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Clubes y selecciones nacionales de fútbol. La dimensión etnoterritorial del fútbol español
2006
The first part of this paper shows, from a general viewpoint, the historical simultaneity in the emergence and development of football and the building of modern Nation-States, as well as their next differentiation in the socio-economical context of globalization. This differentiation or institutional separation implies an alteration and readjustment of the identity dynamic associated to this sport. Above this historical and conceptual background we consider a research on the ethnoterritorial dimension of the Spanish football. After dedicating the second part of the article to study some ethnoterritorial keys of his historic development, in the third part we present the analysis of the Span…
Transition to sustainability: Italian scenarios towards a low-carbon economy
2014
This paper analyzes different policies that may promote the transition to sustainability, with a particular focus on the energy sector. We present a dynamic simulation model where three different strategies for sustainability are identified: reduction in GHG emissions, improvements in energy efficiency and the development of the renewable energy sector. Our aim is to evaluate the dynamics that those strategies may produce in the economy, looking at different performance indicators: rate of growth, unemployment, fiscal position, GHG emission, and transition to renewable energy sources. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014.
Clustering Bacteria Species Using Neural Gas: Preliminary Study
2009
In this work a method for clustering and visualization of bacteria taxonomy is presented. A modified version of the Batch Median Neural Gas (BNG) algorithm is proposed. The BNG algorithm is able to manage non vectorial data given as a dissimilarity matrix. We tested the modified BNG on the dissimilarity matrix obtained from sequences alignment and computing distances using bacteria genotype information regarding the16S rRNA housekeeping gene, which represents a stable part of bacteria genome. The dataset used for the experiments is obtained from the Ribosomal Database Project II, and it is made of 5159 sequences of 16S rRNA genes. Preliminary results of the experiments show a promising abil…
Metagenomic insights into strategies of aerobic and anaerobic carbon and nitrogen transformation in boreal lakes
2015
Thousands of net-heterotrophic and strongly stratifying lakes dominate the boreal landscape. Besides their central role as emitters of greenhouse gases, we have only recently begun to understand the microbial systems driving the metabolic processes and elemental cycles in these lakes. Using shotgun metagenomics, we show that the functional potential differs among lake types, with humic lakes being particularly enriched in carbon degradation genes. Most of the metabolic pathways exhibit oxygen- and temperature-dependent stratification over depth, coinciding with shifts in bacterial community composition, implying that stratification is a major factor controlling lake metabolism. In the botto…
The Dimension, Diversity and Complexity of the Macroeconomic Risk
2020
The approach at a macroeconomic level of the challenges in order to foster the competitiveness in certain economic areas implies understanding and assessing the risk as an essential element which can determine in every moment the availability of the mechanisms and the necessary resources for a sustainable future. Even if in a certain measure the risk has to be assumed, the losses caused by undesired events seem to be more ample than the benefits. The most important aspect and part of the risk management is represented by the fact that risk has to be distributed over time, its effects being extended for long periods. While the benefits are hard to distinguish, the efforts seem to be determin…
CO<SUB align="right">2 prices and portfolio management
2011
Since the launch of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS), the interest in the trade of EUAs is constantly increasing among academics and market participants. The objective of this paper is twofold: (a) a detailed description of this new market is provided for portfolio managers and (b) a comprehensive study of the implications of including Phase II EUAs in diversified portfolios is undertaken using as expected returns both historical and risk-adjusted returns. The results show that the opportunity set for investors increases when short positions in Phase II EUAs are taken.
Development of a Reference Database for Beta-Delayed Neutron Emission
2021
Beta-delayed neutron emission is important for nuclear structure and astrophysics as well as for reactor applications. Significant advances in nuclear experimental techniques in the past two decades have led to a wealth of new measurements that remain to be incorporated in the databases. We report on a coordinated effort to compile and evaluate all the available beta-delayed neutron emission data. The different measurement techniques have been assessed and the data have been compared with semi-microscopic and microscopic-macroscopic models. The new microscopic database has been tested against aggregate total delayed neutron yields, time-dependent group parameters in 6-and 8-group re-present…
A comparison between industrial experts' and novices' haptic perceptual organization: a tool to identify descriptors of the handle of fabrics
2004
Abstract In descriptive analysis, the establishing of the list of attributes is crucial. Attributes should account for consumers' perceptions and be understood by professionals for efficient communication. This work was aimed at identifying the most appropriate attributes for fabric description from the terminology associated with both experts' and novices' haptic perceptual spaces. Eleven industrial experts and two groups of novices (20 males and 20 females) evaluated 26 clothing fabrics. They performed (1) a free-sorting task based on haptic similarities, (2) a description of the previously formed groups, and (3) a hedonic rating task for each fabric. The perceptual organization was simil…
La estrategia empresarial para la gestión de emisiones de gases efecto invernadero
2022
Esta tesis doctoral plantea en primer lugar analizar la calidad y nivel de divulgación de información sobre la acción climática en las empresas colombianas mediante una análisis regional y sectorial. Para desarrollar este propósito este trabajo se centra en el Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible 13 (ODS 13) el cual llama a tomar medidas urgentes para luchar contra el cambio climático y sus impactos. Este estudio se enfoca principalmente en la meta 13.2 la cual establece la incorporación de medidas relacionadas con políticas, estrategias y planes de cambio climático. Este objetivo incluye información relacionada con las estrategias de adaptación al cambio climático (información cualitativa), y…
Metadata-based Personalization in Data Warehouses
2015
Lielā datu noliktavās uzkrāto datu un atskaišu apjoma dēļ, atskaišu izpilde un pārlūkošana var būt nogurdinoša un laikietilpīga. Turklāt, lietotājs ir visai ierobežots savu vēlmju izteikšanā kvalitatīvāku rezultātu iegūšanai (arī komerciālos datu noliktavu atskaišu rīkos). Taču, ir jēga veikt eksperimentus personalizācijas iespēju jomā, kuru mērķis būtu lietotāja vajadzībām atbilstošu datu sniegšana, jo datu noliktavu personalizācijas pētījumi šobrīd ir attīstības stadijā. Pēc veiktā esošo datu noliktavu personalizācijas pieeju salīdzinājuma, pētījums tika attīstīts atskaišu rekomendāciju jomā, kurš balstās uz tiešā vai netiešā veidā iegūtiem lietotāja iestatījumiem par datu noliktavas shēm…