Análisis de las relaciones bilaterales entre España y Marruecos en materia de cooperación migratoria durante los periodos presidenciales de José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. 2004-2011

La presente monografía tiene como objetivo principal analizar de qué manera los flujos migratorios irregulares provenientes de Marruecos han incidido en la formulación de políticas migratorias bilaterales entre España y Marruecos durante los periodos presidenciales de José Luis Rodriguéz Zapatero. 2004-2011

Posibilidad de otorgamiento de una licencia de producción legal de opio a Afganistán: Análisis del proceso de toma de decisión en el marco del Parlamento Europeo en 2007

En el año 2007 el Parlamento Europeo aprobó un documento en el cual favorecía la posibilidad de otorgar una licencia de producción legal de opio para Afganistán: el mayor productor de opio para fines ilegales en el mundo. ¿Qué factores pudieron motivar la toma de una decisión tan controversial por parte de los eurodiputados? ¿Pudieron haber estado conectados los intereses nacionales de Francia y España en la época con la toma de esta decisión por parte del Parlamento Europeo?.

Cooperación franco-española frente al terrorismo de ETA durante los gobiernos de José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Jacques Chirac y Nicolás Sarkozy

Esta monografía analiza la amenaza que representa ETA para Francia y España; la respuesta frente al problema de los Estados implicados y propone los posibles factores limitantes a la cooperación que no han permitido eliminar la amenaza terrorista.

Discurso de Don Jose Luis Villar Palasi, Presidente de la Delegación Española en la XVI reunión de la Conferencia General de la UNESCO : París, octubre de 1970.

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A (des)utopia da liberdade e igualdade : possibilidades de sentido para construção de jurisdições constitucionais democráticas / Valéria Ribas do Nascimento e Jose Luis Bolzan de Morais. --

Inclui notas explicativas, bibliográficas e bibliografia.

Reflecciones de actualidad : estudio del libro "Después de la crisis," escrito en Londres por el Sr. José Luis Tejada S. y algo sobre estadística bancaria /

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Analytical formulae for electromechanical effective properties of 3-1 longitudinally porous piezoelectric materials

A unidirectional fiber composite is considered here, the fibers of which are empty cylindrical holes periodically distributed in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric matrix, The empty-fiber cross-section is circular and the periodicity is the same in two directions at an angle pi/2 or pi/3. Closed-form formulae for all electromechanical effective properties of these 3-1 longitudinally periodic porous piezoelectric materials are presented. The derivation of such expressions is based on the asymptotic homogenization method as a limit of the effective properties of two-phase transversely isotropic parallel fiber-reinforced composites when the fibers properties tend to zero. The plane effective coefficients satisfy the corresponding Schulgasser-Benveniste-Dvorak universal type of relations, A new relation among the antiplane effective constants from the solutions of two antiplane strains and potential local problems is found. This relation is valid for arbitrary shapes of the empty-fiber cross-sections. Based on such a relation, and using recent numerical results for isotropic conductive composites, the antiplane effective properties are computed for different geometrical shapes of the empty-fiber cross-section. Comparisons with other analytical and numerical theories are presented. (c) 2008 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Genotoxic effect of Physalis angulata L. (Solanaceae) extract on human lymphocytes treated in vitro

Physalis angulata L (Solanaceae) is a medicinal plant from North of Brazil, whose different extracts and infusions are commonly used in the popular medicine for the treatment of malaria, asthma, hepatitis, dermatitis and rheumatism. However, the genotoxic effects of P. angulata on human cells is not well known. The main purpose of the present study was to evaluate the in vitro genotoxic effects of aqueous extract of P angulata using the comet assay and the micronucleus assay in human lymphocytes provided from 6 healthy donors. Treatments with P angulata extracts were performed in vitro in order to access the extent of DNA damage. The comet assay has shown that treatments with P angulata at 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 6.0 mu g/mL in Culture medium were genotoxic. Lymphocytes treated with P angulata at the concentrations of 3.0 and 6.0 mu g/mL in culture medium showed a statistically significant increase in the frequency of micronucleus (p<0.05), however, the cytokinesis blocked proliferation index (CBPI) was not decreased after P angulata treatment. In conclusion, the present work demonstrated the genotoxic effects of P angulata extract on human lymphocytes in vitro.

Publicidad, medio para crear una ventaja competitiva

El caso muestra la manera en que surge una capacidad dinámica de reacción de la empresa líder del mercado en el sector automotriz en Colombia. GM Colmotores, genera estrategias para responder a los cambios, oportunidades y retos del mercado y los competidores. Así mismo se muestra la flexibilidad y evolución de la empresa que durante los últimos años siempre ha estado con la mayor porción de mercado en la industria. El desarrollo del caso permite ver como por medio de la capacidad de dirigir sus estrategias publicitarias de una manera diferente, va a crear una ventaja de diferenciación que no afecte en un margen muy alto sus costos y rendimientos crecientes. Por lo que va a tener una ventaja competitiva frente a sus competidores, adquiriendo una capacidad de respuesta, manteniéndose flexible ante los cambios tanto del entorno general y específico, como a los generados por los actores del mercado, tales como clientes, proveedores y competidores.

The multiscenario multienvironment BioSecure Multimodal Database (BMDB)

A new multimodal biometric database designed and acquired within the framework of the European BioSecure Network of Excellence is presented. It is comprised of more than 600 individuals acquired simultaneously in three scenarios: 1) over the Internet, 2) in an office environment with desktop PC, and 3) in indoor/outdoor environments with mobile portable hardware. The three scenarios include a common part of audio/video data. Also, signature and fingerprint data have been acquired both with desktop PC and mobile portable hardware. Additionally, hand and iris data were acquired in the second scenario using desktop PC. Acquisition has been conducted by 11 European institutions. Additional features of the BioSecure Multimodal Database (BMDB) are: two acquisition sessions, several sensors in certain modalities, balanced gender and age distributions, multimodal realistic scenarios with simple and quick tasks per modality, cross-European diversity, availability of demographic data, and compatibility with other multimodal databases. The novel acquisition conditions of the BMDB allow us to perform new challenging research and evaluation of either monomodal or multimodal biometric systems, as in the recent BioSecure Multimodal Evaluation campaign. A description of this campaign including baseline results of individual modalities from the new database is also given. The database is expected to be available for research purposes through the BioSecure Association during 2008.

CD69 modulates sphingosine-1-phosphate-induced migration of skin dendritic cells

In this study, we have investigated the role of CD69, an early inducible leukocyte activation receptor, in murine dendritic cell (DC) differentiation, maturation, and migration. Skin DCs and DC subsets present in mouse lymphoid organs express CD69 in response to maturation stimuli. Using a contact sensitization model, we show that skin DCs migrated more efficiently to draining lymph nodes (LNs) in the absence of CD69. This was confirmed by subcutaneous transfer of CD69-/- DCs, which presented an increased migration to peripheral LNs. Two-photon microscopy analysis showed that once DCs reached the LNs, CD69 deficiency did not alter DC interstitial motility in the LNs. Chemotaxis to sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) was enhanced in CD69-/- DCs compared with wild-type DCs. Accordingly, we detected a higher expression of S1P receptor type-1 (S1P(1)) by CD69-/- DCs, whereas S1P(3) expression levels were similar in wild-type and CD69-/- DCs. Moreover, in vivo treatment with S1P analogs SEW2871 and FTY720 during skin sensitization reduced skin DC migration to peripheral LNs. These results suggest that CD69 regulates S1P-induced skin DC migration by modulating S1P(1) function. Together, our findings increase our knowledge on DC trafficking patterns in the skin, enabling the development of new directed therapies using DCs for antigen (Ag) delivery.

International Clostridium difficile animal strain collection and large diversity of animal associated strains

BACKGROUND Clostridium difficile is an important cause of intestinal infections in some animal species and animals might be a reservoir for community associated human infections. Here we describe a collection of animal associated C. difficile strains from 12 countries based on inclusion criteria of one strain (PCR ribotype) per animal species per laboratory. RESULTS Altogether 112 isolates were collected and distributed into 38 PCR ribotypes with agarose based approach and 50 PCR ribotypes with sequencer based approach. Four PCR ribotypes were most prevalent in terms of number of isolates as well as in terms of number of different host species: 078 (14.3% of isolates; 4 hosts), 014/020 (11.6%; 8 hosts); 002 (5.4%; 4 hosts) and 012 (5.4%; 5 hosts). Two animal hosts were best represented; cattle with 31 isolates (20 PCR ribotypes; 7 countries) and pigs with 31 isolates (16 PCR ribotypes; 10 countries). CONCLUSIONS This results show that although PCR ribotype 078 is often reported as the major animal C. difficile type, especially in pigs, the variability of strains in pigs and other animal hosts is substantial. Most common human PCR ribotypes (014/020 and 002) are also among most prevalent animal associated C. difficile strains worldwide. The widespread dissemination of toxigenic C. difficile and the considerable overlap in strain distribution between species furthers concerns about interspecies, including zoonotic, transmission of this critically important pathogen.

Sobre cuerpo y la filosofía : Entrevista con José Luis Barrios

Fil: Celentano, Guillermo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.