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Comparing Governmental Agendas: Evolution of the Prioritization of Issues in the USA and Spain

This paper is the first step in a long term project investigating policy stability and change in Spain from an agenda setting perspective and comparing the Spanish policy agenda to that of other advanced democracies. Here we begin to compare the allocation of issue attention in Spain and the USA by comparing the substance of annual President and Prime Minister speeches from 1982 to 2005. Existing research argues that the public agenda has become more crowded, competitive and volatile in recent years. We find that in both countries there has been a transformation of the political agenda towards an increasing diversity of issues. However, most of the volatility in executive attention seems to be explained by salient events rather than by issue crowding. We conclude by discussing some limitations of executive speeches as a measure of governmental issue attention and directions for future research.

Terracota, Arquitectura y Barcelona: siglos XIX y XX

Creemos que la terracota, en cuanto que materia, posee sufi cientes cualidades, por sí mismay por su vinculación con la arquitectura en la que se ubica, que la hacen merecedora de unestudio profundo y de un acercamiento respetuoso. Un producto cerámico que aporta comopropiedad fundamental su carácter escultórico. Valores que pretendemos sean totalmente explícitos, con la condición que sean fácilmente reconocibles. Un material que defi ne un momento de la historia y de la historia de la arquitectura de Barcelona, incompleta sin el estudio sistemático que presentamos.

Assessing the pH and DP of canvasses with NIR spectroscopy

The canvas support in easel paintings is composed mainly of cellulose. One of the maindegradation paths of cellulose is acid-catalysed hydrolysis, which means that in an acidic environment (low pH), its degradation proceeds at a faster rate (Strlič et al., 2005).The main effect of acid-catalysed hydrolysis is the breaking up of the polymer chains,measured by the “Degree of Polymerisation” (DP). The lowering of the DP value impliesa lower mechanical strength of the textile (Scicolone, 1993), and thus this parameter canbe used to monitor degradation. Knowing these two parameters can, therefore, be veryinformative regarding the condition of the canvas support.

Terracota, Arquitectura y Barcelona: siglos XIX y XX

Creemos que la terracota, en cuanto que materia, posee sufi cientes cualidades, por sí mismay por su vinculación con la arquitectura en la que se ubica, que la hacen merecedora de unestudio profundo y de un acercamiento respetuoso. Un producto cerámico que aporta comopropiedad fundamental su carácter escultórico. Valores que pretendemos sean totalmente explícitos, con la condición que sean fácilmente reconocibles. Un material que defi ne un momento de la historia y de la historia de la arquitectura de Barcelona, incompleta sin el estudio sistemático que presentamos.

Assessing the pH and DP of canvasses with NIR spectroscopy

The canvas support in easel paintings is composed mainly of cellulose. One of the maindegradation paths of cellulose is acid-catalysed hydrolysis, which means that in an acidic environment (low pH), its degradation proceeds at a faster rate (Strlič et al., 2005).The main effect of acid-catalysed hydrolysis is the breaking up of the polymer chains,measured by the “Degree of Polymerisation” (DP). The lowering of the DP value impliesa lower mechanical strength of the textile (Scicolone, 1993), and thus this parameter canbe used to monitor degradation. Knowing these two parameters can, therefore, be veryinformative regarding the condition of the canvas support.

1st Conference on Arts-Based and Artistic Research. Critical reflections on the intersection between art and research

[eng] Proceedings for the 1st Conference on Arts-Based and Artistic Research: Critical Reflections on the Intersection of Art and Research. University of Barcelona, January 31st - February 1st, 2013.

Who Cares? A comparison of informal and formal care provision in Spain, England and the USA

This paper investigates the prevalence of incapacity in performing daily activities and the associations between household composition and availability of family members and receipt of care among older adults with functioning problems in Spain, England and the United States of America (USA). We examine how living arrangements, marital status, child availability, limitations in functioning ability, age and gender affect the probability of receiving formal care and informal care from household members and from others in three countries with different family structures, living arrangements and policies supporting care of the incapacitated. Data sources include the 2006 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe for Spain, the third wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2006), and the eighth wave of the USA Health and Retirement Study (2006). Logistic and multinomial logistic regressions are used to estimate the probability of receiving care and the sources of care among persons age 50 and older. The percentage of people with functional limitations receiving care is higher in Spain. More care comes from outside the household in the USA and England than in Spain. The use of formal care among the incapacitated is lowest in the USA and highest in Spain.

Tractats, mètodes i influències externes de la restauració de pintures al segle XIX a Espanya. Un cas concret a la Barcelona de la segona meitat del segle XIX

Lligada a d’altres activitats, com la de l’artista pintor, la del fuster, l’artesà o l’arquitecte, larestauració no ha estat una disciplina ben delimitada que ens permeti seguir la seva progressióal llarg de la història. El posicionament de l’home davant del seu patrimoni cultural i artísticen cada moment històric, i el respecte per les mostres del passat, defi neix de quina formaes conservarà, o no, i també de quina forma s’hi intervindrà. Per fer un recorregut històriccal tenir en compte tots els aspectes que infl uencien en el fet de conservar i en la forma defer-ho: els gustos artístics del moment, l’evolució social i econòmica de la població i també lavessant funcional, ja sigui en el sentit estrictament pràctic on en el valor espiritual i religiós,que han tingut assignats molts objectes de patrimoni.

Tractats, mètodes i influències externes de la restauració de pintures al segle XIX a Espanya. Un cas concret a la Barcelona de la segona meitat del segle XIX

Lligada a d’altres activitats, com la de l’artista pintor, la del fuster, l’artesà o l’arquitecte, larestauració no ha estat una disciplina ben delimitada que ens permeti seguir la seva progressióal llarg de la història. El posicionament de l’home davant del seu patrimoni cultural i artísticen cada moment històric, i el respecte per les mostres del passat, defi neix de quina formaes conservarà, o no, i també de quina forma s’hi intervindrà. Per fer un recorregut històriccal tenir en compte tots els aspectes que infl uencien en el fet de conservar i en la forma defer-ho: els gustos artístics del moment, l’evolució social i econòmica de la població i també lavessant funcional, ja sigui en el sentit estrictament pràctic on en el valor espiritual i religiós,que han tingut assignats molts objectes de patrimoni.

Gallery districts of Barcelona: the strategic play of art dealers

This article focuses on Barcelona"s art market to explore the underlying factors behind the clustering of art dealers in several of the city"s districts. Drawing upon quantitative and qualitative data, the article analyses how such clustering reveals a strategic action in the sense attributed to it by Crozier and Friedberg (1981). Gallery districts are not a reflection of structural factors (economic, urban development-related or social) but the result of a combination of strategic choices either individual or collective which explain the permanence of leading gallery districts or the emergence of new ones.

Evaluation of the indication for surgical extraction of third molars according to the oral surgeon and the primary care dentist. Experience in the Master of Oral Surgery and Implantology at Barcelona University Dental School

Introduction: Third molar extraction is the most frequent procedure in oral surgery. The present study evaluates the indication of third molar extraction as established by the primary care dentist (PCD) and the oral surgeon, and compares the justification for extraction with the principal reason for patient consultation. Patients and method: A descriptive study was made of 319 patients subjected to surgical removal of a third molar in the context of the Master of Oral Surgery and Implantology (Barcelona University Dental School, Barcelona, Spain) between July 2004 and March 2005. The following parameters were evaluated: sex, age, molar, type of impaction, position according to the classifications of Pell and Gregory and of Winter, and the reasons justifying extraction. Results: The lower third molars were the most commonly extracted molars (73.7%). A total of 69.6% of the teeth were covered by soft tissues only. Fifty-six percent of the lower molars corresponded to Pell and Gregory Class IIB, while 42.1% were in the vertical position. The most common reason for patient reference to our Service of Oral Surgery on the part of the PCD was prophylactic removal (51.0% versus 46.1% in the case of the oral surgeon). Discussion and conclusions. Our results show prophylaxis to be the principal indication of third molar extraction, followed by orthodontic reasons. Regarding third molars with associated clinical symptoms or signs, infectious disease-including pericoronitis- was the pathology most often observed by the oral surgeon, followed by caries. This order of frequency was seen to invert in the case of third molars referred for extraction by the PCD. A vertical position predominated among the third molars with associated pathology