City Of Cordoba Research Articles

Georg F. Nicolai: aportes para un estudio de recepción de las ideas de Pavlov en Argentina

El trabajo se enmarca dentro de los estudios de recepción de las ideas psicológicas en Argentina. Se aborda la figura y la obra del médico y fisiólogo alemán Georg Nicolai, exiliado pacifista que se instala en la ciudad de Córdoba entre 1922 y 1927. Se estudia el período de formación con el fisiólogo ruso Iván Pavlov y el impacto de la difusión de sus ideas en Córdoba, Argentina. A su vez se estudian las redes intelectuales con las que tuvo contacto y se muestran los espacios institucionales y editoriales que posibilitaron la mencionada difusión.

Human papilloma virus in oral mucosa and its association with periodontal status of gynecologically infected women.

The aim of this study was to determine whether Human Papillomavirus was present in tongue and periodontium of periodontally healthy and diseased women who had genital lesions caused by the virus. Thirty non-menopausal women, systemically healthy and diagnosed with gynecological HPV lesions, were referred by the Gynecology Service Department of the University Maternal Neonatal Hospital of the City of Cordoba. Anamnesis, oral mucosa examination and periodontal clinical assessment were performed. Three brush samples were taken per patient: two from the same periodontal location (external epithelium of the gum and internal epithelium of the periodontal sulcus/pocket), and the third from the tongue. The 90 samples were submitted to Pap cytology and Polymerase Chain Reaction. The data were statistically analyzed by "Chi Square Test" (χ2) and "Kappa Index" (κ). High prevalence of HPV was found in the tongue (30%) and periodontal tissues (15%). High risk (HR) genotype -16 was detected with the highest percentage (67%), and genotypes -52 and -6 were also detected. Whenever HPV was present in periodontal location, it was also identified in the tongue of the same patients, of whom 88.89% reported that they practiced oral sex. Is worth noting the clinical finding of stomatologic lesions compatible with foliate papillitis in patients with positive intraoral HPV. High prevalence of HPV was found in the female population in Cordoba, with genotype -16 being detected at the highest percentage. No positive correlation was found between HPV and higher incidence and severity of periodontal lesions.

Study the Small and Dense Lipoprotein Levels (LDLsd) in Coronary Artery Disease

Objective: To study the height LDLsd levels and coronary disease relation. Methods: Experimental transversal and retrospective study of sample not probabilistic random. 62 individuals were studied of both sex who did attended a consultation specialized in cardiology at the University Queen Fabiola Clinic of Cordoba city Argentina. The LDLsd are separated using vertical polyacrylamide gradient gel electrophoresis to 3% in non-reducing conditions. The presence of LDLsd was established when identified in the serum LDLsd abnormal band with Rf>0.36. Results: 26 patients have LDLsd elevated and 36 patients with normal LDLsd Rf 0.36) and 7 patients without disease (p<0.001). Conclusion: The research revealed high levels of LDLsd in subjects assessed, by association with coronary disease increased significantly. Patients with normal TGR who had elevated levels of LDLsd had developed coronary artery disease; it confirms to LDLsd as independent of coronary disease risk factor.

Valoración psicométrica de la Psychological Entitlement Scale desde la Teoría clásica de los tests y la Teoría de respuesta al ítem

Fil: Mola, Debora Jeanette. Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. Facultad de Psicologia. Laboratorio de Psicologia Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas; Argentina

Analysis of atmospheric dispersion of olive pollen in southern Spain using SILAM and HYSPLIT models

SILAM atmospheric dispersion model and the HYSPLIT trajectory model were used to detect the source areas and calculate transport dynamics for airborne olive pollen observed in the city of Cordoba, southwest of Iberian Peninsula. The ECMWF weather data with 3-h time interval and spatial resolution of 25 × 25 km2 and 75 hybrid vertical levels were used as meteorological inputs in both models to produce a coherent set of results in order to compare these two different approaches. Seven episodes recorded before and after the local flowering season in 2006 were analyzed using both models. The results provided an indication of the origins of olive pollen recorded in the city of Cordoba, revealing the influence of three main source areas at specific periods. One area was located nearby, to the southwest of the city (early May), another in the south of the province (mid-May) and the third to the east (late May/early June). The SILAM model yielded more detailed and quantitative results when identifying olive pollen sources and charting transport dynamics. The results from the HYSPLIT trajectory approach and SILAM footprints were qualitatively similar. However, a weak point of back trajectories was their lower sensitivity to details of the transport, as well as the necessity of subjective analysis of the trajectory plots, which were subject for possible misinterpretations. Information on both pollen source locations and local tree flowering phenology was required in order to ensure consistent analysis of the influence of olive sources for both models. Further than this, due to the fact that both models are widely used in other research areas, the results of this work could have a widespread range of application, such as to simulate the transport of radionuclides, e.g., in emergency preparedness exercises.

ESTUDIOS DE VALIDEZ Y CONFIABILIDAD DE LA ESCALA DE COMPRA IMPULSIVA EN JÓVENES Y ADULTOS DE LA CIUDAD DE CÓRDOBA, ARGENTINA

Compra Impulsiva de Rook y Fisher (1995) en el ámbito local. Además, se aporta evidencia acerca de la relación entre compra impulsiva y arrepentimiento. Participaron estudiantes universitarios (muestra A) y adultos de 18 a 65 años (muestra B) de la ciudad de Córdoba (Argentina). Con la muestra A se realizaron estudios exploratorios y análisis confirmatorios, y se examinó la consistencia interna a través del coeficiente alfa de Cronbach. Con la muestra B, además, se evaluó la correlación entre la compra impulsiva y el arrepentimiento, controlando por la edad de los participantes. Los resultados evidenciaron una estructura unifactorial que explica el 37.17% de la variabilidad total, en tanto que todos los ítems presentaron cargas factoriales superiores a .40 y los pesos de regresión estuvieron en el rango .18-.60 (muestra A) y .42-.81 (muestra B). Se observaron valores alfa de Cronbach aceptables (muestra A = .84 y muestra B = .87). La relación entre compra impulsiva y arrepentimiento mostró ser significativa pero de baja magnitud. En general, los resultados evidencian que la escala presenta adecuadas propiedades psicométricas para ser empleada en el ámbito local.

Influence of urban morphology on total noise pollution: Multifractal description

Exposure to ambient noise levels above 65dB can cause public health problems. The spatial distribution of this kind of pollution is linked to various elements which make up the urban form, such as construction density, the existence of open spaces and the shape and physical position of buildings. Since urban morphology displays multifractal behaviour, the present research studies for the first time the relationship between total noise pollution and urban features, such as street width and building height by means of a joint multifractal spectrum in two neighbourhoods of the city of Cordoba (Andalusia, Spain). According to the results, the joint multifractal spectrum reveals a positive correlation between the total noise pollution and the street width to building height ratio, this being more evident when urban morphology is regular. The information provided by the multifractal analysis completes the description obtained by using urban indexes and landscape metrics and might be useful for urban planning once the linkage between both frameworks has been done.

Los comités seccionales de la UCR de la provincia de Córdoba y su gravitación en el ámbito político-institucional, 1915-1924

In this paper, I study the influence the UCR ‘comites seccionales’ of the city of Cordoba had in the party and in the radical government during the period 1915-1924. These institutions were all over de city and in many cases their leaders belong to the popular sectors, besides the militants became in great number from the lower classes. Because of the number of people they attracted and the capacity to organize them, the power they constructed was very important for the party in the whole province, not just in the city. Therefore their decisions or protests were taken seriously into account.The main goals they had in mind were to avoid the triumph of the catholic/conservative line inside the party and to defend and consolidate the ‘yrigoyenismo’.

A experiência de continuidade com o provedor de atenção primária em escolares

Objective: To know the schoolchildren experience of continuity of care according to their caregivers’ perspective and to analyse its association with the type of Primary Health Care provider (PHC) (doctor or health center) and its funding modality (public versus private, or social security). Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in four elementary schools in the city of Cordoba, Argentina, in 2011. Caregivers of children between 9 and 13 years old responded to a self-administered questionnaire that included the Primary Care Assessment Tool (AR-PCAT-CE) to measure the continuity function (affiliation and interpersonal continuity subdomains), the type of PHC providers, and children’s socio-demographic characteristics. Mean scores of affiliation and interpersonal continuity were obtained, and a value ?3 was considered optimal. Results: Eighty-nine percent of the respondents (n=230) were schoolchildren’s mothers. PHC provider was mainly (79.9%) a first level PHC unit, a hospital or a clinic, publicly funded in 60.5% of cases. The mean scores of the degree of affiliation to their PHC provider were 3.30 and 3.27 (p=0.86) when referring to a doctor and center, respectively, and the mean scores for interpersonal continuity were 3.47 and 3.09 (p=0.01), respectively. Among those who identified a health center as PHC provider, the affiliation score was 3.18 for public centers and 3.51 for social security or private centers (p=0.04). Conclusions: Caregivers report stronger affiliation when the PHC provider is private or a social security center; and a better experience of interpersonal continuity when they identify a physician as their provider rather than a health center.

Patterns of substance use among Argentinean adolescents and analysis of the effect of age at first alcohol use on substance use behaviors

ObjectiveThe present study used an empirically based method to characterize substance use in a sample of Argentinean adolescents and analyzed the association between age at drinking onset and substance use behaviors. Differences in alcohol expectancies and personality traits as a function of different patterns of substance use were also explored. MethodData were obtained from 583 adolescents aged 13–18years (M=15.01years; SD=1.5years; 59.5% female) from the city of Cordoba, Argentina. Alcohol, tobacco, and drug use and age at first alcohol use were measured. Personality traits, including extroversion, conscientiousness, impulsivity, and aggression, and positive and negative alcohol expectancies were assessed. Latent Class Analysis was applied to examine the structure of five co-occurring substance use behaviors: frequency of alcohol use, quantity of alcohol use, prevalence of drunkenness episodes, tobacco use, and drug use. ResultsLatent Class Analysis revealed five distinct patterns of substance use. The classes differed in substance use behaviors, personality traits, and alcohol expectancies. Adolescents with early drinking onset were more likely to show heavier alcohol use, more drunkenness episodes, and more drug use than adolescents with late drinking onset. ConclusionsLatent Class Analysis allowed the detection of groups of adolescents with distinct patterns of substance use. These groups exhibited significantly different personality and alcohol expectancy profiles, likely representing subgroups who are at greater risk for developing alcohol-related problems.

Cosmo-Skymed Ground Segment Ram Analysis

The COSMO-SkyMed is a low-orbit, dual-use, earth observation satellite system operating in the X-band funded by the Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR) and Ministry of Defense and managed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI). SkyMed will make use of the most advanced remote sensing technology in the construction of four SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellites and in the realization of a complex and geographically distributed Ground Segment infrastructure manufactured by Italian industries. In the context of the Agreement between ASI and CONAE (National Commission of Spatial activities) two Argentine missions are in progress SAOCOM-1-A & 1-B, two SAR L-band satellites. This set of six SAR satellites comprised the SIASGE (Italian-Argentine System for Emergency Management). The COSMO-SkyMed ground segment includes: A constellation management infrastructure (Mission Control Centres and Satellite Control Centres), a decentralized ground-based user facilities for direct data collection from the satellites and a Centralized archiving facility. Falda del Carmen CONAE Ground Station (CGS) in Cordoba city, Argentina was upgraded in order to fulfill Cosmo-SkyMed RAM (Reliability, Availability & Maintainability) requirements. In this paper a complete RAM analysis for all the services provided by CGS (CGSS) was performed, providing the RAM figures that demonstrate that, with the design concept and the architecture proposed, system requirements were achieved.

Multifractal analysis of axial maps applied to the study of urban morphology

Street layout is an important element of urban morphology that informs on urban patterns influenced by city growing through the years under different planning regulations and different socio-economic contexts. It is assumed by several authors that urban morphology has a fractal or monofractal nature. However, not all the urban patterns can be considered as monofractal because of the presence of different morphologies. Therefore, a single fractal dimension may not always be enough to describe urban morphology. In this sense, a multifractal approach serves to tackle this problem by describing urban areas in terms of a set of fractal dimensions. With this aim in mind, two different neighbourhoods of the city of Cordoba, in Andalusia (Spain), are analysed by using the Sandbox multifractal method and lacunarity. We analyse the street patterns represented by axial maps and obtained from the Space Syntax algorithm. The results suggest that the Rényi dimension spectrum is superior to a single fractal dimension to describe the urban morphology of Cordoba, given the presence of regular and irregular street layouts established under different planning and socio-economic regimes.

Aquacrop Model Calibration in Potato and Its Use to Estimate Yield Variability under Field Conditions

AquaCrop model estimates the crop productivity decrease in response to water stress, determining the biomass (B) based on water productivity (WP) and accumulated transpiration (ΣTr); and the yield (Y) is calculated according to B and the harvest index (HI). AquaCrop was evaluated considering different WP values for 2010 late growing season to simulate crop yield of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cv. Spunta, in a commercial production field of 9 ha located in the green belt of Cordoba city (31°30'S, 64°08'W, 402 m asl), while monitoring in 2009 was used to verify the model. Canopy cover estimation by AquaCrop was adjusted using observed field data obtained from vertical digital photographs acquired at 2.5 m height. WP values of 15.8 and 31.6 (for C3 and C4 species, respectively) and two intermediate values 21 and 26.3 g·mˉ2 were considered to evaluate the model performance. While linear function between observed tuber yields and estimated by AquaCrop had always a correlation coefficient greater than 0.94 (p 0.001), using WP = 26.3 and WP =31.6 g·mˉ2 presented overestimation, whereas with 15.8 g·mˉ2 had an opposite behavior, while WP = 21 g·mˉ2 was the value that produced the lowest estimation error. In addition, soil moisture from this estimated value of WP was highly correlated with measured water content in different areas of production field. The verification test shows that while the model slightly underestimates canopy cover, biomass was overestimated. After setting the coefficients of canopy cover development, the AquaCrop crop model estimated adequately potato yield for high production values that are less affected by lack of water, but in both years showed a tendency to overestimate the lowest yields, as was observed for other crops. Meanwhile, the dispersion between the observed and estimated yield was higher in the verification test because the sampling this year was more random.

Beguines and civic community. Some interpretative keys of late medieval urban female spirituality (Cordoba, 14th-15th centuries)

In the light of the usual historical image presenting the late medieval female religious movement as lacking coherence and being determined by the phenomenon of a socio-economic female surplus, these pages raise the importance of the analysis of its characteristic connection with the cities in order to evaluate their features, associative forms and intentions and, consequently, the political dimension of urban women’s spirituality. The focus is on one sector of the movement, namely the non-regulated religious life, considered within an Andalusian framework that was particularly conspicuous in female religious expression: the city of Cordoba, reformist epicenter during the last two centuries of the Middle Ages.

Comparative study of airborne pollen counts located in different areas of the city of Córdoba (south-western Spain)

Airborne pollen counts are mainly determined using a volumetric suction sampler based on the impact principle, that is, a Hirst-type spore trap. As a consequence of their volumetric nature, samplers detect pollen from a wide area, and therefore, a single sampler is frequently used to acquire information on airborne pollen counts for the whole city. The main goal of the present study was to compare airborne pollen counts at two sites located at opposite ends (south-west vs. north-east) of the southern Spanish city of Cordoba, to assess the advantages and disadvantages of using more than one sampler in the city. Also, a comparative study was carried out using two samplers at the same site, in order to confirm the efficiency of the samplers. Results revealed that data from one volumetric sampler—located within a city of medium size with uniform topography and vegetation conditions—are sufficient to establish monitoring of the main airborne pollen types, the pollen seasons involved and the timing of peak counts. For clinical studies, however, data on pollen counts in specific areas of the city may be of value, since pollen intensity may vary from one district to another, mainly in the case of ornamental plants with a local distribution inside the city. Comparison of data obtained by the two samplers running at the same site indicated that potential inter-site differences could not be attributed to differences in sampler efficiency.

Los patrones espaciales de los comportamientos de riesgo en la ciudad de Córdoba (Argentina)-2001

Partiendo de la premisa que los fenomenos sociales no se distribuyen en el espacio geografico de manera homogenea, este trabajo tiene como objetivo explorar los patrones de localizacion espacial de los grupos sociales en la ciudad de Cordoba (Argentina) y relacionarlos con algunos comportamientos de riesgo de ninos y jovenes, en particular aquellos que se vinculan con la reproduccion de desigualdades, de la pobreza y de la exclusion. Primero, se identifican las diferentes areas socio-habitacionales que componen la ciudad, a partir del analisis de la distribucion de los grupos sociales en el espacio urbano, con especial enfasis en sus caracteristicas educativas y habitacionales. Segundo, se calculan los diferenciales de los comportamientos de riesgo de ninos y jovenes (insuficiencia educativa, inactividad juvenil y fecundidad adolescente tardia), segun areas de residencia anteriormente mencionadas. Tercero, se evalua la incidencia del contexto socio-habitacional en dichos comportamientos. La informacion con la que se trabaja es la proveniente del Censo Nacional de Poblacion, Hogares y Vivienda del ano 2001, a nivel de radio censal.

Citizens' Rights and Environmental Genocide

Abstract Within the framework of pragmatism and linguistic turn, the meaning of a word is embedded in the context where it is stated. The Mothers of Ituzaingo Neighborhood in the city of Cordoba, A...

La gastronomía como motivación para viajar. Un estudio sobre el turismo culinario en Córdoba

Gastronomy is becoming a key factor in attracting tourists and thus in defi ning the competitiveness of a tourist destination and as key for the promotion. The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of culinary tourism in the city of Cordoba (Spain). Here, a study is presented which analyses both the supply and demand of culinary tourism. The main results of this study refl ect the high level of education among the tourists, the longer length of their stay in the city and the high level of satisfaction with both the local food and the rest of the resources available to tourists in the city.

Análisis de situaciones familiares relacionadas a la salud mental de niños escolarizados en una comunidad del interior de la Provincia de Córdoba, Argentina

OBJETIVO: Con la finalidad de establecer un diagnóstico para detectar situaciones de riesgos familiares en niños escolarizados, el objetivo propuesto fue identificar los factores de riesgo vinculados a situaciones familiares que se relacionan con la salud mental, en niños de escuela primaria, de un sector urbano aledaño a la ciudad de Córdoba, en Argentina. METODOLOGÍA: El instrumento utilizado fue el test 'Cómo es tú-su familia'. Se realizó los análisis exploratorio bivariado y lo factorial. Se entrevistaron a 146 niños escolarizados de quinto y sexto grado del nivel primario. RESULTADOS: La estructura familiar más frecuente fue la biparental y el 45% de los encuestados tenían estructuras familiares a cargo de mujeres. Más de la mitad de los niños escolarizados refirieron que sus padres nunca, o algunas veces, dedican tiempo para hablar con ellos; los integrantes de su familia no pueden expresarse fácilmente si lo desean y la posibilidad de afrontar los problemas en familia es baja. El 30% de los niños refirieron haber experimentado alguna situación de estrés. La relación de riesgo con el padre y la madre se asoció a los antecedentes de fumar, peleas, maltratos y emborracharse. CONCLUSIONES: Los resultados de situaciones adversas en el grupo de niños analizados en este trabajo deberían ser tenidos en cuenta para disminuir la vulnerabilidad familiar y favorecer entornos saludables a los niños.

Procesos de modernización y transformación del paisaje agrícola en el área metropolitana de la ciudad de Córdoba [Argentina]: el caso de Colonia Caroya

In the second half of the nineteenth century, in Argentina begins a process of economic and cultural transformation generically called “modernization, which is accelerated by the Liberal governments of the '80 s generation, who took part in the replacement of the colonial lifestyle to the bourgeois model of European roots. In the period 1870-1910, and as a result of the confluence of the policy of encouraging immigration, agricultural settlements, the development of the railway network and the construction of provincial water system, a transformation of the territory around the city of Cordoba is produced, what applies for the physical matrix of our current metropolitan landscape. Many of these physical transformations are still in use. While some lost their economic importance that originated them, and in some cases are nowadays disabled, they provide a valuable legacy as a cultural landscape. In recent years, it has been being promoted its revival as a support for a new strategy for regional and local development. This presentation refers to the case of Colonia Caroya which was built as a consequence of the immigration law and whose urban and rural landscapes are now under the process of conversion and requires interventions that promote local development without compromising its heritage. As regards heritage, in the case of Caroya, we must refer not only to the tangible but also to the intangible, as both constitute an indissoluble unity which gives its particular identity and as such, reinforces the significance of the landscape.