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    Visual recovery of desert pavement surfaces following impacts from vehicle and foot traffic in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica

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    Sites of past human activity were investigated to assess the visual recovery of the desert pavement following impacts from human trampling and vehicle traffic. Visually disturbed and nearby control sites were assessed using comparative photographic records, a field-based Visual Site Assessment, and Desert Pavement Recovery Assessment. Sites included: vehicle and walking tracks at Marble Point and Taylor Valley; a campsite, experimental treading trial site, and vehicle tracks in Wright Valley; and vehicle and walking tracks at Cape Roberts. The time since last disturbance ranged from three months to over 50 years. This investigation also attempted to determine what has the greatest lasting visual impact on soil surfaces in the Ross Sea region: dispersed trafficking or track formation? Walking tracks remained visible in the landscape (due to larger clasts concentrating along track margins) long after the desert pavement surface had recovered. However, randomly dispersed footprints were undetectable within five years. For many sites, allowing widespread trampling will give lower medium-term visible impact than concentrating traffic flow by track formation. For steep slopes and sites where repeated visits occur, use of a single track is recommended. Some 1950s vehicle tracks remain visible in the Antarctic landscape, but where visually obvious impacts were remediated, evidence of former occupation was almost undetectable

    Directed Random Markets: Connectivity determines Money

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    Boltzmann-Gibbs distribution arises as the statistical equilibrium probability distribution of money among the agents of a closed economic system where random and undirected exchanges are allowed. When considering a model with uniform savings in the exchanges, the final distribution is close to the gamma family. In this work, we implement these exchange rules on networks and we find that these stationary probability distributions are robust and they are not affected by the topology of the underlying network. We introduce a new family of interactions: random but directed ones. In this case, it is found the topology to be determinant and the mean money per economic agent is related to the degree of the node representing the agent in the network. The relation between the mean money per economic agent and its degree is shown to be linear.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figure

    Fiabilidad de las cargas críticas de láminas delgadas estudiadas por ensamblaje de elementos planos triangulares en el M.E.F

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    El presente trabajo tiene por objeto poner de relieve el alto grado de confianza que podemos depositar en el valor de las cargas críticas calculdas en láminas, asismiladas por ensamblaje de elementos planos (método de E.F. ) triangulares tipo placa, sometidas a cargas gravitatorias uniformemente distriuidas.Peer Reviewe

    Fiabilidad de las cargas críticas de láminas delgadas estudiadas por ensamblaje de elementos planos triangulares en el M.E.F

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    El presente trabajo tiene por objeto poner de relieve el alto grado de confianza que podemos depositar en el valor de las cargas críticas calculdas en láminas, asismiladas por ensamblaje de elementos planos (método de E.F. ) triangulares tipo placa, sometidas a cargas gravitatorias uniformemente distriuidas.Peer Reviewe

    Entorno virtual de aprendizaje compartido en Educación Superior

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    Cada vez son m&aacute;s demandadas las plataformas virtuales apoyadas en el concepto web 2.0 y en las Redes Personales de Aprendizaje (PLN) al garantizar la conversaci&oacute;n entre agentes educativos y la colaboraci&oacute;n orientada a la producci&oacute;n conjunta de conocimiento. Desde este punto de vista, surgieron los Entornos Virtuales de Aprendizaje (VLE) d&oacute;nde se configuran, integran y combinan nuevas aplicaciones adaptadas a las necesidades de los usuarios. El prop&oacute;sito final de esta experiencia es la creaci&oacute;n de un entorno virtual compartido para lograr que el aprendizaje no se vincule exclusivamente a una actividad memor&iacute;stica y que a trav&eacute;s del uso combinado de la plataforma virtual, herramientas de la web 2.0 y la red social los estudiantes puedan crear su propio espacio de trabajo en el que quede reflejado la b&uacute;squeda y transformaci&oacute;n de la informaci&oacute;n, creaci&oacute;n de recursos para el aprendizaje y tareas de colaboraci&oacute;n. Nuestro entorno virtual de aprendizaje compartido ha sido puesto a prueba, implementado y evaluado durante el segundo cuatrimestre, en el marco de la asignatura Did&aacute;ctica General en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educaci&oacute;n de la Universidad de Sevilla (Espa&ntilde;a) durante el curso acad&eacute;mico 2009-2010. Una encuesta efectuada revela hechos interesantes sobre el &eacute;xito de este entorno virtual compartido en relaci&oacute;n con la motivaci&oacute;n y los resultados de aprendizaje de los estudiantes.&nbsp;&nbsp;ABSTRACTShared virtual learning environments in higher education.&nbsp;There is an increasing demand for virtual platforms based on the concept of Web 2.0 and on Personal Learning Networks (PLN) as these guarantee conversations between educational agents and cooperation aimed at the joint knowledge production. From this point of view, Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) have emerged in which new applications adapted to users&rsquo; needs are configured, integrated and combined. The ultimate purpose of this experience is the creation of a shared virtual environment to ensure that learning is not linked exclusively to rote activity. Through the combined use of the virtual platform, Web 2.0 tools and social networking, students can create their own workspace in which the search and processing of information, as well as the creation of learning resources and collaboration tasks are reflected. Our shared virtual learning environment has been tested, implemented and evaluated in the second semester, as part of the General Teaching Methodology course in the Faculty of Education at the University of Seville (Spain) during the 2009 &ndash; 2010 academic year. A survey reveals interesting facts about the success of the shared virtual environment in relation to the motivation and learning outcomes of students.&nbsp;</p

    Pastoreo del ganado caballar en comparación con el vacuno en brezales-tojales parcialmente mejorados de los montes cantábricos

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    publishedTomo I . Sección: Sistemas Ganaderos-Economía y Gestión. Sesión: Vacuno carne II. Ponencia nº 1

    Evaluación de la calidad de los ecosistemas acuáticos a partir del modo de nutrición (IMN) de sus macroinvertebrados. Una adaptación para la educación secundaria

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    Tanto por las Naciones Unidas como por la Comisión Europea (COM, 1997) se insta al estudio, conservación y mejora de los sistemas acuáticos. En la Península Ibérica y hasta la fecha, los índices utilizados habitualmente para evaluar y determinar la calidad del agua basados en los macroinvertebrados tienen una aplicación restringida a los ríos, ya que, en los demás ecosistemas acuáticos (lagos, lagunas, humedales, etc.) el comportamiento de dichos índices parece que no aporta conclusiones fiables. Con el nuevo índice ecológico presentado en este trabajo, llamado “Índice del Modo de Nutrición” (IMN), se pretende evaluar la calidad de la estructura trófica de las comunidades de macroinvertebrados de todos los sistemas acuáticos continentales y acercar de manera relevante la utilización de los macroinvertebrados acuáticos en la realización de proyectos dirigidos al alumnado de enseñanza secundaria
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