Com veure la TV? : material didàctic per infants i joves. '¿Cómo ver la televisión? : material didáctico para niños y jóvenes'.

Se pretende fomentar la enseñanza de los alumnos a saber ver la televisión. Se resalta la importancia de educar teleespectadores en la sociedad actual y la imprescindible misión de la escuela en este objetivo. Mirar la televisión es una actividad con efectos socializadores desde la lógica de las emociones primarias y la escuela debe educar las capacidades de crítica, reflexión y análisis de los estudiantes. Está compuesto por 4 volúmenes: 1. Els relats de ficció (los relatos de ficción), 2. Els informatius (los informativos), 3. La publicitat (la publicidad), 4. Altres formats (otros formatos).

Estudio de un escenario de parque nuclear compuesto únicamente por reactores de Generación IV

Las principales ventajas de los reactores de espectro neutrónico rápido refrigerados por metales líquidos (por ejemplo sodio) no sólo consisten en un eficiente uso del combustible por medio de la reproducción de material físil y de la utilización de uranio natural o empobrecido, sino que además logran reducir la cantidad de actínidos como el Americio o Neptunio, presentes en el combustible irradiado. El primer aspecto se traduce en una garantía de suministro de combustible prácticamente ilimitada, mientras que el segundo es importante porque estos elementos son los responsables de una gran parte de la actividad del combustible irradiado. La posibilidad de contar con un parque de reactores rápidos posibilitaría que la estrategia de ciclo de combustible no tuviese que ser necesariamente de tipo abierto, como en la mayoría de los países que cuentan con energía nuclear, sino una variación del ciclo cerrado avanzado donde el plutonio y los actínidos minoritarios separados del combustible irradiado forman parte del nuevo combustible que generará energía eléctrica. En este trabajo se analiza un hipotético escenario de generación en España, comprobando si un parque de dichos reactores resolvería algunos de los retos con los que la energía nuclear de fisión actual se enfrenta, ya que, como se ha dicho anteriormente, este tipo de reactores mejoran la seguridad, garantizan el suministro y gestionan más eficientemente tanto su propio combustible como el combustible irradiado en los reactores LWR actuales. A continuación se presentan las características y objetivos de los sistemas innovadores de Gen‐IV, entre los que se encuentran los reactores rápidos más avanzados, que dan un salto en concepto y en tecnología respecto a los reactores de Generación III+. Posteriormente se presenta una descripción del caso nuclear español y finalmente se detallan los resultados del estudio mostrando qué efectos tendría este escenario sobre el aprovechamiento y necesidades del combustible, así como sobre la reducción del inventario radioisotópico del combustible gastado ya existente y producido por la propia generación de reactores rápidos.

Characterization of commercial double-walled carbon nanotube material : composition, structure, and heat capacity

A purified commercial double-walled carbon nanotube (DWCNT) sample was investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetry (TG), and Raman spectroscopy. Moreover, the heat capacity of the DWCNT sample was determined by temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry in the range of temperature between -50 and 290 °C. The main thermo-oxidation characterized by TG occurred at 474 °C with the loss of 90 wt% of the sample. Thermo-oxidation of the sample was also investigated by high-resolution TG, which indicated that a fraction rich in carbon nanotube represents more than 80 wt% of the material. Other carbonaceous fractions rich in amorphous coating and graphitic particles were identified by the deconvolution procedure applied to the derivative of TG curve. Complementary structural data were provided by TEM and Raman studies. The information obtained allows the optimization of composites based on this nanomaterial with reliable characteristics.

Report : school survey to collect data on material performance

A survey of a number of schools in a number of different climates was carried out to determine the condition of building components of interest in the project. Schools in Melbourne, the Victorian Surf Coast, Brisbane, Townsville and the Sunshine Coast were inspected. A rating system was devised to categorise the components and the results collated in tables. Analysis of the data (where sufficient examples permitted) resulted in formulae to predict the service of the components and a database was derived.

Data mining on prices of highway project main material based on WEB

The management of main material prices of provincial highway project quota has problems of lag and blindness. Framework of provincial highway project quota data MIS and main material price data warehouse were established based on WEB firstly. Then concrete processes of provincial highway project main material prices were brought forward based on BP neural network algorithmic. After that standard BP algorithmic, additional momentum modify BP network algorithmic, self-adaptive study speed improved BP network algorithmic were compared in predicting highway project main prices. The result indicated that it is feasible to predict highway main material prices using BP NN, and using self-adaptive study speed improved BP network algorithmic is the relatively best one.

Application of a continuum theory to vertical vibrations of a layer of granular material

Many interesting phenomena have been observed in layers of granular materials subjected to vertical oscillations; these include the formation of a variety of standing wave patterns, and the occurrence of isolated features called oscillons, which alternately form conical heaps and craters oscillating at one-half of the forcing frequency. No continuum-based explanation of these phenomena has previously been proposed. We apply a continuum theory, termed the double-shearing theory, which has had success in analyzing various problems in the flow of granular materials, to the problem of a layer of granular material on a vertically vibrating rigid base undergoing vertical oscillations in plane strain. There exists a trivial solution in which the layer moves as a rigid body. By investigating linear perturbations of this solution, we find that at certain amplitudes and frequencies this trivial solution can bifurcate. The time dependence of the perturbed solution is governed by Mathieu’s equation, which allows stable, unstable and periodic solutions, and the observed period-doubling behaviour. Several solutions for the spatial velocity distribution are obtained; these include one in which the surface undergoes vertical velocities that have sinusoidal dependence on the horizontal space dimension, which corresponds to the formation of striped standing waves, and is one of the observed patterns. An alternative continuum theory of granular material mechanics, in which the principal axes of stress and rate-of-deformation are coincident, is shown to be incapable of giving rise to similar instabilities.

Did the goodwill accounting standard impose material economic consequences on Australian acquirers?

This research explores the empirical association between takeover bid premium and acquired (purchased) goodwill, and tests whether the strength of the association changes after the passage of approved accounting standard AASB 1013 in Australia in 1988. AASB 1013 mandated capitalization and amortization of acquired goodwill to the income statement over a maximum period of 20 years. We use regressions to assess how the association between bid premium and acquired goodwill varies in the pre-AASB and post-AASB 1013 periods after controlling for confounding factors. Our results show that reducing the variety of accounting policy options available to bidder management after an acquisition results in a systematic reduction in the strength of the association between premium and goodwill.