Trencadís: el depósito digital de la Red de Bibliotecas Municipales

Les biblioteques de la Xarxa de Biblioteques Municipals de la província de Barcelona tenen a la seva disposició un dipòsit digital impulsat per la Gerència de Serveis de Biblioteques de la Diputació de Barcelona, per preservar i donar a conèixer el fons local i patrimonial. Aquest dipòsit, abans conegut com a XBCR i ara com a Trencadís, ha passat per diferents etapes d’ençà que s’obrí a la ciutadania el maig de 2003. L’article repassa aquestes etapes, el funcionament del dipòsit, les seves característiques i les col·leccions que componen el fons, i exposa algunes línies de treball i reptesde futur en termes de preservació i equilibri territorial del fons de la col·lecció.The libraries of the Barcelona Municipal Libraries Network have at their disposal a digital repository driven by the Public Library Service of the Diputació de Barcelona (Provincial Council) to preserve and spread its local heritage. This repository, best known at the beginning as XBCR and as Trencadís nowadays, has gone through different stages since it was open to the public in May 2003. This article reviews these stages, the functioning of the repository, its features and its collections, and explains some lines of work and future challenges in terms of digital preservation and thegeographical balance of the collection.Las bibliotecas de la Red de Bibliotecas Municipales de Barcelona tienen a su disposición un depósito digital impulsado por el Servicio de Bibliotecas de la Diputació de Barcelona, para preservar y dar a conocer su fondo local ypatrimonial. Este depósito, antes conocido como XBCR y ahora como Trencadís, ha pasado por diferentes etapas desde que se abrió a la ciudadanía en mayo de 2003. El presente artículo repasa esas etapas, el funcionamiento del depósito, sus características y las colecciones que componen su fondo, expone algunas líneas de trabajo y retos de futuro entérminos de preservación y equilibrio territorial del fondo de la colección

Els arxius parroquials com a font de dades sanitàries

Es un fet, que hem dit més d'una vegada, que la historia de la medicina catalana la podem dividir en dues grans etapes. La primera compren els segles de I'Edat Mitjana, principalment pels volts de 1300, amb l'obra d'Arnau de Vilanova i amb l'escola de medicina de Montpeller dins de la Corona d'Aragó. Aleshores arribem, en un moment determinat, a estar en un primer lloc del món mèdic. Això ja no ha tornat a passar mai més. El segon període és el modern. Comença el nostre revifament com a poble, a la segona meitat del segle XVIII, i arriba fins avui mateix, encara dura. Entre les dues etapes n'hi ha una altra molt més buida i pobre, que compren més de tres-cents anys

Metabolic adaptations in skeletal muscle after 84 days of bed rest with and without concurrent flywheel resistance exercise

As metabolic changes in human skeletal muscle after long-term (simulated) spaceflight are not well understood, this study examined the effects of long-term microgravity, with and without concurrent resistance exercise, on skeletal muscle oxidative and glycolytic capacity. Twenty-one men were subjected to 84 days head-down tilt bed rest with (BRE; n 9) or without (BR; n 12) concurrent flywheel resistance exercise. Activity and gene expression of glycogen synthase, glycogen phosphorylase (GPh), hexokinase, phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1), and citrate synthase (CS), as well as gene expression of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEFG), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator- 1 (PGC-1 ), and myostatin, were analyzed in samples from m.vastus lateralis collected before and after bed rest. Activity and gene expression of enzymes controlling oxidative metabolism (CS, SDH) decreased in BR but were partially maintained in BRE. Activity of enzymes regulating anaerobic glycolysis (GPh, PFK-1) was unchanged in BR. Resistance exercise increased the activity of GPh. PGC-1 and VEGF expression decreased in both BR and BRE. Myostatin increased in BR but decreased in BRE after bed rest. The analyses of these unique samples indicate that long-term microgravity induces marked alterations in the oxidative, but not the glycolytic, energy system. The proposed flywheel resistance exercise was effective in counteracting some of the metabolic alterations triggered by 84-day bed rest. Given the disparity between gene expression vs. enzyme activity in several key metabolic markers, posttranscriptional mechanisms should be explored to fully evaluate metabolic adaptations to long-term microgravity with/without exercise countermeasures in human skeletal muscle

Co(II) and Cu(II) fluorescent complexes with acridine based ligands

The condensation reaction of salicylaldehyde or 2‐hydroxynaphthaldehyde with a diamino organic group (Acridine Yellow or diaminoacridine) resulted in the Schiff‐base ligands ACRI‐1, ACRI‐2 and ACRI‐3, with the last two hitherto unknown. Fluorescent ACRI‐1, ACRI‐2 and ACRI‐3 were designed to provide iminophenolic binding pockets for two transition metals and ferromagnetic exchange between the metals. Following our report on the complex [Co2(ACRI‐1)2] (1Co), we report herein the reactions of ACRI‐1, ACRI‐2 and ACRI‐3 with CoII and CuII salts, which afforded the new fluorescent complexes [Cu2(ACRI‐1)2] (1Cu), [Co2(ACRI‐2)2] (2Co), [Cu2(ACRI‐2)2] (2Cu), [Co2(ACRI‐3)2(H2O)4] (3Co) and [Cu2(ACRI‐3)2] (3Cu

Early functional and morphological muscle adaptations during short-term inertial-squat training

Purpose: To assess early changes in muscle function and hypertrophy, measured as increases in muscle cross-sectional areas (CSAs) and total volume, over a 4 weeks inertial resistance training (RT) program. Methods: Ten young RT-naive volunteers (age 23.4 4.1 years) underwent 10 training sessions (2-3 per week) consisting of five sets of 10 flywheel squats (moment of inertia 900 kg cm2). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of both thighs were performed before (PRE), and after 2 (IN) and 4 (POST) weeks of training to compute individual muscle volumes and regional CSAs. Scans were performed after 96 h of recovery after training sessions, to avoid any influence of acute muscle swelling. PRE and POST regional muscle activation was assessed using muscle functional MRI (mfMRI) scans. Concentric (CON) and eccentric (ECC) squat force and power, as well as maximal voluntary isometric contraction force (MVIC) of knee extensors and flexors, were measured in every training session. Results: Significant quadriceps hypertrophy was detected during (IN: 5.5% 1.9%) and after (POST: 8.6% 3.6%) the training program. Increases in squat force (CON: 32% 15%, ECC: 31 15%) and power (CON: 51% 30%, ECC: 48% 27%) were observed over the training program. Knee extensor MVIC significantly increased 28% 17% after training, but no changes were seen in knee flexor MVIC. No correlation was found between regional muscular activation in the first session and the % of increase in regional CSAs (r = -0.043, P = 0.164). Conclusion: This study reports the earliest onset of whole-muscle hypertrophy documented to date. The process initiates early and continues in response to RT, contributing to initial increases in force. The results call into question the reliability of mfMRI as a tool for predicting the potential hypertrophic effects of a given strengthening exercise

II Jornadas de la Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de Los Mamíferos (SECEM) Soria 7-9 diciembre 1995

Seguimiento de una reintroducción de corzo (Capreolus capreolus) en ambiente mediterráneo. Dispersión y área de campeoModelos de distribución de los insectívoros ern la Península IbéricaDieta anual del zorro, Vulpes vulpes, en dos hábitats del Parque Nacional de DoñanaDesarrollo juvenil del cráneo en las poblaciones ibéricas de gato montés, Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777Presencia y expansión del visón americano (Mustela vison) en las provincias de Teruel y Castellón (Este de España).Preferencias de hábitat invernal de la musaraña común (Crocidura russula) en un encinar fragmentado de la submeseta norteUso de cámaras automáticas para la recogida de información faunística.Dieta del lobo en dos zonas de Asturias (España) que difieren en carga ganadera.Consumo de frutos y dispersión de semillas de serbal (Sorbus aucuparia L.) por zorros y martas en la cordillera Cantábrica occidentalEvaluación de espermatozoides obtenidos postmorten en el ciervo.Frecuencia de aparición de diferentes restos de conejo en excrementos de lince y zorroAtlas preliminar de los mamíferos de Soria (España)Censo y distribución de la marmota alpina (Marmota marmota) en Navarra.Trampeo fotográfico del género Martes en el Parque Nacional de Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici (Lleida)Peer reviewe

Corporate ethical identity as a determinant of firm performance : a test of the mediating role of stakeholder satisfaction

In this article, we empirically assess the impact of corporate ethical identity (CEI) on a firm’s financial performance. Drawing on formulations of normative and instrumental stakeholder theory, we argue that firms with a strong ethical identity achieve a greater degree of stakeholder satisfaction (SS), which, in turn, positively influences a firm’s financial performance. We analyze two dimensions of the CEI of firms: corporate revealed ethics and corporate applied ethics. Our results indicate that revealed ethics has informational worth and enhances shareholder value, whereas applied ethics has a positive impact through the improvement of SS. However, revealed ethics by itself (i.e. decoupled from ethical initiatives) is not sufficient to boost economic performance.Publicad

The impact of corporate social responsibility disclosure on financial performance : evidence from the GCC Islamic banking sector.

This paper examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance for Islamic banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region over the period 2000–2014 by generating CSR-related data through disclosure analysis of the annual reports of the sampled banks. The findings of this study indicate that there is a significant positive relationship between CSR disclosure and the financial performance of Islamic banks in the GCC countries. The results also show a positive relationship between CSR disclosure and the future financial performance of GCC Islamic banks, potentially indicating that current CSR activities carried out by Islamic banks in the GCC could have a long-term impact on their financial performance. Furthermore, despite demonstrating a significant positive relationship between the composite measure of the CSR disclosure index and financial performance, the findings show no statistically significant relationship between the individual dimensions of the CSR disclosure index and the current financial performance measure except for ‘mission and vision’ and ‘products and services’. Similarly, the empirical results detect a positive significant association only between ‘mission and vision’ dimension and future financial performance of the examined banks

Corporate reputation in the spanish context: An interaction between reporting to stakeholders and industry.

ABSTRACT: The authors describe the intensity and orientation of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting in four Spanish industries and explore the relationship that exists between both concepts and an independent measurement of reputation for CSR (CSRR). The results demonstrate that the CSR reporting is especially relevant and useful in the finance industry. Finance companies report significantly more CSR information than most industries in Spain, and this reporting is more closely linked to their CSRR than the CSR reporting of basic, consumer goods and services industries. Borra