bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
‘A slight lesion in the grey matter’: The gothic brain in Arthur Machen’s The Great God Pan
Authors: Rebry Natasha
Published: June 2016

In Arthur’s Machen’s The Great God Pan (1894), a neurological experiment produces a demonic woman who brings about the mental, physical and social deterioration of almost all with whom she comes into contact. In this text, as in much of his other fiction, Machen characterizes the brain as an interstitial site between mind and body as well as a portal to supernatural forces, demonstrating an engagement with philosophical issues raised by nineteenth-century mental physiology and neurology. Through its portrayal of neurological theories and experimental practices, The Great God Pan demonstrates anxiety over the biological reductionism and materialism of late Victorian mental science, especially the threat to self-governance and the potential erosion of social stability occasioned by a lack of will or spiritual force guiding human thought and action.
Stress characterization and support measures estimation around a coalmine tunnel passing through jointed rock masses: constraints from BEM simulation
Authors: Islam Md. Kamrul , Islam Md. Rafiqul
Published: June 2016

In the present research, the stress characterization around an unsupported coalmine tunnel passing through jointed rock masses was ana-lyzed and effective support system was calculated by BEM numerical simulations. The distribution and magnitudes of major and minor principal stress contours, mean stress, differential stress, total displacement, maximum shear strain, maximum shear stress contours around the tunnel are simulated by using the examine2D software. It is reasonable to mention that examine2D is a plane strain boundary element program for calculation of stresses and displacements around underground and surface excavation in rock. Modeling results reveal that the major principal stress (Ïƒ1) was about 13 MPa at the immediate roof of the tunnel that ultimately increased to 20 MPa toward the left side and right side. Mean stress contour value was 12 MPa at the immediate roof and 15 MPa toward the both rib sides. The distribution contour value of differential stress at the roof and rib sides were 16 MPa and 23 MPa, respectively. The contour values of the strength factor around the tunnel ranged from 0.51 to 1.02, which specify that the loosening zone would be extended up to 1.53 m towards the roof and 1.25 m at the sidewalls. The thickness (1.53 m) of loosening zone can be classified as soft or poor rock mass. In the immediate roof, floor and the both rib sides of the tunnel, the Spalling Criterion values ranged from 2.7 to 8.0 MPa, which indicate no potential for rock-burst around the tunnel. However, flexible support would be required to accommodate the dilatancy deformation during development period. Finally, the stiff support would be required to provide a strong supporting reaction and to maintain the long-term stability of the tunnel.
Hinduism in the Roman Catholic Imagination between the Two World Wars
Authors: Beltramini Enrico
Published: June 2016

This article explores the Roman Catholic intellectual milieu and the articulated perspective of theologians and missionaries on Hinduism in the period between the two World Wars. In the aftermath of World War I, the Roman Catholic Church elaborated a vision of Christian missions that would continue the civilization of India when the political power of Western nations vanishes. In this context, the new science of missiology absorbed the modern valorization of method in studying non-Christian religions, including Hinduism, while maintaining theological concerns about the truth of Christianity.
A Flexible Link Function for Discrete-Time Duration Models
Authors: Hess Wolfgang , Tutz Gerhard , Gertheiss Jan
Published: June 2016

This paper proposes a discrete-time hazard regression approach based on the relation between hazard rate models and excess over threshold models, which are frequently encountered in extreme value modelling. The proposed duration model employs a flexible link function and incorporates the grouped-duration analogue of the well-known Cox proportional hazards model and the proportional odds model as special cases. The theoretical setup of the model is motivated, and simulation results are reported, suggesting that the model proposed performs well. The simulation results and an empirical analysis of US import durations also show that the choice of link function in discrete hazard models has important implications for the estimation results, and that severe biases in the results can be avoided when using a flexible link function.
Exploring Racial Integration: Views from an African American, Male, Former School Superintendent
Authors: Lancellot Michael
Published: June 2016

This research is an ethnography (Murchison, 2010) that describes the lived experiences of a university professor and former public school superintendent. The work explores racial integration and desegregation of America’s public school system. Through a series of seven semi-structured interviews, background information has been collected about the educational leader’s ethnic identity, personal experiences as a student in public schools and professional background. Descriptions of the challenges, issues, and success of racial integration are presented from the professional experience of the educational leader along with existing contemporary challenges.
Similar and different: cognitive rhythm and effort in translation and paraphrasing
Authors: Whyatt Bogusława , Stachowiak Katarzyna , Kajzer-Wietrzny Marta
Published: June 2016

Although Jakobson’s (1959) seminal classification of translation into three kinds: interlingual, intralingual and intersemiotic has been widely accepted in Translation Studies, so far most research interest has focused on interlingual translation, defined as “translation proper”. Intralingual translation, more often understood as rewording, paraphrasing or reformulation within the same language, is a less prototypical kind of translation, yet we believe that the underlying mental operations needed to perform both tasks include similar processing stages. Bearing in mind the lack of research comparing inter-and intralingual translation we designed the ParaTrans project in which we investigate how translators make decisions in both tasks. In this article we present the results of a comparative analysis of processing effort and cognitive rhythm demonstrated by professional translators who were asked to translate and paraphrase similar texts. Having collected three streams of translation process data with such tools as key-logging, eye-tracking and screen-capture software, we are able to draw some tentative conclusions concerning the similarities and differences between language processing for interlingual translation and intralingual paraphrasing. The results confirm a higher processing effort in interlingual translation most likely due to the need to switch between languages.
Simplification in inter- and intralingual translation – combining corpus linguistics, key logging and eye-tracking
Authors: Kajzer-Wietrzny Marta , Whyatt Bogusława , Stachowiak Katarzyna
Published: June 2016

As some scholars view inter-and intra-lingual translation as a parallel activity, it is vital to establish to what extent the products of these processes are alike, and whether the processes themselves differ. This paper investigates stylistic simplification, a frequently hypothesised translation universal which involves, among others, breaking up long sentences in the process of translation (
Directionality and context effects in word translation tasks performed by conference interpreters
Authors: Chmiel Agnieszka
Published: June 2016

Professional interpreters employed by international institutions usually work into their L1 from their L2, while freelance interpreters tend to work both into and from their L1. A study was devised to see if the long-term interpreting unidirectional practice (in the L2–L1 direction only), in contrast to bidirectional practice (in the L2–L1 and L1–L2 direction), influences the speed of lexical retrieval manifested through shorter translation latencies. Forty-eight professional conference interpreters produced oral translations of nouns presented in isolation, in high context constraint sentences and in low context constraint sentences. Contrary to predictions, unidirectional interpreters did not manifest directionality asymmetry and their L2–L1 translation latencies were not shorter than L1–L2 translation latencies. Surprisingly, the L2–L1 direction advantage was found in the group of bidirectional interpreters. The data suggest that the dominant directionality in interpreting practice has little impact on the strength of interlingual lexical links in the interpreter’s mental lexicon or that other factors (such as language use, exposure and immersion) might offset any such impact. The study also revealed an expected context effect, which shows that interpreters use semantic constraint to anticipate sentence-final words.
Does personality matter in translation? interdisciplinary research into the translation process and product
Authors: Lehka-Paul Olha , Whyatt Bogusława
Published: June 2016

The paper reports on the first pilot study planned within a broader interdisciplinary research project on translator’s personality profile viewed from the psychological and cognitive perspectives. The study aims to test the assumption that there is a link between personality features and translation performance. It is our initial attempt to incorporate translation process research and product evaluation into the investigation of personality factors involved in translation. Two major directions of analysis have been selected: personality traits as related to the quality of the translation product, and cognitive functions as related to the process of translation. The tentative conclusions confirm the idea that personality characteristics are important building blocks for further development of translation competence and expertise.
Of minds and men – computers and translators
Authors: Muñoz Martín Ricardo
Published: June 2016

Translation process research (TPR) efforts seem at times unconcerned with the theoretical foundations they need to interpret their results. A pervasive theoretical approach within TPR has been the mind-as-computer view. This approach has fostered both mechanistic and functional explanations of the translation process, including semantic notions of meaning, unrealistic constructs of the mental lexicon, and reified notions of equivalence. Some consequences of the approach are illustrated with discussions in the realm of translation quality assessment (automated and combined metrics, rubrics based on error categorization, and the impact of human variables and factors) and the monitor model hypothesis and its recent developments. Alternative approaches that draw from 4EA cognition are sketched that suggest that meaning is encyclopedic; that it is a process that cannot be measured; that the mental lexicon is only an abstraction of a part of (world-) knowledge; and that the tendency to choose default translations follows from the very structure of the brain/mind and the minimax principle.
Do Smaller Governments Raise the Level or Growth of Output? A Review of Recent Evidence
Authors: Gemmell Norman , Au Joey
Published: June 2016

Theoretical developments, improved methodologies and more extensive data have helped generate a dramatic increase in the literature testing for the impact of government size and fiscal policy on economic growth in recent years. We review a range of the more recent evidence and examine (1) the consistency or robustness of the results; (2) how these results differ from the earlier literature and (3) their usefulness as a guide to policy reform in practice. We find that the last decade has produced more robust evidence and more plausible orders of magnitude on the impact of fiscal policy on growth. However, the value of this evidence remains limited as a basis for quantifying macro-economic responses to fiscal policy reform in practice.
Corporate Balance Sheet Adjustment: Stylized Facts, Causes and Consequences
Authors: Ruscher Eric , Wolff Guntram B.
Published: June 2016

Using national account data, we define corporate balance sheet adjustment episodes as periods during which major increases in non-financial corporations’ net lending/ borrowing are experienced. An analysis of such episodes in Germany and Japan, and a more systematic exploration of a sample of 30 countries, show that corporate balance sheet adjustment tends to be long lasting and associated with significant effects on current accounts, wages and investment. Adjustment episodes lead to significant changes in corporate balance sheets ratios with a build-up of liquidity and a reduction of leverage. The adjustment is generally achieved by reducing investment and increasing savings on the back of a falling wage share. A panel econometric exercise shows that balance sheet adjustment periods are triggered by macroeconomic downturns as well as balance sheet stress due to high debt, low liquidity and negative equity price shocks.
Opening Clauses in Collective Bargaining Agreements: More Flexibility to Save Jobs?
Authors: Brändle Tobias , Heinbach Wolf Dieter
Published: June 2016

This paper analyses the impact of opening clauses in German collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) on job flows. Opening clauses should provide firms with more flexibility in economic crises. Therefore, firms operating under a CBA with opening clauses are expected to have lower job turnover, in particular lower job destruction under bad business conditions, and - if job creation is not adversely affected - higher job growth. We analyse this question empirically using data from the IAB Establishment Panel, a large and representative data set on German establishments. We supplement the data with additional information on the existence of opening clauses in CBAs in the West German manufacturing sector (using the IAW Data Set on Opening Clauses). By means of a matching approach, we address selection problems in flexible CBAs and reveal that the existence of opening clauses has a positive, albeit not always significant, effect on job growth. In contrast, there are no significant effects on job destruction and job creation per se, and, based on information given in the IAB Establishment Panel itself, explicit knowledge of opening clauses or their application have no additional effect on job flows.
Potential anti-competitive effects of emission permit markets – A survey on theoretical findings and evidence
Authors: Reichenbach Johanna , Requate Till
Published: June 2016

Emissions trading has been established as an important instrument of pollution control in many world regions. However concerns have been raised whether or not emission-trading schemes may distort competition either on the permit market itself or on related output markets. In this paper we review tradable emission-allowance schemes with special reference to anti-competitive effects. Such distortions may be caused by large firms exercising market power on the allowance market by holding down supply or suppressing demand in order to manipulate prices to their advantage. Firms may also try to abuse the allowance market to put other firms, with whom they compete on the output market, at a competitive disadvantage. Further distortions and abuses may be caused by special or ill-defined rules on the allowance market or other markets. In this paper we survey theoretical insights on potential anti-comptitive effects of emissions trading and also provide some empirical evidence for market power abuses on auctioned and grandfathered allowance markets with a particular focus on the (alleged) allowance market abuse by power utilities in Germany and California.
Non-Standard Monetary Policy Measures – Magic Wand or Tiger by the Tail?
Authors: Belke Ansgar
Published: June 2016

This paper briefly assesses the effectiveness of the different non-standard monetary policy tools in the Euro Area. Its main focus is on the Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT) Programme which is praised by some as the ECB’s “magic wand”. Moreover, it discloses further possible unintended consequences of these measures in the current context of weak economic activity and subdued growth going forward. For this purpose, it investigates specific risks for price stability and asset price developments in the first main part of the paper. It is not a too remote issue that the Fed does have a “tiger by the tail”, as Hayek (2009) expressed it, i. e. that the bank will finally have to accept either a recession or inflation and that there is no choice in between. Furthermore, it checks on whether the OMT programme really does not impose costs onto the taxpayer. Finally, it comes up with some policy implications from differences in money and credit growth in different individual countries of the Euro Area. The second main part of the paper assesses which other tools the ECB could use in order to stimulate the economy in the Euro Area. It does so by delivering details on whether and how the effectiveness of the ECB’s policies can be improved through more transparency and “forward guidance”.
The Taylor Rule and Financial Stability – A Literature Review with Application for the Eurozone
Authors: Käfer Benjamin
Published: June 2016

The question whether central banks should bear responsibility for financial stability remains unanswered. In connection with the use of interest rates, it is therefore not clear whether and how the Taylor rule should be augmented by an additional financial stability term. This paper reviews the normative and positive literature on Taylor rules augmented with exchange rates, asset prices, credit, and spreads. These measures have evolved as common indicators of financial (in)stability in the Taylor rule literature. In addition, our own analysis describes the development of these indicators for the core and the periphery of the Eurozone. Given the high degree of heterogeneity between euro area countries, the conclusion here is that an interest rate reaction to instability by the European Central Bank would be inappropriate in times of crisis. However, this conclusion is somewhat weakened if there is no crisis.
Why Do Few Homeowners Insure Against Natural Catastrophe Losses?
Authors: Antwi-Boasiako Benjamin Addai
Published: June 2016

Insurance has been suggested as a policy instrument that can help in managing the rising economic cost of natural catastrophes. Evidence, however, shows that many homeowners do not insure their homes against natural catastrophes and tend to depend on (unreliable) disaster aid. This paper surveys the economics, insurance and psychology literature to explain why few homeowners insure against natural catastrophes. The paper covers the relevant theoretical approaches as well as the available empirical evidence and possible policy measures.
Money and Credit in the New Keynesian Model
Authors: Offick Sven , Wohltmann Hans-Werner
Published: June 2016

This paper integrates a money and credit market into a static approximation of the baseline New Keynesian model based on a money-and-credit-in-the-utility approach, in which real balances and borrowing contribute to the household’s utility. In this framework, the central bank has no direct control over the interest rate on bonds. Instead, the central bank’s instrument variables are the monetary base and the refinancing rate, i. e. the rate at which the central bank provides loans to the banking sector. Our approach gives rise to a credit channel, in which current and expected future interest rates on the bond and loan market directly affect current goods demand. The credit channel amplifies the output effects of isolated monetary disturbances. Taking changes in private (inflation and interest rate) expectations into account, we find that - contrarily to BERNANKE and BLINDER (1988) - the credit channel may also dampen the output effects of monetary disturbances. The expansionary effects of a monetary expansion may be substantially diminished if the monetary disturbance is accompanied by a contractionary credit shock. In a dynamic version of our model, in which expectations are formed endogenously, we find that the credit channel amplifies output responses.
Formulation and evaluation of a water-in-oil cream containing herbal active ingredients and ferulic acid
Authors: Moldovan Mirela , Lahmar Abir , Bogdan Cătălina , Părăuan Simona , Tomuță Ioan , Crișan Maria
Published: June 2016

Background and aims. The main aims of the present study were to formulate an anti-age cream based on vegetal ingredients and ferulic acid and to evaluate the physical characteristics and the efficacy of the cream.Methods. The active ingredients were Centella asiatica oil, Spilanthes acmella oil, Zingiber officinale extract and ferulic acid. Formulation 1 (F1) was prepared using glyceryl stearate and Ceteareth-25® as emulsifiers and Formulation 2 (F2) using glyceryl stearate and potassium cetyl phosphate, all other ingredients remaining the same. The physical characterization of the creams was performed and the following parameters were analyzed: viscosity, oil droplet size, polydispersity index; also, texture analysis was performed. The anti-aging effect of the F2 was evaluated by assessing the cutaneous density before and after cream application using DUB-cutis® scanner.Results. The mean diameter of oil drops was 10.26±4.72 mm (F1) and 22.72±7.93 mm (F2) and the polydispersity index was 35.4% and 45.7%, respectively. The mean values for consistency were 594.7±10.3 g (F1) and 300.5±14.5 g (F2), the average values for adhesion were 15.61±0.8 mJ (F1) and 22.25±4.3 mJ (F2), for firmness were 51.2±0.8 g (F1) and 30.3±4.3 g (F2) and the spreadability had values between 72.63 mm2 (F1) and 73.3 mm2 (F2). In vivo study revealed that the mean values of the cutaneous density increased from 9.21±1.39 % to 12.50±1.44 % after 8 weeks of cream application. The herbal ingredients incorporated in the O/W cream base for the antioxidant activity and anti-wrinkle effect, induced changes of the cutaneous density, an important parameter which quantifies the regeneration process of the skin.Conclusions. An anti-age cream containing herbal active ingredients and ferulic acid with appropriate physical characteristics was obtained. In vivo study of clinical efficacy revealed a positive effect on skin density, which increased after 8 weeks of cream application.
A TEIA DE RELAÇÕES NA ESCOLA E O FAZER-PENSAR NO ENSINO DE GEOGRAFIA
Authors: Queiroz Thiago Augusto Nogueira de
Published: June 2016

Este artigo se constitui no resultado de uma observação, descrição e análise realizada nas disciplinas “Estágio Supervisionado de Formação de Professores I” e “Estágio Supervisionado de Formação de Professores II”, em uma experiência vivenciada na Escola Estadual Nestor Lima – Natal – RN, no ano de 2013. O objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar a prática educativa desenvolvida a partir da teia de relações da referida escola. O caminho percorrido constituiu-se de observações in locu, entrevistas com a direção e professores de Geografia, e de uma revisão bibliográfica sobre o “fazer-pensar” na escola. Os resultados mostraram que diversos fatores influenciam na prática de ensino, desde as diretrizes educacionais e parâmetros curriculares nacionais, passando pelos programas e projetos educacionais nacionais, estaduais e internos à escola, e a infraestrutura física e os recursos humanos da escola. Nesse sentido, na tentativa de amenizar os problemas oriundos por esses fatores, precisa-se “fazer-pensar” a prática educativa, através de uma pedagogia radical e de uma concepção plena de educação, no qual o ensino de Geografia esteja relacionado ao cotidiano dos alunos e concepção educacional possibilite a transformação social, uma educação geográfica para além do capital.
A Evolução da Carreira de Magistério de Ensino Básico, Técnico e Tecnológico (EBTT) nos Institutos Federais
Authors: Brito Deusdete de Sousa , Caldas Fabrizio Soares
Published: June 2016

Neste artigo se propõe discorrer sobre a evolução e as mudanças ocorridas na carreira de Magistério do Ensino Básico, Técnico e Tecnológico (EBTT) fazendo um viés pela educação profissional brasileira desde sua implantação até as mudanças ocorridas mais recentemente. Neste estudo procurou-se buscar o nexo entre as instituições existentes anteriormente e a criação da nova instituição, que se materializou nos Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia, denominadas atualmente somente de Institutos Federais, criados no bojo da Reforma da Educação Profissional pela Lei 11.892/2008, mesma lei que redesenhou a rede federal de educação profissional, então existente no Brasil. O presente trabalho trata-se de uma pesquisa bibliográfica, que objetiva o registro da evolução histórica a respeito da criação da carreira de magistério do EBTT e da atual reforma da educação profissional.
Cancer Incidence in First- and Second-Degree Relatives of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers
Authors: Streff Haley , Profato Jessica , Ye Yuanqing , Nebgen Denise , Peterson Susan K. , Singletary Claire , Arun Banu K. , Litton Jennifer K.
Published: June 2016

Background.

Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are associated with increased risk of breast, ovarian, and several other cancers. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the incidence of cancer in first- and second-degree relatives of BRCA mutation carriers compared with the general population.

Materials and Methods.

A total of 1,086 pedigrees of BRCA mutation carriers was obtained from a prospectively maintained, internal review board-approved study of persons referred for clinical genetic counseling at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. We identified 9,032 first- and second-degree relatives from 784 pedigrees that had demonstrated a clear indication of parental origin of mutation. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) were used to compare the observed incidence of 20 primary cancer sites to the expected incidence of each cancer based on the calculated risk estimates according to each subject's age, sex, and ethnicity.

Results.

BRCA1 families had increased SIRs for breast and ovarian cancer (p < .001) and decreased SIRs for kidney, lung, prostate, and thyroid cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (p < .001). BRCA2 families had increased SIRs for breast, ovarian, and pancreatic cancer (p < .001) and decreased SIRs for kidney, lung, thyroid, and uterine cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (p < .0025). Analysis of only first-degree relatives (n = 4,099) identified no decreased SIRs and agreed with the increased SIRs observed in the overall study population.

Conclusion.

We have confirmed previous reports of an association between breast, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers with BRCA mutations. Additional research to quantify the relative risks of these cancers for BRCA mutation carriers can help tailor recommendations for risk reduction and enhance genetic counseling.
Commercialisation of a natural material – wool: a bio-based PCM
Authors: Morris Angela , Spilsbury Keith
Published: June 2016

Cold-chain temperature control is necessary to prevent damage to life-saving vaccines caused by heat exposure. However, keeping vaccines too cold is just as harmful, since freezing damages many vaccines. Protecting vaccines from freeze damage remains one of the most poorly addressed problems in vaccine management. Cold-chain practices tend to prioritise the protection of vaccines from heat damage, often at the risk of exposing them inadvertently to freezing temperatures. The maintenance of accurate and uniform temperatures is, therefore, of significant importance in improvements to global human healthcare. Exposure to heating or freezing conditions will weaken and subsequently break the hydrogen bonds holding the tertiary structure together, causing the vaccine to become ineffective. This paper demonstrates a design innovation process leading to the development of a high-performance, sustainable fibre material, with cradle-to-cradle credentials, that has transformed the market for passive insulated packaging used in the global distribution of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products for human use. The extensive scientific research on this natural ‘smart fibre’ has resulted in an insulated packaging material that substantially exceeds the temperature performance criteria required by European and US good distribution practice regulations for the distribution of medicines. This smart fibre is 100% pure sheep’s wool.
Psicoanálisis y feminidad: el vínculo madre e hija
Authors: Navarro María Dolores
Published: June 2016

Desde una óptica psicoanalítica, la identidad sexual es una construcción inconsciente. En el caso de la sexualidad femenina, el vínculo madre hija es fundamental. Lacan habló del “estrago” refiriéndose al arrancamiento que debe hacer la hija de la madre para acceder a la feminidad. La feminidad sólo puede ser definida como una interrelación entre el inconsciente y la cultura. Los nuevos tiempos están haciendo surgir un nuevo tipo de mujer y con ella, nuevos conflictos y síntomas.

 
Psicoanálisis, cultura y sociedad
Authors: Martínez Verdú Remedios
Published: June 2016

Este texto consiste en un debate sobre las relaciones entre las aportaciones modernas de la teoría psicoanalítica para la comprensión de los procesos de socialización de las mujeres y las aportaciones de las teorías de género y el feminismo producto de los movimientos de liberación de las mujeres que se han desarrollado durante el último siglo.
Los Contemporáneos hoy: reescrituras de Jorge Cuesta y Xavier Villaurrutia en la novela mexicana de finales del siglo XX.
Authors: Regalado López Tomás
Published: June 2016

Resumen:

Durante los años veinte y treinta el grupo Contemporáneos aportó una visión plural y cosmopolita a la cultura mexicana, a contracorriente con los dogmas nacionalistas que habían contagiado los sectores sociales, culturales y políticos de su país después de la Revolución. A partir del concepto de la tradición de la ruptura de Octavio Paz, este ensayo pretende analizar comparativamente cómo dos novelas de finales de siglo, A pesar del oscuro silencio (1992) de Jorge Volpi, y En la alcoba de un mundo (1992) de Pedro Ángel Palou, dialogan intertextualmente, entre la ficción, la biografía y el ensayo, con dos obras de autores de Contemporáneos: el poema metafísico “Canto a un dios mineral”, de Jorge Cuesta, y el poemario Nostalgia de la muerte, de Xavier Vilaurrutia.

PALABRAS CLAVE: Literatura mexicana, Grupo Contemporáneos, Jorge Volpi, Pedro Ángel Palou,
intertextualidad

Abstract

The Contemporáneos group played a key role in post-revolutionary Mexico. They offered a cosmopolitan and international perspective on culture and literature in spite of the nationalistic tone that permeated all levels of Mexican life during the twenties and the thirties. Seven decades later, in 1992, Jorge Volpi and Pedro Ángel Palou wrote two novels that played tribute to poets in Contemporáneos: Volpi´s In Spite of the Dark Silence, a tribute to Jorge Cuesta, and Palou´s In the Bedroom of the World, that paid homage to Xavier Villaurrutia. Departing from Octavio Paz´s concept tradition of rupture, this essay aims to study the inter-textual relationships between In Spite of the Dark Silence and Cuesta´s poem “Song to a Mineral God” on the one hand, and, on the other, the links between In the Bedroom of the World and Xavier Villaurrutia´s Nostalgia of the Dead.

KEY WORDS: Mexican literature, Contemporáneos group, Jorge Volpi, Pedro Ángel Palou,  inter-textual relationships
La sabiduría de la raposa y su actitud frente a los poderosos: la fábula del 'León y la leona' en varias obras teatrales del Siglo de Oro
Authors: Arciello Daniele
Published: June 2016

RESUMEN

Este estudio se va a centrar principalmente en cómo algunas comedias del Siglo de Oro han asimilado una fábula bastante conocida en aquella época. Me refiero a «El león y la leona», también conocida como «El zorro rechaza hacer de árbitro» según la recopilación llevada a cabo por Maxime Chevalier. Puesto que el género teatral se caracteriza por su complejidad, no es fácil detectar todos los elementos relacionados con dicha fábula en las producciones teatrales en cuestión. Sin embargo, la labor realizada por estos comediógrafos ha permitido averiguar fácilmente cómo han plasmado este cuento de animales hasta convertirlo en algo innovador y renovador del género fabulesco, demostrando una creatividad que quizás proporcione a autores poco conocidos como Cubillo de Aragón o don Jacinto de Herrera nueva e inesperada fama.  

PALABRAS CLAVE: fábula, animales, teatro, comedia, personajes.

 

ABSTRACT

This essay is focused on how a well-known XVII century fable has been artfully re-elaborated in various Spanish comedies performed in that period. I am referring to «El león y la leona», also known as «El zorro rechaza hacer de árbitro» according to a compilation established by Maxime Chevalier. It is commonly known that drama genre is characterised by its complexity, so it could result difficult to locate the elements related to the fable in those dramatic compositions. Nevertheless, through an exhaustive analysis of what the authors achieved when shaping the content of this animal tale by their ingenious minds, it is easy to consider how craftily the fable has been inserted in their works. Undoubtedly quite ignored names such as Cubillo de Aragón or don Jacinto de Herrera really deserve more fame then they currently have.     

KEY WORDS: fable, animals, theatre, comedy, characters.
Reseña de: Rafael Alarcón Sierra, Vertice de la llama. El Greco en la literatura hispánica
Authors: Balcells Doménech José María
Published: June 2016

Reseña de: Vertice de la llama. El Greco en la literatura hispánica
Reseña de: Loreto Busquets, Pensamiento social y político en la literatura española. Desde el Renacimiento hasta el siglo XX
Authors: Balcells Doménech José María
Published: June 2016

Reseña de Pensamiento social y político en la literatura española
"La poesía, aunque no sea capaz de derribar un régimen, no deja de transformar el mundo": encuentro con Ángel González
Authors: Carriedo Castro Pablo
Published: June 2016

Trayectoria poética de Ángel González
Retrato del artista como perro romántico: la poesía de Roberto Bolaño
Authors: Bagué Quílez Luis
Published: June 2016

Este artículo se centra en la poesía de Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003) dentro de sus coordenadas estéticas e ideológicas. Aunque su importancia como narrador ha eclipsado a menudo su interés como poeta, el propio Bolaño consideraba que las principales claves de su producción estaban en su obra lírica. Partiendo de esta perspectiva, se estudian la presencia de la ciudad, la representación metafórica del detective y la evolución del autorretrato en sus páginas. Todo ello contribuye a crear una autobiografía tal vez fragmentaria, pero en la que palpita una existencia dedicada a la escritura
Documentos sobre Jerónimo de Cáncer y su familia (parte II)
Authors: Martínez Carro Elena , Rubio San Román Alejandro
Published: June 2016

La figura de Jerónimo de Cáncer ha sido estudiada, en estas últimas décadas, desde distintas perspectivas. Sin embargo los datos biográficos conocidos siguen siendo muy escasos. El presente artículo pretende aportar algunos documentos inéditos sobre la vida del dramaturgo áureo, con el fin de abrir el camino a una biografía más completa y real
Los "bocetos" de Remedios Varo
Authors: Mendoza Bolio Edith
Published: June 2016

El universo de Remedios Varo está contenido principalmente en su producción pictórica. Sin embargo adentrarse en la obra escrita de esta artista española, exiliada en México, amplía la comprensión de su imaginario. Entre el acervo escrito de Varo se encuentran relatos oníricos, narraciones, cartas y una obra de teatro escrita en colaboración con Leonora Carrington. Adicionalmente, el estudio y la edición de sus escritos han permitido desarrollar la noción de «constructo creativo» que alude a la silenciosa complementariedad entre los diversos lenguajes utilizados y la forma en que potencian su sentido
"Roma" y "Oda a Bizancio". Humanismo culturalista en "Juegos del Mediteráneo" de Carlos de la Rica
Authors: Merchán Juan Carlos
Published: June 2016

Este artículo se centra en el estudio comparativo de dos poemas de Carlos de la Rica, incluidos en su poemario póstumo Juegos del Mediterráneo (2001). En la poesía española de finales del siglo XX, se da una impronta culturalista que encabezaron poetas como Luis Antonio de Villena, Pedro Gimferrer o José María Álvarez. Si se contrastan ciertas técnicas, como el mayor o menor distanciamiento del yo-poemático, o determinados motivos, como el imaginario cultural mediterráneo, se puede llegar a aquilatar el tipo de culturalismo de la poesía de Carlos de la Rica
La poética de Antonio Gamoneda: el referente esotérico
Authors: Machín Lucas Jorge
Published: June 2016

El presente artículo versa sobre la obra poética de Antonio Gamoneda, una mística sin trascendencia. Se examina su deseo ontológico de evasión de la realidad hacia un pasado ideal a causa de la angustia de la muerte. Es un intento de redención en el origen del yo poético y de la humanidad. Para ello, se analizarán su concepción inmanente de un "dios" individual en minúscula, de la historia, del tiempo, del espacio y del sonido, en búsqueda de una palabra esencial que revele un nuevo origen en el seno materno. Este es el "locus originario" desde el que intentar, baldíamente, reiniciar una historia de perfección humana
Pedro de Navarra: revisión de un humanista. Biografía repertoriada del siglo XVIII
Authors: Cabello Porras Gregorio
Published: June 2016

La biografía y la obra de Pedro de Navarra, también conocido como Pedro de Albret o Pedro de Labrit, debe ser revisada justo en un periodo en el que la filología española comienza a prestar atención a los autores considerados hasta ahora como minores. La escasa bibliografía con la que contamos; la imagen que se ha forjado de él como un humanista, cortesano eclesiástico, atento a materias graves (desde la perspectiva crítica española), sobre las que versan sus numerosos diálogos; o como un cortesano intrigante, que perseguía solo su interés, actuando como un doble espía para Felipe II y Catalina de Médicis (desde la perspectiva crítica francesa); la actualidad de muchas de sus ideas sobre el lenguaje, en sus diferencias entre el hablado; sobre la fi gura del historiador, en su condición de cronista al servicio de un príncipe o de relator imparcial de los acontecimientos; o su importante diálogo sobre el ars moriendi
Los mitos de Fausto y Don Juan. Análisis comparativo de "El Burlador de Sevilla " de Tirso de Molina y el "Fausto" de Christopher Marlowe
Authors: Nicolás Cantabella Elena
Published: June 2016

No podemos dudar de que dos de los mitos con mayor arraigo y proyección en la cultura occidental son los de Fausto y Don Juan, lo que en el presente artículo se plantea es un estudio comparativo de ambos, puesto que se aprecian aspectos comunes, tales como: poseer una genealogía en la que se mezclan los elementos mitológicos y los folklóricos, su transmisión durante la Edad Media, la primera fi jación por escrito en la misma época, la fascinación y revisión de los escritores románticos, la rebeldía de ambos personajes, etc. Para realizar un análisis de ambos mitos es necesario partir de sus primeras versiones: La trágica historia de la vida y muerte del doctor Fausto de Christopher Marlowe, y El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra de Tirso de Molina
En vuestra casa tenéis a Fonseca, Del amor de Dios...
Authors: Soria Olmedo Andrés
Published: June 2016

Partiendo de la cita de Cervantes en el prólogo del Quijote, el trabajo sigue la estimación crítica del Tratado del amor de Dios de Cristóbal de Fonseca y su desplazamiento de la esfera del tratado- que implica l ameditación en soledad- a la del sermón, con su comunicabilidad necesaria. A través de las sucesivas amplifi caciones editoriales (de 1592 a 1622) y atendiendo especialmente a los paratextos (tablas e índices), la materia del libro se disuelve en repertorio de conceptos predicables
Ut poesis, Oratio. La oficina poética de la oratoria sacra en Hortensio Félix para Vicino
Authors: Blanco Morel Mercedes
Published: June 2016

Se defiende en este trabajo la tesis de un cercano parentesco entre la oratoria sagrada y la poesía en el mundo hispánico del siglo XVII a través de la figura de fray Hortensio Paravicino (1580-1633). La estrecha amistad que unió al gran Hortensio y al poeta más brillante de su tiempo, Luis de Góngora (1561- 1627), se cimentó en una solidaridad de intereses y en un programa estético e intelectual muy similar
El pícaro y la voz: reflexiones sobre la prédica y la murmuración en el Guzmán de Alfarache
Authors: Ramírez Santacruz Francisco
Published: June 2016

En el presente trabajo se estudia la murmuración como eje central para la estructura y la configuración del protagonista en el Guzmán de Alfarache (1599-1604). En este sentido, se plantea que el episodio más polémico del libro, la ambigüedad de la conversión de Guzmán, no puede entenderse sin considerar el fenómeno de marras y la actio que de éste se deriva. Finalmente se muestra que prédica y murmuración constituyen un binomio indisoluble no sólo en el Guzmán, sino también en otras obras de Mateo Alemán como el San Antonio de Padua (1604) y los Sucesos de don fray García Guerra (1613)
Response of the tropical Pacific Ocean to wind changes related to global warming from simulations with an ocean general circulation model
Authors: Luo Yiyong
Published: June 2016

A suite of numerical experiments is implemented with an ocean general circulation model (OGCM) to ex-amine the roles of wind stress and wind speed for oceanic changes in the tropical Pacific under global warming. In particular, we turned off the changes of wind stress and/or wind speed in the model to identify the effects of wind-driven ocean circulation and air-sea latent heat flux (i.e., its portion through the wind speed influence on the efficiency of latent heat flux). Results show that 1) the wind stress change appears to be a key forcing mechanism for weakening the tropical surface currents as well as for the oceanic changes in the equatorial thermocline, while it only contributes secondarily to the sea surface temperature (SST) pattern formation in the tropics; 2) the wind speed change is the leading cause for the minimum warming over the southeast subtropics and for a stronger surface warming in the northern hemisphere than in the southern hemisphere; and 3) the enhanced surface warming along the equator is mainly due to the effect of warming in the absence of wind stress and wind speed changes, and this effect also plays a significant role for changing the equatorial thermocline.
INTRODUCTION
Authors: Corrado Raymond , Leschied Alan W.
Published: June 2016

 CANADIAN RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES FOR YOUTH AT RISK
 FOR SERIOUS AND VIOLENT OFFENDING: IMPLICATIONS FOR CRIME PREVENTION POLICIES AND PRACTICES
THE CORRELATES OF YOUTH VIOLENCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE LITERATURE
Authors: Leschied Alan W.
Published: June 2016

This review provides a general presentation of the factors that are linked to youth violence. In general, these risk factors can include any of the following: pregnancy and delivery complications, emotion-related disorders, hyperactivity, concentration problems, restlessness, risk taking, aggressiveness, early initiation into violent behaviour and beliefs, and attitudes supportive to violent behaviour. What can increase our accuracy of prediction for youth violence is an appreciation of the systemic factors that interact with these individual risk factors. These can include factors within the family including: early family conditions related to poverty, abuse, a generally poor relationship between child and parent, and parental criminality. Peers also play a role in rewarding behaviour and attitudes supportive of youth violence. The implications for knowledge with respect to these correlates are highlighted in a review of promising programs that address youth violence.
THE CRACOW INSTRUMENT FOR MULTI-PROBLEM VIOLENT YOUTH: EXAMINING THE POSTDICTIVE VALIDITY WITH A SAMPLE OF PRESCHOOLERS
Authors: Lussier Patrick , Corrado Raymond , Healey Jay , Tzoumakis Stacy , Deslauriers-Varin Nadine
Published: June 2016

The Cracow is an assessment tool used to identify the risk/need factors in youth at various developmental stages, with the goal of developing individual, familial, and community interventions for violent youth. The Cracow is comprised of three sections measuring the risk/needs of the youth, treatment and intervention options, and externalizing behaviours. The current postdictive validity study of the first section of the Cracow examines the extent to which risk/need factors identify the most physically aggressive preschoolers. The study is based on the first 100 children (boys, n = 58; girls, n = 42) recruited as part of the Vancouver Longitudinal Study on the Psychosocial Development of Children conducted in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A series of latent class analyses (LCA) suggests the presence of three groups of physically aggressive children: a low-, medium-, and high-level group. Subsequent analyses suggest that children in the highly physically aggressive profile were more likely to have risk/need factors in the following five domains: (a) pre/perinatal, (b) socio-economic, (c) family environment, (d) child psychological functioning, and (e) parenting. Findings are discussed in light of the scientific literature on the early prevention of antisocial and aggressive behaviour.
MYTHOLOGIZING ASPERGER SYNDROME: EXPLORING IMPACTS ON SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE
Authors: Stevens Irene
Published: June 2016

While the majority of children affected by autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) remain at home and within their communities, a minority are so badly affected that they require out-of-home care. This article draws on some of the findings of the author’s doctoral thesis. Social justice discourse and critical disability studies have alerted researchers to the foregrounding of privileged ideas in society. For this study, texts were analyzed using ideas from Foucault and Critical Discourse Analysis. Textual analysis revealed that the discourse of Asperger Syndrome comprises an association with high intelligence, special talents (especially in maths or computing) and possibly with genius. There is also a prevailing belief within the discourse of Asperger Syndrome that it is a “mild disorder”. The voices of children who are seriously affected by Asperger Syndrome, to the extent that they may need out-of-home care, are absent. A field study that examined the views of potential and newly recruited child care practitioners demonstrated the ways in that incomplete messages from the discourse of Asperger Syndrome can affect practice.
HUMAN RIGHTS AND HEALTH PROMOTION: A CANADA FIT FOR CHILDREN?
Authors: Mitchell Richard
Published: June 2016

The 2011 Canadian election campaign demonstrates once again that while the health care debate is always a highly contested political issue, little of the discussion originates from, or is concerned with, citizens under 18 years of age. This paper responds to this gap in knowledge with findings from a qualitative, exploratory human rights study investigating the youth-led health promotion group REACT (Resist, Expose and Challenge [big] Tobacco). Under the auspices of the Chief Medical Officer, successive cohorts of high-school students have been working within the Niagara Public Health Region in Ontario, Canada since 2005. The main findings suggest that young people are fully competent to manage important aspects of their own health, and have led authorities to support health-enhancing behaviours for themselves and their peers. Moreover, it is clear that rights-based health promotion has been underutilized in Canada since dominant theoretical approaches to healthy development and traditional top-down institutional processes frequently overlook – and thus violate – the participatory human rights of young people. This violation represents a social justice issue with far-reaching consequences for equity in the overall health of the Canadian population.