bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Bisphosphonate Use and the Risk of Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty in Osteoporotic Patients with Osteoarthritis
Authors: Fu Shau-Huai , Wang Chen-Yu , Yang Rong-Sen , Wu Fe-Lin Lin , Hsiao Fei-Yuan
Published: June 2017

Background:

The use of bisphosphonates has been reported to have potential beneficial effects on knee osteoarthritis, but existing studies have limitations. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of bisphosphonate use with the risk of undergoing total knee arthroplasty and with the consumption of pain medication among osteoporotic patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Methods:

We identified patients who were newly diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis among a cohort of patients with osteoporosis from 2009 to 2012 in the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. We further categorized these patients into 2 groups: those who were treated with bisphosphonates (bisphosphonate users) and those who were not treated with any anti-osteoporosis drug (nonusers). Bisphosphonate treatment adherence was calculated by the medication possession ratio (MPR) as the proportion of days of bisphosphonate treatment within a fixed duration; an MPR of ≥80% was considered high adherence. The primary and secondary outcomes of interest were undergoing total knee arthroplasty and the use of pain medication, respectively. Analyses using Cox proportional hazard models with propensity-score adjustment were performed to estimate the association between bisphosphonate use and the risk of undergoing total knee arthroplasty. The incremental change in the mean accumulated defined daily doses of pain medications among both bisphosphonate users and nonusers was calculated.

Results:

We identified 16,276 bisphosphonate users and 123,791 nonusers of any anti-osteoporosis drug among the patients with osteoporosis who were newly diagnosed with osteoarthritis. Bisphosphonate use was significantly associated with a decreased risk of total knee arthroplasty (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 0.76; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.69 to 0.83; p < 0.001). In patients with a follow-up period of ≥24 months and an MPR of ≥80%, the effect size was significantly greater (adjusted HR, 0.66; p = 0.048). Over the 5 years of follow-up, we found a significantly greater decrease in the use of pain medication among bisphosphonate users than among nonusers (p < 0.001; Chow test).

Conclusions:

Among patients with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, bisphosphonate use was associated with a significantly lower risk of total knee arthroplasty, especially in patients with high adherence and longer treatment duration. A lower consumption of pain medication was also found for bisphosphonate users among the patients with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.

Level of Evidence:

Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Familial Clustering Identified in Periprosthetic Joint Infection Following Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty
Authors: Anderson Mike B. , Curtin Karen , Wong Jathine , Pelt Christopher E. , Peters Christopher L. , Gililland Jeremy M.
Published: June 2017

Background:

It is estimated that the cost to treat periprosthetic joint infection in the United States will approach $1.62 billion by 2020. Thus, the need to better understand the pathogenesis of periprosthetic joint infection is evident. We performed a population-based, retrospective cohort study to determine if familial clustering of periprosthetic joint infection was observed.

Methods:

Analyses were conducted using software developed at the Utah Population Database (UPDB) in conjunction with the software package R. The cohort was obtained by querying the UPDB for all patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty and for those patients who had subsequent periprosthetic joint infection. The magnitude of familial risk was estimated by hazard ratios (HRs) from Cox regression models to assess the relative risk of periprosthetic joint infection in relatives and spouses. Using percentiles for age strata, we adjusted for sex, body mass index (BMI) of ≥30 kg/m2, and a history of smoking, diabetes, and/or end-stage renal disease. Additionally, we identified families with excess clustering of periprosthetic joint infection above that expected in the population using the familial standardized incidence ratio.

Results:

A total of 66,985 patients underwent total joint arthroplasty and 1,530 patients (2.3%) had a periprosthetic joint infection. The risk of periprosthetic joint infection following total joint arthroplasty was elevated in first-degree relatives (HR, 2.16 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.29 to 3.59]) and combined first and second-degree relatives (HR, 1.79 [95% CI, 1.22 to 2.62]). Further, 116 high-risk pedigrees with a familial standardized incidence ratio of >2 and a p value of <0.05 were identified and 9 were selected for genotyping studies based on the observed periprosthetic joint infection/total joint arthroplasty ratio and visual inspection of the pedigrees for lack of excessive comorbidities.

Conclusions:

Although preliminary, these data may help to guide further genetic research associated with periprosthetic joint infections. An understanding of familial risks could lead to new discoveries in creating patient-centered pathways for infection prevention in patients at risk.

Level of Evidence:

Prognostic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Determinants of share returns following repurchase announcements in China
Authors: Gan Christopher , Bian Chao , Wu Damon , A. Cohen David
Published: June 2017

By combining the market model with the three-factor model, this study investigates firms’ share returns after the announcement of share repurchase. Employing data for China’s A-share market, this study’s sample utilizes 417 share repurchase announcements over the period of 2000 to 2012. Empirical results show that firms with higher sales growth rates are more likely to send a positive signal to the market through their share repurchase efforts. Analysis also shows that the higher a firm’s price-to-earnings ratio (utilized as a measure of overvaluation), the lower the firm’s cumulative abnormal returns. These results imply that Chinese share markets put more emphasis on the firm’s future growth and share overvaluation.
Energy implications of the millennium drought on urban water cycles in Southeast Australian cities
Authors: Lam K. L. , Lant P. A. , Kenway S. J.
Published: June 2017

During the Millennium Drought in Australia, a wide range of supply-side and demand-side water management strategies were adopted in major southeast Australian cities. This study undertakes a time-series quantification (2001–2014) and comparative analysis of the energy use of the urban water supply systems and sewage systems in Melbourne and Sydney before, during and after the drought, and evaluates the energy implications of the drought and the implemented strategies. In addition, the energy implications of residential water use in Melbourne are estimated. The research highlights that large-scale adoption of water conservation strategies can have different impacts on energy use in different parts of the urban water cycle. In Melbourne, the per capita water-related energy use reduction in households related to showering and clothes-washing alone (46% reduction, 580 kWhth/p/yr) was far more substantial than that in the water supply system (32% reduction, 18 kWhth/p/yr). This historical case also demonstrates the importance of balancing supply- and demand-side strategies in managing long-term water security and related energy use. The significant energy saving in water supply systems and households from water conservation can offset the additional energy use from operating energy-intensive supply options such as inter-basin water transfers and seawater desalination during dry years.
A heterogeneous computing accelerated SCE-UA global optimization method using OpenMP, OpenCL, CUDA, and OpenACC
Authors: Kan Guangyuan , He Xiaoyan , Ding Liuqian , Li Jiren , Liang Ke , Hong Yang
Published: June 2017

The shuffled complex evolution optimization developed at the University of Arizona (SCE-UA) has been successfully applied in various kinds of scientific and engineering optimization applications, such as hydrological model parameter calibration, for many years. The algorithm possesses good global optimality, convergence stability and robustness. However, benchmark and real-world applications reveal the poor computational efficiency of the SCE-UA. This research aims at the parallelization and acceleration of the SCE-UA method based on powerful heterogeneous computing technology. The parallel SCE-UA is implemented on Intel Xeon multi-core CPU (by using OpenMP and OpenCL) and NVIDIA Tesla many-core GPU (by using OpenCL, CUDA, and OpenACC). The serial and parallel SCE-UA were tested based on the Griewank benchmark function. Comparison results indicate the parallel SCE-UA significantly improves computational efficiency compared to the original serial version. The OpenCL implementation obtains the best overall acceleration results however, with the most complex source code. The parallel SCE-UA has bright prospects to be applied in real-world applications.
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Closed Surgical Wounds in Musculoskeletal Oncology Patients - A Case-Control Trial
Authors: Kong Roderick , Shields David , Bailey Oliver , Gupta Sanjay , Mahendra Ashish
Published: June 2017

Following excision of musculoskeletal tumours, patients are at high risk of wound issues such as infection, dehiscence and delayed healing. This is due to a multitude of factors including the invasive nature of the disease, extensive soft tissue dissection, disruption to blood and lymphatic drainage, residual cavity and adjuvant therapies. The use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has a growing body of evidence on its beneficial effect of wound healing such as promoting cell differentiation, minimising oedema and thermoregulation. Traditionally, these dressings have been used for open or dehisced wounds; however recent research has investigated its role in closed wounds.

Aim:

To evaluate the effect of NPWT in patients with closed wounds, either primarily or with flap coverage, in our high risk group. Consecutive patients who had a NPWT dressing applied were selected, and a control group was established by a blinded researcher with matching for tissue diagnosis, surgical site, gender and age. The primary outcome measured was documented for wound complications, with secondary data collected on radiotherapy and wound drainage.

Results:

Patients were well matched between the intervention (n=9) and control (n=9) groups for gender, age and tissue diagnosis. Both groups had 1 patient who underwent preoperative radiotherapy. A total of 3 wound infections occurred in the control group and none in the NPWT group. Overall there was a trend towards lower drain output and statistically significantly reduced infection rate in the NPWT group.

Conclusion:

In this short series, despite the NPWT patients having more additional risk factors for wound issues, they resulted in fewer infections. The sample size is not sufficient to have statistically significant reduction. Further evaluation on the value of NPWT in this patient group should be prospectively evaluated.
A Novel Antibiotic Spacer for Significant Proximal Femoral Loss - Surgical Technique
Authors: Shields David , Kong Roderick , Gupta Sanjay , Mahendra Ashish
Published: June 2017

Background:

Infections of proximal femora with prosthetic implants in situ have long been a major concern in orthopedic surgery. The gold standard in the management of infected proximal femurs in the presence of prosthetic implants has traditionally been a two-stage revision. However, this is challenging in the setting of extensive bone loss.

Methods:

A 3 case series of such infections leading to extensive loss of the proximal femur is presented. We specifically describe our technique of debriding the infected segments as well as utilization of a trochanteric slide osteotomy to resect the femur.We also demonstrate preparation of the “pseudoacetabulum” and femoral component with an antibiotic spacer.

Conclusion:

The high cost of such a procedure is offset by reduction in time spent in hospital. The spacer also helps to allow mobilization by partial weight bearing on a stable femoral component and provide pain control which improves quality of life as compared to prolonged intravenous antimicrobial therapy.
Desarrollo sostenible, humano y endógeno
Authors: Brunet Icart Ignasi , Böcker Zavaro Rafael
Published: June 2017

Este artículo tiene por objetivo analizar la dispersión de las conceptualizaciones del desarrollo vinculadas a la “Segunda Década del Desarrollo”. Dispersión que ha tenido lugar en el contexto de una economía basada en el conocimiento, modela-da por el aprendizaje y motorizada por la innovación, y bajo el dominio o hegemo-nía de la economía neoclásica, que marca el capitalismo globalizado y financiariza-do de las últimas décadas del siglo xx e inicios del siglo xxi. Hegemonía que obedeció en gran medida al descrédito del análisis keynesiano, a la crisis del estructuralis-mo latinoamericano y a la decadencia de las perspectivas críticas —neomarxistas— del desarrollo.
Más allá del principio contributivo: cambios y continuidades en la política social argentina, 2003-2011
Authors: Alonso Guillermo V , Di Costa Valeria
Published: June 2017

El objetivo de este artículo es presentar las transformaciones producidas en las políticas sociales argentinas durante el periodo del gobierno de Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007) y del primer mandato de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007-2011). No haremos una enumeración de políticas y medidas de modo exhaustivo, pero la descripción y análisis permitirá mostrar, al considerar los programas y sistemas de cobertura poblacional más extendida, la corriente principal de la política social argentina durante estos años. En especial, analizaremos los cambios producidos en el sistema de seguridad social, y mostraremos que la estrategia que inicialmente pareció encaminada a simplemente restaurar la centralidad del seguro social contributivo sobre bases más amplias, innovó planteando rupturas significativas con la lógica del principio contributivo como ar- ticulador del sistema de protección social.
Niños y adolescentes separados de sus familias por la migración internacional: el caso de cuatro estados de México
Authors: Zúñiga Víctor
Published: June 2017

La migración internacional está asociada íntimamente con la división y dispersión de las familias. El artículo centra su atención en esta característica de las migraciones internacionales. Para lograr este objetivo, se echa mano de información recabada en muestras representativas de niños y adolescentes inscritos en las escuelas de los estados de Nuevo León, Zacatecas, Puebla y Jalisco (n = 39 633), quienes proporcionaron información sobre las trayectorias migratorias de sus familias. De esta manera se ofrece una estimación de la separación en las familias migrantes, al tiempo que se hacen comparaciones interestatales e interregionales. El análisis comparativo permite arribar a la conclusión de que existen en México notables diferencias y que la separación de las familias migrantes está lejos de ser un rasgo generalizado en todo el territorio nacional.
Notas como editor de Estudios Sociológicos
Authors: Minello Martini Nelson
Published: June 2017

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Desempacando la identidad personal en el realismo morfogenético: formas de ego, reflexividad sustantiva y proyectos de vida.
Authors: Aedo Henriquez Andrés
Published: June 2017

Las preocupaciones últimas se han develado en la obra de Margaret Archer como un elemento central de los proyectos de los agentes, siendo la base del cómo comprenden el mundo y generan la reflexividad para resolver los dilemas que la sociedad presenta. Sin embargo, la teoría de las preocupaciones tiene el problema de no estar suficientemente desempacada; ya que no logra dar cuenta de los contenidos con los cuales las identidades personales de los individuos generan reflexividad sustantiva para diseñar proyectos. En el siguiente artículo mostraré como desde una crítica a la teoría de la identidad personal de Archer, puede aflorar un modo de entender las identidades personales desde un vínculo práctico y experiencial con la estructura social, logrando generar un modo distinto de comprender la reflexividad agencial y su relevancia para los proyectos personales a través de la noción de formas de ego de la identidad personal.
Sobre la distribución de Fumaria munbyi Boiss. & Reut. y su presencia y conservación en Andalucía. On the distribution of Fumaria munbyi Boiss. & Reut. and its presence and conservation in Andalusia (Spain).
Authors: PAVON Daniel , LAHORA Agustín , MOTA Juan F.
Published: June 2017

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El concepto en física y en metafísica. Un análisis antropológico, epistemológico y ontológico. The Concept in Physics and Metaphysics: An Anthropological, Epistemological and Ontological Analysis
Authors: Llano Carlos
Published: June 2017

Hay dos modos de abstracción diferenciados por Tomás de Aquino: abstractio per modum totius y abstractio per modum formae, modos —y no grados— irreductibles del conocimiento humano. El primer conocimiento conserva el sujeto de aquello conocido, mientras que el segundo lo rechaza. Las consecuencias de estas diferencias originarias del conocer, se pueden abordar desde tres diversos ámbitos: antropológico (la composición hilemórfica humana), epistemológico (la vuelta al singular por parte del intelecto) y metafísico (la realidad primigenia del singular por encima del universal).Saint Thomas Aquinas distinguishes two modes of abstraction: abstractio per modum totius and abstractio per modum formae. These are essential modes, not degrees, of the human knowledge. Whereas in the first mode knowledge retains the subject of what is known, in the second mode it rejects the subject. The consequences of these fundamental differences of knowledge may be addressed through three different perspectives: anthropological (the human hylemorphic structure), epistemological (the intellect going back to the singular), and metaphysical (the reality of the singular prevailing over the universal).
Reducción al amor. Reduction to Love
Authors: Caldera Rafael Tomás
Published: June 2017

La reducción al fundamento propia de la metafísica no se limita solo al plano del logos, sino que debe incluir también el telos: para ello es preciso integrar la filosofía del espíritu en la filosofía del ser. El presente artículo incluye tres elementos de esa reducción al fundamento, entendida como reductio ad amorem: la captación de los trascendentales ens, verum, bonum; la primaria distinción algo-alguien; el ascenso a Dios. También se recuperan, para el hombre, las tres potencias espirituales clásicas: entendimiento, memoria y voluntad.Proper to Metaphysics is to perform a reduction to first principles. Such a foundational movement is described here as a reductio ad amorem, following the Spanish philosopher Carlos Cardona. This reductio comprises, therefore, not only logos but also telos. Thus, the transcendental notions ens, verum, bonum are considered in it, as well as the spiritual powers of memory, understanding and will.
Formación y Bildung: Análisis de dos nociones convergentes en la filosofía de la educación de Antonio Millán-Puelles. Formation and Bildung: Analysis of Two Convergent Notions in Antonio MillánPuelles’ Philosophy of Education
Authors: Mauricio Bicocca Rodolfo
Published: June 2017

Este escrito se propone indagar en la noción de formación en la filosofía de la educación de Millán-Puelles y estudiar las influencias recibidas de la filosofía clásica realista y de la tradición filosófica germana. Su campo de investigación se ha limitado a: 1) exponer los antecedentes filosóficos a partir de los que el autor elabora su teoría educativa, sintetizada en la noción de formación; 2) indicar los antecedentes de esta noción en el concepto de Bildung, propio de la tradición filosófico-pedagógica alemana; 3) señalar las relaciones que el autor establece entre ambas nociones.The main purpose of this paper is to inquire into the concept of formation in Millán-Puelles’ Philosophy of Education and its influences from both the Classical Realistic Philosophy and the Traditional German Philosophy. His field of investigation is limited to: 1) presentation of philosophical antecedents upon which the author elaborates his Philosophy of Education, synthesized in the notion of formation; 2) indicate the precedents of that notion in the concept of Bildung, which belongs to the tradition of German Philosophy of Education; 3) show the relations that the author makes between both notions.
La persona humana: razón y fe al servicio del hombre (II): La comunidad humana. The Human Person: Reason and Faith in the Service of Human Being (II): The Human Community
Authors: Caffarra Carlo
Published: June 2017

La naturaleza humana es comunional. La semejanza del hombre con Dios, con la Trinidad, no solo estriba en su espiritualidad, sino también en su sociabilidad. La raíz de esta unidad interpersonal está en el nexo que el hombre tiene con Cristo; y sus supuestos son la sustancialidad espiritual de la persona y su capacidad de autotrascendencia. La persona no puede encontrar su propia plenitud sino en la comunicación con las demás personas, a la que tiende por naturaleza como causa final última de la historia de la humanidad. La causa formal de esta communicatio in humanitate, que tiene en la entrega su punto culminante, es la recíproca afirmación de la dignidad personal. La naturaleza comunional de la persona, por lo demás, se cumple en la unión varón-mujer —como primera forma—, en la comunidad política —con ciertas limitaciones— y, definitivamente, en la Jerusalén celestial.Human nature is “communional”. Man’s likeness to God, to the Trinity, lies not only in his spirituality, but in his sociability. The root of this interpersonal unity is the link of man with Christ; and its bases are the spiritual substance of the person and its capacity for self-transcendence. The person reaches its own fulfillment only in communication with the other persons, to which it naturally tends, it being the final and end cause of the history of humanity. The formal cause of this communicatio in humanitate, which reaches its maximum expression in self-giving, is the reciprocal affirmation of personal dignity. Also, the communional nature of the person is fulfilled in the union of man and woman —in the first instance—, in the political community —with certain limitations— and, finally, in the heavenly Jerusalem.
La eticidad del acto humano según K. Wojtyla: En el cruce entre la fenomenología personalista y la metafísica de la persona. The Ethicity of the Human Act, According to K. Wojtyla: At the Crossroads between Personalistic Phenomenology and the Metaphysics of the Person
Authors: Madrona José María
Published: June 2017

La principal preocupación intelectual de K. Wojtyla fue siempre de tipo ético. Precisamente para fundamentar la eticidad del acto humano inició sus estudios sobre Scheler. Pero no sólo este autor, sino la fenomenología en su conjunto, se mostrarán insuficientes para su propósito. Por eso, acudirá de nuevo a la metafísica. Y, al final del proceso, resultarán enriquecidas tanto la fenomenología como la metafísica misma.The main intellectual care of K. Wojtyla is always ethical. He starts his studies with Scheler in order precisely to find a foundation for the ethicity of the human act. But not just this author, but phenomenology as a whole, were not sufficient for his purpose. For this reason, he turns again to metaphysics. And, in the end, both phenomenology and metaphysics both gained
Reflexiones éticas en torno a lo artificial. Ethical Reflexions on the Artificiality
Authors: Gibu Ricardo
Published: June 2017

El presente trabajo se propone hacer comprensible la posibilidad de una determinación ética en el universo de la racionalidad tecnológica y ofrecer puntos de referencia que permitan al hombre orientarse en un mundo cada vez más artificial.The objective of this work is to make comprehensible the possibility of an ethical determination in the universe of technological rationality and to provide points of reference in order to guide the human person in an increasingly artificial world.
La familia como ámbito de desarrollo humano. The Family, as Environment for Human Development
Authors: Caffarra Carlo
Published: June 2017

La persona goza de dos caracteres constitutivos: su singularidad y su relacionalidad. El desarrollo o genealogía de la persona humana tiene un ámbito o «lugar» originario, que es la familia. La familia humana se origina mediante el acto supremo de libertad por el que un varón y una mujer deciden entregarse mutuamente de por vida. En el contexto así creado, cada hijo llega a este mundo como el «bien-venido»: esto constituye la base para un desarrollo armónico de su libertad y de su capacidad de amar o, lo que viene a ser lo mismo, de su formación como persona.The person has two constitutive characteristics: singularity and capacity for relations. The development or genealogy of the human person has an originary environment or “locus” which is the family. The human family originates in the supreme act of freedom by which a man and a woman decide to give themselves to one another for life. In this created environment, each child comes into the world as “well-come”: this is the basis for an harmonic development of its freedom and capacity for love, or in other words, for his formation as a person.
El Dios Geométrico de Baruch Spinoza The geometric God of Baruch Spinoza
Authors: Ramírez Daza y García Rómulo
Published: June 2017

El presente artículo es una síntesis de la doctrina del Dios geométrico de Baruch Spinoza, contenida en su Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata de 1677. Dividiremos el estudio en cuatro secciones, a saber, de Dios, del Alma, del Conocimiento y de la Física, aunque, en definitiva, todas las partes de la Ética tienen relación directa con Dios, pues en él hallan su último fundamento. A nuestro juicio, la Ética spinoziana es la expresión más lograda del monismo racionalista de la modernidad, como intentaremos mostrar en las páginas siguientes.This paper presents the metaphysical theory of Baruch Spinoza’s geometrical God as laid out in his Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata of 1677. We will split this study into four sections, i.e. God, the Soul, Knowledge, and Physics, although all the parts of the Ethics relate directly to God, since he constitutes their ultimate basis. In our opinion, Spinoza´s Ethics constitute the highest form of rationalistic monism in modernity, as we will attempt to show in the following pages.
La distinción entre persona y naturaleza humana según Nédoncelle. The Distinction Between Person and Human Nature According to Nédoncelle
Authors: Fernando Sellés Juan
Published: June 2017

Este trabajo versa sobre la antropología de M. Nédoncelle. En él se sostiene que el pensador francés defiende que el hombre no es simple, sino que se da en él una distinción real entre la persona y la naturaleza humana. La persona es una realidad múltiple en los hombres: espiritual, interior, novedosa, irrepetible, relacional... La naturaleza, que es orgánica, es una y común en los hombres. La persona se distingue de la personalidad y del yo porque no admite tipologías. La persona depende de Dios y es inmortal; la naturaleza, de los padres y es mortal. Se añade que ‘el yo ideal’, la vocación, es superior a la persona que se es.This work focuses on the Nédoncelle´s anthropology. It sustains that the French thinker defends that man is not simple, but rather presents in itself a real distinction between the person and human nature. The person is a multiple reality in men: spiritual, interior, new, unique, relational... Nature, which is organic, is common in men. The person is also distinguished from personality and the self, because it cannot be classified in types. The person depends on God and is immortal; the human nature comes from the parents and is mortal. He adds that the ‘ideal self’, the vocation, is superior to the human person in his actual situation.
Ética de lo impersonal y gestión de la vida en Roberto Esposito. Ethics of the Impersonal and Management of Life in Roberto Esposito
Authors: Álvarez Solís Ángel Octavio
Published: June 2017

El ensayo explora la filosofía de lo impersonal de Roberto Esposito y traza una genealogía de problemas respecto de la posibilidad de una ética infrapolítica que tiene como base una ontología de lo impersonal. El ensayo está dividido en tres partes. La primera parte es una reconstrucción de la crítica de Roberto Esposito a la historia del concepto de persona. En esta sección se argumenta por qué la persona no puede ser explicada satisfactoriamente por la historia conceptual. La segunda sección es una descripción de la historia de la problematización del concepto de persona y, por esta razón, incluye un desplazamiento de la genealogía de autores propuesto por Esposito a un mapa más amplio para determinar los motivos filosóficos de lo impersonal. La tercera sección bosqueja las directrices para una ética de lo impersonal basado en una crítica al dispositivo de la persona.The essay explores the philosophy of the impersonal of Roberto Esposito and trace a genealogy of problems with regard to the possibility of an infrapolitical ethical, which is based on an ontology of the impersonal. The essay is divided into three parts. The first part is a reconstruction of the criticism of Roberto Esposito to the history of the concept of person. This section argues why the person can´t be explained satisfactorily by the conceptual history. The second section is a description of the history of the problematization of the concept of person and, for this reason, includes a displacement of the genealogy of authors proposed by Esposito at a broader map to determine the philosophical grounds of the impersonal. The third section outlines the guidelines for an ethics of the impersonal based on a critique of the device of the person.
Sujetos, experiencias y posesión: un esbozo de la postura strawsoniana sobre las personas y sus experiencias. Subjects, Experiences and Possession: An Outline of the Strawsonians Position about Persons and their experiences
Authors: Briones Belmar Angelo
Published: June 2017

En el presente artículo abordaré los aspectos generales de la propuesta strawsoniana de “persona” como explicación sobre la tenencia de experiencias por parte de los sujetos. A continuación reconstruiré la teoría de la no posesión (tnp), desde los parámetros dados por Strawson en Individuos, el cual pretende explicar el hecho de que personas tengan experiencias, basado, esencialmente, en el papel puramente contingente del cuerpo, sin necesidad de postular un sujeto de las experiencias. La última sección tratará sobre las críticas de Strawson a tnp, que determinan –al parecer– que tnp, no puede dar cuenta de su propia propuesta. Finalmente revisaré brevemente una postura sobre la plausibilidad de tnp y si es posible dicha postura.In this article I will broach a general aspect of the strawsonian proposal of “person”, as means to explain about possession of experience by subjects. Then I will rebuild the NoOwnership model of the self (TNP), from Strawson’s parameters as given in Individuals, which aims to explain the fact that persons have experiences, based essentially, in the purely contingent role of the body, without the need of a subject of experiences. The last section will be about Strawson’s critiques to the TNP, which state –seemingly– that the TNP can’t be aware its own proposal. Finally I’ll briefly revise a stance about the plausibility of TNP and if this stance is possible.
Hombre, persona y dignidad Man, Person and Dignity
Authors: Ramos Rosete Carlos
Published: June 2017

Toda disciplina de tipo humanista o de carácter social asume como uno de sus presupuestos fundamentales una noción de lo que es el ser humano. Llevar a cabo una reflexión de tipo filosófico sobre las nociones de hombre, persona y dignidad se vuelve imprescindible para aclarar elementos antropológicos que son fundamentos teóricos de las ciencias humanas y sociales. La palabra “hombre” admite significados que en parte coinciden y en parte difieren con la noción de persona. La expresión “persona humana” no es siempre una redundancia. Siguiendo el pensamiento de Santo Tomás de Aquino, que distingue entre las nociones de hombre y persona, la subsistencia de la persona humana se vuelve fundamento de la dignidad humana y fuente de los derechos humanos.All humanist or social discipline assumes as one of its fundamental principles an idea of what human being is. Accomplishing a philosophical reflection about the man notions, person and dignity become essential to clarify antropological elements which are theorical fundaments of human and social sciences. The Word man accepts meanings that are partly the same and partly different with the concept of human person, in some way, is not totally a redundancy. Following Saint Thomas Aquinas´s thought who distinguishes between the notions of man and person, it is noted that the subsistency of the human person turns into the human dignity basis and source of all human rights.
The translation of texts from the tourist sector: textual conventions, cultural distance and other constraints
Authors: Kelly Dorothy
Published: June 2017

The translation of texts in the tourist sector has receives little attention in works on translation, despite illustrating a wide-ranging series of challenges for the translator. This paper addresses some of those challenges, most particularly those related to differing reader expectations arising from differing textual conventions regarding content and style. La traducción de textos del sector turístico ha recibido poca atención en los estudios teóricos de la traducción, a pesar del hecho de que estos textos ilustren una amplia gama de desafíos para la traducción. En este artículo se pretende plantear algunos de esos desafíos, y muy especialmente los relacionados con las diferentes expectativas del/la lector/a del texto de origen y del texto de término surgidas de las diferentes convenciones textuales en cuanto a contenido y estilo.
La traducción de la gastronomía: textos y contextos
Authors: Bugnot Mª Ange
Published: June 2017

La traducción (español-francés) de la gastronomía en el ámbito de los textos relacionados con el turismo presenta dificultades específicas, puesto que tratamos con condiciones locales basadas en un ámplio espectro de componentes, por lo que su adecuación a un receptor determinado depende de factores variables. El estudio de la naturaleza de estos ítems gastronómicos en tres contextos distintos (folletos turísticos, menús y recetas) permite determinar los procedimientos traslativos a los que da lugar y analizar su aceptabilidad.The translation of gastronomy in Spanish-French tourism-related texts is a difficult field of translating, as it deals with local traditions, offers a wide range of varieties and its adequacy depends on variable factors. A study of translations of gastronomic items in brochures, menus and recipes brings out the translation procedures and analyses their effectiveness.
Otólitos, para que te quero?
Authors: Klokler Daniela
Published: June 2017

Otólitos são concreções de aragonita localizadas no neurocrânio de peixes. Em alguns casos, esses elementos têm maior porte e podem ser usados por pesquisadores como peças diagnósticas para identificação e quantificação de indivíduos em sítios arqueológicos. Muitas populações os utilizaram como amuletos, oráculos, remédio e matéria-prima para jóias. Otólitos são comumente encontrados em sambaquis e são geralmente encarados como parte dos esqueletos dos peixes, sendo depositados em sítios como refugo de processamento e consumo. A pesquisa em um sítio cemitério revela novas hipóteses para a presença de otólitos em sambaquis.
A ocupação humana em dois sítios do Holoceno Médio, em área de terra firme na floresta equatorial do Estado do Amapá, a partir da análise das peças líticas
Authors: Souza Kleber Oliveira
Published: June 2017

A realização de levantamentos arqueológicos no interior do Estado do Amapá revelou uma região com grande potencial para a ocorrência de sítios arqueológicos. A proposta é discutir a ocupação de dois sítios arqueológicos com ênfase para a construção das cadeias operatórias dos artefatos líticos. Serão discutidos, as ocupações com profundidade temporal relacionada ao Holoceno Médio, realizados na Guiana Oriental, com base nos dados disponíveis sobre os sítios: material encontrado, a tecnologia lítica empregada e as datações. A partir deste cenário, segue a área da pesquisa e os sítios escolhidos como objeto de estudo. Em síntese, o estudo mostrou uma indústria lítica decorrente de uma economia generalista, distinguida pela variedade de estratégias de exploração dos recursos naturais através da produção e uso de ferramentas simples como bigornas usadas para triturar, ferramentas para bater e esmagar, além de instrumentos diversos.
A Tradição Vieira vista de outra perspectiva
Authors: Ricardo Ribeiro Bruno Leonardo
Published: June 2017

Neste artigo, tentarei mostrar que, a partir de uma abordagem ontologicamente orientada, embasada na conjugação de referenciais arqueológicos e antropológicos, é possível levantar novas hipóteses e interpretações sobre as cerâmicas da tradição Vieira e assim contribuir com o rompimento do viés etnocêntrico, evolucionista e preconceituoso que, por décadas, perdura na arqueologia. Partindo da máxima de que “ausência de evidência não é evidência da ausência”, apresentarei possibilidades alternativas de interpretação destes vestígios arqueológicos, e tentarei mostrar que uma ótica mais alinhada ao pensamento nativo pode ser o corretivo necessário à superação das limitações impostas por uma visão predominante e (aparentemente) consolidada sobre os coletivos cerriteiros de tempos passados, o que, em última instância, obstrui e dificulta nossas construções e formulações sobre os povos originários da América do Sul antes da conquista europeia.
Panfletos y Murales
Authors: Fuenzalida Nicole , Sierralta Simón
Published: June 2017

La mayoría de las investigaciones sobre la política gráfica de la resistencia a la dictadura militar de Chile (1973-1990) ha adoptado enfoques que enfatizan el análisis del medio como creación artística. Por ello, obvian elementos claves como su contexto, condiciones de producción y distribución, el peso de la autoría, o los objetivos que persiguen en tanto objetos materiales de la política. En este trabajo, se propone realizar un estudio comparativo de dos soportes gráficos de la resistencia contra la dictadura: panfletos y murales. Así, se discute la relevancia de la producción en la clandestinidad, para considerarlos no sólo como expresión visual, sino como objetos que cargan con la memoria de la resistencia realizada desde las bases políticas, una expresión de la lucha popular.
Materialidades y Memorias
Authors: Rosignoli Bruno , Biasatti Soledad
Published: June 2017

A lo largo de la última década, comienza a delinearse un incipiente campo disciplinar constituido por experiencias de investigación arqueológica que abordan los aspectos más traumáticos del pasado contemporáneo, nucleadas en torno a la materialidad de las diferentes modalidades de violencia política que signaron buena parte de la historia del siglo XX.
Lo material como reflejo de un contexto sociopolítico
Authors: Arcaya G. Natalia , Irrazabal M. Luis , Yuraszeck P. Francisca , González S. Camila
Published: June 2017

El actual Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM) es un edificio ubicado en Santiago de Chile que tiene como proyecto difundir el acceso a la cultura y las artes. En 1972, bajo el Gobierno de la Unidad Popular, fue construido a causa de la Tercera Conferencia Mundial de Comercio de las Naciones Unidas. Luego del Golpe de Estado, en 1973, el edificio cambió sus funciones; pasó a llamarse “Edificio Diego Portales”, sus espacios fueron modificados, y muchas obras de arte retiradas y censuradas. Por medio de una comparación espacial de los distintos momentos de dicho inmueble, buscamos entender las dinámicas de poder que se están configurando en función del contexto sociopolítico en tiempos previos y durante la dictadura chilena.
Después de la Comisión de la Verdad Ecuador
Authors: Solís Ma. Cristina
Published: June 2017

En el año 2007 se promovió en Ecuador la formación de una comisión de la verdad con el propósito de investigar violaciones a los derechos humanos ocurridas en el país en el período 1984-2008, así como para elaborar una propuesta de políticas de reparación y judicialización. La comisión de la verdad-Ecuador, durante su investigación, recolectó información proveniente tanto de memoria documental como testimonial en base a la cual elaboró su informe final Sin Verdad no hay justicia, que constituye una nueva narrativa sobre las prácticas de represión y violencia estatal aplicadas durante ese período. El informe fue entregado en junio del año 2010 y ha generado distintos niveles de recepción entre los actores involucrados, así como diversos sentidos y usos políticos.
Crossroads of Literature: Sartre versus the New Novelists
Authors: Gunter Wesley F.
Published: June 2017

The following article aims to present the debate around the question "Que peut la littérature?" between the partisans of commited litterature like Sartre, on the one side, and some defenders of Nouevau Roman like Ricardou, on the other. Some of the major arguments of the debate will be outlined in order to show that it essentially ends up being a conversation between Ricardou and Sartre, with the intent to sort out what issues are really at stake. Also the question will be elucaded why Sartre felt the need to return to some of his earliest arguments when he had evolved on so many points.
Basic Evaluation and the Virtuous Realisation of Values: The Integrative Model of Aristotle
Authors: Riedenauer Markus
Published: June 2017

Human affectivity is a research topic situated at the intersection of psychology, philosophical anthropology, theory of action and ethics. This article reconstructs the Aristotelian theory of emotions in the context of his theory of aspiration (o)/recij) and in terms of their function as primary evaluators of situations, which forms the basis for virtue ethics. The Aristotelian model integrates desire, motivation and morality for a rational being in community. Affects (pa/Jh) reveal the profile of relevance of the world to a person as an indispensable basis for the work of practical reason. They are analysed in the dimensions of their cognitive core, their social, bodily, and motivational aspects. Affectivity constitutes a primary evaluative response to situations and thereby disposes human beings to realise their call to morally good, virtuous and fulfilling action.
Sculpting Character: Aristotle's Voluntary as Affectability
Authors: Anton Audrey L.
Published: June 2017

I argue that the two criteria traditionally identified as jointly sufficient for voluntary behavior according to Aristotle require qualification. Without such qualification, they admit troubling exceptions (i.e., they are not sufficient). Through minding these difficult examples, I conclude that a third condition mentioned by Aristotle – the eph' hēmin – is key to qualifying the original two criteria. What is eph' hēmin is that which is efficiently caused by appetite and teleologically caused by reason such that the agent could have, in theory, acted differently. I propose that praise and blame are justified only when 1: the behavior is voluntary and 2: the agent is susceptible (at least in principle) to the positive influences of appropriate praise and blame to help form, improve, or strengthen a good character. Through concentrating on the agent's affectability in morally salient situations, we may better understand the qualified criteria's role in voluntary human behavior in general.
The Soul, the Virtues, and the Human Good: Comments on Aristotle's Moral Psychology
Authors: Beier Kathi
Published: June 2017

In modern moral philosophy, virtue ethics has developed into one of the major approaches to ethical inquiry. As it seems, however, it is faced with a kind of perplexity similar to the one that Elisabeth Anscombe has described in Modern moral philosophy with regard to ethics in general. For if we assume that Anscombe is right in claiming that virtue ethics ought to be grounded in a sound philosophy of psychology, modern virtue ethics seems to be baseless since it lacks or even avoids reflections on the human soul. To overcome this difficulty, the paper explores the conceptual connections between virtue and soul in Aristotle's ethics. It claims that the human soul is the principle of virtue since reflections on the soul help us to define the nature of virtue, to understand the different kinds of virtues, and to answer the question why human beings need the virtues at all.
Combined effect of sulphur and boron on yield and yield contributing characters, nutrient and oil content of mustard
Authors: Azam A , Rahman MM , Samsuzzaman M , Main MA , Quddus MA
Published: June 2017

This experiment was conducted in the experimental field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka during 2014-2015 to know the combined effect of different levels of sulphur (S) and boron (B) on yield and yield contributing characters, nutrient and oil content of mustard and to find out the suitable combination of sulphur (S) and boron (B) for yield maximization of mustard. There were 16 treatment combinations comprising four levels each of S (S0= 0, S1=10, S2= 20 and S3= 30 kg S ha-1) and B (B0= 0, B1= 1, B2= 2 and B3= 3 kg B ha-1). It was replicated thrice in a randomized complete block design. Results showed that the combination of S and B (20 kg S ha-1 and 3 kg B ha-1) contributed positively for better performance of yield contributing characters of mustard. The combination S2B3 (20 kg S ha-1 and 3 kg B ha-1) produced the highest grain yield (2180 kg ha-1) followed by S3B2 and S3B3 treatment combination. The highest protein and oil content of mustard were recorded from S3B3 (30 kg S ha-1 and 3 kg B ha-1) treatment followed by S2B3 treatment combination. Therefore, the combination of S and B (20 kg S ha-1 and 3 kg B ha-1) might be suitable dose for cultivation of mustard in tejgaon series soils under agro-ecological zone of 28 (Madhupur Tract) Bangladesh.Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 42(2): 249-258, June 2017
Agro economic performance of Bio-slurry on boro rice cultivation in some sites of Moulvibazar district
Authors: Shaheb MR , Nazrul MI , Khan ASM MR
Published: June 2017

Soil fertility in Bangladesh is gradually diminishing and this is now becoming a critical issue. Biogas slurry is a renewable energy produced organic fertilizer can be applied for maintaining the fertility of soil. In this study, a two years experiment was conducted in the year 2011 and 2012 at the farmers field of Moulvibazar district under the agroecological zone 20 (AZE-20). The overall objective of the study was to observe the effect of bio-slurry on the agroeconomic performance of boro rice cultivation at on-farm condition. Three fertilizer treatments viz., T1: Soil test based (STB) inorganic fertilizer for high yield goal (HYG), T2: Integrated Plant Nutrient System (IPNS) based inorganic fertilizer + cowdung bio-slurry 5 tha-1 for HYG and T3: Farmers practice as control i.e. average of 20 farmers fertilizer application dose in boro rice were considered during experimentation. Results revealed that bioslurry based boro rice production is more profitable than chemical fertilizer. The highest grain yield (5.06 t ha-1) was recorded from IPNS with 5 t ha-1 cow dung slurry for HYG (T2) while the lowest yield was obtained from farmers practice. However, yield increase due to application of 5 t ha-1 Cowdung slurry slurry with IPNS based inorganic fertilizer was 115 and 124% compared to STB inorganic fertilizer and farmers followed treatment. Gross margin (Tk.65900 ha-1), benefit cost ratio (2.59) and marginal rate of return (451) were also obtained higher in the same treatment. Thus, nutrient package NPKSZn @102-12-25-18-2 kg + cowdung slurry 5 tha-1 might be helpful to get increased yield and improve soil health in AZE-20.Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 42(2): 363-371, June 2017