Escuela de Artes:Proyecto de ampliación del Museo de Zaragoza

El presente proyecto titulado “Escuela de Artes: proyecto de ampliación del Museo de Zaragoza” tiene como base principal la ampliación del Museo de Zaragoza. La elección de este proyecto se ha basado por la necesidad del Museo de Zaragoza de ganar espacio tanto para la exposición permanente como para las exposiciones temporales y las diferentes actividades que se llevan a cabo.Con la ampliación del Museo de Zaragoza al añadir un nuevo edificio, el edificio actual contará con el discurso arqueológico y con bellas artes recayente en el gótico, renacimiento y barroco.El discurso expositivo en el edificio de la Escuela de Artes y Oficios se iniciará con el S. XVIII y la ilustración. Se da protagonismo a Goya planeando un discurso cronológico de su producción artística proyectando un Museo Goya dentro del Museo de Zaragoza. Se recreará en una sala un taller de artista del S.XIX. Romanticismo, paisajes e historicismo se podrá contemplar entre estas salas. Para finalizar el relato cronológico, las salas del S. XX finalizan en 1936. Además, el Museo de Zaragoza cuenta con una colección de arte oriental de gran importancia a nivel nacional.Con la ampliación se han planteado varias actividades culturales:- Visita guiada: los mitos en el Museo que contará mitos clásicos gracias a las obras del museo.- Exposición temporal: La mujer vista por el hombre. Con la gran variedad de obras que se conservan en el Museo se puede hacer un discurso cronológico de la mujer a través de la mirada masculina en occidente.- Exposición temporal: Japón a través de las imágenes. La exposición temporal se plantea como una visión del país nipón a través de las imágenes para comprender la sociedad japonesa de ese periodo histórico.- Exposición temporal: Monasterios y conventos femeninos de Aragón. Los monasterios y conventos femeninos desde su origen han reflejado el anonimato de las mujeres en la historia. La exposición quiere dar visibilidad a estos complejos aragoneses muchas veces desconocidos e ignorados a través de las obras de arte que decoraban estos lugares.- Exposición temporal: Francisco Marín Bagüés. Marín Bagüés estudió en la Escuela de Artes e Industrias de Zaragoza, y luego fue conservador del Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes De Zaragoza por lo que la celebración de esta mostra en este edificio cerraría el circulo. se propone la realización de la muestra a través de todas las etapas artísticas de su vida.<br /

El inicio de la decadencia veneciana. 1453-1538.

Con la caída de Constantinopla en manos otomanas se inicia una pugna por el control comercial del Mediterráneo oriental que terminará con la pérdida de las colonias venecianas en el mar Egeo. La República de Venecia hará todo lo posible por hacerse con la victoria frente al Imperio Otomano, pero no contaba con la incorporación de la península itálica en la política internacional. Las potencias europeas sumarán a la Serenísima a las estrategias internacionales europeas al mismo tiempo que mantiene una lucha hegemónica en el Mediterráneo contra los turcos. Con estos factores, Venecia entrará en un nuevo periodo, un periodo de decadencia moral, económica y territorial, donde la terraferma se convirtió en su principal recurso financiero frente al comercio marítimo que caracterizaba a la joya del Adriático hasta ese momento.<br /

Aportación de la fábrica magnética a la caracterización cinemática de la Falla de Jarque (Cordillera Ibérica)

En este trabajo se aplica la anisotropía de la susceptibilidad magnética (ASM) junto con el análisis estructural a la Falla de Jarque (Cordillera Ibérica) en su tramo noroccidental. La Falla de Jarque, de dirección NW-SE, se extiende longitudinalmente a lo largo de al menos 50 km, siendo una de las principales estructuras que compartimentan la Rama Aragonesa de la Cordillera Ibérica. Las estructuras S-C observadas en el afloramiento de Jarque muestran una componente dextral-inversa sobre planos de orientación NW-SE y fuerte buzamiento al W, consistente con las estrías subhorizontales medidas en planos de falla del afloramiento de Oseja. La foliación magnética dominante coincide con la orientación intermedia entre los planos S y C, y la lineación magnética muestra dos máximos. El máximo principal es subvertical, paralelo a la dirección de máxima pendiente de los planos de foliación y fallas y próximo a la lineación de intersección entre planos S y C. El segundo máximo es subhorizontal y próximo a la dirección de transporte deducida a partir de las estrías y las estructuras S-C. Los resultados obtenidos indican una estructura resultante de la reactivación de una antigua falla (tardivarisca a triásica) durante la Orogenia Alpina asociada a la compresión NNE-SSW. In this paper the Anisotropy of the Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) is applied together with the structural analysis along the Jarque Fault (Iberian Range) in its north-western sector. The Jarque Fault has a NW-SE direction, and extends longitudinally along at least 50 km, being one of the main structures that compartmentalize the Aragonese Branch of the Iberian Range. The S-C structures observed in the Jarque outcrop show a dextral-reverse component on planes with NW-SE trend and strong dip to W, consistent with the subhorizontal striae measured in fault planes of the Oseja outcrop. The dominant magnetic foliation coincides with the intermediate orientation between the S and C planes, and the magnetic lineation shows two maxima. The main maximum has a subvertical plunge being parallel to the direction of maximum slope of the planes of foliation and faults and also approximates the intersection lineation between S and C planes. The second maximum has a subhorizontal plunge that approximates the transport direction inferred from striae and S-C structures. The geological map shows structures oblique to the trace of the main fault, such as minor faults with WNW-SES trend and folds with E-W direction compatible with the dextral movement of the Jarque Fault. The results obtained indicate a structure resulting from the reactivation of an ancient (late-Variscan to Triassic) fault during the Alpine Orogeny associated with the NNE-SSW compression

Latest Cretaceous palaeogeographic evolution of northeast Iberia: Insights from the Campanian continental Montalbán subbasin (Spain)

This work characterizes for the first time the 500–700 m-thick uppermost Cretaceous continental sedimentary succession of the Allueva Fm recorded in the northeastern margin of the Iberian basin, in the Montalbán subbasin (Maestrazgo domain, Spain). The middle-upper Campanian age of this unit constrained here by new paleomagnetic and biostratigraphic data involves major revision of previous stratigraphic and palaeogeographic interpretations. The uplift of the northern marginal areas of the Montalbán subbasin onwards from the middle Campanian supplied the coarse terrigenous-clastic sediments common in the alluvial Allueva Fm. Moreover, a sharp increase of the sedimentation rates (from 4 to 19 cm/ky) from the lower to the middle-upper part of the Allueva Fm has been related to further increase of the tectonic activity during the middle part of the late Campanian. Also relevant are the new discovered vertebrate sites mostly found in the marginal areas of a large lacustrine-palustrine carbonate system developed during the latest Campanian. Vertebrate sites include a fossil assemblage with abundance of titanosaur sauropod dinosaurs as well as the presence of ornithopod dinosaurs and crocodylomorphs. A review of the dinosaur fossil sites recorded in other Iberian subbasins shows a similar fossil assembage occurrence during the late Campanian–earliest Maastrichtian timespan, previous to the faunal turnover that took place in the Ibero-Armorican landmass around the onset of the late Maastrichtian. The stratigraphic, sedimentological and paleontological characterization of the successions recorded during the initial stages of development of the Montalbán subbasin have major implication to understand the latest Cretaceous palaeogeographic evolution of northeast Iberia. Comparative review to other latest Cretaceous continental successions deposited in other domains of the Iberian basin indicates a south to north migration of newly developed subsident subbasins: during the Campanian (South Iberian domain), during the middle-late Campanian (northern Maestrazgo domain), and during the Maastrichtian (central Castillian domain)

Plant Macromolecules as Biomaterials for Wound Healing

Natural biomolecules are increasingly relevant for biomedical applications and tissue engineering for being able to produce an effect on chemical signals, organization of cells, and restitution of extracellular matrix in lesioned tissues. In this chapter, we will address the potential of plant macromolecules, in particular, carbohydrates and proteins such as hemicelluloses and lectins. While lectins are mostly carbohydrate-binding proteins, which can interact with cell surfaces to initiate anti-inflammatory pathways, as well as immunomodulatory functions, hemicelluloses are remarkably known by their ability to form viscous solutions even at low concentrations, which makes them an excellent candidate as vehicle to carry different sorts of biomolecules. Taking into account the complexity of the whole healing process, as an overlapping and coordinated cascade of events, most of the properties presented here by those materials may be of interest to the wound-care market

Izaña Atmospheric Research Center. Activity Report 2015-2016

This report is a summary of the many activities at the Izaña Atmospheric Research Center to the broader community. The combination of operational activities, research and development in state-of-the-art measurement techniques, calibration and validation and international cooperation encompass the vision of WMO to provide world leadership in expertise and international cooperation in weather, climate, hydrology and related environmental issues

Why Are Outcomes Different for Registry Patients Enrolled Prospectively and Retrospectively? Insights from the Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF).

Background: Retrospective and prospective observational studies are designed to reflect real-world evidence on clinical practice, but can yield conflicting results. The GARFIELD-AF Registry includes both methods of enrolment and allows analysis of differences in patient characteristics and outcomes that may result. Methods and Results: Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and ≥1 risk factor for stroke at diagnosis of AF were recruited either retrospectively (n = 5069) or prospectively (n = 5501) from 19 countries and then followed prospectively. The retrospectively enrolled cohort comprised patients with established AF (for a least 6, and up to 24 months before enrolment), who were identified retrospectively (and baseline and partial follow-up data were collected from the emedical records) and then followed prospectively between 0-18 months (such that the total time of follow-up was 24 months; data collection Dec-2009 and Oct-2010). In the prospectively enrolled cohort, patients with newly diagnosed AF (≤6 weeks after diagnosis) were recruited between Mar-2010 and Oct-2011 and were followed for 24 months after enrolment. Differences between the cohorts were observed in clinical characteristics, including type of AF, stroke prevention strategies, and event rates. More patients in the retrospectively identified cohort received vitamin K antagonists (62.1% vs. 53.2%) and fewer received non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (1.8% vs . 4.2%). All-cause mortality rates per 100 person-years during the prospective follow-up (starting the first study visit up to 1 year) were significantly lower in the retrospective than prospectively identified cohort (3.04 [95% CI 2.51 to 3.67] vs . 4.05 [95% CI 3.53 to 4.63]; p = 0.016). Conclusions: Interpretations of data from registries that aim to evaluate the characteristics and outcomes of patients with AF must take account of differences in registry design and the impact of recall bias and survivorship bias that is incurred with retrospective enrolment. Clinical Trial Registration: - URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov . Unique identifier for GARFIELD-AF (NCT01090362)

TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

Plant traits - the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants - determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of trait‐based plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits - almost complete coverage for ‘plant growth form’. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and trait–environmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives

Risk profiles and one-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in India: Insights from the GARFIELD-AF Registry.

BACKGROUND: The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF) is an ongoing prospective noninterventional registry, which is providing important information on the baseline characteristics, treatment patterns, and 1-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). This report describes data from Indian patients recruited in this registry. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 52,014 patients with newly diagnosed AF were enrolled globally; of these, 1388 patients were recruited from 26 sites within India (2012-2016). In India, the mean age was 65.8 years at diagnosis of NVAF. Hypertension was the most prevalent risk factor for AF, present in 68.5% of patients from India and in 76.3% of patients globally (P < 0.001). Diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD) were prevalent in 36.2% and 28.1% of patients as compared with global prevalence of 22.2% and 21.6%, respectively (P < 0.001 for both). Antiplatelet therapy was the most common antithrombotic treatment in India. With increasing stroke risk, however, patients were more likely to receive oral anticoagulant therapy [mainly vitamin K antagonist (VKA)], but average international normalized ratio (INR) was lower among Indian patients [median INR value 1.6 (interquartile range {IQR}: 1.3-2.3) versus 2.3 (IQR 1.8-2.8) (P < 0.001)]. Compared with other countries, patients from India had markedly higher rates of all-cause mortality [7.68 per 100 person-years (95% confidence interval 6.32-9.35) vs 4.34 (4.16-4.53), P < 0.0001], while rates of stroke/systemic embolism and major bleeding were lower after 1 year of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Compared to previously published registries from India, the GARFIELD-AF registry describes clinical profiles and outcomes in Indian patients with AF of a different etiology. The registry data show that compared to the rest of the world, Indian AF patients are younger in age and have more diabetes and CAD. Patients with a higher stroke risk are more likely to receive anticoagulation therapy with VKA but are underdosed compared with the global average in the GARFIELD-AF. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION-URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01090362

Prevalence, associated factors and outcomes of pressure injuries in adult intensive care unit patients: the DecubICUs study

Funder: European Society of Intensive Care Medicine; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100013347Funder: Flemish Society for Critical Care NursesAbstract: Purpose: Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are particularly susceptible to developing pressure injuries. Epidemiologic data is however unavailable. We aimed to provide an international picture of the extent of pressure injuries and factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries in adult ICU patients. Methods: International 1-day point-prevalence study; follow-up for outcome assessment until hospital discharge (maximum 12 weeks). Factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injury and hospital mortality were assessed by generalised linear mixed-effects regression analysis. Results: Data from 13,254 patients in 1117 ICUs (90 countries) revealed 6747 pressure injuries; 3997 (59.2%) were ICU-acquired. Overall prevalence was 26.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] 25.9–27.3). ICU-acquired prevalence was 16.2% (95% CI 15.6–16.8). Sacrum (37%) and heels (19.5%) were most affected. Factors independently associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries were older age, male sex, being underweight, emergency surgery, higher Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, Braden score 3 days, comorbidities (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, immunodeficiency), organ support (renal replacement, mechanical ventilation on ICU admission), and being in a low or lower-middle income-economy. Gradually increasing associations with mortality were identified for increasing severity of pressure injury: stage I (odds ratio [OR] 1.5; 95% CI 1.2–1.8), stage II (OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.4–1.9), and stage III or worse (OR 2.8; 95% CI 2.3–3.3). Conclusion: Pressure injuries are common in adult ICU patients. ICU-acquired pressure injuries are associated with mainly intrinsic factors and mortality. Optimal care standards, increased awareness, appropriate resource allocation, and further research into optimal prevention are pivotal to tackle this important patient safety threat