"Y la culpa no era mía, ni dónde estaba, ni cómo vestía": para desafiar discursos e práticas autoritárias

From the analysis of a performative act inaugurated by the artistic collective LasTesis, this paper aims to promote a preliminary discussion, from a perspective of postcolonial theories and decolonial feminisms, about the internal mechanisms of subalternity and about the naturalized behaviors, such as gender violence in its multiple forms. The need to understand the elements that gave rise to these structures, to seek epistemological perspectives that lead us to substantial deepening, emerges.A partir del análisis de un acto performativo realizado por el colectivo artístico LasTesis, este ensayo pretende provocar una discusión preliminar sobre los mecanismos internos de subalternidad y producción de conductas naturalizadas, como la violencia de género en su diversidad, desde las teorías poscoloniales y de feminismos decoloniales. Así surge la necesidad de comprender los elementos que fundamentan estas estructuras para buscar perspectivas epistemológicas que nos lleven a una profundización sustancial.A partir da análise de um ato performático inaugurado pelo coletivo artístico LasTesis, este ensaio tem como objetivo provocar uma discussão preliminar, sob uma perspectiva de teorias pós-coloniais e dos feminismos decoloniais, sobre os mecanismos internos de subalternidade e sobre a produção de comportamentos naturalizados, como a violência de gênero em suas múltiplas formas. Emerge a necessidade de se compreender os elementos que deram origem a essas estruturas, de forma a buscarmos perspectivas epistemológicas que nos levem a aprofundamentos substanciais

Search for new particles in events with energetic jets and large missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

A search is presented for new particles produced at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV, using events with energetic jets and large missing transverse momentum. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 101 fb(-1), collected in 2017-2018 with the CMS detector. Machine learning techniques are used to define separate categories for events with narrow jets from initial-state radiation and events with large-radius jets consistent with a hadronic decay of a W or Z boson. A statistical combination is made with an earlier search based on a data sample of 36 fb(-1), collected in 2016. No significant excess of events is observed with respect to the standard model background expectation determined from control samples in data. The results are interpreted in terms of limits on the branching fraction of an invisible decay of the Higgs boson, as well as constraints on simplified models of dark matter, on first-generation scalar leptoquarks decaying to quarks and neutrinos, and on models with large extra dimensions. Several of the new limits, specifically for spin-1 dark matter mediators, pseudoscalar mediators, colored mediators, and leptoquarks, are the most restrictive to date.Peer reviewe

Probing effective field theory operators in the associated production of top quarks with a Z boson in multilepton final states at root s=13 TeV

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Measurement of the top quark mass using events with a single reconstructed top quark in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV

Abstract:A measurement of the top quark mass is performed using a data sample en-riched with single top quark events produced in thetchannel. The study is based on proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1, recorded at√s= 13TeV by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016. Candidate events are selectedby requiring an isolated high-momentum lepton (muon or electron) and exactly two jets,of which one is identified as originating from a bottom quark. Multivariate discriminantsare designed to separate the signal from the background. Optimized thresholds are placedon the discriminant outputs to obtain an event sample with high signal purity. The topquark mass is found to be172.13+0.76−0.77GeV, where the uncertainty includes both the sta-tistical and systematic components, reaching sub-GeV precision for the first time in thisevent topology. The masses of the top quark and antiquark are also determined separatelyusing the lepton charge in the final state, from which the mass ratio and difference aredetermined to be0.9952+0.0079−0.0104and0.83+1.79−1.35GeV, respectively. The results are consistentwithCPTinvariance

Search for a heavy Higgs boson decaying into two lighter Higgs bosons in the tau tau bb final state at 13 TeV

A search for a heavy Higgs boson H decaying into the observed Higgs boson h with a mass of 125 GeV and another Higgs boson h(S) is presented. The h and h(S) bosons are required to decay into a pair of tau leptons and a pair of b quarks, respectively. The search uses a sample of proton-proton collisions collected with the CMS detector at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb(-1). Mass ranges of 240-3000 GeV for m(H) and 60-2800 GeV for m(hS) are explored in the search. No signal has been observed. Model independent 95% confidence level upper limits on the product of the production cross section and the branching fractions of the signal process are set with a sensitivity ranging from 125 fb (for m(H) = 240 GeV) to 2.7 fb (for m(H) = 1000 GeV). These limits are compared to maximally allowed products of the production cross section and the branching fractions of the signal process in the next-to-minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model.Peer reviewe

"Y la culpa no era mía, ni dónde estaba, ni cómo vestía": para desafiar discursos e práticas autoritárias

A partir da análise de um ato performático inaugurado pelo coletivo artístico LasTesis, este ensaio tem como objetivo provocar uma discussão preliminar, sob uma perspectiva de teorias pós-coloniais e dos feminismos decoloniais, sobre os mecanismos internos de subalternidade e sobre a produção de comportamentos naturalizados, como a violência de gênero em suas múltiplas formas. Emerge a necessidade de se compreender os elementos que deram origem a essas estruturas, de forma a buscarmos perspectivas epistemológicas que nos levem a aprofundamentos substanciais

Vaccination hesitancy: To be vaccinated, or not to be vaccinated, that is the question in the era of COVID‐19

COVID‐19 vaccine hesitancy poses serious challenges in achieving adequate vaccine coverage in the general population. While most studies on vaccine hesitance determinants during the COVID‐19 pandemic were quantitative, qualitative research on the reasons for vaccine resistance is still lacking. To fill this gap, this study aims to qualitatively investigate cognitive and emotional factors associated with COVID‐19 vaccine hesitancy. This qualitative pilot study was conducted between October and November 2021 in Italy. A total of 40 COVID‐19 vaccine‐hesitant (“hesitant not vaccinated” or “hesitant but vaccinated”) individuals completed anonymous questionnaires with open‐ended questions. Data were analysed using the Interpretive Description approach. The central theme that emerged about vaccine hesitancy was the lack of control. This construct included four different sub‐categories: distrust of the government, infodemic, influence of family, and general anti‐vaccine opinions. The results also showed that the most important emotional and cognitive factors associated with hesitancy were anger related to a perceived sense of oppression; emotional avoidance to minimize risk; anxiety related to potential vaccine side effects. Identifying and understanding factors influencing COVID‐19 vaccination hesitancy is crucial to improving communication strategies that will ultimately result in increased confidence and vaccine acceptance

Advocacy strategies to improve decision-making in public policies: a rapid scoping review [PROTOCOL]

This rapid scoping review aims to identify advocacy interventions that seek to impact public policies by promoting institutional and/or organizational changes

As pesquisas de implementação na temática da primeira infância

Esta revisão de escopo tem como objetivo identificar e mapear de forma sistemática pesquisas de implementação que tenham como foco intervenções voltadas ao DPI

Integration of evidence into Theory of Change frameworks in the healthcare sector: A rapid systematic review.

BackgroundTheory of Change (ToC) has become an established approach to design and evaluate interventions. While ToC should-in line with the growing international focus on evidence-informed health decision-making-consider explicit approaches to incorporate evidence, there is limited guidance on how this should be done. This rapid review aims to identify and synthesize the available literature on how to systematically use research evidence when developing or adapting ToCs in the health sector.MethodsA rapid review methodology using a systematic approach, was designed. Eight electronic databases were consulted to search for peer-reviewed and gray publications detailing tools, methods, and recommendations promoting the systematic integration of research evidence in ToCs. The included studies were compared, and the findings summarized qualitatively into themes to identify key principles, stages, and procedures, guiding the systematic integration of research evidence when developing or revising a ToC.ResultsThis review included 18 studies. The main sources from which evidence was retrieved in the ToC development process were institutional data, literature searches, and stakeholder consultation. There was a variety of ways of finding and using evidence in ToC. Firstly, the review provided an overview of existing definitions of ToC, methods applied in ToC development and the related ToC stages. Secondly, a typology of 7 stages relevant for evidence integration into ToCs was developed, outlining the types of evidence and research methods the included studies applied for each of the proposed stages.ConclusionThis rapid review adds to the existing literature in two ways. First, it provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review of the existing methods for incorporating evidence into ToC development in the health sector. Second, it offers a new typology guiding any future endeavors of incorporating evidence into ToCs