Recensión del libro: Economía feminista. Como construir una sociedad igualitaria (sin perder el glamour) : Mercedes D´Alessandro. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 2016

"Economía feminista. Como construir una sociedad igualitaria (sin perder el glamour)", es un libro de divulgación, que posee una extensión breve, por lo que es accesible y entretenida su lectura. Su autora, quien es doctora en economía, nos proporciona una obra dedicada al público en general, y no necesariamente, para quienes se encuentren especializados en la temática económica. Esta característica se encuentra reflejada, en la pedagogía con la que aborda la temática, probablemente propia de haber transitado más de 15 años, como docente de economía política, en la UBA. La obra comienza su recorrido a través de una breve introducción, continúa con once capítulos y finaliza con un epílogo. A través de la selección de los capítulos, se puede percibir una suerte de enumeración de once motivos distintos, por los cuales explica, se reproducen los estereotipos de género en nuestra sociedad actual.Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociale

Recensión del libro: Economía feminista. Como construir una sociedad igualitaria (sin perder el glamour) : Mercedes D´Alessandro. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 2016

"Economía feminista. Como construir una sociedad igualitaria (sin perder el glamour)", es un libro de divulgación, que posee una extensión breve, por lo que es accesible y entretenida su lectura. Su autora, quien es doctora en economía, nos proporciona una obra dedicada al público en general, y no necesariamente, para quienes se encuentren especializados en la temática económica. Esta característica se encuentra reflejada, en la pedagogía con la que aborda la temática, probablemente propia de haber transitado más de 15 años, como docente de economía política, en la UBA. La obra comienza su recorrido a través de una breve introducción, continúa con once capítulos y finaliza con un epílogo. A través de la selección de los capítulos, se puede percibir una suerte de enumeración de once motivos distintos, por los cuales explica, se reproducen los estereotipos de género en nuestra sociedad actual.Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociale

Recensión del libro: Economía feminista. Como construir una sociedad igualitaria (sin perder el glamour) : Mercedes D´Alessandro. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 2016

"Economía feminista. Como construir una sociedad igualitaria (sin perder el glamour)", es un libro de divulgación, que posee una extensión breve, por lo que es accesible y entretenida su lectura. Su autora, quien es doctora en economía, nos proporciona una obra dedicada al público en general, y no necesariamente, para quienes se encuentren especializados en la temática económica. Esta característica se encuentra reflejada, en la pedagogía con la que aborda la temática, probablemente propia de haber transitado más de 15 años, como docente de economía política, en la UBA. La obra comienza su recorrido a través de una breve introducción, continúa con once capítulos y finaliza con un epílogo. A través de la selección de los capítulos, se puede percibir una suerte de enumeración de once motivos distintos, por los cuales explica, se reproducen los estereotipos de género en nuestra sociedad actual.Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociale

An Audience-Centric Approach for Museums Sustainability

therefore, in order to become sustainable, museums should pay attention to audience and its internal diversity. In this way, a cultural site can plan tailored strategies to increase the number of visits and re-visits and to achieve community support. For this reason it is necessary to understand the cultural needs of visitors, acquiring appropriate monitoring tools, such as qualitative and quantitative ones. Generally, quantitative analyses are more reliable and complete, even if they require a considerable number of observations for the reliability of the results. Moreover, qualitative analysis provides more in depth information, even if their data do not allow us to make generalizations. The qualitative and quantitative methods for the detection of satisfaction are usually used separately, but their integration may bring significant added value in terms of the wealth of information. This study follows the analysis of the potential of the integration of qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques customized with respect to different types of targets. The results of the experimentation performed on ethnographic museums shows a consistency of the results obtained by the two different tools that increase the capacity information of survey instruments

The Relation between Collaborative Consumption and Subjective Well-Being: An Analysis of P2P Accommodation

The present paper investigates the relationships between Collaborative Consumption (CC) and well-being. Specifically, the study aims to understand the antecedents of subjective well-being (SWB) in peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation services. The research adopts a mixed-method approach by integrating qualitative (focus groups) and quantitative (survey) methods with sequential logic. A conceptual model was developed and validated through structural equation modelling (SEM). The model confirms that the SWB, which has three indirect antecedents (the social, environmental and economic dimensions), was positively influenced by the attitude towards P2P accommodation services, and the relation between this construct and SWB emphasizes the originality of the study. This research contributes to the current sharing economy debate, unveiling theoretical advances on the link between collaborative services and well-being

In-cell western assay as a high-throughput approach for Chlamydia trachomatis quantification and susceptibility testing to antimicrobials

Chlamydia trachomatis, the leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases in developed countries, with around 127 million new cases per year, is mainly responsible for urethritis and cervicitis in women, and urethritis and epididymitis in men. Most C. trachomatis infections remain asymptomatic (>50%) and, hence, untreated, leading to severe reproductive complications in both women and men, like infertility. Therefore, the detection of C. trachomatis as well as the antimicrobial susceptibility testing becomes a priority, and, along the years, several methods have been recommended, like cell culture and direct immunofluorescence (DFA) on cell cultures. Herein, we described the application of In-Cell Western assay (ICW) via Odyssey CLx as a fast, more accessible, and high-throughput platform for the quantification of C. trachomatis and the screening of anti-chlamydial drugs. As a first step, we set up a standard curve by infecting cell monolayers with 2-fold serial dilutions of C. trachomatis Elementary Body (EB) suspension. Then, different unknown C. trachomatis EB suspensions were quantified and the chlamydial susceptibility testing to erythromycin was performed, using the DFA as comparison. Our results showed a very high concordance between these two assays, as evidenced by the enumeration of chlamydial IFUs as well as the determination of erythromycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC). In conclusion,the ICW assay may be a promising candidate as an accurate and accessible methodology for C. trachomatis antimicrobial susceptibility testing

A Stage-Based Approach to Therapy in Parkinson's Disease.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that features progressive, disabling motor symptoms, such as bradykinesia, rigidity, and resting tremor. Nevertheless, some non-motor symptoms, including depression, REM sleep behavior disorder, and olfactive impairment, are even earlier features of PD. At later stages, apathy, impulse control disorder, neuropsychiatric disturbances, and cognitive impairment can present, and they often become a heavy burden for both patients and caregivers. Indeed, PD increasingly compromises activities of daily life, even though a high variability in clinical presentation can be observed among people affected. Nowadays, symptomatic drugs and non-pharmaceutical treatments represent the best therapeutic options to improve quality of life in PD patients. The aim of the present review is to provide a practical, stage-based guide to pharmacological management of both motor and non-motor symptoms of PD. Furthermore, warning about drug side effects, contraindications, as well as dosage and methods of administration, are highlighted here, to help the physician in yielding the best therapeutic strategies for each symptom and condition in patients with PD

Permissive role for mGlu1 metabotropic glutamate receptors in excitotoxic retinal degeneration

Neuroprotection is an unmet need in eye disorders characterized by retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death, such as prematurity-induced retinal degeneration, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration. In all these disorders excitotoxicity is a prominent component of neuronal damage, but clinical data discourage the development of NMDA receptor antagonists as neuroprotectants. Here, we show that activation of mGlu1 metabotropic glutamate receptors largely contributes to excitotoxic degeneration of RGCs. Mice at postnatal day 9 were challenged with a toxic dose of monosodium glutamate (MSG, 3g/kg), which caused the death of >70% of Brn-3a+ RGCs. Systemic administration of the mGlu1 receptor negative allosteric modulator (NAM), JNJ16259685 (2.5mg/kg, s.c.), was largely protective against MSG-induced RGC death. This treatment did not cause changes in motor behavior in the pups. We also injected MSG to crv4 mice, which lack mGlu1 receptors because of a recessive mutation of the gene encoding the mGlu1 receptor. MSG did not cause retinal degeneration in crv4 mice, whereas it retained its toxic activity in their wild-type littermates. These findings demonstrate that mGlu1 receptors play a key role in excitotoxic degeneration of RGCs, and encourage the study of mGlu1 receptor NAMs in models of retinal neurodegeneration