Estudos sobre a resistência ao jejum e aspectos nutricionais de Cavernicola lenti Barrett & Arias, 1985 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)

In order to widen the present knowledge on the biology of this species, a study on the resistance to starvation was carried out among all nymphal stages and the adult stage (male and female). All evolutive stages were weighed on precision scale in three different nutritional situations: fed, non-fed and death registered after starvation. This procedure has allowed us to calculate the amount of blood taken in each stage and during the whole cycle, the average loss of weight during starvation and its relations with the initial weight. The insects were fed on mice and after eclosion or ecdisis they were isolated for observation of the starving period. Throuhout the whole experiment they were kept in a B. O. D./DOB incubator (28ºC and 90%R.U.). The resistance to starvation of the insects has grown from the first stage on (average of 15.5 days) to the fifth stage (average of 75.64 days); on the adult stage, the resistance period was equal to the third stage with an average of 41.76 for the males and 44.82 for the females. The amount of ingested blood was greater at the fifth stage worth 34.14 mg, corresponding to 2,04 times its initial weight. The average weight loss during the starvation was greater at the adult stage (23.95 mg), corresponding to 61.52% of the total weight.

Aspectos ecológicos de Simulium goeldii (Diptera: Simuliidae): relação entre substrato e densidade de larvas

The distribution of larvae of Simulium goeldii was studies in four streams in upland tropical forest near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. In each month 32 points were sampled, each with an area of 30 x 50 cm. The areas of all substrates available were measured at each point. The larvae of S. goeldii were collected and later counted for all substrate types where larvae of this species were found. The available substrates were classified into eight types: dry leaves, green leaves, branches, fruits, detritus, rocks and sand; anly the first four types had larvae present. The Kruskal-Wallis test and analysis of variance indicated that the larvae occupy these substrates differently; the Newman-Keuls identified the following differences in intensity of occupation of the susbstrates: branchs differ from roots, dry leaves and green leaves, and green leaves differ from roots and dry leaves. The highest density of larvae was observed on green leaves. However, because the most abundant substrates in the study area were roots and dry leaves, I suggest that the latter two substrates are the most important ones for the esteblishment of this population of S. goeldii.

Aspectos da biologia do Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) (Diptera: Culicidae), a nível de campo

After the Aedees albopictus has been discoved by Neves & Espinola (1987) at Minas Gerais state, we begun studying some biologic aspects, such as breeding places, host preference, times of feeding and the preferred places for blood feeding.

Time Variation in the Dynamics of Worker Flows: Evidence from the US and Canada

VAR methods have been used to model the inter-relationships between inflows and outfl ows into unemployment and vacancies using tools such as impulse response analysis. In order to investigate whether such impulse responses change over the course of the business cycle or or over time, this paper uses TVP-VARs for US and Canadian data. For the US, we find interesting differences between the most recent recession and earlier recessions and expansions. In particular, we find the immediate effect of a negative shock on both in ow and out flow hazards to be larger in 2008 than in earlier times. Furthermore, the effect of this shock takes longer to decay. For Canada, we fi nd less evidence of time-variation in impulse responses.

Aspectos de fiabilidad y validez de los dilemas implicativos

Los dilemas implicativos, un tipo de conflicto cognitivo que puede detectarse mediante la Técnica de Rejilla (TR), aparecen cuando una característica personal que se desea cambiar (en términos de la TR, un constructo discrepante ) se asocia con otra característica que se desea conservar (constructo congruente ). El cambio deseado en el constructor discrepante se ve bloqueado porque según la visión de la persona conllevaría el riesgo de un cambio no deseado en el constructo congruente. Los dilemas implicativos proporcionan una posible explicación de por qué muchas personas desean cambiar algo de si mismas (p. ej., salir a la calle o ser más sociables ) y sin embargo no lo hacen. Algunos estudios han encontrado que diversas poblaciones con problemas psíquicos (p.e. depresión, bulimia nerviosa) o físicos (fibromialgia) presentan más frecuentemente dilemas implicativos en sus rejillas que personas sin estos trastornos. Otras investigaciones vinculan la mejora en pacientes de psicoterapia a la resolución de estos dilemas durante la misma. El presente proyecto se dedica a investigar diferentes aspectos de fiabilidad y validez de los dilemas implicativos mediante cuatro tipos de estudios: a) relación entre dilemas implicativos y cuestionarios de sintomatología en muestras tanto clínicas como no clínicas (validez convergente); b)presencia diferencial de dilemas implicativos en muestras clínicas en comparación con controles no clínicos (validez de critero); c)grado en que las personas, al ser confrontadas con sus propios dilemas, los reconocen como una información válida y relevante para sus vidas (validez subjetiva); y d)determinar la estabilidad temporal (fiabilidad test-retest) de un conjunto de índices derivados de la TR, incluyendo los dilemas implicativos. Para ello se han planificado ocho estudios, de los cuales una ya está publicado y los demás están en diferentes etapas de realización. En el apartado 2 se incluye un resumen de cada uno de ellos.

Health and income: a robust comparison of Canada and the US

This paper uses sequential stochastic dominance procedures to compare the joint distribution of health and income across space and time. It is the First application of which we are aware of methods to compare multidimensional distributions of income and health using procedures that are robust to aggregation techniques. The paper's approach is more general than comparisons of health gradients and does not require the estimation of health equivalent incomes. We illustrate the approach by contrasting Canada and the US using comparable data. Canada dominates the US over the lower bidimensional welfare distribution of health and income, though not generally in terms of the uni-dimensional distribution of health or income. The paper also finds that welfare for both Canadians and Americans has not unambiguously improved during the last decade over the joint distribution of income and health, in spite of the fact that the uni-dimensional distributions of income have clearly improved during that period.

Testing for poverty dominance: an application to Canada

The paper proposes and applies statistical tests for poverty dominance that check for whether poverty comparisons can be made robustly over ranges of poverty lines and classes of poverty indices. This helps provide both normative and statistical confidence in establishing poverty rankings across distributions. The tests, which can take into account the complex sampling procedures that are typically used by statistical agencies to generate household-level surveys, are implemented using the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) for 1996, 1999 and 2002. Although the yearly cumulative distribution functions cross at the lower tails of the distributions, the more recent years tend to dominate earlier years for a relatively wide range of poverty lines. Failing to take into account SLID's sampling variability (as is sometimes done) can inflate significantly one's confidence in ranking poverty. Taking into account SLID's complex sampling design (as has not been done before) can also decrease substantially the range of poverty lines over which a poverty ranking can be inferred.

Aspectos organizacionales y de cooperación en I+D como criterios de clasificación. El caso de la industria alimentaria en la Comunidad Valenciana

En el presente artículo se presenta una clasificación del sector alimentario valenciano mediante la técnica estadística del análisis cluster. Esta técnica permite conformar conglomerados con similares características que permitirán diseñar políticas adecuadas a las mismas. Dentro de los factores considerados para la conformación de los clusters destacan la colaboración con la universidad, el tamaño empresarial (en número de empleados y en facturación), la existencia de un departamento de I+D que no realice controles de calidad y dos factores internos relacionados a la competitividad: el dominio de nuevas tecnologías y el desarrollo de nuevos productos. Se han conformado tres conglomerados conformados por tres tipos de empresas que denominamos líderes, innovadoras potencialmente colaboradoras con la universidad y tradicionales, que presentan características significativamente diferentes.

Three-dimensional slope stability analysis of South Peak, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada

South Peak is a 7-Mm3 potentially unstable rock mass located adjacent to the 1903 Frank Slide on Turtle Mountain, Alberta. This paper presents three-dimensional numerical rock slope stability models and compares them with a previous conceptual slope instability model based on discontinuity surfaces identified using an airborne LiDAR digital elevation model (DEM). Rock mass conditions at South Peak are described using the Geological Strength Index and point load tests, whilst the mean discontinuity set orientations and characteristics are based on approximately 500 field measurements. A kinematic analysis was first conducted to evaluate probable simple discontinuity-controlled failure modes. The potential for wedge failure was further assessed by considering the orientation of wedge intersections over the airborne LiDAR DEM and through a limit equilibrium combination analysis. Block theory was used to evaluate the finiteness and removability of blocks in the rock mass. Finally, the complex interaction between discontinuity sets and the topography within South Peak was investigated through three-dimensional distinct element models using the code 3DEC. The influence of individual discontinuity sets, scale effects, friction angle and the persistence along the discontinuity surfaces on the slope stability conditions were all investigated using this code.

Aspectos Formativos desarrollados

Desenvolupament de cursos formatius i material elaborat per al suport docent. Mòduls: UPC: Docència màster universitari en “Gestió I Valoració Urbana” i doctorat en “Gestió I Valoració Urbana i Arquitectònica”, línia d'intensificació en Tecnologies de la informació aplicades a l'anàlisi territorial i urbà. UVA : Docència Accessibilitat al Patrimoni orientada cap a la documentació, anàlisi i visualització avançada del patrimoni. “Tècniques de Modelatge i Visualització 3D en el Màster Interuniversitari de Postgrau: *Geotecnologías Cartogràfiques en Enginyeria i Arquitectura”. UPM: Docència en “Màster en Patologia de l'Edificació, Mòdul 11 Eliminació de barreres físiques”, “XXII Curs de Patologia de l'Edificació i Tècniques d'Intervenció”, i “Curs d'estiu: L'Accessibilitat al Patrimoni Monumental”. IBV: Docència en accessibilitat integral, legislació i normativa, metodologia i criteris de disseny adequats a l'hora de projectar entorns per a totes les persones en tots els àmbits. UAB Plataforma d'E-learning, col·lecció de sistemes d'informació integrats basats en Web, que permet una interacció i proporciona un suport per a activitats on-line d'un grup de persones implicades en un procés d'ensenyament i aprenentatge, i desenvolupament d'un programari SIG 3D per a consultar accessibilitat en elements de patrimoni històric.

Aspectos del teatro de guerrilla en Barcelona, 1965-1973 : el teatro como vehículo de encuentro

Prenent com a referència les aportacions de diversos estudis i codificacions que han tractat sobre la performance i el teatre com a acte polític i manera d'intervenció cultural, sense perdre de vista possibles generadors d'acció com la fantasia i la memòria creadora, analitzarem una manera concreta de fer teatre que es va donar a Barcelona entre els anys 1965 i 1973: el teatre de guerrilles, més concretament, el teatre de guerrilles de Jordi Dodero. Des de el seu context context, social i teatral, i amb aquest marc teòric de referència, atenent a la forma d'organització i de relació donarem compte d'una hipotètica possibilitat del teatre practicada a Barcelona durant els últims anys del franquisme en el si d'una forta convulsió social: el teatre com a vehicle de trobada.

Aspectos bionômicos de Squamatoides trivittatus (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) sob condições de laboratório

Experiments with Squamatoides trivitattus were carried out in two different controlled temperatures (16±1°C/50-60% RH and 27±1°C/70-80% RH). The viability of larvae and pupae at 27°C was 89.82% and 92.75% respectively. Larvae did not develop at 16°C. Larval development lasted for 20±4 hr, 16±8 hr and 60±7 hr for the first, second and third instars, respectively, completing a total of 96±6 hr. The mean pupal period lasted for 15.7±1.6 days. In longevity tables for the adults, life-expectancy for 50% of the colony submitted to 16°C was of 1.78 weeks for males and 2.42 for females. At 27°C a life-expectancy of 1.15 weeks for males and 0.78 week for females was recorded. The average life-spans for males and females at 16°C were 3.5±2.0 and 3.8±2.6 weeks, respectively, and 1.9±1.2 weeks for both sexes. At 27°C, the longevity recorded was of 2.1±1.3 weeks for males and 1.7±1.1 week for females.

Alguns aspectos da biologia de Triatoma pseudomaculata Corrêa & Espínola, 1964, em condições de laboratório (Hemiptera:Reduviidae:Triatominae)

Biology of Triatoma pseudomaculata Corrêa & Espínola, 1964, under Laboratory Conditions (Hemiptera:Reduviidae:Triatominae) - Observations were made on the evolutive cycle of Triatoma pseudomaculata, held under laboratory conditions, fed weekly on bird (pigeon). Of 60 eggs obtained, only 34 nymphs reached the adult stage in a period of X(S)=398±76 days. The following parameters were observed: the time immature stages took to develop from egg to adult emergence; the occurrence of the first meal; the time-lapse between the presenting of the blood-meal and the begining of feeding; time of feeding; amount of blood ingested; variation of weight 24 hr after the blood-meal and until the next blood-meal; and the defecation pattern. The experiment was carried out for 20 months, held in BOD incubator with the average of temperature and humidity of 28±1ºC and 80±5% RU, respectively