Correlación entre la alteración del IS/OS y resultados visuales a largo plazo en el agujero macular cerrado quirúrgicamente

Estudio retrospectivo de los factores demográficos y los resultados quirúrgicos obtenidos en todos los casos de agujero macular intervenidos entre Enero 2005 y Junio 2009 en nuestro centro. Estudio transversal del estado del IS/OS y su correlación con la agudeza visual en pacientes con agujero macular idiopático cerrado quirúrgicamente.

Some reflections on Geobotany and Vegetation mapping

uivalent Spanish and Catalan terms.

Effects of riparian vegetation removal on nutrient retention in a Mediterranean stream

We examined the effects of riparian vegetation removal on algal dynamics and stream nutrient retention efficiency by comparing NH4-N and PO4-P uptake lengths from a logged and an unlogged reach in Riera Major, a forested Mediterranean stream in northeastern Spain. From June to September 1995, we executed 6 short-term additions of N (as NH4Cl) and P (as Na2HPO4) in a 200-m section to measure nutrient uptake lengths. The study site included 2 clearly differentiated reaches in terms of canopy cover by riparian trees: the first 100 m were completely logged (i.e., the logged reach) and the remaining 100 m were left intact (i.e., the shaded reach). Trees were removed from the banks of the logged reach in the winter previous to our sampling. In the shaded reach, riparian vegetation was dominated by alders (Alnus glutinosa). The study was conducted during summer and fall months when differences in light availability between the 2 reaches were greatest because of forest canopy conditions. Algal biomass and % of stream surface covered by algae were higher in the logged than in the shaded reach, indicating that logging had a stimulatory effect on algae in the stream. Overall, nutrient retention efficiency was higher (i.e., shorter uptake lengths) in the logged than in the shaded reach, especially for PO4-P. Despite a greater increase in PO4-P retention efficiency relative to that of NH4-N following logging, retention efficiency for NH4-N was higher than for PO4-P in both study reaches. The PO4-P mass-transfer coefficient was correlated with primary production in both study reaches, indicating that algal activity plays an important role in controlling PO4-P dynamics in this stream. In contrast, the NH4-N mass-transfer coefficient showed a positive relation-ship only with % of algal coverage in the logged reach, and was not correlated with any algal-related parameter in the shaded reach. The lack of correlation with algal production suggests that mechanisms other than algal activity (i.e., microbial heterotrophic processes or abiotic mechanisms) may also influence NH4-N retention in this stream. Overall, this study shows that logging disturbances in small shaded streams may alter in-stream ecological features that lead to changes in stream nutrient retention efficiency. Moreover, it emphasizes that alteration of the tight linkage between the stream channel and the adjacent riparian zone may directly and indirectly impact biogeochemical processes with implications for stream ecosystem functioning.

Syntaxonomic conspectus of the vegetation of Catalonia and Andorra. I: Hygrophilous herbaceous communities.

The first part of a general survey of the vegetation of Catalonia andAndorra, this paper reports all the phytocoenological associations and subassociations recorded in this area. For each community, we provide the correct name and usual synonyms, its typification (where appropriate), all the references including relevés, and the most outstanding features of its structure, species composition, ecology, distribution and diversity. Moreover, associations and subassociations are ordered appropriately in a syntaxonomic scheme. Syntaxonomic ranks are considered in a fairly broad, conservative sense. This classification established 101 associations, which correspond to the classes Lemnetea, Zosteretea, Potametea, Littorelletea, Montio-Cardaminetea, Phragmiti-Magnocaricetea, Scheuchzerio-Caricetea, Isoeto-Nanojuncetea and Molinio-Arrhenatheretea.

Proyecto de puesta en marcha de una explotación de porcino de 672 cerdas reproductoras en ciclo cerrado en el término municipal de Viana de Duero (Soria)

El present Projecte es basa en el disseny, construcció i engegada d'una explotació intensiva de 672 truges en cicle tancat per a la producció de porc “blanc” amb orientació càrnia i en règim d'integració. L'explotació estarà composta de diverses construccions: Nau de cubrició-control-gestació, nau de maternitat i deslleti-transició, quatre naus d'esquer, nau de quarentena, naus d'infermeria per a reproductores i per a porcs en esquer, així com altres instal·lacions accessòries per al correcte funcionament de l'explotació. Aquestes són caseta multiusos, bassa de purins i dipòsit d'emmagatzematge d'aigua.

Using vegetation to characterize the avalanche to Canal del Roc Roig, Vall de Núria (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain)

Avalanche hazard maps of high accuracy are difficult to produce. For land-use planning and management purposes, a good knowledge of extreme run-out zones and frequencies of avalanches is required. In the present work, vegetation recognition (especially focused on Pinus uncinata trees) and dendrochronological techniques are used to characterize avalanches that have occurred in historical times, helping to determine both the extent of large or extreme avalanches and their occurrence in time. Vegetation was studied at the Canal del Roc Roig (eastern Pyrenees, Spain) avalanche path. The avalanches descending this path affect the railway that reaches the Vall de Núria resort and the run-up to the opposite slope. During winter 1996, two important avalanches affecting this path were well documented. These are compared with the results of the vegetation study, consisting of an inventory of flora, the recording of vegetation damages along eight transverse profiles at different altitudes on the path and a dendrochronological sampling campaign. The data obtained contributed to a characterization of the predominant snow accumulation in the starting zone, the 1996 avalanches and the range of frequencies of large avalanches. Also, traces of avalanches that increase the path mapped in the avalanche paths map published by the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya in 2000 were identified, improving the initial existing information.

Using vegetation to characterize the avalanche to Canal del Roc Roig, Vall de Núria (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain)

Avalanche hazard maps of high accuracy are difficult to produce. For land-use planning and management purposes, a good knowledge of extreme run-out zones and frequencies of avalanches is required. In the present work, vegetation recognition (especially focused on Pinus uncinata trees) and dendrochronological techniques are used to characterize avalanches that have occurred in historical times, helping to determine both the extent of large or extreme avalanches and their occurrence in time. Vegetation was studied at the Canal del Roc Roig (eastern Pyrenees, Spain) avalanche path. The avalanches descending this path affect the railway that reaches the Vall de Núria resort and the run-up to the opposite slope. During winter 1996, two important avalanches affecting this path were well documented. These are compared with the results of the vegetation study, consisting of an inventory of flora, the recording of vegetation damages along eight transverse profiles at different altitudes on the path and a dendrochronological sampling campaign. The data obtained contributed to a characterization of the predominant snow accumulation in the starting zone, the 1996 avalanches and the range of frequencies of large avalanches. Also, traces of avalanches that increase the path mapped in the avalanche paths map published by the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya in 2000 were identified, improving the initial existing information.

Plant diversity across five vegetation belts in the Pyrenees (Catalonia, Spain)

In this paper we analyze the size and habitat partitioning of the vascular floras of five areas of the NE Iberian Peninsula, representing five distinct vegetation belts and three floristic regions: Mediterranean (basal belt), medio-European (submontane and montane belts) and Boreo-Alpine (subalpine and alpine belts). Each area covered over 1000 ha, and was fairly uniform in terms of potential vegetation, bedrock and bioclimate. They excluded large villages and field areas, the landscape being mainly natural or moderately anthropized.

Drenaje torácico cerrado. Procedimiento y cuidados de enfermería a propósito de un caso

La acumulación en el espacio pleural de aire y/o sangre, pus o partículas grasas, o la acumulación de líquido por tumores que infiltran la pleura, impide la libre expansión pulmonar, pudiendo llegarse al colapso de este pulmón con un intercambio gaseoso limitado o nulo. Por esto, sea cual sea la causa (traumatismos, enfermedades, cirugías), hemos de extraer estas sustancias de la cavidad pleural. Podemos hacerlo a través de una toracocentesis evacuadora, pero en muchos casos la cantidad y las características de las sustancias o el estado del paciente recomiendan instaurar un drenaje torácico permanente y conectarlo a un dispositivo cerrado de recogida. Esto se consigue introduciendo un tubo o trocar a través de la pared torácica hasta el espacio pleural, vaciando las sustancias alojadas de forma patológica. Este tubo, o trocar, se conecta a un aspirador con la finalidad de mantener la presión negativa fisiológica de la cavidad pleural y facilitar de esta manera la completa expansión de los pulmones. Hay trocares de diversas dimensiones y diferentes modelos de dispositivo de recogida, pero todos se basan, a partir de 1876, en el sistema que utilizó Gotthard Bülau para el tratamiento de los empiemas. Tanto para la preparación del paciente como del material, para la instauración y los cuidados, desde el primer momento hasta la retirada, pasando por las muchas valoraciones, comprobaciones y atenciones para evitar los riesgos y las complicaciones inherentes a este drenaje, es imprescindible que los profesionales de enfermería conozcan el procedimiento y las muchas particularidades que hay que observar con él, dada la especificidad de la cavidad en la que está inserto. Asimismo, es fundamental el conocimiento del dispositivo de recogida cerrado más utilizado (Pleur-evac®) desde la preparación, pasando por el funcionamiento y hasta los controles necesarios para una utilización correcta. Este artículo pretende unificar criterios de actuación en los cuidados que requieren los pacientes portadores de drenaje torácico.

Drenaje torácico cerrado. Sistema de recogida no reutilizable: Pleur-evac®

Funcionamiento del sistema desechable de recogida Pleur-evac®. Se trata de un sistema compacto de recogida de drenaje con sello de agua de manejo fácil construido sobre la base del sistema convencional de montaje de drenaje de aspiración de tres botellas. Este sistema se basa en el utilizado en 1876 por Gotthard Bülau para el tratamiento de empiemas y que ha dado nombre a los sistemas de recogida...