Producció de valor, recursos humans i articulació de l'espai. Catalunya com a exemple (1955-1975)

Com a base per endinsar-se en l'anhlisi de l'articulació espacial d'un territori, proposo postular que aquesta articulació, és a dir, l'espai social en cada moment determinat, és la resultant dels efectes de la formació social vigent sobre una situació genealbgica del territori en el qual intervé. Segons aixb, la variable articuladora en cada formació social estarh formada pel procés de producció i reproducció de valor en la seqükncia: 1) producció de valor; 2) utilització dels diversos recursos productius, tot aprofitant-se de la mobilitat diferencial dels factors; 3) circulació del valor, i 4) gestió i/o apropiació de l'excedent i repartiment social del valor. Tot aixb sobre un territori en el qual s'articularan diverses funcionalitzacions de manera que possibilitin, i maximalitzin si és possible, el resultat per part del bloc gestor-apropiador de l'excedent.

Arquitectura, societat i construccíó de Gírona entre 1936 i 1955

Anàlisi de l'arquitectura de Girona entre l'any de l'aixecament militar del general Franco contra la República i elconsegüent inici de la Guerra Civil (1936) fins a l'any en què Espanya va ser admesa per ingressar a l'ONU (1955)

Memoria oral y alimentación: estrategias de supervivencia durante la Guerra Civil Española (1936-1939) y la posguerra (1939-1955)

El principal objetivo de nuestro tra bajo es delimitar las prácticas de reciprocidad que se llevaron a cabo durante el período de tiempo analizado y que permitieron reproducirse socialmente a los grupos menos favorecidos por la guerra y la posguerra . Nuestro análisis demuestra que la alimentación es un sistema de comuni - cación mediante el cual se crean o mantienen prácticas de poder , así como expre - siones de identidad y/o defensa o ruptura de las normas morales que comparte un grupo social .

Breast cancer incidence and overdiagnosis in Catalonia (Spain)

Introduction: Early detection of breast cancer (BC) with mammography may cause overdiagnosis and overtreatment, detecting tumors which would remain undiagnosed during a lifetime. The aims of this study were: first, to model invasive BC incidence trends in Catalonia (Spain) taking into account reproductive and screening data; and second, to quantify the extent of BC overdiagnosis. Methods: We modeled the incidence of invasive BC using a Poisson regression model. Explanatory variables were: age at diagnosis and cohort characteristics (completed fertility rate, percentage of women that use mammography at age 50, and year of birth). This model also was used to estimate the background incidence in the absence of screening. We used a probabilistic model to estimate the expected BC incidence if women in the population used mammography as reported in health surveys. The difference between the observed and expected cumulative incidences provided an estimate of overdiagnosis. Results: Incidence of invasive BC increased, especially in cohorts born from 1940 to 1955. The biggest increase was observed in these cohorts between the ages of 50 to 65 years, where the final BC incidence rates more than doubled the initial ones. Dissemination of mammography was significantly associated with BC incidence and overdiagnosis. Our estimates of overdiagnosis ranged from 0.4% to 46.6%, for women born around 1935 and 1950, respectively. Conclusions: Our results support the existence of overdiagnosis in Catalonia attributed to mammography usage, and the limited malignant potential of some tumors may play an important role. Women should be better informed about this risk. Research should be oriented towards personalized screening and risk assessment tools.

The Spanish Infrastructure Stock, 1844-1935

This paper presents the first estimates of Spanish infrastructure stock and investment for the period 1845-1935. Several sources and techniques have been used in the estimation, and the new series are reasonably reliable to the standards of historical statistics. Two distinct periods may be distinguished in the series: the years before 1895 (characterized by the prominence of railroads) and the period 1895-1935 (when most investment was addressed to other assets). The new series allow a preliminary comparison of the Spanish infrastructure endowment with that of the most advanced countries, showing a gradual process of convergence before 1936.

Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Spain, 1845-1935

Between the mid-nineteenth century and the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, Spain undertook a sustained process of economic growth and structural change, but was unable to converge with the core European economies.1 The reasons behind Spain"s failure to converge have been a subject of debate among historians for decades. 2 This dissertation aims to analyze the role played by infrastructure in Spanish economic growth during that period, and tries to find out to what extent the potential shortage or inadequacy of the Spanish infrastructure endowment was one of the factors to blame for the country"s nonconvergence. The dissertation draws on recent research on the economic impact of infrastructure, and on the numerous attempts to measure that impact which have been undertaken in the wake of David Aschauer"s work on the United States.

Infrastructure Investment and Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-1935

This paper analyzes the impact of infrastructure investment on Spanish economic growth between 1850 and 1935. Using new infrastructure data and VAR techniques, this paper shows that the growth impact of local-scope infrastructure investment was positive, but returns to investment in large nation-wide networks were not significantly different from zero. Two complementary explanations are suggested for the last result. On the one hand, public intervention and the application of non-efficiency investment criteria were very intense in large network construction. On the other hand, returns to new investment in large networks might have decreased dramatically once the basic links were constructed.

Potencialidad productiva y rendimientos cerealícolas en la agricultura catalana contemporánea (1820-1935

Sobre l'evolució dels rendiments agraris entre 1825-1935 a Catalunya

En la mort de Francesc Ferrer Gironès (1935-2006)

Sobre la figura de Francesc Ferrer i Gironès