“Stranger Things”: o futuro do regionalismo latino-americano

Latin American attempts at regionalism have been pursued through different waves. The last wave, post-liberal or post-hegemonic regionalism, is fading without having even peaked. Building on contributions from International Political Economy, European Studies and International Relations, the paper aims at answering two main questions: how can we characterize the current paths of regional integration in Latin America considering the trends of the last ten years? What can we expect of Latin American regionalism over the next decade? We address three premises –membership of regional organizations, institutional design and the role of the United States– lying under the large volume of regionalist research in Latin America. We then test them vis-à-vis the latter developments in the aftermath of the collapse of post-liberal regionalism. Also, addressing these three premises we attempt to make some predictions about possible forthcoming regional scenarios. We explore two possible developments –a short-term scenario and a longer-term scenario–, mainly but not exclusively drawn from the three premises studied in the paper. Maybe we are about to witness some “stranger things” in the future of Latin American regionalism, opening up to different realities, different explanations and alternatives.As tentativas latino-americanas de regionalismo têm sido perseguidas através de diferentes ondas. A última onda, o regionalismo pós-liberal ou pós-hegemônico, está desaparecendo sem sequer ter atingido o pico. Com base em contribuições da Economia Política Internacional, Estudos Europeus e Relações Internacionais, o artigo tem como objetivo responder a duas questões principais: como caracterizar os caminhos atuais da integração regional na América Latina considerando as tendências dos últimos dez anos? O que podemos esperar do regionalismo latino-americano na próxima década? Abordamos três premissas – filiação de organizações regionais, projeto institucional e o papel dos Estados Unidos – sob o grande volume de pesquisas regionalistas na América Latina. Testamo-los em relação aos últimos desenvolvimentos após o colapso do regionalismo pós-liberal. Além disso, abordando essas três premissas, tentamos fazer algumas previsões sobre possíveis cenários regionais futuros. Exploramos dois desenvolvimentos possíveis – um cenário de curto prazo e um cenário de longo prazo –, principalmente, mas não exclusivamente extraídos das três premissas estudadas no artigo. Talvez estejamos prestes a testemunhar algumas “coisas estranhas” no futuro do regionalismo latino-americano, abrindo-se para diferentes realidades, diferentes explicações e alternativas

Physical Treatments and Propolis Extract to Enhance Quality Attributes of Fresh-Cut Mixed Vegetables

The impact of individual and combined application of propolis extract (PE) plus ultrasound (ULT) or thermal treatment (TT) on the microbiological, nutritional, physicochemical and sensory quality of fresh-cut mixed vegetables for soup (celery, leek and butternut squash) stored at 5C was studied. The use of PE slightly reduced microbial growth, inhibited the activity of browning related enzymes and improved quality attributes during refrigerated storage. Moreover, PE was effective to reduce ascorbic acid losses in the product maintaining its nutritional quality. TT greatly lowered the initial microbial load (1.7–2.2 log units) and also reduced microbial growth on mixed vegetables extending its microbiological shelf-life to 5 days. Furthermore, TT inactivated browning enzymes improving visual quality; however, ascorbic acid degradation adversely affected nutritional quality. Meanwhile, ULT caused a significant microbial inactivation, reduced browning enzyme activity and also the inhibitory effect on polyphenoloxidase enzyme was enhanced by combining ULT with PE. Practical Applications: The use of natural agents, as propolis extract, along with physical treatments to preserve the quality of fresh-cut mixed vegetables for soup might be an interesting option to address the concerns of the consumer about the use of synthetic chemical antimicrobials potentially harmful for health.Fil: Alvarez, María Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ingeniería. Departamento de Ingeniería Química. Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería en Alimentos; ArgentinaFil: Ponce, Alejandra Graciela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ingeniería. Departamento de Ingeniería Química. Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería en Alimentos; ArgentinaFil: Goyeneche, Rosario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ingeniería. Departamento de Ingeniería Química. Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería en Alimentos; ArgentinaFil: Moreira, Maria del Rosario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ingeniería. Departamento de Ingeniería Química. Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería en Alimentos; Argentin

Marine chemical contaminants – support to harmonized MSFD reporting: Substances considered for MSFD descriptor 8

The 2018 reporting on updates of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Articles 8, 9 and 10 will be supported by web forms to aid completion of the XML files by Member States. It is planned to use, wherever possible, drop-down lists to facilitate data entry, thereby also helping to ensure consistency in the data entered. This report outlines a process to prepare a list of contaminants for use in 2018 MSFD D8 reporting (as drop-down lists in the reporting web forms). This list assists in using a harmonized nomenclature for the unambiguous identification of the substances, thereby facilitating consistency in the data entry. Additionally, the compilation of the list allows for comparisons between Member States and marine regions that may support the processes of selection of relevant contaminants for D8 assessments.JRC.D.2-Water and Marine Resource

Potential chemical contaminants in the marine environment: An overview of main contaminant lists

The identification of priority chemicals is a challenge for regulators, managers and researchers all around the world. This report compiles in a single list more than 2700 substances (or groups of substances) coming from main lists of chemicals compiled by relevant global conventions, European legislation, European regional seas and dedicated research work. Although not all of these contaminants are of concern for the marine environment or for a particular MSFD region/sub-region/Member State, this general overview should help understand the different options and support further developments for the monitoring and assessment of chemical pollution in European marine waters. Discussion and collaboration between the different stakeholders and expert groups will be necessary for an efficient way towards an equally high level of protection for healthy and productive oceans. This compilation also assist in using a harmonized nomenclature for the unambiguous identification of the substances of concern. It may also serve as a basis for discussions about procedures for grouping/combining substances at European level. This is expected to facilitate consistency in the upcoming 2018 MSFD data reporting.JRC.D.2-Water and Marine Resource

Fluoroscopy-guided balloon dilation of a proximal urethral stricture caused by a urethral membrane in a female cat

Case summary: A proximal urethral stricture was diagnosed by retrograde urethrogram in a 2-year-old female neutered cat, which was referred following a 2-month history of stranguria, pollakiuria and urinary incontinence. Cystoscopic examination confirmed the presence of a severe narrowing of the proximal urethra near to the bladder neck, consisting of a membrane arising from the urethral mucosa. Fluoroscopy-guided balloon dilation was performed. Twelve months after the procedure, the cat did not show any recurrence of clinical signs. Relevance and novel information: To our knowledge, this is the first report of a proximal urethral stricture in a cat. Management by fluoroscopy-guided balloon dilation proved to be a successful and minimally invasive option with an excellent outcome

A suspended time: Everyday Life and becoming feminist of Argentine women exiled during the last military dictatorship (1976-1983)

Durante los años ’60 y ’70, surgieron en Argentina numerosas organizaciones políticas que cuestionaron abiertamente el orden social capitalista y pusieron en práctica diversas estrategias para generar una alternativa a dicho orden social. En estas organizaciones la participación de las mujeres fue muy relevante, tanto por la cantidad de militantes como por el nivel de jerarquía alcanzado por algunas de ellas. Si bien sus organizaciones políticas no tenían reivindicaciones vinculadas a la modificación de las relaciones jerárquicas de género, las mujeres militantes cuestionaban, en la práctica, el lugar que la sociedad patriarcal les asignaba (Oberti, 2015). Como podremos ver en los testimonios recopilados para este trabajo, la vida cotidiana de las mujeres argentinas exiliadas se vio fuertemente sacudida por cuestiones relativas al género. Por otra parte, en el exilio, una vez que sus organizaciones habían sido ferozmente reprimidas y desarticuladas, en algunos casos, se dio un acercamiento a teorías y perspectivas políticas feministas. La desaparición o las rupturas de parejas, la maternidad, entre otras, fueron experiencias “femeninas” de vida muy profundas y frente a las cuales muchas debieron posicionarse, por primera vez, en el exilio. Este trabajo se propone dar cuenta de esta trayectoria a partir del análisis de testimonios orales de mujeres argentinas que estuvieron exiliadas.During the ‘60s and ‘70s, numerous political organizations emerged in Argentina that openly questioned the capitalist social order and put into practice various strategies to generate an alternative to that social order. In these organizations, the participation of women was very relevant, both because of the number of militants and the level of hierarchy reached by some of them. Although their political organizations had no claims related to the modification of hierarchical gender relations, the militant women questioned, in practice, the place assigned to them by the patriarchal society (Oberti, 2015). As we can see in the testimonies compiled for this work, the daily life of exiled argentine women was strongly shaken by issues related to gender. On the other hand, we will see that, in some cases, in exile there was an approach to feminist theories and political perspectives, once their organizations had been fiercely repressed and disarticulated. The disappearance or ruptures of couples, motherhood, among others, were very deep “feminine” experiences of life and in front of which many had to position themselves, for the first time, in conditions of exile. This work aims to account for this trajectory from the analysis of oral testimonies of Argentine women who were exiled.Fil: Alvarez, Victoria. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto Interdisciplinario de Estudios de Género; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento. Instituto del Desarrollo Humano; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Representaciones de la violencia sexual en los centros clandestinos de detención en Noche de lobos de Abel Posse

El presente trabajo analiza las construcciones literarias sobre la violencia sexual padecida por las mujeres en los centros clandestinos de detención, durante la última dictadura militar argentina (1976-1983). La parte inicial de la investigación constituye una descripción de las distintas formas de violencia de género padecidas por las detenidas desaparecidas. La segunda, aborda algunas de las novelas que buscaron dar cuenta del tema. Por último, se analiza la novela Noche de lobos del diplomático y escritor argentino Abel Posse

“Además me violaron”. La violencia sexual en centros clandestinos de detención durante la última dictadura militar argentina

During the last Argentine military dictatorship (1976-1983), the ways in which women detainees were treated in clandestine detention centers covered varied forms of aggression, including repertoires of gender and sexual violence as a form of intensification of oppression. The present work intends, in the first place, to give an account of the different forms of gender violence to which women were subjected in the clandestine detention centers during the last dictatorship in Argentina, from a gender perspective. Second, reflect on the meanings of it. And, finally, to account for the different forms of resistance that, despite the context in which nothing seemed possible, carried out the kidnapped. The corpus of the work will be made up of interviews carried out together with Fernando Alvarez and Lizel Tornay for the film "Campo de batalla. Cuerpo de Mujer” (Fernando Alvarez, 2013), testimonies provided by survivors of the civil association Memoria Abierta and legal testimonies.Durante la última dictadura militar argentina (1976-1983), los modos en los que las mujeres detenidas fueron tratadas en los centros clandestinos de detención abarcaron formas variadas de agresión, incluyendo repertorios de violencia de género y sexual como forma de intensificación de la opresión. El presente trabajo se propone, en primer lugar, dar cuenta de las distintas formas de violencia de género a las que fueron sometidas las mujeres en los centros clandestinos de detención durante la última dictadura en Argentina, desde una perspectiva de género. En segundo lugar, reflexionar sobre los significados de la misma. Y, por último, dar cuenta de las distintas formas de resistencia que, a pesar del contexto en el que nada parecía posible, llevaron a cabo las secuestradas. El corpus del trabajo estará compuesto por entrevistas realizadas junto con Fernando Alvarez y Lizel Tornay para el documental “Campo de batalla. Cuerpo de mujer” (Fernando Alvarez, 2013), testimonios brindados por sobrevivientes a la asociación civil Memoria Abierta y testimonios judiciales. &nbsp