Genomic Resources Notes Accepted 1 June 2015 - 31 July 2015

This article documents the public availability of (i) microbiomes in diet and gut of larvae from the dipteran Dilophus febrilis using massive parallel sequencing, (ii) SNP and SSR discovery and characterization in the transcriptome of the Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus, L) and (iii) assembled transcriptome for an endangered, endemic Iberian cyprinid fish (Squalius pyrenaicus).

Carbons, Ionic Liquids, and Quinones for Electrochemical Capacitors

Carbons are the main electrode materials used in supercapacitors, which are electrochemical energy storage devices with high power densities and long cycling lifetimes. However, increasing their energy density capacity will improve their potential for commercial implementation.
In this regard, the use of high surface area carbons and high voltage electrolytes are well known strategies to increase the attainable energy density, and lately ionic liquids have been explored as promising alternatives to current state of the art acetonitrile-based electrolytes. Also, in terms of safety and sustainability ionic liquids are attractive electrolyte materials for supercapacitors. In addition, it has been shown that the matching of the carbon pore size with the electrolyte ion size further increases the attainable electrochemical double layer (ECDL) capacitance and energy density.
The use of pseudocapacitive reactions can significantly increase the attainable energy density, and quinonic-based materials offer a potentially sustainable and cost effective research avenue for both the electrode and the electrolyte.
This perspective will provide an overview of the current state of the art research on supercapacitors based on combinations of carbons, ionic liquids and quinonic compounds, highlighting performances and challenges and discussing possible future research avenues. In this regard, current interest is mainly focused on strategies which may ultimately lead to commercially competitive sustainable high performance supercapacitors for different applications including those requiring mechanical flexibility and biocompatibility.

Valence-shell photoionization of chlorinelike Ar+ ions

Absolute cross-section measurements for valence-shell photoionization of Ar + ions are reported for photon energies ranging from 27.4 eV to 60.0 eV. The data, taken by merging beams of ions and synchrotron radiation at a photon energy resolution of 10 meV, indicate that the primary ion beam was a statistically weighted mixture of the 2P o3/2 ground state and the 2P o1/2 metastable state of Ar +. Photoionization of this Cell-like ion is characterized by multiple Rydberg series of autoionizing resonances superimposed on a direct photoionization continuum. Observed resonance lineshapes indicate interference between indirect and direct photoionization channels. Resonance features are spectroscopically assigned and their energies and quantum defects are tabulated. The measurements are satisfactorily reproduced by theoretical calculations based on an intermediate coupling semi-relativistic Breit-Pauli approximation.

O TERRITÓRIO NA BASE DA CONSTRUÇÃO DE UM PROJECTO DE INOVAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA E PEDAGÓGICA NA UNIVERSIDADE DE ÉVORA

A Universidade de Évora (Portugal) tem vindo a concretizar um projecto de promoção de uma fileira de trabalho, desde o ano 2000, nas áreas da investigação, formação e serviço à comunidade. Tendo como objecto de trabalho, os diferentes contextos que a Educação e a Formação assumem, na região Alentejo (região do sul de Portugal, que ocupa cerca de um terço do território do país e que possui uma população de, aproximadamente, meio milhão de indivíduos), tem vindo a construir-se uma nova fileira universitária.

ESCOLAS POPULARES NO ALENTEJO: OS CASOS DA ESCOLA POPULAR DA UNIVERSIDADE DE ÉVORA E DA ESCOLA COMUNITÁRIA DE SÃO MIGUEL DE MACHEDE

A Educação Popular tem assumido, na região Alentejo, uma grande importância, na medida em que tem adoptado várias modalidades, diferentes protagonistas e promotores. Na realidade, nesta região, vários factores concorreram para este papel da Educação Popular.

Análisis de la evolución de la gestión, uso y cobertura vegetal del suelo del Bosque Protector Aguarongo y sectores colindantes, área de estudio : San Juan y Jadán

Esta investigación se enfoca en encontrar datos históricos en cuanto a la gestión, uso y cobertura del suelo en el Bosque Protector Aguarongo, en lo que se refiere a técnicas, tecnologías y tradiciones ancestrales de la gestión del suelo. Utilizando como metodología la investigación bibliográfica, así como la observación in situ, la ejecución de encuestas a los usuarios del bosque y la aplicación de sistemas de información geográfica para la obtención de mapas temáticos.

Plan estratégico para el área administrativa del Centro de Negocios Unicornio II

Al momento existe una crisis administrativa y económica en el Centro de Negocios generada por la pérdida de imagen de la institución frente al público, lo que se refleja en bajos ingresos económicos y falta de recursos para la inversión en mejoramientos y pago de servicios básicos. El objetivo del presente trabajo es direccionar a la institución, en la toma de decisiones en el año 2005, para lograr su éxito y permanencia en el mercado en que se desenvuelve, logrando mejorar el trabajo del área administrativa y la competitividad frente a los demás Centros Comerciales. Para lo cual se plantea proyectos y mejoras del servicio que se fomenten desde la Administración . El edificio Unicornio II se crea en el año 1992 bajo el régimen de propiedad horizontal, antes de concluida la edificación, la empresa constructora se declara en banca rota, creando un problema para sus tres área que son: departamentos, oficinas y locales comerciales. La administración del Centro de Negocios está descentralizada de las demás áreas del edificio. En el año 2004 la cartera por cobrar es de 75,757.59 dólares y apenas una cancelación de 31,768.81 dólares; causando que para el mes de abril del 2005 las deudas por alícuotas puedan llegar a los 176, 907 dólares. Debido a la notoria falta de recursos, la Administración difícilmente puede cubrir los gastos mensuales por concepto de servicios básicos comunales, por lo que existe una imagen de descuido que crea inconformidad entre los pocos copropietarios que cumplen y una perdida de competitividad que pone en peligro la existencia de las unidades de negocio. La falta de recursos impide que la administración pueda realizar adecuaciones y mantenimientos que mejoren la apariencia y servicio que reciben los clientes, causando una falta de competitividad respecto de los centros comerciales competidores y de mantenerse las cosas como están el Centro de Negocios corre el riesgo de desaparecer y generar pérdidas económicas para quienes han realizado sus actividades comerciales en el Unicornio por varios años.

Modelling the Minho river plume intrusion into the rias baixas

The Minho River, situated 30 km south of the Rias Baixas is the most important freshwater source flowing into the Western Galician Coast (NW of the Iberian Peninsula). This discharge is important to determine the hydrological patterns adjacent to its mouth, particularly close to the Galician coastal region. The buoyancy generated by the Minho plume can flood the Rias Baixas for long periods, reversing the normal estuarine density gradients. Thus, it becomes important to analyse its dynamics as well as the thermohaline patterns of the areas affected by the freshwater spreading. Thus, the main aim of this work was to study the propagation of the Minho estuarine plume to the Rias Baixas, establishing the conditions in which this plume affects the circulation and hydrographic features of these coastal systems, through the development and application of the numerical model MOHID. For this purpose, the hydrographic features of the Rias Baixas mouths were studied. It was observed that at the northern mouths, due to their shallowness, the heat fluxes between the atmosphere and ocean are the major forcing, influencing the water temperature, while at the southern mouths the influence of the upwelling events and the Minho River discharge were more frequent. The salinity increases from south to north, revealing that the observed low values may be caused by the Minho River freshwater discharge. An assessment of wind data along the Galician coast was carried out, in order to evaluate the applicability of the study to the dispersal of the Minho estuarine plume. Firstly, a comparative analysis between winds obtained from land meteorological stations and offshore QuikSCAT satellite were performed. This comparison revealed that satellite data constitute a good approach to study wind induced coastal phenomena. However, since the numerical model MOHID requires wind data with high spatial and temporal resolution close to the coast, results of the forecasted model WRF were added to the previous study. The analyses revealed that the WRF model data is a consistent tool to obtain representative wind data near the coast, showing good results when comparing with in situ wind observations from oceanographic buoys. To study the influence of the Minho buoyant discharge influence on the Rias Baixas, a set of three one-way nested models was developed and implemented, using the numerical model MOHID. The first model domain is a barotropic model and includes the whole Iberian Peninsula coast. The second and third domains are baroclinic models, where the second domain is a coarse representation of the Rias Baixas and adjacent coastal area, while the third includes the same area with a higher resolution. A bi-dimensional model was also implemented in the Minho estuary, in order to quantify the flow (and its properties) that the estuary injects into the ocean. The chosen period for the Minho estuarine plume propagation validation was the spring of 1998, since a high Minho River discharge was reported, as well as favourable wind patterns to advect the estuarine plume towards the Rias Baixas, and there was field data available to compare with the model predictions. The obtained results show that the adopted nesting methodology was successful implemented. Model predictions reproduce accurately the hydrodynamics and thermohaline patterns on the Minho estuary and Rias Baixas. The importance of the Minho river discharge and the wind forcing in the event of May 1998 was also studied. The model results showed that a continuous moderate Minho River discharge combined with southerly winds is enough to reverse the Rias Baixas circulation pattern, reducing the importance of the occurrence of specific events of high runoff values. The conditions in which the estuarine plume Minho affects circulation and hydrography of the Rias Baixas were evaluated. The numerical results revealed that the Minho estuarine plume responds rapidly to wind variations and is also influenced by the bathymetry and morphology of the coastline. Without wind forcing, the plume expands offshore, creating a bulge in front of the river mouth. When the wind blows southwards, the main feature is the offshore extension of the plume. Otherwise, northward wind spreads the river plume towards the Rias Baixas. The plume is confined close to the coast, reaching the Rias Baixas after 1.5 days. However, for Minho River discharges higher than 800 m3 s-1, the Minho estuarine plume reverses the circulation patterns in the Rias Baixas. It was also observed that the wind stress and Minho River discharge are the most important factors influencing the size and shape of the Minho estuarine plume. Under the same conditions, the water exchange between Rias Baixas was analysed following the trajectories particles released close to the Minho River mouth. Over 5 days, under Minho River discharges higher than 2100 m3 s-1 combined with southerly winds of 6 m s-1, an intense water exchange between Rias was observed. However, only 20% of the particles found in Ria de Pontevedra come directly from the Minho River. In summary, the model application developed in this study contributed to the characterization and understanding of the influence of the Minho River on the Rias Baixas circulation and hydrography, highlighting that this methodology can be replicated to other coastal systems.

Curso colectivo: La Revolución de Independencia y la Revolución Mexicana a discusión II

Coordinadoras: Dra. Cristina Gómez Álvarez, Dra. Josefina Mac Gregor Gárate

Curso colectivo: Multiculturalismo

Coordinan: Dr. Raúl Alcalá, Dra. Mónica Gómez, Dr. León Olivé

Congreso Internacional. 70 años del exilio español en México

Participan: Dra. Gina Zabludovsky, Dra. Eugenia Meyer, Dra. Tatiana Sule, Dra. Anamari Gomís, Dra. Juliana González, Dra. Estela Morales, Dra. Mari Carmen Serra-Puche, Mtra. Claudia Llanos, Dra. Aurora Diez-Canedo, Dr. Ramón Xirau, Dr. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez, Dr. Federico Álvarez, Dr. Federico Patán, Dr. Arturo Souto, Dr. Fernando Serrano Migallón, Dr. José Antonio Matesanz, Dr. Pablo Mora, Dr. Enrique del Val, Dr. Josu Landa, Dra. Angelina Muñiz Huberman, Dra. Carmen Rovira, Dra. Julieta Lizaola, Dra. Josefina Macgregor, Dr. Ernesto Guevara Fefer, Dra. Ascensión Hernández Treviño, Dr. Luis Villoro, Dr. Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Dra. María de Lourdes Pastor Pérez, Dra. María Luisa Capella, Dr. James Valender, Dr. Javier Garciadiego, Dra. Dolores Pla, Dra. Enriqueta Tuñon, Dr. Enrique López Aguilar, Belen Santos, Leonor Sarmiento, Dr. José Luis Abellán, Dra. Alicia Alted, Dr. Abdón Mateos, Dr. Javier Muguerza, Dr. Mariano Peset, Dr. María Fernanda Mancebo, Dra. Yolanda Blasco, Dr. Jorge Correa, Dr. Salvador Albiñana.

Conferencias: Aproximaciones al indoeruropeo

La indoeuropeización de Europa: Genes y topónimos Modera: MTRO. DAVID BECERRA ISLAS Martes 17 de marzo Salas A y B 12:00 horas; Los celtas y los grupos "italoides" de la península Ibérica Modera: DRA. CAROLINA PONCE HERNÁNDEZ Miércoles 18 de marzo Sala de Consejo Técnico 12:00 horas; Nuevos hallazgos documentales sobre los indoeuropeos en España Modera: DRA. LOURDES ROJAS ÁLVAREZ Lunes 23 de marzo Salón 01 de Educación Continua 12:00 horas

Economical and operational optimization of CALB immobilization on MP1000 for amidation of olein fatty acids with ethanolamine

Dissertação de Mestrado , Engenharia Biológica, Faculdade de Engenharia de Recursos Naturais, Universidade do Algarve, 2008

Ensaios para redução de bromato por adsorção com carvão activado em pó

Dissertação de mest., Engenharia Biológica, Faculdade de Engenharia de Recursos Naturais, Universidade do Algarve, 2008

Bio-removal of toxic metals by metal resistant anaerobic bacteria: molecular characterization and performance studies

Tese de dout., Ciências Biotecnológicas (Biotecnologia Ambiental), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Univ. do Algarve, 2010