Caviar con Ron: 'Sdelano na Kube'

En Caviar con Ron: 'Sdelano na Kube', Jacqueline Loss y José Manuel Prieto analizan la gama vasta de actitudes hacia lo soviético -desde una minimización del impacto soviético en Cuba a una expresión exagerada de gratitud hacia los “rusos”- que se han encontrado desde que comenzaron su colaboración investigativa en 2004. Notan que las transformaciones  en la memorialización, de una negación rotunda a una aceptación actual que no dudarían de llamar entusiasta, fueron algo que no pudieron anticipar del todo cuando decidieron organizar el que puede considerarse el primer simposio internacional (2007) dedicado a estudiar el impacto del vínculo soviético en Cuba y publicar el libro Caviar with Rum: Cuba-USSR and the Post-Soviet Experience (2012), que aquilató las huellas de esa, extraña relación de un país del “tercer mundo” con una potencia lejana y virtualmente desconocida, todo dentro del marco de la Guerra Fría. En este texto, buscan compartir su experiencia, relatar sus principales etapas y el estado actual de la cuestión del imaginario cubano de lo soviético y lo ruso.   In “Caviar with Rum: Sdelano na Kube,” Jacqueline Loss and José Manuel Prieto analyze the vast range of attitudes toward the Soviet -from the minimization of the Soviet impact in Cuba to an exaggerated expression of gratitude toward the “Russians”- that they have encountered since they began their investigative collaboration in 2004.  They note that the transformations in the memorialization, from an emphatic negation to an acceptance these days that they might even call enthusiastic, were something that they could not anticipate in the least when they decided to organize what can be considered as the first international symposium (2007) dedicated to studying the impact of the Soviet link in Cuba, and the publication of the book Caviar with Rum: Cuba-USSR and the Post-Soviet Experience (2012) that assessed the remnants of this strange relationship between a “Third Word” country with a far-away and virtually unknown power, all within the framework of the Cold War. In this text, they seek to share their experience, telling the first stages and the current state of the question of the Cuban imaginary of the Soviet and the Russian.

Contemporary Tendencies in Mediation

Editors: Humberto dalla Bernardina de Pinho, Juliana Loss de AndradePresentation / Humberto Dalla Bernardina de Pinho, Juliana Loss de Andrade. -- Mediation in England / Neil Andrews. -- Un Reto para la Mediación: el Diseño de su Código Deontológico / Nuria Belloso Martín. -- Alternative Dispute Resolution and Aboriginal-Crown Reconciliation in Canada / Roshan Danesh, Jessica Dickson. -- A False ‘Prince Charming’ Keeps ‘Sleeping Beauty’ in a Coma: On Voluntary Mediation Being the True Oxymoron of Dispute Resolution Policy / Giuseppe De Palo. -- Programa de Derivación Judicial en Puerto Rico Desde la Perspectiva de la Mediación / Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán. -- Mediation in Switzerland / Isabelle Hering. -- Reconocimiento y eficacia de los acuerdos de mediación mercantil internacional / Juliana Loss de Andrade. -- The Uses of Mediation / Lela P. Love, Joseph B. Stulberg. -- Multi-Dimensional Mediation / Paul E. Mason. -- “Italy Is Doing It – Should We Be?” Civil and Commercial Mediation in Italy / Giovanni Matteucci. -- Limites dos Meios Alternativos de Conflito / José Marinho Paulo Junior. -- New Perspectives of Civil and Commercial Mediation in Brazil / Humberto Dalla Bernardina de Pinho. -- Practical Impacts of Theoretical Lenses / Elton Simoes, Andrea Maia. -- Development and Resistance in South Europe Justice Systems to Restorative Justice / Helena Soleto Muño

Mailyn Machado, Fuera de revoluciones: dos décadas de arte en Cuba, Leiden: Almenara, 2016, pp. 234 (review: Jacqueline LOSS)

Fuera de revoluciones: dos décadas de arte en Cuba (2016) by Mailyn Machado was recently published by Almenara Press, an innovative publishing venture founded by Cuban writer, Waldo Pérez Cino, in 2014 in Holland. Earning an honorable mention in Casa de las América’s essay prize (Cuba) in 2015, this first book by Cuban critic and curator, Mailyn Machado, is a treasure-trove of creative theoretical musings and artistic revelations that illustrate the extent to which the realms of art, history, sociology, politics and everyday life are inseparable in the last two decades of Cuba. With an introduction and ten chapters, divided into three parts, Fuera de revoluciones captures readers through its combination of personal anecdote and deep understanding of a visual arts archive, implementing “Inter/personal/net”—a topic that Machado thoroughly investigates— to link together the chapters, which can also be read as separate essays, written over a ten-year period from 2000-2010

Adaptive processes of Staphylococcus aureus isolates during the progression from acute to chronic bone and joint infections in patients.

Staphylococcus aureus bone and joint infection (BJI) is associated with significant rates of chronicity and relapse. In this study, we investigated how S. aureus is able to adapt to the human environment by comparing isolates from single patients with persisting or relapsing BJIs that were recovered during the initial and recurrent BJI episodes. In vitro and in vivo assays and whole-genome sequencing analyses revealed that the recurrent isolates induced a reduced inflammatory response, formed more biofilms, persisted longer in the intracellular compartments of host bone cells, were less cytotoxic and induced less mortality in a mouse infection model compared with the initial isolates despite the lack of significant changes at the genomic level. These findings suggest that S. aureus BJI chronicization is associated with an in vivo bacterial phenotypical adaptation that leads to decreased virulence and host immune escape, which is linked to increased intraosteoblastic persistence and biofilm formation

Effective refractive error coverage in adults aged 50 years and older: estimates from population-based surveys in 61 countries

BACKGROUND: In 2021, WHO Member States endorsed a global target of a 40-percentage-point increase in effective refractive error coverage (eREC; with a 6/12 visual acuity threshold) by 2030. This study models global and regional estimates of eREC as a baseline for the WHO initiative. METHODS: The Vision Loss Expert Group analysed data from 565 448 participants of 169 population-based eye surveys conducted since 2000 to calculate eREC (met need/[met need + undermet need + unmet need]). A binary logistic regression model was used to estimate eREC by Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study super region among adults aged 50 years and older. FINDINGS: In 2021, distance eREC was 79·1% (95% CI 72·4-85·0) in the high-income super region; 62·1% (54·7-68·8) in north Africa and Middle East; 49·5% (45·0-54·0) in central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia; 40·0% (31·7-48·2) in southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania; 34·5% (29·4-40·0) in Latin America and the Caribbean; 9·0% (6·5-12·0) in south Asia; and 5·7% (3·1-9·0) in sub-Saharan Africa. eREC was higher in men and reduced with increasing age. Global distance eREC increased from 2000 to 2021 by 19·0%. Global near vision eREC for 2021 was 20·5% (95% CI 17·8-24·4). INTERPRETATION: Over the past 20 years, distance eREC has increased in each super region yet the WHO target will require substantial improvements in quantity and quality of refractive services in particular for near vision impairment. FUNDING: WHO, Sightsavers, The Fred Hollows Foundation, Fondation Thea, Brien Holden Vision Institute, Lions Clubs International Foundation