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TRASCENDENCIA DE LA FACULTAD DE MEDICINA A LOS 25 AÑOS DE SU CREACION
Authors: Cáceres Pilares José
Published: December 2020

Hace mas de 25 años soñamos con el funcionamiento de una Facultad de Medicina en la Universidad del Cusco, venciendo muchas incomprensiones, pesimismos y derrotismos elaboramos el proyecto desde noviembre de 1976...
CARACTERÍSTICAS DEL CONSUMO DE ALCOHOL EN EL DISTRITO DE CCAPACMARCA
Authors: Ramírez Soria Miguel ´Ángel , Olivera Hermoza Rogers
Published: December 2020

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, transversal, retrospectivo que asocia variables intragrupo, sin relación causa-efecto para conocer las características epidemiológicas con relación al consumo de bebidas alcohólicas y determinar la prevalencia en una población rural del departamento del Cusco.
FACTORES DE RIESGO CARDIOVASCULAR EN PACIENTES DEL HOSPITAL I ESSALUD QUILLABAMBA - 2003
Authors: Cárdenas Delgado Yony Elizabeth , Molero Tejeira Gary Raúl , Huallpa Jordan Fredy Juvenal
Published: December 2020

Se realizó un estudios prospectivo, transversal, tipo observacional en 150 pacientes adultos captados en el Programa del Adulto y Adulto mayor del Hospital I EsSalud Quillabamba. El 53% de género femenino y el 47% masculino.....
EL HUMOR EN LOS TIEMPOS DE CÓLERA: UNA REFLEXIÓN SOBRE LA LIBERTAD DE EXPRESIÓN EN EL ÁMBITO ARTÍSTICO
Authors: LOYOLA RÍOS NÉSTOR DANIEL
Published: December 2020

El autor desarrolla el contenido del derecho a la libertad de expresión en su modalidad artística y señala que su ejercicio entraña a su vez el reconocimiento de un derecho implícito a la irreverencia. También, sostiene que el arte, como herramienta de comunicación social, debe ser entendido en el marco de un Estado constitucional cultural que garantiza la autorrealización del ser humano y el fortalecimiento de su capacidad crítica y reflexiva mediante el acceso a la cultura, la ciencia y las artes. Finalmente, se proponen casos emblemáticos a nivel comparado que evidencian los límites a este derecho, así como los criterios y métodos para resolver las colisiones con otros derechos fundamentales.

The author develops the content of the right to freedom of expression in its artistic form and points out that its exercise also entails the recognition of an implicit right to irreverence. He also maintains that art, as a tool of social communication, must be understood within the framework of a constitutional cultural state that guarantees the self-realization of the human being and the strengthening of its critical and reflective capacity through access to culture,science and the arts. Finally, emblematic cases are proposed at a compared level that show the limits to this right, as well as the criteria and methods to resolve the collisions whit other fundamental rights.
CADUCIDAD EN EL PROCEDIMIENTO ADMINISTRATIVO SANCIONADOR Y SU APLICACIÓN DISTINTA EN LOS DIFERENTES ÓRGANOS RESOLUTIVOS DEL INDECOPI
Authors: FLORES MARIN ALEXANDER WALTER
Published: December 2020

La Caducidad administrativa es una figura existente en el Derecho Administrativo Sancionador que busca resguardar el equilibrio entre el deber de impulsar el procedimiento de la autoridad y del derecho de los administrados, cuando se encuentren sometidos a algún procedimiento gravoso, a contar con un plazo razonable para la determinación de infracciones y sanciones. Sin embargo, pese a que esta institución fuera introducida en la normativa peruana en el año 2016, con reglas claras para su aplicación, el INDECOPI, a través de diferentes pronunciamientos emitidos por sus diferentes órganos de resolución, ha realizado disímiles interpretaciones, incluso, contradictorias, de la manera en la que esta figura debe aplicarse (o no aplicarse). Así, el autor realiza un análisis de los criterios emitidos por esta entidad para posteriormente emitir su valoración final sobre los elementos necesarios para aplicar la caducidad.

The administrative Expiration is an existing figure in the Administrative Sanctions Procedure that seeks to safeguard the balance between the duty to promote the procedure of the Authority and the rights of the administrated ones, when they are subject to some burdensome procedure, have to have a reasonable period for the determination of the infractions and penalties. However, despite the fact that this institution was introduced in the Peruvian regulations in 2016 with clear rules for its application, INDECOPI through different pronouncements issued by its different resolution bodies, has made different interpretations, even contradictory, in the manner of how this figure should be applied (or not applied). In this way the author performsan analysis of the criteria issued by this entity to subsequently issue its final assessment about the necessary elements to apply this institution.
ACTIVACIÓN ESTRATÉGICA DEL DERECHO EN LA IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE POLÍTICAS MINERAS
Authors: CONDO SALAS VLADIMIR
Published: December 2020

Supongamos que tiene un derecho, pero ignora que lo tiene o conociéndolo sabe que su ejercicio le es inconveniente; probablemente, no lo activará. Supongamos que obtiene beneficios adicionales al cumplir literalmente la ley o al aplicarla en un sentido diferente para el que fue previsto; probablemente, buscarás este beneficio. Además, si puede eludir una inconveniente ley sin violarla para que su situación actual mejore; probablemente, la eludirá.

Los actores, durante la implementación de una política pública, toman este tipo de decisiones una y otra vez. Despliegan sus recursos y la ley, unos contra otros, buscando objetivos específicos; esto se conoce como juego de actores o juego de rivales. Además, si los actores seleccionan sus decisiones, entre muchas alternativas, planifican su implementación y buscan deliberadamente la reacción del rival, nos encontramos ante un juego estratégico.En este artículo, desarrollamos y explicamos el juego de actores y la activación estratégica del derecho. Este trabajo se basa en el análisis de la política pública minera y se desarrolla sobre la implementación de cuatro proyectos mineros (Cañariaco, Tía María, Tintaya y Antapacay).

 

Let us assume you have a right, but you ignore that you have it or you are aware of it and you realize that is inconvenient; you will certainly choose not to use it. Let us suppose that you gain benefits by fulfilling the law literally or by applying it in a different sense from what it was intended for: you will probably seek this advantage. Furthermore, if you can bypass an inconvenient law without breaking it so that your current situation improves; youwill probably bypass it.The actors during the implementation of a public policy take these types of decisions time and again. Usually, they deploy the law against each other seeking specifics goals; this is known as a game of actors. Furthermore, if the actors select their decisions among many alternatives, plan their implementation and seek the reaction of the rival, we facing a strategic game of actors.In this paper, we develop and explain the game of actors and the strategic activation of the law. This paper is based on the analysis of mining public policy and on the study of four cases of implementation of large mining projects; Cañariaco, Tia Maria, Tintaya and Antapacay.
ENTRE EL COMMON LAW Y EL CIVIL LAW DE FINALES DEL SIGLO XIX. RACIONALIDAD DEL DERECHO Y PREVISIBILIDAD EN WEBER
Authors: MARINONI LUIZ GUILHERME
Published: December 2020

En las dos versiones del libro “La ética protestante y el espíritu del capitalismo”, Weber, pretende dejar en claro que, así como los valores del protestantismo dieron origen a un modo de vivir que se identificó en el «espíritu» del capitalismo y contribuyeron a su desarrollo, se puede afirmar que dichos valores favorecieron un modo de vida racional y la racionalización del derecho. Sin embargo, Weber no identificó dicha racionalidad jurídica formal con previsibilidad, sino que, por el contrario, vio en el stare decisis un mecanismo capaz de propiciar previsibilidad a un derecho formalmente irracional, de tal forma que el common law, fuera capaz de garantizar, mediante el sistema de los precedentes obligatorios, un grado de previsibilidad que permitió el nacimiento del capitalismo. Constituyendo así, la oportunidad que Weber ofrece para demostrar que el stare decisis es un instrumento para lograr la previsibilidad en el derecho.

In the two versions of the book “The Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism”, Weber intends to make it clear that, just as the values of Protestantism gave rise to a way of life that was identified in the «spirit» of capitalism and contributed to its development, it can be said that those values favoured a rational way of life and the rationalization of law. However, Weber did not identify such formal legal rationality with predictability, but, on the contrary, saw in stare decisis a mechanism capable of providing predictability to a formally irrational right, in such a way that common law, was able to guarantee, through the system of binding precedents, a degree of predictability that allowed the birth of capitalism. Thus constituting the opportunity offered by Weber to demonstrate that stare decisis is an instrument to achieve predictability in law.
WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD: THE USE OF CONDOMS TO SATISFY THE FEDERAL NEXUS REQUIREMENT IN SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS PROSECUTIONS
Authors: Bove Jessica
Published: December 2020

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HARRY FLECHTNER—A TRUE TEACHER/SCHOLAR, WITH RHYTHM
Authors: Brand Ronald A.
Published: December 2020

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Rapid Identification of Streptococcal Pharyngitis
Authors: Shaheen B. H. , Hamdan A. T.
Published: December 2020

Acute pharyngitis is one commonest reasons for patients to visit the family physician, 80-90% of cases are caused by viruses particularly adenovirus. The most important bacterial cause is group A streptococcus, which is responsible for about 15% of all cases. Because of the time required to confirm the presence of group A streptococci using throat cultures many commercial antigen detection tests for the rapid identification of group A streptococci directly from throat swabs have been developed utilizing the latex agglutination principle and a result is available within 5 minutes.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the value of using rapid detection procedure (Reveal color strep A test, Murex) for group A streptococci directly from throat swabs.

Material and Method: Data from 200 patients with sore throat attending one of the Public Medical Centers in Amman over 6 month period May 1998-January 1999. Both throat swabs and cultures were taken and throat swabs were subjected using (Reveal color strep A test) for rapid detection. The culture results were interpreted and reported by microbiologist. Data were analyzed by calculating the number of positives and negatives for both swabs and cultures, the specificity, sensitivity and predictive value were determined.

Results: The usefulness of latex test was as follows: Sensitivity 87%, Specificity 98.2%, Predictive value positive 90%, and Predictive value negative 97.6%.

Conclusion: Using tests for the rapid identification may help in establishing a policy for sore throat management in general practice by avoiding unnecessary cultures and antibiotic prescription
Pancytopenia Due to Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Patient with Acute Brucellosis
Authors: Al Ani A. M. , Bujassom S. , Fawzi Z. , Yousif A.
Published: December 2020

A Bangladeshi male patient with a culture positive Brucellosis had severe pancytopenia andfever. Patient was found to have Hemophagocytosis. He had uneventful recovery after treatment of Brucellosis. Discussion of the case and its treatment is presented
“From Qatar to the World” Abstracts Presented at International Conferences /or Published in Medical Journals
Authors: Gehani A. A. , Hammoudeh M.
Published: December 2020

Objectives: to estimate the prevalence and determinants of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), in male expatriate workers in Qatar and to assess the impact of LUTS on the quality of life (Qol).
Ibn Khaldun (Abd A1 Rahman Ibn Mohammad) (1332-1395 AD)
Authors: Mohammad Abd Al Rahman Ibn
Published: December 2020

Abd A1 Rahman Ibn Mohammad known as Ibn Khaldun, was born in 1332 AD to Yemenite Arab parents who had migrated to Tunisia from muslim Spain to escape the inspection courts that were set following the fall of Seville. In Tunisia he received his early education and while still in his teens he entered the service of the Egyptian ruler, Sultan Barquq. This he soon left for Fez in Morocco in the hope of finding a more learned environment.
Can the Central Sympathetic Blockade Profile be Advantageous in the Management of Patients with Metabolic Syndrome?
Authors: MacFadyen R. J.
Published: December 2020

Metabolic syndrome, the association of obesity, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia in conjunction with impaired glucose tolerance or frank diabetes, is a rising global pattern and has been subjected to a useful consensus re-definition in recent months. Its origins are fixed in changing dietary and activity patterns across the developed world but also increasingly affecting all developing economies. The obvious sequelae of this spiraling pattern are increases of atherosclerotic vascular disease and subsequent occlusive vascular events, morbidity and premature mortality for affected patients. Given its emerging importance we should consider carefully the role of the sympathetic nervous system in the overlapping management of the pathophysiology of obesity and hypertensive vascular disease; the recognition of the metabolic syndrome and its definition in practice; and whether new trial results pertinent to managing hypertension in the overweight patient with metabolic syndrome using the central imidazoline antagonist drug, moxonidine, might prompt reconsideration of this established strategy for lowering blood pressure.
Pesquería artesanal en la Reserva del Hombre y la Biosfera del Río Plátano, Honduras
Authors: López Irías Ester Agar , Gómez Valladares Heydi Paola , Callejas Alvarez Nelly Arjany , Pavón Rodríguez María Fernanda , Pérez Antúnez Jorge Alberto , Martínez Marcio Arnoldo , Pinoth Arguijo Rut Ester , Krauter Hans Jorg
Published: December 2020

La Reserva del Hombre y la Biosfera del Río Plátano (RHBRP), es el área protegida más grande e importante de Honduras, declarada como patrimonio mundial de la humanidad por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) en 1982. Por solicitud de la Cooperación Alemana a través del Programa de adaptación al cambio climático en el sector forestal (CLIFOR), y el Instituto Nacional de Conservación y Desarrollo Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre (ICF) se llevó a cabo un estudio sobre la pesca artesanal dentro de la Reserva del Hombre y la Biosfera del Río Plátano (RHBRP), específi camente la Laguna de Ibans, el Río Plátano, y la Barra de Brus laguna, desde el mes de octubre 2017 a octubre 2018. Dicho estudio fue ejecutado por tres estudiantes de práctica profesional supervisada de la Carrera de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH). Para evaluar los recursos pesqueros se realizaron muestreos biológicos aplicando el “Protocolo de Monitoreo de Pesca Marina y Lagunar” (López, et al, 2018), basado en el modelo analítico tradicional propuesto por Sparre y Venema (1997), además se consideraron aspectos sociales y ecológicos. Al fi nalizar el estudio, se identifi caron 25 familias, 39 géneros y 53 especies objeto de pesca en las tres zonas anteriormente mencionadas. De estas capturas destacan los peces, principalmente la familia Centropomidae (robalos), donde la mayor captura de Centropomus undecimalis se registra en la barra de Brus Laguna, para el Centropomus pectinatus se da en la Laguna de Ibans y en el rio resalta el blanco (Pomadasys crocro). Sobresale la pesca de la jaiba azul (Callinectes sapidus), capturada incidentalmente en Brus Laguna y Laguna de Ibans. La actividad pesquera en esta área protegida es de suma importancia ya que proporciona una fuente permanente de alimento, nutrición y representa una oportunidad de ingresos económicos.
Economic and social impacts of the biodiesel industry: Assessment and policy implications in Spain
Authors: Fernández-Tirado Francisca , Parra-López Carlos
Published: December 2020

Aim of study: This study evaluates, through the input-output (I-O) methodology, the economic and social impacts (Gross Value Added –GVA– and job creation) of the national biodiesel industry on the Spanish economy in the recent past (between 2005 and 2018). These impacts are also simulated for different scenarios, for an average year following a trend from the past, based on different hypotheses on biodiesel production, trade balance and national production of raw materials. The aim is to guide decision-makers in the planning and design of regulations with implications in the domains of energy, economy and employment.Area of study: Spain.Material and methods: I-O methodology.Main results: The contribution of the biodiesel sector to GVA and job creation in Spain was very high during the construction phase of the biodiesel industry. However, this has been very limited during the operational phase, mainly due to imports of biodiesel and raw material, from Indonesia and Argentina. The economic and social impacts of this industry would be greater if higher amounts of domestic raw materials were used.Research highlights: The results justify public support for the operation of existing biodiesel plants in Spain in order to increase gross domestic product and employment, including the further implementation of specific measures to encourage domestic production. Policy measures to increase the use of national raw materials could include promoting rapeseed as an ideal cereal rotation in Spain and establishing contracting systems that guarantee farmers' profitability.
Music and Northern Forest Cultures
Authors: Ramnarine Tina K.
Published: December 2020

This article argues that it is critical to recognize the importance of northern forests in Finno-Ugric musical contexts (Finnish and Karelian) by focusing on the question of cultural survival, which is connected with thinking about global challenges, including climate change and environmental pressure. The discussion highlights cultural survival by outlining the significance of the forest, the politics of language transmission with reference to the Kalevala (the Finnish national epic), Sibelius’s nature-based aesthetic (especially in Tapiola, 1926), and the evocation of the forest in contemporary folk and popular music. Overall, the main aims are to consider the resilience of northern forest cultures in the nexus of music, language, and ecology, and to emphasize that resilience cannot be taken for granted under environmental pressure.
Sounds Real and Imagined:
Authors: Von Glahn Denise Ruth
Published: December 2020

In a career spanning more than four decades, American composer Libby Larsen has turned to the natural world for inspiration on dozens of occasions: her piece Up Where the Air Gets Thin is just one of the results. Unlike many of her nature-based works which provide primarily aesthetic responses to the sights, sounds, feel, and smells of the natural environment, this 1985 duet for contrabass and cello comments on the limits of non-verbal communication and the impact of climate change. It is simultaneously reflective and didactic. “Sounds Real and Imagined” considers the ways Larsen marshals minimal musical materials and a sonic vocabulary that she associates with stillness and cold, in combination with her commitment to environmental awareness and advocacy. It situates the historic 1953 ascent of Mt. Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay within the context of late-twentieth-century artistic responses and an early twenty-first century musicologist-listener’s consciousness.
Reinforcing the Importance of Maintaining Internship Support for College Student Engagement and Anticipated Employment
Authors: Blau Gary , Snell Corinne , Goldberg Daniel
Published: December 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has created many challenges for universities around the world, including how to keep students engaged in their professional development, despite the challenges of remote learning and virtual student services. The goal of this study was to demonstrate the continued importance of Career Professional Development Center (CPDC) support (pre-pandemic to early stages of the pandemic) for business-related internships influencing student professional development engagement (PDE) and anticipated employment upon graduation. PDE encompasses typical CPDC resources (e.g., internship search support; involvement in student professional organizations (SPOs); professional development coaching; and job search assistance). A survey, the Senior Student Satisfaction Survey (SSSS) was deployed prior to graduation to business students. Using the SSSS, two separate samples of graduating business undergraduates at a Mid-Atlantic University in the United States were surveyed, in late Spring 2019 (pre-pandemic) and late Spring 2020 (early pandemic). Pre-pandemic survey results showed that students having at least one internship experience (versus none) were more likely to: join an SPO sooner; attend more SPO meetings/semester; complete their professional development sooner; and anticipate “by graduation” full-time employment. Despite the drop in survey participation due to the pandemic onset, results consistent with this were found with the early pandemic survey. Like other academic-related and campus services in the face of the pandemic, the business school CPDC is adapting to the new remote ways of operating and successfully transitioned their delivery mode to a 100% virtual model to meet the resource challenge of supporting student PDE. It is hoped that the ideas discussed will be useful to a wider audience.
The impacts of organizational culture on knowledge transferring in FDI enterprises in Vietnam
Authors: Pham Quoc Trung , Dinh Xuan Kieu
Published: December 2020

Objective of the study: Knowledge transferring through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) enterprises is a strategic policy for the economic development of many countries. However, in the case of Vietnam, the effectiveness of knowledge transfer in FDI enterprises is not clear, especially with the impact of cultural distance between foreign investors and local employees. The main goal of this study is to explore the impact of organizational culture on knowledge transferring in FDI enterprises in Vietnam.Methodology/approach: Based on the original model of Parissa (2003), a research model has been proposed, in which the organizational cultural factors include cultural background, language ability, perceived cultural distance, learning style, and cultural openness. Quantitative research conducted through surveys with 109 respondents, who are working in FDI businesses in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Originality/Relevance: This research focuses on the direct impact of cultural factors on knowledge transfer at individual level between foreign managers and local employees in Vietnam.Main results: Analytical results showed that three factors had a significant impact on the effectiveness of knowledge transfer, including Cultural openness, Language ability of foreign managers, and Communication distance. Theoretical/methodological contributions: The study helps to test the measurement scales and contributes an empirical study in this field.Social/management contributions: From these results, some managerial suggestions were made to support knowledge transferring between foreign managers and Vietnamese employees.
Analysis of rescue operations on Lake Solina in the tourism and recreation sector between 2007 and 2015
Authors: Kaganek Krzysztof , Sulkiewicz Łukasz
Published: December 2020

The paper discusses selected aspects of security related to Lake Solina. The focus is on the rescue operations conducted in the area between 2007 and 2015 for the purpose of helping tourists and individuals engaged in various forms of recreation. The paper attempts to meet two types of goals: the theoretical goal is to discuss the security of tourist and recreation activities in the Lake Solina area, with a particular focus on rescue operations, and the practical goal of the article is to analyse the rescue operations conducted in the Lake Solina area related to tourism and recreation, determine their causes and structure and the time of day at which they were most frequently conducted. The sources used in the analysis include incident documentation kept by the Volunteer Water Rescue Service (WOPR), Police and State Fire Service. The analysis is also complemented by a questionnaire study conducted among WOPR members operating in the Bieszczady area. Various other information acquired in the course of the author's own observations was also used to analyse the incident rate in the Lake Solina area.
Development and perspectives of the global and European security environment
Authors: Rožňák Petr
Published: December 2020

The development of globalization at the beginning of the third decade of the 21st century shows that unpredictable economic factors and new trends have a decisive influence on its course. Examples include continued sustained efforts to change the balance of power, the relativization of the Soviet Union’s share in the defeat of Hitler’s Nazi Great German Empire, the growing influence of the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation, turbulent developments in Belarus, as well as the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Based on these trends, a new global system of international economic, political, social and security relations is being created. The current, dynamically and rapidly changing world brings many positive, but also many negative facts, which are manifested in various areas of human life and society. This is evidenced by the existing and ubiquitous threats and risks that prove it necessary to put security issues first. The author reflects on the current development of the security environment and the degree of threat to the security of the nation states of the Visegrad Group on the threshold of the third decade of the 21st century. The aim is to answer the question: a) Is the security environment changing: a) for better, or b) for worse? The article points out the role of the main security actors and possible changes in the security environment.
Der wahre Sieg ist der Sieg über sich selbst
Authors: von Baumbach Christian
Published: December 2020

Aikido und andere japanische Kampfkünste bieten eine interessante Perspektive auf Konflikte. Die ihnen zugrunde liegenden Prinzipien werden durch körperliches Training erlernt und erfahrbar. Dabei sind die körperliche und die geistige Entwicklung eng miteinander verbunden und bedingen sich gegenseitig. Die Prinzipien der Kampfkünste und die Zusammenhänge zwischen körperlichen und geistigen Aspekten liefern uns wertvolle Erkenntnisse für den Umgang mit Konflikten.
Food and Nutrition Security in East Africa (Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan): Status, Challenges and Prospects
Authors: N.I. Lokuruka Michael
Published: December 2020

Despite receiving international technical assistance over many years, achieving food and nutrition security has remained elusive for many developing countries. Low technological capability, inefficient production systems, increasing populations and lately climate variability, affect food production, leading to stagnation or modest gains in food and nutrition security in many nations. For many African countries, food and nutrition security continues to improve, despite the slow pace. In the East African Community, political stability, ambitious economic planning, the quest for higher agricultural productivity, improving educational achievement, sanitation and health, are contributing to improving food and nutrition security. To support the process, Rwanda, established Vision 2020, while Burundi and South Sudan have yet to develop plans for a coherent development blueprint. The blue prints of the Member States bore Vision 2050 for the East African Community and Vision 2063 for the African Union. This chapter examines the status of food and nutrition security in Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. It gives country-specific recommendations for achieving it-including investment in agriculture and agribusiness, value addition of agricultural commodities, decelerating population growth, using adaptive research to solve farmer-problems, strengthening farmer-organizations and integrating variables that influence food and nutrition security achievement.
Extra-Uterine Fibroids
Authors: Kumar Gupta Rakesh , Wasnik Poonam
Published: December 2020

Leiomyomas are the most common gynecologic and uterine neoplasms. Uterine leiomyomas present in approximately 25% of women during reproductive age. Extrauterine leiomyomas (EULs) are rarer and usually arise in the genitourinary tract, however, may arise at nearly any anatomic location and possess a great diagnostic challenge. Moreover, the EULs may also present with unusual growth patterns such as disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis, intravenous leiomyomatosis, benign metastasizing leiomyoma, parasitic leiomyoma, and retroperitoneal mass. However, the cell of origin from smooth muscle cells and histological benign characteristics is similar to their uterine counterpart. The presence of a synchronous uterine leiomyoma or history of previous hysterectomy is a considerable evidence for the diagnosis of these abnormally located and unusual growth pattern displaying EULs. Different imaging modalities like ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging are helpful in the diagnosis of EULs, however, sometimes a histopathological examination is required for the confirmation.
Vybrané (meritorní) aspekty soudního přezkumu komunálních voleb 2018
Authors: Ferfecký Jan , Scheuer Jan , Šíp Josef
Published: December 2020

Článek se zabývá analýzou soudního přezkumu voleb do obecních zastupitelstev v roce 2018 napříč jednotlivými krajskými soudy. Soustředí se především na samotnou podstatu volebního přezkumu voleb – přezkum výsledků voleb, průběhu hlasování a vedení volební kampaně. Diskutovány jsou tak především otázky, na základě jakých skutečností přistoupí soudy k prohlášení neplatnosti volby kandidáta/ů, neplatnosti hlasování či neplatnosti voleb jako celku. K tomu bylo nezbytné rozebrat otázku dokazování ve volebním soudnictví, existenci zvlášť významné indicie, charakterizovat také roli volební komise pro soudní přezkum voleb či vymezit pojem volební kampaň a její náležitosti.
La Investigación-acción participativa en la metodología docente universitaria. Una experiencia de innovación desde la perspectiva de género
Authors: Martínez Martín Irene , Rabazas Romero Teresa , Sanz Simón Carlos , Resa Ocio Ainhoa
Published: December 2020

Las metodologías participativas en el ámbito docente universitario tienen especial relevancia considerando las últimas reformas legislativas en torno a los Espacios Europeos de Educación Superior (EEES). En este artículo se analizan las dinámicas de participación del alumnado y el profesorado universitario desde un enfoque de género dentro del marco de un proyecto de innovación docente, aplicado en diversas asignaturas y facultades de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid en el curso 2019-20. La metodología de esta iniciativa parte de un proceso de investigación acción participativa (IAP), que se ha desarrollado en tres fases: observación, autorreflexiones y propuestas de transformación. Tras el análisis de las dinámicas de clase, se ha evidenciado que existen desigualdades en la participación del alumnado en función del género, y a partir de éstas se proponen estrategias de mejora que promuevan una formación del profesorado universitario en igualdad.Participatory methodologies in the university teaching field have special relevance considering the latest legislative reforms around the European Higher Education Spaces (EHEA). This article analyzes the dynamics of participation of students and university teachers from a gender perspective within the framework of a teaching innovation project, applied in various subjects and faculties of the Complutense University of Madrid (2019-20). The methodology of this initiative is based on a participatory action research (IAP) process, which has been developed in three phases: observation, self-reflections and transformation proposals. After the analysis of class dynamics, it has been shown that there are inequalities in the participation of students according to gender and from these, improvement strategies are proposed that promote a training of university teachers in equality.
Revisión y limitaciones de la Investigación Militante en el estudio de los movimientos sociales
Authors: Ortega Fernández Javier
Published: December 2020

Los movimientos sociales de base asamblearia promueven, en muchas ocasiones, la defensa y aplicación de procesos participativos. Esta correlación también se ha incorporado al estudio de los movimientos sociales, concretamente al campo de la investigación comprometida con las transformaciones sociales. Términos epistemológicos como «conocimiento situado» (Haraway, 1995) han motivado a que desde la Investigación Militante se cuestione el mantra de la objetividad científica y, de este modo, se articulen metodologías junto y con los movimientos sociales. El presente artículo pretende seguir dicho paradigma, enmarcándose en un trabajo etnográfico sobre el movimiento antidesahucios (España). Nos haremos valer de reflexiones aplicadas en relación a la polémica triangulación militancia-academia-investigación. Entre otras cuestiones nos preguntamos: ¿es suficiente una etnografía implicada con la acción colectiva para generar un espacio de sinergia entre el conocimiento académico y los movimientos sociales?, ¿a qué limitaciones nos enfrentamos? En esta línea se realiza un ejercicio retrospectivo y (auto)crítico a partir de diferentes experiencias que tuvieron lugar durante el desarrollo del trabajo de campo. En consecuencia, se concluye que no es suficiente con la predisposición y la voluntad de generar un proyecto de investigación militante, tenemos la responsabilidad de revelar los sesgos academicistas que debilitan la articulación de prácticas epistemológicas implicadas con la acción colectiva.The social movements assembly usually promote the defence and application of participatory processes. This correlation has also been incorporated to the study of social movements, specifically to the field of research that is committed to social transformations. Epistemological terms like «Situated Knowledges » (Haraway, 1991) have motivated the Militant Research to discuss scientific objectivity. And thanks to this, they have articulated methodologies together and with the social movements. This article pretends to follow such an above mentioned paradigm within an ethnographic work on the evictions movement in Spain. We will use theoretical reflections applied all in relation to the controversial triangulation: militancy-academy-investigation. Among other questions we ask ourselves: Do we have enough with an ethnography involved with the collective action to generate a space of synergy among the academic knowledge and the social movements?, which limitations are we facing? Following this, a retrospective and critical exercise is made from different experiences which took place during the development of the work of field. In consequence, we conclude by saying that it is not enough with the predisposition and the will to generate a project of Militant Research, we should also have the responsibility to reveal those academic bias that weaken the articulation of epistemological practices involved with the collective action.
Multilemas y lógica hexagonal como herramienta para la creatividad social: sobre un caso de urbanismo participativo
Authors: Caballero Ferrándiz Javier
Published: December 2020

Siendo los talleres inherentes a las metodologías participativas, estos se definen como «un proceso participativo [que] conlleva la devolución de la información a la misma población, grupo o colectivo, para que, debidamente apoyada por técnicas adecuadas, sean estas personas las que profundicen, prioricen y planifiquen sus propias estrategias» (Red CIMAS, 2015). A este respecto, una de las herramientas generalmente utilizadas por la Red CIMAS para estas devoluciones participativas son los llamados multilemas o tetralemas (Villasante, 2006). A partir de estos se pretende realizar una reflexión grupal sobre lo dicho que salga de los bloqueos existentes mediante el fomento de los ejes emergentes: la tensión entre el «es» y el «debe ser» (Colectio Ioé, 2016). Con este objetivo, se deben seguir tres criterios de rigor lógico (Villasante, 2006): tener en cuenta tanto las posiciones mayoritarias como las minoritarias, con la intención de evitar la exclusión discursiva (Herzog, 2009), y tener presente que «todo es relevante» (Montañés, 2002), buscar los puntos de fricción como oposiciones —los dilemas— (Conde, 2010) y buscar las contradicciones en el sentido social —las tensiones— (Harvey, 2014), y escuchar las preguntas a las preguntas que faciliten la subversión (Ibáñez, 1990).Being the workshops inherent in participatory methodologies, these are determined as «a participatory process [that] entails the return of information to the same population, group or group, so that, duly supported by appropriate techniques, be these people who deepen, prioritize and plan their own strategies «(Red CIMAS, 2015). In this regard, one of the tools used by the CIMAS Network for these participatory returns are the so-called multilemmas or tetralemas (Villasante, 2006). From these, it is intended to make a group reflection on what has been said that comes out of the blocks that behave by promoting the emerging axes: the tension between the «is» and the «must be» (Colectio IOE, 2016). With this objective, they must follow three criteria of logical rigor (Villasante, 2006): take into account both the majority and minority positions, with the intention of avoiding discursive exclusion (Herzog, 2009) and keep in mind that «everything is relevant» (Montañés, 2002), look for friction points as oppositions –the dilemmas– (Conde, 2010) and look for contradictions in the social sense –the tensions– (Harvey, 2014), and listen to the questions to the questions that facilitate the subversión (Ibáñez, 1990).
Do psychological features distinguish those who sexually offend against different age groups from those who are stable in victim age?
Authors: Cormier Isaac M. , Stephens Skye , Svensson Sonja , Connors Angela
Published: December 2020

Aim/Background

Victim age polymorphism occurs when someone offends against victims that span multiple age groups (e.g., child and adult victims). There is a need to better understand the correlates of age polymorphism, as clinicians are often asked about risk of offending against victims who may differ from the index offence victim as part of their risk formulation. The present study examines several potential correlates of age polymorphism: psychopathy, sexual preoccupation, multiple paraphilias, psychosis, and substance use disorders.

Materials/Method

Analyses were conducted using secondary clinical assessment data from a provincial forensic sexual behaviour program. The sample included 387 men with two or more contact sexual offence victims. The assessment data in the archival database included comprehensive information about victim age, as well as standardized assessment measures and diagnostic/clinical impressions.

Results

There were no significant associations between age polymorphism and psychopathy, multiple paraphilias, sexual preoccupation, psychosis, and substance use disorders. The only significant difference that emerged was that men who offended against victims 16 or older had a higher mean score on a measure of drug misuse than those who offended against victims 6 to 11. Most of the analyses produced small effects.

Conclusion

Our findings did not identify significant correlates of age polymorphism when restricting analyses to those men who offended against two or more victims. We consider key methodological differences that may have impacted our findings, as well as the need for rigorously designed research to develop a comprehensive model of age polymorphism.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS A STRUCTURING AGENT FOR THE CITY OF SALVADOR IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD
Authors: Vasconcelos Pedro
Published: December 2020

Salvador was the capital of the Portuguese America from 1549 until 1763. It was also the second city of the Portuguese Empire up to the 19th century. The Catholic Church together with the State was the main agents that structured the city of Salvador during the whole colonial period. The Secular Church related to the State through the Padroado was responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the Cathedral, churches and parishes; the religious orders with their convents were important structural elements of the urban space while the laic orders owned churches and many urban properties and corresponded to the structuring of a slave society.
Selective activation of FZD7 promotes mesendodermal differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells
Authors: Gumber Diana , Do Myan , Suresh Kumar Neya , Sonavane Pooja R , Wu Christina C N , Cruz Luisjesus S , Grainger Stephanie , Carson Dennis , Gaasterland Terry , Willert Karl
Published: December 2020

WNT proteins are secreted symmetry breaking signals that interact with cell surface receptors of the FZD family to regulate a multitude of developmental processes. Studying selectivity between WNTs and FZDs has been hampered by the paucity of purified WNT proteins and by their apparent non-selective interactions with the FZD receptors. Here, we describe an engineered protein, called F7L6, comprised of antibody-derived single-chain variable fragments, that selectively binds to human FZD7 and the co-receptor LRP6. F7L6 potently activates WNT/β-catenin signaling in a manner similar to Wnt3a. In contrast to Wnt3a, F7L6 engages only FZD7 and none of the other FZD proteins. Treatment of human pluripotent stem (hPS) cells with F7L6 initiates transcriptional programs similar to those observed during primitive streak formation and subsequent gastrulation in the mammalian embryo. This demonstrates that selective engagement and activation of FZD7 signaling is sufficient to promote mesendodermal differentiation of hPS cells.
Första / Sista
Authors: Ömalm Torbjörn
Published: December 2020

Första / Sista are two related catalogue poems in Swedish where listening plays a role as a narrator. The poems aim to paint a picture of current events, places, local history, and self-observation in the urban transitions within the Arctic small towns of Gällivare, Malmberget, and Kiruna. They uncover a repressed sadness when facing the changes that are in motion and the consequences of these. Första is cautiously optimistic while Sista is of a darker, more negative character. The latter also reveals more about the author. The course of events in the poems is not strictly chronological; they are subject-matter scattered with an intention of creating a spontaneous and motley rhythm within the lines. Dialectal words and references to geographic places that carry different names in the local languages ​​Sámi, Meänkieli, and Swedish are key ingredients throughout the text.
Den Norden lesen: Erinnerungen, Wahrnehmungen und Bedeutungen im interdisziplinären Dialog
Authors: Mittner Lilli , Wagner Gabriela
Published: December 2020

Unser Beitrag basiert auf der Methode der dramatischen Montage (Klok & Haselmann 2019). In der Begegnung mit zwei autoethnografischen literarischen Quellen, „Die Doktorsfamilie im hohen Norden“ (Gjems Selmer 1905) und „Eine Frau erlebt die Polarnacht“ (Ritter 1938), bewegen wir uns im Zwischenraum zeitlich und disziplinär getrennter Denkwelten. In unserer jeweiligen Rolle als Kulturwissenschaftlerin und Biologin treten wir in einen wissenschaftlichen Dialog über Erleben, Repräsentationen und Bedeutungen des Nordens. Ein Fokus liegt dabei auf den vielfältigen Modi, in denen der Norden sowohl in auf Erinnerungen basierenden literarischen Zeugnissen, als auch in der aktuellen Wahrnehmung zum Ausdruck kommt. Die Montage macht deutlich, dass der Norden für uns im multimodalen Zusammenspiel von Rhythmen, Klängen, Licht, Temperaturen, Gerüchen und Farben von Landschaften, Menschen, Tieren, Pflanzen und den Relationen zwischen ihnen an konkreter Bedeutung gewinnt. Indem wir uns dem Norden durch einen interdisziplinären und zugleich künstlerisch-kreativen Zugangs nähern, wird das neugewonnene Wissen relevant und anschlussfähig für zahlreiche akademische Fachgebiete.
Ecosystem Metabolisms and Functions
Authors: Snow Tom
Published: December 2020

The framework and model describe ecosystem functions. Working within and towards systems of production that intend to be truly circular and regenerative necessitates that designers (and other stakeholders) have an increased understanding and intuition of how ecosystems function—an eco-literacy. To this end, the framework is based on foundational metabolisms (producers, consumers and decomposers), and their interactions with each other and ‘nutrient pools’ within their collective environment. The model proposes that ecosystems are fractals of plants and are one collective metabolism. Some ‘ecosystem concepts’ are also developed that can be worked with as they are or used as a base for analogies for those working directly with, or developing frameworks for, integrative systems of production.

 

Keywords: Systemic design, ecological design, biomimetics, circular economy, systems ecology.
Editorial. Relating systems thinking and design VII
Authors: Davidová Marie , Sweeting Ben , Sevaldson Birger
Published: December 2020

This special issue of FormAkademisk comprises a selection of articles developed from presentations at the seventh Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD7) symposium, held at Politecnico di Torino, Turin, October 23-26, 2018 (Barbero, 2018). RSD7 saw the launch of the Systemic Design Association (SDA), a membership organisation for the expanding community that has developed through the RSD conferences. The present issue is the second collection of articles from RSD7 to be published in FormAkademisk following the one released earlier this year (Davidova et al., 2020). These issues are the latest contributions to the ongoing relationship between the journal and the RSD conference series (Forlizzi et al., 2017; Hensel et al., 2019; Jones, 2014; Sevaldson, 2018; Sevaldson & Ryan, 2014).