bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Otro humanismo por articular
Authors: Díaz Álvarez Enrique
Published: November 2017

Partiendo de un contexto de intenso contacto intercultural marcado por la globalización económica, un profundo proceso de urbanización mundial y las amplias migraciones humanas, el presente artículo aboga por des-velar el carácter nacional-etnocéntrico que ha marcado al humanismo clásico, para proponer articular uno de corte pluralista, que incorpore y esté atento a otros relatos y formas de vida no occidentalocéntricas. El reto parece claro: una época marcada por la incomprensión y el conflicto de interpretaciones exige pensar en formas de comunicarse y solidarizarse entre diversos.
Preconceptos teóricos y política exterior: reflexiones críticas a partir del conflicto afgano
Authors: Schenoni Luis L.
Published: November 2017

En este trabajo se intentará cuestionar la utilidad del concepto de “Estado” para interpretar determinados fenómenos de política internacional, considerando la centralidad que tiene el concepto en las teorías de las Relaciones Internacionales y para los formuladores de política exterior en general. Se tomará como caso de estudio el conflicto en Afganistán, argumentando que el mismo no puede circunscribirse a las categorías de lo estatal, en tanto involucra realidades sociales muy diferentes a las presentes en la historia moderna occidental. Después de deconstruir estos conceptos, se intentará postular algunas opciones estratégicas que se desprenden de una concepción más amplia del conflicto.
La naturaleza humana en Hobbes: antropología, epistemología e individuo
Authors: Cisneros Araujo María Eugenia
Published: November 2017

El presente ensayo tiene como fin mostrar la concepción de hombre como individuo desarrollada por Thomas Hobbes, la cual se estructura a partir del vínculo dinámico, en permanente movimiento entre el sujeto y el objeto, en donde el sujeto pone en ejercicio sus poderes y facultades para generar la objetividad. Se busca exponer que el interés del filósofo es la experiencia social individual, pues su antropología y epistemología desembocan en la praxis social del individuo cuyo producto es la creación del Estado. Hobbes sienta las bases de una praxis política que consiste en la puesta en movimiento de un modelo político plasmado en el accionar mismo de las facultades naturales del hombre como individuo.
Otras formas de turismo patrimonial. El caso de las ex haciendas de Xalapa
Authors: Calonge Reíllo Fernando
Published: November 2017

Durante los últimos tres decenios el turismo patrimonial ha experimentado un notable auge, el cual ha sido acompañado por la aparición de unos campos temáticos y de unas líneas de análisis similares, de manera que en el debate académico se ha consolidado también el turismo patrimonial como tópico. El presente artículo ofrece un caso aún no cumplido o anómalo de conversión en turismo patrimonial: las ex haciendas de la región de Xalapa, Veracruz. La discusión de este caso ayuda a repensar y a reabrir las asunciones implícitas de este tópico del turismo patrimonial, de manera que se presentan otras formas de visita y relación con estos enclaves turísticos situados en la región estudiada.
(Pre)textos para acercarnos a la política
Authors: Gómez Valle José de Jesús
Published: November 2017

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Sexo/género, clase, raza: feminismo descolonial frente a la globalización. Reflexiones inspiradas a partir de la lucha de las mujeres indígenas en Chiapas
Authors: Masson Sabine
Published: November 2017

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Las Casas, o contra la razón imperial
Authors: Ríos Espinosa María Cristina
Published: November 2017

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Democracia, representación y derechos
Authors: Salazar Carrión Luis
Published: November 2017

La democracia vive en nuestros días una situación asaz paradójica. Conoce una extensión sin precedentes y, sin embargo, parece existir un difundido malestar con la democracia. Un malestar generado por una globalización capitalista anárquica, dominada por los poderes salvajes de las finanzas y de los modernos medios de comunicación, que obligan a los gobiernos a someterse a las demandas de esa entidad metafísica denominada “los mercados”. Por ello, resulta pertinente tratar de restablecer y precisar los principios y valores de la democracia en tanto forma ideal de gobierno, para tomar en serio los derechos fundamentales en tanto precondiciones esenciales para que las reglas del juego democrático sean algo más que la fachada de sociedades injustas, autoritarias y gobiernos básicamente autocráticos.
Teoría de la Constitución, positivismo y derechos fundamentales
Authors: Serrano Gómez Enrique
Published: November 2017

En la historia del constitucionalismo conviven dos nociones de constitución: una descriptiva y otra prescriptiva. La primera remite a la experiencia empírica de las constituciones; la segunda a lo que la constitución debería ser. El presente trabajo presenta una interpretación que utiliza ambas nociones, tanto en el análisis empírico, como en la reflexión teórica, a fin de entender con mayor claridad algunos de los principales problemas a los que debe responder una Teoría general de la constitución: a) cómo reconciliar la diversidad empírica de constituciones; b) en qué sentido una constitución debe ser considerada como un elemento que expresa la racionalización y la autonomía del sistema jurídico, y c) defender la idea de que una constitución vigente en nuestra época debe garantizar los derechos fundamentales.
El derecho a la ciudad en la Ciudad de México. ¿Una retórica progresista para una gestión urbana neoliberal?
Authors: Delgadillo Polanco Víctor Manuel
Published: November 2017

Este artículo analiza, desde la perspectiva del urbanismo, un nuevo derecho humano que se ha convertido en una reivindicación social y política de creciente interés en muchas urbes del mundo, y que fundamentalmente establece que las ciudades son para la gente y no para los negocios privados. El texto discute si es posible la realización de este derecho en la era neoliberal, así como los desafíos que implica su realización en una mega ciudad, con un gobierno que reconoce este derecho en la esfera de los “compromisos políticos”, pero simultáneamente practica una gestión urbana que privilegia los negocios privados y contribuye a profundizar las desigualdades socioespaciales.
Derechos y democracia
Authors: Costa Pietro
Published: November 2017

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Bibliografía sobre Los derechos: el tema de nuestro tiempo
Authors: Autor Sin
Published: November 2017

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Partidos políticos y sociedad civil. Paradojas y reveses democráticos
Authors: Martínez González Víctor Hugo
Published: November 2017

Los vínculos entre los partidos políticos y la sociedad civil con la democracia son reales, pero difíciles y problemáticos. Este ensayo analiza las paradojas y reveses democráticos de estos actores políticos. La democracia necesita de su convergencia, pero también de un Estado que define ciertas condiciones sociales.
Retos y encrucijadas conceptuales del estudio de la política como sistema cultural
Authors: Rodríguez Domínguez Emanuel
Published: November 2017

En la actualidad se observa cómo una serie de reconfiguraciones y usos cotidianos de conceptos clave del cuerpo analítico de la cultura política contemporánea han generado una amplia gama de interpretaciones por parte de instancias políticas y sociales de naturaleza, objetivos e ideologías diversas. Ante este escenario de disputa, el presente trabajo busca, en primer lugar, complementar una revisión conceptual de las categorías de ciudadanía y participación a fin de superar las estandarizaciones y normalizaciones del actor político como un sujeto homogéneo. De manera complementaria, se presentan los retos y debilidades que enfrentan las categorías de  participación y ciudadanía como parte de un entramado conceptual en constante reconstrucción y resignificación.
Apuntes sobre las relaciones entre política y democracia
Authors: Azzolini Nicolás
Published: November 2017

En este artículo se aborda el uso de ciertos conceptos directores para pensar la especificidad de la política. Puntualmente, explorando las relaciones entre las metáforas de orden y ruptura con la noción de democracia en la obras de Georges Sorel, Joseph Schumpeter y Jacques Rancière. Al respecto, se problematiza la utilización de esquemas formales estructurados en oposiciones binarias para pensar la especificidad de la política; y se afirma que la relación entre orden y ruptura se vuelve paradójica y contradictoria, ya que la política habita en un terreno indecidible.
La educación en el Distrito Federal: ¿una política de izquierda?
Authors: Alaníz Hernández Claudia
Published: November 2017

Este artículo analiza la congruencia en la política educativa de los gobiernos del Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) en la Ciudad de México desde 1997. Dicho partido, propuso una oferta vinculada con valores de izquierda, colocando el problema de la desigualdad en el centro de su política social, distinguiéndose con ello de las posiciones del Gobierno federal. La revisión de las acciones realizadas permite entender cómo este proyecto educativo se ha visto acompañado de un conjunto de alternativas en el marco de una coyuntura política favorable, acorde con una ideología de izquierda.
Crítica y conocimiento: estudios sociales de la ciencia y transformación crítica de prácticas epistémicas
Authors: Ramírez Sánchez Sandra Lucía
Published: November 2017

En este trabajo, a partir de una revisión del debate sostenido entre Michel Lynch y David Bloor en 1992, así como de una relectura del trabajo de Peter Winch, “Comprender una sociedad primitiva” (1964), argumentaré que de los procesos de desmitificación del conocimiento que tuvieron lugar en décadas pasadas se desprende una propuesta positiva. Ésta consiste en la posibilidad de ofrecer un enfoque crítico que permitiría a los estudios sociales de la ciencia y la tecnología trascender sus límites descriptivistas. Lo que hace posible que, aun aceptando que las prácticas epistémicas son culturalmente dependientes, ellas sean evaluables a la luz de “otras culturas”.
Metodología y posición en el campo: “no vender espejitos de colores”
Authors: Benito Karina
Published: November 2017

En este texto se reflexiona sobre el modo de relevamiento de fuentes así como sobre mi posición en calidad de investigadora en el proceso de exploración, a los fines de complejizar tanto el horizonte interpretativo como el desafío de la renegociación de roles suscitada. Por consiguiente, se tratan cuestiones vinculadas al proceso de producción, reconstrucción del problema y del enfoque epistemológico-metodológico, haciendo hincapié enun análisis de las metáforas en tanto estructura penetrante e indispensable de la comprensión humana. El trabajo se ha nutrido directamente de la escucha de mis propias confusiones, turbaciones, reconociendo a quienes las compartían, quienes las validaban, intercambiando historias sobre nuestras experiencias comunes y hallando pautas, sistemas, explicaciones de cómo y por qué ocurrían las cosas a través de las metáforas. En términos de Morales (2004: 64) éste es el proceso central de la toma de conciencia, del testimonio colectivo.
En torno al habitar simbólico del hombre y la apertura original del mundo, desde la óptica de Ernst Cassirer
Authors: Andrés González Roberto
Published: November 2017

En el presente trabajo nos hemos propuesto la dilucidación del sentido de la apertura original del mundo a través de la noción del habitar simbólico del hombre en la obra de Ernst Cassirer. Esta posibilidad se finca justamente en el hecho de que, en el autor alemán, el despliegue del espíritu posee una estructura escalonada y ascendente, la cual describe una marcha desde lo más rudimentario hasta lo más elaborado y abstracto. Es así que en el filo de esta secuencia se nos ha dado la ocasión para delinear filosóficamente la apertura original del mundo, pues en este despliegue se da cuenta de que en algún momento el mundo, en tanto que mundo, comienza a ser, dicha datación coincide con el advenimiento del símbolo.
Gino Germani: socialismo liberal y sociología científica
Authors: Rawicz Daniela
Published: November 2017

El artículo aborda los primeros tramos de la trayectoria de Germani en Argentina, con el fin de identificar el marco de experiencias y debates dentro de los cuales se configura su perspectiva intelectual sobre la sociología y el cambio social.  Se sostiene la existencia en Germani de una matriz ideológica vinculada al socialismo liberal europeo de la época, que coloca la oposición autoritarismo vs. libertad como eje articulador de su discurso sobre las sociedades modernas. A lo largo de toda su trayectoria Germani mantiene, con adecuaciones, esta perspectiva para comprender los procesos sociales más relevantes de las sociedades latinoamericanas. Un primer ejemplo paradigmático lo constituye su análisis del fenómeno peronista en Argentina.
La dimensión performativa de los eventos antisida de la Ciudad de México
Authors: Hernández Cabrera Porfirio Miguel
Published: November 2017

El trabajo analiza la dimensión performativa de los y las activistas del movimiento de lucha contra el sida durante la Caminata Nocturna Silenciosa en Conmemoración de los Muertos por Sida, a finales de los noventa en la Ciudad de México. El estudio reveló que tales eventos constituyen  manifestaciones culturales y políticas que apelan al performance y a la teatralidad para hacer más efectivas las demandas; cumplen con funciones simbólicas en la reivindicación de las identidades gay y seropositiva, y en los procesos de duelo, educación y prevención; son estrategias para defender los derechos civiles y revertir el estigma de una enfermedad condenada socialmente; y, aunque poseen un carácter globalizado, localmente incorporan elementos propios de la identidad y la cultura popular nacionales.
Mirarse y ser vistas. Objetivación de dos colectivos de mujeres rurales
Authors: Viera Cherro Mariana
Published: November 2017

El presente texto se propone un análisis comparado de dos agrupaciones de mujeres del campo, una uruguaya, la Red de Grupos de Mujeres Rurales, y otra chilena, la Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Rurales e Indígenas. En primer término, se busca indagar en el carácter “rural” de ambas agrupaciones y, en segundo término, conocer qué espacio tiene en éstas la búsqueda de la constitución de un sujeto “mujer”. Se entiende que tales concepciones repercuten en la autodefinición de los colectivos, en el modo en que buscan ser miradas, en las posibilidades de tejer alianzas con otros colectivos y, en definitiva, en el orden social al que aspiran.
La etnografía: el descubrimiento de muchos méxicos profundos. Entrevista a Andrés Fábregas Puig
Authors: Olivos Santoyo Nicolás , Cuadriello Olivos Hadlyyn
Published: November 2017

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Creatividad situada, contingencia y modernidad. Entrevista a Hans Joas
Authors: Beytía Pablo
Published: November 2017

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Convergencias y divergencias en las teorías duales de sistemas
Authors: García Campos Jonatan
Published: November 2017

Las denominadas “teorías duales de sistemas” en psicología cognitiva comparten un conjunto de ideas, que han hecho que sus defensores se vean a sí mismos como partidarios de un mismo proyecto teórico. El propósito de este trabajo es destacar el sentido en que estas teorías convergen, así como señalar cuáles son sus diferencias. Defenderé que las distintas teorías duales tienen en común un buen número de tesis descriptivas, pero divergen en el tipo de criterios normativos con los cuales se evalúa el razonamiento. Al final del trabajo ofreceré varias razones para mostrar la importancia que juega  los estándares de racionalidad en las teorías duales, y sugeriré que el establecimiento y discusión de tales estándares puede enriquecerse del análisis filosófico.
Una visión sobre las facetas políticas del neoliberalismo económico en México
Authors: Ruiz Nápoles Pablo
Published: November 2017

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Presentación
Authors: Hernández González Fernando , Rodríguez Mora Tania
Published: November 2017

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Ethos y desarrollo en Leopoldo Zea
Authors: Kozel Andrés
Published: November 2017

La tensión entre afán de desarrollo y fidelidad a los valores propios —la tensión desarrollo / ethos— ha de contarse entre las preocupaciones fundamentales de Leopoldo Zea.   Sin embargo, lejos de haber recibido un único tipo de tratamiento en su dilatada obra, dicha tensión fue objeto de distintas resoluciones, cuya articulación no resulta sencilla. El propósito del ensayo es doble: de un lado, mostrar los principales modos a través de los cuales Zea procuró resolver la tensión aludida; del otro, delinear una serie de consideraciones acerca de la eventual obsolescencia / vigencia del legado zeiano —colosal, proteico, tensionado, multívoco—, desde el punto de vista del anhelo de insuflar espesor y densidad a algunos de los debates que signan nuestro tiempo.
La antinomia tradición / modernidad en los intelectuales de la Reforma Universitaria de Córdoba en 1918. Un análisis desde la geopolítica histórica argentina
Authors: Navarro Mina Alejandra
Published: November 2017

En este artículo se revisan la antinomia tradición / modernidad en la tensión constitutiva de la singularidad histórica cordobesa, edificada sobre las dos Córdobas, la clerical y la liberal, a través de la geopolítica histórica argentina, y el vínculo entre cultura y política que se manifiesta en la joven intelectualidad,auto-reconocida como generación de 1914 y protagonista del movimiento de la Reforma Universitaria en la Córdoba de 1918.
Totalidad, sujeto y política: los aportes de René Zavaleta a la teoría social latinoamericana
Authors: Ortega Reyna Jaime
Published: November 2017

El presente texto tiene como finalidad mostrar la forma en que se articulan la perspectiva política y epistemológica en la obra del sociólogo boliviano René Zavaleta. El concepto central que desarrollaremos de su compleja obra será el de totalidad.  René Zavaleta ha sido, quizá, el más importante teórico boliviano durante el siglo XX, y su obra sigue siendo de gran importancia hasta el día de hoy.
Las ambigüedades de la historización de la violencia en Argentina y Chile
Authors: Inclán Daniel
Published: November 2017

Historiar la violencia dictatorial, y sus consecuencias postdictatoriales, es uno de los trabajos analíticos que mayor debate ha suscitado en Argentina y Chile, al que se han abocado distintos discursos sociales, como el historiográfico, el jurídico y el pensamiento crítico en general. No obstante la multiplicidad de formas de abordar este reto intelectual, hay un contexto social que las determina, hay un modo de producción de discursivades a partir del cual se reproducen una serie de tópicos que, implícita o explícitamente, se usan al explicar el periodo.
Bibliografía sobre Pensamiento latinoamericano: tradición e innovación
Authors: Autor Sin
Published: November 2017

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El Movimiento del 68 en México: interpretaciones historiográficas 1998-2008
Authors: Cerón Ahremi
Published: November 2017

El objetivo de este artículo es mostrar un balance historiográfico basado en el estudio de las publicaciones hechas sobre el Movimiento Estudiantil del 68 durante la década 1998- 2008. El motivo de fondo que guía buena parte de los textos analizados es la represión del 2 de octubre. Sin embargo, en la producción bibliográfica aparecen elementos temáticos vinculados con el análisis del Movimiento. Dentro de las interpretaciones sobre el tema fue posible identificar algunos puntos de consenso entre los que destacan las causas del Movimiento, los actores colectivos involucrados, así como la efectividad de las formas de lucha. Las divergencias más evidentes se relacionan con los proyectos y el impacto de la movilización en el sistema político y social.
La taxonomía del cambio: enfoques y tipologías para la determinación del cambio de las políticas públicas
Authors: Cruz-Rubio César Nicandro
Published: November 2017

Este trabajo se propone dar un repaso a la literatura sobre las teorías acerca del proceso de las políticas y específicamente sobre el cambio de las políticas públicas (policy change), identificando las tendencias de desarrollo en el estudio de la dinámica de las política y de las diversas tipologías creadas y empleadas en las llamadas antigua y actual ortodoxia, para explicar qué es el cambio de las políticas públicas, y vinculado, cómo ocurre el cambio.
Fausto en América Latina
Authors: Rosas Castro Oscar
Published: November 2017

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Comparative Study of Risk Factors Among the Male and Female Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Admitted in CCU of Sahid Gangalal National Heart Centre
Authors: Raut Roshan , K C Man Bahadur , Sharma Deewakar , Rajbhandari Sujeeb , Baidhya Sajan Gopal , Dhungana Murari , Pradhan Manish , Shrestha Pragati , Bajracharya Monica
Published: November 2017

The role of major cardiovascular risk factors in the development of coronary artery disease (CAD) is well established and is fairly similar in both sexes. However, CAD is markedly more common in male than in female, and this is due to more risk factors, especially smoking and dyslipidemia, in male. In this study, we aim to investigate the five major risk factors as defined by ACC-AHA namely, advancing age, smoking, hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia, in the MI patients admitted in CCU, SGNHC from Jan 1 to June 30th 2008 and to compare whether the association of those risk factors with CAD risk is similar in male and female. There were altogether 283 MI patients, Male 208 (73%) and Female 75 (27%). Advancing age was the most common comprising 85.2% followed by smoking 55.5%, Hypertension 48.1%, Dyslipidemia 47% and Diabetes 24.7%. Smoking, dyslipidemia and advancing age were significantly more common in male. Male patients have significantly more risk factors than female. There was trend towards the greater number of high total cholesterol and low HDL in male patients. Advancing age (Male 45 yrs, Female 55 yrs) is the commonest risk factor of CAD. Smoking and dyslipidemia (especially high total cholesterol and low HDL) are significantly more common in male which might have contributed markedly to the excess CAD risk in males.
Safety and Diagnostic Accuracy of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography
Authors: Shah Ram Kishor
Published: November 2017

Exercise and pharmacologic stress echocardiography has been used routinely in clinical practice for the past twenty to thirty years. Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) is well established as a safe, feasible, and accurate modality for detection of myocardial ischemia and prognostication in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease, particularly when they have limited exercise capacity. Serious side effects during or shortly after DSE are uncommon, with ventricular fibrillation or myocardial infarction occurring in approximately 1 of 2,000 studies. No deaths have been reported. On the basis of a total number of 2,246 patients, reported in 28 studies, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the test for the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) were 80%, 84% and 81%, respectively. Mean sensitivities for one, two and three-vessel disease were 74%, 86% and 92%, respectively. The sensitivity of detection of disease in the let circumflex coronary artery (55%) was lower, both compared with that for left anterior descending (72%) and right coronary artery disease (76%). The sensitivity of predicting multivessel disease by multiregional echocardiographic abnormalities varied widely, from 8% to 71%. In direct comparisons, DSE was superior to exercise electrocardiography and dipyridamole echocardiography and comparable to exercise echocardiography and radionuclide imaging. DSE is useful, feasible and safe exercise independent stress modality for assessing the presence, localization and extent of CAD.
An intraoperative motor tract positioning method in brain tumor surgery: technical note
Authors: Yamaguchi Fumio , Ten Hirotomo , Higuchi Tadashi , Omura Tomoko , Kojima Toyoyuki , Adachi Koji , Kitamura Takayuki , Kobayashi Shiro , Takahashi Hiroshi , Teramoto Akira , Morita Akio
Published: November 2017

Intraoperative 3D recognition of the motor tract is indispensable to avoiding neural fiber injury in brain tumor surgery. However, precise localization of the tracts is sometimes difficult with conventional mapping methods. Thus, the authors developed a novel brain mapping method that enables the 3D recognition of the motor tract for intrinsic brain tumor surgeries. This technique was performed in 40 consecutive patients with gliomas adjacent to motor tracts that have a risk of intraoperative pyramidal tract damage. Motor tracts were electrically stimulated and identified by a handheld brain-mapping probe, the NY Tract Finder (NYTF). Sixteen-gauge plastic tubes were mounted onto the NYTF and inserted in the estimated direction of the motor tract with reference to navigational information. Only the NYTF was removed, leaving the plastic tubes in their places, immediately after muscle motor evoked potentials were recorded at the minimum stimulation current. Motor tracts were electrically identified in all cases. Three-dimensional information on the position of motor tracts was given by plastic tubes that were neurophysiologically placed. Tips of tubes showed the resection limit during tumor removal. Safe tumor resection with an arbitrary safety margin can be performed by adjusting the length of the plastic tubes. The motor tract positioning method enabled the 3D recognition of the motor tract by surgeons and provided for safe resection of tumors. Tumor resections were performed safely before damaging motor tracts, without any postoperative neurological deterioration.
Endovascular retrieval of a migrating pedicle screw within the inferior vena cava after instrumented spinal surgery: case report
Authors: Yen Cheng-Yo , Yang Shih-Chieh , Chen Hung-Shu , Tu Yuan-Kun
Published: November 2017

During L3–5 instrumented spinal surgery for degenerative spondylolisthesis in a 75-year-old woman, the right L-3 pedicle screw was accidentally pushed into the retroperitoneum and then migrated to the inferior vena cava (IVC). The patient was transferred to the surgical intensive care unit, and after careful discussion with cardiology specialists, a minimally invasive endovascular technique was used to remove the migrating pedicle screw within the IVC and thus salvage this critical case.

Pedicle screw instrumentation is an effective procedure, but not risk free. Every detail should be scrutinized during surgery, even instrument construction. A minimally invasive endovascular technique should be considered in this patient population.
Performance of different Gladiolus varieties under the climatic condition of Tista Meander Floodplain in Bangladesh
Authors: Islam MK , Anwar M , Alam AU , Khatun US , Ara KA
Published: November 2017

An experiment was conducted to evaluate 4 cultivars   of Gladiolus BARI Gladiolus 1, BARI Gladiolus 3, BARI Gladiolus 4 and BARI Gladiolus 5at experimental farm, On Farm Research Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Alamnagar, Rangpur during 2015-2016 and 2016-2017.  The aim of study was to evaluate the adaptability and performance of cultivar under the climatic conditions of Tista Mendar Floodplain Agro Ecological Zone in Bangladesh. Among the varieties BARI Gladiolus-5 performed excellent in terms of spike production in 2015-2016 and BARI Gladiolus-4 performed excellent in terms of spike production in 2016-2017. Among the varieties BARI Gladiolus-4performed excellent in terms of market value in both the years. Maximum spike length was observed in cultivars BARI Gladiolus-4 and BARI Gladiolus-5 remain attractive for longer time. Keeping in view the vegetative and reproductive characteristic cultivars BARI Gladiolus-4 was performed better and recommended for general cultivation. In 2015-2016 the highest gross return (BDT. 1383800 ha-1) as well as gross margin (BDT. 1005144 ha-1) was recorded in BARI Gladiolus-4. In 2016-2017 the highest gross return (BDT. 1318553ha-1) as well as gross margin (BDT. 927153 ha-1) was recorded in BARI Gladiolus-5.The lowest gross return as well as gross margin was obtained from yield BARI Gladiolus-1 in both the yearsTherefore, it could berecommended for commercial cultivation of gladiolusBARI gladiolus 4 and BARI gladiolus 5varietiesare best for Tista Meander Floodplain Agro-Ecological Zone in Bangladesh.Progressive Agriculture 28 (3): 198-203, 2017
Effects of profenofos induced histopathology and recovery patterns in silver barb (Barbonymus gonionotus)
Authors: Moniruzzaman M , Khan MM , Rahman MK , Islam MS
Published: November 2017

Histopathology is promising field for research in aquatic toxicology as it provides the real picture of the toxic effects of xenobiotics in vital functions of a living organism. The present study aims to evaluate the toxic effect of pesticide namely profenofos on silver barb. Liver and kidney of silver barb were examined histologically after exposure to sublethal concentrations (0.01 ppm, 10% of LC50 and 0.05 ppm, 50% of LC50) of profenofos for 0, 7, 15 and 30 days. Histological recovery was also studied by maintaining the pesticide‐exposed fish in a freshwater system for an additional 7, 15 and 30 day. Kidney and liver of exposed individuals exhibited some remarkable changes in their histology in comparison to control and recovery group. Hepatic lesions in the liver tissues of fish were characterized by cloudy swelling of hepatocytes, lipoid vacuoles, pycnotic nuclei and focal necrosis. Epithelial hypertrophy, narrowing of the tubular lumen, atrophy of the glomerulus, broader Bowman's capsule, necrosis in the epithelial cells and pycnosis in the hematopoietic tissue were observed in kidney tissues of experimental fish. These lesions grew with increasing concentration. Although some of the changes were reversible, the rest were less pronounced after a recovery period.Progressive Agriculture 28 (3): 240-248, 2017
Risk, Desire and Adaptation: The Paradox of Queer Solidarity and the Political Possibility of Death Under Neoliberalism and Homonationalism
Authors: Kouri-Towe Natalie
Published: November 2017

In 2015, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid Toronto (QuAIA Toronto) announced that it was retiring. This article examines the challenges of queer solidarity through a reflection on the dynamics between desire, attachment and adaptation in political activism. Tracing the origins and sites of contestation over QuAIA Toronto's participation in the Toronto Pride parade, I ask: what does it mean for a group to fashion its own end? Throughout, I interrogate how gestures of solidarity risk reinforcing the very systems that activists desire to resist. I begin by situating contemporary queer activism in the ideological and temporal frameworks of neoliberalism and homonationalism. Next, I turn to the attempts to ban QuAIA Toronto and the term ‘Israeli apartheid’ from the Pride parade to examine the relationship between nationalism and sexual citizenship. Lastly, I examine how the terms of sexual rights discourse require visible sexual subjects to make individual rights claims, and weighing this risk against political strategy, I highlight how queer solidarities are caught in a paradox symptomatic of our times: neoliberalism has commodified human rights discourses and instrumentalised sexualities to serve the interests of hegemonic power and obfuscate state violence. Thinking through the strategies that worked and failed in QuAIA Toronto's seven years of organising, I frame the paper though a proposal to consider political death as a productive possibility for social movement survival in the 21stcentury.
Receptions of the Past: Commemoration, Racism, Desire
Authors: Connors Jackman Michael
Published: November 2017

This article investigates the ways in which the work of The Body Politic (TBP), the first major lesbian and gay newspaper in Canada, comes to be commemorated in queer publics and how it figures in the memories of those who were involved in producing the paper. In revisiting a critical point in the history of TBP from 1985 when controversy erupted over race and racism within the editorial collective, this discussion considers the role of memory in the reproduction of whiteness and in the rupture of standard narratives about the past. As the controversy continues to haunt contemporary queer activism in Canada, the productive work of memory must be considered an essential aspect of how, when and for what reasons the work of TBP comes to be commemorated. By revisiting the events of 1985 and by sifting through interviews with individuals who contributed to the work of TBP, this article complicates the narrative of TBP as a bluntly racist endeavour whilst questioning the white privilege and racially-charged demands that undergird its commemoration. The work of producing and preserving queer history is a vital means of challenging the intentional and strategic erasure of queer existence, but those who engage in such efforts must remain attentive to the unequal terrain of social relations within which remembering forms its objects.
A Fast and Reliable Broadcast Service for LTE-Advanced Exploiting Multihop Device-to-Device Transmissions
Authors: Nardini Giovanni , Stea Giovanni , Virdis Antonio
Published: November 2017

Several applications, from the Internet of Things for smart cities to those for vehicular networks, need fast and reliable proximity-based broadcast communications, i.e., the ability to reach all peers in a geographical neighborhood around the originator of a message, as well as ubiquitous connectivity. In this paper, we point out the inherent limitations of the LTE (Long-Term Evolution) cellular network, which make it difficult, if possible at all, to engineer such a service using traditional infrastructure-based communications. We argue, instead, that network-controlled device-to-device (D2D) communications, relayed in a multihop fashion, can efficiently support this service. To substantiate the above claim, we design a proximity-based broadcast service which exploits multihop D2D. We discuss the relevant issues both at the UE (User Equipment), which has to run applications, and within the network (i.e., at the eNodeBs), where suitable resource allocation schemes have to be enforced. We evaluate the performance of a multihop D2D broadcasting using system-level simulations, and demonstrate that it is fast, reliable and economical from a resource consumption standpoint.
Triangulating Trauma: Constellations of Memory, Representation, and Distortion in Elie Wiesel, Wolfgang Borchert, and W.G. Sebald
Authors: Mahan William
Published: November 2017

Even today, trauma theory remains indebted to Sigmund Freud’s notion of belatedness: a traumatic event is not fully experienced at the time of occurrence, due to its suddenness and the lack of preparedness on the part of the human subject. In Traumatic Realism (2000), Michael Rothberg invokes the Benjaminian notion of the constellation of representation to address the shortcomings of any singular mode of trauma portrayal. Rothberg likens the realist, modernist, and postmodernist literary modes to the points of view of the survivor, the bystander, and the latecomer, respectively. I combine Rothberg’s typology with insights from trauma theory to analyze Elie Wiesel’s Night, Wolfgang Borchert’s The Man Outside, and W.G. Sebald’s The Emigrants—three texts that represent Rothberg’s literary modes while at the same time problematizing genre. Dori Laub argues that distorted memory and untold stories are endemic to Holocaust representation. W.G. Sebald inscribes this distortion into his narratives, calling attention to but also repeating its effects. I argue that a perspective beginning with (but not limited to) a combined reading of these three texts yields a more complete understanding of trauma and the Holocaust than can be offered by any singular genre—even archives of documented testimonies, which, despite their necessary role, are unavoidably fraught with a problematics of memory itself.
Effects of A 60 Hz Magnetic Field of Up to 50 milliTesla on Human Tremor and EEG: A Pilot Study
Authors: Davarpanah Jazi Shirin , Modolo Julien , Baker Cadence , Villard Sebastien , Legros Alexandre
Published: November 2017

Humans are surrounded by sources of daily exposure to power-frequency (60 Hz in North America) magnetic fields (MFs). Such time-varying MFs induce electric fields and currents in living structures which possibly lead to biological effects. The present pilot study examined possible extremely low frequency (ELF) MF effects on human neuromotor control in general, and physiological postural tremor and electroencephalography (EEG) in particular. Since the EEG cortical mu-rhythm (8–12 Hz) from the primary motor cortex and physiological tremor are related, it was hypothesized that a 60 Hz MF exposure focused on this cortical region could acutely modulate human physiological tremor. Ten healthy volunteers (age: 23.8 ± 4 SD) were fitted with a MRI-compatible EEG cap while exposed to 11 MF conditions (60 Hz, 0 to 50 mTrms, 5 mTrms increments). Simultaneously, physiological tremor (recorded from the contralateral index finger) and EEG (from associated motor and somatosensory brain regions) were measured. Results showed no significant main effect of MF exposure conditions on any of the analyzed physiological tremor characteristics. In terms of EEG, no significant effects of the MF were observed for C1, C3, C5 and CP1 electrodes. However, a significant main effect was found for CP3 and CP5 electrodes, both suggesting a decreased mu-rhythm spectral power with increasing MF flux density. This is however not confirmed by Bonferroni corrected pairwise comparisons. Considering both EEG and tremor findings, no effect of the MF exposure on human motor control was observed. However, MF exposure had a subtle effect on the mu-rhythm amplitude in the brain region involved in tactile perception. Current findings are to be considered with caution due to the small size of this pilot work, but they provide preliminary insights to international agencies establishing guidelines regarding electromagnetic field exposure with new experimental data acquired in humans exposed to high mT-range MFs.
Grip Strength as an Indicator of Health-Related Quality of Life in Old Age—A Pilot Study
Authors: Musalek Christina , Kirchengast Sylvia
Published: November 2017

Over the last century life expectancy has increased dramatically nearly all over the world. This dramatic absolute and relative increase of the old aged people component of the population has influenced not only population structure but also has dramatic implications for the individuals and public health services. The aim of the present pilot study was to examine the impact of physical well-being assessed by hand grip strength and social factors estimated by social contact frequency on health-related quality of life among 22 men and 41 women ranging in age between 60 and 94 years. Physical well-being was estimated by hand grip strength, data concerning subjective wellbeing and health related quality of life were collected by personal interviews based on the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaires. Number of offspring and intergenerational contacts were not related significantly to health-related quality of life, while social contacts with non-relatives and hand grip strength in contrast had a significant positive impact on health related quality of life among old aged men and women. Physical well-being and in particular muscle strength—estimated by grip strength—may increase health-related quality of life and is therefore an important source for well-being during old age. Grip strength may be used as an indicator of health-related quality of life.
Identifying the Epitope Regions of Therapeutic Antibodies Based on Structure Descriptors
Authors: Qiu Jingxuan , Qiu Tianyi , Huang Yin , Cao Zhiwei
Published: November 2017

Therapeutic antibodies are widely used for disease detection and specific treatments. However, as an exogenous protein, these antibodies can be detected by the human immune system and elicit a response that can lead to serious illnesses. Therapeutic antibodies can be engineered through antibody humanization, which aims to maintain the specificity and biological function of the original antibodies, and reduce immunogenicity. However, the antibody drug effect is synchronously reduced as more exogenous parts are replaced by human antibodies. Hence, a major challenge in this area is to precisely detect the epitope regions in immunogenic antibodies and guide point mutations of exogenous antibodies to balance both humanization level and drug effect. In this article, the latest dataset of immunoglobulin complexes was collected from protein data bank (PDB) to discover the spatial features of immunogenic antibody. Furthermore, a series of structure descriptors were generated to characterize and distinguish epitope residues from non-immunogenic regions. Finally, a computational model was established based on structure descriptors, and results indicated that this model has the potential to precisely predict the epitope regions of therapeutic antibodies. With rapid accumulation of immunoglobulin complexes, this methodology could be used to improve and guide future antibody humanization and potential clinical applications.
Controlling Chaos—Forced van der Pol Equation
Authors: Cooper Matthew , Heidlauf Peter , Sands Timothy
Published: November 2017

Nonlinear systems are typically linearized to permit linear feedback control design, but, in some systems, the nonlinearities are so strong that their performance is called chaotic, and linear control designs can be rendered ineffective. One famous example is the van der Pol equation of oscillatory circuits. This study investigates the control design for the forced van der Pol equation using simulations of various control designs for iterated initial conditions. The results of the study highlight that even optimal linear, time-invariant (LTI) control is unable to control the nonlinear van der Pol equation, but idealized nonlinear feedforward control performs quite well after an initial transient effect of the initial conditions. Perhaps the greatest strength of ideal nonlinear control is shown to be the simplicity of analysis. Merely equate coefficients order-of-differentiation insures trajectory tracking in steady-state (following dissipation of transient effects of initial conditions), meanwhile the solution of the time-invariant linear-quadratic optimal control problem with infinite time horizon is needed to reveal constant control gains for a linear-quadratic regulator. Since analytical development is so easy for ideal nonlinear control, this article focuses on numerical demonstrations of trajectory tracking error.
Connectivity and Topology Invariance in Self-Assembled and Halogen-Bonded Anionic (6,3)-Networks
Authors: Meyer Franck , Pilati Tullio , Konidaris Konstantis , Metrangolo Pierangelo , Resnati Giuseppe
Published: November 2017

We report here that the halogen bond driven self-assembly of 1,3,5-trifluorotriiodobenzene with tetraethylammonium and -phosphonium bromides affords 1:1 co-crystals, wherein the mutual induced fit of the triiodobenzene derivative and the bromide anions (halogen bond donor and acceptors, respectively) elicits the potential of these two tectons to function as tritopic modules (6,3). Supramolecular anionic networks are present in the two co-crystals wherein the donor and the acceptor alternate at the vertexes of the hexagonal frames and cations are accommodated in the potential empty space encircled by the frames. The change of one component in a self-assembled multi-component co-crystal often results in a change in its supramolecular connectivity and topology. Our systems have the same supramolecular features of corresponding iodide analogues as the metric aspects seem to prevail over other aspects in controlling the self-assembly process.
A Method for Measurement of Nonlinearity of Laser Interferometer Based on Optical Frequency Tuning
Authors: Zhu Zhenyu , Fu Xing , Ren Dongmei , Wan Yu , Wang Ji
Published: November 2017

A method for measuring the nonlinearity of laser interferometer using optical frequency tuning technique is presented in this paper. The basic principle of this method is to make the fractional part of an interference fringe change by tuning the laser frequency and determining the nonlinearity of interferometer by comparing the fractional fringe change measured by the interferometer to that calculated from the laser frequency change. An experimental interferometric system with a wavelength tunable laser source is set up and the nonlinearity of the interferometer is measured. Since it does not require the precise displacement mechanism to produce the optical path difference change, this method is more convenient to use and may achieve a higher accuracy than the conventional measurement methods. The nonlinearity of the arbitrary interferometric phase can be measured by changing the laser frequency with this method. Experiments results have shown that the repeatability of nonlinearity measurement is less than 0.2 nm. This method can be applied to interferometry-based high precision dimensional measurements, such as coordinate measurement and displacement sensor calibration.
A Limited Survey of Aflatoxins in Poultry Feed and Feed Ingredients in Guyana
Authors: Morrison Donna , Ledoux David , Chester Lambert , Samuels Coretta
Published: November 2017

A study was conducted to determine the presence of aflatoxins in finished poultry feed from manufacturing companies, feed ingredients, and poultry feed at the point of sale. Two collections were made. In the first collection, samples of the finished feed and feed ingredients were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). For the second collection, all samples were analyzed by ELISA while a subset was analyzed by HPLC. Of the 27 samples of finished feed, five samples had aflatoxin concentrations greater than the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) and European Union Commission (EUC) maximum tolerable limit of 20 µg/kg, while for the feed ingredients, three of the 30 samples of feed ingredients exceeded the limit. Of the 93 samples of finished feed purchased from retailers, five samples had aflatoxin concentrations greater than the maximum tolerable limit. This survey indicates that most of the samples were below the maximum regulatory limit and maintained quality up to the point of sale for 2015 and 2016. However, given that some samples were above the limit, there is a need to monitor the production and marketing chain to ensure that the quality of the finished feed is not compromised.