Environmental performance of Cantabrian (Northern Spain) pelagic fisheries: assessment of purse seine and minor art fleets under a life cycle approach

The perpetuation of fishing activity from an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable approach is essential to guarantee not only the future of coastal populations, but also the supply of high-value seafood for society and the safeguarding of cultural heritage. This article aims to assess the environmental performance associated with fishing fleet operations in Cantabria (northern Spain) under a life cycle thinking from a holistic approach. Thus, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology was applied under a "cradle-to-port" approach, setting the functional unit as 1 kg of fresh fish landed. Inventory data on the main inputs and outputs were collected from a sample of 57 vessels covering for the first time the main techniques, purse seine and minor art fisheries. The results identified that the vessel use stage was the responsible of most of the impacts. In line with the literature, diesel consumption stood as the chief hotspot in six of the seven impact categories analysed. Purse seiners got a value of 0.25 kg of fuel per kg of fish landed, while the performance of the minor art fleet showed significantly lower consumption (0.07). Regarding impacts on climate change, this study found a quantity of 1.00 and 0.34 kg CO2 eq. per FU, for purse seine and minor arts, respectively. These figures were consistent with the expected results for pelagic fisheries. For the remaining indicators, purse seiners generally performed worse. The LCA methodology provided outcomes that allow the proposal of potential improvements and measures to foster the transition towards a more sustainable smart-fishing sector. Further research efforts should focus on the development and implementation of renewable energy and low-carbon vessel propulsion technologies.This work was supported by the EAPA_576/2018NEPTUNUS project. The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of Interreg Atlantic Area

From the sea to the table: the environmental impact assessment of fishing, processing, and end-of-life of albacore in Cantabria

Cantabria, a small coastal region of Northern Spain, is one of the biggest producers of gourmet tuna cans in Europe. The fish capture in the Cantabrian Sea and the subsequent transformation in a local processing plant give distinction to this product, which is widely marketed in cans of 105 g of net weight. This work evaluates for the first time the environmental profile of the whole supply chain of this product, from fishing, processing, and waste valorization to inter-stage transport and packaging management in the end-of-life. To this end, the life cycle assessment methodology was applied considering primary data from the stakeholders involved in the supply chain and analyzing the seven most studied categories in this sector. Results revealed that fishing and processing accounted for the majority of the environmental impacts, while valorization and end-of-life treatments only avoid less than 10% of the burdens. The most important findings are focused on the high dependence on fuel use, identified as a hotspot in most stages although low compared to other fisheries, and on the intensive use of resources, especially sunflower oil, which contributes more than 70% of the impact on the global warming potential of the processing. This current framework forces the enhancement of the efficiency of a sector that attempts to engage the challenge of societal sustainability, by identifying the critical points and guiding policy makers on the path to sustainable development.This work was supported by the EAPA_576/2018NEPTUNUS project. The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of Interreg Atlantic Area. The authors are grateful for the funding of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the KAIROS-BIOCIR project (PID2019-104925RB) (AEO/FEDER, UE). Ana Fernández thanks the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spanish Government for their financial support via the research fellowship RE2020-094029. We also want to thank the fishermen and those responsible for the processing plant for the provision of the data

Modelo estratégico integral para el proceso de salud ocupacional con énfasis en la gestión del conocimiento para la empresa Saludrogas

En el presente trabajo se identifican aspectos relevantes dentro de la gerencia del talento humano, diseñando un modelo estratégico integral para el proceso de salud ocupacional con énfasis en la gestión del conocimiento para la empresa Saludrogas.In the present work, relevant aspects are identified within the management of human talent, designing a comprehensive strategic model for the occupational health process with emphasis on the management of knowledge for the health-care company

Afrontamiento individual y familiar del cáncer en adultos jóvenes : Pereira, 2004

T 610.736 98 N558;87 p.El objetivo es comprender la situación que vive el adulto joven con diagnóstico de cáncer y su familia, partiendo de su propia vivencia, para elaborar una guía de cuidado de enfermería que favorezca un proceso de afrontamiento efectivo.Universidad Libre de Pereir

Control jerárquico en micro-redes AC

Los sistemas eléctricos experimentan cambios importantes relacionados con su composición y la estructura, así como en las estrategias de control, protección y operación. Las micro-redes están encargadas de suministrar la energía al usuario final, y son objeto de valiosos estudios y publicaciones actuales, debido principalmente a que contribuyen con la integración de sistemas de generación distribuida y de unidades almacenamiento de energía a pequeña escala. Las micro-redes son sistemas de energía que funcionan de manera controlada, ya que en la mayoría de los casos hay disponibilidad de mediciones, algoritmos de control y actuadores. Las mediciones de voltaje y corriente se utilizan para analizar el comportamiento local en varios lugares de la micro-red. Los algoritmos de control se aplican para tomar decisiones que permitan alcanzar los objetivos de control, como la regulación de la tensión y la frecuencia, y el seguimiento de potencia, entre otros. Los actuadores más importantes en las micro-redes son los convertidores de potencia, que interconectan tanto las fuentes primarias como los dispositivos de almacenamiento de energía con las otras partes de la micro-red. Estos actuadores son responsables de entregar la energía producida por las fuentes primarias a la micro-red, y también de administrar el estado de carga de los dispositivos de almacenamiento de energía. Este libro contiene los aspectos fundamentales del desarrollo de esquemas de control de convertidores del tipo fuente de tensión (voltage source converter - VSC), aplicados a las micro-redes, bajo el enfoque de optimización unificado. Las estrategias de control desarrolladas consideran los diferentes niveles de control jerárquico que incluye: el control de nivel cero en sus lazos interno y externo; el control primario orientado a mantener la estabilidad del sistema luego de una perturbación; el control secundario orientado a mejorar la calidad de la tensión y la frecuencia luego de la acción del control primario; y finalmente, el control terciario, asociado a la operación de la micro-red, considerando la disponibilidad del recurso energético primario, los requerimientos de los clientes y los aspectos económicos de la operación

Efectos psicosociales y culturales del desplazamiento

El libro presenta una aproximación a una lectura psicosocial de los efectos del conflicto armado, con ello queremos aportar elementos teóricos y metodológicos a los profesionales interesados, para que puedan intervenir, no sólo en lo que tiene que ver con el sufrimiento emocional de quienes directa o indirectamente viven esta tragedia, sino para que logren incidir en la construcción de alternativas colectivas para prevenir y enfrentar las múltiples consecuencias que genera el desplazamiento forzoso. / Contenido. Preliminares; Capítulo 1 - Impactos psicosociales del desplazamiento y estrategias de intervención; Capítulo 2 - Impactos sociales y culturales del desplazamiento. Capítulo 3 - Impactos del desplazamiento: una mirada de género y de generación; Capítulo 4 - Propuestas y experiencias de atención

Constraints on the χ_(c1) versus χ_(c2) polarizations in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8 TeV

The polarizations of promptly produced χ_(c1) and χ_(c2) mesons are studied using data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, in proton-proton collisions at √s=8  TeV. The χ_c states are reconstructed via their radiative decays χ_c → J/ψγ, with the photons being measured through conversions to e⁺e⁻, which allows the two states to be well resolved. The polarizations are measured in the helicity frame, through the analysis of the χ_(c2) to χ_(c1) yield ratio as a function of the polar or azimuthal angle of the positive muon emitted in the J/ψ → μ⁺μ⁻ decay, in three bins of J/ψ transverse momentum. While no differences are seen between the two states in terms of azimuthal decay angle distributions, they are observed to have significantly different polar anisotropies. The measurement favors a scenario where at least one of the two states is strongly polarized along the helicity quantization axis, in agreement with nonrelativistic quantum chromodynamics predictions. This is the first measurement of significantly polarized quarkonia produced at high transverse momentum

Search for the standard model Higgs boson in the H to ZZ to 2l 2nu channel in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

A search for the standard model Higgs boson in the H to ZZ to 2l 2nu decay channel, where l = e or mu, in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is presented. The data were collected at the LHC, with the CMS detector, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 inverse femtobarns. No significant excess is observed above the background expectation, and upper limits are set on the Higgs boson production cross section. The presence of the standard model Higgs boson with a mass in the 270-440 GeV range is excluded at 95% confidence level.Comment: Submitted to JHE