Mujeres en dos lenguas

Madres del Verbo / Mothers of the Word. Early Spanish American Women Writers. A Bilingual Anthology. Nina M. Scott (antóloga y traductora) University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1999, 414 págs

En busca del macondo en el siglo XIX

Relación de un viaje a Venezuela, Nueva Granada y Ecuador. Miguel María Lisboa Trad. Consuelo Salamanca de Santamaría y Leticia Salamanca Alve. Fondo Cultural Cafetero. Bogotá, 1984. 338 págs., 30 ilustraciones

La libertad imposible

Jaulas. María Elvira Bonilla. Planeta, Bogotá, 1984, 130 páginas

Combination of multivariate statistical process control and classification tool for situation assessment applied to a sequencing batch reacto wastewater treatment

A combination of Multivariate Statistical Process Control (MSPC) and an automatic classification algorithm has been developed to be applied in a Waste Water Treatment Plant. Two extensions of the Principal Component Analysis have been used as MSPC method to diagnose the process and Fuzzy Technique used to classify situation assessment of the process. The goal is to perform situation assessment and classify the process with simple groups that describe the batch contributions and helps to fix the limits used to determine abnormal situations.Postprint (published version

Una niña mala

Este cuento estimula imaginarios y representaciones que animan la desobediencia como una alternativa para recursar los roles prescritos

Collaborative explicit plasticity framework: a conceptual scheme for the generation of plastic and group-aware user interfaces

The advent of new advances in mobile computing has changed the manner we do our daily work, even enabling us to perform collaborative activities. However, current groupware approaches do not offer an integrating and efficient solution that jointly tackles the flexibility and heterogeneity inherent to mobility as well as the awareness aspects intrinsic to collaborative environments. Issues related to the diversity of contexts of use are collected under the term plasticity. A great amount of tools have emerged offering a solution to some of these issues, although always focused on individual scenarios. We are working on reusing and specializing some already existing plasticity tools to the groupware design. The aim is to offer the benefits from plasticity and awareness jointly, trying to reach a real collaboration and a deeper understanding of multi-environment groupware scenarios. In particular, this paper presents a conceptual framework aimed at being a reference for the generation of plastic User Interfaces for collaborative environments in a systematic and comprehensive way. Starting from a previous conceptual framework for individual environments, inspired on the model-based approach, we introduce specific components and considerations related to groupware

The Study of Economic and Environmental Viability of the Treatment of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste Using Monte Carlo Simulation

Valorization of municipal solid waste (MSW) plays a crucial role in a sustainable society and provides an opportunity to reduce carbon emissions. The economic and social viability of the treatment of the organic fraction of MSW (OFMSW) with a multi-scenario analysis (composting and anaerobic digestion for renewable electricity or for biomethane injection into natural gas networks) was studied using a Monte Carlo simulation. The cost of treating organic fraction of MSW to neutralize financial net present value (NPV) and social NPV through greenhouse gas emissions avoided was determined for each scenario. The costs considered were the investment and the operating and maintenance costs. The financial benefits from the revenue of subproducts depended on the scenario. The lowest average fee to neutralize the financial NPV was 6.38 ¿/tonne treated in anaerobic digestion for biomethane injection into natural gas networks, therefore, it was the most financially viable. The average social NPV calculated for biomethane injection into natural gas networks (16.60 ¿/tonne) was higher than that obtained for renewable electricity (13.59 ¿/tonne). According to the results, anaerobic digestion for biomethane injection into natural gas networks is the most socially and economically viable alternative for the treatment of OFMSW.University of Granada TEP-96

Security at football grounds: a study from the stadium White House (Quito, Ecuador)

By violence, we understand the actions that an individual or a group of individuals committed with the purpose of causing harm to others or their property. In this conceptual scope of violence, we highlight the role of the attacks in the environment of football, where certain groups of fans —rather than acting as passive observers of the game— profane the statism of the viewer to manifest violent behaviors; we refer in particular to the hooligans or the ultras. This exploratory study presents the results of a survey of the fans of LDU Quito (Ecuador), a team that is considered the second with most supporters of the country. The results show that, despite the prohibitions, about four in ten fans consume alcohol before or during games. Also, a review or complaint of the sense of insecurity in the minds of the fans of this reference Ecuadorian football team, a conclusion that is provided without seeking its generalization is made, but that could serve as a starting point for further research.Por violencia entendemos las acciones que, un individuo o bien un grupo de individuos, cometen con el fin de causar daño a los otros o a sus bienes. De ese perímetro conceptual de la violencia, podemos destacar el protagonismo que tienen las agresiones en el entorno del fútbol, en donde ciertos grupos de hinchas —en lugar de pasar como meros observadores pasivos del juego—, quebrantan el estatismo del espectador para manifestar comportamientos violentos; nos referimos, en concreto, a los hooligans, a los ultras y, en general, a las barras bravas. Este estudio, de perfil exploratorio, presenta los resultados de una encuesta aplicada a la hinchada del Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito (Ecuador), un equipo que se considera el segundo con mayor hinchada del país. Los resultados señalan que, a pesar de las prohibiciones, unos cuatro de cada diez hinchas consumen alcohol antes o durante los partidos. Asimismo, se realiza una crítica o denuncia de la sensación de inseguridad en el imaginario de los hinchas de este equipo referencial del fútbol ecuatoriano, una conclusión que se aporta sin pretender su generalización, pero que podría servir como punto de partida para otras investigaciones