuco). An unusual narrow-gauge sauropod trackway preserved in fine-grained sandstones from floodplain deposits was documented. Each left track shows bulky and high (vertical) rims, significantly larger than the right ones. Thus a different substrate property between them is envisaged. These bulky rims also show well-preserved and non-deformed ripples on the top, suggesting a moist underlying substrate but with a dried or stabilised top that was only displaced upward during the track formation. The same stratigraphic surface contains a set of three extended tridactyl trackways, deeply impressed with no variation in the morphology of each track. In consequence no changes in substrate properties are interpreted between them. However, some discontinuous and shallow sauropod tracks were produced before the tridactyl trackways as they are overimprinted. Interestingly, 10 m apart a cluster of theropod trackways exhibit larger and shallower tracks than the previous one, which indicate a more consistent substrate, considering that they correspond to larger producers in the last case. In conclusion, the general track morphology is mainly conditioned by changes in substrate consistency over time in the same area.Fil: Heredia, Arturo Miguel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaFil: Pazos, Pablo Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaFil: Díaz Martínez, Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología; ArgentinaReunión de Comunicaciones de la Asociación Paleontológica ArgentinaPuerto MadrynArgentinaAsociación Paleontológica Argentin

The “Effect of Marangoni convection on heat transfer in Phase Change Materials” experiment, from a student project to the International Space Station

This manuscript summarizes the educational and scientific outcome of the Research-based learning activities performed in the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate programmes in aerospace engineering at the Technical University of Madrid. The activities are related to the line of research in Phase Change Materials in microgravity developed at the Spanish User Support and Operations Centre. The principal scientific results obtained during these years are outlined, drawing particular attention to those related to the “Thermocapillary Effects in Phase Change Materials in Microgravity” experiment and the “Effect of Marangoni convection on heat transfer in Phase Change Materials” project. The outcomes of this research are discussed from an educational perspective. Since 2016, we observe an increased interest from students to participate in research activities, which has had direct positive impact on the production of scientific result

Luminescent Thermochromism of 2D Coordination Polymers Based on Copper(I) Halides with 4-Hydroxythiophenol

This is the peer-reviewed version of the following article: Troyano, J., Perles, J., Amo‐Ochoa, P., Martínez, J. I., Concepción Gimeno, M., Fernández‐Moreira, V., ... & Delgado, S. (2016). Luminescent Thermochromism of 2D Coordination Polymers Based on Copper (I) Halides with 4‐Hydroxythiophenol. Chemistry–A European Journal, 22(50), 18027-18035., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201603675. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley-VCH Terms and Conditions for Self-ArchivingSolvothermal reactions between copper(I) halides and 4-mercaptophenol give rise to the formation of three coordination polymers with general formula [Cu3X(HT)2]n(X=Cl, 1; Br, 2; and I, 3). The structures of these coordination polymers have been determined by X-ray diffraction at both room- and low temperature (110 K), showing a general shortening in Cu−S, Cu−X and Cu−Cu bond lengths at low temperatures. 1 and 2 are isostructural, consisting of layers in which the halogen ligands act as μ3-bridges joining two Cu1 and one Cu2 atoms whereas in 3 the iodine ligands is as μ4-mode but the layers are quasi-isostructural with 1 or 2. These compounds show a reversible thermochromic luminescence, with strong orange emission for 1 and 2, but weaker for 3 at room temperature, whereas upon cooling at 77 K 1 and 2 show stronger yellow emission, and 3 displays stronger green emission. DFT calculations have been used to rationalize these observations. These results suggest a high potential for this novel and promising stimuli-responsive materialsThis work was supported by MICINN (MAT2013-46753-C2-1-P). JIM acknowledges funding from the ERC-Synergy Program (Grant ERC-2013-SYG-610256 NANOCOSMOS) and computing resources from CTI-CSIC

A new pterosaur tarcksite from the Upper Cretaceous Candeleros Formation, Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina

New pterosaur tracks from the Aguada de Tuco tracksite of the Cenomanian Candeleros Formation (Neuquén Basin, Argentina) are reported here. They are preserved in medium grain-sized sandstones from fluvial deposits and are associated with Arenicolites isp. The pterosaur tracks are preserved as concave and convex epirelief, as true tracks and natural casts, respectively. The manus impressions, which are the most abundant, are usually isolated, although manus-pes sets and sequences of manus-manus imprints, some of them probably representing trackways, have been also documented. The best-preserved manus tracks (average 10.8 cm long, 5.4 cm wide) are tridactyl and strongly asymmetrical. The pes tracks (average 11.5 cm long, 4.8 cm wide) are very elongated, trapezoidal to subtriangular, and generally preserve three-digit impressions. Some morphological track variabilities, such as elongated impressions of manus digit III, has been interpreted as the result of variations in substrate properties, mainly moisture content, and behavior. The main features of the studied tracks, manus and pes track morphologies and length/width ratios, are similar to those of the Pteraichnus ichnogenus. Nevertheless, due to their preservation, not optimal, we classify them as cf. Pteraichnus isp. Only other site with pterosaur tracks has been found in the early Late Cretaceous of South America. These tracks are also in the Candeleros Formation but differ from the Aguada de Tuco ones in having differences in divarication of manus digit impressions, among other features. The present study contributes to the knowledge of the poorly pterosaur track record from Gondwana and its ichnotaxonomic and paleoecological implications.Fil: Heredia, Arturo Miguel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaFil: Díaz Martínez, Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología; ArgentinaFil: Pazos, Pablo Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaFil: de Valais, Silvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología; ArgentinaXII Congreso de la Asociación Paleontológica ArgentinaBuenos AiresArgentinaAsociación Paleontológica Argentin