The Building Blocks of International Ecological Footprint inequality: A Regression-Base Decomposition

This paper performs an empirical Decomposition of International Inequality in Ecological Footprint in order to quantify to what extent explanatory variables such as a country’s affluence, economic structure, demographic characteristics, climate and technology contributed to international differences in terms of natural resource consumption during the period 1993-2007. We use a Regression- Based Inequality Decomposition approach. As a result, the methodology extends qualitatively the results obtained in standard environmental impact regressions as it comprehends further social dimensions of the Sustainable Development concept, i.e. equity within generations. The results obtained point to prioritizing policies that take into account both future and present generations. Keywords: Ecological Footprint Inequality, Regression-Based Inequality Decomposition, Intragenerational equity, Sustainable development.

Personalització i desenvolupament sobre Liferay : Prototipus base d'aplicació web

Aquest treball es centra en l'estudi del programari del portal Liferay i en la creació d'un prototipus sobre aquest programari 100% Java. A partir d'un llistat d'objectius, el treball ha aprofundit en diferents tecnologies, generant diversos mòduls.

Production of human secretory component with dimeric IgA binding capacity using viral expression systems.

The cDNA encoding the NH2-terminal 589 amino acids of the extracellular domain of the human polymeric immunoglobulin receptor was inserted into transfer vectors to generate recombinant baculo- and vaccinia viruses. Following infection of insect and mammalian cells, respectively, the resulting truncated protein corresponding to human secretory component (hSC) was secreted with high efficiency into serum-free culture medium. The Sf9 insect cell/baculovirus system yielded as much as 50 mg of hSC/liter of culture, while the mammalian cells/vaccinia virus system produced up to 10 mg of protein/liter. The M(r) of recombinant hSC varied depending on the cell line in which it was expressed (70,000 in Sf9 cells and 85-95,000 in CV-1, TK- 143B and HeLa). These variations in M(r) resulted from different glycosylation patterns, as evidenced by endoglycosidase digestion. Efficient single-step purification of the recombinant protein was achieved either by concanavalin A affinity chromatography or by Ni(2+)-chelate affinity chromatography, when a 6xHis tag was engineered to the carboxyl terminus of hSC. Recombinant hSC retained the capacity to specifically reassociate with dimeric IgA purified from hybridoma cells.

Diseño e implementación de una base de datos relacional para la gestión sanitaria

El ejercicio que se nos plantea es desarrollar una base de datos para la gestión integral del sistema sanitario. Además, también tendremos que crear un almacén de datos para facilitar el análisis de la situación del sistema.

Bioinformática: base de datos de matrices de expresión génica para su análisis vía web

El IBB ha desarrollado un servidor de aplicaciones: http://revolutionresearch.uab.es para el análisis de microarrays. Estas microarrays las obtienen y las suben a la base de datos local los usuarios de la aplicación. En la presente memoria se detalla el proceso realizado para automatizar la subida de microarrays públicas a la base de datos local. Estas microarrays se obtendrán del NCBI. El proceso de descarga de microarrays se realizará cada dos meses y estará sincronizado con un proceso de descarga de genes marcadores de microarrays del NCBI. En la memoria también se describen las fases realizadas para crear la interfaz web para gestionar estas microarrays públicas y las modificaciones realizadas sobre el aplicativo web para permitir realizar análisis con estas microarrays.

Cancers cutanés envahissant la base du crâne [Skin cancers infiltrating the skull base].

Squamous cell and basocellular carcinoma of the face have an excellent prognosis. Nevertherless, a small proportion therefore of these cancers differs by a much more aggressive behavior, caracterised by a tendency to infiltrate the deep facial soft tissues and facial bones. The invasion of the craniofacial skeleton and the intracranial structures follows the embryonic fusion lines or the facial sensitive or motor nerves, sometimes years after the initial treatment. The development of craniofacial surgery, reconstruction techniques and conformational radiotherapy allows us now to offer curative guided treatments, for these advanced staged tumors with a remaining limited prognosis. A therapeutic benefit implies a rigorous selection of these patients.

A construção de tecnologias de atenção em saúde com base na promoção da saúde

Este artigo de reflexão discute as bases teórico-metodológicas da Promoção da Saúde e seu potencial na construção de tecnologias de caráter emancipatório, bem como a complexidade de pesquisas de avaliação de ações nesse campo. Para tanto, descreve e analisa um projeto de promoção de desenvolvimento infantil, construído segundo as bases da Promoção da Saúde na vertente crítica e implementado por equipes de saúde da família em regiões prioritárias no município de São Paulo, e pesquisas de avaliação de suas tecnologias e estratégias de implantação. Conclui que o referencial da Promoção da Saúde contribuiu para reorientação das ações dos profissionais para a atenção integral e fortalecimento dos potenciais de saúde das crianças e famílias e que as pesquisas de avaliação de ações no campo da Promoção demandam instrumentos e abordagens múltiplos, que possibilitem abranger a complexidade de processos e resultados das ações.

Psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent : une approche basée sur les preuves

L'approche basée sur les preuves, dérivée de I'evidence based medicine anglo-saxonne, offre une vision élargie de la pédopsychiatrie en permettant aux thérapeutes de s'extraire de la stricte soumission aux conclusions de la recherche pour donner à la pratique, dans une certaine mesure, la possibilité de valider des choix de prise en charge pluridisciplinaires. Alors que l'evidence based médecine s'est imposée dans la plupart des spécialités médicales, elle tarde à s'implanter en psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent. Cet ouvrage fait donc le point sur les connaissances actuelles et propose une approche plus globale fondée sur les preuves. Les 13 chapitres qui le composent couvrent une grande partie des troubles pédopsychiatriques en y intégrant des sujets d'ouverture comme l'alliance thérapeutique, les soins sous contrainte ou les équipes mobiles. Un chapitre consacré aux médicaments psychotropes utilisés chez l'enfant et l'adolescent permet d'offrir un aperçu complet des moyens thérapeutiques à disposition pour chacun de ces troubles.

Plantas medicinais: transmissão do conhecimento nas famílias de agricultores de base ecológica no Sul do RS

O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar o processo de transmissão do conhecimento relacionado às plantas medicinais entre as gerações familiares, no contexto de agricultores de base ecológica da região sul do Rio Grande do Sul. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo realizado com oito famílias de agricultores, totalizando 19 entrevistados, residentes nos municípios de Pelotas, Morro Redondo, Canguçu e Arroio do Padre, entre janeiro e maio de 2009. A análise dos dados foi realizada através do método hermenêutico-dialético. A família foi referida como a principal fonte na transmissão do conhecimento em relação às plantas medicinais. A maioria dos sujeitos informou primeiro realizar o tratamento com as plantas medicinais para em seguida buscar o serviço formal de saúde. A construção do conhecimento relacionado às plantas medicinais pelas famílias é predominantemente oral, realizada através do convívio diário entre seus membros e compartilhada com os demais membros da comunidade na qual estão inseridos.

Capital cities of federations. On the way to analysing the normative base of their asymmetrical status

Federal Capitals often have special statutes. Compared with member states, they often enjoy a lower degree of self-government and a lesser share in the governing of the federation. Why do actors choose such devices, and how can they be justified in a liberal democracy? Surprisingly, the burgeoning literature on asymmetric federalism (to which our research group has contributed significantly) has overlooked this important feature of a de iure asymmetry, perhaps because political theory up to now has concentrated on cases of multicultural and plurinational federations. However, comparative literature is also rare. This paper is the first step to filling in this gap by comparing some federal capitals. The Federal District model (Washington) is compared to capitals organized as member-states (Berlin and Brussels), and capitals that are cities belonging to a single member state (Ottawa in Ontario). The different features of de iure asymmetry will thereby be highlighted. Some light will be shed on the possible motives, reasons and justifications for the choice of each respective status. The paper opens the door to further research on such status questions by analysing public and parliamentary debates, for example. It paves the way for more thorough research. Sicne the author has been awarded a grant by the Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics, this research will be carried out soon.