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El gasto público relacionado con la droga en Europa
2009
Este estudio fue concebido para producir las primeras estimaciones del importe que los gobiernos europeos destinan al problema de las drogas. Para ello, la red europea de información sobre drogas y toxicomanías (REITOX) identifi có el gasto público consignado en relación con las drogas en los presupuestos de los gobiernos de 30 países para el año 2005. El gasto consignado fue clasifi cado mediante la Clasifi cación internacional de las funciones de gobierno (COFOG). El gasto no consignado en relación con las drogas (las cuantías incluidas en otros programas e intervenciones) en las áreas de Orden público y seguridad y Salud, fue estimado mediante técnicas de modelado. En general, los países…
Pepín Vidal Beneyto: Pasión por Europa y por la libertad
2010
L’ A B S I D E. COSTRUZIONE E GEOMETRIE
2015
Le absidi costituiscono solitamente la prima parte di una fabbrica che viene posta in opera. L'aspettativa di tempi lunghi del cantiere spinge a realizzare immediatamente opere fastose e decorate in grado di gratificare committenti che non vedranno mai conclusi i lavori. Dal punto di vista geometrico i progetti prodotti nell'Europa del Sud hanno seguito, nei secoli, schemi per lo più convenzionali (strutture semicircolari, quadrangolari o generate da poligoni ottagonali) ma non mancano le eccezioni e i tentativi di definire soluzioni alternative (valgano per tutte la struttura treboladas castigliane, la scelta di usare l'abside come base per un campanile o le conformazioni derivanti da poli…
Evaluation of the vibrations transmitted to the hand-arm system in the use of portable harvesters for olives
2017
The use of portable harvesters in olives harvesting is presently widely diffused in Sicily, south Italy, both to reduce the costs of production and to assure the olive oil quality. Nevertheless, it's well known that the use of such tools may involve risk of exposure to vibration transmitted to the hand-arm system which is a potential cause of muscular/skeletal pains, and specific pathologies such as Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS), Vibration-Induced White Finger (VWF) and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS). The aim of this study was to assess the level of exposure to vibration transmitted to the hand-arm system of the operators during the use of portable harvesters for olives. Two different co…
Mitogenomics of the Olive Seed Weevil, Anchonocranus oleae Marshall and Implications for Its Phylogenetic Position in Curculionidae
2022
Anchonocranus oleae Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a seed-feeding weevil native to southern Africa; its larvae are known to develop in the fruits of the African Wild Olive and, more rarely, cultivated olives. The species has been mainly found in the Western Cape province of South Africa, but it has remained in relative obscurity because it does not seem to represent a current threat to commercial olive production. As part of an ongoing effort to produce baseline genetic data for olive-associated entomofauna in South Africa, we generated reference DNA barcodes for A. oleae collected from wild and cultivated olives and sequenced its mitogenome for assessment of the phylogenetic posit…
Data from: Effects of undergrowth removal and edge proximity on ground beetles and vascular plants in urban boreal forests
2019
Urban forests are regularly managed for human safety and aesthetic reasons, but they are crucial habitat for many species. Removals of undergrowth occur commonly in these forests, yet the ecological consequences of these operations are poorly understood. We sampled ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) and vascular plants along 20-m edge gradients in Finnish urban forests, in five stands treated 0.5−2.5 years earlier with undergrowth removal and in five untreated stands. We hypothesized that undergrowth removal and edge proximity would benefit opportunistic and open-habitat species, whereas shady-habitat species would be affected negatively. (1) Regarding carabids, diversity and evenness i…
Data from: Moving in the Anthropocene: global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements
2019
Animal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the effects of the anthropogenic footprint on animal movements have not been estimated across species. Using a unique GPS-tracking database of 803 individuals across 57 species, we found that movements of mammals in areas with a comparatively high human footprint were on average one-half to one-third the extent of their movements in areas with a low human footprint. We attribute this reduction to behavioral changes of individual animals and to the exclusion of species with long-range movements from areas with higher human impact. Global loss of vagility alters a key ecological trait of animals that affects no…
RESISTANCE AND TOLERANCE IN A HOST PLANT–HOLOPARASITIC PLANT INTERACTION: GENETIC VARIATION AND COSTS
2002
Host organisms are believed to evolve defense mechanisms (i.e., resistance and/or tolerance) under selective pressures exerted by natural enemies. A prerequisite for the evolution of resistance and tolerance is the existence of genetic variation in these traits for natural selection to act. However, selection for resistance and/or tolerance may be constrained by negative genetic correlations with other traits that affect host fitness. We studied genetic variation in resistance and tolerance against parasitic infection and the potential fitness costs associated with these traits using a novel study system, namely the interaction between a flowering plant and a parasitic plant. In this system…
Relatedness affects competitive performance of a parasitic plant (Cuscuta europaea) in multiple infections.
2004
Theoretical models predict that parasite relatedness affects the outcome of competition between parasites, and the evolution of parasite virulence. We examined whether parasite relatedness affects competition between parasitic plants (Cuscuta europaea) that share common host plants (Urtica dioica). We infected hosts with two parasitic plants that were either half-siblings or nonrelated. Relative size asymmetry between the competing parasites was significantly higher in the nonrelated infections compared to infections with siblings. This higher asymmetry was caused by the fact that the performance of some parasite genotypes decreased and that of others increased when grown in multiple infect…