Copia sin original: en venganza de su ignorancia (analice: ¿es su ignorancia supina o invencible?)

Texto curatorial para la exposición "Copia sin original" de la artista Coco Moya, en la Biblioteca de la Facultad de Bellas Artes UCM, mayo 2018. La exposición consiste en la obra homónima, que es una fotocopiadora de libros invisibles, en concreto del libro invisible de la SSCDD, la Sociedad Secreta de la Ciudad de las Damas, un ensayo epistolar en el que se habla de cómo contar la historia borrada o ausente de las mujeres en la Historia del arte. Además, se expone una selección de las tesis de mujeres realizadas en esta facultad durante los últimos 3 años, desde el 2015 al 2018. Un total de 64 tesis que también se pueden descargar en PDF desde la web de la universidad (eprints). El texto, dividido en tres partes, hace un guiño al libro del que surge la sociedad; este es "La ciudad de las Damas" de Christine de Pizan, un primer escrito protofeminista que reivindica el honor y la importancia de las mujeres en la historia del arte y que pone por primera vez en el debate público la cuestión de la imagen histórica misógina que se presenta en los escritos de reputados historiadores

Information literacy skills to use web resources: an analysis of two Biology subjects

Nuestros alumnos tienen a su disposición multitud de fuentes de información que pueden utilizar para cursar las materias de la titulación. Sin embargo, éstos deben poseer las competencias informacionales necesarias para buscar, evaluar y usar la información de forma correcta y eficiente, sobre todo en cuanto al uso de recursos web. A pesar de que los estudiantes dominan el componente tecnológico, cuando se analiza el manejo y la calidad de las fuentes de información que emplean se detectan numerosas carencias. En este trabajo se evalúan las competencias informacionales de los alumnos de dos materias de la licenciatura en Biología de la Universidad de A Coruña, y los resultados confirman que el desarrollo de actividades específicas, a pesar de suponer una inversión de tiempo para el docente, mejoran significativamente estas competencias. Así, en este trabajo presentamos la organización de talleres en grupos de docencia reducida en el nuevo Grado, que pueden permitir la formación en competencias transversales como las informacionales, pero también introducir métodos de trabajo como el sistema de revisión por pares.Students have a large amount of information readily available they can use while enrolled in our courses. However, they must have already acquired the necessary information literacy skills to search, evaluate, and use information in a proper and efficient way, mainly concerning Web resources. Despite the fact that students show high technological abilities, the analysis of the way they gather information and the quality of their sources shows that there are still important shortcomings. The present study evaluates the information literacy skills of students enrolled in two Biology subjects at the University of A Coruña. Results confirm that the development of specific activities, even if they might be timecosting for teachers, certainly improve students’ skills. Thus, we present the organization of seminars for small groups of students in the new Grade in Biology that can serve to improve their information literacy skills, as well as to introduce students the process of peer-review

Condrosarcoma en pie

El condrosarcoma óseo en el pie es una lesión muy rara. Se presenta 1 caso de bajo grado de malignidad histológico y primario en su origen, que afecta al primer radio, tratado mediante resección amplia y sin signos de recidiva a los 3 años y medio de evolución.Bone chondrosarcoma very rarely affccts the foot. We report a case of primary bone chondrosarcoma vvith low grade malignancy involving the first metatarsal bone. Tumor was treated by wide resection. Three and half years later, there was not signs of recurrence

Lanthanides and other spectral oddities in a Centauri

Context: There is considerable interest in the helium variable a Cen as a bridge between helium-weak and helium-strong CP stars. Aims: We investigate Ce III and other possible lanthanides in the spectrum the of hottest chemically peculiar (CP) star in which these elements have been found. A {Kr II line appears within a broad absorption which we suggest may be due to a high-level transition in C II. Methods: Wavelengths and equivalent widths are measured on high-resolution UVES spectra, analyzed, and their phase-variations investigated. Results: New, robust identifications of Ce III and Kr II are demonstrated. Nd III is likely present. A broad absorption near 4619[A] is present at all phases of a Cen, and in some other early B stars. Conclusions: The presence of lanthanides in a Cen strengthens the view that this star is a significant link between the cooler CP stars and the hotter helium-peculiar stars. Broad absorptions in a Cen are not well explained.Comment: Research Note accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics; 4 pages, 4 Figs. 2 Table

¿Tritanopía adquirida en los pescadores del sur de España?: una exploración negativa.

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Simultaneous Surface Plasmon Resonance and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

We present here an experimental set-up to perform simultaneously measurements of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) in a synchrotron beamline. The system allows measuring in situ and in real time the effect of X-ray irradiation on the SPR curves to explore the interaction of X-rays with matter. It is also possible to record XAS spectra while exciting SPR in order to detect the changes in the electronic configuration of thin films induced by the excitation of surface plasmons. Combined experiments recording simultaneously SPR and XAS curves while scanning different parameters can be carried out. The relative variations in the SPR and XAS spectra that can be detected with this set-up ranges from 10-3 to 10-5, depending on the particular experiment

Experimental approval of the extended flat bands and gapped subbands in rhombohedral multilayer graphene

Graphene layers are known to stack in two stable configurations, namely ABA or ABC stacking, with drastically distinct electronic properties. Unlike the ABA stacking, little has been done to experimentally investigate the electronic properties of ABC graphene multilayers. Here, we report the first magneto optical study of a large ABC domain in a graphene multilayers flake, with ABC sequences exceeding 17 graphene sheets. The ABC-stacked multilayers can be fingerprinted with a characteristic electronic Raman scattering response, which persists even at room temperatures. Tracing the magnetic field evolution of the inter Landau level excitations from this domain gives strong evidence to the existence of a dispersionless electronic band near the Fermi level, characteristic of such stacking. Our findings present a simple yet powerful approach to probe ABC stacking in graphene multilayer flakes, where this highly degenerated band appears as an appealing candidate to host strongly correlated states.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure

Cambrian bioestratigraphy and environmental evolution of the Borobia area (Province of Soria, Oriental Iberian Chain, Spain)

[Resumen] Se estudian dos secciones estratigráficas en los afloramientos cámbricos más septentrionales de la Cadena Ibérica Oriental, las cuales incluyen a las formaciones Jalón, Ribota, Huérmeda, Daroca, Valdemiedes, Murero y Acón. Los datos estratigráficos, mineralógicos, petrológicos y paleontológicos sugieren la existencia de tres geoventos de tipo eustático. El primero de ellos (Transgresión del Cámbrico inferior) comienza con depósitos litorales en condiciones áridas y ambiente oxidante, para evolucionar a un medio sublitoral carbonatado y posteriormente a otro de plataforma siliciclástica abierta. El segundo geoevento (Regresión Hawke Bay) estaría representado por las areniscas y lutitas de la Formación Daroca. El inicio del tercer geoevento (transgresión generalizada del Cámbrico medio) produce la instauración de una plataforma mixta (terrígeno-carbonatada) con pulsos regresivos asociados, representados por la base de la Formación Acón. La presencia de los trilobites Strenuaeva ineondita, Aeadolenus sp., Asturiaspis inopinatus; Paradoxides (Eeeaparadoxides) suleatus; P. (Eee.) rouvillez: P. (Bee.) barehyrhaehis, Badulesia tenera, Badulesia pasehz: Badulesia granien: Solenopleuropsis verdiagana, Solenopleuropsis truneata y Pardazlhaina sp.; junto a los acritarcos Skiagia ezliosa, Heliosphaen'dium dissimzlare, Arehaeodiseina umbonulata, Cristallinium eambn'ensis, Eliasum Ilaniseum, Timofeevia fosfonOtiea y Timofeevia lanearae sugiere que los pisos Marianiense, Bilbiliense, Leoniense y Caesaraugustiense del Cámbrico inferior-medio están representados. Estos datos paleontológicos permiten una primera comparación entre la biozonación española de trilobites y la de acritarcos, y proceder así a la correlación de los materiales del Cámbrico inferior y medio de la Península Ibérica con los de la Plataforma Oriental Europea.[Abstract] Two stratigraphical sections from the more septentrional Cambrian outcrops of the Oriental Iberian Chain 'are studied, including theJalón, Ribota, Huérmeda, Daroca, Valdemiedes, Murero and Acón formations (Lower-Middle Cambrian). The stratigraphical, mineralogical, petrological and paleontological data suggest the presence of three eustatic geoevents. The first one (Lower Cambrian Transgression) started with litoral deposits on arid and oxidant conditions that changed to sublitoral deposits (carbonate shelf) and posteriorly to an open siliciclastic shelf. The second eustatic geoevent (Hawke Bay Regression) is represented by the sandstones and lutites of the Daroca formation. The third geoevent (Middle Cambrian Transgression) began with the establishment of a mixed shelf (terrigenous- carbonated) and shows sorne regressive pulses represented by the basal leveIs of the Acón Formation. The presence of the trilobites Strenuaeva ineondita, Aeadolenus sp., Asturiaspis inopinatus, Paradoxides (Eceaparadoxides) suleatus, P. (Eee.) rouvillei, P. (Bee.) barehyrhaehis, Badulesia tenera, Badulesia pasehz~ Badulesia granien', Solenopleuropsis verdiagana, Solenopleuropsis truneata and Paradazlhania sp.; and the acritarchs Skiagia ezliosa, Heiosphaen'dium dissimzlare, Arehaeodiseina umbonulata, Cristallinium eambn'ensis, Eliasum Ilaniseum, Timofeevia fosfontiea and timofeevia lanearae suggest a Lower-Middle Cambrian age (Marianian to Caesaraugustian stages). These biostratigraphical data allow a comparison between the trilobite and acritarch biozonations for the first time in Spain as well as the correlation of the Península Ibérica's Lower-Middle Cambrian materials with the East European Platform ones.

Nonlinear software sensor for monitoring genetic regulation processes with noise and modeling errors

Nonlinear control techniques by means of a software sensor that are commonly used in chemical engineering could be also applied to genetic regulation processes. We provide here a realistic formulation of this procedure by introducing an additive white Gaussian noise, which is usually found in experimental data. Besides, we include model errors, meaning that we assume we do not know the nonlinear regulation function of the process. In order to illustrate this procedure, we employ the Goodwin dynamics of the concentrations [B.C. Goodwin, Temporal Oscillations in Cells, (Academic Press, New York, 1963)] in the simple form recently applied to single gene systems and some operon cases [H. De Jong, J. Comp. Biol. 9, 67 (2002)], which involves the dynamics of the mRNA, given protein, and metabolite concentrations. Further, we present results for a three gene case in co-regulated sets of transcription units as they occur in prokaryotes. However, instead of considering their full dynamics, we use only the data of the metabolites and a designed software sensor. We also show, more generally, that it is possible to rebuild the complete set of nonmeasured concentrations despite the uncertainties in the regulation function or, even more, in the case of not knowing the mRNA dynamics. In addition, the rebuilding of concentrations is not affected by the perturbation due to the additive white Gaussian noise and also we managed to filter the noisy output of the biological systemComment: 21 pages, 7 figures; also selected in vjbio of August 2005; this version corrects a misorder in the last three references of the published versio