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Símbolos axiales en la poesía de José Ángel Valente
No full textJosé Ángel Valente‟s poetry has a tremendous and unusual symbolic density. This density is favored by the author‟s dual aspiration to reach the spiritual limit of his creation, and the material one at the same time. As an essential components of Valente‟s aesthetic search, we can observe several symbols that work like axis of his poetry. Same of they are the tree, the cross or the mandorla, whose meaning and role will be observed by us. In this paper we will study these different symbols, as well as another images born to those axial symbols like the labyrinth, the snake, the bird or the cloud. Of course, we will link all these symbols and their role in José Ángel Valente‟s poetry with the ultimate meaning of his creation.La poesía de José Ángel Valente posee una inusual densidad simbólica favorecida por la doble aspiración de abarcar tanto el extremo más grávido y material de la creación del autor, como aquel otro más etéreo y espiritual. Como componentes esenciales de esta búsqueda, podemos observar diversas imágenes (árbol, mandorla, hombre, cruz, etc.) que actuarán a modo de ejes simbólicos de su obra, ejes en torno a los cuales gira su universo poético. El estudio de los diferentes símbolos axiales, así como de otra serie de imágenes entendidas como proyecciones de aquéllos (laberinto, sierpe o nube), constituye el propósito del presente trabajo, tarea en la que relacionaremos cuanto vayamos descifrando con el sentido último de la poesía de José Ángel Valente
Sexual dysfunction in Parkinson's disease
No full textSexual dysfunction is one of the more disabling and poorly investigated aspects of PD. Several variables should be considered when evaluating sexual dysfunction in a disease in which physical, psychological, neurobiological and pharmacological features merge and are not easily distinguishable. Although sexual dysfunction is common in Parkinson's disease, the development of hypersexuality and aberrant sexual behaviour, probably due to dopamine replacement therapy, calls into question the role of dopamine in sexual behaviour. This paper reviews studies that have investigated sexual behaviour and dysfunction in PD patients, paying particular attention to the effect of dopamine replacement therapy. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
High prevalence of extrapyramidal signs and symptoms in a group of Italian dental technicians
No full textAbstract Background Occupational and chronic exposure to solvents and metals is considered a possible risk factor for Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. While manufacturing dental prostheses, dental technicians are exposed to numerous chemicals that contain toxins known to affect the central nervous system, such as solvents (which contain n-hexane in particular) and metals (which contain mercury, iron, chromium, cobalt and nickel). Methods We performed an epidemiological and clinical study on all 27 dental technicians working in a school for dental technicians. We asked all the technicians to fill in a self-administered questionnaire on extrapyramidal symptoms, and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), a self-administered screening instrument, to detect any psychiatric disorders. Moreover, we invited all 27 dental technicians to undergo a neurological examination and provide a detailed occupational history in our clinic. Results Of the 14 subjects who underwent the neurological examination, four had postural tremor and one had a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. Conclusion We found a high prevalence of extrapyramidal signs and symptoms in this group of male dental technicians working in a state technical high school in Rome. We believe that this finding may be due to the presence of toxins in the dental technician's work.</p
The Cavafian versions of José Ángel Valente: a translatological analysis
No full textEn este artículo me propongo considerar la poesía de Cavafis desde las traducciones de José
Ángel Valente, esto es, partiendo de la manera en que autor y traductor experimentan la
realidad como un objeto artístico y existencial. Siguiendo los postulados del teórico francés
Antoine Berman, quien trata la traductología como experiencia y reflexión, intento tanto
llevar a cabo un análisis que revele algunos aspectos existencialistas reflejados en la traducción
de Valente como demostrar que realizó una traducción fiel a los valores del poeta alejandrinoIn this paper I aim to consider the poetry of Cavafy through the translations of José Ángel
Valente, analyzing the way in which author and translator experience reality as an artistic
and existential object. Following the postulates of French theorist Antoine Berman, who
treats traductology as experience and reflection, I intend to carry out an analysis that reveals
existentialist aspects reflected in Valente’s translation, and demonstrate that he remained
faithful to the values of the Alexandrian poet
Las versiones cavafianas de José Ángel Valente: un análisis traductológico
No full textIn this paper I aim to consider the poetry of Cavafy through the translations of José Ángel Valente, analyzing the way in which author and translator experience reality as an artistic and existential object. Following the postulates of French theorist Antoine Berman, who treats traductology as experience and reflection, I intend to carry out an analysis that reveals existentialist aspects reflected in Valente’s translation, and demonstrate that he remained faithful to the values of the Alexandrian poet.En este artículo me propongo considerar la poesía de Cavafis desde las traducciones de José Ángel Valente, esto es, partiendo de la manera en que autor y traductor experimentan la realidad como un objeto artístico y existencial. Siguiendo los postulados del teórico francés Antoine Berman, quien trata la traductología como experiencia y reflexión, intento tanto llevar a cabo un análisis que revele algunos aspectos existencialistas reflejados en la traducción de Valente como demostrar que realizó una traducción fiel a los valores del poeta alejandrino
Post-operative hospitalization in retinal detachment correlation to recurrences.
No full textPurpose: To evaluate relationships between the incidence of re-detachment and post-operative days of hospitalization in patients with diagnosis of retinal detachment (RD) who underwent surgery or ab-externo approach (scleral buckling and encircling) or ab-interno approach (vitrectomy and oil-gas tamponade).
Methods: The retrospective study included 268 patients (268 eyes) with diagnosis of primary RD: 127 males (47%) and 141 (53%) females, mean age of 64.1±17.3 years. 46 patients (17%) underwent a surgical ab-externo approach (group A), while 222 patients (83%) underwent to an ab-interno surgical approach. In all cases RD were graded according “Retinal detachment grading system of Royal College of ophthalmologists” and treated within 5 days after diagnosis. In all patients, after the primary operation retina was completely attached. Redetachment (RT) related to surgical failure were considered within 30 days after primary operation.
Results: In the group 1 global RT rate was 3.5% (4.17% for ab-interno technique and 0% for ab-externo techniques). In the group 2 global RT rate was 1.33% (1.49% for ab-interno technique and 0% for ab-externo techniques). In the group 3 global RT rate was 3.80% (4.62% for ab-interno techniques and 0% for ab-externo techniques). In the group 4 global RT rate was 12.28% (14.29% for ab-interno techniques for 6.67% ab-externo techniques). Group 1 incidence of RT is comparable to other groups and less than group 4.
Conclusions: The incidence of retinal redetachment (RRD) is not increased in day surgery mode. Patients should be discharged in shortest time to reduce medical cost and problems related to hospitalization. Further studies are needed for patients’ security
Valente y la palabra sumergida
No full textResumen: A lo largo de este artículo, dividido en dos partes, se hace una valoración global de la poesía de Valente, atendiendo al especial vínculo que dentro de su obra mantuvieron la palabra-creativa y la palabra-pensamiento. En el primer apartado, «Hasta dónde llega una palabra», se muestran las reflexiones del autor acerca de «el lugar del canto», ese espacio que ya desde sus libros iniciales sintió la necesidad de levantar sobre la morada arruinada del lenguaje, en un «tiempo de miseria» y retóricas usurpadoras del verdadero decir poético. De manera paralela, se produce en Valente la conquista de una tradición literaria propia, fruto del acercamiento a las principales corrientes de la literatura, las artes plásticas, la música, la filosofía y la reflexión estética contemporánea. Los nombres de Juan Ramón, Cernuda, Celan, Jabès, María Zambrano, Webern o Tàpies representan algunos de los principales hitos dentro de ese itinerario, que tiene su reflejo más temprano en las páginas de Las palabras de la tribu y su Diario anónimo. La segunda parte, «La palabra sumergida», transita a lo largo de todos sus libros, prescindiendo de la cronología o las llamadas «etapas» de Valente, tan proclives a crear una ortodoxia en torno al autor. Con la expresión «palabra sumergida» se hace mención a distintos registros de su poética: la necesidad de mantenerse al margen de la superficie que llamamos actualidad, su acercamiento a los procedimientos creativos de la mística, su visión de lo inefable como un sustrato que forma parte de los depósitos del lenguaje o sus relaciones entre la atonalidad, el fragmentarismo y una estética del silencio. El propósito es demostrar que la palabra sumergida de Valente es una palabra afirmadora, que nunca enmudece ni cae en un nihilismo estéril. Poeta de la radical inmanencia y de la memoria material del mundo, es posible discernir a lo largo de su obra una «metafísica del arte», en los términos en que la concibieron Nietzsche o Heidegger. Palabras clave: José Ángel Valente; poesía española contemporánea, Juan Ramón Jiménez; Luis Cernuda; Valente traductor; Paul Celan; poéticas del fragmento; estética del silencio. Abstract: Through out this essay, divided into two parts, a global assessment of Valente’s poetry is made, taking into account the special link that the creative-word and the thought-word maintained in his work. In the first section, «How far does a word go», the author's reflections on «El lugar del canto» are shown, that space which he felt the need to build, on the ruined home of language from his very first books, in a «Time of Misery» and usurping rhetoric of true poetic saying. In parallel, there is the conquest of a literary tradition in Valente, the result of the approach to the main trends of literature, plastic arts, music, philosophy and contemporary aesthetic reflection. The names of Juan Ramón, Cernuda, Celan, Jabès, María Zambrano, Webern or Tàpies represent some of the main milestones within that itinerary, which has its earliest reflection in the pages of Las palabras de la tribu and Diario anónimo. The second part, «The word submerged», travels through out all his books, regardless of the chronology or the so-called «stages» of Valente, so likely to create an orthodoxy around the author. With the expression «Submerged Word» different records of his poetics are referred to: the need to stay away from the surface that we call current existence, his approach to the creative processes of mysticism, his vision of the ineffable as a substratum that is part of the deposits of language, or the relationships between atonality and fragmentation with an aesthetic of silence. The purpose is to demonstrate that Valente’s submerged word is an asserting word, which never keeps silent or leads to vain nihilism. Poet of the radical immanence and the material memory of the world, it is posible to discern through out his work a kind of «metaphysics of art», in the terms conceived by Nietzsche or Heidegger. Key words: José Ángel Valente; Spanish Contemporary poetry; Juan Ramón Jiménez; Luis Cernuda; traduction by Valente; Paul Celan; the fragmentary poetics; aesthetic of silence
Sustainable Sites Initiative: US updated rating criteria for open spaces design
No full textThe paper presents the U.S. Sustainable Sites Initiative, by illustrating and commenting the recent updates of the rating criteria in addition to a number of certified projects, including some sites visited by the author in California. The system is compared with existing tools, as LEED 2009 for Neighborhood Development Rating System, albeit some differences also in scale of interventions. In the work, scientific literature and personal considerations are given about those aspects still not evaluated by the system and its potential wider applicability with regard to directions of research on the topic. The theme fits well in the mainstream of studies dedicated to the design of resilient open spaces, contributing to adaptation and mitigation of climate change
Memoria y utopía: The Poetry of José Ángel Valente
No full textIn Memory and Utopia, Manus O’Dwyer offers a new insight into Valente’s poetics. Contrary to the view that Valente detached his verse from any kind of social or political commitment, O’Dwyer claims that the notions of void and self-negation are key to understand his desire to make his lines reach a broad community and recover the memory of the dead. The author delineates Valente’s poetic career on the basis on the identification between desolation and the Francoist dictatorship. Valente’s verse points at a new nothingness, but not with the selfish aim to enjoy an isolation from reality. Quite on the contrary, in his poems and essays, the non-place or desert, together with other poetic motifs that have been previously analysed from an erotic perspective, allows the poet to portray an impossible community that accepts all those who have been denied participation in the discourse of History. It is only by means of a language that has not been corrupted by the institutional discourse that the poet can draw the map of that utopian, literary space.En Memory and Utopia, Manus O’Dwyer ofrece una nueva perspectiva sobre la poética de Valente. O’Dwyer se enfrenta a la opinión, tantas veces asumida, de que Valente quiso desvalijar su poesía de cualquier asomo de compromiso político o social. Argumenta, en cambio, que los conceptos de no-identidad y de vacío son clave para entender el deseo de Valente de alcanzar, mediante su voz poética, a una amplia comunidad, y de recuperar con ella la memoria de los muertos. O’Dwyer delinea la trayectoria poética de Valente, identificando la desolación con la dictadura franquista. La poesía de Valente apunta a la nada, pero no con la intención egoísta de resguardarse de la realidad. Antes al contrario, en sus poemas y sus ensayos, el desierto o no-lugar, junto con otros motivos poéticos que han sido entendidos desde una perspectiva erótica, permiten al poeta retratar una comunidad imposible, que acoge también a todos aquellos a los que se les ha negado participar en el discurso de la Historia. Será solo mediante la palabra que no ha sido corrompida por el discurso institucional que el poeta podrá dibujar el mapa de ese espacio literario y utópico
Innovation, technology transfer and development: the spin-off companies
No full textThe article starts from the identification of the reasons why Italy is less prone to technology transfer than other countries, and indicates some key issues for the diffusion of technological innovations and the development of human capital. In particular, technology transfer is not a generic form of exploitation of outcome of the research, it involves specific actions that have impact on economic production, such as the patenting and the creation of new companies (spin-offs). The author discusses the various forms of spin-offs of university research, the evolution of the phenomenon in the structures of the uni- versities, the stages of development of a spin-off company and the current fund- ing arrangements and to be promoted
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