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Letter from Brigitte R. Comparini to Emmett L. Bennett Jr., December 26, 1990
No full textComparini announces the release of several CD-ROMs for testing at the 1990 AIA-APA conference.Classic
Mothers, emotions, and memory transmission in spaces of conflict: some cases of literary. mothers by Herta Müller, Brigitte Burmeister, and Arantxa Urretabizkaia
No full text[ES]El objetivo de este capítulo es acercarnos a tres autoras pertenecientes a tres contextos culturales diferentes y que abordan un mismo tema: la maternidad relacionada con el exilio y la memoria. La autora rumana Herta Müller exiliada en Alemania y reconocida con el Premio Nobel de Literatura, la autora germano-oriental Brigitte Burmeister, socializada en la extinta República Democrática Alemana, y la autora vasca Arantxa Urretabizkaia abordan las dificultades de transmisión de la memoria relacionadas con la maternidad en espacios de conflicto. El análisis se centra en las estrategias literarias implementadas por Müller, Burmeister y Urretabizkaia a la hora de representar la problemática de la comunicación emocional y transmisión de la memoria en casos de pérdida cultural y existencial. Las madres que guardan silencio sobre el horror de la deportación y la violencia masculina en la narrativa de Herta Müller, el diálogo intenso e irracional entre la voz femenina central y su hija imaginaria tras el colapso del sistema de Alemania Oriental y la Unificación Alemana en 1990 en la novela de Burmeister Unter dem Namen Norma (1994) y la comunicación interrumpida entre madre e hijos en espacios de conflicto vasco en Koaderno Gorria (1998, El cuaderno rojo) son poderosos ejemplos de los esfuerzos literarios de las tres autoras en pos de configuraciones literarias de la memoria conectadas con las voces femeninas y la emoción.[EN]The aim of this chapter is to approach three female authors belonging to three different cultural contexts and dealing with the same topic: motherhood related to exile and memory. The Rumanian Nobel Prize author Herta Müller exiled in Germany, the East-German author Brigitte Burmeister, socialized in the extinct German Democratic Republic, and the Basque author Arantxa Urretabizkaia deal with the difficulties of memory transmission related to motherhood in spaces of conflict. The analysis is focused on the literary strategies implemented by Müller, Burmeister and Urretabizkaia when representing the problematic emotional communication and memory transmission in cases of cultural and existential loss. Mothers keeping silent on the horror of deportation and male violence in Herta Müller’s narrative, intense and irrational dialoguing between the central female voice and her imaginary daughter after the collapse of East German system and German Unification in 1990 in Burmeister’s novel Unter dem Namen Norma (1994) and the disrupted communication between mother and children in spaces of Basque conflict in Koaderno Gorria (1998, The Red Notebook) are powerful examples of the literary efforts of all three authors towards configurations of memory connected to female voices and emotion.Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (EHU15/09) eta MINECO ( FFI2017-84342-P
Hawthorne and the Author Question [Review]
No full textReview of three titles:
William Charvat. The Profession of Authorship in America, 1800-1870. Ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli. Foreword by Howard Mumford Jones. 1968. Reprint, with a new postscript to the preface. New York: Columbia UP, 1992. 327 pages. 15.00.
John Dolis. The Style of Hawthorne\u27s Gaze: Regarding Subjectivity. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, 1993. 271 pages. 49.95 and $19.95
Las obras rupestres de Huarimio, Tierra Caliente de Michoacán. 28. Arqueología
No full textArmillas, P., “Expediciones en el Occidente de Guerrero: II el grupo de Armillas”, en: Tlalocan, febrero-marzo, 1944, vol. II, núm.1, México, 1945, pp. 75-85.____, “Arqueología del Occidente de Guerrero”, en: El Occidente de México. Cuarta reunión de la SMA, México, 1946, pp. 74-76.Ballereau, D., “El arte rupestre en Sonora: petroglifos en Caborca”, en Trace, núm. 14, México, CEMCA, 1988, pp. 5-72.Cabrera Castro, R., “El desarrollo cultural prehispánico del Bajo Río Balsas”, en: Arqueología y etnohistoria del estado de Guerrero, México, INAH, 1986, pp. 119-154.Corona Nuñez, J., “Fuentes termales y medicinales del antiguo Obispado de Michoacán”, en: El Occidente de México. Cuarta reunión de la SMA, México, 1946, pp.137-138.Faugère-Kalfon, B., Las representaciones rupestres del centro-norte de Michoacán, México, CEMCA/Cuadernos de Estudios Michoacanos núm. 8, 1997.González Crespo, N., Patrón de asentamiento prehispánico en la parte central del Bajo Balsas, México, INAH, 1979, (Científica, 73).Grove, D. C., Los murales de la cueva de Oxtotitlán Acatlán, Guerrero, México, INAH, 1970, (Investigaciones núm. 23).Hendrichs Pérez, P. R., Por tierras ignotas. Viajes y observaciones en la región del Río Balsas, México, Cultura, 1945.Jiménez Moreno, W., “Historia antigua de la zona tarasca”, en: El Occidente de México. Cuarta
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The Set of Dominance-Minimal Roots
No full textAbstractIf α and β are positive roots in the root system of a Coxeter groupW, we say that α dominates β ifwβ is negative wheneverwα is negative forw∈W. We say that α is elementary or dominance-minimal, if it does not dominate any β≠α. It is shown by the author and R. B. Howlett (Math. Ann.296, 1993, 179–190) that the set E of dominance-minimal roots is finite if and only ifWhas finite rank; this is used to show thatWis automatic. To limit the size of the relevant automata, and possibly facilitate other Coxeter group algorithms, we give an explicit description of the set of elementary roots
The effect of lipid absorption on the mechanical properties of poly(styrene-block-isobutylene-block-styrene) for use in biomedical applications
No full textEffects of the use of silver-coated urinary catheters on the incidence of catheter-associated bacteriuria and urinary tract infection in dogs
No full textOBJECTIVE To determine the effects of silver-coated versus standard silicone urinary catheters on the incidence of catheter-associated bacteriuria (CAB) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in dogs.
DESIGN Randomized controlled clinical trial.
ANIMALS 36 dogs requiring urinary bladder catheterization for ≥ 24 hours.
PROCEDURES Dogs were randomly assigned to receive a silver-coated or non–silver-coated (control) silicone Foley catheter. Urine samples for cytologic examination and bacterial culture were collected at the time of catheter insertion and daily until catheters were removed (≥ 24 hours to 7 days later). Results were compared between groups.
RESULTS No significant differences were identified between catheter groups in the incidence of CAB or CAUTI. Although the median time to development of cytologically detected bacteriuria, culture-detected bacteriuria, and CAUTI did not differ significantly between groups, median time to CAB development (either method) was significantly longer for dogs that received a control catheter rather than a silver-coated catheter. For both types of catheters combined, older age was a significant predictor of culture-detected bacteriuria, and longer duration of catheterization was a significant predictor of culture-detected bacteriuria and overall CAB.
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Silver-coated urinary catheters provided no clinical benefit over standard urinary catheters for the dogs of this study and were associated with earlier development of CAB but not CAUTI. A larger prospective study is required to definitively determine whether the use of silver-coated urinary catheters should or should not be considered to reduce the risk of CAB or CAUTI in dogs.
Urinary catheterization is indicated for various medical conditions in veterinary species. Urinary catheters may increase the risk of bacterial contamination and colonization of the lower urinary tract via contamination of the urine collection system, allowing bacteria to gain access to the urinary tract through the catheter lumen or via catheter contact with the patient's perineal tissues, resulting in bacteria migrating along the outer surface of the catheter or within the mucous layer of the urethra.1
In dogs specifically, urinary catheterization has been significantly associated with hospital-acquired UTIs or bacteriuria.2,a In a veterinary referral hospital intensive care unit, the overall frequency of CAUTI development in dogs was reportedly 19% (26/137) but increased to 79% (11/14) for those that remained catheterized for 72 hours.3 In another study,4 the incidence of CAUTI development was 10% (4/39), and the probability of remaining UTI free by 4 days of catheterization was 63%. However, no attempt was made to distinguish bacteriuria from UTI in those studies.
Various strategies have been used in human medicine to reduce the incidence of CAUTI, including improvements in catheter care, maintenance of closed urine collection systems, and addition of antibacterial coatings to catheter surfaces.5,6 Silver has antibacterial properties, and meta-analyses7 and systematic reviews8,9 comparing silver-coated urinary catheters with standard urinary catheters have revealed a beneficial effect of silver alloy in reducing the incidence of CAB in humans. An in vitro study10 showed that silver-coated silicone urinary catheters had significantly less adherent canine urinary Escherichia coli at 24, 48, and 72 hours of placement in a bacterial broth and subjectively less biofilm formation than non–silver-coated urinary catheters. We are unaware of any reported studies in which silver-coated urinary catheters have been evaluated in dogs. The purpose of the study reported here was to determine the effects of a silver-coated versus non–silver-coated silicone urinary catheter on the incidence of CAB and CAUTI in dogs requiring urinary bladder catheterization for ≥ 24 hours
Social rights and economics : claims to health care and education in developing countries
No full textThe author analyzes contemporary rights-based and economic approaches to health care and education in developing countries. He assesses the foundations and uses of social rights in development, outlines an economic approach to improving health and education services, and then highlights the differences, similarities, and the hard questions that the economic critique poses for rights. The author argues that the policy consequences of rights overlap considerably with a modern economic approach. Both the rights-based and the economic approaches are skeptical that electoral politics and de facto market rules provide sufficient accountability for the effective and equitable provision of health and education services, and that further intrasectoral reforms in governance, particularly those that strengthen the hand of service recipients, are needed. There remain differences between the two approaches. Whether procedures for service delivery are ends in themselves, the degree of disaggregation at which outcomes should be assessed, the consequences of long-term deprivation, metrics used for making tradeoffs, and the behavioral distortions that result from subsidies are all areas where the approaches diverge. Even here, however, the differences are not irreconcilable, and advocates of the approaches need not regard each other as antagonists.Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Health Systems Development&Reform,Decentralization,Public Health Promotion,Early Child and Children's Health,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Health Economics&Finance,Poverty Assessment,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,Gender and Education
DYNAMIC PRODUCTS IN WORLD EXPORTS
No full textThe values and market shares of three product categories have grown most rapidly in world exports during the period 1980–1998: electrical and electronic goods (including parts and components for such goods), goods which require high R&D expenditures, and labour-intensive products, particularly clothing. A strong geographical concentration in developing countries at both regional and country levels is discernable regarding the origin of these products. There appears to be a sustained movement in world exports towards the growing significance of a limited number of products and it would seem that there has been a rapid and sustained technological upgrading in the export composition of developing countries. However, since the involvement of developing countries is usually limited to the labour-intensive stages in the production process of technology-intensive goods in the context of international production sharing, simple measures of growth in gross export values are poor guides for an assessment of the nature of participation of developing countries in world trade.
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