Rigorous Enclosures of Solutions of Neumann Boundary Value Problems

This paper is dedicated to the problem of isolating and validating zeros of non-linear two point boundary value problems. We present a method for such purpose based on the Newton-Kantorovich Theorem to rigorously enclose isolated zeros of two point boundary value problem with Neumann boundary conditions.Comment: 21 pages and 2 figure

Spontaneous melanotic lesions in axillary seabream, Pagellus acarne (Risso)

In this paper, we describe spontaneous melanotic lesions in the skin of axillary seabream, Pagellus acarne (Risso) from a defined area of the Portuguese Coast, located in Cabo da Roca and Foz do Arelho. The lesions corresponded to black pigmentation spots on the skin of the head, fins, lips and conjunctiva and, additionally, black nodules on the skin of the head and lips. In some specimens, the nodular formations in the head changed their anatomical conformation. Histologically, there were melanophores scattered along the basement membrane or forming aggregates in the dermis, infiltrating the subcutaneous tissue but not invading the adjacent muscle tissue. The aim of this study was to characterize the macroscopic and microscopic features of the pigmented lesions. These fish show sessile hyperpigmented lesions (spots) that correspond to proliferative lesions of melanophores in the dermis and nodular lesions that correspond to neoplastic lesions, melanophoromas. The melanophores in such lesions showed high concentration of melanin in the cytoplasm, moderate pleomorphism and compact distribution throughout all of the dermis

Darwin's Geological Research in Argentina

On the occasion of the 200th. anniversary of Charles Darwin´s birth, the Asociación Geológica Argentina decided to prepare a special issue devoted to the geological research undertaken by Darwin in Argentina. As it is well known, during his journeys on board HMS Beagle under the command of Captain Robert FitzRoy, he had the opportunity to survey overland different areas of South America. Darwin spent nearly three years - between August 1832 and April 1835 - visiting and studying different regions of our country. The aim of this special issue is to analyze his important geological observations and to emphasize the validity of many of his ideas under a 21st Century perspective. In order to accomplish this aim, several key localities that Darwin examined from a geological point of view during his voyage were selected. Such an analysis was carried out by several geologists and paleontologists well acquainted with the diverse problems that Darwin faced along his journeys in Argentina.Fil: Ramos, Victor Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; Argentin

Darwin en Puente del Inca: observaciones sobre la formación de Puente del Inca y el levantamiento de las montañas

El análisis de las observaciones geológicas realizadas por Charles Darwin en Puente del Inca, durante su segundo cruce de la alta cordillera de los Andes, atrajo la atención a dos diferentes aspectos de las características geológicas de esta clásica área. La mayor parte de sus descripciones sobre las características y el origen de este puente natural no fueron publicadas, principalmente debido a su pobre impresión sobre el Puente del Inca. Sin embargo, la aplicación de principios uniformitaristas muestra que fue formado como un puente de hielo asociado con avalanchas de nieve y detritos y posteriormente cementado por los minerales precipitados por las termas adyacentes de agua caliente. Las observaciones de la compleja sección estructural en las vecindades de Puente del Inca, junto con sus hallazgos de moluscos marinos fósiles de aguas someras en la potente columna estratigráfica del área intercalada con rocas volcánicas, lo condujeron a especular sobre diversos procesos geológicos. Basado en sus observaciones geológicas, Darwin argumentó sobre el levantamiento de las montañas, la subsidencia de los fondos marinos, el crecimiento lateral y episódico de la cordillera, y su asociación con terremotos y actividad volcánica, que fue un importante avance en las hipótesis uniformitaristas de levantamiento de montañas propuestas por Charles Lyell. Darwin fue capaz de reconocer la naturaleza episódica del levantamiento de montañas, y basado en estas premisas, concluyó que los Andes estaban todavía creciendo.Tomadas en conjunto, sus ideas se anticiparon en varios años a algunas de las premisas de la teoría geosinclinal y las hipótesis actuales de la migración de las fajas plegadas y corridas.The analyses of the observations of Charles Darwin at Puente del Inca, during his second journey across the High Andes drew attention on two different aspects of the geological characteristics of this classic area. Most of his descriptions on the characteristics and the origin of the natural bridge were not published, mainly due to his poor impression of Puente del Inca. However, the application of the uniformitarian principles shows that it was formed as an ice bridge associated with snow and debris avalanches later on cemented by the minerals precipitated by the adjacent hot-water springs. Darwin´s observations on the complex structural section at Puente del Inca, together with his findings of shallow water marine fossil mollusks in the thick stratigraphic column of the area interfingered with volcanic rocks, led him to speculate on several geological processes. Based on his geological observations, Darwin argued on the mountain uplift, the subsidence of the marine bottom, the episodic lateral growth of the cordillera, and their association with earthquakes and volcanic activity, which was an important advance in the uniformitarian hypothesis of mountain uplift proposed by Charles Lyell. Darwin was able to recognize the episodic nature of mountain uplift, and based on these premises he concluded that the Andes were still undergoing uplift. Taken as a whole, his ideas anticipated in many years some of the premises of the geosynclinal theory, and current hypothesis on foreland migration of the fold and thrust belts.Fil: Ramos, Victor Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; Argentin

Product development in custom-made medical devices

The 21st century presents a revolution in additive manufacturing, and these technologies will continue to grow. Osteobionix S.L., the company where the internship took place, has been designing and producing titanium prosthetic parts for human implantation since 2008. The company’s goal is to design and build parts of the human body tailored for patients in which standard prostheses do not solve the problem. Based on this, the company’s methodology was to obtain 3D images of each case, discuss, design and build a final solution. As soon as the solution is accepted by the surgeon, it proceeds to the production phase, mainly using an electron beam fusion machine (ARCAM S12). The objective in the internship time was to understand the company’s workflow, help in the production line and develop some design cases in order to learn and analyze what is a complete design follow-up case. The main results obtained are the prototypes that are manufactured in EBM. Licensing for human use and implantation of products in humans is a slow process. Animal testing should be the next step to obtain useful data. Finally, several cases developed during the internship will be presented and explained

Impact of IT use on the collective attentional engagement to innovation: the case of a organization in the cork sector

Organizations process a vast amount of information, therefore putting a big strain on collective attention, a limited resource in organizations. When there is poverty of attention, decision and action become erratic and subject to failures. More research addressing the impact of information systems on organizational mindfulness is needed to develop an IS mindfulness theory. By studying how a leading company in the cork industry uses a platform to support the ideation phase of the innovation process, we provide empirical evidence pointing to the contribution of IT artefacts in promoting organizational mindfulness. Collecting research information in meetings, observations and interviews for 1 year, we were able to observe that the platform was engaging the collective attention to the incremental innovation of processes in detriment of the disruptive innovation of products. Our findings are a first contribution to develop an IS mindfulness theory and to design socio-technical arrangements that expand organizational mindfulness

Patagonia: where does it come from?

Based on the recent finding of archeocyathids in molassic middle Cambrian to Early Ordovician age-sequences of northern Patagonia the relationships between this southern part of South America and East Antarctica need to be re-examined. The early Cambrian age of the archeocyathids, and their derivation from the Shackleton Limestones, open several alternatives that are evaluated based on the lithology and the U-Pb zircon ages of the different metamorphic sequences of Patagonia and the Transantarctic Mountains. Based on these data, it is proposed that the Somuncurá Massif of northern Patagonia is the conjugate margin of the Pensacola Mountains in East Antarctica. The main episodes of deformation within the Cambrian-Ordovician Ross Orogeny are correlated, as well as the passive margin setting during the Silurian-Devonian, which indicate that the lower section of the Beacon Supergroup of Antarctica corresponds to the Sierra Grande Formation in Patagonia. These facts show that the Patagonian terrane may have been situated as the conjugate margin of the Transantarctic Mountains from Southern Victoria Land to the Pensacola Mountains. The rifting of Patagonia from Antarctica and the beginning of subduction along western Patagonia, are correlated among different terranes, showing a robust coherent evolution through early Paleozoic times among these blocks. The final amalgamation of Patagonia with Western Gondwana occurred in late Paleozoic times, but is not analyzed in the present contribution.Sobre la base de hallazgos recientes de arqueociátidos en depósitos molásicos de edad cámbrica media a ordovícica temprana del norte de la Patagonia, las relaciones entre esta parte del sur de Sudamérica y Antártida Oriental necesitan ser reexaminadas. La edad cámbrica temprana de los arqueociátidos y su derivación de las Calizas Shackleton abren varias alternativas que son evaluadas sobre la base de la litología y las edades U-Pb en circones de diferentes secuencias metamórficas de la Patagonia y de las Montañas Trasantárticas. Sobre la base de estos datos se propone que el Macizo de Somuncurá del norte de la Patagonia fue el margen conjugado de las Montañas Pensacola de Antártida Oriental. Los episodios principales de deformación son correlacionados dentro del orógeno Ross del Cámbrico-Ordovícico, así como el ambiente de margen pasivo durante el Silúrico y el Devónico que indica que la sección inferior del Supergrupo Beacon de Antártida se corresponde con la Formación Sierra Grande de Patagonia. Estos datos muestran que el terreno Patagonia podría haber estado situado como el margen conjugado de las Montañas Trasantárticas desde el sur de la Tierra Victoria hasta las Montañas Pensacola. El rifting de Patagonia de Antártida y el inicio de la subducción a lo largo del oeste de la Patagonia se correlacionan entre diferentes terrenos mostrando una evolución coherente y robusta a lo largo del Paleozoico temprano entre estos bloques. El amalgamiento final de la Patagonia con el Gondwana Occidental se produjo en el Paleozoico tardío, pero no es analizado en la presente contribución.Fil: Ramos, Victor Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos ; ArgentinaFil: Naipauer, Maximiliano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos ; Argentin

Using social media as organizational memory consolidation mechanism according to attention based view theory

Increasingly, organizations are aware that the knowledge generated in organization is a primary factor to remain competitive in the market. The Organizational Memory (OM) conceptualizing how the process of creation, storage and dissemination of knowledge over time can influence the actions and decisions of the organization. For this, it is necessary that the attention of individuals to be targeted and aligned, noticing the stimuli from the environment, and directing the time and cognitive effort towards the decisions to be made in the organization. This scenario, the paper provides a discussion of 22 case studies found in literature that were analyzed using the Attention-Based View of the Firm as a guiding lens. This analysis shows some evidence and relevant implications of the use of Social Media in the organizational context as well as a first theoretical description of how the focus of attention of decision makers influence the development of OM.This work has been supported by CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil and by FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology within the Project Scope UID/CEC/00319/2013.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio