The Spanish transition from classical Liberalism to Democracy

El tránsito del liberalismo clásico a la democracia en la España contemporánea continua atrayendo atención prioritaria de los historiadores interesados por la realidad institucional española actual y sus antecedentes más o menos inmediatos, lo cual ha generado una auténtica eclosión historiográfica. En esa línea investigadora hay que incluir las tres monografías recientes aquí presentadas, de las cuales una incidente en el siglo XIX, y más exactamente en las Cortes de Cádiz y el primer constitucionalismo español, y las otras en el XX y con referencia a dos hitos del devenir histórico hispano en esa centuria: José Canalejas y sus esfuerzos para transformar el liberalismo tradicional heredado del pasado en otro innovador y de signo democrático, y la II República o consecución plena de una realidad democrática para España

Morir en pais musulmán: las necrópolis cristianas de Trípoli de Berberia en el siglo XIX.

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Wetting response of KrF laser ablated polyimide surfaces

The wettability of polyimide surfaces microstructured using KrF laser radiation at fluences above the material ablation threshold was studied by static contact angle measurements. The laser-treated surfaces present a morphology consisting of conical features whose dimensions and areal density depend on the fluence. The effect of these parameters on the surface apparent contact angle depends on the wetting regime. When wetting occurs in the homogeneous regime, the apparent contact angle of the treated surfaces increases with the radiation fluence because the cone dimensions increase. In contrast, when wetting occurs in the heterogeneous regime, the apparent contact angle increases with the radiation fluence because the average distance between cones increases. The apparent water contact angle of the laser-treated surfaces can reach values as high as 162 degrees, as compared to 75 degrees for virgin polyimide

Noise suppression by noise

We have analyzed the interplay between an externally added noise and the intrinsic noise of systems that relax fast towards a stationary state, and found that increasing the intensity of the external noise can reduce the total noise of the system. We have established a general criterion for the appearance of this phenomenon and discussed two examples in detail.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure

Stochastic Resonance in Noisy Non-Dynamical Systems

We have analyzed the effects of the addition of external noise to non-dynamical systems displaying intrinsic noise, and established general conditions under which stochastic resonance appears. The criterion we have found may be applied to a wide class of non-dynamical systems, covering situations of different nature. Some particular examples are discussed in detail.Comment: 4 pages, RevTex, 3 PostScript figures available upon reques

Encontre interdisciplinari. Malaltia i cultura/Disease and culture

The first of these conferences was held in Valencia on the 17-18th June 1994 taking as a subject of discussion the relations between Disease and Culture. A selected group of fourteen specialists in the fields of anthropology, social history, demography, paleopathology and history of science and medicine from the universities of Oxford, Bologna, Pavia, Venezia, Valencia, Alacant, Autonoma de Barcelona, Granada and Tarragona joined in the Palau de Pineda, site of the Universidad Internacional Menendez y Pelayo. The meeting was coordinated by Josep Lluls Barona with the collaboration of the Department of History of Science (Universitat de Valencia), Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo, The British Council and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Thirty postgraduate students and professors from eight Spanish universities attended the conference

Prosociality and life satisfaction: a daily-diary investigation among Spanish university students

With a diary study, we tested the positive effect of prosociality on life satisfaction. Fifty-six Spanish undergraduate students (45 females; Mage = 21.08 years) rated their life satisfaction, prosociality, self-esteem, and physical appearance for 5 consecutive days. Multilevel results indicated that within-individual positive deviations in prosociality (i.e., behaving more prosocial than usual) were uniquely and significantly associated with higher life satisfaction on that specific day. Students’ self-esteem, physical appearance, and positive daily events were also predictive of life satisfaction. Exploratory analyses revealed that the positive effect of prosociality on life satisfaction was significant only for those students with low or medium levels of satisfaction with their physical appearance. The findings are discussed in relation to the individual determinants of subjective well-being during early adulthood

Noise and Periodic Modulations in Neural Excitable Media

We have analyzed the interplay between noise and periodic modulations in a mean field model of a neural excitable medium. To this purpose, we have considered two types of modulations; namely, variations of the resistance and oscillations of the threshold. In both cases, stochastic resonance is present, irrespective of if the system is monostable or bistable.Comment: 13 pages, RevTex, 5 PostScript figure