Inserció i formació a la UdG: estudi sobre la 2a enquesta d'inserció laboral dels graduats universitaris (AQU Catalunya, 2005)

L'Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari Català i les set universitats públiques catalanes analitzen regularment la inserció dels graduats universitaris en el món laboral. La darrera avaluació s'ha fet en forma d'enquesta, realitzada durant el 2005 als graduats el curs 2000-2001

CoDaPack. An Excel and Visual Basic based software of compositional data analysis. Current version and discussion form upcoming versions

In the eighties, John Aitchison (1986) developed a new methodological approach for the statistical analysis of compositional data. This new methodology was implemented in Basic routines grouped under the name CODA and later NEWCODA inMatlab (Aitchison, 1997). After that, several other authors have published extensions to this methodology: Marín-Fernández and others (2000), Barceló-Vidal and others (2001), Pawlowsky-Glahn and Egozcue (2001, 2002) and Egozcue and others (2003). (...)

An improved method for discovering link criticality in transport networks

Quantitatively assessing the importance or criticality of each link in a network is of practical value to operators, as that can help them to increase the network's resilience, provide more efficient services, or improve some other aspect of the service. Betweenness is a graph-theoretical measure of centrality that can be applied to communication networks to evaluate link importance. However, as we illustrate in this paper, the basic definition of betweenness centrality produces inaccurate estimations as it does not take into account some aspects relevant to networking, such as the heterogeneity in link capacity or the difference between node-pairs in their contribution to the total traffic. A new algorithm for discovering link centrality in transport networks is proposed in this paper. It requires only static or semi-static network and topology attributes, and yet produces estimations of good accuracy, as verified through extensive simulations. Its potential value is demonstrated by an example application. In the example, the simple shortest-path routing algorithm is improved in such a way that it outperforms other more advanced algorithms in terms of blocking ratio

Actituds polítiques de Sobrequés

Sobre el compromís polític de Santiago Sobrequés i les diferents etapes per les que va passar, relacionades amb les circumstancies generals del país

Diagnosi i propostes de millora dels trams urbans dels rius de la ciutat de Girona

Estudi dels quatre rius de la ciutat de Girona, Ter, Onyar, Güell i Galligants, realitzant una diagnosi ambiental i posteriors propostes de millora

Hilbert space on probability density functions with Aitchison geometry

Compositional data analysis motivated the introduction of a complete Euclidean structure in the simplex of D parts. This was based on the early work of J. Aitchison (1986) and completed recently when Aitchinson distance in the simplex was associated with an inner product and orthonormal bases were identified (Aitchison and others, 2002; Egozcue and others, 2003). A partition of the support of a random variable generates a composition by assigning the probability of each interval to a part of the composition. One can imagine that the partition can be refined and the probability density would represent a kind of continuous composition of probabilities in a simplex of infinitely many parts. This intuitive idea would lead to a Hilbert-space of probability densities by generalizing the Aitchison geometry for compositions in the simplex into the set probability densities

Markov chain montecarlo method applied to rounding zeros of compositional data: first approach

As stated in Aitchison (1986), a proper study of relative variation in a compositional data set should be based on logratios, and dealing with logratios excludes dealing with zeros. Nevertheless, it is clear that zero observations might be present in real data sets, either because the corresponding part is completely absent –essential zeros– or because it is below detection limit –rounded zeros. Because the second kind of zeros is usually understood as “a trace too small to measure”, it seems reasonable to replace them by a suitable small value, and this has been the traditional approach. As stated, e.g. by Tauber (1999) and by Martín-Fernández, Barceló-Vidal, and Pawlowsky-Glahn (2000), the principal problem in compositional data analysis is related to rounded zeros. One should be careful to use a replacement strategy that does not seriously distort the general structure of the data. In particular, the covariance structure of the involved parts –and thus the metric properties– should be preserved, as otherwise further analysis on subpopulations could be misleading. Following this point of view, a non-parametric imputation method is introduced in Martín-Fernández, Barceló-Vidal, and Pawlowsky-Glahn (2000). This method is analyzed in depth by Martín-Fernández, Barceló-Vidal, and Pawlowsky-Glahn (2003) where it is shown that the theoretical drawbacks of the additive zero replacement method proposed in Aitchison (1986) can be overcome using a new multiplicative approach on the non-zero parts of a composition. The new approach has reasonable properties from a compositional point of view. In particular, it is “natural” in the sense that it recovers the “true” composition if replacement values are identical to the missing values, and it is coherent with the basic operations on the simplex. This coherence implies that the covariance structure of subcompositions with no zeros is preserved. As a generalization of the multiplicative replacement, in the same paper a substitution method for missing values on compositional data sets is introduced

A compositional statistical analysis of capital stock

Most of economic literature has presented its analysis under the assumption of homogeneous capital stock. However, capital composition differs across countries. What has been the pattern of capital composition associated with World economies? We make an exploratory statistical analysis based on compositional data transformed by Aitchinson logratio transformations and we use tools for visualizing and measuring statistical estimators of association among the components. The goal is to detect distinctive patterns in the composition. As initial findings could be cited that: 1. Sectorial components behaved in a correlated way, building industries on one side and , in a less clear view, equipment industries on the other. 2. Full sample estimation shows a negative correlation between durable goods component and other buildings component and between transportation and building industries components. 3. Countries with zeros in some components are mainly low income countries at the bottom of the income category and behaved in a extreme way distorting main results observed in the full sample. 4. After removing these extreme cases, conclusions seem not very sensitive to the presence of another isolated cases

Studies in stoichiometry with compositional data

Geochemical data that is derived from the whole or partial analysis of various geologic materials represent a composition of mineralogies or solute species. Minerals are composed of structured relationships between cations and anions which, through atomic and molecular forces, keep the elements bound in specific configurations. The chemical compositions of minerals have specific relationships that are governed by these molecular controls. In the case of olivine, there is a well-defined relationship between Mn-Fe-Mg with Si. Balances between the principal elements defining olivine composition and other significant constituents in the composition (Al, Ti) have been defined, resulting in a near-linear relationship between the logarithmic relative proportion of Si versus (MgMnFe) and Mg versus (MnFe), which is typically described but poorly illustrated in the simplex. The present contribution corresponds to ongoing research, which attempts to relate stoichiometry and geochemical data using compositional geometry. We describe here the approach by which stoichiometric relationships based on mineralogical constraints can be accounted for in the space of simplicial coordinates using olivines as an example. Further examples for other mineral types (plagioclases and more complex minerals such as clays) are needed. Issues that remain to be dealt with include the reduction of a bulk chemical composition of a rock comprised of several minerals from which appropriate balances can be used to describe the composition in a realistic mineralogical framework. The overall objective of our research is to answer the question: In the cases where the mineralogy is unknown, are there suitable proxies that can be substituted? Kew words: Aitchison geometry, balances, mineral composition, oxides

Estudio comparado sobre la tutorización de los estudiantes universitarios. Estudios de caso: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (España) y Università degli Studi di Torino (Italia)

Esta comunicación se ocupa de la descripción del papel de los servicios de tutoría en las instituciones de educación superior de los dos países estudiados: España e Italia. Después de una breve descripción general sobre los principales elementos presentes en este tema (Tutoría universitaria) se realiza la exposición de dos estudios de caso. El primero realizado en la universidad española de Santiago de Compostela y el segundo en la universidad italiana de Turín. A través de los estudios de caso se expone en primer lugar, de modo general, la situación en este ámbito a nivel legal y organizativo en ambos países y a continuación, de modo particular, la situación en las dos universidades elegidas. Ambas instituciones están realizando, en el ámbito de orientación universitaria en general y de la tutoría en particular, avances importantes y muestran un fuerte compromiso en relación con este aspecto. Por último concluimos el artículo realizando una breve síntesis de los aspectos tratados y presentando diferentes interrogantes que puedas suscitar el debate y la reflexión sobre los puntos fuertes y débiles de cada uno de los sistemas de tutoría y su posible transferencia y adaptabilidad a diferentes contextos

Discurs del rector de la Universitat de Girona, Dr.Joan Batlle, en l'acte d'investidura com doctors honoris causa de Robert Brian Tate, Joan Bertran Rusca i Jaume Gil Aluja

Discurs d'investidura de doctors honoris causa per la Universitat de Girona, del rector Joan Batlle

Open què?: el repte d'obrir i compartir el coneixement generat a la universitat

Què vol dir open access? open licences? open standards? open courseware? Presentació i explicació de les llicències Creative Commons i les seves aplicacions en el camp del coneixement científic

El Texto literario en el aula de español como lengua extranjera: Propuesta de programación didáctica: Últimas tardes con Teresa, de Juan Marsé

El treball aprofundeix en la importància dels textos literaris originals en les classes d’ELE (Espanyol com a Llengua Estrangera). S’estudien les principals línies de pensament sobre l’ensenyament de la literatura a l’aula d’ELE, i l’evolució de l’ensenyament. Es defensa que mitjançant l’ús de textos literaris originals els estudiants poden percebre una mostra de la diversitat expressiva de la llengua

EDUC.ACCIÓ. Educació i activisme a la universitat

Des de l’any 2005 el grup 50/50 ha desenvolupat un seguit de projectes des de l’Escola d’Arquitectura del Vallès de la UPC que tenen en comú una manera particular tant de funcionar en el seu tarannà diari com d’entendre la disciplina arquitectònica i el model educatiu existent. Mantenint com a denominador comú la sostenibilitat, el compromís social i el “pensar global, actuar local” ha dut a terme nombroses accions tant a dins de la pròpia escola com fora d’aquesta. Tot seguit s’explica de manera més detallada les accions en les que l’educació ha estat un dels paràmetres més tinguts en compte, així com les seves característiques comuns més generals. Per a més informació del grup pot ser consultada la seva pàgina web http[//www.cincuenta.50webs.com/] o el seu blog [http://cincuenta50.blogspot.com/]

Relation between temperature and mortality in thirteen Spanish cities

In this study we examined the shape of the association between temperature and mortality in 13 Spanish cities representing a wide range of climatic and socio demographic conditions. The temperature value linked with minimum mortality (MMT) and the slopes before and after the turning point (MMT) were calculated. Most cities showed a V-shaped temperature-mortality relationship. MMTs were generally higher in cities with warmer climates. Cold and heat effects also depended on climate: effects were greater in hotter cities but lesser in cities with higher variability. The effect of heat was greater than the effect of cold. The effect of cold and MMT was, in general, greater for cardio-respiratory mortality than for total mortality, while the effect of heat was, in general, greater among the elderly