The Canons of Fantasy: Lands of High Adventure (2019) by Patrick Moran

Book review, by Mariana Rios Maldonado, of The Canons of Fantasy: Lands of High Adventure (2019), by Patrick Mora

Critical Insights: The Lord of the Rings (2022), edited by Robert C. Evans

Book review, by Mariana Rios Maldonado, of Critical Insights: The Lord of the Rings (2022), edited by Robert C. Evan

The Canons of Fantasy: Lands of High Adventure (2019) by Patrick Moran

Book review, by Mariana Rios Maldonado, of The Canons of Fantasy: Lands of High Adventure (2019), by Patrick Mora

Rol del enfermero de neonatología en la administración de oxigenoterapia

El presente estudio pretende determinar si el nivel actual de conocimientos que poseen los enfermeros del servicio de Neonatología del Hospital Dr. H. Notti, permiten brindar cuidados eficientes a Neonatos RN de Término y RN pre-término con Oxigenoterapia. Los objetivos específicos son: identificar si los conocimientos de enfermería sobre oxigenoterapia son actualizados; caracterizar a los enfermeros en estudio y establecer si los cuidados de enfermería sobre oxigenoterapia son eficientes.Fil: Ordoñez, Mariana. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Escuela de Enfermería..Fil: Rios, Marina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Escuela de Enfermería..Fil: Sánchez, Sonia. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Escuela de Enfermería.

Episodic-like memory: New perspectives from a behavioral test in rats

In order to have a tool to empirically test the ideas derived from a theoretical model, we extended a protocol for evaluation of episodic-like memory in rats, based on the triad "what, where, context" for definition of memories. As with the computational model, our intention was for the animal being tested to store a specific number of object-place-context configurations as different memories, which would then be retrievable from cues. The aim of this work was to evaluate the influence of the number of configurations to be memorized on the performance of the task. Sixty-five Wistar male rats were evaluated. In accordance with previous work, for two configurations, the recognition index was indicative of recognition of the element mismatching the original memory (mean = 0.28; SEM = 0.12). The recognition index for three configurations was lower (mean = 0.15; SEM = 0.10), evidencing less recall with increasing requirements. The results also showed a trend toward recognition of novelty for the first and the last memory when evaluating three configurations (a "U" shape in the exploratory preference's curve), showing the primacy and recency effects typical of memory both in humans and animals. Nonetheless, the data presented a high inter-subject variability which makes the test non-robust for small groups. However, if used before and after a treatment for a same subject, we suggest that the protocol presented in this work can be a useful behavioral test for the evaluation of episodic-like memory in rats in terms of a variable task demand.Fil: Weisz, Victoria I.. Hospital Italiano. Instituto de Ciencias Básicas y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Rios, Mariana B.. Hospital Italiano. Instituto de Ciencias Básicas y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Argibay, Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Hospital Italiano. Instituto de Ciencias Básicas y Medicina Experimental; Argentin

Studies of recruitment in the great skua

This thesis examines different variables affecting recruitment, and provides evidence of recent events affecting a seabird colony. Fieldwork was conducted during 2003-05 in the island of Foula, Shetland. Foula holds the largest colony of great skuas Stercorarius skua in the world; although numbers of breeding pairs in the colony increased rapidly from 1900-70, recently numbers have been decreasing. Data were collected by marking non-breeders and taking individual measures, individuals were followed in subsequent seasons to record their behaviour. An extended database was used to determine how long-term effects of variables such as hatching date, food availability and climate change affect the process of recruitment. The results show that food availability is related to breeding success and early hatching, as well as the probability of returning to the colony to breed. The variable used to quantify climate change (NAO winter index) was not related to recruitment, however it is suspected to influence food abundance. Contrary to expectation, individual quality did not have an effect on the probability of breeding for the first time, and there was no difference in body condition between potential recruits and established breeders; however historic data suggest a difference. The current situation faced by great skuas in the Foula colony may be a determined for the changes in recruitment rates as well as for the parameters that determine the recruitment process. Compared to two decades ago, numbers of pre-breeders have decreased substantially which may give evidence of density dependent effects preventing the addition of new recruits to the colony

Ethics and the encounter with the other in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth narratives

My thesis is a study of the ethics formed by the encounter between the self and the Other in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (LotR). Through the prism of Emmanuel Levinas’ ethical philosophy, my thesis explores the construction of ethical relationships, perspectives, and responses by the characters of these texts when they are placed face-to-face with different embodiments of Otherness. I contend that, historically, the analysis of ethics in Tolkien's Middle-earth narratives has failed to occupy a central position within Tolkien scholarship, being overlooked or subordinated to research concerns such as the biographical or religious content of the author’s work, interpretations of his authorial intent, as well as the influence of Tolkien’s academic and philological interests on his literary production. More recently, endeavours to understand the ethical dimension of Tolkien’s narratives include studies by Jane Chance, Deidre Dawson, Robert Eaglestone, and Joseph Tadie, who detect an affinity with ethical considerations advanced by philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. My thesis is the next step in the Tolkien-Levinas approximation, for it is a meeting point between Levinas’ philosophical reflections on ethics as arising from the encounter with the Other, and the characters who inhabit The Hobbit and LotR. Crucial to my argument are the different configurations of Otherness in Tolkien’s texts – as racialised, feminine, queer, and evil – and how encountering the Other is interlaced with themes essential to Tolkien’s literary production, such as heroism, the phenomenology of evil, death, and the intertwinement between fate and free will. I argue that the encounter with the Other in Tolkien’s Middle-earth narratives is responsible for the surfacing of ethical questions that catalyse the narratives’ actions and transformative processes within the characters. My thesis is divided into two parts. Part One serves as an introduction to the positioning of this thesis within Tolkien scholarship and the method it follows. Chapter One reviews the history and current state of Tolkien studies in relation to the study of ethics in Tolkien’s Middle-earth narratives. Chapter Two details the methodological approach of this thesis, which I name “companionship”. This chapter expands on the notion of ethics underlining my thesis and describes the influence of philosophical ethics in literary studies prior to examining different portrayals of alterity in Tolkien’s worldbuilding project, namely the feminine, the swarthy, and the orc. Chapter Two closes with an appraisal of the potential connections between Tolkien’s fiction and Levinas’ philosophical discourse as well as the establishment of the core tenets of Levinas’ philosophy that accompany my study of primary sources. The analysis of The Hobbit and LotR is the main focus of Part Two of my thesis. These chapters combine a close reading of primary sources, informed by relevant Tolkien scholarship, with a range of theoretical lenses and concepts, such as estrangement, the uncanny, and the abject. Underpinning my interpretation of Tolkien’s narratives is Levinas’ reflections on ethics, self, and Other. Chapter Three is dedicated to Bilbo Baggins’ narrative journey and the ethical perspectives he encounters during his experiences outside of the Shire, which transform his sense of self, his sense of service to and his ethical relationship with the Other. Chapter Four inaugurates this thesis’ study of LotR. This chapter focuses on hobbits as the queer Other, the constitution of Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, and Gollum, and the ethical relationships that ensue amongst them. Finishing this section is the study of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins’ narrative arc as a development in the approach to the Other. Chapter Five elaborates on the phenomenology of evil in LotR as the negation of the self to engage in an ethical relationship with the Other, which then may lead to its impossibility. Evil as essence or choice, the effects of the Ring(s) of Power, and the Other as an embodiment of evil – wraiths, orcs, and Shelob – are addressed in this section. The final chapter of my thesis explores the linkages between ideas of heroism and serving the Other in LotR. I begin with a comparison of Frodo and Aragorn in order to illustrate how their narrative trajectories, in their similarities and differences, exemplify heroism as a form of service to the Other. Next, I analyse the constellation formed by Merry, Pippin, Éowyn, and Faramir to argue that their path of serving the Other is through a disobedience marked by the need to acknowledge their distinct selfhoods. Closing my thesis is a coda that explores the idea of surrendering to and renouncing desire as possession, and its implications for the relationship between the self and the Other as experienced Saruman, Sauron, Galadriel, and Frodo. These reflections gesture towards the interpretative affordances of Tolkien’s Middleearth narratives and the applicability of the encounter with the Other for Tolkien scholarship

La representación de los roles de género en las imágenes de los libros oficiales de la educación primaria

La presente investigación abordó la importancia de las imágenes en los textos oficiales de la escuela primaria, vinculadas a la representación de los roles de género. En la sociedad uruguaya la mujer ha sido durante muchos años relegada a tareas domésticas y de cuidado de la familia y esta situación se ha promovido también desde el ámbito educativo. Se ha considerado que los textos escolares son instrumentos utilizados en la escuela con fines que transitan de lo académico a lo cultural. Las imágenes son portadoras de información directa y efectiva. El objetivo de la investigación fue analizar hasta qué punto las imágenes presentes en los textos oficiales de lectura de la educación primaria, son coherentes con la normativa que promueve igualdad de derechos y oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres en Uruguay. Se analizaron los libros que se entregan a todos los estudiantes de la educación pública uruguaya en la actualidad. Para la realización de los análisis se utilizó por un lado la metodología de análisis de contenido, y por otro el estudio iconográfico a partir de estudios de Panofsky (1987), Barthes (1971, 1986, 1989) y otros teóricos contemporáneos como Mitchell (2003) y Belting (2003), que permitieron un abordaje más amplio y actual a la significación de las imágenes. Se concluyó que en los textos actuales hay un cuidado especial en la representación de actividades, profesiones y tareas que se realizan por los diferentes géneros, aunque en algunos casos se perpetúan algunos de los estereotipos de género tradicionales

Diseño entrenamiento en auto instrucciones basado en enfoque cognitivo conductual para mejorar satisfacción sexual en estudiantes de una universidad privada, Trujillo

El presente trabajo tuvo como objetivo proponer un diseño de entrenamiento en autoinstrucciones basado en el enfoque cognitivo conductual para mejorar la satisfacción sexual en estudiantes de una Universidad Privada, Trujillo. Se realizó una investigación, según su finalidad, práctica debido a que hace uso de la teoría para dar solución a un problema; según su naturaleza es cuantitativa, ya que, utiliza la recolección de datos con el fin establecer pautas de comportamiento y probar teorías; y según su carácter es propositiva puesto que, concluye en una propuesta basada en un modelo teórico. Por otro lado, se obtuvo una muestra probabilística por criterio de 46 estudiantes universitarios. A su vez, se utilizó el Cuestionario de Satisfacción Sexual de Chávez y Juárez, el cual fue elaborado por las mismas en 2016. Finalmente se pudo concluir que los aspectos teóricos encontrados para el uso del diseño de la técnica son de suma importancia y cuentan con los puntajes necesarios de validez y coherencia guardando relación con la variable principal de estudio

Satisfacción sexual: una revisión sistemática de la literatura científica de los últimos 10 años

La presente investigación, tiene como objetivo analizar, a través de un estudio sistemático, artículos científicos que hablen sobre la satisfacción sexual. Se puede llegar a definir Satisfacción Sexual como la respuesta afectiva que surge de la evaluación individual y en pareja de la relación sexual. Dicha revisión sistemática, se realizó luego de investigar 32 artículos científicos comprendidos entre los años 2010 y 2020. Se plantearon un total de 9 objetivos específicos, teniendo como resultados los constructos con los que se relaciona más la variable, los cuales son sexualidad y bienestar psicológico¸ las publicaciones fueron realizadas, en su gran mayoría en el año 2018 en el país de España