Joan Robinson Was Almost Right: Output under Third-Degree Price Discrimination

In this paper, we show that in order for third-degree price discrimination to increase total output, the demands of the strong markets should be, as conjectured by Robinson (1933), more concave than the demands of the weak markets. By making the distinction between adjusted concavity of the inverse demand and adjusted concavity of the direct demand, we are able to state necessary conditions and sufficient conditions for third-degree price discrimination to increase total output.

Monopoly Price Discrimination and Demand Curvature

Published as an article in: American Economic Review, 2010, vol. 100, issue 4, pages 1601-15.

Lo visual como construcción. Desarrollo de un modelo pictórico de representación de la imagen

903 páginas, bibliografía en páginas 854-895, glosario en páginas 896-903

A Measure of Gender Wage Discrimination at Quantiles

Revised: 2006-05.-- Published as an article in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, vol. 18, issue 1, pp. 165-179.

Dibujo infantil y cultura visual: estudios de género en las series de animación, representación e interpretación por parte de los propios niños

Ponencia leída en el Foro de Comunicaciones IkasArt II (BEC Barakaldo, 2010.06.18)

Artefacto visual e interés procesual

Ponencia leída en el Foro de Comunicaciones IkasArt II (BEC Barakaldo, 2010.06.18)

Visual SLAM using straight lines

The present thesis is focuses on the problem of Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) using only visual data (VSLAM). This means to concurrently estimate the position of a moving camera and to create a consistent map of the environment. Since implementing a whole VSLAM system is out of the scope of a degree thesis, the main aim is to improve an existing visual SLAM system by complementing the commonly used point features with straight line primitives. This enables more accurate localization in environments with few feature points, like corridors. As a foundation for the project, ScaViSLAM by Strasdat et al. is used, which is a state-of-the-art real-time visual SLAM framework. Since it currently only supports Stereo and RGB-D systems, implementing a Monocular approach will be researched as well as an integration of it as a ROS package in order to deploy it on a mobile robot. For the experimental results, the Care-O-bot service robot developed by Fraunhofer IPA will be used.

Monopoly price discrimination with constant elasticity demand

This paper presents new results on the welfare e¤ects of third-degree price discrimination under constant elasticity demand. We show that when both the share of the strong market under uniform pricing and the elasticity di¤erence between markets are high enough,then price discrimination not only can increase social welfare but also consumer surplus.

Plasticidad postlesional en el sistema visual : estrategias experimentales para su incremento en el adulto

196 p. :il.

Skeleton based visual pattern recognition. Applications to tabletop interaction

211 p. :il.

El árbol del arte. Matriz trans-sensorial e intersubjetiva para el arte no visual y el silencio del yo artístico

461 p. : il., col.

La participación de los microRNAs en la regulación de la plasticidad en la corteza visual en un modelo de ambliopía experimental

La aplicaci�n de campos geomagn�ticos con la polaridad cambiante promueve la plasticidad de la corteza visual de animales privados visualmente mediante la cr�a en oscuridad, o bien a trav�s de la sutura palpebral de un ojo.Esto es debido a que la estimulaci�n magn�tica produce la down-regulaci�n de la expresi�n de los microRNAs let-7b*, miR-330, miR-338* y miR-376c en la corteza visual de animales sometidos a la cr�a en oscuridad, as� como de animales sujetos a sutura palpebral de un ojo. Como consecuencia de la down-regulaci�n de la expresi�n de los microRNAs citados anteriormente, se ven incrementados los niveles de expresi�n de sus correspondientes mol�culas diana, Conexina 26 para el caso de let-7b*, Tenascina R en el caso de miR-330, Contactina 4 para el caso de miR-338* y Matriz metalopeptidasa 9 y �-sinucle�na, ambas mol�culas diana de miR-376c. El aumento de expresi�n de estas mol�culas diana a nivel de RNA mensajero, as� como a nivel de prote�na en la corteza visual promueve la capacidad pl�stica de la corteza visual, ya que estas mol�culas diana se encuentran implicadas en procesos de crecimiento/elongaci�n de las neuritas y en la regulaci�n de la morfolog�a de las espinas dendr�ticas.

Osteometric analysis of the scapula and humerus of Rangifer tarandus and Cervus elaphus : A contribution to the discrimination of Late Pleistocene cervids

Fossil remains of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) occurring outside their present range are an important indicator of formerly cold climatic conditions, but are easily confused with those of the red deer (Cervus elaphus). The locality of Kiputz IX has yielded one of the best-preserved Late Pleistocene reindeer populations of the southern Pyrenees, occurring in association with Bison priscus and the much more abundant Cervus elaphus. Fossil remains from this site are mostly complete and not affected by human intervention, thus creating the perfect conditions for reliable osteometric analyses. Here, we quantify diagnostic morphological features of the scapula and the humerus of Cervus elaphus and Rangifer tarandus to establish the potential of these bones to aid in interspecific discrimination. In the case of the scapula, the best species discriminator is the ratio of the minimum anteroposterior diameter of the scapular neck and the development of the articular process, while the breadth of the trochlea is the best discriminator in the case of the humerus.

BAMS: A Tool for Supervised Burned Area Mapping Using Landsat Data

A new supervised burned area mapping software named BAMS (Burned Area Mapping Software) is presented in this paper. The tool was built from standard ArcGIS (TM) libraries. It computes several of the spectral indexes most commonly used in burned area detection and implements a two-phase supervised strategy to map areas burned between two Landsat multitemporal images. The only input required from the user is the visual delimitation of a few burned areas, from which burned perimeters are extracted. After the discrimination of burned patches, the user can visually assess the results, and iteratively select additional sampling burned areas to improve the extent of the burned patches. The final result of the BAMS program is a polygon vector layer containing three categories: (a) burned perimeters, (b) unburned areas, and (c) non-observed areas. The latter refer to clouds or sensor observation errors. Outputs of the BAMS code meet the requirements of file formats and structure of standard validation protocols. This paper presents the tool's structure and technical basis. The program has been tested in six areas located in the United States, for various ecosystems and land covers, and then compared against the National Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) Burned Area Boundaries Dataset.

El esquí alpino adaptado para personas con discapacidad física, sensorial visual e intelectual

El presente trabajo constó de una revisión bibliográfica sobre el esquí alpino adaptado para personas con discapacidad física, sensorial visual e intelectual. En él se describieron las diferentes discapacidades nombradas anteriormente y se recogió la historia del deporte adaptado en general y del esquí alpino adaptado en particular, así como los beneficios psicológicos y psicomotores que aporta en cada una de las tres discapacidades. También se describieron los tipos de material adaptado necesario para su práctica según las discapacidades del deportista; la metodología de enseñanza-aprendizaje y la técnica, desde su evolución hasta las nuevas tendencias metodológicas; el reglamento especial y los factores de riesgo que existen en la competición y las lesiones más frecuentes, analizando los tipos, causas, mecanismo y prevención.