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Evolucion paleoambiental desde el Holoceno temprano hasta la actualidad del marjal de Almenara (Mediterráneo occidental)
2018
The main aim of this study is to characterize the different stages in the palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Almenara marsh, Spain, from the early Holocene to the present day. This marsh is one of the most important in Castellón province. Five cores extracted from the marsh underwent sedimentological analysis, micropalaeontological study (foraminifera, ostracods and gastropods) and 14C dating. The results show that before the maximum transgression of the Mediterranean during the Marine Isotope Stage 1 (5500 cal yr. BP dating in the Almenara marsh), the area was occupied by a brackish marsh (prior to the 8.2 ka event). During the middle Holocene, the regional sea level rise and later stabi…
A Facilitatory Effect of Perceptual Incongruity on Target-Source Matching in Pictorial Metaphors of Chinese Advertising: EEG Evidence
2020
Using evoked response potentials, we investigated the implicit detection of incongruity during target-source matching in pictorial metaphors of Chinese advertising. Participants saw an image of a product (the target in a visual metaphorical relationship), and then made a same-different judgment in response to a second image (the source in a visual metaphorical relationship) which was (in)congruous to the first image in terms of shape and/or function. We collected behavioral (button-press reaction time and accuracy), and neural (N270, delta and theta band activity) measures. The time-frequency analysis showed faster processing of incongruous visual information. Moreover, shape and conceptual…
Personnalité, stratégies d'approvisionnement et d'appariement chez les Diamants Mandarins (taeniopygia guttata)
2011
In evolutionary biology, phenotypic variation has for a long time been considered as the raw material on which natural selection acts. However, research on the consistency of behaviour led to the development of the animal personality concept during the 1990s. This concept was based on the characterization of traits such as neophobia, aggressiveness, exploratory tendencies and risk-taking behaviour. Since then, several studies have shown that personality can evolve through natural selection and is related to many life-history traits, such as dispersal or anti-predator behaviour.Pairing strategies and foraging strategies are two fundamental components of an organism’s life, but their relation…
Hardening of Steel Perforated Tape by Nd:YAG Laser
2016
One of the directions of application of the perforated metal material is their use as cutting elements in the production of processing tools. In this case it is necessary to carry out hardening of cutting surfaces to increase their hardness. One of the methods of hardening metals could be laser treatment. Therefore, the present work is a study of the effect of Nd:YAG laser radiation on the microstructure and hardness of fragments formed from steel perforated tape. Different laser scan speeds (doses) were used in the experiments. The results have shown that the increase the microhardness of 30-40% after the laser treatment of steel perforated tape in the surface layer in a depth range up to …
A hybrid metaheuristic for the cyclic antibandwidth problem
2013
We propose a hybrid artificial bee colony algorithm for the cyclic antibandwidth problem.We present a computational comparison of different parameter settings.We derive a fine-tuning hybrid artificial bee colony algorithm.The proposal is very competitive with the state-of-the-art algorithm for the cyclic antibandwidth problem. In this paper, we propose a hybrid metaheuristic algorithm to solve the cyclic antibandwidth problem. This hard optimization problem consists of embedding an n-vertex graph into the cycle Cn, such that the minimum distance (measured in the cycle) of adjacent vertices is maximized. It constitutes a natural extension of the well-known antibandwidth problem, and can be v…
Veģetācijas atjaunošanās gaita apmežotā izstrādātā kūdras atradnē Medema purvā
2017
Medema purvā veikta kūdrāja rekultivācija apmežojot. Darba mērķis bija salīdzināt veģetācijas attīstību atkarībā no stādīto koku sugām un mēslojuma veida izstrādātā kūdras atradnē. Pētāmajā teritorijā stādot āra bērza, parastās egles, melnalkšņa, parastās priedes un komerciālās kārklu šķirnes “Sven” stādus 2005. gadā ierīkoti 30 10x10 m lieli parauglaukumi un 24 10x10 m lieli kontroles laukumi. Parauglaukumi mēsloti ar fosfora – kālija minerālmēsliem un notekūdeņu dūņām, kontroles laukumus nemēsloja. Veģetācijas attīstība aktīvāk notikusi teritorijā, kas mēslota ar notekūdeņu dūņām, parauglaukumos veidojas šaurlapju kūdrenim raksturīga veģetācija. Veģetācijas projektīvais segums parauglauku…
Ricostruzione paleoclimatica degli ultimi 11.200 anni tramite lo studio di una carota di sedimento prelevata nell’offshore del Golfo di Palermo (Tirr…
2013
Il presente lavoro riguarda lo studio di una carota di sedimento della lunghezza di 196 cm, prelevata nell’offshore del Golfo di Palermo (Tirreno Meridionale) ad una profondità di 990 m durante la campagna oceanografica PUMA 09 (MaGIC 2009). La carota è stata campionata ogni 2 cm e su ciascun campione sono state effettuate analisi sedimentologiche, micropaleontologiche (foraminiferi planctonici) e geochimiche (δ13C e δ18O). Le analisi degli isotopi stabili sono state effettuate sui gusci di Globigerinoides ruber. Le analisi granulometriche hanno evidenziato che i sedimenti sono costituiti da argille e argille siltose di colore grigio-bruno, con percentuali di fango superiori al 90%, mentre …
Surface hydrographic changes at the western flank of the sicily channel associated with the last sapropel
2021
Abstract In the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the early Holocene was characterized by major climatic and oceanographic changes that led to the formation of the last sapropel (S1) between 10.8 and 6.1 kyr cal. BP. These hydrographic changes might have altered the water exchange between the eastern and western Mediterranean sub-basins through the Strait of Sicily, but the existing evidences are inconclusive. In the present study we show new evidence from sediment core NDT-6-2016 located at the western flank of the Sicily channel, a key location to monitor the surface/intermediate water exchange between the two Mediterranean sub-basins. We perform paleo-hydrographic reconstructions based on plank…
Holocene climate variability of the Western Mediterranean: Surface water dynamics inferred from calcareous plankton assemblages
2020
A high-resolution study (centennial scale) has been performed on the calcareous plankton assemblage of the Holocene portion of the Ocean Drilling Program Site 976 (Alboran Sea) with the aim to identify the main changes in the surface water dynamic. The dataset also provided a seasonal foraminiferal sea surface water temperatures (SSTs), estimated using the modern analog technique SIMMAX 28, and it was compared with available geochemical and pollen data at the site. Three main climate shifts were identified as (1) the increase in abundance of Syracosphaera spp. and Turborotalita quinqueloba marks the early Holocene humid phase, during maximum summer insolation and enhanced river runoff. It i…
Environmental evolution and mid–late Holocene climate events in the Valencia lagoon (Mediterranean coast of Spain)
2016
Integration of geomorphological, stratigraphic, malacological, sedimentological and micropalaeontological techniques and14C dating allows us to characterise the processes and evolution of the coastal barrier–lagoon system of Valencia (Spain), from the middle Holocene to the historical epoch, as well as the responses to global climate events. Four stages are recognised. Phase 1: around 8240 ± 80 cal. yr BP, a brackish lagoon of moderate energy and in restricted environment was formed, with an energy peak that could correspond to the maximum Holocene marine transgression. Dating (8240 ± 80 cal. yr BP) carried out in peat corresponds to a cold cycle and low water levels in inland lakes of the …