Building a More Inclusive Workplace for Religious Minorities

The current secular models are putting strain on religious diversity in the context of the workplace. With religious diversity growing in European societies and the visible expression of religious beliefs and behaviors, tensions have arisen linked to the rise of xenophobia. The scientific literature shows that religious minorities are discriminated in the workplace, especially Muslim women that wear Islamic veils. Nonetheless, the people pertaining to these religious minorities have agency, and they can overcome this discrimination. This paper presents the results of a systematic literature review of scientific articles published in SCOPUS and Web of Science using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA). The review focuses on the management of religious diversity in labor contexts, especially regarding Muslim women wearing Islamic veils. The results identify some successfully implemented actions that contribute to more inclusive workplaces for religious minorities, especially for Muslim women wearing Islamic veils. Some of these actions are implemented from the employee perspective and include networking and mentoring, while others are implemented from a company perspective and are related to the creation of management styles that place people in the center. The crucial role that politics plays is also briefly discussed

Sexual dimorphism in the loud calls of Azara’s owl monkeys (Aotus azarae): evidence of sexual selection?

Primates use different types of vocalizations in a variety of contexts. Some of the most studied types have been the long distance or loud calls. These vocalizations have been associated with mate defense, mate attraction, and resource defense, and it is plausible that sexual selection has played an important role in their evolution. Focusing on identified individuals of known sex and age, we evaluated the sexual dimorphism in a type of loud calls (hoots) in a population of wild owl monkeys (Aotus azarae) in Argentina. We found evidence of sexual dimorphism in call structure, with females and males only emitting one type of call, each differing in dominant frequency and Shannon entropy. In addition, both age-related and sex-specific differences in call usage were also apparent in response to the removal of one group member. Future acoustic data will allow us to assess if there are individual characteristics and if the structure of hoot calls presents differences in relation to the social condition of owl monkeys or specific sex responses to variants of hoot calls’ traits. This will provide deeper insights into the evolution of vocal mechanisms regulating pair bonding and mate choice strategies in this and other primate species.Leakey Foundation, Wenner-Gren Foundation, National Geographic Society, NSF, National Institute on Aging, University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation, Zoological Society of San Dieg

Direct determination of the crystal field parameters of Dy, Er and Yb impurities in the skutterudite compound CeFe4_{4}P12_{12} by Electron Spin Resonance

Despite extensive research on the skutterudites for the last decade, their electric crystalline field ground state is still a matter of controversy. We show that Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) measurements can determine the full set of crystal field parameters (CFPs) for the Th cubic symmetry (Im3) of the Ce$_{1-x}$R$_{x}$Fe$_{4}$P$_{12}$ (R = Dy, Er, Yb, $x\lesssim 0.003$) skutterudite compounds. From the analysis of the ESR data the three CFPs, B4c, B6c and B6t were determined for each of these rare-earths at the Ce$^{3+}$ site. The field and temperature dependence of the measured magnetization for the doped crystals are in excellent agreement with the one predicted by the CFPs Bnm derived from ESR.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, to appear in PR

Heavy Hadrons in Dense Matter

We study the behavior of dynamically-generated baryon resonances with heavy-quark content within a unitarized coupled-channel theory in matter that fulfills heavy-quark spin symmetry constraints. We analyze the implications for the formation of charmed mesic nuclei and the propagation of heavy mesons in heavy-ion collisions from RHIC to FAIR.Comment: 4 pages, 1 table, 2 figures, contribution to the proceedings of Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM2015), Dubna, 6-11 July 201

Manifestaciones identitarias de la comunidad en condición de desplazamiento asentamiento barrial Altos de Oriente II

Altos de Oriente II es una comunidad asentada en el municipio de Bello por individuos en condición de desplazamiento, provenientes de regiones del departamento de Antioquia y de otros lugares del territorio colombiano por causa del conflicto armado. Los pobladores de dicho territorio ulterior a la amarga experiencia producto del desplazamiento forzado, caracterizado por el desarraigo del lugar de origen desde todas las esferas sociales, visualizaron en la periferia de esa montaña la posibilidad de salvaguardar sus vidas y de subsistir o sobrevivir en medio del temor, del dilema y de la angustia que produce el encuentro con una nuevo contexto socializado, caracterizado por dinámicas socio-culturales, políticas y económicas singulares. En las comunidades se engendran dinámicas en las que se conciben nuevas identidades fruto de la interacción y del encuentro de pobladores provenientes de diferentes lugares que unen las vivencias y la carga psico-socio-cultural en un espacio delimitado. Por todo lo anterior se investigó en dicha comunidad sobre las manifestaciones identitarias en la dinámica social de ese contexto, utilizando como técnicas la observación, la entrevista, la interpretación de fotografías e historias de vida; obteniendo desde la profesión “Trabajo Social” un acercamiento investigativo sobre la realidad de ese territorio socializado. 7 Con el propósito de realizar una exploración rigurosa y acorde a la temática indagada el proceso investigativo tuvo una orientación desde las categorías identidad, desplazamiento forzado y comunidad; de la misma manera se retoman las subcategorías cohesión social, participación, territorialidad, símbolos, representaciones sociales, memoria colectiva y desarraigo

Economic Growth and the Rate of Profit in Colombia 1967-2019: A VAR Time-Series Analysis

In recent decades there has been a growing literature dealing with the empirical estimation of the rate of profit and other Marxian variables in several countries. Nonetheless, there has been a paucity of econometric research about the impact of those Marxian variables on the growth rate in developing countries. This paper seeks to evaluate the rate of profit and the rate of accumulation as determinants of the growth rate in Colombia during 1967-2019, using a VAR model. We find that both variables are statistically significant and, in concordance with Marxian theory predictions, affect positively the growth rate. We also identify direct impacts of growth rate over the profit rate and the accumulation rate as well as an inverse relationship between these last variables

Propuesta de arquitectura cliente de la aplicación de interfaz de usuario del sistema xavia ris 2.0

El Sistema de Información Radiológica (RIS, por sus siglas en inglés) es el encargado de la gestión de la información del Departamento de Radiología en una Institución Sanitaria, así como la Gestión de los Informes médicos y la creación de listas de trabajo para equipos DICOM compatibles. Dicho sistema está concebido como un sistema web por las ventajas de accesibilidad que brinda la Web y el indetenible crecimiento y desarrollo de las tecnologías que la sustentan.La presente investigación tiene como objetivo proponer las tecnologías, herramientas, estructuras y finalmente la  arquitectura cliente para la aplicación de Interfaz de Usuario de un Sistema XAVIA RIS, acorde a las tendencias actuales del desarrollo Web.Palabras clave: interfaz de usuario, radiología, tecnologías, web, arquitectura, marco de trabajo.</p

Research and in situ conservation of owl monkeys enhances environmental law enforcement at the Colombian-Peruvian border

This study reports on impacts of illegal trade in owl monkeys (Aotus nancymaae, A. vociferans) for the biomedical research market in the Colombian-Peruvian Amazonian border. Through freedom of information requests and interviews with hunters we found that 912 owl monkeys, including A. nancymaae captured in Peru, were trapped over a 3-month period in 2012 to supply a malaria research facility based in Leticia, Colombia, which had trapping permits for the use of only 800 A. vociferans annually yet experimentation took place using A. nancymaae. High levels of extraction in Peru have had population-level impacts with significantly lower densities of Aotus spp. (3-24individuals/km2) compared to Colombian sites with low hunting pressure (26-44individuals/km2). Post-experimental release of this species in Colombian territory has created a new distribution whose status and impacts on resident populations of A. vociferans remain unknown. The trapping method has also had environmental impact, with loss of over 65,000 trees (including sleeping sites), annually. As Aotus species are registered under the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix II, international trade requires official permission and evidence that extraction does not impact wild populations. However, no official records exist and CITES legislation has failed, due principally to a lack of appropriate monitoring by national authorities responsible for compliance. Of further concern is that we had previously documented and reported the illegal trade to the appropriate governmental authorities yet still no action was taken-as demonstrated by the continuing trade in 2013. Enforcement eventually occurred when a non-governmental organization initiated legal action against organizations responsible. A successful second instance ruling by the Colombian State's Council in 2013 revoked trapping permits. Using the trade in owl monkeys as a case study we consider implementation, compliance, and enforcement of CITES in the border area to identify mechanisms to improve enforcement of environmental legislation. Am. J. Primatol. 76:658-669, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc