The Impact of Fiscal Restraint on Budgetary Allocations for Women's Programs

How did the fiscal restraints exercised during the time of fiscal difficulties in 1997-2003 affect the gender/women-targeted programs of the Philippine government? What does a close scrutiny of the government budget reveal regarding the implicit gender implications of such restraints? Manasan and Villanueva disclose some of their findings.budget analysis, gender analysis, women's programs

Looking Closely on Who Benefits from Public Subsidies in Health Care: a Gender Perspective

Do men benefit more than women from government expenditures in health care? Or do women have the upper hand? Using a sex-differentiated incidence analysis of the various Department of Health program expenditures, this Notes' authors assess who indeed benefits from such expenditures in terms of gender. And why.gender, benefit incidence analysis, gender analysis, public spending in health, sex-differentiated incidence analysis

Protocol for the transition from chemical management to integrated management of eucallipterus tiliae

This work consists of two objectives: 1. Design a protocol to carry out a transition from chemical control to biological control in the treatment of aphid Eucallipterus tiliae in the species Tilia sp. 2. Analyze the predisposition and behavior of people to make this change.Este trabajo consta de dos objetivos 1. Diseñar un protocolo para llevar a cabo una transición de control químico a control biológico en el tratamiento del pulgón Eucallipterus tiliae en la especie Tilia sp. 2. Analizar la predisposición y comportamiento de la gente a realizar este cambio.Aquest treball consta de dos objectius: 1. Dissenyar un protocol per a dur a terme una transició de control químic a control biològic en el tractament del pugó Eucallipterus tiliae en l'espècie Tilia sp. 2. Analitzar la predisposició i el comportament de la gent a realitzar aquest canvi.Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::11 - Ciutats i Comunitats SosteniblesObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::3 - Salut i Benesta

Warm dark matter and the ionization history of the Universe

In warm dark matter scenarios structure formation is suppressed on small scales with respect to the cold dark matter case, reducing the number of low-mass halos and the fraction of ionized gas at high redshifts and thus, delaying reionization. This has an impact on the ionization history of the Universe and measurements of the optical depth to reionization, of the evolution of the global fraction of ionized gas and of the thermal history of the intergalactic medium, can be used to set constraints on the mass of the dark matter particle. However, the suppression of the fraction of ionized medium in these scenarios can be partly compensated by varying other parameters, as the ionization efficiency or the minimum mass for which halos can host star-forming galaxies. Here we use different data sets regarding the ionization and thermal histories of the Universe and, taking into account the degeneracies from several astrophysical parameters, we obtain a lower bound on the mass of thermal warm dark matter candidates of $m_X > 1.3$ keV, or $m_s > 5.5$ keV for the case of sterile neutrinos non-resonantly produced in the early Universe, both at 90\% confidence level.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figure

A fresh look into the interacting dark matter scenario

The elastic scattering between dark matter particles and radiation represents an attractive possibility to solve a number of discrepancies between observations and standard cold dark matter predictions, as the induced collisional damping would imply a suppression of small-scale structures. We consider this scenario and confront it with measurements of the ionization history of the Universe at several redshifts and with recent estimates of the counts of Milky Way satellite galaxies. We derive a conservative upper bound on the dark matter-photon elastic scattering cross section of $\sigma_{\gamma \rm{DM}} < 8 \times 10^{-10} \, \sigma_T \, \left(m_{\rm DM}/{\rm GeV}\right)$ at $95\%$~CL, about one order of magnitude tighter than previous {constraints from satellite number counts}. Due to the strong degeneracies with astrophysical parameters, the bound on the dark matter-photon scattering cross section derived here is driven by the estimate of the number of Milky Way satellite galaxies. Finally, we also argue that future 21~cm probes could help in disentangling among possible non-cold dark matter candidates, such as interacting and warm dark matter scenarios. Let us emphasize that bounds of similar magnitude to the ones obtained here could be also derived for models with dark matter-neutrino interactions and would be as constraining as the tightest limits on such scenarios.Comment: 23 pages, 7 figures. v2: matches the published version. Included discussion on the applicability of constraints derived on dark matter-photon interactions to dark matter-neutrino interactions. References adde

Prefazione

Los procesos de transformación que se viven a nivel nacional e internacional resultado de la redefinición de la estrategia de acumulación, que se expresará tardíamente en México hacia la década de los años ochenta, constituyen el contexto en el cual la educación superior se organiza como núcleo constitutivo de la modernidad , expresándose en las transformaciones sostenidas en concepciones mercantilistas y enfoques economistas. Lógica que deja de lado las condiciones históricas y relaciones particulares entre los sujetos sociales, entre ellos a la universidad pública como espacio histórico concreto, a la que se va modelando a través del financiamiento educativo. La universidad por lo tanto, se constituye en el espacio en el que se concretan las demandas formuladas hacia la educación superior, para ella se formulan proyectos educativos con preeminencia hacia los fines de acumulación, entre ellos el de la calidad educativa . Es por ello, que el estudio de los programas de financiamiento extraordinario federal, pretende mostrar cómo se va tecnificando y colonizando el mundo de la vida académica. De ahí que se ponga en el centro del análisis la forma en que desde el Estado, se plantea un modelo de universidad acorde a los requerimientos de calidad, eficiencia y eficacia del proyecto neoliberal. Para ello se analiza y reconstruye la puesta en marcha del Programa de Mejoramiento del Profesorado (ProMeP) en la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM), durante los años 1996 a 2008, en el intento de ejemplificar el modo particular en que a través de medios como el dinero y el poder, en su forma de financiamiento y organización, se modela a la institución, más aún a la educación superior, expresándose en una tecnificación de la actividad universitaria que conlleva a una redefinición de los fines y funciones tanto de los sujetos como de las propias instituciones. Además de señalar cómo el ProMeP pensado desde el Estado como mecanismo de gestión, se ha constituido en un dispositivo para asignar recursos adicionales a las instituciones, propiciando procesos de diferenciación entre los académicos y las instituciones mismas

Design and in Vitro Evaluation of a New Nano-Microparticulate System for Enhanced Aqueous-Phase Solubility of Curcumin

Curcumin, a yellow polyphenol derived from the turmeric Curcuma longa, has been associated with a diverse therapeutic potential including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiviral, and anticancer properties. However, the poor aqueous solubility and low bioavailability of curcumin have limited its potential when administrated orally. In this study, curcumin was encapsulated in a series of novel nano-microparticulate systems developed to improve its aqueous solubility and stability. The nano-microparticulate systems are based entirely on biocompatible, biodegradable, and edible polymers including chitosan, alginate, and carrageenan. The particles were synthesized via ionotropic gelation. Encapsulating the curcumin into the hydrogel nanoparticles yielded a homogenous curcumin dispersion in aqueous solution compared to the free form of curcumin. Also, the in vitro release profile showed up to 95% release of curcumin from the developed nano-microparticulate systems after 9 hours in PBS at pH 7.4 when freeze-dried particles were used.CONACYTCUPIAPharmac

Propuesta de implementación de un sistema de planeamiento, control de la producción y gestión logística para aumentar la rentabilidad en la empresa By Franco E. I. R. L.

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