La exploración alienígena y el desplazamiento espacial como herramienta para la remodelación transcultural de la individualidad en Sin noticias de Gurb y El último trayecto de Horacio dos de Eduardo Mendoza

I examine the traveler’s geo-cultural transformations in Eduardo Mendoza’s Sin noticias de Gurb (1991) and El último trayecto de Horacio Dos (2002). They divulge the social adjustments of the main characters by analyzing personal and humanistic complexity derived from urbanistic alien exploration and spatial displacement. I argue that the unnamed alien scientist, Gurb and Horacio Dos unveil new psychological and social profiles by which peregrine journeys equate to a cross-cultural reconstruction of identity. They experience an emotional, cultural, and humanist enrichment that materializes the formation of «subject in transit».Examino las transformaciones geo-culturales del viajero en Sin noticias de Gurb (1991) y El último trayecto de Horacio Dos (2002) de Eduardo Mendoza. Ambas obras divulgan un reajuste social de los protagonistas mediante el análisis de su complejidad personal y humanística debido a la exploración urbana del alienígena y el desplazamiento espacial. Argumento que el alienígena sin nombre, Gurb y Horacio Dos desvelan nuevos perfiles psicológicos y sociales a través del viaje, ya que este es una reconstrucción transcultural de la identidad. Experimentan un enriquecimiento emocional, cultural y humanista que formaliza el «sujeto en tránsito»

Estudio sobre el comportamiento ético en las organizaciones: ¿por qué la ética se queda en las palabras?

This research focuses on the behavioral factors of professional practice that enable or hinders the implementation of ethical business models. The paper aims to measure the degree to which present the «proto-ethical competence», in 187 Spanish companies, by means of the evaluation of the attitude that make possible the professional achievement from models committed with the environment and the people. The present study shows that the set of competencies defined (responsibility, commitment, respect, consistency, effort and sincerity) behaves as a single block. The study also analyzed differences of ethical behavior among different groups according to variables such as gender, age, sector, hierarchical level and organizational size. Additionally, the paper provides a tool to measure reliably the presence of these skills in a business environment.En esta investigación se estudian los factores comportamentales de la práctica profesional que posibilitan o dificultan la implantación de modelos empresariales éticos. El trabajo pretende medir el grado en el que están presentes las «competencias proto-éticas», en 187 empresas españolas, mediante la evaluación de las actitudes que hacen posible la ejecución profesional desde modelos comprometidos con la persona y el entorno. En el presente estudio encontramos que el conjunto de competencias éticas que se ha definido (responsabilidad, compromiso, respeto, coherencia, esfuerzo y sinceridad) se comporta como un único bloque. También se analizan las diferencias del comportamiento ético entre diferentes colectivos en función de variables como: género, edad, sector, nivel jerárquico y tamaño de la organización. Adicionalmente, se aporta una herramienta capaz de medir con fiabilidad la presencia de estas competencias en los entornos profesionales

Calidad y sostenibilidad : una propuesta metodológica interdisciplinar para la innovación competitiva de los municipios turísticos maduros

En el contexto de las primeras manifestaciones de una fase recesiva relacionada con la falta de competitividad de los destinos de sol y playa convencionales en países desarrollados en comparación con los análogos de países emergentes, se esgrimen como alternativa la evolución hacia un modelo de excelencia, identificado con calidad ambiental y calidad en el servicio. En el artículo se presenta una propuesta metodológica que tiene como objetivo fundamental reorientar la actitud de los agentes sociales de los municipios correspondientes a estos destinos hacia aquella que facilite la asunción por éstos de los criterios de calidad y sostenibilidad en sus prácticas económicas y territoriales. Esta metodología tiene un carácter interdisciplinar desde dos dimensiones. Una definida por la combinación de metodologías procedentes de dos áreas temáticas: los estudios turísticos y los estudios sobre procesos de innovación en el marco del desarrollo local. Otra, aportada por la composición del equipo, integrado por geógrafos, antropólogos y economistas.Environmental quality (sustainability) and service quality are being argued as a way to do more competitive the mature sun and beach destination, that are living the competition of young destinations. This paper presents a methodologic proposal whose main aim is helping to the local stakeholders in these destination to modify their behaviour in order to take on their economic and environmental skills these issues of sustainability and quality. This methodology is interdisciplinary in two ways: On the one hand, it arranges the methodologies belonging to tourist studies with that of the local development studies. On the other hand, it arranges the methodologies belonging to the study workteam: geographers, anthropologists and economists

Development of a game as a learning and Evaluation method

El empleo de recursos multimedia fomenta la curiosidad científica y apoya y refuerza el proceso de aprendizaje y evaluación. Necesitamos fomentar la capacidad del alumno para trabajar en equipo y compartir conocimientos y su participación en el desarrollo de la práctica docente. En este sentido un grupo de profesores de la Universidad de Granada estamos diseñando un programa de software libre, basado en un juego didáctico, el trivial, que sirva de herramienta multimedia para el aprendizaje y la evaluación del alumno. El sistema permite al profesor definir la composición de los equipos y las partidas que éstos pueden jugar. Este proyecto está financiado por la Unidad de Innovación Docente de la Universidad de Granada y está de acuerdo con la política de utilización de software libre de la UGR. Asimismo, de acuerdo con dicha política, estamos valorando liberar el software desarrollado.The use of multimedia tools improves scientific curiosity, provides support and reinforces the process of learning and evaluation at the classroom. It is very important to estimulate some student’s skills as their capacity to working in group, their ability of to share knowledgement as well as their participation through the process of the teaching-learning process. According to the above mentioned issues, a team of proffesors at the University of Granada are developping a free software based tool. The software, inspired in the popular game “Trivial PursuitTM” would help as a multimedia tool for the learning and evaluation of the student. The system allows the teacher to define team composition and the games to be played

Quantum ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials

Quantum ESPRESSO is an integrated suite of computer codes for electronic-structure calculations and materials modeling, based on density-functional theory, plane waves, and pseudopotentials (norm-conserving, ultrasoft, and projector-augmented wave). Quantum ESPRESSO stands for "opEn Source Package for Research in Electronic Structure, Simulation, and Optimization". It is freely available to researchers around the world under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Quantum ESPRESSO builds upon newly-restructured electronic-structure codes that have been developed and tested by some of the original authors of novel electronic-structure algorithms and applied in the last twenty years by some of the leading materials modeling groups worldwide. Innovation and efficiency are still its main focus, with special attention paid to massively-parallel architectures, and a great effort being devoted to user friendliness. Quantum ESPRESSO is evolving towards a distribution of independent and inter-operable codes in the spirit of an open-source project, where researchers active in the field of electronic-structure calculations are encouraged to participate in the project by contributing their own codes or by implementing their own ideas into existing codes.Comment: 36 pages, 5 figures, resubmitted to J.Phys.: Condens. Matte

Vibrational and structural properties of P2O5P_2O_5 glass: Advances from a combined modeling approach

We present experimental measurements and ab initio simulations of the crystalline and amorphous phases of $P_2O_5$. The calculated Raman, infrared, and vibrational density of states (VDOS) spectra are in excellent agreement with experimental measurements and contain the signatures of all the peculiar local structures of the amorphous phase, namely, bridging and nonbridging (double-bonded or terminal) oxygens and tetrahedral $PO_4$ units associated with $Q^2$, $Q^3$, and $Q^4$ species ($Q^n$ denotes the various types of $PO_4$ tetrahedra, with $n$ being the number of bridging oxygen atoms that connect the tetrahedra to the rest of the network). In order to reveal the internal structure of the vibrational spectrum, the characteristics of vibrational modes in different frequency ranges are investigated using a mode-projection approach at different symmetries based on the $T_d$ symmetry group. In particular, the VDOS spectrum in the range from $∼ 600$ to $870$ $cm^-$$^1$ is dominated by bending ($F_2$$_b$) motions related to bridging oxygen and phosphorus ($∼ 800$ $cm^-$$^1$ band) atoms, while the high-frequency doublet zone ($∼ 870 – 1250$ $cm^-$$^1$ is associated mostly with the asymmetric (($F_2$$_s$) and symmetric ($A_1$) stretching modes, and most prominent peak around $1400$ $cm^-$$^1$ (exp. $1380$ $cm^-$$^1$) is mainly due to asymmetric stretching vibrations supported by double-bonded oxygen atoms. The lower-frequency range below $600$ $cm^-$$^1$ is shown to arise from a mixture of bending ($E$ and ($F_2$$_b$) and rotation ($F_1$) modes. The scissors bending ($E$) and rotation ($F_1$) modes are well localized below $600$ $cm^-$$^1$, whereas the ($F_2$$_b$ bending modes spread further into the range $∼ 600 – 870$ $cm^-$$^1$. The projections of the eigenmodes onto $Q^2$, $Q^3$, and $Q^4$ species yield well-defined contributions at frequencies in striking correspondence with the positions of the Raman and infrared bands

Land- and water-based exercise intervention in women with fibromyalgia: the al-andalus physical activity randomised controlled trial

Background The al-Andalus physical activity intervention study is a randomised control trial to investigate the effectiveness of a land- and water-based exercise intervention for reducing the overall impact of fibromyalgia (primary outcome), and for improving tenderness and pain-related measures, body composition, functional capacity, physical activity and sedentary behaviour, fatigue, sleep quality, health-related quality of life, and cognitive function (secondary outcomes) in women with fibromyalgia. Methods/Design One hundred eighty women with fibromyalgia (age range: 35-65 years) will be recruited from local associations of fibromyalgia patients in Andalucía (Southern Spain). Patients will be randomly assigned to a usual care (control) group (n = 60), a water-based exercise intervention group (n = 60) or a land-based exercise intervention group (n = 60). Participants in the usual care group will receive general physical activity guidelines and participants allocated in the intervention groups will attend three non-consecutive training sessions (60 min each) per week during 24 weeks. Both exercise interventions will consist of aerobic, muscular strength and flexibility exercises. We will also study the effect of a detraining period (i.e., 12 weeks with no exercise intervention) on the studied variables. Discussion Our study attempts to reduce the impact of fibromyalgia and improve patients' health status by implementing two types of exercise interventions. Results from this study will help to assess the efficacy of exercise interventions for the treatment of fibromyalgia. If the interventions would be effective, this study will provide low-cost and feasible alternatives for health professionals in the management of fibromyalgia. Results from the al-Andalus physical activity intervention will help to better understand the potential of regular physical activity for improving the well-being of women with fibromyalgia.This study was supported by the Consejeria de Turismo, Comercio y Deporte (CTCD-201000019242-TRA), the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (I + D + I DEP2010-15639, grants: BES-2009-013442, BES-2011-047133, RYC-2010-05957, RYC-2011-09011), the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation (20090635), the Spanish Ministry of Education (AP-2009-3173), Granada Research of Excelence Initiative on Biohealth (GREIB), Campus BioTic, University of Granada, Spain and European University of Madrid. Escuela de Estudios Universitarios Real Madrid. 2010/04RM

YAM2 (Yet Another Multidimensional Model): an extension of UML

This paper presents a multidimensional conceptual Object-Oriented model, its structures, integrity constraints and query operations. It has been developed as an extension of UML core metaclasses to facilitate its usage, as well as to avoid the introduction of completely new concepts. YAM2 allows the representation of several semantically related stars, as well as summarizability and identification constraints.Postprint (published version

Multi-star conceptual schemas for OLAP systems

OLAP tools divide concepts based on whether they are used as analysis dimensions, or are the fact subject of analysis, which gives rise to star shape schemas. Operations are always provided to navigate inside such star schemas. However, the navigation among different stars use to be forgotten. This paper studies different kinds of conceptual relationships between stars (i.e. Derivability, Generalization/Specialization, Aggregation/Decomposition, or Temporal), and proposes a 3-level schemas architecture to ease the implementation and usage of multi-star schemas.Postprint (published version