Sexología, géneros y heteronormatividad

Como sabemos la heteronormatividad se funda en el reconocimiento único de dos sexos claramente definidos que se vinculan en función de la procreación. A los dos sexos, a la pareja heterosexual y a la familia por ella construida se los define como “naturales”. Para sostener este orden de cosas concurrieron a lo largo del tiempo las religiones tradicionales, el derecho y la sexología. Los tres poderes utilizaron toda su fuerza (estigmatización, castigo, eventual muerte) y su capacidad de encierro (conventos, cárceles, manicomios) para sostener esa “naturalidad” lo que resulta claramente contradictorio dado que lo natural debería haberse sostenido por sus propios medios. (Párrafo extraído del texto a modo de resumen)Panel: PsicologíaFacultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

MiRNA-34 and stress response

Psychiatric disorders are known to result from a strong interaction between genetic predisposition and environmental factors, mainly exposure to stressful events. Environmental events can modulate genes expression, possibly via epigenetic mechanisms, and affect onset/expression of a disease [1]. Epigenetic mechanisms include, among others, post-transcriptional regulation by non-coding RNAs such as microRNAs (miRNAs). MiRNAs are small non-coding RNAs predicted to regulate hundreds of targets and to be engaged in every biological process [2]. Thanks to their ability to fine-tune gene expression, miRNAs can control gene expression patterns favoring organism’s adaptation to internal and environmental (external) factors [3], such as stressful events

Serum thyroid hormone antibodies are frequent in patients with polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type 3, particularly in those who require thyroxine treatment

Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (PAS) type 3 consists of autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) coexisting with ≥1 non-thyroidal autoimmune disease (NTAID) other than Addison’s disease and hypoparathyroidism. We evaluated the prevalence and repertoire of thyroid hormones antibodies (THAb) in PAS-3 patients. Using a radioimmunoprecipation technique, we measured THAb (T3IgM, T3IgG, T4IgM, and T4IgG) in 107 PAS-3 patients and 88 controls (patients with AITD without any NTAID). Based on the selective coexistence of AITD with one NTAID (chronic autoimmune gastritis, non-segmental vitiligo or celiac disease), patients were divided into group 1 (chronic autoimmune gastritis positive, n = 64), group 2 (non-segmental vitiligo positive, n = 24), and group 3 (celiac disease positive, n = 15). At least one of the four THAb was detected in 45 PAS-3 patients (42.1%) and 28 controls (31.8%, P = 0.14), with similar rates in the three PAS-3 groups. The rates of T3Ab, T4Ab, and T3 + T4Ab were similar in groups 1 and 2, while in group 3, T3Ab was undetected (P = 0.02). In PAS-3 patients, the rate of levothyroxine treatment was greater in THAb-positive patients compared to THAb-negative patients (76.7 vs. 56.1%, P = 0.03, RR = 1.4, 95% CI 1.03–1.81). Not unexpectedly, levothyroxine daily dose was significantly higher in group 1 and group 3, namely in patients with gastrointestinal disorders, compared to group 2 (1.9 ± 0.4 and 1.8 ± 0.3 vs. 1.5 ± 0.2 μg/kg body weight, P = 0.0005 and P = 0.004). Almost half of PAS-3 patients have THAb, whose repertoire is similar if chronic autoimmune gastritis or celiac disease is present. A prospective study would confirm whether THAb positivity predicts greater likelihood of requiring levothyroxine treatment

N=1* model superpotential revisited (IR behaviour of N=4 limit)

The one-loop contribution to the superpotential, in particular the Veneziano-Yankielowicz potential in N=1 supersymmetric Yang-Mills model is discussed from an elementary field theory method and the matrix model point of view. Both approaches are based on the Renormalization Group variation of the superconformal N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills model.Comment: 31 page

Latin-into-Hebrew Treatises on the Black Death

When the first epidemics of the Black Death struck Europe, a specific genre of medical literature on the plague developed. Among the medical manuals circulating at the time, a certain number were also written in Hebrew. Some of them were original works composed by Jewish physicians; other texts were translations of Arabic and Latin works into Hebrew. The phenomenon of Latin-into-Hebrew translations has long been disregarded, as it was considered marginal compared to the Arabic-into-Hebrew movement; this paper sheds light on this lesser-known aspect of the intercultural exchanges involving Hebrew, by focusing on plague treatises. The corpus of medical literature on the plague that was translated from Latin into Hebrew includes works by Gentile da Foligno, Francesco Zanelli of Bologna, John of Burgundy, Petrus de Tossignano, Antonio Guaineri of Pavia, and Valescus de Taranta. The aim of the paper is to offer a general overview of these texts, as until now only incomplete or erroneous information is available

Gentile da Foligno's Consilium contra pestilentiam and its Hebrew translation

Due to his first-hand experience with the Black Death, the Italian physician Gen- tile da Foligno (d. 1348) became a famous authority in this field. He devoted various writings to the pestilence; one of them was a Consilium addressed to the city of Pisa. This same Advice on the Plague was then rendered into Hebrew by an anonymous translator. The practical character of the Consilium, which contains numerous instructions and recipes to prevent contagion and treat the disease, might have aroused the interest of Jewish physicians who, excluded from academic education, were looking for useful treatments. In this paper, the Latin text and its Hebrew translation are analyzed, and in the appendix the edition of both versions is provided

Guillermo y <i>Las palabras</i>

Los libros y las bibliotecas tuvieron un lugar central en la vida de Guillermo Obbiols. Siempre conservó el carnet que lo identificaba como socio de la sala infantil de la Biblioteca Pública Central de esta ciudad así como el que obtuvo cuando era estudiante para acceder a esta misma biblioteca que a partir de hoy va a llevar su nombre. Quisiera, como ejemplo de su relación con los libros, hacer una brevísima referencia a uno que, creo, lo marcó profundamente. Muchas veces le escuché mencionar a lo largo de los años ese texto autobiográfico de Sartre, Las palabras, señalando con admiración que sus dos únicos capítulos fueran nombrados con las actividades a las que Guillermo dedicó la mayor parte de su vida: leer y escribir.Departamento de Filosofí

Confronti opportuni ma difficili

Il saggio - partendo dall'analisi di una caso esaminato dal Comitato Nazionale di bioetica, sotto la Presidenza del Prof. Francesco Paolo Casavola, relativo a un errore verificatosi in un ospedale, a seguito del quale due embrioni furono inseriti nell'utero di una donna diversa da quella genetica - si interroga, alla luce della giurisprudenza rabbinica, nonché del pensiero di Paolo di Tarso, sulla possibilità di tracciare un'analogia tra le regole del mondo animale e di quello vegetale.This essay commences by analysing a case examined by the National Bioethics Committee, under the Presidency of Prof. Francesco Paolo Casavola, relating to an error in a hospital, as a result of which two embryos were inserted into the uterus of a woman other than their natural mother. The latter asks, in the light of the rabbinical jurisprudence, as well as of the thought of Paul of Tarsus, about the possibility of following an analogy between the rules of the animal and the vegetable worlds

¿De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de “culturas juveniles en la enseñanza media”?

This work attempts to question the propositions of this dossier, that is, youth cultures in high schools, in order to allow the visualization of their underlying tensions. Firstly, youth cultures/adult culture tension is analyzed, considering youth culture origins and current developments; the consumer market/youth rebelliousness tension; the new/old tension; the Authority/authorities tension. All this within the National State crisis context and the loss of meaning of the school institution, particularly at the secondary level. Finally, the knowledge/ acknowledgement of youth cultures is deemed mandatory, as part of the process by which we teachers assume responsibility for the world we represent in order to build our authority, while acknowledging the authority of the young. The proposition includes learning from teachers working in rural and marginal areas in conditions of socio-economical diversity and multiple cultures, since these conditions currently appear in most schools as a result of changes in the second half of the twentieth century.Se trata aquí de problematizar la propuesta de este dossier, las culturas juveniles en la enseñanza media, permitiendo visibilizar las tensiones que subyacen a la misma. En primer lugar se analiza la tensión culturas juveniles/cultura adulta considerando los orígenes de las culturas juveniles y sus desarrollos actuales; la tensión mercado de consumo/rebeldía juvenil; la tensión nuevo/viejo; la tensión Autoridad/autoridades. Todo esto dentro del contexto de la crisis del Estado Nación y la pérdida de sentido de la institución escolar en particular en el nivel medio. Finalmente, se considera imperioso conocer/reconocer las culturas juveniles como parte del proceso por el cual los/las educadores/as nos hacemos responsables por el mundo que representamos de manera de construir nuestra autoridad reconociendo la de los jóvenes. Se propone aprender de los educadores que trabajaron en zonas rurales y marginales en condiciones de diversidad socioeconómica y multicultural ya que aquellas aparecen hoy en la mayoría de las escuelas por los cambios ocurridos en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Palabras clave: Tensiones; Culturas juveniles; Escuela media; Autoridades