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Streamflow in south-central Chile (SCC, ∼ 37–42∘ S) is vital for agriculture, forestry production, hydroelectricity, and human consumption. Recent drought episodes have generated hydrological deficits with damaging effects on these activities. This region is projected to undergo major reductions in water availability, concomitant with projected increases in water demand. However, the lack of long-term records hampers the development of accurate estimations of natural variability and trends. In order to provide more information on long-term streamflow variability and trends in SCC, here we report findings of an analysis of instrumental records and a tree-ring reconstruction of the summer streamflow of the Río Imperial (∼ 37∘ 40′ S–38∘ 50′ S). This is the first reconstruction in Chile targeted at this season. Results from the instrumental streamflow record (∼ 1940 onwards) indicated that the hydrological regime is fundamentally pluvial with a small snowmelt contribution during spring, and evidenced a decreasing trend, both for the summer and the full annual record. The reconstruction showed that streamflow below the average characterized the post-1980 period, with more frequent, but not more intense, drought episodes. We additionally found that the recent positive phase of the Southern Annular Mode has significantly influenced streamflow. These findings agree with previous studies, suggesting a robust regional signal and a shift to a new hydrological scenario. In this paper, we also discuss implications of these results for water managers and stakeholders; we provide rationale and examples that support the need for the incorporation of tree-ring reconstructions into water resources management.

As information and communication technology has become pervasive in our society, we are increasingly dependent on both digital data and repositories that provide access to and enable the use of such resources. Repositories must earn the trust of the communities they intend to serve and demonstrate that they are reliable and capable of appropriately managing the data they hold. Following a year-long public discussion and building on existing community consensus1, several stakeholders, representing various segments of the digital repository community, have collaboratively developed and endorsed a set of guiding principles to demonstrate digital repository trustworthiness. Transparency, Responsibility, User focus, Sustainability and Technology: the TRUST Principles provide a common framework to facilitate discussion and implementation of best practice in digital preservation by all stakeholders. Refereed Best Practice Manual (incl. handbook, guide, cookbook etc)

Na ausência de medidas para avaliar qual informação gerada no contexto acadêmico é útil para a prática clínica, há o risco de se adotar o número de citações recebidas pelo artigo científico. Para avaliar se essa medida é eficaz para identificar a relevância clínica da informação, foi realizado um estudo quantitativo com médicos de família canadenses. Eles avaliaram o uso potencial de informação sumarizada oriunda de artigos científicos por meio do Information Assessment Method, do qual foi derivado uma nova medida associada ao uso da informação na prática clínica, CRII. Resultados demonstram que citações não capturam relevância clínica da informação. Sociedad Argentina de Informática e Investigación Operativa

A medida que las organizaciones crecen, existe una creciente necesidad de convertir el conocimiento personal en conocimiento organizacional. Por lo tanto, es posible vincular al Aprendizaje Organizacional y la Gestión del Conocimiento, considerando a ésta última como un proceso de gestión organizacional cuyo objetivo es identificar el conocimiento que producen los trabajadores individualmente para convertirlo en información que pueda ser reutilizada por el resto de los empleados de la organización; rescatando la importancia de “saber qué es lo que sabe” y de hacer el mejor uso de este conocimiento. Por su parte, los conocimientos y experiencias que los miembros de los equipos de proyecto crean y adquieren durante el desarrollo del software constituyen un valioso activo para las organizaciones que buscan mejorar sus prácticas y procesos software. Los enfoques existentes para capturar y gestionar esos conocimientos y experiencias se basan esencialmente en la creación y mantenimiento de repositorios de experiencias pero no determinan la manera ni el momento en que los diferentes procesos de Gestión del Conocimiento deben llevarse a cabo. En esta investigación aplicada se propone un modelo y una herramienta para gestionar el conocimiento y la experiencia, integradas a las actividades de desarrollo de los proyectos software. Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI) Eje: Innovación en sistemas de software