Charging for school activities: Departmental advice for governing bodies, school leaders, school staff and local authorities

Signo y Seña es la revista especializada del Instituto de Lingüística de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Convoca y está destinada a investigadores del lenguaje formados y en formación tanto de la Argentina como del exterior. Es una publicación semestral electrónica y de libre acceso que tiene como objetivo fundamental promover el debate, el intercambio de ideas y la difusión de investigaciones recientes de todas las áreas de la lingüística. Signo y Seña incluye en cada número: una sección temática o monográfica a cargo de reconocidos especialistas en el área,una sección general de resultados investigaciones de todas las áreas de la Lingüística y una sección de reseñas y novedades referentes a la disciplina. En sus páginas se publican trabajos originales e inéditos evaluados con el sistema de pares externos doble ciego en español y en portugués

Outpatient Physical Therapy Following Surgical Debridement Of Osteochondritis Dissecans Of The Talar Dome: A Case Report

Background: Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD): Alteration of subchondral bone with disruption of the adjacent articular cartilage; cause unknown, hypotheses include repetitive trauma and or non-traumatic disruption of subchondral blood supply; suspected chondral injury with up to 50% of ankle instability episodes. Treatment Options: Goals: relieve symptoms and improve function; non-surgical: rest, immobilization, NSAIDS; surgical: excision of lesion, excision with cutterage and/or microfracturing, filling the defect with bone graft, antegrade transmelleolar drilling, retrograde drilling, fixation, osteochondral transplantation, and autologous chondrocyte implantation. Purpose: To describe physical therapy treatment and outcomes for a patient following surgical debridement of OCD of the talar dome.https://dune.une.edu/pt_studcrposter/1025/thumbnail.jp

Desplazamientos de sonido, léxico y de imaginarios consagrados en las poéticas de Nicanor Parra, Jaqueline Caniguán y Diana Bellessi

IX Congresso Brasileiro de Hispanistas realizado nos dias 22 a 25 agosto 2016Tres poéticas hispanoamericanas disímiles: la antipoesía de Nicanor Parra, la poesía mapuche contemporánea de Jaqueline Caniguán y la poética de detalle de Diana Bellessi permiten reflexionar de modo articulado sobre heterogeneidades sonoras, léxicas y discursivas. Para ello, en este trabajo se movilizan categorías bakhtinianas (réplica dialógica) y del análisis del discurso (formación discursiva, Foucault/Pêcheux) al considerar especialmente los poemas “Canto al forastero”, “Desde aquí” y “Detrás de los fragmentos” de los mencionados poetas, respectivamente. El propósito es observar funcionamientos de neologismos que sonorizan voces extranjeras, de palabras de la lengua materna en la producción de poeta bilingüebicultural y de juegos de voces de imaginarios poéticoculturales contrapuestos, en la poetización de la memoria. La reflexión se concentra en los efectos de esas heterogeneidades en la materialidad de la construcción poética y en la producción de sentidos. En las conclusiones se discuten especificidades de esos desplazamientos en las propuestas estéticas consideradas y consecuencias para el tipo de comprensión singular que el discurso poético posibilita de nociones como desterritorialización, desenraizamiento y desestabilización de imaginarios consagrados en el Cono Sur hispanoamericanoUNILA­-UNIOEST

English as a Lingua Franca: Improving Technical Writing and Communication Methods for International Audiences

This thesis centers on the role of English as a lingua franca in global communication, particularly as it pertains to technical written communication. Over the 20th century, English emerged as the primary language used in global communication. As a result, efforts have been made to standardize the language and teach this standardized English in schools and writing programs around the world. Standard American and British English are dominant in academic and professional fields, which inhibits both native and nonnative language learners from reaching their full potential. This project focuses on the most prominent language acquisition methodologies - Standard English, translingualism, English as a lingua franca, and World Englishes - as well as a potential solution to this linguistic paradox. In this thesis, I argue that translingualism is needed in congruence with Standard English, ELF, and World Englishes in order to provide a thorough language education to language learners. English as a lingua franca awareness must be prioritized in the education of professional writers in order to identify best practices and establish consistent terminology, linguistic practices, and writing goals

Transformaciones Recientes en la Industria Petrolera Argentina: El Caso de Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales, 1989-2012

El objetivo central del artículo es analizar el derrotero de la empresa estatal petrolera Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF), desde la privatización hasta su renacionalización (1989-2012). En tal proceso, se presta especial énfasis en la identificación y el análisis de las particularidades nacionales que permiten explicar por qué en los años noventa YPF, una de las empresas nacionales más importantes de la historia, fue completamente privatizada (a contramano de la experiencia regional en México, Venezuela y Brasil); y cómo, tan sólo veinte años después, la misma firma volvió a estar en dominio estatal, con una expropiación que contó con amplio respaldo popular y parlamentario. En este sentido, para explicar esta trayectoria se repasan las principales consecuencias de la desregulación y la apertura en el sector petrolero, especialmente en el desempeño de REPSOL desde que adquirió la casi totalidad de acciones de YPF en 1999.The objective of the paper is to analyze the path of the state oil company YPF, from privatization to its expropriation (1989-2012). In this process, it has a special emphasis on the identification and analysis of national peculiarities that explain why in the ‘90s YPF, one of the nation’s premier companies in history, was fully privatized (counter to the regional experience in Mexico, Venezuela and Brazil); and how, just twenty years later, the same company was again in state control, with an expropriation which was widely popular and parliamentary support. It also reviews the main consequences of deregulation and the opening in the Argentine oil sector, especially in the performance of --- since acquired all shares of YPF in 1999, to explain this path.Fil: Serrani, Esteban Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín; Argentin

Os efeitos estruturais da política energética na Argentina, 1989-2014

El objetivo del artículo es describir las políticas energéticas desarrolladas desde las reformas neoliberales hasta 2014 para determinar los impactos estructurales que tuvieron sobre la economía argentina. La metodología utilizada radicó en utilizar fuentes secundarias, sea tanto legislación oficial y estadísticas públicas como reconstruir la voz de los principales actores involucrados con declaraciones en medios gráficos. Asimismo se desplegaron técnicas cuantitativas para confirmar la relación entre las principales variables. El trabajo muestra cómo desde las reformas neoliberales de la década de 1990 se impulsó una dinámica del sector que fue desacoplando la oferta de la demanda energética. Como respuesta, el Estado nacional promovió las importaciones para cubrir tal brecha, situación que terminó impactando en la macroeconomía, acelerando el déficit fiscal, profundizando el quiebre del balance de pagos y agudizando la restricción externa, situación que más que una crisis energética, terminaría ocasionando una crisis del modelo energético.The objective of this paper is to describe the energy policies developed since the neoliberal reforms until 2014, to determine the structural impacts of these policies on the Argentine economy. The methodology consisted in using secondary sources, such as official legislation and public statistics, and in the reconstruction of the voice of the main actors involved, using statements in graphic media. Moreover, quantitative techniques were deployed to confirm the relationship between the main variables. The work shows how, since the neoliberal reforms of the 1990s, a dynamic of the sector was promoted, which was decoupling the energy supply and demand. In response, the national government promoted imports to bridge the gap, which finally had an impact on the macroeconomics, since it accelerated the fiscal deficit, deepened the breakdown of the balance of payments and exacerbated the external restrictions; this situation, more than an energy crisis, would end up causing a crisis of the energy modelO objetivo do artigo é descrever as políticas energéticas desenvolvidas desde as reformas neoliberais até 2014 para determinar os impactos estruturais que tiveram na economia argentina. A metodologia utilizada baseou- -se no uso de fontes secundárias, legislação oficial e estatísticas públicas, e reconstrução da voz dos principais atores envolvidos com declarações na mídia. Da mesma forma, técnicas quantitativas foram implantadas para confirmar a relação entre as principais variáveis. O trabalho mostra como, desde as reformas neoliberais da década de 1990, se fomentou uma dinâmica do setor que estava desacoplando o suprimento de demanda de energia. Em resposta, o governo nacional promoveu as importações para cobrir essa lacuna, mas acabou tendo um impacto na macroeconomia, acelerando o déficit fiscal, aprofundando a quebra da balança de pagamentos e agravando a restrição externa; uma situação que, mais do que uma crise de energia, acabaria causando uma crise do modelo energético.Fil: Serrani, Esteban Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales; ArgentinaFil: Barrera, Mariano Alejandro. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Sede Académica Argentina Buenos Aires. Área de Economía y Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Somatic variability in wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) in different areas of Central Italy

A survey of wild boar shot during two consecutive years (hunting seasons 2002-2004) was carried out in order to evaluate which somatic measurements are most significant in identifying and discriminating among different morphotypes in central Italy. Biometric data from 688 wild boars was collected in three different areas of central Italy, two in Viterbo and one in the Province of Rieti. The following somatic measurements were individually recorded for each specimen: head-body length, height at withers, hind-foot length, ear length, ear-snout distance and ear-shoulder distance. Body weight was registered, and age was estimated from tooth eruption and wear. The animals were divided into three age classes; young (aged less then 12 months), sub-adults (aged between 12 and 36 months), and adults (36 months and older). After a preliminary ANOVA procedure, which did not give satisfactory results, a statistical analysis was performed using a canonical discriminant procedure, given an a priori classification (geographical area) and several quantitative variables (somatic measurements and weight). The separation between areas was estimated calculating the squared distance of Mahalanobis. The data referring to all 688 specimens was subjected to factor analysis. The results of the canonical discriminant analysis highlight the existence of two distinct groups within all three age classes. There is a statistically significant difference between the southern- Maremma (SM) vs the Apennine (A) and sub-Apennine (SA) areas, for young (P<0.0001), sub-adults (P<0.001) and adults (P<0.001). The difference between the A and SA areas was significant only for sub-adults (P<0.05). The first canonical variable account for 92.5, 92.7 and 89.9% of the total variance for the three age classes respectively, but this is unequally correlated with the original variables suggesting that the separation between the two areas is due to differences in conformation rather than in body size. On the basis of the discriminant analysis large part of the animals were correctly categorised in the sampling areas. As regards the factor analysis results for the adult group, the first three common factors are able to explain 78, 92, and 64% of the covariance for the data of the SM, A and SA groups respectively. These results suggest that, for the SM group, a differentiation among morphotypes may be possible on the basis of a few somatic measurements. These results confirm the need for biochemical and genetic studies to identify if the different morphotypes refer to the autochthonous wild boar strain

Energía y restricción externa en la Argentina reciente

El presente artículo analiza las consecuencias que tuvo sobre la economía la convergencia de dos tendencias contrapuestas durante las últimas décadas: el estrangulamiento de la oferta energética por la caída de la extracción de hidrocarburos, insumo esencial para el autoabastecimiento energético de la Argentina, y la expansión de la demanda que generaron las políticas de ampliación de la cobertura de energía, que ocasionaron el quiebre de la balanza comercial energética con un severo déficit de divisas para la economía. En definitiva, se busca comprender cómo la intensificación de los problemas estructurales del sector se fue consolidando como un obstáculo estructural al desarrollo económico en Argentina, afectando el crecimiento del producto interno bruto a través del fortalecimiento de la restricción externa.this article analyzes the consequences of the convergence of two opposing trends which impacted on the economy over recent decades: the strangulation of energetic supply given the drop in hydrocarbon extraction - essential material for argentine energy self-supply - and the growth of demand generated by energy coverage expansion policies, which generated a rapture in energy trade balance accompanied by a severe deficit of currency in the economy. in short, the aim is understanding how the intensification of the sector's structural problems was solidified as a structural obstacle for economic development in argentina, impacting the growth of gross domestic product through the strengthening of foreign restriction.Fil: Barrera, Mariano Alejandro. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Sede Académica Argentina Buenos Aires. Área de Economía y Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Serrani, Esteban Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales; Argentin

An Absolute Power, or A Power Absolutely in Need of Reform? Proposals to Reform the Presidential Pardon Power

The presidential pardon power can serve valuable purposes, but the lack of checks on the power invites abuses. This report calls for laws and executive orders to curtail misuses of the pardon power. Congress should pass laws banning the president from pardoning himself or herself and issuing pardons for conduct that has not yet occurred. Executive orders should set detailed procedures for considering pardons and require reports to Congress if the president pardons a family member or close associate

La personalidad narcisista patológica como factor de riesgo de demencia : Estudio longitudinal

El objetivo del presente estudio fue investigar si varias facetas específicas de la personalidad narcisista patológica están asociadas con mayor riesgo de incidencia de demencia (D) en un estudio de cohorte longitudinal. Los participantes (n = 452) fueron monitoreados por 36 meses a partir de una evaluación basal de personalidad con el inventario de Narcisismo Patológico (INP). Los resultados mostraron que se desarrolló un cuadro de demencia en 159 participantes.Introduction: objective of the present study was to investigate whether pathological narcissistic personality traits are associated with higher risk of developing dementia (D) in a cohort longitudinal research. Participants (n = 452) were followed during 36 months from a personality baseline assessment with the Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI).Trabajos libres: Estudios interdisciplinarios y nuevos desarrollosFacultad de Psicologí