Classical and quantum N=1 super W∞W_\infty-algebras

We construct higher-spin N=1 super algebras as extensions of the super Virasoro algebra containing generators for all spins $s\ge 3/2$. We find two distinct classical (Poisson) algebras on the phase super space. Our results indicate that only one of them can be consistently quantized.Comment: 10 pages, latex, no figure

Philosophers and Theologians on Happiness. An analysis of early Latin commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics

Avant 1250, même avec un champ d’études statutairement restreint, les maîtres ès arts de Paris abordaient un certain nombre de disciplines philosophiques. Parmi les enseignements prescrits à ces maîtres se trouvait l’éthique, étudiée dans l’Éthique à Nicomaque d’Aristote. En interprétant ce texte, les maîtres ès arts enseignaient ce qu’ils comprenaient comme « bonheur » en utilisant un réseau de concepts pas toujours en accord avec celui des théologiens. Autour du concept de bonheur, nous tentons ici d’observer les différences et les ressemblances dont témoignent — dans le contexte controversé de l’Université de Paris — les ouvrages pertinents des maîtres ès arts par rapport à l’opinion des théologiens.Before 1250, even with a statutorily restricted field of research, the Arts masters of Paris included in their teaching a certain number of philosophical disciplines. Courses imposed on Arts masters included ethics, using Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. Commenting on this text, Arts masters would interpret it and teach their own doctrine of “happiness”, involving concepts not always in agreement with those of the theologians. Taking into account the controversial context of the University of Paris, we focus in this paper on the opinions of Arts masters in both their differences and their agreements with the theologians, regarding the concept of happiness

L’intuition intellective du Premier principe : les maîtres ès arts de Paris et Avicenne

Pour déterminer la cognoscibilité du Premier principe, Avicenne emprunte dans sa Métaphysique trois voies : la connaissance scientifique par démonstration, l’intuition intellective et la connaissance à travers le discours prophétique. Dans le cadre de la réception de l’Éthique aristotélicienne, les maîtres ès arts de Paris empruntent deux de ces voies au milieu du xiiie siècle. Même si beaucoup d’éléments sont semblables dans les deux cas, les artiens ne sortiront pas de leur spécificité professionnelle : le discours philosophique.To determine the cognoscibility of the First Principle, Avicenna (in his Metaphysics) follows three ways : scientific knowledge through demonstration, intellectual intuition and knowledge through prophetical discourse. Within the framework of the Aristotelian Ethics’ reception, the Parisian Arts Masters follow two of these ways at the middle of the 13th century. Although many elements from Parisian masters are similar to Avicenna’s, the magistri artium do not abandon their professional specificity that is philosophical discourse

Happiness and knowledge in some Masters of Arts before 1250. An analysis of some commentaries on the Book I of Nicomachean Ethics

The masters of Arts were immersed in an incredibly rich intellectual environment from which they took many tools but to which they also contributed. Although they cultivated the literal genre of commentary it does not mean that they only repeated the theories of others. Usually, those commentaries are original constructions that almost use the commented work as an excuse to expose a personal doctrine. The case of the masters of Arts is eloquent. The commentaries on the Ethica Noua (the Latin translation of book I of Nicomachean Ethics) include contents that largely exceed those of the first book of Nicomachean Ethics

Avaliação da qualidade de vida de idosos com Diabetes Mellitus e Hipertensão arterial sistêmica atendidos na Clínica Escola Univates

Contextualização: o envelhecimento faz parte de um processo biológico, psicológico e social, e é um fenômeno crescente deste século. Com o aumento da população idosa há um aumento na busca de serviços de saúde, em decorrência de doenças como Diabetes Mellitus (DM) e a Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica (HAS). Estas condições impactam negativamente na qualidade de vida dos indivíduos. Objetivo: Avaliar a qualidade de vida de idosos com DM e HAS que frequentam a clínica escola da Univates. Métodos: Foi realizado um estudo transversal no período entre agosto a novembro de 2015, na Clínica Escola da Univates. Para a obtenção dos dados, foram utilizados questionários com dados de identificação, sociodemográficos, e o questionário específico Whoqol-Bref. Resultado: Dos 12 indivíduos avaliados, a média de idade foi 67 anos e a maioria eram mulheres (58%), 67% eram casados. A escolaridade média foi de 6 anos, o IMC foi 30kg/cm² em média e 75% dos eram sedentários. Ainda, 4 apresentaram Diabetes Mellitus e todos os participantes apresentavam HAS. Em relação ao escore de qualidade de vida observou se que no total de participantes a pior pontuação foi no domínio físico (3±0,4) e a maior pontuação no domínio relações sociais (3,5±0,3), porém ambos são considerados regulares. Quando comparou-se o grupo que apresentava a DM+HAS com o grupo com HAS isolada, observou-se resultados semelhantes, porém sem diferenças significativas entre os grupos. Conclusão: A qualidade de vida é alterada negativamente na presença de condições crônicas.BACKGROUND: Aging is part of a biological, psychological and social process, and is a growing phenomenon of this century. With increasing aging population there is an increase in seeking health services as a result of diseases such as diabetes mellitus (DM) and systemic arterial hypertension (SAH). These conditions negatively impact the quality of life of individuals. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of life of elderly patients with diabetes and hypertension who attend the clinic school Univates. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted between August-November 2015, the Clinical School Univates. To obtain the data, questionnaires were used to identify data, sociodemographic, and the specific questionnaire WHOQOL-Bref. RESULTS: Of the 12 individuals evaluated, the average age was 67 and most were women (58%), 67% were married. The average schooling was six years, BMI was 30 kg / cm² on average and 75% were sedentary. Still, 4 had diabetes mellitus and all the participants had hypertension. Regarding the quality of life score noted that the total number of participants was the worst scores in the physical domain (3 ± 0.4) and the highest score in the field social relations (3.5 ± 0.3), but both are considered regular. When compared the group that presented the DM + SH with the group with isolated hypertension was observed similar results, but with no significant differences between groups. CONCLUSION: The quality of life is negatively altered in the presence of chronic conditions

La división de las ciencias y el tema del hombre-microcosmos según algunos maestros de artes de París hacia 1250

En las divisiones de la ciencia provenientes de la Facultad de Artes de París, algunos maestros (Pseudo-Peckham, Iohannes Pagus) establecen conexiones entre las facultades del alma y los objetos del mundo propios a la actividad de cada una de tales facultades, determinando así las diversas ciencias que surgen a partir de estas relaciones. El enlace de estos elementos se hace posible dentro del marco del hombre como microcosmos que los maestros desarrollan a partir de adagios aristotélicos tomados del De anima y de la Física con la utilización de algunas fuentes neoplatónicas. Según los maestros de artes, el conocimiento de todas las cosas es asequible al hombre precisamente porque en él se encuentran, de alguna manera, el resumen y la presencia de todas las cosas.In divisions of sciences issued from the Parisian Arts Faculty, some masters (Pseudo-Peckham, Iohannes Pagus) established connexions between the powers of the soul and the world objects proper to each power. Different sciences arise out of these connexions. The link of these elements is possible on the background of man as a microcosm, which masters develop from some Aristotelian adages taken from De Anima and the Physics with the help of some Neoplatonic sources. According to the masters of Arts, the knowledge of all things is attainable for men precisely because all things reside in him in a certain way.Fil: Buffon, Valeria A.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnica

Actus, opus, habitus: discusiones de terminología ética en la primera recepción de la Ética Nicomáquea a mediados del siglo XIII

Este artículo muestra los efectos de las oscilaciones terminológicas de las primeras traducciones de la Ética Nicomáqueaen los primeros comentaristas del Occidente Latino. Analizamos la dinámica de asimilación entre los términos actus, opusy habitus, que abre a la posibilidad, en algunos comentaristas anónimos, de un vínculo interesante entre dos tipos de teleología aristotélica.This article shows the effects of terminological oscillations of Nicomachean Ethics’ first translations on the first commentators in the Latin West. Here we analyze the dynamics of assimilation between the terms actus, opus and habitus, which opens the possibility, in some anonymous commentators, of an interesting link between two types of Aristotelian teleology.Fil: Buffon, Valeria Andrea. Universidad Nacional del Litoral; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentin

The Gendering of Victimhood: Western Media and the Sinjar Genocide

This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Transnational Press via the URL in this record.This article adopts a gender perspective on war, problematising media attention on Yezidi women since the attacks by ISIS. Sinjari Yezidis’ narratives/subjectivities since 2014 are silenced in Western media reports in favour of a “hyper-visibility” of women’s “injured bodies”, which mobilises a specific narrative of victimhood. Reports from UK and US broadsheet newspapers, plus the BBC, CNN and online publications are analysed, plus new data gathered through fieldwork among Yezidis in Northern Iraq. Western media draw on and reproduce cultural and gender representations, reinstating relations of power infused with orientalist and patriarchal tropes. The focus on women’s bodies moves attention away from the workings of namûs “honour” and the suffering of Yezidi men. Some Yezidi women who became activists, speaking as victims, are heard internationally; the compromises this entails are discussed in light of Fassin and Rechtman’s work on the politics of victimhood

Herrn von Buffons allgemeine Naturgeschichte, Bd. 3-4

Im Schooße der brennenden Berge, die unter dem Rahmen der feuerspeyenden bekannt sind, liegen ausser dem Schwefel und Erdharz lauter solce Materien verborgen, welche fähig sind, ein unterirdisches Feuer zu unterhalten, ein Feuer, das weit gewaltsamere Wirkungen, als das Schießpulver und der Donner selbst, hervorbringen kann, ein feuer, das von je her ein Entsetzen der Menschen, und eine Verwüstung gewisser Länder gewesen. ..