Potencialidades de desarrollo y movilización local: un estudio SIAL en Santa Cruz de Turrialba

El queso fresco blanco, conocido como queso Turrialba en Costa Rica, es un producto de mucho valor económico  y social, que ha despertado un interés particular en el análisis de sus estructuras de producción y las redes interrelaciónales entre los diferentes actores involucrados en su elaboración y comercio local y regional.  Se comprobó la existencia de un SIAL en Santa Cruz de Turrialba que cuenta con organizaciones con objetivos y metas comunes que han dado origen a acciones colectivas operativas. Este SIAL ha generado también acciones operativas individuales que han diversificado, entre otras, la comercialización de su producto. En el plano colectivo, la planificación y priorización de sus proyecciones futuras están afectando no solamente el área de la producción agroindustrial sino también otros campos como el turismo agroecológico.   ABSTRACT The fresh White cheese in Costa Rica is well known as “Turrialba cheese”. This cheese has high economic and social value and its production structure and its local and regional relations networks became a very interesting fact of analysis. It has been proved the occurrence of a local Agrofood System (SIAL) in Santa Cruz of Turrialba, where organizations with specific common purposes and goals were present. This situation originated individual operative action  as in order to diversity their products and markets. On the collective side, the planification and priorization of their future projects and ideas, have influenced not only the production, but also another fields like the development of agro ecological tourism in the region.

Relación de los méritos, grados y servicios del licenciado Don Pedro Agustín Morel de Santa Cruz, deán de la Iglesia Catedral de la Ciudad de Santiago de Cuba

Al español lo caracterizó su afán de trascender, sin privarse de las cosas y placeres terrenales, pero teniendo muy presente que a pesar de que esta vida es perecedera, debe ser gozada, disfrutada, frente a lo inevitable de la muerte. Este goce y deleite no sólo debe entenderse de las cosas materiales, sino también de aquellas cosas que permitieron un goce espiritual, quizás más intenso que el que provoca la materia a los sentidos, como lo son la fama y el honor.

Proyecto, elaboración y puesta en práctica de una unidad didáctica de cultura clásica.

Este proyecto fue asumido por profesorado de los institutos Cándido Marante Expósito, de San Andres y Sauces; El Pilar, de Santa Cruz de La Palma y el Eusebio Barreto Lorenzo de Los Llanos de Aridane, con un total de siete componentes. El proyecto inicial estaba dividido en tres fases: fase de planificación, fase de desarrollo y fase de evaluación. En la primera fase se integró las indicaciones del diseño curricular de Cultura Clásica y las sugerencias de los miembros del grupo. Para la elaboración de la unidad didáctica se eligió el tema de 'La Astrología y el Mundo Clásico: los signos del zodiaco'. Como texto base se eligió la traducción de parte del poema Phaenomena Astronomica del griego Arato y se trabajó la temporalización de la misma. Con respecto a la fase de desarrollo de la unidad didáctica fue la que requirió más esfuerzo. En ella se debatieron todas las posibles dificultades que fueron surgiendo a lo largo de la experimentación de la unidad. La evaluación fue planteada dentro del grupo de trabajo desde los interrogantes cuándo, qué aspectos y cómo se iba a realizar la evaluación, es decir a través de qué pruebas e instrumentos. La forma de evaluar sería globalizadora pues, además de responder a un test, elaborado como prueba de evaluación, se tendrían en cuenta todas las actividades y trabajos tanto individuales como en grupo, realizados por los alumnos. Queda pendiente el apartado de resultados con respecto a la puesta en práctica de la unidad..

Ovelha Santa Inês é mãe de cordeiros quadrigêmeos: relato de caso

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Spatial and temporal variation in settlement, growth and condition of the rockfish species Sebastes caurinus and Sebastes carnatus in the Channel Islands region, Santa Barbara, CA

Survival during the early life stages of marine species, including nearshore temperate reef fishes, is typically very low, and small changes in mortality rates, due to physiological and environmental conditions, can have marked effects on survival of a cohort and, on a larger scale, on the success of a recruitment season. Moreover, trade offs between larval growth and accumulation of energetic resources prior to settlement are likely to influence growth and survival until this critical period and afterwards. Rockfish recruitment rates are notoriously variable between years and across geographic locations. Monitoring of rates of onshore delivery of pelagic juveniles (defined here as settlement) of two species of nearshore rockfishes, Sebastes caurinus and Sebastes carnatus, was done between 2003-2009 years using artificial collectors placed at San Miguel and Santa Cruz Island, off Southern California coast. I investigated spatiotemporal variation in settlement rate, lipid content, pelagic larval duration and larval growth of the newly settled fishes; I assessed relationships between birth date, larval growth, early life-history characteristics and lipid content at settlement, considering also interspecific differences; finally, I attempt to relate interannual patterns of settlement and of early life history traits to easily accessible, local and regional indices of ocean conditions including in situ ocean temperature and regional upwelling, sea surface temperature (SST) and Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration. Spatial variations appeared to be of low relevance, while significant interannual differences were detected in settlement rate, pelagic larval duration and larval growth. The amount of lipid content of the newly settled fishes was highly variable in space and time, but did not differ between the two species and did not show any relationships with early life history traits, indicating that no trade off involved these physiological processes or they were masked by high individual variability in different periods of larval life. Significant interspecific differences were found in the timing of parturition and settlement and in larval growth rates, with S. carnatus growing faster and breeding and settling later than S. caurinus. The two species exhibited also different patterns of correlations between larval growth rates and larval duration. S. carnatus larval duration was longer when the growth in the first two weeks post-hatch was faster, while S. caurinus had a shorter larval duration when grew fast in the middle and in the end of larval life, suggesting different larval strategies. Fishes with longer larval durations were longer in size at settlement and exhibited longer planktonic phase in periods of favourable environmental conditions. Ocean conditions had a low explanatory power for interannual variation in early life history traits, but a very high explanatory power for settlement fluctuations, with regional upwelling strength being the principal indicator. Nonetheless, interannual variability in larval duration and growth were related to great phenological changes in upwelling happened during the period of this study and that caused negative consequences at all trophic levels along the California coast. Despite the low explanatory power of the environmental variables used in this study on the variation of larval biological traits, environmental processes were differently related with early life history characteristics analyzed to species, indicating possible species-specific susceptibility to ocean conditions and local environmental adaptation, which should be further investigated. These results have implications for understanding the processes influencing larval and juvenile survival, and consequently recruitment variability, which may be dependent on biological characteristics and environmental conditions.

Ansicht von Kroß Canari mit dem Hafen von Sta. Cruz

Louise von Panhuys

Oración funebre de la virtuosa Margarita Albertos y Mora... natural de ... Orihuela ... : pronunciada en la Iglesia de Santa Lucia de religiosas de el Orden de Santo Domingo el dia 25 de octubre de 1777 ...

Marca tip. del impresor en port

Glorias sagradas, aplausos festivos y elogios poeticos en la perfeccion del hermoso magnifico templo de la Santa Iglesia Cathedral de Salamanca y colocacion de el Augustissimo Sacramento en su Nuevo Sumptuoso Tabernaculo /

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Study of new particle formation in subtropical urban environment in Brisbane, Australia

Atmospheric ultrafine particles play an important role in affecting human health, altering climate and degrading visibility. Numerous studies have been conducted to better understand the formation process of these particles, including field measurements, laboratory chamber studies and mathematical modeling approaches. Field studies on new particle formation found that formation processes were significantly affected by atmospheric conditions, such as the availability of particle precursors and meteorological conditions. However, those studies were mainly carried out in rural areas of the northern hemisphere and information on new particle formation in urban areas, especially those in subtropical regions, is limited. In general, subtropical regions display a higher level of solar radiation, along with stronger photochemical reactivity, than those regions investigated in previous studies. However, based on the results of these studies, the mechanisms involved in the new particle formation process remain unclear, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, in order to fill this gap in knowledge, a new particle formation study was conducted in a subtropical urban area in the Southern Hemisphere during 2009, which measured particle size distribution in different locations in Brisbane, Australia. Characterisation of nucleation events was conducted at the campus building of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), located in an urban area of Brisbane. Overall, the annual average number concentrations of ultrafine, Aitken and nucleation mode particles were found to be 9.3 x 103, 3.7 x 103 and 5.6 x 103 cm-3, respectively. This was comparable to levels measured in urban areas of northern Europe, but lower than those from polluted urban areas such as the Yangtze River Delta, China and Huelva and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. Average particle number concentration (PNC) in the Brisbane region did not show significant seasonal variation, however a relatively large variation was observed during the warmer season. Diurnal variation of Aitken and nucleation mode particles displayed different patterns, which suggested that direct vehicle exhaust emissions were a major contributor of Aitken mode particles, while nucleation mode particles originated from vehicle exhaust emissions in the morning and photochemical production at around noon. A total of 65 nucleation events were observed during 2009, in which 40 events were classified as nucleation growth events and the remainder were nucleation burst events. An interesting observation in this study was that all nucleation growth events were associated with vehicle exhaust emission plumes, while the nucleation burst events were associated with industrial emission plumes from an industrial area. The average particle growth rate for nucleation events was found to be 4.6 nm hr-1 (ranging from 1.79-7.78 nm hr-1), which is comparable to other urban studies conducted in the United States, while monthly particle growth rates were found to be positively related to monthly solar radiation (r = 0.76, p <0.05). The particle growth rate values reported in this work are the first of their kind to be reported for the subtropical urban area of Australia. Furthermore, the influence of nucleation events on PNC within the urban airshed was also investigated. PNC was simultaneously measured at urban (QUT), roadside (Woolloongabba) and semi-urban (Rocklea) sites in Brisbane during 2009. Total PNC at these sites was found to be significantly affected by regional nucleation events. The relative fractions of PNC to total daily PNC observed at QUT, Woolloongabba and Rocklea were found to be 12%, 9% and 14%, respectively, during regional nucleation events. These values were higher than those observed as a result of vehicle exhaust emissions during weekday mornings, which ranged from 5.1-5.5% at QUT and Woolloongabba. In addition, PNC in the semi-urban area of Rocklea increased by a factor of 15.4 when it was upwind from urban pollution sources under the influence of nucleation burst events. Finally, we investigated the influence of sulfuric acid on new particle formation in the study region. A H2SO4 proxy was calculated by using [SO2], solar radiation and particle condensation sink data to represent the new particle production strength for the urban, roadside and semi-urban areas of Brisbane during the period June-July of 2009. The temporal variations of the H2SO4 proxies and the nucleation mode particle concentration were found to be in phase during nucleation events in the urban and roadside areas. In contrast, the peak of proxy concentration occurred 1-2 hr prior to the observed peak in nucleation mode particle concentration at the downwind semi-urban area of Brisbane. A moderate to strong linear relationship was found between the proxy and the freshly formed particles, with r2 values of 0.26-0.77 during the nucleation events. In addition, the log[H2SO4 proxy] required to produce new particles was found to be ~1.0 ppb Wm-2 s and below 0.5 ppb Wm-2 s for the urban and semi-urban areas, respectively. The particle growth rates were similar during nucleation events at the three study locations, with an average value of 2.7 ± 0.5 nm hr-1. This result suggested that a similar nucleation mechanism dominated in the study region, which was strongly related to sulphuric acid concentration, however the relationship between the proxy and PNC was poor in the semi-urban area of Rocklea. This can be explained by the fact that the nucleation process was initiated upwind of the site and the resultant particles were transported via the wind to Rocklea. This explanation is also supported by the higher geometric mean diameter value observed for particles during the nucleation event and the time lag relationship between the H2SO4 proxy and PNC observed at Rocklea. In summary, particle size distribution was continuously measured in a subtropical urban area of southern hemisphere during 2009, the findings from which formed the first particle size distribution dataset in the study region. The characteristics of nucleation events in the Brisbane region were quantified and the properties of the nucleation growth and burst events are discussed in detail using a case studies approach. To further investigate the influence of nucleation events on PNC in the study region, PNC was simultaneously measured at three locations to examine the spatial variation of PNC during the regional nucleation events. In addition, the impact of upwind urban pollution on the downwind semi-urban area was quantified during these nucleation events. Sulphuric acid was found to be an important factor influencing new particle formation in the urban and roadside areas of the study region, however, a direct relationship with nucleation events at the semi-urban site was not observed. This study provided an overview of new particle formation in the Brisbane region, and its influence on PNC in the surrounding area. The findings of this work are the first of their kind for an urban area in the southern hemisphere.

Possible impacts of the invasive plant Rubus niveus on the native vegetation of the Scalesia Forest in the Galapagos Islands

Originally from Asia, Rubus niveus has become one of the most widespread invasive plant species in the Galapagos Islands. It has invaded open vegetation, shrubland and forest alike. It forms dense thickets up to 4 m high, appearing to displace native vegetation, and threaten the integrity of several native communities. This study used correlation analysis between a R. niveus cover gradient and a number of biotic (vascular plant species richness, cover and vegetation structure) and abiotic (light and soil properties) parameters to help understand possible impacts in one of the last remaining fragments of the Scalesia forest in Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos. Higher cover of R. niveus was associated with significantly lower native species richness and cover, and a different forest structure. Results illustrated that 60% R. niveus cover could be considered a threshold for these impacts. We suggest that a maximum of 40% R. niveus cover could be a suitable management target.

Essays on macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy rules

Economic and Monetary Union can be characterised as a complicated set of legislation and institutions governing monetary and fiscal responsibilities. The measures of fiscal responsibility are to be guided by the Stability and Growth Pact, which sets rules for fiscal policy and makes a discretionary fiscal policy virtually impossible. To analyse the effects of the fiscal and monetary policy mix, we modified the New Keynesian framework to allow for supply effects of fiscal policy. We show that defining a supply-side channel for fiscal policy using an endogenous output gap changes the stabilising properties of monetary policy rules. The stability conditions are affected by fiscal policy, so that the dichotomy between active (passive) monetary policy and passive (active) fiscal policy as stabilising regimes does not hold, and it is possible to have an active monetary - active fiscal policy regime consistent with dynamical stability of the economy. We show that, if we take supply-side effects into ac-count, we get more persistent inflation and output reactions. We also show that the dichotomy does not hold for a variety of different fiscal policy rules based on government debt and budget deficit, using the tax smoothing hypothesis and formulating the tax rules as difference equations. The debt rule with active monetary policy results in indeterminacy, while the deficit rule produces a determinate solution with active monetary policy, even with active fiscal policy. The combination of fiscal requirements in a rule results in cyclical responses to shocks. The amplitude of the cycle is larger with more weight on debt than on deficit. Combining optimised monetary policy with fiscal policy rules means that, under a discretionary monetary policy, the fiscal policy regime affects the size of the inflation bias. We also show that commitment to an optimal monetary policy not only corrects the inflation bias but also increases the persistence of output reactions. With fiscal policy rules based on the deficit we can retain the tax smoothing hypothesis also in a sticky price model.

Efecto de métodos mecánicos y químicos de control de malezas, sobre la dinámica de las malezas y el crecimiento y rendimiento del frijol común (Phaseolus vulgaris) valoración económica

Durante la época de postrera de 1993, se realizó el siguiente estudio en la finca "San Diego" ubicada en el municipio de Santa Cruz, km. 59 1/2, carretera sur, Carazo. El objetivo fue determinar el efecto de formas de control de malezas mecánicas y químicas sobre la dinámica de las malezas y el crecimiento y rendimiento de frijol común. Los tratamiento con control mecánico evaluados fueron limpia periódica y control durante el período crítico y los tratamiento químicos incluyeron tratamiento pre-emergentes a base de metholachlor, pendimetalin y la combinación de ambos, y los tratamientos post-emergentes a base de Fluazifop-hutil, fomesafen y el tratamiento que incluye la combinación de ambos. Todos los herbicidas se aplicaron en la dosis recomendada comercialmente. Un tratamiento fue dejado enmalezado como parcela control. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que la predominancia de las malezas en el tratamiento enmalezado fue de hoja ancha, sin embargo dicha predominancia estuvo influenciada por la especificidad de los herbicidas utilizados. La combinación de los herbicidas post-emergentes fluazifop-butil + fomesafen resulto ser el mejor tratamiento para el control de las malezas, ya que presenta la menor abundancia y biomasa de malezas. La aplicación del herbicida metholachlor resulto la mejor aplicación pre-emergente, sin embargo no es suficiente para reducir la competencia. El tratamiento de mejor rentabilidad es el control durante el período crítico, seguido del tratamiento post-emergente de fomesafen, con estos tratamientos se obtuvo la tasa de retorno marginal más aceptable.

Estabilidad y rendimiento de seis materiales genéticos de frijol común (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) en distintas zonas de Nicaragua

El presente trabajo se realizo con el objetivo de evaluar la estabilidad y capacidad derendimiento de seis poblaciones de frijol común (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) (dos variedades mejoradas) DOR-364 e INTA-Masatepe, (cuatro variedades locales) V16, V29, V6 y V9 en seis localidades del país (Dulce Nombre de Jesús, Darío; Matagalpa; Tomatoya, Jinotega; Las Cámaras, Santa Cruz, Estelí; La Poma, Masaya; La Pita, Santo Tomas, Chontales y La Compañía, San Marcos, Carazo) El experimento consistió en un bifactorial en un diseño de Bloques Completamente al Azar (BCA). El rendimiento de los materiales genéticos se sometió al análisis de estabilidad mediante estadísticas univariadas de estabilidad y el análisis AMMI (Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interactions) que permitió una mejor interpretación de la interacción material genético-localidad. Los resultados significativos de dicha interacción demostraron que los materiales genéticos se comportaron de manera diferente en las distintas localidades. La variedad INTA-Masatepe según el análisis combinado de estabilidad y rendimiento, resultó superior al resto. El análisis AMMI permitió detectar interacciones positivas y negativas entre los diferentes materiales genéticos y localidades resaltando el comportamiento de DOR-364 y V9 en San Marcos (ambiente de alta productividad) y las variedades locales V29 y V16 en las localidades de Dulce Nombre, Masaya y Estelí (ambiente de baja productividad). La variedad local V6 resultó tan estable como INTA-Masatepe pero deficiente en cuanto a rendimiento. El estudio no permitió detectar una interacción específica de INTA-Masatepe con una localidad en particular.

Caracterización y evaluación preliminar de cincuenta clones de yuca (Manihot esculenta crantz)

Este trabajo se inició con la búsqueda de material criollo y/o introducido en todas las regiones del país, con el objetivo de concentrar la mayor variabilidad posible, de la especie. Posteriormente se preparó una guía preliminar de descriptores para efectuar la caracterización (se caracterizaron 50 clones). Esta consta de 55 descriptores, la que permite hacer una descripción completa de la colección. Para poder validar se realizaron dos siembras; una en la “Hacienda Las Mercedes y otra en los campos experimentales del programa de Recursos Genéticos Nicaragüenses, Ambos en la localidad del Rodeo km 12 ½ carretera Norte, Managua, Managua. Esta investigación permitió establecer una guía de descriptores definitiva >(consta de 31 descriptores) en la que se eliminan aquellos que no definen clones, a la vez se proponen descriptores que no deben excluirse cuando se realizan trabajos de este tipo. Por otra parte se seleccionaron los mejores clones de acuerdo a: Rendimiento promedio de raíces, siendo los más sobresalientes: yuca Sutre, Ingram, cubana; CM-91-3, White Joe, M-Col -673, Yuca blanca, yuca plátano, yuca ceiba. Producción de follaje: Smalling santa Cruz, Chilkena , CMC16, Yuca Blanca, Agria, Valencia, White Joe, Yuca Batata, Yuca Sutre valencia, Colorado, Turrucares 1. Además, se proponen algunas características morfológicas (prominencia de la base, longitud de entrenudos, textura de la superficie de la raíz) para colectar germoplasma de yuca Manihot esculents Crantz en Nicaragua, con el fin de conseguir clones sobresalientes.