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The genus Baccharis is represented in Argentina by 96 species, the infrageneric classification of which is presented in this paper. A succinct summary of the history of Baccharis infrageneric taxonomy is provided. The 96 Argentine species are placed into 15 sections: Angustifoliae, Aristidentes, Baccharis, Caulopterae, Cuneifoliae, Cylindricae, Discolores, Molinae, Nitidae, Oblongifoliae, Paniculatae, Pedicellatae, Pseudobaccharis, Subliguliflorae -sect. nov.- and Trinervatae. These sections are briefly described, and a key to differentiate them is given. Twelve out of the 96 species are positioned into the infrageneric classification system for the first time, whereas 42 species which had been previously classified are here relocated to other sections. Twenty-two generic, subgeneric, sectional and subsectional names are considered as new synonyms. The relationships among the sections are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The genus Tibouchina, Melastomataceae, is mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas and includes nearly 350 species. Seven taxa are considered in the present paper and two of these are new records for the Argentinian flora. Each taxon is described and ilustrated. A key for the identification of the species as well as information on distribution and ecology is also provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present paper, 11 native and 5 introduced taxa belonging to Brassicaceae, and distributed among 7 genera are recorded for first time for San Luis province, Argentina. Common names, illustrations, habitat, distribution and herbarium specimens as a reference are provided for each taxon. Also, a key to indentify species of the genus Lepidium are given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The genus Aristida is represented in northwestern Argentina by section Chaetaria with 23 taxa: 18 species and 5 varieties. Aristida nicorae sp. nov., A. victoriana sp. nov. and A. asplundii var. pauciflora var. nov. are described and illustrated. Aristida laxa var. longiramea and A. friesii are two new records for Argentina. Aristida achalensis var. tucumana, A. adscensionis var. bromoides, A. amplexifolia and A. mandoniana are considered synonyms. Aristida divaricata is excluded from the Argentine flora. This paper includes a key to recognize all species and varieties that grow in northwestern Argentina, as well as descriptions, synonymy, illustrations, geographical distribution and ecological observations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the conclusions of field research on writing and metacognition processes among University students. Data from the subprocesses of writing production was obtained through an adaptation of L.Flower and J.Hayes' Thinking aloud protocol (1996), over a population of 100 University students, distributed into 20 teams, each of which was asked to produce an essay, while one of the members, as non-participant observer, would simultaneously produce the protocol. For gathering the data on metadiscursive aspects, a semistructured poll was carried out to the same students, aiming at rendering visible their representations about their own processes, out of the explicit enunciation of their discursive troubles. From the analysis, quantification and interpretation of the data, problems are detected on low level processing (grammar, spelling and lexicon), both in the discursive and metadiscursive levels; and recurrent difficulty in high level processing (organization and hierarchization of ideas, and monitoring of the whole process). These troubles are inferred, basically, out of the scarce verbalization of these processes and the quality of the written products obtained. The results of this research are particularly relevant for reformulating the didactics of language alongside the different levels of the educative system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Juan José Hernández Arregui's attempt to define the concept of nation using both an objective as well as subjective theoretical approach places him as a representative of the literary trend called "cultural nationalism". In the present paper we argue that the author's limited conception of nation and nationalism was determined by his contradictory ideology and political commitment as evidenced in the controversial stances he assumed along his life: his religious faith and his indifference to the indigenous people's condition; his commitment to Marxism and his opposition to the workers' cause in the XX century; his support to the mass movement and to the Peronista cause as representative of the national values and his rejection of immigration. Irreconcilable views such as these denote the limitations of Juan José Hernández Arregui's ideology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper comprises a synopsis of the species of Alchornea growing in Argentina. These species are Alchornea castaneifolia, A. sidifolia and A. triplinervia, and one subspecies- A. glandulosa subsp. iricurana. A key to recognize the species and the subspecies, as well as descriptions, synonymy, illustrations and comments on the taxa studied are given. Alchornea sidifolia and A. glandulosa subsp. iricurana are new records for Argentina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship between Reiki Usui's ethiological myth and the action guide that it provides to the Reiki Masters. The material was gathered during a fieldwork, carried out in some Reiki Centers in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires. The narratives of Dr. Usui's initiation in the sacred manipulation of Universal Energy, and the way he receives therapeutic power from "Light Beings", gives to the initiated a definition of their roles and the prescriptions about his/her behaviours. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An analysis of the results of a one-year experience in communication and the construction of alternative political, Cordobanexo, is presented. This channel is a virtual space for social movements which tries to articulate in formation, debate and action in Córdoba, Argentina. Three theoretical axes are used in this paper: hegemony and counter-hegemony in political speech; re-signification and appropriation of informational technology; political participation and the construction of construction. Mass media are modern instruments of social control that impose social imaginary, needs and interpretations that naturalize domination relationships, from this hegemonic position they build the agenda indicating who the legitimate political actors are. In the face of this communication alternatives there arise multiple proposals that range from taking advantage of fissures left by the mass media, to the creation of new networks where the communication circulates between silent actors, constituting social resistance, political and cultural spaces for these actors. New technologies present contradictory alternatives: on the one hand they are a way of imposing cultural hegemony and on the other hand they provide spaces for discussion and participation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on a series of audiovisual experiences undergone in the city of Caleta Olivia in the Santa Cruz Province in Argentina (including the Chilean community), this paper analyzes how the discourse on crisis and its development contribute to the support of differing opinions among the citizenry, by constructing imaginary borders and conforming representations of the other. The reception of this discourse, from a video with fragments from a local television program from the Chilean community, answered the following questions: Which representations from the Caletense society are shared by Chileans when decoding these messages? How is the cultural heterogeneity of Caleta Olivia narrated? exactly how are these television discourses appropriated in order to sustain and challenge the national and regional identities, re-elaborating in this manner their own chilean identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Province of Mendoza has the largest irrigated area in Argentina with a vast irrigation and drainage infrastructure in the oases of its main five rivers. Soils are alluvial and their profiles reveal alternate layers of different textures, and very thin -almost impervious- strata prevent free drainage of irrigation water. This dynamic situation is more evident as the river slope diminishes in the lower sectors of the basin. Water accumulation raises water table level practically up to soil surface, which increases soil salinization. The command area of the Mendoza River, with mean water salinity values of less than 1 dS.m-1 at its point of diversion to the irrigation system, is one of the most intensely exploited areas in the country and has two sectors with very high water tables (our study areas): a central area known as spring water area AS, and another area identified as the Lavalle Area AL. At AS there are 98 observation wells to determine depths, flow direction, and phreatic water quality. The AL has 100 observation wells distributed in three subareas corresponding to three drainage collectors: Tres de Mayo-Jocolí TMJ, Villa Lavalle VL, and Costa de Araujo-Gustavo André CG. This paper presents the results of a phreatic water salinity assessment, which are expressed as total salinity at 25 °C (EC) for both study areas. Samples were drawn in 2002 and 2004. Results obtained show that, at the two sampling moments, the median is smaller than the corresponding mean, which is indicative of positive asymmetry in the distributions; median values were 6180 µS cm-1 (2002) and 6195 µS cm-1 (2004). There were also changes in distribution between the sampling moments and between the areas. In 2004 extreme upper values were much higher than in 2002; and in the VL area relative frequencies were more uniform while EC increments were greater. It was also observed that the AS area had the lowest EC values at both sampling moments, although it was also the area with more outliers; that there have been no significant (α = 0.05) changes in EC in the TMJ, CG and AS areas in two years but that there has been a substantial rise in EC in VL. Refined data were used to draw isolines for various intervals of the variable under analysis (EC), and they show the sectors affected by different phreatic salinity intervals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the link between two tendencies of the right-conservatives and nationalists—during a key juncture of Argentinean history: the crisis of 1930. Through the analysis of the case of the conservative newspaper La Fronda, and the nationalist Liga Republicana (Republican League), it assesses the factors leading to that alliance's founding and later dissolution. In that ambiguous society, there were decisive strategic considerations in front of the common enemy (the Radical government), but ideological convergences in both directions were central too: initially, the importance of the liberal tradition, and later the increasing influence of nationalist ideas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the last quarter of the 20th century intense changes took place in the macroeconomic conditions of Argentina. These transformations, based on the application of an economic policy contrary to the tenets of the welfare state and on a reshaping of the roles of the state, the market and society as a whole, deeply hindered the development of the local production. This article describes the main traits of Argentine economic policy between 1975 and 2005 and its impact on the dairy industry in the country as a whole and in La Pampa in particular taking into consideration a wide variety of sources which include not only statistical data and official information but also academic papers and reports published in national and local newspapers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper aims to look into the current situation of the constitutionality control in the Republic of Argentina. It is for that purpose that classic hermeneutic canons on the subject are reviewed, so as to reflect on the changes that have taken place in these positions as from the end of the last century and beginning of the 21st century. In the last few years, the criteria that consider the Argentinean Supreme Court a constitutional court without there being a specific amendment have become stronger, co-existing with the traditional diffuse system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I propose to analyse the particular features of a society dominated by the landowner power of agrarian, regional, proprietary and mercantile base, in Argentina which was characterized, during the nineteenth century, by the process of territorial and productive expansion of the border, the transfer of public land to private hands, the incorporation of this lands into the productive process and the formation of estancias. The landowners (merchants, politics, hacendados and militaries) became the new hegemonic group, which has his center of expansion entrepreneur in the estate-large property. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Fusarium spp. and Phomopsis spp. are frequently transmitted by soybean seed. In this paper, we describe the combined effect of these pathogens on sped samples in the central region of the Humid Plain, Argentina. Severity of lesions induced on emerging seedlings in sand was analyzed as well as the rate of colonization of cotyledons and embryos. Fusarium spp. as well as Phomopsis spp. affected negatively the emergency of healthy seedlings with an increase of abnormal plants and seeds killed. Both pathogens were located mainly in the seed coat, with limited deeper penetration. it is concluded that the, damage caused by both fungi affects quality and seedling emergence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper consists in the hydrogeological study of a region of about 20.000 Km2 in the middle west of the province of La Pampa in the Argentine Republic, between parallels 36° and 37° 45', S latitude, and meridians 66° and 67° 30' W (approximately the "Atuel" river cliffs). Cattle breeding is the major activity of the region, limited by water availability. The region is crossed diagonally by the "Chadileuvú or Salado" river and its affluent "La Barda" stream. The water regime of both rivers is determined by consumption in the upper parts of the basin that turned, with the passing of years, from an original simple snow regime into an antropic one. Their water volume and salt content are variable. Both streams are of effluent nature, except for La Barda, which sometimes presents a reverse regime. The weather of the region is dry; its mean rainfall is about 350 mm/year. Approximately 50% of its surface is covered by eolic sand, without soil profile, and therefore it has a low retention capacity. In that way, effective infiltration is possible. It has been inferred, from standardized water balances containing available climatic information, that when rainfall is near the historical average, recharge is negligible, but it is significant when rain is over. To this direct recharge, indirect recharge is added in some areas, generated by runoff from outcrops of hydrological basement, as much as, from the high slopes in the far west of the region. Regarding underground water resources, the probable presence of deep confined aquifers is analyzed first, and then, in particular, that of the phreatic ones. Chemical composition presents a wide range of variability, derived from the different formations on which they are contained. On the other hand, it is very interesting to notice, the close correlation between geomorphologic environment and chemical nature of phreatic waters, what together with the flow pattern, makes it possible to determine five hidrogeological environments with common characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This is the first complete, floristic analysis of the Asteraceae family from an extense, endangered, subtropical area of Argentina, covered by the Misiones Province. This study reports 88 genera, 345 species and 16 infraspecific taxa of Asteraceae from the two phytogeographic units of Misiones Province: "Selvas Mixtas" District, and "de los Campos" District. Nine species are recorded for first time, and 23 are included as probable records for this area. This paper includes keys for tribes, genera, species and infraspecific taxa, as well as a short discussion about distribution of tribes, genera and habits in relation to political departments or phytogeographic districts. Habit, status, distribution, habitat, vernacular names, uses, and vouchers are given for every taxon. Thirty two taxa are illustrated for the first time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we consider different perspectives on Chilean and Argentinean Judaism, related to four main traits: a) the organization of Jewish and secular identities, with progressive and liberal components, although religion is not the central identity element; b) the consolidation of a religious orthodox space; c) the formation of new Jewish identities, that are not integrated into the structures of institutional Jewish communities; e) the emergence of some dissidence in Chilean and Argentinean Judaism, as part and parcel of a reaction to the official discourse about the Arab-Israeli Conflict. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is about the access to education and information available for the prisoners of the Argentine penitentiary system. We discuss the meaning that prisoners give to education in the particular context of a jail and how these resources are used by the prisoners in their precarious life there. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Argentinean mathematical research covered by MathSci database for the period 2000-2005 is analyzed. During those years, the mathematical scientific production showed a growing rate of 10%. Quantum theory, Partial differential equations, and Relativity and gravitational theory are the three subject areas with more Argentinean mathematical contribution followed by Associative rings and algebra, and Statistical mechanics, structure of matter. The University of Buenos Aires was the leading institution in the number of published papers (35%) and it presented the greatest productive diversity. About 89% of the articles have appeared in 406 journals and almost 46 titles concentrated 50% of the documents. Thirty six per cent of the production was performed in conjunction with foreign colleagues. United States and Spain were the most important collaborating nations. The international collaboration rate showed an increasu from 30 to 42%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper focuses on the kinesiology users' perceptions among middle class individuals of the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires city, linking these perceptions with the view of the alternative medicines offer, especially the options that include corporal-work techniques. The article mainly explores the individuals' ways of healing of whom have selected the option of alternative therapies, which are the most of the cases recorded during the field-work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Great American Chaco, a vast region having an apparent ecological unit, is immersed in a severe degradation process of its natural resources and biodiversity that includes and land use change, deforestation and desertification. It is the objective of this paper to estimate diversity indexes and analyze the ecological situation of seven demonstration units operated under PIARFON, Semiarid Chaco, Argentina Project. It is a continuation of the project PICTO Biodiversity in natural environments of the Argentinian Chaco. A research was done in the following locations: Quebracho Park, Santos Lugares, Buen Lugar, Maravilla, Ahí Veremos in the Alberdi Department; Tala Atun and Quimilioj in Garza, all in the Province of Santiago del Estero and Miramar-Bermejito, General Güemes Department in the Province of Chaco. The closure zone with plots devoted to the study of woody vegetation was established in a selected 5-hectare forest area. Diversity study was performed on 4m x 25m lots included among those of the Forest Inventory (1.000 m²). Species, number of individuals, and stratum they belong to were determined on each plot. In addition a species list was generated including the values of relative abundance, species frequency and richness (Margalef index), Simpson's dominance indexes and Shannon-Wiener equity indexes were elaborated. Ecological considerations on the basis of the obtained results are made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the province of Jujuy, located on the northern border of Argentina and Bolivia, the widespread image of the "Bolivian pregnant woman who crosses the border to give birth on the Argentine side" orders a great deal of the perceptions, views and ideals of many Argentineans. Themes relating to material resources, to rights of citizenship and to meanings and feelings of belonging appear in stories and statements that reject and condemn these women. How are we to interpret the reactions that these women's actions provoke? What fears and anxieties are provoked by such border crossing? This paper shows that Bolivian women who cross the border are seen as a societal disturbance, and embody a double threat to "integrity": to social integrity, understood as a system of regulated inequality, and to national/racial integrity, understood as a holistic ethnic community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on long-term collaborative ethnographic fieldwork in a shantytown called Flammable located in Argentina, this paper examines residents' perceptions of their highly polluted surroundings. Using a case study to explore the relationship between objective space and subjective representations (habitat and habitus), the paper: a) describes the widespread confusion that dominates shantytown dwellers' views of contamination, and b) argues that this confusion translates into self-doubts, division, stigma, and a continual waiting time. The paper ends with an empirically-grounded speculation regarding the sources of toxic uncertainty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper deals with the current proposals about ethical education in psychology undergraduate programs within Mercosur regional context, particularly in Argentina. The organisation processes carried out by the psychology professional community of Mercosur is analyzed. As a consequence of it, the Psychologists' Committee of Mercosur and Associated Countries was founded with the main objective of establishing common standards for psychology undergraduate education and the ethical framework for the regulation of the profession. With respect to Argentina, the processes generated by the psychology academic community are analyzed. With the creation of the Association of Psychology Academic Units and the cooperation of the Federation of Argentinean Psychologists (Fe-PRA), the psychological community has put forward a threefold proposal: i) Activities related to the Professional Degree, ii) the Direct Risk involved in an unethical practice, and iii) the Curricular Contents that should be taught at university. Ethical and deontological contents are included in all the mentioned activities. Finally, it is worth noting the importance of the developments related to professional ethics and deontology taking place in Mercosur context as well as in Argentina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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For about a decade Argentina has witnessed the emergence of a new musical phenomenon: cumbia villera, characterized by an irresistible rhythm and controversial lyrics. The present work investigates cumbia villera as a cultural practice. A discursive, territorialized symbolic manifestation of the marginal urban life struggle and response to neoliberal policies in Latin America. This paper assesses this cultural practice as a socio-political drama where identity is constructed from the margins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper studies the impact of the economic reform process on Argentina's economic growth, especially in a period related to the national development model. The long-term effects are reviewed using co-integration analysis, while the short-term effects are studied by employing an error-correction model, which is also used to explore the impact of technological improvement on growth. The econometric analysis presented involves the strictest empirical and methodological rigor, thus ensuring the robustness of the study carried out. The main findings will indicate a negative effect from the evolution of Argentina's economic reforms to potential growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article studies the gender pattern of Peruvian migration to Spain and Argentina. The author compares the different contexts that migrants face in both countries and the possibilities that are offered to migrant women in terms of jobs and social mobility. The author also analyzes how these opportunities are reflected in the expectations of Peruvian women to support their families in Peru and to be able to bring them to Spain and Argentina in the long run. Additionally, she explores how migrants design strategies to achieve these expectations through a mind-set (imaginario) where migration is represented as a global hierarchical network and migration targets. The questions underlying this research include the following: who are the women that migrate to these two countries? What type of social network do they use to migrate and how do they migrate? Which are the strategies they develop to support themselves and insert themselves in the labor market of Spain and Argentina? Which are the similarities and the differences observed between Peruvian migration to Spain and Argentina, and which are the economic and social opportunities they encounter as migrants? The data on which this paper is based -the migration experiences of three Peruvian women in each country- was gathered through field work which was carried out in Spain, in 1997, and in Argentina, in 2000. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The current paper presents the results of an ongoing research project which focuses on the detection of epistemological obstacles and good classroom practices in current Argentinean high school literature classrooms. The analysis of results recuperates a synthesis of previous research works which allow us to frame the problem in its sociocultural context, taking into account a number of complex factors that tie up and become part of this state of affairs. Among these factors, we highlight the disorientation resulting from the educational reform of the 1990's, along with a lack of a planned revision of the teacher training process which followed different orientations in different institutions and regions in our country. In the light of this situation we make a series of proposals in a disciplinary border zone, with the aim of promoting the appropriation of knowledge which may foster the relocation of the teacher as the author of the syllabus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]