Democracy and national pluralism: Ethical and institutional features

The liberal, democratic and social rights included in constitutions are unable to regulate an egalitarian and equitable treatment of individuals belonging to national minorities. Moreover, it it impossible for states to play a culturally and nationally neutral role, the way they can regarding other phenomena, such as religion. Consequently, in many cases, national groups have an important moral role to play in not exhausting the individual components and dimensions of the basic values of liberty, pluralism and political equality.Original source: Revista de Catalunya, 298: 111-126 (2017

Igualdad y valores morales en la posmodernidad politica

The questions which have come up for discussion and the answers given under the concept of post-modern philosophy express continuity rather than rupture whith the philosophy of the modern era. If the philosophy of that age was characterized by its enlightened faith in autonomous Reason, both critical and transformative, that very power of Reason has now split up into a variety of rationalities endowed with the same characteristics as their progenitor. In spite of the general disillusionment of our times, new hopes and new projects of thought to give life a meaning are trying to make themselves heard, conscious as they may be of their limitations and relaliveness. Modern rationalism is still present in the political post-modern age as a kind of background stage setting which we refer to when we distinguish the reasonable from the absurd. Even for the expression of doubt we need a firm foundation of logical reason

Guia per al Professorat de Pràctiques 1 del Grau de Mestre d’Educació Primària. Curs 2015-2016 (versió 1.6)

Recopilat i elaborat per la Comissió de Pràctiques del Grau de Mestre d’Educació Primària de la Facultat d’Educació de la Universitat de Barcelona.Podeu consultar la Guia pels centres formadors a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/6831

Compendio en que se explican todos los principios de oraciones con toda claridad y distinción

Copia digital. Valladolid : Junta de Castilla y León. Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, 2013Aurelio Anónimo es seudónimo de Valeriano Requejo (S.I.), (1621-1686)Los herederos de Tomás de Santander ejercen en Valladolid entre 1782-1783.Sign.: A-D8.Port. orlada

Worldwide molecular epidemiology of HIV

O vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV), disseminado em todo o mundo, é o agente responsável pela síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida (Aids). O HIV é um membro do gênero Lentivirus da família Retroviridae e compreende os tipos HIV-1 e HIV-2. Esses vírus possuem notável capacidade de mutar e se adaptar às novas condições do ambiente humano. Uma grande incidência de erros ao nível transcricional do genoma resulta em alterações nas bases genéticas durante o ciclo reprodutivo. A elevada variabilidade genômica do HIV apresenta importantes implicações para o diagnóstico, tratamento e prevenção, bem como nas investigações epidemiológicas. A elaboração desta revisão traz importantes conceitos sobre definições e distribuição geográfica de subtipos, formas recombinantes circulantes e outras variações genômicas do HIV. O estudo pretendeu direcionar os estudantes de ciências biomédicas e os profissionais de laboratórios de saúde pública aos conhecimentos gerais e específicos acerca da variabilidade genômica do HIV.Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the worldwide disseminated causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV is a member of the Lentivirus genus of Retroviridae family and is grouped in two types named HIV-1 and HIV-2. These viruses have a notable ability to mutate and adapt to the new conditions of human environment. A large incidence of errors at the transcriptional level results in changes on the genetic bases during the reproductive cycle. The elevated genomic variability of HIV has carried important implications for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention as well as epidemiologic investigations. The present review describes important definitions and geographical distribution of subtypes, circulating recombinant forms and other genomic variations of HIV. The present study aimed at leading students of Biomedical Sciences and public health laboratory staff guidance to general and specific knowledge about the genomic variability of the HIV

Toward the clinical application of time-domain fluorescence lifetime imaging

High-speed (video-rate) fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) through a flexible endoscope is reported based on gated optical image intensifier technology. The optimization and potential application of FLIM to tissue autofluorescence for clinical applications are discussed. (c) 2005 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers

Effect of arsenic-phosphorus interaction on arsenic-induced oxidative stress in chickpea plants

Arsenic-induced oxidative stress in chickpea was investigated under glasshouse conditions in response to application of arsenic and phosphorus. Three levels of arsenic (0, 30 and 60 mg kg−1) and four levels of P (50, 100, 200, and 400 mg kg−1) were applied to soil-grown plants. Increasing levels of both arsenic and P significantly increased arsenic concentrations in the plants. Shoot growth was reduced with increased arsenic supply regardless of applied P levels. Applied arsenic induced oxidative stress in the plants, and the concentrations of H2O2 and lipid peroxidation were increased. Activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and concentrations of non-enzymatic antioxidants decreased in these plants, but activities of catalase (CAT) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) were significantly increased under arsenic phytotoxicity. Increased supply of P decreased activities of CAT and APX, and decreased concentrations of non-enzymatic antioxidants, but the high-P plants had lowered lipid peroxidation. It can be concluded that P increased uptake of arsenic from the soil, probably by making it more available, but although plant growth was inhibited by arsenic the P may have partially protected the membranes from arsenic-induced oxidative stress