En la presente tesis doctoral se desarrollan una serie de procedimientos para evaluar el estado de los diversos componentes bióticos (fitoplancton, macroalgas, invertebrados bentónicos) y abióticos (calidad fisicoquímica de las aguas) del medio marino en relación a la incidencia humana sobre el mismo. El objetivo de dichos procedimientos es dar respuesta a las exigencias establecidas en la Directiva Marco del Agua (Directiva 2000/60/CE) en lo que respecta a la evaluación del estado ecológico de las masas de agua costeras. En este sentido, además de ampliar el conocimiento existente sobre las características fisicoquímicas y biológicas de las masas de agua costeras de Cantabria, constituye una importante aportación tanto desde el punto de vista científico como desde el punto de vista de la gestión. Entre las contribuciones más destacadas de esta tesis cabría mencionar el desarrollo del Índice de Calidad de Fondos Rocosos (CFR) para la valoración de las comunidades de macroalgas costeras. / In this PhD. Thesis, several procedures are developed to assess human influence on the status of the marine environment biotic (phytoplankton, macroalgae, benthic invertebrates) and abiotic (physicochemical quality of water) components. The purpose of these approaches is to meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) regarding the ecological status assessment of coastal water bodies.In this sense, besides increasing the existing knowledge on the physicochemical and biological characteristics of the Cantabrian coastal water bodies, it provides an important contribution both from a scientific and a management point of view. One of the most outstanding contributions of this thesis is the development of the Quality of Rocky Bottoms Index (CFR) for the assessment of coastal macroalgae communities.

El objetivo de la Tesis es obtener una visión de la situación actual de la laguna costera del Mar Menor en relación con la contaminación por metales pesados procedentes de actividades mineras mediante el empleo de herramientas ecotoxicológicas. Comienza con el estudio de la entrada de residuos mineros en el ecosistema, su distribución en las aguas de la laguna así como los efectos tóxicos asociados. Continua valorando la biodisponibilidad de los metales contenidos en los sedimentos lagunares mediante pruebas de toxicidad y de bioacumulación; sus efectos en praderas de fanerógamas y comunidades de invertebrados asociados, para continuar determinando la potencial transferencia trófica de metales en las redes alimenticias lagunares y su posible biomagnificación. Finalmente, la Tesis concluye determinando la utilidad de indicadores propuestos para su aplicación en la Directiva Europea Marco del Agua cuando son aplicados a dos ecosistemas acuáticos contaminados por contaminación tóxica (metales pesados). / The objective of the Thesis is to determine the present situation of the Mar Menor coastal lagoon in relation with the contamination caused by heavy metals coming from old mining activities through the use of ecotoxicological tools. It begins with the study of the entrance of mining wastes in the lagoon ecosystem, its distribution in the lagoon waters as well as their toxic effects. It continues assessing the bioavailability of metals contained in sediments of the lagoon by means of bioaccumulation studies and toxicity tests; their possible deleterious effects on marine phanerogams and associated invertebrate communities. It also determines the potential trophic transfer of metals in trophic webs of the lagoon studying the possible biomagnification of metals. Finally, the Thesis concludes determining the utility of some indicators proposed for their application in the European Water Framework Directive when they are applied to aquatic ecosystems impacted by toxic contamination (heavy metals).

La evaluación preliminar de los resultados de la Reforma Ferroviaria Europea muestra la lentitud de su implementación y la existencia de insuficiencias en el nivel de competencia introducido en el mercado y en la consecución de los efectos económicos esperados. Una de las causas de este escaso éxito radica en la falta de harmonización de las regulaciones introducidas por la reforma en los diferentes Estados Miembros, así como en la mayor complejidad del sistema derivada de la propia reforma. Esta reflexión, especialmente apropiada para la diversidad actual de las tarifas por uso de infraestructura ferroviaria, ha contribuido a alimentar el debate sobre su posible homogeneización. El resultado preliminar de esta discusión todavía abierta sugiere la conveniencia de promover una mayor harmonización de los cánones de acceso a la red ferroviaria, lo que abre la puerta al concepto de transferibilidad (es decir, en qué medida una política o una práctica pueden ser transferidas de una a otra realidad). De acuerdo con estos antecedentes, esta tesis se ha planteado como objetivo el desarrollo de un marco conceptual para la evaluación de la transferibilidad en el ámbito de la tarifación por uso de la infraestructura ferroviaria. Para alcanzar esta meta, primero se han caracterizado los aspectos económicos y políticos más relevantes para la formulación de los cánones de acceso a la red ferroviaria y se ha revisado el concepto de transferibilidad desarrolado por otras disciplinas como la política comparada o la gestión. A continuación se han propuesto un marco de análisis multinivel y cuatro criterios de transferibilidad (indiferencia a las variaciones de contexto, indiferencia a las influencias externas, compatibilidad horizontal y compatibilidad vertical) y se han particularizado para el ámbito de las tarifas por uso de infraestructura ferroviaria. Además, el marco propuesto ha sido puesto a prueba mediante el desarrollo de seis casos de estudio apoyados en la práctica acual de algunos Estados Miembros. Los casos de estudio han evidenciado su validez como herramienta metodológica para organizar el análisis y formular criterios de transferibilidad efectivos en una fase temprana del proceso de transferencia. Asimismo, la experiencia conseguida a través de ellos ha señalado algunos aspectos del marco que podrían ser ulteriormente afinados, pero que no ponen en duda en ningún caso su habilidad para establecer condiciones necesarias (aunque no suficientes) sobre los objetos transferidos. / A preliminary evaluation of the results obtained so far by the European Railway Reform shows a slow evolution in its implementation and a number of shortcomes as regards the degree of competition introduced in the market and its expected economic effects. One of the causes behind this poor success is found in the failure to harmonize the regulatory aspects of the reform across the Member States, together with the increased complexity derived from the reform itself. This consideration is particularly appropriate in relation to the current diversity of railway infrastructure charges and has recently fostered the debate on whether they should be further standardized. The preliminary outcome of theongoing discussion suggests the convenience of promoting a greater harmonization of track access charges, opening the door to the concept of transferability (i.e. whether one policy or practice can be transferred from one to another reality). In line with this background, this thesis has been aimed at proposing a conceptual framework for the assessment of transferability in the field of railway infrastructure charging. To achieve this goal, the thesis has first characterized the more relevant economic and political aspects intervening in the formulation of track access charges and reviewed the notion of transferability as developed in other disciplines, notably in comparative politics and management science. Building on these bases the thesis has then proposed a multilevel analytical structure and four transferability criteria (indifference to contextual variations, indifference to external influences, horizontal compatibility and vertical compatibility) and particularized them for their use in the field of railway infrastructure charging. Additionally, the framework has been tested through the development of six case studies involving the current practice of European Member States. The case studies, based on a detailed and comparable characterization, have shown the validity of the conceptual structure proposed as a methodological tool able to organize the analysis and formulate effective transferability criteria at an early stage of the transfer process. Moreover, the experience obtained through the case studies has pointed out some aspects of the framework that could be further refined but that do not contest in any case its ability to establish necessary conditions (though not sufficient) on the objects transferred.

Originally presented as the author's D.Phil thesis, Corpus Christi College Oxford, 1995-1998. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-245) and indexes.

This dissertation examines Samuel Beckett's powerful legacy and influence on contemporary theater (on plays written and produced since 1980), and it defines this influence in both text and performance as gestures of emptiness and impotence. The plays selected for analysis here have been categorized at times as belonging to a tradition and legacy of the so-called "Theater of the Absurd," but, finding this category to be at once too restrictive and too loose, their relationship to the absurd is defined by their explicit use of and inspiration taken from Beckett's theater. Beckett's intentional and innovative use of emptiness and impotence, both spatially and textually, is decisively paradoxical: while emphasizing blank spaces and powerlessness, his plays find meaning in emptiness and unexpected control in what he called the "exploitation of impotence." In each of the plays analyzed in this dissertation, (Dans la solitude des champs de coton, Koltès; La secreta obscenidad de cada día, de la Parra; Blasted, Kane; and Laughing Wild, Durang), the explicit use of both emptiness and powerlessness are examined, and at the same time, I define what it is about each of these gestures that renders them particularly Beckettian as they relate to these works. In all of the plays examined here, gestures of emptiness and impotence become their opposites: significance and power. Four of Samuel Beckett's plays (Fragment de théâtre I, En attendant Godot, Fin de partie, and Happy Days) are compared and contrasted with the work of Koltès, de la Parra, Kane and Durang respectively. The parallels revealed, made both intentionally and unintentionally by their playwrights, demonstrate not only the certainty of Beckett's continued influence, but also reflect his persistent, widespread impact. What is shown, with broader implications for future study, is that Beckett's use of emptiness and impotence as theatrical, literary and artistic gestures have led to a new kind of hopefulness, and a new kind of artistic inspiration that is unique to our time. / text

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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Representative democracy is undergoing a period of transformation, because while it is the political system of government adopted in most countries, has been the subject of much critique. There is a perception of a gap between citizens and representatives, deviations of public funds and corruption, situations that refer to the six broken promises of democracy brought by Norberto Bobbio. In order to change this scenario, the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), particularly the Internet, appear as a new element that can attract public participation around government affairs. This is the construction of cyberdemocracy that, however, shares opinions of authors and researchers of the transformer potential of internet. In this scenario, there is the e-Democracy Website, linked to the Chamber of Deputies, that incites the popular participation to contribute in the forums, chats and wikilegis with the law projects pending in the Legislature or to suggest new projects. This research aims to analyze the manifestations of a specific Community Legislative of this Portal related to the Civil Rights Framework for the Internet in order to address an overview of popular participation in law projects online in Brazil. The research problem concerns the conditions for mass demonstrations on the internet and the effectiveness of such propositions, to check whether they are obeyed and considered by deputies when the deliberation of the projects in plenary. It is employed the hypothetical-deductive method of approach, formulating two main hypotheses. The first is the sense that the use of the internet is the most appropriate way to strengthen representative democracy. The second refers to the digital divide as the greatest obstacle to that popular online participation. Among the variables, there are the access rates to computers and the internet, public interest in accessing government portals and if the popular participation in the Portal is effectively considered by deputies. Are used the monographic and comparative methods of procedure and, as a research technique are used direct, systematic and non-participant observation of e-Democracy Website and Digital Culture blog, considering that the construction of the draft bill of the Civil Rights Framework for the Internet also occurred collaboratively. The conclusion is that the scenery around the popular online participation in law projects is still in the beginning, with a minority of the demonstrations was considered in the adoption of law projects, showing that the spaces have as main feature the spread of the subject and the promotion of debates among citizens themselves. / A democracia representativa atravessa um período de transformações, pois ao mesmo tempo em que é o regime político de governo adotado na generalidade de países, vem sendo objeto de muitas críticas. Há a percepção de afastamento entre cidadãos e representantes, de desvios de verbas públicas e de corrupção, situações que remetem às seis promessas não-cumpridas da democracia trazidas por Norberto Bobbio. Com a finalidade de alterar esse cenário, as Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC), em especial a internet, surgem como um novo elemento que pode contribuir para atrair a participação popular em torno de assuntos governamentais. Trata-se da construção da ciberdemocracia que, no entanto, divide autores e pesquisadores acerca desse potencial transformador da internet. Em meio a esse cenário, vislumbra-se no Portal e-Democracia, vinculado à Câmara dos Deputados, a incitação à população para que, dentre os fóruns, bate-papos e wikilegis contribua com projetos de lei em trâmite na Casa Legislativa ou sugira novos projetos. A presente pesquisa objetiva analisar as manifestações de uma Comunidade Legislativa específica do referido Portal referente ao Marco Civil da Internet , com a finalidade de abordar um panorama geral da participação popular online em projetos de lei no Brasil. O problema de pesquisa refere-se às condições para a manifestação popular na internet e à efetividade de tais proposições, objetivando verificar se as mesmas são acatadas e consideradas pelos deputados federais quando da deliberação dos projetos em plenário. É empregado o método de abordagem hipotético-dedutivo, formulando-se duas hipóteses principais, sendo a primeira no sentido de que a utilização da internet é o caminho mais indicado para o fortalecimento da democracia representativa. A segunda refere-se à inclusão digital como o maior entrave a essa participação popular online. Dentre as variáveis, há os índices de acesso ao computador e à internet, o interesse da população em acessar portais governamentais e se as manifestações esboçadas no Portal são, efetivamente, consideradas pelos deputados federais. São utilizados os métodos de procedimento monográfico e comparativo e, como técnica de pesquisa, a observação direta, sistemática e não participante do Portal e-Democracia e do blog Cultura Digital, tendo em vista que a construção do anteprojeto de lei do Marco Civil da Internet também ocorreu de forma colaborativa. Conclui-se que ainda é incipiente o cenário em torno da participação popular online em projetos de lei, sendo que uma minoria das manifestações foi considerada na aprovação do referido Projeto de Lei, denotando que os espaços possuem como principal característica a difusão do tema e a promoção de debates entre os próprios cidadãos.

Submitted by ANA KARLA PEREIRA RODRIGUES (anakarla_@hotmail.com) on 2017-09-29T16:10:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1122632 bytes, checksum: c09cad1d7d1c0fab88b117bcd2ea8ab6 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-29T16:10:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1122632 bytes, checksum: c09cad1d7d1c0fab88b117bcd2ea8ab6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-27 / In Raposa Serra do Sol Case, the STF has established the thesis that the indigenous communities only have the rights of the lands they traditionally occupy, if such occupation could be verified on the date of the promulgation of the Constitution of 1988. This work aims to verify whether this unique time frame for the identification and demarcation of indigenous lands resists to a test of application of the principle of primacy of the most favorable norm. This principle is provided for in various human rights treaties, can be drawn from the constitutional principle of the prevalence of human rights and is applied in international and domestic jurisprudence. It establishes that law interpreters must, among plurality of normative documents and interpretations on them, seek the solution that guarantees the highest degree of protection of the human being in the concrete case, thus prohibiting the decrease of a standard of protection already achieved in the international or domestic plan. The analysis of the problem starts from the premise that the identification of the most favorable norm is a process of normative concretion that, in general, has to consider the principle of proportionality as well as other guidelines such as the international interpreters understanding, the countermajoritarian function of human rights and the principles of maximum effectiveness and prohibition of retrocession. In this sense, we will examine the issue considering each of these approaches, exploring the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, based on the precedents in which it applied the pro persona principle and in which it dealt with indigenous land issues. Finally, we will assess the implications of applying the principle of primacy of the most favorable norm in the interaction between domestic law and the IHRL, in order to demonstrate that, if the establishment of a specific time frame for the characterization of indigenous lands does not resist to a test of application of such principle, it becomes possible and necessary a constitutional mutation on the subject. / No Caso Raposa Serra do Sol, o STF fixou a tese de que somente são reconhecidos aos índios os direitos sobre as terras que tradicionalmente ocupam, se tal ocupação pudesse ser constatada na data da promulgação da Constituição de 1988. Nesta dissertação, objetivamos verificar se a fixação desse marco temporal único para a identificação e demarcação de terras indígenas resiste a um teste de aplicação do princípio da primazia da norma mais favorável. Tal princípio é previsto em diversos tratados de direitos humanos, pode ser extraído do princípio constitucional da prevalência dos direitos humanos e é aplicado na jurisprudência internacional e na interna, estabelecendo que o aplicador do direito deve, diante da pluralidade de diplomas normativos e interpretações sobre os mesmos, buscar a solução que estabeleça o maior grau de proteção do ser humano no caso concreto, proibindo, consequentemente, que um standard de proteção já alcançado no plano interno ou internacional diminua. A análise do problema parte da premissa de que a identificação da norma mais favorável é um processo de concretização normativa que, em regra, deve se valer do princípio da proporcionalidade e ter como vetores o entendimento dos intérpretes internacionais, a função contramajoritária dos direitos humanos e os princípios da máxima efetividade e da proibição do retrocesso. Nesse sentido, examinaremos a questão em tela sob cada um desses enfoques, explorando, principalmente, a jurisprudência da Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos, a partir dos precedentes em que aplicou o princípio pro persona e em que enfrentou a temática das terras indígenas. Finalmente, avaliaremos quais as implicações que a aplicação do princípio da primazia da norma mais favorável tem na interação entre o Direito interno e o DIDH, a fim de demonstrar que, se a fixação de um marco temporal específico para a caracterização das terras indígenas não resiste a um teste de aplicação do referido princípio, torna-se possível e necessária uma mutação constitucional quanto ao tema.

This papee presents a brief history about the origin and development of the proyecrive techniques in Peru. A questionnaire was administercd ro universitiy professors and members of the Peruvian Rorschach and Proyecrive Merhods Sociery in order ro collect data concerning the test rraining situation. Results indicare that there is a broad vicw towards scientific thought that stresses research and rhe use of standardized tests. lt is also pointed out, rhat the conceptual frame work is based on current changes in psychology. / Se presenta una breve historia sobre el origen y desarrollo de las pruebas psicológicas proyectivas en el Perú. Se administró una encuesta a profesores universitarios y a miembros de la Sociedad Peruana de Rorschach y Métodos Proyectivos, con el propósito de conocer la situación actual de la enseñanza de pruebas. Los resultados demuestran que existe una corriente de apertura hacia el pensamiento científico, con énfasis en la investigación y en el empleo de pruebas estandarizadas. Asimismo se muestra que el marco conceptual de trabajo está basado en los cambios actuales en psicología.

Ce mémoire se penche sur le processus identitaire de la deuxième génération d’Italo-Québécois lors de la deuxième vague migratoire. Plus précisément, nous porterons notre regard sur les œuvres de créations de Marco Micone, Mary Melfi et Paul Tana afin de dévoiler certains aspects de l’identité qui sont dissimulés à travers la fiction. C’est à travers leur vision qu’il sera possible de dégager plusieurs trames narratives qui relatent différentes trajectoires migratoires et d’établissement au Québec, tout en exposant le défi de se (re)définir relativement à la multiplication des référents dans une société moderne et bilingue. Si c’est la deuxième génération qui fait office de protagoniste dans ce mémoire, cela s’explique par le statut qu’elle occupe dans la société québécoise et les changements auxquels elle se confronte. Au lieu de définir une identité globale, nous nous intéressons davantage aux éléments qui façonnent, qui affectent, mais surtout qui font pression sur la (re)définition identitaire de cette génération. À la lecture des sources constituant ce mémoire, trois grandes thématiques sont apparues comme des éléments modélisateurs de l’identité pour la deuxième génération d’Italo-Québécois. Il s’agit de la relation au(x) langue(s), les rapports de genre et la dynamique intergénérationnelle. Celles-ci sont abordées par chacun des créateurs, bien que de manières différentes. Ceci renforce l’idée qu’il est impossible de parler d’une identité italo-québécoise commune et qu’il est préférable de parler d’identités italo-québécoises. En définitive, il s’agit de montrer en quoi la littérature et les œuvres de création nous amènent à repenser l’établissement des Italiens au Québec. / This thesis focuses on the process of identity formation of second generation Italo-Quebeckers during the second wave of migration. More precisely, it looks at the creative works of Marco Micone, Mary Melfi and Paul Tana in order to reveal certain aspects of identity that are contained in works of fiction. It is through their vision that it is possible to identify several narrative frames that underscore different migratory and settlement trajectories in Quebec. These visions also expose the challenge of the (re)definition of self in a modern and bilingual society. Instead of defining a “global” identity, this thesis is more interested in the elements that shape, affect, and above all, put pressure on the (re)identification of this generation. Drawing upon the sources employed in this thesis, three main themes emerge as modelling elements of identity for the second generation of Italo-Québécois: the relationship to language(s), gender relations, and intergenerational dynamics. All these themes are explored by each of the creators, although in different ways. This reinforces the idea that it is impossible to talk about a common Italian-Québécois identity and that it is preferable to talk about Italian-Quebecois subjectivities. Ultimately, it is a matter of disclosing how literary and creative works encourage us to rethink the establishment of Italians in Quebec, as well as their vision of Quebec society.