Aquaculture for whom?

Aquaculture and coastal resources management is discussed, indicating the various factors which need to be taken into consideration when introducing aquaculture into a community: 1) Resources users and stakeholders; 2) Perception about resources; 3) Knowledge about aquaculture; 4) Property rights regimes; 5) Gender matters; 6) Consumer preferences; 7) Availability of support services.

Migration of large-scale subaqueous bedforms measured with seagrasses(Cymudocea nodesa) as tracers

The vertical growth of seagrasses in response to burial by migration of bedforms is combined with dating techniques to provide precise and rapid estimates of the migration speed of subaqueous dunes over seagrass patches. Two methods to estimate the time interval between the passage of successive dunes and the motion of single dunes through seagrass patches are described. The second method is more precise. The application of these methods to vegetated (Cymodocea nodosa) subaqueous dunes in the Alfacs Bay (NW Mediterranean) showed that the dunes traveled at an average speed of $13.0 \pm 0.6 m yr^-1$ and demonstrated that the methods can resolve migration speeds from 0.15 to $980 m yr^-1$ with this particular seagrass species. In areas vegetated with different seagrass species, bedform migration can be estimated over different time scales. The strong coupling between seagrass and sediment dynamics resembles the coupling of vegetation and land dunes.

Desarrollo de un sistema compuesto de aislamiento acústico de baja masa: aplicación experimental a una cabina modular

Tesis inédita presentada en la Universidad Europea de Madrid. Facultad de Arquitectura, Ingeniería y Diseño. Programa de Doctorado en Técnicas Avanzadas en Construcción

RinA controls phage-mediated packaging and transfer of virulence genes in gram-positive bacteria

Phage-mediated transfer of microbial genetic elements plays a crucial role in bacterial life style and evolution. In this study, we identify the RinA family of phage-encoded proteins as activators required for transcription of the late operon in a large group of temperate staphylococcal phages. RinA binds to a tightly regulated promoter region, situated upstream of the terS gene, that controls expression of the morphogenetic and lysis modules of the phage, activating their transcription. As expected, rinA deletion eliminated formation of functional phage particles and significantly decreased the transfer of phage and pathogenicity island encoded virulence factors. A genetic analysis of the late promoter region showed that a fragment of 272 bp contains both the promoter and the region necessary for activation by RinA. In addition, we demonstrated that RinA is the only phage-encoded protein required for the activation of this promoter region. This region was shown to be divergent among different phages. Consequently, phages with divergent promoter regions carried allelic variants of the RinA protein, which specifically recognize its own promoter sequence. Finally, most Gram-postive bacteria carry bacteriophages encoding RinA homologue proteins. Characterization of several of these proteins demonstrated that control by RinA of the phage-mediated packaging and transfer of virulence factor is a conserved mechanism regulating horizontal gene transfer.

Base pairing interaction between 5′- and 3′-UTRs controls icaR mRNA translation in Staphylococcus aureus

UPNa. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología. Laboratorio de Biofilms Microbianos.

Práticas e representações sociais face aos ciganos

Analisando os conflitos entre a comunidade de Oleiros e a minoria étnica cigana, pretendemos compreender a forma como os discursos,os comportamentos e as atitudes dos diversos actores sociais envolvidos neste processo reflectem a existência de tensões na estrutura social oleirense, entrevendo-se que os ciganos se tornam bodes expiatórios das clivagens criadas e de situações sócio-económicas e políticas que os ultrapassam. Analysing the conflicts between the Oleiros community and the gypsies ethnic minority, we aim to understand how the speeches, the behaviours and the attitudes of various social actors involved in this process reflect some tensions in the Oleiros social structure, which allow us to anticipate that the gypsies became a pretext to few created gaps and to socio-economic and politic situations that surpass them.

Gaguez

Monografia apresentada à Universidade Fernando Pessoa para obtenção do grau Licenciada em Terapêutica da Fala

Contributo para o desenvolvimento de um Instrumento de Investigação Neuropsicológica

Tese apresentada à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Doutor em Ciências Sociais, especialidade em Psicologia

Asesoría en el desarrollo de productos en los oficios de carpintería, tejeduría, talla en madera, cerámica, muñequería, pintura, trabajos decorativos, cestería.

120 hojas : ilustraciones, fotografías a color.

Informe Final de construcción mapa de oficio.

54 hojas : ilustraciones, gráficas, fotografías.

Proyecto plan de vida Puerto Asís (Artesanos independientes) Putumayo.

18 hojas : Ilustraciones.

Aesthetic campaigns and counter-campaigns. Jorge Luis Borges and a century of the Argentine detective story (1877-1977)

This cultural history of Argentine crime fiction involves a comprehensive analysis of the literary and critical traditions within the genre, paying particular attention to the series of ‘aesthetic campaigns’ waged by Jorge Luis Borges and others during the period between 1933 and 1977. The methodological approach described in the introductory chapter builds upon the critical insight that in Argentina, generic discourse has consistently been the domain, not only of literary critics in the traditional mould, but also of prominent writers of fiction and specialists from other disciplines, effectively transcending the traditional tripartite ‘division of labour’ between writers, critics and readers. Chapter One charts the early development of crime fiction, and contextualises the evolution of the classical and hardboiled variants that were to provide a durable conceptual framework for discourse in the Argentine context. Chapter Two examines a number of pioneering early works by Argentine authors, before analysing Borges’ multi-faceted aesthetic campaign on behalf of the ‘classical’ detective story. Chapter Three examines a transitional period for the Argentine crime genre, book-ended by the three Vea y Lea magazine-sponsored detective story competitions that acted as a vital stimulus to innovation among Argentine writers. It includes a substantial treatment of the work of Rodolfo Walsh, documenting his transition from crime writer and anthologist to pioneer of the non-fiction novel and investigative journalism traditions. Chapter Four examines the period in which the novela negra came to achieve dominance in Argentina, in particular the aesthetic counter-campaigns conducted by Ricardo Piglia and others on behalf of the hard-boiled variant. The study concludes with a detailed analysis of Pablo Leonardo’s La mala guita (1976), which is considered as a paradigmatic example of crime fiction in Argentina in this period. The final chapter presents conclusions and a summary of the dissertation, and recommendations for further research.

Establecimiento de sistemas silvopastoriles : efecto de la edad del material de multiplicación y manejo del pastoreo con bovinos

El establecimiento de un sistema silvopastoril (SSP) en plantaciones de álamo (Populus deltoides `Australiano 106/60´) requiere de nuevas estrategias de manejo. En este contexto, la combinación del tipo de material de multiplicación utilizado y su palatabilidad pueden resultar determinantes del éxito de la instalación del sistema. El objetivo general del estudio fue generar una nueva tecnología para la instalación de un SSP con álamos orientado a la producción de madera para múltiples destinos. El primer objetivo consistió en evaluar los cambios que se producen en diferentes distancias de plantación sobre la dimensión y características morfológicas de las guías de álamo, materiales de multiplicación potencialmente aptos para instalar un SSP, y el segundo, determinar el efecto del tamaño y/o edad de las guías sobre el crecimiento del componente arbóreo y la sensibilidad al daño de las mismas frente al pastoreo de ganado bovino en un SSP de álamo. Los resultados indican que los mayores distanciamientos ensayados produjeron las mejores guías de uno, dos y tres años de edad, con mayor DAP, altura total, biomasa aérea, rectitud, conicidad y estabilidad del fuste. Se determinó además que es posible acelerar el ingreso del ganado de cría al SSP utilizando guías con un DAP igual ó mayor a los 6 cm, con una respuesta positiva durante los primeros años de plantación. Las hojas y ramitas tiernas de álamo, productos de una poda de primavera, constituyeron por su buena disponibilidad de PB, P y K y su DE un buen complemento de la dieta animal. Se concluye finalmente que, utilizando guías de álamo como material de multiplicación, es posible producir anticipadamente madera de álamo para usos múltiples, pasturas naturales espontáneas y carne vacuna en los SSP del bajo Delta del Río Paraná.