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AUTHOR
J. R. Hernandez-carrion
From ubiquity into oblivion : valencian banks as casualties of the multinational banks in Spain
The economy of the Valencia region (Comunidad Valenciana) in Spain has suffered the consequences of Spanish and Valencian corruption in its banking and government policies. The scandalous/outrageous and dangerous 26% unemployment rate nationwide has reached almost 30% in the Valencia region. From a regional perspective, there have been historical tensions between centre and periphery, seen with the Franco regime (1939¿1975) that reaffirmed the pre-eminence of private commercial banks and handicapped traditional savings banks, implementing a practice from the 1920s called the principle of territoriality. Until 1974 the savings banks or 'cajas' remained outside the Spanish clearinghouse syste…
Biological Peer-To-Peer Networks: From Bacterial Communication To The Development Of Synthetic Distributed Systems
We address Bacterial Computing from the study of bacterial communication mechanisms, by assuming a conceptual framework between Computer Science and Biology in which cells are conceived as nodes. This nodes process information through modules formed of DNA as encoded software (biobricks) and are connected to other nodes. In order to understand how peerto-peer mechanisms operate in bacteria, we have studied Quorum sensing and Conjugation with an engineering perspective. Learning how cells process and exchange information we try to glimpse new theoretical approaches to develop synthetic networks and to transfer complex algorithms to natural environments. Extending bacterial communications we …