Un argumento sobre su excepción: acerca del travestismo de Eva Perón en la pieza teatral de Copi

The purpose of this work is to discuss the character of performance and staging of Eva Perón's figure as it is presented in two texts of the Argentinian literature: Copi's play Eva Perón (1970) and Jorge Luis Borges' short story “El simulacro” (1960). The frequent appearance of a cross-dressed actor as the main character of the play is not based on the assumed fact that this would be part of the so called “anti-Peronist mythologization”, as it had usually been done before, but on the importance of crossdressed characters in Copi's work, as the author intends to demonstrate in an extensive approach of his narrative work

Mistakes and Lessons of World War II: Pyrrhic Victory of the Soviet-Finnish Military Campaign in 1939−1940

Автор, використовуючи матеріали опублікованих джерел і наукової літератури, аргументує недоречність, помилковість і шкідливість, перш за все для СРСР, радянсько-фінської війни. The author based on the published sources and scientific literature argues the inexpediency, impropriety and damage of Soviet-Finnish War, first of all for USSR

Resettlement of the Polish Population from the Territory of Volyn Region of Poland in 1944−1946 Years

У статті розглянуто процес масового організованого переселення польського населення з території Волинської області в Польщу в 1944−1946 рр., здійснений змішаною польсько-українською комісією згідно з укладеною 9 вересня 1944 р. угодою між урядом УРСР і Польським комітетом національного визволення. This article discusses the process of mass organized resettlement of the Polish population from the territory of Volyn region of Poland in 1944−1946 years. It was held a mixed Polish Ukrainian Commission in accordance with the laid September 9, 1944 Agreement between the Government of the USSR and the Polish Committee of National Liberation

Los beneficios de impuestos nacionales y provinciales y su impacto en PyMEs mendocinas en los últimos cinco años

La presión impositiva ha ido aumentando sin tregua durante los últimos años. Esto es consecuencia de déficits fiscales importantes que requieren para financiarse una mayor tributación. Esto trae aparejado impuestos que no cumplen con los requisitos que debieran, como equidad, proporcionalidad, no confiscatoriedad, tasas notoriamente altas y la creación de tributos de emergencia que, luego, perduran en el tiempo de forma indefinida. Todo esto afecta de forma significativa a la economía de las PYMES, que tienen mayores dificultades que las grandes empresas para enfrentar estas adversidades, y como consecuencia también se ve perjudicada toda la economía (especialmente en el caso de Mendoza, donde mas del 99% de las empresas son mipymes). Esto se traduce en una mayor evasión y una mayor irregularidad impositiva: empleo en negro, transacciones sin el respectivo respaldo documental, declaraciones juradas apócrifas, etc. Como consecuencia de todo lo expresado anteriormente, el trabajo apunta a estudiar la relación entre el elemento impositivo y las pequeñas y medianas empresas de nuestra provincia.Fil: Pron, Juan José. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas.Fil: Krvina, Fernando. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas.Fil: Martelli, Gimena. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas

The effects of uterine artery embolisation and surgical treatment on ovarian function in women with uterine fibroids

Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare both ovarian function and menstrual characteristics following uterine artery embolisation (UAE) and surgery. Design Subgroup of women from a randomised controlled trial. Setting Gynaecology and radiology units in Scotland, UK. Population Ninety-six women from the randomised controlled trial comparing embolisation with surgery as a treatment for fibroids (REST), which recruited 157 patients (106 UAE; 51 surgery). Methods Seventy-three women undergoing UAE and 23 women undergoing surgery (with ovarian conservation) had serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) measurements taken on day 3 of the menstrual cycle prior to treatment, and at 6 and 12 months post-treatment. Data on menstrual cycle characteristics was also collected. Main outcome measures Ovarian failure, as defined by an FSH level of > 40 iu/l, and change in duration of menses and length of menstrual cycle. Results There was no significant difference in the rate of ovarian failure at 12 months between UAE (11%) and surgical patients (18%) (P = 0.44). This finding was not influenced by age. The mean duration of menstrual flow decreased significantly, from baseline to 12 months, by 1.7 days (SD 3.8), (95% CI 0.8-2.6). There was no statistically significant change in mean cycle length at 12 months (0.7 days [SD 4.9]; 95% CI [-0.5, 1.9]). Conclusions There is no evidence for UAE accelerating a deterioration in ovarian function at 1 year, when compared with surgery. UAE is associated with a decrease in the duration of menstrual flow at 1 yea

The Value of Suction Drainage Fluid Culture during Aseptic and Septic Orthopedic Surgery: A Prospective Study of 901 Patients

There are no guidelines on the value of suction drainage fluid culture (SDC), and it is difficult to determine whether the organisms cultured from suction drainage fluid samples are pathogenic or simply contaminants. We performed 2989 cultures of suction drainage fluid samples obtained, during a 1-year period, from 901 patients who underwent aseptic or septic orthopedic surgery (946 operations). The culture results were analyzed to evaluate their ability to detect postoperative infection after aseptic operations or to detect either a persistent or new episode of sepsis in patients known to have infection. For aseptic operations, the sensitivity of SDC was 25%, the specificity was 99%, the positive predictive value was 25%, and the negative predictive value was 99%. For septic operations, the sensitivity of SDC was 81%, the specificity was 96%, the positive predictive value was 87%, and the negative predictive value was 94%. We conclude that, for aseptic orthopedic surgery, SDC is not useful in detecting postoperative infection. However, for septic orthopedic surgery, it is of clinical importanc

Probing host pathogen cross-talk by transcriptional profiling of both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and infected human dendritic cells and macrophages

This study provides the proof of principle that probing the host and the microbe transcriptomes simultaneously is a valuable means to accessing unique information on host pathogen interactions. Our results also underline the extraordinary plasticity of host cell and pathogen responses to infection, and provide a solid framework to further understand the complex mechanisms involved in immunity to M. tuberculosis and in mycobacterial adaptation to different intracellular environments

Análisis del desempeño universitario utilizando modelos para variables enteras

El presente trabajo investiga el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes universitarios. Se utilizan modelos para variables enteras para analizar el desempeño de la cohorte de ingresantes 2001 de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la UNLP; los resultados obtenidos indican que el modelo Binomial Negativo inflado en cero (ZINB) es el más apropiado. El mismo permite diferenciar entre aquellos factores personales y socioeconómicos que influyen sobre la probabilidad de pertenecer al grupo que no aprueba materias y aquellos factores que influyen sobre el número esperado de la variable materias aprobadas.This paper examines the academic performance of students at university level. Different count variable models are considered to evaluate academic achievement of the cohort of students who started at Faculty of Economics of La Plata National University in 2001; results suggest that Zero Inflated Negative Binomial model fits better than other. This model allows analyzing in a separate way those personal and socioeconomic factors which have an influence on the probability of belonging to the non-passing group and those factors which have an influence on the expected value of passing a higher number of subjects.Facultad de Ciencias Económica

Enhancing Fullerene-Based Solar Cell Lifetimes by Addition of a Fullerene Dumbbell

Cost-effective, solution-processable organic photovoltaics (OPV) present an interesting alternative to inorganic silicon-based solar cells. However, one of the major remaining challenges of OPV devices is their lack of long-term operational stability, especially at elevated temperatures. The synthesis of a fullerene dumbbell and its use as an additive in the active layer of a PCDTBT:PCBM-based OPV device is reported. The addition of only 20 % of this novel fullerene not only leads to improved device efficiencies, but more importantly also to a dramatic increase in morphological stability under simulated operating conditions. Dynamic secondary ion mass spectrometry (DSIMS) and TEM are used, amongst other techniques, to elucidate the origins of the improved morphological stability

Building nurse education capacity in India: insights from a faculty development programme in Andhra Pradesh

Background: India faces an acute shortage of nurses. Strategies to tackle the human resource crisis depend upon scaling up nursing education provision in a context where the social status and working conditions of nurses are highly variable. Several national and regional situation assessments have revealed significant concerns about educational governance, institutional and educator capacity, quality and standards. Improving educational capacity through nursing faculty development has been proposed as one of several strategies to address a complex health human resource situation. This paper describes and critically reflects upon the experience of one such faculty development programme in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Discussion: The faculty development programme involved a 2 year partnership between a UK university and 7 universities in Andhra Pradesh. It adopted a participatory approach and covered training and support in 4 areas: teaching, research/scholarship, leadership/management and clinical education. Senior hospital nurses were also invited to participate. Summary: The programme was evaluated positively and some changes to educational practice were reported. However, several obstacles to wider change were identified. At the programme level, there was a need for more intensive individual and institutional mentorship as well as involvement of Indian Centres of Excellence in Nursing to provide local (as well as international) expertise. At the organisational level, the participating Colleges reported heavy workloads, lack of control over working conditions, lack of control over the curriculum and poor infra-structure/resources as ongoing challenges. In the absence of wider educational reform in nursing and government commitment to the profession, faculty development programmes alone will have limited impac