Apuntes sobre el soneto «La calidad elementar resiste» y «La dama boba»

El artículo propone una reflexión en torno al significado del soneto «La calidad elementar resiste» en la trayectoria vital y artística de Lope de Vega en relación con el año de composición (1613), revisando una tendencia de la crítica que lo considera vinculado desde el principio con la polémica gongorina y subrayando su función en el entero proyecto dramatúrgico de La dama boba. Se explica así, según el autor, la importancia que esta comedia, y el soneto en particular, mantuvo para el artista en varios momentos significativos de autopromoción durante el decenio sucesivo a la composición de la pieza.The article proposes a reconsideration of the meaning of the sonnet «La calidad elementar resiste» in Lope de Vega's life and artistic career in relation to the year of composition (1613), reviewing a critical trend that considers it linked from the beginning with the controversy on Góngora's poetry and underscoring its role in the whole dramaturgical project of La dama boba. This explains why, according to the author, this comedy, and the sonnet in particular, was so important for the artist in several significant moments of his career in the decade following the composition of the play

Schreber: una psicosis ejemplar

¿Cómo un conjunto de escritos de un enfermo mental puede constituirse como un caso ejemplar? Este trabajo intenta abordar este problema con el fin de reconstruir ciertos elementos del caso Schreber siguiendo la estructura de la Matriz Disciplinar. Para ello, se utilizará una perspectiva kuhniana, en particular la presentada en "Posdata: 1969" que agregó a su libro "La Estructura de las Revoluciones Científicas". Se focalizará en el concepto de ejemplar y, desde esta perspectiva, se analizará el ejemplar que representa la psicosis. Dado que, un ejemplar es una solución concreta de problemas que sirven como base para la solución de problemas futuros, se analizará la estructura del caso Schreber presentado en la obra freudiana

Hacia un modelo de edición crítica digital del teatro de Lope

El artículo presenta un proyecto en curso de edición digital de La dama boba de Lope de Vega. Se describen las principales soluciones encontradas hasta el momento y las razones que han llevado a adoptarlas, y se explican el contexto de realización y los objetivos previstos.The article presents a project in progress that deals with the digital edition of Lope de Vega's La dama boba. The article describes the rationale behind the main solutions adopted so far, as well as the context of production and the goals of the project

Using Infrared Radiometry Thermometer for Irrigation Management of Dry Edible Beans in Western Nebraska

Proper irrigation management requires farmers to determine the right timing and amount to irrigate. Soil water sensors are one of the most popular sensor-based approach used by farmers to decide when and how much to irrigate. However, installation and retrieval of soil water sensors require excavation of soil and can be challenging. Other than soil water sensors, there are plant-based water stress monitoring technologies that are less soil disturbing such as infrared radiometry thermometer (IRT). Using canopy temperature measured from IRT, researchers can calculate thermal-based indices such as crop water stress index (CWSI) for many crops around the world. Yet limited research has focused on detecting water stress using IRT and CWSI for dry edible beans (DEB), which is one of the most important crops in Western Nebraska. Therefore, in this research, we quantified parameters (baselines) that are crucial to the calculation of CWSI using canopy temperature measured from IRT; and evaluated the performance of calculated CWSI under four irrigation treatments that ranged from dryland to fully irrigated for DEB in Western Nebraska. The average lower baseline of DEB found was Tc – Ta = 2.78 - 1.59 VPD (n = 25, R2 = 0.81) and upper baseline was Tc – Ta = 3.76 (n = 11, SD = 0.42). Afternoon CWSI (12:00 PM to 3:00 PM) showed a significant difference among the irrigation treatments, with p-values of 0.0143 (2018) and 4.2 x 10-6 (2019). Advisor: Xin Qia

Evaluation of Argentine wild sunflower biotypes for drought stress during reproductive stage

As in several regions where sunflower production has moved to areas with limiting water availability, the search for water-stress tolerant genotypes has been intensified. Helianthus annuus ssp. annuus L. constitutes a potential genetic resource because it has naturalized in the semi-arid zone of central Argentina. The assessment of these genetic materials for water deficit tolerance is of interest because they may represent a source of genes for drought tolerance, useful to sunflower breeding. Drought resistant genotypes should be achieved using easily identified phenotypic traits. Parameters like leaf area are widely used to characterize the performance under stress. Leaf temperature is an easily measured physiological parameter that allows an indirect estimate of plant transpiration and is well correlated with water availability. Relative water content indicates the ability to retain water from the soil and expresses plant osmotic adjustment ability. Specific leaf area is a morphological parameter related to leaf thickness. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the drought tolerance of Argentine wild sunflower biotypes and identify morphological and physiological traits expressing differences between stressed biotypes. Wild biotypes were evaluated during three years in the experimental field of the Agronomy Department, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina. Groups of 10-15 plants of each biotype were evaluated under two water conditions, drought (deficit supply) with drip irrigation to cover a half of the potential evapotranspiration during flowering, or with optimal water supply. Soil surface was covered with black polyethylene to exclude rainwater. Wild sunflower comprised five biotypes collected from different habitats in the semiarid region of Argentina. Crosses between the wild biotypes and inbred lines were also included every year. Inbred lines and a commercial hybrid (DK4000) were used as controls. Recorded traits were: plant height, stem diameter, petiole length, leaf area, leaf number, head number and reproductive surface. Leaf parameters were: relative water content (RWC), specific leaf area (SLA), canopy temperature (CT), and chlorophyll content (SPAD). A susceptibility index (SI) was obtained to compare the performance under water stress with that obtained in optimal conditions. Biotype evaluation and parameter characterization were performed separately for each year because water stress levels were different. Wild sunflower responses to water stress were different for all parameters among biotypes, except for plant height and petiole length. Wild biotypes had better RWC and lower SLA than cultivated biotypes. Under water stress wild biotypes showed higher values and greater range of RWC and SPAD than cultivated sunflower. Susceptibility index showed that leaf area of wild sunflower biotypes had lower stress susceptibility than cultivated sunflowers. Nevertheless, wild biotypes showed increased susceptibility to the remaining plant morpho-physiological parameters. RWC and CT had a significant relationship in wild sunflower biotypes under water stress. Drought tolerant type identification was complex because of the complex responses among parameters. Wild biotypes might have a physiological mechanism which allows higher RCA than cultivated sunflower under drought stress. The lower SLA under water deficit could be attributed to a greater leaf thickness and could be related with RCA. Lower leaf area reduction under stress in wild sunflower is an interesting trait that might be used to improve cultivated sunflower. As the RWC is related with CT under stress in wild biotypes, this trait evaluation allows the fast examination of a high number of plants. The assessment of Argentina wild sunflower biotypes for traits associated with drought tolerance has not yet been done. Their identification could increase sunflower crop yield under drought in semiarid regions.Fil: Fernández Moroni, Ivana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía; ArgentinaFil: Fraysse, M.. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía; ArgentinaFil: Presotto, Alejandro Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía; ArgentinaFil: Cantamutto, Miguel Ángel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria; Argentin

Outlier admissions of medical patients: Prognostic implications of outlying patients. The experience of the Hospital of Mestre

ABSTRACT The admission of a patient in wards other than the appropriate ones, known as the patient outlying phenomenon, involves both Medicine and Geriatric Units of many Hospitals. The aims were to learn more about the prognosis of the outlying patients, we investigated 3828 consecutive patients hospitalized in Medicine and Geriatrics of our hub Hospital during the year 2012. We compared patients\u2019 mean hospital length of stay, survival, and early readmission according to their outlying status. The mean hospital length of stay did not significantly differ between the two groups, either for Medicine (9.8 days for outliers and 10.0 for in-ward) or Geriatrics (13.0 days for both). However, after adjustment for age and sex, the risk of death was about twice as high for outlier patients admitted into surgical compared to medical areas (hazard ratio 1.8, 1.2-2.5 95% confidence interval). Readmission within 90 days from the first discharge was more frequent for patients admitted as outliers (26.1% vs 14.2%, P<0.0001). We highlight some critical aspects of an overcrowded hospital, as the shortage of beds in Medicine and Geriatrics and the potential increased clinical risk denoted by deaths or early readmission for medical outlier patients when assigned to inappropriate wards. There is the need to reorganize beds allocation involving community services, improve in-hospital bed management, an extent diagnostic procedures for outlier patients admitted in nonmedical wards