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Il reportage alla maniera di Tiziano Terzani: Buonanotte, Signor Lenin e le epifanie dei luoghi
No full textIn this paper, Gloria Politi embarks upon an analysis of Goodnight, Mister Lenin seen
as an interpretation of the genre of reportage in the peculiar way by its author Tiziano
Terzani. In terms of methodology, this approach draws on theories of literary criticism,
textual hermeneutics and narratology. The analysis shows how the depiction of the flow
of events before the reader’s eyes reveals an inner gaze that, according to Pavel Florensky,
almost creates a figurative mark, just like the impressions conveyed by poetry. Terzani’s
word thus expresses all its evocative potential as a narrative transfer of the rendering of
space in the visual arts
European island landscape and seascape
No full textThe chapter explores several issues related to island biocultural diversity, and in particular to cultural heritage and European island landscapes and seascapes. New concepts and definitions of island landscape and seascape are proposed from previous fundamental studies and current ongoing research on the topic. The aim is to provide a conceptual background to the miscellanea of topics covered in the book Island Landscapes edited by the author
Lu Xun's Revolution : Writing in a Time of Violence /
No full textRecognized as modern China’s preeminent man of letters, Lu Xun (1881–1936) is revered as the nation’s conscience, a writer comparable to Shakespeare or Tolstoy. Gloria Davies’s vivid portrait gives readers a better sense of this influential author by situating the man Mao Zedong hailed as "the sage of modern China" in his turbulent time and place.Widely recognized as modern China’s preeminent man of letters, Lu Xun (1881–1936) is revered as the voice of a nation’s conscience, a writer comparable to Shakespeare and Tolstoy in stature and influence. Gloria Davies’s portrait now gives readers a better sense of this influential author by situating the man Mao Zedong hailed as "the sage of modern China" in his turbulent time and place. In Davies’s vivid rendering, we encounter a writer passionately engaged with the heady arguments and intrigues of a country on the eve of revolution. She traces political tensions in Lu Xun’s works which reflect the larger conflict in modern Chinese thought between egalitarian and authoritarian impulses. During the last phase of Lu Xun’s career, the so-called "years on the left," we see how fiercely he defended a literature in which the people would speak for themselves, and we come to understand why Lu Xun continues to inspire the debates shaping China today. Although Lu Xun was never a Communist, his legacy was fully enlisted to support the Party in the decades following his death. Far from the apologist of political violence portrayed by Maoist interpreters, however, Lu Xun emerges here as an energetic opponent of despotism, a humanist for whom empathy, not ideological zeal, was the key to achieving revolutionary ends. Limned with precision and insight, Lu Xun’s Revolution is a major contribution to the ongoing reappraisal of this foundational figure.Recognized as modern China’s preeminent man of letters, Lu Xun (1881–1936) is revered as the nation’s conscience, a writer comparable to Shakespeare or Tolstoy. Gloria Davies’s vivid portrait gives readers a better sense of this influential author by situating the man Mao Zedong hailed as "the sage of modern China" in his turbulent time and place.Widely recognized as modern China’s preeminent man of letters, Lu Xun (1881–1936) is revered as the voice of a nation’s conscience, a writer comparable to Shakespeare and Tolstoy in stature and influence. Gloria Davies’s portrait now gives readers a better sense of this influential author by situating the man Mao Zedong hailed as "the sage of modern China" in his turbulent time and place. In Davies’s vivid rendering, we encounter a writer passionately engaged with the heady arguments and intrigues of a country on the eve of revolution. She traces political tensions in Lu Xun’s works which reflect the larger conflict in modern Chinese thought between egalitarian and authoritarian impulses. During the last phase of Lu Xun’s career, the so-called "years on the left," we see how fiercely he defended a literature in which the people would speak for themselves, and we come to understand why Lu Xun continues to inspire the debates shaping China today. Although Lu Xun was never a Communist, his legacy was fully enlisted to support the Party in the decades following his death. Far from the apologist of political violence portrayed by Maoist interpreters, however, Lu Xun emerges here as an energetic opponent of despotism, a humanist for whom empathy, not ideological zeal, was the key to achieving revolutionary ends. Limned with precision and insight, Lu Xun’s Revolution is a major contribution to the ongoing reappraisal of this foundational figure.Electronic reproduction. :Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.DaviesGloria: Gloria Davies is a literary scholar and historian of China at Monash University in Australia. She is also Adjunct Director of the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University.Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher’s Web site, viewed May 26, 2011
Gloria
Full text linkabstract: Gloria is a work written for SATB choir and brass quintet that uses the traditional Latin text of the Gloria found in the ordinary of the Mass. The piece is approximately fourteen minutes and explores a variety of textures, colors, and timbres of the brass quintet and choir. The composition uses quartal sonorities mixed with upper tertian structures while avoiding simple triads and stable root position voicings until the most important climactic moments. The Gloria opens with a fanfare presenting the initial rhythmic motive in a call and response between the brass and choir before the irregular meters of the A section enter. The piece develops a variety of sonorities, pitch collections, and timbres before arriving at the first climactic moment on the text "Rex" (King). The music slowly comes to a point of repose with a brass interlude revealing the motives used in the B section. The choir begins the B section a cappella on the text "Dómine Fili unigénite, Jésu Chríste" (Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son). The section features a dialogue between the brass and choir, though the two groups never sound together. The section includes a lyrical soprano duet incorporating dissonant intervals preceding the choir's response on the text requesting the mercy of the Lord. The section comes to a somber, penitential rest ending with the brass quintet response. The piece gradually builds and accelerates to the second climactic moment on the word "Jésu." From there it once again gains momentum toward the return of the A section on the text "Cum Sáncto Spíritu" (With the Holy Spirit). After a climactic "Amen" section, the composition concludes with a return to the material found in the introduction followed by an affirming brass postlude.Dissertation/ThesisM.M. Composition 201
Open destinies : modern American women and the short story cycle
Full text linkThis thesis examines the juncture between the short story cycle form and gender politics. It explores how twentieth-century women from the United States have been using the form to represent and question gender identity. The introduction outlines commentaries on the story cycle and considers definitions of the form. It includes case studies of earlier twentieth-century cycles by American women: cycles such as Mary McCarthy's The Company She Keeps that have been passed over by critics of the form.
Chapter One presents Eudora Welty's The Golden Apples as a cycle paradigm, examining conventions such as the form's metafictional dimension and its preoccupation with communal identity. Chapter Two argues that Grace Paley's scattered Faith narratives set a standard for more dispersed versions of the form. Chapter Three considers how Joyce Carol Oates uses the sequential cycle to represent gender identity as a social construct. Chapters Four and Five examine the macrocosmic cycles of Gloria Naylor and Louise Erdrich and consider changes in their form and gender politics. The final 'composite' chapters explore postmodern versions of the form such as Susan Minot's Monkeys. The prose works of Sandra Cisneros stretch across the story cycle continuum, whilst Toni Morrison's Paradise is universally regarded as a novel. Readings of contemporary cycles by Melissa Bank, Elissa Schappell and Emily Carter demonstrate that American women are re-invigorating the form to facilitate the plural identity of the postmodern heroine
Validación de la Escala Competencia para el Cuidado en el Hogar en Adultos con Cáncer
No full textIntroduction: Caregiving competencies for cancer patients under treatment are fundamental to achieve an adequate hospital-home transition and health self-management behaviors. Objective: To validate the hypothetical factor structure of the competency scale for in-home care of cancer patients who are undergoing active cancer treatment. Methodology: A cross-sectional study instrument validation was conducted with 250 cancer patients under treatment. The confirmatory factor analysis technique was used to determine reliability by using the principal component analysis method, varimax rotation and Cronbach's alpha. Results: A version of the Competency Scale for Cancer Patient In-Home Care was administered containing 17 items and 5 approaches: learning, anticipating, self-regulating, harmonizing, and supporting. Cronbach's alpha of the scale was 0.764. Conclusions: The 5-A Competency Scale for Cancer Patient In-Home Care takes up the approaches of the individual and family self-management theory and comprehensively assesses the skills required by cancer patients to facilitate the transition to caregiving self-management at home.
How to cite this article: Carrillo Gloria Mabel, Vargas Rosero Elizabeth, Gómez Ramírez Olga Janeth. Validación de la Escala Competencia para el Cuidado en el Hogar en Adultos con Cáncer. Revista Cuidarte. 2021;12(2):e1210. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.1210 Introdução: As competências para o cuidado de adultos com câncer em tratamento são fundamentais para o alcance de processos adequados de transição hospital-casa e comportamentos de autogestão em saúde. Objetivo: validar a estrutura fatorial hipotética da escala de competência para atenção domiciliar em adultos com diagnóstico de câncer que estão em tratamento ativo. Materiais e Métodos: estudo transversal de validação de instrumento do qual participaram 250 adultos com diagnóstico de câncer em tratamento, utilizando-se a técnica de análise fatorial confirmatória, utilizando o método de componentes principais e rotação varimax e o alfa de Cronbach para determinar a confiabilidade. Resultados: obteve-se uma versão da escala de competências para cuidar de adultos com câncer, com 17 itens e 5 aspectos (fatores): aprender, antecipar, autorregular, harmonizar e apoiar. O alfa de Conbrach da escala é 0,764. Conclusões: a escala de competência para o cuidado-5A retoma as abordagens da teoria da autogestão individual e familiar, avaliam de forma abrangente as habilidades requeridas nas pessoas com câncer para facilitar a transição em direção a autogestão do cuidado no lar.
Como citar este artigo: Carrillo Gloria Mabel, Vargas Rosero Elizabeth, Gómez Ramírez Olga Janeth. Validación de la Escala Competencia para el Cuidado en el Hogar en Adultos con Cáncer. Revista Cuidarte. 2021;12(2):e1210. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.1210 Introducción: Las competencias para el cuidado de adultos con cáncer en tratamiento son fundamentales para lograr adecuados procesos de transición hospital-hogar y comportamientos de automanejo en salud. Objetivo: validar la estructura factorial hipotética de la escala competencia para el cuidado en el hogar en adultos con diagnóstico de cáncer que se encuentran en tratamiento activo. Materiales y Métodos: estudio transversal de validación de instrumentos en el que participaron 250 adultos con diagnóstico de cáncer en tratamiento, se utilizó la técnica de análisis factorial confirmatorio utilizando el método de componentes principales y rotación varimax y el alfa de Cronbach para determinar la confiabilidad. Resultados: se obtiene una versión de la escala competencia para el cuidado en adultos con cáncer, con 17 items y 5 aspectos (factores): aprender, anticipar, autoregular, armonizar y apoyar. El alfa de Conbrach de la escala es de 0.764. Conclusiones: la escala competencia para el cuidado-5A retoma los planteamientos de la teoría de automanejo individual y familiar, evalúa de forma integral las habilidades requeridas en personas con cáncer para facilitar la transición hacia la autogestión del cuidado en el hogar.
Como citar este artículo: Carrillo Gloria Mabel, Vargas Rosero Elizabeth, Gómez Ramírez Olga Janeth. Validación de la Escala Competencia para el Cuidado en el Hogar en Adultos con Cáncer. Revista Cuidarte. 2021;12(2):e1210. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.1210
Validação da Escala de Competências para Cuidados na Casa em Adultos com Câncer
Full text linkIntroduction: Caregiving competencies for cancer patients under treatment are fundamental to achieve an adequate hospital-home transition and health self-management behaviors. Objective: To validate the hypothetical factor structure of the competency scale for in-home care of cancer patients who are undergoing active cancer treatment. Methodology: A cross-sectional study instrument validation was conducted with 250 cancer patients under treatment. The confirmatory factor analysis technique was used to determine reliability by using the principal component analysis method, varimax rotation and Cronbach\u27s alpha. Results: A version of the Competency Scale for Cancer Patient In-Home Care was administered containing 17 items and 5 approaches: learning, anticipating, self-regulating, harmonizing, and supporting. Cronbach\u27s alpha of the scale was 0.764. Conclusions: The 5-A Competency Scale for Cancer Patient In-Home Care takes up the approaches of the individual and family self-management theory and comprehensively assesses the skills required by cancer patients to facilitate the transition to caregiving self-management at home.
How to cite this article: Carrillo Gloria Mabel, Vargas Rosero Elizabeth, Gómez Ramírez Olga Janeth. Validación de la Escala Competencia para el Cuidado en el Hogar en Adultos con Cáncer. Revista Cuidarte. 2021;12(2):e1210. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.1210 Introducción: Las competencias para el cuidado de adultos con cáncer en tratamiento son fundamentales para lograr adecuados procesos de transición hospital-hogar y comportamientos de automanejo en salud. Objetivo: validar la estructura factorial hipotética de la escala competencia para el cuidado en el hogar en adultos con diagnóstico de cáncer que se encuentran en tratamiento activo. Materiales y Métodos: estudio transversal de validación de instrumentos en el que participaron 250 adultos con diagnóstico de cáncer en tratamiento, se utilizó la técnica de análisis factorial confirmatorio utilizando el método de componentes principales y rotación varimax y el alfa de Cronbach para determinar la confiabilidad. Resultados: se obtiene una versión de la escala competencia para el cuidado en adultos con cáncer, con 17 items y 5 aspectos (factores): aprender, anticipar, autoregular, armonizar y apoyar. El alfa de Conbrach de la escala es de 0.764. Conclusiones: la escala competencia para el cuidado-5A retoma los planteamientos de la teoría de automanejo individual y familiar, evalúa de forma integral las habilidades requeridas en personas con cáncer para facilitar la transición hacia la autogestión del cuidado en el hogar.
Como citar este artículo: Carrillo Gloria Mabel, Vargas Rosero Elizabeth, Gómez Ramírez Olga Janeth. Validación de la Escala Competencia para el Cuidado en el Hogar en Adultos con Cáncer. Revista Cuidarte. 2021;12(2):e1210. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.1210 Introdução: As competências para o cuidado de adultos com câncer em tratamento são fundamentais para o alcance de processos adequados de transição hospital-casa e comportamentos de autogestão em saúde. Objetivo: validar a estrutura fatorial hipotética da escala de competência para atenção domiciliar em adultos com diagnóstico de câncer que estão em tratamento ativo. Materiais e Métodos: estudo transversal de validação de instrumento do qual participaram 250 adultos com diagnóstico de câncer em tratamento, utilizando-se a técnica de análise fatorial confirmatória, utilizando o método de componentes principais e rotação varimax e o alfa de Cronbach para determinar a confiabilidade. Resultados: obteve-se uma versão da escala de competências para cuidar de adultos com câncer, com 17 itens e 5 aspectos (fatores): aprender, antecipar, autorregular, harmonizar e apoiar. O alfa de Conbrach da escala é 0,764. Conclusões: a escala de competência para o cuidado-5A retoma as abordagens da teoria da autogestão individual e familiar, avaliam de forma abrangente as habilidades requeridas nas pessoas com câncer para facilitar a transição em direção a autogestão do cuidado no lar.
Como citar este artigo: Carrillo Gloria Mabel, Vargas Rosero Elizabeth, Gómez Ramírez Olga Janeth. Validación de la Escala Competencia para el Cuidado en el Hogar en Adultos con Cáncer. Revista Cuidarte. 2021;12(2):e1210. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.1210  
Grupos de síntomas en adultos con cáncer gástrico sometidos a gastrectomía
Full text linkObjetivos: Describir la percepción, evaluación y formas de agrupamiento de síntomas en adultos con cáncer que han sido sometidas a gastrectomía durante el 2015 y eI semestre de 2016 en dos instituciones de oncología de la ciudad de Bogotá. Generar una propuesta teórico-conceptual y metodológica que permita analizar la percepción, evaluación y formas de agrupamiento de síntomas en adultos con cáncer que han sido sometidas a gastrectomía. Métodología: Estudio cuantitativo exploratorio y descriptivo. La muestra estuvo conformada por 240 personas con cáncer gástrico sometidas a gastrectomía entre 1 mes y 4 años de intervención. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron la encuesta de caracterización de la persona con enfermedad crónica, la escala de percepción y evaluación de síntomas en pacientes con cáncer y la escala de Karnosky. Se utilizó estadística descriptiva con medidas de tendencia central y de dispersión así como análisis multivariado de técnica de cluster jerárquico para determinar los cluster. Resultados: La mayor parte de los participantes presentan adenocarcinoma gástrico de tipo intestinal, en estadio II y III; el 77% refiere ser capaces de realizar actividades normales con signos y síntomas leves de enfermedad; el 21,67% es incapaz de trabajar pero pueden vivir en casa y auto-cuidarse, y presentan un buen pronóstico de la enfermedad. Se identificaron 5 cluster de síntomas, así: cluster de molestias físicas asociadas con el tratamiento del cáncer gástrico; 2. Cluster de sufrimiento emocional de naturaleza existencial en relación consigo mismo 3. Cluster de molestias físicas que afectan de forma especial la independencia y energía 4. Cluster de sufrimiento emocional de naturaleza existencial en relación con los demás. 5. Cluster de molestias físicas que afectan de manera especial la identidad, motricidad, comunicación e intercambio. Se genera un planteamiento teórico para el abordaje de la carga de los grupos de síntomas en cáncer gástrico, que incluye los conceptos 1) Carga del síntoma, se obtiene a partir del reporte que hace el paciente de la frecuencia, la severidad y la amenaza que le representa el síntoma. 2) Cluster de síntomas: Son entre 3 y 6 síntomas que ocurren en el paciente de forma simultánea, concurrente, se relacionan y pueden tener o no una etiología común. 3) Carga de cluster de síntomas: es una forma de cuantificar la carga del síntoma a partir de las agrupaciones. Reune los componentes de carga (frecuencia, 8 severidad y percepción de amenaza) de cada síntoma referido por el paciente. 4) variables respuesta y 5) variables influyentes. Conclusiones: La carga de cluster de síntomas es una forma de cuantificar objetivamente la carga del síntoma. Reune los componentes frecuencia, severidad y percepción de amenaza de cada síntoma referido por el paciente. Se aporta en una metodología de abordaje de síntomas desde los cluster y la carga que generan un camino posible para la atención integral a personas con cáncer. Se requiere consolidar programas de transición y egreso en escenarios de cuidado extrahospitalarios para personas con cáncer gástrico y sus cuidadores familiares que incluyan como eje central la valoración e intervención sobre la carga de síntomas que presentan los pacientes lo que redundara en mejoramiento de su desempeño, la percepción de bienestar de los usuarios.Abstract. Objectives: To describe the perception, assessment and ways of grouping of symptoms in adults with cancer who have undergone gastrectomy during 2015 and first half of 2016 in two oncology health care institutions in Bogota – Colombia. Generate a theoretical, conceptual and methodological proposal for analyzing the perception, assessment and ways of grouping of symptoms in adults with cancer who have undergone gastrectomy. Methodology: exploratory and descriptive quantitative study. The sample consisted of 240 people with gastric cancer undergoing gastrectomy between 1 month and 4 years of intervention. We used the survey characterization of the person with chronic illness, the scale of perception and evaluation of symptoms in patients with cancer and Karnofsky scale. Descriptive statistics were used with measures of central tendency and dispersion and multivariate analysis of hierarchical cluster technique. Results: Most of the participants have gastricadenocarcinoma of intestinal type, stage II and III; 77% reported being able to do normal activities with mild signs and symptoms of illness; 21.67% are unable to work but can live at home and self-care, and they have a good prognosis of the disease. 5 cluster of symptoms were identified: 1. cluster of physical discomfort associated with the treatment of gastric cancer; 2. Cluster emotional suffering of existential nature in relation to itself 3. Cluster of physical discomfort that particularly affect the independence and energy 4. Cluster emotional suffering of existential nature in relation to others. 5. Cluster of physical discomfort that particularly affect the identity, motor skills and communication. A theoretical approach to addressing the burden of clusters symptoms in gastric cancer, including the concepts: 1) Symptom burden, it is obtained from the report that the patient often does about severity, frequency and threat that represents the symptom. 2) Cluster of symptoms: are between 3 and 6 symptoms occurring in the patient simultaneously, concurrently, relate and they can have or not a common etiology. 3) Burden of cluster of symptoms: is a way to quantify the burden symptom from clusters. Collect the burden components (frequency, severity and perceived threat) of each symptom reported by the patient. 4) response variables and 5) influential variables. Conclusions: cluster symptom burden is a way to objectively quantify the symptom burden. Collect components such as frequency, severity and threat perception of each symptom reported by the patient. It provides a methodology for addressing symptoms from the cluster and the burden generated. The methodology provides a possible way for comprehensive care for people with cancer. It is necessary to consolidate transition and discharge programs in ambulatory scenarios for people with gastric cancer and their family caregivers including as a central axis the assessment and intervention on the burden of symptoms presented by patients which will result in improved their functional status, the perception of well-being and quality of life.Doctorad
Experiencing the armed struggle : the Soweto generation and after
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (p. 354-369).This study explores the experiences of the rank-and-file soldiers of Umkhonto we Sizwe and the Azanian People's Liberation Anny. Extensive interviews by the author and other researchers reveal the voices of the soldiers themselves. The African National Congress and Pan African Congress archives at the University of the Western Cape and the University of Fort Hare supplement and verify these oral testimonies, as do some published sources. Most previously published materials about the armed struggle against apartheid have already focused on diplomacy, strategy and tactics, operations, leadership, and human rights abuses to the neglect of the soldiers' actual experiences. This study complements these with significant new oral history materials from the Soweto generation of soldiers and their successors. When dealing with MK, many authors have documented issues of the camp structure in Angola, and operations inside South Africa, so much of this detail is only addressed briefly, leaving space to explore the soldiers' experiences. In the case of APLA, very little has been written on its history, and more detail is provided on these subjects. This study therefore deals with the soldiers' politicisation and motivation for joining the armed struggle, their experiences in leaving South Africa and training in exile, the crises in exile which limited their effectiveness for a time, their return to fight in South Africa, and their difficulties in the "new" South Africa. These materials reveal that vast problems remain facing these veterans of the struggle against apartheid, and that they have the potential, if properly supported and employed, to contribute substantially to the development of present day South Africa. Conversely, if their neglect continues, they also have the potential to bring vast harm to the country. Further use of the investigative tools of oral history, especially if extended to the former soldiers' vernacular languages, is necessary to augment the history of South Africa, and these soldiers' contributions
Observatorio Afroperuano 2.
No full textPrimera edición. Elaboración de contenidos: Mónica Carrillo, Gloria Castro, Julissa Andrade, Carlos Reyes Coordinación de la edición: Gloria Castro Álvare
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