Accesibilidad y conservación del patrimonio cultural: Aproximación y encuentro

Conceptualització multidisciplinar de la trobada Accessibilitat-Patrimoni, de manera que s'acordi un llenguatge comú en termes d'accessibilitat i de conservació del Patrimoni entre tots els membres del consorci, així com un coneixement exhaustiu de la situació de l'accessibilitat a Espanya en relació amb els diferents àmbits d'actuació abastats en el projecte, des de la demanda potencial d'usuaris, magnitud, tipus i estat del Patrimoni Cultural, als instruments d'anàlisis i intervenció utilitzables.

La Accesibilidad en los Bienes de Interés cultural: situación y necesidades

Anàlisi normativa d'àmbit europeu, nacional, autonòmic i municipal existent sobre Accessibilitat en l'edificació, Accessibilitat al patrimoni i Protecció de Béns Culturals i Patrimoni Històric. Identificació dels conflictes d'aplicació entre les normatives d'accessibilitat i la conservació del patrimoni històric

Detecting epistasis with restricted response patterns in pairs of biallelic loci.

Well-established examples of genetic epistasis between a pair of loci typically show characteristic patterns of phenotypic distributions in joint genotype tables. However, inferring epistasis given such data is difficult due to the lack of power in commonly used approaches, which decompose the epistatic patterns into main plus interaction effects followed by testing the interaction term. Testing additive-only or all terms may have more power, but they are sensitive to nonepistatic patterns. Alternatively, the epistatic patterns of interest can be enumerated and the best matching one is found by searching through the possibilities. Although this approach requires multiple testing correction over possible patterns, each pattern can be fitted with a regression model with just one degree of freedom and thus the overall power can still be high, if the number of possible patterns is limited. Here we compare the power of the linear decomposition and pattern search methods, by applying them to simulated data generated under several patterns of joint genotype effects with simple biological interpretations. Interaction-only tests are the least powerful; while pattern search approach is the most powerful if the range of possibilities is restricted, but still includes the true pattern.

The multipoint Morisita index for the analysis of spatial patterns

In many fields, the spatial clustering of sampled data points has many consequences. Therefore, several indices have been proposed to assess the level of clustering affecting datasets (e.g. the Morisita index, Ripley's Kfunction and Rényi's generalized entropy). The classical Morisita index measures how many times it is more likely to select two measurement points from the same quadrats (the data set is covered by a regular grid of changing size) than it would be in the case of a random distribution generated from a Poisson process. The multipoint version (k-Morisita) takes into account k points with k >= 2. The present research deals with a new development of the k-Morisita index for (1) monitoring network characterization and for (2) detection of patterns in monitored phenomena. From a theoretical perspective, a connection between the k-Morisita index and multifractality has also been found and highlighted on a mathematical multifractal set.

Adapting dating violence prevention to francophone Switzerland: a story of intra-western cultural differences.

Dating violence prevention programs, which originated in the United States, are beginning to be implemented elsewhere. This article presents the first adaptation of a violence prevention program for a European culture, Francophone Switzerland. A U.S. dating violence prevention program, Safe Dates (Foshee & Langwick, 1994), was reviewed in 19 youth and 4 professional focus groups. The most fundamental program concepts--"dating" and "violence"--are not the same in Switzerland and the United States. Swiss youth were not very focused on establishing monogamous romantic relationships, and there is no ready translation for "dating." Violence has not become the focus of a social movement in Switzerland to the same extent that it has in the United States, and distinctions among terms such as "dating violence" and "domestic violence" are not well known. Psychoeducational approaches are also less common in the Swiss context. As the movement to prevent violence extends worldwide, these issues need greater consideration.

Why do creative industries cluster? An analysis of the determinants of clustering of creative industries

Creative industries tend to concentrate mainly around large- and medium-sized cities, forming creative local production systems. The text analyses the forces behind clustering of creative industries to provide the first empirical explanation of the determinants of creative employment clustering following a multidisciplinary approach based on cultural and creative economics, evolutionary geography and urban economics. A comparative analysis has been performed for Italy and Spain. The results show different patterns of creative employment clustering in both countries. The small role of historical and cultural endowments, the size of the place, the average size of creative industries, the productive diversity and the concentration of human capital and creative class have been found as common factors of clustering in both countries.

Cultural leaders and the clash of civilizations

This article builds a micro founded model of the clash of cultures. The clash is defined as the parent's fear of a trait change by their child in an overlapping generations model with intergenerational transmission of cultural traits. The extent of the clash is manipulated by cultural leaders who benefit from the cultural education effort by parents. We identify three channels through which the leaders can affect the clash of cultures: (i) by providing beneficial cultural values, (ii) by claims of cultural superiority and (iii) by cultural alienation, i.e. by inducing cultural dislike towards their own group. We show that all three channels can be in the leader's interest but channels (ii) and (iii) reduce the utility of the leader's goup members. This hints to a strong conflict of interest within groups - between the population at large and the benefactors of radicalization. We further show how the use of alienation relates to the economic opportunities available to a group.

Cirugía del Bien Cultural. Técnicas de Rehabilitación/Refuerzos para edificios históricos del Patrimonio Cultura (E2.26)

La vulnerabilitat dels vells edificis històrics de maçoneria, a causa del dany desproporcionat fora del plànol de càrrega (causat pel vent, explosions, inundacions o moviments sísmics és un dels greus problemes que enfronten avui dia els enginyers estructurals En l'actualitat s'han desenvolupat diverses tècniques innovadores de rehabilitació d'edificis històrics. L'eficàcia de moltes d'elles ha estat provada tant en laboratoris o sota condicions de càrrega real, tals com moviments sísmics. La qualitat i tipus dels materials de maçoneria i el disseny estructural són criteris fonamentals en l'elecció del mètode de reforç. En aques document es presenten les tècniques més utilitzades en la rehabilitació tradicional i les tècniques modernes i innovadores de rehabilitació utilitzant composites avançats

La Accesibilidad en el Patrimonio Cultural: Necesidades funcionales, barreras y análisis de la intervención

Com part de l'Estat de l'Art que aborda aquest primer subprojecte de PATRAC es continua en aquest segon lliurable amb una major concreció sobre els condicionaments funcionals de la població a l'hora d'accedir a edificacions i espais del patrimoni. Atès que PATRAC pretén desenvolupar solucions i alternatives als problemes concrets d'accessibilitat en el patrimoni, hem considerat necessari aprofundir en el coneixement de les limitacions funcionals humanes i les condicions concretes dels entorns que determinen l'existència de barreres. Aquestes anàlisis s'acompanyen de recomanacions per a facilitar l'accés de persones amb diferents perfils funcionals als entorns i serveis públics, tals com els quals es presten en monuments del patrimoni històric-cultural. Finalment el document revisa les formes d'intervenció habituals de les empreses i especialistes en el camp de l'auditoria d'accessibilitat i en la restauració del patrimoni a l'efecte de buscar fórmules de coordinació per a una millora de resultats des del punt de vista d'incrementar l'accessibilitat per a tot tipus de persones.

Dimensionality of drinking consequences - cross-cultural comparability and stability over time

Despite the long tradition for asking about the negative social and health consequences of alcohol consumption in surveys, little is known about the dimensionality of these consequences. Analysing cross-sectional and longitudinal data from the Nordic Taxation Study collected for Sweden, Finland, and Denmark in two waves in 2003 and 2004 by means of an explorative principal component analysis for categorical data (CATPCA), it is tested whether consequences have a single underlying dimension across cultures. It further tests the reliability, replicability, concurrent and predictive validity of the consequence scales. A one-dimensional solution was commonly preferable. Whereas the two-dimensional solution was unable to distinguish clearly between different concepts of consequences, the one-dimensional solution resulted in interpretable, generally very stable scales within countries across different samples and time.

Use of isozyme patterns in the identification of Biomphalaria tenagophila (D'Orbigny, 1835) and B. occidentalis (Paraense, 1981) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)

Two sibling species of Biomphalaria, B. tenagophila and B. occidentalis were identified using isozyme patterns obtained by horizontal gel electrophoresis. Six diagnostic enzymatic loci were identified in digestive gland homogenates. The results enable us to distinguish the species, calculate the Nei's coefficient of genetic similarity, and provide a basis for making inferences about the pattern of these two planorbid species colonization and distribution.

Hezbollah's identities and their relevance for cultural and religious IR

This working paper analyses the role of religious and resistance identities in Hezbollah’s transformation and foreign relations. It argues that this Islamist movement has privileged material concerns over the religious dogma when both factors have not been coincidental. To do so, it uses a theoretical framework that presents the main characteristics of the anthropological and political interpretations of the role of culture and religion in defining the behaviour of international actors. In the chapter dedicated to Hezbollah, close attention is paid to the domestic and regional levels of analysis. When assessing Hezbollah’s religious identity, this paper argues that the salience of the pan-Islamic religious identity in Hezbollah’s origins has been replaced by an increased political pragmatism. It also argues that the fight against Israel represents Hezbollah’s raison d’être and that its resistance identity has not suffered major transformations and has been easily combined with religious rhetoric. Linking Hezbollah’s case study with the theoretical framework, this paper argues that political conceptions of cultural and religious identities provide the best analytical tool to understand the evolution of this Islamist movement.