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El derecho de emergencia constitucional en España: hacia una nueva taxonomía
Authors: Fernández de Casadevante Mayordomo Pablo
Published: April 2020

La normalidad constitucional consiste en la aplicación habitual y general de una serie de reglas jurídicas preestablecidas, ello con el objetivo de ordenar la pacífica convivencia ciudadana. Sin embargo, existen situaciones de peligro extraordinario en las que deberá estar justificado que las reglas habituales cedan en gran medida, ello con el objetivo de lograr una pronta restauración de la normalidad político-constitucional. Aunque anticipar todas las circunstancias excepcionales susceptibles de producirse es tarea del todo imposible, va en beneficio de la seguridad jurídica la previsión de, al menos, las amenazas más comunes. En esa regulación consiste lo que la doctrina española mayoritaria conviene en denominar estado de excepción o derecho de excepción, entendidos en sentido amplio.Este trabajo rehúye la anterior concepción terminológica, y lo hace en el marco de una nueva propuesta taxonómica aplicable al ámbito de la anormalidad constitucional. Así, partiendo de la diferenciación entre situaciones de emergencia constitucional reglada y no reglada, defendemos que la verdadera situación jurídica de excepción se manifiesta cuando, no existiendo regulación aplicable frente a la amenaza concreta, la reacción estatal no encuentra más límites que el respeto al principio de proporcionalidad en la defensa de los valores democráticos consagrados en la Constitución. Es esto, además, lo que impide afirmar la suspensión total del derecho frente al hecho excepcional no regulado, perteneciendo todas estas premisas jurídicas a lo que nosotros entendemos que es el derecho de emergencia constitucional.
Una revisión de la excepcional potestad del Pleno de la Cámara ex artículo 150 del Reglamento del Congreso de los Diputados
Authors: García Rocha Mª. Pilar
Published: April 2020

El artículo 150 del Reglamento del Congreso de los Diputados establece que, cuando la naturaleza de un proyecto o proposición de ley tomada en consideración lo aconseje o la simplicidad de su formulación lo permita, el Pleno de la Cámara, a propuesta de la Mesa, oída la Junta de Portavoces, podrá acordar que se tramite directamente y en lectura única. En este trabajo se analiza, de una parte, si la decisión de optar por este cauce procesal abreviado es un juicio meramente político que debe adoptar el órgano plenario y, si al hacerlo de ese modo, se está dando cumplimiento o no al cometido que el Reglamento Parlamentario encomienda a la Mesa de la Cámara. Concretamente, examinamos si para que el Pleno pueda finalmente decidir que la tramitación de una concreta iniciativa sea a través de esta vía procesal extraordinaria es inexcusable la propuesta previa de la Mesa de la Cámara y si este órgano de gobierno puede y debe revisar la concurrencia de los presupuestos habilitantes previstos por el Reglamento Parlamentario antes de hacer la propuesta. Proponemos al respecto una reinterpretación del alcance de esta facultad de la Mesa separándonos del criterio doctrinal mayoritario. Asimismo, acometemos un análisis detallado de la fase del procedimiento en la que se debe decidir la tramitación de una iniciativa por el procedimiento en lectura única para, seguidamente, plantear aquellas soluciones alternativas que, en nuestro criterio, resultan más oportunas y compatibles con la actual redacción del Reglamento Parlamentario. Finalmente se analiza si la decisión que adopta cada una de las Cámaras acerca de la tramitación de una iniciativa legislativa por esta vía procesal abreviada en un determinado momento y ante la concurrencia de unas concretas circunstancias vincula o no a la otra Cámara con respecto a esa misma iniciativa. Estudiaremos, asimismo, el valor que adquiere el precedente parlamentario en relación a otras iniciativas de similar condición y pondremos de manifiesto la relevancia que alcanza la dicotomía existente entre mayorías simples y reforzadas con respecto a la toma de decisiones relativas a la adopción de este cauce procesal extraordinario.
La Seguridad Nacional y la excepción en el Sistema Europeo Común de Asilo (SECA)
Authors: Viguri Cordero Jorge Agustín
Published: April 2020

Desde los ataques terroristas del 11 de septiembre de 2001 hasta las recientes crisis de refugiados en la UE, las distintas fases del Sistema Europeo Común de Asilo (SECA) han propiciado continuas excepciones radicadas en seguridad, limitando gravemente los derechos de los solicitantes de protección internacional. Las políticas de seguridad nacionales en el ámbito del asilo se han ido conectando cada vez más al procedimiento de tramitación y, en su caso, de reconocimiento del estatuto de protección internacional. A priori, este nexo causal puede criminalizar a un colectivo especialmente vulnerable, desvirtuando el “mínimo denominador común” de la normativa comunitaria, lo que ha generado que el actual marco jurídico resulte especialmente fragmentado, incoherente e incluso, contrario al propio espíritu del SECA cuando la efectividad del mismo pivota en torno a la seguridad nacional.La inminente reforma del SECA pretende proporcionar verdaderas mejoras en la relación seguridad nacional y protección internacional. Se prevé una progresiva traslación de los problemas competenciales relativos a la seguridad desde el seno de los Estados miembros hacia el ámbito comunitario abordando estas cuestiones “por defecto” no solo gracias a un mayor perfeccionamiento del régimen competencial sino también en virtud de una actuación mejorada de los nuevos organismos y agencias que aseguran un efectivo control de las fronteras exteriores de la UE. Ahora bien, esta no ofrece respuestas adecuadas a nuevos retos como la radicalización o reclutamiento de solicitantes de protección internacional y refugiados y que exige, el diseño de un novedoso “marco proactivo o preventivo” que permita afrontar por parte de los Estados miembros imprevistas acciones terroristas o de delitos de especial gravedad.
Medio ambiente, solidaridad y dignidad humana en la Constitución brasileña
Authors: Contipelli Ernani
Published: April 2020

El presente artículo aborda la relación entre dignidad humana, solidaridad y medio ambiente desde la categorización de las disposiciones ambientales constantes en el sistema constitucional brasileño vigente. Primeramente, analizamos un conjunto determinado de conceptos claves para comprender la discusión de las cuestiones ambientales en el ámbito constitucional, es decir, la consagración de los derechos fundamentales de tercera generación basados en la solidaridad y su respectiva conexión con la dignidad humana, lo que nos conduce a la definición del mínimo existencial ambiental. Posteriormente, ingresamos en los rasgos generales del Texto Constitucional brasileño, como forma de mejor entender su tipología y, por consecuencia, la estructuración de la temática ambiental. Finalmente, dedicamos el ultimo capitulo a la categorización del orden constitucional ambiental positivado, a partir de la investigación de la idea de desarrollo sostenible y su conexión con determinados derechos fundamentales, especialmente, los relacionados con la propiedad y el libre ejercicio de las actividades económicas, constatando también sus vínculos con la dignidad humana y solidaridad.
RICARDO PIGLIA: LA FICCIÓN DEL NOMBRE
Authors: FERNÁNDEZ COBO Raquel
Published: April 2020

Resumen: El presente estudio analiza los tres tomos de Los diarios deEmilio Renzi en relación con su obra anterior, dentro de lo que Lejeunellamó “el espacio autobiográfico”. Estudiamos de qué modo Pigliaencuentra a través del diario y la autobiografía la forma ideal para narrar laexperiencia de la vida. El género autobiográfico principalmente le permiteal autor de Respiración artificial inventarse a sí mismo a través de tresestrategias fundamentales: la construcción de un linaje familiar y literario;la ficción del nombre propio y la intertextualidad, es decir, la apropiaciónde otras lecturas no solo como estética sino como ética. Abstract: The present study analyzes the three volumes of Los diariosde Emilio Renzi in relation to his previous work, within what Lejeunecalled “the autobiographical space”. We study how Piglia finds throughdiary and autobiography the ideal way to narrate the experience of life: theautobiographical genre mainly allows the author of artificial respirationto invent itself through three fundamental strategies: the constructionof a family and literary lineage; the fiction of the proper name and theintertextuality, that is, the appropriation of other readings not only asaesthetics but as ethics.
HA DEJADO DE LLOVER (2012), UNA “NOVELA DE NOUVELLES”, DE ANDRÉS BARBA
Authors: PUJANTE SEGURA Carmen María
Published: April 2020

Resumen: Se analiza la apuesta de Andrés Barba por una “novela denouvelles” con la obra titulada Ha dejado de llover (2012). Se podríaleer como una apuesta novedosa para el público y también para la críticaliteraria, que ha aplaudido los hallazgos de ese escritor en numerosasreseñas que contrastan con los escasos estudios sobre su obra. Barba,conocedor de la tradición y actualidad literarias, tras varias tentativas conlas que ha creado un mundo literario de coherencia y personalidad queincluye más nouvelles, novelas y recopilaciones, parece encontrar así unasolución narrativa, una propuesta lectora y un lugar propio en el panoramaliterario. Abstract: This article analyses Andres Barba’s commitment to the literaryform of the nouvelle. It stopped raining (2012) can be read as a new focusfor the public and for literary criticism. In sharp contrast to literary critics,who have applauded the writer in numerous reviews, there have been fewstudies on this author. Barba knows the traditional and current literatureand has attempted to create his own literary world, which includes morenouvelles, novels and compilations. In this case, he seems to find a narrativesolution, a reading proposal and his own place in the literary panorama.
TEATRO MÍNIMO: ¿NECESIDAD DE FORMA O FORMA DE NECESIDAD?
Authors: MORÓN ESPINOSA Antonio César
Published: April 2020

Resumen: Desde hace unos años el teatro breve se ha convertido en unfenómeno empresarial con unas características particulares en las quese establece una relación de consumo mucho más cercana, espontáneae informal con un tipo de espectador que generalmente huye de losmontajes y los espacios tradicionales del teatro. Este artículo da cuenta deldenominado Teatro Mínimo, bajo el que se engloban un grupo de actores,directores y dramaturgos de Sevilla que, durante las temporadas que vandel año 2012 al año 2014, desarrollaron un proyecto teatral innovador ymuy comprometido con las circunstancias socioeconómicas y políticas delos años clave de la crisis global en España. Abstract: Short Theater has become a drama enterprise phenomenonwith noteworthy characteristics. The relationships of consumption aremuch more close, spontaneous and informal. It attracts a type of spectatorwho usually shuns traditional spaces. This article gives account of the socalledMinimum Theatre, which encompasses a group of actors, directorsand playwrights in Seville, between 2012 and 2014. They developed aninnovative drama project and were very committed to delve into the socioeconomicand political circumstances of the main years of the last largescalecrisis in Spain.
MUSAS DE MASAS EN LAS PANTALLAS. MUJERES POETAS ESPAÑOLAS EN EL SIGLO XXI
Authors: PULIDO TIRADO Genara
Published: April 2020

Resumen: En el presente artículo se estudia el llamado boom de la nuevapoesía, fenómeno interartístico surgido en el siglo XXI en el que lasmujeres tienen un protagonismo destacado. Se analiza el nuevo marcohistórico en el que se ha producido, así como el debate generado sobretodo por la crítica académica que no considera que los textos producidossean poéticos. Abstract: In this article we study the so-called new poetry boom, aninterartistic phenomenon that emerged in the 21st century and in whichwomen have a prominent role. The new historical framework in which ithas taken place is analyzed, as well as the debate generated above all byacademic critics who do not consider that the texts produced are poetic.
LA SEMIÓTICA DE LA COMUNICACIÓN MASIVA EN ESPAÑA: SUS AVATARES ACADÉMICOS CONTADOS POR SUS PROTAGONISTAS
Authors: FRANCESCUTTI PÉREZ Luis Pablo
Published: April 2020

Resumen: La comunicación masiva ha sido y es un objeto privilegiadode la semiótica. A partir del testimonio de seis semiólogos españoles eneste artículo se reconstruye la recepción y aclimatación de esa línea deestudios en España. Sus evocaciones parten de la llegada de la disciplinaa mediados de los años ‘60, continúan con su período de moda intelectual(años ‘70) y con su inserción en las facultades de comunicación (años‘80), y concluyen en la situación actual, señalada por la falta de relevogeneracional, el avance de paradigmas empírico-positivistas y las dudassobre su continuidad académica. Abstract: Mass communication is a prominent field of study for semiotics.In this article the Spanish reception and institutionalization of this branchof semiotics is reconstructed. The data collected from the interviews withsix distinguished Spanish semioticians allow following the process sinceits introduction in the mid Sixties to a formative phase in the Seventies,followed by its institutionalisation in the Eighties. These conversationalnarratives end at the current situation, where the difficulties for generationalrenewal and the ascendancy of empiricist methodologies and positivistparadigms raise serious doubts about the future of the sub-discipline.
MODOS DE INTERACCIÓN EN EL DISCURSO INSTITUCIONAL EDUCATIVO SOBRE LAS TIC
Authors: LIÑÁN DURÁN Lina Marcela
Published: April 2020

Resumen: La integración de las tecnologías de la información y lacomunicación (TIC) en el campo educativo es una problemática actualsobre la que indagamos desde una perspectiva semiótica. Nos cuestionamossobre el uso pedagógico de las TIC, interrogando el sentido que construyecada una de las instancias participantes. Nos centramos en el discursoinstitucional que enmarca la práctica con el fin de identificar la manera enque los establecimientos conciben los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizajeen la era digital y cómo configuran los modos de interacción entre losactores educativos. Buscamos así comprender las dinámicas educativasactuales y posicionarnos frente a ellas. Abstract: The integration of the information and communicationtechnologies (ICT) into the educational field is a matter of currentquestioning that we address from the semiotical perspective. We inquiryabout the pedagogic use of the ICT, we examine the sense that each of theparticipating instances build. We focused on the institutional discourse thatframes the practice in order to identify the way in which the establishments conceive the processes of teaching-learning within the digital era and how they configure the modes of interaction between the educative actors. We aim to understand the current educative dynamics and to take a position to it.
Reseña de: Urszula ASZYK. FUERA DE CONTEXTO. OBRAS DRAMÁTICAS, MOTIVOS Y MITOS ESPAÑOLES EN EL TEATRO POLACO (Varsovia: Museo de la Historia del Movimiento Popular Polaco, 2017, 335 págs.)
Authors: SERUGA Kamil
Published: April 2020

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Reseña de: Elena HERNÁNDEZ SANDOICA (ed.). ROSARIO DE ACUÑA, HIPATIA (1850-1923). EMOCIÓN Y RAZÓN. (Madrid: Abada Editores, 2019, 352 págs.)
Authors: RABADÁN Aroa
Published: April 2020

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Reseña de: Guillermo LAÍN CORONA y Rocío SANTIAGO NOGALES (eds.). CARTOGRAFÍA TEATRAL EN HOMENAJE AL PROFESOR JOSÉ ROMERA CASTILLO. (Madrid: Visor Libros, 2019, tomo II, 864 págs.)
Authors: JIMÉNEZ AGUILAR Miguel Ángel
Published: April 2020

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Reseña de: José Antonio PÉREZ BOWIE y Antonio Jesús GIL GONZÁLEZ (eds.). FICCIONES NÓMADAS. PROCESOS DE INTERMEDIALIDAD LITERARIA Y AUDIOVISUAL. (Madrid: Sial Pigmalión, 2017, 499 págs.)
Authors: VÁZQUEZ COUTO David
Published: April 2020

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Reseña de: Simone TRECCA. FILMICIDAD/LITERARIEDAD/TEATRALIDAD. LA DISEMINACIÓN INTERMEDIAL DE TRES CLÁSICOS ESPAÑOLES. (Madrid: Visor Libros, 2019, 179 págs.)
Authors: SEOANE RIVEIRA José
Published: April 2020

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Encuesta sobre el sistema electoral
Authors: Arnaldo Alcubilla Enrique , Azpitarte Sánchez Miguel , Bastida Freijedo Francisco , Biglino Campos Paloma , Blanco Valdés Roberto , Gálvez Muñoz Luis , García Mahamut Rosario , Gavara de Cara Juan Carlos
Published: April 2020

En esta encuesta un grupo de profesores de Derecho Constitucional contestan un conjunto de preguntas sobre el sistema electoral, las diferencias entre los sistemas proporcionales y mayoritarios, la influencia del sistema electoral en el sistema de partidos, el origen histórico del sistema electoral español y las posibilidades de reforman, tanto desde el punto de vista procedimental como desde el punto de vista de su posible modificación para lograr una mejor representación de la pluralidad social.In this academic survey a group of Constitutional Law Professors answer some questions about the electoral system, the differences between proportional and mayority systems, the influence of the electoral system in the party system, the origin of the electoral system in Spain, and the procedural ways of a possible reform and the possible changes on it in order to get a better representation of the social plurality.
La barrera legal en las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y su posible reforma
Authors: Oliver Araujo Joan
Published: April 2020

Este trabajo analiza la «barrera electoral» o «cláusula de exclusión» establecida por ley para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados (el tres por ciento de los votos válidos emitidos en la circunscripción). Tras estudiar el alcance y efectividad real de esta barrera, así como las consecuencias de incluir los «votos en blanco» dentro de los «votos válidos», nos preguntamos sobre los motivos que justificaron (durante la Transición Política) y siguen justificando (en la actualidad) la aplicación de una barrera electoral «casi» ineficaz. Por último, analizamos las tres propuestas de reforma de dicha cláusula (para que deje de tener carácter ornamental y pase a tener eficacia excluyente): primera, elevar la barrera del tres al cinco por ciento de los votos válidos emitidos en la circunscripción; segunda, mantener la barrera en el tres por ciento, pero realizando el cómputo sobre los votos emitidos en todo el Estado; y tercera, la suma de las dos medidas anteriores, esto es, situar la barrera en el cinco por ciento de los votos válidos emitidos en todo el Estado (aunque con cláusulas específicas para los partidos políticos que limitan su actuación a una Comunidad Autónoma concreta).This paper analyzes the «electoral barrier» or «exclusion clause» established by law for the elections to the Lower House (three percent of the valid votes cast in the constituency). After studying the real scope and effectiveness of this barrier, as well as the consequences of considering «blank votes» as «valid votes», we wonder about the reasons that justified (during the Political Transition) and (currently) still justify the application of an «almost» inefficient electoral barrier. Finally, we analyze the three reform proposals for this clause (so that it is no longer ornamental and becomes discriminatory): first, to raise the barrier from three to five percent of the valid votes cast in the constituency; second, to maintain the barrier at three percent, but by counting votes cast throughout the State; and third, the combination of the two previous measures, that is, to set the barrier at five percent of the valid votes cast throughout the State (although with specific clauses for political parties that limit their performance to a specific autonomous region).
Reforma electoral en Canarias: génesis, alcance, implementación e incidencia práctica
Authors: Cuesta López Víctor
Published: April 2020

La reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias, aprobada mediante la Ley Orgánica 2/2018, de 5 noviembre, ha supuesto la modificación de las bases del particular sistema electoral canario, insistentemente demandada por la doctrina constitucional y desde amplios sectores de la clase política y la sociedad civil canaria. Esta reforma incide en la dimensión del Parlamento de Canarias, supone la creación de una nueva circunscripción de ámbito autonómico, que coexiste con las tradicionales circunscripciones insulares, altera el prorrateo de escaños entre circunscripciones y reduce drásticamente las barreras electorales. Considerando que las nuevas bases del régimen electoral canario debían ser aplicadas necesariamente en las elecciones autonómicas celebradas en mayo de 2019, ofrecemos un análisis de los instrumentos jurídicos que, a falta de una ley electoral de desarrollo, fueron utilizados para su implementación. Finalmente, y atendiendo a los resultados de las mencionadas elecciones, presentaremos algunas reflexiones sobre la modesta incidencia práctica de la reforma.The reform of the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands, approved by Organic Law 2/2018, of 5 November, has finally changed the complex regime of the regional parliamentary elections, persistently demanded by constitutional scholars and civil society. This reform affects the dimension of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, involves the creation of a new regional constituency, which coexists with the traditional island constituencies, alters the apportionment of seats and drastically reduces the electoral thresholds. Considering that the new electoral regime must be applied in the regional elections held in May 2019, we offer an analysis of the legal instruments used for its implementation. Finally, and taking into account the results of the aforementioned elections, we will present some reflections on the modest practical impact of the reform.
El procedimiento de elección del Parlamento Europeo: un reflejo de la histórica doble visión del proceso de integración y la dificultad de llegar a consensos
Authors: Ferrer Martín de Vidales Covadonga
Published: April 2020

El Parlamento Europeo es la institución más democrática de todas las que integran el marco institucional de la UE, elegido desde 1979 directamente por sus ciudadanos. La historia de construcción del procedimiento de elección del Parlamento Europeo es un fiel reflejo de la historia de la evolución del proceso de integración y de las dos diferentes visiones a la hora de avanzar en el mismo (intergubernamentalidad vs. supranacionalidad). Proceso en el que las dificultades para llegar a consensos han requerido que los avances se realicen paso a paso, muchas veces de forma lenta. Consensos aún más complejos de lograr cuando de lo que se trata es de acordar los elementos claves de un procedimiento electoral y, más en concreto, el sistema electoral a adoptar. Aspectos en los que tiene una importante influencia las distintas tradiciones constitucionales y visiones que respecto de los sistemas electorales tienen los distintos Estados miembros, como bien ejemplifica el caso británico y las reticencias que surgieron para el abandono de su tradicional sistema mayoritario para las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo.The European Parliament is the most democratic institution of the institutional framework of the UE, elected since 1979 by direct universal suffrage. The history of the construction of the European Parliament’s electoral procedure is clear reflection of the European integration process evolution and the different views with regard to it (intergovernmentalism vs. supranationalism) Process where the reach of consensus is not always easy and, therefore, requires progress to be made stepwise. Consensus that is even more difficult to attain when talking about the essential elements of an electoral procedure and, in particular, of the electoral system to adopt. Elements in which the different constitutional traditions and understandings of the Member States have a great influence, as the British case clearly exemplifies with the strong opposition that arose against the abandonment of their traditional majoritarian system.
New species of the rugose coral genus Lithostrotion Fleming in the upper Viséan from the Azrou-Khenifra Basin (Morocco)
Authors: Rodríguez Sergio , Somerville Ian D. , Said Ismail
Published: April 2020

The new species Lithostrotion termieri Rodríguez & Somerville is described. It shows very large corallites of the rugose genus Lithostrotion Fleming. It has been recorded up to now only in upper Viséan rocks from the type locality, the Akrab ridge, Morocco also called Tizi Ben Zizouit by Termier & Termier (1950), who identified it as Lonsdaleia floriformis, and south-east from Tabainout, also from the Azrou-Khenifra Basin.
Witnesses of the early Pliocene sea-level rise in the Manilva Basin (Málaga, S Spain)
Authors: Aguirre Julio , Domènech Rosa , Martinell Jordi , Mayoral Eduardo , Santos Ana , Pérez-Asensio José Noel
Published: April 2020

The Sierra de la Utrera, a relief in the Manilva Basin (Málaga, SW Spain), shows bored surfaces at different heights above present-day sea level, from 96 m to 287 m. Borings occur in the eastern, central, and western parts of the Canuto de la Utrera, a prominent gorge in the central southern part of the relief excavated in Mesozoic limestones, as well as on the western end of the Canuto Chico, a smaller canyon in the northern part. Pliocene marine deposits fossilized the bored surfaces. Bored boulders of the substrate are embedded in the Pliocene sediments. The traces Gastrochaenolites ispp., Entobia ispp., Caulostrepsis ispp., Circolites kotoucensis, and Ericichnus asgaardi have been identified. Among these, Caulostrepsis is found only in the reworked blocks. This ichnoassemblage, attributed to the archetypical Entobia Ichnofacies of rocky shores, represents boring activity in high-energy, very-shallow-water settings, close to the sea level, and with a virtually null sedimentation rate. The vertical distribution of bored surfaces attests to a progressive sea-level rise. The onlap of the Pliocene deposits on the substrate is consistent with the deepening trend. Planktonic foraminiferal assemblages collected from the sediment adjacent to the Sierra de la Utrera demonstrate that boring activity spanned, at most, 1 Ma during the early Pliocene, Zanclean (biozones MPl 1 and MPl 2), ranging from 5.33 to 4.36 Ma.
Late Aragonian mammal sites of Cuesta del Rey (Duero Basin, Burgos, Spain)
Authors: Sesé Carmen , Morales Jorge
Published: April 2020

The Cuesta del Rey mammal sites located on the NE border of the Duero Basin are of great importance with regard to understand the general biostratigraphy of the basin, because Miocene mammal sites are extremely scarce in this area in comparison with the central part of the basin. The mammals identified in Cuesta del Rey-1 are: Eulipotyphla: cf. Miosorex sp.; Rodentia: Heteroxerus sp., Armantomys cf. tricristatus, Megacricetodon ibericus, Megacricetodon minor-Megacricetodon debruijni, Hispanomys sp. and Democricetodon sp. The Cuesta del Rey-1 rodent assemblage is characteristic of the end of the upper Aragonian (MN 7/8, end of the middle Miocene), equivalent to the local subzone G3 of the G zone. The presence of the genera Heteroxerus and Armantomys, and the predominance of Megacricetodon (with 80% of the total percentage of the minimum number of individuals of the micromammals) suggested an open savannah or steppe palaeoenvironment. The mammals identified in Cuesta del Rey-3 are: Rodentia: Megacricetodon cf. ibericus; Artiodactyla: Dorcatherium sp. and Listriodon cf. splendens. Dorcatherium sp. represents the first appearance of the Tragulidae family in the Duero Basin, suggesting the existence of permanent watercourses.
Benthic foraminifera and environmental changes in the Quaternary of the western Mediterranean coast: the core of Xeraco, Valencia, Spain
Authors: Usera Juan , Guilllem Jordi , Alberola Carmen , García Ignacio
Published: April 2020

The evolution of the benthic foraminiferal assemblages from a 60 m core drilled in the Quaternary lagoon of Xeraco (Valencia, Spain) is studied. Two moments of warm climate, high sea-level and maximal marine influence in the lagoon have been identified. The first one at the base of the core, punctuated by highly frequent changes during the Upper Pleistocene, and the other one in the upper end of the series during the Holocene. The presence of a middle core section with low diversity and a nearly total absence of marine foraminifers is interpreted as a regressive interval of cold climate conditions linked to a glacial stage.
Tectogonotoechia rivasi n. sp. A new lower Pragian Celtiberian (Spain) Ancystrorhynchoidea rhynchonellid brachiopod
Authors: García-Alcalde Jenaro L , Herrera Zarela
Published: April 2020

A new lower Pragian Ancystrorhynchoidea rhynchonellid, Tectogonotoechia rivasi n. sp. of the Celtiberian region (Eastern Iberian Chain, EIC, and Eastern Guadarrama, EG) is described and figured. The growth of the new species, from the last neanic stage to the senescent one is specially underlined. T. rivasi n. sp. is characterized as the other species of the genus by the occurrence of a pseudoseptum and a pseudoseptalium in the dorsal interior, with a fine connectivum forming a roofed over structure covering most part of the latter. Exteriorly, the species is an entirely costate, strongly dorsibiconvex, uniplicate form lacking of marginal spines. T. rivasi n. sp. is fairly abundant in the upper part of the Nogueras Formation in the EIC and in the lower third of the Cercadillo Formation in the EG and it is usually accompanied by a varied macrofauna of brachiopods, bryozoans, solitary corals, tabulates, trilobites, ostracods and others. The biocenose of T. rivasi n. sp. is characterized by the occurrence of abundant incrusting and boring epizoans colonizing mainly the brachiopods, representing different symbiotic interactions and probably a permanent risk for the epizoans to be buried in an unstable soft substrate.
David Malcolm Raup (1933-2015) at the starting point of a new paradigm for Palaeontology
Authors: De Renzi Miquel
Published: April 2020

This is a tribute to the late David Malcolm Raup, one of the major palaeontologists of the second half of the 20th century. In addition, it is a critical review of his outstanding contributions, mainly in the field of theoretical palaeontology: quantitative modelling, the introduction of probabilistic methods in palaeontology, as well as his great imagination to use techniques from other fields, such as insurance actuary. After a general outline of his youth, I present a general depiction of the main topics of his research as a palaeobiologist: morphology, the structure of the fossil record, evolution, and extinction. He covered areas ranging from the theoretical morphology of coiled shells to the use of Montecarlo methods in evolution and extinction, or the periodicity of mass extinctions and its causes, as well as the episodic nature of background extinctions, which were some of his preferred subjects. With his textbook, co-authored by Steven Stanley, he introduced a new paradigm for palaeontology.
Integrative stratigraphy and climatic events of a new lower Paleogene reference section from the Betic Cordillera: Río Gor, Granada province, SE Spain
Authors: Pujalte Victoriano , Apellaniz Estibaliz , Caballero Fernando , Monechi Simonetta , Ortiz Silvia , Orue-Etxebarria Xabier , Rodríguez-Tovar Francisco J , Schmitz Birger
Published: April 2020

Research interest in the early Paleogene was greatly enhanced after the recognition of several short-lived warming events in that period (hyperthermals), considered ancient analogues of the ongoing warming of the Earth climate. In the Caravaca and Alamedilla sections, the previously most studied lower Paleogene sections of the Subbetic Zone (Betic Cordillera), only the most prominent of these hyperthermals had been located, the so-called Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum. The Río Gor section, though less studied, is found to comprise a lower Paleogene succession that is more expanded and complete than Caravaca and Alamedilla; it contains record of the Early Late Paleocene and Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Events, and at least one additional Eocene hyperthermal, thus offering an excellent opportunity to study these climatic events in the Subbetic Zone. Study of the Río Gor section is still in progress, this paper summarizing the state-of-the art of ongoing research.
Geological context and micromammal fauna characterisation from the karstic infilling of La Pedrera (Albaida, Valencia, E Spain)
Authors: Fagoaga Ana , Molina Francisco Javier , Crespo Vicente D , Laplana César , Marquina Rafael , Ruíz-Sánchez Francisco J
Published: April 2020

La Pedrera is a new palaeontological site located south of the province of Valencia, between the Betic and Iberian Ranges, in a cavity filled with sediments inside a tufa formation. Roughly 260 fossil remains, corresponding to 14 taxa, have been recovered and studied from Unit III. Six rodents (Microtus sp., M. sp. gr. M. (Terricola) duodecimcostatus-lusitanicus, Microtus sp. gr. M. brecciensis-cabrerae, Arvicola sapidus, Eliomys quercinus, and Apodemus sp. gr. sylvaticusfl avicollis), one lagomorph (Oryctolagus cf. cuniculus), three insectivores (Soricinae indet., Crocidura sp., and Talpa cf. europaea) and four bats (Myotis blythii, Rhinolophus cf. ferrumequinum, Myotis bechsteinii, and Rhinolophus euryale) have been identified. The relative chronology obtained by means of the identified species and geological information suggests that this part of the cavity was filled with sediments during the Late Pleistocene or the beginnings of the Holocene. Furthermore, Mutual Ecogeographic Range method and Habitat Weighting method show colder and wetter conditions than in Albaida (Valencia, Spain) nowadays
Amphibians and squamate reptiles from the stratigraphic unit Xb of El Salt (Middle Palaeolithic; Alcoy, Spain): palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic implications
Authors: Marquina Rafael , Fagoaga Ana , Crespo Vicente D , Ruiz-Sánchez Francisco Javier , Bailon Salvador , Hernández Cristo M , Galván Bertila
Published: April 2020

The locality of El Salt (Middle Paleolithic, Alcoy, Spain) is mainly known by having one of the youngest Neanderthals records of the southeastern Iberian Peninsula. In this work, we have analysed the herpetofaunal fossils from the upper part of stratigraphic unit Xb, dated at 52.3 ± 4.6 ka (MIS 3). The faunal list is composed by three taxa of anurans (Alyte obstetricans, Bufo bufo s.l., and Epidalea calamita), one taxon of blanid (Blanus cinereus s.l.), two taxa of lizards (Chalcides bedriagai and cf. Acanthodactylus erythrurus), and one taxon of snakes (cf. Rhinechis scalaris). All of them have a broad distribution range in the Mediterranean, with wide ecological preferences range. This association of amphibians and reptiles from the Unit Xb suggests a slightly warmer and more humid climate than the current one; with an annual temperature range less accused and a similar seasonality of the rainfall than it is recorded nowadays in Alcoy. These results may correspond to a warm period (Daansgard-Oeschger event) during the MIS 3. A landscape composed by bushland and forest patched in which some open areas were present, with presence of permanent water bodies in the nearby areas, would characterize the surroundings areas of El Salt.
Study of the morphological affinity between two species of benthic foraminifera from restricted environments: Rosalina douvillei (Cushman, 1928) and Trichohyalus aguayoi (Bermúdez, 1935)
Authors: Giner-Baixauli Alicia , Usera Juan , Guillem Jordi
Published: April 2020

A biometric comparison is carried out on selected tests of the foraminiferal species Rosalina douvillei (Cushman, 1928) and Trichohyalus aguayoi (Bermúdez, 1935). The Rosalina douvillei specimens were recovered from the marginal marine Oligocene/Miocene site of Rüssingen (Mainz Basin, Germany), the lacustrine beds of the lower Miocene site of Buñol (Valencian Community, Spain) and the middle/ upper Miocene site of Fuendetodos (Aragón, Spain). The Trichohyalus aguayoi tests were collected in the current coastal lagoon of Torreblanca and recovered from Holocene cores sampled in the Peñíscola marsh and in the coastal lagoon of l’Albufera de València, all them in the Valencian Community (Spain). In addition, the chronostratigraphic and geographical distribution of both species is also summarized. Trichohyalus aguayoi and Rosalina douvillei share many morphological characteristics but the measured specimens of Trichohyalus aguayoi are characterized by generally larger sizes, narrower and more elongate chambers and a higher number of chambers in the outer whorl. The Rosalina douvillei specimens from Fuendetodos are as large as Trichohyalus aguayoi and show particularly high chamber size increase rates but also few and less elongate chambers in the last whorl. The number and shape of chambers in the last whorl seem thus to be controlled at least in part by hereditary factors. The morphological affinity between the two species probably constitute an example of convergence derived from similar environmental conditions but further research is required to discard phylogenetic proximity.
Estudio paleontológico de los bivalvos (Mollusca) del Tortoniense superior de Arroyo Trujillo, Cantillana (Sevilla)
Authors: Cárdenas Joaquín , Bajo Idelfonso , Maestre M Vicente
Published: April 2020

En este trabajo se actualiza la estratigrafía y se estudia la comunidad de bivalvos fósil del yacimiento Arroyo Trujillo (Cantillana, Sevilla) en la zona central de la Cuenca del Guadalquivir. Se ha realizado una nueva columna estratigráfica, y en ella se diferencian cuatro tramos correspondientes al Complejo Basal Transgresivo del Tortoniense superior. Han sido identificados 132 taxones de bivalvos, diez de los cuales se citan por primera vez en la península Ibérica. Se analiza la distribución de estas especies en los diferentes tramos estratigráficos del yacimiento. Esta comunidad de bivalvos se ha comparado con las de otros yacimientos, corroborando la similitud con el yacimiento de Cacela, Portugal. El estudio de las especies fósiles nos permite conocer condiciones de salinidad normal y clima subtropical-tropical
A Technique to Reconstruct Nizhniy Novgorod Land Survey Plan and Borders in 1784 Based on Special Geodetic Software
Authors: Akasheva Anna Anatol'evna , Chechin Andrei Vyacheslavovich
Published: April 2020

A present-day task of historical GIS is to geotag ancient maps within еру modern coordinate system. These maps are sure to have many inaccuracies. In this regard, there is a need to develop algorithms accounting for these inaccuracies and allowing one to position sources with the smallest deformations and drawbacks. This task is also relevant for Russian plans of the General Survey. Their peculiarity is that they have accurate geodetic characteristics of plots. The research subject is a set of Nizhny Novgorod plans of the late 18th сentury which were the basis for a technique used to reconstruct the city borders and land survey plans. The research methodology is based on the historicism principal, systematicity and objectivity. The authors emphasize the role of statistical methods and apply specifically historical (historical and typological as well as historical and genetic) methods, the geodetic method to process and equalize transit traverse, modeling and cartometry. The research novelty is determined by the algorithm of city borders and historical land survey plans reconstruction, technological solutions for studying the object by means of geodetic programs, new data on land management and cartographic materials based on land management results in the specific region of Russia. The main conclusions are the positioned borders of Nizhny Novgorod in the conditional coordinate system. It was found that transit traverses of plots studied had significant angle linear errors. For settlement plots they are 3°29' and 1/31 and for pasture plots they are 2°49' and 1/80. For Blagoveshchenskiy Monastery they are 0°37’and 1/139. A raster land survey plan of Nizhny Novgorod has been made. It can be further used for geotagging and creating historical GIS.
Evaluation of growth and cereulide production by Bacillus cereus isolated from cooked rice
Authors: Seyi-Amole Damilola O. , Onilude Abiodun A. , Rani Dasari S. , Halami Prakash M.
Published: April 2020

Conditions influencing Bacillus cereus growth and cereulide production, such as temperature and pH, were evaluated at varying incubation periods. The growth and cereulide production at different temperatures and pH values ranging from 10 to 40 ºC and 5.0 to 8.5, respectively showed that the temperature from 20 to 30 ºC and at pH from 6.0 to 7.0 gave the optimum growth and cereulide production by B. cereus SA105. pH below 6.0 resulted in reduced growth and cereulide production. Cereulide production increased along with the incubation period, and maximum cereulide titre (ng/mL) of 1219.1±8.90 was obtained after 6 days of incubation at 30 ºC and pH 6.5 under static conditions. There was no quantifiable toxin at incubation temperatures of 10 and 40 ºC by B. cereus SA105. This work further reveals that B. cereus growth and cereulide production was significantly affected by temperature and pH in relation to the incubation period. Furthermore, the findings of this study will serve as a means for reducing the diversity of emetic toxin-producing B. cereus population in food and food products, thus preventing food poisoning.
Effects of drying temperature on quality parameters of Thai fermented fish dip (Jaew Bong)
Authors: Duangsai Pongdanai , Gawborisut Somsamorn
Published: April 2020

Fermented fish dip is a popular condiment in Thailand and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Thai fermented fish dip (TFFD), can be dried to increase its shelf life and ease of transportation. Dried TFFD can be rehydrated to return the powder to its original, paste-like form. Pre-cooked TFFD paste was dried at three different temperatures (40, 60, and 80 ºC). Total plate count, yeast and mold count, CIE colour values (L*, a*, and b*),non-enzymatic browning, and sensory scores of the resulting powders were determined. The CIE colour values and sensory scores were alsoanalysed for rehydrated TFFD. Increasing the drying temperature did not affect the total plate count or yeast and mold count. When dried at 80 ºC, the L* value of TFFD powder was reduced, although the a* and b* values were unaffected compared with lower temperatures. All CIE colour values of rehydrated TFFD decreased as drying temperature increased. Drying temperature did not affect the sensory scores of dried TFFD powder. However, rehydrated samples that had been dried at 80 ºC had significantly lower sensory colour scores than those dried at 40 or 60 ºC. Overall preference rankings of dried and rehydrated TFFD dried at 40 and 60 °C were better than for those dried at 80 °C. Due to an undesirable colour change in the rehydrated product, 80 ºC was deemed to be an unsuitable temperature for drying TFFD paste. In conclusion, both 40 and 60 ºC are appropriate temperatures for drying the product.
Chemical constituents in leaves and aroma products of Nicotiana rustica L. tobacco
Authors: Popova Venelina , Ivanova Tanya A. , Stoyanova Albena S. , Nikolova Violeta V. , Docheva Margarita H. , Hristeva Tzveta H. , Damyanova Stanka T. , Nikolov Nikolay P.
Published: April 2020

Nicotiana rustica L. (Aztec tobacco) is the only Nicotiana species, except common tobacco (N. tabacum L.), which is cultivated for tabacco products. The leaves of N. rustica, however, accumulate various specialized metabolites of potential interest. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate certain classes of metabolites (by HPLC and GC-MS) in the leaves, the essential oil (EO), concrete and resinoid of N. rustica. Three pentacyclic triterpenes were identified in the leaves (by HPLC): betulin (252.78 µg g-1), betulinic (182.53 µg g-1) and oleanolic  (69.44 µg g-1) acids. The dominant free phenolic acids in the leaves (by HPLC) were rosmarinic (4257.38 µg g-1) and chlorogenic (1714.40 µg g-1), and conjugated forms of vanillic (3445.71 µg g-1), sinapic (1963.11 µg g-1), and syringic (1784.96 µg g-1). The major flavonoids in the leaves were luteolin (960.44 µg g-1), apigenin (880.66 µg g-1) and hyperosid (780.72 µg g-1). The GS-MS profiling of the EO identified 19 components and the major ones were phytol (43.68 %), solanone (5.54 %), cis-5-butyl-4-methyldihydrofuran-2(3H)-one (5.23 %), dihydro-β-ionone (4.25 %), α-ionene (3.54 %),and β-damascenone (3.03 %). The major volatiles in the concrete were  isoamyl alcohol (28.82 %), oxynicotine (9.02 %), phytol (7.80 %), 4-mеthyl-1-penthanol (6.33 %), cotinine (5.55 %) and 3-metyl-3-penthanol (4.09 %). Resinoid composition was dominant by nicotine (39.75 %), phytol (11.23 %), eicosane (4.88 %), diethyl phthalate (4.19 %), dibutyl phthalate (3.48 %) and solanone (3.27 %). Concrete and resinoid showed weak antibacterial activity . These results create grounds for considering N. rustica as a source to obtain aroma or other bioproducts.
Zizyphus lotus (L.) extracts as prebiotics in the aggregation and adhesion of probiotic and inhibition of pathologic bacteria from patients with colorectal cancer
Authors: Ouldchikh Sara , TirTouil Aicha , Meddah Boumédiene
Published: April 2020

The mucosal surfaces of the intestinal tract harbor a complex microbiota. Bacteria enter in contact with intestinal cells and bestow important nutritional, metabolic and protective functions which benefit the host. Various factors are able to alter the balances between different intestinal bacteria. Dysbiosis has been described in various pathologies and metabolic diseases in humans, such as cancer. Colorectal cancer pathology can benefit from gut microbial imbalance. Its overgrowth may lead to acute symptoms. An alternative strategy to restore this balance is the use of plant extracts which exhibit a prebiotic activity by stimulating of probiotic bacteria and antimicrobial activity against pathogenic bacteria colonization. The present study aims to evaluate the in vitro antioxidant and antibacterial activity of phenolic extracts (Aqueous extract "AE" and Methanolic extract "ME" ) from Zizyphus lotus. It aims also to investigate the effect of this extract as a prebiotic on the aggregation of probiotic and inhibitory effects of pathogenic bacteria isolated from faeces of patients with colorectal cancer. Phytochemical analysis of different extracts from Zizyphus lotus by HPLC showed that all are rich in phenolic compounds (225.40 mgAGE/gDW for AE and 63.04 mgAGE/gDW for ME extracts). Moreover, all extracts showed an important antioxidant activity (227 µg/ml for AE and 195 µg/ml for ME). These extracts also exhibited a significant prebiotic effect and antibacterial activity. Characterization of the in vitro effect of the aqueous extract showed that the percentage of autoaggregation and adhesion of probiotic and inhibitory effects of pathogenic bacteria increased in the presence of aqueous extracts.
Effect of olive pulp enrichment on physicochemical and antioxidant properties of wheat bread
Authors: Marinopoulou Anna , Papageorgiou Maria , Irakli Maria , Gerasopoulos Dimitrios
Published: April 2020

Black and green olive pulp was added to wheat bread formulation at different levels (5, 10, 15%) with the aim to improve its nutritional value by enhancing the phenolic content and antioxidant capacity. Additionally, the effects of the fortification with olive pulp on the physical characteristics, staling rate and overall consumer acceptability of the formulated breads were explored. Both olive pulps exhibited significantly higher antioxidant activity than refined wheat flour. Baking imparted an impressive increase in TPC, TFC and antioxidant activity of breads as revealed by comparison of experimental with theoretical values but returned significant differences only in the case of TPC when a two-tailed t-test for paired data was applied. Texture measurements showed a substantial increase in hardness with storage along with decreasing loaf volume and increased density. Hydroxytyrosol was the major phenolic compound of fortified breads followed by tyrosol. Olive pulp could be incorporated in a bread formulation without interfering with the general sensory acceptability.