Antropología forense y construcción de nuevos modelos de identificación: del caso del EAAF

Este trabajo intenta analizar el modo de trabajo desarrollado por el Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense en la identificación de los cuerpos de desaparecidos durante la última dictadura militar. Para ello se apoya en la caracterización que hace Kuhn de la ciencia normal, concebida como aquella investigación en la cual los científicos conocen el modo de hacer; en donde la aceptación de un paradigma se despliega como adquisición y aplicación de múltiples habilidades prácticas simultáneamente, tales como aplicar conceptos,o emplear técnicas matemáticas acertadas, usar instrumentos y aparatos, reconocer oportunidades donde variar situaciones teóricas o experimentales (Rouse, 1987: 30)

American Legacy; Along the Underground Railroad Today; 1999

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Oakes Smith Returns to Maine

In June 2014, I was invited to deliver a lecture on Elizabeth Oakes Smith as part of the Gorman Lecture Series at the Yarmouth History Center, a short distance from Oakes Smith\u27s birthplace. I took the occasion to caution those who base their readings of Oakes Smith\u27s works (and those of other women) on their written autobiographies--as if the life of the woman writer stood as the origin the woman-as-author could only copy. Calling attention to the context of Oakes Smith\u27s writing of her autobiography (at which point her popularity was fading, her family disgraced and most of her friends dead and gone), I compare its description of Oakes Smith\u27s early marriage and literary career to MS correspondence from the 1830s and her account of her ascent of Mt. Katahdin which show dimensions of success and even celebration completely absent from the autobiography scholars have relied so heavily upon

In Kill Zone: Surviving as a private military contractor in Iraq

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Translating from Memory: Patrick Modiano in Postmodern Context

In this essay I have attemped to renegotiate the relationship between the work of Patrick Modiano and the conditions of literary production designated by postmodernism. Contemporary French reviewers and critics have greeted with guarded praise Modiano\u27s efforts to write in a language and about events that belong to another writing. Following their lead, this essay first explores the tension (often lost on American readers) created by the possibility that the historical referent of Modiano\u27s texts—not only Modiano\u27s personal past but the horror of the Occupation—might now exist only as a weightless narrative effect. As such, it is a part of style somehow comparable to and manipulable by a postmodern, purely textural hermeneutic. As many critics have pointed out, Modiano reveals his awareness of this problem through his obsessive thematizing of memory. My argument here is that by employing a specifically translational mode ofwriting that would co-opt the loss of loss characteristic of postmodernism, Modiano is able to renew our sense of the jagged reality of history as always remembered by a finite subjectivity. I demonstrate this translational mode in an analysis of Modiano\u27s Rue des boutiques obscures, in which we find not only the patently postmodern and self-referential detective story form, but the textually invoked subject of that form, presented as translations that imply historically lost but nonetheless palpable, real, and at times horrible, antecedents

pFAR plasmids: New Eukaryotic Expression Vectors for Gene Therapy, devoid of Antibiotic Resistance Markers

Efficient production of eukaryotic expression vectors requires the selection of plasmid-containing bacteria. To avoid the risk of dissemination of antibiotic resistance markers, we developed a new system to produce a family of plasmids Free of Antibiotic Resistance genes, called pFARs. The strategy is based on the suppression of a chromosomal nonsense mutation by a plasmid-borne function. The amber mutation was introduced into the Escherichia coli thyA gene that encodes a thymidylate synthase required for dTMP synthesis, resulting in thymidine auxotrophy. In parallel, a small plasmid vector that carries an amber suppressor t-RNA gene was entirely synthesised. The introduction of pFAR plasmids into an optimised thyA mutant restored normal growth to the auxotrophic strain, and led to an efficient production of monomeric supercoiled plasmids, as required for clinical trials. Luciferase activities measured after intramuscular injection and electrotransfer of LUC-encoding pFAR vector were similar to those obtained with a commercial vector containing the same expression cassette. Interestingly, whereas luciferase activities decreased within three weeks after intradermal electrotransfer of conventional expression vectors, sustained levels were observed with the pFAR derivative. Thus, pFAR plasmids represent a novel family of biosafe eukaryotic expression vectors, suitable for gene therapy

Pathways to Parenting in New Zealand: Issues in Law, Policy and Practice

In New Zealand there are many ways to become a parent, including two-parent families of heterosexual and homosexual couples, single parents, adoptive parents, kin carers, wha ̄ngai arrangements, long-term fostering, guardianship and assisted reproductive technologies. In this paper we discuss the different pathways to parenthood, how they have come about, and New Zealand’s laws, policies and practices that make them possible but also challenging. Two areas of law of particular interest are the implications of the Adoption Act 1955, which continues to be discriminatory, although some of its provisions have been reinterpreted in the courts, and the Care of Children Act 2004, which introduced ‘modern’ parenting arrangements but allowed conflicts to remain with previous child care Acts. The new Home for Life policy introduced by the Ministry of Social Development will also be critically discussed, in light of its weaknesses. We conclude with implications of the varied pathways and identified gaps in our current knowledge that call for further research

Who, who just said that? A 360 Degree Approach to Synchronous Distance Learning

Classes at K-State Olathe rely heavily on video conferencing to connect faculty and students for synchronous distance learning. The Meeting Owl, is the latest addition to our classroom technology. Since the campus opened, video conferencing technology has evolved from Polycom room systems to web-based platforms like Zoom and Adobe Connect, reflecting the same transition at the Manhattan campus. In the Spring 2018 semester, over 85% of class offerings used Zoom for connectivity. A recurring criticism of the synchronous education model is the disconnectedness of the participants. The most innovative change in course delivery was the addition of 360-degree USB cameras. We will demonstrate how we use the Meeting Owl with a discussion about benefits and limitations. We will also share feedback from instructors, students, and focus group leaders who have used variations of room technologies