¿Qué hay de malo en la eugenesia?

Eugenics, deprived of its pejorative sense, can be viewed as a way favoured by biotechnology to serve therapeutical purposes which cannot be condemned for what they are. It concerns to philosophy to make clear the different meanings of eugenics, to put a limit to the increasing fascination produced by genetic determinism, and to show that the distinction between therapy and non therapy is not an static but a dynamic distinction. The aim is to requiere more accuracy in facing the ethical problems derived from bioechnological development. Nevertheless, philosophers have been always looking for a firm ontological basis to deal with problems as that of eugenics. The last book of Habermas is an example of it being a rejection of “liberal eugenesics” since it is seen as a threat to the integrity of persons and to their selfunderstanding as free beings. This article brings into question that the ontological resource provides the best method to face bioethical problems, whose solution does’nt depend so much on a precise conception of human species, as on the capacity of humans to use their freedom in a responsible way.La eugenesia, privada de su sentido peyorativo, se presenta como una posibilidad propiciada por los avances biotecnológicos, que apunta a objetivos terapéuticos, en principio, no reprobables. A la filosofía le compete aclarar los distintos sentidos de eugenesia, poner coto a la fascinación creciente por un supuesto determinismo genético, y mostrar que la distinción entre lo terapéutico y no terapéutico no es estática ni invariable. Todo ello con el objetivo de exigir más rigor en los planteamientos éticos derivados de las distintas prácticas biotecnológicas. No obstante, el filósofo busca una base ontológica más consistente para enfrentarse a problemas como el de la eugenesia. El último libro de Habermas es un ejemplo de ello constituyendo un rechazo de la “eugenesia liberal” que es vista como una amenaza a la integridad de la persona y a su autocomprensión como ser libre. Este artículo pone en cuestión que el recurso a la ontología sea el mejor método para abordar los problemas de la bioética, cuya solución no depende tanto de una determinada concepción de la especie humana, como de la capacidad de hacer un uso responsable de la libertad

El republicanismo: Rousseau y nosotros

As is well known, republicanism is a philosophical-political current that aims to correct some of the defects and inadequacies of liberalism, criticising liberal philosophy for lacking the necessary elements to build a common life in freedom, thanks to which citizens feel committed to the public sphere and to an interest that transcends the various individual interests. Robert Bellah, the well-known author of Habits of the Heart, well defined the republic thus understood as "an active political community of participating citizens who must have a purpose and a set of values‰. Values or civic virtues that constitute the glue capable of creating "social capital‰, to use Robert Putnam's equally celebrated expression. New republicanism thus does not aim to resurrect old republican ideas against monarchy, but rather to understand liberal politics differently, in a way that more directly relies on citizen involvement in the public space.Como es bien sabido, el republicanismo es una corriente filosófico-políticaque se propone corregir algunos de los defectos e insuficiencias del liberalismo.Lo que, desde dicha corriente, se le critica a la filosofía liberal es la falta dedemos o de los elementos imprescindibles para ir construyendo una vida encomún dentro de la libertad, gracias a la cual los ciudadanos se sientan comprometidoscon lo público y con un interés que trascienda los diversos interesesparticulares. Robert Bellah, el conocido autor de Habits of the Heart, definióbien la república así entendida como „una comunidad política activa de ciudadanosparticipantes que deben tener un propósito y un conjunto de valores‰.Valores o virtudes cívicas que constituyen el engrudo capaz de crear „capitalsocial‰, según la asimismo celebrada expresión de Robert Putnam. El nuevorepublicanismo no se propone, así, resucitar las añejas ideas republicanas contrariasa la monarquía, sino más bien entender la política liberal de otra forma,de una forma que cuente más directamente con la implicación ciudadana enel espacio público

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Assessment of satellite contacts using predictive algorithms for autonomous satellite networks

Upcoming Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks will provide low-latency and high downlink capacity necessary for future broadband communications and Earth Observation missions. This architecture was proposed at the beginning of the 90’s, although it has just recently re-gained popularity thanks to the so-called Mega-Constellations. This network is composed of satellites that have Inter-Satellite Links (ISL) to communicate between them. Due to the satellite motion, an ISL is a temporal contact between two satellites characterized by a lifetime in which the communication remains feasible. The determination of a route between distant satellites is a challenging problem in this context. However, the satellite follows a well-known deterministic orbit trajectory, being feasible the prediction of its position by propagating a trajectory model over time. The Contact Graph Routing protocol uses this feature to determine the evolution of the routes by pre-computing on-ground a planning of the satellite contacts. This centralized ground-dependent solution cannot be directly applied in the Internet of Satellites paradigm, which proposes the autonomous deployment of heterogeneous satellite networks without pre-assuming any specific satellite system architecture. Following this concept, the present work proposes a distributed algorithm by which a satellite predicts neighbor contacts, and generates a global contact plan without trajectory propagation. To achieve this solution, an ISL has been modeled as a “close approach” between two satellites, which is characterized by their relative motion. The present work details the predictive algorithm, and evaluates its performance in two scenarios with a hybrid satellite constellation and a mega-constellation.This work was supported in part by the CommSensLab Excellence Research Unit Maria de Maeztu (MINECO) under GrantMDM-2016-0600, in part by the Spanish Ministerio MICINN and EU ERDF Project (Sensing With Pioneering Opportunistic Techniques) under Grant RTI2018-099008-B-C21, in part by the AGAUR—Generalitat de Catalunya (FEDER) under Grant FI-DGR 2015, and in partby the Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca del Departament d’Empresa i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya under Grant 2017 SGR 376Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Postural Alterations in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy Treatment

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignant neoplasm in women worldwide. Chemotherapy (CT) remains essential in the treatment of this type of tumour. Patients may present musculoskeletal disorders due to the side effects of CT, which can lead to inability to walk, fall, or fractures associated with balance disorders. The objective of the present review is to analyse postural alterations in patients with BC undergoing CT. Previous reports both prospective and retrospective cohort studies from 2010 to 2020, were included. The results show a strong relationship between postural alterations and patients with BC undergoing CT treatment. These data suggest that exposure to CT is an important factor not only for the presence of balance alterations and risk of falls but also for the decrease of quality of life in these patients. These results point out the need to diagnose and assess postural alterations to prevent functional impact in BC patients through exercise programs

Para un debate sobre los derechos colectivos de los pueblos en acción

Este texto, pretende presentar y contribuir a la conformación de una sección especial dentro de la Revista ReDeA. Derechos en Acción, prevista a partir de su número 15, de otoño de 2020. Se trata de una sección especial sobre Pluralismo Jurídico, Pueblos y Estados, para la Revista Derechos en Acción (ReDeA), propuesta a instancias del Programa Memorias, Pueblos y Estados, dependiente de la Secretaría de Relaciones Institucionales y radicado en el Centro de Investigación en derecho Crítico, de la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales de la Universidad nacional de La Plata, que empezó a gestarse en el año 2018, con la colaboración de diversos miembros del CIDer­Crit, y el patrocinio y apoyo del Colectivo de Acción Jurídica, Social y Cultural Copolis-Adalquí (Sede Atlántica de la Universidad Nacional de Río Negro/Fundación Adalquí), el Col·lectiu de Solidaritat amb els Països Catalans, y el Grupo Interuniversitario Copolis. Bienestar, Comunidad y Control Social (Universidad de Barcelona)