Economía social comunitaria con identidad desde la perspectiva intercultural de género

The study was carried out in ten communities located in the rural area of Siuna, Autonomous Region of the Northern Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua. Its objectives are to characterize the population, community economic and social development with identity from an intercultural gender perspective, to describe the state of art of these from the participation of the people, and to analyze realities, contexts, and scenarios for thepromotion of local community economies for the life of the people. The study was developed under the quantitative approach with a descriptive level, data were collected with a structured survey with closed questions on a Likert scale and sectoral workshops. For data processing, statistical techniques were applied to organize, tabulate, represent and synthesize data related to the study variables. The results show that men are responsible for the leadership of the household. A quarter of the population is young and economically active. In these communities, agriculture is the main livelihood and the average salary is 3,800 córdobas, surviving daily on 157.5 córdobas. It was learned that more than half of the population of school age is active in the different modalities. There are sixteen schools, and the modality with the most students is multi-grade primary school. It is vital to implement trade schools to generate employment and self-employment opportunities.  El estudio se desarrolló en diez comunidades ubicadas en el área rural de Siuna, Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte, Nicaragua. Tiene como objetivo caracterizar a la población, desarrollo económico y social comunitario con identidad desde la perspectiva intercultural de género, describir el estado del arte de estas desde la participación de los pueblos, analizar realidades, contextos y escenarios para el fomento de economías locales comunitarias para la vida de los pueblos. El estudio se desarrolló bajo el enfoque cuantitativo con nivel descriptivo, los datos se recolectaron con una encuesta estructurada con preguntas cerradas en escala Likert y talleres sectoriales. Para el procesamiento de datos se aplicaron técnicas estadísticas para organizar, tabular, representar y sintetizar datos relacionados con las variables del estudio. Los resultados refieren que el liderazgo del hogar está en responsabilidad del hombre como jefe del hogar. La cuarta parte de la población es joven y económicamente activa. En estas comunidades, la agricultura es el principal medio de vida y el salario promedio es 3,800 córdobas, sobreviviendo diariamente con 157.5 córdobas. Se conoció que más de la mitad de la población en edad de estudiar está activa en las distintas modalidades. Hay dieciséis centros escolares, la modalidad con más estudiantes es primaria multigrado. Es vital implementar las escuelas de oficios para generar oportunidades de empleo y autoempleo

Perspectivas académicas desde una mirada comunitaria intercultural, curso propedéutico 2022 URACCAN, campus Siuna

The study analyzes the academic perspectives of the students who received the propaedeutic course at URACCAN, Siuna Campus. The analysis is made from a community and intercultural approach during the first semester of 2022. The purpose is to generate information for academic decision-making, describing careers and universities that outline the dreams of the students, likewise, reasons to stay studying at URACCAN Siuna and factors that guarantee the stay on this university campus, and finally, the perception is valued and the percentage of recruitment is determined. The research was developed under the quantitative approach at a descriptive level, the data were collected through a survey with multiple-choice items, a Likert scale, and open questions, for data processing, statistical techniques were applied to organize, tabulate, represent and synthesize data related to the variables of the study. Among the main results show that the most demanded careers are Nursing, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Agroforestry Engineering, Accounting, and Business Administration. The most preferred universities are URACCAN Las Minas, UNAN-León, and UNAN-Managua. The reasons to stay studying in URACCAN Siuna are proximity to the family, university quality, opportunity to prepare, and economic accessibility; however, students who migrate to universities in the Pacific of Nicaragua are attracted by the adventure of a new life and to have autonomy, it also has to do with the wide range of academic careers offered. The percentage of 2022 intake, in URACCAN Siuna, was 19.5% of the total number of high school graduates in 2021 in the municipalities that make up the mining sector and Mulukukú.  El estudio analiza las perspectivas académicas del estudiantado que recibió el curso propedéutico en URACCAN, Campus Siuna. El análisis se hace desde un enfoque comunitario e intercultural durante el primer semestre de 2022. El propósito es generar información para la toma de decisiones académicas, describiendo carreras y universidades que perfilan en los sueños del estudiantado, asimismo, razones para quedarse estudiando en URACCAN Siuna y factores que garantizan la estancia en este campo universitario, por último, se valora la percepción y se determina el porcentaje de captación.  La investigación se desarrolló bajo el enfoque cuantitativo con nivel descriptivo, los datos fueron recolectados por medio de una encuesta con ítems de selección múltiple, escala Likert y preguntas abiertas, para el procesamiento de datos se aplicaron técnicas estadísticas para organizar, tabular, representar y sintetizar datos relacionados con las variables del estudio.  Entre los principales resultados están que las carreras más demandadas son Enfermería, Medicina, Veterinaria, Ingeniería Agroforestal, Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas. Las universidades de mayor preferencia corresponden a URACCAN Las Minas, UNAN-León y UNAN-Managua. Las razones o motivos para quedarse estudiando en URACCAN Siuna son cercanía a la familia, calidad universitaria, oportunidad de prepararse y accesibilidad económica; sin embargo, los estudiantes que migran a universidades del Pacífico de Nicaragua son atraídos por la aventura de una nueva vida y disponer de autonomía, también tiene que ver con el amplio abanico de carreras académicas ofertadas. El porcentaje de captación 2022, en URACCAN Siuna, fue de 19.5% del total de bachilleres graduados en el año 2021 en los municipios que conforman el sector minero y Mulukukú.  &nbsp

Recovering Sustainable Mobility after COVID-19: The Case of Almeria (Spain)

The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a significant change in mobility habits within cities, leading to a significant decrease in the use of collective urban transport in many countries that has been only partially and unevenly reversed. In this context, many cities are analyzing what factors are hindering this recovery process to design actions to promote sustainable mobility. Thus, this study, carried out in the city of Almeria (Spain), tried to analyze whether the main operating variables of the municipal bus network (frequency, average vehicle occupancy, the length of the lines, urban or suburban character, circularity, nodality, and intermodality) have an impact on the annual number of users recovered in 2022 compared to 2019. Although a strong statistical correlation between variables was not observed, the overall results show that the lines that have recovered the most users on average are suburban lines, as well as the nodal lines that serve key centroids such as the university, highlighting that the dependence of users on public transport might be the most important determinant in the recovery process, more than other variables representative of the service’s intrinsic quality such as frequency or average vehicle occupancy. This result shows the importance of facilitating public transport to those who lack alternatives, as well as the convenience of restrictions on less sustainable transportation alternatives for the prompt recovery of the space lost by urban public transportation

Advances in the Integration of Sustainable Drainage Systems into Urban Planning: A Case Study

Climate change is arguably the greatest challenge facing cities today. Its severe consequences have created the need for sustainable urban planning. In this regard, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) have contributed in recent years to alleviating environmental problems caused by soil sealing and enhancing the resilience of cities to climate change. However, in most cases, the level of implementation is limited to solving environmental problems caused by inadequate urban planning. To change this, in recent years some countries have proposed recommendations to integrate these systems into their urban planning regulations, but these have been general and have not defined specific measures. This paper proposes to achieve this goal by using case studies of three countries with similar characteristics (Spain, Italy and France). A common framework for the integration of SuDS in planning has been proposed that can be exported to other similar places. The urban scales of intervention have been defined (city, neighborhood and street), as well as the actions to be carried out (analysis, planning and regulatory measures) and the urban plans to which they should be applied. This proposal represents an advancement in the application of SuDS as a primary control measure. This breakthrough will significantly improve the resilience of the cities of the future, making them more resilient to the effects of weather and climate change

Perturbation-Based Modeling Unveils the Autophagic Modulation of Chemosensitivity and Immunogenicity in Breast Cancer Cells

In the absence of new therapeutic strategies, chemotherapeutic drugs are the most widely used strategy against metastatic breast cancer, in spite of eliciting multiple adverse effects and having low responses with an average 5-year patient survival rate. Among the new therapeutic targets that are currently in clinical trials, here, we addressed the association between the regulation of the metabolic process of autophagy and the exposure of damage-associated molecular patterns associated (DAMPs) to immunogenic cell death (ICD), which has not been previously studied. After validating an mCHR-GFP tandem LC3 sensor capacity to report dynamic changes of the autophagic metabolic flux in response to external stimuli and demonstrating that both basal autophagy levels and response to diverse autophagy regulators fluctuate among different cell lines, we explored the interaction between autophagy modulators and chemotherapeutic agents in regards of cytotoxicity and ICD using three different breast cancer cell lines. Since these interactions are very complex and variable throughout different cell lines, we designed a perturbation-based model in which we propose specific modes of action of chemotherapeutic agents on the autophagic flux and the corresponding strategies of modulation to enhance the response to chemotherapy. Our results point towards a promising therapeutic potential of the metabolic regulation of autophagy to overcome chemotherapy resistance by eliciting ICD.Universidad de Costa Rica/[803-B6-600]/UCR/Costa RicaUCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias de la Salud::Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales (CIET)UCR::Vicerrectoría de Docencia::Salud::Facultad de Microbiologí

Reseña de libros

ES] Barros da Costa, Hugo. NYC relatos gráficos (por Pablo Rodríguez-Navarro) pp82.--Barros da Costa, Hugo. On the path of Louis Kahn ( por Pedro Molina-Siles) pp.83.-- Cabodevilla Artieda, Ignacio. Análisis comparativo de la arquitectura gótica en los reinos de Aragón y Nápoles (S. XIII-XV) (por Noelia Cervero Sánchez). pp. 84--Salvador García, Elena. Protocolo HBIM para la gestión eficiente del uso público del patrimonio arquitectónico (por María José Viñals Blasco & Jorge Luis García-Valldecabres) pp. 85.-- Sánchez de la Guía, Lucía. Modelos y métodos de participación del usuario en el diseño de productos y servicios (por Marina Puyuelo Cazorla) pp 86.Rodríguez Navarro, P.; Molina Siles, PJ.; Cervero Sánchez, N.; Viñals Blasco, MJ.; García Valldecabres, JL.; Puyuelo Cazorla, M. (2020). Reseña de libros. EGE Revista de Expresión Gráfica en la Edificación. 0(12):82-86. https://doi.org/10.4995/ege.2020.14077OJS828601

Applications of non-intrusive methods to study the sand cat: a field study in the Sahara Desert

Surveys based on indirect signs and camera trapping are two non-invasive methods extensively used for monitoring elusive mammals. Both approaches can be useful to obtain key information on wildlife in remote areas, since they may allow for the logistically viable design of optimal field frameworks. The sand cat (Felis margarita) is a feline that inhabits the Sahara Desert, the Arabian Peninsula, and western Asian deserts. Its basic ecology is poorly known and the status and impacts of threats are difficult to assess. Some local population declines have been detected, and more research is needed. Based on field surveys carried out in the Atlantic Sahara, we have evaluated the applications of both methods to study this species. Our results show that (a) camera trapping provided reliable data on several key aspects of its ecology, (b) walking surveys to collect feces for molecular data failed completely, and (c) for footprints, identification problems and the marked effects of the absence of optimal substrates and the prevalence of wind are relevant handicaps. Beyond this evaluation, we provide for the first time some key aspects of the ecology of sand cats in the Sahara Desert, including habitat selection, density, diel activity, and predator–prey relationships.Funding for open access publishing: Universidad de Granada/CBUA. This study was partially supported by Fundación Barcelona Zoo (PRIC Project 2017 grant)

1ª Jornada PhDay Complutense Bellas Artes

Esta publicación está constituida por los artículos surgidos de la 1ª Jornada de Presentaciones PhDay Complutense que tuvieron lugar en la Sala Multiusos de la Facultad de Bellas Artes el 11 de diciembre de 2017. La iniciativa surgió de la Escuela de Doctorado de la Universidad Complutense (EDUCM), dependiente del Vicerrectorado de Política Científica, Investigación y Doctorado, en colaboración con el Vicerrectorado de Estudiantes, teniendo una gran acogida en numerosas facultades de la UCM. Las comunicaciones que se realizaron durante la jornada de Bellas Artes, divididas en formatos de presentación oral y póster, dan cuenta de la diversidad de campos de estudio que alberga la investigación artística en la actualidad. Los artículos de este volumen plantean un completo panorama de las disciplinas integradas en la facultad: diseño, bellas artes, conservación y restau-ración, audiovisuales, teoría e historia del arte, sociología o nuevos medios tecnológicos. Todo ello estuvo coordinado por un comité organizador compuesto por estudiantes de doctorado del propio programa de la Facultad de Bellas Artes y cada presentación recibió la opinión de un jurado constituido por reconocidos profesores del centro y un profesor externo experto en investigación. El buen ambiente y la considerable asistencia de público al acto reflejan el interés que suscita la investigación artística y lo pertinente y necesario de su estudio en la sociedad actual

Search for eccentric black hole coalescences during the third observing run of LIGO and Virgo

Despite the growing number of confident binary black hole coalescences observed through gravitational waves so far, the astrophysical origin of these binaries remains uncertain. Orbital eccentricity is one of the clearest tracers of binary formation channels. Identifying binary eccentricity, however, remains challenging due to the limited availability of gravitational waveforms that include effects of eccentricity. Here, we present observational results for a waveform-independent search sensitive to eccentric black hole coalescences, covering the third observing run (O3) of the LIGO and Virgo detectors. We identified no new high-significance candidates beyond those that were already identified with searches focusing on quasi-circular binaries. We determine the sensitivity of our search to high-mass (total mass M>70 M⊙) binaries covering eccentricities up to 0.3 at 15 Hz orbital frequency, and use this to compare model predictions to search results. Assuming all detections are indeed quasi-circular, for our fiducial population model, we place an upper limit for the merger rate density of high-mass binaries with eccentricities 0<e≤0.3 at 0.33 Gpc−3 yr−1 at 90\% confidence level