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EKSPLORASI KOMPOSISI PAKAN TRADISIONAL BABI BALI
Authors: K Budaarsa , A W Puger , I M Suasta
Published: August 2017

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui ragam bahan penyusun pakan tradisional babi bali dan sekaligusmengetahui kandungan nutrisinya. Penelitian dilaksanakan selama 3 bulan mulai bulan Juli sampai September2014. Data ini sangat diperlukan untuk menjelaskan mengapa babi bali sampai saat ini masih bisa bertahan dibeberapa daerah di Bali. Penelitian menggunakan metode survei dan penentuan responden menggunakan teknikpurposive sampling atau juggmental sampling dengan pertimbangan populasi babi bali di Bali tidak merata,hanya ada di beberapa kabupaten. Kabupaten yang dipilih adalah Klungkung, Karangasem dan Buleleng. Pemilihankabupaten tersebut berdasarkan populasi babi bali di Kabupaten tersebut paling tinggi dibandingkan dengankabupaten lainnya. Dari masing-masing kabupaten diambil 30 peternak sebagai responden. Selanjutnya diambil10 sampel ransum yang komposisi bahannya paling dominan untuk dianalisa proksimat di laboratorium. Datayang diperoleh dianalisis secara deskriptif sehingga mampu memberi gambaran yang akurat tentang ragam bahanpenyusun pakan tradisional babi bali. Berdasarkan hasil pengamatan lapangan disimpulkan bahwa sebagian besar(85%) peternak babi bali memberikan dedak padi dan batang pisang sebagai pakan utama. Cara pemberian pakanada yang dimasak dan tidak dimasak. Pakan tambahan yang diberikan berupa limbah dapur. Peternak memberipakan dua kali sehari.
STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN AGRIBISNIS PENGGEMUKAN SAPI POTONG DI BALI
Authors: B R T Putri , I N Suparta , I K W Parimartha , I W Sukanata , . Suciani
Published: August 2017

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk 1) memilih Kabupaten yang tepat sebagai basis pengembangan usaha penggemukansapi potong di Bali, 2) menyusun alternatif strategi yang tepat untuk mendukung pertumbuhan usaha penggemukansapi potong di Bali, 3) merekomendasikan strategi prioritas yang mendukung perkembangan usaha penggemukansapi potong di Bali. Penelitian dilakukan di Kabupaten Karangasem yaitu di Kecamatan Karangasem, Bebandem,Selat, dan Rendang. Responden terdiri dari 300 orang peternak dan 10 orang ahli yang berasal dari Dinas Peternakandan Kesehatan Hewan, serta dari Universitas Udayana. Metode pengambilan data dilakukan dengan wawancaramenggunakan kuesioner terstruktur, wawancara mendalam, observasi, serta penelusuran literatur dan dokumenterkait. Data penelitian dianalisis menggunakan: analisis LQ, analisis IE, analisis SWOT, dan analisis QSPM.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat enam alternatif strategi usaha peternakan sapi potong yaitu:1) Membangun pusat pelatihan teknologi dan manajemen agribisnis penggemukan sapi potong, 2) Optimalisasiprogram penyuluhan peternakan, 3) Melakukan pelatihan teknologi pengolahan pakan, 4) Membangun koperasipeternakan, 5) Meningkatkan jiwa wirausaha peternak, serta 6) Mengadakan sosialisasi dan pendampingan dalampengurusan ijin yang diperlukan bagi kelompok ternak. Strategi prioritas yang direkomendasikan dalam penelitianini adalah strategi meningkatkan jiwa wirausaha peternak.
Maternal and Infant Risk Factors on The Incidence of Neonatal Asphyxia in Bali: Case Control Study
Authors: Ayuk Widiani N.N. , Yuli Kurniati D.P. , Trisna Windiani I.G.A.
Published: August 2017

Background and purpose: Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS) in 2012 showed neonatal mortality rate (AKN) in Indonesia amounted to 19/1000 live births. The cause was respiratory distress or asphyxia (35.9%), premature delivery, low birth weight (32.4%) and sepsis (12%). Neonatal asphyxia in the last 5 years at Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar relatively stagnant namely: 2010 (8.6%), 2011 (9.3%), 2012 (11.6%), 2013 (8.3%), and 2014 (11.3%). This study aims to identify risk factors of mothers and infants to neonatal asphyxia.Methods: The study design was a case control with a sample of 172 infants of 86 cases and 86 controls were selected randomly from the birth register at Sanglah Hospital in 2015 and matched by age of gestation. Cases were neonatal (0-28 days) borned with asphyxia, while control were neonatal without asphyxia. Data analysis was performed using univariate, bivariate (chi square test) and multivariate using logistic regression.Results: The study finding showed that significant risk factors which increased the incidence of neonatal asphyxia were nuchal cord with adjusted OR (AOR)=6.55 (95% CI: 2.34 to 18.33); anemia during pregnancy with AOR=6.49 (95% CI: 2.21 to 19.03); prolonged labor with AOR=6.27 (95% CI: 1.37 to 28.70), low birth weight with AOR=3.85 (95% CI: 1.61 to 9.18); maternal age <20 years and >35 years with AOR=3.57 (95% CI: 1.48 to 8.61) and hypertension during pregnancy with AOR=2.40 (95% CI: 1.06 to 5.44).Conclusion: Mathernal and infant factors that increased risk of neonatal asphyxia were nuchal cord, anemia during pregnancy, prolonged labor, low birth weight, maternal age <20 years and> 35 years and hypertension during pregnancy.
The Consumption of Tuak Increases Risk of Central Obesity among Adult Males at Karangasem, Bali
Authors: Sudiana I.K. , Eka Putra I.W.G. Artawan , Januraga P.P.
Published: August 2017

Background and purpose: Traditional alcohol beverage known as risk factor of central obesity. The prevalence of central obesity in adult males in Karangasem is high and 40% of the population have drink habits of traditional palm wine (locally called tuak) with high sucrose and glucose. This study aims to determine the relationship between the consumption of tuak with the prevalence of central obesity among adult males.Methods: The study is cross-sectional with samples consisted of 220 men aged 18-65 years taken by probability proportional to size. The data were collected by the researcher using structured interview and direct measurement. Data were analyzed using STATA 12.1 by univariate, bivariate (chi-square test) and multivariate using logistic regression.Results: The study found that the prevalence of central obesity among adult males in Karangasem was 8.18% and respondents who consumed tuak was 53.18%, consumed alkohol of non tuak was 4.09% and 42.73% did not consume any alcohol. Multivariate analysis showed that variabels associated with the prevalence of central obesity were heavy drinker of tuak (AOR=6.55; 95%CI: 1.45-29.65), the quantity of tuak consumption (AOR=1.14; 95%CI: 1.03-1.25), duration of tuak consumption (AOR=1.12; 95%CI: 1.04-1.20), consumption of other local wine (called arak) (AOR=3.86; 95%CI: 1.36-10.95. Education was found to reduce risk of obesity (AOR=0.32; 95%CI: 0.11-0.96).Conclusion: The consumption of tuak increase risk of central obesity among adult males in Karangasem Bali.
The Association between Social Functions and Quality of Life among Elderly in Denpasar
Authors: Parahita Supraba Nandini , Widarini N.P , Seri Ani L.
Published: August 2017

Background and purpose: Good quality of life among elderly will reduce social and economic burden among the productive age people. This study aims to determine association between social function and quality of life among elderly in Denpasar.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 144 elderly in Denpasar who were selected by cluster sampling and data were collected by a structured interview. Data were analyzed using logistic regression to determine the relationship between quality of life of the elderly with social activities, social interactions and family functions.Results: The study showed that the proportion of lower quality of life of the elderly in Denpasar was 64.58%. Proportion of elderly with lower quality of life was found among elderly of older age, female, low education, not working, low-income and widow/widower. Multivariate analysed showed that there was an association between quality of life of elderly with gender (AOR=6.42; 95%CI: 1.79-23.0), employment (AOR=9.81; 95%CI: 2.45-39.1), health status (AOR=8.65; 95%CI: 2.57-29.02), social activities (AOR=3.85; 95%CI: 1.22-12.1), social interactions (AOR=5.59; 95%CI: 2.01-15.5) and family functions (AOR=21.7; 95%CI: 6.09-77.7)Conclusion: Good quality of life of elderly was found associated with gender, employment, health status, social activities, social interactions and family functions.
Predictors to Achieve Normal Nutrition Status: Longitudinal Study among HIV Children on Antiretroviral Treatment in Bali
Authors: Haryadi Haryadi , Sawitri A.A.S. , Eka Putra I.W.G. Artawan , Parwati Merati Tuti
Published: August 2017

Background and purpose: Malnutrition is common in children with HIV/AIDS. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves the nutritional status; however, information about predictors affecting the changes of nutritional status is limited and inconsistent.Methods: The retrospective survival study analyzed secondary data of 84 undernourished children receiving ART in Sanglah Central Hospital in 2010 to 2015. Demographic, clinical and socio-economic characteristics at ART initiation were linked to the achievement of normal nutritional status (z-score ? -2 SD). Kaplan Meier analysis was used to obtain the incidence rate and median time and cox proportional hazards models to identify its predictors.Results: Of the 73.81% of children achieved a normal nutrition status with the incidence of children achieving normal nutritional was 19 per 100 child months, and a median time of 4 months 10 days. Children with birth weight ?2500 gr (AHR=5.41; 95%CI: 1.76-16.61), without candidiasis (AHR=3.72; 95%CI: 1.27-10.93), Clinical WHO Stage III (AHR=1.6; (95%CI: 1.08-4.24), Clinical WHO Stage II (AHR=4.49; 95%CI: 1.95-10.79) and early ART intiation (AHR=0.91; 95%CI: 0.83-0.98) were predictors to achieve normal nutritional status.Conclusion: Clinical characteristics of children are predictors of achieving a normal nutritional status.
Relationship of Knowledge and Attitude among Midwives with the Implementation of Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Badung Regency
Authors: Sudemi Luh , Tresna Adhi K. , Pradnyaparamita Duarsa Dyah
Published: August 2017

Background and purpose: Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in Bali and also in Indonesia is still high while the proportion of exclusive breastfeeding fully for six months is still very low. One effort to improve exclusive breastfeeding is the early initiation of breastfeeding (EIB) i.e. breastfeeding to infants shortly after birth. This study was conducted to determine the implementation of EIB by midwives and the factors that influence it.Methods: The study design was cross-sectional survey among 61 private practice midwives as respondents in Badung Regency. The respondents were all private practice midwives in three regencies purposively selected from six districts in Badung Regency. The data were collected through questionnaires filled out by midwives and analyzed by bivariate with chi-square test and multivariate using poisson regression method.Results: The IMD was implemented by 62.3% of the respondents. In the group of midwives having >4 patients per month significantly implemented the IMD more compared with those having ?4 patients per month i.e. 83.3% and 57.1% respectively (p=0.008). The implementation of IMD had a significant difference among midwives with higher knowledge i.e. 84.6% and 45.7% respectively (p=0.002), midwives having positive attitude were 79.1% vs. 22.2% (p=<0.001) and those having received supervision, namely 77.5% vs. 33.3% (p=0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that factors associated with implementation of IMD was knowledge with APR=1.5 (95%CI: 1.04-2.1) and attitude with APR=2.7 (95%CI: 1.1-6.3).Conclusion: Knowledge and attitude had a significant relationship to the implementation of IMD by midwives.
The Analysis of Performance Based on Balanced Scorecard at Karangasem Hospital
Authors: Yulianti P. , Sutarsa I.N. , Ganda Wijaya I.P.
Published: August 2017

Background and purpose: Karangasem Hospital has adopted balanced scorecard method in preparation of the strategic plan. The performance evaluation has been done based on accountability report only with the three other perspectives have never been analysed before. This study was conducted to assess those four perspectives.Methods: Cross-sectional survey was carried out among 110 inpatients and 95 employees which were selected conveniently. The data were collected by interviews using questionnaire. The data were analyzed with kartesius graph to get each item of patients and employees satisfaction that need to be priority. Secondary data analysis conducted to know the tendency of those four perspectives.Results: Based on the assessment of the four perspectives showed that the overall score is 44.7 %. It is defined as sufficient category. This also can be observed that each perspective of finance, customers and internal business process included in sufficient category. Their scores are 16.65%, 12.5% and 15.62%. Meanwhile, for the learning and growth perspective showed as weak category (0). Kartesius graph analysis showed that two items of patient’s satisfaction have to do with procedure and quick service need to be concerned. However, the employees’ satisfaction showed that there are five sub items which need to be concerned. They are quick response, management support and working environment.Conclusion: The performance of Karangasem Hospital based on scorecard is in the sufficient category and patients/employee’s satisfaction still need to be concerned on certain items.
PERUBAHAN PERILAKU MEMBANGUN RUMAH PASCA GEMPA 2006 DI YOGYAKARTA - STUDI KASUS PENGEMBANGAN 18 RUMAH BANTUAN JRF DI KABUPATEN BANTUL
Authors: Rini Johanita Anggia , Triyadi Sugeng , Yuwono Tri
Published: August 2017

ABSTRAK. Masyarakat korban gempa 2006 di Yogyakarta menerima berbagai bantuan dalam proses membangun kembali rumahnya yang hancur, antara lain dengan bantuan Java Reconstruction Fund (JRF). Bantuan ini tidak hanya berbentuk dana untuk membangun rumah, namun juga pembelajaran membangun dengan prinsip tahan gempa, dan pengawasan selama proses pembangunan. Dengan cara pembelajaran adaptif ini, diharapkan pemilik rumah dapat mengadaptasi cara membangun rumah yang tahan gempa untuk seterusnya. Bertahun-tahun kemudian, pemilik rumah mulai mengembangkan rumahnya secara mandiri, tanpa bantuan dan pengawasan dari pihak luar. Penelitian ini mengkaji apakah perilaku membangun rumah dengan prinsip tahan gempa sudah dipraktekkan secara lestari oleh pemilik rumah, dengan cara meninjau fisik bangunan tambahan yang dibangun secara mandiri. Lebih lanjut, penelitian juga melihat sejauh mana keberhasilan pembelajaran adaptif yang diterima oleh pemilik rumah dilihat dari kacamata tahapan perubahan perilaku membangun. Hasil penelitian dapat digunakan untuk menggambarkan kerentanan fisik rumah yang menjadi obyek studi mengingat potensi gempa masih selalu mengancam Kabupaten Bantul, dan menduga pengaruh proses pembelajaran adaptif terhadap perubahan perilaku membangun. Kata kunci: prinsip tahan gempa, pembelajaran adaptif, perubahan perilakuABSTRACT. The victims of the 2006 earthquake in Yogyakarta have received assistance in the reconstruction of their destroyed houses. One of them is Java Reconstruction Fund (JRF) program. This assistance came not only in the form of funds to rebuild houses, but also learning to build a house with earthquake resistant principles, and supervision during the development process. This system is referred to as adaptive learning. Homeowners are expected to be able to adapt the new way to build earthquake-resistant houses forever. Years later, homeowners began to develop their home independently, without help and supervision from outside. This study has examined whether the behavior to build earthquake-resistant houses have already been practiced in a sustainable manner by the homeowners, by means of reviewing the physical of additional buildings that has been constructed independently later. Furthermore, the study also looked at the level of adaptive learning received by the homeowner as perceived stages of behavior change. Results of the study can be used to describe the physical vulnerability of houses that became the object of study given the potential for an earthquake in Bantul is always threatening, and suspect the influence of the adaptive learning process to behavior change.  Keywords: earthquake resistant principles, adaptive learning, behavior change
TRANSFORMASI FUNGSI RUANG TERBUKA PUBLIK DI PERKOTAAN STUDI KASUS: TAMAN PEDESTRIAN KECAMATAN TENGGARONG, KABUPATEN KUTAI KARTANEGARA, KALIMANTAN TIMUR
Authors: Pratiwi Yulia
Published: August 2017

ABSTRAK. Ruang terbuka publik semakin dibutuhkan terutama bagi penduduk perkotaan untuk saling berinteraksi sosial. Pembangunan kota seringkali mengabaikan kebutuhan ruang terbuka bagi masyarakat umum untuk wadah saling berinteraksi dan bersosialisasi. Jenis-Jenis ruang terbuka publik yang semakin banyak dibangun di daerah-daerah di Indonesia adalah pedestrian dan taman kota. Fungsi ruang terbuka publik yang berupa pedestrian tersebut dari waktu ke waktu mengalami transformasi, tidak hanya sebagai jalur untuk berjalan dan ruang berinteraksi sosial maupun mewadahi aktivitas ekonomi, tetapi fungsi pedestrian mulai bertransformasi untuk mengangkat daya tarik kawasan sekitarnya. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode studi kasus tunggal holistik dengan pendekatan kualitatif untuk mengetahui apa fungsi-fungsi taman pedestrian di Kecamatan Tenggarong, Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara, Kalimantan Timur. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan taman pedestrian di Kecamatan Tenggarong-Kutai Kartanegara memiliki fungsi sebagai (1) ruang interaksi sosial; (2) wadah aktifitas ekonomi; dan (3) ruang publik yang bertransformasi untuk menghidupkan kembali kawasan yang tidak produktif di sekitar jalur tersebut yaitu mengangkat daya tarik Pulau Kumala. Transformasi fungsi  taman pedestrian di Tenggarong tersebut disebabkan karena faktor keberadaan obyek di kawasan sekitar dan kebijakan pembangunan. Kata kunci: ruang terbuka publik, pedestrian, transformasi, Kecamatan Tenggarong ABSTRACT. Public open space is increasingly needed, particularly for urban residents for social interaction. Urban development often ignores the needs of open space for the public to interact and socialize. Types of public open space which is increasingly built in the regions in Indonesia are pedestrian and the city park. The function of public open space in the form of the pedestrian from time to time through a transformation, not only as paths for walking and social interaction space as well as to facilitate economic activities, but the function of pedestrian started to transform to increase attractiveness of the surrounding area. The method that has been used is holistic-single case study with a qualitative approach to find out what functions pedestrian park in District Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan. The results showed pedestrian park in the district of Tenggarong has function as (1) social interaction space; (2) space for economic activities; and (3) public spaces are transformed to revive the unproductive areas around the track is raised the attractiveness of Kumala Island. Transformation functions of pedestrian park in Tenggarong was caused due to the presence of objects in the surrounding area and development policies. Keywords: public open space, pedestrian, transformation, Tenggarong District
KONSEP PERENCANAAN TATA HIJAU LANSKAP SEMPADAN SETU MANGGA BOLONG SEBAGAI AREA KONSERVASI TUMBUHAN BERNILAI EKOLOGIS DAN BUDAYA
Authors: Wardiningsih Sitti , Syahadat Ray March , Putra Priambudi Trie , Purwati Retno , Hasibuan Moh Sanjiva
Published: August 2017

ABSTRAK. Setu Mangga Bolong memiliki peluang untuk dikembangkan menjadi kawasan konservasi bagi tanaman khas Betawi. Tujuan dari artikel ini adalah untuk merencanakan lanskap sempadan Setu Mangga Bolong dengan konsep ekologis tanpa melupakan identitasnya sebagai kawasan budaya. Untuk mencapai tujuan ini maka dilakukan analisis perubahan lahan selama periode 2005-2015. Penilaian kualitas visual dengan menggunakan metode scenic beauty estimation (SBE), semantic differential (SD), dan multidimensional scalling (MDS). Selanjutnya vegetasi yang ada diinventarisasi. Kemudian, vegetasi dalam peraturan dan kebijakan yang memiliki nilai ekologi dan budaya dipertimbangkan. Hasil yang diperoleh kondisi badan air Setu Mangga Bolong pada periode 2005-2015 lebih baik dari tahun ke tahun. Meskipun demikian, terjadi penurunan area hijau di sempadan Setu Mangga Bolong selama periode tahun 2005-2015. Berdasarkan hasil analisis kualitas visual, lanskap pada area sudut setu yang berbentuk irregular (cekungan) dan juga sudut setu yang berdekatan dengan inlet memiliki kualitas visual yang rendah. Untuk merencanakan tata hijau sempadan setu sebagai area konservasi tanaman bernilai ekologis dan budaya, empat puluh spesies vegetasi eksisting perlu dipertahankan selama tidak mengganggu kualitas dan kuantitas badan air. Vegetasi terpilih direkomendasikan ke lanskap Setu Mangga Bolong sebagai ruang terbuka hijau yang memiliki fungsi ekologis dan budaya Betawi. Kata kunci: Betawi, regulasi, seleksi, vegetasi ABSTRACT. Setu Mangga Bolong has opportunity to be developed into a conservation area for Betawinese plants. The purpose of this article was to plan the landscape of Mangga Bolong Lake with the ecological concept without forgetting its identity as a cultural area. To achieve these objectives, an analysis landuse change on 2005 to 2015 was executed. Visual quality analysis used scenic beauty estimation (SBE), semantic differential (SD) and multidimensional scalling (MDS). Next, inventory of existing vegetation was executed. Then, the vegetation in the regulation and policy on ecological and cultural value was considered. The results howed that water body condition of Setu Mangga Bolong in 2005 to 2015 period is better from year to year. However, there was a decrease of the green area in Setu Mangga Bolong during the period. Based on the results of visual quality analysis, landscape on the irregular edge of lake and close to the inlet, has low visual quality. To plan the green open space of Setu Mangga Bolong  as ecologicaland cultural plants conservation, the forty species existing vegetation should be maintained as long as it does not  effect for the quality and quantity of water body of the lake. Selected vegetation have been recommended to be applied within Setu Mangga Bolong landscape as green open space that has ecological and cultural functions. Keywords: Betawi, regulation, selection, vegetation
KARAKTERISTIK ARSITEKTUR DESA MEKARWANGI, CISAUK
Authors: Wibowo Danang Harito , Khamdevi Muhammar
Published: August 2017

Mekarwangi Village is in Banten Province area. It has its own architectural uniqueness, which distincts from Baduy and Java-Banten. However, its uniqueness became faded and abandoned. The Mekarwangi people started to adopt western buildings. On the other hand, most of the area became formal and modern housing development of Serpong. Conservation effort should be initiated, by starting a study about its architectural characteristics. How is the characteristics of the traditional architecture in Desa Mekarwangi? This study is a qualitative research, which is aimed to study the architectural characteristics in Desa Mekarwangi. The results showed, that the stylistic, spatial, physics and figural quality characters is sunda and banten.Keywords: traditional architecture, vernacular, conservation, cultural landscape heritage, local wisdom
La autoridad pedagógica desinvestida y la reconfiguración de sus legitimidades instituyentes
Authors: Neut Pablo
Published: August 2017

El proceso de democratización social en curso ha implicado una progresiva revisión de las formas en que se ejerce la autoridad dentro del escenario educativo chileno. El siguiente trabajo representa un intento por abordar teórica y empíricamente las formas de configuración de la autoridad pedagógica actual, los elementos de continuidad y cambio verificados en su ejercicio y las nuevas legitimidades que permiten su emergencia. Para esto se realizó un estudio de caso basado en entrevistas en profundidad aplicadas a 20 estudiantes de dos instituciones educativas vulnerables ubicadas en Santiago.

Palabras clave: autoridad pedagógica, crisis de la autoridad, declive institucional, obediencia voluntaria, legitimidad

The pedagogical authority desinvested and the reconfiguration of their instituting legitimacy

The process of social democratization process has involved an ongoing review of the ways in which authority within the Chilean educational scenario is exercised. The following paper represents an attempt to address theoretical and empirical ways of setting the current pedagogical authority, the elements of continuity and change verified in practice and the new legitimacy that allowed
his emergency. For this, was performed a case study based on in-depth interviews with 20 students from two vulnerable educational institutions located in Santiago.

Keyword: pedagogical authority, crisis of authority, institutional decline, willing obedience, legitimacy

 

 
El estudio de la autoridad como tarea actual
Authors: Araujo (editora) Kathya
Published: August 2017

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Mercado y sociedad. La utopía Política de Friedrich Hayek, de Jorge Vergara
Authors: Hurtado Cristina
Published: August 2017

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Authors: Colonna d´Istria Pauline
Published: August 2017

Una aproximación irreductiblemente conflictiva a la democracia parece conducir necesariamente a una relación esencialmente negativa de la política. Como si existiera una suerte de antinomia entre una comprensión radicalmente conflictual de lo político y la concepción de un nuevo proyecto democrático. Si algunos teóricos agonísticos confirman y justifican aún esta imposibilidad, los análisis de Chantal Mouffe abren nuevas perspectivas.¿De qué manera Chantal Mouffe logra articular una comprensión maximalista del conflicto y la elaboración de un nuevo proyecto político?Palabras clave: democracia agonística, conflicto político, antagonismo, neoliberalismo, democratización
La política como hegemonía en la obra de Laclau: Entre la filosofía oracular y el liderazgo carismático
Authors: García José Fernando
Published: August 2017

El artículo analiza la concepción de lo político en la obra de Ernesto Laclau desde una mirada pragmática, mostrando que la noción de hegemonía encierra a las prácticas políticas en una ontología de origen semiológico que, pese a sus declaraciones, tiene como resultado una posición esencialista, implicando la impotencia de la práctica política para trascender lo político. La primacía del significante de la semiología es contrastada con los derechos del significado en la concepción pragmática, donde las prácticas establecen el significado de lo político, siendo la función de la filosofía elevarlas a reflexión. Como contrapartida, el enfoque semiológico de Laclau, junto a una concepción oracular de la teoría, asume una idea de decisión cuya consecuencia es que ésta sea reservada a un liderazgo carismático. Palabras clave: la política, lo político, hegemonía, semiología, pragmática, decisión
Teoría del discurso, crítica post-hegemónica y política de las pasiones de Chantal Mouffe
Authors: Stavrakakis Yannis
Published: August 2017

Uno de los méritos de Hegemonía y estrategia socialista de Chantal Mouffe y Ernesto Laclau puede ser claramente asociado a la crítica de la inmediatez, la que constituye uno de los ejes centrales del libro. Por ejemplo, el cambio radical desde la ilusión de inmediatez a un énfasis sobre la mediación discursiva y su papel constitutivo en la formación de la realidad política y social es claramente visible con respecto a la tradición política contra la cual el post-marxismo se define, esto es, la tradición radical en Occidente y su núcleo marxista. En efecto, la deconstrucción de la tradición marxista en Hegemonía y estrategia socialista es primeramente la deconstrucción de la pretensión de tener un acceso directo a y un control de la totalidad de lo real y de su desarrollo (escatológico) histórico predecible.[1] No es sorprendente, entonces, que la mayoría de las resistencias críticas encontradas por la teoría discursiva han emanado de los defensores de tal inmediatez. La crítica a la teoría del discurso frecuentemente ha tomado la forma de un retorno de la inmediatez, de una venganza de lo real.Este retorno puede tomar una variedad de formas; de hecho, como veremos, ha tomado notablemente diferentes formas. En este texto, nos enfocaremos principalmente en los argumentos que rechazan la teoría de la hegemonía y del discurso de Laclau y Mouffe sobre fundamentos biopolíticos; en particular, vamos a abordar críticamente los relevantes trabajos de Richard Day, Scott Lash y Jon Beasley-Murray.[2] Este conjunto de investigaciones destaca, de una manera u otra, la importancia de los mecanismos de dominación biopolíticos, ‘no hegemónicos’, en los que el poder está, supuestamente, no mediado discursivamente, sino que opera directa y exclusivamente en un real biopolítico afectivo. Sin embargo ¿cuán válida es está crítica? Sólo un cuidadoso examen puede, en verdad, evaluar su consistencia interna, así como la medida en la que se las ha arreglado para hacer justicia al desarrollo de la teoría discursiva desde 1980 hasta hoy. De hecho, como veremos, las inconsistencias de la crítica post-hegemónica limitan severamente sus implicaciones: en vez de invalidar la teoría discursiva de la hegemonía en conjunto, meramente destacan el aspecto afectivo de la política hegemónica. No obstante ¿no es precisamente este aspecto el que ha estado enfatizando Chantal Mouffe en su trabajo personal después de Hegemonía y estrategia socialista? ¿No es esto lo que exactamente está en juego en su ‘política de las pasiones’? [1] Laclau y Mouffe (1985).[2] En esta parte del argumento nos basaremos en las primeras secciones de Stavrakakis (2014).
Democracia, derechos humanos y cosmopolitismo: Un enfoque agonístico
Authors: Mouffe Chantal
Published: August 2017

Conferencia dictada el 7 de noviembre de 2016 en la Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano
La pluralidad humana en tanto conditio per quan de la vida política
Authors: Kaiser Vanessa
Published: August 2017

A juicio de Tocqueville, la igualdad implica dos tendencias en la democracia; una impulsa directamente a los hombres a la independencia y otra los conduce a la servidumbre, a una igualación que cabe denominar homogeneidad. El artículo tiene por objeto avanzar –desde el pensamiento arendtiano– en el estudio de la homogenización denunciada por Tocqueville. El argumento se divide en dos partes. En la primera, sostiene que la igualdad propiamente política ha colapsado bajo las dinámicas de la homogenización desatada tras el auge de lo social y la consecuente destrucción de la esfera pública denunciados por Arendt. Estamos, en el marco de su teoría, ante la igualdad de los modernos, la cual implica la destrucción de la condición humana de la pluralidad. Luego, en la segunda parte, se explica el vínculo entre la pluralidad, cuya realización está dada por la igualdad, en el primer sentido que le da Tocqueville, y la esfera pública. La tesis plantea que este vínculo es elaborado por Arendt en La condición humana, donde sostiene que la pluralidad es una conditio per qam de la vida política, un rasgo exclusivo del actor político u hombre de acción, la más elevada de las tres condiciones que componen la vita activa.

Palabras clave: igualdad, libertad, servidumbre, espacio público, Tocqueville, Arendt.

 

 

 

THE HUMAN PLURALITY AS A CONDITIO PER QUAM OF POLITICAL LIFE

According to Tocqueville, equality involves two trends in democracy; one drives men directly to independence and the other leads to servitude, to an equalization that may be called homogeneity. The aim of the article is to advance the study of Tocqueville’s homogenization through Hanna Arendt’s thinking. The argument is divided into two parts. In the first part it argues that actual political equality has collapsed under the homogenisation unleashed after the rise of the social and the consequent destruction of the public sphere denounced by Arendt. In the context of her theory, we are facing “modern equality”, which involves the destruction of the human condition of plurality. Then in the second part, the link between plurality, whose realization is given by ‘equality’ in the first sense that Tocqueville describes, and the public sphere, is explained. The thesis argues that this link is worked by Arendt in her book The Human Condition, which states that plurality is conditio per quam from political life, an exclusive feature of the political actor or man of action, the highest of the three conditions that make the vita activa.

Keywords: equality, freedom, servitude, public space, Tocqueville, Arendt.

 

 
La tortura: todo es cuerpo
Authors: Santos Herceg José
Published: August 2017

En este texto se intenta una aproximación al tema de la tortura desde la perspectiva del cuerpo. De hecho, éste es un elemento central de la tortura, al punto de que se podría decir que en ella todo es cuerpo. Es un arma para los torturadores; el saber acerca del cuerpo es una herramienta tecnológica que puede ser usada para torturar, una suerte de traidor que hace vulnerables a las víctimas. El cuerpo de la víctima es lo dañado, aunque el daño se extiende también a su familia y al cuerpo social, a la comunidad de las víctimas.

Palabras clave: tortura, cuerpo, dictadura, víctima, torturador

Torture: all es body

This paper attempts an approach to torture from he perspective of the body. In fact, this a central element of torture, to the point that in it all is body. It is a weapon for the torturers, the knowledge about the body is a technological
tool that can be used in torture; it is a sort of traitor, that makes the victims vulnerable. The body of the victim is what is damaged by torture and the damage expands also to the family of the victims, to the social body, and to community.

Keywords: torture, body, dictatorship, victim, torturer

 
Hacía una teoría sociológica de la historia
Authors: Bajoit Guy
Published: August 2017

Resumen

Este trabajo tiene por objetivo plantear un conjunto articulado de proposiciones teóricas  para organizar el abordaje del análisis histórico desde una perspectiva sociológica, diferenciándose tanto de una perspectiva historicista - que sostiene el carácter singular de la historia de cada pueblo (rechazando toda proposición general) - como de una evolucionista (la historia de los pueblos obedecería a leyes generales evolucionando acorde a un camino prefigurado). Perspectiva sociológica que entiende que la  historia es producto de la acción humana, la que es parcialmente libre y parcialmente determinada, lo que implica que los acontecimientos históricos no se repiten en sus modalidades concretas pero pueden repetirse en cuanto procesos generales.

Para ello propone un modelo de análisis comprehensivo de las distintas dimensiones que inciden en la vida humana en sociedad en diferentes períodos, formulando un conjunto de proposiciones teóricas relativas a los elementos centrales constitutivos de cada una de estas dimensiones, abarcando con ello una propuesta de análisis de la práctica histórica de los actores y de los modelos culturales que se relacionan con dichas prácticas, así como las preguntas esenciales en cada uno de estos planos a las que debe  dar respuesta la vida en común, tanto en el plano individual como colectivo.

Se trata de un conjunto de proposiciones sintéticas, planteadas en términos que buscan favorecer un debate interpretativo integral y profundo. Finalmente, a partir del modelo de análisis desarrollado, se plantea una propuesta metodológica para organizar una investigación  histórica concreta. Con ello se busca configurar una  herramienta para orientar investigaciones de corto o largo plazo, que abarquen períodos relevantes de la historia.

 

Palabras claves: Sociología de la historia, modelo de análisis sociológico de la historia; para entender las prácticas históricas; para entender la cultura de los actores; modelos culturales; método para efectuar una investigación histórica

                                                                                              
 
Spatially Polarized Landscapes and a New Approach to Urban Inequality
Authors: Dinzey-Flores Zaire Z.
Published: August 2017

Displays of wealth and opulence in the face of dire need and poverty have become commonplace as the rich and the poor increasingly share city spaces around the globe. Research shows that it is the perception of inequality, more than raw measures of inequality, that has important political consequences and that is most concerning for social well-being. In this article, I propose a theoretical move from a general, statistically driven conceptualization of inequality to a spatially informed concept that recognizes how people experience inequality. Relying on findings that show that the perception of inequality is most important for life chances, I suggest that it is key to understand not only where inequality is located but how it is spatially distributed. Using the Mall of San Juan as an example of a spatially polarized landscape in Puerto Rico, and referring to other cases in Latin America, the article shows how the spatial distribution of inequality highlights the perceptual fields of citizens who may celebrate, succumb to, respond to, attune to, and/or challenge the inequalities accordingly. To shift from an accounting of inequality through the concept of segregation to recognizing the experience and perception of inequality through spatial polarization shifts the scholarly and policy frames of inequality research and policy.
Is There a Correlation Between the Clinical, Radiological and Ultra-Sonographic Findings of Osteoarthritis of the Knee?
Authors: Haghighi Anousheh , Arani Nahid Dehghani , Kianmehr Nahid , Mofidi Mani , Farjadnia Mahgol , Rajae Elham , MalAmir Mehrdad Dargahi
Published: August 2017

Objectives: The association between the severity of knee pain and the clinical and radiological findings can help to assess the severity of knee osteoarthritis. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between knee pain severity and clinical, radiological and ultra-sonographic findings in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Methods: We recruited 52 patients with primary osteoarthritis. Physical examination and ultrasonography were done. Plain radiography was done within 3 weeks of clinical examination. Results: The average age of participants was 59.27 ± 9.85 years. Using multivariable linear regression modeling, pain severity had no significant association with any of the covariates including epidemiological, clinical and ultrasound findings. The severity of clinical symptoms and stiffness was associated with the ultrasound finding of Baker’s cyst as well as with tenderness of internal compartment and suprapatellar effusion. In addition, the level of daily function remained to be associated with baker’s cyst in ultrasound assessment as well as with tenderness of internal compartment. Conclusion: Our study showed no association between ultra-sonographic, clinical or radiological findings and the level of knee pain; however, knee function, disability, and the level of quality of life are associated with some clinical and ultrasound evidences of knee osteoarthritis.
Knowledge and Practice of Mothers Regarding the Prevention and Management of Malnutrition Among Preschool Children – A Cross Sectional Survey
Authors: Nath Mahfouz R. , Kanniammal C.
Published: August 2017

Malnutrition remains one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among children throughout the world. Malnutrition has been responsible, directly or indirectly for 60% of the 10.9 million deaths annually among children under five. The research study was aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of mothers of preschool children regarding the prevention and management of malnutrition. The design used was descriptive cross sectional survey. The study was conducted in a coastal setting of Trivandrum district with a sample size of 115. Data collection was done by self administered structured questionnaire by conducting mothers meeting at selected Anganwadis. According to the results of the study 19.1% of mothers had good knowledge and 34.8 % of mothers had poor knowledge. Regarding practice only 24.3 % of mothers reported good practice while 36.6 % of mothers reported poor practice. There was a strong association between the knowledge and Practice of mothers and selected socio demographic variables such as educational status of mothers and socio economic class (p less than 0.01)). The study findings can be used for planning targeted nursing interventions in coastal areas for mothers of preschool children.
Fast Treatment of Noncovalent Packing Using Dispersion-Corrected Harris Approximate Density Functional Theory
Authors: Sharapov Andrey B. , Hutchison Geoffrey
Published: August 2017

The formation of molecular aggregates and assemblies is an important process across chemistry, biology, and materials science. In applications such as crystal structure prediction, a balance between high accuracy and computational speed is highly desirable. We present a new method for predicting approximate bimolecular potential curves using dispersion-corrected Harris approximate-density functional theory and an improved estimate of the bimolecular electron density. Our results on benzene dimer and thiophene dimer yield potential energy curves within a few percent of MP2 theory and a speedup of ~10x over conventional density functional methods. The code is highly parallel and gives greater speedups on larger systems and basis sets.
Applying Foreign Exchange Interventions as an Additional Instrument Under Inflation Targeting: The Case of Ukraine
Authors: Grui Anton , Lepushynskyi Volodymyr
Published: August 2017

This study examines applying foreign exchange interventions under Inflation Targeting regime in an emerging market economy. For this purpose, we employ the Quarterly Projection Model of the National Bank of Ukraine and simulate different policy responses to various macroeconomic shocks. We discuss monetary policy objectives, which are low inflation volatility and accumulation of international reserves, and conclude that monetary policy could benefit from using interventions in addition to the key policy rate. We advise on particular policy reactions (with or without FX intervention) in case of different macroeconomic shocks.
Central Bank Independence and Financial Stability: Orthodox and Heterodox Approaches
Authors: Koziuk Viktor
Published: August 2017

This study argues that post-crisis discussions on central bank independence are less about a choice of a level of independence but more about a relation between the independence and the central bank mandate in financial stability. An offered hypothesis states that an increasing role of financial factors in the macroeconomic policy agenda has led to emerging of two approaches to the central bank independence. Within the orthodox approach, responsibility for the financial stability is a challenge to the accepted model: one mandate – one goal – one instrument. Interference into the financial cycle impairs transparency and distorts responsibility, while deflation bias risks get in conflict with price stability principles, adherence to which is exactly what central banks are granted independence for. In terms of the heterodox approach, a wider responsibility of central banks for financial stability requires more independence to protect the legitimacy of interference into the financial cycle and implementation of a more prudent regulatory regime. Orthodox view is contradictory in its nature, while the vulnerability of the second approach lies in quality of institutional environment. Price stability mandate is argued to remain the first priority, while the financial stability issues should be institutionalized in a clearer way to secure independence.
Stock-Flow Consistent Modeling of Default Events Sequence in a Closed Economy
Authors: Voloshyn Ihor
Published: August 2017

By sequentially examining the full chain of events starting from the default of firms through the fire-sale of goods towards the write-offs of bad loans, we develop a new matrix of financial transactions. This matrix is incorporated into the transactions-flows matrix of the closed economy consisting of households, firms, and banks. On the basis of the balance sheet and transactions-flows matrices, this study further constructs a stock-flow consistent model of the closed economy. We also provide the results of a numerical simulation and argue that our model allows studying how such key parameters as the probability of default, the rate of fire-sales (new injected parameter), the recovery rate, and interest rates on loans and deposits affect the performance of banks and firms, observing economic dynamics in time.
A dietary supplement improves age-related dermatological changes. Observational, anecdotal, spontaneous study.
Authors: Laurino Carmen , Palmieri Beniamino , Coacci Alessandro , Vadala' Maria
Published: August 2017

Background: The rate of people with significant dermis and epidermis disorders increases linearly with age. The majority of skin changes are a consequence of cumulative exposure to environmental factors, such as chronic ultraviolet exposure.Aims and Objectives: Age-related dermatological changes include skin laxity, nails fragility, hair loss and hair breakage. This spontaneous, anecdotal observational study investigates if a dietary supplementation based on collagen, chondroitin sulfate, low-molecular weight hyaluronic acid, Pycnogenol® and coenzyme Q10 can improve age-related dermatological changes.Materials and Methods: Thirty four patients received the dietary supplement for 2 times/daily for 12 weeks. Facial skin hydration, Trans Epidermal Water Loss (TEWL) and elasticity were assessed at baseline and after 12 weeks in five selected areas. Nails hardness of the index, middle and ring fingers were also assessed at baseline and at followup by a durometer and by a nail score. The Hair Mass Index (HMI) and the Hair Breakage Index (HBI) were assessed by a mechanical device together with hair score at baseline and after 12 weeks.Results: After 12 weeks skin hydration, TEWL and elasticity significantly improved in all the tested areas (p < 0.01 and p < 0.001). Nails hardness of index, middle and ring finger significantly increased (p < 0.001) after 12 weeks. HMI and HBI were both significantly reduced (p < 0.0001) after 12 weeks. In addition, both nails and hair score improved.Conclusions: Dietary supplementation significantly improved age-related dermatological changes.Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.8(3) 2017 16-25