The Imago Primi Saeculi Societatis Iesv (1640). Devotion, Politics and the Emblem.

The Imago Primi Saeculi Societatis Iesv (1640) is, perhaps, the most beautiful book of emblems published by the Jesuits in the seventeenth century. The book is a festive commemoration offered by the priests and students of the Flemish-Belgian Province in celebration of the centenary of the founding of the Society of Jesus. The work includes 127 full-page emblems distributed throughout a total of 956 folio-sized pages that narrate and illustrate in emblematic fashion the foundation, development, vicisstitudes and achievements of the Socirty in its evangelical and pedagogical mission. From the moment of its publication, the Imago was the object of attacks by Huguenauts and Jansenists who criticized its haughtiness, grandiloquent language and the hyperbolic comparisons of the narration. Hidden behind this criticism were the reasons for the Jansenist offensive against the book. Probabilism, the supposed frivolous attitude towards confession and the frequency of communion, advocated by the Jesuits, was the object of a pair of insulting treatises directed against the Imago by the famous Jansenists Antoine Arnauld and Issac Louis le Maître de Sacy. The critics of the Imago maliciously ignored that the book's grandiloquent style, appropriate to a jubilation celebration, conforms to the language of classical rhetoric, thus perpetuating the propagandistic image of the book. KEYWORDS: Imago Primi Saeculi; Society of Jesus; Flanders; Flemish-Belgian Province

Atlas of prostate cancer heritability in European and African-American men pinpoints tissue-specific regulation

Although genome-wide association studies have identified over 100 risk loci that explain ∼33% of familial risk for prostate cancer (PrCa), their functional effects on risk remain largely unknown. Here we use genotype data from 59,089 men of European and African American ancestries combined with cell-type-specific epigenetic data to build a genomic atlas of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) heritability in PrCa. We find significant differences in heritability between variants in prostate-relevant epigenetic marks defined in normal versus tumour tissue as well as between tissue and cell lines. The majority of SNP heritability lies in regions marked by H3k27 acetylation in prostate adenoc7arcinoma cell line (LNCaP) or by DNaseI hypersensitive sites in cancer cell lines. We find a high degree of similarity between European and African American ancestries suggesting a similar genetic architecture from common variation underlying PrCa risk. Our findings showcase the power of integrating functional annotation with genetic data to understand the genetic basis of PrCa

Victoria Cirlot, trad. introd. — Béroul, « Tristan e Iseo », 1986 (" Textos mediev. ", 1)

Campa Pedro F. Victoria Cirlot, trad. introd. — Béroul, « Tristan e Iseo », 1986 (" Textos mediev. ", 1). In: Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, 31e année (n°122), Avril-juin 1988. La notation des musiques polyphoniques aux XIe-XIIIe siècles. Actes des journées musicologiques de Poitiers. 9-10 mai 1986, sous la direction de Dominique Patier et Gérard Le Vot. pp. 197-198

O'Malley, John W. (ed.) [2015]. Art, Controversy, and the Jesuits : The ?Imago Primi Saeculi? (1640)

Recensión del libro: O'MALLEY, John W., S.I, [2015]. Art, Controversy, and the Jesuits: The ?Imago Primi Saeculi? (1640), Early Modern Catholicism and the Visual Arts Series 12. Philadelphia: St. Joseph?s University Press, 771 pp

José Julio García Arranz: Symbola et emblemata avium. Las aves en los libros de emblemas y empresas de los siglos XVI y XVII

Recensión crítica del liibro de José Julio García Arranz: Symbola et emblemata avium. Las aves en los libros de emblemas y empresas de los siglos XVI y XVII, SIELAE y Sociedad de Cultura Valle Inclán, A Coruña, 2010

Bioimpedance Vector Patterns Changes in Response to Swimming Training: An Ecological Approach

Background and aim: Monitoring bioelectric phase angle (PhA) provides important information on the health and the condition of the athlete. Together with the vector length, PhA constitutes the bioimpedance vector analysis (BIVA) patterns, and their joint interpretation exceeds the limits of the evaluation of the PhA alone. The present investigation aimed to monitor changes in the BIVA patterns during a training macrocycle in swimmers, trying to ascertain if these parameters are sensitive to training load changes across a 13-week training period. Methods: Twelve national and international level swimmers (four females; eight males; 20.9 +/- 1.9 years; with a competitive swimming background of 11.3 +/- 1.8 years; undertaking 16-20 h of pool training and 4-5 h of dry-land training per week and 822.0 +/- 59.0 International Swimming Federation (FINA) points) were evaluated for resistance (R) and reactance (Xc) using a single frequency phase sensitive bioimpedance device at the beginning of the macrocycle (M1), just before the beginning of the taper period (M2), and just before the main competition of the macrocycle (M3). At the three-time assessment points, swimmers also performed a 50 m all-out first stroke sprint with track start (T50 m) while time was recorded. Results: The results of the Hotelling T(2)test showed a significant vector displacement due to simultaneous R and Xc changes (p< 0.001), where shifting from top to bottom along the major axis of the R-Xc graph from M1 to M2 was observed. From M2 to M3, a vector displacement up and left along the minor axis of the tolerance ellipses resulted in an increase in PhA (p< 0.01). The results suggest a gain in fluid with a decrease in cellular density from M1 to M2 due to decrements in R and Xc. Nevertheless, the reduced training load characterizing taper seemed to allow for an increase in PhA and, most importantly, an increase of Xc, thus demonstrating improved cellular health and physical condition, which was concomitant with a significant increase in the T50 m performance (p< 0.01). Conclusions: PhA, obtained by bioelectrical R and Xc, can be useful in monitoring the condition of swimmers preparing for competition. Monitoring BIVA patterns allows for an ecological approach to the swimmers' health and condition assessment without resorting to equations to predict the related body composition variables

Caracterización de la colección nuclear de judía (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) del Centro Nacional de Recursos Fitogenéticos: diseño e implementación de una página web para su difusión

4 páginas.-Trabajo presentado en las "IV Jornadas de la AEL - V Seminario de judía", celebradas bajo el lema "Legumbres y salud" en Pontevedra el año 2012.[EN] Several Spanish groups, involved in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) conservation and/or breeding, are developing a project to regenerate the CRF-INIA and other bean germplasm collections. Another important goal to achieve is to complete the information associated to each entry of the Spanish nuclear collection of this species. At the end of the project the accessions will be documented by passport data, botanical traits, agro morphologic traits, disease resistances, chemical and sensory attributes, and the collections will be regenerated. All groups researching around common bean are invited to join the project supplying information and seeds of new entries. All the information gathered will be available in a web page, were through simple filters accessions with a desired cluster of traits will be easily found.[ES] Diversos grupos españoles que se dedican a la conservación y/o mejora de la judía (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) estén desarrollando un proyecto para regenerar la colección del CRF—INIA y de otras instituciones y completar la información referente a las entradas de la colección nuclear española de dicha especie. Al finalizar el trabajo las entradas estarán documentadas mediante los datos de pasaporte, características botánicas, características agromorfológicas, resistencias a enfermedades, atributos químicos y sensoriales y se habrá conseguido regenerar parte de las colecciones actuales. Se invita a otros grupos en cuyos trabajos intervenga la judía, que se sumen a esta iniciativa para completar la colección con posibles entradas no documentadas hasta el momento. Toda la información recogida durante el proyecto estará disponible en una página web que permitirá, de manera sencilla, identificar las accesiones que reúnan las características requeridas por los investigadores.Peer reviewe