Pesquería y biología de la anguila común Ophichthus pacifici (Günther) en el Perú

Presenta información sobre los principales aspectos biológicos y pesqueros efectuado durante la actividad extractiva de la anguila común frente a Paita; con el fin de estudiar, conocer el potencial y disponibilidad cuantificada del recurso para así estimar sus posiblidades de explotación.

Coaches

A seated Ed Davis points out to (form left to right) Dr. Gunther Doeker, Fencing Coach; Mr. Les Korchok, Basketball Coach; Prof. A. G. Lowenberger, Director of Physical Education and Recreation; Mr. Tony Biernacki, Rowing Coach; Dr. E. Mirynech, Faculty Advisor; and Dr. Cam Lewis, Curling Coach when Brock will open its 1967-68 Ontario Intercollegiate hockey season.

De l'«être» vers l'«avoir été» : muabilité du corps humain au moment du décès

"Le cadavre – cette dépouille mortelle, ce corps inanimé devant lequel la fatalité inéluctable s'est abattue – symbolise à la fois un produit de consommation, un objet de culte et une matière de la science. La première acception s'observe au regard du cannibalisme qui permet à ses pratiquants de s'approprier les qualités de la victime et d'effrayer les ennemis; cette vision occidentale d'un être « sauvage mangeur d'homme » inspire notamment Shakespeare à créer Caliban, personnage maléfique dans la comédie La tempête. La deuxième acception renvoie aux rituels funéraires, où le cadavre tend à une certaine sacralisation par le procédé de momification qui, dans l'ancienne Égypte, visait à préserver le corps du défunt afin d'assurer l'existence de son âme dans l'au-delà. La troisième acception transpose le cadavre dans le domaine scientifique; il revêt alors une finalité de « serviabilité » et constitue un « patrimoine biologique » par la possibilité de dons d'organes à titre gratuit, car justifiés par un intérêt altruiste. Une considération contemporaine sur le caractère lucratif du don se pose néanmoins à la lumière des expositions « Bodies » – technique de plastination de l'inventeur Gunther Von Hagen – et de celle projetée par Andreï Molodkin, cet alchimiste de la chair humaine – procédé qui consiste à faire cuire des corps humains pour qu'ils deviennent une huile brute. Outre le questionnement relatif à la provenance des corps ou des organes exposés, il est permis de s'interroger sur le véritable dessein – mercantile ou scientifique? – poursuivi par ces concepteurs."

Analyse de la traduction d’un texte multimodal : la bande dessinée : le cas de Mujeres alteradas

La présente recherche porte sur la traduction de la bande dessinée. Ce sujet, auparavant négligé par les traductologes, commence à susciter l’intérêt des chercheurs à partir les années 80. Toutefois, la plupart des travaux se sont concentrés sur l’aspect linguistique des BD. Ce mémoire, par contre, aborde la bande dessinée comme un texte multimodal. Il s’inscrit ainsi à la croisée des domaines de la traduction et de la multimodalité telle que proposée dans les travaux de Gunther Kress et Theo Van Leeuwen (2001). L’objectif de cette recherche est d’implanter un outil d’analyse pour la bande dessinée qui permettrait de rendre compte des différents modes intervenant dans le texte. Cet outil, conçu pour la présente recherche, a été développé à partir des travaux de Hatim et Mason (1990, 1997) sur les trois dimensions de la situation de communication : transaction communicative, action pragmatique et interaction sémiotique. L’analyse menée ici porte sur la traduction vers le français de la bande dessinée argentine Mujeres alteradas de Maitena Burundarena, parue sous le titre de Les déjantées.

Comentarios a la nueva estructura del proceso penal - ley 906 del 2004

La presente investigación tiene como objeto enmarcar sistemáticamente las normas de la nueva estructura del proceso penal en Colombia, rofundizando de manera congruente y comparativa, el espíritu de cada norma y su aplicación en el ámbito jurídico penal colombiano.

El delito fiscal

El fenómeno de la infracción fiscal (evasión y fraude fiscal) no es simplemente transgredir el ordenamiento tributario, es también violar el precepto constitucional del Estado Social de Derecho que se concretiza en la obligación de los asociados

How can strategic philanthropy contribute to innovation for companies

This investigation proposes to explore the existing link between a strategic conception of philanthropy and innovation. Indeed, the nature of the research question relies on an unexplored field in the CSR and Innovation management academic literature. It starts with the interest to know which the benefits are for a firm encouraged to invest strategically in philanthropy. In this regard, the analysis contributes in fitting this gap by following different objectives in an exploratory perspective. Throughout the research it will be analyzed the concept and the current and past contributions on the different branches of innovation (product innovation, managerial innovation, technological innovation), to accentuate the relation between an accurate strategic approach to philanthropy and the impact on the organizational value. Indeed, analyzing philanthropic innovation may provide insights about business opportunities and notions related to social investments and profit. That aspect includes the link between those strategic decisions that a firm can use to maximize those investments as it was part of their core business. It also proves the existing link between CSR and innovation, and the possibilities that the enterprises have towards this subject.

Evolución histórica de los códigos penales y procedimiento penal colombiano

Toda Constitución es un esquema de poder. Como toda concepción de poder se refiere y tiene por objeto al hombre, implica una toma de posición, un pronunciamiento sobre la libertad y sus garantías. La idea de libertad - garantía, de la libertad defendida, o de las garantías constitucionales de la libertad, se atribuye con justicia al constitucionalismo liberal, creado por la tradición inglesa (Magna Charta, 1215; Petito of right 1627; Hábeas Corpus, Act 1679; Bill of Rights 1689), su secuencia norteamericana (Declaración de Derechos de Virginia, 1776 y Acta de declaración de la independencia, 1776), y el movimiento ideológico francés del enciclopedismo y la ilustración que quedó plasmado en la Declaración de Derecho del Hombre y el Ciudadano de 1789. Generalidad y oponibilidad al Estado constituyen la esencia de las garantías ciudadanas proclamadas por el liberalismo: mecanismos, prestación, servicio, procedimiento de vigilancia y control, reparación, control, moderación o intervención, que tiendan a dar seguridad, vigencia real y eficacia a una libertad para todos, es una garantía.

Estrategias bilingües e interculturales en familias transmigrantes.

Monográfico con el título: 'Las TIC en la educación obligatoria: de la teoría a la política y la práctica'. Resumen basado en el de la publicación

Understanding the alphaviruses: Recent research on important emerging pathogens and progress towards their control

The alphaviruses were amongst the first arboviruses to be isolated, characterized and assigned a taxonomic status. They are globally very widespread, infecting a large variety of terrestrial animals, insects and even fish, and circulate both in the sylvatic and urban/peri-urban environment, causing considerable human morbidity and mortality. Nevertheless, despite their obvious importance as pathogens, there are currently no effective antiviral drugs with which to treat humans or animals infected by any of these viruses. The EU-supported project—VIZIER (Comparative Structural Genomics of Viral Enzymes Involved in Replication, FP6 Project: 2004-511960) was instigated with an ultimate view of contributing to the development of antiviral therapies for RNA viruses, including the alphaviruses [Coutard, B., Gorbalenya, A.E., Snijder, E.J., Leontovich, A.M., Poupon, A., De Lamballerie, X., Charrel, R., Gould, E.A., Gunther, S., Norder, H., Klempa, B., Bourhy, H., Rohayemj, J., L’hermite, E., Nordlund, P., Stuart, D.I., Owens, R.J., Grimes, J.M., Tuckerm, P.A., Bolognesi, M., Mattevi, A., Coll, M., Jones, T.A., Åqvist, J., Unger, T., Hilgenfeld, R., Bricogne, G., Neyts, J., La Colla, P., Puerstinger, G., Gonzalez, J.P., Leroy, E., Cambillau, C., Romette, J.L., Canard, B., 2008. The VIZIER project: preparedness against pathogenic RNA viruses. Antiviral Res. 78, 37–46]. This review highlights some of the major features of alphaviruses that have been investigated during recent years. After describing their classification, epidemiology and evolutionary history and the expanding geographic distribution of Chikungunya virus, we review progress in understanding the structure and function of alphavirus replicative enzymes achieved under the VIZIER programme and the development of new disease control strategies.

Separating heart and brain: on the reduction of physiological noise from multichannel functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) signals

Objective. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an emerging technique for the in vivo assessment of functional activity of the cerebral cortex as well as in the field of brain–computer interface (BCI) research. A common challenge for the utilization of fNIRS in these areas is a stable and reliable investigation of the spatio-temporal hemodynamic patterns. However, the recorded patterns may be influenced and superimposed by signals generated from physiological processes, resulting in an inaccurate estimation of the cortical activity. Up to now only a few studies have investigated these influences, and still less has been attempted to remove/reduce these influences. The present study aims to gain insights into the reduction of physiological rhythms in hemodynamic signals (oxygenated hemoglobin (oxy-Hb), deoxygenated hemoglobin (deoxy-Hb)). Approach. We introduce the use of three different signal processing approaches (spatial filtering, a common average reference (CAR) method; independent component analysis (ICA); and transfer function (TF) models) to reduce the influence of respiratory and blood pressure (BP) rhythms on the hemodynamic responses. Main results. All approaches produce large reductions in BP and respiration influences on the oxy-Hb signals and, therefore, improve the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). In contrast, for deoxy-Hb signals CAR and ICA did not improve the CNR. However, for the TF approach, a CNR-improvement in deoxy-Hb can also be found. Significance. The present study investigates the application of different signal processing approaches to reduce the influences of physiological rhythms on the hemodynamic responses. In addition to the identification of the best signal processing method, we also show the importance of noise reduction in fNIRS data.

Improvement and sensitivity analysis of thermal thin-ice thickness retrievals

Considering the sea ice decline in the Arctic during the last decades, polynyas are of high research interest since these features are core areas of new ice formation. The determination of ice formation requires accurate retrieval of polynya area and thin-ice thickness (TIT) distribution within the polynya.We use an established energy balance model to derive TITs with MODIS ice surface temperatures (Ts) and NCEP/DOE Reanalysis II in the Laptev Sea for two winter seasons. Improvements of the algorithm mainly concern the implementation of an iterative approach to calculate the atmospheric flux components taking the atmospheric stratification into account. Furthermore, a sensitivity study is performed to analyze the errors of the ice thickness. The results are the following: 1) 2-m air temperatures (Ta) and Ts have the highest impact on the retrieved ice thickness; 2) an overestimation of Ta yields smaller ice thickness errors as an underestimation of Ta; 3) NCEP Ta shows often a warm bias; and 4) the mean absolute error for ice thicknesses up to 20 cm is ±4.7 cm. Based on these results, we conclude that, despite the shortcomings of the NCEP data (coarse spatial resolution and no polynyas), this data set is appropriate in combination with MODIS Ts for the retrieval of TITs up to 20 cm in the Laptev Sea region. The TIT algorithm can be applied to other polynya regions and to past and future time periods. Our TIT product is a valuable data set for verification of other model and remote sensing ice thickness data.

Sanitation assessment of wastewater treated by stabilization ponds for potential reuse in agricultural irrigation sanitation assessment

Wastewater reuse has become an important alternative to agricultural irrigation; on the other hand, it poses concern with regard to public health. Total coliform and Escherichia coli concentration, presence of helminth eggs and Salmonella, and physical-chemical parameters were evaluated in raw and treated wastewater. Chemical and biochemical oxygen demand removal efficiency was 74.6 and 77.9%, respectively. As for organic nitrogen, total phosphorus, and total suspended solids, total efficiency removal was 17.4, 12.5, and 32.9%, respectively. The average density of total coliforms and E. coli was 3.5 x 10(9) and 1.8 x 10(8) MPN/100 mL and 1.1 x 10(7) MPN/100 mL and 3.9 x 10(5) MPN/100 mL for raw and treated wastewater, respectively. Ascaris eggs were observed in 80.8% of the samples collected, and viable eggs in 42.3% of the samples. Salmonella was detected in 36.4% of the samples. The values observed in treated wastewater did not show the adequate bacteriological quality, as recommended by World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland). Therefore, additional measures should be taken to achieve an improved microbiological and parasitological quality.

An old taxonomic dilemma: the identity of the western south Atlantic lebranche mullet (Teleostei: Perciformes: Mugilidae)

The identification of the lebranche mullet in the western south Atlantic has long been problematical. In most recent works either Mugil liza Valenciennes and M. platanus Gunther, 1880 or M. liza and M. cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 were recognized from the region and more rarely the occurrence of only one species has been proposed but without sufficient morphological, biochemical or molecular data to allow the designation of the taxonomically appropriate name. Analysis of meristic and morphometric data taken from samples collected from Venezuela to Argentina, clearly indicates that there is only one species of lebranche mullet in the Caribbean Sea region and the Atlantic coast of South America and that Mugil liza is the appropriate name. The comparison of the combined data from all the samples of M. liza with the data taken from one sample of M. cephalus that originated in the Mediterranean, the possible locality from which type specimens were collected (Eschmeyer and Fricke, 2009), revealed significant differences indicating that they are different species. It is also suggested that individuals from the western north Atlantic identified as M. cephalus might represent a population of M. liza in this region.