Impossibilità di pensare Dio non esistente : il Proslogion di Anselmo d'Aosta come applicazione implicita dei moderni procedimenti di logica aletica

Resumen: La vera intenzione teologica di Anselmo d’Aosta nello scrivere il Proslogion e il vero significato del suo celebre unum argumentum vanno visti nella funzione che la ragione svolge necessariamente all’interno della vita di fede del cristiano. Anselmo, come Tommaso d’Aquino, non sostiene che l’esistenza di Dio sia un “articulus fidei” ma piuttosto uno dei “praeambula fidei”. La ragione naturale ha la certezza che Dio esiste, ancora prima della dimostrazione metafisica, e questo non fa che confermare l’assurdità di pensare che non esista il fondamento reale di tutte le cose esistenti.

Evaluación del uso de microorganismos de montaña como probióticos naturales líquidos y sólidos en pollos de engorde, finca Santa Rosa, Managua

El presente trabajo de investigación está enmarcado dentro de la producción orgánica animal que se impulsa como línea de investigación en el departamento de Medicina Veterinaria de la Facultad de Ciencia Animal de la UNA, que busca mejorar la inocuidad de los alimentos. El objetivo del experimento fue la evaluación del uso de microorganismos benéficos de montaña en forma sólida y líquida sobre parámetros productivos y sanitarios en pollos de engorde de la línea Arbor Acres - Ross. Los tratamientos utilizados fueron: T1 (alimento concentrado + 5 g de microorganismos benéficos de montaña en forma sólida = MBM sólido), T2 (agua de bebida + 17% de microorganismos benéficos de montaña = MBM líquido) y T3 (concentrado comercial testigo). Las evaluaciones correspondieron a los 28, 35 y 42 días. Las variables productivas evaluadas fueron Ganancia media diaria, Peso vivo, Conversión alimenticia y Rendimiento en canal; las variables sanitarias fueron Mortalidad y Prevalencia. Utilizando un DCA unifactorial se evaluó el efecto de los tratamientos. Mediante el análisis de varianza se obtuvo que los tratamientos sólo tuvieron influencia significativa (P<0.5) sobre las variables Ganancia media diaria y Peso vivo a los 42 días, mediante separación de medias por Duncan se obtuvo que para la Ganancia media diaria el mayor valor lo obtuvo el T2 (MBM líquido) con 65.30 g, seguido del T1 (MBM sólido) con 62.32 g y T3 (testigo) con 60.36 g. Para el peso vivo el comportamiento fue igual, presentando mayor Peso vivo el T2 con 2780.20 g, seguido del T1 con 2655.16 g y el T3 con 2572.83 g. La conversión alimenticia entre los tratamientos resultó similar con mejor valor en el T2 con 1.55 seguido del T1 con 1.59 y T3 con 1.60. El rendimiento en canal mediante medias situó al T2 con el mayor valor de 66.70%, seguido del T1 con 65.45% y T3 con 61%. La mortalidad por tratamientos fue igual con valor de 2.63% y la prevalencia por tratamiento fue nula, con todo esto se denota que es factible biológicamente el uso de microorganismos de montaña como suplemento alimenticio para mejorar el comportamiento productivo de pollos de engorde. Palabras clave: M.O benéficas, parámetros productivos, parámetros sanitarios, Arbor Acres-Ross. v

Evaluación de la producción de biogás y porcentaje de descontaminación de dos biodigestores tubulares plásticos alimentados con estiércol porcino y bovino en la Hacienda Santa Rosa, UNA-Managua

La presente investigación se efectuó en la Hacienda Santa Rosa Facultad de Ciencia Animal (FACA) de la Universidad Nacional Agraria (UNA-Managua) localizada en el Km 13 carretera norte, desvío a la comunidad de Sabana Grande, Managua, Nicaragua; ubicada a los 86º09'36'' longitud oeste y los 12º 08' 15''latitud norte con una altitud de 56 msnm con precipitación anual de 1,132.07 mm,temperatura anual de 27.08 ºC, una humedad relativa de 73.2%.La finalidad de esta investigación fue evaluar la producción de biogás en Biodigestores tubulares plásticos alimentados con estiércol porcino y bovino respectivamente y el porcentaje de descontaminación del efluente.Este estudio se inició en el mes de noviembre del año 2008 y finalizó en enero del 2009. Para este experimento se utilizaron dos Biodigestores tubulares plásticos, para instalarlos previamente se excavó una fosa en suelo firme tomando como dato un total de 20 cerdos distribuidos en dos corrales, los cuales tenían un peso entre 20 a 30 kg, y 10 bovinos con un peso promedio de 400 kg. Durante el desarrollo del experimento se midieron las variables. Cantidad de materia orgánica,Adición de agua, Producción de biogás,Producción de bioabono (efluente),eficiencia del sistema de reciclaje, temperatura del material en ambas cajas, oxígeno disuelto en el agua(DBO5) del material en caja de entrada y salida, pH del material. Para las variables producción de biogás, cantidad de estiércol y agua (afluente) y (efluente) producido se realizó una prueba de “tstudent” Una vez instalado los biodigestores, se iniciaron todas las mediciones dando seguimiento para determinar el tiempo de retención hidráulica.

Historia della disunione del Regno di Portogallo dalla Corona di Castiglia

Essa é a segunda edição de uma obra clássica sobre a restauração da monarquia portuguesa, com referências sobre o Brasil e adesão a D.João IV. O Séc. XVII foi, para Portugal, um tempo de lutas, tanto na Europa como no Brasil e na África. Foi, ainda, um período de reorganização jurídica e econômica da sociedade.

Latín, nacionalismo y arte alusiva en la historiografía de Antonio de Nebrija

"The Role of Latin in the Early Modern World: Linguistic identity and nationalism 1350-1800". Contributions from the conference held at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Casa Convalescència, 5-6 May 2010. Edited by Alejandro Coroleu, Carlo Caruso & Andrew Laird

Supplemento a collecção de legislação portugueza do desembargador Antonio Delgado da Silva /pelo mesmo

Referencia : Diccionario Bibliographico Portuguez / Innocencio Francisco da Silva, 1858. v. 1 p. 122.

Digital Quantum Rabi and Dicke Models in Superconducting Circuits

We propose the analog-digital quantum simulation of the quantum Rabi and Dicke models using circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED). We find that all physical regimes, in particular those which are impossible to realize in typical cavity QED setups, can be simulated via unitary decomposition into digital steps. Furthermore, we show the emergence of the Dirac equation dynamics from the quantum Rabi model when the mode frequency vanishes. Finally, we analyze the feasibility of this proposal under realistic superconducting circuit scenarios.

Impacto da internacionalização sobre o sistema de controle gerencial de empresas brasileiras: um estudo de caso múltiplo: os casos da Lupatech S/A e da Di Solle Cutelaria Ltda

O objetivo desta pesquisa foi verificar os impactos ocasionados pelo processo de internacionalização sobre o sistema de controle gerencial em duas empresas brasileiras: a Lupatech S/A que atua no ramo de Metal-mecânica e a Di Solle Cutelaria no ramo de Aço inox. Deste modo, o estudo compara a relação entre os sistemas de controle gerencial utilizado pelas empresas, com a estrutura teórica apresentada, buscando evidenciar as modificações causadas em função do processo de internacionalização. Na revisão de literatura procurou-se discutir inicialmente as principais características do sistema de controle gerencial, as perspectivas contemporâneas relacionadas ao ambiente, ciclo de vida das organizações e alguns instrumentos utilizados no controle gerencial. Em seguida, foram abordadas as teorias que analisam o processo de internacionalização das empresas e por fim, o sistema de controle gerencial em ambiente internacionalizado. Foi definido um plano de referência para nortear o estudo. Em virtude das características e propósitos desta pesquisa utilizou-se na metodologia aplicada a pesquisa exploratória do tipo exploratório-descritiva, por meio do método de estudo de caso, por possibilitar um alcance maior no nível de profundidade sobre o tema e permitir maior poder de análise de uma ou mais organizações, através da comparação destas com os modelos idealizados nas literaturas existentes. O método de coleta utilizado foi à entrevista aplicada: ao Controller, ao gerente de exportação e ao gerente comercial das empresas pesquisadas. Os resultados obtidos nesta pesquisa constataram que a internacionalização não foi à única variável responsável pela mudança do sistema de controle gerencial utilizado pelas empresas. No mais, o controle gerencial das empresas em muitos aspectos aproximam-se do que foi apresentado na revisão de literatura.

A dor que dói na escola: psicanálise e educação no século XXI

A presente pesquisa nasce da inserção de uma psicóloga em formação psicanalítica em escolas municipais da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Nosso ponto de partida é a expansão dos diagnósticos de Déficit de Atenção e Hiperatividade em crianças em idade escolar e de Burnout em professores. O reconhecimento de que tais diagnósticos são nomes correntes na atualidade para nomear a dor que dói na escola permite que nos questionemos sobre as mudanças no campo da cultura e suas repercussões na tarefa educativa na escola. Para construirmos uma leitura sobre o mal-estar na escola em nossa época, recorremos à psicanálise enquanto instrumento primordial. Nossa investigação se inicia em Freud e suas diversas concepções de educação, desde a noção de moral sexual civilizada até admissão da educação enquanto uma tarefa necessária e impossível, causadora do mal-estar. Logo em seguida, abordamos a releitura de Freud feita por Lacan a partir da teoria dos discursos. Passamos, assim, à educação enquanto laço social. Verificamos o quanto Lacan avança ao distinguir o discurso do mestre como discurso de entrada na linguagem, a partir do qual os outros discursos são possíveis. O discurso do mestre escreve a operação permanente em toda civilização, sem que isso indique a imutabilidade do Outro. Ao nos indagarmos sobre a delimitação do Outro em nossa época, reconhecemos a importância do discurso da ciência e do capitalista, assim como o Outro nãotodo. Com essas chaves de leitura, questionamo-nos sobre o lugar da criança na cultura hoje e sobre os significantes-mestres das atuais políticas públicas para a educação, aproximando-nos do mal-estar na escola. Sustentados por essas ferramentas, terminamos por nos indagar sobre a prática da psicanálise nas instituições escolares, desvendando que a partir das (re)invenções da psicanálise, há na escola um lugar possível para o psicanalista.

Monte Carlo Analysis and Physics Characterization of a Novel Nanoparticle Detector for Medical and Micro-dosimetry Applications

The outcomes for both (i) radiation therapy and (ii) preclinical small animal radio- biology studies are dependent on the delivery of a known quantity of radiation to a specific and intentional location. Adverse effects can result from these procedures if the dose to the target is too high or low, and can also result from an incorrect spatial distribution in which nearby normal healthy tissue can be undesirably damaged by poor radiation delivery techniques. Thus, in mice and humans alike, the spatial dose distributions from radiation sources should be well characterized in terms of the absolute dose quantity, and with pin-point accuracy. When dealing with the steep spatial dose gradients consequential to either (i) high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy or (ii) within the small organs and tissue inhomogeneities of mice, obtaining accurate and highly precise dose results can be very challenging, considering commercially available radiation detection tools, such as ion chambers, are often too large for in-vivo use.

In this dissertation two tools are developed and applied for both clinical and preclinical radiation measurement. The first tool is a novel radiation detector for acquiring physical measurements, fabricated from an inorganic nano-crystalline scintillator that has been fixed on an optical fiber terminus. This dosimeter allows for the measurement of point doses to sub-millimeter resolution, and has the ability to be placed in-vivo in humans and small animals. Real-time data is displayed to the user to provide instant quality assurance and dose-rate information. The second tool utilizes an open source Monte Carlo particle transport code, and was applied for small animal dosimetry studies to calculate organ doses and recommend new techniques of dose prescription in mice, as well as to characterize dose to the murine bone marrow compartment with micron-scale resolution.

Hardware design changes were implemented to reduce the overall fiber diameter to <0.9 mm for the nano-crystalline scintillator based fiber optic detector (NanoFOD) system. Lower limits of device sensitivity were found to be approximately 0.05 cGy/s. Herein, this detector was demonstrated to perform quality assurance of clinical 192Ir HDR brachytherapy procedures, providing comparable dose measurements as thermo-luminescent dosimeters and accuracy within 20% of the treatment planning software (TPS) for 27 treatments conducted, with an inter-quartile range ratio to the TPS dose value of (1.02-0.94=0.08). After removing contaminant signals (Cerenkov and diode background), calibration of the detector enabled accurate dose measurements for vaginal applicator brachytherapy procedures. For 192Ir use, energy response changed by a factor of 2.25 over the SDD values of 3 to 9 cm; however a cap made of 0.2 mm thickness silver reduced energy dependence to a factor of 1.25 over the same SDD range, but had the consequence of reducing overall sensitivity by 33%.

For preclinical measurements, dose accuracy of the NanoFOD was within 1.3% of MOSFET measured dose values in a cylindrical mouse phantom at 225 kV for x-ray irradiation at angles of 0, 90, 180, and 270˝. The NanoFOD exhibited small changes in angular sensitivity, with a coefficient of variation (COV) of 3.6% at 120 kV and 1% at 225 kV. When the NanoFOD was placed alongside a MOSFET in the liver of a sacrificed mouse and treatment was delivered at 225 kV with 0.3 mm Cu filter, the dose difference was only 1.09% with use of the 4x4 cm collimator, and -0.03% with no collimation. Additionally, the NanoFOD utilized a scintillator of 11 µm thickness to measure small x-ray fields for microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) applications, and achieved 2.7% dose accuracy of the microbeam peak in comparison to radiochromic film. Modest differences between the full-width at half maximum measured lateral dimension of the MRT system were observed between the NanoFOD (420 µm) and radiochromic film (320 µm), but these differences have been explained mostly as an artifact due to the geometry used and volumetric effects in the scintillator material. Characterization of the energy dependence for the yttrium-oxide based scintillator material was performed in the range of 40-320 kV (2 mm Al filtration), and the maximum device sensitivity was achieved at 100 kV. Tissue maximum ratio data measurements were carried out on a small animal x-ray irradiator system at 320 kV and demonstrated an average difference of 0.9% as compared to a MOSFET dosimeter in the range of 2.5 to 33 cm depth in tissue equivalent plastic blocks. Irradiation of the NanoFOD fiber and scintillator material on a 137Cs gamma irradiator to 1600 Gy did not produce any measurable change in light output, suggesting that the NanoFOD system may be re-used without the need for replacement or recalibration over its lifetime.

For small animal irradiator systems, researchers can deliver a given dose to a target organ by controlling exposure time. Currently, researchers calculate this exposure time by dividing the total dose that they wish to deliver by a single provided dose rate value. This method is independent of the target organ. Studies conducted here used Monte Carlo particle transport codes to justify a new method of dose prescription in mice, that considers organ specific doses. Monte Carlo simulations were performed in the Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission (GATE) toolkit using a MOBY mouse whole-body phantom. The non-homogeneous phantom was comprised of 256x256x800 voxels of size 0.145x0.145x0.145 mm3. Differences of up to 20-30% in dose to soft-tissue target organs was demonstrated, and methods for alleviating these errors were suggested during whole body radiation of mice by utilizing organ specific and x-ray tube filter specific dose rates for all irradiations.

Monte Carlo analysis was used on 1 µm resolution CT images of a mouse femur and a mouse vertebra to calculate the dose gradients within the bone marrow (BM) compartment of mice based on different radiation beam qualities relevant to x-ray and isotope type irradiators. Results and findings indicated that soft x-ray beams (160 kV at 0.62 mm Cu HVL and 320 kV at 1 mm Cu HVL) lead to substantially higher dose to BM within close proximity to mineral bone (within about 60 µm) as compared to hard x-ray beams (320 kV at 4 mm Cu HVL) and isotope based gamma irradiators (137Cs). The average dose increases to the BM in the vertebra for these four aforementioned radiation beam qualities were found to be 31%, 17%, 8%, and 1%, respectively. Both in-vitro and in-vivo experimental studies confirmed these simulation results, demonstrating that the 320 kV, 1 mm Cu HVL beam caused statistically significant increased killing to the BM cells at 6 Gy dose levels in comparison to both the 320 kV, 4 mm Cu HVL and the 662 keV, 137Cs beams.

Análisis de productividad y calidad comercial en plantas de rosa para corte injertadas sobre dos nuevos patrones

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Alegoría: su pertinencia en la predicación y uso en "La novena maravilla"

En este artículo se focaliza el recurso de la alegoría como método exegético en la composición de los sermones panegíricos de Juan Espinosa Medrano (Perú, siglo XVII). Se traza el recorrido de la alegoría (y las humanidades en general) en relación –siempre tensa– con el cristianismo a lo largo de su historia; y se llega a la Contrarreforma y el uso exacerbado del método en la predicación barroca; particularmente en la oratoria sagrada de Espinosa Medrano, quien abarca elementos diversos y extraídos de distintas fuentes (filosofía natural, mitología clásica, tradición emblemática, relatos bíblicos), a los que hace funcionar como signos de otra verdad mayor, la sagrada. Si bien las preceptivas sagradas impulsaban una predicación más llana y simple, la profusión de alegorías mitológicas, que el autor resemantiza según su interés de guiar la interpretación, pueden explicarse por varias circunstancias, motivos de estudio en este trabajo.

Some thoughts on Juan Antonio Ramírez´s iconologic-paranoid method for the study of Dali´s works

In 1990, Juan Antonio Ramírez made known his iconological paranoiac method to the academic world. It is a system devised to study Dalí´s work, born of happy matrimony between the catalonian artist´s critical paranoiac method and the first iconographic school of Warburg and Panofsky. What, at first sight, seemed to be an extravagant methodology with little academic credibility, turned out to be, by going forward in time, an effective research method when analyzing Dali´s initial works. It is no wonder that, at the beginning of XXI century, this hybridization between Dalí´s and Panofsky’s methods, were regarded as a strange and nonsensical idea. Nevertheless, twenty years after, blatant examples have been noted, which endorse the advantages of this new system for “iconographic” study. As usual, this new contribution by Juan Antonio Ramirez to art history methodology is called upon to have a successful future survival, in forthcoming generations. This article, attempts to analyze this method, inquiring into the validity, effectiveness and practical utility.

Extensive optical and near-infrared observations of the nearby, narrow-lined type Ic SN 2007gr: days 5 to 415

We present photometric and spectroscopic observations at optical and near-infrared wavelengths of the nearby type Ic supernova 2007gr. These represent the most extensive data-set to date of any supernova of this sub-type, with frequent coverage from shortly after discovery to more than one year post-explosion. We deduce a rise time to B-band maximum of 11.5 +/- 2.7 d. We find a peak B-band magnitude of M-B = -16.8, and light curves which are remarkably similar to the so-called "hypernova" SN 2002ap. In contrast, the spectra of SNe 2007gr and 2002ap show marked differences, not least in their respective expansion velocities. We attribute these differences primarily to the density profiles of their progenitor stars at the time of explosion i.e. a more compact star for SN 2007gr compared to SN 2002ap. From the quasi-bolometric light curve of SN 2007gr, we estimate that 0.076 +/- 0.010 M-circle dot of Ni-56 was produced in the explosion. Our near-infrared (IR) spectra clearly show the onset and disappearance of the first overtone of carbon monoxide (CO) between similar to 70 to 175 d relative to B-band maximum. The detection of the CO molecule implies that ionised He was not microscopically mixed within the carbon/oxygen layers. From the optical spectra, near-IR light curves, and colour evolution, we find no evidence for dust condensation in the ejecta out to about +400 d. Given the combination of unprecedented temporal coverage, and high signal-to-noise data, we suggest that SN 2007gr could be used as a template object for supernovae of this sub-class.

Optical and near-infrared coverage of SN 2004et: physical parameters and comparison with other Type IIP supernovae

We present new optical and near-infrared (NIR) photometry and spectroscopy of the Type IIP supernova (SN), SN 2004et. In combination with already published data, this provides one of the most complete studies of optical and NIR data for any Type IIP SN from just after explosion to +500 d. The contribution of the NIR flux to the bolometric light curve is estimated to increase from 15 per cent at explosion to around 50 per cent at the end of the plateau and then declines to 40 per cent at 300 d. SN 2004et is one of the most luminous IIP SNe which has been well studied and characterized, and with a luminosity of log L = 42.3 erg s-1 and a 56Ni mass of 0.06 +/- 0.04 M-circle dot, it is two times brighter than SN 1999em. We provide parametrized bolometric corrections as a function of time since explosion for SN 2004et and three other IIP SNe that have extensive optical and NIR data. These can be used as templates for future events in optical and NIR surveys without full wavelength coverage. We compare the physical parameters of SN 2004et with those of other well-studied IIP SNe and find that the kinetic energies span a range of 1050-1051 erg. We compare the ejected masses calculated from hydrodynamic models with the progenitor masses and limits derived from pre-discovery images. Some of the ejected mass estimates are significantly higher than the progenitor mass estimates, with SN 2004et showing perhaps the most serious mass discrepancy. With the current models, it appears difficult to reconcile 100 d plateau lengths and high expansion velocities with the low ejected masses of 5-6 M-circle dot implied from 7-8 M-circle dot progenitors. The nebular phase is studied using very late-time Hubble Space Telescope photometry, along with optical and NIR spectroscopy. The light curve shows a clear flattening at 600 d in the optical and the NIR, which is likely due to the ejecta impacting on circumstellar material. We further show that the [O i] 6300, 6364 A line strengths in the nebular spectra of four Type IIP SNe imply ejected oxygen masses of 0.5-1.5 M-circle dot.