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Cyborgs’ Perception, Cognition, Society, Environment, and Ethics: Interview with Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas, 14 October 2016, Ace Hotel, New York City
Authors: Alcaraz Aleksandra Łukaszewicz
Published: July 2019

The article contains an interview conducted with Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas during research at Temple University in Philadelphia (funded by the Kosciuszko Foundation), at the invitation of professor Joseph Margolis, as part of a larger forthcoming research project—a monograph on cyborg persons. It asks how the artefactual senses implanted by Harbisson and Ribas affect their perception and cognition, allowing consideration of how these two cyborg persons redefine their relationships to the environment in both social and ecological terms. Harbisson and Ribas are case studies for answering the question of how new cyborg senses (obtained by inserting implants into their bodies) change their beliefs and attitudes toward their own bodies, the bodies of others, and the world at large. I seek to identify changes in the knowledge of the world experienced by cyborg persons, trying to understand their perceptual and emotional experience of the world.
Reexamination of Whether Accrual Quality Is a Price Factor
Authors: Bao May Xiaoyan , Cheng Xiaoyan , Geppert John , Smith David B.
Published: July 2019

In this study we investigate whether accrual quality is a factor in capital asset pricing. Our analysis consists of two parts. First, we use a panel data regression that controls for cross-section fixed effects to implement the second stage of the Fama-MacBeth regression (Petersen 2009). In the second part, we use the Campbell (1991) return decomposition and vector autoregressive model (VAR) to decompose the two-stage cross-sectional regressions. This allows us to investigate whether accrual quality is a priced factor in terms of the three components of the return, which include one-period expected return, cash flow news and discount-rate news.
Young Children’s Use of Gender for Inductive Generalizations about Biological and Behavioral Characteristics: The Influence of Gender Categories and Gender Stereotypes
Authors: Pillow Bradford H. , Allen Cara , Low Natalie , Vilma Taneisha
Published: July 2019

Using a triad inductive reasoning task, we examined the influence of gender category information, gender stereotypes, and gender salience on young children’s (N = 72; 36 to 69 months of age) generalizations concerning novel biological and behavioral characteristics. Prior to the inductive generalization task, children heard vignettes in which a teacher either engaged in gender stereotyping (Stereotype condition), grouped children according to gender (Salience condition), or grouped children in a gender-neutral manner (Neutral condition). Children generalized on the basis of gender more often in the Stereotype condition than in the Neutral condition, but older children made gender-based inductions at above chance levels in the Neutral condition and for behavioral traits in the Salience condition. Stereotyping influenced gender-based reasoning, but did not appear to be necessary among older preschool children.
Masking of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea by Drug Induced Central Sleep Apnoea
Authors: Chakrabarti Shibdas , Darisetty Srikar , Gupta Nitesh , Ish Pranav
Published: July 2019

Benzodiazepines are widely prescribed hypnotic agents which have multiple proven neurological and respiratory side effects. However, literature is sparse with regards to the incidence and occurrence of new onset central sleep apnoea in individuals being treated with benzodiazepines for insomnia. We present a Case Report of a patient presenting with new onset central sleep apnoea secondary to long term usage of benzodiazepines, with resultant masking of his pre-existing obstructive sleep apnoea.
Cystic Transformation of Cannon Ball Metastases in Response to EGFR TKI
Authors: Sahoo Satyajeet , Mohapatra Prasanta , Das Majumdar Saroj , Chhatria Mantyu
Published: July 2019

A 39-year-old never smoker male with a 3-month history of progressive dyspnea was found to have a heterogeneously enhancing right lung mass with multiple [...]
Evaluation of Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy by Diffusion Weighted MRI; Correlation with Histopathological Results
Authors: Abou Youssef Hoda , Elzorkany Mahmoud , Hussein Sabah , Taymour Takeya , Gawad Menna
Published: July 2019

Introduction: Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) has shown its potential as a reliable noninvasive technique for tissue characterization. DWI reflects the tissue specific diffusion capacity which can be used for tissue characterization. Hypercellular tissue (e.g., malignant tumors) had restricted diffusion capacity with increased signals on DWI and low ADC values. Non-tumoral tissues show low cellularity, and diffusion capacity is not restricted resulting in signal loss on DWI and high apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC). Differential diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathy is an issue of debate, especially in malignant benign differentiation. Diffusion weighted imaging with magnetic resonance could improve the diagnostic accuracy in differentiation between benign and malignant mediastinal nodes. Objectives: to determine the efficacy of diffusion weighted MRI in evaluation of mediastinal lymphadenopathy with histopathological correlation to differentiate benign from malignant lymph nodes. Material and methods: 30 patients with mediastinal lymphadenopathy underwent diffusion weighted MRI. ADCs of lymph nodes were derived and constructed from b = 0 and b = 1000 s/mm2 values by drawing regions of interests (ROI). Consequently, mediastinal nodes were studied, biopsies and histopathological analysis were done after MRI examination. Results: The best cutoff point of ADC to differentiate benign from malignant lesions was 1.15 mm/s (sensitivity 77%, specificity 92% and AUC 81.4%). Significant negative correlation of ADC by DW MRI and the size of the LNs. The mean ADC values in the lymphoma group was lower than in the sarcoidosis group, and the difference was statistically significant. Conclusions: The study supports that MRI with diffusion weighted images can differentiate benign from malignant mediastinal lymphadenopathy and differentiate lymphoma from sarcoidosis non-invasively.
Effect of Gamma Radiation on the Mechanical Properties of Natural Fabric Reinforced Polyester Composites
Authors: Motaleb K.Z.M. Abdul , Islam Md Shariful , Milašius Rimvydas
Published: July 2019

Two types of composites:(1) pineapple fabric reinforced polyester resin (Pineapple/PR) and (2) jute fabric reinforced polyester resin (Jute/PR) were prepared and the mechanical properties investigated for various gamma radiation doses ranging from 100-500 krad. Properties like tensile strength, Young’s modulus, elongation-at-break, bending strength, bending modulus and impact strength were increased significantly by 19%, 32%, 45%, 32%, 47% and 20%, respectively, at a dose of 300 krad for Pineapple/PR, and by 47%, 49%, 42%, 45%, 52% and 65%, respectively, at a dose of 200 krad for the Jute/PR composite in comparison to the non-irradiated composite. Gamma radiation improved the mechanical properties, but overdoses of radiation even caused a reduction in them.
Thermal Characteristic of Keratin Fibres from Poultry Feathers and their Suitability to Conversion into Thermoset Biobased Composites
Authors: Wrześniewska-Tosik Krystyna , Wesołowska Ewa , Ryszkowska Joanna , Montes Sarah , Mik Tomasz , Kowalewski Tomasz , Kudra Michał
Published: July 2019

The possibility of using animal wastes in the form of feathers for the production of various types of composites is an extremely original concept, opening to researchers a wide field for experiments and interdisciplinary scientific research. This article presents the results of studies on the thermal stability of keratin from feathers originating from various poultry slaughterhouses, as well as an example of the use of feathers for the production of thermosetting composites. The keratin protein contained in feathers, like any protein, is very sensitive to various external factors, e.g. high temperature. The scientific goal of the research presented in the article was a deep analysis of changes occurring in the structure of keratin protein in feathers during heating. The technological goal was to develop new thermosetting composites based on spun-bonded nonwovens with the addition of keratin fibres from poultry feather wastes.
Properties of Ganoderma lucidum triterpenes
Authors: Seweryn Ewa , Ziała Anna , Gamian Andrzej
Published: July 2019

Ganoderma lucidum has been used for promoting longevity and health in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Asian countries. Its pharmacological effects are widely known, as indicated by its inclusion in the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia. It was found that G. lucidum contains several bioactive compounds, including triterpenes, polysaccharides, peptidoglycans, flavonoids, sterols, fatty acids and nucleotides. It is well-known medicinal mushroom that has been widely used for the treatment of several chronic diseases. It has been reported that triterpenes are responsible for the major medicinal properties and demonstrated therapeutic efficiency of G. lucidum.
The present review mainly focuses on the pharmacological properties of the triterpenes underlying antioxidative, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetes and hepatoprotective activities.
Indicador de governança corporativa para as empresas nacionais da BM&FBOVESPA
Authors: Souza Ailton Corecha de , Gammarano Igor de Jesus Lobato Pompeu , Martins Cyntia Meireles , Gomes Sérgio Castro
Published: July 2019

Este trabalho propõe a construção de um indicador para a avaliação das práticas de governança corporativa adotadas por uma amostra de 193 empresas da BM&FBOVESPA, considerando as informações sobre capital social e cronograma de eventos corporativos disponibilizadas no site da Bm&FBovespa. Foi utilizada a técnica estatística multivariada de Análise de Componentes Principais - ACP, adotando-se o procedimento proposto por Nagar et al. (2002), que utilizam somente as componentes principais que explicam a maior parte da variabilidade dos dados amostrais, considerando os autovalores maiores ou iguais a um. Os resultados mostraram a coerência do IGC proposto, uma vez que a maioria das empresas com níveis de governança corporativa mais próximos de 1, de fato, figuram entre as empresas certificadas pela Bm&FBovespa como sendo de Novo Mercado em conformidade com os Níveis Diferenciados de Governança Corporativa.
Avaliação e gestão de desempenho no setor público: uma análise do manual de orientação
Authors: Bezerra Leonardo , Gomes Marcus Brauer , Pinheiro Junior Luiz Pereira , Tractenberg Leonel Estevao Finkelsteinas
Published: July 2019

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar as possibilidades e limitações do Manual de Orientação de Gestão de Desempenho da Secretaria de Gestão Pública (SEGEP). Foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica e documental sobre o tema na área de Administração Pública, para dar subsídio à análise documental. Na análise dos dados foram comparadas as sete categorias identificadas, sendo elas: as definições de desempenho e avaliaçao individual, a justificativa da avaliação 360 graus, os insumos para capacitação, treinamentos dos participantes, ferramenta de desenvolvimento individual, recursos tecnológicos, alinhamento estratégico e os benefícios da avaliação de desempenho. Os resultados indicam que o Manual da SEGEP apresenta como limitações como a escassa utilização de tecnologias e que somente os mal avaliados são encaminhados para capacitação. Além disso, é possível destacar como principais oportunidades o alinhamento entre gestão do desempenho organizacional com o desempenho individual e a sintonia com os principais referenciais teóricos sobre o tema. É possível concluir que o Manual da SEGEP está alinhado com recentes publicações acadêmicas do tema e possui uma efetividade na sua operacionalização prática. Além disso é possível observar o uso de algumas técnicas inovadoras como o uso de Balanced Scorecard e Avaliação 360 graus no setor público. A pesquisa possui limitações pelo seu caráter teórico e bibliográfico o que sugerem-se pesquisas futuras empíricas para operacionzalizar as categorias levantadas neste artigo.
Sobre el concepto de fraternidad política
Authors: Puyol González Ángel
Published: July 2019

La fraternidad es una idea política con una larga trayectoria histórica y forma parte del nacimiento de la política moderna durante el período de la Revolución francesa junto a las ideas de libertad e igualdad. No obstante, la fraternidad ha recibido muy poca atención por parte de la filosofía política contemporánea. En este artículo, realizo un análisis conceptual de la idea política de fraternidad con el fin de identificar los elementos comunes y distintivos de la misma.
Esplendor y eclipse de la fraternidad. En Homenaje a Antoni Domènech
Authors: Bertomeu María Julia
Published: July 2019

En el año 2004, la editorial Crítica de Barcelona publicó el texto de Antoni Domènech: El eclipse de la fraternidad. Una revisión republicana de la tradición socialista, que abrió un sendero conceptual amplio  para pensar en la “metáfora” de la fraternidad dentro de la tradición socialista en clave republicana. Texto original, provocativo y erudito que –de una u otra manera- tuvo influencia en los trabajos de este Dossier: colegas, amigos, discípulos, y compañeros. Vaya entonces como homenaje al filósofo reciente y tempranamente fallecido, Toni Domènech.
La théorie de la noyade émotive virtuelle : une théorisation ancrée sur le processus de recherche d’aide d’adolescents à risque de suicide
Authors: Rassy Jessica , Mathieu Luc , Michaud Cécile , Monday Tim , Raymond Sylvie , Bonin Jean-Pierre
Published: July 2019

De plus en plus d’adolescents à risque de suicide se tournent vers les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) pour chercher de l’aide. Or, à ce jour, aucune étude n’a exploré le processus de recherche d’aide par les TIC chez des adolescents à risque de suicide. Afin de pallier cette situation, une étude par théorisation ancrée a été menée afin de comprendre le processus de recherche d’aide par les TIC des adolescents ayant un risque suicidaire pour trouver des ressources concernant le suicide. La collecte de données a été effectuée à partir d’entrevues individuelles semi-structurées, d’un questionnaire sur la recherche d’aide par les TIC et d’observations d’une recherche d’aide réelle via les TIC par les adolescents de l’étude. Un n de 15 adolescents âgés de 13 à 17 ans a été atteint par saturation théorique. Les résultats ont permis l’émergence de la théorie de la noyade émotive virtuelle. Cette théorie permet d’abord de mieux comprendre le contexte initial de cette recherche d’aide, soit l’état du jeune, l’environnement social, les facteurs aggravants ainsi que le désir d’utiliser les TIC. Elle permet aussi de comprendre les différentes stratégies par les TIC utilisées par les jeunes (se distraire, s’informer, se dévoiler et aider les autres) ainsi que les conséquences engendrées (la croissance émotive, l’obtention d’aide, le soulagement temporaire, aucun changement, l’exacerbation des idées suicidaires ou le passage à l’acte). Des recommandations pour la clinique, la formation et la recherche sont ensuite émises.
Familles contemporaines et pratiques numériques : quels ajustements pour quelles normes ?
Authors: Balleys Claire , Martin Olivier , Jochems Sylvie
Published: July 2019

Cadre de la recherche :Le savoir sociologique sur l’articulation entre pratiques numériques et vie familiale reste encore peu développé. C’est dans ce contexte que ce dossier et cet article introductif abordent les négociations conjugales et le lien parent/enfant qui sont transformés par ces pratiques numériques, les formes de surveillance médiées par ces technologies ou au contraire les nouvelles formes d’acquisition de l’autonomie, l’équilibre entre socialisation par les pairs et socialisation familiale ainsi que la relation entre usages de ces technologies et rôles sexués au sein des couples et des familles.

Objectifs :Cet article introductif au dossier thématique vise à présenter l’état des recherches actuelles et à problématiser le corpus d’articles sélectionnés.

Méthodologie : Grâce à une revue de la littérature, nous situons ce dossier spécial dans le contexte général des publications consacrées, depuis près de vingt ans, aux thématiques à l’interface des travaux sur la famille et des travaux sur les techniques de communications et l’internet.

Résultats :Dans la première section, nous constatons qu’il s’agit d’un domaine de recherche à développer. Dans les sections suivantes, nous relevons que les contributions de ce numéro thématique ont amplement montré que les pratiques numériques des familles sont le reflet des normes sociales en vigueur, mais aussi des tensions parfois portées par ces normes. Si le constat n’est en soi pas nouveau (Pasquier, 2018), il est affiné par la multiplicité des acteurs, des discours et des méthodes d’enquête.

Conclusions :Au terme du processus d’évaluation et de sélection des articles, ce dossier thématique se pose davantage comme porte-voix de sociologues marqués par un programme relationniste et un langage constructiviste. Ces articles traitent de fait d’intimité et s’inscrivent dans une sociologie du quotidien située au plus près des pratiques ordinaires. Les analyses à connotation déterministes technologiques (Jauréguiberry et Proulx, 2011) y sont de facto moins représentées. Il reste encore beaucoup de chantiers pour les acteurs et actrices de la recherche que toutes ces questions stimulent, et l’évolution des pratiques comme des techniques assurent que ces questions ne seront jamais épuisées.

Contribution :Ce dossier thématique participe à cette conversation entre sociologies de l’individu face aux normes, où, pour les uns, l’individu est gouverné par les normes (structuralisme), et pour les autres, l’individu négocie et co-construit les normes de ces “bons usages” (pragmatisme, interactionnisme). De plus, cet article d’introduction au dossier thématique est une brève mais nécessaire archéologie des savoirs sociologiques et francophones sur les familles à l’ère numérique – manière de rappeler l’idée foucaldienne selon laquelle les corpus scientifiques, construits autour d’un objet de recherche, ne sont pas neutres.
Contemporary families and digital practices : which adjustments for which norms ?
Authors: Balleys Claire , Martin Olivier , Jochems Sylvie , Ferrachat Aude
Published: July 2019

Research Framework :Sociological knowledge about the link between digital practices and family life still needs developing. It is within this context, this journal issue and introductory article explore how marital negotiations and parent-child relationships are being transformed by these digital practices, forms of surveillance mediated by these technologies or, conversely, new ways in which autonomy is attained, the balance between peer and familial socialisation, as well as the connection between gender roles and the ways in which these technologies are used by couples and families.

Objectives :This introductory article is designed to present the current state of research on these topics and critically examine the corpus of articles included in this issue.

Methodology :Through a review of the literature, we situate this special issue within a broader context of research that, for nearly twenty years, at the intersection of work on the family and work on communication technologies and the internet.

Results :In the first section, we suggest that this field of research is yet to be developed. In the following sections, we will show how the articles in this themed issue largely demonstrate that family digital practices reflect current social norms, as well as the tensions these norms may create. Although this analysis is not new (Pasquier, 2018), it is refined by the multiplicity of actors, discourses, and methodologies.

Conclusions :As a result of the evaluation and selection of the articles, this themed issue is intended to give a voice to sociologists influenced by a relationist approach and a constructivist language. These articles deal with intimacy and fall within the framework of the sociology of everyday life, taking a close look at ordinary practices. Technologicaly deterministic analyses (Jauréguilberry and Proulx, 2011) are therefore less present. Scholars interested in these topics will find that much remains to be done, and the constant evolution of these practices and technologies ensures that there will always be new questions to address.

Contribution :This themed issue contributes to the dialogue between various sociological studies of the individual and his or her relationship to norms, where some believe that the norms govern the individual (structuralism), while others believe that the individual negotiate and co-creates the norms regulating these 'good practices' (pragmatism, interactionism). Moreover, this introductory article will provide a short but necessary survey of French-language sociological knowledge about families in the digital era   –   a way to remind ourselves and our readers of the Foucauldian idea that scientific works about a research topic are not neutral.
Les ressources numériques d’information offertes aux parents belges et canadiens francophones en réponse au problème de la cyberintimidation : une analyse critique du discours
Authors: Bégin Mathieu , T’Kint Alice , Fastrez Pierre , Landry Normand
Published: July 2019

Cadre de la recherche : Le mot « cyberintimidation » désigne toute situation où une personne ou un groupe communique un contenu à l’aide des technologies socionumériques, dans le but de nuire au bien-être d’une tierce personne. Cette recherche porte sur les ressources numériques d’information (RNI) offertes aux parents belges et canadiens francophones, en réponse à ce problème social.

Objectifs : S’appuyant sur la théorie de l’analyse critique du discours, notre recherche vise à décrire les manières d’agir et les manières d’être les plus souvent proposées aux parents belges et canadiens francophones, puis à les évaluer au regard de ce que la recherche scientifique juge souhaitable dans ce domaine.

Méthodologie : Une analyse du discours de 17 RNI belges et de 35 RNI canadiennes a été réalisée. Toutes les propositions traduisant des manières d’agir et les manières d’être dans ces documents ont été classées dans des catégories d’analyse tirées de la documentation scientifique.

Résultats : Le discours des RNI belges prescrit des modes d’intervention en situation de cyberintimidation qui sont proactifs ; des actions préventives misant sur la promotion du respect d’autrui ; une éducation aux médias prescriptive de bons usages ; l’exercice d’une parentalité démocratique à tendance autoritaire. Le discours des RNI canadiennes prescrit des modes d’intervention en situation de cyberintimidation axés sur le bien-être de l’enfant-victime ; des actions préventives portées sur la compréhension de l’univers sociomédiatique des jeunes ; une éducation aux médias misant sur l’accompagnement et le dialogue ouvert ; l’exercice d’une parentalité démocratique à tendance permissive.

Conclusions : Les deux pays se distinguent sur plusieurs plans en matière de manières d’agir et de manières d’être promues dans les discours des RNI. Nos observations rejoignent les conclusions d’enquêtes montrant que l’exercice de la parentalité en Europe latine se fait selon un modèle plus autoritaire que celui qui est en vogue au Canada.

Contribution : Notre recherche confirme le postulat de la théorie de l’analyse critique du discours selon lequel les discours sont orientés par des connaissances de sens commun (croyances, normes, valeurs) géographiquement et culturellement situées.
Crónica de un viaje. Trabajos sobre la arquitectura teatral y la escenificación del teatro del Siglo de Oro
Authors: Bolaños Donoso Piedad , Reyes Peña Mercedes de los , Palacios Vicente , Ruesga Juan
Published: July 2019

Este artículo describe la trayectoria de un grupo de trabajo dedicado a la investigación del Teatro del Siglo de Oro, especialmente a la arquitectura teatral de los corrales de comedias, a la maquinaria teatral o tramoya de los mismos y  la escenificación de los espectáculos. El origen del equipo, trayectorias individuales y singularidad del grupo, ya que no se adscribe a ninguna institución pública. Y que utiliza la documentación filológica, la arquitectura y la reconstrucción virtual como herramientas vinculadas para ofrecer piezas de difusión, análisis y estudio en la materia que nos ocupa.
Nuevas tecnologías y literatura
Authors: Burgos Segarra Gemma
Published: July 2019

Este vídeo, así como el breve texto que lo acompaña, pretende fomentar una reflexión acerca del estado en que se encuentran actualmente las relaciones entre la literatura y las nuevas tecnologías, concretamente la realidad aumentada y la virtual. Con esta finalidad se muestran diversos ejemplos, anteriores y actuales, que dan la medida de los retos a los que la literatura se enfrenta ante la irrupción de las nuevas tecnologías en la edición y las ventajas o problemas que ello puede suponer.
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La melancolía en su castillo. Ortega y la tradición del Estado estético
Authors: Bautista Luis
Published: July 2019

Este artículo estudia las relaciones entre la reflexión y la melancolía en la Modernidad. El hombre de letras, el (proto-)intelectual moderno trata de crear por medio de su escritura una sociedad perfecta. Un ejemplo de ello es la versión del Estado estético propuesta por Ortega en las Meditaciones del Quijote. La idea del Estado estético surge en la Alemania del siglo XVIII sobre el modelo inventado de la Antigua Grecia como civilización que fue capaz de conciliar razón y sensibilidad como premisa para crear una sociedad perfecta de personas libres. El inconveniente que encuentran los modernos, según teoriza Schiller en las Cartas para la educación estética del hombre, y Ortega en las Meditaciones, es que ambos dominios están ya disociados y la conducta estética solo ofrece una solución precaria.
Los castillos y la ficción: la cinematografía del espacio laberíntico
Authors: Tissera Graciela
Published: July 2019

El presente trabajo tiene el propósito de analizar los espacios laberínticos de los castillos en la manera en que se presentan en las siguientes películas: Ojo del diablo (1966) de J. Lee Thompson (Inglaterra, 1914-2002), basada en la novela Día de la flecha (1964) de Philip Loraine (Inglaterra, 1920-2002), y La novena puerta (1999) de Roman Polanski (Francia, 1933), basada en la novela El Club Dumas (1993) de Arturo Pérez Reverte (España, 1951). En estas películas, las imágenes de castillos recrean simbólicamente los enigmas planteados en los conflictos de los personajes para proyectar una presencia elusiva y ubicua constituyendo un portal hacia lo desconocido.
La “cosa étnica” ¿está de moda? Performatividad indoamericana en el discurso gráfico de Vogue (2000-2017)
Authors: Mora Silva Julimar del Carmen
Published: July 2019

Este artículo presenta un conjunto se reflexiones acerca de la representación asignada a lo indoamericano en las colecciones y marcas de la Alta Moda presentes en los Fashion Weeks a partir de Vogue. Para ello, se analizaron los contenidos tanto visuales, como escritos en una doble dimensión: una estética y una simbólica, evidenciando la transmisión de antiguas políticas de estilo y significación en “nuevas” formas de expresión. Así mismo, se discuten una serie de casos en los que los discursos y performatividades promovidos en estos espacios avivaron la agencia de grupos que reaccionaron con la crítica. El análisis dio cuenta de la gestación de contradicciones a todos los niveles, desde el más estético asociado a la indumentaria y al performance corporal, hasta el más político anclado a las disputas por el derecho a la existencia e identidad.
La importancia de llamarse Aylan. Fotografía y activismo en tiempos hiperconectados
Authors: González Gea Esther
Published: July 2019

Resumen: El 3 de septiembre de 2015 muchos medios de comunicación amanecían con alguna de las imágenes tomadas a un niño sirio muerto en playas turcas tratando de huir de un país en guerra. El retrato del niño en cuestión, Aylan Kurdi, en primer plano con el rostro semioculto en la arena, viralizó en la red transformado por el clamor popular en forma de pequeños homenajes o mordaces críticas a la labor de Europa en el conflicto. Por un tiempo, pareció que el rumbo podía cambiar. El presente texto, parte de la relación establecida entre fotografía y guerra, para posteriormente ahondar en por qué esta representación y no otras acabó convirtiéndose en imagen icónica del conflicto sirio.  
Palabras clave: Fotografía, guerra, Siria, Aylan Kurdi, imagen viral
 
Abstract: On 3 September 2015, many media outlets were dawning with some images taken of a Syrian boy killed on Turkish beaches trying to flee a country at war. The portrait of the child in question, Aylan Kurdi, in the foreground with his face half hidden in the sand, was transformed by the popular outcry into a small tribute or a scathing criticism of Europe's work in the conflict. For a while, it seemed like the course could change. This text, based on the relationship between photography and war, explores why this representation, and not others, became an iconic image of the Syrian conflict. 
Keywords: Photography, war, Syria, Aylan Kurdi, viral image
Entre la fotografía documental y la fotografía callejera: marginalidad y género
Authors: García Ranedo Mar
Published: July 2019

Resumen
Con este artículo, propongo un acercamiento analítico a dos series de fotografías, Pulsaciones y Utterances, de la que soy autora, que cuestionan el estatus fotográfico de la imagen y que ayudan a definir las diferencias y paralelismos entre lo entendido por fotografía documental y fotografía callejera. Ambas series se establecen a partir de fotografías “robadas” que persiguen visibilizar a la mujer y sus modos de ocupar el espacio público desde prácticas ciudadanas que revelan problemáticas de equidad y diferencia en relación al género. Con esta aproximación conceptual, dichas series -articuladas como conjuntos diagramáticos de imágenes- enfatizan la conveniencia de una sintaxis visual, organizativa de la narración y el discurso. Se pretende apoyar, de este modo, un tipo de fotografía callejera, causal, instantánea y operante, que desde esa instantaneidad recupere autenticidad y promueva una dialéctica entre el compromiso sociopolítico y la realidad.
Palabras clave: Fotografía, documental, callejera, mujer, género, sociopolítico.
Abstract
With this article, I propose an analytical approach to two series of photographs, of which I am the author, that questions the photographic status of the image and helps to define the differences and parallelims between what is understood by documentary photography and street photography. Both series are based on "stolen" photographs that seek to make women visible and their ways of occupying the public space during citizen practices that reveal issues of equity and difference in relation to gender. With this conceptual approach, these series -articulated as diagrammatic sets of images- emphasize the convenience of a visual, organizational syntax of narration and discourse. The aim is to support, in this way, a type of street photography, causal, instantaneous and operative, that recovers authenticity from instantaneity and promote a dialectic between sociopolitical commitment and reality.
Key words: Photography, documnetary, street, woman, gender, sociopolitical.
Fotografía y post-realidad
Authors: Martí Testón Ana
Published: July 2019

Resumen:
La ya eterna crisis de los principales valores tradicionales de la fotografía sigue cuestionando su esencia y su papel en nuestra sociedad postmoderna. La abundancia de imágenes que invaden las pantallas de nuestros teléfonos inteligentes ha terminado por conformar una nueva realidad virtual que se superpone a nuestro mundo real y físico hasta prácticamente su total disolución, en lo que vendría a ser un nuevo estado de conciencia, que podríamos definir como post-realidad. El advenimiento de nuevos dispositivos de realidad aumentada ampliaría estos límites para crear un nuevo tipo de imágenes capaces de retratar distintos ámbitos, ya alejados del puro consumo de identidades ficticias surgidos a raíz del uso de redes sociales como Instagram. 
Palabras clave: Fotografía, post-realidad, Instagram, Realidad Aumentada
Resumen en inglés:
The already eternal crisis of the main traditional values of photography continues to question its essence and its role in our postmodern society. The abundance of images that invade the screens of our smartphones has ended up shaping a new virtual reality that overlaps our real and physical world until practically its total dissolution, in what would become a new state of consciousness, which we could define as post-reality. The advent of new augmented reality devices would expand these limits to create a new type of images capable of portraying different areas, already removed from the pure consumption of fictitious identities arising from the use of social networks like Instagram.
Key words: Photography, post-reality, Instagram, Augmented Reality
La pintura como huella: fotografía y pintura en la obra de Gerhard Richter.
Authors: Murillo Ligorred Víctor
Published: July 2019

El presente texto aborda la cuestión del concepto de índex en la obra pictórica de Gerhard Richter. Esta cualidad de lo fotográfico revierte en la pintura abstracta de los años ochenta en tanto que huella. Para ello, primero se analiza el índex desde la mecanicidad, la tecnicidad y el antiestilo, con el que Richter trabaja sus obras. Para después, analizar cómo el índex, desde su categoría de huella, muestra el rastro de los aparatos por los que fue creado el cuadro. Richter traslada al mundo de la pintura la técnica fotográfica, entrando en un debate de lo fotográfico por la vía de la suplantación de lo pictórico. Un análisis que justifica sus modos de hacer y explica la naturaleza mecánica de sus pinturas.
Palabras clave
Índex, fotografía, pintura, Gerhard Richter, anti estilo
Abstract
The present text approaches the work of Gerhard Richter in terms of footprint or index, concept by which better understand the ways of painting of the German artist from 1962. For do this, we analyze how the concept of index works both in the photo-paintings of the 1960s and in the abstract work of the eighties and nineties. It is studied how their ways of doing have to do with a machine art and not with the traditional procedure of painters to create paintings. Afterwards, the debate focuses on the technicality, the mechanicity and the anti-style characteristic of the photo-paintings and the abstract paintings understood as a footprint, far from conventional painting and without any type of artifice. A current reading on the iconic that explores the new languages of the artistic from the mechanicity of the technique in the slide that arises from the photographic to the pictorial.
Keywords
Índex, photografy, painting, Gerhard Richter, anti-style
Law and Liberty. Immanuel Kant and James Madison on the Modern Polity
Authors: Zöller Günter
Published: July 2019

The article relates Kant to the American Revolution by connecting his republicanism with the ingenious balancing of national and federal features in the constitution of the American republic, as envisioned and enacted by James Madison. Section 1 sets the stage by profiling Kant and Madison in historical and systematic terms. Section 2 traces the development of republicanism from its ancient origins to its modern variety. Section 3 reconstructs Kant's legalist republicanism in the twofold context of his philosophy of history and his philosophy of law. Section 4 portrays Madison as the leading theoretician of the modern federal republic.
Kant en el debate contemporáneo acerca de los derechos humanos, el cosmopolitismo y la paz Estudio crítico del libro: Luigi Caranti, Kant’s Political Legacy. Human Rights, Peace, Progress. Wales: University of Wales Press, 2017.
Authors: Beade Ileana
Published: July 2019

Discusión crítica del libro de Luigi Caranti, Kant’s Political Legacy. Human Rights, Peace, Progress. (2017)
Reflexiones en torno a la cuestión de si es posible encontrar un fundamento moral del derecho en Kant que posibilite una teoría de los derechos humanos en la actualidad
Authors: Martínez Fisher María Guadalupe
Published: July 2019

Discusión crítica del libro de Luigi Caranti, Kant´s political legacy. Human Rights, Peace, Progress. (2017)
La virtud de la humildad en la filosofía práctica de Hermann Cohen
Authors: Arrese Igor Héctor Oscar
Published: July 2019

Este trabajo apunta a mostrar el rol sistemático de la virtud de la humildad en la ética de Hermann Cohen. Para ello establezco relaciones conceptuales entre las virtudes de la veracidad y la humildad. Por otro lado exploro la dimensión estética de la humildad así como su relevancia para el campo de la intersubjetividad. Finalmente considero la función crítica de la humildad en relación con el espacio de lo público político.
Novedad editorial
Authors: Caimi Mario Pedro Miguel
Published: July 2019

Presentación de: Kant, I.: Crítica de la razón pura. Estudio preliminar, traducción y notas de Mario Caimi. México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana y Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Segunda reimpresión con correcciones del traductor, 2018. ISBN 978-607-16-0119-3.
Herszenbaun, Miguel Alejandro: La antinomia de la razón pura en Kant y Hegel. Madrid: Ediciones Alamanda, 2018
Authors: Bavaresco Agemir
Published: July 2019

Reseña de HERSZENBAUN, Miguel Alejandro. La antinomia de la razón pura en Kant y Hegel. Madrid, Ediciones Alamanda, 2018, 603 pp. ISBN: 978-84-940-241-9-1.
El reino de los fines y la comunidad ética. Acerca de la dimensión intersubjetiva de la ética kantiana
Authors: Beade Ileana
Published: July 2019

En este trabajo se consideran dos objeciones recurrentes formuladas a la doctrina ética kantiana: aquella que cuestiona su presunto carácter individualista y aquella que señala su pretendido formalismo. A partir de un análisis de las nociones de reino de los fines y de comunidad ética, se intentará mostrar que la ética kantiana, lejos de limitarse a la mera determinación de principios formales, introduce un contenido fundamental, que opera como condición restrictiva de toda acción humana en general, esto es: el valor absoluto e incondicionado del ser humano como fin en sí.
Ata do Simpósio Internacional de Kant a Hegel
Authors: Bavaresco Agemir , Tauchen Jair , Pontel Evandro
Published: July 2019

Nos dias 20 e 21 de novembro de 2018 aconteceu na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) o Simpósio Internacional de Kant a Hegel. O evento ocorreu no Auditório do Prédio 40, contando com a participação de estudantes, pesquisadores e especialistas interessados no tema da filosofia alemã clássica e suas influências a partir do legado do pensamento de dois pilares da filosofia ocidental, Kant e Hegel. Além da participação de pesquisadores brasileiros de várias universidades federais e demais instituições de ensino, estiveram presentes participantes de seis países (Alemanha, Argentina, Chile, Colômbia, Itália e Peru).
Mario Caimi, Kant’s B Deduction, Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
Authors: Rumore Paula
Published: July 2019

The volume by Mario Caimi – published in the series “Kantian Questions” edited by Pablo Muchnik – presents the English translation of his previous Leçons sur Kant. La déduction transcendentale dans la deuxième édition de la “Critique de la raison pure” (Paris, 2007), originated in a lecture he held at the Sorbonne in 2004.
The Principle of the Transcendental Deduction. The First Section of the Deduction of the Pure Concepts of the Understanding
Authors: Meer Rudolf
Published: July 2019

This paper considers the transcendental deduction of the categories from a specific point of view: the First Section of the Deduction of the Pure Concepts of the Understanding. In this passage, Kant not only explores the task and the method of the transcendental deduction, in form of the principle of the transcendental deduction, but also implements it. The subsequent section(s) of the deduction proceed(s) to build on the argument, and do(es) so in different ways in the A- and the B-deduction. Accordingly, the principle of the transcendental deduction has a crucial function for the entire deduction because it builds a transition between the first and the following section(s) in which Kant constantly refers to it.
A lipid-leakage model for Alzheimer’s Disease
Authors: Rudge Jonathan D
Published: July 2019

This paper describes a potential new explanation for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), referred to here as the lipid leakage model. It proposes that AD is caused by the influx of lipids following the breakdown of the blood brain barrier (BBB).The model argues that a principle role of the BBB is to protect the brain from external lipid access. When the BBB is damaged, it allows a mass influx of free fatty acids (FFAs) and lipid-rich lipoproteins to the brain, which in turn causes neurodegeneration, amyloidosis, tau tangles and other AD characteristics. The model also argues that, whilst β-amyloid causes neurodegeneration, as is widely argued, its principal role in the disease lies in damaging the BBB. It is the external lipids, entering as a consequence, that are the primary drivers of neurodegeneration in AD, especially FFAs, which stimulate microglia-driven neuroinflammation, inhibit neurogenesis and cause endosomal-lysosomal abnormalities, all characteristic of AD. In most cases amyloidosis and tau tangle formation lie downstream of these lipids and are in many ways as much symptomatic of the disease as causative. In support of this, it is argued that the pattern of damage caused by the influx of FFAs into the brain is likely to resemble the neurodegeneration seen in alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD), a disease that shows many similarities to AD, including the areas of the brain it affects. The fact that anterograde amnesia is far more pronounced in AD than ARBD results from the greater hydrophobicity of FFAs, in an anaesthesia-related manner.
Structural and evolutionary characteristics of dynamin-related GTPase OPA1
Authors: Li Dandan , Wang Jinlan , Jin Zichen , Zhang Zheng
Published: July 2019

OPA1 is a dynamin-related GTPase that controls mitochondrial fusion, cristae remodeling, energetics and mtDNA maintenance. However, the molecular architecture of OPA1 is poorly understood. Here we modeled the structure of human OPA1 by the threading approach. We found that the C-terminal region of the OPA1 protein had multiple functional domains, while the N-terminal region was rich in alpha helices and did not include specific domains. For the short soluble forms of OPA1, we observed that there were obvious hydrophobic regions near the two cleavage sites and the N-terminal was positively charged after cleavage. The blue native analysis revealed that the protein could form stable homodimers. In addition, the evolutionary conservation of the C-terminal region, where most of the known mutated disease-related sites were located, was significantly higher than that of the N-terminal region. These findings provided new insights into the structure and biochemical function of OPA1.
Score production and quantitative methods used by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners for postexam analyses
Authors: Himelfarb Igor , Shotts Bruce L. , Tang Nai-En , Smith Margaret
Published: July 2019

Objective:

The National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) uses a robust system for data analysis. The aim of this work is to introduce the reader to the process of score production and the quantitative methods used by the psychometrician and data analysts of the NBCE.

Methods:

The NBCE employs data validation, diagnostic analyses, and item response theory–based modeling of responses to estimate test takers' abilities and item-related parameters. For this article, the authors generated 1303 synthetic item responses to 20 multiple-choice items with 4 response options to each item. These data were used to illustrate and explain the processes of data validation, diagnostic item analysis, and item calibration based on item response theory.

Results:

The diagnostic item analysis is presented for items 1 and 5 of the data set. The 3-parameter logistic item response theory model was used for calibration. Numerical and graphical results are presented and discussed.

Conclusion:

Demands for data-driven decision making and evidence-based effectiveness create a need for objective measures to be used in educational program reviews and evaluations. Standardized test scores are often included in that array of objective measures. With this article, we offer transparency of score production used for NBCE testing.
Field Survey of Cassava Susceptibility to Termite Infestation as Influenced by Time, Scale and Management Strategy in Selected Owerri Agricultural Zones, Southeast Nigeria
Authors: Ogbedeh K. O. , Epidi T. T. , Dialoke S. A. , Bosah B. O. , Ugwoke F. O.
Published: July 2019

Aim: In Africa, cassava provides a basic daily source of dietary energy and has gained popularity as one of the most important root crops in Nigeria especially in the Southern States. However, a thorough survey on cassava susceptibility to termite infestation in relation to time and management strategy has not received attention by farmers in Owerri (Southeastern Nigeria).

Study Design: Therefore, the need to carry out a field survey of cassava susceptibility to termite infestation as an influence by time, scale and management strategy in selected Owerri Agricultural zones.

Place and Duration of Study: The field survey was conducted in 2016 in four selected Agricultural zones of Owerri, Namely; Ezinnihite Mbaise (Zone 1), Owerri North (Zone 2), Mbaitoli (Zone 3) and Owerri West (Zone 4).

Methodology: A random selection of 30 cassava farmers from each of the study areas was made, totalling 120 respondents. Data were collected through structural questionnaire administration to the respondents on the four selected zones and were analyzed using Descriptive Statistics.

Results: Result shows that cassava stems were more susceptible to termite attack than tubers, especially during dry periods. Equally cassava devastation by termite occurred mostly at planting where newly planted cuttings suffered most. Termite infestation on cassava was more between January and May as well as between October and December. On the other hand, the use of chemical control either singly or in synergy with other non-chemical means to control termites appears to be very popular amongst respondents. Youths and mature adults were actively engaged in cassava farming, but the majority of them were unskilled by virtue of their low literacy levels.

Conclusion: Farmer education is recommended to enable the integration of pest/termite avoidance principle into termite control strategy.
Best Approximation for the k-digamma Functions
Authors: Zhao J. , Yin L. , Deng X. H.
Published: July 2019

In this paper, we show a best approximation for the k-digamma functions.
Modeling the regulation of p53 activation by HIF‐1 upon hypoxia
Authors: Wang Ping , Guan Di , Zhang Xiao‐Peng , Liu Feng , Wang Wei
Published: July 2019

As a famous tumor suppressor, p53 is also activated under hypoxic conditions. Hypoxia‐inducuble factor 1, HIF‐1, is involved in the activation of p53 upon hypoxia. However, how p53 is modulated by the HIF‐1 pathway to decide cell fate is less understood. In this work, we developed a network model including p53 and HIF‐1 pathways to clarify the mechanism of cell fate decision in response to hypoxia. We found that HIF‐1α and p53 are activated under different conditions. Under moderate hypoxia, HIF‐1α is activated to induce glycolysis or angiogenesis, and promotes partial accumulation of p53 by inducing PNUTS. Under severe hypoxia, p53 rises to high levels due to ATR‐dependent stabilization and promotes Mdm2‐dependent HIF‐1α degradation. As a result, fully activated p53 triggers apoptosis. Of note, competition for p300 between HIF‐1α and p53 plays a key role in regulating their transcriptional activities. This work may advance the understanding of the mechanism for p53 regulation by HIF‐1 in the hypoxic response.