• 자연, 터널 그리고 지하공간
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.101-112
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• 2019

This case study presented a simplified failure mechanism approach used as a preliminary deformation prediction for the Mexico City's metro system expansion. Because of the Mexico City's difficult subsoils, Line 12 project was considered one of the most challenging projects in Mexico. Mexico City's subsurface conditions can be described as a multilayered stratigraphy changing from soft high plastic clays to dense to very dense cemented sands. The Line 12 trajectory crossed all three main geotechnical Zones in Mexico City. Starting from to west of the City, Line 12 was projected to pass through very dense cemented sands corresponding to the Foothills zone changing to the Transition zone and finalizing in the Lake zone. Due to the change in the subsurface conditions, different constructions methods were implemented including the use of TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine), the NATM (New Austrian Tunneling Method), and cut-and-cover using braced Diaphragm walls for the underground section of the project. Preliminary crown and excavation front deformations were determined using a simplified failure mechanism prior to performing finite element modeling and analysis. Results showed corresponding deformations for the crown and the excavation front to be 3.5cm (1.4in) and 6cm (2.4in), respectively. Considering the complexity of Mexico City's difficult subsoil formation, construction method selection becomes a challenge to overcome. The use of a preliminary results in order to have a notion of possible deformations prior to advanced modeling and analysis could be beneficial and helpful to select possible construction procedures.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.27-49
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• 2018

Public Diplomacy (PD) is the third pillar of South Korean foreign policy. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PD aims to attract foreign audiences by means of art, knowledge transmission, media, language and foreign aid. When it comes to the Korean language, its global profile has seen an especially marked increase in recent years (Kim, 2009). Thus, this paper's objective is to explain the relevance of the Korean language in the generation of South Korea's soft power. I draw from $C{\acute{e}}sar$ Villanueva's reflections in order to problematize how language promotion can be translated into soft power at five different levels: the empathetic, the sympathetic, the geopolitical, the diplomatic and the utilitarian. I observe that in the case of the Korean language in Mexico City, soft power has the potential to be generated on three levels: it helps to increase knowledge of Korean culture (empathetic); it exercises symbolic persuasion (geopolitical), since the products of cultural industries are mostly in Korean; and it is used as a tool for economic transactions in Mexico City (utilitarian).

• 한국분말야금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국분말야금학회 2006년도 Extended Abstracts of 2006 POWDER METALLURGY World Congress Part2
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• pp.975-976
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• 2006

The present paper is a parameter study of zinc flake production using a Simoloyer CM01 horizontal high energy rotary ball mill. The manufactured flakes have a dimension in thickness (t) < $1{\mu}m$ and diameters (d) 5-100 ${\mu}m$, consequently a ratio d/t up to 200. The flake geometry is mainly controlled by the variation of process parameters such as rotary speed of the rotor, ratio of powder/ball charge, load ratio of the system, process temperature, operating model and the quantity of process control agent (PCA). The Zn flakes were characterized by SEM, tap densitometry, laser diffraction and water coverage measurement.

• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.13-36
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• 2023

The Puebla-Morelos Earthquake (Mw 7.1) occurred in Mexico in 2017 causing 44 buildings to collapse in Mexico City. This work evaluates the non-linear response of a 6-story reinforced concrete (RC) frame prototype model with masonry infill walls on upper floors. The prototype model was designed using provisions prescribed before 1985 and was subjected to seismic excitations recorded during the earthquakes of 1985 and 2017 in different places in Mexico City. The building response was assessed through a damage index (DI) that considers low-cycle fatigue of the steel reinforcement in columns of the first floor, where the steel was modeled including buckling as was observed in cases after the 2017 earthquake. Isocurves were generated with 72 seismic records in Mexico City representing the level of iso-demand on the structure. These isocurves were compared with the location of 16 collapsed (first-floor column failure) building cases consistent with the prototype model. The isocurves for a value greater than 1 demarcate the location where fatigue failure was expected, which is consistent with the location of 2 of the 16 cases studied. However, a slight increase in axial load (5%) or decrease in column cross-section (5%) had a significant detrimental effect on the cumulated damage, increasing the intensity of the isocurves and achieving congruence with 9 of the 16 cases, and having the other 7 cases less than 2 km away. Including column special detailing (tight stirrup spacing and confined concrete) was the variable with the greatest impact to control the cumulated damage, which was consistent with the absence of severe damage in buildings built in the 70s and 80s.

• 벤처다이제스트
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• 통권117호
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• pp.52-53
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• 2008

• 한국경제지리학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.143-162
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• 2021

미국-멕시코 국경지대는 멕시코의 마킬라도라 산업에 대한 세계 다국적기업들의 투자로 인해 고용확대, 인구증가, 산업발달이 이루어지고, 특히 국경지대의 쌍둥이 도시들은 많은 사회경제적 변화를 겪게 되었다. 1965년에 시작된 멕시코의 마킬라도라 프로그램은 외국기업의 투자를 유치하기 위한 보세가공 산업정책이었는데, 2006년부터는 멕시코인 소유의 수출기업을 포함하는 IMMEX 프로그램으로 대체되었다. 마킬라도라를 포함한 IMMEX 기업들은 2007년 이후 업체수는 큰 변화가 없는 반면 업체당 종사자수는 점차 대형화하고 있다. 업종별로 보면 자동차, 항공기와 관련된 운송장비제조업이 가장 크게 성장하였으며, 과거 마킬라도라 산업에서 큰 비중을 차지하던 섬유·직물·의류제조업은 상대적으로 침체의 길을 걷고 있다. IMMEX의 비제조업 분야에서는 종사자수와 해외매출액에 있어서 농업의 비중이 압도적이다. IMMEX 기업들의 지역적 분포에서는 티화나와 후아레스가 압도적으로 높은 비중을 차지하고 있다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.583-595
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• 2015

DEAD/DExH-box RNA helicases catalyze the folding and remodeling of RNA molecules in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, as well as in many viruses. They are characterized by the presence of the helicase domain with conserved motifs that are essential for ATP binding and hydrolysis, RNA interaction, and unwinding activities. Large families of DEAD/DExH-box proteins have been described in different organisms, and their role in all molecular processes involving RNA, from transcriptional regulation to mRNA decay, have been described. This review aims to summarize the current knowledge about DEAD/DExH-box proteins in selected protozoan and nematode parasites of medical importance worldwide, such as Plasmodium falciparum, Leishmania spp., Trypanosoma spp., Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, and Brugia malayi. We discuss the functional characterization of several proteins in an attempt to understand better the molecular mechanisms involving RNA in these pathogens. The current data also highlight that DEAD/DExH-box RNA helicases might represent feasible drug targets due to their vital role in parasite growth and development.

• 이베로아메리카
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.31-72
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• 2020

본 연구는 국제규범과 개발협력의 영역에서 논의됐던 도시와 젠더주류화 전략의 개념 및 정책적인 요소를 멕시코의 시각에서 고찰하고 멕시코의 법과 제도 및 멕시코시티의 주요 프로그램을 통해 젠더주류화 전략이 어떻게 통합, 실현되고 있는가를 분석하였다. 본 연구는 문헌 연구를 통해 기존 선행연구에서 다루었던 이론적인 논의를 발전시켰으며 현지 전문가, 정책 및 프로그램의 실무 담당자를 직접적으로 면담했으며 이러한 내용을 연구에 반영하여 현실적인 차원에서 정책적인 함의를 모색했다는 의미가 있다. 멕시코는 연방정부의 국가개발계획과 분야별 정책 및 프로그램에 젠더주류화 전략을 적용하고 있으며 이에 따른 예산의 배정과 평가체계의 구축을 통해 정책의 실효성을 확보하고 있다. 멕시코시티 정부 차원에서 여성과 남성의 실질적인 평등을 위한 법이 구축되어 있으며 노동법의 개혁, 정부프로그램과 도시개발프로그램에 젠더주류화 전략이 적용되고 있다. 또한 성별분리통계, 젠더현황 분석, 젠더훈련, 성인지 예산 등을 담당하는 국가여성연구소(INMUJERES), 멕시코 국립통계지리청(INEGI), 연방공공행정(APF), 재무와 공공차관부(SHCP), 멕시코시티 여성부 등 관련된 부서가 역할하고 있다. 이러한 측면에서 멕시코는 '젠더의 제도화과정' 이루어진 것으로 평가받고 있다. 이처럼 법, 제도의 틀 내에서 멕시코시티에서 추진되는 프로그램들은 도시라는 공간에서 시민으로서 여성의 권리를 실현하고 이들의 기본적인 필요를 충족하는 것을 목표로 하며 도시에 대한 권리의 실현을 위해 시민으로서 참여의 확대를 강조하고 있다. 특히, 멕시코시티 정부는 여성의 취약성을 경제, 공간과 시간의 영역에서 발생하고 있는 불평등으로 고려하면서 여성의 경제적인 자주권 강화에 초점을 두는 정책과 프로그램을 확대하고 있다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1345-1351
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• 2011

Vancomycin therapy failure due to the emergence of tolerance in pneumococci is increasing. The molecular mechanism of tolerance is not clear, but lytA and $pep^{27}$ are known to be involved. Our aim was to evaluate the expression of both genes in vancomycin-tolerant Streptococcus pneumoniae (VTSP) strains. Eleven VTSP strains from a total of 309 clinical isolates of S. pneumoniae from 1997 to 2006 were classified according to the criteria of Liu and Tomasz. All VTSP strains were evaluated for susceptibility according to CLSI criteria, serotype by the Quellung test, and clonality by PFGE. The expressions of lytA and $pep^{27}$ were analyzed in different growth phases by RT-PCR with and without vancomycin. Eighty-two percent of VTSP strains showed resistance to penicillin, and 100% were sensitive to vancomycin and cefotaxime. The most frequent serotypes of VTSP strains were 23F (4/11) and 6B (3/11). Clonal relationship was observed in only two strains. No significant changes were observed in $pep^{27}$ expression in the three phases of growth in VTSP strains with and without vancomycin. Interestingly, $pep^{27}$ expression in the stationary phase in the non-tolerant reference strain R6 was significantly higher. However, no significant differences in lytA expression were observed between VTSP and R6 strains during the phases of growth analyzed. The absence of changes in $pep^{27}$ expression in VTSP strains in the stationary phase may be related to their ability to tolerate high antibiotic concentrations, and thus, they survive and remain in the host under the antibiotic selective pressure reflected in therapeutic failure.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.349-357
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• 2017

The design of reinforced concrete structures strongly depends on the value of the compression concrete strength used for the structural components. Given the uncertainties involved on the materials quality provided by concrete manufacturers, in the construction stage, these components may be either over or under-reinforced respect to the nominal condition. If the structure is under reinforced, and the deficit on safety level is not as large to require the structure demolition, someone should assume the consequences, and pay for the under standard condition by means of a penalty. If the structure is over reinforced, and other failure modes are not induced, the builder may receive a bonus, as a consequence of the higher, although unrequested, building resistance. The change on the building safety level is even more critical when the structure is under a seismic environment. In this research, a reliability-based criteria, including the consideration of expected losses, is proposed for bonification/penalization, when there are moderated differences between the supplied and specified reinforced concrete strength for the buildings. The formulation is applied to two hypothetical, with regular structural type, 3 and 10 levels reinforced concrete buildings, located on the soft soil zone of Mexico City. They were designed under the current Mexican code regulations, and their responses for typical spectral pseudoaccelerations, combined with their respective occurrence probabilities, are used to calculate the building failure probability. The results are aimed at providing objective basis to start a negotiation towards a satisfactory agreement between the involved parts. The main contribution resides on the explicit consideration of potential losses, including the building and contents losses and the business interruption due to the reconstruction period.