Presentaciones de los temas de Composición Arquitectónica 4 (curso 2013-2014)

Colección de las presentaciones expuestas en las clases de Composición Arquitectónica 4, durante el curso 2013/2014. La serie consta, igual que el programa, de 14 temas.

Fundamentos de las Bases de Datos. Materiales en inglés (curso 2013-2014)

Materiales en inglés de la asignatura de Fundamentos de las Bases de Datos, correspondiente al Grado de Ingeniería Informática.

Fonaments de les Bases de Dades. Material de teoria i pràctiques (curs 2013-2014)

Material en valencià de l’assignatura Fonaments de les Bases de Dades.

Memoria de la red docente “Metodologías Docentes en asignaturas de Economía”. Curso académico 2013-2014

El objetivo de la red “Metodologías docentes en asignaturas de Economía” es investigar sobre metodologías docentes que impliquen una participación activa del estudiante, con el fin de mejorar el proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje. En este trabajo se exponen las metodologías docentes que los profesores integrantes de la red han aplicado en sus respectivas asignaturas durante el curso académico 2013-2014. Estas metodologías son el resultado de la experiencia adquirida en los años precedentes en los que han estado investigando e innovando con criterios de calidad sobre metodologías docentes en el seno de la red. Asimismo, en el trabajo se exponen los principales resultados obtenidos en las diferentes asignaturas, entre los que cabe señalar la elevada asistencia de los alumnos a las clases y el alto porcentaje de estudiantes que se presentan al examen final, resultados que contrastan con lo que ocurría en las antiguas licenciaturas. Asimismo, también se pone de manifiesto el efecto positivo que los cambios introducidos por el Plan Bolonia han tenido sobre la calificación final de los alumnos, que ha aumentado de manera significativa.

Eurozone Crisis and Social Models: What We Can Learn from Italy and Spain. CES Papers - Open Forum #20, 2013-2014

This paper considers the role of social model features in the economic performance of Italy and Spain during the run-up to the Eurozone crisis, as well as the consequences of that crisis, in turn, for the two countries social models. It takes issue with the prevailing view - what I refer to as the “competitiveness thesis” - which attributes the debtor status of the two countries to a lack of competitive capacity rooted in social model features. This competitiveness thesis has been key in justifying the “liberalization plus austerity” measures that European institutions have demanded in return for financial support for Italy and Spain at critical points during the crisis. The paper challenges this prevailing wisdom. First, it reviews the characteristics of the Italian and Spanish social models and their evolution in the period prior to the crisis, revealing a far more complex, dynamic and differentiated picture than is given in the political economy literature. Second, the paper considers various ways in which social model characteristics are said to have contributed to the Eurozone crisis, finding such explanations wanting. Italy and Spain ́s debtor status was primarily the result of much broader dynamics in the Euro- zone, including capital flows from richer to poorer countries that affected economic demand, with social model features playing, at most, an ancillary role. More aggressive reforms responding to EU demands in Spain may have increased the long term social and economic costs of the crisis, whereas the political stalemate that slowed such reforms in Italy may have paradoxically mitigated these costs. The comparison of the two countries thus suggests that, in the absence of broader macro-institutional reform of the Eurozone, compliance with EU dictates may have had perverse effects.

Imperial legacy? The EU's Developmental Model and the Crisis of the European Periphery. CES Papers - Open Forum #19, 2013-2014

The high hopes for rapid convergence of Eastern and Southern EU member states are increasingly being disappointed. With the onset of the Eurocrisis convergence has given way to divergence in the southern members, and many Eastern members have made little headway in closing the development gap. The EU´s performance compares unfavourably with East Asian success cases as well as with Western Europe´s own rapid catch-up to the USA after 1945. Historical experience indicates that successful catch up requires that less-developed economies to some extent are allowed to free-ride on an open international economic order. However, the EU´s model is based on the principle of a level-playing field, which militates against such a form of economic integration. The EU´s developmental model thus contrasts with the various strategies that have enabled successful catch up of industrial latecomers. Instead the EU´s current approach is more and more reminiscent of the relations between the pre-1945 European empires and their dependent territories. One reason for this unfortunate historical continuity is that the EU appears to have become entangled in its own myths. In the EU´s own interpretation, European integration is a peace project designed to overcome the almost continuous warfare that characterised the Westphalian system. As the sovereign state is identified as the root cause of all evil, any project to curtail its room of manoeuvre must ultimately benefit the common good. Yet, the existence of a Westphalian system of nation states is a myth. Empires and not states were the dominant actors in the international system for at least the last three centuries. If anything, the dawn of the age of the sovereign state in Western Europe occurred after 1945 with the disintegration of the colonial empires and thus historically coincided with the birth of European integration.

Banks and the political economy of the sovereign debt crisis in Italy and Spain. CES Papers - Open Forum #18, 2013-2014

This paper sets out to explain why Spain experienced a full-fledged sovereign debt crisis and had to resort to euroarea financial assistance for its banks, whereas Italy did not. It undertakes a structured comparison, dissecting the sovereign debt crisis into a banking crisis and a balance of payments crisis. It argues that the distinctive features of bank business models and of national banking systems in Italy and Spain have considerable analytical leverage in explaining the different scenarios of the crises in each country. This ‘bank-based’ analysis contributes to the flourishing literature that examines changes in banking with a view to account for the differentiated impact of the global banking crisis first and the sovereign debt crisis in the euroarea later.

Patterns of civil society after authoritarianism: a comparison of Portugal and Spain, 1970s-2000s. CES Papers - Open Forum #17, 2013-2014

In this paper we argue that patterns of civil society in post-authoritarian democracies are the result of divergent pathways to democracy. Through a comparison of contemporary Portugal (social revolution) and Spain (reform), we show that revolutionary pathways to democracy have a positive impact on the self-organizing abilities of popular groups, thus also contributing to a higher quality of democracy. There are three mechanisms in social revolutionary processes that contribute to this. The first stems from the fact that the masses are the key actor in the revolutionary transformation process, with the power to shape (at least partially) the new rules and institutions of the emerging democratic regime. This results in greater legal recognition and institutional embeddedness between civil society organizations and the state, making it easier, in turn, for resources to be transferred to those organizations. Secondly, as a result of changes to the social and economic structure, revolutions engender more egalitarian societies. Likewise, citizens are given more resources and capacities for collective action. Finally, revolutions tend to crystalize a political culture between elites and the masses in which the principles of egalitarian participation and social change through the action of the people are accepted. This all leads to greater opportunities, resources and legitimacy for the civic action of the common people during the subsequent democratic regime.

Emergencia del cuerpo en el proceso de envejecimiento : Narraciones de la experiencia de la implementación de los Programas de salud en los Adultos Mayores

Desde el año 2005 el Instituto Nacional de Servicios Sociales para Jubilados y Pensionados (INSSJP), a traves del PAMI inicia un cambio de estrategia para el cuidado de la salud de los Adultos Mayores, incorporando con fuerza acciones tendientes a la prevención como modo de prolongar la vida de las personas. En este caso, las acciones instan a la incorporación de los Adultos Mayores a una serie de actividades físicas integradas a la vida cotidiana, a la recreación y a la participación en grupos de motivación y autoayuda con cambios de hábitos. Ahora, los Adultos Mayores enfrentan nuevos problemas que tienen que ver con el manejo de su cuerpo, que por mandato cultural y desde la aplicación de los Programas de Salud lo disciplinaron para cumplir con los roles asignados (ama de casa, trabajador, etc.). Esta nueva propuesta/prescripción, obliga a poner el cuerpo en movimiento, a tocarlo, a sentirlo, a partir de la promesa de una mejor ?salud? y calidad de vida. En esta presentación reflexionamos sobre las experiencias de Adultos Mayores que llegan a la actividad física, sus temores, resistencias, acciones, hasta sus revelaciones y emociones cuando se reconocen portadores de un cuerpo que los acompaña

A termelési stratégia és termelési gyakorlat kutatás eredményei 2013-2014 (Gyorsjelentés) = Results of an international research on manufacturing strategy and practices 2013-2014 (Briefing)

Absztakt: Ez a műhelytanulmány a 2013-2014-ben lezajlott Nemzetközi Termelési Stratégia Kutatás (International Manufacturing Strategy Survey) hazai eredményeit foglalja össze az első elemzések alapján. Az eredményeket összevetettük a kutatás nemzetközi adatbázisával is, ezért a kutatásban részt vevő vállalatok és más érdeklődők a hazai vállalatok nemzetközi versenyképességéről is képet kaphatnak a termelés területén ______ This study summarizes the first Hungarian results of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey that took place in 2013-2014. Hungarian data are compared to the international database of the research, as well. Thus participating companies and other interesting readers can get a picture about the international competitiveness of Hungarian companies at the field of production.

FIU Digital Commons Annual Report, FY 2013-2014

The Digital Commons Annual Report is a document that interested parties may use as a means of monitoring the yearly progress of Florida International University Libraries’ institutional repository. The report includes download and page hit statistics for all collections held in FIU Digital Commons.