La depresión de Potrerillos : estudio morfológico

Fil: Viers, George. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letra

Issues in Forest Restoration: Smoke from prescribed burning - Issues on public forestlands of the Western United States

Large wildfires threaten forests and humans alike. Thinning and controlled burning can address many of the forest health and community safety concerns. However, the smoke generated during these burns can be a nuisance, a public health issue, and can have other consequences. As more acres are burned, the public will be faced with more smoke in the air. It is important to understand the importance of and the reasoning behind low-intensity burning, and the issues associated with it. Particularly in the west United States, public forestlands are overgrown and we are confronted with a choice between smaller amounts of smoke more often, or large amounts of smoke less frequently - each of these choices carries trade-offs and long-term consequences

Teaching Empathy: A Precursor to Accepting Diversity

Robert Kennedy once said, “The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.” This statement inspired the author to question how prosocial behavior and the acceptance of diversity can be encouraged and is the driving force behind the following undergraduate thesis. Research tells us that Theory of Mind (ToM) and Affective Perspective Taking (APT) are essential components in a stepwise progression to learning empathy and can be taught to children ages five to seven. These elements are essential to developing an empathetic foundation that leads to healthier relationships, reduces bullying, and encourages the acceptance of diversity. Teaching children about emotions helps expand their vocabulary and put a name on what they or someone else is feeling. This facilitation of language and literacy is another building block in the development of compassionate understanding and empathy. Research shows that works of fiction can help children increase their ability to recognize emotions and encourages empathetic development through examination of a story character’s feelings. The culmination of this undergraduate thesis project is a children’s book called The Day Dot Ran Away. The research-informed book is designed to teach perspective taking by encouraging the reader to pay special attention to the emotions on the faces of the characters. The author’s hope is that this book will sow the seeds of empathy in all who read it, and as a result, they will become empathetic adults who are more accepting of diversity

Violence, Catastrophe, and Agency in Nepal: A Deeper Understanding of the 2015 Earthquakes and Border Blockade

In 2015, Nepal was struck by two catastrophes. First, on April 25, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, struck in Gorkha. Then, in September, a blockade was formed that prevented goods from passing through trade checkpoints between India and Nepal. Both of these events highlight social suffering, a form of suffering that refers to the systems of oppression, unequal distribution of resources, and broad social structures that serve to keep certain people impoverished and subjugate. The earthquake caused the most damage to vulnerable people, people already suffering the effects of structural violence. The blockade was created by Madhesis, an ethnic group in southern Nepal, as a means of protesting unfairness in the new constitution, namely unfair citizenship rules and unfair federal state lines. However, despite these hardships, Nepalis have demonstrated significant resilience. Many Nepalis created their own aid agencies and relief missions to help their countrymen. The blockade itself was a show of agency. These events have garnered Nepal significant international attention, leading many tourists to the country. Volunteer tourists went to make a difference, while disaster tourists went to take a look at the destruction. This thesis examines the earthquakes, blockade, and tourism through the lens of social suffering, showing that despite the numerous catastrophes and setbacks, Nepalis have maintained their agency, refusing to let the violence and vulnerability determine their futures

Deep carbon storage potential of buried floodplain soils.

Soils account for the largest terrestrial pool of carbon and have the potential for even greater quantities of carbon sequestration. Typical soil carbon (C) stocks used in global carbon models only account for the upper 1 meter of soil. Previously unaccounted for deep carbon pools (>1 m) were generally considered to provide a negligible input to total C contents and represent less dynamic C pools. Here we assess deep soil C pools associated with an alluvial floodplain ecosystem transitioning from agricultural production to restoration of native vegetation. We analyzed the soil organic carbon (SOC) concentrations of 87 surface soil samples (0-15 cm) and 23 subsurface boreholes (0-3 m). We evaluated the quantitative importance of the burial process in the sequestration of subsurface C and found our subsurface soils (0-3 m) contained considerably more C than typical C stocks of 0-1 m. This deep unaccounted soil C could have considerable implications for global C accounting. We compared differences in surface soil C related to vegetation and land use history and determined that flooding restoration could promote greater C accumulation in surface soils. We conclude deep floodplain soils may store substantial quantities of C and floodplain restoration should promote active C sequestration

Marciac – Place des Chevaliers-d’Antras

La prescription de ce diagnostic porte sur la place des Chevaliers d’Antras, devant la chapelle des Augustins de Marciac. L’implantation des Augustins dans l’angle nord-ouest de la bastide remonte au milieu du xive s. À la fin du siècle suivant, l’église est dotée d’un clocher-tour et d’un cloître. Fortement dégradée au cours des Guerres de Religion, les bâtiments abritent aujourd’hui école, salle des fêtes et cinéma. Le cadastre napoléonien montre qu’en 1837, une maison bordait encore l’anci..

Montricoux – Place Lenoir, rue des Remparts et rue de la Brèche

Lien Atlas (MCC) :http://atlas.patrimoines.culture.fr/atlas/trunk/index.php?ap_theme=DOM_2.01.02&ap_bbox=1.581;44.073;1.663;44.138 Suite au projet de réfection de la place Marcel Lenoir, quatre sondages de diagnostic ont été réalisés pour évaluer le potentiel archéologique de l’emprise. On sait que la place était l’ancien cimetière jusqu’en 1954, nivelé sur 1,50 m en 1971. Elle est bordée au nord par un donjon, seul vestige apparent de l’implantation d’une commanderie templière à la fin du xi..

Homps – Au Vieux Château

Lien Atlas (MCC) :http://atlas.patrimoines.culture.fr/atlas/trunk/index.php?ap_theme=DOM_2.01.02&ap_bbox=0.811;43.793;0.878;43.828 L’intérêt des vestiges du château de Homps est d’avoir préservé ses caractéristiques originelles depuis sa construction à la fin du xiiie s. Abandonné à l’époque moderne en tant que lieu de résidence, et remplacé par un nouveau château situé à l’extrémité orientale du village, il servit de carrière et sa tour fut aménagée en pigeonnier. Fig 01 Axonométrie Le châ..