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Stanisław Lem’s language thinking in the space of the writer’s aphoristicon
Authors: Kosmeda Tetyana
Published: December 2023

In this research, Stanisław Lem’s aphoristicon analysis was carried out in the view of the multifaceted classification and in the focus of the ego-text theory in particular. It was shown that the writer’s discourse is densely aphoristic: literary statements go beyond (1) the corresponding work, (2) a certain type of personal discourse, taking into account live speech, and acquire the status of aphorism, beginto enter into socio-cultural as well as verbal circulation, of not only Polish but also other linguistic cultures of the world thanks to translations. An attempt was made to characterize the creativity of S. Lem’s language thinking which is manifested in the ability to concentrate and concisely verbalize deep thoughts on a wide range of topics and issues.
La compleja calificación de la contingencia profesional en las situaciones de pluriactividad / The complex qualification of professional contingency in situations of pluriactivity.
Authors: Díaz Mordillo María Alexandra
Published: December 2023

Teniendo en cuenta la especial situación de los trabajadores en pluriempleo o pluriactividad y las particularidades existentes en la calificación de las contingencias profesionales del Régimen Especial de Trabajadores por Cuenta Propia o Autónomos, ante la falta de desarrollo normativo, se ha tratado de determinar si procede una única calificación como contingencia profesional para todas las actividades en las que el sujeto se encuentra en alta o si esta consideración quedaba limitada a la actividad en cuyo ejercicio se hubiera producido el siniestro. La solidaridad empresarial que se produce en las situaciones de pluriempleo no es exportable a las situaciones de pluriactividad en las que la independencia de cotizaciones produce prestaciones independientes. Este hecho, unido a la diferente terminología que la normativa emplea para definir el accidente de trabajo por cuenta propia y ajena, hace que sea imposible aplicar el principio de consideración conjunta de las contingencias cubiertas.
Un parche más para la incapacidad temporal / One more patch for temporary disability.
Authors: León Iglesias Javier
Published: December 2023

En el contexto actual de gasto prestacional creciente en materia de incapacidad temporal, originado por diversas variables, no investigadas en profundidad, la reforma de la Ley General de la Seguridad Social mediante el Real-Decreto-Ley 2/2023, de 16 de marzo, no introduce novedades de calado para solventar el problema de un sistema, que sigue sin alcanzar el deseable equilibrio entre evitar el abuso en el percibo de la prestación, y proporcionar la debida acción protectora a quienes agotan su período máximo legal, persistiendo las razones clínicas que motivaron la baja médica. Las nuevas redacciones legales se limitan a suprimir la posibilidad de declaración de prórroga expresa a los trescientos sesenta y cinco días de duración, sustituyéndola por una prórroga tácita, si no se ha emitido antes el alta, a la vez que traslada a la inspección médica del INSS, la competencia decisoria, encomendada, hasta ahora, al INSS a través del EVI.
Estudio comparado del tratamiento normativo de la suspensión del contrato de trabajo por situaciones de fuerza mayor, por razones económicas técnicas, productivas y penales: notas al régimen interno español y colombiano / Comparative study of the regulatory treatment of the suspension of the employment contract due to situations of force majeure, for technical, productive and criminal economic reasons: notes to the Spanish and Colombian internal regime
Authors: Martínez Mateo Carlos José
Published: December 2023

La relación de trabajo se encuentra sujeta a determinadas vicisitudes que pueden ocasionar la extinción del contrato de trabajo, pero que en la práctica provocan únicamente la suspensión de las obligaciones bilaterales para mantener vigente el contrato. Una vez desaparecidas esas vicisitudes, la relación laboral puede reanudarse con normalidad. El presente artículo se basa en un estudio comparado de la regulación de los tres casos más relevantes de suspensión del contrato de trabajo, es decir, por causas de fuerza mayor, por razones económicas técnicas, productivas y penales en los regímenes internos del Reino de España y la República de Colombia. La cuestión básica se centra en cómo tratan estos ordenamientos laborales aquellas situaciones en las que el trabajador no puede ir a cumplir con su obligación por una serie de vicisitudes como las descritas, lo que marca más las diferencias que las similitudes entre la legislación española respecto a la colombiana.
A trinca de um cenário positivo à saúde laboral: nanotecnologias, produtividade e trabalhabilidade / The crack of a positive scenario for workplace health: nanotechnologies, productivity and workability.
Authors: Carvalho Góes Maurício de , Munaro Alves Andressa
Published: December 2023

O estudo é movido pelo desafio de investigar as modernas inquietações do mundo do trabalho. Para tanto, além de destinar atenção especial ao labor produtivo, busca-se verificar se dentro deste quadro as nanotecnologias podem auxiliar a labuta, não desatentando aos pormenores que envolvem a preocupação (que se deve ter e manter) com a saúde. Desta feita, almeja-se responder a seguinte questão: De que forma a utilização de nanotecnologias podem incentivar a produtividade laboral sem violar o direito à saúde assegurado pela Constituição Cidadã de 1998? A pesquisa seguirá o método de abordagem hipotético-dedutivo, em virtude da forma que se pretende cotejar a sua resposta, experienciando as nanotecnologias em cenário laborativo, construindo prováveis conjecturas ao problema e lançando novas possibilidades. Os procedimentos serão histórico-tipológico-funcionalistas, considerando que se fará reflexão em apanhado teórico-cronológico e posterior ilações frente às (novas) composições sociais. Manuseando materiais bibliográficos existentes em pesquisa de tipo qualitativo, a interpretação que se pretende perquirir é sociológica, a julgar pelo moderno cenário social e prospecto futuro ao labor arrimado por incrementos em nanodimensões. Por derradeiro, conclui-se que, se o exercício laboral for jungido pelo princípio da precaução quando do manuseio de produtos em escala nanotecnológica, a saúde do trabalhador será salvaguardada, assim como será possível o desenvolvimento de sua produtividade se, em paralelo, incentivada for a sua trabalhabilidade.
Mecanismos de protección social de las personas adultas mayores: una utopía o realidad en México para garantizar una calidad de vida / Social protection mechanisms for the elderly: a utopia or reality in Mexico.
Authors: López Pérez Emmanuel , Trujillo Marín Aranzazú
Published: December 2023

El presente artículo tiene como objetivo desarrollar un análisis jurídico de los mecanismos de protección social dirigidos a las personas adultas mayores en México para generar condiciones de calidad de vida. Ciertamente, México ha avanzado en el reconocimiento de los derechos de las personas adultas mayores en su marco normativo nacional e internacional, sin embargo, existen desafíos significativos para garantizar una protección social efectiva a este grupo vulnerable máxime en un contexto de envejecimiento demográfico en constante crecimiento en el país. En ese contexto, el presente trabajo se desarrolla bajo el método deductivo-analítico dando comienzo con las principales acepciones que involucran al tema, pasando por el análisis del marco jurídico nacional e internacional, seguido de los mecanismos de protección social establecidos en el país y su alcance para generar calidad de vida, finalizando con algunas reflexiones y las fuentes de investigación consultadas.
El otro Coderch de la Barceloneta: Viviendas para pescadores Grupo Almirante Cervera, 1950-1960.
Authors: Palomino de la Fuente Andrea
Published: December 2023

El edificio «Grupo Almirante Cervera», también conocido como «Bloc de Pescadors» o «Viviendas para la Cooperativa Obrera la Maquinista» es un bloque de viviendas proyectado por José Antonio Coderch junto a Manuel Valls y está situado en la Barceloneta. Fue promovido por el Instituto Social de la Marina durante la década de 1950 y constituye un singular proyecto de vivienda social en Barcelona en relación con su contexto arquitectónico. El programa del edi!cio consistió originalmente en 140 viviendas y 28 tiendas para pescadores y ofreció al congestionado barrio una plaza semiabierta accesible desde la calle de la Maquinista. Con todo, el edificio hasta fecha reciente ha permanecido a la sombra del que está situado a escasos 600 metros, el más reconocido edificio de viviendas de paseo Juan de Borbón. El bloque, a pesar de su envergadura, fue ‘condenado’ incluso por su autor, puesto que, en un determinado momento, Coderch abandonó la dirección de obra. En consecuencia, muchas son las lagunas de información y documentación en torno al edificio contribuyendo así a su discreto reconocimiento. Este artículo se propone recuperar la memoria del edificio, tratando de entenderlo desde su contexto y reconstruyendo, mediante diversas fuentes primarias, su ‘proceso proyectual’. Por medio de esta interpretación crítica, se pretende reconocer al edificio como una obra a tener en cuenta en la historiografía de Coderch, no solo por su calidad arquitectónica, sino por los lazos que es capaz de estrechar tanto con el contexto arquitectónico nacional como con el internacional de su época.
Barcelona, 1942. Reconstrucción y relato de la nueva arquitectura alemana.
Authors: Navas Catalá Carlos
Published: December 2023

Iniciada la década de 1940, España afronta un periodo de recomposición que bascula entre el aislamiento y la mirada a otras experiencias fascistas. La revolución falangista, que debía alumbrar un nuevo modelo de sociedad, alcanzaría también al arte; porque a nueva política, nueva arquitectura. Una redefinición del corpus estilístico que involucrará no solo a la nueva red de organismos nacionales, sino también a aquellos provenientes de Europa. Paralelamente al curso de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Alemania había iniciado una gira arquitectónica por distintas capitales europeas con el !n de mostrar el poder constructivo y organizativo del Tercer Reich e influir en el siempre cambiante tablero geopolítico. Se trataba de una revisión cultural de la Weltanschauung alemana en forma de una de las muestras de arquitectura más ambiciosas de la propaganda nazi. Su visita a España se esperaba para el año 1942. Tras su paso por Madrid, la exposición Neue Deutsche Baukunst recala en Barcelona dónde rápidamente se convierte en todo un acontecimiento social. El presente artículo aporta nuevas referencias con las que documenta la magnitud del evento y reconstruye el escenario desplegado en el interior del Palacio de Arte Moderno de la Ciudadela, así como los movimientos puestos en marcha por las autoridades españolas. Un episodio de la historiografía que sacude el panorama catalán de posguerra y cuya recepción evidencia, incluso fuera de la principal área de influencia de la Dirección General de Arquitectura y las teorías falangistas, la admiración y el recelo político que en el contexto local despierta la poderosa Alemania.
Low-carbohydrate diets for reducing cardiovascular risk and supporting weight loss in adults: a synthesis of systematic reviews
Authors: Hamer Oliver
Published: December 2023

In this commentary, Oliver Hamer conducts a narrative synthesis of systematic reviews on the effects of low-carbohydrate diets on reducing cardiovascular disease risk and weight loss in adults without specific diseases.
Day-case hip and knee arthroplasty: stages of care and the development of an institutional pathway
Authors: Wignadasan Warran , Haddad Fares S
Published: December 2023

Day-case, or outpatient, arthroplasty is growing and has been adopted in healthcare systems because of its cost-effectiveness. A number of studies that reported on day-case total hip arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty have shown that they can be performed successfully in a select group of patients. However, safety remains a concern, as a clear pathway, including discharge criteria, is not well described in the literature. This article outlines the stages of care involved in day-case hip and knee arthroplasty and gives insights from University College London Hospital's own evidence-based day-case arthroplasty pathway.
Nursery World visits…: Belmont Farm Nursery School
Authors: Weinstein Nicole
Published: December 2023

Nicole Weinstein visits a London day nursery on the site of a working farm and looks at the resources and learning that takes place in its Forest School
How should we view the CoEL?
Authors: Dubiel Jan
Published: December 2023

In this final part of his series on learning behaviours, Jan Dubiel explores how early years practitioners should approach the Characteristics of Effective Learning
Intergenerational: Generational knowledge
Authors: Weinstein Nicole
Published: December 2023

How can early years staff deepen their understanding of intergenerational practice? By Nicole Weinstein
Market view: WHAT IS ‘NAV’?
Authors: Turner Leah
Published: December 2023

Leah Turner, co-founder of Owen Froebel, which offers day nursery brokerage, valuations and sales, on understanding and benefiting from net asset value when selling up
Photojournalism and Violence in the Online Press of El Salvador
Authors: López-Sánchez Carmen , Alas Trujillo Norman Noel , Orantes Blanca Ruth , Castillo José A. García del
Published: December 2023

Introduction: At present, the significance and the impact that digital photography has in online press is due to its fast dissemination around the world and nationwide. In regards to violence, El Salvador has been considered as one of the countries with the highest homicide rate, mainly because of gangs; throughout the years, this has been reflected in mass media, particularly on the written press and online press.

Methodology: Online press and photojournalism in El Salvador were analyzed via a cross-sectional study; with a random sampling of 384 university students.

Results: In relation to the news published with a high content of violence, 75% of the sampled people said that they had seen them; a low percentage (18.2%) stated not seeing online publications with a high content of violence. More than 69% of participants affirm that all digital media should go through a filter prior to publishing their news articles and photographs. More than 93% stated that social media is the go-to source to be informed on events and facts taking place in El Salvador and the rest of the world.

Conclusions: The dissemination of news with a high content of violence via digital media indicates that the scenes published by this media are too graphic and shocking in all its versions, and this could have a direct incidence in the circle of violence Salvadoreans live in. News articles, especially those with high violent content can exert great influence in the population in a persuasive manner and/or in the dissemination of violence.
Psychotropic Medication and Psychosocial Service Use Among Transition Age Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Authors: Plourde Emma R. , Ali Mir M. , West Kristina D.
Published: December 2023

People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience high rates of psychotropic medication utilization and barriers to psychosocial services, yet limited literature explores use of these services and the association between a mental health condition (MH) and use. Using national multipayer claims data, this study estimates a multinomial logistic regression model to discern psychotropic medication and psychosocial service use among transition age youth (TAY) with ASD (12-26 years; N = 52,083) compared to a matched cohort of those without ASD (12-26 years; N = 52,083). Approximately one-third of TAY with ASD and no MH condition receive only psychotropic medication and the likelihood of using both psychosocial services and medication is higher only when TAY with ASD have a co-occurring MH condition.
The Effects of Health Insurance Coverage on Workforce Engagement of Family Caregivers of Children With Intellectual Disability and Autism
Authors: Nord Derek , Hamre Kristin , Andresen John
Published: December 2023

For many families of children with intellectual disability and autism (ID/ASD), private health insurance and public programs, such as Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), are critical sources of support. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of health insurance coverage on workforce engagement of parents of children with ID/ASD. The study utilized 2014–2018 pooled National Health Interview Survey data to construct national estimates and test the effects of health insurance status on parent workforce outcomes. Primary findings indicate significantly higher odds of workforce absence (OR = 2.83, p < .0038) and unemployment (OR = 8.91, p < .0038) among parents with children with ID/ASD using public health insurance, compared to the reference group. Additionally, parents of children with ID/ASD who were uninsured were found to experience significantly higher unemployment (OR = 4.86, p < .0038) than the reference group. Findings have policy and research implications related to workforce engagement for parents, including issues impacting health insurance coverage, specifically related to Medicaid and CHIP.
Comparative impact assessment of COVID-19 policy interventions in five South Asian countries using reported and estimated unreported death counts during 2020-2021
Authors: Kundu Ritoban , Datta Jyotishka , Ray Debashree , Mishra Swapnil , Bhattacharyya Rupam , Zimmermann Lauren , Mukherjee Bhramar
Published: December 2023

There has been raging discussion and debate around the quality of COVID death data in South Asia. According to WHO, of the 5.5 million reported COVID-19 deaths from 2020-2021, 0.57 million (10%) were contributed by five low and middle income countries (LMIC) countries in the Global South: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. However, a number of excess death estimates show that the actual death toll from COVID-19 is significantly higher than the reported number of deaths. For example, the IHME and WHO both project around 14.9 million total deaths, of which 4.5–5.5 million were attributed to these five countries in 2020-2021. We focus our gaze on the COVID-19 performance of these five countries where 23.5% of the world population lives in 2020 and 2021, via a counterfactual lens and ask, to what extent the mortality of one LMIC would have been affected if it adopted the pandemic policies of another, similar country? We use a Bayesian semi-mechanistic model developed by Mishra et al. (2021) to compare both the reported and estimated total death tolls by permuting the time-varying reproduction number (Rt) across these countries over a similar time period. Our analysis shows that, in the first half of 2021, mortality in India in terms of reported deaths could have been reduced to 96 and 102 deaths per million compared to actual 170 reported deaths per million had it adopted the policies of Nepal and Pakistan respectively. In terms of total deaths, India could have averted 481 and 466 deaths per million had it adopted the policies of Bangladesh and Pakistan. On the other hand, India had a lower number of reported COVID-19 deaths per million (48 deaths per million) and a lower estimated total deaths per million (80 deaths per million) in the second half of 2021, and LMICs other than Pakistan would have lower reported mortality had they followed India’s strategy. The gap between the reported and estimated total deaths highlights the varying level and extent of under-reporting of deaths across the subcontinent, and that model estimates are contingent on accuracy of the death data. Our analysis shows the importance of timely public health intervention and vaccines for lowering mortality and the need for better coverage infrastructure for the death registration system in LMICs.
Environmental DNA reveals patterns of biological invasion in an inland sea
Authors: Duprey Joe , Gallego Ramón , Klinger Terrie , Kelly Ryan P.
Published: December 2023

Non-native species have the potential to cause ecological and economic harm to coastal and estuarine ecosystems. Understanding which habitat types are most vulnerable to biological invasions, where invasions originate, and the vectors by which they arrive can help direct limited resources to prevent or mitigate ecological and socio-economic harm. Information about the occurrence of non-native species can help guide interventions at all stages of invasion, from first introduction, to naturalization and invasion. However, monitoring at relevant scales requires considerable investment of time, resources, and taxonomic expertise. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding methods sample coastal ecosystems at broad spatial and temporal scales to augment established monitoring methods. We use COI mtDNA eDNA sampling to survey a diverse assemblage of species across distinct habitats in the Salish Sea in Washington State, USA, and classify each as non-native, native, or indeterminate in origin. The non-native species detected include both well-documented invaders and species not previously reported within the Salish Sea. We find a non-native assemblage dominated by shellfish and algae with native ranges in the temperate western Pacific, and find more-retentive estuarine habitats to be invaded at far higher levels than better-flushed rocky shores. Furthermore, we find an increase in invasion level with higher water temperatures in spring and summer across habitat types. This analysis contributes to a growing understanding of the biotic and abiotic factors that influence invasion level, and underscores the utility of eDNA surveys to monitor biological invasions and to better understand the factors that drive these invasions.
Potentials of Gynura procumbens to modulate chronic stress and immunological responses in Oreochromis niloticus
Authors: Mumu Sinthia Kabir , Fahim Nahian , Win Eaint Honey Aung , Parajuli Kusum , Mason Lindee , Wendel Isaac , Mustafa Ahmed
Published: December 2023

Natural products and traditional remedies have become more popular over the years since they have less harmful side effects and are considered environmentally friendly. In this study we aimed to investigate the potential of Gynura procumbens extract (GPE), a well-known traditional medicinal plant extract, on the stress modulation of Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia). Four different experimental groups: control, stress, prevention, and treatment were monitored for 12 weeks. Hydrocortisone (0.01% of body weight) was incorporated with the feed to induce the stress response in stress, prevention and treatment groups. Feed was also supplemented with 0.15% GPE of body weight for the prevention and treatment groups. Cortisol concentration was reduced significantly in the prevention (1870.52 pg/mL; p = 0.006) and treatment (2925.91 pg/mL; p = 0.002) groups than the stress group (7614.22 pg/mL). The result is substantiated by significant decrease in blood glucose level in prevention (29.5 mg/dL; p = 0.002) and treatment (31.5 mg/dL; p = 0.006) groups, compared to stress group (47.33 mg/dL) at the end of the experiment. Considering the current finding, we can conclude the GPE has potential to be used as therapeutic option for stress regulation however there is a room for further detailed study to understand the in-depth mechanism.
Human corneal epithelial cell and fibroblast migration and growth factor secretion after rose bengal photodynamic therapy (RB-PDT) and the effect of conditioned medium
Authors: Chai Ning , Stachon Tanja , Berger Tim , Li Zhen , Seitz Berthold , Langenbucher Achim , Szentmáry Nóra
Published: December 2023

Purpose

To investigate human corneal epithelial cell and fibroblast migration and growth factor secretion after rose bengal photodynamic therapy (RB-PDT) and the effect of conditioned medium (CM).

Methods

A human corneal epithelial cell line (HCE-T), human corneal fibroblasts (HCF) and keratoconus fibroblasts (KC-HCF) have been used. Twenty-four hours after RB-PDT (0.001% RB concentration, 565 nm wavelength illumination, 0.17 J/cm2 fluence) cell migration rate using scratch assay and growth factor concentrations in the cell culture supernatant using ELISA have been determined. In addition, the effect of CM has been observed.

Results

RB-PDT significantly reduced migration rate in all cell types, compared to controls (p≤0.02). Migration rate of HCE-T cultures without RB-PDT (untreated) was significantly higher using HCF CM after RB-PDT, than using HCF CM without RB-PDT (p<0.01). Similarly, untreated HCF displayed a significantly increased migration rate with HCE-T CM after RB-PDT, compared to HCE-T CM without treatment (p<0.01). Furthermore, illumination alone and RB-PDT significantly decreased keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) concentration in HCF and KC-HCF supernatant, and RB-PDT significantly decreased soluble N-Cadherin (SN-Cad) concentration in HCF supernatant, compared to controls (p<0.01 for all). In HCE-T CM, RB-PDT increased hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (FGFb) concentration (p≤0.02), while decreasing transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) concentration (p<0.01). FGFb concentration increased (p<0.0001) and TGF-β concentration decreased (p<0.0001) in HCF CM, by RB-PDT. Epidermal growth factor (EGF), HGF, and TGF-β concentration decreased (p≤0.03) and FGFb concentration increased (p<0.01) in KC-HCF CM, using RB-PDT.

Conclusions

HCE-T, HCF and KC-HCF migration rate is reduced 24 hours after RB-PDT. In contrast, HCE-T migration is enhanced using HCF CM after RB-PDT, and HCF migration rate is increased through HCE-T CM following RB-PDT. Modulation of EGF, KGF, HGF, FGFb, TGF-β and N-Cadherin secretion through RB-PDT may play an important role in corneal wound healing.
The evolutionary loss of the Eh1 motif in FoxE1 in the lineage of placental mammals
Authors: Sharma Mahak , Larow Victoria M. , Dobychina Nataliia , Kessler Daniel S. , Krasilnikova Maria M. , Yaklichkin Sergey
Published: December 2023

Forkhead box E1 (FoxE1) protein is a transcriptional regulator known to play a major role in the development of the thyroid gland. By performing sequence alignments, we detected a deletion in FoxE1, which occurred in the evolution of mammals, near the point of divergence of placental mammals. This deletion led to the loss of the majority of the Eh1 motif, which was important for interactions with transcriptional corepressors. To investigate a potential mechanism for this deletion, we analyzed replication through the deletion area in mammalian cells with two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and in vitro, using a primer extension reaction. We demonstrated that the area of the deletion presented an obstacle for replication in both assays. The exact position of polymerization arrest in primer extension indicated that it was most likely caused by a quadruplex DNA structure. The quadruplex structure hypothesis is also consistent with the exact borders of the deletion. The exact roles of these evolutionary changes in FoxE1 family proteins are still to be determined.
To perform or not to perform, that is the question: Drama activities and psychological wellbeing in adolescence
Authors: Alfonso-Benlliure Vicente , Motos Teruel Tomas
Published: December 2023

There is a substantial body of evidence on how important it is for adolescents’ wellbeing to engage in meaningful activities such as drama classes. The aim of this study is to assess whether the wellbeing and self-concept of young people who choose to take part in drama activities are significantly different from those adolescents who do not. A group of 198 subjects between the ages of 14 and 20 years participated in the study. The results showed some significant differences in certain wellbeing components – environmental mastery and personal growth – in favour of drama students. One of the most relevant results was the finding of important gender differences in the impact of drama experience on adolescents’ psychological wellbeing and self-concept. Drama girls showed higher levels of self-acceptance, environmental mastery and global wellbeing than non-drama girls. The study also revealed better academic, social and physical self-concepts. These results are discussed in terms of their educational implications in adolescence.
When they say they are a K-drama fan, but their first drama is Squid Game: What is an authentic K-drama?
Authors: Berbiguier Mathieu
Published: December 2023

This article investigates the evolving definition of the term ‘K-drama’ and its authenticity. Using a case study of the Netflix series Squid Game, I examine fan discourse surrounding the series and the extent to which it fits within the traditional K-drama framework. By analysing performative commentaries from TikTok users, as well as non-users who encounter TikTok content on other social media platforms, I aim to understand how audience engagement and platform-specific features contribute to the redefinition of K-drama. Additionally, this article discusses the broader implications of the ways in which platforms like TikTok shape the visibility and understanding of K-dramas among global audiences. Viewers’ attempts to (over-) analyse the drama through the lens of Korean culture connect this debate with orientalism, cultural essentialism and gatekeeping from Korean popular culture enthusiasts.
Johnny Cash International: How and Why Fans Love the Man in Black, Michael Hinds and Jonathan Silverman (2020)
Authors: Ryan Ciarán
Published: December 2023

Review of: Johnny Cash International: How and Why Fans Love the Man in Black, Michael Hinds and Jonathan Silverman (2020)

Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 258 pp.,

ISBN 978-1-60938-701-3, p/bk, $27.50
Picasso, Schlemmer and beyond: Scenography and costume design from a critical disability studies lens
Authors: Troughton Irene Alcubilla , Casanovas Àger Pérez
Published: December 2023

This article proposes a joint reading of the scenography and costume designs of Cubist artist Pablo Picasso and Bauhaus member Oskar Schlemmer, arguing that they share a common project of re-articulating the body and its movements that echoes contemporary concerns about how notions of normalcy govern the relationships between bodies and space. We propose that Picasso’s ballet Parade (1917) and Schlemmer’s Das Triadische Ballett (1922) can be productively read through the prism of critical disability studies (CDS), specifically in relation to Rosemarie Garland-Thompson’s feminist disability studies and her key concept of misfitting, enriched through the perspective of ecological affordances, as understood by James Gibson. This approach proposes to see disability from an ecological perspective that foregrounds the relationship between the body and space, as well as the affordances that are created and re-negotiated in the process of moving. By connecting Picasso and Schlemmer with CDS, this article puts forward a novel hermeneutic line from the artists’ work to the practice of contemporary artists Marco Donnarumma and Sandie Yi who share a relational conception of body, space and costume when designing in the field of crip couture, dance and AI prosthesis. This article proposes a CDS lens through which to re-evaluate the stage work of Schlemmer and Picasso, and their connection to contemporary artists’ interests, in order to open new paths of experimentation for contemporary artists and designers, as well as suggestive conceptual tools for both CDS and costume design scholars.
Connections, collections and costume construction: Performative reanimation through observation and making
Authors: Bate Toni
Published: December 2023

Drawing on a material culture approach, this research report explores how a making methodology based on a theatrical costume construction practice can be applied to historical costume re-creation, particularly where the researcher must rely on the interpretation of other available primary sources such as costume drawings, sketches, tailors’ notes and archival records. The report builds on previous research investigating the value of reconstructing historical performance costume where the original costume itself has not survived. It identifies appropriate terminology to describe the practice, as well as the specific contribution the theatrical costume maker can make to this type of research. The report argues for consideration of the phenomenological value of a remaking approach to researching historical performance costume, and how this might sit alongside more established observational, archival-based research methods. It also further questions whether a re-created costume can contain the same power and agency as an extant costume stored in a museum archive, in terms of its direct physical connection with the original performance, designer, maker and wearer. Reflection on all of these points is needed for the development of practice-led research within the field of costume construction for performance.
El testimonio de las mujeres víctimas del terrorismo de ETA: Configuración del relato y transmisión del recuerdo
Authors: Jiménez Ramos María , Martínez Illán Antonio
Published: December 2023

La mayoría de las víctimas directas del terrorismo en España han sido hombres, las mujeres —en su condición de madres, viudas, hijas— son víctimas indirectas. Sus voces permanecieron ocultas desde los primeros años de actividad de ETA en la década de los sesenta hasta finales de los noventa, cuando la figura de la víctima se sitúa en el foco político, social y mediático, coincidiendo con el levantamiento cívico contra el terrorismo. Esta investigación explora cómo se configura el testimonio en mujeres que han sido víctimas indirectas de ETA, cómo se transmite el recuerdo del acontecimiento traumático que supone el atentado y cómo se configura la memoria personal de lo que vivieron tras el atentado. Los trabajos que se han centrado en rescatar testimonios olvidados no se han generalizado hasta el período del posterrorismo, cuando los familiares de los asesinados durante la dictadura, en buena medida, ya habían fallecido. Por ello, aquí se recogen seis testimonios de mujeres víctimas de ETA durante la democracia y se toma como marco de análisis la clasificación de López Romo: Transición (1975-1982), consolidación democrática (1983-1994) y socialización del sufrimiento (1995-2011).
La estrategia antiterrorista de la federación Rusa en el cáucaso norte
Authors: Mori Márquez Diego
Published: December 2023

El presente artículo ofrece una visión sobre el fenómeno terrorista que, desde hace aproximadamente tres décadas, lleva sacudiendo la región rusa del Cáucaso Norte. El objetivo es conocer las causas que responden a la aparición de esta problemática y de qué manera la Federación Rusa se enfrenta a las amenazas que de ella se derivan. Para ello, primero se realizará una aproximación a la región atendiendo a sus características geográficas, culturales e históricas, para entender la posición singular que ocupa dentro de Rusia. Posteriormente se observará el recorrido que ha tenido el terrorismo en la región desde su aparición en el transcurso de la primera guerra chechena hasta su manifestación a través de grupos encuadrados en los grandes movimientos terroristas internacionales y que continúa hoy en día. Finalmente, se analizarán las estrategias que el Kremlin ha desplegado con el objetivo de luchar contra el terrorismo, dividiéndolas en dos tipos principales: coercitivas, aquellas fundamentadas en el uso de la fuerza, y no coercitivas, medidas políticas destinadas a atender las causas estructurales que sirven como caldo de cultivo para la radicalización terrorista.
Los Talibán 2.0. Del terrorismo al contraterrorismo
Authors: Calvillo Cisneros José Miguel
Published: December 2023

El movimiento talibán recuperó el poder el 15 de agosto de 2021 y lo ha conseguido a través de una violenta insurgencia. En la actualidad, los talibanes practican una estrategias de contraterrorismo para frenar la violencia indiscriminada utilizada por el Estado Islámico (isis-k). Y, al mismo tiempo, han de hacer frente a la oposición del Frente Nacional de Resistencia, herederos de la Alianza del Norte, que utiliza tácticas diferentes a las terroristas. La paradoja afgana es que los talibanes, acostumbrados al uso de los medios terroristas para conseguir sus fines, han de poner en práctica políticas contraterroristas para frenar el impulso de sus enemigos. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar cómo el movimiento talibán está organizando su lucha contra la oposición con el fin de identificar puntos comunes y novedosos entre su etapa insurgente y su posición de gobierno.
Los diputados de la Segunda República: a propósito de una obra reciente de Octavio Ruiz-Manjón
Authors: De Juana López Jesús
Published: December 2023

Superando la línea metodológica que se ha cultivado en los últimos años, como atender la más reciente prosopografía además de seguir con las clásicas biografías de personajes relevantes, una investigación reciente de Octavio Ruiz-Manjón reconstruye una realidad nueva, el Congreso nacional y sus protagonistas, nos aporta la descripción de una notable organización política imprescindible en democracia y nos hace entender la complejidad de las características de una institución tan importante. El trabajo incluye, por un lado, el conocimiento de los datos personales fundamentales de cada uno de los 1.007 diputados que actuaron en las Cortes de la segunda República, como consecuencia de las elecciones generales que se celebraron durante los años 1931, 1933 y 1936 y, por otro, la visión general y características más apreciables que, en su conjunto, tenía el órgano estatal en el que residía el poder legislativo emanado de esos comicios.
¿Víctimas o verdugos?: La representación de las mujeres militantes de Daesh por la prensa española entre los años 2014 y 2023
Authors: Garcia Garcia Maria Isabel
Published: December 2023

Las mujeres han llevado a cabo actos de violencia política desde el origen del fenómeno del terrorismo en la Revolución Francesa. No obstante, la representación que se ha hecho de estas ha estado influenciada por estereotipos de género desde su incursión. Estas han sido identificadas como víctimas, seres con trastornos de conducta o como una suerte de femme fatale durante siglos. Este artículo analiza la construcción del discurso mediático que la prensa generalista española ha realizado sobre la militancia femenina de Daesh en el país. Para lograrlo, se realiza un análisis de contenido de la información recogida en los diarios El País y El Mundo sobre tres de las principales operaciones policiales españolas en las que fueron detenidas mujeres por su vinculación con la organización yihadista.
Query Thymoma and mediastinal lesion reported in young male patient on feminizing hormone therapy
Authors: Elrobaa Islam , Iftikhar Haris , Al-Hatemi Mubarak
Published: December 2023

A 35 years old male patient presented to our ED for chest pain and shortness of breath since one day. The patient had female look with male dress, no past medical history but he was on feminizing hormone therapy. The vital signs were normal, ECG was normal variation and chest x ray showed like a small white opacity in the left perihilar region/mediastinum? The lab results were normal, D- dimer request that was in normal level . Cardiac enzyme was normal too. CT requested to rule out pulmonary embolism or any lung lesion that showed no pulmonary embolism and there was soft tissue homogeneous mass of 8.2 x 7x 7.3 cm involving the thymus on the left side in the anterior mediastinum suggestive of thymoma compressing main pulmonary trunk and left main pulmonary artery. The patient showed no distress with normal respiratory rate and venous blood gas. We referred him to pulmonology oncology for further investigations and management.
Game theory – The repeated prisoner's dilemma using the example of the European rail market leader
Authors: Riess Victoria
Published: December 2023

The situation was in 2014, when I worked as an Analyst in Corporate Strategy at one of my previous employers (Firm X), the European passenger rail market leader. At that time, my team and I had the responsibility to advice the Group CEO on developing competitive strategies against the European passenger rail market deregulation in 2013. The situation was that the passenger rail market in the European Union and Germany was deregulated and new competitors from the coach and bus transport industry came into the market and changed the industrial order. In the following, I will apply the repeated prisoner’s dilemma on this situation in corporate strategy by first (2) outlining the game of the repeated prisoner's dilemma and second (3) analysing the bus competitors’ market entry in terms of it.
Facebook and Microsoft – A Financial Statement Analysis Comparison Across Three Categories
Authors: Riess Victoria
Published: December 2023

In this individual project I will analysis the financial statements of the social media network Facebook and the software publisher Microsoft in the Internet industry. The project goal is to evaluate risks, performance, financial health, and future prospects of the two firms. I will specifically analyse the complex and ambiguous revenue recognition and the impact of M&A on the companies’ financial statements. In the following I will assess and compare the companies’ strategy, key accounting items, profitability, liquidity, and risk.
Memória, corpo e território
Authors: Abreu Tiago Éric de , Sá Israel de
Published: December 2023

Considerando que as formações indígenas se transformam, neste século XXI, com a agência de novos atores em novos campos, buscamos neste estudo, por meio da articulação de operadores teóricos dos estudos do discurso, estabelecendo diálogos entre as obras de Foucault, Guattari e a práxis crítica descolonizadora empenhada por Cusicanqui, problematizar as políticas de subjetivação, de produção do outro no discurso colonial, e como essa sujeição é subvertida nas enunciações de resistência. Para isso, mapearemos as diferentes topografias que emergem nas relações entre corpo e território, na produção de memórias do indigenato, a partir de enunciados recorrentes e dispersos nas produções audiovisuais feitas após a criação do Parque Indígena do Xingu, um recorte temporal que vai de meados da década de 1960 até a contemporaneidade, bem como em publicações na internet e registros de exposições de arte autodenominada indígena.
A expressão linguística do aspecto perfect associado ao presente em demências progressivas
Authors: Gomes Jean Carlos da Silva , Martins Adriana Leitão , Rodrigues Fernanda de Carvalho
Published: December 2023

Neste trabalho, investigou-se a representação sintática do aspecto perfect, avaliando a pertinência dos sintagmas relacionados a esse aspecto – perfect de situação persistente ou universal (UPerfP), perfect resultativo (ResPerfP), perfect de passado recente (RecPerfP) e perfect experiencial (ExPerfP) – e propostas de hierarquia estabelecida entre eles verificadas na literatura. Para tanto, empreendeu-se um estudo sobre uma possível perda linguística desse aspecto em sujeitos diagnosticados com a Doença de Alzheimer (DA) e com aqueles diagnosticados com Afasia Progressiva Primária Logopênica (APPL). Foram selecionados dois pacientes diagnosticados com DA e um paciente diagnosticado com APPL. A fim de avaliar as realizações linguísticas do aspecto perfect na produção dos sujeitos, foram coletados dados de suas produções semiespontâneas, e, a fim de verificar o grau de comprometimento cognitivo dos sujeitos, foi aplicado o teste de rastreio cognitivo Mini-Exame do Estado Mental (MEEM). Observou-se que o paciente com APPL e um paciente com DA apresentaram um déficit linguístico que incidia apenas sobre o perfect de passado recente, tendo o segundo obtido um desempenho superior ao do primeiro no MEEM, enquanto o outro paciente com DA apresentou um déficit que atingia também outros tipos de perfect, tendo obtido um desempenho inferior ao dos outros dois pacientes no MEEM. Discutiu-se que os dados obtidos neste trabalho corroboram a proposta de Gomes, Martins e Rodrigues (2021), em que a hierarquia estabelecida entre os sintagmas de perfect na representação sintática é a seguinte: RecPerfP > ExPerfP > UPerfP > ResPerfP.
ANÁLISE GEOEPIDEMIOLÓGICA DA OCORRÊNCIA DE CASOS E ÓBITOS POR COVID-19 NOS SERVIDORES DO SISTEMA PENITENCIÁRIO DO BRASIL
Authors: Oliveira Raquel Alves de , Teles Davi Oliveira , Siqueira Cícero Mendes , Martins Bianca Cavalcante , Moura Luiz Gustavo Mendes de , Soares Paula Renata Amorim Lessa , Ribeiro Samila Gomes , Pinheiro Ana Karina Bezerra
Published: December 2023

A análise de dados em saúde é essencial para promoção, prevenção e assistência à saúde. Objetiva-se analisar o contexto geoepidemiológico e temporal da infecção pelo SARS-Cov-2 em profissionais do sistema penitenciário brasileiro. Trata-se de um estudo epidemiológico do tipo ecológico com dados coletados do Sistema de Informações do Departamento Penitenciário Nacional no período de junho de 2020 a janeiro de 2022 sobre a quantidade de casos e óbitos dos servidores que atuam no sistema prisional do Brasil durante a COVID-19. Os dados foram organizados e divididos em marcos temporais da primeira onda, segunda onda e início da imunização, e foram tabulados no Google Sheets e incorporados no Jupyter Notebook e no QGis. Na primeira onda, São Paulo (22.054) e Pará (11.989) apresentaram a maioria dos casos. Quanto à quantidade de óbitos, São Paulo foi o mais acometido, com 505 óbitos. Na segunda onda, São Paulo (15.836) e Minas Gerais (7.292) apresentaram a maior quantidade de casos e São Paulo (250), a maioria dos óbitos. No início da imunização, destaca-se São Paulo com 99.942 casos e 2.445 óbitos. Conclui-se que a maior parte dos casos e óbitos relacionados à COVID-19 acometeram as regiões Sudeste e Norte.
AS INFESTAÇÕES DE ANIMAIS VETORES DE DOENÇAS NOS ESPAÇOS SUBTERRÂNEOS CONSTRUÍDOS PARA O SANEAMENTO BÁSICO
Authors: Wermeligner Eduardo Dias , Ferreira Aldo Pacheco
Published: December 2023

Na interface da geografia com a saúde coletiva, no meio ambiente urbano, parece não haver controvérsia sobre a importância do saneamento. O presente artigo discute a importância da proliferação de animais vetores nos espaços subterrâneos construídos para atender ao saneamento básico, em especial nas galerias de esgotamento e drenagem pluvial. A metodologia utilizada foi analisar os relatos dessas proliferações na literatura assim como as doenças vinculadas a esses vetores. Embora esses espaços sejam imprescindíveis, sobretudo nos grandes centros urbanos, paradoxal e constrangedoramente os relatos mostram que eles oferecem excelentes oportunidades para a procriação de animais vetores como baratas, ratazanas, mosquitos e moscas, causando permanentes ameaças à saúde pública na veiculação de diversas doenças e na manutenção de epidemias. Contudo, compreensivelmente, são escassos os estudos epidemiológicos qualificando a importância das infestações nesses espaços para a saúde pública. Essas infestações devem ser entendidas como efeito ecológico adverso e não suficientes para comprometer a sólida relação de benefício entre saneamento básico e saúde pública. Entretanto, a inequívoca presença e a participação desses animais na veiculação de importantes doenças para a saúde pública devem ser consideradas em pesquisas específicas e na busca de adequações construtivas nesses espaços subterrâneos para mitigar esses efeitos adversos.