The Capital Sculpture of Wells Cathedral, c. 1184-1210

The understudied capital sculpture of Wells Cathedral in Somerset, England (c. 1184-1210) provides ample opportunity of expanding the current scholarship and understanding of interior ecclesiastical sculpture in a West Country cathedral. While the Gothic style of architecture is typically understood as, according to Paul Binski (2014), rational in execution and reception, the capital sculpture at Wells Cathedral has been considered illogical in terms of both its iconography and location within the nave, transepts, and north porch. Utilizing Michael Camille’s post/anti-iconographical approach, this project examines the Wells figural capitals in five case studies: labour, Old and New Testament Scenes, animals and beast fables, busts, and monsters and hybrids. Each group of capitals will be approached with an understanding that this type of art was viewed by people of different classes and professions, with each viewer bringing their own personal experiences and abilities into how they could have read and understood these types of images. Therefore, the capitals at Wells must be read through layers of meaning and interpretation while also considering their locations within the cathedral and how they react and respond to surrounding figural capitals.

"Lancea", Lusitanian Word, and the "Lancienses" Ethnogenesis

Analysis of the word lancea, of Hispanic origin after Varro, and of place names, people´s names and personal names derived from it. It confirms that the spear was the most important weapon in the Bronze Age, belonging to the iuventus and used as heroic and divine symbol. This analysis confirms also the personality of the Lusitanians, a people related to the Celts but with more archaic archaeological, linguistic and cultural characteristics originated in the tradition of the Atlantic Bronze in the II millennium BC. It is also relevant to better know the organisation of Broze and Iron Age societies and the origin of Indo-Europeans peoples in Western Europe and of pre-Roman peoples of Iberia.

Busca do conhecimento técnico científico: análise de rede informal interorganizacional

Este estudo analisa a busca do conhecimento entre os atores das redes sociais interorganizacionais informais em um Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuária da Embrapa, visando compreender como ocorre o compartilhamento do conhecimento técnico científico. A questão de pesquisa busca responder como a rede social dos pesquisadores da Embrapa Gado de Corte, tal como se apresenta em termos estruturais e relacionais, pode ser considerada facilitadora do processo de geração do conhecimento. Utiliza-se pesquisa quantitativa descritiva e qualitativa. A abordagem da Análise de Redes Sociais (ARS) exige o aspecto quantitativo na mensuração das relações. A coleta de dados envolve 52 pesquisadores, sendo os dados tratados pelo software Ucinet 6.0 for Windows, que permitiu a visualização das características das redes analisadas. Os resultados encontrados expõem que a rede possui baixa densidade do potencial de seus laços, inferindo ações na política de gestão de pessoas e incentivos ao compartilhamento do conhecimento.

Labor Scheduling Using NPV Estimates of the Marginal Benefit of Additional Labor Capacity

An extensive literature exists on the problems of daily (shift) and weekly (tour) labor scheduling. In representing requirements for employees in these problems, researchers have used formulations based either on the model of Dantzig (1954) or on the model of Keith (1979). We show that both formulations have weakness in environments where management knows, or can attempt to identify, how different levels of customer service affect profits. These weaknesses results in lower-than-necessary profits. This paper presents a New Formulation of the daily and weekly Labor Scheduling Problems (NFLSP) designed to overcome the limitations of earlier models. NFLSP incorporates information on how changing the number of employees working in each planning period affects profits. NFLP uses this information during the development of the schedule to identify the number of employees who, ideally, should be working in each period. In an extensive simulation of 1,152 service environments, NFLSP outperformed the formulations of Dantzig (1954) and Keith (1979) at a level of significance of 0.001. Assuming year-round operations and an hourly wage, including benefits, of $6.00, NFLSP's schedules were $96,046 (2.2%) and $24,648 (0.6%) more profitable, on average, than schedules developed using the formulations of Danzig (1954) and Keith (1979), respectively. Although the average percentage gain over Keith's model was fairly small, it could be much larger in some real cases with different parameters. In 73 and 100 percent of the cases we simulated NFLSP yielded a higher profit than the models of Keith (1979) and Danzig (1954), respectively.

Population structure and growth of the hermit crab Pagurus brevidacylus (Anomura : Paguridae) from the northern coast of São Paulo, Brazil

The hermit crab Paguras brevidactylus (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridea) from the infralittoral area of Anchieta Island, Ubatuba, was characterized by population Structure (size, sex ratio, reproduction and recruitment) and growth. Animals were collected monthly during 1999 by SCUBA diving. A total of 1525 individuals was collected (633 males and 892 females), 695 of them were ovigerous females. Overall sex ratio was 0.7:1 in favour of females. The crabs showed a unimodal distribution with males significantly larger than females. Ovigerous females were collected during all months and in high percentages from 1.0 mm of shield length, demonstrating intense and Continuous reproduction. The longevity was approximately 24 months for males and 18 for females, which showed larger growth rate and reached sexual maturity earlier (two months) than males. The low number of males in this Population may be due to the longer life span. Moreover, the sexual dimorphism favours males during the intra- and interspecific fights by shell, food, reproduction and territory. Females demonstrated a short life cycle and intense reproduction.

Processo histórico de criação e expansão do Instituto Federal do Triângulo Mineiro - Campus Patos de Minas

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade UnB Planaltina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gestão Pública, Mestrado Profissional em Gestão Pública, 2016.

Centro cultural universitario espacio de interrelación universidad-ciudad

Como Arquitecto, es importante comprender el oficio como una disciplina de servicio social, no sólo como un arte, pues la arquitectura además de ser una estructura física, requiere ser planteada como un sistema de resolución de problemas ciudadanos. El presente trabajo de grado promueve esta necesidad de brindar servicio a la comunidad mediante la inserción de una obra nueva, desarrollando la Propuesta Arquitectónica de un Centro Cultural Universitario enfocado desde el punto de Espacio de Interrelación Universidad - Ciudad, como un sitio estratégico de concentración estudiantil. Emplazado en una zona históricamente representativa de la ciudad de Cuenca con la intencionalidad de impulsar, difundir y consolidar las actividades culturales fomentando el uso del espacio público como plataforma integradora de relaciones sociales, generando en el individuo un mayor sentido de pertenencia, participación y apropiación, que garantice el uso y conservación del espacio urbano.

Efecto del fenómeno migratorio en el derecho de alimentos de niñas, niños y adolescentes

Objetivos: Se determinó el tipo de afección que genera el fenómeno migratorio, de los padres, en el cumplimiento de las pensiones alimenticias en la Procuraduría General de República, en el periodo de enero a diciembre de 2013, en la Ciudad de San Miguel, identificando los factores exógenos y endógenos que obstaculizan el cumplimiento efectivo del derecho a la alimentación de las niñas y niños y adolescentes y, por último, se determinó el impacto que genera el incumplimiento del pago de la pensión alimenticia en la finalidad de la protección integral de las niñas, niños y adolescentes. Metodología: el tipo de estudio que se realizó es el demostrativo, ya que las hipótesis se comprobaron, mediante la demostración estadística de la relación o no, de las variables correspondientes, aplicando el método científico analítico y descriptivo, el cual sustenta lo formal y lo válido de los resultados, utilizando la modalidad deductiva, es decir que se partió de lo general a lo particular. Conclusión: En términos generales esta investigación permitió conocer tanto en El Salvador como en el extranjero la aplicación efectiva del código de familia. Y de manera diagnóstica que el fenómeno de la migración no es el simple hecho de trasladarse de un país a otro, sino que las leyes nacionales al menos a través de la PGR no pueden alcanzar ni aun con convenios o tratados la obligación patrimonial en cuanto a los derechos del alimentante, por lo que los bienes tutelados por la legislación en familia en la protección de niños niñas y adolescentes pierden vigencia en materia de obligaciones patrimoniales alimentarias y cuyo progenitor se encuentra en el extranjero. También se identificó que el Convenio entre el Gobierno de El Salvador y el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos para la ejecución de obligaciones alimenticias, no es aplicado por la Procuraduría General de la República en San Miguel, aduciendo que existen otros convenios con los consulados a quienes han responsabilizado de garantizar la ubicación del progenitor demandado y notificarle de la obligación patrimonial sin la obligatoriedad de la ley, todo lo anterior está generando la vulneración sostenida del derecho a la salud a la educación a la familia a la formación al crecimiento y desarrollo del alimentante. El fenómeno migratorio de los padres demandados, se ha tratado como una demanda más en el exterior y no como una situación problemática que afecta la salvaguarda de los derechos alimentarios de los niños niñas y adolescentes en El Salvador. En las memorias de labores de PGR de los últimos 7 años se encuentra el número de solicitudes de alimentos al exterior de los últimos 7 años, y el número de solicitudes de junio 2007 a mayo 2013 es de 3475, así mismo en la memoria de labores de junio 2013 a mayo 2014 se encuentra que el número de personas que enviaron dinero durante junio 2013 a mayo 2014 son de 892, de estos datos se puede concluir que existe un alto porcentaje de niños que no obtienen respuesta positiva a la solicitud de cuota de alimentos solicitada. Esta realidad deja al descubierto que el fenómeno migratorio deja un alto número de niños sin cuota de alimentos menoscabando sus derechos y perjudicando su desarrollo.

Activity of Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) and ricinine against the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) and the symbiotic fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus

The focus of this study was the identification of compounds from plant extracts for use in crop protection. This paper reports on the toxic activity of fractions of leaf extracts of Ricinus communis L (Euphorbiaceae) and isolated active compounds in the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel and its symbiotic fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus (Singer) Moller. The main compounds responsible for activity against the fungus and ant in leaf extracts of R communis were found to be fatty acids for the former and ricinine for the ants. (C) 2004 Society of Chemical Industry.

Does Landscape Context Affect Habitat Value? The Importance of Seascape Ecology in Back-reef Systems

Seascape ecology provides a useful framework from which to understand the processes governing spatial variability in ecological patterns. Seascape context, or the composition and pattern of habitat surrounding a focal patch, has the potential to impact resource availability, predator-prey interactions, and connectivity with other habitats. For my dissertation research, I combined a variety of approaches to examine how habitat quality for fishes is influenced by a diverse range of seascape factors in sub-tropical, back-reef ecosystems. In the first part of my dissertation, I examined how seascape context can affect reef fish communities on an experimental array of artificial reefs created in various seascape contexts in Abaco, Bahamas. I found that the amount of seagrass at large spatial scales was an important predictor of community assembly on these reefs. Additionally, seascape context had differing effects on various aspects of habitat quality for the most common reef species, White grunt Haemulon plumierii. The amount of seagrass at large spatial scales had positive effects on fish abundance and secondary production, but not on metrics of condition and growth. The second part of my dissertation focused on how foraging conditions for fish varied across a linear seascape gradient in the Loxahatchee River estuary in Florida, USA. Gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus, traded food quality for quantity along this estuarine gradient, maintaining similar growth rates and condition among sites. Additional work focused on identifying major energy flow pathways to two consumers in oyster-reef food webs in the Loxahatchee. Algal and microphytobenthos resource pools supported most of the production to these consumers, and body size for one of the consumers mediated food web linkages with surrounding mangrove habitats. All of these studies examined a different facet of the importance of seascape context in governing ecological processes occurring in focal habitats and underscore the role of connectivity among habitats in back-reef systems. The results suggest that management approaches consider the surrounding seascape when prioritizing areas for conservation or attempting to understand the impacts of seascape change on focal habitat patches. For this reason, spatially-based management approaches are recommended to most effectively manage back-reef systems.

El voto electrónico en Colombia: análisis de viabilidad de su implementación

La implementación del voto electrónico en Colombia, mandato legal originado en la Ley 892 de 2004 en desarrollo del artículo 258 de la Constitución Política de Colombia, es el tema del presente trabajo, en el cual se hace un compendio histórico de la evolución del voto en Colombia, pasando a establecer los avances en el cumplimiento de la llamada por muchos “Ley de Voto Electrónico”, haciendo un recorrido por las actividades realizadas por la Organización Electoral, en especial, por la Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil, entidad gubernamental cabeza del proceso, donde se han cumplido algunas tareas encaminadas inicialmente a la realización de la prueba piloto que permita tomar experiencias para la implementación de dicho mecanismo. Así mismo, se hace una descripción de las dificultades tanto en Colombia como en otros países del mundo que han implementado el voto electrónico o lo están considerando. Un aspecto fundamental en el análisis son los estudios que tanto defensores como contradictores de este mecanismo de votación hacen, encontrando que con la misma fuerza se defiende y se ataca y que no hay una posición única, quizá la coincidencia está en que es un proceso que requiere de un alto grado de confianza de los actores involucrados, puesto que es lo que logra legitimarlo. Finalizando con las conclusiones, que dan cuenta de la realidad respecto a la viabilidad de la implementación del voto electrónico en Colombia.

Aspectos hidrológicos e hidrogeológicos da bacia do Rio Fervida, Aquífero Cartste, Colombo, Paraná.

A segurança das áreas metropolitanas quanto ao abastecimento de água é um grande desafio para os próximos anos, especialmente no Brasil, devido ao crescimento descontrolado dos grandes centros urbanos, a expansão das áreas de mananciais e poluição. A bacia de Fervida, sub-bacia de Ribeirão da Onça, faz parte do Aquífero Carste presente na Região Metropolitana de Curitiba, Paraná. Nessa bacia há extração de água subterrânea e uma elevada demanda de água para a produção de hortaliças. Portanto, o objetivo desse estudo foi dimensionar a evapotranspiração e também o escoamento superficial, confrontando os dados obtidos nesse trabalho com os dados de pesquisa já efetuados e, dessa forma, colaborar para a compreensão do balanço hídrico dessa região. Para isso, foram analisados dados de vazão e precipitação entre 1998 e 2003, quando havia também monitoramento de vazão no exutório da bacia. Os resultados obtidos mostram que a pluviosidade média anual na bacia, para o período proposto no trabalho, foi de 1609 mm/a e a média anual de evaporação foi de, aproximadamente, 892 mm/a. Considerando o escoamento superficial e a extração de água por meio dos poços, verificou-se que o balanço hídrico da bacia foi negativo em 395 mm/a. Isso sugere que há entrada de fluxos subterrâneos, corroborando com resultados obtidos em outros trabalhos.

Impactos socioambientais de sistemas agroenergéticos.

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