Art i part :la figura del/la professional de l'educació social en processos de desenvolupament cultural comunitari

Anàlisi de la figura de l'educador/a social en processos de desenvolupament comunitari a partir d'experiències diverses a Catalunya

Department of Cultural Affairs Performance Report, FY 2007

Agency Performance Report

Audit report on the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs for the year ended June 30, 2006

Audit report on the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs for the year ended June 30, 2006

As Potencialidades Turísticas e Preservação Ambiental e Cultural da Cidade Velha

O objectivo deste trabalho não é preservar a memória e nem relembrar o passado. É contribuir para que se tenha uma nova visão em relação à Cidade Velha, hoje Cidade de Santiago, como potencial turístico, fazendo com que as pessoas vejam através das rochas, das águas cristalinas do mar, do sol, do solo agreste, do horizonte montanhoso, dos vales, das encostas; das muralhas antigas e dos sorrisos das suas gentes, atractivos turísticos de grande dimensão a desabrochar. Numa perspectiva histórica e tomando como suporte teórico a corrente inscrita na denominada História Actual ou Imediata defendida pela História Nova, pretendemos que este nosso contributo tenha uma perspectiva actualizante, virada para o futuro. Tendo em conta que o turismo é um sector económico em constante valorização e crescimento no mundo inteiro, não podemos deixar de considerar as ideologias já produzidas pelos doutos como a forma mais correcta de enquadrar o nosso trabalho. Apesar da diversidade de opiniões, começamos pela definição de alguns conceitos cuja versão achamos mais adequada às características da Cidade Velha como potencial área para o desenvolvimento turístico. O meio ambiente é um factor imprescindível para o desenvolvimento do turismo. Assim sendo quisemos demonstrar que o espaço ambiental da Cidade Velha constitui oferta turística muito importante que deve-se preservar, proteger e potencializar. Mas, falar do ambiente como recurso natural inclui o homem que não se valoriza sem a sua obra. Daí que o legado histórico que nos foi deixado obriga-nos a recuar no tempo desde os primórdios da descoberta, do povoamento e colonização para que o homem cabo-verdiano possa ser identificado e, desta forma, analisar o contributo que a Cidade de Ribeira Grande deu para o surgimento e evolução do mesmo e da sociedade cabo-verdiana e, ao mesmo tempo, sugerir propostas de melhorias para que este legado histórico seja potencializado como uma oferta turística. As condições ambientais, geográficas, históricas, económicas e sociais nos persuadem a propor o desenvolvimento dos seguintes tipos de turismo: Turismo do Mar, Turismo do Campo e da Montanha, Turismo Cultural e Religioso. Considerando o carácter interdisciplinar deste sector económico somos obrigados a correlacioná-lo com outras actividades económicas dos mais diversos sectores existentes.

On optimal monetary and fiscal policy interactions in open economies

This paper studies monetary and fiscal policy interactions in a two country model, where taxes on firms sales are optimally chosen and the monetary policy is set cooperatively.It turns out that in a two country setting non-cooperative fiscal policy makers have an incentive to change taxes on sales depending on shocks realizations in order to reduce output production. Therefore whether the fiscal policy is set cooperatively or not matters for optimal monetary policy decisions. Indeed, as already shown in the literature, the cooperative monetary policy maker implements the flexible price allocation only when special conditions on the value of the distortions underlying the economy are met. However, if non-cooperative fiscal policy makers set the taxes on firms sales depending on shocks realizations, these conditions cannot be satisfied; conversely, when fiscal policy is cooperative, these conditions are fulfilled. We conclude that whether implementing the flexible price allocation is optimal or not depends on the fiscal policy regime.

Functional interactions between the estrogen receptor and the transcription activator Sp1 regulate the estrogen-dependent transcriptional activity of the vitellogenin A1 io promoter.

Two distinct, TATA box-containing promoters regulate the transcriptional activity of the Xenopus vitellogenin A1 gene. These two promoters are of different strength and are separated by 1.8 kilobase pairs of untranslated sequence. Estrogen receptor (ER) and its ligand, 17beta-estradiol, induce the activity of both promoters. The estrogen response elements (EREs) are located proximal to the downstream i promoter while no ERE-like sequences have been identified in the vicinity of the upstream io promoter. We show here, that transcriptional activity of the upstream io promoter is Sp1-dependent. Moreover, we demonstrate that estrogen inducibility of the io promoter results from functional interactions between the io bound Sp1 and the ER bound at the proximity of i. Functional interactions between Sp1 and ER do not require the presence of a TATA box for transcriptional activation, as is demonstrated using the acyl-CoA oxidase promoter. The relative positions that ER and Sp1 occupy with respect to the initiation site determines whether these two transcription activators can synergize for transcription initiation.

Loss of interactions with ants under cold climate in a regional myrmecophilous butterfly fauna

Aim Specialized mutualistic clades may revert and thus increase their autonomy and generalist characteristics. However, our understanding of the drivers that trigger reductions in mutualistic traits and of the consequences for the tolerance of these species to various environmental conditions remains limited. This study investigates the relationship between the environmental niche and the degree of myrmecophily (i.e. the ability to interact with ants) among members of the Lycaenidae. Location The western Swiss Alps. Methods We measured the tolerance of Lycaenidae species to low temperatures by comparing observations from a random stratified field sampling with climatic maps. We then compared the species-specific degree of myrmecophily with the species range limits at colder temperatures while controlling for phylogenetic dependence. We further evaluated whether the community-averaged degree of myrmecophily increases with temperature, as would be expected in the case of environmental filters acting on myrmecophilous species. Results Twenty-nine Lycaenidae species were found during sampling. Ancestral state reconstruction indicated that the 24 species of Polyommatinae displayed both strong myrmecophily and secondary loss of mutualism; these species were used in the subsequent statistical analyses. Species with a higher degree of ant interaction were, on average, more likely to inhabit warmer sites. Species inhabiting the coldest environments displayed little or no interaction with ants. Main conclusions Colder climates at high elevations filter out species with a high degree of myrmecophily and may have been the direct evolutionary force that promoted the loss of mutualism. A larger taxon sampling across the Holarctic may help to distinguish between the ecological and evolutionary effects of climate.