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Costs and benefits of debt and debt service reduction
No full textThe author evaluates the costs and benefits of debt and debt service reduction (DDSR) from the point of view of five countries that have concluded Brady deals: Costa Rica, Mexico, the Philippines, Uruguay, and Venezuela. He concludes that, contrary to widely held views, commercial banks have probably benefited from the operations. Commercial bank participation in DDSR is voluntary, so direct financial savings to the country are probably negative at present values. The benefit from DDSR is not that debt is bought at"bargain prices"at the expense of commercial banks. It appears difficult to justify a DDSR operation on purely financial grounds. A more realistic way to look at a DDSR operation is to view it as a"project"that involves a certain financial cost. The return on such a project is how the DDSR operation improves the macroeconomy, or contributes to development. The main purpose of DDSR is to establish a more efficient arrangement between debtor countries and commercial banks, leading to improved conditions for development. A DDSR operation that does not help development is costly and should not be undertaken. The impact of DDSR on development is usually measured by the increase in the growth rate of GDP, but it is too soon to measure that for these five countries. A suitable alternative is to look at the change in investment patterns. A strong policy framework is needed if debt and debt service reduction are to significantly improve development. In Mexico and, to a lesser extent, Venezuela, improved and sustained strong adjustment policies have generated the greatest development benefits. Gains have been less in smaller countries where policies were not as supportive. The author concludes that for a country to benefit from DDSR, it needs significant indirect benefits (such as increased domestic and foreign savings). Direct benefits are likely to be negative because of the commercial banks'financial gains and because DDSR operations are frontloaded. DDSR operations cannot be justified solely by direct benefits and savings in cash flow.Strategic Debt Management,Banks&Banking Reform,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Financial Intermediation
Correction to: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in Child and Adolescent Psychology: a Narrative Review (Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, (2021), 8, 3, (95-109), 10.1007/s40501-021-00244-0)
No full textThe original publication of this article contained mistakes and the author would like to correct them. There is an error in the affiliation of author Isabel Fernandez. Isabel Fernandez is not affiliated to Catholic University. She is only affiliated to “Centro di Ricerca e Studi in Psicotraumatologia (C.R.S.P.), Milan, Italy.” The original article has been corrected
Youthhood
No full textTESTING-GROUND issue 03, Youthhood, examines worlds through youthful eyes, makes evident young ambitions, and questions how we can better empower young people to design cities, landscapes, and a planet that works for them. The issue includes contributions from: Carmel Keren, Jude Daniel Smith, Claire Edwards, Kazeem Kuteyi, Emmanuel Adarkwah, Reza Nik, Dan Cui, Kristofer Cullum-Fernandez, Fida Sassi, Simeon Shtebunaev, Daze Aghaji, Averill Dimabuyu, Sarri Elfaitouri, Rebecca McDonald-Balfour, and Ed Wall.
Rebecca McDonald-Balfour (Author), Jude Daniel Smith (Author), Daze Aghaji (Author), Carmel Keran (Author), Alexis Liu (Author), Dan Cui (Author), Kristofer Cullum-Fernandez (Author), Fida Sassi (Author), Averill Dimabuyu (Author), Ed
Recollections of endearment
No full textI am interested in exploring this space of memory through the process of painting and installation. My memory of growing up with the Mexican culture is the lens I use to approach my body of work. I am seeking to create an experiential space through the artwork that has the potential to visually transcend language, culture, and religion. The cultural and religious elements from private and public memorials, shrines, and altars are incorporated into the work. I fuse my interests in the visual exploration with the subjective space of memory, culture and influences from contemporary art. Also, I have used the persuasion of contemporary artists such as Jacqueline Humphries, Charline Von Heyl, Beatriz Milhazes, and Pepon Osorio as an underlying inspiration for much of my work.M.F.A.Includes summaryIncludes bibliographical references (p. 25-26)by Leticia Fernandez Luevano
Título: Da creaçao et composiçao do homem
No full textCopia digital : Google BooksMención de edición precede a "e hum prologo em que conta a vida do author"Sign.: [calderón]\p4\s, 2[calderón]\p8\s, a-e\p8\s, 2a-2e\p8\s, 2f\p2\s, [ ]\p1\s, A\p7\s, B-D\p8\s, E\p4\sPortada con escudo xilográficoCada una de las dos comedias con portada propia, Em Lisboa: Impressa com todas as licenças necessarias por Vicente Aluarez, 1615Los cantos "Da creaçao et composiçao do homem" con portada propia, Em Lisboa: por Pedro Crasbeeck, 1615Port. con esc. xilCada una de las dos comedias con port. propia, Em Lisboa: Impressa com todas as licenças necessarias por Vicente Aluarez, 1615Los cantos "Da creaçao et composiçao do homem" con port. propia, Em Lisboa: por Pedro Crasbeeck, 1615Contiene con portada y paginación propias: Comedia does enfatrioens ; Comedia de Filodemo ; Los cantos "Da creaçao et composiçao do home
L’ÉCRITURE DE L’ITALIE CHEZ DOMINIQUE FERNANDEZ : SACRALISATION D’UN ESPACE PROFANE
No full textItaly in the Writings of Dominique Fernandez: The Sacralization of a Profane Space. For Dominique Fernandez, writing about Italy is associated with a quest for original androgyny. The Italian space supports a return to a primitive existence. Synonymous with freedom and sexual undifferentiation, it allows us to find prelapsarian paradise, where the boundaries between the sexes did not exist. Mircea Eliade’s works follow the same logic. Indeed, the author studies the nostalgia for the origins which incites man to discover the mythical primordial era sanctified by the gods. Hence, this article blends the historical-religious endeavor with the literary approach which, though unable to go back in time, keeps repeating it indefinitely, thanks to the demiurgic power of the writer.
REZUMAT. Italia în scrierile lui Dominique Fernandez: sacralizarea unui spațiu profan. În scrierile lui Dominique Fernandez, Italia este indisociabilă de căutarea androginiei originare. Spațiul italian favorizează, după el, întoarcerea la starea primitivă a existenței. Sinonim al libertății și al nediferențierii sexuale, el permite regăsirea paradisului pierdut dinaintea căderii în păcat, în care limitele între sexe nu există încă. Operele lui Mircea Eliade se înscriu în această logică. Scriitorul studiază « nostalgia originilor » care hrănește, la ființa umană, aspirația de a regăsi timpul mitic și primordial sacralizat de zei. Acest articol împletește un demers istorico-religios cu unul literar, care din cauză că nu poate reveni în timp, încearcă la infinit să-l repete grație puterii demiurgice a scriitorului.
Cuvinte-cheie: Italia, spațiu sacru, spațiu profan, paradis pierdut, scriitur
Regenerating Nerve Fiber Innervation of Extraocular Muscles and Motor Functional Changes Following Oculomotor Nerve Injuries at Different Sites
No full textTitle: Regenerating nerve fiber innervation of extraocular muscles and motor functional changes following oculomotor nerve injuries at different sites
Author(s): Zhang Wenchuan; Visocchi Massimiliano; Fernandez Eduardo
NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH Volume: 6 Issue: 26 Pages: 2032-2036 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2011.26.006 Published: SEP 15 2011
In the present study, the oculomotor nerves were sectioned at the proximal (subtentorial) and distal (superior orbital fissure) ends and repaired. After 24 weeks, vestibulo-ocular reflex evaluation confirmed that the regenerating nerve fibers following oculomotor nerve injury in the superior orbital fissure had a high level of specificity for innervating extraocular muscles. The level of functional recovery of extraocular muscles in rats in the superior orbital fissure injury group was remarkably superior over that in rats undergoing oculomotor nerve injuries at the proximal end (subtentorium). Horseradish peroxidase retrograde tracing through the right superior rectus muscle showed that the distribution of neurons in the nucleus of the oculomotor nerve was directly associated with the injury site, and that crude fibers were badly damaged. The closer the site of injury of the oculomotor nerve was to the extraocular muscle, the better the recovery of neurological function was. The mechanism may be associated with the aberrant number of regenerated nerve fibers passing through the injury site
International Immigration ： A Reply to Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez and Julie Kirsch
No full textAmong the various issues in Global Justice that I address in Morality and Global Justice: Justifications and Applications (2011-a), international immigration is one of the most important. Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez and Julie Kirsch have written sensitive queries about my position that I will address in order .Author Meets the Critics:
Michael Boylan’s Morality and Global Justice
Introductory Note
The following exchange occurred at 21st Annual meeting of the
Association for Professional and Practical Ethics held on March 1-4,
2012, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The session was an author meets critics
session on Boylan's 2011 book published by Westview Press, Boulder,
Colorado. The topic of the discussion is a controversial treatment of
immigration by Boylan in his chapter on immigration.
The critics were: Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez and Julie E. Kirsch, who
provide critical assessments of Boylan’s claims. Boylan then offers a
reply to their arguments
Ruptura prematura de membranas en gestación de 30 semanas
No full textObjetivo: Analizar el diagnóstico, analizar el manejo de la patología que presentó la
gestante, identificar los diferentes factores de riesgo de la gestante relacionado a la ruptura
prematura de membranas, con la finalidad de brindar nuevos aportes científicos.
Metodología: Es un estudio descriptivo, observacional, documental, se elaboró una historia
clínica de una gestante con el diagnóstico de ruptura prematura de membranas, atendida en
el mes de Setiembre en un Hospital Nivel III. Resultados : Caso clínico de una gestante que
refiere que en fecha 03/09/24 a las 6.45 de la mañana en camino a su trabajo percibe la
pérdida de líquido amniótico que moja hasta sus pies, la gestante acude a un hospital nivel
II donde es diagnosticada con: Gestación de 30 semanas y 01 día, ruptura prematura de
membranas, feto único vivo, primigesta nulípara, en la misma entidad se brinda indicaciones
de control obstétrico y se solicita exámenes de laboratorio, en medicación se administró
cloruro de sodio 0.9% 500 cc a goteo rápido luego 45 gotas, se administra dexametasona
6mg VIM STAT, nifedipino10 mg VO STAT, Cefazolina 1 gr VEV STAT, se decide
realizar referencia a gestante por motivo de capacidad resolutiva de la entidad por lo cual
es referida a un Hospital nivel III, donde se confirma diagnóstico y es hospitalizada.
Conclusiones: Del análisis sobre el diagnóstico hecho de la entidad clínica se concluye que
fue oportuno porque se realizó una anamnesis, examen físico y exámenes auxiliares que
corroboraron el diagnóstico oportunamente, los cuales fueron basados en las guías de
práctica clínica y de procedimientos en Obstetricia y Perinatología 2023. Del análisis sobre
el manejo del cuadro clínico de ruptura prematura de membranas se concluye que fue
correcto, en este cuadro clínico se siguió una conducta expectante y de monitoreo constante,
al no encontrarse signos de severidad y al tener los exámenes de laboratorio que lo
demuestran se procedió a continuar con la gestación en la cual se aplicó el manejo de ruptura
prematura de membranas, basado en las guías de práctica clínica y de procedimientos en
Obstetricia y Perinatología 2023. Del análisis de los factores de riesgo se encuentra un factor
de riesgo asociado, que es la hiper-contrabilidad uterina que es probable que haya
desencadenado la Ruptura Prematura de Membrana
Guimarães Rosa é uma pérola perfeita: carta ao doutor Dominique Fernandez
No full textA travel report, the book O ouro dos Trópicos: Passeios pelo Portugal e o Brasil Barrocos, by Dominique Fernandez, aims to be a literary critique too. Although the author thinks that Grande Sertão: Veredas, by Guimarães Rosa, is one of the best works of the Brazilian literature, he regrets, and tries to explain what he calls “an artificial ending”: the Brazilian novelist denies the homosexual nature of Riobaldoʼs love by revealing that his Diadorim was a woman. This essay, whose introduction assumes the form of a letter to that French author, bets on the idea that Riobaldoʼs trajectory is not based upon certainty. Notwithstanding any Cartesians inferences, Brazil is, in fact, baroque and Guimarães Rosaʼs narrative is a perfect pearl.Relato de viagem, o livro O ouro dos Trópicos: Passeios pelo Portugal e o Brasil Barroco, de Dominique Fernandez, aventura-se também pelas searas da crítica literária. Embora considere Grande Sertão: Veredas, de Guimarães Rosa, a obra máxima da literatura brasileira, Fernandez lamenta e tenta interpretar o que chama de “desfecho artificial” do romancista brasileiro, que revela Diadorim como mulher, descaracterizando, assim, o cunho homossexual da paixão de Riobaldo. Este ensaio, cuja introdução toma a forma de uma carta ao autor francês, aposta na idéia de que a trajetória de Riobaldo não se funda em certezas. Para além das ilações cartesianas, de fato, o Brasil é barroco e a narrativa de Guimarães Rosa é uma pérola perfeita
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