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Assessment of the Entropy of Spatial and Time Distributions of Rooms Daylighting: A Possible Tool for a Sustainable Design
2015
The indoor visual comfort of subjects faced with indoor ambient lighting varies with the position of the subject and is not constant over time. Average performance indexes, such as the mean value of Daylight Factor and Daylight Autonomy, are commonly used to analyse lighting distribution. These indexes, however, don’t properly take into account either the spatial or the time distribution of values affecting the non-uniformity of environmental lighting. Indeed, these are limited to the definition of a mean value or to the assessment of time availability of daylighting. This paper examines spatial and temporal non-uniformities in indoor lighting as possible causes of discomfort for occupants.…
Voluntad política para un tiempo de reformas: Presupuestos previos para abordar una reforma constitucional
2019
The vast majority of Spaniards is in favor of a constitutional reform. Before the undertaking of this reform, there are some previous conditions that need to be granted: a rational debate on ideas; a reduction of the political and social tension; a common goodwill to reach a consensus; and some loyalty during negotiations. As many other scholars, the author agrees that instead of talking about a constitutional reform, it would be more adequate to talk about some constitutional reforms, that should be undertaken gradually. He also stresses that these reforms do not imply the opening of a new constituent process. In addition, he underlines the fact that the Catalan crisis should not be the tr…
Decentralization as an incentive scheme when regional differences are large
2010
It has been suggested that large regional differences could be an obstacle to that part of the political accountability of office-holders which is based on yardstick competition among governments. The paper addresses that question and concludes that the obstacle is not too serious in general. The second part of the paper is devoted to the persistent economic underperformance of some regions in countries such as Germany, Italy and (with regard to regions overseas) France. How is it that the mechanism of yardstick competition induces a convergence of economic performance among European Union member countries, even those particularly poor initially, but fails to induce all the underperforming …
LANDFILL SITE SELECTION FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE BY USING AHP METHOD IN GIS ENVIRONMENT: WASTE MANAGEMENT DECISION-SUPPORT IN SICILY (ITALY)
2018
The goal of this work was to test a methodology, based on multi-criteria analysis and geographic information systems, aimed at identifying areas potentially suitable to host landfills for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). Although the above-mentioned methodology was applied to three different areas (Western, South-western and Eastern) of Sicily, in this paper, we present the results of the western sector. The first step consisted of the division of the study area in excluded and potentially suitable sites, on the basis of the Italian current legislation. The suitable sites were subsequently re-evaluated based on additional criteria in order to choose the most suitable ones. This second step cons…
High Nitrogen Removal in a Constructed Wetland Receiving Treated Wastewater in a Cold Climate
2018
Constructed wetlands provide cost-efficient nutrient removal, with minimal input of human labor and energy, and their number is globally increasing. However, in northern latitudes, wetlands are rarely utilized, because their nutrient removal efficiency has been questioned due to the cold climate. Here, we studied nutrient retention and nitrogen removal in a boreal constructed wetland (4-ha) receiving treated nitrogen-rich wastewater. On a yearly basis, most of the inorganic nutrients were retained by the wetland. The highest retention efficiency was found during the ice-free period, being 79% for ammonium-nitrogen (NH4+-N), 71% for nitrate-nitrogen (NO3--N), and 88% for phosphate-phosphorus…
Protection and principle of non-refoulement in the European Union
2020
Un principio fundamental vinculado al derecho de asilo es el de no devolución a un tercer Estado en el que exista peligro para la vida o la libertad del solicitante. Dicha regla se encuentra positivizada en el artículo 33 de la Convención de Ginebra de 1950 y desde este instrumento se ha incorporado tanto al Sistema Europeo Común de Asilo (SECA) como a las diferentes legislaciones nacionales, entre ellas, la española. Sin embargo, la especial situación a la que se enfrenta la Unión Europea ha hecho que este principio haya sufrido diversas vulneraciones y que existan intentos de convertirlo más en una directriz que en una norma de obligado cumplimiento. El objetivo de este estudio es insisti…
Las elecciones en las Comunidades Autónomas
2003
SUMARIO: I. Introducción. - II. Las Fuentes del Derecho Electoral de las Comunidades Autónomas. 1. Constitución. 2. Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General. 3. Estatutos de Autonomía y leyes ordinarias. - III. Los principios del bloque de constitucionalidad que inspiran el derecho de sufragio de las comunidades Autónomas. 1. Universal. 2. Libre. 3. Igual. 4. Secreto. - IV. Los elementos generales del sistema electoral de las comunidades autónomas. 1. El cuerpo electoral. 2. Circunscripción electoral. 3. La fórmula electoral. 4. La barrera legal. - V. El procedimiento electoral. 1. La periodicidad electoral y la disolución anticipada. 2. La Administración electoral.
30 minutes of philosophy of law: Old and new problems
2007
Este trabajo recoge la intervención que cerró el seminario «Derecho, ética y política. Un debate en torno a la obra de Ernesto Garzón Valdés» (Alicante, 15 y 16 de junio de 2007). En ella se recogen algunas reflexiones del autor sobre los problemas cruciales de los que debería ocuparse la filosofía del Derecho contemporánea: 1) Estado de Derecho y terrorismo; 2) el impacto de las investigaciones neurológicas en el concepto de responsabilidad; 3) la erosión de las estructuras institucionales a nivel internacional; 4) la relación entre etica, política y Derecho desde el punto de vista de una filosofía analítica del Derecho; y 5) América Latina como contexto de investigación jurídico-filosófic…
Personalized management of dyslipidemias in patients with diabetes-it is time for a new approach (2022)
2022
AbstractDyslipidemia in patients with type 2 diabetes (DMT2) is one of the worst controlled worldwide, with only about 1/4 of patients being on the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) target. There are many reasons of this, including physicians’ inertia, including diabetologists and cardiologists, therapy nonadherence, but also underusage and underdosing of lipid lowering drugs due to unsuitable cardiovascular (CV) risk stratification. In the last several years there is a big debate on the risk stratification of DMT2 patients, with the strong indications that all patients with diabetes should be at least at high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Moreover, we have finally lipid lowe…
Brief an Garlieb H. Merkel
1798
Ms. 930a, Nr. 12, Bl. 31r-34v Johannes Daniel Falk. Brief an Garlieb H. Merkel, Weimar, den 3. December 179[8?] Autora rokraksts / Autograph, vācu val. / Deutsch [8] lpp. / S. Attēlu numuri / Bildnummern: 930a-012-1, 930a-012-2-3, 930a-012-4-5, 930a-012-6-7, 930a-012-8 Im vorliegenden Brief vermischen sich private und berufliche Angelegenheiten sowie Klatsch miteinander. Nachdem Falk seine lange Antwortzeit zunächst damit begründet, dass er Merkels aktuelle Adresse nicht kenne, bringt er Neuigkeiten von der Krankheit einer nicht näher benannten Kammerrätin und nimmt an deren Leiden rege Anteil. Direkt im Anschluss präsentiert Falk den Stand seiner Verhandlungen mit Verlegern. Auch wenn Falk…