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Self interest and justice principle
We introduce non-enforceable property rights over bargaining surplus in a dictator game with production, in which the effort of the agents is differentially rewarded. Using experimental data we elicit individual preferences over the egalitarian, the accountability and the libertarian principle and provide evidence to support the inability of these justice principles to account for the observed behavior. Although this finding is consistent with the idea of individuals interpreting justice principles differently, we show that dictators behave self-interested concerning redistribution and choose which justice principle best maximizes their own payoff. We interpret this result as the justice norm imposing a constraint on otherwise self-maximizing agents.dictator game, justice principles, self-interest, self-serving bias.
Factores que influyen en el proceso de mercadotecnia que implementan los restaurantes del área urbana de la ciudad de Estelà en el año 2011
Estelà es una ciudad con un amplio desarrollo comercial, en comparación con los demás municipios de la región norte del paÃs. Esto le ha permitido la conformación de empresas de servicio dedicadas al sector restaurantero.
Las empresas de servicio restaurantero de la ciudad de EstelÃ, están trabajando enfocadas en su producción y muy poco en el mercado. En su mayorÃa carecen de áreas especÃficas de mercadotecnia, dejando esta función a las áreas administrativas, e incluso en manos de medios de comunicación externos a la empresa
Benchmarking Particle Filter Algorithms for Efficient Velodyne-Based Vehicle Localization
Keeping a vehicle well-localized within a prebuilt-map is at the core of any autonomous vehicle navigation system. In this work, we show that both standard SIR sampling and rejection-based optimal sampling are suitable for efficient (10 to 20 ms) real-time pose tracking without feature detection that is using raw point clouds from a 3D LiDAR. Motivated by the large amount of information captured by these sensors, we perform a systematic statistical analysis of how many points are actually required to reach an optimal ratio between efficiency and positioning accuracy. Furthermore, initialization from adverse conditions, e.g., poor GPS signal in urban canyons, we also identify the optimal particle filter settings required to ensure convergence. Our findings include that a decimation factor between 100 and 200 on incoming point clouds provides a large savings in computational cost with a negligible loss in localization accuracy for a VLP-16 scanner. Furthermore, an initial density of ∼2 particles/m 2 is required to achieve 100% convergence success for large-scale (∼100,000 m 2 ), outdoor global localization without any additional hint from GPS or magnetic field sensors. All implementations have been released as open-source software
Comercio informal: un caso en Ensenada, Baja California
La informalidad es un fenómeno persistente en México que viene incrementándose a partir de las crisis y el precario crecimiento económico. Mientras a nivel federal el gobierno intenta reducirla mediante distintas estrategias de polÃtica, los gobiernos locales parecen incentivarla al incrementar la autorización de permisos para comercio ambulante; al menos eso parece suceder en el municipio de Ensenada, Baja California. De ahà surge el interés de estudiar y caracterizar la economÃa informal en la zona urbana a partir del padrón de comerciantes de la Dirección de Alcoholes, Espectáculos y Comercio. Para ello se diseña una investigación no experimental, un cuestionario y una guÃa de entrevistas. Los sujetos de estudio están representados por los comerciantes, personal de gobierno y las asociaciones empresariales.Informality is a persistent phenomenon in Mexico that has been increasing since the crisis of poor economic growth. Mean while at the federal level, the government tries to reduce it through its policies, local governments seem to encourage it by increasing the issuance of permits for street trading, at least that happens in the city of Ensenada, Baja California, here the interest in studying and characterizing informal economy in the urban area from the listing of the Dirección de Alcoholes, Espectáculos y Comercio. For this purpose a non-experimental research, a questionnaire and interview guide was developed. The study subjects are the vendors, government and business associations personal
El dolor en la teorÃa y práctica médicas de Galeno
El objeto del trabajo es establecer el papel que desempeñó el dolor
en la medicina galénica, especialmente en el seno de su complejo
esquema semiológico. Afirmamos que el dolor siempre fue entendido
por Galeno como dolor biológico (1). No es que Galeno ignorase o
despreciase el dolor moral, al cual él como médico asistÃa diariamente,
sino que entendió a este último como algo fÃsico o somático. En efecto,
tanto el dolor fÃsico como el moral tenÃan su última justificación en la
contextura humoral del cuerpo, de la que dependÃan tanto el fisiologismo
de sus partes como la propia vida psÃquica e incluso moral del
hombre (2). El radical somaticismo de Galeno pocas veces se hizo tan
manifiesto como en su doctrina del dolor. En ésta se observa una
completa disociacióri entre los estados afectivos y la sintomatologÃa
orgánica, si bien esta afirmación tiene que ser necesariamente matizada,
ya que existen en los escritos galénicos enfermedades somáticas producidas
por los estados psicológicos. Hay una diferencia radical, en este
aspecto, entre la patogenia galénica y la actual: mientras que hoy dÃa
estudiamos cualquier proceso morboso como el resultado de una
interacción entre soma ypsykhcÃ; Galeno la entendió únicamente desde el punto de vista somiitico, siendo las perturbaciones del alma una de las
cosas no naturales en las que clasificó las causas del enfermar (3)
Stem hydraulic capacitance decreases with drought stress : implications for modelling tree hydraulics in the Mediterranean oak Quercus ilex
Hydraulic modelling is a primary tool to predict plant performance in future drier scenarios. However, as most tree models are validated under non-stress conditions they may fail when water becomes limiting. To simulate tree hydraulic functioning under moist and dry conditions, the current version of a water flow and storage mechanistic model was further developed by implementing equations that describe variation in xylem hydraulic resistance (RX) and stem hydraulic capacitance (CS) with predawn water potential (ΨPD). The model was applied in a Mediterranean forest experiencing intense summer drought, where six Quercus ilex trees were instrumented to monitor stem diameter variations and sap flow, concurrently with measurements of predawn and midday leaf water potential. Best model performance was observed when CS was allowed to decrease with decreasing ΨPD. Hydraulic capacitance decreased from 62 to 25 kg m-3 MPa-1 across the growing season. In parallel, tree transpiration decreased to a greater extent than the capacitive water release and the contribution of stored water to transpiration increased from 2.0% to 5.1%. Our results demonstrate the importance of stored water and seasonality in CS for tree hydraulic functioning, and they suggest that CS should be considered to predict the drought-response of trees with models
Geometry, Sortition and Politics: Jacques Rancière between Cornelius Castoriadis and Bernard Manin
Este artÃculo pretende situar el sorteo
en la filosofÃa polÃtica de Jacques Rancière.
El sorteo está vinculado con una reflexión
de un enorme calado filosófico sobre la
igualdad aritmética y la igualdad geométrica.
Partiendo de un importante trabajo de Cornelius
Castoriadis al respecto, analizaremos a
continuación la relación de la filosofÃa polÃtica
de Rancière con la igualdad. Por último, nos
ocuparemos del sorteo y del lugar que ocupa en
su obra. El trabajo de Bernard Manin sobre las
democracias antiguas y los sistemas de gobierno
representativo nos ayudará a contextualizar
las propuestas de Rancière sobre el
recurso a la selección aleatoria en polÃtica.This paper analyses the place of
sortition in the political philosophy of Jacques
Rancière. The idea of sortition is linked to a
philosophical reflection on arithmetic equality
and geometric equality. Thus, starting from an
important work of Cornelius Castoriadis in
this sense, we will analyze below the relationship
of Rancière’s political philosophy with
equality. Finally we will analyze the sortition
and the place it occupies in his work. Bernard
Manin’s work on ancient democracies and
systems of representative government will help
us contextualize Rancière’s proposals on the
use of random selection in politic
A Discussion on the Application of Terminology for Urban Soil Sealing Mitigation Practices
Soil sealing is one of the most serious environmental problems today regarding its impact
on cities. This article presents an analysis of the different urban practices currently used to mitigate
the effects of soil sealing in urban areas. The main typologies, characteristics, differences, similarities
and objectives have been considered. The practices analyzed were SuDS (Sustainable Drainage
Systems), LIDs (Low Impact Developments), BMPs (Best Management Practices), WSUD (Water
Sensitive Urban Design), GI (Green Infrastructure), and NbS (Nature-based Solutions). To understand
the impact of these terms, an analysis of their presence in the scientific literature over the last 10 years
is carried out. The results indicate that the trend in the use of these terms is increasing, with the
number of articles having doubled in the last 10 years. This indicates the importance that the problem
of soil sealing has acquired in the world, and the relevant environmental benefits of addressing it
Stress, Burnout, and Resilience: Are Teachers at Risk?
It is increasingly common to find alarming news related to tragic events occurring in schools around the world.
Being able to deal with these situations without getting hurt is a task not suitable for everyone. In general, teachers
are the ones who must deal with this type of situation in addition to other daily problems that appear in any
classroom that make the level of stress to which they are subjected can become dangerous. This research aims
to know the current situation of teachers in a region of southeastern Spain in terms of their level of work stress,
resilience, and other associated variables, for which an ex post facto quantitative approach study was designed. For
this purpose, an ad hoc sociodemographic questionnaire, and questions based on the Teaching and Learning
International Survey of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the Maslach Burnout
Inventory, and the Brief Resilient Coping Scale were applied. The participating sample consisted of 470 teachers.
The main findings were that 6% of teachers had burnout (high emotional exhaustion, high cynicism, and low
professional effectiveness simultaneously). Resilience correlated inversely with stress, emotional exhaustion, cynicism,
excessive teaching, and difficulty maintaining classroom discipline. In conclusion, knowing the needs of teachers
allows us to reflect on what kind of prevention and intervention programs are necessary to improve the
well-being of teachers and thus improve the quality of education
Prevención de úlceras por presión y lesiones musculoesqueléticas: paciente con ictus
Planteamos un caso clÃnico en el que enfermera y fisioterapeuta ponen en común
procedimientos para mejorar la higiene postural de un paciente encamado con un accidente
cerebrovascular y hemiplejia izquierda. Describimos analÃticamente una intervención
conjunta durante un mes. A pesar de que se ha mantenido el riesgo máximo de UPP
objetivado inicialmente, durante este periodo no han aparecido úlceras, obteniendo un
mantenimiento o aumento del rango de las articulaciones. Es importante un trabajo
multidisciplinar que evite la aparición de úlceras por decúbito y de futuras lesiones
musculoesqueléticas que dificultarÃan la posterior reeducación funcional del paciente
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