The Governance of Cities : A Comparative Proposal

Trabajo de Fin de Máster del Master Latin America and Europe in a Global World - LAGLOBE, curso 2019-2021[EN] The aim of this monograph is to revisit the importance of institutions, particularly the relationship between the adopted institutional arrangement and local governance. Specifically, an arrangement considered crucial: the form of government. This work analyses the relationship between the form of government and local governance, by focusing on a specific public policy: the urban agenda. To that end, an original analytic framework will be proposed, alongside an original measurement proposal. This framework will subsequently be tested in a comparative analysis of four different urban agendas, elaborated by four different municipalities. This monograph intends to contribute to the literature as it combines the consolidated theoretical tradition of institutionalism, with the relevance of governance studies and the novelty of the urban agenda research.[ES] El objetivo de este trabajo de fin de máster (TFM) es revalorizar la importancia del análisis institucionalista. Específicamente la relación entre un determinado arreglo institucional y la gobernanza a nivel local (municipal), en este caso enfocándose en un arreglo institucional primordial: la forma de gobierno. El análisis propuesto entre la forma de gobierno y la gobernanza a nivel local se realizará enfocándose en una política pública en específico: la agenda urbana. Para lograrlo, se propone un marco analítico original, que incluye una propuesta de medición también original. A su vez, su utilidad será comprobada a través del análisis comparado de cuatro agendas urbanas realizadas en cuatro ciudades distintas. Este TFM busca contribuir a la literatura al combinar los aportes de una escuela teórica consolidada como el institucionalismo, con la relevancia actual que tienen los estudios sobre la gobernanza. Sumado al análisis práctico de un instrumento innovador como lo es la agenda urbana

El predominio departamental después de la alternancia en Uruguay. Elecciones departamentales 2020: The departamental predominance after the alternation in Uruguay departamental elections 2020

After its first national victory since 1989, the Partido Nacional faced its first departmental election separated in time. Our purpose is primarily descriptive: to comprehensively analyze the results and compare them with previous periods. This process also allows us to begin to approach the possibility of the existence of a potential “carry-over” effect of the presidential election over the departmental election. Hence, this article will integrally describe the results of the 2020 departmental elections, using the most widely used indicators for their analysis.Tras acceder al gobierno nacional después de treinta años, el Partido Nacional afrontó por primera vez una elección departamental separada en el tiempo. Nuestro interrogante es primordialmente descriptivo: analizar integralmente los resultados y a su vez compararlos con los períodos anteriores. Este proceso también nos permite comenzar a aproximarnos a la cuestión sobre la existencia de un potencial efecto de arrastre de la elección presidencial por sobre la departamental. En este artículo esta cuestión es abordada mediante una descripción integral de los resultados departamentales 2020, por medio de algunos de los índices e indicadores más utilizados en la disciplina. Al tiempo, se destacan los principales hitos del ciclo

El predominio departamental después de la alternancia en Uruguay. Elecciones departamentales 2020: The departamental predominance after the alternation in Uruguay departamental elections 2020

After its first national victory since 1989, the Partido Nacional faced its first departmental election separated in time. Our purpose is primarily descriptive: to comprehensively analyze the results and compare them with previous periods. This process also allows us to begin to approach the possibility of the existence of a potential “carry-over” effect of the presidential election over the departmental election. Hence, this article will integrally describe the results of the 2020 departmental elections, using the most widely used indicators for their analysis.Tras acceder al gobierno nacional después de treinta años, el Partido Nacional afrontó por primera vez una elección departamental separada en el tiempo. Nuestro interrogante es primordialmente descriptivo: analizar integralmente los resultados y a su vez compararlos con los períodos anteriores. Este proceso también nos permite comenzar a aproximarnos a la cuestión sobre la existencia de un potencial efecto de arrastre de la elección presidencial por sobre la departamental. En este artículo esta cuestión es abordada mediante una descripción integral de los resultados departamentales 2020, por medio de algunos de los índices e indicadores más utilizados en la disciplina. Al tiempo, se destacan los principales hitos del ciclo

Chasing Gravitational Waves with the Chereknov Telescope Array

Presented at the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2023), 2023 (arXiv:2309.08219)2310.07413International audienceThe detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), along with the discovery of the electromagnetic counterparts of this gravitational wave event, ushered in a new era of multimessenger astronomy, providing the first direct evidence that BNS mergers are progenitors of short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Such events may also produce very-high-energy (VHE, > 100GeV) photons which have yet to be detected in coincidence with a gravitational wave signal. The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a next-generation VHE observatory which aims to be indispensable in this search, with an unparalleled sensitivity and ability to slew anywhere on the sky within a few tens of seconds. New observing modes and follow-up strategies are being developed for CTA to rapidly cover localization areas of gravitational wave events that are typically larger than the CTA field of view. This work will evaluate and provide estimations on the expected number of of gravitational wave events that will be observable with CTA, considering both on- and off-axis emission. In addition, we will present and discuss the prospects of potential follow-up strategies with CTA

Chasing Gravitational Waves with the Chereknov Telescope Array

Presented at the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2023), 2023 (arXiv:2309.08219)2310.07413International audienceThe detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), along with the discovery of the electromagnetic counterparts of this gravitational wave event, ushered in a new era of multimessenger astronomy, providing the first direct evidence that BNS mergers are progenitors of short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Such events may also produce very-high-energy (VHE, > 100GeV) photons which have yet to be detected in coincidence with a gravitational wave signal. The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a next-generation VHE observatory which aims to be indispensable in this search, with an unparalleled sensitivity and ability to slew anywhere on the sky within a few tens of seconds. New observing modes and follow-up strategies are being developed for CTA to rapidly cover localization areas of gravitational wave events that are typically larger than the CTA field of view. This work will evaluate and provide estimations on the expected number of of gravitational wave events that will be observable with CTA, considering both on- and off-axis emission. In addition, we will present and discuss the prospects of potential follow-up strategies with CTA

Chasing Gravitational Waves with the Chereknov Telescope Array

Presented at the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2023), 2023 (arXiv:2309.08219)2310.07413International audienceThe detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), along with the discovery of the electromagnetic counterparts of this gravitational wave event, ushered in a new era of multimessenger astronomy, providing the first direct evidence that BNS mergers are progenitors of short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Such events may also produce very-high-energy (VHE, > 100GeV) photons which have yet to be detected in coincidence with a gravitational wave signal. The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a next-generation VHE observatory which aims to be indispensable in this search, with an unparalleled sensitivity and ability to slew anywhere on the sky within a few tens of seconds. New observing modes and follow-up strategies are being developed for CTA to rapidly cover localization areas of gravitational wave events that are typically larger than the CTA field of view. This work will evaluate and provide estimations on the expected number of of gravitational wave events that will be observable with CTA, considering both on- and off-axis emission. In addition, we will present and discuss the prospects of potential follow-up strategies with CTA

Performance of a proposed event-type based analysis for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next-generation observatory in the field of very-high-energy (20 GeV to 300 TeV) gamma-ray astroparticle physics. Classically, data analysis in the field maximizes sensitivity by applying quality cuts on the data acquired. These cuts, optimized using Monte Carlo simulations, select higher quality events from the initial dataset. Subsequent steps of the analysis typically use the surviving events to calculate one set of instrument response functions (IRFs). An alternative approach is the use of event types, as implemented in experiments such as the Fermi-LAT. In this approach, events are divided into sub-samples based on their reconstruction quality, and a set of IRFs is calculated for each sub-sample. The sub-samples are then combined in a joint analysis, treating them as independent observations. This leads to an improvement in performance parameters such as sensitivity, angular and energy resolution. Data loss is reduced since lower quality events are included in the analysis as well, rather than discarded. In this study, machine learning methods will be used to classify events according to their expected angular reconstruction quality. We will report the impact on CTA high-level performance when applying such an event-type classification, compared to the classical procedure