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Adolfo León Gómez Giraldo (1944-2015). In memoriam
Authors: Posada Gómez Pedro
Published: April 2016

Adolfo León Gómez Giraldo nació en Manizales en 1944. En 1967 se graduó como licenciado en Filosofía y letras en la Universidad de Caldas. En el Instituto Superior de Filosofía de la Universidad Católica de Lovaina, en Bélgica, hizo estudios de Licenciatura y obtuvo su Doctorado en 1974 con una tesis titulada: El conocimiento científico en la filosofía de Descartes. Se jubiló en la Universidad del Valle en 1998, pero continuó su labor como docente e investigador hasta que sus fuerzas se lo permitieron.

Adolfo León Gómez perteneció a una (¿segunda?) generación de pioneros de la filosofía en Colombia, fundadores de departamentos de filosofía, de revistas, asociaciones del gremio, y permanente animador intelectual de foros y congresos de filosofía. Generación que ha contribuído a la formación de una comunidad académica comprometida con el ejercicio y la enseñanza de la disciplina filosófica.
Boyer, Amalia. “Cuerpos, imaginarios y potencias.”
Authors: Monroy Ortiz Juliana
Published: April 2016

Boyer, Amalia. “Cuerpos, imaginarios y potencias.” Eidos. Revista de filosofía de la Universidad del Norte 22 (2015):13-34.
Gardella, Mariana. Las críticas de los filósofos megáricos a la ontología platónica.
Authors: Chame Santiago
Published: April 2016

Gardella, Mariana. Las críticas de los filósofos megáricos a la ontología platónica. Buenos Aires: Rhesis. 144 pp.
Svampa, Lucila M. “Notas sobre la promesa en el pensamiento de Friedrich Nietzsche y Hannah Arendt.”
Authors: Sánchez Carolina
Published: April 2016

Svampa, Lucila M. “Notas sobre la promesa en el pensamiento de Friedrich Nietzsche y Hannah Arendt.” Tópicos. Revista de Filosofía 46 (2014): 75-93.
Bromus catharticus Vahl (Poaceae): a new plant record for Kashmir Himalaya, India
Authors: Muzafar Insha , Khuroo Anzar A. , Mehraj Gousia , Hamid Maroof , Rashid Irfan
Published: April 2016

Bromuscatharticus Vahl, a grass species native to South America, is newly reported here to the flora of Kashmir Himalaya, India. A detailed description and photographs of diagnostic features are provided to distinguish B. catharticus from allied species and authenticate this new record from this region.
Editorial
Authors: Jiménez Adriano Díez , Ascanio Adriana Consuegra
Published: April 2016

El Volumen 3, Número 1 (2016) de la Revista Collectivus, reúne varios temas de la realidad social, los cuales dan cuenta de las diferentes prácticas culturales, políticas, territoriales, mercantilistas y educativas, a partir de su producción multiescalar: internacional, nacional y regional.
Identidad y empoderamiento de mujeres gambianas a través de discursos fotográficos
Authors: Landeros Casillas Ileana
Published: April 2016

Con el objetivo de reconocer la construcción de la identidad y el empoderamiento de las mujeres de África Occidental, por primera vez en Lamin, Gambia, se realizó un estudio informal con mujeres que fotografían su entorno y hacen composiciones que reflejan su vida y cotidianidad. Estos retratos contradicen la imagen que tiene el mundo de África. Las fotos y sus discursos ponen al descubierto que la ayuda internacional debe insertarse a partir de su cosmovisión de vida y respetando la forma en que se apropian de los ecos de la poscolonialidad para construir en su diferencia. El discurso global se analiza desde la horizontalidad de Entre Voces, una metodología horizontal para el análisis de la comunicación entrecultural a través de la autoría de dos o más voces, que permite que el “otro”, sea quien sea, se defina a sí mismo desde su propia mirada. También se tomaron en cuenta los estudios subalternos, la perspectiva de género, los discursos feministas y la educación artística.
Estrategias de comercialización y marketing urbano: el producto Puerto Norte Rosario, Argentina
Authors: Barenboim Cintia , Tomino Gaspar
Published: April 2016

El objetivo es identificar las estrategias de comunicación y publicidad con que se abordan los públicos específicos del gran proyecto urbano de Puerto Norte, antiguamente predios del ferrocarril y el puerto. Se analiza también la dinámica del mercado inmobiliario, entre los años 2005 y 2014.  La metodología se centra principalmente en el análisis de contenido de documentos escritos y gráficos. Además, se recurre a la modalidad interpretativa para realizar  entrevistas semiestructuradas a actores claves. Los principales resultados evidencian que la comercialización se presenta de forma variada, en la que la oferta es restringida por los medios de comunicación a valores y representaciones simbólicas, entendiendo los proyectos como bienes de consumo.
Consideraciones sobre la adquisición de L2 a través de la perspectiva sociológica de Emile Durkheim y su obra: la división del trabajo social
Authors: Piña Piña Diego Fernando
Published: April 2016

La adquisición de una segunda lengua es un fenómeno que se presenta en un contexto social determinado, en el que las relaciones sociales entre sus miembros desempeñan una labor importante. Emile Durkheim, en su texto, La división del trabajo social (1893) pone de manifiesto dos términos: Solidaridad Mecánica y Solidaridad Orgánica, los cuales serán un eje fundamental en el desarrollo del presente artículo. Este trabajo, también se apoya en las perspectivas de Bourdieu y Vigotsky. Los conceptos de Transdisciplinariedad y Capital cultural, junto a experiencias en el aula, serán elementos que permitirán establecer reflexiones sobre la relación entre la adquisición de una segunda lengua y las nociones sociológicas de Emile Durkheim mencionadas anteriormente, para lo cual se recurrió a una exhaustiva revisión teórica y se contrastaron diferentes posiciones, de tal manera que se le otorgue a los lectores elementos que les permitan adoptar una posición propia.
Maxillary Anterior Segmental Distraction Osteogenesis to Correct Maxillary Deficiencies in a Patient with Cleft Lip and Palate
Authors: Kageyama-Iwata Asuka , Haraguchi Seiji , Iida Seiji , Aikawa Tomonao , Yamashiro Takashi
Published: April 2016

This report describes a case of successful orthodontic treatment using maxillary anterior segmental distraction osteogenesis with an internal maxillary distractor and bilateral sagittal split ramus osteotomy in a girl with cleft lip and palate. A 16-year-old girl with unilateral cleft lip and palate exhibited midface retrusion because of growth inhibition of the maxillary complex and mandibular excess. After the presurgical orthodontic treatment, 6.0-mm advancement of the maxillary anterior segment and 4.0-mm set back of the mandible were performed. After a retention period, the patient's midface convexity was greatly improved and the velopharyngeal competence was preserved without relapse.
Effect of pore fluid on compressibility and collapse of clayey sand
Authors: Das A P , Thyagaraj T
Published: April 2016

In geoenvironmental engineering applications, the compacted fills often come in contact with hazardous chemical contaminants and are subjected to physico-chemical changes. These changes alter the mechanical behaviour of compacted soils due to the physico-chemical interactions at the clay particle level, which are reflected as a variation in the yield stress at the macrostructural level. Therefore, the current experimental investigation presents the effect of pore fluid osmotic suction on the compressibility and collapse behaviour of compacted clayey sand (red soil). Compaction of salt solution remoulded soil leads to the development of larger macropores owing to the microstructural contractions. The macroporosity increases with the increase in the pore fluid osmotic suction due to greater microstructural contractions. Thus, the yield stress decreases with the increase in the pore fluid suction, and the relationship between them was found to be logarithmic. The micro- and macro-structural changes occurring from the physico-chemical changes also affect the collapse, as the phenomenon of collapse is associated with macrostructural deformations. In order to eliminate the osmotic flow during collapse, no osmotic flow condition was adopted. Experimental results illustrate that the collapse increases with the increase in the pore fluid suction on account of increase in matric suction and macroporosity.
Inclusive Study of Religions and World Views in Schools: Signposts from the Council of Europe
Authors: Jackson Robert
Published: April 2016

This article outlines some issues in incorporating the study of religions, together with non-religious world views, into the curricula of publicly funded schools in Western democratic states. Attention is given to examples from work on this topic conducted within the Council of Europe since 2002, with a particular focus on Signposts: Policy and Practice for Teaching about Religions and Nonreligious World Views in Intercultural Education, a text published by the Council of Europe in 2014. Signposts is designed to assist policy makers and practitioners in interpreting and applying ideas from the 2008 Recommendation from the Committee of Ministers (the Foreign Ministers of the 47 member states) dealing with education about religions and non-religious convictions. Various issues raised by the Signposts document are considered. Towards the end of the article, recent UK and Council of Europe policies which emphasise the study of religions and beliefs as a means to counter extremism, and which have appeared since the publication of Signposts, are summarised and discussed critically. Attention is drawn to the dangers of certain policies, and also to the plurality of aims which studies of religions and non-religious world views need to have in providing a balanced educational programme.
Living Together v. Living Well Together: A Normative Examination of the SAS Case
Authors: Beaman Lori G.
Published: April 2016

The European Court of Human Rights decision in SAS from France illustrates how a policy and national mantra that ostensibly aims to enhance inclusiveness, ‘living together’, is legally deployed in a manner that may have the opposite effect. In essence, despite acknowledging the sincerity of SAS’s religious practice of wearing the niqab, and her agency in making the decision to do so, the Court focuses on radicalism and women’s oppression amongst Muslims. Taking the notion of living together as the beginning point, the paper explores the normative assumptions underlying this notion as illustrated in the judgment of the Court. An alternative approach, drawing on the work of Derrida for the notion of ‘living well together’ will be proposed and its implications for social inclusion explicated. The paper’s aim is to move beyond the specific example of SAS and France to argue that the SAS pattern of identifying particular values as ‘national values’, the deployment of those values through law, policy and public discourse, and their exclusionary effects is playing out in a number of Western democracies, including Canada, the country with which the author is most familiar. Because of this widespread dissemination of values and their framing as representative of who ‘we’ are, there is a pressing need to consider the potentially alienating effects of a specific manifestation of ‘living together’ and an alternative model of ‘living well together’.
Painters and Painting on the Porcelain, Contemporary Porcelain Collection of the Latvian Painters at Zvartava Castle
Authors: Brants Inese
Published: April 2016

The goal of paper is to actualize the importance of Latvian Artit`s Contemporary Porcelain Collection of Zvartava in the Regional cultural meaning with context of Latvian art process development. Briefly characterizing the style of creative expression of the most prestigious Latvia painters compare with the distinctive characteristic features of the porcelain painting techniques. The art historian statements illustrate the painters' creative style of their artistic handwriting characteristic of paintings by period. Teachers experience by giving the Master classes of Porcelain Painting to famous Latvian artists grow up my practical experience of porcelain painting technical problems for painters. Visual materials contents from photographic images what was taken by me during the Porcelain Painting Symposia. Avant-garde, artistic, modern and free approach to porcelain painting is quite distinct from china industrial design and mass production. The Contemporary Porcelain Painting Collection of Latvia Artists Union in Zvartava castle lists also has no analogues in the world and may be considered to cultural phenomenon of the Latvia and world art scene.
Tendencies in Latgale museums’ work for the maintenance and popularization of culture heritage
Authors: Burceva Rita
Published: April 2016

The objective of the research is to describe the traditional and innovative trends of Latgale region museums’ work in the field of culture heritage’s maintenance and popularization. The analysis of the documents and theoretical sources, the experience of reflection, the narrative approach are the methods that have been used in the research. Both municipality and private museums work in Latgale and most of them are characterised by the following development tendencies in the maintenance of culture heritage: the search of their own uniqueness and peculiarities, a modern interpretation of the existing museum collections, the interaction of modern culture expressions and cross-cultural communication, the pedagogical function of the museums, the development of museums’ informative environment.
The Development of Youth’s Artistic Communication Underthe Influence of the Development of Science and Information and Communication Technologies
Authors: Bute Daina
Published: April 2016

Due to the development of the ICT a new type of student is created. These students are no more passive users of the system of eduaction, they are creating it themselves.Under the influence of the ICT, students use signs, icons and symbols in their everyday communication. The aim or the work - The influence and significance of the information and communication technologies on the development of youth’s artistic communication and creation of new signs. It has been observed that visual perception dominates for majority of people. This is also the reason why visual images and symbols have served as means of communication in the history of human development. Nowadays, numbers, letters and their combinations that contain special meaning and iconic signs are often used in students’ everyday communication. The ICT have brought some changes in students’ perception of the world. The experiment, made in the Art lesson by questioning the first graders, showed that existing ideas about the styles of art that children like at this age are in the contraversion with reality.
TEXT IN CONTEMPORARY ART
Authors: Hart Natalija
Published: April 2016

In the following pages we will take a brief look at how the use of text has developed and how it has found itself being used in today’s comtemporary art. The author will be drawing from the author’s experience gained in an exhibition at the Liverpool Tate (UK) that the author has recently been to with the Sedici group, a private art group that the author belongs to. Here the author looks at some of these works seen at the exhibition dedicated to the use of text in art ,and shares her thoughts on the subject.
Symphonic Vision Evening Glow by Juris Karlsons in the Context of Regional Identity
Authors: Vecumnieks Andris
Published: April 2016

The purpose of this work is to define the significance of the symphonic vision Vakarblāzma (Evening Glow) by Juris Karlsons in the context of regional identity and to indicate the special place of this opus in the music literature of Latvia and the world. The main objectives of the work are to describe and to define the search for national and regional identities in Latvia and in the world as well as to analyse the symphonic vision Vakarblāzma by Juris Karlsons according to the aforementioned descriptions, placing emphasis on the analysis of the unique and individual approaches of the author within the context of common and universal solutions. The main employed methods are the historic analysis of the issue and the empirical analysis, in many cases based on the experiences and personal views of the author Juris Karlsons, expressed in recorded conversations and interviews from 2010 to 2012 (author owns these recordings and retains full rights). Main conclusion – the search for national and regional identity takes place on regular basis in cyclic and spiralled manner, marking new indicators of national identity for every epoch; the unique significance of J. Karlsons is an indicator that permits universal mobility and substitutability.
Peculiarities of teaching drawing and painting at Design education
Authors: Бердышев Владимир , Захаров Николай , Кучеровская Вероника
Published: April 2016

The essay is dedicated to the problems of teaching drawing and painting at Design faculties of high schools and universities. Understanding of form elicitation patterns or image creation principles contributes to a more precise choice of figurative instruments and allows developing students’ creative abilities as required by the specifics of their professional education. The emphasis is made on the methods of space presentation and its picturesque and figurative organization. When teaching drawing and painting it is necessary to carry out an analysis of decorativeness expressed via a set of figurative tools. Spaces, volumes, planes, colours, lines and a texture are artistic means which are also formal components of a composition. The syllabus for teaching drawing and painting should include a set of educational tasks allowing combining the academic method of spatial image presentation with decorativeness, i.e. a student’s ability to see decorative properties of the nature should facilitate solving their creative tasks of a designer.
The exhibitions of Unovis art group in Vitebsk (1920-1922)
Authors: Lisovs Aleksandrs
Published: April 2016

In article to value of the Vitebsk suprematistic exhibitions is certain for becoming of the Kazimir Malevich idea to the all russian organisation Unovis. On the basis of publications from periodicals, Malevich's correspondences and archival documents are specified dates and circumstances of the organization of Vitebsk exhibitions of group. Vitebsk exhibitions were the basis for the organization of its expositions in Moscow, Petrograd, Berlin. They promoted distribution of picturesque system, pedagogical experience, philosophy of the Suprematism. Three Vitebsk exhibitions concern to different stages of evolution of idea of association of adherents of the Suprematism. In the exhibition practice was generated to the collective exhibitor as result of collective creativity.
Daugavpils musically dramatic theatre (1959-1962)
Authors: Geikina Silvija
Published: April 2016

The history of Daugavpils Dramatic Theatre is one of the most original and peculiar theatre histories in Latvia. To begin discussing it, historians usually mention the Russian Theatre led by the colonel and the main engineer of Daugavpils Fortress Nikolaj Hagelstrom in 1850s. It was operating for several decades collaborating with tsarist Russian army troops staying at Daugavpils Fortress. During the times of Latvian independency from 1920s to 40s there was a successfully operating Daugavpils Latvian Theatre Company in the city. Russian audiences attended Latvian shows in great numbers and supported Russian amateur theatres which were very active in this period of time. After the Second World War, Daugavpils Latvian Theatre did not resume itself. The reasons for liquidating the Latvian Company in Daugavpils included the decrease of Latvian population, and the negative attitude of Latvian SSR Ministry of Culture and the council of Daugavpils regarding Latvian cultural activities in Latgale. This attitude changed a little in the late 1950s. It had become more favourable, which was wisely and diplomatically taken advantage of by Voldemars Kalpins – Latvian SSR deputy minister of culture at the time and the minister of culture and foreign affairs from 1959 to 1962. A popular viewpoint during those years was that creating a Latvian theatre in Daugavpils would not be just a creation of an art building, but would in fact serve a great purpose then and in the future – saving Latvian culture and identity in Latgale. This brings to a conclusion that the operation of Daugavpils Musically Dramatic Theatre (1959-1962) is closely connected to the socio-political situation in Latvia during 1950s and to the beginning of the national- communistic movement. The communist party of the time made a number of decisions about maintaining Latvian language and culture. Special attention was paid to recreating Latvian culture in Latgale. After the defeat of the national-communistic movement and the dismissal of many leading party members in early 1960s, the support for Latvianising Latgale diminished. After not receiving the needed support from neither the leading republic officials nor from the city of Daugavpils, the theatre was forced to close down. The aims of the study: to explore the Daugavpils Musically Dramatic Theatre activities since its creation in 1959 until its closure in 1962; to find out the socio-political situation in Latvia during the end of 1950s leading to the possible emergence of a new theatre in Latgale; get to know the theatre’s repertory policy, dramatic and musical troupes and their building principles as well as theatrical artistic explorations during 1950s/60s. The used methods: media analysis method and interview.
Painters participation in the process of Latvia State - formation within the field of art
Authors: Grūbe Signe , Celmiņa-Ķeirāne Austra
Published: April 2016

Analysis made on contribution of Latvian artists participating in creation of national art during the periods of formation of Latvian nation lets draw a conclusion that Latvian art and its creators – painters have facilitated awareness, formation and content interpretation of nation in Latvia. The signification of visual art is constitutive in a period of formation of a nation, because it gives not only an artist’s interpretation of a situation, but is also available for countless spectators’ interpretations. Artwork makes the idea of nation visible for society. This objective for artwork remains unchangeable further more. Visual image plays significant role in forming collective memory of specific events, memorizing artists’ works as values of national art. The author of the artwork is artist. Artist is a significant participant in nation formation processes, who can help society to identify with nation. This research is made to provide a contribution to understanding of nation concept, drawing attention to the contribution to awareness, consolidation and interpretation of content of nation made by artists as creators of national art. Artists, as it shows the history of art, can set the basic directions of national art by accumulating symbolic capital. They are particular individuals who are able to affect the development progress of national art, as well as historical events. In paper is achieved confirmation of the fact that artists’ strong habitus determine the form and content of national art (J. Grosvalds and V. Purvitis). Latvian painter Romans Suta wrote, “Art is what broadens our conscience, sticks to and delivers something new to the already sensed and understood values. Therefore it is obvious that no society, no nation should not stall in lethargic humbleness, but it must request from its creators – the artists – to deliver continuous movement”. The roots of Latvian art are to be searched in the 2nd part of the 19th century. Boundaries of formation of Latvian national art, like the boundaries of periods of Latvian nation formation and consolidation of the State idea, are up to a point, nonetheless they are tightly interconnected. During the period of national consolidation, analyzed in the work, artists actively participated in social and political processes and depicted them in their works. In this time period there were established that artists were focused not only on the history of Latvian nation, but they were open to new impressions and interested in processes in the field of art of the world. Thereby conclusion can be drew that to be Latvian didn’t mean to be separated from the rest of the world, but vice versa – Latvian can be found only by means of the different. National art was formed not only by selecting and depicting historical ethnic traditions and symbols, but being directly affected by topical events of that moment in Latvia and trends in world’s art and reflecting them in their own expression manner.
Mythological Themes in Artworks of Ernests Brastins and Arvids Brastins
Authors: Celmiņa-Ķeirāne Austra
Published: April 2016

The aim of the study is to analyse artwork of Ernests Brastins (1892-1942) and Arvids Brastins (1893-1984) from the point of view of content and iconology, and the formal structure of work, which helps to reveal the author’s ideological direction. Using the comparative method, the visual text (artwork) is compared to the verbal (folklore) text, in an attempt to find parallels to the way they reflect Latvian mythological conceptions. An appropriate folksongs and beliefs are chosen for the artwork selected for the analysis, which serve as an explanatory material for the subject. The elements included in the work compositions are analyzed in the context of Latvian symbolic representations of natural phenomenon, godheads of pagan religion of pre-Christianity and ethical values.
Art Symposium as a Kind of Cooperation between an Artist and Producer in the context of the Porcelain Design Development
Authors: Loginova Jevgeņija
Published: April 2016

Studying for a Doctoral degree at the Latvian Art Academy the author is interested in the traditions of art symposiums in the Eastern Europe and their impact on the development of ceramics in general. Since her first participation in the All-Union symposium in the Dzintari Creative Center in 1982, the author has acquired a versatile professional experience participating in numerous international symposiums. The analysis of the obtained material allows her to systematize it by using both quantitative and qualitative research methods. The aim of this article is to attract attention to the phenomenon of art symposiums and their impact on the processes of art development, particularly accentuating the sphere of porcelain design. The changes in the motivation of symposiums in the course of time are being undated as they definitely have an impact on the interrelationship between organizers and participants. In this article the design symposiums arranged by the Česky porcelain a.s.Dubi are in the centre of attention. By analyzing these symposiums it is possible to judge of their significance in terms of porcelain design development, which, in its turn, facilitates the growth of industry. Besides, we can also find a new, productive way of cooperation between a producer and artist, thus bringing together the different viewpoints of an individual free-lance artist and the producer.
Planning and Construction of Western Region Cities of Latvia in the 18th Century
Authors: Ozola Silvija
Published: April 2016

Planning and construction of Western region cities of Latvia was created in the course of several centuries. Cities of the Courland Bishopric and the Livonian Order – Golding (today’s Kuldīga), Hasenpoth (today’s Aizpute), Windau (today’s Ventspils) and Piltene – developed as agglomerations. City planning by fortress was created around non-regular form market square near the crossroads of main land roads and water roads. The architectural dominant of spatial composition was fortress with chapel or chapterhouse.
In the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia on 28 February, 1567 the Landtag of Courland took a decision on building of Lutheran churches, schools and hospitals. Lutheran religion was declared as official religion in the Duchy of Courlandia and Semigallia. The understanding of city architectonic spatial planning changed – the construction of centres was created nearby churches and the main spatial dominant of city construction in 17th century became a church by the market square in the site of traffic main roads’ junction. Planning and road network developed in towns, but construction was created by wooden houses, that were characteristic to rural regions. Cities became typologically different.
The events of The Great Northern war at the beginning of 18th century promoted not only the improvement of city defence measures and the perfection of fortification system, but also influenced significantly the further development of cities: street and square systems of functionally different significance became important in planning. City construction, which was complemented with buildings that were for public functions, became varied.
The aim of the study: to analyze the development of towns of the Duchy of Courlandia and Semigallia in 18th century, to ascertain the common and different spatial composition characteristics of planning and construction.
Visual Representa of a Woman in the Semiotic Landscape of the Baltic States
Authors: Pošeiko Solvita
Published: April 2016

Linguistic landscape (LL) research of nine cities of the Baltic States shows that feminine discourse is of an essential significance in the public space. This is linguistically proved by feminine person’s names in ergonyms, also by female ergonyms and graffiti themes. However, there are multi-modal advertisements reflecting women and female items in the public space, and they are to be viewed from the perspective of the semiotic landscape. There are 294 photos reflecting a woman excerpted from the LL data base to describe visual images of a woman, focusing on the archetypes and concepts on woman’s role in society. There is a semiotic landscape research method, perception of a visual identity in advertising marketing and pop-culture, theories of the archetypes used in research. There are theoretical issues of research discussed, as well as stated target audience described linguistically and visually in the article. Furthermore, there is a general description of the excerpted material provided emphasizing typical features and interpreting several advertisements. There is an elaborated analysis of the social roles and archetypical images of visually demonstrated women given. At the end there are conclusions and a summary.
Fugue in Sacred Vocal-instrumental Compositions of Latvian Composers
Authors: Rozenbaha Ieva
Published: April 2016

The aim of the article is to familiarize with the use of fugue and other fugue-type forms in sacred vocal-instrumental compositions of Latvian composers. The usage of fugues and other related forms in the contemporary sacred music genres is predetermined by the historical tradition. Already since the baroque era one of the most important constructive components of sacred vocal-instrumental compositions is fugue. As regards the Latvian music, the fugue has presented itself forthe first time particularly in the sacred vocal- instrumental composition. Namely the Garīgā kantāte (Sacred Cantata, 1887) by Andrejs Jurjans. After A. Jurjans other composers have used fugue in their sacred vocal-instrumental music: Viktors Bastiks in Requiem (1979), Romualds Kalsons in oratorium Petrus (1993), Rihards Dubra in cantata Canticum fratris solis (1997), Romualds Jermaks in Requiem (2002), Ilona Brege in Requiem (2010) etc.
Latvian Ethnography in Modern Clothing
Authors: Teilāne Arta
Published: April 2016

Ethnography has long been one of the lasting fashion trends and it is a good foundation for the promotion of Latvian cultural heritage not only for foreign visitors but also for the Latvian population. Currently, one of the problems in the market is that mass products are available that are not interesting to consumers. Another problem is that designer clothes are mostly expensive and are unsuitable to be worn on a daily basis. The aim of this work is to create ethnographic, everyday clothes, based on ethnographic construction, correcting some defects that can prevent modern construction methodology. The present study has shown that it is possible to create a relevant, fashion trending clothes, while also promoting Latvian cultural heritage. Colors, patterns that are developed in different techniques, metal and woven details should be shown in clothing. This will not only boost patriotism among the Latvian population, but also developed the Latvian economy and create competition in the market. The study shows two examples of costume, where ethnographic construction were used and modified for requirements of modern clothing construction.
Cultural and educational environment of the school textbook
Authors: Vasyukovich Lyudmila
Published: April 2016

The Objective is to identify the role of the textbook as a representant of culture, to determine the main directions of linguistic and cultural approach based on the published educational texts. The research subject is the Belarusian language textbooks for the third stage (10-11 forms) of general secondary education in the Republic of Belarus that reflect the current level of the Belarusian people linguistic and cultural development. Methods: linguocultural analysis of linguistic material, synthesis and interpretation of linguo- methodological theory and pedagogical experience. At the present stage, the tutorial not only introduces basic linguistic notions to students (terms, definitions, rules, literary standards, etc.), but also acts as a means of presenting and teaching native and other cultures. In the context of the study, the tutorial is considered to be a representant of culture, a field of cross- cultural and educational environment. Linguocultural approach to language teaching is treated as a set of ways and means to transmit cultural values inscribed in the linguistic units (words with the national- cultural component, proper names, idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, symbols of national culture, precedent texts) through a system of educational texts.
Electronic Guide-book on the Funds of Philological Archive
Authors: Boļšakova Nataļja
Published: April 2016

The work is dedicated to the scientific and practical task of the creating an electronic guide to the funds of the Pskov dialect and folklore-ethnographic archive, which is stored in the scientific and educational laboratory of the Pskov State University. The relevance of the topic is due to the extension of the implementation of digital technologies in the work of archives in order to organize, secure storage of the unique information and to facilitate access to the materials for the users. The specificity of the work is that at the core of the guidebook is a specially designed electronic database, which includes the information on a number of basic information fields, due to the requirements for the registration of the field data. A special place is given to the informative part of the archival units such as expeditionary notebooks and audio recordings. As a result, the user can make a request for any of its parameters: the year of the survey, settlements, informants, collectors and by the genre-thematic approach as the most important for the researcher. The experimental model of the developed guide has been tested on the basis of the archival data from the southern historical and cultural area of the Pskov region, bordering with Belarus.
The Visual Identity of Arts and Cultural Areas Conferences for Providing Visibility
Authors: Ivanova Irēna , Strode Aina
Published: April 2016

Aim of he article – to make art, music and culture conferences exploration and to analyze their importance, the visual identity and the topicality nowadays, to take a qualitative research evaluating the organized conferences in the Latvia and elsewhere in the world. In greater depth were studied the art and design research in the Latvia and in the globally. In the Article are also studied the events review of the Rezekne Higher Education Institution conference „Art and music cultural discourse” and was carried out the analysis of the visual identity in the art, music and culture conferences in the Latvian institutions of Higher Education.
The Creative Activity of Textile Lecturers as an Aspect of Professional Competence Development and its Impact on Study Process
Authors: Urdziņa-Deguma Māra , Kokina-Lilo Mārīte , Šelvaha Lolita
Published: April 2016

The creative activity of lecturers teaching textile course of studies is an essential aspect of professional competence development, which acquires a special meaning in context of lifelong learning. The purpose of this study is to analyse, how the creative activity of lecturers improves their own professional competences as well as influences and motivates the creative activity of students during the process of acquisition of textile course of studies. The following research methods have been applied: case study, survey (N=36). The study analyses the impact of creative activity of lecturers on study process in nine textile courses of studies, the choice of graduation paper subject and its development as well as students’ opinion about application of visual aids in the process of textile acquisition. Results of the study suggest that the prospective students of home economics and technologies in most cases are aware of the fact that it is very important for the textile pedagogue to create his / her own textiles in order to motivate pupils. Students appreciate the creative activity of lecturers and draw inspiration from their creative works.
3. EL DERECHO A LA EDUCACIÓN, COMO DERECHO HUMANO, Y EL CUESTIONAMENTO CONSTITUCIONAL DE ACTUACIÓN DE LOS ÓRGANOS DEL ESTADO EN RELACIÓN AL DESARROLLO NORMATIVO DE ESTE DERECHO
Authors: Nunez Emercio Aponte
Published: April 2016

El artículo analiza el derecho a la educación de conformidad con la normativa constitucional venezolana que lo reconoce, con especial referencia a la educación universitaria, y la actuación de los órganos del Estado en relación al desarrollo normativo del derecho a la educación, para finalmente concluir que los actos normativos analizados contradicen no solo la normativa constitucional venezolana que reconoce el derecho a la educación, sino también la concepción antropocéntrica del ejercicio del Poder del Estado.
5. OS DIREITO SOCIAIS NA FRANÇA: UM ENFOQUE ESPECIAL AOS REQUERNTES DE ASILO
Authors: Mascolo Tenile
Published: April 2016

O campo de estudo desta pesquisa é a proteção jurídica nacional francesa com especial atenção à legislação, às políticas públicas e às práticas administrativas. Objetiva-se apresentar o Direito dos Refugiados e os direitos sociais franceses, mais precisamente os direitos sociais outorgados aos requerentes de asilo na França. Para a realização deste estudo, utilizou-se o método histórico-dialético, usando fontes de pesquisa bibliográfica e legislativa, assim como o método lógico-dedutivo, utilizando como fonte vários documentos e estudo de casos referentes a 2014 – mais precisamente o Relatório Anual do ACNUR –, as estatísticas publicadas pelo Ministério do Interior francês – relativas às solicitações de asilo em 2014 – e a minha própria observação, enquanto trabalhadora social e referente jurídica em um centro que acolhe requerentes de asilo.
3. O DIREITO À EDUCAÇÃO COMO DIREITO DA PERSONALIDADE E MÍNIMO EXISTENCIAL
Authors: FREITAS Pedro Ferreira de , MOTTA Ivan Dias da
Published: April 2016

A partir de um caso concreto, quando em 1799 na floresta de I’ Aveyron, fora encontrado o menino Victor, que apresentava comportamentos típicos de um selvagem, em razão da falta do convívio social com outros seres humanos, fica latente a ausência que o ato educativo faz na vida de uma pessoa. A educação é conditio sine qua non, no desenvolvimento e formação da personalidade humana. Alijar o indivíduo do processo educativo, significa atentar contra a própria dignidade humana e, por conseguinte ao próprio direito da Personalidade. Por esta razão a maioria dos Estados sob orientação da declaração dos Direitos Humanos de 1948, passou a positivar o direito à educação no âmbito interno.
The Birth of Bariatric Endocrinology and the Coming of Age of Obesity Medicine
Authors: Gonzalez-Campoy J Michael ,   Minnesota Center for Obesity, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Eagan, US
Published: April 2016

The number of publications about obesity has increased geometrically over the past couple of decades. The knowledge that adipose tissue is an endocrine organ gave birth to the field of bariatric endocrinology. The concept that adipose tissue may become diseased, and thus contribute to the genesis of metabolic disorders, including hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, hypertension, male hypogonadism, and cardiovascular disease, constitutes adiposopathy. The goals of treatment for people with overweight and obesity are to decrease the burden of fat mass (adiposity), and to treat adiposopathy (i.e. to return adipose tissue function to normal). As a society, we must overcome the social, political and economic obstacles that prevent patients with overweight or obesity from gaining access to needed medical care.
An Advancing Avalanche—The Emergence of Complications in Indigenous Youth with Type 2 Diabetes
Authors: Sellers Elizabeth AC ,   Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Published: April 2016

Youth-onset type 2 diabetes (diagnosed <18 years of age) is increasing around the world. Indigenous populations are disproportionally affected. The classic microvascular complications of diabetes are now emerging in this population and early data suggest that complications may occur early and more aggressively in youth-onset versus adult-onset disease. Of concern are the transgenerational effects of youth-onset diabetes, with increasing rates of pregestational exposure to diabetes, a potent risk factor for the development of youth-onset type 2 diabetes.
Update on PCSK9 Inhibitors and New Therapies
Authors: Stein Evan A , Raal Frederick J ,   Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, US,   Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Published: April 2016

Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), first described in 2003, binds to the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) resulting in its degradation. Inhibition of PCSK9 results in increased LDLR recycling and a reduction in LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C). The clinical development of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that bind to circulating PCSK9 has been rapid with large phase II and III trials demonstrating substantial reductions in LDL-C when given to a very broad group of patients including those with familial and non-familial hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, heart disease, and in those intolerant to statins. Despite sub-cutaneous administration these mAbs are well tolerated and have demonstrated good safety. Two agents, alirocumab and evolocumab, received regulatory approval in 2015 in the US and Europe and evolocumab in 2016 in Japan.
How Can We Apply the New American Thyroid Association Treatment Guidelines for Children and Adolescents with Thyroid Cancer to Improve Patient Management?
Authors: Bauer Andrew J , Francis Gary L , Waguespack Steven , Zimmerman Donald , Krishnan Sowmya , Breidbart Emily , Viswanathan Pushpa , McDonough Ryan J , Barger Katie , Yan Yun , Yee Jennifer K , Bauman Allison , Jimenez-Vega Jose , Rose Susan R , Backeljauw Philippe F , Newfield Ron ,   Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, US,   Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, US,   MD Anderson Cancer Treatment Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX, US,   Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US,   University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, US,   Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian, New York, NY, US,   Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, US,   Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, US,   Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, US,   Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, US,   Harbor- UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, US,   Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York, NY, US,   Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, US,   Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, US,   Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, US,   Rady Children’s Hospital, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, US
Published: April 2016

Background:Ultrasound reveals thyroid abnormalities in 18% of children and adolescents, of which, 22% are malignant. This creates a dilemma for practitioners who must distinguish lesions that require removal (high risk for malignancy) from lesions that can be observed (low risk for malignancy). Furthermore, treatment of children with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is evolving. Previous treatments were based on adult protocols prescribing total thyroidectomy, lymph node dissection, and radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation for children with DTC, regardless of disease extent. This achieved excellent disease-free survival but high, and potentially avoidable, surgical and medical complications including an increase in secondary non-thyroid malignancies.Methods:This manuscript is a synopsis of cases presented during a symposium at the 2015 Pediatric Endocrine Society meeting (San Diego, CA) with recommendations based on the American Thyroid Association (ATA) management guidelines for children and adolescents with thyroid nodules and DTC.Results:The cases were selected to demonstrate application of the guidelines across a variety of pediatric patients with DTC highlighting key points of the ATA guidelines. The cases will assist practitioners in learning how to apply these guidelines to patient management.Conclusion:Treatment of children with thyroid nodules and DTC is evolving. Current guidelines emphasize the importance of surgery by experienced teams and deferral of RAI ablation for low-risk patients.
Basic carboxypeptidases of blood: significance for coagulology
Authors: Timofeev A.V.
Published: April 2016

This review considers the basic metallocarboxypeptidases of human blood and their role in coagulologic disorders. In includes information on the history of the discovery and biological characteristics of potential enzymes-regulators of the fibrinolytic process: carboxypeptidase U and carboxypeptidase N. Certain attention is paid to the biochemical mechanisms and the main modern concepts of the antifibrinolytic effects of these enzymes
The effect of subchronic inhalations of nitric oxide on metabolic processes in blood of experimental animals
Authors: Soloveva A.G. , Peretyagin S.P.
Published: April 2016

Metabolic processes were investigated in plasma and erythrocytes of Wistar rats exposed to daily 10-min sessions of NO inhalation for 30 days. These included determination of glucose and lactate, catalase activity, and activities of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and catalase. NO inhalation in a concentration of 20 ppm, 50 ppm and 100 ppm caused an increase in glucose and lactate. Inhalation of 100 ppm NO also increased catalase activity. Inhalation of all NO concentrations resulted in a decrease of ALDH activity, while the decrease in LDH activity was observed at NO concentrations of 50-100 ppm
EL QUIJOTE EN EL ÁREA DE LENGUA CASTELLANA Y LITERATURA: UNA PROPUESTA DIDÁCTICA
Authors: Lillo Fernández Marta
Published: April 2016

El objetivo de este artículo consiste ofrecer una serie de actividades basadas en la obra literaria el Quijote, las cuales permiten no solamente fomentar el hábito lector, sino también que el alumnado desarrolle la competencia lingüística y amplíe sus conocimientos sobre la novela de Cervantes.