Energy Production, Ecological Footprint and Socio-Economic Transformation of the Territory in an Organic Economy. The Case Study of Early Modern Madrid.

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of Madrid’s fuel demand on the near surrounding territory in the early modern period, both from an economic and an ecological viewpoint. Fuel supply (charcoal and timber) to Madrid required the raising of resources from a vast territory of inland Spain, and caused a process of specialization of forests in fuel extraction and commercialization. The economic structures of the villages of Castile adapted to the rising needs, and rural populations could take an active part in transportation of fuel and charcoal production. This paper also aims to define the area affected by the city’s charcoal production in order to analyze the ecological footprint in an organic economy.energy history, ecological footprint, forest history, urban supply, preindustrial transport.

La lógica «smitheana» en la historia económica y social de Madrid. A propósito de una traducción reciente

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Algunas consideraciones en torno al significado de la tradición

El concepto "tradición" que desde su origen marcaba la idea de la permanencia de una comunidad en el tiempo ha dejado de ser un sinónimo de un conservadurismo ultramontano; en el ámbito de las ciencias sociales ya no designa las "supersticiones" que obstaculizaban el Progreso; por el contrario, el reciente cuestionamiento frontal de la Ratio y el cuestionamiento del fenómeno de la globalización han contribuido a una revalorización de lo tradicional; así se ve que la tradición es un signo indeleble de la identidad cultural, de lo vernáculo y de la riqueza cultural de la humanidad

A tale of two curricula: Learning and matching in the final year of medical school

In this article, I highlight two curricula that I believe are most prominent during the final year of the Canadian medical school experience—that of learning and that of matching to residency. While these two curricula are not mutually exclusive, they can be perceived as contradictory by learners, shifting their focus away from learning towards performing well in an effort to optimize their chance of matching to their program of choice. Moreover, the increasing rates of unmatched students in recent years have likely contributed to this shift while increasing stress and anxiety associated with this final year. In addition to curricular reform, I argue that there needs to be curricular consistency among all stakeholders including undergraduate programs, postgraduate programs, and other third-party organizations

Teaching English Language Learners through Technology

As the fourth book in the series Teaching Language Learners Across the Curriculum, this volume by Tony Erben, Ruth Ban, and Martha Castañeda serves as a straightforward and practical handbook for pre-service and in-service K-12 classroom teachers who have no formal pedagogical training in second language teaching. Whereas the previous books in the series focused on specific subject areas, Teaching Language Learners through Technology is relevant to all content areas and bridges linguistics, language learning research, and practical day-to-day teaching strategies to show educators how the use of technology in differentiated instruction can help facilitate language learning

Recruiting Followers for the Caliphate: A Narrative Analysis of Four Jihadist Magazines

This study identifies and compares the methods of recruitment used by three prime jihadist organizations through their online magazines. The successful recruitment efforts and growth as a threat by the Islamic State of Iraq and Shām (ISIS), Al-Qaeda, and Al-Shabaab are attributed, in part, to the widespread popularity and accessibility of Dabiq and Rumiyah (published by ISIS), Inspire (published by Al-Qaeda), and Gaidi Mtaani (published by Al-Shabaab). In order to best examine the techniques of persuasion and propaganda to recruit new followers, the theoretical approach of compliance-gaining theory and methodological approach of a narrative analysis are applied. The author analyzed a total of twelve magazine issues to compare how the four magazines use (1) imagery, (2) attrition, (3) intimidation, (4) propaganda, (5) spoiling, (6) outbidding, (7) incitement, and (8) recruitment. To validate each of these themes, the study applies an open-coding instrument to select each label based on specific dimensions. These findings reveal how the same purpose to achieve the Caliphate can be chosen on a similar path by these three different jihadist organizations. This path may take different turns at certain spots, but ultimately the road is based on the same historical context to justify the recruitment process. Overall, this study provides fresh descriptive insights on jihadist organizations\u27 recruitment methods to gain new followers toward the achievement of the Caliphate (i.e., the global Islamic state). The sample reveals that the online jihadist magazines integrate all analyzed themes to portray their messages. The findings show certain issues implement specific themes more than others. Across the sample, the use of persuasion justified and encouraged violence. Persuasion is found in prideful examples of successful terrorist attacks and aftermath scenes of destruction. The distinct difference between the four online jihadist magazines is the persuasion of recruitment

Protección de los bienes jurídicos globales, el registro y el medio ambiente

El trabajo expone las actividades desempeñadas desde el Colegio de Registradores que, desde el Proyecto GeoBase web, y mediante bases gráficas, ha dibujado el territorio español asociando a éste distintas capas de valiosa información medioambiental. En determinadas categorías de información ambiental como suelos contaminados o eficiencia energética de los inmuebles se explican las aportaciones registrales. En este sentido, se detalla el importante papel que el Registro puede desempeñar a la hora de convertir los recursos naturales en sujetos a los que el Registro de la Propiedad, mediante la publicidad formal, les permita expresar cuáles son sus características y limitaciones, así como el papel fundamental que este puede tener a la hora de reforzar el estatus jurídico del agricultor, entre otras cuestione