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This paper aims to analyze the meaning of the family in the light of economic thought. It is a complex issue, approached from various areas of knowledge, but essential to clarify conceptual positions and place it as the foundation of society and its interaction within the business environment. This topic has historical-philosophical relevance, since since Aristotle oikos has been understood as a domestic unit, house or family, a place where private interests, government and household administration converge. Originally, it was an unequal, despotic management, which served as the basis for improving citizen life, which, in its trajectory, broadened its understanding to come to think of itself in terms of natural or artificial coexistence. In its evolution, the family has been consolidating as a social organization and from this, to a business organization, where, through the representation of actors, they manage a family business, instilling a series of values, beliefs, but also having implicit dangers, such as nepotism or autocracy. Although the family business model has been extensively worked from administrative positions, it can serve to maintain the family, community and cultural identity, in the face of the advances of Western globalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Successive experiences of relatives of the disappeared in the last military dictatorship in Argentina made me pay attention, in the framework of my previous investigations, about the dead and their relationship with the living. When I arrived in Chile and I realized that several neighbors where I live had intimate experiences with ghosts, I asked myself again about the many situations in which the dead still participate in the daily life of the living. The most obvious differences, between the ghosts in the case of the disappeared and the ghosts of Chicureo, are that in the first case the experiences are from adults and the relationship between the living and the dead are founded exclusively on the basis of violent death of their loved ones. In the cases of the residents of Chicureo, the children communicate with the dead of others, that is, losses that belong to others. The objective of this essay, along with exposing my first approaches to the subject, is to find dialogue's places with social sciences works that put the center of attention on the dead's agency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Oxidative stress has been implicated in the development and progression of vascular calcification (VC). However, this causal association remains a matter of controversy. Objective: To analyze in an experimental model of chronic renal failure (CRF), the effect of oxidative stress on the development and progression of the VC, assessing the implication of microRNA-377 (miR-377). Material and methods: Two groups of Wistar rats with CRF were studied. Group 1 received normal diet in phosphorus (CRF+NP). Group 2 received a high phosphorus (CRF+HP) diet. A group of sham rats was included. After 20 weeks, the rats were sacrificed. Results: Serum phosphorus and parathormone did not increase in the CRF+HP group compared to CRF+NP, but fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) levels significantly increased. In the CRF+NP group, aortic calcium content increased three-fold over the sham group, a 17-fold increase in the CRF+HP group, where the bone mineral density in the proximal tibia decreased significantly. In the IRC+NP group, the expression of miR-377 decreased by 65%, with no additional effect detected of the diet with high phosphorus content. In the IRC+NP group, the protein expression of mitochondrial superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD-2) increased 3-fold, and in the IRC+HP group it increased up to 6-fold. Conclusions: CRF, with or without high phosphorus dietary content, triggered the descent of miR-377. Excess phosphorus increased SOD-2 as a compensatory mechanism to curb oxidative stress and vascular damage. Controlling phosphorus content in the diet when the renal impairment function is compromised will reduce the vascular damage produced due oxidative stress, among other factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objetives: Assess the role of the catalase antioxidant enzyme in the vascular calcification process associated with chronic renal failure (CRF) and its effect on bone mass. Material and methods: Wild type C57/BL6J mice (WT) and transgenic mice (TG) were used, that overexpress the catalase enzyme, to which CRF was induced. Control WT and TG mice were used in simulated intervention. After 16 weeks, the mice were sacrificed, with serum samples taken for biochemical markers as well as residual pieces of kidney, aorta and tibias. An in vitro model of primary culture of smooth vascular muscle cells (SVMC) taken from the WT and TG aorta which underwent eight days of 3 mM phosphorus and 2 mM calcium calcifying medium. Results: A significant increase in Runx2 gene expression, calcium renal deposit and bone structure deterioration at trabecular level was only detected in WT mice with CRF. This was not observed in TG mice with CRF. Only in the case of WT mice SVMC, did added calcification medium raise calcium levels, proteic Runx2 expression and the reactive oxygen species of mitochondria with low catalase enzyme. Conclusions: Calcifying catalase over-expression was observed in both in vivo and in vitro, with in vivo showing that this reduction was accompanied by an improvement in bone parameters under study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article aims to structure and characterize the supply chain of coal in Norte de Santander, identifying the main factors influencing the improvement of it. In this sense, an information search on secondary sources is performed to conceptualize the main contributions and functionality of logistics and supply chain management in the coal sector. With the collected data the different stages and actors involved in the chain of supply of coal are structured and characterized, and the most important strategies to achieve world-class performance in the supply chain are identified. As a result, it is recommended to adopt a supply chain model in the coal sector in Norte de Santander, and also implement strategies related to demand assurance, appropriate infrastructure, modernization of production processes, associativity, legal accompaniment, availability of supplies, long-term partnerships, supply stability, reduced energy costs and environmental sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the 2010 edition of the linguistic rules regarding spelling published in the book "La Ortografía de la Lengua Española," by the Real Academia Española. The author comments on the application of this publication to the entire Spanish-speaking world. Particular focus is given to the section relating to punctuation, including its evolution over the centuries, from the Siglo de Oro (Golden Age) to the present day. Several charts demonstrating the changes over time to the use of the Spanish language are also provided.

In this paper I present a brief historical overview of the studies of intonation which seeks to show the noticeable and persistent ambiguity of the concept. I will focus my attention in the theoretical and analytical model of Cantero Serena (2002). I will also include, in a second part of the paper, a number of objections to this theory: personal reflections that seek to establish a theory of the detached tone of semiology of Saussure and point out some clues that will bring us to achieve complete and complex descriptions of intonation. In the third part of the paper, I offer the melodic profile of speakers from Navarre. The data provided are based on the acoustic analysis of an oral corpus of spontaneous speech, developed ad hoc, whose characteristics are also discussed in the document. The characterization we offer is the result of the implementation of the method of melodic analysis that suggested Francisco José Cantero Serena (1995) and that was implemented by Dolors Font-Rotchés in an investigation about Catalan intonation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the documents of the Spanish Inquisition preserved in the Archivo Histórico Nacional (National Historical Archive) of Spain. The author comments on the documents related to the causa de fe (cause of faith), autos de fe, and alegaciones fiscales (fiscal allegations), which were instances where the Inquisition investigated the religion of suspected non-Christians. He also considers the judicial aspects of the Inquisition, which ruled on both civil and criminal cases, often involving members of its own staff.

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The loss of a loved one in war, as in the extraordinary losses in general, produces a break in the usual ways of facing death. In this article we will see how relatives of fallen in the Malvinas War were adapted to these changes in a creative way, reformulating conventional models to understand them, through a framework of interpretation of losses where the Virgin of Luján, sacred source of legitimation of the dead and the bereaved, becomes the instrument through which occurs the communion of all Argentineans, both living and dead, and strengthening the national identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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El artículo discurre sobre las características melódicas y la entonación del habla de Asturias, una provincia de España. La autora comenta sobre los métodos relacionados con la investigación sobre las características melódicas de los hablantes de Asturias y la entonación utilizada. También se examina el tema desde un nivel prelingüístico así como un nivel paralingüístico.

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Fourteen F2 segregating families, from crosses among Peruvian racial composites of maize with two Andean pools formed with a considerable proportion of Andean germplasm, homocigous for the gene opaque -- 2, were selfcrossed. The ears were harvested and selected for their similarities with the racial composites. Ten ears of each family were evaluated by their morphological characteristics: ear length, ear width, cob diameter, rachis diameter, grain depth, and ear row number. Ten seeds representative of each ear were evaluated for their pericarp, aleurone and endosperm colors. Comparisons of the morphological parameters were done between the segregating families and the Peruvian racial composites. In order to check the presence of the opaque 2 gene that improve the quality protein maize by reducing the levels of zein in the kernel, five grains of each ear were analyzed chemically. A rapid turbidimetric analysis for zein based on Paulis et al. (1974) method was carried out. The opaque variety PMS 267 was used as check. The Andean pools 1 and 2 showed to be good progenitors to incorporate the opaque-2 gene, without modifying the Andean characters of the ears in the offspring population evaluated. In all the racial composites, the opaque-2 gene that increases the quantity of two essential amino acids in the grain was introduced. Neither the grain type nor the color was modified. The method of selection of similar ears to the Peruvian progenitor in the first generations of self crosses is a good method, being faster than the backcross method in order to incorporate this gene and to maintain it in the offspring populations. In that way it is possible to maintain the opaque-2 gene in high frequency in the Peruvian maize diversity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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As stated in the "Dignitas connubii" Instruction, in processes on the nullity of marriage, both legal formalism and an excessive subjectivity of the judges must be avoided or corrected. These warnings contain general principles of Law, but within the Church they are of particular importance. The conventions of Canon Law Process serve both justice and the truth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Play is a process that encourages social interactions. While its rules are discovered, playful activity leads man to understand the characteristics of society, its members and himself as a thinking being. In this context, gamification offers a series of techniques, mechanisms and elements that lead to valuing games as useful instruments for solving complex problems, which encompasses the application of logical-formal thinking and the understanding of the structures of thought, becoming a topic of interest for philosophy and education. As an educational tool, it has had growth and revitalization due to the rise of Information and Communication Technologies, the use of the Internet and the presence of social networks, while at the same time emphasizing autonomous learning, critical thinking and the adaptation of teaching strategies according to the demands of the digital society. Gamifying university academic activities leads to educational innovation, making the use of technologies essential for pedagogical processes, in order to capture the interest of the student, without losing sight of the essential meaning of education, which is the formation of individuals for their insertion in society, with a system of values consistent with solidarity, respect and cooperation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]