Work and economic security in the 21st century

In recent decades there has been a transformation of two central concepts of modernity ��� labour and the household. Ela Bhatt ��� the founder of the Self-Employed Women���s Association of India (SEWA), has made an important contribution to this transformation. Through the emergence of unions such as SEWA, the notion of who represents labour is being broadened; the marginalised are finding an institutional voice. Increasingly, the household is being recognised as a site of both production and reproduction. SEWA is not a traditional trade union that aims, through collective bargaining with an employer, to improve its members��� wages and working conditions as sellers of their labour power. Instead, it aims to empower women economically in the informal economy by bringing them into the mainstream economy as owners of their labour. The union dimension of SEWA builds their collective power through struggle; the cooperative dimension translates their bargaining power into the economic and social development of its members and their community. Besides, Bhatt���s approach to the self-employed was a direct challenge to the ILO���s tripartism when it was established in the early seventies. The first part of the paper provides a short biography of Ela Bhatt, describes the origins of SEWA, analyses a ���classification struggle��� over how and who is to define what a worker is. In the second part the author considers SEWAs innovative organizing strategy and is rethinking modernity in the labour context. In the conclusion the paper discusses the lessons that can be learnt from Ela Bhatt.

Plantas y animales de nuestra comarca

El cuaderno de trabajo sirve como punto de partida para salidas de campo, peque??as investigaciones y experiencias dirigidas a los alumnos de s??ptimo de EGB. El cuaderno contiene informaci??n acerca de la flora y fauna de la Comarca del Mar Menor. Se aprende a identificar y localizar ??rboles, plantas, flores silvestres y arbustos; de igual modo se estudian las caracter??sticas, el h??bitat y la dieta de los animales de la zona: insectos, aves, mam??feros y reptiles. El cuaderno incluye dos fichas para la construcci??n de un terrario y comedero de aves.

Una mirada al siglo XIX : unidad did??ctica

Estudio interdisciplinar sobre el siglo XIX destacando como aspectos fundamentales el cambio social, el cambio cient??fico-t??cnico y el nacionalismo. Est?? dirigido a alumnos de primero de Bachillerato de la modalidad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, en las ??reas de Historia, Literatura y M??sica. La unidad tiene por objeto la profundizaci??n en los objetivos de la etapa: analizar y valorar las realidades del mundo contempor??neo y los antecedentes y factores que inciden en ??l; dominar los conocimientos cient??ficos y t??cnicos fundamentales; desarrollar la sensibilidad art??stica y literaria como fuente de enriquecimiento cultural. Los autores plantean esta unidad did??ctica como un material abierto a posteriores revisiones desde la pr??ctica del aula.

Primeras jornadas de Educaci??n Infantil y necesidades educativas especiales

Jornadas organizadas por el CPR de Lorca contando con la participaci??n del profesorado de Educaci??n Infantil y de necesidades educativas especiales. El objetivo de estas jornadas es encontrar una f??rmula que posibilite dar a conocer el trabajo realizado y presentar una gran variedad de estrategias y formas de intervenci??n. El n??mero de ponencias presentadas fue de quince, entre ellas: la salud mental en la escuela infantil; educaci??n visual en el colegio; talleres; veh??culos de socializaci??n y aprendizaje, etc..

Historias de Josefa. Cuaderno de actividades.

Este cuaderno de trabajo se completa con una gu��a did��ctica para el profesor editada de forma separada

Repercussions d���un tr��fic for��at o lliure sobre el consum i pauta d���ingesti�� del vaqu�� lleter amb un sistema de munyida robotitzada

Avaluaci�� de l���efecte del tipus de tr��fic imposat a les vaques lleteres en sistemes de munyida autom��tica sobre la freq����ncia de munyida, les necessitats d���alimentaci��, el comportament alimentari i la producci�� i composici�� de la llet

Comparaci��n de la severidad y extensi��n de la enfermedad coronaria multivaso por Syntax Score en una poblaci��n de las Antillas Holandesas vs controles nacionales

En la Enfermedad Coronaria (EC) existen factores gen��ticos, socioculturales, medioambientales y raciales adicionales a los factores de riesgo cardiovascular mayores que podr��an influir en su presentaci��n. Se desconoce el impacto de la raza en la severidad de la enfermedad coronaria en los pacientes extranjeros que son enviados a nuestro Servicio. Objetivos: Comparar la severidad de la EC multivaso en una poblaci��n de pacientes de las Antillas y Nacionales, pareados por la escala Framingham. Metodolog��a: Realizamos un estudio de corte transversal, comparando pacientes colombianos contra pacientes provenientes de las Antillas holandesas con similares factores de riesgo seg��n escala de Framingham, catalog��ndolos por grupos de riesgo bajo, intermedio, alto y muy alto. Todos con EC severa multivaso documentada por angiograf��a coronaria desde enero del 2009 hasta Junio de 2011. Se excluyeron pacientes con antecedentes de intervenci��n percut��nea o quir��rgica previa. Resultados: Ingresaron 115 pacientes internacionales y 115 pacientes nacionales. La relaci��n hombres/mujeres 3:1. La proporci��n de grupos de riesgo fue de bajo riesgo 2.5%, intermedio 15%, alto 19.3%, y muy alto 63.4%. El Syntax Score en pacientes nacionales fue 14.3+/-7.4 y en internacionales 22.2+/-10.5 p: 0.002. Conclusiones: En pacientes provenientes de las Antillas Holandesas, valorados en nuestra instituci��n, se observ�� una mayor severidad de la enfermedad coronaria comparada con una poblaci��n nacional con factores de riesgo similares. Estos hallazgos sugieren la influencia de la raza y factores gen��ticos en la severidad y extensi��n de la EC

Gesti��n oriental y occidental: un acercamiento a los grandes gurues e ideas empresariales

En el presente trabajo se describen los aportes m��s destacados de algunos de los gur��es representativos del ��mbito administrativo Oriental y Occidental. En Occidental se cuenta con el legado de Henry Ford, Philip Kotler, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Henry Fayol, Michael Porter, Peter Drucker y Steve Jobs. En Oriente, los gur��es son Akio Morita, Edwards Deming, Kaoru Ishikawa, Familia Toyoda, Masaaki Imai y Taiichi Ohno. A partir de ello, se hacen comparaciones entre las tendencias de administraci��n de cada cultura y entre los gur��es. Seguido, se comentan aspectos importantes de Mc Donald���s y Samsung, en cuanto a sus modelos de gesti��n y su adaptaci��n en un mundo globalizado.

WAIS seminar: Linked Cultural Media

Wednesday 9th April 2014 Speaker(s): Guus Schreiber Time: 09/04/2014 11:00-11:50 Location: B32/3077 File size: 546Mb Abstract In this talk I will discuss linked data for museums, archives and libraries. This area is known for its knowledge-rich and heterogeneous data landscape. The objects in this field range from old manuscripts to recent TV programs. Challenges in this field include common metadata schema's, inter-linking of the omnipresent vocabularies, cross-collection search strategies, user-generated annotations and object-centric versus event-centric views of data. This work can be seen as part of the rapidly evolving field of digital humanities. Speaker Biography Guus Schreiber Guus is a professor of Intelligent Information Systems at the Department of Computer Science at VU University Amsterdam. Guus��� research interests are mainly in knowledge and ontology engineering with a special interest for applications in the field of cultural heritage. He was one of the key developers of the CommonKADS methodology. Guus acts as chair of W3C groups for Semantic Web standards such as RDF, OWL, SKOS and REFa. His research group is involved in a wide range of national and international research projects. He is now project coordinator of the EU Integrated project No Tube concerned with integration of Web and TV data with the help of semantics and was previously Scientific Director of the EU Network of Excellence ���Knowledge Web���.

Estudio Costo-Efectividad de Lidoca��na t��pica como adyuvante a Pregabalina y Gabapentina en dolor neurop��tico perif��rico en una I.P.S de Bogot�� 2011.

Introducci��n: el dolor neurop��tico es una patolog��a de considerable prevalencia e impacto socio-econ��mico en la poblaci��n latinoamericana, la evidencia cl��nica sugiere que los ligandos de canales de calcio y el parche de Lidoca��na pueden tratar exitosamente el dolor neurop��tico perif��rico y localizado. Metodolog��a: se realizo una evaluaci��n econ��mica tipo costo-efectividad, observacional y retrospectiva con datos extra��dos de las historias cl��nicas de pacientes atendidos en la cl��nica de dolor de la IPS. La variable primaria de efectividad fue la mejor��a del dolor medida mediante escala visual an��loga. Resultados: se estudiaron 94 pacientes tratados con: Gabapentina (G) 21, Pregabalina (P) 24, Gabapentina+ lidoca��na (G/P) 24, Pregabalina + Lidoca��na (P/L) 25, los costos asociados al tratamiento son los siguientes COP$114.070.835, COP$105.855.920, COP$88.717.481 COP$89.854.712 respectivamente, el n��mero de pacientes con mejor��a significativa de dolor fue: 8,10,9 y 21 pacientes respectivamente. El ICER de G/L con respecto a G fue: COP$ -25.353.354. El ICER de P/L con respecto a P fue: COP$ -1.454.655. Conclusiones: la adici��n del parche de lidoca��na a la terapia regular con P/L represento una disminuci��n de consumo de recursos en salud como uso de medicamentos co-analg��sicos, analg��sicos de rescate y f��rmacos para controlar reacciones adversas, de la misma forma que consultas a profesionales de la salud. Cada paciente manejado con P/L representa un ahorro de COP $1.454.655 al contrario si se manejase con el anticonvulsivante de manera exclusiva, en el caso de G/L este ahorro es de COP $ 25.353.354 frente a G sola.

Big Data: Wrongs and Rights by Andrew Cormack (WAIS Seminar)

Abstract: Big Data has been characterised as a great economic opportunity and a massive threat to privacy. Both may be correct: the same technology can indeed be used in ways that are highly beneficial and those that are ethically intolerable, maybe even simultaneously. Using examples of how Big Data might be used in education - normally referred to as "learning analytics" - the seminar will discuss possible ethical and legal frameworks for Big Data, and how these might guide the development of technologies, processes and policies that can deliver the benefits of Big Data without the nightmares. Speaker Biography: Andrew Cormack is Chief Regulatory Adviser, Jisc Technologies. He joined the company in 1999 as head of the JANET-CERT and EuroCERT incident response teams. In his current role he concentrates on the security, policy and regulatory issues around the network and services that Janet provides to its customer universities and colleges. Previously he worked for Cardiff University running web and email services, and for NERC's Shipboard Computer Group. He has degrees in Mathematics, Humanities and Law.

On lions, impala, and bigraphs: modelling interactions in Ubiquitous Computing

As ubiquitous systems have moved out of the lab and into the world the need to think more systematically about how there are realised has grown. This talk will present intradisciplinary work I have been engaged in with other computing colleagues on how we might develop more formal models and understanding of ubiquitous computing systems. The formal modelling of computing systems has proved valuable in areas as diverse as reliability, security and robustness. However, the emergence of ubiquitous computing raises new challenges for formal modelling due to their contextual nature and dependence on unreliable sensing systems. In this work we undertook an exploration of modelling an example ubiquitous system called the Savannah game using the approach of bigraphical rewriting systems. This required an unusual intra-disciplinary dialogue between formal computing and human- computer interaction researchers to model systematically four perspectives on Savannah: computational, physical, human and technical. Each perspective in turn drew upon a range of different modelling traditions. For example, the human perspective built upon previous work on proxemics, which uses physical distance as a means to understand interaction. In this talk I hope to show how our model explains observed inconsistencies in Savannah and ex- tend it to resolve these. I will then reflect on the need for intradisciplinary work of this form and the importance of the bigraph diagrammatic form to support this form of engagement. Speaker Biography Tom Rodden Tom Rodden (rodden.info) is a Professor of Interactive Computing at the University of Nottingham. His research brings together a range of human and technical disciplines, technologies and techniques to tackle the human, social, ethical and technical challenges involved in ubiquitous computing and the increasing used of personal data. He leads the Mixed Reality Laboratory (www.mrl.nott.ac.uk) an interdisciplinary research facility that is home of a team of over 40 researchers. He founded and currently co-directs the Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute (www.horizon.ac.uk), a university wide interdisciplinary research centre focusing on ethical use of our growing digital footprint. He has previously directed the EPSRC Equator IRC (www.equator.ac.uk) a national interdisciplinary research collaboration exploring the place of digital interaction in our everyday world. He is a fellow of the British Computer Society and the ACM and was elected to the ACM SIGCHI Academy in 2009 (http://www.sigchi.org/about/awards/).

The Open Web of Things as a means to unlock the potential of the IoT

Abstract: There is a lot of hype around the Internet of Things along with talk about 100 billion devices within 10 years time. The promise of innovative new services and efficiency savings is fueling interest in a wide range of potential applications across many sectors including smart homes, healthcare, smart grids, smart cities, retail, and smart industry. However, the current reality is one of fragmentation and data silos. W3C is seeking to fix that by exposing IoT platforms through the Web with shared semantics and data formats as the basis for interoperability. This talk will address the abstractions needed to move from a Web of pages to a Web of things, and introduce the work that is being done on standards and on open source projects for a new breed of Web servers on microcontrollers to cloud based server farms. Speaker Biography -Dave Raggett : Dave has been involved at the heart of web standards since 1992, and part of the W3C Team since 1995. As well as working on standards, he likes to dabble with software, and more recently with IoT hardware. He has participated in a wide range of European research projects on behalf of W3C/ERCIM. He currently focuses on Web payments, and realising the potential for the Web of Things as an evolution from the Web of pages. Dave has a doctorate from the University of Oxford. He is a visiting professor at the University of the West of England, and lives in the UK in a small town near to Bath.

La cocina de los venenos. Aspectos de la criminalidad en el Nuevo Reino de Granada, siglos XVII-XVIII

Durante los siglos XVII y XVIII se presentaron varias querellas ante el Tribunal de Justicia Criminal del Nuevo Reino de Granada, en las que se denunciaba que hab��a personas que ejerc��an los oficios m��dicos sin tener t��tulos que los acreditaran como facultativos en las artes curativas. Por ese entonces, se cre��a que quienes utilizaban yerbas y conjuros como m��todos terap��uticos, por lo general mujeres, deb��an ser juzgadas como yerbateras-envenenadoras, porque no pretend��an curar sino matar a quien consumiera sus preparados. El texto establece que los procesos criminales por envenenamiento constituyen un prisma en el que convergen diferentes problem��ticas del periodo colonial neogranadino, relacionadas con la salud, los oficios m��dicos, las enfermedades, las creencias m��gico-religiosas, el ideal de mujer en la ��poca, la delincuencia, y las din��micas de las instituciones espa��olas, entre otras. De esta manera, se estudi�� c��mo fue la relaci��n entre los aspectos jur��dicos, las leyes criminales (dictadas por la Corona) y las conductas ���desviadas��� (relacionadas con el crimen por envenenamiento) de los habitantes del Nuevo Reino de Granada, entre los siglos XVII y XVIII. Para ello se revistaron desde diferentes perspectivas, varios temas del mundo colonial neogranadino, relacionados con los rumores, la comidilla, los chismes y la importancia de la comunicaci��n hablada en el virreinato; el problema de la honra, como una de las virtudes m��s sobresalientes de la ��poca y las creencias de la cultura popular con relaci��n al envenenamiento y los diferentes m��todos curativos.