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El desafío del cambio climático en el Derecho Internacional y Europeo
2022
El cambio climático es uno de los mayores retos de nuestro tiempo. Negar su evidencia es casi tan intrépido como negar la evolución de la Humanidad. A lo largo de los siglos, nuestro planeta ha experimentado variaciones recurrentes en el clima, algunas más virulentas que otras, pero todas como consecuencia de la propia naturaleza del Planeta. Sin embargo, desde hace aproximadamente 12.000 años, la Tierra vive un periodo de relativo equilibrio climático. Este periodo interglaciar más estable se conoce entre la comunidad científica como «el Holoceno». Sin embargo, desde hace un par de siglos el Planeta atraviesa una fase de cambio climático y aumento de la temperatura sin precedentes. Por lo …
Strategy for Energy System Integration
2023
El documento ha recibido ayuda de la Cátedra UNESCO 2023 de la Universitat de València. In this publication I discuss the European Commission's Strategy for Energy System Integration in the framework of the European Green Deal.
IEL.20-21-Unit 9. The European Green Deal (II)
2021
International Environmental Law. Unit 9. The European Green Deal (II). Powerpoint of the Academic course 2020-2021. The European Green Deal (II). 1. From ‘farm to fork’: environmentally friendly food system design. 1.1. Main steps to achieve the farm and fork goals. 1.2 Main objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy. 1.3 Promoting the global transition. 2. Preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity. 2.1. EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: bringing nature back into our lives. 2.2. Nature protection: key commitments by 2030. 2.3. EU Nature restoration: key commitments by 2030. 3. EU Action Plan: ‘Towards Zero pollution for Air, Water and Soil’. 3.1. A zero pollution ambition for a toxi…
Urban Services to Ecosystems: An Introduction
2021
Green infrastructure is a structural system of naturally developed human societies, capable of preserving and ensuring as much space as possible to the local biodiversity. For this reason, green infrastructure shall be planned and designed so that the urban built environment is in harmony with the surrounding biotic communities. The challenge is to sustain nature-based solutions in order to improve citizens’ awareness towards natural and semi-natural ecosystems while providing our society with a more liveable, healthier, safer and fairer environment. This book puts an emphasis on the services the city can offer to nature, thanks to a multidisciplinary approach involving scientists and pract…
Effects of green tea catechins and exercise training on body composition parameters
2022
The impact of phytochemicals, as green tea catechins, on body composition measures has become a relevant topic as ongoing epidemiological evidence suggests their potential role in weight loss. Although catechins have been shown to modulate fat and energy metabolism, clinical effects of green tea consumption still remain controversial. Given the role played by physical exercise in weight management, it is important to determine whether the association of catechins and exercise is able to improve outcomes over and above the beneficial effects of exercise alone. Considering that scientific findings on this topic are not entirely consistent, aim of the present review was to assess the current s…
Socially Responsible Sector: B Lab Certification of For-Benefit Organizations
2019
Master's thesis Innovative governance and public management ME523 - University of Agder 2019 This is a study of the motivations of organizations to become certified B Corps through thenon-profit B Lab. The Abilities, Motivations and Opportunities framework, rooted in behavioraland organizational management literature is applied to the certified B Corp model, andtheoretically compared to corporate social responsibility. Empirical data collected comparescommon language used to describe 3,508 organizations and self reported motivations to becomecertified through survey responses of 279 active certified B Corps. The results of the study showthe difference between corporate social responsibility…
The Roadmap to Finnish Open Science and Research
2015
Finland published its open science roadmap at the end of November 2014. This roadmap is based on the work of the Open Science and Research Initiative (ATT), a cross-administrative initiative established by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The goal of this initiative is to promote open science and availability of information. Exploration of recent developments of open access in the EU shows that Finland is not among the leading countries in the EU. This paper focuses on the practical action plan of this roadmap and describes how the weakest part of Finnish open science, green open access is to be lifted at international top level. peerReviewed
Validation and application of a PCR primer set to quantify fungal communities in the soil environment by real-time quantitative PCR
2011
Fungi constitute an important group in soil biological diversity and functioning. However, characterization and knowledge of fungal communities is hampered because few primer sets are available to quantify fungal abundance by real-time quantitative PCR (real-time Q-PCR). The aim in this study was to quantify fungal abundance in soils by incorporating, into a real-time Q-PCR using the SYBRGreen (R) method, a primer set already used to study the genetic structure of soil fungal communities. To satisfy the real-time Q-PCR requirements to enhance the accuracy and reproducibility of the detection technique, this study focused on the 18S rRNA gene conserved regions. These regions are little affec…
Mathematical Models and their Solutions for Domains of Compex Form
2014
Promocijas darbā tiek apskatīti dažādi oriģināli modeļi un to risinājumi sarežģītas formas apgabaliem. Intensīvās tērauda rūdīšanas procesi sistēmām ar ribām tiek aprakstīti ar 3D hiperbolisko, kā arī ar klasisko siltuma vadīšanas vienādojumu. Precīzā atrisinājuma iegūšanai izmantota Grīna funkciju metode un tās vispārinājums. Modernajos datoros sastopamajām sistēmām ar dubulsieniņu un dubultribu dota stacionārā un nestacionārā siltumvadīšanas problēma 2D gadījumā. Tās risinājums tiek iegūts ar konservatīvās viduvēšanas metodi, galīgo diferenču metodi un tās modifikāciju robežnosacījumiem. Piedāvāts jauns matemātiskais modelis vītola flautai, problēmas formulējumā izmantojot 1D lineāru viļņ…
Resonance properties of GABAergic interneurons in immature GAD67-GFP mouse neocortex.
2014
Subthreshold resonance is a characteristic membrane property of different neuronal classes, is critically involved in the generation of network oscillations, and tunes the integration of synaptic inputs to particular frequency ranges. In order to investigate whether neocortical GABAergic interneurons show resonant behavior already during early postnatal development, we performed whole-cell patch-clamp recordings from visually identified interneurons in supragranular layers of parietal regions in coronal neocortical slices from postnatal day (P) P6-P13 GAD67-GFP knock-in mice. Subthreshold resonance was analyzed by injection of sinusoidal current with varying frequency. About 50% of the inve…