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On the generalized Feng-Rao numbers of numerical semigroups generated by intervals
We give some general results concerning the computation of the generalized
Feng-Rao numbers of numerical semigroups. In the case of a numerical semigroup
generated by an interval, a formula for the Feng-Rao number is
obtained.Comment: 23 pages, 6 figure
La eficacia erosiva de la acción nival y su relación con la herencia geomorfológica: macizo de Peñalara, Sistema Central
[Resumen] [Abstract] An automatic station for monitoring bedload transport has been installed in a gravel-bed river. The station has two slot samplers with the pressure-pillow system (Birbeck-type) that allow a continuous measurement of bedload transport. The paper shows the bedload sampler operation, the load tests and the first results obtained. It is the first time that bedload transport is registered continuously in a river of the Iberian Peninsula.[Abstract] This article examines how snow plays a role in current erosive processes in a high mountain area (1800-2400 m a.s.l.) known as Peñalara, located in Spain's Central Range (40º 50' N; 3º 58' W). Snow depth and the movement of selected blocks at each site were recorded from October 1990 to June 1995. The relationship among late-lying snowpatches, geomorphologic heritage and current erosive processes was deternúned
Revisión de los estudios orientados a la medición de las capacidades tecnológicas por medio de la literatura patente. Propuesta de análisis estadístico y evaluación de la calidad de una base de datos en patentes
El desarrollo de los estudios estadísticos y bibliométricos de la literatura patente fueron iniciados en España por diversos autores, que luego consideraremos. Se revisan los criterios destinados a la creación de una base de datos denominada Recodificacion. SAV para el análisis y tratamiento estadístico de 13.913 patentes españolas depositadas en la Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas (OEPM).The development of statistical and bibliometrics studies of patents literature were begun in Spain by various authors who will be considered later. Review has been carried out of the criteria for the creation of a database entitled Recodification. SAV for the analysis and statistical treatment of 13,913 Spanish patents deposited in the Spanish Patents and Trademarks Office
Isocausal spacetimes may have different causal boundaries
We construct an example which shows that two isocausal spacetimes, in the
sense introduced by Garc\'ia-Parrado and Senovilla, may have c-boundaries which
are not equal (more precisely, not equivalent, as no bijection between the
completions can preserve all the binary relations induced by causality). This
example also suggests that isocausality can be useful for the understanding and
computation of the c-boundary.Comment: Minor modifications, including the title, which matches now with the
published version. 12 pages, 3 figure
Further properties of causal relationship: causal structure stability, new criteria for isocausality and counterexamples
Recently ({\em Class. Quant. Grav.} {\bf 20} 625-664) the concept of {\em
causal mapping} between spacetimes --essentially equivalent in this context to
the {\em chronological map} one in abstract chronological spaces--, and the
related notion of {\em causal structure}, have been introduced as new tools to
study causality in Lorentzian geometry. In the present paper, these tools are
further developed in several directions such as: (i) causal mappings --and,
thus, abstract chronological ones-- do not preserve two levels of the standard
hierarchy of causality conditions (however, they preserve the remaining levels
as shown in the above reference), (ii) even though global hyperbolicity is a
stable property (in the set of all time-oriented Lorentzian metrics on a fixed
manifold), the causal structure of a globally hyperbolic spacetime can be
unstable against perturbations; in fact, we show that the causal structures of
Minkowski and Einstein static spacetimes remain stable, whereas that of de
Sitter becomes unstable, (iii) general criteria allow us to discriminate
different causal structures in some general spacetimes (e.g. globally
hyperbolic, stationary standard); in particular, there are infinitely many
different globally hyperbolic causal structures (and thus, different conformal
ones) on , (iv) plane waves with the same number of positive eigenvalues
in the frequency matrix share the same causal structure and, thus, they have
equal causal extensions and causal boundaries.Comment: 33 pages, 9 figures, final version (the paper title has been
changed). To appear in Classical and Quantum Gravit
Density and reproductive characteristics of female brown bears in the Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain
Here we present annual nearest-neighbour distances (as a proxy of density) between females with cubs-of-the-year (hereafter FCOY) and reproductive characteristics of brown bears Ursus arctos in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain), from 1989 to 2017. FCOY nearest-neighbour distances and reproduction parameters of 19 focal females followed over several consecutive years (from 2004 to 2017) were obtained from bears inhabiting the western sector of the Cantabrian Mountains, where most of the bear population resides. In contrast, general reproductive characteristics were studied in the whole Cantabrian Mountains (western and eastern sectors together) on a sample of 362 litter sizes and 695 cubs. Mean nearest-neighbour distance between FCOY was 2559 ± 1222 m (range = 1305–4757 m). Mean litter size was significantly larger in the west (1.8 ± 0.2 cubs) than in the east (1.3 ± 0.6 cubs). Mean litter size for the whole of the Cantabrian Mountains was 1.6 ± 0.3 cubs. Litter sizes of one, two and three cubs represented 33.4, 56.1 and 10.5% of observed family groups, respectively. Interannual variations in litter size were not significant for both the western and the eastern areas. Mean cub mortality was 0.2 ± 0.5 cubs and did not vary among years. Cub mortality per litter size was 3.9% for one cub, 69.2% for two cubs and 26.9% for three cubs. Mean reproductive rate of the 19 focal females was 1.5 ± 0.6 cubs (n = 58 litters). Litter size of focal FCOY did not differ from the litter size obtained from systematic observations in the whole Cantabrian Mountains. During this period, cub mortality occurred in 24.1% of the 58 litters. Females usually bred every second year (average litter interval = 2.2 years). The estimated reproductive rate for the bear population was 0.7 young born/year/reproductive adult female
Gender differences in motivation and perception of utility of the scholar spot
El principal objetivo del estudio es analizar las diferencias entre el nivel de autodeterminación y la satisfacción de las necesidades psicológicas básicas en función del género y su incidencia sobre la percepción de utilidad del deporte. Participaron en el estudio 1897 jóvenes jugadores de baloncesto, balonmano, fútbol y voleibol (1378 chicos y 519 chicas). Diferentes instrumentos fueron utilizados para medir las distintas variables abordadas en el estudio. Los resultados mostraron que los chicos presentan puntuaciones más altas en todos los tipos de motivación y que su sentimiento de competencia es más elevado que el de las chicas. Por otro lado, la motivación autodeterminada y la satisfacción de las necesidades conducen a percibir mayor utilidad del deporte en ambos génerosThe aim of the study was to analyze the differences between self-determination level and satisfaction of the three psychological needs with respect to gender and their influence on the perception of utility of the sport. The sample comprised 1897 basketball, handball, football and volleyball young players (1378 boys and 519 girls). Different measures were used to examine the differences between the variables contained in the study. Results showed that boys were more intrinsically and extrinsically motivated and showed less a motivation than girls, as well as their scored higher in competence than girls. However, both for boys and girls, self-determined motivation and psychological needs satisfaction led to a greater perception of utility of the spor
Evidences of evanescent Bloch waves in Phononic Crystals
We show both experimentally and theoretically the evanescent behaviour of
modes in the Band Gap (BG) of finite Phononic Crystal (PC). Based on
experimental and numerical data we obtain the imaginary part of the wave vector
in good agreement with the complex band structures obtained by the Extended
Plane Wave Expansion (EPWE). The calculated and measured acoustic field of a
localized mode out of the point defect inside the PC presents also evanescent
behaviour. The correct understanding of evanescent modes is fundamental for
designing narrow filters and wave guides based on Phononic Crystals with
defects.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure
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