39 resultados para ADA Accommodation
em Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC), Spain
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Having lived through a bloody civil war in the 1930s followed by four decades of General Francos dictatorship, the Spanish state carried out a transition to a democratic system at the end of the 1970s. The 1978 Constitution was the legal outcome of this transition process. Among other things, it established a territorial model the so-called Estado de las Autonomas (State of Autonomous Communities) which was designed to satisfy the historical demands for recognition and self-government of, above all, the citizens and institutions of Catalonia and the Basque Country .In recent years support for independence has increased in Catalonia. Different indicators show that pro-independence demands are endorsed by a majority of its citizens, as well as by most of the political parties and organizations that represent its civil society. This is a new phenomenon. Those in favour of independence had been in the minority throughout the 20th century. Nowadays, however, demands of a pro-autonomy and pro-federalist nature, which until recently had been dominant, have gradually lost public support in favour of demands for self-determination and secession. This paper analyses the massive increase in support for secession in Catalonia during the early years of the 21st century. After describing the different theories of secession in plurinational liberal democracies (section 1), we analyse Catalonias political evolution over the past decade focusing on the shortcomings with regard to constitutional recognition and accommodation displayed by the Spanish political system. The latter have been exacerbated by the reform process of Catalonias Statute of Autonomy (2006) and the subsequent judgement of Spains Constitutional Court regarding the aforementioned Statute (2010) (section 2). Finally, we present our conclusions by linking the Catalan case with theories of secession applied to plurinational contexts
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We investigate the theoretical conditions for effectiveness of government consumptionexpenditure expansions using US, Euro area and UK data. Fiscal expansions taking placewhen monetary policy is accommodative lead to large output multipliers in normal times.The 2009-2010 packages need not produce significant output multipliers, may havemoderate debt effects, and only generate temporary inflation. Expenditure expansionsaccompanied by deficit/debt consolidations schemes may lead to short run output gains buttheir success depends on how monetary policy and expectations behave. Trade opennessand the cyclicality of the labor wedge explain cross-country differences in the magnitude ofthe multipliers.
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La composicin de la poblacin espaola ha cambiado en los ltimos aos debido a la llegada de la poblacin inmigrante. En este trabajo se acota cunto podra llegar a cambiar la esperanza de vida en salud y en discapacidad de la poblacin espaola, debido a la incorporacin de un nuevo colectivo. La metodologa propuesta permite calcular el mximo cambio posible en la esperanza de vida en salud y en discapacidad, en funcin de un porcentaje fijo de inmigracin, y con el supuesto de mantenimiento de la mortalidad. Los resultados permiten analizar cambios en los costes de la dependencia para los mayores de 65 aos.
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Objective: This study examines health care utilization of immigrants relative to the native-born populations aged 50 years and older in eleven European countries. Methods. We analyzed data from the Survey of Health Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) from 2004 for a sample of 27,444 individuals in 11 European countries. Negative Binomial regression was conducted to examine the difference in number of doctor visits, visits to General Practitioners (GPs), and hospital stays between immigrants and the native-born individuals. Results: We find evidence those immigrants above age 50 use health services on average more than the native-born populations with the same characteristics. Our models show immigrants have between 6% and 27% more expected visits to the doctor, GP or hospital stays when compared to native-born populations in a number of European countries. Discussion: Elderly immigrant populations might be using health services more intensively due to cultural reasons.
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We replicate Shaw (1996) who found that individual wage growth is higher for individuals with greater preference for risk taking. Expanding her dataset with more American observations and data for Germany, Spain and Italy, we find mixed support for the earlier results. We present and estimate a new model and find that in particular the wage level is sensitive to attitudes towards risk taking. Comments given at the Labour Economics Conference in honour of Niels Westergaard (Nyborg, August 2008) and EALE 2008 (Amsterdam) and at seminars in Maastricht,Reus and Essen (RWI) are gratefully acknowledged. The authors also acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (grant number SEJ2007-66318) and from the Barcelona Economics Program of CREA. JEL code: J24; J30. Key words: wage growth, risk, post-school investment.
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There is a general consensus that homeownership has beneficial effects for both individuals and society in many outcomes. However, research regarding the effect of homeownership on individuals' subjective well-being remains inconclusive. In this paper, for the first time, we provide empirical evidence for the link between homeownership and housing satisfaction using panel data. We use the eight waves of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) covering the period 1994-2001. We observe that renters who become homeowners not only experience a significant increase in housing satisfaction, but also after changing their tenure status, they obtain a different utility from the same housing context. This evidence might provide support to the hypothesis that a share of the differences in the perceived utility derived from housing can be attributed to (un)fulfilled expectations or aspirations regarding homeownership. Keywords: Housing satisfaction, subjective well-being, homeownership, fixed-effects, housing aspirations JEL classification: D1, R2.
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Menorca s una illa del Mediterrani occidental i una important destinaci turstica. El turisme estival s un pilar de leconomia de lilla i t implicacions en tots els aspectes daquesta. Una bona part dels turistes es concentren en nuclis turstics costaners dedicats a una nica activitat (lallotjament de turistes). En aquest projecte sestudien els consums i els potencials de captaci daigua i energia de cinc nuclis turstics menorquins i alguns dels seus establiments turstics i se navalua el potencial dautosuficincia. Tamb es fa un estudi de mobilitat dels turistes, a partir del qual es quantifica el cost energtic de la mobilitat i les emissions de CO2 que sen deriven. Les eines utilitzades han estat enquestes i Sistemes dInformaci Geogrfica. Els resultats mostren que el consum hdric per persona s molt variable (de 98 a 466 litres diaris). El consum elctric per persona s ms homogeni que el daigua (entre 5 i 10 kWhpersona-1dia-1 a nivell de nucli turstic) i presenta valors superiors en allotjaments del tipus hotel que del tipus apartaments. Els trajectes danada i tornada a lilla amb avi o vaixell representen ms del 80% del cost energtic total de les vacances a Menorca (aprox. 1 MWh per estada) i de les emissions de CO2 associades. Els turistes espanyols recorren un 180% ms de distncia en desplaaments a linterior de lilla que els daltres nacionalitats. Laprofitament daiges pluvials podria cobrir menys del 25% de les necessitats hdriques de la majoria dallotjaments turstics i entre el 28 i el 36% de les necessitats hdriques totals dels nuclis turstics, mantenint-se els nivells actuals de consum. La captaci denergia solar fotovoltaica in situ podria arribar a suplir entre el 50 i el 90% del consum denergia elctrica en els nuclis turstics i fins al 100% del mateix en alguns allotjaments turstics.
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En aquellos pacientes que sufren un infarto de miocardio (IM), entender los procesos causantes de la muerte celular secundaria a la isquemia/reperfusin (I/R) es esencial para desarrollar estrategias capaces de prevenirla. La reciente disponibilidad de cepas de ratones transgnicos convierte al modelo murino con isquemia transitoria en una herramienta de gran inters para el estudio de los procesos causantes de esta muerte. El objetivo de este trabajo experimental ha sido establecer en nuestro laboratorio un modelo de I/R miocrdica in vivo en ratn mediante la oclusin de la arteria coronaria descendente anterior izquierda (ADA) con el fin de poder ser utilizado en futuros protocolos experimentales usando ratones transgnicos disponibles en el laboratorio.
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Realizamos un estudio prospectivo sobre la influencia del tratamiento previo con antiagregacin plaquetaria en pacientes que sufren una hemorragia intracerebral espontnea. Se realiz un anlisis de 90 pacientes recogidos consecutivamente y se estudi la influencia del tratamiento previo con antiagregacin sobre el crecimiento del hematoma, la evolucin clnica, la mortalidad y el pronstico funcional a los tres meses en comparacin con pacientes sin tratamiento previo con antiagregacin. Tras el anlisis podemos concluir que el tratamiento previo con antiagregacin en la hemorragia intracraneal espontnea no influye sobre el crecimiento del hematoma, la evolucin clnica, la mortalidad ni el pronstico funcional.
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Degut a la gran demanda tecnolgica, actualment hi ha un gran inters en desenvolupar medis magntics amb entitats ferromagntiques de dimensions nanomtriques. Aquesta demanda promou la investigaci i el desenvolupament de nous materials i processos de fabricaci que permetin controlar duna manera ms precisa les propietats magntiques i estructurals. Entre els mtodes de litografia convencionals (per exemple deposici fsica a travs de mscares, deposici qumica en fase vapor i electrodeposici), recentment sha demostrat que la irradiaci amb ions a travs de mscares prelitografiades, sembla ser un bon mtode per a la fabricaci destructures ferromagntiques de lordre dels nanmetres. Aquesta tcnica pot ser aplicada per aprofitar la transici paramagnticaferromagntica que presenten alguns materials al ser desordenats estructuralment (per exemple FeAl, FePt3, Ni3Sn2). En el treball que es presenta a continuaci sutilitza laliatge Fe60Al40 per a fabricar estructures ferromagntiques embegudes en una matriu paramagntica mitjanant irradiaci amb ions darg a travs duna membrana de polimetil metacrilat (PMMA) prviament litografiada amb feixos delectrons (EBL). La fabricaci daquest sistema t com a objectiu destudiar levoluci de la morfologia i el gruix de PMMA (a partir de SEM i AFM) i del comportament magntic de les estructures fabricades (MFM i MOKE), quan s irradiat consecutivament a diferents energies. Per a completar lestudi shan utilitzat simulacions per a determinar les condicions dirradiaci (TRIM), com per a una millor comprensi dels resultats (simulacions micromagntiques). El contingut de la memria inclou una breu introducci histrica i conceptual sobre el magnetisme. A continuaci sexposen les tcniques necessries per a la fabricaci, preparaci i caracteritzaci de la mostra. Finalment es presenta una discussi dels resultats obtinguts i les conclusions.
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This letter presents a comparison between threeFourier-based motion compensation (MoCo) algorithms forairborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems. These algorithmscircumvent the limitations of conventional MoCo, namelythe assumption of a reference height and the beam-center approximation.All these approaches rely on the inherent timefrequencyrelation in SAR systems but exploit it differently, with the consequentdifferences in accuracy and computational burden. Aftera brief overview of the three approaches, the performance ofeach algorithm is analyzed with respect to azimuthal topographyaccommodation, angle accommodation, and maximum frequencyof track deviations with which the algorithm can cope. Also, ananalysis on the computational complexity is presented. Quantitativeresults are shown using real data acquired by the ExperimentalSAR system of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
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La situaci del sector turstic evoluciona de forma constant i els destins han dencarar els canvis amb la major brevetat per tal de satisfer les necessitats duna demanda cada vegada ms experimentada i exigent. Les destinacions madures necessiten renovar la seva imatge ms que mai amb nous productes que aportin vitalitat i han de prendre decisions amb determinaci que donin un nou impuls al sector, desenvolupant eines que, amb la interacci dels diferents actors del territori, ajudin a incrementar la competitivitat i a posicionar la destinaci. En aquest context es desenvolupa el Pla de Dinamitzaci Turstica de Banyoles i el la de lEstany, que, dins les seves possibilitats, pretn ser una eina til al territori en matria de planificaci i desenvolupament turstic. Aquest s el segon estudi daquestes caracterstiques que es porta a terme a la comarca, ja que anteriorment shavia realitzat un Pla Estratgic, lany 1996
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En los ltimos aos la acuicultura de camarn se ha desarrollado como industria potencial en Brasil y sus actividades generan presiones sobre ecosistemas y comunidades tradicionales que viven en equilibrio con su entorno. En Cumbe, una comunidad tradicional del municipio de Aracati, Cear, Brasil, el ecosistema que rodea a su poblacin es el manglar. Debido a esta fuerte presin, tanto el manglar como los servicios ambientales de los que la poblacin local se beneficia, estn en peligro. Este estudio pretende evaluar las diferencias entre tres reas de manglar que estn afectadas en diferente grado por la presin de las industrias camaroneras. Se evalan parmetros biolgicos y la estructura de los manglares para observar las posibles diferencias y relacionarlas con las diferentes variables.
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Durant diverses dcades les relacions entre la Uni Europea (UE) i Amrica Llatina es caracteritzaven pel model tradicional de "ajuda sense comer" fins els anys 1995, que amb acords de quarta generaci impulsar el comenament del nou instrument. Els acords d'associaci (AdA) introdueixen com una novetat tres pilars (dileg poltic, de cooperaci i comercial) i centren l'atenci en les relacions comercials, liberalitzen el comer i estableixen un nou model d'associaci biregional. Aquest treball de recerca analitza els AdA de la UE amb pasos o grups de pasos llatinoamericans i el seu impacte en les relacions comercials entre la UE i Amrica Llatina.
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Not considered in the analytical model of the plant, uncertainties always dramatically decrease the performance of the fault detection task in the practice. To cope better with this prevalent problem, in this paper we develop a methodology using Modal Interval Analysis which takes into account those uncertainties in the plant model. A fault detection method is developed based on this model which is quite robust to uncertainty and results in no false alarm. As soon as a fault is detected, an ANFIS model is trained in online to capture the major behavior of the occurred fault which can be used for fault accommodation. The simulation results understandably demonstrate the capability of the proposed method for accomplishing both tasks appropriately
