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Business cycles with pricing cascades
No full textBusiness cycles with pronounced inflation can have sectoral origins and often feature a growing share of price-adjusting firms. Rationalizing such phenomena requires enhancing our modeling toolkit. We do that by building a non-linear equilibrium multi-sector framework featuring a general input-output network and optimal decisions on the timing and size of price adjustments. The interaction of our ingredients creates equilibrium cascades: large movements in aggregates trigger price adjustment decisions on the extensive margin. Following demand shocks, such as monetary interventions, networks dampen cascades, thus slowing down price adjustment decisions and giving central banks substantial power to stimulate the real economy with limited inflationary consequences. In contrast, under supply shocks, networks amplify cascades, leading to fast increases in the frequency of repricing and large inflationary swings. Applied to Euro Area data, the interaction of networks with cascades allows to quantitatively match the surges in inflation and repricing frequency in the post-Covid era
L’economia i el benestar dels ciutadans
No full textAquest document conté l’entrevista que dona peu al col·loqui mantingut amb l’economista, metge i advocat Josep Marqués Baró, a l’acte celebrat al Casino de Granollers el 27 de Gener del 2025 sota el títol de: L’economia i el benestar dels ciutadans
PET in preclinical AD: image harmonization, characterization of the centiloid metric of Aβ load and associations with tau fluid biomarkers
No full textThis thesis explores technical factors influencing brain PET quantification, developing brain PET harmonization framework, assessing Centiloid robustness as a clinical biomarker, and evaluating the associations between fluid biomarkers and amyloid and tau PET imaging in the early stage of preclinical AD.
Findings support prospective and retrospective harmonization using the developed framework, soon to be EARL accreditation's new harmonization criteria for brain PET imaging. Centiloid metric showed to be a robust metric, that can be used as a reliable biomarker. Additionally, promising results from CSF and blood biomarker studies, notably new blood biomarkers (blood ptau231 and ptau217), revealed their predictive abilities of for amyloid progression and moderate correlations with tau PET signals. This underscores their potential as valuable tools for cohort enrichment and recruitment of clinical trials.
The thesis's outcomes contribute to the EARL accreditation program's first brain PET harmonization guideline, EMA approval for Centiloid use in clinical routine studies, and improving the understanding of new blood biomarkers and their application in preclinical AD.Esta tesis explora los factores técnicos que influyen en la cuantificación de la PET cerebral, desarrollando un marco de armonización para la PET cerebral, evaluando la robustez del Centiloide como biomarcador clínico y analizando las asociaciones entre biomarcadores en fluidos e imágenes de PET de amiloide y tau en las etapas tempranas de la enfermedad de Alzheimer preclínica.
Los hallazgos respaldan la armonización prospectiva y retrospectiva mediante el marco desarrollado, que pronto será el nuevo criterio de armonización para el PET cerebral según la acreditación EARL. La escala Centiloide ha demostrado ser una métrica sólida y confiable como biomarcador. Además, resultados prometedores de estudios con biomarcadores de líquido cefalorraquídeo y sangre, especialmente con los nuevos biomarcadores sanguíneos (ptau231 y ptau217), han revelado sus habilidades predictivas para la progresión de la amiloidosis y correlaciones moderadas con señales de PET de tau. Este hecho enfatiza su potencial como herramientas valiosas para la selección y reclutamiento de cohortes en ensayos clínicos.
Los resultados de la tesis contribuyen a la primera guía de armonización de PET cerebral del programa de acreditación EARL, la aprobación de la EMA para el uso de Centiloides en estudios clínicos de rutina, y al avance en la comprensión de nuevos biomarcadores sanguíneos y su aplicación en la enfermedad de Alzheimer preclínica.Programa de Doctorat en Biomedicin
Traducir sonrisas: el desafío de la traducción del humor en cómics
No full textTutor: Guilhem Naro
Treball de fi de grau en Traducció i InterpretacióLa traducción de cómics y particularmente, la traducción del humor en este tipo de textos es un campo fascinante dentro de los estudios traductológicos debido a las infinitas posibilidades didácticas que ofrece. A pesar de que la mezcla entre elementos lingüísticos, culturales y visuales justifica su estudio y su práctica, a menudo este campo queda en un segundo plano y no se le presta la suficiente atención. Por eso, con este trabajo se pretende dar a conocer las dificultades que supone traducir un texto de estas características, especialmente en lo que respecta a traducir el humor entre lenguas y culturas diferentes. A partir de un enfoque teórico sobre el humor, sus tipologías y las estrategias traductológicas que se aplican al cómic, se lleva a cabo la traducción al francés de unos fragmentos de un cómic emblemático de nuestro país. El análisis de la práctica realizada permite resaltar las variaciones culturales que limitan la recepción del humor en públicos diferentes y las decisiones que debe tomar el traductor para conservar la intención cómica del original.
Finalmente, se concluye que la tarea del traductor no es únicamente trasladar un texto de una lengua a otra, sino que, en ocasiones, también implica una adaptación cultural y creativa del texto original.La traducció de còmics i, en particular, la traducció de l’humor en aquest tipus de textos és un camp fascinant dins dels estudis traductològics a causa de les infinites possibilitats didàctiques que ofereix. Malgrat que la barreja entre elements lingüístics, culturals i visuals en justifica l’estudi i la pràctica, sovint, aquest camp queda en un segon pla i no es para la suficient atenció. Per aquest motiu, amb aquest treball es pretén donar a conèixer les dificultats que suposa traduir un text d’aquestes característiques, especialment en el que respecta a traduir l’humor entre llengües i cultures diferents. A partir d’un enfocament teòric
sobre l’humor, les seves tipologies i les estratègies traductològiques que s’apliquen al còmic, es duu a terme la traducció al francès d’uns fragments d’un còmic emblemàtic del nostre país.
L’anàlisi de la pràctica realitzada permet destacar les variacions culturals que limiten la recepció de l’humor en públic diferents i les decisions que ha de prendre el traductor per conservar la intenció còmica de l’original. Finalment, es conclou que la tasca del traductor no és únicament traslladar un text d’una llengua a una altra, sinó que, en alguns casos, també implica una adaptació cultural i creativa del text original.The translation of comics and, in particular, the translation of humour in this type of text is a fascinating field within translation studies due to the infinite didactic possibilities it offers. Although the mixture of linguistic, cultural and visual elements justifies its study and practice, this field often remains in the background and is not given enough attention. For this reason, the aim of this work is to raise awareness of the difficulties involved in translating a text of these characteristics, especially with regard to translating humour between different languages and cultures. On the basis of a theoretical approach to humour, its typologies, and the translation strategies applied to comics, the translation into French of some fragments of an emblematic comic from our country is carried out. The analysis of the practice carried out makes it possible to highlight the cultural variations that limit the reception of humour by different audiences and the choices that the translator must make in order to preserve the
original comic intention. Finally, it is concluded that the translator’s task is not only to transfer a text from one language to another, but sometimes also involves a cultural and creative adaptation of the original
Bullying in Spanish high schools: intersection of gender and immigrant background
No full textBased on the data from PISA 2018, the study investigates the relationship between gender and immigration status on exposure and attitudes towards bullying and students' perception of teachers' intercultural attitudes in Spanish high schools. While boys and first-generation immigrants experience significantly more bullying, girls and students without immigration background showed overall stronger negative attitudes towards bullying. Finally, boys and children with an immigration background perceived higher degrees of teachers' cultural biases. These findings provide new insights into the importance of addressing gender and ethnic biases in anti-bullying programmes
Socioecological correlates of parental lifestyle patterns during the antenatal period
No full textBackground: This study aimed to explore socioecological correlates of parental lifestyle patterns during pregnancy, an overlooked topic except for individual socioeconomic factors. Methods: We used data from three European mother-offspring cohorts participating in the EndObesity Consortium [EDEN, France, n = 1,962; Generation R, the Netherlands, n = 8,765; and Lifeways, Ireland, n = 932]. In previous principal component analysis, we identified two separate parental lifestyle patterns in pregnancy, characterised by: 1) "high parental smoking, poor-quality maternal diet, and low physical activity"; and 2) "low parental body mass index (BMI) and high gestational weight gain (GWG)". Applying the socioecological model, we conducted multivariable linear regression analyses on lifestyle pattern scores (outcomes), first including parental socioeconomic and sociodemographic characteristics (block 1), then the urban environment (block 2), and finally psychosocial factors and health-care access (block 3). Results: Older parents, those born abroad, or with high SEP had lower scores for the first lifestyle pattern. Conversely, multiparous mothers, those with suboptimal health insurance coverage, or who did not attend parenting preparation sessions followed that pattern more closely. Multiparous mothers, parents with a low SEP, or living in highly deprived areas had lower scores on the second pattern, contrary to those exposed to high population density or living in a neighbourhood with high facility richness. Conclusions: Higher SEP, a foreign birthplace, wealthier neighbourhoods, and attendance at antenatal parenting preparation sessions were associated with healthier parental lifestyles during pregnancy. These potential facilitators should be considered for inclusion in tailored family-based health promotion interventions during the perinatal period.Entire consortium: The authors acknowledge all investigators working on the EndObesity Project and are grateful to all the families in the participating cohorts. We used variables that were harmonised and generated in the framework of the H2020 LifeCycle project. The LifeCycle project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No. 733206 LifeCycle).
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the ERA-NET Cofund action (N° 727565), European Joint Programming Initiative “A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life” (JPI HDHL, EndObesity)
Inhospitalidad, colonialismo y género en Over the Pyrenees into Spain de Mary Eyre
No full textThis article analyses the representation of Spain as an inhospitable country in Mary Eyre's Over the Pyrenees into Spain, a bitter narrative of the solitary journey that this neglected Victorian writer pursued across parts of the Peninsula during the summer of 1865. Drawing on diverse approaches to hospitality and inhospitality, I will argue that Eyre chose to purposely build a negative image of Spain by blending the two main ideologies that, according to Sara Mills, influenced Victorian women's travel books, namely,
the discourse of colonialism and the discourse of gender. Eyre, who during her journey was harassed and insulted by her triple status of woman, foreigner and solo traveller, used her narrative to ultimately take revenge and describe the country in a way no other Victorian travellers had done before
Integrating historical cartography, written accounts and satellite images for the reconstruction of past landscapes: the case of Madayi (Kerala, India)
No full textComunicació presentada a 1st TIR-FOR Symposium: from territory studies to digital cartography, celebrat de manera virtual els dies 26 i 27 d’octubre de 2020.The coastline of southern India has historically been a central node within an important commercial network that brought the West (and the Mediterranean) into contact with the Far East. After the fall of the Roman Empire, other commercial actors came into play and Arab and Jewish merchants began to travel the ‘Western’ routes, as attested by written sources at least starting from the 9th century AD. In this context, archaeological surveys conducted in Madayipara (Kannur District, Kerala) have unearthed evidence of a complex network of settlements in the delta of the Kuppam River in Taliparamba which has almost disappeared today. The natural landscape has also changed over time, as the coastline slowly advanced and rivers changed their courses as well as their function. Traces of this hub or entrepôt can be found in the rich body of historical sources and cartography of the region, which suggests the presence of lively ports often associated with Jewish and Muslim communities, as well as in later maps drawn by European explorers. The historical sources, together with satellite imagery and results from archaeological surveys, can help us reconstruct a complex settlement pattern, fully embedded within the trade networks of the medieval Indian Ocean
El cas dels germans Menéndez i els límits a la legítima defensa: anàlisi jurídica comparada entre els Estats Units i Espanya
No full textTreball de Fi de Grau en Dret. Curs 2024-2025Tutor: Jesús María Silva SánchezAquest treball pren com a referència el cas dels germans Menéndez, condemnats per l'assassinat dels seus pares, amb l’objectiu d’analitzar els límits de les causes de justificació des d’una perspectiva comparativa entre els ordenaments jurídics dels Estats Units i Espanya. En especial, es focalitza en la regulació i interpretació de la legítima defensa en ambdós sistemes, considerant-ne les diferències en la seva configuració i aplicació. Partint del context d’abusos físics, psicològics i sexuals reiterats que van patir els autors dels fets, s’explora la plausibilitat d’emmarcar les seves accions dins la doctrina estatunidenca de la imperfect self-defense, que admet una concurrència parcial de la causa de justificació en absència d’alguns dels seus elements essencials, com serien la racionalitat o la immediatesa del perill que motiva l’acció defensiva. En aquest marc, s’estudia com ambdós sistemes jurídics aborden la legítima defensa en situacions sense confrontació directa, i com aquest debat es vincula amb la noció del Battered Woman Syndrome, que introdueix una perspectiva individualitzada sobre la percepció i racionalitat del risc. El treball es clou amb una anàlisi sobre la situació jurídica actual dels condemnats i de les recents perspectives de llibertat