Public Pension Fund Governance Practices and Financial Performance

This study is a follow up of an earlier investigation concerning the effects of governance practices and investment strategies on public pension fund risk adjusted financial performance. Specifically, the inquiry uses three cross sectional national surveys of state and local government retirement systems to determine how governance practices in terms of system policies, board purview, and board composition impact abnormal returns. Results indicate that governance practices, particularly board purview over investment decisions, continue to have a direct negative impact on risk adjusted financial performance even after controlling for other factors

Twenty-Four-Hour Central (Aortic) Systolic Blood Pressure: Reference Values and Dipping Patterns in Untreated Individuals.

Central (aortic) systolic blood pressure (cSBP) is the pressure seen by the heart, the brain, and the kidneys. If properly measured, cSBP is closer associated with hypertension-mediated organ damage and prognosis, as compared with brachial SBP (bSBP). We investigated 24-hour profiles of bSBP and cSBP, measured simultaneously using Mobilograph devices, in 2423 untreated adults (1275 women; age, 18-94 years), free from overt cardiovascular disease, aiming to develop reference values and to analyze daytime-nighttime variability. Central SBP was assessed, using brachial waveforms, calibrated with mean arterial pressure (MAP)/diastolic BP (cSBPMAP/DBPcal), or bSBP/diastolic blood pressure (cSBPSBP/DBPcal), and a validated transfer function, resulting in 144 509 valid brachial and 130 804 valid central measurements. Averaged 24-hour, daytime, and nighttime brachial BP across all individuals was 124/79, 126/81, and 116/72 mm Hg, respectively. Averaged 24-hour, daytime, and nighttime values for cSBPMAP/DBPcal were 128, 128, and 125 mm Hg and 115, 117, and 107 mm Hg for cSBPSBP/DBPcal, respectively. We pragmatically propose as upper normal limit for 24-hour cSBPMAP/DBPcal 135 mm Hg and for 24-hour cSBPSBP/DBPcal 120 mm Hg. bSBP dipping (nighttime-daytime/daytime SBP) was -10.6 % in young participants and decreased with increasing age. Central SBPSBP/DBPcal dipping was less pronounced (-8.7% in young participants). In contrast, cSBPMAP/DBPcal dipping was completely absent in the youngest age group and less pronounced in all other participants. These data may serve for comparison in various diseases and have potential implications for refining hypertension diagnosis and management. The different dipping behavior of bSBP versus cSBP requires further investigation

La problemática intersexual: un analísis que involucra diferentes perspectivas

A lo largo de este ensayo, se realiza un análisis de la problemática intersexual desde tres puntos de vista, a saber: por un lado se consideran los discursos de verdad que existen en torno a la sexualidad, por el otro se hace un análisis a la luz de los principios de bioética, y por último, se reflexiona sobre la normativa aplicable. En respaldo del trabajo teórico, paralelamente, se citan extractos de entrevistas realizadas en la ciudad de Rauch

The Biblioteca Popular de las Mujeres (Women's Popular Library) of Tandil. Making feminism with its own agenda

Entrevista a Liliana Giannatasio, cofundadora de la Biblioteca Popular de las Mujeres de Tandil (Provincia de Buenos Aires). La biblioteca fue creada en 1997 y es la primera del país y la única de la Provincia de Buenos Aires que ofrece textos escritos por mujeres y sobre temáticas de la agenda de las mujeres.Interview with Liliana Giannatasio, co-founder of the Biblioteca Popular de las Mujeres (Women's Popular Library) in Tandil (Province of Buenos Aires). Founded in 1997, the library was the first in Argentina and the only in the Province of Buenos Aires that offers texts written by women and related to women's agenda.Fil: Barcaglioni, Gabriela. Instituto de Cultura Jurídica, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina

La problemática intersexual: Un análisis que involucra diferentes perspectivas: Un análisis que involucra diferentes perspectivas

A lo largo de este ensayo, se realiza un análisis de la problemática intersexual desde tres puntos de vista, a saber: por un lado se consideran los discursos de verdad que existen en torno a la sexualidad, por el otro se hace un análisis a la luz de los principios de bioética, y por último, se reflexiona sobre la normativa aplicable. En respaldo del trabajo teórico, paralelamente, se citan extractos de entrevistas realizadas en la ciudad de Rauch

The Biblioteca Popular de las Mujeres (Women’s Popular Library) of Tandil. Making feminism with its own agenda

Entrevista a Liliana Giannatasio, cofundadora de la Biblioteca Popular de las Mujeres de Tandil (Provincia de Buenos Aires). La biblioteca fue creada en 1997 y es la primera del país y la única de la Provincia de Buenos Aires que ofrece textos escritos por mujeres y sobre temáticas de la agenda de las mujeres.Interview with Liliana Giannatasio, co-founder of the Biblioteca Popular de las Mujeres (Women’s Popular Library) in Tandil (Province of Buenos Aires). Founded in 1997, the library was the first in Argentina and the only in the Province of Buenos Aires that offers texts written by women and related to women’s agenda.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

Stille Liebe zu Beethoven. English

Translation of Eine stille Liebe zu Beethoven. Previously issued in English under title: An unrequited love. --- The author's name is given in the introduction. --- "Beethoven's Grabgesang": p. 248-250