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A study of the mix between reality and fantasy in five important litterary works in the genre generally known as the Cronicles of the Indies.

Public and private policies typically consider the construction of infrastructure the most appropriate response to the problems of water scarcity and water disputes. However, infrastructure in itself not always is the solution. In this context we have the following questions: What are the logics behind the construction and implementation of water infrastructure? Why water infrastructures are not a

Objective: To compare mortality rates between immigrant and native-born residents of Andalusia between 2006 and 2010, and to characterize mortality by cause. Material and methods: The data consisted of deaths from mortality statistics by cause, and the aggregated populations registered in the lists of inhabitants by country of birth in the case of native-born individuals and immigrants (with immig

Labour market transformation and inequality were fundamental aspects in the transition to the industrialisation. This article reconstructs the Barcelona's area economic structure across the 18th and 19th centuries through the Marriage Licences of the Barcelona's Cathedral. These documents registered a proportional tax paid by the spouses' according to their occupational and social status. Since 17

In this thesis, the main male characters in three of the plays written by Federico García Lorca are analysed with the aim of seeing the role they play in the frustration of desire. After two chapters dedicated to a review of published critical studies on Lorca and to certain theoretical considerations, Chapter Three examines desire drawing on Ubersfeld's actancial model and observes that these mal

Extrusion is used to produce crunchy expanded foods, such as snacks. The nutritional impact of this process has not been studied sufficiently. In this study, in vitro and in vivo protein and starch bioavailability was evaluated in both raw and extruded corn (Zea mays)(C) and lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus)(B) flour blends, prepared in 75C/25B and 50C/50B (p/p) proportions. These were processed with

This paper presents an investigation about the difficulties Swedish students encounter when choosing between the tenses the imperfect and the preterit in state verbs and achievement verbs. The objective of this study is to give a general description of the quantity of errors made in a task focused on the choice of tenses. The intention is to visualize the difficulties involved in the choice betwee

El propósito de esta tesina es estudiar la manera en la que las novelas Cielos de barro y La voz dormidø de Dulce Chacón están construidas y cómo se inscriben en una parte de la historia de España. Ambas novelas abarcan la época de la Guerra Civil y los años de la dictadura y resulta interesante estudiarlas, ya que son escritas por la misma autora y tratan el mismo problema con dos estilos diferen

Syfte: Syftet med vår uppsats är att undersöka hur köpbeteende och intresse för varumärken skapas hos Generation Y i Sverige och hur detta kan leda till köpbeslut. Undersökningen genomförs med fokus på ett företag vars försäljning sker via direkthandel. Frågeställningar: Vilka faktorer påverkar Generation Y:s konsumtionsbeteende? Hur ser detta konsumtionsbeteende ut i en direkthandels kontext? Met

Abstract in SpanishEl referéndum catalán del 1 de octubre de 2017 y la consiguiente crisis política han actualizado la urgente necesidad de diálogo, no solamente en la política sino también en el ámbito de la producción cultural. Las demarcaciones entre los estudios de la producción cultural en lengua española, por una parte, y los estudios de la cultura en catalán, euskera y gallego, por otra, si

Objetos como los artefactos no interactúan con los usuarios, no significan por sí mismos y no comunican. Estas premisas tienen implicaciones en la forma en que se asumen las actuales tendencias del diseño que dan por sentado, sin mayor atención, las interacciones entre el artefacto y los usuarios, olvidando que dichas interacciones fueron formuladas en un contexto cibernético y no en un contexto s