Quando la vittima è una comunità di fedeli. Tutela dei beni culturali ecclesiastici e difesa degli interessi legittimi della comunità nel segno della tradizione

Il patrimonio culturale della Chiesa non può essere considerato come un insieme di oggetti da museo dato che il loro uso ha l’obiettivo di promuovere lo sviluppo dell’esperienza religiosa. La dimensione artistica del patrimonio culturale ecclesiastico è strettamente collegata alla sua qualità artistica e al suo ruolo religioso. Perciò, il fine ultimo di tali opere d’arte è il servizio alla Chiesa, la facilitazione del contatto con Dio. Infatti, questo rapporto si riflette in tutte le opere che l’uomo ha associato all’adorazione di Dio: dai vasi sacri ai tessuti fino alle costruzioni architettoniche monumentali. Questi beni contribuiscono a sostenere le tradizioni religiose che sono state – e in una certa misura che sono ancora – la base di una rete sociale e di un’educazione alla cultura religiosa e cattolica. Le tradizioni religiose dei piccoli paesi rappresentano ancora l’elemento più gradito e diffuso della cultura popolare del nostro paese, il patrimonio certamente ancora oggi da promuovere e alimentare. Les biens culturels de l'Église ne peuvent pas être considérés comme des pièces de musée car leur usage a comme objectif de développer l'expérience religieuse. La dimension artistique du patrimoine ecclésiastique est étroitement liée à sa qualité artistique et à son rôle religieux. Par conséquent, le but ultime des œuvres d’art est le service de l'Eglise, la facilitation du contact avec Dieu. En effet, ce rapport se reflète dans toutes les œuvres que l'homme a associées à l'adoration de Dieu : les vases sacrés, les tissus et les constructions les plus monumentales. Ces biens contribuent à soutenir les traditions religieuses qui ont été - et dans une certaine mesure sont encore - la base d'un réseau social et d’une éducation à la culture religieuse et catholique. Les traditions religieuses des villages sont toujours les aspects le plus aimés de la culture populaire dans notre pays, il s’agit encore aujourd’hui d’un patrimoine à enrichir et à cultiver. The cultural heritage of the Church cannot be considered as the range of objects of a museum because their use aims at the development of religious experience. The artistic dimension of the ecclesiastical artistic heritage is closely linked with its artistic quality and to the religious role of this quality. The ultimate purpose of these artistic works is the service to the Church, the easing of contact with God. This relationship reflects indeed in the works that man associates with the worship of God: from the sacred vessels and vestments to the most monumental architectural constructions. These valuable goods contribute to support religious traditions that have been and partly still are the basis for a social network and for a religious and Catholic education. These religious traditions typical of small villages are still to be considered as the most common elements of popular culture in our country, a heritage that needs to be encouraged and cultivated

Risk Factors Associated with the Arrest for Adolescent to Parent Abuse

This study explored risk factors associated with the arrest for adolescent to parent abuse (ATPA) when compared to arrest for a similar violent misdemeanor against a non-parent. The phenomenon of ATPA is widely under-researched and there is little in terms of prevention policy or treatment. Using 18,548 risk assessment screens performed with adolescents (12-17) arrested in Florida for a violent misdemeanor, and guided by previous literature and social ecological and social bond theories, this analysis explored the relationship between risk factors (categorized as individual characteristics, beliefs, behavior, commitment and involvement and attachment) and arrest for ATPA versus arrest for a violent misdemeanor against a non-parent. Of the 17 hypothesized risk factors, 9 risk factors were found to be significant risk factors associated with the arrest for ATPA versus the arrest for a violent misdemeanor against a non-parent. Age and ethnicity/race were both found to be associated with ATPA arrests. Risk factors found to increase the likelihood of being arrested for ATPA included a history of mental health problems, the adolescent witnessing domestic violence, the adolescent being a victim of abuse, and adolescents\u27 normative beliefs in resolving conflict. The findings of this study add to the current body of literature and can be used to inform the creation of new policies and interventions in the realm of ATPA and family violence

Cooperative Localization on Computationally Constrained Devices

Cooperative localization is a useful way for nodes within a network to share location information in order to better arrive at a position estimate. This is handy in GPS contested environments (indoors and urban settings). Most systems exploring cooperative localization rely on special hardware, or extra devices to store the database or do the computations. Research also deals with specific localization techniques such as using Wi-Fi, ultra-wideband signals, or accelerometers independently opposed to fusing multiple sources together. This research brings cooperative localization to the smartphone platform, to take advantage of the multiple sensors that are available. The system is run on Android powered devices, including the wireless hotspot. In order to determine the merit of each sensor, analysis was completed to determine successes and failures. The accelerometer, compass, and received signal strength capability were examined to determine their usefulness in cooperative localization. Experiments at meter intervals show the system detected changes in location at each interval with an average standard deviation of 0.44m. The closest location estimates occurred at 3m, 4m and 6m with average errors of 0.15m, 0.11m, and 0.07m respectively. This indicates that very precise estimates can be achieved with an Android hotspot and mobile nodes

Myocardial Protection by Vagal Stimulation in Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Mice

Introducción: Previamente se demostraron beneficios de la estimulación vagal (EV) prolongada en el infarto de miocardio. No obstante, se desconocen los efectos y los mecanismos de protección cuando se aplica en forma selectiva y brevemente antes de la isquemia o al inicio de la reperfusión. Objetivo: Estudiar si la EV en la reperfusión reduce el tamaño del infarto de manera similar a la EV preisquémica y si en ambas la protección está mediada por receptores muscarínicos o nicotínicos. Material y métodos: En ratones FVB se realizó una isquemia miocárdica regional de 30 minutos y 2 horas de reperfusión sin EV (I/R), con EV preisquémica por 10 minutos (EVp), con EV preisquémica y bloqueo muscarínico con atropina y con EV preisquémica y bloqueo nicotínico a-7 con metilicaconitina. También se estudiaron los efectos de la EV al inicio de la reperfusión (EVr), con atropina y con metilicaconitina. Se cateterizó el ventrículo izquierdo para medir la función ventricular. Se midió el área de riesgo con azul de Evans y el área de infarto con cloruro de 2,3,5-trifeniltetrazolio. Resultados: La EVr redujo el tamaño del infarto de forma similar a la EVp, aunque los mecanismos de protección fueron diferentes. La EVp protegió a través de la activación colinérgica de los receptores muscarínicos. La EVr, en cambio, protegió por una vía colinérgica nicotínica a-7. Conclusión: El presente estudio demuestra por primera vez en un modelo de isquemia y reperfusión miocárdica en ratones que una EV breve de 10 minutos es capaz de reducir de manera similar el tamaño del infarto, tanto cuando se aplica previo a la isquemia como en el inicio de la reperfusión, mimetizando de esta manera al precondicionamiento y al poscondicionamiento isquémicos, respectivamente.Background: The beneficial effects of prolonged vagal stimulation (VS) applied during myocardial infarction have been previously demonstrated. However, the effects and mechanisms of protection are unknown when VS is applied selectively and briefly before ischemia or at the onset of reperfusion. Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze whether VS applied during reperfusion is capable of reducing infarct size similarly to preischemic VS, and whether in both cases muscarinic or nicotinic receptors mediate the protection. Methods: FVB mice were subjected to 30-minute regional myocardial ischemia and 2-hour reperfusion without VS (I/R); with 10 minutes preischemic VS (pVS), with pVS and muscarinic blockade by atropine and with pVS and a-7 nicotinic blockade by methyllycaconitine. The effects of VS at the onset of reperfusion (rVS) were also studied with atropine and with methyllycaconitine. A left ventricular catheter was used to measure ventricular function. Area at risk was measured using Evans blue and infarct size was assessed with 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium. Results: Vagal stimulation during reperfusion reduced infarct size similarly to pVS, albeit with different mechanisms of protection. Preischemic VS protected the heart through cholinergic activation of muscarinic receptors, while rVS protection was effected through an a-7 cholinergic nicotinic pathway. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated for the first time in an ischemia-reperfusion mice model that a brief 10-minute period of VS is able to similarly reduce infarct size when it is applied prior to ischemia or at the onset of reperfusion, mimicking ischemic preconditioning and postconditioning, respectively.Fil: Kelly, Jazmín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Departamento de Patología; ArgentinaFil: Buchholz, Bruno. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Departamento de Patología; Argentina. Sociedad Argentina de Cardiología; ArgentinaFil: Bernatene, Eduardo Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Departamento de Patología; ArgentinaFil: Méndez Diodati, Nahuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Departamento de Patología; ArgentinaFil: Casanova, Veronica Cecilia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; ArgentinaFil: Cicale, Eliana Magalí. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; ArgentinaFil: Gelpi, Ricardo Jorge. Sociedad Argentina de Cardiología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad Medicina. Instituto de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular; Argentin

Differential regulation of Purkinje cell dendritic spines in rolling mouse Nagoya (tgrol/tgrol), P/Q type calcium channel (α1A/Cav2.1) mutant

Voltage dependent calcium channels (VDCC) participate in regulation of neuronal Ca2+. The Rolling mouse Nagoya (Cacna1atg-rol) is a spontaneous P/Q type VDCC mutant, which has been suggested as an animal model for some human neurological diseases such as autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (SCA6), familial hemiplegic migraine and episodic ataxia type-2. Morphology of Purkinje cell (PC) dendritic spine is suggested to be regulated by signal molecules such as Ca2+ and by interactions with afferent inputs. The amplitude of excitatory postsynaptic current was decreased in parallel fiber (PF) to PC synapses, whereas apparently increased in climbing fiber (CF) to PC synapses in rolling mice Nagoya. We have studied synaptic morphology changes in cerebella of this mutant strain. We previously found altered synapses between PF varicosity and PC dendritic spines. To study dendritic spine plasticity of PC in the condition of insufficient P/Q type VDCC function, we used high voltage electron microscopy (HVEM). We measured the density and length of PC dendritic spines at tertiary braches. We observed statistically a significant decrease in spine density as well as shorter spine length in rolling mice compared to wild type mice at tertiary dendritic braches. In proximal PC dendrites, however, there were more numerous dendritic spines in rolling mice Nagoya. The differential regulation of rolling PC spines at tertiary and proximal dendrites in rolling mice Nagoya suggests that two major excitatory afferent systems may be regulated reciprocally in the cerebellum of rolling mouse Nagoya

Genetic Deletion of Galectin-3 Altered the Temporal Evolution of Macrophage Infiltration and Healing Affecting the Cardiac Remodeling and Function After Myocardial Infarction in Mice

We studied the role of galectin-3 (Gal-3) in the expression of alternative activation markers (M2) on macrophage, cytokines, and fibrosis through the temporal evolution of healing, ventricular remodeling, and function after myocardial infarction (MI). C57BL/6J and Gal-3 knockout mice (Lgals3-/-) were subjected to permanent coronary ligation or sham. We studied i) mortality, ii) macrophage infiltration and expression of markers of alternative activation, iii) cytokine, iv) matrix metalloproteinase-2 activity, v) fibrosis, and vi) cardiac function and remodeling. At 1 week post-MI, lack of Gal-3 markedly attenuated F4/80+ macrophage infiltration and significantly increased the expression of Mrc1 and Chil1, markers of M2 macrophages at the MI zone. Levels of IL-10, IL-6, and matrix metalloproteinase-2 were significantly increased, whereas tumor necrosis factor-α, transforming growth factor-β, and fibrosis were remarkably attenuated at the infarct zone. In Gal-3 knockout mice, scar thinning ratio, expansion, and cardiac remodeling and function were severely affected from the onset of MI. At 4 weeks post-MI, the natural evolution of fibrosis in Gal-3 knockout mice was also affected. Our results suggest that Gal-3 is essential for wound healing because it regulates the dynamics of macrophage infiltration, proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine expression, and fibrosis along the temporal evolution of MI in mice. The deficit of Gal-3 affected the dynamics of wound healing, thus aggravating the evolution of remodeling and function.Fil: Cassaglia, Pablo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Patología; ArgentinaFil: Penas, Federico Nicolás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; ArgentinaFil: Bettazza, Celeste. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Patología; ArgentinaFil: Fontana Estevez, Florencia Sofía. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires". Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Miksztowicz, Verónica Julieta. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires". Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Naya, Nadia Martínez. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Fisiopatología Cardiovascular; ArgentinaFil: Llamosas, María Clara. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Fisiopatología Cardiovascular; ArgentinaFil: Noli Truant, Sofia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; ArgentinaFil: Wilensky, Luciana. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Fisiopatología Cardiovascular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay; ArgentinaFil: Volberg, Verónica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Fisiopatología Cardiovascular; ArgentinaFil: Cevey, Ágata Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; ArgentinaFil: Touceda, Vanessa Michelle. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica; ArgentinaFil: Cicale, Eliana Magalí. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; ArgentinaFil: Berg, Gabriela. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica; ArgentinaFil: Fernández, Marisa Mariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral Prof. Ricardo A. Margni; ArgentinaFil: Goren, Nora Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida; ArgentinaFil: Morales, Maria Celina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Fisiopatología Cardiovascular; ArgentinaFil: González, Germán Esteban. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires". Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Argentin

The Effect of Wood Burial and Submersion on Decomposition: Implications for Reducing Carbon Emissions

Gemstone Team Carbon SinksCarbon cycles among soils, organisms, the atmosphere, water, and the Earth‘s crust. These fluxes make up a sizeable portion of the carbon cycle which holds potential for carbon sequestration. Team Carbon Sinks sought to sequester carbon in dead trees via burial and submersion. The team conducted a field experiment monitoring the decomposition of 125 wood samples. A lab experiment was completed to evaluate the variables that may affect decomposition in buried wood. Finally, a computer model was used to explore sequestration potential on a large scale. The field results showed that buried logs decomposed slower than exposed logs. The lab experiment suggested that wood should be buried as deep as possible, in a wet, cool area, and in oligotrophic soil in order to inhibit decomposition. The model showed that decomposition could be effectively inhibited via burial, and could serve as an economically feasible way to decrease atmospheric carbon dioxide

Field verification of Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) derived satellite estimates of cyanobacteria harmful blooms in Ohio lakes

Limited scientific understanding of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) frequency, spatial extent, and magnitude prevents prediction of toxic cyanobacteria blooms in lakes and reservoirs. The Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) is a national, multi-agency project between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a nationwide early warning system using satellite data to detect cyanoHABs in freshwater systems. On the ground verification is necessary to validate satellite algorithms used to detect and quantify cyanobacteria blooms, and to improve the utility of CyAN as an early-warning monitoring system for the occurrence of HABs and algal toxins in freshwater. At inland lakes in Ohio, the presence of cyanoHABs has been increasing in recent years. During 2020 and 2021, critical in situ water-quality, biological, and environmental data were collected during satellite overflights from Caesar Creek and Buck Creek Lake, Ohio (cyanoHAB-impacted reservoirs) to provide data for the CyAN project. Discrete samples were analyzed for microcystin, cylindrospermopsin, saxitoxin, anatoxin-a, chlorophyll, nutrients, cyanobacterial genes, phytoplankton community composition and abundance. Additionally, site-specific statistical models to predict the probability of exceeding an advisory-level cyanotoxin concentration threshold are being developed as a potential tool for management decisions

'Quando la vittima è una comunità di fedeli. Tutela dei beni culturali ecclesiastici e difesa degli interessi legittimi della comunità nel segno della tradizione/Si la victime est une communauté de fidèles. Protection des biens culturels et ecclésiastiques et défense des intérêts légitimes de la communauté au nom de la tradition/When the Victim is a Community of Parishioners. Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Church and Defense of the Legitimate Interests of the Community in the Name of Tradition

Il patrimonio culturale della Chiesa non può essere considerato come un insieme di oggetti da museo dato che il lorouso ha l’obiettivo di promuovere lo sviluppo dell’esperienza religiosa.La dimensione artistica del patrimonio culturale ecclesiastico è strettamente collegata alla sua qualità artistica e al suoruolo religioso. Perciò, il fine ultimo di tali opere d���arte è il servizio alla Chiesa, la facilitazione del contatto con Dio.Infatti, questo rapporto si riflette in tutte le opere che l’uomo ha associato all’adorazione di Dio: dai vasi sacri ai tessutifino alle costruzioni architettoniche monumentali. Questi beni contribuiscono a sostenere le tradizioni religiose che sonostate – e in una certa misura che sono ancora – la base di una rete sociale e di un’educazione alla cultura religiosa ecattolica.Le tradizioni religiose dei piccoli paesi rappresentano ancora l’elemento più gradito e diffuso della cultura popolare delnostro paese, il patrimonio certamente ancora oggi da promuovere e alimentare.RésuméLes biens culturels de l'Église ne peuvent pas être considérés comme des pièces de musée car leur usage a commeobjectif de développer l'expérience religieuse. La dimension artistique du patrimoine ecclésiastique est étroitement liéeà sa qualité artistique et à son rôle religieux. Par conséquent, le but ultime des oeuvres d’art est le service de l'Eglise, lafacilitation du contact avec Dieu.En effet, ce rapport se reflète dans toutes les oeuvres que l'homme a associées à l'adoration de Dieu : les vases sacrés, lestissus et les constructions les plus monumentales. Ces biens contribuent à soutenir les traditions religieuses qui ont été -et dans une certaine mesure sont encore - la base d'un réseau social et d’une éducation à la culture religieuse etcatholique. Les traditions religieuses des villages sont toujours les aspects le plus aimés de la culture populaire dansnotre pays, il s’agit encore aujourd’hui d’un patrimoine à enrichir et à cultiver.AbstractThe cultural heritage of the Church cannot be considered as the range of objects of a museum because their use aims atthe development of religious experience.The artistic dimension of the ecclesiastical artistic heritage is closely linked with its artistic quality and to the religiousrole of this quality. The ultimate purpose of these artistic works is the service to the Church, the easing of contact withGod. This relationship reflects indeed in the works that man associates with the worship of God: from the sacred vesselsand vestments to the most monumental architectural constructions. These valuable goods contribute to supportreligious traditions that have been and partly still are the basis for a social network and for a religious and Catholiceducation.These religious traditions typical of small villages are still to be considered as the most common elements of popularculture in our country, a heritage that needs to be encouraged and cultivated