Barcelona Provincial Council

Medical approaches to reproduction control have traditionally relied on progestins, but these drugs are associated with significant adverse effects in both males and females, including an increased risk of uterine infections, mammary tumours, and metabolic complications. As a result, veterinarians often advocate for strategies such as postponing estrus in females to balance reproductive health and manage population control. In recent decades, advancements in pharmacological interventions have opened new doors. GnRH agonists, which can reversibly suppress reproductive function, have emerged as a safer and more flexible alternative to surgical sterilisation. Similarly, the use of melatonin in female cats has shown promising results in regulating estrus cycles. Other innovative solutions, such as non-surgical sterilisation techniques using immunocontraceptive vaccines, are under active development, offering hope for scalable, humane population control measures. These emerging technologies provide veterinarians with an expanding toolkit to address both clinical and ethical challenges in reproductive management.

The concept of the night-time economy has gained attention in recent years as cities around the world recognize the potential of night-time activities. Most research on the night-time economy adopts a social perspective, without examining this topic from an economic approach, probably because official statistics do not provide suitable information for this purpose. The availability of data on bank card transactions opens new avenues in the study of the night-time economy by providing information on night-time spending in city establishments. This article explores the spatial and temporal patterns of night-time spending by combining different data sources -bank transaction data, mobile phone data, social networks, cadastral records, etc.-, taking the city of Madrid as the study area. The results reveal that night-time spending in establishments in the city of Madrid is equivalent to approximately 30 % of total spending. They also show that the spatial concentration of night-time spending increases as the night progresses, and that the structure of spending is much more diversified in the evening than at dinner time and late at night. Explanatory models (Ordinary Least Squares and Random Forest regression) show that variables related to bars and restaurants, retail area, popularity of establishments, and tourist accommodations have strong explanatory power over the spatial distribution of night-time spending. The article shows that the analysis of bank card transaction data provides information of great interest to urban managers and planners. • This paper examines spatial and temporal patterns of night-time spending. • We analyzed a bank card transaction dataset from Madrid. • Spatial spending concentration rises as the night advances. • OLS and RF regression models identify explanatory variables for spatial distribution.

Los fondos NextGenerationEU han brindado una oportunidad única para el desarrollo local en España. Este estudio analiza cuál ha sido el papel de los entes locales y, en particular, de las diputaciones provinciales en la captación y gestión de estos fondos desde la aprobación del Plan de Recuperación. Se examina la arquitectura de gestión y la gobernanza multinivel prevista, los mecanismos de participación impulsados en la práctica, así como los principales ámbitos de inversión y su alineamiento con las competencias de este nivel de gobierno. Para ello, el estudio también se apoya en los resultados de una encuesta realizada al conjunto de diputaciones provinciales. Su rol como agente facilitador para contribuir a la captación de recursos en sus territorios de referencia es palpable. Sin embargo, se ha perdido la oportunidad de impulsar a las diputaciones provinciales como gestoras directas de proyectos de ámbito supramunicipal. Ello nos invita a tener en cuenta las lecciones aprendidas de cara al diseño de una futura arquitectura de fondos europeos que otorgue a las diputaciones provinciales un mayor protagonismo en la coordinación, diseño y gestión de este tipo de ayudas.

En el presente artículo partimos de la tesis, consolidada a comienzos del siglo veintiuno, de que existen vínculos entre los sistemas de dominación y los sistemas de documentos, para proponer una revisión genealógica de estos conceptos y de algunos otros asociados. En primer lugar, retomamos la codificación de la burocracia realizada por Max Weber en 1922. En segundo, regresamos al antiguo Tabularium de Roma y, desde él, a la teoría alemana del ius archivi. En tercer lugar, nos aproximamos a los textos en los que Michel Foucault identificó los mecanismos de vigilancia y castigo, así como de ordenación del discurso. A continuación, retomamos la visión que Jean Baudrillard expuso acerca de la cultura del simulacro en las sociedades contemporáneas. Finalizamos con la identificación, a vuelapluma, de algunas ideas cuya validez se debería contrastar en los entornos digitales en los que nos desenvolvemos actualmente.

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements None. Background V-A ECMO is designed to supply oxygen demands in patients with circulatory failure. Neutral results obtained in recent cardiogenic shock (CS) trials are probably related to the inclusion of a high proportion of patients with SCAI C stage, in many of whom, the device might not provide hemodynamic benefit despite the addition of inherent complications. Mechanical circulatory support could potentially have a role only for patients in SCAI D-E stages. Purpose Our aim was to explore the excess in mortality explained by a SCAI D-E stage at 12h, compared to a SCAI A-C stages at 12h, in patients admitted due to an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by CS (stages C-E at admission). Additionally, we aimed to identify those factors at admission—clinical, electrocardiographic, gasometrical, echocardiographic, and angiographic—which predict whether a patient will progress to SCAI D-E stages within the subsequent 12h from CS onset. Main Outcome: SCAI D and E stage at 12h. Methods We retrospectively analysed those patients admitted due to an AMI in SCAI C-E stages at admission, that had been prospectively screened for EUROSHOCK trial. We classified the patients in two groups: "SCAI A-C" and "SCAI D-E" at 12 hours and conducted a survival analysis. Additionally, we conducted a univariate and multivariate analysis including arrival potential predictors for SCAI D-E at 12 hours. Results A total of 72 patients were included. At admission 25 patien were in SCAI D-E. At 12 hours, 42 patients were in SCAI D-E, and this group showed a higher 30-day mortality rate particularly explained by an excess of mortality within the first 7 days (Figure 1). There were no significant differences between groups in most baseline characteristics (Table 1) such as age or gender. We observed a fewer proportion of previous chronic treatment with negative inotropes (betablockers and calcium channel antagonists) in the SCAI D-E group. Overall, anterior ST elevation on EKG was more prevalent among SCAI D-E group, median pH lower and median glycaemia and lactate higher. In the multivariate analysis after adjustment by confounders, the independently predictors at arrival for the development of a SCAI D-E stage at 12h were culprit LAD, cardiac arrest in the cath Lab, low initial median pH and final TIMI <3 result. Conclusions In a cohort of AMI patients complicated by CS, those patients who remained in a SCAI D-E stage at 12 hours from CS onset, compared to those in A-C, showed a 26% excess mortality at 30-day follow-up, especially during the first week. Patients who presented with LAD as the culprit artery, low initial pH, cardiac arrest in the cath lab, and got a TIMI <3 result after PCI were independently associated with the development of SCAI D-E within 12 hours from admission. Patients meeting these criteria could benefit from early selective mechanical support and be taken into consideration in the design of future randomized controlled trials.