The constraining role of political culture in the deepening of new democracies: the case of Chile

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with Honors.This paper examines the role of political culture in the development of Chilean democracy as a case study for other third-wave democracies in the Latin American region. The prioritization of political stability during the years of democratic transition - seen as essential by the political elite to prevent the political polarization that led to the 1973 coup d’etat - resulted in limited social reform and the dissatisfaction of the average Chilean with his political parties. Differences in the political culture of the political elite and at the mass level resulted in a delegitimization of democracy for the average citizen. The Chilean case highlights a growing issue of representation in Latin America and a general loss of faith in the democratic project

Masoch, From the Figure to the Problem

Critical Studies: Art, Becoming and Participation marks the launch of the Visual Arts and Critical Studies Group, recently formed within the scope of the Arnaldo Araújo Research Centre (CEAA). The book seeks to rehearse what may become, in the next future, a Brute Theory, whose territories of action remain under definition but whose company we wish to keep along future trajectories. As the singular is a collective, in this publication dispersion overrides the search for any type of unity. Brute Theory, as a pocket of resistance to current models of academic domination anchored in profitable, efficient and, as repeatedly stated, competitive research, proposes precarious dynamics, such as risk and drift.Secção Autónoma de Teoria e História da ESAPinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Becoming Minor, Space, Politics and Emancipation

Critical Studies: Art, Becoming and Participation marks the launch of the Visual Arts and Critical Studies Group, recently formed within the scope of the Arnaldo Araújo Research Centre (CEAA). The book seeks to rehearse what may become, in the next future, a Brute Theory, whose territories of action remain under definition but whose company we wish to keep along future trajectories. As the singular is a collective, in this publication dispersion overrides the search for any type of unity. Brute Theory, as a pocket of resistance to current models of academic domination anchored in profitable, efficient and, as repeatedly stated, competitive research, proposes precarious dynamics, such as risk and drift.Secção Autónoma de Teoria e História da ESAPinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

CRITICAL STUDIES NOTES: ART, BECOMING AND PARTICIPATION #13

Critical Studies: Art, Becoming and Participation marks the launch of the Visual Arts and Critical Studies Group, recently formed within the scope of the Arnaldo Araújo Research Centre (CEAA). The book seeks to rehearse what may become, in the next future, a Brute Theory, whose territories of action remain under definition but whose company we wish to keep along future trajectories. As the singular is a collective, in this publication dispersion overrides the search for any type of unity. Brute Theory, as a pocket of resistance to current models of academic domination anchored in profitable, efficient and, as repeatedly stated, competitive research, proposes precarious dynamics, such as risk and driSATH - Secção Autónoma de Teoria e História da Escola Superior Artística do Portoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Memória de dígitos e memória de frases: dois instrumentos de avaliação neuropsicológica

A memória é uma componente envolvida em diversas perturbações, e os casos onde a linguagem se encontra comprometida não são excepção. Assim, torna-se importante dispor de instrumentos que avaliem a memória em geral, e a memória verbal em particular, no contexto das perturbações de linguagem. No presente trabalho serão apresentadas duas provas de memória adaptadas ao português a partir das homónimas que integram a bateria PALPA (Kay, Lesser & Coltheart, 1992): a Amplitude de Memória de Dígitos e a Amplitude de Memória de Sequências Substantivo-Verbo. Memory is a central cognitive process that, as such, can be implicated by absence or misfunctioning in a variety of psychological disorders. In the context of language disorders, it is important to have adequate tools to assess memory, in general, and verbal memory, in particular. In the present paper, two memory tasks adapted from the PALPA battery (Kay, Lesser & Coltheart, 1992) to European Portuguese, will be presented: the Digit Span and the Pointing Span for Noun – Verb Sequences tasks

Hydrogels in wound management

One of the most prevalent applications of hydrogels is wound management. Thanks to their high water content and unique physical properties, hydrogels could potentially resemble biological tissues including human skin. (Peppas et al. 2000, Gupta et al. 2010, Caló & Khutoryanskiy 2014, Jones et al. 2006) There is active interest in the development of new and advanced hydrogel-based products from both an academic and industrial perspective. In fact, hydrogels exhibit many characteristics of the ‘ideal’ wound dressing. These include: the capability of maintaining a moist environment at the wound site allowing gas exchange (moisture vapour transmission), biocompatibility, fast absorption of wound exudate, protection of newly formed or delicate skin and easy and relatively painless dressing removal. (Thomas 1990, Gupta et al. 2010, Vowden & Vowden 2014, Boateng & Catanzano 2015) In this Chapter we will provide the reader with an overview of the most recent hydrogel materials designed for wound management

Sistema de equipamiento para el reciclado de residuos sólidos urbanos

El presente proyecto consiste en el diseño de un sistema modular de equipos/maquinaria de bajo costo adaptable a diferentes escalas productivas, destinado a emprendimientos municipales y/o cooperativas de recuperadores urbanos (cartoneros) dedicados a la valorización de los Residuos Sólidos Urbanos (RSU). (Párrafo extraído del texto a modo de resumen)Áreas proyectuales tecnológicasFacultad de Bellas Arte

De recuperadores a productores: la experiencia de un nuevo rumbo en la especialización y agregado de valor sobre el vidrio reciclado

El presente trabajo describe la importancia de incorporar procesos de valor agregado en las cooperativas, tomando como referencia la experiencia de Nuevo Rumbo. recuperadores mediante su trabajo, devuelven valor mercantil a los residuos. El siguiente eslabón de la trama lo constituyen los depósitos comúnmente denominados polirrubros, pues acopian distintos materiales sin especializarse en un sólo tipo de material. Los depósitos polirrubros venden a depósitos especializados, cuya calificación depende del material con el que trabajan: chatarreros, metaleros, plastiqueros, botelleros, vidrieros o recorteros (acopiadores de papeles y cartones). Los depósitos especializados terminan de preparar los materiales reciclables como materia prima para el consumo industrial. Algunos depósitos polirrubros grandes, que cuentan con enfardadoras y transportes propios, omiten esta escala de especialización y venden directamente a las industrias cumpliendo con las normas que éstas imponen, como la calidad, entrega a tiempo y en cantidad. (Párrafo extraído del texto a modo de resumen) Mesa: Representaciones identitarias y proyectos político-económicosFacultad de Bellas Arte

Sistema de equipamiento para el reciclado de residuos sólidos urbanos

El presente proyecto consiste en el diseño de un sistema modular de equipos/maquinaria de bajo costo adaptable a diferentes escalas productivas, destinado a emprendimientos municipales y/o cooperativas de recuperadores urbanos (cartoneros) dedicados a la valorización de los Residuos Sólidos Urbanos (RSU). (Párrafo extraído del texto a modo de resumen)Áreas proyectuales tecnológicasFacultad de Bellas Arte