Mindfulness, Self-Care and the Law

Victor Narro offers his advice for law school graduates on living in the present moment, engaging in active listening, and “heart to heart” communication through mindfulness. He explores his own career and provides a framework for self-care in professional life using the teaching of Thich Nhat Hanh and St. Francis of Assisi

Mindfulness, Self-Care and the Law

Victor Narro offers his advice for law school graduates on living in the present moment, engaging in active listening, and “heart to heart” communication through mindfulness. He explores his own career and provides a framework for self-care in professional life using the teaching of Thich Nhat Hanh and St. Francis of Assisi

El Método de Superficie de Respuesta y el Modelamiento Difuso en el desarrollo de una galleta con semillas de chía (Salvia Hispánica L.)

Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo desarrollar una galleta con semillas de chía (Salvia Hispanica L.) evaluando el efecto de la sustitución de harina de trigo por las semillas (3.5 – 10%) y de la temperatura de horneado (130 – 170 °C) sobre las características sensoriales (sabor y textura), por medio de la metodología de superficie de respuesta y modelamiento difuso de la aceptabilidad sensorial (intersección difusa del sabor y textura). Un diseño compuesto central rotacional (DCCR) de dos variables independientes fue utilizado; obteniendo modelos significativos (p < 0.05 y R2 > 0.85) que definieron el comportamiento del sabor, textura, y aceptabilidad sensorial (previo modelamiento difuso por 25 reglas de pertenencia), observando que una menor sustitución con semillas de chía y una menor temperatura de horneado permiten maximizar las características sensoriales. Las zonas óptimas por intersección de superficies de respuesta (3 - 3.6% chía y 125 - 130ºC) y por superficie de respuesta previo modelamiento difuso (aceptabilidad sensorial) (3 - 3.7% chía y 125 - 133ºC) fueron similares, con lo cual se establece un antecedente de aplicación del modelamiento sensorial difuso en galletas

Finding the Synergy Between Law and Organizing: Experiences from the Streets of Los Angeles

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Wage Theft and Workplace Violations in Los Angeles: The Failure of Employment and Labor Law for Low-wage Workers

This report focuses on the findings of a survey of 1,815 workers in Los Angeles County, conducted in conjunction with similar surveys of Chicago and New York City in 2008. Using a rigorous methodology, this research study included interviews with unauthorized immigrants and other vulnerable workers who are often missed in standard surveys. The goal was to obtain accurate and statistically representative estimates of the prevalence of workplace violations. All findings are adjusted so that they are representative of the larger population of front-line workers (that is, excluding managers and professional and technical workers) in low-wage industries in L.A. County in 2008. This population includes about 744,220 workers, or 17.0 percent of all workers in L.A. County

Wage Theft and Workplace Violations in Los Angeles: The Failure of Employment and Labor Law for Low-wage Workers

This report focuses on the findings of a survey of 1,815 workers in Los Angeles County, conducted in conjunction with similar surveys of Chicago and New York City in 2008. Using a rigorous methodology, this research study included interviews with unauthorized immigrants and other vulnerable workers who are often missed in standard surveys. The goal was to obtain accurate and statistically representative estimates of the prevalence of workplace violations. All findings are adjusted so that they are representative of the larger population of front-line workers (that is, excluding managers and professional and technical workers) in low-wage industries in L.A. County in 2008. This population includes about 744,220 workers, or 17.0 percent of all workers in L.A. County

Investigación de la acción de los nitratos y nitritos contenidos en algunos vegetales como causantes de metahemoglobinemia

The major acute toxic effect of nitrate and nitrite poisoning is methaemoglobinemia.Methaemoglobin reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood and in addition, it shifts the oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve to the leftinterferin with the unloading of oxygen.Hypotension and collapse may also occur.The principal concem with exposure to nitrate is its biological reduction to reactive and toxic nitrite.The major use of nitrate is as lertilizer. It is also used in the manufacture of nitrites, nitrous oxide, explosives, pyrotechnics, matches and preserving additive to food.Nitrite es used as a food preservative and colouring agent, e.g. curing 0f meat, in the manufacture of diazo dyes, in the textile industry and in photography.The concentrations of nitrates and nitrites in different vegetable species that supposedly cause methahaemoglobin, being a problematic average concentration of nitrates in: beet 2,139 ppm; turnip 2,038 ppm; spinach 1,195 ppm; medic 66 ppm; carrot 404 ppm were determined by Gas - Liquid Chromatogrephy (GLC).The symptoms of the methehaemoglobin were evaluated experimentally in dogs administering different dose of solution of sodium nitrite. Later on, the methahaemoglobin was quantified by the spectrophotometric method observed thet the dose of 50 mg/kg of weight produced 78% of methaheemoglobin in vivo.El efecto tóxico más preocupante de la intoxicación de nitratos y nitritos es la metahemoglobinemia.La metahemoglobinemia reduce la capacidad de transporte de oxígeno por la sangre y además cambia la curva de disociación de oxihemoglobina hacia la izquierda lo cual interfiere con la descarga de oxígeno. Puede ocurrir también hipotensión y colapso.La preocupación principal puede frente a la exposición de nitratos es su reducción biológica a nitrito reactivo y tóxico.El mayor uso del nitrato es como fertilizante. También se usa en la fabricación de nitritos, óxido nitroso, explosivos, pirotecnias, fósforos, aditivo alimentario.El nitrito se usa como preservante en las comidas y para el curado de las carnes, en la sintesis de diazoicos, en la industria textil y fotográfica.Se determinó por Cromatografia Gas - Liquido las concentraciones de nitratos y nitritos en diferentes especies vegetales que supuestamente causan metahemoglobinemia, encontrándose una concentración promedio preocupante de nitratos en: beterraga 2,139 ppm; nabo 2,038 ppm; espinaca 1,195 ppin; alfalfa 66 ppm; zanahoria 404 ppm.Los sintomas de la metahemoglobinemia fueron evaluados experimentalmente en perros administrándoles diferentes dosis de unasolucián de nitrito de sodio. Posteriormente se cuantificó la metahemoglobinemia por el método espectrofotométrico observándose que la dosis de 50 mgl kg de peso in vivo causó 78% de metahemoglobinemia

The Development of Sectoral Worker Center Networks

In this article, we argue that understanding the impact of economic structures on low-wage workers requires the study of emerging worker centers and networks and that individual labor market outcomes and experiences are mediated and impacted by the work of these institutions. We focus on the formation of sectoral worker center networks and address three key issues: (1) What are some of the reasons why worker centers and worker center networks have developed? (2) How do these organizations manage their roles as labor market institutions and social movement organizations? and (3) Why did worker center networks focus on employment and in particular sectors of the low-wage labor market? We find that sector-based organizing (1) facilitates the development of worker- and sector-targeted service strategies, thereby enabling low-wage worker groups and organizations to better achieve their service and policy goals; (2) maximizes opportunities for the organizations to obtain national resources; and (3) expands the reach of organizational networks by bringing organizations together to share resources and best practices. By providing a range of worker-, employment-, and labor market–centered services in specific labor market sectors, worker centers and their networks solidify their role as labor market institutions and become more effective advocacy and social movement organizations