Eco-rastreo Agosto 1968

Da a conocer las observaciones tomadas durante el eco-rastreo relámpago, efectuado el día 23 de agosto de 1968, cubriendo las zona comprendida entre Punta Arcana y Punta San Juan hasta 60 y 80 millas de la costa. Brinda, a su vez, recomendaciones para las próximas actividades de la flota pesquera dedicada a la pesca de anchoveta, indicando rumbo y horas de navegación desde diferentes puertos, a fin de llegar a las zonas de mayor disponibilidad del recurso.

Translation to success of surgical innovation.

Contemporary thoracic and cardiovascular surgery uses extensive equipment and devices to enable its performance. As the specialties develop and new frontiers are crossed, the technology needs to advance in a parallel fashion. Strokes of genius or problem-solving brain-storming may generate great ideas, but the metamorphosis of an idea into a physical functioning tool requires a lot more than just a thinking process. A modern surgical device is the end-point of a sophisticated, complicated and potentially treacherous route, which incorporates new skills and knowledge acquisition. Processes including technology transfer, commercialisation, corporate and product development, intellectual property and regulatory routes all play pivotal roles in this voyage. Many good ideas may fall by the wayside for a multitude of reasons as they may not be marketable or may be badly marketed. In this article, we attempt to illuminate the components required in the process of surgical innovation, which we believe must remain in the remit of the modern-day thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon.

Eco-rastreo - Agosto 1969

Presenta los resultados de los ploteos sobre la distribución teórica de las áreas de abundancia o densidad de cardúmenes y compara los resultados encontrados en agosto de años anteriores. A su vez, presenta cuadros y gráficos acerca de las áreas de mayor concentración y disponibilidad del recurso anchoveta con las recomendaciones respectivas para la flota pesquera.

Eco-rastreo - Agosto 1970 Operación Eureka XVII (ERK - 7008)

Resume los resultados de la Operación Eureka XVII, incluyendo datos de las embarcaciones bolicheras e información relevante que puede ser utilizada por la flota anchovetera.

Eco-rastreo - Febrero 1971. Operación Eureka XVIII (ERK - 7102)

Desarrolla dos estapas dentro de la investigación del recurso anchoveta: rastreo relámpago, con el fin de obtener información sinóptica sobre la distribución y grados de concentración de la anchoveta, así como de parámetros ambientales establecidos para este tipo de prospección; y finalmente, operaciones de pesca, basadas en los resultados del rastreo acústico con el fin de identificar las concentraciones, determinar la densidad de los cardúmenes y obtener información sobre la composición de tamaños de la anchoveta.

Eco-rastreo - Agosto 1971. Operación Eureka XIX (ERK - 7108)

Da a conocer información sinóptica sobre la distribución y concentración de la anchoveta y su relación con algunos parámetros ambientales, tales como: la temperatura, salinidad y transparencia del mar.

Factors influencing the adoption of an innovation: an examination of the uptake of the Canadian Heart Health Kit (HHK)

BACKGROUND: There is an emerging knowledge base on the effectiveness of strategies to close the knowledge-practice gap. However, less is known about how attributes of an innovation and other contextual and situational factors facilitate and impede an innovation's adoption. The Healthy Heart Kit (HHK) is a risk management and patient education resource for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and promotion of cardiovascular health. Although previous studies have demonstrated the HHK's content validity and practical utility, no published study has examined physicians' uptake of the HHK and factors that shape its adoption. OBJECTIVES: Conceptually informed by Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation theory, and Theory of Planned Behaviour, this study had two objectives: (1) to determine if specific attributes of the HHK as well as contextual and situational factors are associated with physicians' intention and actual usage of the HHK kit; and (2), to determine if any contextual and situational factors are associated with individual or environmental barriers that prevent the uptake of the HHK among those physicians who do not plan to use the kit. METHODS: A sample of 153 physicians who responded to an invitation letter sent to all family physicians in the province of Alberta, Canada were recruited for the study. Participating physicians were sent a HHK, and two months later a study questionnaire assessed primary factors on the physicians' clinical practice, attributes of the HHK (relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, observability), confidence and control using the HHK, barriers to use, and individual attributes. All measures were used in path analysis, employing a causal model based on Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations Theory and Theory of Planned Behaviour. RESULTS: 115 physicians (follow up rate of 75%) completed the questionnaire. Use of the HHK was associated with intention to use the HHK, relative advantage, and years of experience. Relative advantage and the observability of the HHK benefits were also significantly associated with physicians' intention to use the HHK. Physicians working in solo medical practices reported experiencing more individual and environmental barriers to using the HHK. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that future information innovations must demonstrate an advantage over current resources and the research evidence supporting the innovation must be clearly visible. Findings also suggest that the innovation adoption process has a social element, and collegial interactions and discussions may facilitate that process. These results could be valuable for knowledge translation researchers and health promotion developers in future innovation adoption planning.

Los archivos de revistas electrónicas y ECO

El concepto de revistas electrónicas ha despertado mucho interés a nivel teórico desde la "explosión" de internet a principios de los años 90. Pero ha sido sólo en los dos últimos años cuando se han realizado aplicaciones a gran escala, sobre todo en el entorno universitario, donde se comienza a acceder a textos electrónicos ofrecidos por algunas de las grandes editoriales.

Wind Energy Where Wind and Innovation Work, 2010

Centrally located in America’s upper Midwest, Iowa lies in the heart of a 12-state region that will have installed an average of 2,701 mfi per year through 2014. In 2009 alone, this region, which is within one day delivery from Iowa, installed turbines valued at $7.8 billion! Once you understand how this exploding growth in the market intersects with the supply chain established by over 250 Iowa companies that are already providing components and services to wind energy manufacturers, you have an outstanding picture of exactly why all major wind manufacturing components are made in Iowa.

Ownership structure and innovation: Is there a real link?

This work focuses on the study of the relationship between ownership and control structure of the company and its innovative activity. Its aim consists of analysing the role that may be played by determinants within the company related to ownership structure when the decision to incur research and development activities is taken as well as on the output of this innovate process. Among these determinants we may think of issues such as who owns the firm and how the control of decision-making is distributed, the nature of this control and the level of concentration of ownership, among others. The study is carried out for the year 2001 using a representative sample of Spanish manufacturing industries.

The geography of innovation: the effects of university research

Applied studies on the relationship between geography and technological innovation for United States, Germany, France and Italy have shown the positive effects that academic research exerts on the innovate output of firms at spatial level. The purpose of this paper is to look for new evidence on the possible effects of the university research for the case of Spain. To do so, within the framework of a Griliches-Jaffe knowledge production function, and using panel data and count models, the relationship between innovate inputs and patents, in the case of the Spanish regions is explored

The geography of innovation: the effects of university research

Applied studies on the relationship between geography and technological innovation for United States, Germany, France and Italy have shown the positive effects that academic research exerts on the innovate output of firms at spatial level. The purpose of this paper is to look for new evidence on the possible effects of the university research for the case of Spain. To do so, within the framework of a Griliches-Jaffe knowledge production function, and using panel data and count models, the relationship between innovate inputs and patents, in the case of the Spanish regions is explored