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The work "Andalusia from Cordoba: New Contributions to Historical Andalusianism. The Córdoba Magazine (1917-1916). Study and Bibliographic Index» by Manuel Hijano del Río is an exhaustive and rigorous investigation of the Córdoba magazine published between 1916 and 1917, which played a fundamental role in disseminating the proposals of the Andalusianist movement led by Blas Infante. The author provides a comprehensive view of the magazine, its contents, and its historical context, allowing for a deep understanding of its impact on the politics and culture of Andalusia. Additionally, the work provides valuable bibliographic indexes and enriches research on historical Andalusianism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we consider a family of piecewise constant solutions of the quasi-geostrophic shallow-water (QGSW) equation, also known as Hasegawa-Mima equation in plasma science. We derive the contour dynamics equation of the QGSW front, which is a nonlinear, nonlocal dispersive equation. Different from the SQG front (Hunter et al. (2021) [45]) or GSQG front (Córdoba et al. (2019) [18] and Hunter et al. (2024) [47]), the dispersion relation for QGSW front equation has a stationary phase at zero frequency, which may lead to slower decay. Fortunately, the nonlinearity has a null structure which can compensate the slower decay. Using this null structure, we prove the global existence of the solutions when the initial data is sufficiently close to a flat front. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The destiny of the electric vehicle (EV) marketplace will depend upon the behaviour of potential buyers and on how emerging markets allow EVs to be perceived as a mobility solution to the externalities generated by internal combustion (IC) vehicles. To this end it is important to ascertain the role played by psychological factors, along with instrumental attributes, especially among younger adults (future purchasers) in not yet mature markets. Our paper analyses and models the propensity to purchase an EV with respect to an equivalent IC vehicle. It contributes to the existing literature investigating younger adults' behaviour in an emerging market, focusing on the role of attitudes and perceptions. A stated preferences survey, built on real commercial scenarios (Renault ZOE vs Renault Clio), was designed and disseminated at the University of Cordoba (Argentina). Respondent behaviour was modelled within the random utility paradigm. First, heterogeneity among users was investigated through mixed multinomial logit formulation; The role of psycho-attitudinal factors was then explored through the specification of hybrid choice models with latent variables. Estimation results indicate the significant role of attitudes and perceptions in emerging markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The journal Cuadernos de Educación presents a new issue that seeks to expand and enrich the debates and production of knowledge about contemporary challenges in education. This issue includes eight papers and two reviews that address topics such as the crisis in schools, the participation of young people in educational research, and the expansion of rights in educational processes. The importance of collective memory and a rights perspective in educational research is highlighted. The article focuses on the educational levels of primary, secondary, and university, analyzing specific problems and challenges of each level. Six articles stand out, including research on the right to education in popular territories, school absenteeism in secondary schools in Córdoba, student support policies at the National University of Rosario, university admission policies at the National University of Córdoba, school trajectories at the primary level in a popular neighborhood in CABA, and the rights of children in the Primary Education Teaching Program in Río Negro. Reviews of academic exchanges and a book on adolescence are also included. [Extracted from the article]

This paper describes the compilation of a glossary of words related to the productive activities performed in the mid twentieth century in the middle course of the River Guadalquivir, on its way through Córdoba (Andalucía). The aim is to demonstrate that these words provide a fundamental knowledge about the local culture that is essential to fully understand oral records on that particular place at that time. The words included in the glossary, which can be found in the appendix, were collected from a number of biographical interviews that were carried out in the course of a larger project about the industrial heritage of the city, in which the authors participate as ethnographers and anthropologists. The paper shows how the transcription of the interviews influenced the decision to develop the glossary and how the words were chosen. As a sample, a specific analysis of one of the terms included, the vernacular form súa, is also provided. Finally, the paper reflects on the potential social use of this glossary and its patrimonial status. It argues that these words need to be documented and considers the risks associated to perspectives on heritage that place too much emphasis on conservationism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chagas disease, considered a neglected disease, was initially confined to rural localities in endemic areas; however, in recent years through the process of urbanization and migration of infected people, the disease is gaining importance in urban environments. The presence of the vector in urban areas in most cases is due to the passive transport of vectors, but recently, its presence seems to be linked to vector adaptation processes associated with climate change. This paper reports the occurrence of an infected triatomine in the peridomicile of a house in an urban area of Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico, where the species found is described, the molecular characteristics and resistance to BZN and NFX of the Trypanosoma cruzi isolate obtained, as well as serological data of the dwelling inhabitants. These urban disease scenarios make it possible to generate new scientific knowledge and enable the creation of new control strategies for Chagas disease vectors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the passive transparency which is one of the open government principles. To measure the degree of use of the right of access to public information, the portals for citizens' information requests are explored. Data corresponds to 2017-2019 among the capital states together with Buenos Aires (caba) and Bahía Blanca. The aggregation by themes criteria of caba is used as a baseline to compare among cities. Besides, passive transparency indicators from the governments' side are exposed. Together with caba and Bahía Blanca, only Córdoba and Santa Fe accomplish the principle. The best positioned city is caba, followed by Bahía Blanca, Córdoba and Santa Fe. Three types of municipalities are distinguished, and differences are explained by claims and evaluation of the right to access to public information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the progress of an ongoing investigation on the institutionalization process of the Extended Day (JE) in a primary school in the city of Córdoba. The study aims to reconstruct and characterize the implementation of the school time extension policy, paying special attention to the pedagogical task and formative experiences that are deployed within the framework of this modality. Our main interest was focused on exploring alternatives to the more traditional production of knowledge in qualitative research and we set out to develop a work in which to generate reflective instances with the participating subjects, putting relevant aspects of the field material to discussion-reflection. This text is intended to communicate one of these instances of exchange where three significant aspects of the pedagogical task in JE were addressed: the place that boys and girls occupy in pedagogical relationships, work in pedagogical pairs and classroom-workshop instances. It will focus on how pedagogical relationships are built, paying special attention to the senses that listening acquires: as a way of getting to know children and their problems, as a space for dialogue and subjective construction, and as an instance of recognition of knowledge to elaborate pedagogical proposals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ghost tourism is emerging in numerous destinations all around world. This paper examines the motivations for participating in ghost tourism using the push-pull theory; and analyzes how motivations and constraints may influence the intention to participate in ghost tourism in Spain. Data were collected from 177 domestic tourists in Córdoba (Spain). An exploratory factor analysis revealed two push motivation dimensions and three pull motivation dimensions. Using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), the results showed that the search for novelty and emotional experience (push motivation) and the organization of ghost tours (pull motivation) are key incentives for the behavioral intention. Moreover, among the constraints analyzed, only the intrapersonal constraint significantly affects tourists' intentions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the last twenty years, and more especially after the COVID 19 health crisis, the mountain ranges of Cordoba (Argentina) has been experiencing an accelerated process of demographic growth and urban expansion. The change from rural to urban land use is identified as the basis of a process of territorial transformation that exacerbates pre-existing local problems. This paper aims to analyse the socio-environmental impact of urban development in the Paravachasca Valley in order to identify the challenges for the environmental management of the territory of small towns of landscape and environmental value that involve a sustainability perspective. In order to do so, we analysed the processes of territorial defence related with the socio-environmental issues that affect these spaces. Results are presented in relation to narratives that place care for the environment and more sustainable ways of living at the centre. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates the perception of the effects that the Covid-19 pandemic had on various dimensions of family quality of life in the city of Córdoba (Argentina): income, employment, food supply and domestic work, as well as the identification of individual characteristics associated with a greater vulnerability to developing negative effects in the mentioned dimensions. We used data from the Quality-of-Life Survey in Córdoba (ECVC), whose main objective was to diagnose the quality of life of Cordoba's population during 2021. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The flowering period of plants is a critical time since it determines their reproductive success. Flowering is controlled by different factors including genetic regulation and environmental conditions. In the Mediterranean area, favourable conditions usually occur in spring, when most plant species flower including those of the Mediterranean Quercus genus. This paper reveals and analyses an unusual and lesser-known phenomenon occurring in the two main Mediterranean agroforestry ecosystems of South Europe, the Mediterranean forest and "dehesa", that is, a second flowering occurring in autumn for the species Quercus ilex subsp. ballota (holm oak). The continuous pollen monitoring of the atmosphere in the city of Cordoba (southern Spain) for 25 years, together with field phenological observations in the area, has indicated that, apart from the main pollination period in spring, secondary flowerings also occasionally occur in this area, specifically in autumn. The present work examines these uncommon pollination events detected in the autumns of certain years with the aim of determining the main environmental factors that influence and control them. During the 25-year study period, there were 7 years in which a secondary Quercus flowering was detected in the area from the second half of October until the end of November. The univariate statistical analysis of the influence of environmental variables determined that the meteorological conditions in September were the most influential. Low mean temperatures, together with record rainfall in that month, led to autumn flowering events. The phenological characteristics of the spring pollen season were also influential. In the years with a shorter spring, the Quercus pollen season tended to present autumn flowerings. A multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) model was built to explain the effects of the different variables on the occurrence of autumn pollination. The results indicated that the combined effect of three predicting variables, September rainfall, the length of the spring pollen season, and the end of the spring pollen season, explained 92% of the variance. The validation showed a strong relationship between the expected and the observed autumn pollen concentrations. Therefore, the present analysis of a long-term pollen database revealed that the main causes of this unusual second flowering in autumn were strongly related to climate change, i.e., strong dry summers and warm autumns. In addition, the results showed that the phenomenon was more frequent in the years with low pollination during spring due to different meteorological events potentiated by climate change, such as dryness or heavy rain episodes, as a way of ensuring acorn crops. The results explain how this unusual and lesser-known phenomenon in agroforestry dynamics is related to the adaptation to climate change and the main factors that are driving it, as well as the potential consequences for these important and endangered Mediterranean ecosystems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Simple Summary: The environmental impact of livestock production is an important concern of modern societies. In the case of grazing cattle, the accumulation of feces in some areas within paddocks (e.g., around water troughs) may lead to soil degradation. Current precision technologies can monitor grazing animals in (near) real-time to detect and eventually avoid environmental damage. In this paper, we proved that commercial GPS trackers can provide meaningful data on animal distribution and behavior, which can be used to model dung distribution. Model estimates are improved when contextual data (e.g., terrain slope) are considered. The automatic monitoring of dung distribution is an opportunity to improve grazing management and land fertilization, reducing the environmental footprint of cattle production. The sustainability of agrosilvopastoral systems, e.g., dehesas, is threatened. It is necessary to deepen the knowledge of grazing and its environmental impact. Precision livestock farming (PLF) technologies pose an opportunity to monitor production practices and their effects, improving decision-making to avoid or reduce environmental damage. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of the data provided by commercial GPS collars, together with information about farm characteristics and weather conditions, to characterize the distribution of cattle dung in paddocks, paying special attention to the identification of hotspots with an excessive nutrient load. Seven animals were monitored with smart collars on a dehesa farm located in Cordoba, Spain. Dung deposition was recorded weekly in 90 sampling plots (78.5 m2) distributed throughout the paddock. Grazing behavior and animal distribution were analyzed in relation to several factors, such as terrain slope, insolation or distance to water. Animal presence in sampling plots, expressed as fix, trajectory segment or time counting, was regressed with dung distribution. Cattle showed a preference for flat terrain and areas close to water, with selection indices of 0.30 and 0.46, respectively. The accumulated animal presence during the experimental period explained between 51.9 and 55.4% of the variance of dung distribution, depending on the indicator used, but other factors, such as distance to water, canopy cover or ambient temperature, also had a significant effect on the spatiotemporal dynamics of dung deposition. Regression models, including GPS data, showed determination coefficients up to 82.8% and were able to detect hotspots of dung deposition. These results are the first step in developing a decision support tool aimed at managing the distribution of dung in pastures and its environmental effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of this paper is to build a diagnosis of the current state of the local legal reality (Monteria and the department of Cordoba) regarding consumer law (identification of the most urgent and complex problems and the type of solutions they are currently subject to) in order to define lines of work in strategic litigation. Thus, the methodology used was to observe and analyze the repeated consultations to the Consumers League UPB Monteria of users' victims of impersonation (2019 to 2021), giving rise to this article in which a study is conducted ranging from the conceptual examination of the protection of personal data, the contractual modality used and impersonation, to the analysis of all related rules. The main findings allow identifying situations in which, due to the improper handling of the personal information of the subscribers of a contract that is generally of adhesion, they have been exposed to indiscriminate or improper use by malicious third parties without giving full compliance with the duties of protection and implementation of security protocols by the companies to ensure the proper custody of personal data, which in practice leaves the consumer exposed to various risks regarding the use of their personal information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we share reflections produced in the framework of the research project “The right to secondary schooling. Contributions to the (de)construction of schooling conditions and the school format.” We are interested in how schooling processes unfold in secondary schools, particularly in the movements, resistance and changes in the spatial (and temporal) dimensions of school organization, within the framework of inclusion policies to guarantee compulsory secondary schooling and the right to education. Here we present some analyses of these processes in two public secondary schools in the city of Córdoba. The study perspective is socio-anthropological, and from an interdisciplinary perspective, we seek to recover/raise awareness on senses and meanings constructed by school actors in the production of these schooling processes. Likewise, we advance in the theoretical and analytical construction of school spatiality, enhancing pedagogical debates with contributions from other social sciences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper states results from a research project focused on the analysis of school trajectories and access to Secondary School by youngsters from low income sectors of the city of Cordoba. Understanding that analysis and assessment of educational accessibility guidelines during pandemic must take especially into account the views, experiences and meanings of its target population, we analyze a set of interviews conducted at a secondary school during May 2021. Our findings indicate the relevance of school agents and their key role in sustaining their schooling. However, we also address some minor statements that take a critical stance towards the quality of learning processes and strategies implemented, providing significant elements to reflect about educational continuity during pandemic within a fragmented school system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Work integration social enterprises (WiSEs) are a type of social enterprise aimed at facilitating access to the ordinary labour market to people at risk of social exclusion. They are transitional structures (SIIS, 2011; Gregg, 2008) given that they attempt to be bridges between the at-risk situation before the labour market and access to employment in an ordinary company. In order to do so, they provide employment in a supported environment, hence giving additional opportunities to develop competencies as well as providing social accompaniment. The very heart of activities in WISEs, where qualification, production and social accompaniment processes have interplay mutually, turns them into labour contexts featured by hybrid rationales, a mix of productive and social organizations (Campi, Defourny & Grégoire, 2006; Quintão, 2007; Doherty, Haugh, & Lyon, 2014; Adam et al., 2017). This, together with the importance of local contexts (Glémain, 2018) contribute to a strong idiosyncratic character of every WISE. Even if research has identified positive impact of WISEs in terms of access to employment, retaining employment and improving support networks as well as professional competencies, less attention has been paid to the processes through which these results are achieved (Hiu-Kwan Chui, Y Shum, & S Lum, 2019). Nevertheless, literature points to an interdependence among the different levels and dimensions of the dynamics of WISEs (Adam et al., 2017; Martínez-Rueda, Galarreta, & Arostegui, 2018). It is therefore relevant to identify the dimensions and factors that influence work processes, foster learning and support, contribute to improve employability and facilitate transition into the ordinary labour market. Aims This article attempts to identify and describe the key dimensions and practices that WISEs develop in their effort to improve employability of their workers with insertion contracts. In order to do so, the article has the following aims: - Identifying dimensions or key factors around which accompanying and training processes are arranged. - Describing organizational practices that WISEs develop in their attempt to foster employability. - Featuring training and accompanying processes in these hybrid and transitional structures. Suggesting in the shape of an agenda the key issues that WISEs have to address in the coming years. Methodology This paper is framed within the literature around case studies that analyze in qualitative ways success factors behind WISEs (Adam et al., 2017). We have performed content analysis of the research reports prepared by couples of researchers after their observations in WISEs, adapting the model of learning trajectories (Eraut, 2009, Marhuenda, 2018). We also conducted interviews to workers with integration contracts as well as to their support workers, as well as two questionnaries of employability, CUFEE (Martínez-Rueda, Aróstegui & Galarreta, 2018) and CEMI (Llinares, Zacarés & Córdoba, 2016). Results We have grouped results in three sections. First, as a consequence of describing WISEs as hybrid organizations, we have identified several organizational factors that have an impact upon the development of accompanying and qualification processes: type of relation between the WISE and its promoting institution, the kind of relations with the companies in the same occupational sector, the different kinds of organization of productive activities as well as the features of the workers with integration contracts and the support staff. Second, we describe the features of the accompanying processes upon analysis of their structuration levels and the stages around which it is developed. We have not only shown the diversity of shapes that accompanying takes in a variety of WISEs, but we have also provided evidence of the links between the levels of structuration and the degree of awareness of workers in integration processes. In relation to the stages, we have found a better definition of access and transition phases rather than the longer developmental phase in-between. Third, training processes are described in their variety of types and after the factors affecting them. As an example, work-based learning is strongly conditioned by the training potential of the job and the availability of training support. Furthermore, we have identified the participation in processes of formal learning and accreditation as a key element to improve employability. Finally, we have analyzed the influence of the awareness and role of integration workers. Our paper provides a multidimensional analytical framework to address productive, training and accompanying processes of WISEs in an integrated way, identifying some key factors that may increase the employability of integration workers. Conclusions, cautions and contributions of the article According to our findings, we dare to give some conclusions and implications both for professionals as well as for researchers that can be considered in order to improve the results of WISEs: - Need of multidimensional approaches in the analysis of accompanying and qualification practices. - Relevance of networks and cooperation mechanisms of promoting institutions and ordinary companies with training resources, as key determinants of accompanying and qualification processes. - Considering the productive organization as a matrix to design accompanying and qualification processes. - The main variables with an impact upon the training ability of WISEs are the following: reference to a qualification within the National Catalogue of Professional Qualifications, processes of cooperative and teamwork, levels of required production (with a role that can be either facilitating or hindering), and diversity of job positions and spaces. - Need to develop a reliable and valid system to assess employability that contributes to standardize the process of selection, as well as the evaluation and impact of WISEs. - Need to design an educational model of its own that, relying upon reference to the job, is able to develop a variety of strategies to assure a qualification matching the existing ones in the ordinary labour market. - Such an educational model needs to include to key references: occupational profiles linked to jobs and systematization of support upon training routines associated to the professional staff development. - The educational model needs to be supplemented by training processes on-the-job with participation in formal accreditation processes, to enhance training in the workplace. The limitations of our research are related to the size of the sample. Despite the variety of productive sectors portrayed, the fact that one of them -recycling- is overrepresented (as so it is among Spanish WISEs), invites us to confirm our results in other sectors. Summarizing, the article has presented a comprehensive model of the management, accompanying and training processes in WISEs that, taking into account their complexity and diversity, allows us to articulate and relate their different dimensions as the necessary basis to consider a future that is becoming more demanding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the herbarium (COFC) dataset of vascular plants of the University of Cordoba (SW Spain). This dataset is made up of two collections, the General collection (61,377 specimens) and the Historical collection (1,614 specimens). This study has focused mainly on the General collection, which contains the largest number of vascular plant specimens, predominantly angiosperms, mainly provincial and regional (Andalusia, Spain), but also with a good representation of other areas of the Iberian Peninsula and neighboring countries. The place of collection is specified in 99.7% of the labels, about 35% being georeferenced, and it is estimated that, currently, about 86% of the material housed in the herbarium has been databased using Elysia v1.0. software. With more than 178 families, 1,178 genera, and 3,750 species, this collection not only has educational importance, but is a valuable research tool that has been useful for the development of important works such as "Flora Vascular de Andalucía Occidental" and the "Flora iberica". The dataset described in this paper is registered with GBIF (accessible at https://doi.org/10.15468/fdzzal). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The use of Roman and Late-antique spolia in the erection of Umayyad infrastructures is extensively documented, from Bilad al-Sham to al-Andalus. Particularly in the latter, spolia were key in the construction of mosques, of which the Friday Mosque of Cordoba is the most paradigmatic example. The reuse of decorative and architectural materials in these religious spaces has been broadly discussed, and it has been often concluded that there were aesthetic, religious and ideological reasons, as well as strong political needs of legitimation and representation of the Umayyad dynasty. In this context, the case of the mosque of Madinat al-Zahra1 is quite striking. Here, while spolia seem to have been absent, the capitals designed for its prayer room stand out for their particular characteristics, often described as resembling Visigothic models and as a product of rush. This paper aims to bring together the information available about the use of spolia in Umayyad mosques and its possible explanations, as well as to bring forward the particularities of the series of capitals designed for the mosque of Madinat al-Zahra1, suggesting new ideas for their interpretation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper identifies two types of constitutionalism, understood as knowledge of the law established by the constitutional rights of the Constitution of Colombia and which it calls the (initial) moral reading and the (current) turn towards efficacy. Its main argument says that instead of complementary types of knowledge, an adequate understanding shows them as the exclusive alternatives that arise from our need to choose (between two readings on the way in which such norms operate within the judicial courts as devices of claim Social). For his defense it resorts to a strategy in which both types of constitutionalism are linked to the republicanism of Machiavelli (the fight for effective power) and that of Montesquieu (the fight against despotic power). This, first, to sustain that a moral reading in a comprehensive sense and in which the type of reconciling reason that Alexy works with operates would allow his harmonic understanding; second, that under political conditions such as those of the department of Córdoba (which Espinosa and García call institutional apartheid) it becomes inevitable to choose between undertaking the fight against the power deficit or against despotic power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is a revision of the female correctional project managed by Buen Pastor's congregation in Córdoba at the end of XIX century and the beginning of XX century, from a descolonial feminism perspective. Focusing specifically on the wide range of subjectivities that inhabited Cárcel Correccional de Mujeres y Asilo de Menores del Buen Pastor and on correcting strategies, such as job training, I identified relations that allow to spot a gender colonial arrangement that aimed at securing domination and assuring hegemony. Underlying fictions of race, gender and class in this society were identified through the implementation of colocación and weaving of actors that is implied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of the analysis carried out on quartz sources of the material recovered in three workshop qu arries: Arroyo La Mina 1 (CALM1), Arroyo El Vigilante 1 (CAEV1) and Arroyo El Tabaquillo 1 (CAET1) located in Córdoba ranges, and of a collection of tools from four sites of the micro region of southern Punilla. The methodology consisted in, on the one hand, field surveys and surface collections in quarry-workshop areas and on the other hand, in lithic analysis from techno-morphological approaches. The study of quartz sources reveals the importance that this resource has had in the manufacture of tools and bifaces in the past. This raw material, that includes the hyaline variety or rock crystal, reaches a distribution towards the valley floor areas displayed by the presence of projectile points typical of the final late Holocene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates the spatiotemporal variations of the Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) computed as the difference of urban and rural land surface temperatures for the three major cities of Argentina: Buenos Aires, Rosario, and Cordoba. Satellite-based data of 1 km x 1 km resolution available through the Global Surface UHI Explorer were used to estimate mean and maximum values, trends and percentage of each urban area with positive/negative intensities of SUHI for the period 2003-2017. Results indicate that, on average the nocturnal urban surface temperature is higher than the rural one (positive SUHI) for the annual, winter and summer mean for the three cities. The greatest contrast corresponds to Buenos Aires, where the maximum SUHI magnitude is +2°C in summer and the minimum is +1,5°C in winter. Both Rosario and Cordoba exhibit a difference in magnitude between summer and winter of only 0,1°C. The percentage of the area of each city with nocturnal surface temperatures greater than the rural ones is on average, 93 % for Buenos Aires, 97% for Rosario and 89% for Cordoba. During daytime, in some cases the SUHI intensity is negative generating a cold island. This effect is observed in the three cities during the cold season and in Rosario and Cordoba for the annual mean. In Buenos Aires, that hosts more than 30 % of the total population of the country, there is a significant positive trend in the daytime mean and maximum SUHI intensity. The comparison between the Buenos Aires' SUHI and canopy UHI (derived from standard air temperature measurements) shows positive intensities during night-time in both cases, although the mean annual and summer SUHI are warmer than the UHI in +0,3°C and +0,6°C, respectively. Additionally, there is a trend towards warmer daytime intensities of both types of heat islands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to provide an overview of the immigration of extra-Peninsular origin recorded in Colonia Patricia (Córdoba, Spain) based on the analysis of the available literary and epigraphic documentation. Starting from the foundation of the Roman city and its subsequent conversion into a colonia civium Romanorum, we will carry out an analysis of those individuals who, from the 2nd century BC, arrived in the city from non-Hispanic territories. We will deal with important aspects such as the regions and cities of origin of these immigrants, their professional occupations, the causes that determined their mobility and the activity they developed in Corduba after their arrival. Chronologically, our contribution covers the long period of time between the foundation of Corduba in the 2nd century BC by the consul M. Claudius Marcellus and the 5th century AD, which is the date of the latest case of mobility we have documented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shares some interpretations of stories of young people linked to the decision-making process that they are going through regarding the fact of having to live outside the family environment, decision justified mainly in the pursuit of continuing studies at a higher level, a topic developed in a research called “Student migration and the beginning of a university career. Youth experiences: from the imagined project to the concrete project”. We worked from a longitudinal qualitative approach, identifying aspects of the youngster’s trajectory, from the sixth grade of secondary school to the first two years of arrival in the city of Córdoba. In this instance, we will focus on the step prior to migration. Interviews were conducted with young people and mothers, in 2018 and 2019, in order to know how the mobility and study project is imagined and defined, as well as options, expectations and decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Educational inclusion involves not leaving anyone out of the educational spaces, in this case, out of the university; it implies the challenge of building a university for everyone. The first point we would like to analyse here is the following: if the university is public and it has open and free access, why, however, is it not for everyone? In recent years, 'inclusion' is both the distinctive sign of a series of state policies that promote higher education as a right, as well as the focus of an ongoing academic debate. This debate about inclusion has been the topic that brought us together and made us come up with the recent investigation project on which we are currently working on1. In this paper, we will share how we are exploring the inclusion circumstances -how they occur, how they work, their effects, their difficulties-in their daily dimension and from the experiences of students and teachers of National University of Córdoba, focusing on the latter. We will recover some educators' voices that put into evidence that inclusion has become an everyday problem within the classroom, where they practice different (and sometimes contradictory) strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to examine the effect that visitor satisfaction with traditional restaurants has on perceptions of the local gastronomy, the overall image of a city and loyalty to that destination. Fieldwork has been carried out in Córdoba, a city in southern Spain famous for being a UNESCO World Heritage city and for its traditional gastronomy. The methodology used is based on structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). This paper makes a novel contribution in that no previous studies to date have explored satisfaction with traditional restaurants, with respect to the food, the service and the atmosphere. To achieve the proposed objective, a structured questionnaire has been used to find out the opinions of diners in renowned restaurants that base their cuisine on traditional dishes made with quality local ingredients. The results obtained confirm that a satisfactory experience with the food of a traditional restaurant has a positive effect on the image of the destination and the gastronomy of the place, as well as on visitors' intentions to recommend and repeat the visit to said destination. Based on the analysis carried out, effective strategies are suggested to help manage these types of restaurants. The study provides theoretical and practical implications from a gastronomic perspective, which can enable tourism managers to employ new strategies to retain tourists visiting a city, based on increasing their post-experience satisfaction with restaurants featuring local cuisine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The lack of inertial response from non-synchronous, inverter-based generation in microgrids makes the power system vulnerable to a large rate of change of frequency (ROCOF) and frequency excursions. Energy storage systems (ESSs) can be utilized to provide fast-frequency support to prevent such large excursions in the system. However, fast-frequency support is a power-intensive application that has a significant impact on the ESS lifetime. In this paper, a framework that allows the ESS operator to provide fast-frequency support as a service is proposed. The framework maintains the desired quality-of-service (limiting the ROCOF and frequency) while taking into account the ESS lifetime and physical limits. The framework utilizes moving horizon estimation (MHE) to estimate the frequency deviation and ROCOF from noisy phase-locked loop (PLL) measurements. These estimates are employed by a model predictive control (MPC) algorithm that computes control actions by solving a finite-horizon, online optimization problem. Additionally, this approach avoids oscillatory behavior induced by delays that are common when using low-pass filters as with traditional derivative-based (virtual inertia) controllers. MATLAB/Simulink simulations on a test system from Cordova, Alaska, show the effectiveness of the MHE-MPC approach to reduce frequency deviations and ROCOF of a low-inertia microgrid. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Andalusian caliphate forms continue to fascinate us to this day. We marvel at the complexity of certain forms and wonder about the sources that inspired them. The need to interpret the late drawing of a mosque converted into a church in Córdoba has prompted us to examine this subject in greater detail. The building would appear to belong to the rare "nine vault" typology, although it has yet to be dated. In this paper we analyse the origin, use and chronology of significant architectural organisations drawn on the plan. Some of them have obvious analogies with the ones used in the enlargement of the great mosque in Córdoba undertaken by the Umayyad caliph al-Hakam II, while others evidence the arrival and creative adaptation of forms used in ancient Ifr qiya. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the perception and behavior of active tourism companies that provide outdoor physical sports activities in emerging tourist destinations in Cordoba, an inland province of southern Spain. The active tourism supply of registered businesses was analyzed using fieldwork data and more than 30 variables including training and qualification of human resources, business vision of demand, marketing and promotion strategies, and perceptions of supply trends. To this end, a quantitative-qualitative empirical study was performed together with in-depth interviews of key stakeholders. Official registry sources were also used to complement the data. The results show a fragmented network of micro-SMEs that are functionally isolated from the rest of the tourism supply and display an intuitive and poor market-oriented behavior due to the inadequate management of their client portfolio. Such management models make it difficult for these businesses to take advantage of key strategic assets to increase profitability and achieve a competitive and sustainable advantage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Merino breed of sheep is one of the oldest breeds still in existence. All around the world, purebred and mixed populations of the Merino and Merino-derived sheep breeds can be found. This is a result of their wide distribution and increasing popularity. They constitute a huge genetic resource that has been applied historically to create numerous new breeds. The current Hungarian Merino sheep breed has evolved over many years as a result of crossbreeding with different breeds. Consequently, the objective of this study is to compare the genomic inbreeding coefficient (FROH) and patterns of runs of homozygosity (ROH) between the Hungarian Merino and other closely related Merino breeds. Following Rambouillet, Hungarian Merino had the second highest number of ROH class of 1-6 mbs. The Spanish Merinos Cordoba had the most ROH class of > 48Mbs, while the Hungarian Merino had none. The FROH of Hungarian Merinos was comparable to that of other studied breeds, while Spanish Merinos Cordoba had the highest. This study confirms that Hungarian Merino has several intermediate ancestors, and its breeding management is comparable to other Merino breeds and may also indicate greater genetic diversity within the breed. The results can therefore be used to improve genomic management of Hungarian Merino sheep breed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• A new tracking strategy with backtracking for PV plants is analysed. • Maximum irradiance is achieved even during backtracking. • Impacts of the design variables of PV plants with this tracking plan are studied. • Design criteria for PV plants with the suggested tracking strategy are proposed. • PV Plants could provide, at least, 2% more energy using this tracking strategy. Photovoltaics is experiencing significant growth because it is a renewable energy resource capable of contributing positively to the global energy system. However, the high variability in solar resources and the inter-collectors shadows negatively influence the energy conversion of a photovoltaic plant, making it necessary to develop technologies that minimize these negative aspects. Considering these issues, this paper analyses the influence of the design variables of a PV plant with two-axis tracking (collector size and distance between collectors) on its energy conversion. For that purpose, the tracking/backtracking strategy considered has two important advantages: it allows eliminating the inter-collector shading and optimizes the collection of global solar irradiance during both tracking and backtracking, by considering not only the optimization of direct component of solar irradiance but also the diffuse and reflected components. Based on this analysis, specific design recommendations are proposed for two-axis tracking PV plants located in Cordoba (Spain). It has been proved that differences in orientation between the collectors running according to this tracking/backtracking strategy and those with pure astronomical tracking increases when the clearness index decreases. Similarly, the results show that the period of time requiring backtracking during sunrise and sunset is longer when GCR decreases. In any case, it has been shown that photovoltaic plants in Cordoba with this new tracking strategy could provide annually, at least, 2% more energy than plants using some existing tracking strategies, even those defined as ideal. Hence, this tracking/backtracking strategy might significantly contribute to the development of photovoltaic plants with two-axis trackers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the design and implementation of a software system to improve the management of diabetes using a machine learning approach and to demonstrate and evaluate its effectiveness in controlling diabetes. The proposed approach for this management system handles the various factors that affect the health of people with diabetes by combining multiple artificial intelligence algorithms. The proposed framework factors the diabetes management problem into subgoals: building a Tensorflow neural network model for food classification; thus, it allows users to upload an image to determine if a meal is recommended for consumption; implementing K-Nearest Neighbour (KNN) algorithm to recommend meals; using cognitive sciences to build a diabetes question and answer chatbot; tracking user activity, user geolocation, and generating pdfs of logged blood sugar readings. The food recognition model was evaluated with cross-entropy metrics that support validation using Neural networks with a backpropagation algorithm. The model learned features of the images fed from local Ghanaian dishes with specific nutritional value and essence in managing diabetics and provided accurate image classification with given labels and corresponding accuracy. The model achieved specified goals by predicting with high accuracy, labels of new images. The food recognition and classification model achieved over 95% accuracy levels for specific calorie intakes. The performance of the meal recommender model and question and answer chatbot was tested with a designed cross-platform user-friendly interface using Cordova and Ionic Frameworks for software development for both mobile and web applications. The system recommended meals to meet the calorific needs of users successfully using KNN (with k = 5) and answered questions asked in a human-like way. The implemented system would solve the problem of managing activity, dieting recommendations, and medication notification of diabetics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reviews our qualitative analysis of the classes given by three teachers at the basic cycle in secondary school. The contents of the taught curricular units are prescribed by the jurisdictional curricular designs of Cordoba and organized around relational axes. The investigation inquiries into how in their methodological constructs the teachers relate educational paths and approaches to content with the use of various technologies available in the school environment, and how the uses and ways of managing the materiality of didactic artifacts and tools, and even their implied meanings, tend to condition and/or enable certain forms of transmission of knowledge. Through this first exploration, we have recognized some recurrences and discrepancies in the classes observed, which are linked to the fact that the way of presenting and treating the contents in these subjects would assume evaluative and pragmatic senses, with an informative imprint, while at the same time would guide the selection of certain devices and tools for use in the classroom. In turn, the available artifacts and tools contribute to consolidating this type of work with knowledge. The interweaving of these elements/features makes up a didactic-pedagogical devices or mechanisms (dispositifs) within the framework of traditions, organizations and dynamics of school work at the secondary education level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The promotion of urban integration in sectors characterized by the encroachment of drug trafficking poses particular challenges including avoidance of its expansion and existing segregation. In accordance with hypotheses of social and tactical urbanism and in pursuit of the improvement and revaluation of public space, this paper investigates the synergic relationships between segregation, security, drug trafficking, public space and citizen engagement, based on the characterization and critical analysis of a comprehensive intervention model designed for sectors with these characteristics in the city of Córdoba (Argentina). From this approach, feasible design and management tools to be implemented in neighborhoods with similar situations are presented and offered as a possible intervention model. Its application articulated to integral processes realizes that, in the face of the loss of value of educational and productive spaces, sports and leisure areas are effective ways of advancing in viable processes of integration in our cities. This implies a valorization of cultural variables and the participation of citizens in solving problems, in order to enhance the development of better integrative urban policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The transformations that have taken place in the last decades in the forms of production and organization of the agricultural activity of the argentine pampas in general and of the south of Córdoba in particular, have altered the behavioral patterns of the social actors, not only modifying their characteristics, their socio-productive profiles and the role that they play in the provision of land, capital and labor; but also making the links and mixtures existing between them more complex and diverse. To show for this process, in the present paper advances in the methodological construction of agrarian social typologies in Southern Córdoba are presented. In this way, the social actors of the Pampean agricultural sector of the southern Córdoba are identified and characterized. Then, two examples that seek to highlight the innumerable articulations and mixtures between social actors are addressed, with the aim to think about the dynamism and complexity of the agricultural social reality. The main source of information has been obtained in numerous field studies carried out by two research teams of the National University of Río Cuarto between 2000 and 2018. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Off-grid, rural island communities seldom have access to electricity and for those that do, the quality and availability are unsatisfactory. Gilutongan Island is one of the many off-grid islands in the Philippines with very limited access to electricity. Residents are provided with electricity from 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. through a 194-kVA diesel generator, paying US$ 0.14 per bulb and US$ 0.16 per outlet. Payment for electricity is collected on a daily basis with collections usually amounting to US$ 74.32 per day. With consumption totalling to 276 kW for 4.5 h, this roughly translates to a cost of US$ 1.21 per kWh. Using Hybrid Optimisation Model for Electric Renewables (HOMER), this paper presents a techno-economic analysis of a proposed cost-effective power generation system for the island, aiming to provide electricity access to the residents 24 h a day with reduced energy cost. Two options are considered: diesel-solar hybrid and solar only. Considering location constraints of the island, the hybrid system proves to be more effective, reducing cost of energy by 70% to US$ 0.3556 per kWh. Determining the load profile of the island is imperative in creating the system, dictating its size and capacity, which in turn affects its sustainability. • Current cost of electricity of Gilutongan Island is at US$ 1.21 per kWh. • Multi-year analysis with HOMERPro used in simulation. • Cost-effective system is diesel-solar hybrid system. • Cost reduction is about 70% or US$ 0.3556 per kWh. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Who starts the university runs into a first section -introductory course and first subjectscharacterized, by the majority of them, as unkonwn, disconcerting, uncertainly. But, each student deploys strategies to sustain themselves there. In the interviews made to 6 students form National University of Córdoba, that we analized, we realized that they mention the “support” and “accompaniment” from people who belong to university’s own spaces (teachers, classmates, political groupings, secretaries, others) and outside: family and religious groups. In this paper, we will try to reconstruct and characterize how students give an account of, discursively, of those ‘others’ that influence their admission and stay proceedings. Here, our focus is on recovering records where appear this “others” who make possible to sustain themselves at the university, and not those that impede or are negative influence for them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper focuses on the place of education for youth and adults and education in contexts of deprivation of liberty in the National Educational Law, in the orientation that this conception gave to the National Ministry of Education policies and in that what enabled for jurisdictions, especially in Córdoba. It results of the doctoral thesis “Adult secondary education in the present. A comparative study between Córdoba (Argentina) and Catalonia (Spain)”and the research Production of meaning and subjectivity in the prison space: access to rights and justice”. Based on the analysis of the regulations and the national and provincial policies that it inspired, it is argued that education as a public good and social right represented a substantial turn in the policies for permanent youth and adult education and in confinement contexts modalities, notwithstanding the insufficient aspects of some actions and the various obstacles to access to education that still persist. It ends with questions about the course of this law within the framework of a socio-political, economic and cultural context very different from the one that favored its emergence and the clues that the current educational policy offers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we are interested in presenting our ongoing research and findings on the practice of Extended Learning Time (ELT) in a primary school in Cordoba City, Argentina. First, our object of study, the construct of ELT settings, shaped in place and time by the impact of the present Extended Day Policy and Procedures, the appropriation, and the forms acquired by the institutional task. Second, the methology and strategies employed in our field work will be developed in detail. Third, our first findings will be addressed, taking into account the following relevant aspects of the institutionalization process of ELT: the origin of the School Extended Day Program, the framework of time and use of classroom space, the approach and assessment of performed pedagogical tasks (the elaboration of integrated projects, pedagogical pairs classroom tasks and a workshop classroom model). Finally, our analysis and some of the questions that emerged during the process of our investigation will be shared, focusing specifically on the cultural characteristics of our institution that have made possible the realization of this program as well as the effects of the above mentioned policy on the subjects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the partial results that arise from the analysis and revision of the catalogues of the independent publishing houses of Bogotá (Colombia) and Córdoba (Argentina) which publications are aimed at children and young people. This is accompanied, as a context by a problematization that has brought with the influence of public policies on issues in reading promotion synchronized with the flourishing of independent publishers throughout the region in the children's and youth publishing subsector. Methodologically, with a comparative strategy, the catalogues and the implications of these devices were compared in a five-year observation window. We reviewed variables such as the internal unity of the system, the conversational congruence of texts, the relevance to the context, the recurrent genres, their commitment to the market, aesthetics and poetics, and editorial design. This was complemented with semi-structured interviews with the editors, which allowed for a discussion of what was observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fungi are cosmopolitan organisms that can develop in most varied substrates, in different climates and even in extreme conditions. They contribute with deterioration of infrastructures and archaeological collections, produce toxins and volatile substances that sometimes cause respiratory systemic diseases and allergies. The aim of this paper is to monitor the presence of fungi in Bioarchaeology and Molecular Biology laboratories, and to generate a protocol of good cleaning practices on these environments. These are four laboratories, located in the Institute of Anthropology of Córdoba, Archeology Department of the Cultural Heritage Management of the Cordoba Culture Agency S.E and the Patrimonial Reserve of the Museum of Anthropology. A non-volumetric methodology was applied, with Petri dishes (n = 30) being 34 prepared with Sabouraud Agar medium with antibiotic, on different surfaces of the mentioned spaces, for 5 minutes. Then, they were incubated in an oven for one week at 28°C. The identification of the different colonies was carried out by using magnifying glass and optical microscopy, counting them and identifying them at the genus level. The presence of Cladosporium sp., Aspergillus sp., Penicillium sp., Chrysoinilia sp., Rhodotorula sp. were detected. Some of the identified genera can cause different respiratory pathologies. The results are presented, discriminated by laboratories, and a proposal of good practices protocol and cleaning generated for these environments, as well as biosafety and hygiene standards that guarantee a decrease in fungal microbiota environmental concentrations that reduce not only the risks of exposure to diseases for workers, but also damages in the bioarchaeological collections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• A study on housing stock improvement potential in Mediterranean areas is presented. • Three typical case studies were chosen from the stock of a southern Spanish city. • Monitoring on environmental and electricity data and tests logged real performance. • Energy models were built and adjusted based on real occupancy conditions. • The considered building retrofits raise indoor temperature and reduce discomfort. Renovating buildings is one of the major targets within the current European goals toward decarbonized cities in 2050. The residential stock offers extensive opportunities to achieve current energy horizons, since more than 75% of the existing buildings in the European Union are energy deficient, with poorly insulated thermal envelopes which drive indoor conditions far from current comfort standards. This paper aims to provide a protocol for forecasting the upgrading potential of this housing stock in southern Europe, particularly in Mediterranean areas, identifying the level of obsolescence and possibilities for improvement, especially in winter indoor thermal conditions, offered by standard passive strategies. Following an architectural, constructive, and energy analysis of common patterns throughout the urban stock of the southern Spanish city of Córdoba, three case studies built-in 1951–1980 – pre-dating the first Spanish regulations on thermal conditioning in buildings – were selected for the assessment. Long-term monitoring and in situ tests (i.e., infrared thermography, airtightness) recorded the performance of these buildings under real occupancy conditions, subsequently incorporating them into the calibration of simulation energy models, aiming to predict the potential improvements after implementing standard passive strategies in these buildings. Results show that building retrofits not only improve the quality of indoor thermal conditions by increasing indoor temperatures by 3–4 °C but also almost eliminate occupied hours outside the comfort range. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, an introduction to the main design features of a computer-aided educational package addressed to students of the final years of Electronic and Computer Engineering is presented. The software includes interrelated tutorial, computer simulations, and test questions in which graphical outputs, hypertexts, and animations are widely used. The package is devoted to the simulation study of electrooptic and acoustooptic theory and devices. It provides instant numerical evaluation and a graphical display of different studies. The software presented in this paper has all the following features: an integrative character, self-evaluation tests, a personalized and active learning process, adaptability to teacher's aims, versatility as a teaching tool, multimedia resources, and simplicity. This study has been completed with final-year students at the Superior Polytechnic School of Cordoba, Spain, with highly favorable results when compared with students who did not use the software. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The seismicity studied in this paper is located along the back arc region, between 30°35′ and 31°52' S latitude, in the morphostructural unit known as Eastern Sierras Pampeanas. Seventeen crustal earthquakes could be identified and located, between June 2004 and March 2018, using seismic data recorded by the broadband seismological network of National Institute for Seismic Prevention (INPRES), combined with free seismic data from the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS). Focal mechanisms were calculated from localized seismicity using the P-wave first motions and interpreted as a strain style on the western portion of Sierras de Córdoba. Overall, the seismicity in this region during the study period was constrained to the upper ∼25 km of the crust and is mostly concentrated along minor structures and not along the major range-bounding faults. Although there is evidence of quaternary activity along the larger structures, the relationship between these displacements and modern deformations is not well developed due to the lack of local seismic stations in the area and the long recurrence interval between earthquakes of significant magnitudes. However, very recent morphometric studies in the Sierras Pampeanas have analyzed the main topography controls and suggested relatively higher uplift rates in the central sectors of the Sierra de Pocho, and a balance between tectonic uplift and erosion rates. Nevertheless, three seismic events showed greater depths around 36 km according to previously proposed geological and geophysical models of crustal thickness and mohorovicic depth. Although focal mechanism solutions show varied results, distributed throughout all the region, it is possible to determine an inverse deformation with an oblique component assigned to regional faults and an area where a normal deformation with an oblique component predominates, near to the Ojo de Agua Lineament. Accordingly with seismological observations, we proposed a model in which the seismogenic structures seem to have detached from deep horizontal intra-crustal interfaces that affects the faults and brittle structures, which document that the Eastern Sierras Pampeanas are actively deforming in response to compression from the convergent margin. • We interpreted two FDTZ based on event relocation and FM analysis. • The normal faults linked to Pocho Volcanic Complex are interpreted as a thrust-lateral ramp-thrust system. • Current deformation of the Sierras de Córdoba is not uniformly distributed along the main faults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: This paper examines irrigation water management in the Genil-Cabra Irrigation District of the Province of Cordoba (southern Spain) using three irrigation indicators: relative irrigation supply (RIS), relative water supply (RWS), and relative rainfall supply (RRS). The three indicators are calculated both globally and by grouping the data according to crop type, irrigation method, soil texture, and plot size. Then, it is possible to determine the influence that each individual factor has on irrigation management and take subsequent measures to improve irrigation performance. All of the information regarding agronomic and hydraulic variables has been included in a geographical information system (GIS) to facilitate data management. The results show that irrigation is deficit given that the mean value of the RIS indicator is relatively low, around 0.60. However, the RWS indicator achieves higher mean values, normally above 0.80, indicating that evaporation demand can be met throughout the crop development cycle. The RRS indicator shows less variability with mean values around 0.40. This indicator, together with the RWS indicator permits the evapotranspiration fraction covered by rainfall to be determined. The mean values of the calculated indicators are very useful for gaining a better understanding of irrigator behavior and general irrigation trends, although the study sample is still insufficient to characterize a large irrigation area as a whole. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This paper analyses citation patterns in 30 doctoral theses in the field of Education Sciences, submitted at the University of Córdoba (Spain) between 1997 and 2010. A preference was found for citing books as opposed to articles. The most widely-cited journal was a Spanish education-specific publication, Enseñanza de las ciencias. Only a small number of journals from the stock of periodical publications held and managed by the Faculty of Education Sciences Library were cited. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a discursive analysis of gender representations on women in La Voz del Interior, the newspaper of the city of Córdoba, in some issues published during two socio-political compared periods, the brief democratic period 1973-1976 and the period of the military dictatorship of 1976-1983. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the last few years, the number of university students choosing to follow engineering degrees has decreased dramatically in Spain. For that reason, several university departments, in collaboration with some high schools, have developed a range of activities in order to promote a higher enrollment rate, to improve the level of mathematics and physics that students have when entering university, to explode the myth of engineering degrees being difficult studies not within everyone's reach, and to rationalize the curricula of engineering degrees, coordinating all their courses and directing them toward the global objectives of the degree. In this paper, the results of an Outreach Project for Engineering Education (OPEE) comprising four successful activities developed over the last decade at the Higher Technical School of the University of Cordoba, Spain, are reported. Most important is that in the face of the significant decrease of the amount of engineering first-year students observed in Spain in general, and Cordoba in particular, enrollment in the Higher Technical School of the University of Cordoba has remained constant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Air monitoring networks are necessary to assess air quality in order to reduce pollution to levels which minimise harmful effects on human health and the environment. This paper describes a method to design air quality monitoring networks for nitrogen dioxide and ozone and its application in Cordova, Andalusia, southern Spain. The city has a population of 325,453 inhabitants and traffic is its main source of air pollution. The first step of this method made it possible to determine from historical data that two control stations for NO2 and one control stations for O3 are necessary according to the legislation. Sampling campaigns with passive diffusion samplers at 81 sites were then carried out to obtain information on the pollution distribution in Cordova. The sampling campaigns in 2001–2002 revealed an average concentration of 19.5μg/m3 for NO2 with maximum values up to 28.6μg/m3 in Cordova city centre. The average ozone concentrations were recorded downwind from the emission source, reaching 91.8μg/m3; the average ozone value in Cordova was 65.3μg/m3. After spatial interpolation of the obtained values with Geographical Information Systems, a selection of the best locations for the monitoring stations was made, in line with the macro- and microscale siting requirements of the European Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe. A second sampling campaign with diffusive samplers was carried out in 2007 to control if the locations of the air quality assessment stations were still representative for their zone. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]