Marine storms in coastal tourist areas of the Canary Islands

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amalia Yanes Luque ◽  
José Ángel Rodríguez Báez ◽  
Pablo Máyer Suárez ◽  
Pedro Dorta Antequera ◽  
Abel López Díez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
Significant Wave Height ◽  
Statistical Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
Gran Canaria ◽  
The One ◽  
Transport Mobility ◽  
Degree Of Severity

Abstract The small island areas oriented to coastal tourism are highly vulnerable to marine storms, given the fluctuation of this economic sector and the increase of its exposure due to the increasing anthropogenic presence on the coastline. In this context, the storms between 1958 and 2017 are studied here in the most important tourist enclaves of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, located in the municipalities of Arona and Adeje (SW of Tenerife) and in San Bartolomé de Tirajana and Mogán (S-SW of Gran Canaria). In order to perform the analysis, wave data from State Ports (Spain) (SIMAR-44 nodes, Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda of Spain) are used. A statistical study of the phenomena can help establish a threshold for the identification of a marine storm based on a significant wave height (Hs) of 2.7 meters in Arona and Adeje and 1.7 meters in San Bartolomé de Tirajana and Mogán. The application of this threshold identified 144 episodes in the SW of Tenerife and 154 in the S-SW of Gran Canaria. Their behavior is examined from, on the one hand, the duration, seasonality, type of waves and degree of severity that characterizes them; and, on the other, from the state of the atmosphere that concurs in its genesis by means of the Wetterzentrale synoptic maps. Finally, a first assessment of the effects of these stormy phenomena is made using local press reports on drowning, damage to urban furniture and port infrastructures and loss of sand on the beaches.

scholarly journals Marine storms in coastal tourist areas of the Canary Islands

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amalia Yanes Luque ◽  
José A. Rodríguez-Báez ◽  
Pablo Máyer Suárez ◽  
Pedro Dorta Antequera ◽  
Abel López-Díez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
Significant Wave Height ◽  
Statistical Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
Gran Canaria ◽  
The One ◽  
Transport Mobility ◽  
Degree Of Severity

AbstractThe small island areas oriented to coastal tourism are highly vulnerable to marine storms, given the fluctuation of this economic sector and the increase in its exposure due to the increasing anthropogenic presence on the coastline. In this context, the storms between 1958 and 2017 are studied here in the most important tourist enclaves of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, located in the municipalities of Arona and Adeje (SW of Tenerife) and in San Bartolomé de Tirajana and Mogán (S-SW of Gran Canaria). In order to perform the analysis, wave data from State Ports (Spain) (SIMAR-44 nodes, Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda of Spain) are used. A statistical study of the phenomena can help establish a threshold for the identification of a marine storm based on a significant wave height (Hs) of 2.7 m in Arona and Adeje and 1.7 m in San Bartolomé de Tirajana and Mogán. The application of this threshold identified 144 episodes in the SW of Tenerife and 154 in the S-SW of Gran Canaria. Their behavior is examined from, on the one hand, the duration, seasonality, type of waves and degree of severity that characterizes them; and, on the other, from the state of the atmosphere that concurs in its genesis by means of the Wetterzentrale synoptic maps. Finally, a first assessment of the effects of these stormy phenomena is made using local press reports on drowning, damage to urban furniture and port infrastructures and loss of sand on the beaches.

scholarly journals Lovenula (Neolovenula) alluaudi (Guerne and Richard, 1890) in the Canary Islands (Copepoda: Calanoida: Paradiaptominae)

1989 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
The Other ◽  
Small Island ◽  
African Continent ◽  
The South ◽  
South Side ◽  
North West ◽  
West Part ◽  
Extreme North

Lovenula (Neolovenula) alluaudi is widespread on Lanzarote, where it occurred at 22 of the 105 stations. On Fuerteventura it was found at only 2 of the 53 stations, both in the extreme north-west part of the island. It was also found in a reservoir on the south side of the small island of Alegranza. Samples collected at several hundred stations in the other Canary Islands failed to yield a single calanoid, supporting the belief that the eastern islands are fragments of the African continent that drifted to deeper waters.

Tourist tax to promote rentals of low-emission vehicles

2020 ◽  
pp. 135481662094650
Author(s):  
Emilio Gómez-Déniz ◽  
José Boza-Chirino ◽  
Nancy Dávila-Cárdenes
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Statistical Decision Theory ◽  
Rental Sector ◽  
Statistical Decision ◽  
Low Emission ◽  
Car Rental ◽  
Sharp Growth ◽  
The One

In the Canary Islands (Spain), the tourism boom has been paralleled by sharp growth in the car rental sector. However, this economic activity is associated with problems such as rising levels of vehicle emissions. In this article, we discuss, on the one hand, the introduction of a tax to internalise the costs of emissions from car rental fleets and, on the other, the measures to reward users who rent environmentally-friendly cars. For this purpose, we propose a model based on statistical decision theory, from which a Bayesian rule is derived. According to this model, the tax increases with the number of days the car is rented but decreases in line with the environmental efficiency of the vehicle. A data sample of visitors to the Canary Islands is used to compare the covariates involved in computing the number of car rental days and the corresponding tax payable.

scholarly journals Signed Words and Permutations II; The Euler-Mahonian Polynomials

10.37236/1879 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Foata ◽  
Guo-Niu Han
Keyword(s):  
Symmetric Group ◽  
Generating Functions ◽  
Statistical Study ◽  
Record Values ◽  
The Other ◽  
Length Function ◽  
Major Index ◽  
Signed Permutations ◽  
Inversion Number ◽  
The One

As for the symmetric group of ordinary permutations there is also a statistical study of the group of signed permutations, that consists of calculating multivariable generating functions for this group by statistics involving record values and the length function. Two approaches are here systematically explored, using the flag-major index on the one hand, and the flag-inversion number on the other hand. The MacMahon Verfahren appears as a powerful tool throughout.

Statistical Correlation Between the Thermal Transition Stress of a Specimen and its Resistance to Alternating Torsional Fatigue

1983 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-205
Author(s):  
R. Harry ◽  
F. Bastenaire ◽  
F. Joubert ◽  
L. Regnier
Keyword(s):  
Nondestructive Test ◽  
Statistical Study ◽  
Endurance Limit ◽  
Close Correlation ◽  
Statistical Correlation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Thermal Transition ◽  
Transition Stress ◽  
Torsional Fatigue ◽  
The One

The conventional difficulty encountered in fatigue studies is the impossibility of performing more than one fatigue test on a specimen. The purpose of this paper is to present a statistical study in order to: 1) confirm the close correlation between the transition stress determined for each specimen following a rapid thermal nondestructive test and on the one hand, the lifetime N, when subjected to a fatigue treatment at a given level τ, in the elastic area; and on the other hand, the actual endurance limit specific to the specimen; and 2) provide an evaluation of the results obtained.

scholarly journals On the trail of a painting bequeathed to St. George’s abbey on the islet near Perast the testaments of Nycolaus and Johannes Glauacti (as of 1327 and 1336)

Zograf ◽  
2014 ◽  
pp. 113-121
Author(s):  
Valentina Zivkovic
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Good Death ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Medieval Art ◽  
Ars Moriendi ◽  
John The Baptist ◽  
The One ◽  
Made In

The paper reviews the last will of the Kotor nobleman Nycolaus Marini Glauacti made in 1327 to bequeath to St. George?s church on the small island near Perast a depiction of the Madonna, St. Nicholas and St. John the Baptist. On the one hand, the legacy is analyzed in the context of the compositions involving the three saints in Kotor?s religious medieval art and, on the other, in the context of ad pias causas bequests and the concept of preparing for a good death (ars moriendi). The contents of the testaments of Nycolaus and his brother Johannes Marin Glauacti as of 1336 are contrasted, especially in terms of the number of pro remedio animae items bequeathed and their distribution. A special emphasis is laid on the comparison of the representations between the Franciscan and Benedictine Orders as the recipients of pious bequests.

Note on Selection of Coordinate Systems for Geodynamics

1975 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 395-407
Author(s):  
S. Henriksen
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coordinate Systems ◽  
Mean Sea Level ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The One ◽  
Static Systems ◽  
Selection Of

The first question to be answered, in seeking coordinate systems for geodynamics, is: what is geodynamics? The answer is, of course, that geodynamics is that part of geophysics which is concerned with movements of the Earth, as opposed to geostatics which is the physics of the stationary Earth. But as far as we know, there is no stationary Earth – epur sic monere. So geodynamics is actually coextensive with geophysics, and coordinate systems suitable for the one should be suitable for the other. At the present time, there are not many coordinate systems, if any, that can be identified with a static Earth. Certainly the only coordinate of aeronomic (atmospheric) interest is the height, and this is usually either as geodynamic height or as pressure. In oceanology, the most important coordinate is depth, and this, like heights in the atmosphere, is expressed as metric depth from mean sea level, as geodynamic depth, or as pressure. Only for the earth do we find “static” systems in use, ana even here there is real question as to whether the systems are dynamic or static. So it would seem that our answer to the question, of what kind, of coordinate systems are we seeking, must be that we are looking for the same systems as are used in geophysics, and these systems are dynamic in nature already – that is, their definition involvestime.

Stories and the Self

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Krause ◽  
Markus Appel
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Lower Degree ◽  
Contrast Effects ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

Abstract. Two experiments examined the influence of stories on recipients’ self-perceptions. Extending prior theory and research, our focus was on assimilation effects (i.e., changes in self-perception in line with a protagonist’s traits) as well as on contrast effects (i.e., changes in self-perception in contrast to a protagonist’s traits). In Experiment 1 ( N = 113), implicit and explicit conscientiousness were assessed after participants read a story about either a diligent or a negligent student. Moderation analyses showed that highly transported participants and participants with lower counterarguing scores assimilate the depicted traits of a story protagonist, as indicated by explicit, self-reported conscientiousness ratings. Participants, who were more critical toward a story (i.e., higher counterarguing) and with a lower degree of transportation, showed contrast effects. In Experiment 2 ( N = 103), we manipulated transportation and counterarguing, but we could not identify an effect on participants’ self-ascribed level of conscientiousness. A mini meta-analysis across both experiments revealed significant positive overall associations between transportation and counterarguing on the one hand and story-consistent self-reported conscientiousness on the other hand.

Radioimmunotherapy for treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndrome

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (03) ◽  
pp. 107-117
Author(s):  
R. G. Meyer ◽  
W. Herr ◽  
A. Helisch ◽  
P. Bartenstein ◽  
I. Buchmann
Keyword(s):  
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia ◽  
Myeloid Leukaemia ◽  
Primary Tumour ◽  
The Other ◽  
Haematopoietic Stem Cell ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Primary Reduction ◽  
The One ◽  
Acute Myeloid

SummaryThe prognosis of patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) has improved considerably by introduction of aggressive consolidation chemotherapy and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT). Nevertheless, only 20-30% of patients with AML achieve long-term diseasefree survival after SCT. The most common cause of treatment failure is relapse. Additionally, mortality rates are significantly increased by therapy-related causes such as toxicity of chemotherapy and complications of SCT. Including radioimmunotherapies in the treatment of AML and myelodyplastic syndrome (MDS) allows for the achievement of a pronounced antileukaemic effect for the reduction of relapse rates on the one hand. On the other hand, no increase of acute toxicity and later complications should be induced. These effects are important for the primary reduction of tumour cells as well as for the myeloablative conditioning before SCT.This paper provides a systematic and critical review of the currently used radionuclides and immunoconjugates for the treatment of AML and MDS and summarizes the literature on primary tumour cell reductive radioimmunotherapies on the one hand and conditioning radioimmunotherapies before SCT on the other hand.

Das Ende der Postdemokratie, den Pessimismus überwinden.

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (188) ◽  
pp. 487-494
Author(s):  
Daniel Mullis
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Windows Of Opportunity ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
The One

In recent years, political and social conditions have changed dramatically. Many analyses help to capture these dynamics. However, they produce political pessimism: on the one hand there is the image of regression and on the other, a direct link is made between socio-economic decline and the rise of the far-right. To counter these aspects, this article argues that current political events are to be understood less as ‘regression’ but rather as a moment of movement and the return of deep political struggles. Referring to Jacques Ranciere’s political thought, the current conditions can be captured as the ‘end of post-democracy’. This approach changes the perspective on current social dynamics in a productive way. It allows for an emphasis on movement and the recognition of the windows of opportunity for emancipatory struggles.

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