Illustrative power and epistemic roles of the image in multi-disciplinary researches on poverty contemporary Habitat

Peter Krieger (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

This study analyses the epistemic functions of images in the geographic and sociological discourses on poverty habitat in the megacities of the global south by focusing on Mexico city. Based on a conceptual and methodological review of art history from Bildwissenschaft perspective (visual studies), this paper aims to examine the poverty habitat by describing its typologies, patterns, encodings and possible effects of its visual constructions. This contribution outlines the utility of this type of research, the function of inter and transdisciplinary studies in this field and its fundamental ethic dimension.

pobreza urbana megalópolis sociología geografía estudios visuales HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA urban poverty megalopolis visual studies Bildwissenschaft

Calibración de un modelo hidrológico aplicado en el riego tecnificado por gravedad

Calibration of an hydrology model applied in the technology irrigation by gravity

LUIS RENDON PIMENTEL JORGE DIONISIO ETCHEVERS BARRA JESUS CHAVEZ MORALES HUMBERTO VAQUERA HUERTA LUIS RENDON PIMENTEL (2001, [Artículo])

Este estudio tuvo como propósitos comparar la tecnología de riego tradicional con una metodología tecnificada, así como medir la respuesta de la producción de maíz (Zea mays) a la aplicación de nitrógeno en forma tradicional y en fertirriego. El experimento se desarrolló en el módulo 2 del distrito de riego (DR076), en el Valle del Carrizo, Sinaloa, México. La tecnología denominada riego tradicional es la utilizada por los agricultores, y la tecnificada es una propuesta del Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua.

Cultivos alimenticios Maíz Fertirriego Modelos matemáticos Riego tecnificado INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Transformation and innovation of knowledge in the construction and sustainable function of housing at the headwaters of San Juan Chamula.

Alejandra Trujillo Miguel Sánchez Álvarez (2022, [Artículo, Artículo])

SUMMARY

 

San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, is one of the most representative cultures of the native peoples of Mexico. The municipal seat is made up of three main neighborhoods: San Juan, San Sebastián and San Pedro. In ancient times, the architectural design of the houses was made of materials such as straw, adobe, bajareque and others of organic origin, which were part of the natural environment of the inhabitants. Thus, houses were built based on the use of natural elements available to the inhabitants as a result of the use of primary sector activity.

 

From the Chamula worldview housing has played functions for rest and shelter, therefore it was considered as a sacred place. When building one, ceremonies and offerings were carried out to appease any disgust of the guardians of Mother Earth, as they considered that nature had life, and to avoid any misfortune among the members of the family. For this, it was necessary to offer music, songs, and special dishes to feed the house and the Earth, so there would be harmony and well-being. Today, that worldview has been disrupted by the presence of multiple religions and other factors.

 

Chamula housing has gone through different stages of transition, from 1990 onwards, it was made of materials such as bricks, blocks and cement. With international migration and the arrival of young Chamula in the United States, changes in the building styles and function of housing are observed, as well as a loss of Chamula-type architectural knowledge, so that traditional architectural knowledge remains only with the elderly. Nowadays, Chamula masons and house builders opt for a foreign architectural design like California, thus changing their cultural identity, their way of life and their relationship with nature.

 

Keywords: traditional architecture, migration, architectural change.

traditional architecture migration architectural change arquitectura tradicional cambio arquitectónico chamula migración vivienda CIENCIAS SOCIALES CIENCIAS SOCIALES

Dialéctica, estructura y génesis: la presencia de Lautman en lo virtual deleuziano

Dialectic, structure and genesis: Lautman’s presence in Deleuze’s virtual

Gonzalo Santaya (2022, [Artículo])

Este artículo busca realizar un aporte a los estudios deleuzia nos en torno al concepto de lo virtual, a partir del examen de una fuente fundamental para su determinación: la noción de “dialéctica” extraída de la filosofía matemática de Albert Lautman. Antes que referir a Platón o Hegel, Deleuze se apropia de la dialéctica a partir de este autor, para determinar el plano de lo virtual como un campo problemático,

estructural-genético, simultáneamente inmanente y trascendente a las soluciones actuales que produce. Analizaremos primero el desarrollo del propio Lautman sobre la dialéctica en la filosofía matemática, para

mostrar luego cómo Deleuze pretende extender esa dialéctica más allá de la matemática; finalmente, presentamos algunas reflexiones sobre el privilegio de la matemática que caracteriza los desarrollos de lo virtual en Diferencia y repetición.

This paper aims to make a contribution to Deleuzian studies concerning the concept of the virtual, by examining a fundamental source in its determination: the notion of “dialectic” developed in Albert Lautman’s philosophy of mathematics. It is not Plato or Hegel, but Lautman, who Deleuze chooses to address his conception of the dialectic, determining the virtual field as a problematic one, which is both

structural and genetic, and simultaneously immanent and transcendent

to the actual solutions it produces. We will first analyze Lautman’s own

presentation of the dialectic in philosophy of mathematics to show, secondly, how Deleuze extends this dialectic beyond mathematics; finally, we make some considerations about the privilege given to mathematics in Deleuze’s developments on the virtual in Difference and Repetition.

HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA Gilles Deleuze, 1925-1995 - Crítica e interpretación Albert Lautman, 1908-1944 - Crítica e interpretación Dialéctica Virtual Matemáticas Gilles Deleuze. Diferencia y repetición, 1968 - Crítica e interpretación Gilles Deleuze, 1925-1995 - Criticism and interpretation Albert Lautman, 1908-1944 - Criticism and interpretation Dialectics Virtual Mathematics Gilles Deleuze. Difference and Repetition, 1968 - Criticism and interpretation

Institutionalization of leftist utopias in Latin America: a case study

Guillem Compte Nunes (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

Faced with popular dissatisfaction with liberal-capitalist democracy, at the beginning of the 21st century there is a governmental shift to the left in Latin America, in which Mexico is recently participating, with the arrival of the Morena party to power. The social movements that promote these political projects convey leftist utopias that seek to institutionalize themselves in political systems and public policies. However, this process of utopian institutionalization presents tensions and contradictions within the so-called party-movements. In this paper I present a methodological proposal for utopian analysis, which I apply to the “Colectivo La Calle”, a group that is part of the lopezobradorista movement in Mexico. I analyze three utopias mediated by this group and find that indeed the Colectivo is mobilizing against Morena’s pragmatism. This result adds to previous literature, which, given contemporary governmental experiences, questions the ability of the Latin American institutional left to overcome conservative hegemony.

utopía lopezobradorismo México acción colectiva Morena CIENCIAS SOCIALES CIENCIAS SOCIALES Utopia Mexico collective action

Noteworthy record of the kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) and its relation to physiographic characteristics in Baja California, Mexico

SARAHI SANDOVAL ESPINOZA MARIANA DELGADO FERNANDEZ Jonathan Gabriel Escobar Flores (2017, [Artículo])

"The kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) lives in sandy and shallow soils of the Pacific coastal plains and the ecoregion of San Felipe desert. The reports of this species are scarce and in Mexico it is listed as a threatened species. The populations of V. macrotis tend to decrease due to the change in the habitat to agricultural land, which has been one of the causes of the disappearance of kit fox populations in Mexico. As part of the project “Characterisation of water bodies in Sierra Santa Isabel, Baja California”, 12 camera traps were placed in six watering holes that are visited by wildlife from January to August 2015. Digital terrain elevation models were used to describe three variables: roughness, slope inclination and orientation; these variables are essential for the kit fox to build its burrows, catch its preys and escape from predators. The analyses were also carried out in localities where this carnivore had previously been recorded in Baja California. An analysis of variance was used to determine the existence of similarities or differences between the topographical characteristics of the historical localities and the new record. The first photographic record of the kit fox was obtained in one of the watering holes located within the Valle de los Cirios Flora and Fauna Protection Area. The analyses of variance confirmed that there are no significant differences between roughness (F(4, 780) = 0.11, P > 0.05), slope inclination (F(4, 1275) = 0.319, P > 0.05) and orientation (F(4, 15) = 0.41, P > 0.05), between the historical localities and the site where the new record was obtained. Other carnivores were also recorded in the watering hole, such as the cougar (Puma concolor), bobcat (Lynx rufus), coyote (Canis latrans) and gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus). The presence of the kit fox is likely occasional in the watering hole, because the slopes are greater than 10 degrees and, therefore, these sites are unsuitable for the construction of burrows. However, flat sites with sandy substrates that empty into the Gulf of California occur at a distance of less than 5 km from the watering hole, which are therefore suitable to be inhabited by the kit fox. the analysis of topographic variables of the historical records coupled with camera traps jointly confirmed that the site with the new record has characteristics that are suitable for the kit fox."

"La zorra norteña (Vulpes macrotis) habita en los suelos arenosos y pocos profundos de las planicies costeras del pacifico y de la ecorregión del desierto de San Felipe. Los reportes de esta especie son escasos y en México esta enlistada como una especie amenazada. Las poblaciones de V. macrotis tienden a disminuir por la transformación del hábitat a tierras agrícolas, la cual ha sido una de las causantes de la extirpación de poblaciones de zorra norteña en México. Como parte del proyecto “Caracterización de los cuerpos de agua en Sierra Santa Isabel, Baja California”, se colocaron 12 cámaras trampa en seis aguajes que son visitados por la fauna silvestre de enero a agosto de 2015. Mediante modelos digitales de elevación del terreno se describieron tres variables: rugosidad, pendiente y orientación de las laderas, estas variables son esenciales para que la zorra norteña construya sus madrigueras, capture a sus presas y escape de sus depredadores. Los análisis también se realizaron en localidades que previamente se había registrado a este carnívoro en Baja California. Por medio de un análisis de varianza de una vía se determinó si existen similitudes o diferencias entre las características topográficas de las localidades históricas y el nuevo registro. En uno de los aguajes que se ubica dentro del Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Valle de los Cirios, se obtuvo el primero registro fotográfico de la zorra norteña. Con los análisis de varianza se confirmó que no hay diferencias significativas entre la rugosidad (F(4, 780) = 0.11, P > 0.05), pendiente (F(4, 1275) = 0.319, P > 0.05) y orientación (F(4, 15) = 0.41, P > 0.05), entre las localidades históricas y el sitio donde se obtuvo el nuevo registro. En el aguaje también se registraron otro carnívoros, como el puma (Puma concolor), gato montés (Lynx rufus), coyote (Canis latrans) y zorra gris (Urocyon cinereoargenteus). La presencia de la zorra norteña posiblemente es ocasional en el aguaje, debido a que las pendientes en el lugar son mayores a 10 grados y por lo tanto estos sitios no son idóneos para la construcción de madrigueras. Sin embargo, a una distancia menor a 5 km del aguaje se encuentran sitios planos con sustratos arenosos que desembocan al Golfo de California, y por lo tanto son idóneos para que la zorra norteña sea residente de esos lugares..."

Vulpes macrotis, Baja California BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA) MAMÍFEROS MAMÍFEROS

Dynamics of Multimodal Families of m-Modal Maps

Javier Salvador González Salas Bahia Betzavet Cassal Quiroga JOSE TUXPAN VARGAS Eric Campos Cantón (2022, [Artículo])

"In this work, we introduce families of multimodal maps based on logistic map, i.e., families of m-modal maps are defined on an interval I C R, which is partitioned into non-uniform subdomains, with m E N. Because the subdomains of the partition are not uniform, each subdomain contains a unimodal map, given by the logistic map, that can have different heights. Therefore, we give the necessary and sufficient conditions for these modal maps present a multimodal family of m-modal maps, i.e., a bifurcation parameter can set a unimodal map, a bimodal map, up to a -modal map. Some numerical examples are given according to the developed theory. Some numerical examples are given in accordance with the developed theory."

Chaos CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA MATEMÁTICAS MATEMÁTICAS

Attribute selection impact on linear and nonlinear regression models for crop yield prediction

JUAN FRAUSTO SOLIS WALDO OJEDA BUSTAMANTE (2014, [Artículo])

Efficient cropping requires yield estimation for each involved crop, where data-driven models are commonly applied. In recent years, some data-driven modeling technique comparisons have been made, looking for the best model to yield prediction. However, attributes are usually selected based on expertise assessment or in dimensionality reduction algorithms. A fairer comparison should include the best subset of features for each regression technique; an evaluation including several crops is preferred. This paper evaluates the most common data-driven modeling techniques applied to yield prediction, using a complete method to define the best attribute subset for each model. Multiple linear regression, stepwise linear regression, M5' regression trees, and artificial neural networks (ANN) were ranked. The models were built using real data of eight crops sowed in an irrigation module of Mexico. To validate the models, three accuracy metrics were used: the root relative square error (RRSE), relative mean absolute error (RMAE), and correlation factor (R). The results show that ANNs are more consistent in the best attribute subset composition between the learning and the training stages, obtaining the lowest average RRSE (86.04%), lowest average RMAE (8.75%), and the highest average correlation factor (0.63).

Cultivos alimenticios Predicción Modelos matemáticos INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Modelos Hargreaves Priestley-Taylor y redes neuronales artificiales en la estimación de la evapotranspiración de referencia

Reference evapotranspiration estimation by Hargreaves Priestley-Taylor and artificial neural networks models

ROCIO CERVANTES OSORNIO RAMON ARTEAGA RAMIREZ MARIO ALBERTO VAZQUEZ PEÑA WALDO OJEDA BUSTAMANTE ABEL QUEVEDO NOLASCO (2012, [Artículo])

Resulta costoso medir directamente la evapotranspiración de referencia (ET0) con un lisímetro, y al no contar con esta información se utilizó el método de Penman-Monteith modificado por la FAO (ET0 FAO-56 P-M) para su cálculo. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue realizar una comparación de modelos empíricos como el de Hargreaves, Hargreaves calibrado y Priestley-Taylor, con el modelo de redes neuronales artificiales función de base radial (RNA BR), con las mismas variables de entrada, en la estimación de la ET0 FAO-56 P-M. Las estimaciones de ET0 se evaluaron en cuatro estaciones climáticas del Distrito 075, Valle del Fuerte en Sinaloa, México.

Cultivos alimenticios Planificación del riego Evapotranspiración Modelos matemáticos INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Sobre la descripción de las transferencias de masa y energía en sistemas de drenaje agrícola con las ecuaciones de Richards y Boussinesq

MANUEL ZAVALA TREJO HEBER ELEAZAR SAUCEDO ROJAS CARLOS FUENTES RUIZ (2012, [Artículo])

Se analizan dos modelos mecanicistas para simular el funcionamiento hidráulico de un sistema de drenaje agrícola subterráneo; el primer modelo resuelve la ecuación de Richards sobre un dominio bidimensional, usando una condición de frontera tipo radiación no lineal en el perímetro del dren; el segundo modelo aplica la ecuación de Boussinesq con coeficiente de almacenamiento variable en un dominio unidimensional, imponiendo en los drenes condiciones de frontera de radiación fractal. Se evalúa la capacidad de descripción de ambos modelos de simulación, considerando el caso de un acuífero libre somero con recarga vertical nula, obteniéndose que la aproximación basada en la ecuación de Richards proporciona mejores descripciones de los procesos de transferencia de masa y energía que ocurren en los sistemas de drenaje agrícola, y que la ecuación de Boussinesq no puede describir simultáneamente las transferencias de masa y energía descritas con la ecuación de Richards.

Drenaje agrícola subterráneo Modelos matemáticos Flujo de drenaje INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA