Book Review: Leidig, E. (2023). The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization.

This article reviews Eviane Leidig’s “The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization.

Ellipsis requires syntactic and semantic identity. Evidence from Fragment Questions in Spanish

Based on novel data from an understudied type of ellipsis in Spanish-which I refer to as Fragment Questions-I argue for the need of both semantic and syntactic identity conditions to license ellipsis. In particular the TP is subject to syntactic identity, and the domain above that is subject to semantic identity. Fragment Questions are elliptical sentences interpreted as wh-questions. They have a follow-up meaning and, unlike other types of sentential ellipsis, they require a wh-phrase to go unpronounced, although there's no explicit wh-question or wh-phrase in the antecedent. In this paper, I analyze Fragment Questions as the result of ellipsis of a wh-question from which a Contrastive Topic has moved

Social development, public policies and teaching career in the Argentine Republic: Present and Future of continuous teacher training

Argentina undertook in 2007 an important educational reform with the enactment of the National Education Law. However, eleven years after the beginning of this innovative process and eight years after the publication of the OEI 2021 Educational Goals, no significant quality improvements are evident from the different assessments that are administered annually by different international organizations. The initial and continuous teacher training is an indispensable pillar for the sustainable development of a society. Educational policies for innovation are successful when they manage to act simultaneously on the rules and subjectivity of teachers. The political neglect of the second variable has generated "renewed positions occupied by traditional teachers". This paper analyzes the current moment of continuous teacher training in Argentina and lists some proposals for improving the teaching career and its impact on the learning process of studentsLa Argentina emprendió en el 2007 una importante reforma educativa con la sanción de la Ley de Educación Nacional. Sin embargo, a once años del comienzo de este proceso innovador y a ocho años de la publicación de las Metas Educativas 2021 de la OEI no se evidencian mejoras de calidad significativas a partir de las distintas evaluaciones que administran anualmente diferentes organismos internacionales. La formación docente inicial y continua es un pilar indispensable para el desarrollo sustentable de una sociedad. Las políticas educativas para la innovación resultan exitosas cuando logran accionar simultáneamente sobre la normativa y la subjetividad de los docentes. La desatención política de la segunda variable ha generado puestos renovados ocupados por docentes tradicionales. En este trabajo se analiza el momento actual de la formación docente continua en la Argentina y se enumeran algunas propuestas para la mejora de la carrera docente y su impacto en el proceso de aprendizaje de los estudiante

The use of complementary and alternative medicine is frequent in patients with pancreatic disorder

BACKGROUND: Herbal remedies and other complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are used by 30% of the patients with liver and inflammatory bowel diseases. However, there are no data regarding CAM use in patients with pancreatic disorders, including potential pancreatotoxicity. AIM OF THE STUDY: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of CAM use in patients with pancreatic disorders and screen for pancreatotoxicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional survey of consecutive outpatients seen at a Pancreas Center. Data were collected in a specific questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the prevalence and the patterns of CAM use. Characteristics associated with CAM use were analyzed by appropriate statistics. RESULTS: Of 108 patients (52% male; mean age, 65±13 years), 47 (43.5%) used CAM. The use of CAM was more frequent among patients with previous acute pancreatitis (47%). Reported reasons for the use of CAM were to help standard therapies and for an overall better feeling. About 61% of the patients reported advantages with treatment. As compared with nonusers, CAM users were more often female (55% vs. 42%), with a higher school degree (43% vs. 36%), more frequently performing physical activity (51% vs. 41%), and reporting anxiety (45% vs. 31%). However, none of these differences were statistically significant. Three patients with previous acute pancreatitis reported the use of Serenoa repens that is potentially pancreatotoxic. DISCUSSION: The rate of CAM use in patients with pancreatic disorders is similar to those reported for other digestive diseases. CAM use seems to be more frequent in women with a higher education level and a "healthier lifestyle." Patients might not be aware of the potential pancreatotoxicity of CAM, which should be carefully considered by physician

Licensing of nominal ellipsis in Hungarian possessives

We argue, based on novel data, that the possessor head (Poss) can license ellipsis of its complement in Hungarian. That is, contra existing claims in the literature, possessor morphology can survive nominal ellipsis and be stranded on the remnant. Adopting Saab & Lipták (2016)’s of ellipsis licensing, we propose that there is variation in the size of the ellipsis site in Hungarian: nominal ellipsis can be licensed by either Num or Poss. We further propose that nominal ellipsis licensed by Poss can capture a previously unanalyzed variation in the Hungarian possessive pronoun paradigm. Specifically, the two variants of possessive pronouns correspond to two different structures: one is the anaphoric possessive (see Dékány 2015), while the other exists only as a consequence of nominal ellipsis, which, as we show, is a productive possibility

Breakdown of the Debye polarization ansatz at protein-water interfaces

The topographical and physico-chemical complexity of protein-water interfaces scales down to the sub-nanoscale range. At this level of confinement, we demonstrate that the dielectric structure of interfacial water entails a breakdown of the Debye ansatzthat postulates the alignment of polarization with the protein electrostatic field. The tendencies to promote anomalous polarization are determined for each residue type and a particular kind of structural defect is shown to provide the predominant causal contextFil: Fernandez, Ariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto Argentino de Matemáticas; Argentin

Role of Fibre in Nutritional Management of Pancreatic Diseases

The role of fibre intake in the management of patients with pancreatic disease is still controversial. In acute pancreatitis, a prebiotic enriched diet is associated with low rates of pancreatic necrosis infection, hospital stay, systemic inflammatory response syndrome and multiorgan failure. This protective effect seems to be connected with the ability of fibre to stabilise the disturbed intestinal barrier homeostasis and to reduce the infection rate. On the other hand, in patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, a high content fibre diet is associated with an increased wet fecal weight and fecal fat excretion because of the fibre inhibition of pancreatic enzymes. The mechanism by which dietary fibre reduces the pancreatic enzyme activity is still not clear. It seems likely that pancreatic enzymes are absorbed on the fibre surface or entrapped in pectin, a gel-like substance, and are likely inactivated by anti-nutrient compounds present in some foods. The aim of the present review is to highlight the current knowledge on the role of fibre in the nutritional management of patients with pancreatic disorders

Afasias, disfasias y disartrias

Los actos psiquicos, segun Grasset, se dividen en dos grupos; 1º Los actos psiquicos superiores, conscientes, voluntarios y Iibres; 2º los actos psiquicos inferiores, inconscientes, automaticos e involuntarios.Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociale