Job : problema y solución

The Biblical Book of Job puts forward a situation that has from long worried the faithful people: how can the good God allow the suffering of an innocent man? The problem had already received full attention in Old Babylonian wisdom literature that is analysed in the paper as hypotext of the biblical book as far as argument and literary form. Both are afterwards described in detail, enhancing the particular way of dealing with the problem of the biblical book and its significance as a literary scenic composition. Finally three modern literary works that take up thebiblical topic as hipertext are briefly analysed as witnesses of its permanent actuality

El ciclo mitológico de Baal. Nuevas perspectivas de interpretación

In this paper three recent approaches to the Baal Cycle are singled out as landmarks in current understanding of the central element of Ugaritic mythology: a grammatical review of the whole Cycle from the aspect of discourse analysis; an understanding of the political implications of the relationships between Baal's kingship and the actual kingship of Ugarit; an interpretation of Anat’s role as a fertility goddess and the rather crude manner in which it was carried out in this connection

Moisés y la Ley

Biblical narrative asserts itself as an anthology of biographies. Moses accordingly turns out to be the most outstanding figure, as protagonist of four biblical books. In them his function as lawgiver stands out as the most significant. Almost completely ignored in the rest of the biblical books, he comes to the fore during the Exile when “his” Law is compiled, becoming from this moment on the reference source of Judaism. The modern portrait of the biblical character in Th. Mann’s novel Das Gesetz is analyzed here along with three other important literary works by Faulkner, Halter and Wouk. The biography of the Vizier Beja, according to De Moor, could have been the prototype of Moses’ story

El ciclo mitológico de Baal. : Nuevas perspectivas de interpretación

In this paper three recent approaches to the Baal Cycle are singled out as landmarks in current understanding of the central element of Ugaritic mythology: a grammatical review of the whole Cycle from the aspect of discourse analysis; an understanding of the political implications of the relationships between Baal's kingship and the actual kingship of Ugarit; an interpretation of Anat's role as a fertility goddess and the rather crude manner in which it was carried out in this connectio

Blue outliers among intermediate redshift quasars

[Oiii]{\lambda}{\lambda}4959,5007 "blue outliers" -- that are suggestive of outflows in the narrow line region of quasars -- appear to be much more common at intermediate z (high luminosity) than at low z. About 40% of quasars in a Hamburg ESO intermediate-z sample of 52 sources qualify as blue outliers (i.e., quasars with [OIII] {\lambda}{\lambda}4959,5007 lines showing large systematic blueshifts with respect to rest frame). We discuss major findings on what has become an intriguing field in active galactic nuclei research and stress the relevance of blue outliers to feedback and host galaxy evolution.Comment: Accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science, Special Issue on Line Shifts in Astrophysics and Laboratory Plasm

Effect of surface stiffness on the neural control of stretch-shortening cycle movements

Aim: It is accepted that leg stiffness (Kleg) increases when surface stiffness decreases, and vice versa. However, little is known how the central nervous system fulfils this task. To understand the effect of surface stiffness on the neural control of stretch-shortening cycle movements, this study aimed to compare modulation of spinal and corticospinal excitability at distinct phases after ground contact during two-legged hopping when changing from solid to elastic ground.Methods: Motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and H-reflexes were elicited at the time of the short (SLR)-, medium (MLR)- and long (LLR)-latency responses of the soleus muscle (SOL) during two-legged hopping on different stiffness surfaces, elastic and stiff.Results: Soleus H-reflexes during two-legged hopping on the elastic surface were lower at SLR and larger at LLR than on the stiff surface (P < 0.05 for both comparisons). SOL MEP size was higher at the time of SLR during hopping on the elastic surface than on the stiff surface (P < 0.05) although the background EMG was similar.Conclusion: It is argued that this phase-specific adaptation in spinal reflex excitability is functionally relevant to adjust leg stiffness to optimally exploit the properties of the elastic surface. Thus, the increased corticospinal excitability on the elastic surface may reflect a more supraspinal control of the ankle muscles to compensate the decrease in reflexive stiffness at the beginning of touchdown and/or counteract the higher postural challenges associated with the elastic surface

Co-Designing with Migrants’ Easier Access to Public Services: A Technological Perspective

first_pagesettings Open AccessArticle Co-Designing with Migrants’ Easier Access to Public Services: A Technological Perspective by Grazia Concilio 1ORCID,Giuliana Costa 1,Maryam Karimi 1,*ORCID,Maria Vitaller del Olmo 2 andOlga Kehagia 3 1 Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy 2 Service Design Lab, Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University, 2450 Copenhagen, Denmark 3 Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, 38333 Volos, Greece * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Academic Editor: Carlos Teixeira Soc. Sci. 2022, 11(2), 54; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11020054 Received: 19 November 2021 / Revised: 19 January 2022 / Accepted: 21 January 2022 / Published: 29 January 2022 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Enabling (Im)migrants Integration Through ICT Innovation Solutions: Challenges, Opportunities, Pitfalls and Obstacles) Download PDF Browse Figures Citation Export Abstract The integration of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers remains a challenge for both public authorities and local communities at the national, regional, and local levels. For migrants, the lack of information and inability to use technology due to insufficient access skills and proficiency in the language of the host country may lead to limited interaction with the new community and consequently to social exclusion. One of the issues of the hyper-complexity in migrant integration can be related to a problem of communication that not only involves the migrants also the local administrators and service providers. This problem requires systemic solutions rather than simple “ad hoc” solutions. This article describes the case of the easyRights project, an ongoing Horizon 2020 project aimed at improving migrants’ access to public services to ease exercising their rights. It presents the application of a co-design learning framework for the development of hackathons that aim to improve existing services. It also promotes the collaborative design of solutions that use ICTs to overcome the bureaucratic and idiomatic barriers migrants experience in their interactions with formal procedures. The example of the four ecosystems generated in the four pilot cities of the project shows the relevance of interconnecting stakeholders in the co-design of services and the potential of exploiting the multifaceted attributes of ICTs to solve the complexity in the access to such services. The results invite reflection on the necessity of exploring the capability of technology application through user-centric approaches to offer substantial solutions to the imperative—yet intricate—challenge of migrants’ inclusion in society