bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The role of α2-macroglobulin in endogenous uveitis in children
Authors: Katargina L. A. , Chesnokova N. B. , Denisova E. V. , Khrabrova M. A. , Beznos O. V.
Published: July 2023

Purpose: to analyze the activity of α2-macroglobulin (α2-MG) in the tear, blood serum (BS), and aqueous humour (AH) in children with uveitis, and to assess the possibility of using α2-MG for inflammation activity estimation and prognosis.

Material and methods. 76 children with uveitis (135 eyes) aged 3 to 17 (ave. 10.45 ± 3.34 years), were tested for the activity of α2-MG (300 tear samples, 154 BS samples, 39 AH samples). The dynamics of α2-MG was assessed in the tear of 56 patients, and in BS of 53 patients. α2-MG activity was determined by the enzymatic method using the specific substrate N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-p-nitroanilide (BAPNA). The optical density was measured using a multifunctional photometer for Synergy MX microplates (BioTek, USA).

Results. No correlation was found between the α2-MG activity and the inflammation activity and localization of uveitis. In contrast, a significant decrease in α2-MG activity was found in the tear after anti-inflammatory therapy (p = 0.013). Also, a significant preoperative α2-MG increase was noted in the tear of children who experienced fibrin effusion into the anterior chamber of the eye in the early postoperative period (p = 0.022) It was shown that α2-MG activity in BS drops significantly as the patients grow up (p = 0.025). As the degree of proliferation increases, the activity of α2-MG in AH also increases (p = 0.049).

Conclusion. An increase of α2-MG activity in the tears in the preoperative period may be important for the prognosis of fibrin formation in the anterior chamber during the postoperative period. α2-MG in the tear is highly sensitive to anti-inflammatory drugs, which reduce its activity. In BS the highest activity of α2-MG was revealed at the age of 3–6 years, whereupon it is decreasing. In AH, the activity of α2-MG correlates with the stage of the proliferative process.
Ultrasound diagnostic criteria of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and optic neuritis
Authors: Neroev V. V. , Kiseleva T. N. , Eliseeva E. K. , Baeva A. V. , Lugovkina K. V. , Ryabina M. V. , Tankovsky V. E.
Published: July 2023

Purpose: to determine objective echographic criteria for the differential diagnosis of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) and optic neuritis (ON).

Material and methods. The research involved 60 patients aged 40 to 60 years, including 30 patients with suspected AION and 30 patients with suspected ON. The control group consisted of 40 healthy volunteers. In addition to the standard ophthalmological examination, all patients underwent ultrasound optic nerve s examination with measurement of the optic nerve thickness and acoustic density (AD) of the parenchyma and optic nerve sheets. Assessment of blood flow in retrobulbar vessels was carried out in the modes of Color Doppler Imaging and pulse dopplerography.

Results. There were no statistically significant differences in average echographic parameters of the optic nerve s thickness between the groups of patients with AION and ON. In patients with ON there was a statistically significant decrease in the average AD index compared to that in patients with AION and in healthy volunteers (106.02 ± 5.40 y. e., 146.58 ± 9.70 y.e. and 135.3 ± 2.1 y. e., accordingly). The AD values in all patients with AION exceeded 133 y. e., in patients with ON this index was less than 132 y. e. Evaluation of hemodynamic parameters in the vessels of the eye demonstrated a statistically significant decrease in the peak systolic velocity (Vsyst) and end-diastolic velocity (Vdiast) blood flow in the central retinal artery and medial and lateral short posterior ciliary arteries in patients with AION (in 2-fold) compared with ON and normal indices (p < 0.001). There were no statistically significant differences between parameters of blood flow in patients with ON and in healthy volunteers. In addition, there were no significant intergroup differences of hemodynamic parameters of the ophthalmic artery (p > 0.05).

Conclusions. AD of the optic nerve and parameters of blood flow velocities (Vsyst and Vdiast) in medial and lateral short posterior ciliary arteries can be attributed to the diagnostic criteria of the AION and ON.
OSMANLI TAŞRASINDA BİR MEMURUN HUKUK MÜCADELESİ: YABANABAD REJİ MEMURU ZEKERİYA SIRRI EFENDİ DAVASI
Authors: DAĞ Mustafa , TANIK İbrahim Halil
Published: July 2023

Osmanlı Devleti’nde tütün imtiyazını üstlenen Reji Şirketine bağlı Ankara Reji İdaresi bünyesinde teşkilatlanan Yabanabad Reji Memurluğu incelenerek hazırlanan bu çalışmanın amacı, memur Zekeriya Sırrı Efendi’nin zimmet davası sürecini ele almaktır. Bu doğrultuda dava sürecinin hangi merhalelerden oluştuğu ve davanın nasıl sonuçlandığı saptanmaya çalışılmıştır. Bu çerçevede çalışmanın giriş kısmında Yabanabad kâzasının idari statüsü ve Osmanlı’da tütün denetiminin Reji Şirketine devredilme süreci hakkında bilgi verilmiştir. Daha sonra Yabanabad Reji Memurluğunun kuruluş süreci, faaliyetleri ve personeli konularına değinilmiştir. Ana metinde bu personellerden biri olan Zekeriya Efendi hakkında 1910-1912 yılları arasında cereyan eden zimmet davası ele alınmıştır. Bu değerlendirme sürecinde ana kaynak olarak istifade edilen arşiv belgelerinin yanı sıra literatürde yer alan araştırma inceleme eserlerden de yararlanılmıştır. Bu bağlamda Yabanabad Reji Memurluğunda Zekeriya Efendi ile ilgili meydana gelen şikâyetlerin aslının olup olmadığı ortaya çıkarılmaya çalışılmıştır. Netice olarak, Zekeriya Efendi hakkında yapılan şikâyetlerin doğru olduğu ve şirket kasasından zimmetine 10.672 kuruş 82 para geçirdiği saptanmıştır.
Introducing First and Second Generation Biofuels into GTAP Data Base version 7*
Authors: Taheripour Farzad , Tyner Wally
Published: July 2023

The first version of GTAP-BIO Data Base was built based on the GTAP standard data base version 6 which represents the world economy in 2001 (Taheripour et al., 2007). That data base covers global production, consumption, and trade of the first generation of biofuels including ethanol from grains (eth1), ethanol from sugarcane (eth2), and biodiesel (biod) from oilseeds in 2001. Version 7 of GTAP Data Base, which depicts the world economy in 2004, is now published (Narayanan, B.G. and T.L. Walmsley, 2008). However, this standard data base does not include biofuel industries explicitly. The first objective of this research memorandum is to introduce the first generation of biofuels into this new data base. To accomplish this task we will follow Taheripour et al. (2007). The rapid expansion of the first generation of biofuels in the past decades has raised important concerns related to food-fuel competition, land use change, and other economic and environmental issues. These issues have increased interest in the second generation of biofuels which can be produced from cellulosic materials such as dedicated crops, agricultural and forest residues, and waste materials. To examine the economic and environmental consequences of the second generation of biofuels, a CGE model is an appropriate and essential instrument. A data base which presents the first and second generation of biofuels will facilitate research in this field. Hence the second objective of this research memorandum is to expand the space of biofuel alternatives to the second generation. Given that advanced cellulosic biofuels are not yet commercially viable, we used the most up to date information in this area to define the production technologies for these industries.
Development of a GTAP Land Use Data Base for 2011
Authors: Pena-Levano Luis , Taheripour Farzad , Tyner Wally
Published: July 2023

The GTAP land use data bases provide data on land cover items including accessible forest, pasture, cropland, inaccessible forest, shrubland, savannah, and build up land areas at the Agro-Ecological Zone (AEZ) level by country. In addition, they provide data on harvested area and crop production at the AEZ level by crop and country. Avetisyan et al. (2011) documented all the data sources, methods, and assumption used in developing land use data bases for 2001 and 2004. Those data sources, methods, and assumptions were used to generate a land use data base for 2007 as well (Avetisyan, Baldos, and Hertel 2011). To develop a land use data for 2011, we encountered a major obstacle. We do not have available the spatial global land cover data for 2011 by AEZ and country, which was available for the development of the previous versions of the data set (Ramankutty 2012). The gridded data base by Ramankutty (2012) cover a long time period starting from 1700 and ending in 2007. In order to solve this problem, we use the FAOSTAT data base developed by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Currently, this data base provides land cover data at the country level up to 2011. Following the earlier versions of the GTAP land use data bases, we also rely on the FAOSTAT data to update the GTAP data on harvested areas and crops produced in 2011. This paper is divided into sections with each one covering a particular part of the update for land use database. Following are the main components: o Land cover development items by country, region and AEZ o Comparison in land cover data between 2004 and 2011 o Harvested area and crop production by country, region and AEZ o Crop production and harvested area by crop, region and AEZ o Changes in harvested area and crop production for 2004-2011 Thus, this document provides a complete description of a land use database and compares 2004 with 2011.
Development of the Air Pollution Database for the GTAP 10A Data Base
Authors: Chepeliev Maksym
Published: July 2023

The purpose of this note is to document data sources and steps used to develop the air pollution database for the GTAP Data Base Version 10A. Emissions for nine substances are reported in the database: black carbon (BC), carbon monoxide (CO), ammonia (NH3), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), nitrogen oxides (NOx), organic carbon (OC), particulate matter 10 (PM10), particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and sulfur dioxide (SO2). The dataset covers four reference years – 2004, 2007, 2011 and 2014. EDGAR Version 5.0 database is used as the main data source. To assist with emissions redistribution across consumption-based sources, IIASA GAINS-based model and IPCC-derived emission factors are applied. Each emission flow is associated with one of the four sets of emission drivers: output by industries, endowment by industries, input use by industries and household consumption. In addition, emissions from land use activities (biomass burning) are estimated by land cover types. These emissions are reported separately without association with emission drivers.
The GTAP 10A Multi-Region Input Output (MRIO) Data Base
Authors: Carrico Caitlyn , Corong Erwin , van der Mensbrugghe Dominique
Published: July 2023

This memorandum describes the GTAP version 10A Multi-Region Input Output (GTAPMRIO) Data Base. GTAP-MRIO extends the standard GTAP Data Base (Aguiar et al., 2019) by additionally distinguishing bilateral trade and tariff flows by agents or so-called end-users,namely: firms, private household, government and investors. In constructing GTAP-MRIO,we employ the methodology in Carrico (2017) and update it in four ways. First, an updated concordance table is used—i.e., the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) 6-digit Harmonized System 2012 to Broad Economic Categories concordances revision 4 to System of National Accounts end-use framework (HStoBECtoSNA). Second, the International Trade Centre (ITC) Market Access Map (MAcMap) data is directly used in lieu of the TASTE utility (Horridge and Laborde, 2008) which is also based on MAcMap. Third, the optimization programs are updated to take advantage of grid facility in GAMS, thereby reducing MRIO data build time by 90 percent and easing MRIO data construction at the full dimensionality of GTAP data—i.e., 65-sectors and 141-regions for version 10A. Fourth, accompanying GTAPAgg2 (Horridge, 2019) and FlexAgg packages (Villoria and McDougall, 2012) are provided to aid researchers aggregate the GTAP-MRIO data.
Future Directions in Global Trade Analysis
Authors: Hertel Thomas
Published: July 2023

This paper discusses future directions in global trade analysis from the perspective of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) network. The first section offers a projection of where the GTAP network might be in the year 2010. This is followed by an analysis of the basic drivers of change in global trade analysis. These include: network externalities and the push for greater openness in both modeling and database work. The second half of the paper revisits John Whalley's "Hidden Challenges" for applied general equilibrium analysis, discussing how well we have fared with respect to these challenges, first posed in 1986. The paper closes with some additional challenges for global trade analysis in the coming decade.
Uses and Abuses of AGE Models
Authors: McDougall Robert
Published: July 2023

July 1993 GTAP Short Course Presentation
China's Accession to the WTO: Timing is Everything
Authors: Walmsley Terrie , Hertel Thomas
Published: July 2023

Since China’s application in 1987 to resume its status in the Generalized Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT)/World Trade Organization (WTO) there has been a great deal of debate over the timing of China’s accession. Although most of the issues relating to the timing of China’s trade liberalization have been resolved, the abolition of restrictions on Chinese textiles and clothing may still be subject to delay if the United States and Europe choose to implement the safeguards contained in the their bilateral accession agreements with China as well as in the original Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC). In this paper, the effects of alternative target dates for the elimination of restrictions on textiles quotas are examined. Since this issue revolves fundamentally around the question of timing, it is most appropriately addressed in a dynamic model. In this study we use the Dynamic GTAP model. This is applied to a 19-region by 22-commodity aggregation of the GTAP database, supplemented with foreign income data. The paper finds that timing is indeed an important determinant of the profile of structural adjustment required in China and the rest of the world. In light of their interest in delayed implementation the ATC, it is interesting to note that our results suggest slower elimination of these quotas is detrimental to national welfare in North America and Europe.
The Opportunity Cost of Land Use and the Global Potential for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Agriculture and Forestry
Authors: Golub Alla , Hertel Thomas , Lee Huey-Lin , Rose Steven , Sohngen Brent
Published: July 2023

This paper analyzes the role of global land-use in determining potential greenhouse gas mitigation by land-based activities in agriculture and forestry. Land-based activities are responsible for over a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet the economics of land-use decisions have not been explicitly modeled in global mitigation studies. In this paper, we develop a new, general equilibrium framework which effectively captures the opportunity costs of land-use decisions in agriculture and forestry, thereby allowing us to analyze competition for heterogeneous land types across and within sectors and input substitution between land and other factors of production. In our analysis of carbon taxation, we find significant changes in the global pattern of comparative advantage as a result of differential mitigation costs across sectors, regions, and land types. We find that forest carbon sequestration is the dominant strategy for GHG emissions mitigation globally in the land using sectors. However, when compared to the rest of the world, land-use emissions abatement in the US and China comes disproportionately from agriculture, and, within agriculture, disproportionately from reductions in fertilizer-related emissions. In the world as a whole, agriculture-related mitigation comes predominantly from reduced methane emissions in the ruminant livestock sector, followed by fertilizer and methane emissions from paddy rice. The results also show how analyses that only consider regional mitigation may under- or over-estimate mitigation potential. For example, U.S.-specific analyses likely over-estimate the potential for abatement in agriculture. Finally, we note that this general equilibrium framework provides the research community with a practical methodology for explicit modeling of global land competition and land-based mitigation in comprehensive assessments of greenhouse gas mitigation options.
Research on watershed water ecological management and compensation based on evolutionary game
Authors: Fu Yiwen , He Gang , Zhao Shuhang , Jiang Huaiyin
Published: July 2023

Ecological compensation is an effective way to alleviate watershed water ecological management. Considering the behavior of public participation, this paper constructs a tripartite evolutionary game model of the public, enterprises, and local governments, analyzes the evolutionary stability of the strategic choice of each participant, and discusses the influence of various factors on the strategic choice of the three parties. Combined with regional data, Matlab R2018b is used to simulate and analyze the evolution trend of each subject strategy in the Huaihe River Basin under different situations. The study found that: (1) The government's increase in rewards and punishments has significantly promoted public participation and enterprises' active governance of pollution, but increasing rewards and punishments are not conducive to local governments' own performance of regulatory responsibilities. (2) Increasing the amount of compensation and incentives is an effective way to promote public participation. (3) The sum of reputation gains, reputation losses, and rewards and punishments is greater than the difference between the additional benefits of negative governance and the cost of corporate governance, so as to ensure that enterprises actively control pollution.
Does ANN really acquire the physics of the system? A study using conceptual components from an established water balance model
Authors: Vidyarthi Vikas Kumar , Jain Ashu
Published: July 2023

Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are labeled as black-box techniques which limit their operational uses in hydrology. Recently, researchers explored techniques that provide insight into the various elements of ANN and their relationship with the physical components of the system being modeled which are commonly known as knowledge extraction (KE) techniques. However, the physical components of rainfall-runoff (RR) process utilized in these KE techniques are obtained from primitive baseflow separation techniques without considering other components of RR process utilizing mostly base flow and surface flow till now. To identify if ANN acquires physical components of the RR process, a well-established water balance model (Australian Water Balance Model) has been utilized first time in this study. For this purpose, correlation and visualization techniques have been used for the Kentucky River basin, USA. Results show that ANN architecture having a single hidden layer with four hidden neurons was the best in simulating RR process and each of the four hidden neurons corresponds to certain subprocesses of the overall RR process, i.e., two hidden neurons are capturing surface flow dynamics with lower and higher flows, one is capturing base flow dynamics, and last one is having good relations with past rainfalls showing that ANN captures physics of basin's RR process.
CHILE, UNA MESA PARA TODOS.EXCLUSIÓN E INTEGRACIÓN
Authors: Bravo Retamal Arturo
Published: July 2023

Esta nota presenta una síntesis de lo que fue el Seminario Interno de Profesores organizado por el Instituto de Teología de nuestra Universidad en el segundo semestre del año 2010. En él expusieron académicos del área de teología, biblia y filosofía sobre el tema “exclusión e integración”.
J.L Bastero de Eleizalde, El Espíritu Santo y María. Reflexión histórico teológica, EUNSA, Pamplona 2010, 356 pp., ISBN: 84-313-2683-2.
Authors: Soto Helfmann Claudio
Published: July 2023

Esta obra forma parte de la colección teológica de la Universidad de Navarra. Juan Luis Bastero de Eleizalde es profesor ordinario de la Facultad de Teología de esta Universidad, miembro de la Sociedad Mariológica Española y de la Pontificia Academia Mariana  Internacional. Entre otros títulos de escritos mariológicos podemos mencionar: Virgen Singular (Madrid 2001), María, Madre del Redentor (Pamplona 2009). Por estos mismos antecedentes no nos sorprende el interesante aporte que constituye el libroque ahora comentamos.
FUNCIÓN DE Is 7,17 EN SU CONTEXTO INMEDIATO Y EL AMBIGUO SIGNO DEL EMMANUEL
Authors: Gaitán Briceño Tarcisio
Published: July 2023

El contenido de Is 7,17 y su relación con el oráculo anterior (7,10-16) y con el siguiente (7,18-25) exige un estudio detallado tanto del versículo en cuestión como de los dos oráculos. Dicho estudio permite descubrir la cuidadosa trama con la que fue com-puesto dicho verso, su función como enlace entre los dos segmentos y la imposibilidad de prescindir de él, pese a tratarse de una glosa insertada entre las dos unidades. La atención a los fenómenos sintácticos, semánticos y temáticos permite concluir, así mismo, que el signo del Emmanuel prometido a Ajaz tiene un carácter abiertamente ambiguo. El verso en estudio refuerza la ambigüedad del signo: entre la punición y la salvación. La riqueza de Is 7, compuesto en torno a los años de la guerra siro-efraimi-ta, invita a superar una interpretación unilateral del capítulo, a respetar las ambigüe-dades que plantea y a estar atentos a las cuestiones que siguen sin ser respondidas.
LAS DENUNCIAS Y LOS ACUSADORES DE PÍO XII, ENTRE 1963 y 1967: ¿UN FRAUDE INTELECTUAL?
Authors: Hidalgo Carrasco Rafael
Published: July 2023

El presente artículo tiene como propósito exponer de la forma más sintética posible una crítica a los autores detractores del Papa Pío XII, quienes lo acusaron de indiferencia ante los dramas de los hebreos y de los atropellos que acometieron los nazis durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El problema fundamental de los detractores del Papa –seleccionando a aquellos del período entre 1963 y 1967– es la falta de con-gruencia entre sus acusaciones y los datos que ellos mismos exponen en el desarrollo de sus obras; es decir, sus obras se inician culpando al Papa Pacelli por tal o cual negligencia y terminan exponiendo una serie de acciones que rebaten tales postu-lados. Esta situación tuvo su origen, en gran medida, en el psicodrama ‘El Vicario’ del dramaturgo alemán Rolf Hochhuth (estrenado en las tablas en febrero de 1963), cuyos argumentos fueron elevados al nivel de verdad históricas por los autores anali-zados –aunque éstos nunca lo admitieron–, demostrando con esto que las acusacio-nes sobre el Papa antes mencionado constituyen uno de los fraudes intelectuales más sorprendentes de la década de los sesenta.
ESTRUCTURA RETÓRICA DEL EVANGELIO DE MARCOS. PARTE 2, MARCOS 6. 14-9.13
Authors: Mena Oreamuno Francisco
Published: July 2023

La estructura de un documento bíblico es el mapa que se traza, a partir de su propia gramática, para comprender la articulación de su perspectiva y que permite, además, observar, de otro modo, el contexto desde el cual se escribe. En el caso del evangelio de Marcos, el tema de la estructura de su narración ha tenido distintos acentos pero falta una visión más integradora y de mayor atención a su dinámica retórica. Este ar-tículo busca aportar en la comprensión de dicha integridad textual y narrativa usando las herramientas metodológicas del criticismo retórico.
ALGUNAS CONSIDERACIONES CRISTOLÓGICAS EN LA CONSTITUCIÓN PASTORAL GAUDIUM ET SPES
Authors: Pérez Núñez Juan Sebastián
Published: July 2023

En estas reflexiones nos preguntamos por la relación entre cristología y antropología que se pueda desprender de algunas afirmaciones de la constitución pastoral Gaudium et Spes del Concilio Vaticano II, en el marco de una nueva comprensión eclesial que asume de modo significativamente distinto el desafío de la dimensión histórica de la revelación cristiana en el contexto del giro antropológico experimentado por la modernidad. Nuestra atención se centra en la comprensión del ser humano a la luz de la persona de Jesucristo y su mensaje, analizando las afirmaciones cristológicas de la primera parte del documento y su relación con el concepto bíblico de Imagen de Dios.
LA VISIÓN FEMENINA DEL MISTERIO ECLESIAL EN FRANCISCO PALAU I QUER
Authors: Pérez Mora Cecilia
Published: July 2023

En este documento se desarrolla la doctrina femenina del misterio eclesial, comen-zando por la experiencia fundante y mística del padre Palau vivida en 1860, en donde Dios-relación revela a su hija muy amada, la Iglesia. Seguidamente se plantea la idea de la influencia de la mujer en la vida del carmelita la cual marcó su visión del misterio. Se amplía la concepción femenina de la Iglesia a manos de las mujeres bíblicas, destacando sus atributos y plasmándolos en la misma hija amada quien hace síntesis en María, figura acabada y perfecta de la Iglesia. De fondo, la belleza del misterio trinitario que es también la belleza de la Iglesia, el vínculo de amor y comunión de Dios con los prójimos. La novedad que deja ver Francisco es la suma de elementos y características que concentra el concepto femenino y la capacidad de ver en la feminidad la figura de la Iglesia. Concluyendo con la descripción del matrimonio espiritual, relación más perfecta entre la Amada y el Amado.
“MISIÓN Y ECUMENISMO”. EL DIÁLOGO PROFÉTICO DE LOS DISCÍPULOS MISIONEROS DE JESUCRISTO. HACIA UN TESTIMONIO COMÚN DEL EVANGELIO
Authors: Nahuelanca Muñoz Luis
Published: July 2023

El presente artículo propone una reflexión misionológica, en el contexto de los 50 años de la promulgación del Decreto Conciliar “Unitatis Redintegratio”, sobre la in-trínseca relación existente entre la misión evangelizadora de la Iglesia y los requerimientos actuales del diálogo ecuménico e interreligioso. Los discípulos misioneros están invitados a vivir una auténtica espiritualidad del diálogo como condición necesaria sin la cual no será posible, en el actual contexto mundial, la credibilidad de nuestra evangelización. La hora actual de la misión de la Iglesia reclama una verdadera y auténtica conversión al ecumenismo. El ecumenismo es un camino ineludible de la evangelización (Evangelii Gaudium 246).
MERINO BEAS, PATRICIO A., La categoría teológica «Signos de los Tiempos» desde el Concilio Vaticano II al Pentecostés de Aparecida y Francisco, Bo-gotá, Ed. USTA, 2014, 190 pp., ISBN 978-958-631-846-4.
Authors: Tell María Belén
Published: July 2023

El libro La categoría teológica «Signos de los Tiempos» desde el Concilio Vaticano II al Pentecostés de Aparecida y Francisco, del autor Patricio A. Merino Beas, resulta constituir un maduro fruto tras una minuciosa y consistente investigación respecto de este tópico, extendida en diez largos años de seria y concienzuda labor desplegada en diversas universidades iberoamericanas.
ESEGESI DELLA COSIDDETTA MOLTIPLICAZIONE DEI PANI E DEI PESCI (Lc 9, 10-17)
Authors: Caballero González Manuel
Published: July 2023

Il presente articolo realizza una esegesi personale e novedosa della pericopa di Lc. 9, 10-17. Si bien es el único milagro de Jesús narrato por los cuatro evangelistas, hemos optado por el Evangelio de san Lucas por la riqueza de su contenido. Unanime son las ediciones de la Biblia a la hora de etiquetar este texto con un titolo introduttivo: “La multiplicación de los panes y los peces”. Sin embargo, si se interpreta el pasaje original con mucha atención, el lector se da cuenta de que dicho encabezado no recoge el sentido profundo y último del texto, a saber, la rivelazione mesiánica de Jesucristo a través de l'acción y no de la palabra ; il segno efficace di questa azione va al banchetto escatologico degli ultimi tempi.
NA PARÁBOLA DO HOMO VIATOR (LC 10, 25-37): A QUALIDADE DE VIDA ESCATOLÓGICA
Authors: Borges de Meneses Ramiro Délio
Published: July 2023

Um desígnio ético da parábola do Bom Samaritano (Lc 10, 25-37) será apresentar uma narrativa sobre a Outra qualidade de Vida. A parábola aponta para variadas for-mas de qualidade de vida, que vão desde as qualidades telúricas de vida, passando pela qualidade de vida poiética, até atingir a qualidade de vida escatológica, como a verdadeira qualidade de Vida. A narrativa bíblica do Desvalido no Caminho refere uma forma nova de referenciar a outra qualidade de vida, como uma qualidade sote-riológica da vida humana neste mundo. O Desvalido vive na qualidade de vida sote-riológica, porque vive como hospitalidade poiética e como ética soteriológica. A outra qualidade de vida dá um sentido ético à qualidade de vida poiética.
NO SIN TI, NO SIN USTEDES. APORTES DE MICHEL DE CERTEAU A LA COMPRENSIÓN DE LA ECLESIALIDAD DE LA FE
Authors: Espinosa Arce Juan Pablo
Published: July 2023

La eclesialidad de la fe, o la vivencia comunitaria de la opción creyente en el Dios de Jesús de Nazaret, representa un elemento esencial en la reflexión teológica cristiana. Uno de los teólogos que ha reflexionado sobre ella es el jesuita francés Michel de Certeau. En este artículo presentaremos algunas ideas que el autor sostiene en torno a la comunitariedad de la fe cristiana. Para efectos de este desarrollo, centraremos nuestra atención en el tema del imaginario de los lugares y en el uso del lenguaje religioso y teológico entendido como vehículo para expresar la estructura eclesial de la fe cristiana. De esta manera, pretendemos aportar algunas claves para responder a la pregunta de dónde está Dios y cómo el creyente reunido en comunidad discierne la presencia y la acción salvífica del Eterno.
LA MÍSTICA Y LA ESPIRITUALIDAD COMO PRINCIPIOS DINAMIZADORES DE LA TEOLOGÍA Y PASTORAL LATINOAMERICANAS
Authors: Merino Beas Patricio , Mejía Correa Iván
Published: July 2023

El presente artículo reflexiona acerca de la permanente referencia de la teología al Misterio de Dios. Esta referencia advierte frente a cualquier reduccionismo de la teología a un racionalismo, mostrando la finalidad salvífico-pastoral que le es inherente a la teología. Esta realidad válida para la teología universal ha tenido en América Latina un desarrollo privilegiado a partir del Concilio Vaticano II, como una teología en cuya raíz se encuentra el binomio contemplación-compromiso, configurando una espiritualidad liberadora que ha caracterizado el quehacer teológico y la pastoral en Latinoamérica.
CAMBÓN, E., Trinidad ¿Modelo Social?, Ciudad Nueva, Buenos Aires 2014, 240 pp., ISBN 978-950-586-269-6.
Authors: Soto Helfmann Claudio
Published: July 2023

“La originalidad cristiana no consiste en el hecho de afirmar la existencia de Dios, sino de creer que ‘Dios es Amor’ (1 Jn 4,8.16; cf 4,10.19; Jn 3,16; Rom 8,39; 5, 5)”. Con estas palabras de la introducción comienza nuestro autor a desarrollar de manera novedosa y atractiva el misterio de la Trinidad.
UNA ECLESIOLOGÍA DEL “ENCUENTRO CON JESUCRISTO”. A DIEZ AÑOS DE APARECIDA Y EN SINTONÍA CON EVANGELII GAUDIUM
Authors: Espinosa Arce Juan Pablo
Published: July 2023

El presente artículo busca proponer una eclesiología fundamental a partir de la cate-goría teológica del “encuentro con Jesucristo”. Dicho acercamiento será realizado a la luz del Documento de Aparecida a los diez años de su publicación. Además, se eviden-ciará cómo la Evangelii Gaudium del Papa Francisco representa una recepción clave del mismo Documento latinoamericano. En el encuentro con Jesucristo, acontecido en la historia, despunta el discipulado misionero, a la vez que se provoca la superación del egoísmo y del aislamiento entre los sujetos. El encuentro supone una dinámica de salida, de extroversión, la cual tiene su punto culminante en la Encarnación la cual posibilita a su vez el encuentro con los otros.
TEORÍA DE LA REACCIÓN ESTÉTICA, MUNDO CONTEMPORÁNEO Y FE. UNA CLAVE PARA EL DIÁLOGO ENTRE PLURALISMO CULTURAL Y CRISTIANISMO
Authors: Rodriguez Moya Esteban , Valenzuela Corales María de Los Andes
Published: July 2023

Las conversaciones en torno al cristianismo, como forma de religión monoteísta y tradicional, son problemáticas al día de hoy. Cualquier modo de referirse a éste se ve permeado por una crítica, un rechazo, o derechamente una indiferencia frente a cualquier fundamento totalizante de la realidad. Esta situación, que da cabida solo a posturas pluralistas, se debe a que los grandes proyectos modernos que otorgaban sentido, tales como el nacionalismo, el socialismo y el progreso, han fracasado en el intento de solucionar la pregunta por el hombre. Para el cristianismo, la revelación de Dios radica en las sagradas escrituras, la Biblia sería así el pilar fundamental para establecer su ethos particular como religión. Por este motivo, urge revalorizar este escrito frente a un contexto pluralista, aunando las características del mundo con-temporáneo por un lado y las cualidades que posee como texto por otro. En este sen-tido, la presente investigación propone la teoría de la reacción estética de Wolfgang Iser como método de análisis bíblico, pues así se valida la posibilidad de existencia de diversas interpretaciones a partir de las sagradas escrituras, lo cual constituye un primer punto de acercamiento entre pluralismo y fe cristiana.
SIN FELICIDAD NO HAY EVANGELIO. SIGNIFICADO TEOLÓGICO DE UN DATO ANTROPOLÓGICO
Authors: Polanco Rodrigo
Published: July 2023

A la luz de la inadecuada pero común idea sobre una cierta dicotomía entre felici-dad histórica y salvación eterna, el artículo revisa algunas causas de esta persistente creencia y expone algunos aspectos que deben ser reflexionados más hondamente para afirmar con mayor fuerza la armonía entre estos dos momentos de una única ple-nitud humana. (1) La tensión dual entre felicidad histórica y trascendente, recuperada para la conciencia católica por el Concilio Vaticano II a la luz de la unidad vocacional humana; (2) la alegría como núcleo del Evangelio, tema sobre el cual ha insistido el Papa Francisco, y que debe ser armónico con las necesidades fundamentales de la humanidad; y (3) la necesidad de acentuar el rostro amoroso de Dios, a la luz de un pensamiento auténticamente trinitario, evitando exposiciones inadecuadas de la doctrina y catequesis sobre Dios. El tema de este artículo ha sido poco reflexionado en la teología.
LA LÍNEA POPULAR DE LA PATRIA GRANDE Y LA UNIDAD DE LA IGLESIA: RAFAEL TELLO EN LA PREPARACIÓN Y RECEPCIÓN DEL DOCUMENTO DE MEDELLÍN
Authors: Forcat Fabricio
Published: July 2023

Este artículo trata de uno de los ámbitos privilegiados en la recepción teológica del Concilio Vaticano II en Argentina. Se basa en una reciente edición de textos de las reuniones del equipo de peritos de la Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral de los años 1968 y 1969 en torno a la preparación y recepción de los Documentos de Medellín. Rescata la comprensión de América Latina como un conjunto de naciones independientes in-tegradas en una Patria Grande siguiendo la perspectiva de Rafael Tello, cuyo pensa-miento ha despertado especial interés en el Pontificado del Papa Francisco con quien coinciden en la valoración del catolicismo popular en orden a la unidad cultural de América Latina.
50 AÑOS DE LA CONFERENCIA EPISCOPAL DE MEDELLÍN: UN PRETEXTO PARA VOLVER A BEBER DE SU FUENTE
Authors: Montaño Vélez Carlos
Published: July 2023

El artículo revisa el impacto decisivo que a nivel bíblico tuvo la Conferencia Episcopal de Medellín en el desarrollo de la vida de las iglesias de América Latina y el Caribe. El primer apartado desarrolla el aporte bíblico, con el cual Medellín asume un nuevo método, para elaborar el dato de la revelación según el Concilio Vaticano II. Esto afec-ta dos comprensiones fundamentales que el artículo estudia: la comprensión bíblica de la historia y del pobre. Estos dos aspectos estructurales de la Conferencia de Me-dellín influyeron, positivamente, en la manera de leer e interpretar la Biblia. Además, impulsaron un movimiento bíblico latinoamericano, que el artículo presenta en sus principales líneas. Al final, se ofrecen algunas perspectivas para una hermenéutica bíblica que recupere en los textos el ejercicio de escucha del clamor de los que sufren.
EM DEFESA DA TEOLOGIA DA LIBERTAÇÃO: MEMORANDO DOS TEÓLOGOS DO OESTE DA ALEMANHA DE 1977
Authors: Diel Paulo Fernando
Published: July 2023

Este artigo tem como objetivo relembrar o 40º aniversário do memorando em defe-sa da Teologia da Libertação, publicado em 21 de novembro de 1977, por um grupo de teólogos católicos e protestantes da Alemanha Ocidental, documento que teve um imenso impacto entre os católicos alemães. Apresenta seu conteúdo, impacto e as reações que provocou.
A 30 años de la mulieris dignitatem. Una visión histórica
Authors: Guzmán Gómez María Eugenia
Published: July 2023

Los conflictos del siglo XX –las Guerras Mundiales y la Guerra Fría, principalmente– ocasionaron que gran parte de la humanidad dejara de creer en el progreso y en la civilización. Esa desesperanza y los cambios sociales, derivados de los conflictos, afectaron a los movimientos que luchaban por los derechos de la mujer y propiciaron el surgimiento de nuevas corrientes ideológicas feministas, muchas de las cuales se relacionaban con el posmodernismo. El propósito de esta exposición es mostrar cómo respondió la Iglesia católica ante un mundo que, cada vez más, exigía el reconocimiento de la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres, y ante el surgimiento de ideologías vacías, carentes de contenido y faltas de sentido. El Papa Juan Pablo II plasmó su posición frente a estos asuntos en la carta Mulieris Dignitatem, la cual se abordará desde su contexto histórico, destacando la pertinencia de su pensamiento en el mundo de hoy.
La compasión como fundamento del diálogo interreligioso y cultural
Authors: Mejía Iván
Published: July 2023

El presente escrito trata de argumentar cómo la compasión se configura en una categoría fundamental que posibilita el diálogo interreligioso y cultural, ya que en todas las grandes tradiciones religiosas se goza de un acervo de sabiduría que pasa por la apropiación de valores y virtudes que facilitan y favorecen los sentimientos de compasión que pueden disponer para el encuentro con otras religiones y culturas en orden a la vivencia de la paz.
Study of Ultrasonographic Changes of the Adrenal Gland in Growth
Restricted Fetus
Authors: Hashreen Fathimath , Shetty Shraddha
Published: July 2023

Background:

Fetuses with Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR) are at increased risk of chronic
intra-uterine hypoxia, due to increased secretion of corticosterone from the fetal adrenal glands. This
plays a major role in the cardiovascular and circulatory adaptation of FGR fetuses. These modifications
are untimely identified by sonographic imaging.

Objective:

To study the association between ultrasound features of the adrenal gland and growth restriction
in the fetus.

Methods:

A total of 104 pregnant women (52 FGR pregnancies and 52 controls) were evaluated between
28 and 36 weeks of gestation. All the study participants underwent transabdominal ultrasonography
to measure bilateral fetal adrenal gland volume and fetal zone volume, corrected for gestational
age. They were followed up until delivery. The two groups were compared to analyze the perinatal
outcome in relation to ultrasonographic changes in the adrenal gland.

Results:

The adrenal gland measurements were significantly larger in fetuses with FGR as compared
to the control group. FGR group had a larger corrected adrenal gland volume(cAGV) and fetal zone
and adrenal gland (FZ/AG)ratio A statistically significant correlation was found between the two
groups regarding gestational age at delivery, birth weight, APGAR score, and NICU admissions. Perinatal
morbidity was found to be higher among women diagnosed with FGR, i.e., 14 (53.84%).

Conclusion:

Fetal adrenal gland size measurement is important to identify FGR fetuses that are vulnerable
to hypoxia. It helps the obstetrician prepare for effective in-utero management to reduce perinatal
morbidity and mortality.
One-pot Synthesis of Some New Betulinic Acid Derivatives with Cytotoxicity
Against Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Authors: Ali Muhammad Shaiq , Ahmed Ghafoor , Rasheed Huma , Kainat Samiya , Fatima Itrat , Akbar Azra
Published: July 2023

Background:

One-pot synthesis of new and biologically important betulinic acid derivatives has been designed and efficiently achieved in this work.

Methods:

The utilization of the carboxylic and hydroxyl moieties of betulinic acid has resulted in the development of a one-pot strategy towards the synthesis of some target compounds.

Results:

One-pot synthesis of new betulinic acid derivatives 3-9 has been achieved in moderate to high yields by way of esterification of the carboxylic functionality with a variety of alkylating agents. These were fully characterized by spectroscopic techniques.

Conclusion:

The synthesized new derivatives of betulinic acid were screened for their cytotoxic effect against human pancreatic cancer cells.
Recent Advances in Chalcogenide Glasses and their Applications
Authors: Kumar Horesh , Lal Saroj Achchhe
Published: July 2023

During the last two decades, by using a combination of both chalcogens (sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), and polonium (Po)) and other elements like silicon (Si) and germanium (Ge), a huge number of chalcogenide glasses (ChGs) were prepared and studied. Compared to oxide-based glassy materials, ChGs have unique properties and functionalities which make them suitable for photonic applications. These materials are transparent in nature from the visible to the near-infrared region and can be used for the preparation of optical and electronic devices like ChG fibers, optical switches, sensors, and phase change memorizers. This chapter deals with some basics of ChGs, preparation techniques and a review of the latest technological development. The structural properties, optical properties, thermal and electrical properties of ChGs have been discussed. The physical aging effect has been explored. In the second part of this chapter, the applications of ChGs especially in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), semiconductors, electrical memories and phase change memories have been discussed.
Al Doped ZnO Thin Films: Beginning to Developments Afoot
Authors: Misra Kamakhya Prakash
Published: July 2023

In the last three decades, Zinc oxide (ZnO) has been found to be one of the most resourceful materials having tremendous potential applications in manifolds covering a wide variety of areas. It is continuously explored in different forms and structures. ZnO-based layers have an established place in the industry that ranges from protecting degradable items to detecting toxic gases. A wide variety of ZnO-based advanced coatings and their surface treatments along with innovative functionalization technologies offer a multitude of options for making them useful in diverse industries. Multiple techniques ranging from exceedingly sophisticated ones like molecular beam epitaxy and atomic layer deposition to highly-cost effective ones like sol-gel spin coating and dip coating, etc. have been used for developing the ZnO based thin films. Doping suitable elements into ZnO matrix is the most promising strategy to alter its properties drastically. Out of numerous dopants, Aluminum (Al) offers some of the excellent and reproducible features in ZnO films which make Al doped ZnO (AZO) a reputable system in industries like thin film transistor manufacturing and solar cells. Specifically, its established and repeatable behavior in terms of transparency and conductivity becauseis finding huge applications as a transparent conducting oxide (TCO). Extensive research on AZO coatings derived from different methods day-b-day opens up a new gateway for interesting perspectives by optimizing surface nanostructures. Here a brief account of historical developments of ZnO to AZO films along with their applications in certain key areas like TCOs, solar cells, thin film transistors, flexible electronics and plasmonics, etc. is presented.
Nanomaterials in Organic Synthesis
Authors: Tivari Shraddha , Kumar Manoj , Ahmad Seraj , Ali Akram , Srivastava Vishal
Published: July 2023

Multidisciplinary research in chemistry, physics and other engineering sciences often addresses nanotechnology. In almost all branches of science and technology, nanotechnology is commonly used. Nanomaterials are not just something developed in the laboratory but nanotechnology has made it possible for humans to manufacture nanoform-containing materials. Metal nanoparticles have been used in different areas such as catalysis, sensor, and medicine. Nanoparticles have good efficiency, selectivity and yield of catalytic processes. Nanoparticles have higher selectivity in the reactions because the reactions continue with fewer impurities and less waste. Hence this technique is safer and more environmental-friendly. The specific emphasis of this chapter is on the applications of nanoparticles in organic synthesis.
Implications and Applications of Multifunctional Advanced Materials/Gadgets for Energy Conversion and Storage
Authors: Pinki Bentham Science Publisher , Subhash Bentham Science Publisher , Chaudhary Ashu
Published: July 2023

The expanded interest in vitality assets, extraordinary endeavors, advocacy of convenient hardware and electric vehicles globally animates the improvement of energy storage gadgets, e.g., lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors, toward higher energy density, which essentially relies on new materials utilized in these gadgets. Besides, energy storage materials assume a key part in productive, clean, and adaptable utilization of energy, and are vital for exploiting sustainable power systems. The usage of the thermal energy storage (TES) framework with phase change material (PCM) is a viable route for energy preservation and green-house gas emission reduction. Ongoing advances in atomically thin two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2DTMDs) have prompted an assortment of promising innovations for nanoelectronics, photonics, energy storage, and so on. Graphene and graphene-based materials have attracted extraordinary consideration due to their interesting properties of high mechanical adaptability, huge surface zone, chemical stability, prevalent electric and thermal conductivities that render them incredible as alternative electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage frameworks. The straightforward Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) and Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) approaches offer another route for the creation of permeable materials for energy storage. Alteration of organic substrates with inorganic polyoxometalate (POM) clusters can be utilized to build nanocomposite materials with improved properties and various functionalities. Nanotechnology offers up new frontiers in materials research and construction to address the energy challenge by forming novel materials, particularly carbon nanoparticles, for efficient energy transformation and capacity, Polyaniline (PANi) as an auspicious material for energy storage/transformation, is merited for serious investigation and further progress. This book chapter discusses the various methods in materials for energy, their storage, and applications in numerous fields.
Ionic Liquids: Fundamental Properties and Classifications
Authors: Dhameliya Tejas M. , Shah Bhavya J. , Patel Khushi M.
Published: July 2023

The ionic liquids (ILs) have been recognized as the salts of differently made anions and cations, existing in liquid form at rt or below 100 °C. They have drawn their special attention as an alternative to toxic solvents, such in organic transformations along with several other fields such as wastewater management, organic transformations, chemical transformations, synthesis of heterocycles, sensing applications, etc. The present work shall describe the basis of ILs, their types, structural insights, and mechanistic overview along with a brief introductory account of ILs for the general benefit of the reader of the present works.