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Art Nouveau in the city of Tortosa: one century of inaccuracies and wrong attributions
Get PDF[SPA] A pesar de no ser miembro de la Ruta Europea del Modernismo, la localidad tarraconense de Tortosa, capital del Baix Ebre, cuenta con
una notable muestra de obras modernistas por las que debería ser incluida en dicha institución. Pocas ciudades pueden presumir de haber
tenido arquitectos municipales de la talla de Gaietà Buigas, Pau Monguió, Víctor Beltrí o Francesc Mora, que con los años fueron los
principales artífices de la introducción del modernismo en lugares como Montevideo, Teruel, Cartagena o Valencia, y que también dejaron,
junto con otros profesionales que trabajaron en Tortosa, un legado digno de ser puesto en valor. No obstante se vienen arrastrando desde
hace más de cien años, numerosos errores e inexactitudes en cuanto a la autoría de muchas de estas obras. Unas veces porque otros
profesionales foráneos firmaban los planos de los verdaderos autores, bien por la prohibición existente de que los titulares municipales
pudiesen realizar obras de tipo particular, como ocurrió en el caso de August Font con Víctor Beltrí, Jaume Gustà con Joan Abril, o Pere
Casellas con Pau Monguió, o bien porque el verdadero autor no había podido terminar sus estudios, como en el caso de Francesc Escudé,
al que el maestro de obras Josep María Vaquer le firmaba los proyectos. Otras veces los errores proviene de la equivocada interpretación
de las firmas, como ocurre con el arquitecto Josep Plantada al que se confundió con el maestro de obras Josep Muntada. Y por último, porque
algunos personajes de pocos escrúpulos se dedicaron a auto alabarse, llegando incluso a atribuirse las obras de otros profesionales,
creando una gran confusión, que se ha ido arrastrando hasta nuestros días. En esta ponencia hemos tratado de aportar luz y aclarar estas
inexactitudes, además de poner en valor la desconocida obra del gran artista Francesc Escudé. Para ello, y partiendo de una lista inicial
de obras modernistas en la ciudad de Tortosa, hemos procedido a realizar una revisión exhaustiva de la bibliografía existente, así como a
consultar diversos trabajos de investigación, algunos de ellos todavía inéditos.
A continuación pasamos cotejar los planos originales en el Arxiu Comarcal del Baix Ebre y en Arxiu Històric del COAC, de forma que se
pudo comprobar el nombre de los arquitectos que los firmaban y la fecha exacta de los proyectos. Así mismo, se procedió a revisar de
forma sistemática las distintas publicaciones periódicas existentes en la época en la ciudad, y en las que a menudo se hacían comentarios
sobre los verdaderos autores de los proyectos. Tras este trabajo inicial, entre los tres autores se cotejaron las posibles analogías estilísticas
de los arquitectos que trabajaron en Tortosa, y a continuación se sacaron conclusiones
[ENG] Despite not being a member of the Art Nouveau European Route, the town of Tortosa, capital of Baix Ebre, has a remarkable example of
modernist works which should allow it to be included in this institution. Few cities can pride themselves on having municipal architects of the
level of Gaietà Buigas, Pau Monguió, Victor Beltrí or Francesc Mora, who, over the years, were the main accountable for the introduction of
modernism in places like Montevideo, Teruel, Cartagena or Valencia, and along with other professionals working in Tortosa, left legacy worthy
of being put in value. However, for over a hundred years, numerous mistakes and inaccuracies about the authorship of many of these works
have been made, persisting through time. These mistakes were caused, in some cases, because other foreign professionals signed the plans of
the real authors, in other cases due to an existing prohibition on the municipal architects carrying out particular works, as in the case of August
Font with Victor Beltrí, Jaume Gustà with Joan Abril, or Pere Casellas with Pau Monguió; or because the real author was not able to finish their
studies, as in the case of Francesc Escudé, whose projects were signed by the master builder Josep María Vaquer. Sometimes errors come from
the misinterpretation of signatures, as in the case of the architect Josep Plantada who got confused with the master builder Josep Muntada.
And finally, these mistakes were intentionally caused by some unscrupulous individuals were devoted to self-praise, even to the point to attribute
to themselves the works of other professionals, creating great confusion which has persisted until today. In this paper we will try to shed light
and clarify these inaccuracies, in addition to value the work of the great unknown artist Francesc Escudé
Calorie Restriction Improves Physical Performance and Modulates the Antioxidant and Inflammatory Responses to Acute Exercise
Get PDFOur aim was to characterize the effects of calorie restriction on the anthropometric characteristics and physical performance of sportsmen and to evaluate the effects of calorie restriction and acute exercise on mitochondria energetics, oxidative stress, and inflammation. Twenty volunteer taekwondo practitioners undertook a calorie restriction of 30–40% on three alternate days a week for one month. Eleven volunteer sportsmen participated as controls. Both groups performed an energy efficiency test to evaluate physical performance, and samples were taken before and after exercise. The total weight of participants significantly decreased (5.9%) after calorie restriction, while the efficiency of work and the contributions of fat to obtain energy were enhanced by calorie restriction. No significant differences induced by acute exercise were observed in individual non-esterified fatty acid percentage or oxidative stress markers. Calorie restriction downregulated the basal gene expression of nitric oxide synthase, antioxidant enzymes, mitochondrial uncoupling proteins, and repairing stress proteins, but it enhanced the expression of sirtuins in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. In conclusion, one month of calorie restriction decreases body weight and increases physical performance, enhancing energy efficiency, moderating the antioxidant and inflammatory basal gene expression, and influencing its response to acute exercise.This research was funded by Acción Estratégica en Salud del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación DPS2008-07033-C03-03, Program of Promotion of Biomedical Research and Health Sciences, Projects 11/01791, Red Predimed-RETIC RD06/0045/1004, CIBEROBN CB12/03/30038, and Balearic Island Government (35/2011 and 23/2012) and FEDER funds. X.C. was funded by a FOLIUM program of Institut d’Investigació Sanitària de les Illes Balears. M.H.L. was founded by APOSTD/2017/023 fellowship from Generalitat Valenciana to APS
Calorie restriction improves physical performance and modulates the antioxidant and inflammatory responses to acute exercise
Get PDFOur aim was to characterize the effects of calorie restriction on the anthropometric characteristics and physical performance of sportsmen and to evaluate the effects of calorie restriction and acute exercise on mitochondria energetics, oxidative stress, and inflammation. Twenty volunteer taekwondo practitioners undertook a calorie restriction of 30-40% on three alternate days a week for one month. Eleven volunteer sportsmen participated as controls. Both groups performed an energy effciency test to evaluate physical performance, and samples were taken before and after exercise. The total weight of participants significantly decreased (5.9%) after calorie restriction, while the effciency of work and the contributions of fat to obtain energy were enhanced by calorie restriction. No significant differences induced by acute exercise were observed in individual non-esterified fatty acid percentage or oxidative stress markers. Calorie restriction downregulated the basal gene expression of nitric oxide synthase, antioxidant enzymes, mitochondrial uncoupling proteins, and repairing stress proteins, but it enhanced the expression of sirtuins in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. In conclusion, one month of calorie restriction decreases body weight and increases physical performance, enhancing energy effciency, moderating the antioxidant and inflammatory basal gene expression, and influencing its response to acute exercise
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