Ruins and city. Procedure suggestion for the Imperial Forums of Rome

[EN] The actual area of the Imperial Forums is presented as a big urban void in which the scale of the city has been lost. A "no man's land", inhospitable, to which you could assign the qualifying of "non-place". A huge and fragmented "archaeological park" in which the observer is not able of relate the rests and recognise the trace of the ancient forums. This problems have been adressed within the framework of the "Workshop of Conservation and Intervention" of the MCPA Master of the UPV, in which have been suggested differente strategies, both of search of the sewn of the city, and of the recognition of the different historical stratums existing on the place. To the same extent, this topic has been an international contest object, on which the proposal we have presented comes from a “modern” attitude, that helps us going beyond the evocative power of the ruin, or from its value as a referent from the past. An attitude which seeks to inhabit the ruin, occupy and settle it with architectures that renew its value, they are commited with the past and the present, and they guarantee their future presence. In this sense, the wanted and searched condition of "presence", is not as supported by the recovery of what have existed as it is by the ability of the intervention by accepting the transformations which have happened throughout history, introducing in turn a new stratum that besides answering the current needs, strengthen its statement as architecture. And all of that, urban regeneration is searched through the recuperation of the city’s scale loss.Marcenac, V.; Ballester Bordes, MJ.; Bosch Roig, L.; Campos González, C.; Bosch Reig, I. (2018). Ruins and city. Procedure suggestion for the Imperial Forums of Rome. En 24th ISUF International Conference. Book of Papers. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 1045-1054. https://doi.org/10.4995/ISUF2017.2017.6220OCS1045105

Pancreatic steatosis and iron overload increases cardiovascular risk in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

ObjectiveTo assess the prevalence of pancreatic steatosis and iron overload in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and their correlation with liver histology severity and the risk of cardiometabolic diseases.MethodA prospective, multicenter study including NAFLD patients with biopsy and paired Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was performed. Liver biopsies were evaluated according to NASH Clinical Research Network, hepatic iron storages were scored, and digital pathology quantified the tissue proportionate areas of fat and iron. MRI-biomarkers of fat fraction (PDFF) and iron accumulation (R2*) were obtained from the liver and pancreas. Different metabolic traits were evaluated, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk was estimated with the atherosclerotic CVD score, and the severity of iron metabolism alteration was determined by grading metabolic hiperferritinemia (MHF). Associations between CVD, histology and MRI were investigated.ResultsIn total, 324 patients were included. MRI-determined pancreatic iron overload and moderate-to severe steatosis were present in 45% and 25%, respectively. Liver and pancreatic MRI-biomarkers showed a weak correlation (r=0.32 for PDFF, r=0.17 for R2*). Pancreatic PDFF increased with hepatic histologic steatosis grades and NASH diagnosis (p<0.001). Prevalence of pancreatic steatosis and iron overload increased with the number of metabolic traits (p<0.001). Liver R2* significantly correlated with MHF (AUC=0.77 [0.72-0.82]). MRI-determined pancreatic steatosis (OR=3.15 [1.63-6.09]), and iron overload (OR=2.39 [1.32-4.37]) were independently associated with high-risk CVD. Histologic diagnosis of NASH and advanced fibrosis were also associated with high-risk CVD.ConclusionPancreatic steatosis and iron overload could be of utility in clinical decision-making and prognostication of NAFLD

Two news items of the Roig d?Alós biography. The Rescue Operation of Spanish National Radio and Television (RTVE) in 1967 and two documents about works in La Vall d¿Uixó.

In June 1967, Luís Roig d'Alós received the title of Collaborator in a well broadcast popular programme called Rescue Mission that had been proposed by Rescue Group no. 294 of Alzira (Valencia). A group of primary school students from the "La Montañeta" school with their schoolteacher, Jesús Hernández Sanchis, set up a cultural awareness campaign to safeguard an old and worn canvas stored in the Lluc hermitage. This article transcribes the documents, analyses letters and rescues the memory of that event. The second documentary reference relates to a news item that has been recently released- It was about restoration work done to a canvas belonging to the Guardian Angel Church in La Vall d'Uixó. On the two anonymous sheets that had been stuck to the back of a canvas appear Roig d'Alós¿ statements and judgements about a 17th-century Valencian School canvasEn junio de 1967 Luís Roig d'Alós recibía un Título de Colaborador en un programa de gran difusión y popularidad llamado Misión Rescate propuesto por del Grupo de Rescate nº 294 de la ciudad de Alzira (Valencia). Un grupo de estudiantes de primaria del colegio "La Montañeta" con su maestro Jesús Hernández Sanchis pusieron en marcha una campaña de sensibilización cultural para la salvaguarda de un antiguo y maltrecho lienzo conservado en la ermita del Lluc. En este artículo se transcriben los documentos, se analizan las cartas y se rescata la memoria de aquel acontecimiento. La segunda referencia documental se refiere a una noticia salida a la luz recientemente con la restauración de un lienzo procedente de la parroquia del Santo Ángel Custodio de La Vall d'Uixó. En dos cuartillas anónimas encoladas al reverso de un lienzo aparecen unas declaraciones y juicios de Roig d'Alós alrededor de un lienzo de escuela valenciana del S. XVII.Guerola Blay, V.; Bosch Roig, L.; Gomis Corell, JC. (2008). Dos noticias para la biografía de Roig d'Alós. La operación rescate de radio nacional de España y TVE de 1967 y dos documentos de trabajo en la Vall d'Uixó. Arché. 3(3):87-96. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/3175787963

TEORÍA DE CIRCUITOS. TEORÍA Y PROBLEMAS

El presente libro trata de ser una guía para el estudio y la autoevaluación de la teoría básica de circuitos eléctricos. Su orientación es principalmente práctica y está dirigida a la resolución de problemas introduciendo previamente los conceptos teóricos necesarios. De esta forma y en líneas generales, el principal objetivo es dotar al lector de las nociones y herramientas necesarias para analizar la respuesta tanto transitoria como permanente de circuitos eléctricos sometidos a excitaciones de tipo continuo y sinusoidal. El libro presenta teoría, cuestiones y problemas, de forma ordenada por capítulos. En el primer capítulo se desarrollan los conceptos y leyes fundamentales de la teoría de circuitos más básica, con las defi niciones de corriente eléctrica y diferencia de potencial, resistencia eléctrica y ley de Ohm, energía y potencia, leyes de Kirchoff, etc. En el segundo capítulo, se amplían algunos de éstos conceptos con la introducción de los diferentes componentes eléctricos pasivos, como el resistor, el condensador o a bobina, y activos, con los generadores de tensión y corriente y las diferentes formas de asociarlos. En el tercer capítulo, se presentan los teoremas fundamentales que permiten una mejora en el análisis de los circuitos, como son el método de mallas y nodos, los equivalentes de Thevenin y Norton, la superposición y el teorema de máxima transferencia de potencia.Hernandez Franco, CA.; Bosch Roig, I.; Gosálbez Castillo, J.; Sanchis Kilders, P. (2014). TEORÍA DE CIRCUITOS. TEORÍA Y PROBLEMAS. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/70631EDITORIA

Cesària d'una vaca

Títol a la caràtula: Tècniques de cesària en vaque

Pancreatic steatosis and iron overload increases cardiovascular risk in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

[EN] ObjectiveTo assess the prevalence of pancreatic steatosis and iron overload in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and their correlation with liver histology severity and the risk of cardiometabolic diseases. MethodA prospective, multicenter study including NAFLD patients with biopsy and paired Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was performed. Liver biopsies were evaluated according to NASH Clinical Research Network, hepatic iron storages were scored, and digital pathology quantified the tissue proportionate areas of fat and iron. MRI-biomarkers of fat fraction (PDFF) and iron accumulation (R2*) were obtained from the liver and pancreas. Different metabolic traits were evaluated, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk was estimated with the atherosclerotic CVD score, and the severity of iron metabolism alteration was determined by grading metabolic hiperferritinemia (MHF). Associations between CVD, histology and MRI were investigated. ResultsIn total, 324 patients were included. MRI-determined pancreatic iron overload and moderate-to severe steatosis were present in 45% and 25%, respectively. Liver and pancreatic MRI-biomarkers showed a weak correlation (r=0.32 for PDFF, r=0.17 for R2*). Pancreatic PDFF increased with hepatic histologic steatosis grades and NASH diagnosis (p<0.001). Prevalence of pancreatic steatosis and iron overload increased with the number of metabolic traits (p<0.001). Liver R2* significantly correlated with MHF (AUC=0.77 [0.72-0.82]). MRI-determined pancreatic steatosis (OR=3.15 [1.63-6.09]), and iron overload (OR=2.39 [1.32-4.37]) were independently associated with high-risk CVD. Histologic diagnosis of NASH and advanced fibrosis were also associated with high-risk CVD. ConclusionPancreatic steatosis and iron overload could be of utility in clinical decision-making and prognostication of NAFLD.This study was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI19/0380), GILEAD Sciences (Grant Number: GLD19/00050) and Sociedad Valenciana de Patologia Digestiva (2021/094).Marti-Aguado, D.; Ten-Esteve, A.; Baracaldo-Silva, CM.; Crespo, A.; Coello, E.; Merino-Murgui, V.; Fernandez-Paton, M.... (2023). Pancreatic steatosis and iron overload increases cardiovascular risk in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.12134411

Avaluació del projecte CerclesCat: 4t informe

Aquest és el quart i últim informe de la sèrie que composen el projecte complet d’avaluació de la implementació del Projecte CerclesCat a Catalunya. El primer capítol resumeix en què consisteix el Projecte CerclesCat i la seva evolució des del seu inici fins l’actualitat, així com els principals resultats obtinguts als informes previs, pensant en el públic que no els ha llegit encara. El model CerclesCat és molt jove en la seva aplicació i s’ha implementat gradualment per tal que s’introdueixi com un recurs més per a la gestió del risc de delinqüents sexuals al nostre territori. Això s’ha tingut en compte en el disseny del projecte d’avaluació, que ha durat quasi 5 anys, i dels que s’han anat presentant resultats parcials cada any. En cadascun d’aquests informes parcials s’ha volgut donar resposta prioritàriament a alguns dels objectius del projecte d’avaluació d’aquesta política pública. El principal objectiu que persegueix l’actual informe és avaluar l’eficiència i eficàcia del Projecte per a la reinserció social i la reducció de la reincidència dels delinqüents sexuals d’alt risc que han participat en el programa front els que no ho han fet. Per contextualitzar les dades: la població condemnada per delictes contra la llibertat sexual l’any 2019 a Catalunya eren 659 persones, i d’elles un 20% eren d’alt risc de reincidència. Per tant, la població susceptible d’incloure’s en programes com CerclesCat són 132 persones, l’1,6% de la població penitenciària catalana de l’any 2019. La mostra de l’estudi la composen 121 persones, de les quals a 107 se’ls ha pogut fer el seguiment en llibertat en períodes que van dels 2 als 7 anys. L’estudi recull dades sobre les taxes de reincidència penitenciària i en execució penal i en les diferents tipologies delictives (general, violenta i sexual)

Evaluación del proyecto CerclesCat: 4º informe

Este es el cuarto y último informe de la serie que componen el proyecto completo de evaluación de la implementación del Proyecto CerclesCat en Cataluña. El primer capítulo resume en qué consiste el Proyecto CerclesCat y su evolución desde su inicio hasta la actualidad, así como los principales resultados obtenidos en los informes previos, pensando en el público que no los ha leído todavía. El modelo CerclesCat es muy joven en su aplicación y se ha implementado gradualmente para que se introduzca como un recurso más para la gestión del riesgo de delincuentes sexuales en nuestro territorio. Esto se ha tenido en cuenta en el diseño del proyecto de evaluación, que ha durado casi 5 años, y de los que se han ido presentando resultados parciales cada año. En cada uno de estos informes parciales se ha querido dar respuesta prioritariamente a algunos de los objetivos del proyecto de evaluación de esta política pública. El principal objetivo que persigue el actual informe es evaluar la eficiencia y eficacia del Proyecto para la reinserción social y la reducción de la reincidencia de los delincuentes sexuales de alto riesgo que han participado en el programa frente a los que no lo han hecho. Para contextualizar los datos: la población condenada por delitos contra la libertad sexual en el año 2019 en Cataluña eran 659 personas, y de ellas un 20% eran de alto riesgo de reincidencia. Por lo tanto, la población susceptible de incluirse en programas como CerclesCat son 132 personas, el 1,6% de la población penitenciaria catalana del año 2019. La muestra del estudio la componen 121 personas, de las cuales a 107 se les ha podido hacer el seguimiento en libertad en periodos que van de los 2 a los 7 años. El estudio recoge datos sobre las tasas de reincidencia penitenciaria y en ejecución penal y en las diferentes tipologías delictivas (general, violenta y sexual)

Evaluation of CerclesCat Project: 4th Report

This is the fourth and last report in the series that make up the comprehensive evaluation project of the implementation of Circles of Support and Accountability in Catalonia. The first chapter summarizes what the Circles Project is about, and its evolution from its beginning to the present, as well as the main results obtained in the previous reports, being mindful of the public that has not yet read them. The Circles model is very young in its application in Catalonia and has been gradually implemented so that it can be introduced as one more resource for the risk management of sexual offenders in our territory. This has been taken into account in the design of the evaluation, which has lasted almost 5 years. We have presented the partial results each year. In each of these partial reports, the priority has been to respond to some of the goals of the evaluation project of this public policy. The main objective pursued by the current report is to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the Circles Project in promoting the social reintegration and the reduction of recidivism of high-risk sex offenders who have participated in the program versus those who have not. To contextualize the data: the population serving a sentence for sexual crimes in 2019 in Catalonia was 659 people, and 20% of them were at high risk of recidivism. Therefore, the population that can be included in programs such as Circles is 132 people, 1.6% of the Catalan prison population in 2019. The study sample is composed of 121 people, of whom 107 have been followed up after release for periods ranging from 2 to 7 years. The study collects data on the rates of prison recidivism (return to prison for a new offence, either accused or sentenced) and penal execution recidivism (being involved in any penal procedure for a new offence). Moreover, recidivism is analyzed for different types of crime (general, violent and sexual)