The films of Pedro Almodóvar: translation and reception in the United States

390 p.Análisis de las estrategias seguidas por los traductores audiovisuales de las películas de Pedro Almodóvar comercializadas en los Estados Unidos y estudio de la recepción de su cine por una audiencia estadounidens

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Diversidad y variación de estructuras en la coraza dorsal del armadillo gigante Priodontes maximus (Kerr, 1792) y su potencial uso para la identificación de individuos

Dorsal carapace and osteoderm morphological features have traditionally been widely used inboth extinct and extant armadillo systematics. However, the intraspecific variability at the carapace level represents a little studied aspect. In this contribution, we analyzed several dorsal carapaces of Priodontes maximus with the purpose of recording such variability. As a result, we describe a total of seven structures concerning the dorsal carapace osteoderm configuration, including distinct terminations of the osteoderm rows, and the most frequent aberrant shapes of the osteoderms. Though the same type of structure can be usually found in several specimens, its frequency and precise location within the carapace are unique to each individual. In this sense, besides improving anatomical descriptions, the identification of these structures can be potentially implemented as a complementary method to help recognize specific individuals being tracked. Moreover, it can represent a very effective recognition method even a long time after death. Given the general decreasing trend of P. maximus populations, it is important to develop as many monitoring tools as possible, in order to support conservation programs for this species.Las características morfológicas de la coraza dorsal y de los osteodermos han sido tradicionalmente muy utilizadas en la sistemática de armadillos, tanto extintos como actuales. Sin embargo, la variabilidad intraespecífica a nivel de coraza ha sido muy poco tratada en la literatura. En este trabajo se analiza una serie de corazas dorsales pertenecientes a Priodontes maximus con el objetivo de registrar dicha variabilidad. Como resultado, se describen un total de siete estructuras presentes en la configuración de osteodermos que conforman la coraza dorsal, incluyendo distintas terminaciones de las hileras de osteodermos, y las formas de osteodermos aberrantes más frecuentes. A pesar de que el mismo tipo de estructura puede estar presente en distintos ejemplares, su frecuencia y localización en la coraza son únicas de cada individuo. De esta manera, además de mejorar las descripciones anatómicas, la identificación de estas estructuras puede ser potencialmente implementada como un método complementario para reconocer individuos a los que se esté realizando un seguimiento. Además, también puede suponer un método de reconocimiento efectivo incluso pasado un largo tiempo tras la muerte del individuo. Dada la tendencia general a la disminución de las poblaciones de P. maximus, resulta importante desarrollar el mayor número posible de herramientas de monitoreo que puedan ayudar a los programas de conservación de esta especie.Fil: Barasoain Goñi, Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y Agrimensura. Departamento de Biología. Cátedra de Paleontología; ArgentinaFil: Cuaranta, Pedro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y Agrimensura. Departamento de Biología; ArgentinaFil: Mauriño, Romina Adela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y Agrimensura. Departamento de Biología; Argentin

Coronavirus as the Possible Causative Agent of the 1889–1894 Pandemic

[EN] Using new and original nineteenth-century sources, we analysed the epidemiology, clinical features and virology of the 1889 pandemic, which was referred to at the time as ‘Russian flu’ or ‘Asiatic flu’. However, we rejected this identification of the disease as an ‘influenza’, which we believe to have been based on insufficient knowledge of the causative agent and instead posit that the pandemic was caused by a coronavirus. We provide a new account of the 1889–1893 pandemic, with a more detailed chronology that included at least four epidemiological waves. At the end of 1889, a new virus appeared in Europe, which could be identified as the coronavirus HCoV-OC43, causing crude death rates of 1.3 per 1000 population in St Petersburg; 2.1 per 1000 in Paris; 2.8 per 1000 in Bilbao and on the French–Spanish border; between 2.9 and 5.2 per 1000 in small towns in the Basque Country; and 5.8 deaths per 1000 in Madrid, which had the highest death rate. The clinical features of the disease differed from classical influenza pandemics in terms of the latency phase, duration, symptomatology, convalescence, immunity, age and death rates. Another factor to be considered was the neurotropic capacity of the disease. The most frequent form of the 1889 pandemic was the ‘nervous form’, with specific symptoms such as ‘heavy headache’ (céphalalgie gravative), tiredness, fever and delirium. There are strong parallels between the 1889–1894 pandemic and the COVID-19 pandemic, and a better understanding of the former may therefore help us to better manage the latter.Research project: “El mapa de la desigualdad: las ciudades en la primera mitad del siglo XX.” PID2020-116797GB-I00. Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain. (AEI/FEDER, UE)

Fast kinetics of Taxol binding to microtubules:effects of solution variables and microtubule-associated proteins

14 p.-9 fig.-4 tab.The kinetics of Taxol association to and dissociation from stabilized microtubules has been measured by competition with the reference fluorescent derivative Flutax-1 (Diaz, J. F., Strobe, R., Engelborghs, Y., Souto, A. A., and Andreu, J. M. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 26265-26276). The association rate constant at 37 degrees C is k(+) = (3.6 +/- 0.1) x 10(6) m(-1) s(-1). The reaction profile is similar to that of the first step of Flutax-1 binding, which probably corresponds to the binding of the Taxol moiety. The rate constant of the initial binding of Flutax-1 is inversely proportional to the viscosity of the solution, which is compatible with a diffusion-controlled reaction. Microtubule-associated proteins bound to the microtubule outer surface slow down the binding of Flutax-1 and Flutax-2 10-fold. The binding site is fully accessible to Flutax-2 in native cytoskeletons of PtK2 cells; the observed kinetic rates of Flutax-2 microtubule staining and de-staining are similar to the reaction rates with microtubule associated proteins-containing microtubules. The kinetic data prove that taxoids bind directly from the bulk solution to an exposed microtubule site. Several hypotheses have been analyzed to potentially reconcile these data with the location of a Taxol-binding site at the model microtubule lumen, including dynamic opening of the microtubule wall and transport from an initial Taxol-binding site at the microtubule pores.This work was supported in part by MCyT Grants BIO2000-0748 (to J. M. A.) and BIO2001-1725 (to J. F. D.) and Programa de Grupos Estratégicos de la Comunidad de Madrid.Peer reviewe

New fairy armadillo records from the late Miocene (Chasicoan Stage/Age) of central Argentina

Fairy armadillos or “pichiciegos” (Cingulata, Chlamyphoridae) are represented by two monospecific extant genera, Chlamyphorus truncatus Harlan, 1825, and Calyptophractus retusus Burmeister, 1863. These taxa are among the most rare and elusive mammals. Molecular analyzes suggest their presence since the Early Miocene. Recently, it was described the first fossil record of this lineage, MMH-CH-87-7-100, a new genus and species coming from Late Miocene deposits of Arroyo Chasicó Formation (= Cerro Azul Formation; Chasicoan Stage/Age), at Arroyo Chasicó, Province of Buenos Aires. Its inclusion on a phylogenetic analysis reflected the monophyletic status of the Chlamyphorinae and its relation as sister group of both extant species. We report here new specimens recovered from other sites of central Argentina. In both cases, bearing levels also correspond to the Late Miocene (Chasicoan Stage/Age). GHUNLPam3190 is a fragment of rump plate coming from Cerro Azul Formation, at Cerro La Bota site, Province of La Pampa. Four specimens come from Loma de Las Tapias Formation, at Loma de Las Tapias site, Province of San Juan: INGEO-PV-022, a fragment of rump plate with most part of the pelvis fused; PVSJ 156a, a fragment of dorsal carapace with several articulated osteoderms; and INGEO-PV-001 and PVSJ157a, several isolated mobile and fixed osteoderms. These specimens show clear affinities with that of Arroyo Chasicó and possibly belong to closely related taxa. In addition, all available fossil materials show clear morphological differences compared to extant representatives (e.g., carapace structure, ornamentation of the osteoderms, rump plate morphology), suggesting a higher fairy armadillos diversity during Late Miocene.Fil: Barasoain, Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Tomassini, Rodrigo Leandro. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Geología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto Geológico del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Geología. Instituto Geológico del Sur; ArgentinaFil: Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Montalvo, Claudia. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; ArgentinaReunión de Comunicaciones de la Asociación Paleontológica ArgentinaLa PlataArgentinaUniversidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse