This is the collection of a novel, Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature: A Novel in Tracks, and an embedded short story, "Shred Me Like the Cheese You Use to Make Buñuelos." The novel tells the story of Palomino Mondragón, a Colombian mercenary who has arrived in New York after losing his leg to a mortar in Korea. Reclusive, obsessive and passionate, Palomino has reinvented himself as a mambo musician and has fallen in love with Etiwanda, a dancer at the nightclub in which he plays—but he cannot bring himself to declare his love to her. His life changes when he is deported from the United States at the height of the Cuban Missile crisis without having declared his love. Through the thirty years chronicled in the novel, Palomino does all possible in his quest to return to the United States to find Etiwanda despite the fact that he knows she has grown to be a fantasy, an obsession of his imagination. Palomino’s quest takes him to the United States and back three times, as he becomes more and more desperate, as he becomes involved with drug traffickers and for-hire murderers like Polo Norte, as he loses track of what it means to feel alive. Palomino is trapped in a tug-of-war between his rational desire for a normal existence and his irrational but inescapable longing for Etiwanda. In the end, his desperation to get to Etiwanda brings the underworld of Polo Norte to her doorstep. "Shred Me Like the Cheese You Use to Make Buñuelos" tells the story of Polo Norte, Palomino’s antagonist, on his last day on earth, as he is followed by a writer who has agreed to watch him commit suicide. Together, the stories explore the history and nature of the Colombian Diaspora in the United States, and the violent circumstances surrounding the relationship between both countries and the migrants stuck in the middle of it.

El presente estudio comparte los resultados de un laboratorio de movimiento dirigido a seis estudiantes entre 20 a 25 años de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), donde el objetivo principal fue experimentar con las herramientas de la improvisación, el error y lo lúdico como aspectos metodológicos para la enseñanza de la salsa. Es importante señalar, que la improvisación se tomó desde la mirada de la danza contemporánea donde parte de la propuesta fue generar un espacio de prueba personal y colectiva como estrategia para facilitar el entendimiento de la ejecución de la salsa, por un lado, y por otro, generar aportes como desarrollar experiencias de movimiento que contiene historia y subjetividades individuales. Para con ello, continuar con la búsqueda y descubrimiento de nuevas posibilidades de movimiento. / The present study shares the results of a movement laboratory aimed at six students between the ages of 20 and 25 from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), where the main objective was to experiment with the tools of improvisation, error and playfulness as Methodological aspects for teaching salsa. It is important to point out that the improvisation was taken from the perspective of contemporary dance where part of the proposal was to generate a personal and collective space as a strategy to facilitate the understanding of the execution of salsa on the one hand, and on the other, to generate contributions such as developing movement experiences that contain history and individual subjectivities. For this, continue with the search and discovery of new possibilities of movement.

The Situational Assessment of Leadership: Student Assessment (SALSA©) was developed in the spring of 2009 to be used as a measure of student leadership. Study 1 assessed alternate forms reliability of the SALSA using scores from 178 students. The overall scores on SALSA Form A and SALSA Form B showed a significant correlation (rAB = .906, p < .01). Dimension scores on the two forms ranged from rAB = .475 to rAB = .804. Study 2 evaluated the convergent validity between the SALSA and the Western Kentucky University Center for Leadership Excellence assessment center. SALSA scores as well as assessment scores from 53 students were analyzed. The overall scores on the SALSA and CLE assessment center had a significant yet moderate correlation (r = .513). Dimension correlations were significant but low, ranging from r = .310 to r = .392. The strong correlations in Study 1 indicate the two forms of the SALSA may be used as alternate measures such as in a pre and post-test of leadership. The convergent validities in Study 2 demonstrate that both the SALSA and assessment center may be used to assess leadership. However, the low convergent validities across dimensions indicate overall scores likely should be used rather than dimension scores.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:23:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-02-27Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:10:53Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 rocha_ts_me_sjrp.pdf: 4148399 bytes, checksum: ce0ff94a04b39123b97024a446e8f545 (MD5) / Enzymatic hydrolysis of granular starch has been used to study the structure and the physicochemical properties of the granules. It depends, among others, on the starch botanic source, on the enzymatic system used and on the size of the granules. The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of granule size on enzymatic susceptibility and on structural and physicochemical properties of Peruvian Carrot starch. Starches from two varieties (Amarela de Carandaí, AC and Amarela de Senador Amaral, ASA) were isoladed, fractionated by size and classified into whole granules (without separation); large granules (d 20æm); medium granules (> 10 e < 20æm) and small granules (£ 10æm). The whole and fractionated granular starches were hydrolysed with bacterial -amylase and fungal amyloglucosidase. Samples, before and after hydrolysis, were analyzed regarding their structural and physicochemical characteristics. The whole and fractionated native starches shown in optical microscope and scanning electron microscope circular shape for large granules and polygonal shape for small granules. The granular surface was smooth with some had openings, especially for the larges granules, with some depressions and holes. From chromatograms of gel permeation in Sepharose CL-2B was not possible to observe differences on the molecular size from both varieties of Peruvian Carrot. The amylose content, that was higher to AC variety, was concentraded mainly in large granules. Both varieties exhibited B-type X-ray diffraction pattern and relative degree of cristallinity (DC) (~20%) was not different for the different starches, despite the intensity of the peaks decrease for small granules. The intrinsic viscosity of starches from both varieties was smallest 24% and 14%, respectively, to small granules in relation of large granules. Gelatinization temperatures, from DSC, decreased as the granule sizes decreased, while the enthalpy remained the same. The smaller the granule

En los últimos años se han producido cambios en los hábitos de consumo alimentario causados principalmente por un menor tiempo disponible para la preparación de las comidas y la reducción del número de personas por unidad familiar. El sector de los platos preparados se ha consolidado en el mercado, ofreciendo al consumidor productos de fácil y rápida preparación. En este contexto, el horno microondas se ha convertido en un electrodoméstico indispensable en cada hogar por su facilidad de uso y rapidez en la preparación de este tipo de productos. Las peculiaridades del calentamiento por microondas, donde la composición del propio alimento influye de manera crucial, dificulta la predicción generalizada del patrón de calentamiento en alimentos y hace necesario un estudio individualizado para cada caso en particular. Por tanto, la tendencia actual consiste en diseñar alimentos que sean aptos para el calentamiento en microondas desde la propia formulación de los mismos. En la presente tesis doctoral se estudiaron sistemas modelo tipo salsa bechamel como ejemplo de producto elaborado que se comercializa por sí solo o formando parte de platos preparados. Inicialmente, se analizó el impacto de la formulación de sistemas modelo elaborados con sal, agua y distintos hidrocoloides (almidones y carragenatos) en las propiedades intrínsecas del calentamiento en microondas (propiedades dieléctricas) y en las propiedades reológicas y microestructurales. A continuación, se analizaron las propiedades microestructurales y reológicas de salsas elaboradas con diversos almidones (nativos y modificados) con el fin de observar el comportamiento frente al calentamiento en horno microondas. Además, se analizó la estabilidad química y microestructural de salsas formuladas con diferentes proteínas (láctea o de soja) frente a un proceso de congelación-descongelación en horno microondas o convencional. Por último, se analizaron la microestructura y las propiedades dieléctricas de salsas elaboradas con diferentes grasas preparadas a diferentes velocidades de agitación. / Guardeño Expósito, LM. (2012). Optimización de la formulación de una salsa apta para calentar en microondas: estudio químico y microestructural [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/15758 / Palancia

This thesis deals with the musical and dance style known as "Salsa" which roots can be traced to the Caribbean of Latin America. In this work, salsa is investigated as a global phenomenon in the local context of Prague and at the same time as a commercialized product. In terms of salsa as a global phenomenon, the work deals with the characteristics of salsa as a social dance in the local context and tries to trace its social functions. In addition to the effects of the commercialization and tropicalized ideas of salsa and Latin American cultures on its form, the thesis also touches on topics such as internal negotiation and external construction of Latin American identity (latinidad), which are related to salsa as a global phenomenon and its commercialization. The work is based on several months of ethnographic research and semi- structured interviews conducted mainly with salseros from Latin America, the Czech Republic and others, not only European countries. Key words: salsa, social dance, global phenomenon, commercialization, product, commodification of culture, Latin American identity, latinidad , tropicalization, imagination

El presente estudio busca abordar la práctica de la salsa estilo femenino y su influencia en el empoderamiento de la mujer. La pregunta que guiará este trabajo de investigación es: ¿de qué manera la práctica de la salsa estilo femenino influye en el empoderamiento de la mujer latinoamericana del nuevo milenio? Como respuesta a esta interrogante se plantea que la práctica de la salsa estilo femenino influye en el empoderamiento de la mujer latinoamericana del nuevo milenio debido a que aporta a un proceso de autoconocimiento, construcción y fortalecimiento de la identidad y con ello se genera la construcción de un nuevo discurso hegemónico. Al inicio, se explicará en qué consiste la práctica de salsa estilo femenino y así se pondrá en relación con el concepto de empoderamiento dentro y fuera de la danza. Luego, se analizará cómo la bailarina dentro de su práctica puede estar realizando un trabajo de autoconocimiento y a partir de allí llegar a una construcción y fortalecimiento de su identidad producto del trabajo con su cuerpo durante su aprendizaje. Posteriormente a este proceso, la bailarina establecerá un nuevo discurso femenino que, al brindar una perspectiva de poder y libertad de la mujer, se opondrá al discurso hegemónico. / The present study seeks to address the practice of lady style in salsa and its influence on the empowerment of women. The question that will guide this research work is: how does the practice of lady style in salsa influence the empowerment of Latin American women of the new millennium? In response to this question, it is proposed that the practice of lady style in salsa influences the empowerment of Latin American women of the new millennium because it contributes to a process of self-knowledge, construction and strengthening of identity and with it the construction of a new hegemonic discourse. At the beginning, it will be explained what the female style salsa practice consists of and thus it will be related to the concept of empowerment inside and outside of dance. Then, it will be analyzed how the dancer within her practice can be carrying out a work of self-knowledge and from there arrive at a construction and strengthening of her identity as a result of working with her body during her learning. After this process, the dancer will establish a new female discourse that, by providing a perspective of power and freedom for women, will oppose the hegemonic discourse.

Dois experimentos foram conduzidos com o objetivo de avaliar a eficiência da adubação verde e mineral na produção de salsa e nas características físicas e químicas de um Nitossolo Vermelho eutrófico típico, na região de Piracicaba, SP. O delineamento experimental foi o de blocos ao acaso com cinco repetições em parcelas subdivididas. Os tratamentos foram compostos pelos adubos verdes (Mucuna-anã, Crotalária juncea e Crotalária spectabilis) e testemunha, duas variedades de salsa (Graúda Portuguesa e Lisa Preferida) e duas doses de fertilizante mineral em cobertura (0 e 1 Mg ha-1 de 20-00-20). No primeiro experimento, conduzido de 4 de dezembro de 2008 a 23 de maio de 2009, os adubos verdes foram cortados, picados e deixados sobre a superfície do solo, sendo que no segundo experimento, conduzido de 22 de janeiro a 3 de julho de 2009, os adubos verdes foram cortados, deixados à superfície do solo por trinta dias e posteriormente incorporados. As características físicas avaliadas foram: densidade do solo, porosidade total, macroporosidade e microporosidade. As características químicas avaliadas foram: matéria orgânica, pH, soma de bases (SB), H+Al, saturação de bases (V), capacidade de troca catiônica (CTC), P, K, Ca, Mg, B, Cu, Fe, Mn e Zn. Em relação à salsa foram avaliadas as produções de massa fresca total, massa fresca do talo, massa fresca da folha, massa seca total, massa seca do talo, massa seca da folha, área foliar e número de folhas. Tanto no primeiro como no segundo experimento a C. juncea foi a espécie que produziu maior massa fresca, massa seca e teor de massa seca, em relação às demais. Às características químicas e físicas do solo, não foram alteradas, com exceção do P, Ca e SB que foram superiores para a C. spectabilis em relação à Mucuna-anã. A produtividade da salsa Lisa Preferida aumentou com a adubação verde com Mucuna-anã e C. spectabilis, no primeiro experimento. De maneira geral, a produtividade da salsa Lisa Preferida foi superior com a adubação mineral de cobertura em relação à ausência dessa prática tanto para o seu cultivo como para o cultivo da Graúda Portuguesa na presença e na ausência da adubação verde, no segundo experimento. / Two experiments were conducted with the objective to evaluate green manure and mineral fertilization efficience on parsley yield and physical and chemistry of a Nitossol Vermelho eutrófico típico soil in Piracicaba, SP region. The experimental design was a randomized complete blocks with five replications. The treatments were three legume species (Mucuna-anã, Crotalária juncea and Crotalária spectabilis) and control, two parsleys variety (Graúda Portuguesa and Lisa Preferida) and mineral fertilization levels (0 and 1 Mg ha-1 of 20-00-20). In the first experiment, carried out from 4th December 2008 to 23th of May 2009, the green manures were cut, chopped and left on the soil surface, while in the second experiment, that was carried out from 22th January to 3rd of July 2009, the green manures were cut and left on the soil surface for thirty days before incorporation. The physical characteristics evaluated were; the density of the soil, total porosity, macroporosity and microporosity. The chemical characteristics evaluated were; material organic, pH, exchangeable bases (SB), H+Al, capacity of cationic exchange (CTC), P, K, Ca, Mg, B, Cu, Fe, Mn, e Zn. In relation to the Parsley were evaluated the following; total fresh mass production, fresh stalk mass, fresh leaf mass, total dry mass of the stalk, total dry mass of the leaf, leafy area and the number of leaves. Either on the first and the second experiment the C. juncea was the specie that produced most of the fresh mass, dry mass and content dry mass in respect to the others. The chemical and physical characteristics of the soil were not altered with the exception of the P, Ca and SB, which were superior for the C. spectabilis in respect of Mucuna-ana. The yield of the parsley Lisa Preferida has increased with green manure, with Mucuna-ana and C. spectabilis, on the first experiment. In general, the yield of the parsley Lisa Preferida was superior with the coverage of the mineral manure in respect to the absence of this practice, both for its cultivation, or for the cultivation of the Grauda Portuguesa in the presence and absence of the green manure, on the second experiment.

Dois experimentos foram conduzidos com o objetivo de avaliar a eficiência da adubação verde e mineral na produção de salsa e nas características físicas e químicas de um Nitossolo Vermelho eutrófico típico, na região de Piracicaba, SP. O delineamento experimental foi o de blocos ao acaso com cinco repetições em parcelas subdivididas. Os tratamentos foram compostos pelos adubos verdes (Mucuna-anã, Crotalária juncea e Crotalária spectabilis) e testemunha, duas variedades de salsa (Graúda Portuguesa e Lisa Preferida) e duas doses de fertilizante mineral em cobertura (0 e 1 Mg ha-1 de 20-00-20). No primeiro experimento, conduzido de 4 de dezembro de 2008 a 23 de maio de 2009, os adubos verdes foram cortados, picados e deixados sobre a superfície do solo, sendo que no segundo experimento, conduzido de 22 de janeiro a 3 de julho de 2009, os adubos verdes foram cortados, deixados à superfície do solo por trinta dias e posteriormente incorporados. As características físicas avaliadas foram: densidade do solo, porosidade total, macroporosidade e microporosidade. As características químicas avaliadas foram: matéria orgânica, pH, soma de bases (SB), H+Al, saturação de bases (V), capacidade de troca catiônica (CTC), P, K, Ca, Mg, B, Cu, Fe, Mn e Zn. Em relação à salsa foram avaliadas as produções de massa fresca total, massa fresca do talo, massa fresca da folha, massa seca total, massa seca do talo, massa seca da folha, área foliar e número de folhas. Tanto no primeiro como no segundo experimento a C. juncea foi a espécie que produziu maior massa fresca, massa seca e teor de massa seca, em relação às demais. Às características químicas e físicas do solo, não foram alteradas, com exceção do P, Ca e SB que foram superiores para a C. spectabilis em relação à Mucuna-anã. A produtividade da salsa Lisa Preferida aumentou com a adubação verde com Mucuna-anã e C. spectabilis, no primeiro experimento. De maneira geral, a produtividade da salsa Lisa Preferida foi superior com a adubação mineral de cobertura em relação à ausência dessa prática tanto para o seu cultivo como para o cultivo da Graúda Portuguesa na presença e na ausência da adubação verde, no segundo experimento. / Two experiments were conducted with the objective to evaluate green manure and mineral fertilization efficience on parsley yield and physical and chemistry of a Nitossol Vermelho eutrófico típico soil in Piracicaba, SP region. The experimental design was a randomized complete blocks with five replications. The treatments were three legume species (Mucuna-anã, Crotalária juncea and Crotalária spectabilis) and control, two parsleys variety (Graúda Portuguesa and Lisa Preferida) and mineral fertilization levels (0 and 1 Mg ha-1 of 20-00-20). In the first experiment, carried out from 4th December 2008 to 23th of May 2009, the green manures were cut, chopped and left on the soil surface, while in the second experiment, that was carried out from 22th January to 3rd of July 2009, the green manures were cut and left on the soil surface for thirty days before incorporation. The physical characteristics evaluated were; the density of the soil, total porosity, macroporosity and microporosity. The chemical characteristics evaluated were; material organic, pH, exchangeable bases (SB), H+Al, capacity of cationic exchange (CTC), P, K, Ca, Mg, B, Cu, Fe, Mn, e Zn. In relation to the Parsley were evaluated the following; total fresh mass production, fresh stalk mass, fresh leaf mass, total dry mass of the stalk, total dry mass of the leaf, leafy area and the number of leaves. Either on the first and the second experiment the C. juncea was the specie that produced most of the fresh mass, dry mass and content dry mass in respect to the others. The chemical and physical characteristics of the soil were not altered with the exception of the P, Ca and SB, which were superior for the C. spectabilis in respect of Mucuna-ana. The yield of the parsley Lisa Preferida has increased with green manure, with Mucuna-ana and C. spectabilis, on the first experiment. In general, the yield of the parsley Lisa Preferida was superior with the coverage of the mineral manure in respect to the absence of this practice, both for its cultivation, or for the cultivation of the Grauda Portuguesa in the presence and absence of the green manure, on the second experiment.

Submitted by Johnny Rodrigues (johnnyrodrigues@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-05-15T17:40:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 JOÃO JONES DA SILVA - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGSA PROFISSIONAL 2015..pdf: 1781652 bytes, checksum: 5ecbeafd5b48184bce3785273190c6dd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-15T17:40:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JOÃO JONES DA SILVA - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGSA PROFISSIONAL 2015..pdf: 1781652 bytes, checksum: 5ecbeafd5b48184bce3785273190c6dd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-09-29 / A Região Nordeste do Brasil é caracterizada por clima semiárido, sendo os volumes precipitados normalmente inferiores à evaporação e, tornando o uso da irrigação imprescindível para uma produção agrícola sustentável, entretanto, o manejo inadequado da irrigação atrelado às condições locais, tem favorecido os processos de salinização e sodificação de solos, promovendo a degradação e o abandono de extensas áreas anteriormente produtivas. Entre as áreas afetadas por sais nessa região, destaca-se o Perímetro Irrigado de São Gonçalo - PB em situação de degradação de solos com problemas de sais, isso ensejou a propositura de estudar métodos e técnicas visando o melhoramento das características físicas e químicas do solo. O experimento foi instalado em área previamente identificada como possuidora de solo salino-sódico no Perímetro Irrigado de São Gonçalo, e para a recuperação fez-se da aplicação dos métodos e da técnica da fitorremediação com Erva-Sal (Atriplex numulária L.), Capim-pé-de-galinha (Eleusine indica L.), Salsa - Brava (Ipomoea asarifolia L.) e Gesso agrícola. A pesquisa constou de oito tratamentos, com quatro repetições, os tratamentos foram submetidos a um delineamento em blocos casualizados (DBC), com os seguintes tratamentos: i) cultivo de atriplex; ii) cultivo de capim-pé-galinha, iii) cultivo de salsa, iv) solo com gesso; v)aplicação de gesso agrícola associado ao cultivo de atriplex; vi)aplicação de gesso agrícola associado ao cultivo de capim pé-de-galinha; vii)aplicação de gesso agrícola associado ao cultivo de salsa e viii) solo sem manejo (testemunha), numa área total de 62 m² conduzido em campo, em parcelas de 1,40 x 1,40 m. Com esse estudo pretende-se recuperar solo afetados por sais, utilizando um método alternativo, mais viável economicamente e sustentável através de plantas capazes de extrair os sais em excesso do solo. / Brazil's Northeast region is characterized by semi-arid climate, and the precipitated volumes usually lower than the evaporation and, making use of vital irrigation for sustainable agricultural production, however, inadequate irrigation management linked to local conditions, has favored processes salinization and sodification soils, promoting the degradation and abandonment of extensive formerly productive areas. Among the areas affected by salts in this region, we highlight the Irrigated Perimeter of São Gonçalo - PB in soil degradation situation with salt problems and this gave rise to the filing of study methods and techniques aimed at improving the physical and chemical characteristics ground. The experiment was installed in previously identified area as saline-sodic soil possessed in the Irrigated Perimeter of São Gonçalo, and the recovery was made of the application of methods and phytoremediation technique with herb-salt (Atriplex moneywort L.), grass crow's foot bath (Eleusine indica L.), Salsa - Brava (Ipomoea asarifolia L.) and Agricultural Gypsum. The survey consisted of eight treatments, with four replications, the treatments were subjected to a randomized block design (RBD), with the following treatments: i) atriplex cultivation; ii) grass-foot-chicken farming, iii) salsa culture, iv) soil with gypsum; v) application of gypsum associated with atriplex cultivation; vi) application of gypsum associated with grass growing chicken's foot; vii) application of gypsum associated with the parsley cultivation and viii) soil without management (control), a total area of 62 m² conducted under field conditions in portions of 1.40 x 1.40 m. With this study we intend to recover salt affected soil, using an alternative method more economically viable and sustainable through plants capable of extracting soil excess salts.