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The truth about freedom of choi
El presente es un análisis de los principales rasgos y tendencias que caracterizan
hoy a la triada Sociedad-Estado-Mercado. Hace énfasis en la hegemonía del mercado y ofrece
un recuento analítico de los hechos que la acompañan como son: la transnacionalización de
la cadena de valor, el ascenso de la sociedad del conocimiento, el protagonismo oligopólico
de la empresa transnacional, la nueva división social transnacional del trabajo, el proceso de
reconfiguración cultural, la exclusión social y la subordinación del Estado, entre otros. El planteamiento
que subyace a estas consideraciones es lo que acá se denomina “la verdad sobre
la libertad de elegir”, con lo cual se quiere hacer referencia al hecho de que las relaciones
Sociedad-Estado se encuentran hoy mediatizadas por el mercado, arrojando, como consecuencia,
una involución heterónoma de la Sociedad y del mismo Estado liberal.The actual is an academic analysis of the main features on the day has the triad
Society, State and Market. It emphasizes the market hegemony and offers an analytical recount
of the facts that go with, as the value chain internationalization, the knowledge society
rise, the translational enterprise powerful mark up, the new international social labour division,
the cultural reshape process, the social exclusion, the State subordination, among others.
The underlying outlining these issues is what the author calls “The truth under the free
to choose”, as a reference to the fact that the relationships between the Society and the State
are hindered by the Market with a heteronomous society involution as consequence
Potential of remote sensing data to support the seismic safety assessment of reinforced concrete buildings affected by slow-moving landslides
Different forms of hazard can affect structures throughout their existence. The occurrence of a seismic event in areas exposed to different risks or already affected by other phenomena is highly likely, especially in countries characterized by high seismicity and equally high hydrogeological risk, as Italy. Nevertheless, the seismic safety assessment of reinforced concrete (RC) structures is commonly carried out considering the seismic action only, generally applied to an analytical model, neglecting the stress–strain state induced by previous ongoing phenomena. The aim of this work is to highlight the importance of the seismic safety assessment in a multi-hazard analysis, cumulating the action coming from two different hazards: landslide and earthquake. An existing RC building, located in an area affected by an intermittent landslide phenomenon with slow kinematics, that may also be subjected to strong earthquakes, is used as case study. The Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (DInSAR) approach is used to monitor the evolution in time of the landslide. DInSAR deformation data are used to detect surface ground movements applied to building foundations. A non-linear static analysis procedure is implemented for the code-based seismic safety assessment, in two different scenarios. The seismic assessment of the case-study building is implemented in a condition of structure deformed only for gravity loads, and, then, in a state of known landslide-induced deformed configuration. A comparison is proposed between the building seismic safety assessment performed in both cases, with or without the consideration of the landslide-induced displacements, showing the importance of a multi-hazard evaluation
The importance of vitamin D and omega-3 PUFA supplementation: a nonpharmacologic immunomodulation strategy to halt autoimmunity
The large, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial VITAL (Vitamin D and omega 3 trial) recently confirmed that vitamin D and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) co-supplementation (VIDOM) can reduce the incidence of autoimmune diseases. Based on these relevant results, this commentary summarizes the molecular mechanisms behind the anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties of vitamin D and omega-3 PUFAs. We also describe the potential bidirectional interplay between vitamin D metabolism and omega-3 PUFA metabolism that underlies the rationale for VIDOM co-supplementation and that may contribute to enhance the anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory actions of vitamin D and omega-3 PUFAs when these compounds are administered in combination
A close look into an intermediate redshift galaxy using STIS
We present a detailed view of a galaxy at z=0.4 which is part of a large
database of intermediate redshifts using high resolution images. We used the
STIS parallel images and spectra to identify the object and obtain the
redshift. The high resolution STIS image (0.05'') enabled us to analyse the
internal structures of this galaxy. A bar along the major axis and hot-spots of
star formation separated by 0.37'' (1.6 kpc) are found along the inner region
of the galaxy. The analysis of the morphology of faint galaxies like this one
is an important step towards estimating the epoch of formation of the Hubble
classification sequence.Comment: Astronomy and Astrophysics Letter - accepte
New Structure In The Shapley Supercluster
We present new radial velocities for 189 galaxies in a 91 sq. deg region of
the Shapley supercluster measured with the FLAIR-II spectrograph on the UK
Schmidt Telescope. The data reveal two sheets of galaxies linking the major
concentrations of the supercluster. The supercluster is not flattened in
Declination as was suggested previously and it may be at least 30 percent
larger than previously thought with a correspondingly larger contribution to
the motion of the Local Group.Comment: LaTex: 2 pages, 1 figure, includes conf_iap.sty style file. To appear
in proceedings of The 14th IAP Colloquium: Wide Field Surveys in Cosmology,
held in Paris, 1998 May 26--30, eds. S.Colombi, Y.Mellie
Network models in the study of metabolism
The systematic study of the genetic fingerprint (genomics) and the
biochemistry (metabolites) that goes with a specific cellular process
requires the characterization of all the small molecules that form the
profile of metabolites and the associated genes. The metabolome
represents the collection of all the metabolites during certain process
in an organism. The transcriptome represents the gene expression
profile, all the messengers RNA in a defined condition. Then to
understand the whole process, the studies of metabolites must be
accompanied with studies of the gene expression, hence the metabolome
must be accompanied by the transcriptome, so we can identify genes and
metabolites whose synthesis is induced by a specific process, an
infection or stress. Studies of metabolomics generate an enormous
amount of data, then they need mathematical and computational tools to
establish the correlations between the biochemical and genetic data,
and to build up networks that represent the complex metabolic
interactions that occur in each case, using tools like Graph and
Networks Theory to elucidate the emergent properties inherent to the
complex interactions of the metabolic maps. This paper describes the
major mathematical tools that can be used for these studies, with
emphasis on a semi-qualitative proposal known as the kinetic structural
model
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