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In recent years, there has been a growing interest from private equity entities and other collective investment entities in investing in insurance undertakings, with multiple examples of such investments in the United States and, to a lesser extent, in Europe. This increasing interest has also led to a growing attention from supervisory authorities about these types of investments. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the way in which various regulations, as well as certain actions by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the Spanish Directorate General for Insurance and Pension Funds (DGSFP), may impact, in practice, the investment operations of different types of collective investment institutions in the insurance sector. Although it is not the central focus of this paper, we also refer to the regime of investments by insurance undertakings and Spanish pension funds, exclusively with regard to their investment in private equity entities and other closed-ended collective investment institutions (a regime that, in the case of insurance companies, is delimited by EU law; while in the case of Spanish pension funds, it is established in national laws regulations). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides information on the archaeologist of Great Britain, Thomas Edward Lawrence research of arab rebellion against the turks during the First World War, border between Afghanistan and India and foreign invasions. Topics include fragmentation of the governmental authority, ethnic diversity of the country and political stability.

The Startups Law incorporates a new regime for treasury stock generated by limited companies that have the status of startup, provided that the purpose is to implement a compensation plan for employees and directors. With this, the aim is that startups can attract and retain talent by involving those who have a key profile in the company and the business. This new specific treasury stock regime for startups has a series of requirements and conditions to be applied, highlighting also the penalties in case of infringement. This paper analyzes the particularities of treasury stock in startups and examines the objectives and requirements introduced by Law 28/2022 in contrast with the general treasury stock regime outlined in the Companies Act. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this study is to establish the capacity of the cane and paper industry waste in order to obtain a source of auxiliary cellulose to the primary source, that is currently wood. It was shown that the paper made with the cellulose obtained from the African rachis and the cane bagasse has an equal tension force. The process to obtain cellulose was made by the treatment of lignine with nitric acid and ethanol and the treatment for the hemicellulose was made with sodium hydroxide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the fact that the concept of inclusion is increasingly present in Spanish libraries, recent research has shown that libraries are normally still far from being inclusive. After reviewing the main definitions of the concept of inclusive library in the Ibero-American context, the library community is invited to broaden the scope and dimension of the term following the work done in the business sector and in libraries from English-speaking countries. This paper reviews some of the initiatives to achieve inclusion carried out in Spanish libraries and the differentiating aspects that make a library inclusive or not. The paper also offers some guidelines that may bring us closer to the creation of truly inclusive libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A «scaleup» company presupposes the next phase of expansion or growth of a «startup» company, taking into account parameters of employees and turnover growth. As the subsequent evolutionary phase of a «startup» company, the «scaleup» company is, also, considered to have an improved product or service. This paper analyses the "Scaleup Market", studying its legal and market configuration. Likewise, the figure of the Nominated Advisor and its legal regime are studied and analysed. At the time of development of this work, there are two companies trading on the «BME Scaleup » Market: ALFIL PATRIMONIAL SOCIMI, S.A. and SOLVENTO GROUP 2022 SOCIMI, S.A. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the main changes introduced by Law 28/2022, of 21 December, on the promotion of the startup ecosystem, commonly known as the "Startup Law", more than a year after its entry into force. We will focus on the issues that most directly affect the entrepreneurial and investor ecosystem, and we will address some of the issues that raise the most interpretative doubts or that we believe could have been reworded to cover a larger number of companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On Tuesday, November 7, 2023, the 23rd Encuentro Provincial de Bibliotecas Públicas de Huelva (Provincial Meeting of Public Libraries of Huelva) was held in Trigueros (Huelva). The theme of the meeting revolved around book clubs. This paper summarizes the various aspects discussed at the meeting: the typology of book clubs in Huelva and how they work as well as some of the key strategies for making the sessions productive and achieving an ideal atmosphere to discuss the readings in the different book clubs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the emergence of the stamp in Spain in 1850, there have been various images and motifs to which they have been dedicated. This paper aims to make a compilation of the stamps dedicated to libraries, librarians, writers or organizations from the world of libraries or culture. Although current advances have diminished the use of postal letters, the Spanish postal system (Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos) continues to issue stamps, miniature sheets, special postmarks, and more. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims firstly to carry out a study of the context and situation of Spanish rural libraries by analyzing the conditions of the environment in which they are located, and their essential role as a dynamic agent of the sociocultural context at the local level. Secondly, we move on to a section focused on making a diagnosis of rural libraries in Andalusia —considering those located in towns with a population under 5000 inhabitants, with the aim of discovering the situation of library services in the less populated areas of Andalusia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mariana Navarro y Marcela Álvarez están revolucionando la industria del papel reciclado al combinar el diseño, el trabajo en familia y un producto poderoso. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. Describe the quality of life of health personnel, the work environment, and interactions between employees and their work environment during the pandemic. Methods. A scoping review was conducted. The electronic databases PubMed, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Literature Complete, and Google Scholar were used, as well as the repositories of the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Primary, secondary, and grey literature studies published between December 2019 and March 2021 in Spanish, English, and Portuguese were included. Methodological quality was assessed using the Authority, Accuracy, Coverage, Objectivity, Date and Importance (AACODS) checklist; a tool for the measurement of multiple systematic reviews (AMSTAR); and the Critical Appraisal Checklist for Text and Opinion Papers. A thematic analysis was carried out based on the quality-of-life and well-being model. Results. Of a total of 208 articles, 11 were included. The quality of life of health personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic was affected by the characteristics of health personnel, the work environment, and interactions between employees and their work environment. Problems related to psychosocial and occupational factors were observed. Discussion. The quality of life of health personnel was characterized by stigmatization, stress, anxiety, and fatigue. Organizational management and the implementation of psychological interventions appear to affect interactions between employees and their work environment, and improve their quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. The objective of this study was to investigate the funding received by papers of excellence on smoking at the global level between 2010 and 2014 through the Web of Science, and to find out if funding is associated with greater impact. Method. We searched the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) through the Web of Science platform on 20 May 2015 (typology consisting of originals and reviews for the period from 2010 to 2014). The search strategy was “smok*” OR “tobac*.” To select the papers of excellence, we picked those that had an h index (i.e., number of articles having at least that many citations) from among the papers in the overall sample generated by the strategy. Results. Of the 193 papers of excellence on smoking that were identified, 158 had received funding from 279 different financing institutions that intervened 522 times. The funding came primarily from government agencies, private foundations, and the pharmaceutical industry. Public funding declined and private funding increased over the years included in the analysis. Receipt of funding was not associated with greater impact at a later date. Conclusions. Most of the papers of excellence on smoking received external funding primarily from government agencies, private foundations, and the pharmaceutical industry. Public funding has decreased, while private funding has increased. Receipt of funding was not associated with greater impact at a later date. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Start-ups, due to their high growth potential, face the problem of raising finance. This paper reflects on the empirical evidence dealing with conflicts of interest that arise in the field of equity financing by new partners. When the firm wishes to make a new share issue, it faces the problem of information asymmetry when setting an issue price. As a result, the shareholder tries to protect himself through anti-dilution clauses. Empirical studies show an interest of the majority shareholder in enjoying and retaining the private benefits of control. Empirical evidence also supports the lack of alignment between the director and the owner. We can draw the conclusion that business reality is a complex reality in which conflicts of interest arise. These conflicts of interest bring financing difficulties when trying to attract new capital contributions from new partners and thus cause capital constraints. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The participation of librarians in the process of updating their libraries and in the design of their new services is not only essential, it guarantees success. Co-operation with companies in the field helps towards the achievement of the objectives planned and towards better communication with users. This co-operation enables the integration of the users' opinion in the decision-making process and contributes to the improvement of their perception of the services they are offered. Some examples illustrating this collaboration are included in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo presenta las opiniones del autor sobre el uso de los productos ecológicos. Varias actividades que pueden proteger el medio ambiente, incluyendo llevar bolsas de la compra en tiendas, con baja cantidad de agua mientras se baña, utilizando el mínimo de luces, teniendo cuidado de la moda junto con el medio ambiente y los aspectos ambientales del uso menstrual cups.

This paper analyzes the sources of business financing, focusing on those that are part of the broad concept of non-bank financial intermediation ("NBFI"), as an alternative to traditional bank financing. The origin and evolution of the NBFI is analyzed, how the organizations that ensure financial stability pointed out the need for regulation and supervision of these new forms of financing, and how the European Union has created a highly harmonized legal framework, particularly in the field of collective investment institutions. The paper deals in particular with debt or direct lending funds, which, being part of the collective investment CIIs, lacked ad hoc regulation in Spain, despite the fact that certain regulated entities, such as closed-end investment entities, could carry out the activity of debt funds. It has been Act 18/2022, of September, on the creation and growth of companies ("Create and Grow Law") that has expressly regulated closed-end collective investment entities for loans, incorporating them into Act 22/2014 by which venture capital entities, other closed-type collective investment entities and the management companies of closed-type collective investment entities are regulated. The purpose of the regulation has been to alleviate the debt situation of some companies and facilitate their growth again, particularly after the economic crisis resulting from the pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Solar energy is a type of renewable energy that, due to its nature, it is intrinsically influenced by the variability of meteorological and geographical conditions of the site. To tackle variability, storage technologies such as batteries can be used, they enable the integration of renewable energy into the electricity network and a full supply of electrical loads at times of low generation. In this paper, a technical and economic analysis of a photovoltaic (PV) system including energy storage is carried out. Therefore, a model of a photovoltaic system with and without energy storage was developed in order to compare the technical and economic metrics for each case in the context of a residential system, while following a flat tariff. Based on the analysis, the results indicate that from the economic point of view, it is more profitable to install systems operating only with PV modules. On the other hand, the PV with storage systems allow a better use of the photovoltaic energy as can be seen from the metrics of self-consumption and autarky. Thus, this article contributes to the analysis of photovoltaic systems with energy storage through batteries, a relatively new technology in the country, collaborating with the generation of knowledge of systems that are expected to substantially change the electrical system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to study the res judicata effect of sentences handed down against legal persons on subsequent criminal proceedings against members of the organisation. Despite the legislator's preference for the joint prosecution of natural and legal persons, it is possible that the natural persons whose criminal actions determine the liability of the entities may be identified after the proceedings against them. Will the judgement declaring the criminal acts proven in the proceedings against the legal person be effective in the subsequent proceedings against the natural person? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper provides a critical review of the measures that have recently been adopted in the Spanish legal system with the aim to avoid that the declaration of child victims of sexual violence may result in a short of secondary victimization. In this way, we support the implementation of the pioneering Barnahus model, taking into account that it is an empirically validated and highly effective system that responds to two major challenges of our criminal procedure system: reducing the sources of secondary victimization for the minor victim and offering greater guarantees of obtaining a testimony in safe and calm conditions, while it ensures a fair balance between the rights and interests that converge in the process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The attribution of the investigation to the Public Prosecutor's Office within the framework of the criminal process is, for many, a desideratum. Currently, however, the Public Prosecutor's Office itself arrogates this same attribution, under the pretext that the investigation carried out by it or under its direction is extra processum. In this regard, the Circular 2/2022 stresses that, in addition to the classic pre-procedural investigation proceedings regulated in the Organic Statute of Public Prosecutor's Office and in the Criminal Procedure Act, prosecutors can initiate what it calls «auxiliary investigation proceedings» and «post-procedural investigation proceedings». The aim of this paper is to analyze the regime designed for these newly baptized categories of proceedings and to highlight the risks involved in their use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the very different ways in which Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud deal with the subject of violence. Both start from its recognition as a basic magnitude of the human being and of an eminently pulsional nature. But while the former sees it as an essential manifestation of its central category-the will to power, the latter sees it as the greatest threat to culture, and thus emphasises the essential function of the law as its support and the condition of its possibility. This different approach finds its expression in the choice of two equally differentiated mythological figures as the motif of their respective reflections. Dionysus is the Nietzschean figure, and Christ aims to be the Freudian one, although their final confirmation cannot be attested, only deduced by way of the theoretical contradictions that hinder their crystallisation. Clarifying this difficulty is the final aim of this work. Both mythological figures are then considered in their relationship with wine, establishing the different rituals in which one and the other guide their use. In contrast to the Dionysian bacchanal and the Dionysian forest, the Christian wedding and the Christian temple. And above all: against the Dionysian dissolution of the individual, the affirmation of the individual as the subject of the word in its sacrificial dimension. Joker by Todd Phillips, 1919 and Gran Torino by Clint Eastwood, 2008 constitute the visual background of this work, together with Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Titian, El Greco, Goya, Leveque, Ribalta, Vos, Van Gogh... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we follow the journey of the protagonist of Ermanno Olmi's film The Legend of the Holy Drinker (La Leggenda del santo bevitore, 1988), an exiled being, a homeless vagabond, who one fine day receives a visit, next to one of the bridges that crosses the River Seine, from a messenger who shows him the way by entrusting him with a task that is as surprising as it is unexpected. We accompany Andreas in his vicissitudes to carry out this task and fulfil his commitment. Wine will be the intoxicating elixir that will help him discover what is miraculous about life, as well as its ultimate meaning. Our character will then be able to die in peace. The texts that have served as a reference in this exploration are El espejo de las almas simples by Margarita Porete and Biografía de la luz by Pablo d'Ors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we examine and explain the decisions that have led the protagonists (Ben and Sera) of Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis 1995) into a spiral of destruction where they have found each other and, once together, -matched- have been able to achieve their respective desires: to live and to die. To this end, we rely on a psychoanalytical approach making use mainly of Freudian notions of repetition compulsion, death drive and nirvana principle which we try to demonstrate through the textual analysis of some sequences of the film. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a study of the evolution of children's and young adult books, from its beginning in the 17th century to the present day. The main authors of children's works are reviewed. Lastly, a section is dedicated to Spanish authors and books. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the origin of the project Library and Senior Citizens as an inclusive project in the Local Public Library of La Chana is presented. It also describes in detail its origin, objectives, agents involved, services, communication, evaluation and future prospects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

User-centered libraries allow for the development of life skills. The importance of this capacity lies in the fact that one of the main focal points of education in the 21st century is 21st century skills. Organizations such as Unesco, EU, P21, AT, Annex, OECD, Nets, Naep, enGauge, etc. support this perspective and propose lists of skills needed to perform in today's society. However, what is the right place to acquire these skills? Although the first answer would be the school, this paper aims at explaining how libraries are the right places for the development of skills when they are able to deploy their capacity to be informal education centers. Being this a personal report, the paper shows different examples based on my personal experience, both related to the influence libraries had on the author and to the way the author, as a librarian, influences other users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of the round table Bibliotecas y Bibliotecarios: presente y futuro ('Libraries and librarians: present and future) within the 21st Jornadas Bibliotecarias de Andalucía, held in November 2022, this paper presents the reflections and proposals for the future on the current situation of libraries and their professionals in Spain. This paper also addresses the relationship and connection between formal studies in library and information science and the current opportunities of access to the public library function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Andalusian Association of Librarians (AAB) can be proud of its 40 years at the service of library professionals in Andalusia. This paper presents the speech given in the XXI Jornadas Bibliotecarias de Andalucía (21st Andalusian Libraries Conference) during the closing acts of the 40th anniversary. This paper is a summary of the six key aspects in which the AAB has worked, introduced by a brief historical overview and followed by an outline of its main activities: publications, training, conferences, alliances and communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reviews the configuration of FESABID's Observatory for the Defense of the Profession as well as the challenges faced by the profession that need to be tackled by professional entities. This paper examines the legal state of the professions of our sector and the situation regarding the access to the profession in the public sector. The access is done via a public examination and work contracts for the groups that require a university degree and also for inferior categories that do not require a specific qualification but have the possibility to establish a professional certification. In the private sector, a distinction is made between enterprises specific to the sector, and those of a general nature, and it is recommended to demand to the administration a socially responsible public recruitment. The paper reports on the state of the sectorial agreement recently approved in Gipuzkoa as well as on the situation of the education, the new professional roles and the public examination. Finally, a series of urgent demands are made to the administration and enterprises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is not specifically about collective agreements. It aims at showing how professional associations sometimes have, from an equidistant perspective, the ability to generate synergies and gather the necessary actors to promote positive and necessary changes for our profession and professionals. To this aim, this paper presents a real case study that accounts for the actions implemented by the Asociación Vasca de Profesionales de Archivos, Bibliotecas y Centros de Documentación ('Basque Association of Archives, Libraries and Documentation Centre Professionals') to achieve a labour agreement specific to the information management sector in its territorial scope. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper is to explain how we understand business sustainability, the ethical foundation of sustainability and how all this connects with the financial objective of the firm (maximizing shareholder's wealth). Sustainable companies must be profitable, they must take care of their financial performance; moreover, the only way to meet the long-term financial objective of the firm will be to be sustainable: the result must be positive for the shareholders and for the rest of stakeholders. But for this to work, greenwashing and socialwashing must be avoided; sustainability cannot be cosmetic and therefore must be verifiable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

HEARTS in the Americas is the regional adaptation of the World Health Organization's Global Hearts Initiative, which will be the model for risk management for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in primary health care in the Region of the Americas by 2025. It has already been implemented in 21 countries and 1045 primary health care centers throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. It takes a public health and health systems approach to systematically introduce simplified interventions at the primary health care level and focuses on hypertension as a clinical entry point. This paper introduces a new, improved application (app), the main component of which is the calculator for CVD risk and hypertension management. The paper summarizes the risk assessment approach and the methodology used by the World Health Organization to update its cardiovascular risk charts in 2019; describes the app, its use, functionality and validation process; and provides a set of practical recommendations for optimizing CVD risk and hypertension management by using the app in clinical practice. The HEARTS app is a powerful tool to improve the quality of care provided in primary health settings. The creation and dissemination of the HEARTS app is an essential step in the journey towards eliminating preventable CVD in the Americas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

HEARTS in the Americas is the Pan American Health Organization flagship program to accelerate the reduction of the cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden by improving hypertension control and CVD secondary prevention in primary health care. A monitoring and evaluation (M&E) platform is needed for program implementation, benchmarking, and informing policy-makers. This paper describes the conceptual bases of the HEARTS M&E platform including software design principles, contextualization of data collection modules, data structure, reporting, and visualization. The District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) web-based platform was chosen to implement aggregate data entry of CVD outcome, process, and structural risk factor indicators. In addition, PowerBI was chosen for data visualization and dashboarding for the analysis of performance and trends above the health care facility level. The development of this new information platform was focused on primary health care facility data entry, timely data reporting, visualizations, and ultimately active use of data to drive decision-making for equitable program implementation and improved quality of care. Additionally, lessons learnt and programmatic considerations were assessed through the experience of the M&E software development. Building political will and support is essential to developing and deploying a flexible platform in multiple countries which is contextually specific to the needs of various stakeholders and levels of the health care system. The HEARTS M&E platform supports program implementation and reveals structural and managerial limitations and care gaps. The HEARTS M&E platform will be central to monitoring and driving further population-level improvements in CVD and other noncommunicable disease-related health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The student of the educational programs in communication feels highly attracted to the practice of this profession, so that it is requested that the classes and teaching sessions focus on knowledge that can be applied in the corresponding work context. This paper offers some suggestions from the dialogue with sudents of the fifth four-month period of the Bachelor in Communication at UniverMilenium University (Hidalgo Campus) (2023-2 Cycle) to invigorate teaching action and prevent teaching from positioning itself as a dialogic action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ChatGPT is a language model that uses machine learning and natural language processing. Although it can process information, its potential for producing new knowledge is still to be evaluated. To produce knowledge, users must not only formulate the right questions but also analyze and discern the information obtained. This paper describes ChatGPT and evaluates its potential for producing knowledge through the analysis of a case study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to open reflections and encourage dialogue regarding the relevance of the inclusion of digital culture as an element of interest within the educational model of Intercultural Universities, specifically, in the curriculum of the Bachelor's Degree in Intercultural Communication. All this, based on the analysis of the concept of digital culture as a socio-cognitive resource within education in Mexico, the needs that flow from the technological paradigms and the skills needed to develop within the information and knowledge society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the compensation system for pre-trial detention followed by acquittal or dismissal with prejudice after the jurisprudential change established in STC 85/2019, with special emphasis on the parameters that can be compensated via article 294 LOPJ. The main purpose is to determine, through the current judicial and administrative practice analysis, which are the main criteria and methods followed by the Courts in determining the compensation amount. Despite the high degree of discretion and subjectivity in which this research lies, it is intended to help determine the indemnity expectations an individual has after pretrial detention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The health emergency caused by COVID-19 has led to the legal «resurgence» of the clause rebus sic stantibus as a tool that makes it possible to modify contractual relationships and achieve a balance between the services rendered by the contracting parties, a balance which had come to a sudden end with the onset of the pandemic. The renewed operability of the rebus clause has a direct impact on the judicial system as it has resulted in a proliferation of lawsuits aiming to modify contracted legal obligations. The aim of the present paper is to respond to the practical questions raised in the daily life of our judicial bodies, which have to deal with claims from members of the general public or companies seeking, during an eviction trial, to reduce their economic burden or release them from it by applying the rebus clause. This can raise procedural questions that condition both the judicial response and the procedural processing, and which legal operators have to deal with on a daily basis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper starts from the observation of the symptomatic absence regarding the interpretation of the mytheme of the encounter with the Sphinx, both in Freud's analysis of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and in his theory of the Oedipus complex. A detailed study is made of the allusions to the figure of the Sphinx in Freud's work and in the Sophoclean text, as well as their repercussions in the biography of the founder of psychoanalysis. A critical review is also made of later approaches to the subject, with particular emphasis on the work of Marie Delcourt and Didier Anzieu. Following a review of the concepts of castration and the primary scene in Freud's work, it is proposed to interpret the mytheme in question as a mythological manifestation of the primary scene, promoted to the status of gateway to the Oedipus complex and seen as the castration scene of the phallic mother. As the psychoanalytical reflection is developed, simultaneously the anthropological one is created. Freud's reflections on matriarchy are reviewed and the thesis is formulated that Sophocles' version of the Oedipus myth constitutes a precise manifestation of the patriarchal revolution, which put an end to a previous matriarchal regime in the Mediterranean world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper outlines the trajectory of the Andalusian Research and Resources Centre for the Performing Arts in Seville. It is a centre based on the people and on flexibility to allow the necessary changes for its operation. Its main guidelines are: the adaptation of its services to the needs of users, the integration of technologies to improve research and the experience acquired by its professionals to put everything at the service of theatre, dance, puppetry, magic and circus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the report resulting from the questionnaire launched by the “Grupo de Trabajo de Análisis y Prospectiva de las Bibliotecas en Andalucía” (Workgroup of Analysis and Prospective of the Libraries in Andalusia) of the AAB (Andalusian Librarians Association), in May and June 2021. It shows the situation of the Andalusian libraries during the lockdown and during the current world health alert situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The data analyze the situation from the perspective of the transformation of the services and their innovation: changes in the opening times of libraries, new work modes, among others. The paper analyzes a representative sample of Andalusian libraries and documentation centers extracted from the regional administration official directories. The report ends with some conclusions and thoughts, which hopefully will help to understand and verify the new Andalusian library reality, with the aim that they are taken into account and that they help in the future to make decisions regarding the profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on libraries is possibly the most important event in recent years. The aim of this paper is to analyze the thoughts in the professional field of libraries (especially within public libraries) prior to and during the pandemic, and to provide an outline of the responses and the impact on library services. The paper wraps up with an overview of the initial situation and how the public libraries of Galicia reacted. Through these analyses, the goal is to foresee possible ways which could guide the future library services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new 'Crea y Crece' Law explicitly recognizes European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs) as investment vehicles that can be set up, managed and marketed in Spain. This recognition is essentially a formal update of Spanish law, since this type of funds were already set up, managed and marketed in Spain. However, it comes at an important time for ELTIFs, given the imminent approval of a reform that will make its regulation more flexible and will promote this type of funds. This paper analyzes the current legal regime of ELTIFs, their future reform and the specific tax regime that exists for these funds in Bizkaia and Alava, in the absence of a special regime at national level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper addresses, in an introduction and three correlated parts, the intertheoretical links between discourse ethics (Diskursethik) in its pragmatictranscendental version and Vicent Martínez Guzmán's philosophy of making peace. The first part highlights the influence of the German professor Karl-Otto Apel on the work of Martínez Guzmán and elucidates some issues that bear witness to it; the second part consists of a brief discussion about the transkantian relations that go from Apel to Martínez and vice versa, placing the issue of transcendental solipsism at the center; In a final part, the issue of intersubjectivity is addressed, as the necessary consequence of having subsumed the ethics of discourse in a philosophy of peace such as the one proposed by Martínez. At the end, some brief conclusions and a note are offered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the state of implementation of Digital Justice at the national level, from the legislative efforts embodied in Law 18/2011, which regulates the use of ICTs in the Justice Administration, up to the current draft of the Digital Efficiency Law. . The future law will mean not only the definitive establishment of the digital judicial process but also the application of automated judicial action. If this happens, from dogmatics it will be necessary to take into account a new procedural scenario and approach a new approach to certain procedural categories, conceptualize new ones, in addition to carrying out a review of procedural guarantees, for their strengthening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we study the heroism of Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road, the fourth part of the iconic post-apocalyptic saga. Based on the perspective of Professor Jesús González Requena, this character appears shortly before the eighties, within the displacement of mass cinema to the post-classical story mode. After an intertextual analysis, we find that the post-classical saga, would reflect concerns of its historical context of production, representing, nonetheless a horizon of redemption with the heroic act. Mad Max: Fury Road narrates the restitution of a stripped and denied hero, confronted with an army of religious fundamentalists, a story that claims the return of a mythical heroism from and for a civilization, the West, traumatized after 9/11 and its consequences, stripped of any mythological symbolic system and capable of the worst barbarism, which would find in DAESH the embodiment of its nightmares. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recent research in neuroscience, developmental psychology and evolutionary design offers a perspective on the evolution of human culture in relation to the biological requirements for the survival of the species. This paper reflects on the relationship between this research and semiotic theory on symbol construction and symbolic efficacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The textual object, Un mundo sin Xóchitl, is articulated around a central axis, the incestuous love between two brothers entering puberty, a theme already announced by the writer in his first novel, El viejo saurio se retira (1969). Our hypothesis of analysis is that the prohibition is to be read as an initiatory experience, so we propose to approach the text from the bias of the hero's journey, understood according to the pattern proposed by Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (2014), namely the representation of the formula of initiation rites: separation, initiation, return. Based on a traditional literary analysis that we will combine with a sociocritical approach, we will begin by questioning the discourse on the family, focused on the reciprocal role of the father, Don Elías, and the mother, Constanza. The second part of this paper will delve into the various transgressions of her two children, Güencho (Wenceslao) and Xóchitl who, in the name of an absolute love, find through incest a way to 'flee from the father and the Others' and, especially for Xóchitl, a paradigm that makes possible the emergence of consciousness from the diffuse darkness of the collective unconscious. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper proposes a reflection on the relationship between threshold and time from the piece I am easy to find (Mike Mills/The National). To do so, it will problematise the commonplace in the readings of Joseph Campbell's forging of the hero, that pretend to make a template destined to maintain an idea of the unwounded and allpowerful hero from the structure of the monomyth. Instead, it will be suggested that precisely what is most proper to the heroic experience --a transcript of the psychoanalytic experience, at least for the Campbell of the 1950s-- is the acceptance of pain and of the fall of those signifiers and identifications, that allow us to accept the absence of definitive symbolic guarantees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]