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The following reflection is the result of recent research, through which the transition from the sound archive to the digital multimedia archive is observed as a contemporary phenomenon that is placed in the digital ecosystem. The article is introduced with the etymological origin and evolution of the notion of archive. The evolution of this term as a result of the technological evolution of the last century is presented and its relationship with the emergence and evolution of sound archives is presented. The conceptual differences between the notions of library and digital archive are then established. It analyses the changes to which the sound archive has been subjected in recent decades and how they have impacted on the notion of the document and the transition from digital sound archiving to multimedia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Proper tailings storage facilities (TSF) management can be done by monitoring various variables, such as moisture, which influences at physical and chemical stability phenomena. Nowadays, there are no continuous moisture controls due to the dangers associated with taking samples in tailings, generally in low-density states, making access difficult. Due to the recent hyperspectral imaging technologies and the successful use in monitoring interest variables (moisture, fines content, mineralogy) in areas such as hydrology and agriculture, therefore, this research uses hyperspectral images to estimate surface moisture in TSF using copper and iron tailings samples, which are subjected to active illumination from a 980 nm laser and monitored in a desiccation process in the moisture range from saturation to dry state, including density and fine content effects. Results show a parabolic relationship between moisture and light reflection, which, added to the use of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), allow estimating the surface samples moisture content, generating an auspicious method for the continuous monitoring of humidity in TSF. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, we will try to show that since ancient times there was a close relationship between the oracles of Pariacaca and Pachacamac through roads over the Rímac, Lurín, Mala and Cañete basins. This relationship is not reduced to the sacred nature of both, but to a response of territorial control and economic resources, structured in a sacred landscape, where the settlements are founded along both margins of these rivers. A road network that were the support of a permeability between the towns interconnected the settlements. However, upon the arrival of the Incas these scenarios were incorporated into the Inca administration through violent processes of alienation of their lands, peoples and deities, implanting administrative, sacred and storage facilities, consequently the appearance of the social landscape and sacred change and the roads raised their level, becoming Qhapaq Ñan, especially those of Pachacamac-Pariacaca-Xauxatambo through the Lurín valley, the valley of Mala and Cañete, whose routes converge in the Pariacaca mountain range, sacred scenery. Later, these routes were used as an instrument of coercion that upset the social structure of these peoples. The arguments that support this power, is the economic control in its sacred and symbolic dimension, which underlies the control of the productive forces, consequently the economic control, as it is the circulation of the goods and services and mainly the dichotomies: production - consumption and storage - redistribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most of the world livestock breeding is dependent on the seasonality of production of fodder. Thus, it is necessary to ensure the availability of forage resource and the alternative can be achieved through conservation. To ensure efficient conservation stages of the conservation process, from cutting to the storage, must be well understood. The plant respiration after cutting, the type and size of equipment, facilities for the storage and the weather during the process influence the quality of that food. Comparing the two cases, the hay is the most time consuming because the material needs to be dried to achieve a humidity around 20% and silage process the material is harvested with a moisture content between 50-65%. Objectively with this revision discuss the factors that influence the loss of forage quality during storage in the form of hay and silage, addressing the losses caused by respiration of plants, damage caused by rain, losses caused by agricultural implements and losses during storage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The evaluation of logistics processes and supply chain by ergonomics discipline is unusual in Cuban business practice. The organic sugar storage in sugar factory "Carlos Baliño" is one of the most important processes in the manufacture and marketing of the product, for that reason we decided to conduct this study combining two disciplines: Logistics and Ergonomics. The objective was to determine the ergonomic demand generated from the analysis of the work system in organic sugar storage and their integration in one or more ergonomic demands. The methods used in this study are: the unstructured interview, review and analysis of official documents, the Delphi methodology, application checklists, analysis of indicators, surveys, and group work techniques. The application of the methodology generates two integrated ergonomic demands on the consensus of consultants, experts and direction of the enterprise. The work demonstrates the need of deep in macroergonomic diagnostics as a specific technique of the work system analysis where storage is developed. In turn, allows tracing the strategy for the development of ergonomic intervention programs in this process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this work was to evaluate sheltered environments for temporal storage and drying in the field of common beans harvested in hill-side agriculture in Mesoamerica. This study was conducted in Pérez Zeledón and Buenos Aires during the rainy season of year 2007. The proposed design modifies the rustic structures traditionally used by farmers, includes cross-ventilation, floor elevation, remotion of lateral walls, and low-cost, locally-available materials. We also applied principles of energy balance and used reflective materials that reduced energy and heat load. Three colors of plastic covers were evaluated: transparent, black and gray, of 0,0038 cm thickness. The control treatment was the design and plastic cover used by farmers (four treatments). We measured temperature and relative humidity inside (0,20 and 1,25 m deepth) and outside the shelters during 16 days, over two measurement periods of 8 consecutive days each, in three farms (replications). Seed humidity and cooking time were also evaluated. Reflective plastic materials and the bioclimatic design deployed significantly improved the microclimate within the shelters, and resulted in substantial reductions in cooking time of bean seeds in comparison with the traditional design with transparent plastic used by farmers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It was identified, by means of technological tools of real time (GPS), the production areas of each one of the farmers that you/they are unionized in the main municipalities producing of moorish of castilla (Rubus glaucus) in the south of the Department of the Huila. The above-mentioned, with the purpose of having detailed data for the planeación of distribution routes, alternating routes, location of storing centers and other outstanding geographical points to define the logistics of transport. For the development of the proposed objectives it was identified, by means of the referentiation with GPS, the location of the production areas of Moorish and of the storing centers, the possible routes were analyzed for the mobilization of the product toward the market and of it defined the route with the smallest time of journey, as well as the determination of the best option in the benefit of the service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the development of the intellectual creativity dissemination service at the National University of La Plata (UNLP) in Argentina. It provides information on the goals that resulted to the development of the university and the strategies considered for the establishment of the institutional repository. It reveals that the computer software Celcius-DL has been developed at the university which play essential role in the efficient deployment of the library storage center.