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Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems in the world and contain a high diversity of species. Despite this, wetlands are threatened by human activities because function is affected and some of them even disappear, particularly those in desert areas. Therefore, it is necessary to build simple tools but reliable for assessing the quality of a wetland and that can remark the importance of wetlands for biological groups in order to detect species population trends and to propose conservation strategies of wetlands and their biodiversity. An example is the use of particular species as bioindicators of species richness (e.g. of waterfowl). The Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) depends on wetlands as wintering refuge sites. This crane is listed as a threatened species in Mexico. The aim of this paper is to analyze whether the Sandhill crane can be considered as an indicator of waterbirds' richness species in order to perform a rapid assessment of any wetland the crane uses. Although a correlation between of the presence of cranes and richness of waterbird species was not found a difference was observed in the composition of species and relatively greater species richness in wetlands where it cranes were present. Wetlands were not similar in species composition, thus cranes can be a useful indicator for different assemblages of waterbirds. Using the bioindicator species analysis the Sandhill crane has a value of 27.5 from a maximum of 32. Therefore, the Sandhill crane can be considered as an indicator of waterbirds species richness in arid wetlands. Long-term studies should be done in order to evaluate the relationships between the abundances of cranes and the total abundance of waterbirds in order to evaluate the quality of wetlands in relation to abundance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Family Aphelinidae is one of the most important in the biological control of insect pests at world level. It includes 34 genera and around 1,300 species, with 12 genera and 184 species in Mexico. Genus Encarsia is the most diverse with 409 species and 94 in Mexico. In this paper, three new species of this genus are described and illustrated: E. antennata sp. n. from Baja California Sur, E. caudata sp. n. from Nuevo Leon, and E. oaxaca sp. n. from Oaxaca and Tamaulipas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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On July 5, 2013 the Spanish government appointed a Experts Committee entrusted to study the reform of the Spanish tax system. On February 26, 2014 the Experts Committee published 125 proposals for the reform of the Spanish tax system. Proposals 34th to 53rd are proposals for the reform of the Corporation Income Tax. This paper examines and comments each one of those 20 proposals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The opposition between the categories of shantytown and neighborhood has been crucial in the disciplinary analyses of popular habitat in Argentina. The urbanization of a shantytown in Great Buenos Aires enables us to refresh this discussion, setting the categories into motion. The ethnographic analysis of the category of neighborhood in the urbanization of Villa Torres (La Matanza) will help to explore how this shantytown is constructed as “emblem" for public policies, receiving various resources. In fact, this paper will analyze how the urbanization is legitimized through an image of the neighborhood, of the urbanization and of the people in charge of it as “gente del barrio" [people from the neighborhood] in order to show how local knowledge is implied in this public policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper will analyze the current legal basis for the tax exemption, but first will reflect on some notions made by different jurists on the exemption, so that, in the end everyone can develop their own concept in this regard. Also will present the national and international legal basis that rule the figure of the exemption, and the methods of interpretation, budgets and policies of exempt fact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to describe the use of relaxation tech-niques (RT) in the practice of clinic psychology care. Relaxation techniques are analyzed considering what type of technique they are and their use, go-ing from a general overview to a specific diagnosis context and treatment results. 67.2 percent of 880 clinic patients with all types of diagnosis are women and the average age is 32.79 years old. The results show that some RT has been used in 70.5 per cent of the cases being breath control the most frequent one (72.3 per cent). It is mainly used for anxiety disorders (87.8%), somatoform disorder (84.2%) and impulse control disorder (77.8%). The use of these techniques is more frequent in cases of comor-bid disorder (82.4% versus 68%). Breathe control and progressive muscular relaxation techniques are used in about 69 per cent of discharged patients. The discussion of this paper focuses on the results of using RT regardless of the diagnosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Body image disturbance is a significant maintenance and prog-nosis factor in eating disorders. Hence, existing eating disorder treatments can benefit from direct intervention in patients' body image. This paper in-cludes a controlled study comparing cognitive behavioural treatment for eating disorders with and without a component for body image treatment using virtual reality techniques. The objective of this work was to check if both types of treatment produced a change clinically significant at the end of the treatment and the follow-up to the year, in body image, eating disor-ders and general psychopathology. Thirty-four participants diagnosed with eating disorders were treated and compared with the general population with low vulnerability to eating disorders. Results showed that only in the patients who received the body image treatment obtained a change clinical-ly significant. The implications and limitations of these results are discussed below. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ERCE Scale (De los Santos-Roig, 2009) was developed to assess patients ' beliefs about illness. They are assumed to be related to coping and health outcomes in Leventhal 's Common Sense Model (Hagger and Orbell, 2003; Leventhal et al., 1997). This model has been proved empirically and evidence about the relevant role of Cognitive Illness Representation has been found. The need of an instrument able to assess Illness Representation in our cultural setting is highlighted, because of its theoretical importance for the model but for the measure and assessment of physically ill patients, from an applied perspective. The aim of this work is to present the results about item analysis, factorial analysis and reliability evidences of ERCE and its five subscales scores. This will be presented as a continuation of first steps done (semantic definition of construct, items and test specifications, preliminary items, etc.) showed in other papers (De los Santos-Roig, 2009; De los Santos-Roig y Pérez-Meléndez, 2013). We conclude about the adequacy of items. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Traditionally the determination of the giftedness has performed with traditional intelligence tests. The main argument to do so has been the temporal stability of this measure. In recent years some authors defend a determination early giftedness in children, although others point out that toddlers evaluation produces a significant number of false positives due to the variability in the measurement of intelligence by different factors such as plasticity, stimulation, etc. therefore proposed the use of complementary indices for giftedness diagnosis. This paper presents a longitudinal study of two years to 49 children aged between 5 and 9 years, initially identified as gifted, to check the stability of your IQ and other measures such as the learning potential and working memory. The results show how learning potential and working memory measures remain stable in time while the IQ of a group of younger children is not maintained during this period. These results indicate the usefulness of P.A. measures as a supplementary index in the determination of the giftedness on young children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Self-efficacy is a personal competence stressors acts against in-creasing or decreasing the psychological discomfort they may generate, meanwhile workplace bullying or mobbing is one of the psychosocial work environment factors more damaging to the health of workers. Using as a framework the theoretical JD-R, this paper's main objective is to analyze the moderating role of professional self-efficacy between workplace bully-ing and perceived health status in a multi-occupational sample of 772 workers (379 men and 383 women). An anonymous questionnaire to workers was administered in active-duty after analyzing the data provided by the scale of workplace mobbing NAQ, Questionnaire GHQ-12 for the evaluation of the health and professional self-efficacy of the MBI. The re-sult highlights the moderating role of self-efficacy on health in workplace bullying situations. To these work results of and its possible implication in the organizations are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Researchers and institutions have shown an increasing concern about how adolescents might misuse the Internet. Its psychological and behavioral impact often translate into the emergence of risk behaviors, school failure and family problems. Given the interest that this issue has generated on an increasingly wider scale, the aim of this paper is twofold: (1) to provide data to determine, from a descriptive point of view, what ex-acdy are the attitudes, perceptions and habits of adolescent Internet and social networks use and (2) a deeper understanding of the issue, contrib-uting to the design of prevention and control strategies which will encour-age a more rational and healthy Net use. On the basis of a survey of Com-pulsory Secondary School students from Galicia, which involved a total of 2339 individuals, the results obtained demonstrate the high level of Inter-net use penetration among die studied population and make it possible to gauge the magnitude of the problem with empirical data. Although the ob-tained numbers do not justify an alarmist attitude, they do indicate the need to implement specific action plans immediately. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper three alternative theoretical streams to cognitivism, with particular emphasis on enactivism are discussed in order to explain the sport skill acquisition process and human control of movement. In the first part, main concepts of ecological psychology are outlined, like movement regulation, direct perception or mutual interdependence between percep-tion and action. Afterwards, using dynamical model as background, some concepts of motor skill coordination are explained (i.e., constraints or movement emergency). The next section will be focused on enactive ap-proach as a conceptual extension from cognitive science that transcends the other paradigms. From this orientation, it calls for a mind-body fusion of the athlete, which is inseparable to the environment and opposing the prevailing dualism and reductionism. Finally, some guidelines and applica-tions enactive research that are currendy being developed are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this instrumental paper, the aim was the adaptation and test-ing (if the psychometric properties of the Achievement Goals Questionnaire (. ICO) in Spanish. To this end, we conducted two independent studies. The aim of the first was to present the first preliminary psychometric data (pilot sample of 247 students). Explained the process of translation, adap-tation and content validity of items, we carried out a statistical analysis of these, an exploration of dimensional structure and analysis of the reliability of the instrument. In the second study (sample of 2168 students), the aim was to analyze the internal structure of the instrument with confirmatory procedures in three Spanish-speaking countries: Spain, Mexico, and Costa Rica. 'Hie Spanish version of the AGQ showed acceptable levels of internal consistency, temporal stability, correlation score between the items and the total score in each of the components. We also provides evidences of con-struct validity. Sex differences were obtained. These findings support the use of the Spanish version of the AGQ to assess achievement goal orienta-tions with students in physical education classes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the dynamics of the social loss function (loss of purchasing power of society) for the Mexican case during the period 2000-2011. To do this, based on the augmented Phillips curve, the inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment is empirically confirmed. Subsequently, in an econometric exercise the unemployment gap, the inflation persistency and the unemployment function are estimated. It is shown that there is empirical evidence that discretionary policies accompanied by a greater aversion to inflation by the public produce better results than fixed-rule policies, as this leads to lower levels of social loss. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses the internal dynamic behaviour of the growth rate of gross national product of Argentina in the period 1991-2006, considering the possible disaggregated by sectors and provinces. For this purpose, it analyzes the empirical distribution of growth according to each breakdown and specifies an econometric model based on Markov chains, estimating transition probabilities matrixes between sectors and regions. It concludes that while there is greater stability or persistence for both breakdowns regarding the extreme ranges of variation of growth rate, in general there is a high mobility, and even more in the ergodic or steady state trend. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The approach of a macroeconomic multifactor model from the perspective of apt requires proper selection of risk factors, they should be easy to interpret, be robust over time and explain as much as possible the variation in asset prices. In doing so, it seeks to model asset returns as functions of macroeconomic innovations. Therefore, this paper presents the theoretical foundations that underpin a macroeconomic model framed within a structure apt, contrasting the benefit of its use against other multifactor models and highlighting the risks are represented by macroeconomic innovations. The aim is to establish the basis of a ultifactor model to determine the influence of macroeconomic risk factors have on asset returns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The issue of pensions in Mexico has gained importance over the past 16 years because all the systems in the country were not appropriate to deal with ongoing payments and future reserves. The scheme administered by the IMSS has been no exception as it was the first to be applied to modify a radical transformation of individual accounts by one, hoping this measure will reduce the pressures being generated on the finances of the institution. The aim of this paper is to show that no decrease pension expense in the long run, under some adverse elements not contemplated for this purpose. For this, using the methodology suggested by Johansen vector autoregression (VAR) model with error correction (MEC) is done. The results suggest that pension spending is carried out in this institution not decrease because their own autoregressive dynamics is quite strong and is not restricted considerably in the long run. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to analyze some features of public service employment, especially those having to do with brokering activities and the implementation of active labor market policies by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. The subject of evaluation of active labor market policies is also addressed. From 1990 to 2000 these policies focused on training of unemployed workers and active, and it is from 2002 when fueled implement active policies with more emphasis on the occupation of the unemployed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper aims to reassess the role of embodiment in the construction of ethnographic knowledge. To this end, it illustrates the impact that the researcher's performance of diverse Sai Baba rituals had on his understanding of Argentinian Sai Baba groups. The article also reflects on the role attributed to the different senses in this production as well as their epistemological Implications, and establishes a dialogue between different philosophies of thought on the issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper explores how recipients of development cooperation can leverage the benefits of international agreements with international organizations and OECD nations. Departing from the dichotomy «donors-beneficiaries», which has long dominated the system of international cooperation for development, this paper argues that the higher the level of professionalization of the beneficiary, the greater its ability to influence the terms of the cooperation in accordance with its own needs. The case of Minas Gerais reveals that a well-oriented development strategy together with a mature organizational structure were crucial to establishing an active partnership with the World Bank and the French province of Nord-Pas de Calais. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper estimates the size of the informal economy in Peru during the period 1980-2011 by using the multiple indicators-multiple causes method (MIMIC). Estimates indicate that the informal economy has fluctuated between 30% and 45% of official GDP during the period analyzed and has exhibited an anti-cyclical behavior, increasing during periods of economic crisis and contracting during economic booms. An econometric exploration of the determinants of the size of the informal economy indicates that productivity plays the leading role, more so than the VAT tax rate. Marginal income tax rates and the minimum wage do not have any effect on the size of the informal economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Laws have supplemented international documents in order to preserve the cultural heritage. The research objectives of this paper are to determine their historical antecedents and the unique features of applying those laws in Havana. It begins with a review of the Hispanic colonial laws concerned with building construction and protecting buildings of cultural value. It also reviews the legal instruments that protect seminal buildings of Havana. A discussion of the characteristics and weaknesses of the Cuban laws today reveals difficulties of facing the built heritage conservation in Havana. Several aspects of the law should be revised and modified. The paper concludes with recommendations about the need for improving laws that guarantee the effective protection and conservation of the city's built heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is concerned with the industries established in the second half of the twentieth century, along Avenida Rancho Boyeros, as an expression of the industrial heritage of the Modern Movement in Cuba. The theme, scarcely addressed in the literature, was a motivation for the development of this inquiry whose results can help in the formation of a national public awareness that values the industrial heritage and its local significance. For the development of this work numerous documentary sources were consulted, both bibliographic and archival. Interviews were also conducted as well as in situ observations, combining empirical and theoretical methods for processing and discussing the results. The findings allowed the identification of modern industries along the axis of Rancho Boyeros in the second half of the twentieth century, its authors and its heritage values, which can serve as an important reference for its recognition and protection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The architectural work of the Chilean architectural office Bresciani, Valdés, Castillo, Huidobro focused mainly on single-family houses, particularly in the early years of the firm. In doing so, it allowed the company to develop a unique modern form. Using descriptive methods, this study explores one of the most relevant aspects of the company's approach to design: the way in which the architects build that form, as represented by a house built during the first decade of work of work. This construction, called the Ravera House, is all but a disappeared fragment of local modern heritage. The paper argues that the construction of the form of this house is mediated by the intentional use of local constructive means, both modern and traditional, towards the achievement of modern visuality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A holography team in the Physics Department of the Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría and various institutions of the country developed applications for museums in Cuba. With support from the National Council of Culture Heritage, permanent holographic exhibitions were set up in museums around the country. This paper analyzes the internal and external damage factors that could affect the exposed holograms in some museums of the Havana. It also presents findings about their conservation status in order to propose a set of preventive measures to improve the preservation of these items. We conclude that the main causes of deterioration of the exposed hologram are through various errors, shortcomings in handling the pieces, and ignorance about the norms to be followed to achieve adequate conservation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we demonstrate the impact of university management processes to meet the social responsibility towards the conservation of built heritage in undergraduate studies in the architecture program at the Universidad de Oriente. These processes have an interdisciplinary nature and are achieved through the interplay of facets of undergraduate, post-graduate, academic, and science and innovation curricula that are integrated into the scientific training of students. The results show scientific, economic and social impact and are expressed through teaching, publications, awards, participation in events, international collaboration, doctoral and master theses defended the actions of student scientific groups, as well as the realization of an International meeting. The activity was coordinated with the Oficina del Conservador of the City of Santiago de Cuba, Government and heritage agencies, the Provincial Directorate of Physical Planning, among other entities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Foreign students that do not speak Spanish in the faculty of architecture in Cuba receive Spanish classes for the first two years of their career. An essential content is to analyze different types of texts, specifically descriptive ones. The purpose of this paper is to present a teaching experience about the instruction of content description. The experience is centred on how the content related to the profession. The novel "Cecilia Valdés" from Cirilo Villaverde was chosen because it is an extraordinary picture of the XIX century and where students can learn the characteristics of social life in Cuba during that period. Students were greatly motivated by the experience and developed professional skills which are very important to future architects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At present times, many countries demand quality and added value of the goods they trade. It implies knowledge and technology adaptation in order to obtain agricultural products that are competitive at the international markets. In this regard, Good Agricultural Practices and Social Responsibility regulations, with their certification systems, formally help to demonstrate this "good doing". The aim of this paper is to analyze and promote that Quality Management Systems implementation, particularly Good Agricultural Practices and Social Responsibility regulations, are complementary at being able to comply with the Environmental Law applied to the argentine agricultural area. Its importance focus in that protection, preservation and recognition of the right to a healthy environment before the Constitutional amendment in 1994, was included in the category of the implied rights mentioned in section 33. This was considered as a historical landmark, and was incorporated in the second chapter named "New rights and guarantees", recognized in section 41 including the right to a healthy, equilibrated, suitable to a human development rights, and this directly relates to other rights such as quality of life, development, health, property and information among other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fluvial deposits contain mineral grains that are exposed to solar radiation during their transport in the water column. Traditionally, the Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) method has been used in geomorphology to date sediments that have been exposed to sunlight prior to their deposition. A new approach of OSL consists in using luminescence signals of sediments to unravel the mechanisms controlling sediment transport, regardless of whether or not the grains were fully exposed to sunlight before deposition. The main goal of this paper is to exemplify with two case studies on the use of luminescence signals to unravel how sediments are transported in two geomorphic domains. We studied the Sierra de Gredos (Spain) and the Cadder dam (Scotland) where we analyzed debris low and luvial deposits respectively. The luminescence signals in Sierra de Gredos allowed us to distinguish luvial sediments from debris low deposits. In Cadder we observed an inverse relation between grain size and the intensity of luminescence. We propose that the new approach of OSL in geomorphology is a useful tool in understanding the mechanisms of sediment transport in the study of luvial sediments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we evaluate hydrological aspects of the Seco River basin and the relationship with damages that occurred in the town of Los Berros, south of the city of San Juan, in the Sarmiento department, during the torrential rains of January 2013. One of the main geological hazards that affect the Sarmiento department is flash floods, produced by heavy seasonal rains, characterized by their high velocities and destructive power Several morphometric characteristics of the basin are analyzed and some basic parameters (area, perimeter, length, altitude and slope of the main channel, etc.) are calculated. These calculations are the basis for roughly predicting the behavior of the basin in the presence of torrential rainfall, resulting in large volumes of water with peak lows capable of generating significant floods. On the basis of the January 2013 rainfall (84 mm/h), the estimated peak lows demonstrated the basin behavior, which during the exceptional rainfalls becomes a potentially dangerous area with high levels of destruction. Furthermore, a description is included of the landforms identified in the drainage basin, whose axes are the eastern piedmont of the Loma Redonda and the cerro Pedernal de Los Berros. The study allowed explanation of the relief features of the region and recognition of several geomorphological units generated by various geomorphic processes that have determined the complex nature of the regional landscape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]