The Baleares 2013 Calibration Campaign of Jason-2 and Saral Altimeters

The 2013 Balearic campaign GNSS position analysis of the 2013 will be performed with different softwares by different groups (similarly as it is being done in the International GNSS Service for their different products), in order improve the high demanded accuracy for JASON2 and SARAL altimeters precise calibration. In particular JPL GIPSY-OASIS software will be used, with the undifferenced PPP ambiguity fixing strategy. In order to improve the results accuracy, two similar networks are being processed. The first network includes the deployed GNSS receivers and the reference stations. The second one is a control network, defined by using the permanent receivers in the California dense network with a similar distribution as the main altimeter campaign network. In this case, the position of the receivers plying the role of buoys are being processed in the same kinematic way than the actual buoys, in order to compare them with the very accurate positions obtained with GIPSY-OASIS static processing.Postprint (published version

Análisis de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo de la IPS Oncológica Ambulatoria como estrategia de aprendizaje

En la organización IPS oncológica Ambulatoria, ubicada en la ciudad de Santa Marta, donde se prestan servicios de consulta externa en procesos cancerológicos en la parte asistencial. Para realizar el análisis y rediseñar el sistema de seguridad y salud en el trabajo de la organización se realizaron varias visitas de manera virtual teniendo en cuenta la situación que atraviesa el país, en cada uno de los procesos presentes y las labores desarrolladas por cada uno de los trabajadores en la empresa como lo son atención por médicos especialistas, toma de signos vitales, recepción de resultados de estudios e interpretación ante de ingreso a la consulta, realización de estudios clínicos de patologías, realización de estudios clínicos de patologías, toma de imágenes radiológicas y diagnosticas, gestión organizacional, Aseo y vigilancia y de la misma manera por parte de la administración. Este análisis, diseño y rediseño se ejecuta partiendo de los hallazgos encontrados en la identificación de los riesgos encontrados en la matriz de identificación de peligro y valoración de los riesgos (MATRIZ IPER) asociados a las labores que desempeñan los trabajadores de la organización con el apoyo de la alta gerencia y la población trabajadora, ya identificados, valorados y analizados los riesgos se realiza una propuesta de mejoramiento con el fin de disminuir la probabilidad de los incidentes, accidentes de trabajo y enfermedades laborales en busca del mejoramiento continuo dentro de la organización IPS oncológica Ambulatoria. Al realizar el análisis de los riesgos y peligros de la organización, mediante la matriz de identificación y valoración de los riesgos a los cuales se encuentran expuestos la población trabajadora de la organización IPS oncológica Ambulatoria, pudimos determinar que los peligros de impacto identificados son: la exposición a peligro mecánico por la manipulación de objetos cortopunzantes tales como: agujas, tijeras, pinzas, lancetas, Peligro público; exposición a situaciones de orden público tales como robos, atracos y actos de violencia y desmanes), peligro físico por exposición a radiaciones en la toma de imágenes diagnosticas de rayos X y tomografías, peligro químico por exposición al polvo inorgánico, derivado del insumo para revelación de imágenes en físico, peligro biomecánico por movimientos repetitivos; derivados de la realización de tareas tales como la digitalización, para contribuir a la disminución de estos riesgos se realizó un plan de mejoramiento para tomar controles en la incidencia de accidentes de trabajo y posibles enfermedades laborales.In the organization IPS Ambulatory Oncology., located in the city of Santa Marta, where external consultation services are provided in cancer processes in the healthcare part. To carry out the analysis and redesign the organization's occupational health and safety system, several visits were made in a virtual way, taking into account the situation that the country is going through, in each of the present processes and the tasks carried out by each of the workers in the company such as care by specialist doctors, taking vital signs, receiving results of studies and interpretation before entering the consultation, conducting clinical studies of pathologies, conducting clinical studies of pathologies, taking radiological images and diagnoses, organizational management, cleaning and surveillance and in the same way by the administration. This analysis, design and redesign is executed based on the findings found in the identification of the risks found in the hazard identification and risk assessment matrix (IPER MATRIX) associated with the work performed by the organization's workers with the support From senior management and the working population, once the risks have been identified, valued and analyzed, an improvement proposal is made in order to reduce the probability of incidents, accidents at work and occupational diseases in search of continuous improvement within the IPS organization Ambulatory Oncology. When carrying out the analysis of the risks and dangers of the organization, through the matrix of identification and assessment of the risks to which the working population of the IPS Ambulatory Oncology. organization are exposed, we were able to determine that the identified impact hazards are: exposure to mechanical danger from handling sharp objects such as: needles, scissors, tweezers, lancets, Public danger; exposure to public order situations such as robberies, robberies and acts of violence and excesses), physical danger due to exposure to radiation when taking diagnostic X-ray images and tomographies, chemical danger due to exposure to inergative dust, derived from the input for disclosure of images in physical, biomechanical danger due to repetitive movements; Derived from the performance of tasks such as digitization, to contribute to the reduction of these risks, an improvement plan was carried out to control the incidence of work accidents and possible occupational diseases

Calidad de servicio y satisfacción del contribuyente de la Municipalidad Distrital de Salaverry

La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar la relación que existe entre la calidad de servicio y la satisfacción del contribuyente en el módulo de atención al usuario de la municipalidad distrital de Salaverry en el año 2017; la investigación toma importancia y se hace necesaria dado que nos permite conocer los aspectos concernientes a la calidad de servicio y la satisfacción del contribuyente en la municipalidad distrital de Salaverry. El estudio es descriptivo, correlacional y enfoque cuantitativo, el diseño fue, no experimental, transversal; la población estudiada estuvo constituida por la población estimada de 3,597 contribuyentes y fue en base al promedio de visitas al módulo de atención al usuario de la municipalidad distrital de Salaverry de los últimos 3 años, finalmente se obtuvo una muestra aleatoria de 373 contribuyentes, de acuerdo con los resultados se encuentra evidencia que existe una relación significativa y directa entre la calidad de servicio con la satisfacción del contribuyente (rho=.794; p=,000) en la municipalidad distrital de Salaverry

An Energy-Water Corridor Along the US/Mexico Border: Changing the \u27Conversation\u27

Over the last decade, migration has become a divisive issue around the world. A large number of countries have erected barriers along their borders to prevent migration, leading to geopolitical tension. Climate change effects will likely exacerbate migration tensions, which will require bold and creative solutions to this difficult social predicament. Here we detail a plan to construct an energy-water corridor along a border that has been the focus of much attention recently: The U.S.-Mexico border. Our proposed solution helps to alleviate some of the negative effects of climate change, while providing energy and economic stimulus to an area that begs for sustainable development. The energy-water corridor will take advantage of the unique renewable energy resources along the border states and will use state-of-the-art water desalination and treatment systems to provide the resources for economic development in the region

The U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project: Establishing Binational Border Surveillance

In 1997, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Mexican Secretariat of Health, and border health officials began the development of the Border Infectious Disease Surveillance (BIDS) project, a surveillance system for infectious diseases along the U.S.-Mexico border. During a 3-year period, a binational team implemented an active, sentinel surveillance system for hepatitis and febrile exanthems at 13 clinical sites. The network developed surveillance protocols, trained nine surveillance coordinators, established serologic testing at four Mexican border laboratories, and created agreements for data sharing and notification of selected diseases and outbreaks. BIDS facilitated investigations of dengue fever in Texas-Tamaulipas and measles in California–Baja California. BIDS demonstrates that a binational effort with local, state, and federal participation can create a regional surveillance system that crosses an international border. Reducing administrative, infrastructure, and political barriers to cross-border public health collaboration will enhance the effectiveness of disease prevention projects such as BIDS

Measurement of the cosmic ray spectrum above 4×10184{\times}10^{18} eV using inclined events detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory

A measurement of the cosmic-ray spectrum for energies exceeding $4{\times}10^{18}$ eV is presented, which is based on the analysis of showers with zenith angles greater than $60^{\circ}$ detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2013. The measured spectrum confirms a flux suppression at the highest energies. Above $5.3{\times}10^{18}$ eV, the "ankle", the flux can be described by a power law $E^{-\gamma}$ with index $\gamma=2.70 \pm 0.02 \,\text{(stat)} \pm 0.1\,\text{(sys)}$ followed by a smooth suppression region. For the energy ($E_\text{s}$) at which the spectral flux has fallen to one-half of its extrapolated value in the absence of suppression, we find $E_\text{s}=(5.12\pm0.25\,\text{(stat)}^{+1.0}_{-1.2}\,\text{(sys)}){\times}10^{19}$ eV.Comment: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference and DO

Energy Estimation of Cosmic Rays with the Engineering Radio Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) is part of the Pierre Auger Observatory and is used to detect the radio emission of cosmic-ray air showers. These observations are compared to the data of the surface detector stations of the Observatory, which provide well-calibrated information on the cosmic-ray energies and arrival directions. The response of the radio stations in the 30 to 80 MHz regime has been thoroughly calibrated to enable the reconstruction of the incoming electric field. For the latter, the energy deposit per area is determined from the radio pulses at each observer position and is interpolated using a two-dimensional function that takes into account signal asymmetries due to interference between the geomagnetic and charge-excess emission components. The spatial integral over the signal distribution gives a direct measurement of the energy transferred from the primary cosmic ray into radio emission in the AERA frequency range. We measure 15.8 MeV of radiation energy for a 1 EeV air shower arriving perpendicularly to the geomagnetic field. This radiation energy -- corrected for geometrical effects -- is used as a cosmic-ray energy estimator. Performing an absolute energy calibration against the surface-detector information, we observe that this radio-energy estimator scales quadratically with the cosmic-ray energy as expected for coherent emission. We find an energy resolution of the radio reconstruction of 22% for the data set and 17% for a high-quality subset containing only events with at least five radio stations with signal.Comment: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference and DO