The State of Working Wisconsin 2016

The long shadow of the Great Recession is finally lifting in Wisconsin. The state has more jobs than ever before,unemployment rates have fallen to pre-recession levels, and workers that want full-time work are having an easier time finding it. To be sure, recovery here is incomplete and comparatively unimpressive. Many populations and places remain isolated from opportunity, and Wisconsin's growth is slow relative to the national pace. Still, labor market opportunities are more clear and consistent than they have been in nearly a decade. Given the brutality of the Great Recession and the slow recovery from it, this is welcome news for working Wisconsin.The longer-term challenges that Wisconsin faces, and that COWS has long documented, remain daunting. Wages have been stagnant over the last three and a half decades and workers have very little to show for increasing productivity. Women earn less than men and the gap is slow to close. African Americans have suffered declining wages and growing disparity. The wage reward for higher education is evident, as is the difficulty of making ends meet without completing some post-secondary education. One-in-four workers toils in a poverty-wage job and low-wage sectors are growing faster than better-paying ones. Racial disparities, while hardly unique to Wisconsin, are particularly extreme here. A variety of economic and social indicators of racial inequality consistently identify us as among the most racially unequal states in the nation

Heuristic optimization of clusters of heat pumps: A simulation and case study of residential frequency reserve

The technological challenges of adapting energy systems to the addition of more renewables are intricately interrelated with the ways in which markets incentivize their development and deployment. Households with own onsite distributed generation augmented by electrical and thermal storage capacities (prosumers), can adjust energy use based on the current needs of the electricity grid. Heat pumps, as an established technology for enhancing energy efficiency, are increasingly seen as having potential for shifting electricity use and contributing to Demand Response (DR). Using a model developed and validated with monitoring data of a household in a plus-energy neighborhood in southern Germany, the technical and financial viability of utilizing household heat pumps to provide power in the market for Frequency Restoration Reserve (FRR) are studied. The research aims to evaluate the flexible electrical load offered by a cluster of buildings whose heat pumps are activated depending on selected rule-based participation strategies. Given the prevailing prices for FRR in Germany, the modelled cluster was unable to reduce overall electricity costs and thus was unable to show that DR participation as a cluster with the heat pumps is financially viable. Five strategies that differed in the respective contractual requirements that would need to be agreed upon between the cluster manager and the aggregator were studied. The relatively high degree of flexibility necessary for the heat pumps to participate in FRR activations could be provided to varying extents in all strategies, but the minimum running time of the heat pumps turned out to be the primary limiting physical (and financial) factor. The frequency, price and duration of the activation calls from the FRR are also vital to compensate the increase of the heat pumps’ energy use. With respect to thermal comfort and self-sufficiency constraints, the buildings were only able to accept up to 34% of the activation calls while remaining within set comfort parameters. This, however, also depends on the characteristics of the buildings. Finally, a sensitivity analysis showed that if the FRR market changed and the energy prices were more advantageous, the proposed approaches could become financially viable. This work suggests the need for further study of the role of heat pumps in flexibility markets and research questions concerning the aggregation of local clusters of such flexible technologies.Comisión Europea 69596

Recursos pedagógicos y conocimientos geométricos: concepciones de los maestros que participan en el Premio Compartir al Maestro

Está investigación documental estudió la manera como los maestros que se Presentan al Premio Compartir al Maestro conciben los recursos pedagógicos en relación con el conocimiento geométrico escolar, la problemática que los maestros reconocen en el aula de clase y las propuestas de solución, así como la manera como los maestros describen el escenario, el tiempo y el tipo de problemas que utilizan en relación con los recursos pedagógicos que proponen, según lo explican en sus propuestas pedagógicas; para ello se consideraron los estudios provenientes de la perspectiva instrumental y documental (Gueudet, Pepin & Trouche, 2012), de donde se detectó que los recursos afectan la estructura de la situación de enseñanza, la actividad del maestro y la manera como se re-contextualizan las matemáticas escolares. Así, pues, la investigación profundizó en cómo son pensados, planeados o creados los recursos pedagógicos en las prácticas de los maestros que enseñan geometría y cómo los maestros han documentado ello, a través de una situación de enseñanza que ha sido implementada y realizada, empleando un conjunto de recursos pedagógicos. Así pues, la pregunta eje de este estudio fue: ¿Qué concepciones sobre recursos pedagógicos tienen los maestros que enseñan geometría y participan en el Premio Compartir al Maestro

The effect of education on in-prison conflict: evidence from Argentina

Using census data for Argentine prisons for the period 2002-2005, this paperpresents evidence of the positive e¤ect that prisoner education programs (pri-mary and some part of secondary schooling) have on in prison conflictivitymeasured as sanctions or violent behavior of the prisoner. In order to over-come the problems of endogeneity that education decisions generate we usean instrumental variables approach. Our results show a decrease in partici-pation in violent conflicts and bad behavior which can be partially attributedto education.prison based education, violent behavior

Theatre within prison walls : Free and play spaces at the San Felipe Penitentiary Compound.

Las experiencias teatrales en cárceles tienen por finalidad la generación de un espacio de libertad, de juego y de praxis social en el encierro, con fundamentos pedagógicos y psicológicos, en función de la emancipación individual y colectiva de los sujetos que las practican. Se incorporan al tratamiento de reinserción social que propone el marco normativo de la Pena Privativa de la Libertad, buscando alternativas que superen el disciplinamiento como forma de corrección, dado el fracaso histórico de la cárcel como medida punitiva que legitima el poder de castigar del Estado.The theatrical experiences in penitentiaries have the finality to generate places to move free, to play, and socializes in the confinement based in pedagogical and psychological findings. Which have proved these experiences to have been successful in facilitating the individual and collective emancipation of the subjects who practice them. These experiences are incorporated to the social reinsertion treatment that is the normative frame for the Freedom Deprived Penalty Institutions seeking alternative ways to discipline as a correction form looking to the historical failure of jails of punitive measures that legitimate the State power to punishFil: Rodríguez, Laura. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Artes y Diseñ

Assessment of the photovoltaic potential at urban level based on 3D city models: A case study and new methodological approach

The use of 3D city models combined with simulation functionalities allows to quantify energy demand and renewable generation for a very large set of buildings. The scope of this paper is to determine the solar photovoltaic potential at an urban and regional scale using CityGML geometry descriptions of every building. An innovative urban simulation platform is used to calculate the PV potential of the Ludwigsburg County in south-west Germany, in which every building was simulated by using 3D city models. Both technical and economic potential (considering roof area and insolation thresholds) are investigated, as well as two different PV efficiency scenarios. In this way, it was possible to determine the fraction of the electricity demand that can be covered in each municipality and the whole region, deciding the best strategy, the profitability of the investments and determining optimal locations. Additionally, another important contribution is a literature review regarding the different methods of PV potential estimation and the available roof area reduction coefficients. An economic analysis and emission assessment has also been developed. The results of the study show that it is possible to achieve high annual rates of covered electricity demand in several municipalities for some of the considered scenarios, reaching even more than 100% in some cases. The use of all available roof space (technical potential) could cover 77% of the region’s electricity consumption and 56% as an economic potential with only high irradiance roofs considered. The proposed methodological approach should contribute valuably in helping policy-making processes and communicating the advantages of distributed generation and PV systems in buildings to regulators, researchers and the general public

A comparative study of quantitative methods in ore microscopy: digital image analysis vs. point counter device

Quantitative mineralogical analyses of metallic concentrates from an ore-processing plant with reflected light microscopy have been carried out independently, on the same samples, by an expert mineralogist using a point counter device (PCD), and by digital image analysis (DIA) operated by a post-graduate student in order to compare the performance and results obtained with both methods

Touring the film festival circuit: Migrating patterns of latin american cinema

En las últimas dos décadas, los investigadores han considerado los festivales de cine como centros clave para el desarrollo de la cultura cinematográfica contemporánea. Más allá de su función como simples lugares de celebración cultural o espacios neutrales de exhibición cinematográfica, estos operan en un mundo altamente competitivo y jerarquizado. En realidad, el circuito de los festivales de cine funciona de acuerdo a reglas y dinámicas, generalmente desconocidas para los no iniciados, que regulan el tráfico cinematográfico internacional y a la vez mantienen las relaciones jerárquicas entre festivales, en un escenario dominado por unos pocos mega-eventos en Europa y Norteamérica. Tomando como casos de estudio las películas Estación central (Central do Brasil, Walter Salles, 1998) y Tierra extranjera (Terra estrangeira, Walter Salles y Daniela Thomas, 1995), este artículo indaga sobre las consecuencias de la estructura jerarquizada de los festivales de cine en el proceso de internacionalización del cine latinoamericano en los años 90. La mayor parte de las películas con vocación comercial internacional ajenas a Hollywood se estrenan en festivales de cine antes de llegar a las pantallas comerciales, por lo que no solo están sujetas a los filtros que establecen los festivales a la hora de ser incluidas en su programación, sino también a las jerarquías que rigen la circulación de películas entre los festivales de cine. La «gira» por los festivales se ha convertido en una estrategia estandarizada del marketing internacional de películas que utiliza las lógicas y dinámicas del circuito de festivales para elevar el estatus artístico y cultural de productos cinematográficos dirigidos al mercado internacionalFilm festivals have increasingly been pointed out by scholars as key nodes of contemporary cinematic culture. In spite of their reputation as places for cultural celebration, the world of film festivals strikes as a particularly unequal and competitive one. Dominated by a few Euroamerican mega-events, film festivals seem full of hidden rules and dynamics regulating the movement of films and maintaining a hierarchical division. Focusing on two Latin american case studies: Central Station (Central do Brasil, Walter Salles, 1998) and Foreign Land (Terra estrangeira, Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas, 1995), this paper enquires about the consequences of this hierarchical structure of the film festival world for the international circulation of the Latin american cinema in the 90´s. While almost all non-Hollywood films with international ambitions are launched and promoted in several film festivals before they reach foreign commercial screens, the dynamics of this festival ‘tour’ where films are evaluated and passed through several filters (or dismissed on the way) are closely related to the hierarchies of the film festival world. In this way, the festival tour has become a standardised tool of the international film marketing strategy that uses the logics and dynamics of the circuit to raise the artistic and cultural status of the film products targeted to international market

Estudio de Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A a través de su estado de flujos de efectivo

A continuación, en el presente trabajo se realizará la elaboración del análisis financiero de la empresa Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A. líder del sector de comunicación audiovisual, analizando previamente la estructura del Estado de Flujos de Efectivo (en adelante, EFE) conforme a la normativa contable española e internacional. El estudio se realiza en el periodo comprendido de 2013 a 2017 analizando en primer lugar los flujos de efectivo procedentes de las actividades de explotación, inversión y financiación que conforman la estructura del EFE, y posteriormente realizando el análisis de una serie de ratios con el fin de obtener un estudio más preciso de la gestión que lleva a cabo la empresa, y complementándolo con el análisis del fondo de maniobra. Para ello se utilizarán las cuentas anuales de la entidad obtenidas en el informe de auditoría publicado por la Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (en adelante, CNMV).Next, in the present work, It is done the elaboration of the financial analysis of the company Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A. leader in the audiovisual communication sector, previously analyzing the structure of the Cash Flow Statement (later, EFE) in accordance with Spanish accounting regulations and the international regulation. The study is carried out in the period from 2013 to 2017, analyzing in the first place the cash flows from the exploitation activities, investment activities and financing activities that make up the structure of the EFE, and succeeding doing the analysis of the ratios in order to to obtain a more precise study of the management carried out by the company, and complementing it with the analysis of the working capital. For this purpose, it is used the annual accounts of the entity obtained in the audit report published by the National Securities Market Commission (later, CNMV)Departamento de Economía Financiera y ContabilidadGrado en Administración y Dirección de Empresa

Hydroxyapatite scaffolds obtained from deer antler for tissue engineering. Characterization and study of biocompatibility

Traballo fin de mestrado (UDC.CIE). Biotecnoloxía avanzada. Curso 2016/2017[Resumen] Los scaffolds basados en fosfatos cálcicos despiertan gran interés por sus aplicaciones clínicas como sustitutivos óseos y como andamiajes para el crecimiento de células precursoras de tejido óseo orientadas a la ingeniería de tejidos. Nuestro interés se centra en la obtención de scaffolds de hidroxiapatita a partir de un recurso natural, como es la cuerna de ciervo ibérico (Cervus elaphus), con el objetivo de mimetizar la composición química, porosidad y estructura jerarquizada que presenta el tejido óseo. El método de fabricación se basa en un proceso pirolítico, sometiendo la muestra natural a un calentamiento controlado con una rampa optimizada para eliminar su contenido orgánico. Se fabricaron series de experimentos a diferentes temperaturas máximas para investigar las características físico-químicas del compuesto final obtenido. En este estudio se presenta, mediante ensayos in vitro, el efecto de los scaffolds de hidroxiapatita sobre la viabilidad y proliferación celular de la línea de pre-osteoblastos MC3T3-E1, con técnicas como la citotoxicidad de extractos, citotoxicidad por contacto directo y viabilidad mediante MTT. La respuesta biológica se complementa con estudios de caracterización físico-química como la microscopía SEM para la valoración morfológica y TEM para observar las variaciones de cristalinidad que la muestra sufre según la temperatura de procesamiento