El Campús de Casablanca. Un sainet escrit a Xàbia i per a Xàbia

El Campús de Casablanca és un sainet que es va estrenar a Xàbia dins de la programació de "Fiesta en el aire", espectacle organitzat per tal de recaptar diners destinats a les festes de le Fogueres de Sant Joan, en el moment que començaven a existir. En ell es reflexa la vida de principis dels anys cinquanta, quan el turisme iniciava el camí cap a Xàbia. Un sainet que està apunt de ser representat desp´rés de tant de temps i publicat per primera vega , gràcies a la Fundació Cirn

Disseny d'un tanc d'escalfament per inducció per a materials no ferromagnètics

Premi al millor Projecte de Fi de Carrera presentat durant l'any 2013 en l'àmbit d'Innovació en Energia Elèctrica que atorga la CÀTEDRA ENDESA REDLa inducci o electromagn etica va ser descoberta el 1831 per Michael Faraday. Des de llavors, aquest fen omen ha estat investigat i estudiat en un ampli ventall d'aplicacions, com ara motors el ectrics, transformadors el ectrics, etc. En aquests aparells, un dels principals objectius era redu r al m axim les p erdues que es dissipaven en forma de calor. No va ser ns a principis del segle XX on es va comen car a pensar en com maximitzar i apro tar aquesta pot encia dissipada per escalfar materials conductors de l'electricitat. Durant la primera meitat de segle XX els camps magn etics en sistemes d'escalfament per inducci o eren creats per motors-generadors principalment, i no va ser ns la d ecada de 1960 quan es van comen car a utilitzar semiconductors de pot encia. Actualment la gran implementaci o de l'electr onica de pot encia en l' ambit industrial i la capacitat per resoldre problemes mitjan cant simulacions basades en elements nits, han perm es dissenyar equips m es optimitzats i e cients. En aquest projecte es realitza el disseny d'un equip d'escalfament per inducci o concebut per a l'escalfament de materials no ferromagn etics, en particular coure i alumini. L'objectiu principal del projecte es l'estudi de l'escalfament per inducci o en alumini i coure, i el disseny i la implementaci o d'un sistema alimentat a partir de la xarxa el ectrica convencional. La nalitat principal del present projecte es avaluar els aspectes t ecnics del sistema dissenyat. El present projecte s'ha estructurat de la seg uent manera: en primer lloc s'explica qu e es l'escalfament per inducci o, en quins principis f sics consisteix i quines en s on les caracter stiques m es importants. En segon lloc es mostren les diferents con guracions dels sistemes d'escalfament per inducci o, i s'escull la con guraci o adequada per a aquest projecte. Posteriorment es realitzen simulacions amb elements nits per tal de predimensionar el sistema, i tenir una primera aproximaci o dels valors m es importants d'aquest. A continuaci o es dissenya i construeix l'equip, tant la part de pot encia com la part de control. Un cop construit el sistema es realitzen les proves experimentals per tal de validar-ne el funcionament. Seguidament es realitza l'estudi econ omic i l'estudi d'impacte mediambiental del projecte. Finalment es presenten les conclusions i les futures l nies de treball del projecteAward-winnin

Role of age and comorbidities in mortality of patients with infective endocarditis

[Purpose]: The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics of patients with IE in three groups of age and to assess the ability of age and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict mortality. [Methods]: Prospective cohort study of all patients with IE included in the GAMES Spanish database between 2008 and 2015.Patients were stratified into three age groups:<65 years,65 to 80 years,and ≥ 80 years.The area under the receiver-operating characteristic (AUROC) curve was calculated to quantify the diagnostic accuracy of the CCI to predict mortality risk. [Results]: A total of 3120 patients with IE (1327 < 65 years;1291 65-80 years;502 ≥ 80 years) were enrolled.Fever and heart failure were the most common presentations of IE, with no differences among age groups.Patients ≥80 years who underwent surgery were significantly lower compared with other age groups (14.3%,65 years; 20.5%,65-79 years; 31.3%,≥80 years). In-hospital mortality was lower in the <65-year group (20.3%,<65 years;30.1%,65-79 years;34.7%,≥80 years;p < 0.001) as well as 1-year mortality (3.2%, <65 years; 5.5%, 65-80 years;7.6%,≥80 years; p = 0.003).Independent predictors of mortality were age ≥ 80 years (hazard ratio [HR]:2.78;95% confidence interval [CI]:2.32–3.34), CCI ≥ 3 (HR:1.62; 95% CI:1.39–1.88),and non-performed surgery (HR:1.64;95% CI:11.16–1.58).When the three age groups were compared,the AUROC curve for CCI was significantly larger for patients aged <65 years(p < 0.001) for both in-hospital and 1-year mortality. [Conclusion]: There were no differences in the clinical presentation of IE between the groups. Age ≥ 80 years, high comorbidity (measured by CCI),and non-performance of surgery were independent predictors of mortality in patients with IE.CCI could help to identify those patients with IE and surgical indication who present a lower risk of in-hospital and 1-year mortality after surgery, especially in the <65-year group

Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Largest HIV-1 CRF02_AG Outbreak in Spain: Evidence for Onward Transmissions

Background and Aim: The circulating recombinant form 02_AG (CRF02_AG) is the predominant clade among the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) non-Bs with a prevalence of 5.97% (95% Confidence Interval-CI: 5.41–6.57%) across Spain. Our aim was to estimate the levels of regional clustering for CRF02_AG and the spatiotemporal characteristics of the largest CRF02_AG subepidemic in Spain.Methods: We studied 396 CRF02_AG sequences obtained from HIV-1 diagnosed patients during 2000–2014 from 10 autonomous communities of Spain. Phylogenetic analysis was performed on the 391 CRF02_AG sequences along with all globally sampled CRF02_AG sequences (N = 3,302) as references. Phylodynamic and phylogeographic analysis was performed to the largest CRF02_AG monophyletic cluster by a Bayesian method in BEAST v1.8.0 and by reconstructing ancestral states using the criterion of parsimony in Mesquite v3.4, respectively.Results: The HIV-1 CRF02_AG prevalence differed across Spanish autonomous communities we sampled from (p &lt; 0.001). Phylogenetic analysis revealed that 52.7% of the CRF02_AG sequences formed 56 monophyletic clusters, with a range of 2–79 sequences. The CRF02_AG regional dispersal differed across Spain (p = 0.003), as suggested by monophyletic clustering. For the largest monophyletic cluster (subepidemic) (N = 79), 49.4% of the clustered sequences originated from Madrid, while most sequences (51.9%) had been obtained from men having sex with men (MSM). Molecular clock analysis suggested that the origin (tMRCA) of the CRF02_AG subepidemic was in 2002 (median estimate; 95% Highest Posterior Density-HPD interval: 1999–2004). Additionally, we found significant clustering within the CRF02_AG subepidemic according to the ethnic origin.Conclusion: CRF02_AG has been introduced as a result of multiple introductions in Spain, following regional dispersal in several cases. We showed that CRF02_AG transmissions were mostly due to regional dispersal in Spain. The hot-spot for the largest CRF02_AG regional subepidemic in Spain was in Madrid associated with MSM transmission risk group. The existence of subepidemics suggest that several spillovers occurred from Madrid to other areas. CRF02_AG sequences from Hispanics were clustered in a separate subclade suggesting no linkage between the local and Hispanic subepidemics

AMOR I DOLOR. Una sarsuela gairebé desconeguda

La meua intenció és donar a conéixer una sarsuela, la música de la qual va estar compasada pel músic ondarenc, Gonzalo Ortolà. Amor y dolor es va estrenar a Ondara i va ser representada també a Xàbia, on Ortolá, gaudia de molt bon reconeixeiment i amistats, car va dirigir alguns anys la seua banda municipal. La lletra de la sarsuela, què és la única cosa que puc transcriure i entendre, va ser escrita també per dos ondarencs, José Bosch Martí de Veses i Luis R. Bosch Albiñan