Pedro Lemebel, belleza indómita

Review of Martínez, Luciano (ed.). Pedro Lemebel, belleza indómita. Pittsburgh, Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana, 2022, 449 pp.Reseña de Martínez, Luciano (ed.). Pedro Lemebel, belleza indómita. Pittsburgh, Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana, 2022, 449 pp

New directions for the ecological aesthetics in neo-rural Spanish literature (2013-2020)

El retorno al campo se ha convertido en la última década en un motivo literario relevante y habitual, como atestigua la consolidación del fenómeno neorrural. Pese al evidente protagonismo de que ha gozado la tensión entre el campo y la ciudad en la tradición española, los textos recientes revelan formas nuevas de relación con el territorio, cercanas en sus postulados a algunas articulaciones ecologistas actuales y a las ecoescrituras. De este modo, el presente artículo propone una relectura del corpus neorrural a la luz de las estéticas ecológicas, tratando, por un lado, de comprender las obras más allá de las representaciones localistas, desde el ámbito de lo posnacional o lo glocal; y por el otro, de formular un vínculo con el medioambiente y la naturaleza que potencie también una consideración constructiva de la ciudad, como espacio de alianzas políticas y encuentros emancipatorios para la comunidad. Para ello, partiremos de algunas de las obras más representativas de las nuevas ruralidades, desde la célebre Intemperie de Jesús Carrasco a Tierra de mujeres de María Sánchez, pasando por ficciones como las de Irene Solà, Lara Moreno o Alberto Olmos.In the last years, the return to rural has become a relevant and common literary motif, as attested by the extraordinary prominence of the neo-rural phenomenon. Despite the evident centrality that the tension between the country and the city has enjoyed in Spanish tradition, recent texts reveal new relationships with the territory, close in their proposals to some current environmentalist ideas and eco-fiction works. In this way, this article proposes a reading of the neo-rural corpus from the perspective of the ecological aesthetics, trying to understand it beyond localist representations, from the domain of the post-national or the glocal; and to formulate a link with the environment and nature that also promotes a constructive consideration of the city, as a space for political alliances and emancipatory encounters for the community. To this end, we are starting from some of the most representative works of new ruralities, from the famous Intemperie by Jesús Carrasco to Tierra de Mujeres by María Sánchez, along with fictions such as those by Irene Solà, Lara Moreno or Alberto Olmos.FPDI de la Junta de Andalucí

Multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase IV–III study to evaluate the efficacy of cloxacillin plus fosfomycin versus cloxacillin alone in adult patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: study protocol for the SAFO trial

SAFO study group and the Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI).[Introduction] Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteraemia is a frequent condition, with high mortality rates. There is a growing interest in identifying new therapeutic regimens able to reduce therapeutic failure and mortality observed with the standard of care of beta-lactam monotherapy. In vitro and small-scale studies have found synergy between cloxacillin and fosfomycin against S. aureus. Our aim is to test the hypothesis that cloxacillin plus fosfomycin achieves higher treatment success than cloxacillin alone in patients with MSSA bacteraemia.[Methods] We will perform a superiority, randomised, open-label, phase IV–III, two-armed parallel group (1:1) clinical trial at 20 Spanish tertiary hospitals. Adults (≥18 years) with isolation of MSSA from at least one blood culture ≤72 hours before inclusion with evidence of infection, will be randomly allocated to receive either cloxacillin 2 g/4-hour intravenous plus fosfomycin 3 g/6-hour intravenous or cloxacillin 2 g/4-hour intravenous alone for 7 days. After the first week, sequential treatment and total duration of antibiotic therapy will be determined according to clinical criteria by the attending physician. Primary endpoints: (1) Treatment success at day 7, a composite endpoint comprising all the following criteria: patient alive, stable or with improved quick-Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, afebrile and with negative blood cultures for MSSA at day 7. (2) Treatment success at test of cure (TOC) visit: patient alive and no isolation of MSSA in blood culture or at another sterile site from day 8 until TOC (12 weeks after randomisation). We assume a rate of treatment success of 74% in the cloxacillin group. Accepting alpha risk of 0.05 and beta risk of 0.2 in a two-sided test, 183 subjects will be required in each of the control and experimental groups to obtain statistically significant difference of 12% (considered clinically significant).[Ethics and dissemination] Ethical approval has been obtained from the Ethics Committee of Bellvitge University Hospital (AC069/18) and from the Spanish Medicines and Healthcare Product Regulatory Agency (AEMPS, AC069/18), and is valid for all participating centres under existing Spanish legislation. The results will be presented at international meetings and will be made available to patients and funders.[Trial registration number] The protocol has been approved by AEMPS with the Trial Registration Number EudraCT 2018-001207-37. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03959345; Pre-results.The SAFO trial is supported by a competitive grant awarded by the Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias at the Spanish government’s National Institute of Health Research, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), (FIS PI17/01116). This study was supported by Plan Nacional de I+D+i 2017–2021 and Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Subdirección General de Redes y Centros de Investigación Cooperativa, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI RD16/0016/0005).Peer reviewe

Trends in the epidemiology of catheter-related bloodstream infections; towards a paradigm shift, Spain, 2007 to 2019

Altres ajuts: Departament de Salut. Generalitat de Catalunya ("Pla estratègic de recerca i innovació en salut (PERIS) 2019-2021"); Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital; Red Española de Investigación en Patología Infecciosa (REIPI).Background: Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) are frequent healthcare-associated infections and an important cause of death. Aim: To analyse changes in CRBSI epidemiology observed by the Infection Control Catalan Programme (VINCat). Methods: A cohort study including all hospital-acquired CRBSI episodes diagnosed at 55 hospitals (2007-2019) in Catalonia, Spain, was prospectively conducted. CRBSI incidence rates were adjusted per 1,000patientdays. To assess the CRBSI rate trend per year, negative binomial models were used, with the number of events as the dependent variable, and the year as the main independent variable. From each model, the annual rate of CRBSI diagnosed per 1,000patientdays and the incidence rate ratio (IRR) with its 95% confidence intervals (CI) were reported. Results: During the study, 9,290 CRBSI episodes were diagnosed (mean annual incidence rate:0.20episodes/1,000patientdays). Patients' median age was 64.1years; 36.6% (3,403/9,290) were female. In total, 73.7% (n=6,845) of CRBSI occurred in non-intensive care unit (ICU) wards, 62.7% (n=5,822) were related to central venous catheter (CVC), 24.1% (n=2,236) to peripheral venous catheters (PVC) and 13.3% (n=1,232) to peripherally-inserted central venous catheters (PICVC). Incidence rate fell over the study period (IRR:0.94;95%CI:0.93-0.96), especially in the ICU (IRR:0.88;95%CI:0.87-0.89). As a whole, while episodes of CVC CRBSI fell significantly (IRR:0.88;95%CI:0.87-0.91), peripherally-inserted catheter CRBSI (PVC and PICVC) rose, especially in medical wards (IRR PICVC:1.08;95%CI:1.05-1.11; IRR PVC: 1.03; 95% 1.00-1.05). Conclusions: Over the study, CRBSIs associated with CVC and diagnosed in ICUs decreased while episodes in conventional wards involving peripherally-inserted catheters increased. Hospitals should implement preventive measures in conventional wards

Search for eccentric black hole coalescences during the third observing run of LIGO and Virgo

Despite the growing number of confident binary black hole coalescences observed through gravitational waves so far, the astrophysical origin of these binaries remains uncertain. Orbital eccentricity is one of the clearest tracers of binary formation channels. Identifying binary eccentricity, however, remains challenging due to the limited availability of gravitational waveforms that include effects of eccentricity. Here, we present observational results for a waveform-independent search sensitive to eccentric black hole coalescences, covering the third observing run (O3) of the LIGO and Virgo detectors. We identified no new high-significance candidates beyond those that were already identified with searches focusing on quasi-circular binaries. We determine the sensitivity of our search to high-mass (total mass M>70 M⊙) binaries covering eccentricities up to 0.3 at 15 Hz orbital frequency, and use this to compare model predictions to search results. Assuming all detections are indeed quasi-circular, for our fiducial population model, we place an upper limit for the merger rate density of high-mass binaries with eccentricities 0<e≤0.3 at 0.33 Gpc−3 yr−1 at 90\% confidence level

Ultralight vector dark matter search using data from the KAGRA O3GK run

Among the various candidates for dark matter (DM), ultralight vector DM can be probed by laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors through the measurement of oscillating length changes in the arm cavities. In this context, KAGRA has a unique feature due to differing compositions of its mirrors, enhancing the signal of vector DM in the length change in the auxiliary channels. Here we present the result of a search for U(1)B−L gauge boson DM using the KAGRA data from auxiliary length channels during the first joint observation run together with GEO600. By applying our search pipeline, which takes into account the stochastic nature of ultralight DM, upper bounds on the coupling strength between the U(1)B−L gauge boson and ordinary matter are obtained for a range of DM masses. While our constraints are less stringent than those derived from previous experiments, this study demonstrates the applicability of our method to the lower-mass vector DM search, which is made difficult in this measurement by the short observation time compared to the auto-correlation time scale of DM

Las fronteras del género: Intermedialidad y performatividad en la poesía de Lola Nieto

The constant hybridizations and transfers between media have substantially conditioned the study of literature in the last years and have contributed to expanding its boundaries and its expectations. Thus, the consolidation of the performance as an influential modality has left its traces throughout the media spectrum, significantly transforming the traditional understanding of genres and improving the mixture between diverse media systems. This is attested by the appearance of perfopoetry as an interstitial practice based on the ritual and spectacular nature of the poetic language and on the discomfort with the usual theoretical ways. In this regard, Lola Nieto’s work constitutes a privileged place from which to think about these interactions between poetry and performance, and has become a fundamental proposal whose location always borders the limits of genre/gender, canon and territoryLas constantes hibridaciones y trasvases entre medios han condicionado sustancialmente el estudio de la literatura en los últimos años y han contribuido a ampliar las fronteras y las expectativas de lo literario. Así, la consolidación de la performance como modalidad influyente ha dejado sus huellas a lo largo del espectro mediático, transformando significativamente la comprensión tradicional de los géneros y favoreciendo la aleación entre sistemas mediales diversos. De este modo lo atestigua la aparición de la perfopoesía como práctica intersticial fundada en el carácter procesual, interactivo y espectacular de la palabra poética y en la incomodidad con respecto a los moldes teóricos habituales. A este respecto, la obra de Lola Nieto constituye un lugar privilegiado desde el que pensar estas intersecciones entre lo poético y lo performativo, habiéndose convertido en una propuesta fundamental cuya ubicación bordea siempre los límites del género, el canon y el territorio

Cuerpo fantasmal, naturaleza herida: potencias utópicas en las Siluetas de Ana Mendieta

El surgimiento del Earth-Body Art en la década de los setenta coincide con un momento de efervescente reflexión en torno a las posibilidades del cuerpo y la naturaleza en la creación artística. El protagonismo del giro performativo, el pensamiento feminista y las reivindicaciones ecologistas colocaron al cuerpo en el centro de las prácticas culturales y políticas, alentando nuevas comprensiones del género y la sexualidad, de lo humano y lo no humano. En este sentido, la serie Siluetas (1973-1980) de la artista cubanoamericana Ana Mendieta constituye una de sus más destacadas representantes, al fusionar las indagaciones sobre el cuerpo emprendidas por las performances Body Art con las propuestas del Land Art. Aunque la obra ha sido, con frecuencia, abordada críticamente desde las herramientas ecofeministas, consideramos que la idea del cuerpo en ella excede cualquier representación tradicional de la femineidad, para colocarse en un paradójico plano fantasmal que suspende los binarismos y sus jerarquías. A partir del espectro derridiano y del análisis de su potencialidad utópica, este artículo plantea una relectura de los cuerpos espectrales de Mendieta como cuerpos situados en un tiempo y un lugar indeterminados, un modo de subversión estética y política y la manifestación de una futuridad emancipatoria.The emergence of Earth-Body Art in the 1970s met with a moment of enthusiastic reflection on the possibilities of the body and nature in artistic creation. The prominence of the performative turn (Fischer-Lichte, 2004), feminist thought, and environmental claims placed the body at the centre of cultural and political practices, encouraging new understandings of gender and sexuality, the human, and the non-human. In this sense, the Siluetas series (1973-1980) by the Cuban American artist Ana Mendieta constitutes one of its standard-bearers, by merging inquiries about the body put forth by Body Art performances with the proposals of Land Art. Although her work has been frequently approached from an ecofeminist perspective, we consider that its body idea exceeds any traditional representation of femininity, being placed instead in a paradoxical ghostly plane that suspends binary oppositions and their hierarchies. Based on the Derridean spectre and the analysis of its utopian potentiality, this article proposes a reading of the spectral bodies of Mendieta as bodies located in an indeterminate time and place, as well as a mode of aesthetic and political subversion and a manifestation of emancipatory futures.Proyecto I+D+I LETRAL. Políticas de lo común en las literaturas del siglo 21: estéticas disidentes y circulaciones alternativas, financiada por un contrato predoctoral de la Junta de Andalucí