Measurement of vector boson scattering and constraints on anomalous quartic couplings from events with four leptons and two jets in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

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The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species’ threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that support computation of a range of biodiversity indicators, is necessary to enable better understanding of historical declines and to project – and avert – future declines. We describe and assess a new database of more than 1.6 million samples from 78 countries representing over 28,000 species, collated from existing spatial comparisons of local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. The database contains measurements taken in 208 (of 814) ecoregions, 13 (of 14) biomes, 25 (of 35) biodiversity hotspots and 16 (of 17) megadiverse countries. The database contains more than 1% of the total number of all species described, and more than 1% of the described species within many taxonomic groups – including flowering plants, gymnosperms, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, beetles, lepidopterans and hymenopterans. The dataset, which is still being added to, is therefore already considerably larger and more representative than those used by previous quantitative models of biodiversity trends and responses. The database is being assembled as part of the PREDICTS project (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems – www.predicts.org.uk). We make site-level summary data available alongside this article. The full database will be publicly available in 2015

Improving communication in urban planning using TOPIC-COHESIE

Decision making in spatial planning often takes place in a complex and illdefined context. It includes a large number of actors, factors and -often uncertain- relations. Each of the actors or stakeholders has his or her individual perceptions, values and priorities. This paper presents the TOPIC system, which aims to support this process by interactively collecting and managing the information in a participatory stakeholder process. We focus on a specific version of TOPIC - named COHESIE - which includes functionality for qualitative, participatory modelling. By representing actor perspectives in an explicit and transparent way, the modelling process facilitates the discussion and improves the communication between the different parties. This paper will illustrate the use of TOPIC-COHESIE with a practical example related to urban planning in the Netherlands. The participants of the case study have evaluated TOPIC-COHESIE a useful tool for early stakeholder involvement, and obtaining a more integrated plan

Diseño y desarrollo sostenible en el siglo XXI

Es una obra orgánica de carácter científico del área de las ciencias sociales y las humanidades. Su objetivo es dar a conocer resultados de investigación ubicados en la subárea del conocimiento del diseño, en el contexto del desarrollo sostenible que propone la ONU, a través del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) y la Agenda 2030. Es una investigación llevada a cabo por profesores-investigadores de diferentes cuerpos académicos adscritos a la UAEM; obra que aporta al estado del conocimiento de la acción profesional del diseño industrial, diseño gráfico, diseño urbano y del diseño de espacios arquitectónicos, en el marco del desarrollo humano ante el contexto disruptivo que presenta el siglo XXI. Obra innovadora que proporciona información útil para la toma de decisiones de autoridades académicas, profesores investigadores, alumnos, del gremio profesional del diseño y, en general, a los interesados en el diseño