Interannual Variability of Upwelling Indices in the Southeastern Arabian Sea: A Satellite Based Study

Increase in sea surface temperature with global warming has an impact on coastal upwelling. Past two decades (1988 to 2007) of satellite observed sea surface temperatures and space borne scatterometer measured winds have provided an insight into the dynamics of coastal upwelling in the southeastern Arabian Sea, in the global warming scenario. These high resolution data products have shown inconsistent variability with a rapid rise in sea surface temperature between 1992 and 1998 and again from 2004 to 2007. The upwelling indices derived from both sea surface temperature and wind have shown that there is an increase in the intensity of upwelling during the period 1998 to 2004 than the previous decade. These indices have been modulated by the extreme climatic events like El–Nino and Indian Ocean Dipole that happened during 1991–92 and 1997–98. A considerable drop in the intensity of upwelling was observed concurrent with these events. Apart from the impact of global warming on the upwelling, the present study also provides an insight into spatial variability of upwelling along the coast. Noticeable fact is that the intensity of offshore Ekman transport off 8oN during the winter monsoon is as high as that during the usual upwelling season in summer monsoon. A drop in the meridional wind speed during the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 has resulted in extreme decrease in upwelling though the zonal wind and the total wind magnitude are a notch higher than the previous years. This decrease in upwelling strength has resulted in reduced productivity too.

Development Planning at the State Level in India - A Case Study with Reference to Kerala, 1957-'84

This thesis entitled “Development planning at the state level in india a case study with reference to kerala1957-84.Planning in India is a concurrent subject with the Centre and the States having well-defined domains of jurisdiction with regard to planning functions and sources of resource mobilisation.The genesis of the lack of academic interest in state level planning is in the widely held belief that in the extent scheme of Centre-State economic relations, the states have little scope for initiative in planning.Both at the theoretical and empirical levels, Kerala has attached very great importance to planning.It has been the localeof wide and deep discussions on the various dimensions of planning.In Kerala's development process, the leading sector consists of social services such as education and public healthOne point that needs special emphasis in this regard is that the high demand for education in Kerala cannot be attributed to the Keralites' ‘unique urge‘ for education. Rather, it is related to the very high level of unemployment in the state (Kerala has the highest level of unemployment in the country.In resource allocation under the Five Year Plans, Kerala attached the highest weightage to power generation, hydro-electric projects being the major source of power in the state. Nearly one-fourth of the plan resources has been claimed by hydro-electric projects.In the agricultural sector, Kera1a's level of productive use of electric power is one of the lowest.As is evident.from above, planning in Kerala has not enabled us to solve the basic problems of the state. More 'scientific' planning in the sense of applying mre sophisticated planning techniques is obviously not the answer. It, on the contrary, consists of more fundamental changes some of which can be brought about through an effective use of measures well within the power of the State Government.

L'evolució del paisatge de les closes: 1957-2001

Comunicació on es pretenen presentar alguns dels resultats més significatius de la investigació amb referència a l’evolució de les cobertes del sòl a l’Alt Empordà entre 1957-2001, i parant especial atenció a les transformacions identificades en el paratge de closes

L'educació infantil a Menorca : el debat sobre la creació de jardins d'infants froebelians, guarderies de pàrvuls i escoles maternals franceses (1908-1913). 'La educación infantil en Menorca : el debate sobre la creación de jardines de infancia froebelianos, guarderías de párvulos y escuelas maternales francesas (1908-1913)'.

Resumen tomado del propio artículo

Burguesia liberal i educació popular : l'extensió universitària de Maó (1903-1908). 'Burguesía liberal y educación popular : la extensión universitaria de Mahón (1903-1908)'.

Resumen tomado de la revista

El papel de los medios masivos de comunicación en la construcción de las agendas políticas internacionales a la luz de las teorías de Paúl Virilio, Néstor García Canclini, Jesús Martín Barbero, y el realismo hegemónico de Joseph Nye

El texto busca hacer un análisis del papel de los medios masivos en la construcción de las agendas políticas internacionales. Esta investigación, dio como resultado un posible complemento teórico a la disciplina de las Relaciones Internacionales por parte de autores reconocidos de las teorías de la Comunicación.

El caso de Guadalupe Salcedo y las guerrillas del Llano entre 1949-1957 como una respuesta a la Violencia Bipartidista

Este trabajo realiza un análisis de las acciones guerrillas del Llano y de Guadalupe Salcedo entre 1949-1957 a partir de los repertorios de acción colectiva violenta que emplearon, basándose en los postulados de Charles Tilly.

Self-organized sociopolitical interactions as the best way to achieve organized patterns in human social systems: going beyond the top-down control of classical political regimes

La monografía presenta la auto-organización sociopolítica como la mejor manera de lograr patrones organizados en los sistemas sociales humanos, dada su naturaleza compleja y la imposibilidad de las tareas computacionales de los regímenes políticos clásico, debido a que operan con control jerárquico, el cual ha demostrado no ser óptimo en la producción de orden en los sistemas sociales humanos. En la monografía se extrapola la teoría de la auto-organización en los sistemas biológicos a las dinámicas sociopolíticas humanas, buscando maneras óptimas de organizarlas, y se afirma que redes complejas anárquicas son la estructura emergente de la auto-organización sociopolítica.

Joseph Beuys.

La importancia de la figura de Joseph Beuys no tiene ya discusión; tanto su aportación artística como su contribución a la percepción de un espacio distinto en el arte y en las ideas le proporcionan una consideración especial. Sus referencias en Canarias añaden una perspectiva más que debe estar presente en el estudio de su obra. En este vídeo se muestra la exposición de la obra de Joseph Beuys realizada en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria y Santa Cruz de Tenerife en el año 1991.