Changing the focus : an empirical study of "Focalizing ser" ('to be') in Dominican Spanish

This article examines the perception and production of the Focalizing Ser (FS) structure by Dominican speakers living in three urban communities: Santiago de los Caballeros, Sosúa, and Santo Domingo de Guzmán. FS has received increasing attention over the past years and several studies have investigated it from various linguistic perspectives in Spanish varieties where it is typically found (e.g. Venezuelan Spanish and Colombian Spanish). Although previously reported in Dominican Spanish (Toribio 2002, Alba 2004), FS has still not been extensively analyzed in this variety. The results of three different tests (two acceptability judgment tests and one semi-production test) indicate that FS is certainly entrenched in Dominican speakers' linguistic inventory and that certain focus types (e.g. FS-focused subject and object DPs, FS-focused CPs and IPs, FS- focused complex VPs, and FS-focused prepositional phrases) are more favorably perceived and more frequently produced across all FS dialects

Movimiento de tierra en la prensa Nacional

This article focuses on preliminary observations about editorial stances of Colombian newspapers about the Law of victims and land restitution as well as the stances of some of the main pundits in relation to the legislation. In particular, the analysis includes the cartoon section of the newspapers

Channeling Water Conflicts through the Legislative Branch in Colombia

This paper answers the question: has the Colombian Congress been effective at addressing relevant water conflicts and making them visible? While courts and social movements have been key for the advancement of social rights in Latin America, the role of legislators remains unclear. We conduct content analysis of all water-related bills, proposed bills, and constitutional amendments filed in Colombia from 1991 to 2020; we also analyzed Congress hearings of political control related to water, and the statutes of political parties who hold majority of seats in Congress; we also conducted interviews with key actors on water governance in Colombia. We find that only three bills have passed in the 30-year time frame and that relevant water conflicts have not been addressed by Colombian legislators. We find that water conflicts are not reaching the political agenda of Congress, yet through political control hearings, it has given some late visibility to critical territorial conflicts in which water is a key element. We analyze our data in light of literature on legislative politics and legal mobilization in Latin America. This study adds to global research on the role of legislators in advancing the human right to water, particularly in Latin America.publishedVersio

Protocolo para formalizar las relaciones entre los periodistas y las oficinas de comunicaciones del sector económico, tanto del sector público como privado: estudio aplicado a los asociados a la Asociación de Periodistas Económicos APE

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Planteamientos en Textos Escolares de Ciencias Naturales relacionados con Evolución por Selección Natural, que pueden generar Obstáculos Epistemológicos. (pág. 60-76)

El presente trabajo buscó indagar si existen, en algunos libros de texto usados en el nivel educativo de básica secundaria, planteamientos relacionados con el tema de evolución por selección natural, que podrían propiciar el surgimiento de obstáculos de tipo epistemológico en los estudiantes, y a la vez analizar su influencia en los procesos de enseñanza - aprendizaje de este tema en particular.Esta investigación se enmarcó en una metodología cualitativa, empleando el análisis de contenido de tipo descriptivo, como técnica principal para detectar los planteamientos en los libros de texto objeto de estudio.Este trabajo evidenció que existen planteamientos inadecuados en los libros de texto, que pueden propiciar la generación de obstáculos epistemológicos como: de conocimiento general, la explicación por la utilidad, el animista y el verbal. Siendo los más frecuentes el de conocimiento general, experiencia básica, el animista y el verbal. Además se encontró, que en los libros utilizados se tiende a simplificar los procesos que se dan en la evolución por selección natural, sin tenerse en cuenta las variables que hacen parte de ésta, ni las interrelaciones con el medio en que se desarrollan los organismos.Palabras claves: Obstáculos epistemológicos, planteamientos, evolución, selección natural, textos escolares

Where ordinary laws fall short: ‘riverine rights’ and constitutionalism

Laws that recognise rivers and their ecosystems as legal persons or subjects with their own rights, duties and obligations have been associated with theories of environmental constitutionalism. However, the extent to, and manner in which, constitutional law (with its elevated status) has been instrumental in the conferral of these ‘riverine rights’ is still not well-understood. In this article, we consider the constitutional relevance of the recognition of rivers as legal persons or subjects in Aotearoa New Zealand, Colombia and India. We argue that in these three countries riverine rights are constitutional experiments: as small-scale, ad hoc and ultimately incomplete attempts to transcend seemingly ineffective regulatory frameworks for rivers. However, they are also incremental, and influential, steps in a broader project of more fundamental social and environmental reform.publishedVersio

Formación inicial de educadores infantiles que enseñan Ciencia Naturales

En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de un estudio de caso múltiple, en el cual participaron tres docentes en formación inicial de Educación Infantil -0-8 años- (Bogotá-Colombia) que enseñan ciencias naturales en sus prácticas pedagógicas escolares. Se presenta los resultados de cuatro categorías relacionadas con el Conocimiento Didáctico del Contenido: dificultades en el aprendizaje de las Ciencias Naturales, dificultades en la enseñanza, estrategias metodológicas en la enseñanza y características de los estudiantes. En los resultados se destaca la necesidad de fortalecer la formación en contenidos disciplinares de las Ciencias Naturales y su didáctica específica. Se pretende aportar elementos de reflexión en torno a la formación inicial de los y las educadoras infantiles más coherentes con su contexto profesional y a lo propuesto en la actualidad frente a la enseñanza de las ciencias naturales en primeros niveles de escolarización

Comparing Experiences of Constitutional Reforms to Enshrine the Right to Water in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru: Opportunities and Limitations

In this paper we compare recent efforts towards the constitutionalization of the right to water in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru to understand the opportunities and limitations related to the attempts to enhance access to piped water to the highest normative level. Peru passed a constitutional amendment in 2017 while Brazil and Colombia have seen much right-to-water activism but have not succeeded in passing such reforms. We explore the role of the existing domestic legal frameworks on drinkable water provision and water management towards the approval of constitutional amendments. We find that all three countries have specialized laws, water governing institutions, and constitutional jurisprudence connecting access to water with rights, but the legal opportunity structures to enforce socio-economic rights vary; they are stronger in Colombia and Brazil, and weaker in Peru. We argue that legal opportunity structures build legal environments that influence constitutional reform success. Legal opportunity structures act as incentives both for social movements to push for reforms and for actors with legislative power to accept or reject them. Our findings also show that in some contexts political cost is a key element of constitutional reforms that enshrine the right to water; therefore, this is an element that should be considered when analyzing these processes

Magnetic Resonance Urography (MRU) at 3 Tesla, technique, clinical applications

Introducción: La ausencia de radiación ionizante y de medios de contraste yodados son las ventajas más grandes de la urografía por resonancia magnética (uroRM) frente a la urografía por escanografía (uroTAC). Objetivo: Informar la utilidad de la uroRM, sus ventajas y limitaciones mediante diferentes casos, así como las características imaginológicas propias de este estudio en el magneto de 3 Tesla (3T). Métodos: Se inició una recolección de los casos de uroRM desde agosto de 2013 hasta julio de 2014, realizados en resonador de 3T. Conclusiones: La uroRM en 3T proporciona una excelente definición del sistema urinario y permite establecer las etiologías de patología obstructiva y otras lesiones renales.Artículo de revisión4378-4386Introduction: The absence of ionizing radiation and iodinated contrast media are the biggest advantages of magnetic resonance urography (UroRM) against urography scans (UroCT). Objective: Inform the utility of UroRM, its advantages and limitations through different cases and imaging characteristics typical of this study in the 3 Tesla magneto (3T). Methods: A collection of cases of UroRM was started from August 2013 to July 2014, conducted in 3T resonator. Conclusions: 3T UroRM provides an excellent definition of the urinary system and allows for the etiologies of obstructive disease and other renal lesions