Bourdieu and the crisis of global capitalism

[Abstract] Bourdieu passed away ten years away. His last works were focused on the globalization and the extension of neoliberalism. Bourdieu, who had developed an enormous theory corpus, changed his academic interest to analyse how neoliberal economic reason was colonising all the fields of our lives. Transnational capitalism had positioned as the best and the only way to thinking the economic and the polity in a global world due to the power of its symbolic capital. Nevertheless, this false prophetic global system was hiding the workers’ exploitation, the flexibilization of the national economic systems, the reduction of the democratic national-states and the loss of socials rights. Nowadays, living the worst economic crisis since the Great Crease, it looks interesting and necessary revisiting Bourdieu’s approach to check the validity and the accurate of their analyses and predictions.[Resumen] Hace diez años que Bourdieu falleció. Sus últimos trabajos se centraron en la globalización y en la extensión del neoliberalismo. Bourdieu, que desarrolló un enorme corpus teórico, cambió sus intereses académicos para analizar como la razón economicista neoliberal estaba colonizando todos los campos de la vida. El capitalismo transnacional se había posicionado como la mejor y única posibilidad de pensar en lo político y en lo económico en un mundo globalizado, debido al poder de su capital simbólico. Sin embargo, este sistema global falsamente profético estaba escondiendo la explotación de los trabajadores, la flexibilización de las economías nacionales, la reducción de los Estados-nación y la pérdida de derechos social. En nuestros días, que vivimos la peor crisis económica desde el Crack del 29, resulta interesante y necesario revisitar el trabajo de Bourdieu para comprobar su vigencia y lo acertado de sus análisis y sus predicciones

Enfermedad periodontal en el adulto mayor adscrito a la unidad de atención ambulatoria del IESS Atuntaqui mejoramiento de la enfermedad periodontal mediante la aplicación de actividades odontológicas preventivas en el período entre noviembre 2011 y febrero 2012

In the IESS Ambulatory Unity of Care in Atuntaqui city, we have made the transversal study, with a trust level of 95% and range of error of 5%, about periodontal disease in elder adult, focus to determinate, the factors of most importance what intervene in the presence of this illness. For this one we analyze a total of 76 clinical histories and 68 interviews to elder adult what participate in the occupational shop in the Medical Unit. We found a 36,84% pensioners with total prosthesis, 9,21% are healthy, 22,37% with gingival inflammation and 31,58% with periodontal disease. The results obtain with the analysis of Chi Square, were similar to describe in the theory. The value more significant were for the factors: dental plaque (p<0.007) and present in the 60,53% of the total people, dental calculus (p<0.000) that affect to 55.26% of the participants, that in summary constitute a diagnostic of oral hygiene of retired. In the interview the results more important were that 48.5% of the respondents answered the cause for to lost the tooth for they did not go opportunely to dentist and the 51,5% think that the same factor for deterioration of the gums. So too the principal cause that the retired said because they go to dentist is when they feel pain or discomfort, 52,9% and the same way do not go to dentist for difficult access to shifts of IESS, 44,1%. We have found too evidence of bat oral hygienic habits how the use of toothpick 32,4% bat technique of brushing, 48,5% of the total population, they said dental sensibility. In the last part of this present document we make a proposal of intervention, with the finality of integrate to elder adult in activities of promotion, education and preservation about oral health.En la Unidad de Atención Ambulatoria del IESS Atuntaqui, se realizó el estudio de tipo transversal, con un nivel de confianza del 95% y un margen de error del 5%, sobre la enfermedad periodontal en el adulto mayor, enfocado a determinar, los factores de mayor importancia que intervienen en la prevalencia de la enfermedad. Para esto se analizó un total de 76 historias clínicas y 68 encuestas dirigidas hacia los adultos mayores que participan de los talleres ocupacionales de la Unidad. Se encontró un 36,84 % portadores de prótesis total, 9,21% sanos, 22,37% con inflamación gingival y 31,58% con enfermedad periodontal. Los resultados obtenidos con el análisis de Chi Cuadrado, fueron similares a los descritos en la teoría. Los valores más significativos fueron para los factores: placa dental (p<0.007) y presente en el 60,53% de la población total, calculo dental (p<0,000) que afecta a un 55,26% de los participantes, que en resumen constituye un diagnóstico de la Higiene oral del jubilado. En la encuesta realizada, los resultados más importantes fueron que el 48,5% de los encuestados atribuyen la causa de la pérdida de sus dientes el no asistir a tiempo al odontólogo y el 51,5% sostienen que el mismo factor es la causa del deterioro de sus encías. Así también la principal causa que señalan los jubilados por la cual asisten al odontólogo es cuando sienten dolor o molestia, 52,9% y de igual manera, no asisten al odontólogo por la dificultad para acceder a los turnos del IEES, 44,1%. Se logró encontrar también evidencia de malos hábitos de higiene oral, como el uso de mondadientes, 32,4% mala técnica de cepillado, 48,5 % de la población total, dicen tener sensibilidad dental. Al final del presente documento se realiza una propuesta de intervención, con la finalidad de integrar al adulto mayor en actividades de promoción, educación y prevención sobre salud oral

Diseño e implementación de soluciones integradas LAN / WAN.

El auge de las redes de telecomunicaciones hoy dia es de gran importancia que es la formas màs explotada de la humanidad en las necesidades diarias del ser humano como consumidor masivo de productos, que se encuentran al alcance de un clik, es por eso la importancia de las redes de comunicación para enlazar equipos de oficinas de forma local, nacional y mundial para poder llevar la infornacion requerida hasta la distinta oficinas, computadores, tabales, o cualquier dispositivo con la capasidad de conectarce atraves de las redes de acuerdo a protocolos establecidos para ello. Es por ello que la univesrsidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia “UNAD”, atraves del diplomado de profundización cisco, ofrecido por CISCO Networking Academy, en el curso, soluciones integradas lan / wan , para adquirir los conocimiebntos necesarios, orientando y fortaleciendo las conceptos de conectividad , enrutamiento e implementacion de la red e interconección de la misma y sus funcionalidadThe rise of telecommunication networks there is day is so impressive and of great importance that it is the most exploited forms of humanity in the daily needs of the human being as a mass consumer of products, which are within reach of a click, that is why the importance of communication networks to link office equipment locally, nationally and worldwide to be able to take the required information to different offices, computers, taboos, or any device with the ability to connect through networks according to protocols established for it. That is why the National Open and Distance University “UNAD”, through the cisco deepening diploma, offered by CISCO Networking Academy, in the course, integrated lan / wan solutions, to acquire the necessary knowledge, guiding and strengthening the concepts of connectivity , routing and implementation of the network and interconnection of the network and its functionalit

ORIHUELA (Alicante). Fortificaciones (1811). 1:100

Presenta 1 planta, 2 vistas y 5 perfilesManuscrito firmado y rubricado por el autor. A plumilla en tinta ocreRelieve representado por normalesRelación de las distintas partes de la fortificación indicadas mediante clave alfanuméricaInserta: Plano de la Cara y Flanco derecho del Baluarte de Sn. Miguel, Cortina del Barranco de los Olivares y Flanco del Descubridor. Escala [ca. 1:367]. 60 vara s [= 13,7 cm]Plano volante con escala gráfica de 600 vs. y medidas de 28,9 x 19,6 c

Use of Anthracophyllum discolor and Stereum hirsutum as a Suitable Strategy for Delignification and Phenolic Removal of Olive Mill Solid Waste

This study evaluated the use of the white-rot fungi (WRF) Anthracophyllum discolor and Stereum hirsutum as a biological pretreatment for olive mill solid mill waste (OMSW). The WRF strains proposed were added directly to OMSW. The assays consisted of determining the need to add supplementary nutrients, an exogenous carbon source or use agitation systems, and evaluating WRF growth, enzyme activity, phenolic compound removal and lignin degradation. The highest ligninolytic enzyme activity was found at day 10, reaching 176.7 U/L of manganese-independent peroxidase (MniP) produced by A. discolor, and the highest phenolic removal (more than 80% with both strains) was reached after 24 days of incubation. The confocal laser scanning microscopy analysis (CLSM) confirmed lignin degradation through the drop in lignin relative fluorescence units (RFU) from 3967 for untreated OMSW to 235 and 221 RFU, showing a lignin relative degradation of 94.1% and 94.4% after 24 days of treatment by A. discolor and S. hirsutum, respectively. The results demonstrate for the first time that A. discolor and S. hirsutum were able to degrade lignin and remove phenolic compounds from OMSW using this as the sole substrate without adding other nutrients or using agitation systems. This work indicates that it could be possible to design an in situ pretreatment of the valorization of OMSW, avoiding complex systems or transportation. In this sense, future research under non-sterile conditions is needed to evaluate the competition of WRF with other microorganisms present in the OMSW. The main drawbacks of this work are associated with both the low reaction time and the water addition. However, OMSW is seasonal waste produced in one season per year, being stored for a long time. In terms of water addition, the necessary optimization will be addressed in future research.Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (CONICYT) CONICYT FONDECYT 1191230Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo de Chile, ANI

Automated generation of computationally hard feature models using evolutionary algorithms

This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Expert Systems with Applications. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. Copyright @ 2014 Elsevier B.V.A feature model is a compact representation of the products of a software product line. The automated extraction of information from feature models is a thriving topic involving numerous analysis operations, techniques and tools. Performance evaluations in this domain mainly rely on the use of random feature models. However, these only provide a rough idea of the behaviour of the tools with average problems and are not sufficient to reveal their real strengths and weaknesses. In this article, we propose to model the problem of finding computationally hard feature models as an optimization problem and we solve it using a novel evolutionary algorithm for optimized feature models (ETHOM). Given a tool and an analysis operation, ETHOM generates input models of a predefined size maximizing aspects such as the execution time or the memory consumption of the tool when performing the operation over the model. This allows users and developers to know the performance of tools in pessimistic cases providing a better idea of their real power and revealing performance bugs. Experiments using ETHOM on a number of analyses and tools have successfully identified models producing much longer executions times and higher memory consumption than those obtained with random models of identical or even larger size.European Commission (FEDER), the Spanish Government and the Andalusian Government

Handheld mobile mapping applied to historical urban areas

Mapping historical urban areas is an assignment that can be tackled by using different systems and devices. In the last decade many surveying systems have emerged in this this ever-evolving market. So, despite having a wide spectrum ofoptions to choose, the decision-making is not an easy task. It depends on the budget, the training, the experience, the available delivery term, the specific features of the streets and buildings, etc. In this article a complete high-speed recording procedure, by using a handheld mobile mapping instrument to record a typical old town street, is going to be described. The aim is to enlighten the decision-making when choosing the appropriate methodology. The characteristics of this kind of streets, such as an extreme narrowness and accessibility difficulties make this type of areas more difficult to surveying. Additionally, a comparison between this procedure and stop-and-go systems will be carried out. The research shows that the graphical documentation obtained fulfils perfectly the initial requirements and the fieldwork has turned out much less time-consuming by using mobile mapping devices than standard stop-and-go laser scanning systems and photogrammetry procedure

Mutation testing on an object-oriented framework: An experience report

This is the preprint version of the article - Copyright @ 2011 ElsevierContext The increasing presence of Object-Oriented (OO) programs in industrial systems is progressively drawing the attention of mutation researchers toward this paradigm. However, while the number of research contributions in this topic is plentiful, the number of empirical results is still marginal and mostly provided by researchers rather than practitioners. Objective This article reports our experience using mutation testing to measure the effectiveness of an automated test data generator from a user perspective. Method In our study, we applied both traditional and class-level mutation operators to FaMa, an open source Java framework currently being used for research and commercial purposes. We also compared and contrasted our results with the data obtained from some motivating faults found in the literature and two real tools for the analysis of feature models, FaMa and SPLOT. Results Our results are summarized in a number of lessons learned supporting previous isolated results as well as new findings that hopefully will motivate further research in the field. Conclusion We conclude that mutation testing is an effective and affordable technique to measure the effectiveness of test mechanisms in OO systems. We found, however, several practical limitations in current tool support that should be addressed to facilitate the work of testers. We also missed specific techniques and tools to apply mutation testing at the system level.This work has been partially supported by the European Commission (FEDER) and Spanish Government under CICYT Project SETI (TIN2009-07366) and the Andalusian Government Projects ISABEL (TIC-2533) and THEOS (TIC-5906)

Realidad Virtual Como Apoyo al Desarrollo de Habilidades No Técnicas en Profesionales de la Salud

In recent years research has been done on how to gain non-technical skills, as one of the most influential factors in the daily work activities of the human being; This deficiency manifests itself more frequently in people of small age and with little professional experience, causing different negative effects on the psychological behaviors (cognitive, emotional, etc.), damaging their personal, familiar and work well-being. However, this factor is often developed with repetition in high workload scenarios, such as medical or hospital settings, and especially in areas of high labor demand and with a higher stress index such as the intensive care unit (ICU) and the emergency department Hospitals, which are places where the medical staff is exposed to provide a high quality personalized attention, under the pressure of the patient, relatives, directors and administrative of the hospitals, often provoking the alteration of their capacities or psychological factors At the time of providing the service and maintaining patient safety. Thus the proposal of the following research is to support the health professionals to gain non-technical skills through virtual reality to control adverse situations of the environment without harming the safety of the patient.Keywords: Virtual Reality, Human Machine Interaction, Medical Organizational Environment, Non-technical Skill