La prueba: teoría y práctica

Especialistas de talla mundial discurren en torno al núcleo básico de la administración de la justicia: la prueba, un tema fundamental que —precisamente por su carácter basilar— tiende a ser pasado por alto o a revisarse de manera superficial. En esta obra colectiva, se estudian —desde una perspectiva tanto conceptual como práctica— problemas fundamentales en torno a la prueba, desde diferentes puntos de vista que se soportan en diversas áreas del conocimiento como la filosofía, la epistemología, la psicología, entre otras. Modestia aparte, no es fortuito que en el prólogo del libro Bujosa Vadell declare que “está llamado a ser obra de cabecera para los juristas que, desde la academia y desde el foro, se preocupan por una conducción adecuada de la actividad probatoria”. Así pues, académicos, juristas, abogados litigantes y jueces tienen a su disposición la décima segunda entrega del Grupo de Investigaciones en Derecho Procesal, de la Universidad de Medellín, reconocido mundialmente por su compromiso y dedicación a la hora de coordinar esta ya tradicional serie de libros de investigación en derecho procesal.https://catalogo.udem.edu.co/la-prueba-teoria-y-practica--derecho-procesal-civil.html#.XbdVx-gzbc

4to. Congreso Internacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para la Sociedad. Memoria académica

Este volumen acoge la memoria académica de la Cuarta edición del Congreso Internacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para la Sociedad, CITIS 2017, desarrollado entre el 29 de noviembre y el 1 de diciembre de 2017 y organizado por la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (UPS) en su sede de Guayaquil. El Congreso ofreció un espacio para la presentación, difusión e intercambio de importantes investigaciones nacionales e internacionales ante la comunidad universitaria que se dio cita en el encuentro. El uso de herramientas tecnológicas para la gestión de los trabajos de investigación como la plataforma Open Conference Systems y la web de presentación del Congreso http://citis.blog.ups.edu.ec/, hicieron de CITIS 2017 un verdadero referente entre los congresos que se desarrollaron en el país. La preocupación de nuestra Universidad, de presentar espacios que ayuden a generar nuevos y mejores cambios en la dimensión humana y social de nuestro entorno, hace que se persiga en cada edición del evento la presentación de trabajos con calidad creciente en cuanto a su producción científica. Quienes estuvimos al frente de la organización, dejamos plasmado en estas memorias académicas el intenso y prolífico trabajo de los días de realización del Congreso Internacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para la Sociedad al alcance de todos y todas

Correction to: Cluster identification, selection, and description in Cluster randomized crossover trials: the PREP-IT trials

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article

Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover

Urbanization transforms environments in ways that alter biological evolution. We examined whether urban environmental change drives parallel evolution by sampling 110,019 white clover plants from 6169 populations in 160 cities globally. Plants were assayed for a Mendelian antiherbivore defense that also affects tolerance to abiotic stressors. Urban-rural gradients were associated with the evolution of clines in defense in 47% of cities throughout the world. Variation in the strength of clines was explained by environmental changes in drought stress and vegetation cover that varied among cities. Sequencing 2074 genomes from 26 cities revealed that the evolution of urban-rural clines was best explained by adaptive evolution, but the degree of parallel adaptation varied among cities. Our results demonstrate that urbanization leads to adaptation at a global scale

Potential impact of climate change on outbreaks of the pine bark beetle Dentroctonus frontalis Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in Honduras

Tesis (Mag. Sc.) -- CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 200817 ilus. 5 tab. 43 ref. 69 pág.Este estudio busca correlacionar aquellas variables climáticas y de manejo forestal que están asociadas a los brotes epidémicos del gorgojo descortezador del pino en Honduras. Los resultados de la simulación a partir del enfoque sistémico ponen de manifiesto la importancia del manejo forestal como medida de prevención y control de los brotes epidémicos. Finalmente, se demuestra que estos modelos podrían ser una herramienta importante en la toma de decisiones sobre manejo de los bosques e ilustran un enfoque general para predecir los efectos que ocasionaría el cambio climático en los bosques de pino de Honduras. In this study, several climatic and forest management variables were explored to infer association between D. frontalis outbreaks and environmental conditions that favor these outbreaks. The simulation model indicates that forest management such as extraction and use of damaged trees and adequate thinning, is essential for outbreak prevention and control. These models could become useful tools for pine forest management decisions in Honduras, particularly if global warming trends become real

Crecimiento y desarrollo normal: escuela Miguel Angel Estrella

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Knowledge networks on the use of biodiversity for sustainable livestock production systems in Latin America. A model platform for capacity building

Graciela M. Rusch, Rogerio Martins Mauricio, Enrique Murgueitio, Sonia Ospina, Milton Rivera Rojas, Verónica E. Rusch, Dalia Sánchez, Antonio Solarte, Jiska van Dijk and Cristóbal Villanueva, 2014. Knowledge networks on the use of biodiversity for sustainable livestock production systems in Latin America - A model platform for capacity building. – NINA Report 1060. 35 pp. Knowledge networks are self-organized structures where knowledge generation and exchange take place, thereby providing a basis which capacity building programs can build on by facilitating activities that promote knowledge exchange and mutual learning. The suitability of this kind of network relies on a series of characteristics. First, the transformation required to achieve sustainability in food, feed and fiber production needs to address the socio-ecological complexity of these systems. Lessons learned from experiences in the past indicate that the problems of biodiversity management derive from a mindset that oversimplifies and fragments the understanding of socio-ecological systems. Current views stress the necessity to engage scientists in all relevant fields of biodiversity and ecosystem services science. Knowledge networks can have an important role in bringing together a diversity of knowledge sources. Second, there is a tight linkage between how food production challenges are solved and the sustainable use and protection of biodiversity, which points to the need of a common understanding of the challenges of protecting biodiversity and ecosystem service among sectors. Knowledge networks organized around the problem of social – economic- and ecological sustainability of food production can play an important role in bridging the communication gap between decision makers addressing environmental, food production and development challenges. Third, the challenges about biodiversity and ecosystem services need to be undertaken at the regional, national and local levels. The lack of a sufficient understanding of the local conditions, of the challenges and of appropriate solutions that are in agreement with the local needs, are severe hindrances to successful bilateral aid programs. To be successful, future capacity-building endeavours need to address the local realities of both knowledge providers and requesters, and the local capacities to produce and use knowledge. Regional knowledge networks sharing common challenges have the potential to foster knowledge exchange and mutual learning with a focus on locally relevant issues. The network mapping in this report reveals a large number of knowledge provider organizations that deal with silvopastoral systems as an instrument towards social, economic and environmental sustainability in the livestock production sector in Latin America. National and regional projects and international programs have supported coordination and joint implementation activities that have fostered the organization of local and regional networks but, still, the knowledge is perceived as fragmented and knowledge holders are largely isolated. There seems to be a huge potential to foster capacity building through activities that promote knowledge exchange and mutual learning. The mapping exercise also reveals many knowledge requesters, particularly from governmental organizations at the national level, and some at the international level. However, there appears to be an underrepresentation of knowledge requesters operating at the local level, such as professionals that conduct out-reach activities, civil organizations (such as farmers organizations) and the private sector. There seems to be a perception of academic organizations as knowledge providers but not as knowledge requesters, despite dealing with issues of applied research