Seasonal concentration of cruise tourism in the Mediterranean

This research delves into analyzing the seasonality of cruise tourism in the Mediterranean by using the decomposition of the Gini index, used in the field of cruise tourism for the first time in literature. This study specifically used the decomposition to evaluate the contribution degree of each port to the global seasonal concentration of each Mediterranean region. Moreover, a cluster analysis technique (bootstrapped bagged clustering) was applied to classify the ports into homogeneous groups according to their seasonal patterns given the significant heterogeneity revealed in the major regions of the Mediterranean. The methodology applied can serve as a control and monitoring tool for measuring seasonal concentration levels in cruise tourism, allowing for policies against seasonality to be tailored in the cruise tourism segment.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. Programa de FPU del Ministerio de Educació

Seasonal concentration of tourism on the Andalusian coastline

The entire Andalusian coastline must deal with the effects of seasonality. Both local and regional administrations as well as tourism business owners are currently confronting this problem by implementing remedial measures to reduce seasonal concentration with the relentless pursuit of new formulas for product diversification. This can be corroborated by the recent observed coordination between the public administration and the private sector to address this problem. Yet, for coordination to work efficiently, it needs to have both the knowledge as well as the right tools to measure seasonality. The methodology used in this work is proposed as a control and monitoring measure which tourism managers may use in destinations with a high seasonal concentration. Specifically, it has been applied in the Andalusian coastline, characterised by its high seasonality in the summer months, with the main purpose of quantitatively checking whether certain tourist segments can help reduce tourism seasonality. The additive decomposition of the Gini index provides information about the contribution of each tourist segment to the total seasonal concentration. Furthermore, by obtaining the measures of the relative marginal effects (RME) it is possible to identify to what extent a particular tourist segment can contribute in the reduction of seasonal concentration on the Andalusian coastline. The results of this work can contribute to a deeper understanding of seasonality on the Andalusian coastline. It will also provide tourism managers with additional information about what type of tourists they should direct their catchment policies, as long as their purpose is to reduce the seasonality in a tourist destination.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. Spain. Programa de FPU del Ministerio de Educación. Spain

Cuestiones y casos de estudio de métodos cuantitativos para Economía y Turismo

En este texto se agrupan diversos casos de estudio y cuestiones prácticas para el estudio de las aplicaciones de métodos cuantitativos aplicados a la investigación y la práctica profesional en economía y turismo

Análisis de la concentración estacional del turismo en Andalucía a través de la entrada de flujos turísticos en los aeropuertos andaluces

En este trabajo se utiliza el pasajero de transporte aéreo como unidad de medida de concentración estacional. Para el análisis se ha clasificado a los pasajeros en cuatro grupos, según procedencia internacional o nacional, y según compañía aérea utilizada, de bajo coste o tradicionales. Se ha efectuado la descomposición aditiva del índice de Gini, que proporciona información acerca de qué grupo de pasajeros contribuye a la concentración estacional de Andalucía, y se ha obtenido los efectos relativos marginales.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. Programa de FPU del Ministerio de Educació

Aplicaciones de técnicas estadísticas para Economía Aplicada y Finanzas

Esta obra presenta un grupo de actividades prácticas elaboradas como apoyo a la docencia presencial de materias relacionadas con las aplicaciones de las técnicas estadísticas multivariantes en Economía Aplicada y Finanzas

Construcción de una herramienta observacional para evaluar las conductas prosociales en las clases de educación física

This study describes the construction and validation of an original, "ad hoc" taxonomic system that allows the pro-social behav io u rs produced during compulsory secon dary sch ool physical education classes to be observed. Such behaviours are related to the development of positive values. Technically, the tool combines field format systems and E/ME category systems, which have been developed from a deductive perspective under the theoretical framework of Kohlberg's development of moral reasoning. The tool's optimisation process includes monitoring and analysing the quality of the data and focuses on consensus-based concordance and the analysis of the generalisabil ity theory, which yielded good results

Analysis of the presence of sustainability in Higher Education Degrees of the Spanish university system

This paper analyzes the extent to which sustainability is present in the curricula of the 16 Education Degree programs belonging to the EDINSOST project: 6 Early Childhood Education Degrees, 7 Primary Education Degrees, 2 Pedagogy Degrees and 1 Social Education Degree. The results obtained suggest that sustainability is present in all Degrees, but not uniformly so. A great disparity is observed in the number of subjects that develop sustainability, with an average of 22.63 subjects per Degree. The competency most present is the ‘ Application of ethical principles related to the values of sustainability in personal and professional behaviors, ’ while the least present is ‘ Sustainable use of resources and prevention of negative impacts on the natural and social environment. ’Sustainability is not developed uniformly in the different universities either. Three universities (UAM, UCA and UIC) develop sustainability competencies at 100%, while others such as the USAL do so at only 50

Resultados del manejo de coledocolitiasis en un Hospital de tercer nivel en Bogotá: experiencia del manejo quirúrgico de esta entidad

Entre Agosto del 2008 y Diciembre del 2011 se revisaron 69 historias clínicas en el hospital universitario de la samaritana, de las cuales se seleccionaron 54 pacientes con coledocolitiasis que requirieron manejo quirúrgico; el 83% fueron llevados a coledocostomia ( tubo en T ) y el 16% restante requirió de una derivación bilioentérica para la resolución de la misma. Se consideraron como principales variables prequirúrgicas de alta sospecha de coledocolitiasis el tamaño de la vía biliar mayor de 7 mm en conjunto con la presencia de hiperbilirrubinemia mayor a 1.5 mg/dl. La incidencia de complicaciones fue de 18%, siendo la más frecuente el coleperitoneo; el promedio de estancia hospitalaria fue menor para el grupo de pacientes llevados a coledocostomía. El porcentaje de reintervenciones fue de 14%, las cuales se realizaron en su mayoría en el grupo de pacientes sometidos a derivaciones bilioentéricas. Se registró un caso de mortalidad perioperatoria en este mismo grupo. / Abstract. Present study was performed between August 2008 and December 2011. Records of 69 patients with choledocholithiasis were reviewed in the Samaritana Hospital. 54 patients were selected. All of these underwent surgical exploration of the common bile duct.. Eigthy three (83%) patients underwent a Choledochostomy and a bilio-enteric anastomosis was perfomed in nine patients (16%). The diameter of the common bile duct and an elevated serum bilirubin were the most important predictors of common bile duct stones. Early complications following surgery were present in eighteen patients (18%). Most frequent complication were choleperitoneum. The total average duration of hospital stay was shoter in choledochostomy group. Re-laparotomy was performed en eight (14%) patients. One patient died during hospital stay.Otr

Intervención psicológica para el incremento de la tolerancia a la frustración en lanzadores, categoría 15-16

This research aims to palpate the levels of knowledge about this phenomenon and propose actions of psychological intervention with a rational-emotional-behavioral character to increase tolerance to frustration in pitchers of the baseball team, category 15-16 of the Guantanamo EIDE. The way he elaborates and responds to that state of frustration, will establish a personal way to solve these situations and to adjust his internal psyche with the demands of the game.Esta investigación tiene como objetivo palpar los niveles de conocimientos sobre este fenómeno y proponer acciones de intervención psicológica con carácter racional-emotiva-conductual para incrementar la tolerancia a la frustración en lanzadores del equipo de béisbol, categoría 15-16 de la EIDE de Guantánamo. La forma en que elabore y responda a ese estado de frustración, irá estableciendo un modo personal de solucionar esas situaciones y de ajustar su psiquismo interno con las demandas del juego

Adaptative ECT System Based on Reconfigurable Electronics

In this work we present a novel scheme for the design of electrical capacitance tomography systems that is based on the use of reconfigurable electronics. The objective of this strategy is to generate an adaptable and portable prototype for the processing electronics, i.e., an instrument suitable to be easily transported and applied to different ECT sensors and scenarios with no need of hardware redesign. In order to show the benefits of this approach, a prototype of the processing electronics for the readings of the inter-electrode capacitance values has been implemented using a Programmable System on Chip (PSoC) that allows configuring both analog and digital blocks included in the design. The result is a compact and portable instrument that can work with any ECT sensor up to 8 electrodes. The measurements are sent through a wireless Bluetooth link to an external smart-device such as smartphone, where the permittivity distribution is reconstructed using a custom-developed Android application.Junta de Andalucía (University Professor and Researcher Training Program – FPDI grant)EI BIOTiC under project MPTIC1