El "no sé qué" de Luís Seoane. Visión del arte y fracturas en la preceptiva

Trabajo presentado en la Deuxième Biennale d'iconographie hispanique. Musée des Abattoirs-Université de Toulouse-le Mirail, 13 de enero de 2005.El pintor galaico-porteño Luís Seoane (1910-1979) recobró, mediante el aforismo plástico, la reflexión del polígrafo benedictino Benito Feijóo (1676-1764) en torno al "no sé qué". Deslinda los criterios de la preceptiva pictórica para revertirlos en favor de un pensamiento "del desorden"

Carmen Naranjo o "la intención fugaz del decir"

De entre lo mucho que publicó la escritora costarricense Carmen Naranjo, nos detendremos aquí en un libro suyo bastante polémico, y susceptible de arrojar una pequeña luz sobre aspectos del ensayismo femenino pendientes de estudio. El texto en cuestión se titula Cinco temas en busca de un pensador. Obra doblemente interesante pues, además de su valor intrínseco, abre con su segunda edición, en 1977 la colecci6n de ensayos " Pensamiento costarricense ", que el ministerio de Cultura dedicó a otra escritora, Maria Isabel Carvajal, más conocida por su pseudónirno de Carmen Lyra. Partiendo de la refección titular de la obra de Pirandello, Sei personaggi in cerca d' autore, Naranjo maneja el lugar común del idioma, el punto inmóvil del habla raída por el uso, para escudriñar el recurso fácil y acomodaticio de la doctrina, de una conformidad ambiente, adentrarse en la esencia inamovible de lo "de por sí" y, mediante una crítica demoledora, hacer patente la ilación entre el idiotismo y la idiotez

Arthur des Pampas. La Matière de Bretagne dans l'oeuvre de María Rosa Lojo

13 pages. Prépublication en livreLe corps arthurien, greffé à l'imagerie chrétienne du Saint Graal à partir du premier quart du XIIIe siècle et répandu par des versions apocryphes, a connu des avatars poétiques, romanesques, filmiques, bande dessinée, et s'est produit et reproduit dans des domaines et langues très divers, allant du russe au gallois, du galicien à l'allemand, français, espagnol, tchèque, anglais... Il garde une audience vivace et retient toujours l'attention d'un public composite. Nous analyserons ici l'un de ces derniers avatars : La pasión de los nómades, roman de María Rosa Lojo, où les personnages des légendes arthuriennes se voient transportés à l'Argentine des années 1990

Creating Fair Models of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Guidelines for the management of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) recommend the use of risk stratification models to identify patients most likely to benefit from cholesterol-lowering and other therapies. These models have differential performance across race and gender groups with inconsistent behavior across studies, potentially resulting in an inequitable distribution of beneficial therapy. In this work, we leverage adversarial learning and a large observational cohort extracted from electronic health records (EHRs) to develop a "fair" ASCVD risk prediction model with reduced variability in error rates across groups. We empirically demonstrate that our approach is capable of aligning the distribution of risk predictions conditioned on the outcome across several groups simultaneously for models built from high-dimensional EHR data. We also discuss the relevance of these results in the context of the empirical trade-off between fairness and model performance

Association of Acculturation and Country of Origin with Self-Reported Hypertension and Diabetes in a Heterogeneous Hispanic Population

Background: Hispanics are the fasting growing population in the U.S. and disproportionately suffer from chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Little is known about the complex interplay between acculturation and chronic disease prevalence in the growing and increasingly diverse Hispanic population. We explored the association between diabetes and hypertension prevalence among distinct U.S. Hispanic subgroups by country of origin and by degree of acculturation. Methods: We examined the adult participants in the 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). Using weighted logistic regression stratified by nativity, we measured the association between country of origin and self-reported hypertension and diabetes adjusting for participants’ demographics, insurance status, socio-economic status and degree of acculturation measured by citizenship, English language proficiency and the number of years of residence in the U.S. Results: There were 33,633 self-identified Hispanics (foreign-born: 19,988; U.S.-born: 13,645). After multivariable adjustment, we found significant heterogeneity in self-reported hypertension and diabetes prevalence among Hispanic subgroups. Increasing years of U.S. residence was associated with increased disease prevalence. Among all foreign-born subgroups, only Mexicans reported lower odds of hypertension after adjustment for socioeconomic and acculturation factors. Both U.S.-born and foreign-born Mexicans had higher rates of diabetes as compared to non-Hispanic whites. Conclusions: We found significant heterogeneity among Hispanics in self-reported rates of hypertension and diabetes by acculturation and country of origin. Our findings highlight the importance of disaggregation of Hispanics by country of origin and acculturation factors whenever possible

County-Level Hispanic Ethnic Density and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality.

Background Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, and little is known about how Hispanic ethnic population density impacts cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) mortality. Methods and Results We examined county-level deaths for Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites from 2003 to 2012 using data from the National Center for Health Statistics' Multiple Cause of Death mortality files. Counties with more than 20 Hispanic deaths (n=715) were included in the analyses. CVD deaths were identified using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), I00 to I78, and population estimates were calculated using linear interpolation from 2000 and 2010 census data. Multivariate linear regression was used to examine the association of Hispanic ethnic density with Hispanic and non-Hispanic white age-adjusted CVD mortality rates. County-level age-adjusted CVD mortality rates were adjusted for county-level demographic, socioeconomic, and healthcare factors. There were a total of 4 769 040 deaths among Hispanics (n=382 416) and non-Hispanic whites (n=4 386 624). Overall, cardiovascular age-adjusted mortality rates were higher among non-Hispanic whites compared with Hispanics (244.8 versus 189.0 per 100 000). Hispanic density ranged from 1% to 96% in each county. Counties in the highest compared with lowest category of Hispanic density had 60% higher Hispanic mortality (215.3 versus 134.2 per 100 000 population). In linear regression models, after adjusting for county-level demographic, socioeconomic, and healthcare factors, increasing Hispanic ethnic density remained strongly associated with mortality for Hispanics but not for non-Hispanic whites. Conclusions CVD mortality is higher in counties with higher Hispanic ethnic density. County-level characteristics do not fully explain the higher CVD mortality among Hispanics in ethnically concentrated counties

Higiene y Seguridad Laboral aplicada al Instituto Nacional Tecnológico Cro, Marcos Homero Guatemala- Jinotega, durante el primer semestre del año 2015

El presente trabajo investigativo lleva por tema: Higiene y Seguridad Laboral aplicada en Empresas del Departamento de Jinotega. Subtema: “Higiene y seguridad laboral en el Instituto Nacional Tecnológico Agropecuario Jinotega, durante el primer semestre del año 2015, el cual surge con el propósito de conocer las condiciones de Higiene y seguridad laboral que tiene actualmente para analizar, valorar y luego en bases a estas tomar posibles timas de decisiones . La importancia de Higiene y Seguridad laboral es la base de prevenir accidentes y enfermedades laborales en los puestos de trabajo. La finalidad tiene como objetivo analizar las condiciones de Higiene y Seguridad Laboral aplicada a los trabajadores. La presente investigación se hiso uso del método empírico y científico, con un diseño no experimental, con enfoque de carácter cuantitativo con elementos cualitativos de carácter descriptiva con corte transversal porque se estudia el comportamiento de las variables de investigación para el primer semestre del año 2015. Se hizo uso de los Instrumentos tales como: entrevistas, encuesta y la observación, con una población de 29 trabajadores que son todos empleados de la institución la cual es nuestro universo y muestra. Según la investigación constatamos la ausencia de un programa de Higiene y Seguridad Laboral, la falta de un plan de emergencia. Se recomienda la implantación de estos para contribuir y disminuir los casos de accidentes y enfermedades de los trabajadores, se debe implantar programas de capacitación constante al persona

Patient-Reported Satisfaction and Study Drug Discontinuation: Post-Hoc Analysis of Findings from ROCKET AF.

IntroductionPatient-reported outcomes (PROs) and satisfaction endpoints are increasingly important in clinical trials and may be associated with treatment adherence. In this post hoc substudy from ROCKET AF, we examined whether patient-reported satisfaction was associated with study drug discontinuation.MethodsROCKET AF (n = 14,264) compared rivaroxaban with warfarin for prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation. We analyzed treatment satisfaction scores: the Anti-Clot Treatment Scale (ACTS) and Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication version II (TSQM II). We compared satisfaction with study drug between the two treatment arms, and examined the association between satisfaction and patient-driven study drug discontinuation (stopping study drug due to withdrawal of consent, noncompliance, or loss to follow-up).ResultsA total of 1577 (11%) patients participated in the Patient Satisfaction substudy; 1181 (8.3%) completed both the ACTS and TSQM II 4 weeks after starting study drug. Patients receiving rivaroxaban did not experience significant differences in satisfaction compared with those receiving warfarin. During a median follow-up of 1.6 years, 448 premature study drug discontinuations occurred (213 rivaroxaban group; 235 warfarin group), of which 116 (26%) were patient-driven (52 [24%] rivaroxaban group; 64 [27%] warfarin group). No significant differences were observed between satisfaction level and rates of patient-driven study drug discontinuation.ConclusionsStudy drug satisfaction did not predict rate of study drug discontinuation. No significant difference was observed between satisfaction with warfarin and rivaroxaban, as expected given the double-blind trial design. Although these results are negative, the importance of PRO data will only increase, and these analyses may inform future studies that explore the relationship between drug-satisfaction PROs, adherence, and clinical outcomes. CLINICALTRIALS.GOV: NCT00403767.FundingThe ROCKET AF trial was funded by Johnson & Johnson and Bayer

Aquatic insects from Urugua-í Provincial Park, Misiones, Argentina

Se presenta una lista de insectos acuáticos colectados en el Parque Provincial Urugua-í, en la provincia de Misiones. Se colectaron 136 especies de insectos acuáticos, distribuidas en 75 géneros de 26 familias, correspondientes a siete órdenes. Se mencionan nuevas citas de la provincia y de Argentina, así como la presencia de especies nuevas para la ciencia.This paper presents a list of the aquatic insects collected from Urugua-í Provincial Park. This study aims to improve the knowledge of this protected area located in Misiones Province. One hundred and thirty-six species of aquatic insects in 75 genera, 26 families and seven orders were recorded. New records for the province and for Argentina are listed, and the records of new species are mentioned.Fil: Manzo, María Verónica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Tucuman. Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo; ArgentinaFil: Romero, Fatima. Fundación Miguel Lillo; ArgentinaFil: Rueda Martin, Paola Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Tucuman. Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; ArgentinaFil: Molineri, Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Tucuman. Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; ArgentinaFil: Nieto Peñalver, María Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Tucuman. Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo; ArgentinaFil: Rodriguez, José. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo; ArgentinaFil: Dominguez, Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Tucuman. Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo; Argentin