Las rutas gastronómicas como oportunidad de generar rentas adicionales en el sector agrario: análisis de la ruta del jamón ibérico en la provincia de Córdoba

En la última década se observa un crecimiento en la oferta turista, especialmente la desarrollada en las zonas rurales. Entre las nuevas modalidades de turismo destaca el gastronómico, siendo las rutas gastronómicas itinerarios donde convergen entorno a un producto alimenticio distintos agentes y factores que hacen que se desarrolle una economía adicional capaz de generar rentas complementarias a los habitantes de la zona rural, cuya principal renta es la obtenida por la producción proceso o elaboración de productos agrícolas.En esta investigación se analiza la situación de la actividad turística relacionada con la ruta del jamón Ibérico en denominación de Origen Valle de los Pedroches de la provincia de Córdoba, con el fin de conocer el perfil del consumidor de este producto y la oferta complementaria de la zona, lo que permitirá diseñar herramientas para la promoción y comercialización del turismo del jamón en esta región. Al ser este producto gastronómico típico de la Península Ibérica no es tan conocido ni ha sido tan estudiado como el oleoturismo o enoturismo tanto a nivel nacional e internacional. Por tanto el objetivo de esta investigación es dar a conocer esta ruta gastronómica y analizar su repercusión económica en la zona donde se desarrolla.The last decade shows a growth in tourism, especially in rural areas. A new way to growing trend of tourism highlights: the culinary or gastronomic tourism. The difference with other forms of tourism is the existence of gastronomic routes associated with indigenous foods. This, together with various actors and local factors contribute to the development of a rural economy that generates additional income to the main income, obtained by the production and processing of agricultural products. This study examines the tourism related gastronomic route of the Iberian ham belonging to the designation of origin “Valle de los Pedroches” in the province of Córdoba (Andalusia, Spain), in order to approximate the profile of the consumer of this product and explain the complementary services in the geographical area. We believe that this will help design tools that support the promotion and tourism development of Iberian ham in this region. This gourmet product is typical of the Spain and is not as well known or as studied as the oleotourism or wine tourism, both nationally and internationally. Therefore, the objective of this research is to show the peculiarities of this gastronomic route and analyze their economic impact on the area where it grows

Religious tourism in Los Altos de Jalisco and Andalucía: comparison of the supply and demand between two Marian sanctuaries

En los últimos años se asiste a un redescubrimiento turístico de lugares y eventos de carácter religioso y espiritual, generando una nueva modalidad de turismo, el religioso, siendo esta una opción estratégica de desarrollo económico sostenible de las zonas donde se ubican los centros de peregrinación. Los Altos de Jalisco en México, es una Región ubicada al centro occidente del país que cuenta con un importante flujo de turistas con motivo del peregrinaje religioso que miles de personas realizan cada año para visitar el segundo Santuario Mariano más visitado de México, el de la Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos, así como varios otros dedicados a los mártires de la Guerra Cristera, canonizados por la Iglesia Católica en el año 2000. En este estudio se pretende hacer una comparativa a partir de la experiencia española en la creación de productos turísticos y determinar cuáles son los elementos que existen en Los Altos de Jalisco, para la creación de una Ruta Religiosa de características similares a las que actualmente se ofertan en la Península Ibérica, especialmente en Andalucía.In recent years there has been a touristic rediscovery of religious and spiritual places and events, creating a new kind of tourism, the religious, this being a strategic option for sustainable economic growth on the areas where pilgrimage centers are located. Los Altos de Jalisco in Mexico, it a Region located in the west central part of the country and has an important influx of tourists on religious pilgrimages. Every year thousands of people come to the second most popular Marian Sanctuary in Mexico, the Sanctuary of The Virgin of San Juan de los Lagos, and to several other sanctuaries dedicated to the martyrs of the Cristera War, canonized by the Catholic Church in the year 2000. This research will make a comparison between the Spanish way of creating tourist interests and determine which elements exists in Los Altos de Jalisco for creating a Religious Route with similar characteristics to those that are found today on the Iberian Peninsula, especially in Andalucía

Comparison of condylar position in normal occlusion, Class II Division 1, Class II Division 2 and Class III malocclusions using CBCT imaging

The aim of this study was to establish the condylar position in a group of patients with normal occlusion, compared to Class II Div 1, Class II Div 2 and Class III malocclusions using CBCT imaging. Retrospective case-control study carried out by analyz

Evaluation of the primary stability in dental implants placed in low density bone with a new drilling technique, Osseodensification:an in vitro study

Primary stability is an important key determinant of implant osseointegration. We investigated approaches to improve primary implant stability using a new drilling technique termed osseodensification (OD), which was compared with the conventional under-drilling (UD) method utilized for low-density bones. We placed 55 conical internal connection implants in each group, in 30 low-density sections of pig tibia. The implants were placed using twist drill bits in both groups; groups Under Drilling (UD) and Osseodensification (OD) included bone sections subjected to conventional UD and OD drilling, respectively. Before placing the implants, we randomized the bone sections that were to receive these implants to avoid sample bias. We evaluated various primary stability parameters, such as implant insertion torque and resonance frequency analysis (RFA) measurements. The results showed that compared with implants placed using the UD technique, those placed using the OD technique were associated with significantly higher primary stability. The mean insertion torque of the implants was 8.87±6.17 Ncm in group 1 (UD) and 21.72±17.14 Ncm in group 2 (OD). The mean RFA was 65.16±7.45 ISQ in group 1 (UD) and 69.75±6.79 ISQ in group 2 (OD). The implant insertion torque and RFA values were significantly higher in OD group than in UD. Therefore, compared with UD, OD improves primary stability in low-density bones (based on torque and RFA measurements)

Human platelet-rich plasma improves the nesting and differentiation of human chondrocytes cultured in stabilized porous chitosan scaffolds

[EN] The clinical management of large-size cartilage lesions is difficult due to the limited regenerative ability of the cartilage. Different biomaterials have been used to develop tissue engineering substitutes for cartilage repair, including chitosan alone or in combination with growth factors to improve its chondrogenic properties. The main objective of this investigation was to evaluate the benefits of combining activated platelet-rich plasma with a stabilized porous chitosan scaffold for cartilage regeneration. To achieve this purpose, stabilized porous chitosan scaffolds were prepared using freeze gelation and combined with activated platelet-rich plasma. Human primary articular chondrocytes were isolated and cultured in stabilized porous chitosan scaffolds with and without combination to activated platelet-rich plasma. Scanning electron microscopy was used for the morphological characterization of the resulting scaffolds. Cell counts were performed in hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections, and type I and II collagen expression was evaluated using immunohistochemistry. Significant increase in cell number in activated platelet-rich plasma/stabilized porous chitosan was found compared with stabilized porous chitosan scaffolds. Chondrocytes grown on stabilized porous chitosan expressed high levels of type I collagen but type II was not detectable, whereas cells grown on activated platelet rich plasma/stabilized porous chitosan scaffolds expressed high levels of type II collagen and type I was almost undetectable. In summary, activated platelet-rich plasma increases nesting and induces the differentiation of chondrocytes cultured on stabilized porous chitosan scaffolds.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by grants MAT2016-76039-C4-2-R (M.S.-T. and C.C.) and MAT 2013-46467-C4-1-R (M.A.G.-G. and J.L.G.R.) from the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Spanish Government and by the program VLC-Bioclinic from the University of Valencia and INCLIVA (Spain). CIBER-BBN and CIBERER are funded by the VI National R&D&I Plan 2008-2011, Iniciativa Ingenio 2010, Consolider Program, CIBER Actions, and financed by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III with the assistance of the European Regional Development Fund. M.A.G.-G. acknowledges a grant from the BES-2011-044740.Sancho-Tello Valls, M.; Martorell-Tejedor, S.; Mata, M.; Millán, L.; Gamiz Gonzalez, MA.; Gómez Ribelles, JL.; Carda-Batalla, C. (2017). Human platelet-rich plasma improves the nesting and differentiation of human chondrocytes cultured in stabilized porous chitosan scaffolds. Journal of Tissue Engineering. 8:1-6. https://doi.org/10.1177/2041731417697545S168Muzzarelli, R. A. A., Greco, F., Busilacchi, A., Sollazzo, V., & Gigante, A. (2012). Chitosan, hyaluronan and chondroitin sulfate in tissue engineering for cartilage regeneration: A review. Carbohydrate Polymers, 89(3), 723-739. doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.04.057XIE, A., NIE, L., SHEN, G., CUI, Z., XU, P., GE, H., & TAN, Q. (2014). The application of autologous platelet-rich plasma gel in cartilage regeneration. Molecular Medicine Reports, 10(3), 1642-1648. doi:10.3892/mmr.2014.2358Rodríguez-Vázquez, M., Vega-Ruiz, B., Ramos-Zúñiga, R., Saldaña-Koppel, D. 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P., Ketzmar, A.-K., Endres, M., Pruss, A., Siclari, A., & Kaps, C. (2013). Human platelet-rich plasma induces chondrogenic differentiation of subchondral progenitor cells in polyglycolic acid-hyaluronan scaffolds. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 102(4), 681-692. doi:10.1002/jbm.b.33047Dhurat, R., & Sukesh, M. (2014). Principles and methods of preparation of platelet-rich plasma: A review and author′s perspective. Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery, 7(4), 189. doi:10.4103/0974-2077.150734Sancho-Tello, M., Forriol, F., Gastaldi, P., Ruiz-Saurí, A., Martín de Llano, J. J., Novella-Maestre, E., … Carda, C. (2015). Time Evolution ofin VivoArticular Cartilage Repair Induced by Bone Marrow Stimulation and Scaffold Implantation in Rabbits. The International Journal of Artificial Organs, 38(4), 210-223. doi:10.5301/ijao.5000404Shimojo, A. A. M., Perez, A. G. M., Galdames, S. E. M., Brissac, I. C. S., & Santana, M. H. A. (2016). Stabilization of porous chitosan improves the performance of its association with platelet-rich plasma as a composite scaffold. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 60, 538-546. doi:10.1016/j.msec.2015.11.080Oktay, E., Demiralp, B., Demiralp, B., Senel, S., Cevdet Akman, A., Eratalay, K., & Akıncıbay, H. (2010). Effects of Platelet-Rich Plasma and Chitosan Combination on Bone Regeneration in Experimental Rabbit Cranial Defects. Journal of Oral Implantology, 36(3), 175-184. doi:10.1563/aaid-joi-d-09-00023Kutlu, B., Tiğlı Aydın, R. S., Akman, A. C., Gümüşderelioglu, M., & Nohutcu, R. M. (2012). Platelet-rich plasma-loaded chitosan scaffolds: Preparation and growth factor release kinetics. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 101B(1), 28-35. doi:10.1002/jbm.b.32806Bi, L., Cheng, W., Fan, H., & Pei, G. (2010). Reconstruction of goat tibial defects using an injectable tricalcium phosphate/chitosan in combination with autologous platelet-rich plasma. Biomaterials, 31(12), 3201-3211. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.01.03

Marcas de alfareros en terra sigillata en los yacimientos en torno a Martos (Jaén). Nuevos aportes al conocimiento del territorio de la Colonia Augusta Gemella Tuccitana en época alto imperial

El área de procedencia de los materiales de nuestro estudio no forma un conjunto homogéneo, ni tiene unos límites bien definidos, ya que existen yacimientos muy distantes entre si de los que revisaremos material. A pesar de ello, es en la comarca en torno a Martas donde se ubican la mayoría de los yacimientos tratados, siendo la zona sobre la que vamos a centrar nuestra atención. Al analizar algunos yacimientos, alejados de Martos, no hemos pretendido entrar en su problemática concreta, ni en la de su territorio, sino tan sólo facilitar una serie de información y apreciaciones sobre aspectos de su cultura material, que aportan nuevos datos a la hora de hacer valoraciones más definitivas y globales sobre ellos.The analysis of terra sigillata potters' stamps found on the surface of sites surrounding Martos (Jaén) enables us to devise an assignrnent chart of the pottery with regard to its corresponding production centres, as well as to make some assesrnents on borh chronological and commercial grounds. Conclusions thereof should shed some fresh light on the domain ruled by the Colonia Augusta Gemella Tuccitana at different stages of the Early Rornan Empire

Algorithms for the ROD DSP of the ATLAS hadronic Tile Calorimeter

10 pages, 10 figures.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000253651100003.Final full-text version available at: http://ific.uv.es/tical/doc/2007_02_12_JINST_2_T02001.pdfIn this paper we present the performance of two algorithms currently running in the Tile Calorimeter Read-Out Driver boards for the commissioning of ATLAS. The first algorithm presented is the so called Optimal Filtering. It reconstructs the deposited energy in the Tile Calorimeter and the arrival time of the data. The second algorithm is the MTag which tags low transverse momentum muons that may escape the ATLAS muon spectrometer first level trigger.Comparisons between online (inside the Read-Out Drivers) and offline implementations are done with an agreement around 99% for the reconstruction of the amplitude using the Optimal Filtering algorithm and a coincidende of 93% between the offline and online tagged muons for the MTag algorithm. The processing time is measured for both algorithms running together with a resulting time of 59.2 μs which, although above the 10 μs of the first level trigger, it fulfills the requirements of the commissioning trigger (~ 1 Hz). We expect further optimizations of the algorithms which will reduce their processing time below 10 μs.The authors acknowledge the help of Oleg Solovyanov, Giulio Usai, Sasha Solodkov, Tomas Davidek and the whole TileCal community.Peer reviewe

Workshop Docente de Estructuras Desplegables Utilizando Materiales Básicos

[EN] Included within the teaching framework proposed by the School of Engineering Building, within the day of the EXCO, the workshop "drop-down structures using basic materials" is incorporated. The main objective of the workshop is to incorporate a new educational methodology within the scope of the structures. Mainly it is intended that a group of students can build with their own hands a singular structure with design features proposed for them. For the construction of this appliance, students work with conventional materials and supply for all, so that they understand the functionality of the mock as a scale model capable of representing the reality of a structure designed a priori and the potential of this system practical in the design of structural element. In this way is intended for students at the end of the workshop fully understand the operation of these tipology and can replace the preconceived theoretical idea of the way we teach the behavior of structures.[ES] Incluido dentro del marco docente propuesto por la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieria de Edificación, dentro de la jornada de la EXCO, se incorpora el taller “Estructuras despleglables utilizando materiales básicos”. El principal objetivo del taller consiste en incorporar una nueva metodología educativa dentro del ámbito de las estructuras. Principalmente se pretende que un grupo de alumnos construyan con sus propias manos una estructura singular con unas características de diseño propuestas por ellos.Para la construcción de este artefacto, los alumnos trabajaran con materiales convencionales y al alcance de todos, de forma que comprendan la funcionalidad de la maqueta como un modelo a escala capaz de representar la realidad de una estructura diseñada a priori y el potencial de este sistema práctico en la concepción de elemento estructural.Con ello, se pretende que el alumno al finalizar el taller entienda perfectamente el funcionamiento de estas tipologías y sustituya la concepción teórica preconcebida de la forma de enseñar el comportamiento de las estructuras.Molines Cano, JM.; Fernández Plazaola, I.; Llinares Millán, J.; Torner Feltrer, MEM.; Navarro García, ML.; Sanchis Sampedro, FJ. (2016). Workshop Docente de Estructuras Desplegables Utilizando Materiales Básicos. En In-Red 2016. II Congreso nacional de innovación educativa y docencia en red. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/INRED2016.2016.4406OC

ATLAS TileCal read-out driver system production and initial performance results

8 pages, 9 figures.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000251744500005The ATLAS Hadronic Tile Calorimeter detector (TileCal) is an iron-scintillating tiles sampling calorimeter designed to operate at the Large Hadron Collider accelerator at CERN. The central element of the back-end system of the TileCal detector is a 9U VME Read-Out Driver (ROD) board. The operation of the TileCal calorimeter requires a total of 32 ROD boards. This paper summarizes the tests performed during the ROD production and the results obtained. Data processing is performed in the ROD by digital signal processors, whose operation is based on the use of online algorithms such as the optimal filtering algorithm for the signal amplitude, pedestal and time reconstruction and the online Muon tagging algorithm which identifies low transverse momentum muons. The initial performance of both algorithms run during commissioning is also presented in this paper.This work was supported by the Spanish Technology and Science Commission under project FPA2003-09220-C02-02.Peer reviewe

Los Pedregales (Lupiñén-Ortilla, Huesca): contribución al conocimiento del poblamiento altomedieval en la Hoya de Huesca

El conocimiento de la ocupación visigoda y paleoislámica en el valle del Ebro resulta un tanto difuso, más por falta de investigaciones y por la escasa visibilidad de los asentamientos, que por un efectivo despoblamiento. En este artículo presentamos los resultados de nuestras investigaciones en el yacimiento de Los Pedregales, en la provincia de Huesca, un conjunto complejo en el que se encuentran materiales de diversas cronologías (romanos, altomedievales, modernos…) junto con numerosas estructuras pétreas en un área completamente alterada por procesos erosivos. Una minuciosa prospección y la excavación de algunas estructuras en el marco de un estudio geoarqueológico, nos ha permitido explicar la ocupación principal del yacimiento como un campo de silos datado entre los siglos vi y ix, que aporta una nueva referencia para la comprensión de los paisajes rurales antiguos y las comunidades campesinas dispersas que los ocupan. En el artículo se describen e interpretan las estructuras, se estudian los materiales más relevantes, especialmente los cerámicos, y se contextualiza el yacimiento con relación al poblamiento y los procesos históricos que afectan a este territorio