Nunca caminarás solo. Consideraciones en torno al cántico de estadio

As we approach the phenomenon of football at a time like ours, it is appropriate to speak rather of soccer than of soccer. In today's world, so open to globalization and internationalization processes that, however, fail to homogenize the practices cultural values ​​of human beings, we must maintain a open gaze towards particular interpretations of the social phenomena. Sport, understood as a significant cultural practice, has a series of implications particular for those who participate in it from any of its many facets. Fluctuating facets dynamically from the professional practice of certain sports form, even the passive fondness for a certain athlete or group of athletes.Al acercarnos al fenómeno del fútbol en una época como la nuestra, resulta apropiado hablar más bien de los fútboles que del fútbol. En el mundo actual, tan abierto a procesos de globalización e internacionalización que, sin embargo, no logran homogeneizar las prácticas culturales de los seres humanos, debemos mantener una mirada abierta hacia interpretaciones particulares de los fenómenos sociales. El deporte, entendido como una práctica cultural significante, guarda una serie de implicaciones particulares para quienes participan de él desde cualquiera de sus múltiples facetas. Facetas que fluctúan dinámicamente desde el ejercicio profesional de determinada forma deportiva, hasta la afición pasiva por un cierto deportista o grupo de deportistas

Historias de vida de mujeres indígenas en Chiapas. Compromisos del/la investigador/a

El artículo propone que quienes realizan investigaciones con mujeres indígenas se enfrentan a una serie de cuestionamientos que trastocan el papel que asumen como investigadores/as y llevan a asumir una serie de compromisos con la investigación, con las personas que investigan y consigo mismos/as. Se recuperan los planteamientos de campos de conocimiento interdisciplinarios como los Estudios Culturales, de Género y Poscoloniales para emprender investigaciones desde una tradición interpretativa en las que se quienes investigan se comprometan con la descolonización del conocimiento, la construcción de una nueva narrativa y la transformación personalThis article suggests that those conducting research with indigenous women face a number of questions that disrupt their assumed role as researchers, leading them to assume a number of commitments to their research, to the people who they investigate and to themselves. Approaches are recovered from interdisciplinary fields of knowledge, such as Cultural, Gender and Postcolonial Studies to undertake research from an interpretive tradition in which those investigating commit to the decolonization of knowledge, the construction of a new narrative and personal transformatio

Role of age and comorbidities in mortality of patients with infective endocarditis

[Purpose]: The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics of patients with IE in three groups of age and to assess the ability of age and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict mortality. [Methods]: Prospective cohort study of all patients with IE included in the GAMES Spanish database between 2008 and 2015.Patients were stratified into three age groups:<65 years,65 to 80 years,and ≥ 80 years.The area under the receiver-operating characteristic (AUROC) curve was calculated to quantify the diagnostic accuracy of the CCI to predict mortality risk. [Results]: A total of 3120 patients with IE (1327 < 65 years;1291 65-80 years;502 ≥ 80 years) were enrolled.Fever and heart failure were the most common presentations of IE, with no differences among age groups.Patients ≥80 years who underwent surgery were significantly lower compared with other age groups (14.3%,65 years; 20.5%,65-79 years; 31.3%,≥80 years). In-hospital mortality was lower in the <65-year group (20.3%,<65 years;30.1%,65-79 years;34.7%,≥80 years;p < 0.001) as well as 1-year mortality (3.2%, <65 years; 5.5%, 65-80 years;7.6%,≥80 years; p = 0.003).Independent predictors of mortality were age ≥ 80 years (hazard ratio [HR]:2.78;95% confidence interval [CI]:2.32–3.34), CCI ≥ 3 (HR:1.62; 95% CI:1.39–1.88),and non-performed surgery (HR:1.64;95% CI:11.16–1.58).When the three age groups were compared,the AUROC curve for CCI was significantly larger for patients aged <65 years(p < 0.001) for both in-hospital and 1-year mortality. [Conclusion]: There were no differences in the clinical presentation of IE between the groups. Age ≥ 80 years, high comorbidity (measured by CCI),and non-performance of surgery were independent predictors of mortality in patients with IE.CCI could help to identify those patients with IE and surgical indication who present a lower risk of in-hospital and 1-year mortality after surgery, especially in the <65-year group

Pasados y presente. Estudios para el profesor Ricardo García Cárcel

Ricardo García Cárcel (Requena, 1948) estudió Historia en Valencia bajo el magisterio de Joan Reglà, con quien formó parte del primer profesorado de historia moderna en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. En esta universidad, desde hace prácticamente cincuenta años, ha desarrollado una extraordinaria labor docente y de investigación marcada por un sagaz instinto histórico, que le ha convertido en pionero de casi todo lo que ha estudiado: las Germanías, la historia de la Cataluña moderna, la Inquisición, las culturas del Siglo de Oro, la Leyenda Negra, Felipe II, Felipe V, Austrias y Borbones, la guerra de la Independencia, la historia cultural, los mitos de la historia de España... Muy pocos tienen su capacidad para reflexionar, ordenar, analizar, conceptualizar y proponer una visión amplia y llena de matices sobre el pasado y las interpretaciones historiográficas. A su laboriosidad inimitable se añade una dedicación sin límites en el asesoramiento de alumnos e investigadores e impulsando revistas, dosieres, seminarios o publicaciones colectivas. Una mínima correspondencia a su generosidad lo constituye este volumen a manera de ineludible agradecimiento

O império dos mil anos e a arte do "tempo barroco": a águia bicéfala como emblema da Cristandade

The article reveals that between the mid-17th century and the mid-18th century, in the ecclesiastical world of the religious orders (Jesuits, franciscans, Carmelites, Cistercians, Augustinian, etc.) and the episcopate, there was the progressive adoption of the imperial symbol, the double-headed eagle, attribute of the Christian Empire, the germanic Holy Roman Empire emblem. However, in the religious field, this imperial eagle of the baroque time appears without the political insignia (sword, scepter and the imperial orb), adorning altars, monstrances, trumphal archs, facades of temples, doors, walls, domes, pulpits, sacred washbasins, sculptures and paintings of the Virgin and Child, liturgical robes, etc.; therefore related to the cult and the dogmas of the Catholic faith - in artistic works, the association between the double eagle and the flesh-spirit or human-divine unity, axial principle of the Catholic faith, represented by Virgin-Mother and Christ, is often indicated directly. The research has located and identified numerous remnants of the double eagle emblem in religious field in Portugal and Spain and in their conquests and dominions in America, Asia and Africa, and also in Italy, and the historiography on painful birth of the modern era in the West has never realized this phenomenon. Symbolizing absolute power, universal power, these works with sacred significance, as the ecclesiastical discourse of the time, demonstrate movement occurred in religious plane. With the aim to assert not only spiritual but also temporal power of Christ and his mystical body, the Church was impelled by the idea of restoring the "Republica Christiana" or Christendon - disrupted by conflicts of power and faith - and of introducing a Universal Apostolic Monarchy extended to all mankind: the Empire of the Last Days, the Empire of Christ in the world, the fifth Empire

Why Are Outcomes Different for Registry Patients Enrolled Prospectively and Retrospectively? Insights from the Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF).

Background: Retrospective and prospective observational studies are designed to reflect real-world evidence on clinical practice, but can yield conflicting results. The GARFIELD-AF Registry includes both methods of enrolment and allows analysis of differences in patient characteristics and outcomes that may result. Methods and Results: Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and ≥1 risk factor for stroke at diagnosis of AF were recruited either retrospectively (n = 5069) or prospectively (n = 5501) from 19 countries and then followed prospectively. The retrospectively enrolled cohort comprised patients with established AF (for a least 6, and up to 24 months before enrolment), who were identified retrospectively (and baseline and partial follow-up data were collected from the emedical records) and then followed prospectively between 0-18 months (such that the total time of follow-up was 24 months; data collection Dec-2009 and Oct-2010). In the prospectively enrolled cohort, patients with newly diagnosed AF (≤6 weeks after diagnosis) were recruited between Mar-2010 and Oct-2011 and were followed for 24 months after enrolment. Differences between the cohorts were observed in clinical characteristics, including type of AF, stroke prevention strategies, and event rates. More patients in the retrospectively identified cohort received vitamin K antagonists (62.1% vs. 53.2%) and fewer received non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (1.8% vs . 4.2%). All-cause mortality rates per 100 person-years during the prospective follow-up (starting the first study visit up to 1 year) were significantly lower in the retrospective than prospectively identified cohort (3.04 [95% CI 2.51 to 3.67] vs . 4.05 [95% CI 3.53 to 4.63]; p = 0.016). Conclusions: Interpretations of data from registries that aim to evaluate the characteristics and outcomes of patients with AF must take account of differences in registry design and the impact of recall bias and survivorship bias that is incurred with retrospective enrolment. Clinical Trial Registration: - URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov . Unique identifier for GARFIELD-AF (NCT01090362)

Risk profiles and one-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in India: Insights from the GARFIELD-AF Registry.

BACKGROUND: The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF) is an ongoing prospective noninterventional registry, which is providing important information on the baseline characteristics, treatment patterns, and 1-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). This report describes data from Indian patients recruited in this registry. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 52,014 patients with newly diagnosed AF were enrolled globally; of these, 1388 patients were recruited from 26 sites within India (2012-2016). In India, the mean age was 65.8 years at diagnosis of NVAF. Hypertension was the most prevalent risk factor for AF, present in 68.5% of patients from India and in 76.3% of patients globally (P < 0.001). Diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD) were prevalent in 36.2% and 28.1% of patients as compared with global prevalence of 22.2% and 21.6%, respectively (P < 0.001 for both). Antiplatelet therapy was the most common antithrombotic treatment in India. With increasing stroke risk, however, patients were more likely to receive oral anticoagulant therapy [mainly vitamin K antagonist (VKA)], but average international normalized ratio (INR) was lower among Indian patients [median INR value 1.6 (interquartile range {IQR}: 1.3-2.3) versus 2.3 (IQR 1.8-2.8) (P < 0.001)]. Compared with other countries, patients from India had markedly higher rates of all-cause mortality [7.68 per 100 person-years (95% confidence interval 6.32-9.35) vs 4.34 (4.16-4.53), P < 0.0001], while rates of stroke/systemic embolism and major bleeding were lower after 1 year of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Compared to previously published registries from India, the GARFIELD-AF registry describes clinical profiles and outcomes in Indian patients with AF of a different etiology. The registry data show that compared to the rest of the world, Indian AF patients are younger in age and have more diabetes and CAD. Patients with a higher stroke risk are more likely to receive anticoagulation therapy with VKA but are underdosed compared with the global average in the GARFIELD-AF. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION-URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01090362

Puto: normalización institucional de la discriminación en el fútbol

El pasado Mundial de fútbol, la FIFA amenazó con sancionar a la selección mexicana de fútbol por lo que le pareció una conducta homófoba realizada por los aficionados mexicanos durante los partidos de su selección contra Camerún y Brasil. La sanción fue retirada antes de ser aplicada, pero el hecho despertó diferentes comentarios tanto por parte de las instituciones implicadas como entre los aficionados y espectadores del evento. Este artículo realiza un análisis del discurs

O Foll Amori Estudio introductorio, antologia critica y traducción de la poesia amorosa Ausias March

Del matrimonio de Pere March y Leonor Ripoll nace el poeta Ausiàs March. Aunque no se sabe a ciencia cierta ni hay documento que lo compruebe, los estudiosos han aceptado el año de 1397 para situar la fecha de su nacimiento.1 Tampoco podemos estar seguros del lugar, aunque se cree que debió ser Gandia o Beniarjó2 donde sus padres tenían residencia. Muy poco sabemos de su infancia, sino que, como supone Amédée Pagès,3 debió haber poca alegría en su hogar debido a la condición de sordomuda de su hermana, Peirona March. Los comentaristas de su vida consideran, por los conocimientos tanto literarios como filosóficos que encuentran en los versos del poeta, que debió tener una atenta educación, adecuada a su rango social, en la que intervendría su padre, hombre cultivado y poeta apreciado en su tiempo.4 En 1415 vemos al joven Ausiàs asistir a las cortes que había convocado el rey Fernando I de Aragón en Valencia como donzell —es decir, hijo de caballero y destinado al ejercicio de las armas— y, en un documento de 1419, su nombre aparece precedido por el título de mossén, que es el trato propio de los caballeros. Desde entonces y hasta 1424, nuestro poeta se ocupa sobre todo de asuntos bélicos en Italia y el norte de África al servicio del rey Alfonso V de Aragón, el Magnánimo

You will never Walk alone. Considerations around to the stadium chant

Al acercarnos al fenómeno del fútbol en una época como la nuestra, resulta apropiado hablar más bien de los fútboles que del fútbol. En el mundo actual, tan abierto a procesos de globalización e internacionalización que, sin embargo, no logran homogeneizar las prácticas culturales de los seres humanos, debemos mantener una mirada abierta hacia interpretaciones particulares de los fenómenos sociales. El deporte, entendido como una práctica cultural significante, guarda una serie de implicaciones particulares para quienes participan de él desde cualquiera de sus múltiples facetas. Facetas que fluctúan dinámicamente desde el ejercicio profesional de determinada forma deportiva, hasta la afición pasiva por un cierto deportista o grupo de deportistas.As we approach the phenomenon of football at a time like ours, it is appropriate to speak rather of soccer than of soccer. In today's world, so open to globalization and internationalization processes that, however, fail to homogenize the practices cultural values ​​of human beings, we must maintain a open gaze towards particular interpretations of the social phenomena. Sport, understood as a significant cultural practice, has a series of implications particular for those who participate in it from any of its many facets. Fluctuating facets dynamically from the professional practice of certain sports form, even the passive fondness for a certain athlete or group of athletes