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Notas sobre el problema social
1949
Notas sobre el problema social
1949
Comparison of heart rate monitoring with indirect calorimetry for energy expenditure evaluation
2012
Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare established methods with newly-developed methods for estimating the total energy expenditure (TEE). Methods The study subjects comprised 46 individuals, including 16 middle-aged men (mean age 51.4 years), 14 middle-aged women (mean age 49.9 years) and 16 young women (mean age 19.1 years). The TEE was estimated from 24-h heart rate (HR) data using newly-developed software (MoveSense HRAnalyzer 2011a, RC1, Suunto Oy, Vantaa, Finland), and was compared against the TEE determined using doubly labeled water (DLW). Agreement between the two methods was analyzed using Bland and Altman plots. Results The HR method yielded similar TEE values …
Problemas en la estimación y en el contraste de los rendimientos anormales a largo plazo: Estado de la cuestión
2002
-Jose.E.Farinos@uv.es -Ana.M.Ibanez@uv.es El paradigma de la eficiencia ha sido puesto en entredicho en las últimas décadas como consecuencia de la obtención de rendimientos anormales, estadística y económicamente significativos, durante amplios periodos de tiempo tras algunas importantes decisiones empresariales. No obstante, los problemas conceptuales y estadísticos que presenta la medición y contrastación de los rendimientos anormales a largo plazo ha supuesto que la evidencia obtenida pase a calificarse como anomalía. Dada la escasa proliferación de este tipo de estudios en nuestro mercado y el desafortunado desarrollo de algunos de los existentes, en este trabajo presentamos estos prob…
La relación con los animales: un nuevo ámbito de la intervención socioeducativa
2014
This article analyses the educational approaches towards the animal-human relationship which have been developed during the last 20 years. The article establishes a chain of states in that relationship and presents the reasons why those states are consecutive or, occasionally, simultaneous. Next, the different European profiles of social educators are reviewed to see which of these are more open towards educational action with animals, something which could be considered a new field for educators if they have adequate professional training. A series of European (and some American) websites are analysed in order to determine their approach towards the human-animal relationship. Although most…
¿Pueden los animales ser titulares de derechos? Algunos argumentos desde una teoría garantista del Derecho
2012
Este trabajo es el resultado de una preocupada reflexión acerca de la situación ambiental que toma las controversias a propósito de los derechos de los animales como punto de partida. En primer lugar se realizan algunas consideraciones preliminares acerca de la mirada antropocéntrica que impregna la cultura jurídica en la que a diario se mueven los juristas. A continuación se analizan seis argumentos que con frecuencia han sido presentados por quienes, desde diferentes perspectivas, consideran que los animales no pueden o no deben ser titulares de derechos. Se pretende demostrar que, desde el punto de vista de la Teoría del Derecho, tales argumentos no serían suficientes para afirmar que lo…
Regulation of cuticular hydrocarbon profile maturation by Drosophila tanning hormone, bursicon, and its interaction with desaturase activity
2016
International audience; Shortly after emergence the exoskeleton (cuticle) of adult insects is rapidly expanded, hardened (sclerotized), and pigmented (melanized). In parallel with this process, the oenocytes, which are large polyploid cells located below the abdominal epidermis, secrete onto the cuticle a cocktail of cuticular hydrocarbons (CHs) and waxes. These improve the waterproofing of the cuticle, and also provide important chemosensory and pheromonal cues linked with gender, age, and species differentiation. The hardening and pigmentation of the new cuticle are controlled by the neurohormone, bursicon, and its receptor, encoded by the DLGR2 receptor, rickets (rk); by contrast, little…
Identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil and roots of plant colonizing zinc wastes in southern Poland
2001
Da femmina a donna. Il difficile percorso verso l’emancipazione, dalla consapevolezza all’autoaffermazione
2018
Obiettivo del contributo sarà di leggere in una prospettiva di genere lo “stato di benessere delle donne” nella fascia d’età 18-35, presentando i risultati di una ricerca esplorativa condotta nel territorio della V circoscrizione1 del Comune di Palermo e in particolare nel quartiere di Borgo Nuovo, in due step temporali: dal mese di marzo 2014 al mese di dicembre 2014 e dal mese di marzo 2017 al mese di dicembre 2017. Il concetto di benessere dal quale si è preso piede per poi articolarlo in diverse direzioni è strettamente collegato a quello di “salute” «intesa come nella sua interezza, come salute psicofisica» (Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità). L’attività di ricerca, attraverso l’ana…
Stroke incidence, prevalence and mortality in women worldwide
2016
Background The study of sex differences on stroke incidence, prevalence and mortality is an emerging field of stroke epidemiology and care. Aims This study sought to determine the information available on stroke epidemiology in women worldwide and possible sex differences in stroke epidemiology, and, if so, describe the nature of these differences and whether they are consistent across countries/groups of countries. Summary We searched the available literature in English published between 1 January 2008 and 5 May 2015. Out of 17.789 papers only 56 peer-reviewed papers (29 community-based studies, 17 retrospective studies, 6 reviews, and 4 cross-sectional studies) have been included in the s…