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Recensão crítica ao livro Práticas de arquivo em artes performativas, de Cláudia Madeira, Fernando Matos Oliveira e Hélia Marçal (coord.)

This article analyses Caravaggio’s transnational omnipresence in popular culture through the lens of Stardom and Celebrity Studies in order to reflect on the role of iconic figures in our contemporary world. Understanding what makes a figure reach iconic status is essential in order to understand Caravaggio’s long-lasting popularity and influence beyond the sphere of high art. Through a series of case studies belonging mostly to fashion and street art, and through the use of work carried out by marketing and communications experts, the article explores those features that enable an artist’s impact to extend beyond his/her field, and what happens to the original meaning of that artist work when his/her image moves across different forms of cultural production. In order to address these questions, the case studies have been divided into three groups representing the key functions of iconic figures in today’s globalised culture: 1) cultural icons and branding 2) visual activism 3) populist voices.

The incipient interest in hybrid and collaborative didactics in times of COVID-19 highlights the fundamental role of digital hybrids in the training of university students. New mobile devices allow the ubiquity of teaching-learning processes. But they not only allow the possibility of sharing and communicating at any time and place. In these devices, different tools that integrate different representation systems converge, and offer new forms of construction, representation and communication of knowledge. From the questioning of the hegemonic technological culture, and from a didactic approach that advocates comprehensive and critical teaching, we want to present the creative functions of mobile devices so that students can build their own texts, new multimodal narratives, for the construction of a creative digital identity. An identity that allows them to perceive, analyse, reflect, produce, communicate and participate in their environment in a collaborative way. We present a transgressive didactic proposal based on photographic narration that displays new semiotic ways of building knowledge and making it known. We discuss its value to rethink other functions of academic knowledge and assessment, beyond achievement tests, critical dimensions in the University.

Is it possible to make history in kindergarten? Can the Montessori method stimulate the child's interest in human history? Through public history, is it possible that children become protagonists of new historical research practices and teachers communicate in original forms? To this end, two specific didactic paths have been developed, both characterized by practical experiences, reconstruction methods and diversified narrative forms, including the final exhibition of the paths themselves. In the first, "Time travels" is worked on a different scale, from the pupil's personal biographical history to the more in-depth knowledge of the "stories" through museum visits, reconstruction of historical landscapes, simulation of ancient activities, diversified narratives (pop-up book, dramatization). With the second project "The forms of the time" it is investigated over time from different perspectives (physics, biology, psychology) and "making history" is being carried out with and by children through workshop activities, storytelling, living history.

Los avances de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) permiten acceder en tiempo real a una cantidad ingente de datos, a través de los cuales es posible conocer el comportamiento de hechos sociales. En este escenario, la actual pandemia por SARS-CoV-2 ha permitido, bajo cuestionables criterios de inmediatez y urgencia, circular información que genera realidad e impacta en la toma de decisiones; y, además, ha favorecido la apropiación del dato, exponiendo a las personas a violaciones de sus derechos fundamentales. Ambos asuntos son sensibles para América Latina y el Caribe, región que hoy se presenta no sólo como el epicentro de la pandemia sino también de las desigualdades. La contribución que desde la reflexión y deliberación bioética puede realizarse en esta materia, adquiere especial relevancia con vistas a generar un nuevo pacto para el tratamiento de los datos.

Il contributo illustra gli obiettivi formativi del CdLm in Architettura-Rigenerazione urbana, promosso dal Dipartimento PDTA, Sapienza Università di Roma. Il CdL ha l’obiettivo di delineare un profilo formativo di architetto inserito a pieno titolo nel contesto europeo, con specifiche competenze nel campo dei metodi, delle procedure, degli strumenti e dei meccanismi attuativi finalizzati alla messa in campo di strategie di rigenerazione urbana.

Introduction: The theoretical framework of this project is based on the integral care and is person-centered. The multisensory stimulation is increasing in day centers and geriatric residences. This space provides an environment of well-being and warmth to the person, which provides a good environment to work on the behavioral and emotional capacities. The elements that must be present in a Snoezelen space can be classified according to the type of sensory system that is being stimulated in each case: tactile, vibratory, vestibular, visual, auditory, gustatory and olfactory. The main objective of this work is to investigate the contributions of multisensory stimulation in people with different levels of dementia: low, moderate or severe. Methods: Quantitative and qualitative. Design: Almost experimental, with intra-subject measure repeated throughout the investigation. Participants: 84 people diagnosed with dementia. Instruments: Video recordings and standardized tests. Procedure: Participants were randomly assigned to the Snoezelen room or the reminiscence sessions (control group). Each group participated in two weekly sessions of 30 minutes for 3 months. Each session had a maximum of three patients in each group. The tests were applied before and at the end of the therapy. Sessions 1 and 24 were recorded on video. Results: There were significant differences in anxiety, depression and agitation in the patient who participated in the Snoezelen room (greater decrease) compared to the patients who had been assigned on the reminiscence therapy. Snoezelen room patients also showed an improvement on relaxation levels. Conclusions: multisensory therapy favors emotional adjustment. Project financed by the Blanquerna Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sports Sciences (Ramon Llull University) and Sanitas Mayores

This research has analyzed the influence of attitudes towards disability on the academic performance of the students of the Master’s Degree in Preschool Education of the University of Jaén who study the subject of Developmental Disorders. Researches such as Alcañiz, Chulià, Riera, Ruis and Santolino (2016) study the relationship between the skills required in professional performance and academic performance. Moreno, Rodríguez, Saldaña and Aguilera, 2006). One of the essential competences of future teachers is the attitudes towards disability, since they foster the integral development of these people. For the research, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on 48 university students who study the developmental disorders in the Preschool Education Degree. These students have been applied the Verdugo, Arias and Jenaro (1997) Scale of Attitudes towards people with disabilities (EAPD), which consists of 37 items grouped into five factors. Differences were analyzed according to gender, previous contact, reason, frequency, quality and type of disability in the scales of the questionnaire and in order to know the influence of the attitude towards the disability on the academic performance has taken into account its qualification In the subject in both the practical and theoretical parts. The results show that there are significant differences in the attitudes toward disability based on the variables of previous contact with these people, the reason and the quality of the same. Regarding the influence of the variables of the questionnaire on academic performance, it is observed that they explain 19.2% of the total variance in the practical note and 14.5% of the total variance in the theory note.

Este artículo presenta los primeros resultados del estudio realizado sobre los cabildos catedralicios de Santiago y Orense durante el reinado de Felipe V. El objetivo fundamental se centra en dar a conocer la estructuración del personal de las catedrales, es decir, el número y ocupaciones de los capitulares, su procedencia geográfica para el caso compostelano, las relaciones de parentesco y la interrelación de sus miembros con los gobiernos locales de Santiago y Orense.

Active ageing is being studied from different professional perspectives, strengthening the action for the elderly people in order to promote their autonomy, and improve their quality of life. This focus since a lot of social organizations is forgotten in nursing homes because of absence of innovative projects that introduce the features of the changes that have occurred in the profile of the elderly people. New requirements that are not solved by the stagnation suffered since 2003 in this kind of treatments. The inclusion of Social Education and innovative projects can be the solution to this problem, that will be affect a large percentage of the population in the near future.

This article examines the political conflict surrounding the interstate transfer of water in the Huitzilapan-Xalapa Aqueduct, from which about 60% of the water resources for the city of Xalapa, state capital of Veracruz, come. This interstate water transfer has eventually lead to political and social conflict based on misinformation about perceived water shortages to Xalapa. The article examines a case in which water officials from Xalapa have apparently complied with guidelines related to procedural, distributive, and ecological justice. Therefore, the article proposes a focus on «justice as responsible (and informed) dialogue» as a central element of procedural justice. The analysis is based on a review of official documents, such as Mexican water laws and the water concession under which this water transfer has occurred, press reviews published in regional newspapers, a field visit and interviews with key stakeholders and researchers mostly in Veracruz state.

Despite the new model of successful ageing, negative images and stereotypes of the elderly still persist. Based on the “personalization model” that proposes that intergroup contact allows the creation of a more varied perception of the outgroup, this study aimed to determine the efficacy of an Intergenerational Program on reducing negative ageing stereotypes among young participants. The negative stereotypes held by 24 students were assessed before and after the implementation of the Program (IP), and possible predictors of the outcome were studied as well. Results showed that participation in the IP produced significant changes on stereotypes; those with little or no contact with elderly people prior to the IP significantly enhanced their perspective of the elderly

Health and social participation are two fundamental pillars of active aging thus it is important to understand variables that might affect them. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between extraversion, optimism, health status and social participation. The sample comprised 406 community-dwelling older adults (M=74.88, SD= 6.75) from urban areas of Granada. It was found that extraversion and optimism positively correlated with perceived health status and with social participation and negatively correlated with number of illnesses. The association between personality and social participation was stronger than the one between personality and health. This study highlights the relevance that personality has for older adults’ health and social participation thus it is important to consider personality in active aging models.

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This issue investigates the Italian documentary film with particular attention to the contemporary production. In particular, it maps some of the main influences that have characterized and that characterize today the Italian documentary, analysing the films of Michelangelo Frammartino, Alina Marazzi, Sabina Guzzanti and Silvio Soldini, among others.

The Paper aims to contribute at the comparison debate between Schools of Architecture, Engineering and Design, through the illustration of an educational experience developed by the Department of Planning, Design and Technology of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome. The Workshop ‘Redeveloping, regenerating, and transforming the contemporary city. Towards a strategy of integration and of restoring urban and metropolitan balance’ organized with the University of Valladolid and with the Universidad of Castilla-La Mancha, aims to address, in cultural, disciplinary and experimental terms, the theme of role of regeneration strategies in the government processes of the contemporary city.

The metropolitanisation process that affects the contemporary city, climate change, the depletion of ecological and energy sources all demand a unified, integrated and interscalar public government strategy that makes urban regeneration and the restoration of territorial balance its priorities. Such a strategy has been the benchmark for drafting the 12 priority themes of the Urban Agenda for the EU and policies that aim to promote the smart sustainability and efficiency of cities. In this framework, the @22Barcelona project in Barcelona, presented in this paper, represents an emblematic example selected from the case studies of the “Mediterranean Europe: Strategies of urban and metropolitan rebalancing and the construction of the public city” research project (2016).

Il presente lavoro si propone come una sintesi delle riflessioni emerse da un piccolo gruppo di psicologi che operano nel contesto delle cure palliative. La teoria e la metodologia che lo supportano sono mutuate da un approccio gruppoanalitico; l'obiettivo del gruppo di lavoro è una ricerca basata sull'elaborazione dell'esperienza degli operatori, che intende individuare sia le specificità del dispositivo di lavoro con le persone accompagnate alla conclusione della vita, sia le principali aree tematiche della relazione tra équipe di assistenza, pazienti e famiglie. Il lavoro che presentiamo intende visualizzare le tematiche più pregnanti emerse durante gli incontri di gruppo sono state indagate in primis alcune criticità dei servizi che operano nell'area dell'assistenza terminale e le possibili quote di saturazione e di disagio psico-sociale che abitano gli operatori, generando in alcuni casi un diffuso senso di precarietà professionale.

El modelo turístico tradicional ha experimentado un cambio con la llegada de las nuevas tecnologías. Las tradicionales herramientas de marketing empleadas por las Agencias de Viajes se están quedando atrás para dar paso a nuevos y mejorados métodos de comercialización y promoción de productos turísticos basados en la utilización de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC). Los hábitos de compra han cambiado debido a la rápida evolución de Internet en los últimos 10 años. Se ha pasado de la Web 1.0, de carácter estático y de lectura, a la Web 2.0 que ha generalizado la creación de contenidos y la comunicación on -line entre usuarios, convirtiéndose en creadores y a su vez en consumidores de la información. En los últimos años, las empresas turísticas han comenzado a crear canales de comercialización directos con el cliente, evitando así negociar con los intermediarios, lo que ha mejorado la eficiencia y la reducción de costes. Esto ha permitido que los usuarios puedan contratar un viaje o un servicio turístico a través de la red con unos costes notablemente inferiores. El asesoramiento que antes sólo se encontraba en las Agencias de Viajes, ahora es proporcionado por los usuarios que han consumido el servicio y cuya experiencia aporta una visión única y diferente. Todo este fenómeno ha ocasionado que este sector pase a un segundo plano, con un turista más experimentado, más exigente y familiarizado con estas nuevas herramientas nacidas de la Web 2.0. Numerosas agencias han cerrado sus negocios y tienden a desaparecer tal y como las conocemos actualmente. Sin embargo, son muchas las posibilidades que se les presentan si se adaptan al mercado actual, un entorno que fomenta el uso de las nuevas tecnologías y que utiliza la Web 2.0 y las Redes Sociales para mantener y captar nuevos clientes.

El present treball fa una aproximació a una obra clàssica de la historiografia valenciana al segle xvii, la Década primera de la insigne i coronada ciudad i reyno de Valencia (València 1610), de Gaspar Escolano, per tal de fixar-nos en l’interès d’aquest cronista en alguns dels autors medievals catalans. En especial, en Jaume i –en tant que fundador del Regne de València–, però també en Jordi de Sant Jordi, Andreu Febrer, Jaume Roig i, en especial, Ramon Llull, al qual dedica diversos capítols. This work is an approach to a classic of historiography of València in the XVII century, Década primera de la insigne i coronada ciudad i reyno de Valencia (València 1610), of Gaspar Escolano, looking in the interest of the chronicler in Catalan medieval authors. Especially in Jaume i –like a founder of the Regne de València– and also in Jordi de Sant Jordi, Andreu Febrer, Jaume Roig and Ramon Llull to which devotes several chapters.

Luscofusco es un espacio infantil que ofrece una alternativa al sistema educativo tradicional a niños y niñas de 2 a 6 años. Comenzamos nuestra andadura en Oza, una pequeña aldea en la provincia de A Coruña, restaurando una antigua unitaria cerrada años atrás. Hemos puesto la ilusión en recuperar la esencia de las antiguas escuelas rurales, y al mismo tiempo dinamizar la zona, inspirándonos en filosofías como las de Montessori, Pestalozzi, Malaguzzi…. Somos un nuevo concepto de espacio infantil en el que nuestro papel es el de guiarles para lograr el desarrollo de todas sus competencias cognitivas, motoras, emocionales, afectivas, inter e intrapersonales; a través del juego, la convivencia y la experiencia. Todo ello en un ambiente familiar, cuidadosamente preparado, situado en un entorno natural. Nos basamos en el respeto al niño y niña, a sus intereses, a sus motivaciones para convertirles en protagonistas de su aprendizaje asumiendo un papel de mediadoras en este proceso, utilizamos una metodología no directiva y ofrecemos una atención individualizada.

La respuesta satisfactoria a las necesidades únicas de los alumnos con altas capacidades es una preocupación constante para los profesionales de la educación. La intervención educativa nos ofrece alternativas de respuesta, entre ellas el enriquecimiento, encaminado a ofrecer aprendizajes más ricos y variados a través de la modificación en la profundidad del contenido y de la metodología empleada. El proyecto QVO es un programa de enriquecimiento extracurricular, supone la ampliación de conocimientos, el desarrollo de estrategias y destrezas, y la promoción de actitudes diversas, especialmente las referidas a la socialización y a la afectividad. En QVO se estimula el potencial intelectual, las actitudes de cooperación, las habilidades sociales y de comunicación, la inteligencia emocional y el trabajo en equipo. Tomando el cine como vía e instrumento educativo, QVO proporciona un espacio de novedosas oportunidades de aprendizaje y de creación colaborativa.

En el artículo se revisan los momentos más importantes de la política educacional en Argentina en relación con el proceso de privatización de la vida social. Despejando algunas hipótesis habituales, se analiza ese proceso como resultado del modo en que se fueron resolviendo las demandas concretas de los grupos, fracciones o clases a lo largo de la historia nacional, culminando en la consolidación de un sólido sector de proveedores privados de educación, al amparo de medidas que le aseguran el financiamiento estatal y la presencia de sus intereses en la elaboración de la política educativa pública. Se interpreta el sentido del proceso en el marco del reacomodamiento de los intereses dominantes en esta etapa de recomposición capitalista, que realiza su hegemonía mediante la naturalización de las diversas formas de privatización de la educación nacional, tanto históricas como "novedosas", y oculta sus efectos concretos: la devaluación de la educación pública como bien universal y del papel del Estado como garante de su distribución igualitaria.In this paper the most important moments of the educational policy in Argentine, related to the privatization process of social life, are reviewed. Putting aside some commonplace hypothesis, this process is analyzed as a consequence of the ways involved in the response to demands from classes or groups along the history of our country. This process led to the strengthening of a group of private suppliers of educational services, protected by measures that guarantee the financial support from the State and the presence of their interests when public education policies are prepared. The meaning of this process is considered within the frame of resetting the predominant forces in the present period of capitalism. Its hegemony is settled making the different forms of privatization -traditional or new of the national education system look natural, and hiding their real effects: the devaluation of public education as a universal value and of the role of the State to guarantee that education is equally distributed.

The winter of the year 2011 has witnessed the beginning of several revolutions, revolts and protests of great importance in many Arab countries. In this context of widespread revolt, Syria seemed to appear in the first moment as the main regional exception. Actually, in contrast with what was happening in the rest of the Arab countries, Syria wouldn’t be affected by the revolutionary winds until the middle of March. In this framework, the aim of this article is to understand why the Syrian people have taken almost three months to mobilize against the baathist regime and why they have finally revolted.

En el escenario poético español de las últimas décadas, asistimos a unospostulados teóricos y una praxis distintiva, que replantean algunos de losmitos más acendrados de la “tradición de la ruptura” vanguardista del género.Repasaré aquí las categorías nucleares que constituyen ese desafío (experiencia,intimidad, compromiso) y lo ilustraré con algunas referencias a la poesía delgranadino Luis García Montero en su último poemario Vista cansada (2008),quien ha protagonizado algunos de los debates más fructíferos del campoestético peninsular.In the contemporary scenery of Spanish Poetry, we assist to some theoreticalpostulates and a distinctive lyrical practice, which evaluate some of themost vigorous myths in the “breaking tradition” of avant-garde poetry. I willexamine here some of these nuclear categories that constitute real challenges:experience, intimacy, commitment. Besides, I will ilustrate my argumentswith some references to the poetry of the spanish poet Luis García Montero(Granada, 1958), specially focusing his last book Vista cansada (2008), whichshows paradigmatically some of the most enriching debates in the aestheticpeninsular field.

Aim: The aim of the study was to analyze the etiology of early-onset neonatal infection (EONI), the risk factors, the forms and the time of its manifestation, and the tactics and outcomes of antibacterial treatment. Methods: During the prospective investigation, cases of newborns with diagnosed EONI and initial treatment in 2011 were analyzed. Four in-patient departments of Lithuania took part in the investigation. Results: In total, 18,778 newborns were included in the investigation. During the studied period, 209 cases of EONI were diagnosed: unspecified EONI in 168 (80.4%) neonates, pneumonia in 20 (9.6%), and early-onset sepsis (EOS) in 21 (10%) neonates. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) was responsible for 40% of microbiologically confirmed cases of sepsis. A negative blood culture was found in 11 newborns (52.4%) treated for sepsis. In all the cases, EONI was empirically treated with penicillin and gentamycin. The duration of antibacterial treatment varied between in-patient departments in Lithuania. During the studied period, 51.7% of women were screened for GBS colonization during pregnancy, and 21% of them had a positive vaginal culture for GBS; 78% of GBS carriers received intrapartum prophylactic antibiotics. Conclusions: The incidence of culture-confirmed early neonatal sepsis in Lithuania is similar to that indicated in the scientific literature, and is decreasing. Routine antenatal screening for GBS vaginal carriage in pregnant women is not universally performed in Lithuania. The duration of antibacterial treatment for EONI should be standardized in Lithuania.

The question of objectivity has always been of major interest to researchers, since Akhmatova’s poetry is considered as a variation of objective poetry. In the first part of my article I examine this phenomenon on the basis of the short analysis of the poem Cherneet doroga primorskogo sada…, in relation to symbols, motifs, oxymorons and the time-structure of the poem. According to the theory of V. Vinogradov, the time structure of Akhmatova’s poems consists of only one moment. The purpose of this work is to prove this in connection with the semantic and syntactic structures of the poem Vecherom, and to examine the role of semantic oxymorons as the most relevant textorganising elements. The other most important feature of the semantic and rhyme structure of this poem is the tendency to form a closed circle. This tendency and the presence of oxymorons are characteristics of Akhmatova’s code at text level. On the other hand, this code is influenced by the poet’s artistic outlook on life.

The problem of the relationship between Russian epistolary and fictional prose during the last quarter of the eighteenth century arose as a consequence of Yu. Tynyanov’s happy intuition that in certain epochs familiar letters could achieve the status of literary genre. In recent studies familiar correspondence has appeared as almost the only factor prompting the development of Russian sentimentalist prose. In this article a thorough investigation of Mikhail Muravyev’s published and unpublished letters and prose fiction (1776-1797) shows that the relationship between these two literary forms was far more complicated, because in fact on the one hand they both owed much to classical and contemporary West European sources and, on the other, in each of them the same elements had different functions and “worked” in a different way.

RESUMO Este estudo concentra-se no contexto de teletandem, um ambiente virtual e colaborativo de aprendizagem de línguas em que estudantes universitários encontram-se semanalmente por meio de ferramentas de comunicação síncrona para a aprendizagem da língua um do outro (Telles 2006). Neste artigo, temos por objetivo investigar a estrutura retórica dos primeiros 15 minutos de dez sessões orais de teletandem iniciais, isto é, o primeiro encontro via skype entre os parceiros. Nossos resultados apontam para a padronização do discurso na sessão oral de teletandem inicial e evidenciam a relação entre estrutura retórica e cenário de aprendizagem (Foucher 2010).

RESUMO: O objetivo deste artigo é discutir o conceito de comunidade em contextos multimodais de projetos telecolaborativos, específicamente o teletandem (TELLES, 2006). Comunidades discursivas (CD) são agrupamentos de indivíduos que se unem para atingir seus propósitos comunicativos por meio de gêneros (SWALES, 1990). Embora o conceito tenha sido extensivamente discutido em contextos acadêmicos, parece não haver estudos que envolvam o tema e sua importância para a telecolaboração. Uma tentativa nesse sentido é o trabalho de Silva (2012) sobre a comunidade teletandem (CT), no qual a autora investiga os estudantes que participam do projeto Teletandem Brasil: Línguas Estrangeiras para Todos. Partimos dos critérios elaborados por Silva para a definição de CT e nossa análise deriva de nossa observação intensa e criteriosa da prática de teletandem no laboratório de teletandem da UNESP - São José do Rio Preto. Os resultados indicam que os membros de comunidades que eventualmente se agrupam em contextos telecolaborativos tendem a serem regulados por regras locais e externas, engendrarem organizações complexas e compartilharem gêneros para alcançarem seus objetivos.

Aquest treball analitza els resultats d’administrar, per primera vegada, una prova diagnòstica comuna de català a un miler d’alumnes de primer curs dels graus en Educació Infantil, Educació Primària i doble grau en Educació Infantil i Educació Primària de cinc facultats d’Educació de Catalunya. Els resultats mostren que més de la meitat dels estudiants, malgrat haver superat la Prova d’Aptitud Personal que regula l’accés a aquests estudis, se situen en un nivell global del MECR inferior al C1 que tenen acreditat des de quart d’ESO, i que això es deu sobretot als dèficits en el domini dels aspectes ortogràfics i gramaticals de la llengua. Arran d’aquesta constatació, es fan diferents propostes d’actuació en els àmbits de la política lingüística educativa, en general, i de la selecció i la formació del futur professorat, en particular, entre les quals destaca la necessitat de replantejar-se l’acreditació automàtica del nivell C1 de català al final de l’educació secundària obligatòria.

OBJECTIVE Our study aims to extend the previous research and compare two diagnostic methods performed on the ulnar nerve to validate the use of the ulnar goniometer in electromyographic diagnostic practice. Comparing the electroneurographic method, obtained through conduction velocity (CV) studies with ultrasound of the ulnar nerve in the area above the elbow and at the wrist, we aim to quantify the reliability of the ulnar goniometer compared to the diagnostic method ultrasound of the nerve. MATERIALS AND METHODS The operator examined with the use of the Ulnar Goniometer, detecting the wrist-below-elbow motor conduction speed and the above-elbow speed (AE), below-elbow speed (BE) and subsequently performed an ultrasound examination of the ulnar nerve in the forearm and elbow. We calculated the degree of homogeneity between measurements. RESULTS Evaluating 30 participants of both genders with typical paresthetic symptoms of ulnar nerve compression at the elbow, 100% of the measurements show that a decrease in Motor Conduction Velocity (MCV) below 50 m/s is associated with an increase in Cross-Sectional Area (CSA). Additionally, in 89% of cases, a reduction in MCV wBE and BEAE by more than 10 m/s is correlated with an increase in CSA. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS The measurement of the angle below the elbow (BE) and above the elbow (AE) using the Ulnar Goniometer provides us with a slowed Motor Conduction Velocity (MCV) that is by ultrasound data showing an increase in the Cross-Sectional Area (CSA) of the ulnar nerve in that segment, as observed in Cubital Tunnel Syndrome (CTS).

Obbiettivo Il nostro studio mira a estendere la ricerca precedente e confrontare due metodi diagnostici eseguiti sul nervo ulnare per convalidare l'uso del goniometro ulnare nella pratica elettromiografica come strumento ausiliario diagnostico. Confrontando il metodo elettro-neurografico, ottenuto attraverso studi sulla velocità di conduzione (VC), con l'ecografia del nervo ulnare al canale cubitale e in corrispondenza del terzo medio dell’avambraccio, miriamo a quantificare l'affidabilità del goniometro ulnare rispetto al metodo diagnostico dell'ecografia del nervo. Materiali E Metodi l'operatore ha eseguito l'esame con l'uso del Goniometro Ulnare, rilevando la velocità di conduzione motoria dal polso al gomito e la velocità sopra il gomito (AE), sotto il gomito (BE) e successivamente ha eseguito l'ecografia del nervo ulnare nell'avambraccio e nel gomito. Abbiamo calcolato il grado di omogeneità tra le misurazioni. Risultati Valutando 30 partecipanti di entrambi i sessi con sintomi parestesici tipici di compressione del nervo ulnare al gomito, Il 100% delle misurazioni mostra che una diminuzione di MCV al di sotto di 50 m/s è associata a un aumento di CSA. Inoltre, nell'89% dei casi, una riduzione di MCV wBE e BEAE di più di 10 m/s è correlata a un aumento di CSA. Discussione e Conclusioni La misurazione dell'angolo sotto il gomito (BE) e sopra il gomito (AE) utilizzando il Goniometro Ulnare ci fornisce una Velocità di Conduzione Motoria (MCV) rallentata che è in accordo con i dati ecografici che mostrano un aumento della cosiddetta Cross Sectional Area (CSA) ossia la sezione trasversale misurata in mm2 del nervo ulnare in quel segmento, come accade nella Sindrome del Tunnel Cubitale (CTS).

Abstract The spread of conspiracy theories and misinformation poses substantial threats to democracy around the world. In the United States, entrenched political polarization is both a consequence and a ramification of the spread of biased and false information. Much of this misinformation is spread online, especially on social media. Of all the social media networks in existence, the video-sharing platform YouTube is the most significant incubator of right-wing conspiracist thinking. To what extent has internet usage affected conspiracy-mindedness in the U.S. during the Trump era? I analyze data from five waves of the Pew Research Center’s “American Trends Panel” to test the hypotheses that (1) being perpetually online, (2) keeping many social media accounts, and (3) relying on YouTube for news will increase perceptions of ‘fake news’, stoke conspiracist thinking, and help make democracy’s status in the U.S. ever more precarious. Findings indicate that reliance on YouTube for news is an especially powerful predictor of noticing fake news about COVID-19 and the 2020 U.S. presidential election; attitudes about voter fraud, Donald Trump’s challenges to the election results, and the January 6, 2021, insurrectionists; and deciding to stop talking to someone because of politics.

Reseña de la obra de Pazos-López, Ángel y Cuesta Sánchez, Ana María, eds. Las imágenes de los animales fantásticos en la Edad Media. Gijón: Trea, 2022 [ISBN: 978-8-419-52521-5]

The main aim of this article is to discuss the conceptual frame of Bildungsroman in France: usually considered as having risen at the end of 18th century and faded at the end of 19th, concerning a male hero searching his place in the world, this kind of novel has been put in relation with a specific lapse of time and kind of society. We wish to propose a new approach to the French roman d’apprentissage, starting from contemporary texts and moving back to 17th century. The model of Bildungsroman can be reframed starting from its characteristics, showing the links between the contemporary coming-of-age novel and the novel of Ancien Régime: this will also allow the didactic use of nowadays narrative to approach the more complex narrative of the past centuries.

The construction industry is responsible for 30% of energy consumption, 40% of CO2 emissions, and 50% of raw material extraction. Introducing actions to improve the sustainability of induced impacts is urgently necessary, and it is essential to bring about this change by using innovative materials with a natural matrix and construction processes that optimise the raw materials and allow their recyclability. The article introduces the first outcomes of an interdisciplinary research project focused on applying geopolymers for building components. The research highlights the strategic role of sustainability combined with digitisation in order to improve ecological-environmental performance. Article info Received: 17/03/2023; Revised: 27/04/2023; Accepted: 09/05/2023

Il mercato del cuoio rivestiva un ruolo di primo piano nelle città tardo-medievali. Attraverso lo studio degli acquisti di materie prime importate nella città di Bologna a inizio Trecento, questo contributo analizza in particolare il mercato di pellame, materiali concianti e calzature e il valore di questi oggetti. I prezzi dei materiali all’ingrosso sono stati individuati all’interno dei Memoriali, registri pubblici prodotti dal comune di Bologna dal 1265 al 1452. A partire da questi documenti l’articolo propone alcune riflessioni a proposito del valore di pelli, cuoio e calzature nell’ampio settore dell’abbigliamento, con particolare attenzione all’identità e al ruolo degli operatori coinvolti e alle tensioni che si creavano per il controllo del mercato all’ingrosso, che si manifestavano nelle politiche corporative e nelle dispute che le vedevano coinvolte. In conclusione, il contributo ricostruisce il percorso di formazione dei prezzi dell’industria del cuoio e della calzatura, per ragionare, attraverso la specifica lente dei prezzi e del valore, sugli elementi chiave del ciclo di produzio

El artículo examina el motivo de la peregrinación en algunas novelas caballerescas breves en español, analizando la incidencia, características y funciones narrativas relacionadas con la temática más general del viaje y poniendo de relieve las reflexiones recíprocas entre escritura de ficción y realidad histórico-social del tiempo.

En Argentina, entre 1976 y 1983, se produjo la más sangrienta dictadura militar de toda su historia. En un contexto signado por una creciente agudización de las protestas sociales y de procesos dictatoriales en el Cono Sur, las Fuerzas Armadas (FF. AA.) tomaron el poder e impusieron un plan de exterminio que dejó un saldo de 30000 personas desaparecidas, miles de presas y presos políticos, exiliados y exiliadas, niños y niñas apropiadas ilegalmente y privadas de su identidad. Sin embargo, la violencia represiva comenzó antes del 24 de marzo de 1976, y si bien existió un plan sistemático genocida decidido de modo centralizado “desde arriba” por las cúpulas militares, su implementación a escala local implicó ciertas especificidades en las distintas regiones del país. En este trabajo haremos una primera aproximación a las principales características de la represión en las provincias de San Luis y Mendoza (Subzona 33) apuntando a identificar dispositivos y circuitos represivos, así como la identidad política de las víctimas antes del golpe de Estado y durante el primer año de la dictadura.

Currently, SRC plantations should produce multiple assortments, both for industrial and energetic uses, for being economically profitable. SRC trials comparing two different cultivation models (very high density model -– vHDM, 8,333 trees ha-1 with 2 years rotation; high density model -– HDM, 1,667 trees ha-1 with 5 years rotation) were established in 2005 in two sites (Casale Monferrato and Cavallermaggiore), on agricultural land with alluvial soils in the Western Po Valley (Italy). Both models were applied to poplar (clone 83.141.020), willow (clone S76-008) and black locust (provenance Energy). After 6 years from planting, the two treatments did not show significant differences in terms of cumulative biomass yield, with poplar being the most productive species at Casale Monferrato (64.65 and 63.76 Mg ha-1 with HDM and vHDM, respectively). Poplar production potential was confirmed at Cavallermaggiore (105.83 and 57.22 Mg ha-1, respectively). Black locust showed the lower yield at both sites. In HDM poplar exhibited the highest stem DBH, at both sites, reaching mean values of 15.0 and 17.8 cm at Casale Monferrato and Cavallermaggiore, respectively. In HDM, poplar was the only species capable to reach stem dimensions compatible with industrial destinations at the end of the first 5- years rotation.

La historiografía sobre la producción textil medieval ibérica ha considerado que las manufacturas de al-Andalus abastecían de tejidos a los territorios del norte, y no se ha estimado suficientemente el papel que pudieron tener las manufacturas de los territorios cristianos, porque apenas se conocen por datos documentales y no hay fundamentos sólidos desde la materialidad de las piezas conservadas para atribuir tejidos a sus hipotéticos talleres. Este artículo pretende llamar la atención sobre las vías de transmisión de los tejidos ricos y, fundamentalmente, sobre estos talleres donde se trabajaría con una tecnología heredada que dificulta la atribución.

Introduction: Loneliness is the lack of company, implies the lack of contact with other people. Due to scientific advances in the health field, the average age has increased and care in the elderly is increasingly important to avoid loneliness and the problems it can cause in their health. Objectives: To analyze the process of assessing the situation of loneliness in the elderly population by health professionals and describe those nursing interventions that contribute to the improvement in this situation. Material and methods: Bibliographic review in the main scientific databases of articles in English and Spanish in the last five years. The PICO question has been raised about the care of the elderly and loneliness. The number of articles consulted has been 21. In addition, the SACYL service portfolio and the NNN Consult search engine have been reviewed. Results: The use of different scales, OARS, UCLA, Gijón or Philadelphia, together with needs assessment models, allow early detection of loneliness in the elderly and therefore carry out prevention activities. The NIC Nurse Intervention Classification includes nursing interventions in line with NANDA Nurses Diagnoses appropriate to the results we expect to obtain from loneliness in the elderly. Conclusions: The health personnel is key in the detection of loneliness in the elderly through the use of the different means that the health system makes available to them. Detecting it early avoids other health problems that occur because of it.