Piękny czy dobry? Moralny wymiar upiększania ciała

The main purpose of the article is to point outsome relations between beauty and good in contemporary reality. The main question that arises here is as follows: is the relationship of beauty and moral good still relevant? The concept presented in the thesis refers to the ancient idea of kalokagathia. It stated that beauty is inseparable from moral good. As far as this ancient perspective is concerned, it can be treated as the background for contemporary considerations about the main issue of beauty and good. The article refers to the concept of aestheticization by Wolfgang Welsch. He defines aesthetics as the primary guiding value, where as experience and entertainment have become the guidelines for contemporary culture. Moreover, the thesis mentions the concept of the consumer society and new ethics of the relation to the body as it is described by Jean Budrillard. Then the narration of the article focuses on the following problem: in what sense can we talk nowadays about moral motivation for beauty treatments of body? One assumption leads to the case of looking after one’s body. Another point of view mentions the need of harmony which manifests itself in beautiful body. Eventually, the central question emerges whether contemporary practice of beautifying the body can be a part of the concept of the good life or not.

Water quality trading: credit stacking and ancillary benefits

Ecosystems can provide many services. Wetlands, for example, can help mitigate water pollution from point sources as well as non-point sources, serve as habitat for wildlife, sequester carbon and serve as a place for recreation. Studies have found that these services can have substantial value to society. The sale of ecosystem credits has been found to be a possible way to finance construction investments in wetlands and easements to farmers to take their land out of production. At the same time, selling one ecosystem service credit may not always be enough to justify the investment. Traditionally market participants have only been allowed to sell a single credit from one piece of land, but recently there have been discussions about the possibility of selling more than one credit from a piece of land because it potentially could lead to more efficient ecosystem service provision. Selling multiple credits is sometimes referred to as credit stacking. This paper is an empirical study of the potential for credit stacking applied to the services provided by wetlands in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, specifically nitrogen, phosphorus and wildlife credits. In the setting of our study where costs are discrete rather than continuous we found that wetlands are a cost-effective way to reduce the nitrogen loads from wastewater treatment plants and that stacking nitrogen, phosphorus and wildlife credits may improve social welfare while leading to a higher level of ecosystem services. However, for credit stacking to be welfare improving we found that there needs to be a substantial demand for the credit that covers the majority of the investment in wetlands, while the credit aggregator has a choice between what ecosystem projects to undertake. If the credit that covers the majority of investment is sold first and is the sole basis of the investment decision and the objective is to improve welfare, a sequential implementation of ecosystem credits is not recommended; it would not lead to an increase in the total amount of ecosystem services provided though it would increase profit for the credit producer.

Piłka nożna, mulatyzm i tożsamość narodowa w Brazylii

The article is devoted to the social functions of soccer in Brazilian society. The first section analyses the elitist and working class origin of soccer in Brazil. Next, the author attempts to describe the role of soccer in advancing social mobility of people from the working class. In the third, most important section the role of soccer in creation of the Brazilian national identity is considered. Here, the concept of a “tropical hybrid” as well as the ideology of mulattism is presented together with a detailed analysis of the Brazilian soccer style as an expression of the Afro-Brazilian, genetically determined talent.

Integración de Arbotix, Raspberry Pi y motores Dynamixel Ax-12+ para un robot humanoide que busca y patea pelotas

En este artículo se presenta a DeBuPa (Detección Búsqueda Pateo) un humanoide de tamaño pequeño (38 cm de alto) construido con las piezas del kit Bioloid. Del kit se ha excluido la tarjeta CM-510 para sustituirla por la tarjeta controladora Arbotix, que será la que controle los 16 motores Dynamixel Ax-12+ (para mover al robot) y 2 servomotores analógicos (para mover la cámara). Además se ha agregado un mini computador Raspberry Pi, con su cámara, para que el robot pueda detectar y seguir la pelota de forma autónoma. Todos estos componentes deben ser coordinados para que se logre cumplir la tarea de detectar, seguir y patear la pelota. Por ello se hace necesaria la comunicación entre la Arbotix y la Raspberry Pi. La herramienta empleada para ello es el framework ROS (Robot Operating System). En la Raspberry Pi se usa el lenguaje C++ y se ejecuta un solo programa encargado de captar la imagen de la cámara, filtrar y procesar para encontrar la pelota, tomar la decisión de la acción a ejecutar y hacer la petición a la Arbotix para que dé la orden a los motores de ejecutar el movimiento. Para captar la imagen de la cámara se ha utilizado la librería RasPiCam CV. Para filtrar y procesar la imagen se ha usado las librerías de OpenCV. La Arbotix, además de controlar los motores, se encarga de monitorizar que el robot se encuentre balanceado, para ello usa el sensor Gyro de Robotis. Si detecta un desbalance de un cierto tamaño puede saber si se ha caído y levantarse.

Raspberry Pi-pohjainen dataloggeri

Dataloggerit ovat tärkeitä mittaustekniikassa käytettäviä mittalaitteita, joiden tarkoituksena on kerätä talteen mittausdataa pitkiltä aikaväleiltä. Dataloggereita voidaan käyttää esimerkiksi teollista prosessia osana olevien toimilaitteiden tai kotitalouden energiajärjestelmän seurannassa. Teollisen luokan dataloggerit ovat yleensä hinnaltaan satojen tai tuhansien eurojen luokkaa. Työssä pyrittiin löytämään teollisen luokan laitteille halpa ja helppokäyttöinen vaihtoehto, joka on kuitenkin riittävän tehokas ja toimiva. Työssä suunniteltiin ja toteutettiin dataloggeri Raspberry Pi-alustalle ja testattiin sitä oikeaa teollista ympäristöä vastaavissa olosuhteissa. Kirjallisuudesta ja internet artikkeleista etsittiin samankaltaisia laite- ja ohjelmistoratkaisuja ja niitä käytettiin dataloggausjärjestelmän pohjana. Raspberry Pi-alustalle koodattiin yksinkertainen Python-kielinen data-loggausohjelma, joka käyttää Modbus-tiedonsiirtoprotokollaa. Testien perusteella voidaan todeta, että toteutettu dataloggeri on toimiva ja kykenee kaupallisten dataloggereiden tasoiseen mittaukseen ainakin pienillä näytteistystaajuuksilla. Toteutettu dataloggeri on myös huomattavasti kaupallisia dataloggereita halvempi. Helppokäyttöisyyden näkökulmasta dataloggerissa havaittiin puutteita, joita käydään läpi jatkokehitysideoiden muodossa.

Servidor de comunicaciones unificadas con Raspberry Pi y Micro-Elastix

El presente trabajo tiene como finalidad mostrar la configuración e implementación de un servidor de comunicaciones unificadas utilizando un Raspberry Pi como plataforma de hardware y la distribución de Elastix, micro-Elastix, desarrollada especialmente para trabajar en arquitecturas ARM.

Współczesne rytuały przejścia z dzieciństwa do dorosłości: baśń o Śpiącej Królewnie

In the paper, I make references to the psychological process of passing from childhood to adulthood. In contemporary times, this process is spread in time, its boundaries are blurry and it is difficult to find in it the primordial initiation rituals known among primitive tribes. I call these phenomena the Sleeping Beauty syndrome, and compare the contemporary rites of passage from childhood to adulthood to this very fairy tale, in particular to its psychological readings. The theoretical framework for my considerations is based on a selection of anthropological rite concepts and elements of methodological concepts of studying fairy tales, such as structural and psychoanalytical approaches. My psychopedagogical analysis of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale through the category rite of passage thus begins with defining this category underlining the possibility of using it in various sciences and referring to the fairy tale as a contemporary space for ritual initiation experience.

Prevalencia de anticuerpos a Parainfluenza Bovina (PI-3) en ganaderías lecheras de dos parroquias del cantón Cuenca, Ecuador

Las afecciones respiratorias son algunas de las patologías que con mayor frecuencia se observan, particularmente en los bovinos jóvenes. Los agentes virales más corrientemente implicados son los responsables de las enfermedades conocidas como Síndrome Respiratorio Bovino. Entre ellas, el virus Parainfluenza bovina tipo 3 (PI-3) (Bryson, 1990). El mismo provoca una enfermedad infectocontagiosa, capaz de afectar el tracto respiratorio y predisponer a los animales infectados a una neumonía más grave, especialmente cuando se exponen a patógenos bacterianos como Pasteurela hemolítica o Mycoplasma spp. En otros países, como Colombia, se describen prevalencias muy altas del orden del 68% (Betancur et al., 2010). El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar la prevalencia de anticuerpos a PI-3 en hembras bovinas de diferentes edades y grupos raciales en ganaderías lecheras de dos parroquias del cantón Cuenca, Ecuador.

Przegląd piśmiennictwa RPEiS 2, 1922, z. 4

Digitalizacja i deponowanie archiwalnych zeszytów RPEiS sfinansowane przez MNiSW w ramach realizacji umowy nr 541/P-DUN/2016

Przegląd piśmiennictwa RPEiS 2, 1922, z. 3

Digitalizacja i deponowanie archiwalnych zeszytów RPEiS sfinansowane przez MNiSW w ramach realizacji umowy nr 541/P-DUN/2016

Przegląd piśmiennictwa RPEiS 2, 1922, z. 1

Digitalizacja i deponowanie archiwalnych zeszytów RPEiS sfinansowane przez MNiSW w ramach realizacji umowy nr 541/P-DUN/2016

Estudo sobre a influência do massará no processo de formação de salitre em rebocos na região de Teresina - PI

This work had to verify the influence of massará, while mortar component, in the process of formation of saltpeter in cementitious plaster walls of buildings. The massará is a ceramic material, texture areno usually found in large volumes argillaceous sediments in Teresina, Piaui State capital, which is associated with the Portland cement mortar form for fixing and finishing in construction. Saltpeter or flowering is a pathology that happens in gypsum wallboard, which invariably reaction between soluble salts present in materials, water and oxygen. This pathology, supposedly credited to massará caused its use to suffer significant reduction in the market of the buildings. Verify this situation with particular scientific rigor is part of the proposal of this work. Grading tests Were performed, consistency limits (LL, LP and IP), determination of potential hydrogen, capacity Exchange (CTC), electrical conductivity (EC), x-ray fluorescence (FRX) and x-ray diffraction (DRX). Massará analysed samples in number six, including sample plastering salitrado presented potential hydrogen medium 5.7 in water and 5.2 on KCl n and electrical conductivity (EC), equal to zero. These results pointed to the affirmative that massará is a material that does not provide salinity content that can be taken into consideration. It is therefore concluded that the material analyzed not competing, at least with respect to the presence of soluble salts, for the formation of saltpeter

PI Toolset Methodology for Virtual Enterprise Performance Assessment and Governance

Part 16: Performance Measurement Systems

Perifrasi verbali con εἰμί più participio nelle varianti del Pentateuco dei LXX

Nell’articolo sono raccolte e discusse le varianti con εἰμί più participio individuate nei testimoni della tradizione testuale del Pentateuco dei LXX; sono considerate anche le varianti con γίνομαι ma solo quelle concerneti il predicato nominale. La finalità è di osservare se vi siano tracce dell’affermazione della perifrasi nelle varianti, eventuali concentrazioni di frequenza insieme a sfumature d’uso, con particolare attenzione alla datazione dei testimoni dove appaiono. Un paragrafo è riservato anche alle varianti di costruzioni con predicato nominale (copula + aggettivo) rispetto a un verbo finito.