The new regulatory map of domestic work in Spain. Political-legal constraints and material constraints concerning a precarious and feminized sector

The text analyses the lights and shadows of the new Spanish regulation on domestic work in the context of the so-called «care crisis». To this end, it looks into two types of constraints that have influenced the 2022 reform: international legal and social-political constraints, where the self-organization of women workers in the sector stands out. The study pays attention to their demands, in dialogue with specialists and institutions, in order to accurately identify the problems faced by the reform

El miedo como factor de legitimación del desgobierno neoliberal

The inequality defining our times compels to reconsider the question of what kind of legitimacy makes possible to sustain such an unfair world and why this is not enough to give rise to an organized response to dissatisfaction. Here we contend that such legitimacy is made up by an accumulation of elements, prominent among which are the politics of fear. The result is a widespread imposition of neo-liberal policies oriented towards the same goal. We can see this in the case of European countries hit by the debt as well as in the more recent case of Brazil, an example of what someone has already called «soft coups».La desigualdad que define nuestro tiempo obliga a reconsiderar la cuestión de qué tipo de legitimidad es la que permite sostener un mundo tan injusto y cómo es posible que éste no alumbre una respuesta organizada a la insatisfacción. Aquí se plantea que dicha legitimidad está conformada por una acumulación de elementos, entre los que destaca la política del miedo. El resultado es una imposición generalizada de las políticas neoliberales orientadas hacia un mismo fin, como estamos viendo en el caso de los países europeos azotados por la deuda en paralelo al más reciente caso de Brasil, ejemplo de lo que algunos ya denominan «golpes de estado blandos»

La crisis económica como oportunidad para repensar las relaciones de género

Las situaciones de crisis son poco propicias para sostener reivindicaciones igualitaristas, tanto por el lado de la desinversión en medidas reparadoras de la desigualdad como por el de la presión de sectores refractarios a la emancipación. Se revelan así algunos déficits sustanciales en la producción reciente de ciencia social y de políticas públicas desde la perspectiva del género, incapaces aún de aportar una cultura antidiscriminatoria consistente. Aquí se plantea una reflexión sobre el género que pueda basar nuevos discursos y nuevas políticas reorientadas hacia la igualdad, subrayándose la importancia de los movimientos sociales y de las alianzas horizontales en su sen

La sociedad civil en disputa: De la identidad personal a las redes de relación a la "sociedad civil global"

Desde su configuración como elemento estructurante del relato político moderno, la «sociedad civil» ha mantenido su vigor como institución conceptual, como muestra la continua ampliación de su significado. Sin embargo, precisamente por ello, el concepto revela una gran contaminación semántica, con usos poco homogéneos del mismo. Con vistas a clarificar todo esto, parece oportuno tratar de contextualizar esta noción así como valorar hasta qué punto sigue siendo pertinente como categoría analítica. Para ello, se ha optado por desgranar el ámbito material de la(s) sociedad(es) civil(es) desde las formas de agregación social más elementales hasta las más globales, las cuales reflejan la presencia de stakeholders privados con capacidad de orientar las políticas públicas que reclaman protagonismo desde (y más allá de) la sociedad civil, pero también actores alternativos que reclaman una interpretación distinta de la «sociedad civil global»

Genetic characterization and pungency analysis in a collection of onion landraces from NW Spain: abstract

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Exploring genetic diversity and quality traits in a collection of onion (Allium cepa L) landraces from North-West Spain

Seventeen onion landraces from North-West Spain were evaluated using microsatellites markers. Eleven polymorphic markers identified 32 alleles in the whole collection, with an average of 2.9 alleles per locus. High values of observed (mean of 0.45) and expected heterozigosity (mean of 0.51) were detected for the majority of loci. Wright’s fixation index confirmed an excess of heterozygotes and a low level of inbreeding within the collection. Multivariate analyses revealed that Oimbra was the most distinctive genotype. The remaining 16 onion genotypes were in part assorted according to some morphological traits of bulbs. Pungency and solid soluble content highly varied among landraces and bulbs. Five landraces were classified as sweet, whereas 9 possessed medium pungency and 3 were recorded as pungent. This onion collection represents a useful source of genetic heterogeneity that might be exploited in breeding programs for the generation of new onion varieties that satisfy consumer demandsPublishe

Roles of Proteins Containing Immunoglobulin-Like Domains in the Conjugation of Bacterial Plasmids

Transmission of a plasmid from one bacterial cell to another, in several instances, underlies the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes. The process requires well-characterized enzymatic machinery that facilitates cell-to-cell contact and the transfer of the plasmid

Consensus Report of the XI Congress of the Spanish Society of Odontology for the Handicapped and Special Patients

This article summarizes the findings of consensus of the XI congress of the SEOEME. All of these conclusions are referring to the review articles responsible to the general rapporteurs in order to bringing up to date knowledge with regard to the use of implants in patients medically compromised and with special needs and, in the dental management of autism and cerebral palsy, in the dental treatment of patients with genetic and adquired haemato - logical disorders, the dental implications of cardiovascular disease and hospital dentistry

Expression of a novel class of bacterial Ig-like proteins is required for IncHI plasmid conjugation

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is currently one of the most important challenges to the treatment of bacterial infections. A critical issue to combat AMR is to restrict its spread. In several instances, bacterial plasmids are involved in the global spread of AMR. Plasmids belonging to the incompatibility group (Inc)HI are widespread in Enterobacteriaceae and most of them express multiple antibiotic resistance determinants. They play a relevant role in the recent spread of colistin resistance. We present in this report novel findings regarding IncHI plasmid conjugation. Conjugative transfer in liquid medium of an IncHI plasmid requires expression of a plasmid-encoded, large-molecular-mass protein that contains an Ig-like domain. The protein, termed RSP, is encoded by a gene (ORF R0009) that maps in the Tra2 region of the IncHI1 R27 plasmid. The RSP protein is exported outside the cell by using the plasmid-encoded type IV secretion system that is also used for its transmission to new cells. Expression of the protein reduces cell motility and enables plasmid conjugation. Flagella are one of the cellular targets of the RSP protein. The RSP protein is required for a high rate of plasmid transfer in both flagellated and nonflagellated Salmonella cells. This effect suggests that RSP interacts with other cellular structures as well as with flagella. These unidentified interactions must facilitate mating pair formation and, hence, facilitate IncHI plasmid conjugation. Due to its location on the outer surfaces of the bacterial cell, targeting the RSP protein could be a means of controlling IncHI plasmid conjugation in natural environments or of combatting infections caused by AMR enterobacteria that harbor IncHI plasmids