La cultura política del sandinismo: nacimiento, desarrollo y realineamiento de una anomalía política centroamericana

Sandinista ideology and its political culture are born in 1927, with the refusal of the Pacto del Espino Negro by Augusto César Sandino, while its disappearance can be placed in 1999, date of the signature of the Liberal-Sandinista pact with which –effectively- the two main protagonist of nicaraguan politics at that time, Daniel Ortega and Arnoldo Alemán, halt the democratization process of Nicaragua, so putting on ice also its political development. Meanwhile, in the lapse of time between these two pacts, the most intense, feverish, dramatic and participated period of political history of the Central American country develops: an anti-imperialist guerrilla warfare ended in a bloodbath; a dynastic dictatorship of predatory authoritarianism for more than 40 years; a popular revolution that throws down the dictatorship; a decade of revolutionary government attacked by a counter-revolutionary war; an electoral defeat that will lead to a season of “pactismo” that will end the Sandinista anomaly and that will give an opening to something that we could consider –not with a certain difficulty- its pretence. The aim of this essay consists in analyzing how it has been possible that a political experience like the Sandinista Front , created not only for gaining power and for revolutionizing politically, socially and economically Nicaragua, but also for changing radically cultural, ethic and moral perspective of the country and its people, arrived being the contrary of what had been posed as the horizon to aspire...

Proposta de modelo para o desenvolvimento de projetos minerais sustentáveis no Brasil.

A mineração brasileira, assim como todo o setor da industria de transformação, tem perdido competitividade ao longo do tempo, além disso o Brasil necessita tornar suas operações mais sustentáveis e agregar valor a sua produção industrial. A mineração é um setor onde esta questão se torna mais crítica, pois além de poder gerar forte impacto ambiental, a produção é fortemente baseada em commodities, com baixo valor agregado. Um dos caminhos para superar os obstáculos ao crescimento sustentável da mineração no Brasil é o desenvolvimento de projetos minerais inovadores. As condições estabelecidas pelo governo brasileiro para incentivo à inovação são muito abrangentes, práticas e atrativas; os recursos para financiamento são abundantes e os mecanismos para operacionalização extremamente profissionais. No entanto, na maioria das empresas brasileiras estão presentes a aversão ao risco, a falta das práticas de planejamento e de gestão de projetos e a visão de curto prazo focada na atuação corretiva, fatores que não favorecem o ambiente inovador nas empresas. Ou seja, o grande desafio para a mudança da mineração brasileira, tornando-a mais sustentável e competitiva, está na forma de pensar dos seus lideres; pois as condições existentes para desenvolvimento tecnológico estão disponíveis, mas as empresas necessitam aprender a utilizá-las. Este é um trabalho de pesquisa aplicada, que apresenta uma proposta de metodologia para desenvolvimento de projetos minerais sustentáveis, que foi utilizada por algumas empresas e obteve resultados muito positivos; com isto, é possível estabelecer um caminho que favoreça a mudança da cultura predominante, facilitando o desenvolvimento de inovações na mineração e contribuindo para o seu ganho de competitividade e sustentabilidade. A aplicação da metodologia proposta foi aplicada em um caso hipotético de mineração de ferro e os resultados foram muito positivos, demonstrando que o projeto inovador e sustentável seria muito mais competitivo que um tradicional, principalmente, em momentos de mercado em baixa.

Music and movement: A comparative study between the BAPNE and Suzuki Methods

The aim of this article is to compare the Suzuki and BAPNE methods based on bibliography published for both approaches. In the field of musical and instrumental education and especially for the childhood stage, the correct use of the body and voice are of fundamental importance. These two methods differ from one another; one principally musical and instrumental, which is the Suzuki method, and one non-musical, the BAPNE method, which aims at stimulating attention, concentration, memory and the executing function of the pupil through music and body percussion. Comparing different approaches may provide teachers with a useful insight for facing different issues related to their discipline.

How to measure healthiness in buildings: Experiences in teaching with BIM tools

Introducing teaching about healthy solutions in buildings and BIM has been a challenge for the University of Alicante. Teaching attached to very tighten study plans conditioned the types of methods that could be used in the past. The worldwide situation of crisis that especially reached Spain and the bursting of the housing bubble generated a lack of employment that reached universities where careers related to construction, Architecture and Architectural Technologist, suffered a huge reduction in the number of students enrolled. In the case of the University of Alicante, students’ enrolment for Architectural Technology reached an 80% reduction. The necessity of a reaction against this situation made the teachers be innovative and use the new Bologna adapted study plans to develop new teaching experiences introducing new concepts: people wellbeing in buildings and BIM. Working with healthy solutions in buildings provided new approaches for building design and construction as an alternative to sustainability. For many years sustainability was the concept that applied to housing gave buildings an added value and the possibility of having viability in a very complex scenario. But after lots of experiences, the approved methodologies for obtaining sustainable housing were ambiguous and at the end, investors, designers, constructors and purchasers cannot find real and validated criteria for obtaining an effective sustainable house. It was the moment to work with new ideas and concepts and start facing buildings from the users’ point of view. At the same time the development of new tools, BIM, has opened a wide range of opportunities, innovative and suggestive, that allows simulation and evaluation of many building factors. This paper describes the research in teaching developed by the University of Alicante to adapt the current study plans, introducing work with healthy solutions in buildings and the use of BIM, with the aim of attracting students by improving their future employability. Pilot experiences have been carried out in different subjects based on the work with projects and case studies under an international frame with the cooperation of different European partner universities. The use of BIM tools, introduced in 2014, solved the problems that appeared in some subjects, mainly building construction, and helped with the evaluation of some healthy concepts that presented difficulties until this moment as knowledge acquired by the students was hard to be evaluated. The introduction of BIM tools: Vasari, FormIt, Revit and Light Control among others, allowed the study of precise healthy concepts and provided the students a real understand of how these different parameters can condition a healthy architectural space. The analysis of the results showed a clear acceptance by the students and gave teachers the possibility of opening new research lines. At the same time, working with BIM tools to obtain healthy solutions in building has been a good option to improve students’ employability as building market in Spain is increasing the number of specialists in BIM with a wider knowledge.

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