Angel Shark Project

[ES]Angel Shark Project es un subproyecto que forma parte del Programa POSEIDON, es el primer estudio dedicado a hacer una evaluación completa de esta especie aprovechando los avistamientos aportados por la participación de buzos, centros de buceo y otros observadores de vida marina. Entre sus objetivos de investigación se cuentan identificar la abundancia de la población, las áreas de distribución, de reproducción y de mayor densidad de individuos. El Tiburón Ángel o angelote (Squatina squatina) es una especie bentónica que pertenece a la familia Squatinidae. Históricamente el área de distribución natural de esta especie esta reportada en el Atlántico desde Escandinavia hasta Mauritania, con poblaciones importantes en aguas del Mediterráneo y del Mar Negro. Sin embargo, en las últimas décadas sus poblaciones se han ido reduciendo drásticamente en todas las zonas costeras mencionadas. Actualmente, las islas Canarias son la única zona geográfica en la que los angelotes son avistados con frecuencia. Aún así, es posible que también esta población local esté en peligro de desaparecer. La pesca intensiva y la pérdida de hábitat han sido las principales amenazas para esta especie. La carencia de datos no permite aun estimar el tamaño de la población, la distribución espacial o la biología de esta especie. Al igual que muchas otras especies de tiburones, los angelotes tienen una tasa de reproducción muy lenta, lo cual impide que las poblaciones puedan mantenerse sostenibles. Todo ello ha llevado a la prohibición de su pesca en la Unión Europea desde 2010 y en la Lista Roja de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (IUCN Red List) la clasificar esta especie en peligro crítico de extinción en el 2011. Actualmente, la familia Squatinidae ha sido catalogada como la segunda familia de elasmobranquios mas amenazada mundialmente.

The Angel Shark Project-Sociedad Zoológica de Londres

Grabación realizada por Ciencia compartida (Biblioteca Universitaria)

The role of the state in investor-state arbitration

The Role of the State in Investor-State Arbitration is a collection of contributions from lawyers, arbitrators and political scientists on the development of the concept of the “State” in a field that currently presents an increasing number of controversial disputes: Investor-State Arbitration. The book analyzes the limits of the host State as a regulator, studying issues such as attribution and the role of State-Owned Enterprises and sub-State entities; the changing role of the home State in Investor-State disputes, including its direct participation in Investor-State arbitration and State to State dispute settlement; and the overall role that both home and host States can play in the improvement of Investor-State Dispute Settlement.

Large-scale land acquisition and its effects on the water balance in investor and host countries

This study examines the validity of the assumption that international large-scale land acquisition (LSLA) is motivated by the desire to secure control over water resources, which is commonly referred to as ‘water grabbing’. This assumption was repeatedly expressed in recent years, ascribing the said motivation to the Gulf States in particular. However, it must be considered of hypothetical nature, as the few global studies conducted so far focused primarily on the effects of LSLA on host countries or on trade in virtual water. In this study, we analyse the effects of 475 intended or concluded land deals recorded in the Land Matrix database on the water balance in both host and investor countries. We also examine how these effects relate to water stress and how they contribute to global trade in virtual water. The analysis shows that implementation of the LSLAs in our sample would result in global water savings based on virtual water trade. At the level of individual LSLA host countries, however, water use intensity would increase, particularly in 15 sub-Saharan states. From an investor country perspective, the analysis reveals that countries often suspected of using LSLA to relieve pressure on their domestic water resources—such as China, India, and all Gulf States except Saudi Arabia—invest in agricultural activities abroad that are less water-intensive compared to their average domestic crop production. Conversely, large investor countries such as the United States, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Japan are disproportionately externalizing crop water consumption through their international land investments. Statistical analyses also show that host countries with abundant water resources are not per se favoured targets of LSLA. Indeed, further analysis reveals that land investments originating in water-stressed countries have only a weak tendency to target areas with a smaller water risk.

Eine Fabel aus dem Talmud : Der Raubvogel und die Angel

Karl Siegfried Günsburg

COMPARISON OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INVESTOR-OWNED AND VOLUNTARY MULTIHOSPITAL SECTORS

Objectives. The central objective of this study was to systematically examine the internal structure of multihospital systems, determining the management principles used and the performance levels achieved in medical care and administrative areas.^ The Universe. The study universe consisted of short-term general American hospitals owned and operated by multihospital corporations. Corporations compared were the investor-owned (for-profit) and the voluntary multihospital systems. The individual hospital was the unit of analysis for the study.^ Theoretical Considerations. The contingency theory, using selected aspects of the classical and human relations schools of thought, seemed well suited to describe multihospital organization and was used in this research.^ The Study Hypotheses. The main null hypotheses generated were that there are no significant differences between the voluntary and the investor-owned multihospital sectors in their (1) hospital structures and (2) patient care and administrative performance levels.^ The Sample. A stratified random sample of 212 hospitals owned by multihospital systems was selected to equally represent the two study sectors. Of the sampled hospitals approached, 90.1% responded.^ The Analysis. Sixteen scales were constructed in conjunction with 16 structural variables developed from the major questions and sub-items of the questionnaire. This was followed by analysis of an additional 7 structural and 24 effectiveness (performance) measures, using frequency distributions. Finally, summary statistics and statistical testing for each variable and sub-items were completed and recorded in 38 tables.^ Study Findings. While it has been argued that there are great differences between the two sectors, this study found that with a few exceptions the null hypotheses of no difference in organizational and operational characteristics of non-profit and for-profit hospitals was accepted. However, there were several significant differences found in the structural variables: functional specialization, and autonomy were significantly higher in the voluntary sector. Only centralization was significantly different in the investor owned. Among the effectiveness measures, occupancy rate, cost of data processing, total manhours worked, F.T.E. ratios, and personnel per occupied bed were significantly higher in the voluntary sector. The findings indicated that both voluntary and for-profit systems were converging toward a common hierarchical corporate management approach. Factors of size and management style may be better descriptors to characterize a specific multihospital group than its profit or nonprofit status. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.) ^

La influencia de Hegel sobre Croce y Gentile : un texto inédito de Miguel Angel Virasoro

Fil: Licata, Rosa. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

Hombre y sociedad en el pensamiento de Miguel Angel Virasoro

Fil: Licata, Rosa. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

Angel J. Cappelletti: Lucrecio: La Filosofía como Liberación. Editories Mote Avila, Caracas, Venezuela, 1987.

Fil: Pró, Diego F.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Filosofía Argentina y Americana