XXVI Trobada de Joves Geògrafs: Parlen les geografies. Girona, 15-19 de setembre del 2003

The University of Girona held the XXVI Young Geographers meeting in september 2003. The event, entitled «Talking geograpies», involved Spanish students and qualified geographers with the aim of discussing the varied perspectives of geography in the field of town and country planning

Una eina innovadora per a la informació i la divulgació geogràfica: l’Atles comarcal de Catalunya en format digital

Due to the edition of the new Atles comarcal de Catalunya by the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya in digital format, we look at the structure of their contents and the dynamics of its use. Likewise, it is detailed which methodology was utilized to perform it. Finally, some reflections on the innovations that this new product entails in textual and cartographic areas are proposed, especially related to the current socioeconomic context and new employed technologies

Nous processos i formes de creixement urbà: el cas del districte industrial de Montebelluna a Itàlia

This article analyses the spatial organization of Montebelluna's industrial district (Italy) as an exemple of the dinamics of urbanization phenomenon in small urban areas. The study is divided in two parts: in the first one I present the social organisation's model of production named «industrial district» and its relation with the space, which is characterizeded by the rising of diffused urbanization settlements; in the second part I try to verify some explanatory factors pointed out by different autors in this specific area with an historical analysis of processes point of view. The diffused organisation of economic and housing activity show a change in the urban morphology

Educação sem instrução promove a cuia mão : um estudo sobre as relações entre o ensino médio e o mercado de trabalho em Inhambupe - BA

O presente estudo insere-se na problemática da Educação e desenvolvimento humano: escola, cidadania e mundo do trabalho. Procurou-se realizar algumas reflexões teóricas sobre as relações entre educação e trabalho e entre a inserção dos jovens na PEA – População Economicamente Ativa no contexto escolar. Analisou-se, em geral, a história da Educação no Brasil, especificamente a do Ensino Médio, as políticas educativas que promovem a educação pública no país e as contribuições desta na formação do aluno para o mercado de trabalho. O estudo foi realizado nas turmas de terceiro ano do Ensino Médio nos turnos matutino e noturno, e nas empresas geradoras de empregos. Com este estudo pretendeu-se analisar os motivos e os condicionantes presentes no processo educativo do Ensino Médio que favorecem a entrada dos alunos concluintes no mercado de trabalho, destaca-se a preocupação na obtenção de uma qualificação que favorecesse a sua entrada e permanência no processo produtivo bem como a sustentabilidade, cidadania e continuidade na formação educacional. A Metodologia utilizada é do Estudo de Caso com os métodos quantitativo e qualitativo. O estudo foi realizado utilizando-se do método qualitativo, um estudo de caso, no qual o ponto de vista das pessoas pesquisadas foi de grande importância na investigação, além de leitura da literatura especializada e a realização de entrevistas. Assim, foi possível perceber que insatisfação acompanhada da desmotivação relaciona-se com o baixo rendimento apresentado pelos alunos concluintes do Ensino Médio nas questões de conhecimento especifico por disciplinas, demonstrando que o investimento nos estudos não é objetivo para o momento, mas a busca por emprego é prioridade, pois com o salário é possível promover o sustento e, posteriormente, a continuidade nos estudos, priorizando cursos técnicos em detrimento de cursos universitários.

A Melancolia de Albercht Dürer (1471-1528)

Acreditamos que só a partir de um determinado número de provas e de clara mestria, se podia considerar a passagem de iniciado a Mestre. Julgamos que foi o que aconteceu a Dürer quando chegou pela primeira vez a Veneza. É provável que nesta cidade existisse uma representação da Nova Academia ou confraria congénere, e que nela tenha sido aceite, mas só durante a sua segunda visita entre 1505-1507, é que lhe foi reconhecido o grau de Mestre.

Monitoring of monosyllabic words by deaf children

This paper discusses speech intelligibilty of hearing impaired children.

Effective parenting in terms of language development

This paper discusses means of providing extra support for parents of newly diagnosed hearing impaired children to help with language development.

Consecuencias de la ejecución de la sentencia que ha sido impugnada en casación (Tema Central)

En Ecuador una sentencia de instancia puede ser ejecutada aun cuando exista recurso de casación pendiente, que pudiera modificarla. El problema surge cuando dicha sentencia es revocada y los actos producto de su ejecución pierden sustento. Los distintos ordenamientos señalan dos posibles soluciones: a) aquel que considera que la sentencia recurrida en casación no es final y definitiva y por ello a manera de excepción a los principios del derecho, establecida legalmente, permite la ejecución provisional de una sentencia carente de firmeza, o, b) aquel que establece que la naturaleza de la sentencia recurrida en casación es la de ser final y definitiva, sujeta a condición resolutoria, por lo que su ejecución resulta también de carácter definitivo, pero bajo condición resolutoria. Este trabajo intenta establecer a cual sistema pertenece nuestra Ley de Casación.

Interoperability for eLearning Service Management and Provision

Learning Objects offer flexibility and adaptability for users to request personalised information for learning. There are standards to guide the development of learning objects. However, individual developers may customise these standards for serving different purposes when defining, describing, managing and providing learning objects, which are normally stored in heterogeneous repositories. Barriers to interoperability hinder sharing of learning services and subsequently affect quality of instructional design as learners expect to be able to receive their personalised learning content. All these impose difficulties to the users in getting the right information from the right sources. This paper investigates the interoperability issues in eLearning services management and provision and presents an approach to resolve interoperability at three levels.

Flight periodicity and the vertical distribution of high-altitude moth migration over southern Britain

The continuous operation of insect-monitoring radars in the UK has permitted, for the first time, the characterization of various phenomena associated with high-altitude migration of large insects over this part of northern Europe. Previous studies have taken a case-study approach, concentrating on a small number of nights of particular interest. Here, combining data from two radars, and from an extensive suction- and light-trapping network, we have undertaken a more systematic, longer-term study of diel flight periodicity and vertical distribution of macro-insects in the atmosphere. Firstly, we identify general features of insect abundance and stratification, occurring during the 24-hour cycle, which emerge from four years’ aggregated radar data for the summer months in southern Britain. These features include mass emigrations at dusk and to a lesser extent at dawn, and daytime concentrations associated with thermal convection. We then focus our attention on the well-defined layers of large nocturnal migrants that form in the early evening, usually at heights of 200–500 m above ground. We present evidence from both radar and trap data that these nocturnal layers are composed mainly of noctuid moths, with species such as Noctua pronuba, Autographa gamma, Agrotis exclamationis, A. segetum, Xestia c-nigrum and Phlogophora meticulosa predominating.

An Integrated Assessment of changes in the thermohaline circulation

This paper discusses the risks of a shutdown of the thermohaline circulation (THC) for the climate system, for ecosystems in and around the North Atlantic as well as for fisheries and agriculture by way of an Integrated Assessment. The climate model simulations are based on greenhouse gas scenarios for the 21st century and beyond. A shutdown of the THC, complete by 2150, is triggered if increased freshwater input from inland ice melt or enhanced runoff is assumed. The shutdown retards the greenhouse gas-induced atmospheric warming trend in the Northern Hemisphere, but does not lead to a persistent net cooling. Due to the simulated THC shutdown the sea level at the North Atlantic shores rises by up to 80 cm by 2150, in addition to the global sea level rise. This could potentially be a serious impact that requires expensive coastal protection measures. A reduction of marine net primary productivity is associated with the impacts of warming rather than a THC shutdown. Regional shifts in the currents in the Nordic Seas could strongly deteriorate survival chances for cod larvae and juveniles. This could lead to cod fisheries becoming unprofitable by the end of the 21st century. While regional socioeconomic impacts might be large, damages would be probably small in relation to the respective gross national products. Terrestrial ecosystem productivity is affected much more by the fertilization from the increasing CO2 concentration than by a THC shutdown. In addition, the level of warming in the 22nd to 24th century favours crop production in northern Europe a lot, no matter whether the THC shuts down or not. CO2 emissions corridors aimed at limiting the risk of a THC breakdown to 10% or less are narrow, requiring departure from business-as-usual in the next few decades. The uncertainty about THC risks is still high. This is seen in model analyses as well as in the experts’ views that were elicited. The overview of results presented here is the outcome of the Integrated Assessment project INTEGRATION.

A geostatistical analysis of the spatial variation of soil mineral nitrogen and potentially available nitrogen within an arable field.

The technology for site-specific applications of nitrogen (N) fertilizer has exposed a gap in our knowledge about the spatial variation of soil mineral N, and that which will become available during the growing season within arable fields. Spring mineral N and potentially available N were measured in an arable field together with gravimetric water content, loss on ignition, crop yield, percentages of sand, silt, and clay, and elevation to describe their spatial variation geostatistically. The areas with a larger clay content had larger values of mineral N, potentially available N, loss on ignition and gravimetric water content, and the converse was true for the areas with more sandy soil. The results suggest that the spatial relations between mineral N and loss on ignition, gravimetric water content, soil texture, elevation and crop yield, and between potentially available N and loss on ignition and silt content could be used to indicate their spatial patterns. Variable-rate nitrogen fertilizer application would be feasible in this field because of the spatial structure and the magnitude of variation of mineral N and potentially available N.

Variograms of ancillary data to aid sampling for soil surveys

To provide reliable estimates for mapping soil properties for precision agriculture requires intensive sampling and costly laboratory analyses. If the spatial structure of ancillary data, such as yield, digital information from aerial photographs, and soil electrical conductivity (EC) measurements, relates to that of soil properties they could be used to guide the sampling intensity for soil surveys. Variograins of permanent soil properties at two study sites on different parent materials were compared with each other and with those for ancillary data. The ranges of spatial dependence identified by the variograms of both sets of properties are of similar orders of magnitude for each study site, Maps of the ancillary data appear to show similar patterns of variation and these seem to relate to those of the permanent properties of the soil. Correlation analysis has confirmed these relations. Maps of kriged estimates from sub-sampled data and the original variograrns showed that the main patterns of variation were preserved when a sampling interval of less than half the average variogram range of ancillary data was used. Digital data from aerial photographs for different years and EC appear to show a more consistent relation with the soil properties than does yield. Aerial photographs, in particular those of bare soil, seem to be the most useful ancillary data and they are often cheaper to obtain than yield and EC data.