Motivating Young Students to Start a Career in Nuclear: The Basic Course of Science and Nuclear Technology, An Educational Activity of Spanish Young Generation in Nuclear (JÓVENES NUCLEARES)

The main objective of this course, conducted by Jóvenes Nucleares (Spanish Young Generation in Nuclear, JJNN), a non-profit organization that depends on the Spanish Nuclear Society (SNE) is to pass on basic knowledge about Science and Nuclear Technology to the general public, mostly students and introduce them to its most relevant points. The purposes of this course are to provide general information, to answer the most common questions about Nuclear Energy and to motivate the young students to start a career in nuclear. Therefore, it is directed mainly to high school and university students, but also to general people that wants to learn about the key issues of such an important matter in our society. Anybody could attend the course, as no specific scientific education is required. The course is done at least once a year, during the Annual Meeting of the Spanish Nuclear Society, which takes place in a different Spanish city each time. The course is done also to whichever university or institution that asks for it to JJNN, with the only limit of the presenter´s availability. The course is divided into the following chapters: Physical nuclear and radiation principles, Nuclear power plants, Nuclear safety, Nuclear fuel, Radioactive waste, Decommission of nuclear facilities, Future nuclear power plants, Other uses of nuclear technology, Nuclear energy, climate change and sustainable development. The course is divided into 15 minutes lessons on the above topics, imparted by young professionals, experts in the field that belongs either to the Spanish Young Generation in Nuclear, either to companies and institutions related with nuclear energy. At the end of the course, a 200 pages book with the contents of the course is handed to every member of the audience. This book is also distributed in other course editions at high schools and universities in order to promote the scientific dissemination of the Nuclear Technology. As an extra motivation, JJNN delivers a course certificate to the assistants. At the end of the last edition course, in Santiago de Compostela, the assistants were asked to provide a feedback about it. Some really interesting lessons were learned, that will be very useful to improve next editions of the course. As a general conclusion of the courses it can be said that many of the students that have assisted to the course have increased their motivation in the nuclear field, and hopefully it will help the young talents to choose the nuclear field to develop their career

Sport performance indicators in football 7-A-side for people with cerebral palsy

El presente estudio pretende determinar los indicadores de rendimiento que influyen en el lanzamiento a portería en fútbol a 7 para personas con parálisis cerebral (Fa7PC). La muestra está compuesta por los lanzamientos de doce partidos seleccionados aleatoriamente de la competición de Fa7PC de los Juegos Paralímpicos de 2012. Los resultados un número elevado de lanzamientos, sobre todo en los últimos minutos del partido, siendo los equipos mejor clasificados los que realizan más. Los jugadores que más lanzan son los delanteros con más capacidad funcional (CP8), a pesar de no ser más efectivos que el resto. El pie derecho y el empeine son las zonas más utilizadas, con trayectorias bajas, oposición cercana y desde zonas centrales del campo. El lanzamiento con mayor probabilidad de éxito se realiza desde Zona 2, 3 o 6, con el interior del pie, una altura baja y sin oposición defensiva o sólo frente al porteroThe aim of the study is determining performance indicators that influence in the results of shot on goal in football 7-a-side for persons with cerebral palsy (Fa7CP). The sample was composed of all shots on goal executed during twelve matches of different competition phases of the Fa7PC Paralympic Games in London 2012. The results show a high number of shots, especially in the last minutes of the match. Best-ranked teams are the most throwers and front players with more functional capacity (CP8) have the biggest offensive weight, despite not being more effective than other players. Right foot and instep are the most used areas to shot on goal, which more frequently have low trajectories, develop with the close opposition and from the field central areas. The launch with the highest probability of success is executed from Zone 2, 3 or 6, with the inside of the foot, a low height and without defensive opposition or only in front of the goalkeeperEste trabajo ha sido parcialmente subvencionado por la Ayuda a los Grupos de Investigación (GR15122) de la Junta de Extremadura (Consejería de Empleo e Infraestructuras); con la aportación de la Unión Europea a través de los Fondos Europeos de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER)

Investigation of HNCO isomers formation in ice mantles by UV and thermal processing: an experimental approach

Current gas phase models do not account for the abundances of HNCO isomers detected in various environments, suggesting a formation in icy grain mantles. We attempted to study a formation channel of HNCO and its possible isomers by vacuum-UV photoprocessing of interstellar ice analogues containing H$_2$O, NH$_3$, CO, HCN, CH$_3$OH, CH$_4$, and N$_2$ followed by warm-up, under astrophysically relevant conditions. Only the H$_2$O:NH$_3$:CO and H$_2$O:HCN ice mixtures led to the production of HNCO species. The possible isomerization of HNCO to its higher energy tautomers following irradiation or due to ice warm-up has been scrutinized. The photochemistry and thermal chemistry of H$_2$O:NH$_3$:CO and H$_2$O:HCN ices was simulated using the Interstellar Astrochemistry Chamber (ISAC), a state-of-the-art ultra-high-vacuum setup. The ice was monitored in situ by Fourier transform mid-infrared spectroscopy in transmittance. A quadrupole mass spectrometer (QMS) detected the desorption of the molecules in the gas phase. UV-photoprocessing of H$_2$O:NH$_3$:CO/H$_2$O:HCN ices lead to the formation of OCN$^-$ as main product in the solid state and a minor amount of HNCO. The second isomer HOCN has been tentatively identified. Despite its low efficiency, the formation of HNCO and the HOCN isomers by UV-photoprocessing of realistic simulated ice mantles, might explain the observed abundances of these species in PDRs, hot cores, and dark clouds

Sharp values for the constants in the polynomial Bohnenblust-Hille inequality

In this paper we prove that the complex polynomial Bohnenblust-Hille constant for $2$-homogeneous polynomials in ${\mathbb C}^2$ is exactly $\sqrt[4]{\frac{3}{2}}$. We also give the exact value of the real polynomial Bohnenblust-Hille constant for $2$-homogeneous polynomials in ${\mathbb R}^2$. Finally, we provide lower estimates for the real polynomial Bohnenblust-Hille constant for polynomials in ${\mathbb R}^2$ of higher degrees.Comment: 16 page