Implications of the U.S. Farm Act on Canadian Agriculture

This paper addresses the implications of the U.S. Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 or "Farm Act" for Canadian agriculture. The Farm Act, which is expected to add at least US $45 billion in new price supports over its six-year timeframe, is expected to harm the position of less-subsidized and non-subsidized producers in Canada and other countries. Canadian farm products will be less competitive not only domestically, but also in the U.S. and in third-country markets. Canada will be most affected by subsidies for corn, soybeans, wheat, and pulse crops. New country-of-origin labeling rules under the Farm Act are also expected to be disruptive to Canadian livestock exports. In addressing these issues the paper also explores potential Canadian responses - including filing WTO or NAFTA complaints - as well as the broader implications for U.S.-Canada trade and international cooperation.U.S. Farm Bill, U.S.-Canada trade, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade,

PRÁCTICAS CONTABLES II; PASIVO Y CAPITAL

CUADERNO DE EJERCICIOS Y/O PROBLEMARI

La audiencia como promotora de la innovación periodística a través del crowdfunding

La audiencia ha incrementado sus roles a lo largo del tiempo con el desarrollo tecnológico de los medios de comunicación. La interactividad permite al usuario comentar, votar, compartir, producir y completar los contenidos de los nuevos medios. El consumidor o receptor de la información y entretenimiento ha dejado de ser pasivo. Conceptos como “prosumidores” (consumidores y productores de contenidos) definen a las audiencias y sus nuevas funcionalidades. Pero a ellos se debe añadir el de la audiencia como promotora o impulsora de nuevos proyectos periodísticos. Desde 2009, la sociedad financia proyectos que considera interesantes a través de plataformas de crowdfunding en Internet. Cada vez son más numerosos los proyectos periodísticos presentes en estas plataformas. Su estudio pretende descubrir cuáles son los contenidos periodísticos de mayor interés social, frente a los difundidos por los medios de comunicación convencionales. Con este fin se analiza, aplicando el método de estudio de casos, una amplia selección de proyectos periodísticos que han recurrido a la financiación colectiva en España. Los resultados demuestran que la sociedad apoya proyectos periodísticos cuyos contenidos difieren de los medios convencionales. La financiación colectiva de estas iniciativas reduce, en parte, los efectos negativos de la crisis económica y mediática. Los proyectos que logran financiación, cuentan desde el primer momento con el apoyo y el respaldo de la audiencia. La sociedad promueve así la producción y difusión de nuevos contenidos, e incrementa la presencia de otros que apenas tienen cabida en la agenda mediática Las iniciativas periodísticas con mayor éxito de financiación por la vía de crowdfunding son las de periodismo de investigación, especializado y con fuerte compromiso social. Como respuesta a la falta de confianza y credibilidad de los medios (Nosty, 2013), se comprueba que la audiencia apoya los proyectos periodísticos más cercanos a la sociedad y la información de calidad.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Determinación de la temperatura vítreo de transición en caramelos duros

La elaboración de caramelos duros constituye un proceso de producción sencillo pero delicado, en el cual se deben considerar distintos aspectos como: una correcta formulación, el tiempo de cocción aplicado, el empaque apropiado para evitar que el caramelo sufra cambios en su textura, etc. Las industrias de la confitería en caso de tener problemas con el producto final analizan posibles causas pero normalmente no consideran un importante aspecto como es el de la Temperatura Vítreo de Transición (Tg). La determinación de la Temperatura Vítreo de Transición sirve para mantener la vida útil de los productos y evitar problemas durante el almacenamiento; estos posibles problemas se ven reflejados en los caramelos duros con la presencia excesiva de pegajosidad. En el trabajo se elaboraron distintas pruebas de caramelos duros variando la concertación de sacarosa, glucosa, agua y sometiendo las pruebas a diferentes temperaturas de cocción. Una vez realizadas las pruebas experimentales de caramelos se efectuaron análisis físico-químico donde de analizo pH, porcentaje de humedad y porcentaje de azucares reductores. Adicionalmente los caramelos elaborados fueron sometidas a evaluaciones sensoriales por parte de panelistas no entrenado con el objetivo de establecer comparaciones entre como las variables tiempo y concentración afectan directamente a las características sensoriales del producto

The Relationship Between Temperament and Emotion Understanding in Preschoolers: An Examination of the Influence of Emotionality, Self-Regulation, and Attention

This study examined the links between temperament and emotion understanding in preschoolers. Temperamental facets of emotionality, attention, and self-regulation were utilized. Emotion understanding is the ability to identify feelings based on facial expressions, behaviors, or situations. Historically, temperamental variables and emotion understanding have been poorly defined, impacting the clarity of research findings. The Structured Temperament Interview (STI) measured facets of temperament and the Emotion Comprehension Test examined emotion understanding. Both measures offer clear definitions of their associated constructs. Additionally, principal components analyses were run on STI dimensions. Correlational analyses were run on the STI and Child Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ), an established measure of temperament, to further determine the STI's utility as a measure of temperament. Results, though mixed, suggest that components of Attention and Emotionality from the STI explain a great deal of the variance in ECT scale scores

Architectural + Language: Breaking barriers and creating cultural dialogue

When I was 11 years old, I moved back to the United States, after having spent my whole childhood in Ecuador, my parents native land. I was moving back to the land of opportunity in the search for the so called ‘American Dream’. It was difficult to leave and move to a new place where we did not know anyone or have anything, but just the idea of a going back to my hometown piqued my curiosity and excitement. I remember very vividly, the day I left Ecuador. I remember telling myself to be happy, because this was a moment of celebration, the start of a better life. Once here everything was so new and quite different. I had now been exposed to new culture, to new geared knowledge but to the world of accessibility and opportunity that for once in our life seemed attainable. Before I knew it, I was already being introduced to this new identity, that I didn’t really fit in, but I was part of. I had two choices at the time, to assimilate to this new culture, to this new city, to new perspectives and dreams, to a new language or leave. The reality is that although the United States is a nation of immigrants, it still struggles to identify itself as a multicultural nation, in the need for the silenced individuals to have a sense of identity in their own homeland. Their lack of acknowledging the diverse cultures that inhabit the nation has lead many minorities to experience an identity crisis where diversity becomes a “superficial overlay that does not disrupt any comfort zones.” As a result, individuals that don’t fit the Euro-Anglo mold are then view as out of place or exotic within their own homeland; forcing those who are different to either assimilate or to leave. However, the Euro-Anglo perspective can even be worse for those who do fit the mold because it creates a superior race. Therefore, I believe its critical that we reject the traditional singular culture approach that impacts the built environment and proposes the implementation of design decisions that reflect the real United States. Following Gloria Anzaldúa model, I plan to draw from my own personal experience as a Ecuadorian-American from a working-class background and use architecture as tool capable of challenging the social, political, economical foundations of the United States that create divisions within cultures. Where the architecture can be view as a language that is and breaks human made boundaries capable of communicating and appealing to the senses in hopes to mediate this identity crisis. Through design decisions, one can stimulate the inhabitant through the enhancement of experience, but also allow them to know themselves, in the developing of their identity as well as create a sense of place, of belonginess. Spaces where individuals are distinct in their history, knowledge and perspective but are in constant dialogue with each through the sharing of cultures in inclusive spaces, where you do not have to be same to share a space

The Oceanic Portal for the regions of Latin America and the Caribbean: its development for Cuba

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Seized Objects: Tools to Structure the Material and Social Selves

During the existence of some objects occurred representations that mark not only a transit between different individuals and contexts, but the creation of interpersonal bonds linked to memories, feelings and wishes, among others, that extend their service life beyond economic dynamics, this phenomenon has been called reuse. Three types of object’s dynamics are identified in this study: mutable objects dynamic, which represent a scenario of objects creation and use by societies in transition; located objects dynamic, which falls into the principles of family social reproduction; and seized objects dynamic, which serve in the construction of the material and social Selves of individuals. This last type of dynamic will be the main subject of the study. Under the dynamics of reuse, some forms of social and environmental sustainability are visualized, due to the construction of objects exchange networks