Resistance against Fascism and Communism in Europe towards a model of analysis

This article puts forward a model for the analysis of resistance against both communism and fascism in the specific period of time around WWII (1938–48/53). Such a model accommodates the experiences of Eastern and Western Europe, more precisely the fights against various types of fascisms and against the expansion of Soviet-type of communism. This type of analysis integrates different, but interrelated manifestations of resistance: discourses, political actions, military activities and everyday cultural practices. My research on resistance is methodologically inspired by the new trend in historiography initiated by the history of emotions

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The Year of the Soccer. Polish Emigration in Spain and some Activities of Solidarity with Solidarnosc (1981-1989)

The Polish emigration to Spain was historically not very abundant. Hence the actions of help and support to Solidarność were very weak compared to other European countries. On the one hand, there was a certain solidarity from the Polish trade union members with support of Spanish unionists and there was a slight action of sending economic aid by the new refugees and the oldest colony from the postwar era. In short, and despite its small size, the Polish exile did not hesitate to maintain ties with its struggling compatriots in the country

LAFUENTE, Víctor Manuel. 2022. Die Beziehungen zwischen Argentinien und der DDR 1945-1990. Internationale Akteure im Spannungsfeld des Kalten Krieges. Wien/Köln: Böhlau Verlag.

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RNA-Seq analysis for assessing the early response to DSP toxins in Mytilus galloprovincialis digestive gland and gill

[Abstract] The harmful effects of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) toxins on mammalian cell lines have been widely assessed. Studies in bivalves suggest that mussels display a resistance to the cytogenotoxic effects of DSP toxins. Further, it seems that the bigger the exposure, the more resistant mussels become. To elucidate the early genetic response of mussels against these toxins, the digestive gland and the gill transcriptomes of Mytilus galloprovincialis after Prorocentrum lima exposure (100,000 cells/L, 48 h) were de novo assembled based on the sequencing of 8 cDNA libraries obtained using an Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform. The assembly provided 95,702 contigs. A total of 2286 and 4523 differentially expressed transcripts were obtained in the digestive gland and the gill, respectively, indicating tissue-specific transcriptome responses. These transcripts were annotated and functionally enriched, showing 44 and 60 significant Pfam families in the digestive gland and the gill, respectively. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) was performed to validate the differential expression patterns of several genes related to lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, energy production, genome integrity and defense, suggesting their participation in the protective mechanism. This work provides knowledge of the early response against DSP toxins in the mussel M. galloprovincialis and useful information for further research on the molecular mechanisms of the bivalve resistance to these toxins.Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad; AGL2012-3089