VIABILIDAD DEL SEGURO DE DEPÓSITOS EN COSTA RICA

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Rodolfo Durán V.

2011-09-01

Full Text Available El objetivo principal de este artículo es estimar si el establecimiento del seguro de depósitos explícito en Costa Rica es viable o no, así como, exponer las principales características de dicho sistema de protección.Adicionalmente, se considera oportuno iniciar el debate sobre un tema que ha sido postergado y que debería ser de interés en el ámbito financiero nacional. Por tanto, es necesario animar la discusión de este tema en foros bancarios para ir generando ideas alternativas y conclusiones que contribuyan con el fortalecimiento y desarrollo del sistema financiero y no esperar hasta que la crisis sistémica (peligro latente de contagio sobre el resto del sistema se muestre a la vuelta de la esquina.El riesgo de las crisis sistémicas ha llevado a muchos países a estudiar e implementar sistemas de seguro de depósitos (SSD, con el interés de minimizar el efecto dominó o contagio que podría generar una corrida de fondos bancarios, dada una situación de desconfianza en los depositantes por la pérdida de sus recursos, producto de la quiebra de un banco.En Costa Rica, el establecimiento del seguro de depósitos explícito debe formar parte de la agenda de estudio de las Reformas del Sistema Financiero, puesto que el SSD junto con la función de prestamista de última instancia y la supervisión prudencial conforman los cimientos de seguridad básica de un sistema financiero moderno e inmerso en la globalización.Por su parte, los resultados de la estimación del seguro de depósitos para nuestro país, mostraron que la implementación es viable desde el punto de vista financiero, según criterio de expertos. Además, el impacto estimado sobre el margen financiero se considera insignificante para los participantes en el sistema bancario. Por tanto, se estaría rompiendo con el mito de que el seguro de los depósitos vendría a ser un impuesto adicional importante, sino más bien un beneficio, en el sentido de la mayor confianza y

“Programa Seguro Médico Siglo xxi”: una propuesta de política pública para fortalecer el derecho a la salud de la primera infancia en México

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José A. Caballero J.

2014-12-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo analiza los fundamentos jurídicos y la operación del “Programa Seguro Médico Siglo xxi”, con el objeto de elaborar una propuesta de política pública que permita fortalecer su integración en el sistema jurídico mexicano. Actualmente su funcionamiento está sujeto a disposiciones regulatorias de carácter anual, como son el Presupuesto de Egresos de la Federación y las Reglas de Operación de los programas que se derivan del mismo. Lo anterior rivaliza con la trascendencia que este Programa supone para dotar de efectividad al derecho constitucional a la protección de la salud y, de manera específica, a los niños en sus primeras etapas de vida. En ese sentido, en este trabajo se establecen las líneas generales que permitan consolidar el funcionamiento del “Seguro Médico Siglo xxi” dentro del Sistema de Protección Social en Salud (también llamado Seguro Popular, a través de su incorporación en la Ley General de Salud.

Ausentismo y producción: el esquema de ajuste de primas por siniestralidad observada aplicado al seguro de salud en Francia

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Sébastien Ménard

2018-01-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se analizan los efectos de la introducción de un esquema de ajuste (experience rating en las contribuciones patronales al seguro de salud. Para ello, se desarrolla un modelo de búsqueda y emparejamiento en un mercado de trabajo segmentado. En el segmento donde los empleos son más riesgosos, las ausencias por enfermedad son más frecuentes y la producción media es más baja. El modelo es calibrado para Francia y los resultados de las simulaciones muestran que la introducción de este esquema mejora levemente la producción y el empleo. En términos cuantitativos, una variación del 1 % en la tasa de experience rating induce una reducción de 0,48 % en la duración del desempleo y de 1,07 % en los días de ausencia, así como un aumento de 0,1 % en la producción. Finalmente, se encuentra que esta política conduce también a un desempeño económico ligeramente mejor que la privatización del seguro de salud

A Escolha da Seguradora para o Seguro Fiança Locatícia na Óptica dos Corretores de SegurosThe choice of the Insurance Company for the Insurance bail tenant on the view of the brokersLa Elección de la Compañía de Seguros para el Seguro Fianza de Arrendamiento en la Visión de los Agentes de Seguros

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SILVA, Júlio César Bezerra da

2004-05-01

Full Text Available RESUMOEsta pesquisa teve a finalidade de avaliar o processo decisório do corretor do seguro fiança locatícia, buscando conhecer alguns aspectos que influenciam a escolha deste profissional por uma seguradora para indicá-la aos seus clientes. Para isso, considerou-se num primeiro momento a opinião de 10 (dez das maiores corretoras que operam neste segmento no Brasil; opinião esta, coletada através de entrevistas, que geraram várias assertivas sobre o assunto. Com a determinação destas assertivas, desenvolvemos um questionário que foi aplicado em 112 corretores que operam com o seguro fiança locatícia no Brasil. Este questionário buscou medir a concordância dos demais corretores com relação às assertivas coletadas na primeira fase desta pesquisa. Na pesquisa bibliográfica realizada, apresentamos um modelo do comportamento de compra dos corretores de seguros, que se mostrou inteiramente relacionado às assertivas proporcionando assim um melhor entendimento a respeito do processo decisório destes intermediários. Com a aplicação do questionário, pudemos confirmar a importância dos itens relacionados na entrevista, e concluir que o corretor do seguro fiança locatícia, indica a seus clientes uma seguradora que além de proporcionar-lhe maiores receitas e trazer mais satisfação a seus clientes, também o reconheça como importante profissional, proporcione melhores condições de trabalho, seja mais eficiente nas suas operações e possua melhor qualidade nos seus serviços.ABSTRACTThis research had the purpose of evaluating broker’s decisive process of the insurance bail tenant, seeking to know some aspects that influence the choice of this professional by a insurer to indicate to their customers. For that, it considered in a first moment the opinion of 10 (ten of the largest brokers who operate in this segment in Brazil; the opinions were collected through interviews that generated several assertive about the subject

Seguros de salud públicos y privados: el caso chileno

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Luis García Núñez

1999-01-01

En las últimas dos décadas Chile experimentó una profunda reforma en el área de los seguros de salud, estableciéndose una nueva configuración del sector con la coexistencia de un seguro público de salud junto a seguros privados. Este ensayo analiza un hecho estilizado del caso chileno: la presencia mayoritaria de personas de bajos ingresos y alto riesgo en el seguro público, observándose todo lo contrario en los seguros privados. Se desarrolla un modelo bisectorial basado en la teorfa estánda...

Oponibilidad de las franquicias en los contratos de seguros: entre la razonabilidad y la justicia

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Veronica Maria Laura Glibota Landriel

2012-11-01

Full Text Available La irrupción al mundo jurídico del instituto de la franquicia en los contratos de seguro ha venido a producir un quiebre en la forma de considerar e interpretar los alcances subjetivos de las relaciones negociales: desde entender que los acuerdos sólo deben generar consecuencias para las partes a la idea de que frente al caso de seguros de responsabilidad civil, los efectos de la misma deben considerarse respecto del tercero damnificado, resultando inoponible la limitación de riesgos a la víctima. En este trabajo pretendemos aunar estas posturas antitéticas a través del principio de razonabilidad de la cuantía de la franquicia, el que permitiría una valoración más cercana a la justicia en las soluciones propugnadas por los jueces.

Planeamiento Estratégico para Rímac Seguros

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Alvitez Muñoz, Julio César; Esquivel Porras, César Augusto; Slocovich Salcedo, Erick Rodolfo

2005-01-01

El presente trabajo desarrolla una propuesta de valor en el ámbito del mercado de seguros de vida para ser implementada en Rímac Seguros, permitiendo asegurar a la empresa la sostenibilidad de su liderazgo a través del incremento de su participación en el mercado y la fidelización de sus clientes. Las condiciones en las que se desarrolla la industria de seguros en el mundo y en el Perú en particular, como la séptima en volumen de primas a nivel latinoamericano ofrece un mercado reducido ba...

En los orígenes de la crisis de la seguridad social: el caso de los seguros sociales

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Rodríguez Salazar, Oscar

2012-01-01

Con la adopción de los seguros económicos confluyó un conjunto de circunstancias: En primer lugar, se hacía necesario estabilizar y consolidar el proyecto de seguridad social Colombiano; para lograr esta meta era prioritario dar una respuesta definitiva a las dificultades financieras por las que atravesaba el Instituto Colombiano de Seguros Sociales. Al disponer de apreciables recursos, el Déficit hospitalario comenzaría a resolverse, con lo cual la calidad en la prestación de los servicios d...

Costo-efectividad de una alternativa para la prestación de servicios de atención primaria en salud para los beneficiarios del Seguro Popular de México

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Alejandro Figueroa Lara

2016-09-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Calcular la razón costo-efectividad de servicios públicos y privados contratados por el Seguro Popular en primer nivel de atención. Material y métodos. Se evaluó una experiencia piloto de contratación de servicios de primer nivel de atención a la salud en el estado de Hidalgo, México, midiendo, con base en una encuesta poblacional, la calidad general y la detección de disminución de visión. Se analizó la sensibilidad mediante simulaciones de Monte Carlo. Resultados. El prestador privado es dominante en calidad y costo-efectivo para la detección de disminución de visión. Conclusiones. La compra estratégica de prestadores privados de atención primaria es promisoria para mejorar los servicios de salud y reducir los costos.

Cobertura de seguros de salud en relación con el uso de servicios médicos, condiciones de vida y percepción de la salud en Lima, Perú

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Risof Solís

2009-04-01

Full Text Available Objetivos. Correlacionar la afiliación a seguros de salud y el uso de servicios médicos, condiciones de vida y la percepción de salud en pobladores de doce distritos de la ciudad de Lima, Perú. Material y métodos. Estudio descriptivo transversal poblacional, realizado entre enero y marzo de 2006 en doce distritos de Lima Metropolitana, usando una encuesta de salud de 72 preguntas. Resultados. Se entrevistó a 4355 pobladores, 48% de ellos no tenían seguro de salud. Comparado con personas que tenían seguros privados de salud, sanidades o seguridad social, los participantes sin seguro o coberturados por el seguro público (SIS tuvieron menor nivel educativo y de vida (p<0,001. Los encuestados sin seguro o con SIS, cuando perciben enfermedad recurren con mayor frecuencia a las farmacias que al médico (p<0,001. El sistema público es el principal sistema de atención medica pues atiende al 62,1% de los encuestados, incluyendo encuestados con seguro social. La percepción de un estado de salud óptimo se asoció con la afiliación a un seguro privado (OR=2,5 IC95%=1,87- 3,38 y una edad menor de 35 años (OR=2,15; IC95%=1,70-2,58. Conclusiones. Los sistemas de seguro de salud en los distritos de Lima cubren diferentes segmentos socio-económicos, los asegurados de sistemas privados presentan mejores condiciones de vida y acceso a servicios médicos, con mejor percepción de su salud.

Seguro Popular, condiciones psicosociales de trabajo y violencia en empleados de una institución de salud en México: un análisis desde el modelo de los determinantes sociales de la salud / Popular Health Insurance, psychosocial working conditions and violence among the employees of a healthcare provider in Mexico: an analysis based on the model of the social determinants of health

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Martín Acosta F

2013-08-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: analizar el impacto de la implementación y operación del Seguro Popular en las condiciones psicosociales de trabajo y la exposición a situaciones y comportamientos de violencia de un grupo de trabajadores que laboran en una institución de salud. Metodología: se realizó un estudio cualitativo bajo el marco de la sociología fenomenológica. Se aplicó una encuesta a 206 trabajadores para valorar las condiciones psicosociales negativas en el entorno laboral. Posteriormente, se identificaron 18 sujetos caso por haber obtenido puntajes negativos altos en la encuesta y haber estado expuestos o haber participado en situaciones y comportamientos de violencia en el trabajo. Resultados y discusión: la implementación y operación del Seguro Popular provocó un deterioro y precarización de las condiciones psicosociales y del proceso de trabajo. La exposición a situaciones y comportamientos de violencia se manifestó como distrés, desgaste emocional, pérdida de la motivación, minusvalía y depresión. Conclusiones: las reformas laborales y de la administración pública, expresadas en un nuevo modelo de gestión organizacional orientado a la eficiencia y reducción de costos prioriza los criterios administrativos y desestima la satisfacción y bienestar de los trabajadores Objective: to analyze the impact of the implementation and operation of the Popular Health Insurance program on the psychosocial working conditions and on the exposure to violent situations and behaviors of a group of workers in a healthcare provider. Methodology: a qualitative study was conducted based on the framework of phenomenological Objective: to analyze the impact of the implementation and operation of the Popular Health Insurance program on the psychosocial working conditions and on the exposure to violent situations and behaviors of a group of workers in a healthcare provider. Methodology: a qualitative study was conducted based on the framework of

Understanding the dynamics of the Seguro Popular de Salud policy implementation in Mexico from a complex adaptive systems perspective.

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Nigenda, Gustavo; González-Robledo, Luz María; Juárez-Ramírez, Clara; Adam, Taghreed

2016-05-13

In 2003, Mexico's Seguro Popular de Salud (SPS), was launched as an innovative financial mechanism implemented to channel new funds to provide health insurance to 50 million Mexicans and to reduce systemic financial inequities. The objective of this article is to understand the complexity and dynamics that contributed to the adaptation of the policy in the implementation stage, how these changes occurred, and why, from a complex and adaptive systems perspective. A complex adaptive systems (CAS) framework was used to carry out a secondary analysis of data obtained from four SPS's implementation evaluations. We first identified key actors, their roles, incentives and power, and their responses to the policy and guidelines. We then developed a causal loop diagram to disentangle the feedback dynamics associated with the modifications of the policy implementation which we then analyzed using a CAS perspective. Implementation variations were identified in seven core design features during the first 10 years of implementation period, and in each case, the SPS's central coordination introduced modifications in response to the reactions of the different actors. We identified several CAS phenomena associated with these changes including phase transitions, network emergence, resistance to change, history dependence, and feedback loops. Our findings generate valuable lessons to policy implementation processes, especially those involving a monetary component, where the emergence of coping mechanisms and other CAS phenomena inevitably lead to modifications of policies and their interpretation by those who implement them. These include the difficulty of implementing strategies that aim to pool funds through solidarity among beneficiaries where the rich support the poor when there are no incentives for the rich to do so. Also, how resistance to change and history dependence can pose significant challenges to implementing changes, where the local actors use their significant power

El papel de las agencias de seguros en la competencia entre compañías aseguradoras

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Leonardo Medrano

2008-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo estudia el mercado de seguros cuando las compañías aseguradoras (aseguradoras venden sus pólizas por medio de agencias de seguros (agencias o agentes. Analiza los efectos de las comisiones por ventas pagadas a las agencias en las primas de seguros y en el bienestar del consumidor. Se considera el comportamiento oportunista de las agencias al vender las pólizas emitidas por la aseguradora que le ofrece la comisión mas alta. Se consideran también diferentes estructuras de mercado: un duopolio de aseguradoras que compiten en comisiones (competencia entre aseguradoras, la colusión entre aseguradoras con las agencias manteniendose independientes (colusión horizontal o monopolio de aseguradoras y la colusión entre aseguradoras y agencias (integración vertical o agentes exclusivos. Mostramos que la competencia entre aseguradoras y la integración vertical generan primas más altas que la colusión horizontal. Además, mostramos que la comisión óptima desde del punto de vista del consumidor pueda ser mayor que la comisión generada por cualquiera de las tres estructuras de mercado antes señaladas

En los orígenes de la crisis de la seguridad social: el caso de los seguros sociales

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Oscar Rodríguez Salazar

1991-01-01

Full Text Available Con la adopción de los seguros económicos confluyó un conjunto de circunstancias: En primer lugar, se hacía necesario estabilizar y consolidar el proyecto de seguridad social Colombiano; para lograr esta meta era prioritario dar una respuesta definitiva a las dificultades financieras por las que atravesaba el Instituto Colombiano de Seguros Sociales. Al disponer de apreciables recursos, el Déficit hospitalario comenzaría a resolverse, con lo cual la calidad en la prestación de los servicios de Enfermedad general y Maternidad mejoraría considerablemente, además de estar solucionando los problemas de salud. Los conflictos sociales originados en las demandas laborales por compensación pecuniaria a causa de Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedad Profesional (ATEP se salían del ámbito de la empresa y le correspondía al Gobierno responder por estas solicitudes; de manera indirecta se estaba contribuyendo a generar un clima de paz conveniente para lograr las metas de crecimiento económico.

Planeamiento estratégico aplicado a la Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP

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Belón Banchero, Mauricio; Chávez Espinoza, Jorge; Díaz Amiel, Aisha; Farías Solano, Melissa

2017-01-01

El presente documento desarrolla el Plan Estratégico para la Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP (SBS) el cual tiene un horizonte al 2027 y busca posicionar a la SBS como referente de las instituciones supervisoras y reguladoras de sistemas financieros en el mundo. Para llevarlo a cabo se realizó el análisis de los factores externos del sector, identificando seis oportunidades y cuatro amenazas que influyen en la SBS; el análisis interno de la SBS; el análisis comparativo ...

SEGUROS AGRÍCOLAS BASADOS EN ÍNDICES CLIMÁTICOS: UN ESTUDIO DE CASO EN BOLIVIA

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Ricardo Nogales Carvajal

2014-07-01

Full Text Available Los seguros agrícolas basados en índices climáticos son instrumentos financieros novedosos para la gestión de riesgos de agricultores. A diferencia de los seguros tradicionales, éstos pueden mitigar e incluso anular el riesgo moral y la selección adversa, permitiendo abaratar sus primas. Esta característica hace de este tipo de seguros un mecanismo atractivo para economías en vías de desarrollo con gran parte de población rural sumida en severas condiciones de precariedad y, simultáneamente, se promueve el desarrollo de un mercado de seguros agrícolas. Este tipo de seguros no es aún empleado en Bolivia, pero su promoción por parte del aparato público tiene gran potencial de coadyuvar a la seguridad alimentaria y promover el desarrollo económico. El documento presenta algunas experiencias exitosas en el desarrollo de seguros basados en índices climáticos a nivel mundial y analiza el estado actual de desarrollo de este mercado en Bolivia. Se revisan en detalle los fundamentos técnicos de la creación de este tipo de seguros, a partir de los cuales, se presentan propuestas de esquemas paramétricos de seguros agrícolas basados en índices climáticos para la protección de cultivos de trigo y papa, ambos de ciclo intermedio, en el municipio de Anzaldo (sur-oeste de Cochabamba.

¿Qué compra, cómo y de quién el Seguro Popular de México? Experiencia con la compra estratégica nacional y en una entidad pionera

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Miguel Ángel González-Block

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Analizar el alcance de los subsidios a la demanda mediante la compra estratégica de servicios de salud. Material y métodos. Entrevistas y revisión documental a nivel federal y estudio de caso en el estado de Hidalgo. Resultados. El Sistema de Protección Social en Salud (SPSS prioriza las intervenciones por financiar de manera explícita y norma tabuladores y topes de gasto. Se financia predominantemente a prestadores públicos mediante la compra de insumos y la contratación de recursos humanos, sin competencia y con bajo grado de autonomía de gestión. El Seguro Popular en Hidalgo ha diversificado prestadores de servicios y mecanismos de pago. Conclusiones. El SPSS tiene amplia oportunidad para ampliar y profundizar la compra estratégica. Se requiere mayor autonomía de prestadores y pagadores así como reglamentación para promover redes de servicios en entornos competitivos.

Implementación de marketing relacional para la fidelización de los clientes de la Aseguradora Hispana de Seguros

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Naranjo Hidalgo, Wendy Natalia

2016-01-01

1. Introducción. --2. Planteamiento de Propuesta de Trabajo. --3. Marco Teórico. --4. Metodología. --5. Resultados. --6. Conclusiones y Recomendaciones El objetivo del presente proyecto de investigación y desarrollo es fidelizar a los clientes reales y potenciales de la Aseguradora Hispana de Seguros, debido a que, en su trayectoria de 20 años al servicio de la comunidad se enfrenta a problemas tales como: servicio al cliente, optimización de los recursos, resistencia al cambio y a su comp...

Qual o custo governamental do seguro agrícola?

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Vitor Augusto Ozaki

2013-03-01

Full Text Available Para 2011, estavam previstos R$ 570 milhões ao Programa de Subvenção ao Prêmio do Seguro Rural (PSR, mas apenas R$ 253,4 milhões foram alocados ao Programa em função de contingenciamentos do governo. Apesar disso, foi possível segurar 5,6 milhões de hectares com uma importância segurada de R$ 7,3 bilhões. Mas qual deveria ser o volume de recursos direcionados ao PSR para que todo o crédito de custeio das lavouras pudesse ser coberto pelo mercado segurador? O estudo apresenta uma metodologia para calcular qual deve ser o valor orçamentário médio do PSR para cobrir cem por cento do custeio das lavouras. Para 2011, os resultados sugerem que o volume de recursos deveria ter sido quatro vezes maior do que o valor empenhado. Ademais, os resultados foram desagregados por estado e por culturas agrícolas. A importância do PSR para a massificação do seguro rural é indiscutível. Porém, além dos recursos do PSR estarem subdimensionados, outro problema ameaça a continuidade do Programa. Pelo terceiro ano consecutivo, o PSR tem sofrido graves contingenciamentos que têm impactado negativamente o mercado. Portanto, fica evidente a necessidade de maior esforço do governo federal em ampliar os recursos da subvenção e destiná-los única e integralmente ao PSR.

Experiencia mexicana en el diseño de seguros ganaderos paramétricos satelitales de tipo catastrófico: bases conceptuales y teóricas

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Fernando Paz

2018-04-01

Full Text Available El desarrollo de instrumentos de gestión de riesgos climáticos permite instrumentar acciones de adaptación ante el cambio climático, además de hacer eficiente el uso de recursos financieros para mitigar los impactos. En México, el empleo de estos instrumentos no se ha documentado, por lo que en este trabajo se desarrolla un marco conceptual-teórico para la instrumentación de seguros ganaderos paramétricos satelitales, con la finalidad de exponer sus ventajas y delimitar sus alcances. Para tal fin, se aplicaron los conceptos de unidad de riesgo, umbral de pago y elementos asociados al seguro, para establecer el riesgo climático que se asocia a las actividades agropecuarias, principalmente por sequías. Bajo el requerimiento crítico de una relación lineal entre el índice espectral y la biomasa vegetal, sin constante aditiva, se usó el índice espectral NDVIcp, optimizado por diversos efectos, lo que dio lugar al desarrollo de un esquema de seguro técnicamente sólido, sin el requisito de contar con información histórica de producción agropecuaria y que, además, refleja fielmente la realidad en campo. Todo lo anterior, permitió sentar las bases para el diseño de un seguro ganadero paramétrico satelital de tipo catastrófico sólido, transparente y conceptualmente accesible a los usuarios del mismo.

Las nuevas tendencias del derecho de seguros en las legislaciones más recientes de los países latinoamericanos

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Andrés Ordóñez Ordóñez

2014-06-01

Full Text Available En los años recientes, varios países latinoamericanos han realizado importantes reformas a sus legislaciones relacionadas con la disciplina privada del contrato de seguro. Particularmente Chile y Perú procedieron a ello, en el primer caso, sustituyendo el capítulo correspondiente al contrato de seguro en su Código de Comercio de muy antigua vigencia, y en el segundo, expidiendo una ley específica sobre el tema. También países como México y Panamá, dentro del marco de sus normas de derecho público destinadas a regular la actividad financiera y de seguros, han expedido leyes nuevas relacionadas con la vigilancia y el control de la actividad aseguradora, que necesariamente se proyectan en mayor o menor medida sobre las relaciones particulares que surgen entre asegurados y aseguradores. El conocimiento de esas nuevas legislaciones es un elemento insustituible para la reforma que tarde o temprano deberá operarse sobre la nuestra que data ya de más de cuarenta años. Temas como la reticencia o inexactitud en la declaración del estado del riesgo, la agravación del riesgo, la imperatividad de las normas regulatorias del contrato, la identificación de las partes, la regulación de la oferta y de la etapa precontractual en el contrato de seguro, y muchas otras, son objeto de análisis y comentario en este artículo.

Las nuevas tendencias del derecho de seguros en las legislaciones más recientes de los países latinoamericanos

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Andrés Ordóñez Ordóñez

2014-07-01

Full Text Available En los años recientes, varios países latinoamericanos han realizado importantes reformas a sus legislaciones relacionadas con la disciplina privada del contrato de seguro. Particularmente Chile y Perú procedieron a ello, en el primer caso, sustituyendo el capítulo correspondiente al contrato de seguro en su Código de Comercio de muy antigua vigencia, y en el segundo, expidiendo una ley específica sobre el tema. También países como México y Panamá, dentro del marco de sus normas de derecho público destinadas a regular la actividad financiera y de seguros, han expedido leyes nuevas relacionadas con la vigilancia y el control de la actividad aseguradora, que necesariamente se proyectan en mayor o menor medida sobre las relaciones particulares que surgen entre asegurados y aseguradores. El conocimiento de esas nuevas legislaciones es un elemento insustituible para la reforma que tarde o temprano deberá operarse sobre la nuestra que data ya de más de cuarenta años. Temas como la reticencia o inexactitud en la declaración del estado del riesgo, la agravación del riesgo, la imperatividad de las normas regulatorias del contrato, la identificación de las partes, la regulación de la oferta y de la etapa precontractual en el contrato de seguro, y muchas otras, son objeto de análisis y comentario en este artículo.

Suministro de información y seguros de confiabilidad en el mercado SPOT de generación de electricidad colombiano.

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David Fernando Tobon O.

2010-05-01

Full Text Available Este artículo tiene como objetivo presentar algunos mecanismos de mercado que pueden inducir a mejorar la confiabilidad en el mercado de generación de electricidad spot colombiano; estos son:1 la provisión de información adicional al precio unitario spot, en un mercado que por su naturaleza es aleatorio, y 2 seguros de confiabilidad, al reconocerse que las demandas son altamente inflexibles. También se desarrolla una aplicación para mostrar cómo operarían en la práctica estos mecanismos y se determinan las restricciones que se deben corregir para que sean operativos. Este programa de seguros garantiza una confiabilidad eficiente, provee información importante para los agentes del mercado y reglas de asignación que minimizan los costos económicos en caso de fallas en la capacidad de generación de electricidad, que podrían ser aplicados a mercados de generación de electricidad como el colombiano, donde se han tenido recurrentes crisis de abastecimiento y se ha pensado profundizar en las reformas de este mercado.

Hospitales seguros ante desastres

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Celso Vladimir Bambaren Alatrista; María Del Socorro Alatrista Gutierrez

2007-01-01

Entre 1982 a 2005 se registraron daños en 1 143 establecimientos de salud en el Perú, generalmente debido a sismos, lluvias e inundaciones. Los daños en los servicios de salud producen la interrupción de la atención de la población y de los programas de salud, así como generan un gran gasto para la rehabilitación y reconstrucción. Por ello, se requiere proteger a los establecimientos de salud y desarrollar una política de hospitales seguros ante desastres que incluya medidas para prevenir o r...

Universitat popular al Cabanyal

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Ribés Granell, Juan Miguel

2012-01-01

La intención es dotar al barrio de un gran espacio verde y de un edificio de interés para los vecinos que enriquezca al Cabanyal, ya que actualmente se encuentra en proceso de degradación. Se pretende desarrollar un proyecto que signifique una mejora en la predisposición del visitante, cubriendo sus necesidades. Al mismo tiempo, se busca crear un espacio arquitectónico que mejore la relación entre las actividades que incluye y su entorno. El proyecto está condicionado por cuatro aspectos fund...

Un Análisis Comparativo y Discursivo España e India de la Publicidad de Seguros

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Kumar, Dinesh

2015-01-01

El objetivo principal de este estudio de investigación es hacer la exploración de los elementos en los que las empresas internacionales hacen uso del discurso de persuasión para convencer al consumidor del importante papel de los seguros en nuestra vida. A esto le sigue un estudio comparativo entre España e India que demuestra los elementos persuasivos que emplean dos países diferentes para averiguar si los elementos culturales, sociales y discursivos son similares o distintos en la publicid...

Plan de negocio para la creación de la empresa: "Prevent Ltda." Agencia de seguros

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Mondragón Sánchez, Germán Mauricio; Rodríguez Díaz, Luz Adriana

2011-01-01

El presente plan de negocio muestra, la investigación realizada acerca de la oportunidad existente en la creación de una agencia de seguros especializada en la suscripción de pólizas de vehículos en la ciudad de Bogotá, y específicamente en estratos socioeconómicos 4, 5 y 6. El presente plan de negocio corresponde a una agencia de seguros cuya actividad económica consiste en intermediación, comercialización y suscripción de pólizas de seguros en ramos generales; inicialmente se incursio...

Feasibility of community-based health insurance in rural tropical Ecuador Factibilidad de un seguro de enfermedad comunitario en una zona rural tropical de Ecuador

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Martin Eckhardt

2011-03-01

ón hacia el modelo presentado. MÉTODOS: Se llevó a cabo una encuesta transversal usando un cuestionario estructurado. De unos 829 hogares, 210 se escogieron aleatoriamente mediante un muestreo por conglomerados en dos etapas. Se analizaron las actitudes hacia un esquema de seguro de enfermedad, se recopiló información sobre los factores que posiblemente influían en la voluntad de participar y se correlacionaron con esta última. Para comprender la posible capacidad de pago de un entrevistado, se evaluó el gasto en atención de la salud en el último episodio de enfermedad. Se definió "factibilidad" como la existencia de voluntad de participar en el esquema de seguro de enfermedad en al menos 50% de los jefes de hogar. RESULTADOS: La voluntad de participar en un modelo de seguro de enfermedad por un costo de US$ 30 por año fue de 69,3%. El 92,2% de los entrevistados declararon que, en el caso de adherirse al programa, concurrirían al establecimiento de salud local más a menudo. El nivel educativo presentó una correlación negativa con la voluntad de participar, pero otras variables no mostraron ninguna asociación significativa con ella. El estudio reveló una actitud positiva hacia el esquema del seguro de enfermedad. Se documentaron gastos de atención de salud importantes en el último episodio de enfermedad. CONCLUSIONES: La puesta en marcha de un seguro de enfermedad en la zona de estudio es factible. Sin embargo, es probable que la participación real sea inferior a la voluntad de participar declarada. Aun así, un esquema de seguro de enfermedad podría representar una opción financiera interesante en las zonas rurales donde los servicios son escasos y difíciles de mantener.

Reformas de pensiones y determinantes de la afiliación al seguro social de largo plazo en Bolivia

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José Luis Evia Vizcarra

2005-01-01

Full Text Available En 1996 el sistema de reparto estaba quebrado. La refor ma de pensiones deese año cambió el sistema de manera importante. En el presente trabajo seana li za las ra zo nes por las cua les el an ti guo sis te ma es ta ba en quie bra a me -dia dos de los años no ven ta; así como las ca rac te rís ti cas del nue vo sis te ma depensiones, los incentivos que incluye para aumentar la cobertura del Siste -ma de Seguridad Social Obligatorio (SSO y los ries gos a los que está ex pues -to, con particular hincapié en el de insolvencia fiscal.La cobertura del seguro social obligatorio de largo plazo ha sido reduciday si bien el nuevo sistema aumenta dicha cobertura, ésta ha permanecido enun por cen ta je muy bajo de ocu pa dos. Se es ti ma una fun ción probit pa raidentificar los determinantes de la probabilidad de estar asegurado antes ydes pués de la re for ma, en la que se en con tró que al gu nas va ria bles co mo lasho ras tra ba ja das por día, la an ti güe dad en el em pleo y el gé ne ro de la per so -na dejan de ser relevantes para determinar la probabilidad de estar asegu -ra do des pués de la in tro duc ción de la re for ma.

Hospitales seguros ante desastres

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Celso Vladimir Bambaren Alatrista

2007-07-01

Full Text Available Entre 1982 a 2005 se registraron daños en 1 143 establecimientos de salud en el Perú, generalmente debido a sismos, lluvias e inundaciones. Los daños en los servicios de salud producen la interrupción de la atención de la población y de los programas de salud, así como generan un gran gasto para la rehabilitación y reconstrucción. Por ello, se requiere proteger a los establecimientos de salud y desarrollar una política de hospitales seguros ante desastres que incluya medidas para prevenir o reducción de la vulnerabilidad estructural, no estructural y funcional en los nuevos establecimientos y en los existentes.(Rev Med Hered 2007;18:149-154.

LO POPULAR NO-RATING SOBERANÍA DE LA COMUNICACIÓN POPULAR EN AMÉRICA LATINA

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Víctor Adrián Díaz Esteves

2009-01-01

Full Text Available A partir de un enfoque popular en construcción, este ensayo se propone reflexionar en torno a la noción original de comunicación humana. Asimismo, se aproxima al debate sobre las culturas populares en América Latina, construidas desde los sujetos, caracterizados por dos elementos aparentemente enfrentados, que se entremezclan. Por un lado, los sujetos son consumidores de la oferta rentable y global de los medios masivos; cuya hegemonía responde al rating y al capital. Por otro lado, son productores culturales de sentido e imágenes simbólicas propias, resistentes y en ocasiones, contradictorias. La comunicación popular favorece la producción local y regional; la participación ciudadana, la integración y el cambio social; la igualdad y la democracia. Esta mirada popular de la comunicación, es parte de las mutaciones que la modernidad ha introducido en los países latinoamericanos, y a la vez, define a las culturas populares, no como esa masa homogénea, pasiva y dominada por los mass media, sino conscientes del entrecruzamiento de expresiones sociales, orígenes, gustos, modas y costumbres diversas, en busca de la construcción de comunidades culturales de sentido y respeto en materia de derechos.

El teatro en el trabajo popular. La eficacia, un desafío para el trabajo popular

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Ana Hirsz

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Todas las personas e instituciones dedicadas al trabajo popular se plantean la necesidad de la eficacia en su labor. ¿Cómo, de qué manera ser más útiles a los sectores populares? ¿Qué instrumentos les pueden servir para la acción transformadora que deben realizar? Estas preguntas han generado una multiplicidad de métodos, de formas, de técnicas. El Centro al Servicio de la Acción Popular (CESAP en 17 años de trabajo incesante ha creado una metodología inductiva y participativa que, a través de diferentes áreas, intenta generar el desarrollo de las potencialidades y capacidades del pueblo. El Servicio de Comunicación y Cultura Popular constituye otra herramienta ofrecida por CESAP a los grupos y organizaciones populares, pues capacita a los grupos para que ellos estén en condiciones de producir sus propios medios de comunicación comunitarios, con fines de información, concientización y movilización de las comunidades. Junto a esa finalidad organízatíva, estos Talleres estimulan la autoexpresión y la creatividad popular y el desarrollo de una cultura propia y transformadora.

Seguro da agricultura familiar : identificação de limites e propostas para sua sustentabilidade a partir da teoria da assimetria de informação

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Maia, Williams Nogueira Peixoto

2008-01-01

As experiências mundiais mostram que os seguros agrícolas são financeiramente frágeis. Nos estudos realizados foram observados diversos fatores que explicam essa vulnerabilidade. No caso dos seguros agrícolas, destacam-se os fenômenos derivados da assimetria de informação como a seleção adversa e o risco moral, que deturpam e em muitos casos, impedem o desenvolvimento desta modalidade de seguro. A presente dissertação tem como objetivo analisar o seguro da agricultura familiar (SEAF) na r...

Al-Qurû’ fi Al-Qur’an ‘Inda Al-Anbary fi Al-Adhdâd

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Raushani Azza

2018-03-01

Full Text Available This study examines about the term al-Qurû in the Qur’an. Al-Qurû is one of the most popular discussions among muslim scholars and mufasir, both in terms of language and fiqh. However, there is a bate among muslim scholar and mufasir about the meaning of al-Qurû. It’s because al-Qurû is one of the sentence of al-Adhdâd wich has two meaning, especially in the Qur’an, namely haid (menstruation and thahr. One of the most popular muslim scholar who concern in Qur’an and Arabic is al-Anbari with his book al-Adhdâd. Al-Anbari explains that Qurû has two meanings, First, al-Qurû in etymology is the form of Jama’ from aqra and qurû. Second, al-Qurû has a meaning of menstruation, thahr, or the period of iddah as a sign of being allowed to remarry after certain period of time.

El interés asegurable en el seguro de transporte y la inexactitud y la reticencia en la declaración del estado del riesgo en el contrato de seguro, a través de dos sentencias de la Corte Suprema de Justicia Colombiana.

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Andrés E. Ordóñez Ordóñez

2003-06-01

Full Text Available Conocedor de la evolución jurisprudencial colombiana en materia de seguros, el autor del presente ensayo reseña y comenta dos importantes sentencias nacionales sobre la inexactitud o reticencia en la declaración del estado del riesgo y la interpretación de los contratos de seguro de transporte de mercancías tomados por un transportador, son que haya advertido previamente que el transportador actuaba por cuenta del dueño de las mercancías.

La norma en lo cotidiano del mobiliario de la Caja del Seguro Obrero Obligatorio

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Alicia Campos Gajardo

2016-08-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo intenta exponer cómo el diseño participa de una configuración de la realidad desde una dimensión político administrativa, siendo incluido desde una perspectiva moderna, expresada en la construcción de una imagen normada de lo cotidiano. El caso de estudio presentado es el de la Caja del Seguro Obrero Obligatorio, o la historia de cómo a partir de la concepción de una institucionalidad vinculada al Estado asistencialista de la primera mitad del siglo XX, y de su correspondiente estructura administrativa, se construye una nueva realidad, sin precedente, donde la protección de la vida y el despliegue de los instrumentos requeridos convocan un correlato en arquitectura, vestuario y diseño de mobiliario, una realidad “otra” que se desarrolla o se desenvuelve y dispersa en el territorio, a partir de una concepción abstracta inicial, y que repercute en expresiones de diseño de extraordinaria calidad y personalidad.

Alforja: una entidad al servicio de la educación popular

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2017-01-01

ALFORJA es una coordinación operativa de cinco instituciones de educación popular: Centro de Estudios y Publicaciones (CEP, Costa Rica), Centro de Comunicación Popular de Honduras (CENCOPH), Centro de Educación y Promoción Agraria (CEPA, Nicaragua), Instituto Mexicano para el Desarrollo de Comunitario (IMDEC) y Centro de Estudios y Acción Social de Panamá (CEASPA).

Evaluación del programa uso seguro de medicamentos en un hospital especializado en pediatría y ortopedia infantil – Bogotá d.c., 2012 -2013

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Monroy Cárdenas, Sandra Judith; Nagles Garcia, Nohad

2014-01-01

El uso de seguro de medicamentos, dentro del proceso de atención en salud, ha tomado importancia a nivel nacional e internacional al evidenciarse el aumento de incidentes y eventos relacionados con los medicamentos, que involucran desde el procesos de adquisición, pasando por la prescripción médica, la dispensación, la administración de medicamentos, hasta llegar a la utilización en los pacientes y cuidadores. El uso adecuado de medicamentos es una de las metas de seguridad del paciente ...

Popular en la UAM-X

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María Isabel Arbesú García

2008-01-01

Full Text Available El propósito de este trabajo es analizar la forma en que se vinculan en un módulo en el Sistema Modular Xochimilco las tres actividades sustantivas que realiza la universidad: docencia, investigación y servicio. Se toma como caso de estudio al Taller de Vivienda popular ya que este permite que los estudiantes de arquitectura cursen su último año de estudios de la licenciatura y se especialicen en el diseño de problemas relacionados con la vivienda popular.

Seguro de depósitos en el sistema financiero peruano

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Rodríguez Cairo, Vladimir

2016-01-01

El presente estudio explica la importancia de crear unseguro de depósitos en el sistema financiero para evitarretiradas masivas del capital de un banco y sobre esabase, busca responder la siguiente interrogante: ¿Porqué es relevante para el sistema financiero la coberturade los depósitos de ahorro a través de un seguro?En ese sentido, cabe precisar que la naturaleza del estudioes de tipo explicativo y los métodos de investigaciónutilizados son el analítico e inductivo. Asimismo,se ha recurrid...

Heterogeneous Impact of the “Seguro Popular” Program on the Utilization of Obstetrical Services in Mexico, 2001–2006: A Multinomial Probit Model with a Discrete Endogenous Variable

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Sosa-Rubi, Sandra G.; Galárraga, Omar

2009-01-01

Objective We evaluated the impact of Seguro Popular (SP), a program introduced in 2001 in Mexico primarily to finance health care for the poor. We focused on the effect of household enrollment in SP on pregnant women’s access to obstetrical services, an important outcome measure of both maternal and infant health. Data We relied upon data from the cross-sectional 2006 National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT) in Mexico. We analyzed the responses of 3,890 women who delivered babies during 2001–2006 and whose households lacked employer-based health care coverage. Methods We formulated a multinomial probit model that distinguished between three mutually exclusive sites for delivering a baby: a health unit specifically accredited by SP; a non-SP-accredited clinic run by the Department of Health (Secretaría de Salud, or SSA); and private obstetrical care. Our model accounted for the endogeneity of the household’s binary decision to enroll in the SP program. Results Women in households that participated in the SP program had a much stronger preference for having a baby in a SP-sponsored unit rather than paying out of pocket for a private delivery. At the same time, participation in SP was associated with a stronger preference for delivering in the private sector rather than at a state-run SSA clinic. On balance, the Seguro Popular program reduced pregnant women’s attendance at an SSA clinic much more than it reduced the probability of delivering a baby in the private sector. The quantitative impact of the SP program varied with the woman’s education and health, as well as the assets and location (rural versus urban) of the household. Conclusions The SP program had a robust, significantly positive impact on access to obstetrical services. Our finding that women enrolled in SP switched from non-SP state-run facilities, rather than from out-of-pocket private services, is important for public policy and requires further exploration. PMID:18824268

Comportamiento Sexual y Autoeficacia para la Negociación de Sexo Más Seguro en Personas Heterosexuales

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Pérez-Jiménez, David; Santiago-Rivas, Marimer; Serrano-García, Irma

2012-01-01

La autoeficacia se le ha identificado como uno de los factores que puede facilitar o dificultar llevar a cabo sexo más seguro. Estudios revelan que las personas que están el relaciones estables usan métodos de protección menos frecuente que quienes tienen parejas casuales. Realizamos un estudio con 447 personas heterosexuales activas sexualmente. Les administramos un cuestionario dirigido a medir el comportamiento sexual, el uso del condón masculino y la práctica de la masturbación mutua, y la autoeficacia para llevar a cabo estas conductas. Los resultados reflejan que los hombres están más activos sexualmente y que el uso del condón y la práctica de la masturbación mutua como alternativa de sexo más seguro es muy baja. En los casos donde se usa el condón esta práctica es realizada en su mayoría por las personas que se encuentran en una relación de pareja casual. No obstante, los/las participantes tienen altos niveles de autoeficacia hacia ambas prácticas. Aunque la autoeficacia es uno de los factores que incide en decidir llevar a cabo sexo más seguro, ésta no es suficiente para que esta meta se logre. PMID:22837585

Comportamiento Sexual y Autoeficacia para la Negociación de Sexo Más Seguro en Personas Heterosexuales

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David Pérez-Jiménez

2009-01-01

Full Text Available La autoeficacia se le ha identificado como uno de los factores que puede facilitar o dificultar llevar a cabo sexo más seguro. Estudios revelan que las personas que están el relaciones estables usan métodos de protección menos frecuente que quienes tienen parejas casuales. Realizamos un estudio con 447 personas heterosexuales activas sexualmente. Les administramos un cuestionario dirigido a medir el comportamiento sexual, el uso del condón masculino y la práctica de la masturbación mutua, y la autoeficacia para llevar a cabo estas conductas. Los resultados reflejan que los hombres están más activos sexualmente y que el uso del condón y la práctica de la masturbación mutua como alternativa de sexo más seguro es muy baja. En los casos donde se usa el condón esta práctica es realizada en su mayoría por las personas que se encuentran en una relación de pareja casual. No obstante, los/las participantes tienen altos niveles de autoeficacia hacia ambas prácticas. Aunque la autoeficacia es uno de los factores que incide en decidir llevar a cabo sexo más seguro, ésta no es suficiente para que esta meta se logre.

Dificuldades enfrentadas pelos parceiros sorodiscordantes ao HIV na manutençao do sexo seguro Dificultades enfrentadas por las parejas serodiscordantes para el HIV en el mantenimiento del sexo seguro Difficulties faced by HIV mixed status couples in maintaining safe sex

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Renata Karina Reis

2005-02-01

Full Text Available Neste estudo objetivou-se identificar os fatores que interferem na manutenção do sexo seguro entre parceiros com sorologias distintas para o HIV. Os dados foram coletados através de entrevistas individuais com 11 portadores do HIV/aids que convivem com parceria soronegativa ao HIV seguidos num ambulatório especializado no atendimento a aids e analisados com base na análise de Prosa de André (1983, utilizando o referencial teórico da vulnerabilidade ao HIV/aids. A prevenção sexual do HIV/aids para a parceria não infectada constitui num dos maiores desafios para os casais sorodiscordantes, visto que o condom tem diferente aceitação entre homens e mulheres. A maior motivação para o uso do preservativo entre casais sorodiscordantes não elimina as dificuldades na sua utilização para a manutenção do sexo seguro. Os casais sorodiscordantes merecem atendimento específico, e as estratégias preventivas devem contemplar os aspectos culturais e psicossociais que se constituem em importantes aspectos de vulnerabilidade dos parceiros soronegativos.La finalidad de este estudio fue identificar los factores que interfieren en el mantenimiento del sexo seguro. La recopilación de datos ocurrió mediante entrevistas individuales con 11 portadores del VIH/sida que conviven con pareja seronegativa para el VIH, seguidos en un ambulatorio especializado en la atención al SIDA. El análisis se hizo con base en el Análisis de prosa de André (1983. El concepto de la vulnerabilidad fue adoptado como referencial teórico. La prevención sexual de HIV/sida para la pareja no infectada se constituye en uno de los mayores desafíos para las parejas serodiscordantes, porque el condón tiene la aceptación diferente entre los hombres y mujeres. La motivación mayor para el uso del preservativo entre las parejas serodiscordante no elimina las dificultades en su uso para el mantenimiento del sexo seguro. Las parejas serodiscordantes merecen la atenci

Cáncer: Ayuda para los que no tienen seguro (Cancer - Help for the Uninsured)

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2009-05-26

Este podcast habla de los recursos para las personas con cáncer que no tienen seguro médico o que tienen una cobertura insuficiente.  Created: 5/26/2009 by National Center for Health Marketing.   Date Released: 8/2/2011.

Garantías de los derechos reales mediante el sistema de registro y de seguro de título

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Norma Loureiro Russo

2014-11-01

Full Text Available El concepto de seguridad jurídica tiene tal amplitud que trasciende cualquier funciónjurídica, ubicándose en la aplicacíón del derecho todo.Cabe destacar en ese concepto, sus valores esenciales y constitutivos, tales como la justicia y la seguridad, siendo la certeza uno de sus ingredientes. (...Contenido: Seguridad jurídica. Función notarial y seguridad jurídica. La publicidad registral y la seguridad jurídica. Esencia. Materia. Fines. Oponibilidad. Legitimidad.Garantía de los derechos reales y seguro de títulos. Origen del contrato de seguro de título. Concepto. Conclusiones

[Dispensing prescriptions to persons affiliated with the Seguro Popular de Salud de México].

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Garrido-Latorre, Francisco; Hernández-Llamas, Héctor; Gómez-Dantés, Octavio

2008-01-01

Measure and compare the percentage of prescriptions fully dispensed to persons with and without Popular Health Insurance (SPS in Spanish) who use ambulatory and general hospital services associated with the Mexico State Health Services (SESA in Spanish), and taking into account insurance status. SESA user satisfaction was also measured with respect to access to medication. Information for the study was taken from four surveys of SESA ambulatory and hospital units that included probabilistic samples with state representativity. Samples of ambulatory units were selected by stratification according to level of care and association to the SPS service network. The findings indicate that the percentage of prescriptions fully dispensed in SESA ambulatory units has improved, reaching approximately 90%, especially among those units offering services to persons affiliated with SPS. Nevertheless, these percentages continue to be lower than those of ambulatory units associated with social security institutions. Percentages of prescriptions fully dispensed have also improved in SESA hospital units, but continue to be relatively low. In nearly all states, as the percentage of prescriptions fully dispensed has increased, user satisfaction with access to medication has also improved. In 2006 more than 50% of the states had high levels of fully dispensed prescriptions among persons with SPS (> or =90%). The more significant problem exists among hospitals, since only 44% of users who received a prescription in SESA hospitals in 2006 had their prescriptions fully dispensed. This finding requires a review of SPS medication policies, which have favored highly prescribed low-cost medications at ambulatory services at the expense of higher cost and more therapeutically effective medications for hospital care, the latter having a greater impact on household budgets.

Paganismo y religiosidad en la arquitectura popular mexicana: De Aztlán al norte de California

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Myriam Mahiques

2012-12-01

De las obras de arquitectura popular en América, las mexicanas requieren especial consideración, ya que a pesar de la ubicación geográfica de México en América del Norte, su cultura permanece fuertemente arraigada. Esta suerte de independencia en hábitos y ritos se refleja en la arquitectura mexicana vernácula, lo que nos da la oportunidad de analizarla como un fenómeno cultural extendido desde México al Norte de California. Veremos aquí que las raíces del imaginario mexicano se hunden en la Conquista española y surgen en la actualidad dando como resultado una "nueva" estética arquitectónica.

Evaluación del impacto de la Reforma Mexicana de salud 2001-2006: un informe inicial Assessing the effect of the 2001-06 Mexican health reform: an interim report card

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Emmanuela Gakidou

2007-01-01

Full Text Available A partir de 2001 se inicia en México un proceso de diseño, legislación e implementación de la Reforma Mexicana de Salud. Un componente clave de ésta fue la creación del Seguro Popular, que pretende extender la cobertura de aseguramiento médico por siete años a la población que no cuenta con seguridad social, la cual constituía en ese momento casi la mitad de la población total. La reforma incluyó cinco acciones: modificar la ley para garantizar el derecho a la protección a la salud para las familias afiliadas, lo cual al ser implantado completamente incrementará el gasto público en salud entre 0.8 y 1.0% del PIB; la creación de un paquete de servicios de salud explícito; la asignación de recursos a secretarías estatales de salud descentralizadas, proporcional al número de familias incorporadas; la división de los recursos federales destinados a los estados en fondos independientes para servicios de salud personales y no personales; así como la creación de un fondo para garantizar recursos cuando se presentan eventos catastróficos en salud. Mediante el uso del marco conceptual de los sistemas de salud de la OMS, se han examinado diversos conjuntos de datos para evaluar el impacto de esta reforma en distintas dimensiones del sistema de salud. Entre los principales hallazgos clave se encuentran que: la afiliación alcanza de manera preferente a las comunidades pobres y marginadas; el gasto federal no correspondiente a la seguridad social aumentó 38% de 2000 a 2005 en términos reales; ha mejorado la equidad del gasto público entre los estados; los afiliados al Seguro Popular presentan una mayor utilización de servicios, tanto a nivel ambulatorio como para pacientes externos y pacientes hospitalarios en comparación con los no asegurados; la cobertura efectiva de 11 intervenciones en salud ha mejorado entre 2000 y 2005; han disminuido las desigualdades en cobertura efectiva durante este periodo en todos los estados y

Al Sahawa - The Awakening. Volume 4: Al Anbar Province, Area of Operations Topeka, Ramadi

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2016-08-01

simultaneously and he had our message resonating out, including music , popular music , we had video of people dancing in the streets to the music ; it was...As Abd al-hakim Muhammad Rashid, the mayor of Had- ithah indicated, “there was no popular militia to fight the sahawa” in Hadithah as there was in Al...secure the city from AQI led insurgent dominance, and 2) build Iraqi security forces, espe- cially police, along with a municipal structure and popular

Los Juegos Olímpicos Populares

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Aguado Navarro, Carlos; Campos Mesa, María del Carmen

2013-01-01

Se presenta un trabajo dentro del Máster de Educación Secundaria, donde se plantea una innovación a la hora de dar tratamiento práctico al trabajo de la condición física utilizando los juegos populares, dinamizándolo todo desde la temática de los Juegos Olímpicos, realizando los Juegos Olímpicos Populares. Nos ubicamos dentro del Área de Educación Física en la Educación Secundaria, concretamente en el primer curso. Se realizarán diferentes jornadas de competición, como en los Juegos Olímpi...

Sistema privado de seguro-saúde: lições do caso americano

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Mônica Viegas Andrade

2000-01-01

Full Text Available O mercado de serviços de atenção à saúde apresenta particularidades não observadas em outros mercados de bens, traduzidas nas relações contratuais estabelecidas entre os agentes deste mercado: relação paciente-provedor e relação seguradora-provedor. Na relação seguradora-provedor existe um problema de risco moral que cria incentivos à sobreutilização de serviços médicos. O objetivo deste trabalho é sistematizar as principais características institucionais do sistema de saúde americano, enfatizando as reformas ocorridas na década de 1970 e os problemas identificados em regulamentar o setor privado de serviços médicos e hospitalares. Estes problemas estão relacionados, em sua grande maioria, à regulamentação dos contratos permitidos entre as seguradoras, os provedores de serviços médicos e hospitalares e os segurados. A principal conclusão deste trabalho é mostrar que a flexibilização dos contratos entre provedores e seguradora tem efeito significativo na redução dos custos do seguro-saúde, resultando sobretudo em maior eficiência dos serviços ofertados. Os novos desenhos de contratos estabelecidos permitem a divisão do risco entre os provedores e seguradora, além de centralizar a decisão de encaminhamentos médicos a serem realizados configurando utilização mais racional destes serviços. A flexibilização dos contratos não significou, no entanto, eliminação da regulação por parte do Estado do setor de seguro-saúde privado, sendo fundamental para garantir a sustentabilidade financeira dos seguros.The aim of this paper is to organize the main institutional characteristics of the American Health System, emphasizing the reforms that occurred during the age of seventy and the difficulties to regulate the private sector of medical and hospital services. The most part of these problems are related to the contract regulation between the providers of medical and hospital service and the patients. The

Violencia contra mujeres embarazadas entre las usuarias del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social: un estudio sobre determinantes, prevalencia y severidad

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Roberto Castro

2002-01-01

Full Text Available Se presentan los resultados de una encuesta entre 446 mujeres usuarias de los servicios de salud del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS en Morelos, que se encontraban en su tercer trimestre de embarazo. El objetivo era indagar si la violencia contra mujeres se incrementa durante el embarazo o si, por el contrario, disminuye. Se encontró que la prevalencia no varió en ambos periodos (aproximadamente 15 por ciento, en general. En cambio, la severidad de la violencia emocional se incrementó durante el embarazo, mientras que la de la violencia física y sexual se mantuvo constante. Un análisis de regresión logística mostró que las variables que mejor predicen la violencia durante el embarazo son el número de hijos, el consumo de alcohol por parte de la pareja, la historia de violencia en la infancia de la pareja y la existencia de violencia durante el año previo al embarazo.

PSA (:60) Mantenga los alimentos, el agua y los medicamentos seguros (Keep Food, Water, and Medications Safe)

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2017-10-25

Este anuncio de servicio público de 60 segundos explica la importancia de mantener los alimentos, el agua y los medicamentos seguros después de una emergencia.  Created: 10/25/2017 by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).   Date Released: 10/25/2017.

El dilema del arte popular en Bolivia

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Lupe Cajas

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Aborda la comunicación desde las tres interpretaciones más importantes: la tradicionalista, la militar y mercantilista y el arte popular tan inestable, cuestionado y cambiante. Canclini cuestiona la compartamentalización de cultura: popular y de medios y esboza los problemas que plantea la tradicional miopía de no reconocer la universalización y ubicuidad de la cultura de masas. Se agregan otros temas como: ¿Re-intelección de los medios? apuntes sobre un libro de los Mattelart, ¿"Ética" o "Deontología" de la comunicación social?, El lenguaje del vestido y de la fiesta,Talleres de cultura Popular en Santiago de Chile, El dilema del arte popular en Bolivia,¿Sobrevivirán las artesanías aborígenes argentinas?, Los tejedores de El Tintorero, Tecnologías de computación y Tercer Mundo, La cobertura del terremoto en México, La comunicación como quehacer y como problema, la comunicación planificada sirve al desarrollo

Probióticos para la prevención de la diarrea asociada al clostridium difficile en adultos y niños

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2014-05-01

Resultados principales: Sobre la base de esta revisión sistemática y del metanálisis de 23 ensayos controlados aleatorios con 4213 pacientes, las pruebas de calidad moderada indican que los probióticos son tanto seguros como efectivos para prevenir la diarrea asociada al Clostridium difficile.

Acceso remoto seguro a cuentas de usuario utilizando plataformas de virtualización

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Walter Fuertes, Maritza Enríquez y Diego Veloz

2011-05-01

Full Text Available En  las  universidades  persiste  el  problema  de  la subutilización de recursos tecnológicos; sin embargo, sesigue  incurriendo en gastos por adquisición de servidores,hardware  y  software. Frente  a  este  escenario,  en  laindustria se han venido desarrollando las tecnologías devirtualización, que ahorran energía y costos de inversiónde hardware. En  consecuencia,  el  artículo propone  elacceso remoto seguro a cuentas de usuario en un servidoruniversitario  virtualizado;  para  llevarlo  a  cabo  sediseñaron  e  implementaron  varias  topologías  deexperimentación, utilizando Virtual Box 3.1.3 y VMwareServer 2.0.2,  y  se  evaluaron diversas  tecnologías  deconexiones remotas seguras, bajo  idénticas condicionesy parámetros de  comprobación. En  cada  topología  seevaluó el rendimiento del servidor, el performance y  laseguridad  de  la  red  en  producción. Los  resultadosmuestran  la  funcionalidad  de  este  proyecto  deinvestigación  que  facilita  el  acceso  remoto  seguro deusuarios a los recursos informáticos universitarios.

The labelling process in popular music: Being-called “musiques émergentes” in Montréal

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Martin Lussier

2011-08-01

Full Text Available The words used to discuss genres matter. The multiplication of genres and subgenres is accompanied by a growing number of corresponding labels, which are consequently debated and disputed. Using the case of the label “musiques émergentes” (“emerging musics”, which has spread rapidly during the last decade in the cultural landscape of Montréal, Canada, this article examines one debate surrounding this label, focusing on discussions between artists and industry workers and their understanding of the usefulness of such a name/label in today’s popular music milieu. This discussion presents the labelling process as something that constitutes a group rather than capturing the likeness of its members. Drawing on the writings of Giorgio Agamben, the second part of this article examines labelling as a practice that exposes and renders possible the relation of something to something else – a cultural text to a genre – contributing to the production of “musiques émergentes” as a “being-called.”

Individual Popularity, Peer Group Popularity Composition and Adolescents' Alcohol Consumption.

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Gommans, Rob; Müller, Christoph M; Stevens, Gonneke W J M; Cillessen, Antonius H N; Ter Bogt, Tom F M

2017-08-01

Previous studies have convincingly shown associations between popularity and adolescent drinking. This study examined whether the popularity composition of the peer group and the relative difference in popularity between adolescents and their peers are also associated with adolescent drinking. Participants were 800 adolescents (M age  = 14.73; SD age  = 1.00; 51.6 % girls) from 31 classrooms who completed peer ratings of popularity and self-reports of alcohol consumption. Results showed that drinking was higher among popular than unpopular adolescents, higher among popular adolescents surrounded by less popular classmates, and lower in classrooms with more variability in popularity. Thus, beyond individual popularity, peer group popularity composition also should be taken into account when investigating antisocial and health risk behaviors in adolescence such as drinking.

Constructing the popular: challenges of archiving ugandan 'popular ...

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Constructing the popular: challenges of archiving ugandan 'popular' music. ... on the intention of the one defining, the popular is also time- and culture-specific. ... in Uganda is commercially determined – by the media and the music industry.

El seguro de desempleo en el Perú : una retrospección preliminar a través de la Teoría Jurídica, la Economía Neo Institucional y el Austrian Law and Economics = Unemployment insurance in Peru : a preminary analysis through the Legal, Neo Institutional Economics and Austrian Law and Economics approaches

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Méndez Reátegui, Rubén

2014-01-01

El objetivo de este documento es examinar la implementación de un sistema de seguro de desempleo en el Perú y sus implicancias a partir de la coordinación institucional como modelo teórico. Este estudio es implementado a través de los aportes de la Teoría Jurídica, Economía Neo Institucional y al Austrian Law and Economics. Al representar lo jurídico un bien cultural infinitamente variable, en el manuscrito no se recurre a un análisis empírico-experimental sino al estudio de caso, la metodolo...

Seguro médico público en la OCDE y Unión Europea: características y tendencias

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Aurelia Valiño Castro

1997-01-01

Expone las características de los seguros médicos públicos en la OCDE y en particular en la UE a través de una revisión panorámica de los sistemas públicos de salud utilizando los datos para 1995 de ambas instituciones.

La iniciativa legislativa popular en América Latina

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Felipe Hevia de la Jara

2010-01-01

Una de las características del proceso de democratización en América Latina es la incorporación de mecanismos de democracia directa como el plebiscito, la iniciativa legislativa y la revocación del mandato. Este artículo analiza específicamente uno de ellos: la Iniciativa Legislativa Popular (ILP), definida como el derecho de los ciudadanos a presentar proyectos de ley al Parlamento y/o exigir una consulta popular para aprobar o rechazar leyes o reformas legales. El artículo incluye una discu...

Access to healthcare and financial risk protection for older adults in Mexico: secondary data analysis of a national survey.

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Doubova, Svetlana V; Pérez-Cuevas, Ricardo; Canning, David; Reich, Michael R

2015-07-21

While the benefits of Seguro Popular health insurance in Mexico relative to no insurance have been widely documented, little has been reported on its effects relative to the pre-existing Social Security health insurance. We analyse the effects of Social Security and Seguro Popular health insurances in Mexico on access to healthcare of older adults, and on financial risk protection to their households, compared with older adults without health insurance. Secondary data analysis was performed using the 2012 Mexican Survey of Health and Nutrition (ENSANUT). The study population comprised 18,847 older adults and 13,180 households that have an elderly member. The dependent variables were access to healthcare given the reported need, the financial burden imposed by health expenditures measured through catastrophic health-related expenditures, and using savings for health-related expenditures. Separate propensity score matching analyses were conducted for each comparison. The analysis for access was performed at the individual level, and the analysis for financial burden at the household level. In each case, matching on a wide set of relevant characteristics was achieved. Seguro Popular showed a protective effect against lack of access to healthcare for older adults compared with those with no insurance. The average treatment effect on the treated (ATET) was ascertained through using the nearest-neighbour matching (-8.1%, t-stat -2.305) analysis. However, Seguro Popular did not show a protective effect against catastrophic expenditures in a household where an older adult lived. Social Security showed increased access to healthcare (ATET -11.3%, t-stat -3.138), and protective effect against catastrophic expenditures for households with an elderly member (ATET -1.9%, t-stat -2.178). Seguro Popular increased access to healthcare for Mexican older adults. Social Security showed a significant protective effect against lack of access and catastrophic expenditures compared with

Promoting the healthy, safe use of recreational waters Por un uso saludable y seguro de las aguas de recreo

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2003-11-01

Full Text Available Las actividades acuáticas recreativas pueden ofrecer beneficios considerables para la salud y el bienestar de las personas. Por ejemplo, los lagos y los ríos pueden brindar un ambiente adecuado para el descanso, la actividad física y el esparcimiento. Además, muchos países de todas las latitudes dependen de sus extensas playas cubiertas de arena para atraer a los turistas, y los desembolsos de esos visitantes contribuyen a la economía local. Sin embargo, esas actividades acuáticas también pueden representar riesgos para la salud, ya que aguas contaminadas o poco seguras en lugares de recreo pueden conducir a infecciones y enfermedades, lesiones e incluso la muerte. Para ayudar a lidiar con este tipo de problemas, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS emitió recientemente un informe titulado Directrices para un Medio Acuático Recreativo Seguro (Guidelines for Safe Recreational Water Environments. El texto está dirigido a reducir las muertes y lesiones de los bañistas, así como a hacer las playas y los espacios recreativos acuáticos más seguros para el descanso, los ejercicios y el esparcimiento. El nuevo informe de la OMS trata sobre riesgos tales como el de ahogarse y recibir lesiones; la exposición al frío, el calor y las radiaciones solares; la calidad del agua; la contaminación de la arena de las playas; y la exposición a algas, agentes químicos y físicos, así como a organismos acuáticos peligrosos. Las directrices propuestas en el informe de la OMS deben servir de base para desarrollar estrategias nacionales e internacionales -como estándares y regulaciones-, para controlar los riesgos para la salud que se pueden encontrar en los medios acuáticos de recreo y, al mismo tiempo, deben ofrecer un marco de trabajo para las autoridades locales encargadas de tomar decisiones. Estas directrices también se pueden utilizar como material de referencia para las industrias y los operadores que preparan proyectos de

O dever de informar e sua aplicação ao contrato de seguro

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Thelma de Mesquita Garcia e Souza

2012-01-01

Este estudo trata da informação que permeia os contratos e de sua aplicação ao contrato de seguro, da perspectiva do Direito e da Economia, ciências sociais que se complementam, porque aplicadas à mesma realidade, que será mais fielmente retratada se analisada sob ângulos diferentes, mas correlatos. Perquirindo a função da informação no contrato, constata que, se concernente a elemento essencial deste, a ele adere, passando a integrá-lo, o que determina sua importância nesse contexto e indica...

Programa educativo dirigido a pacientes con cáncer de mama que reciben quimioterapia ambulatoria en el Centro Oncológico Estatal ISSEMYM

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Gutierrez García, Edna Jannet

2014-01-01

El cáncer de mama es un crecimiento irregular de células anómalas del tejido mamario; en México es la segunda causa de muerte. El Centro Oncológico Estatal (COE) del ISSEMYM brinda tratamiento al 70% de la población femenina que es diagnosticada con este padecimiento, incluye tanto a las pacientes derechohabientes como a las pacientes atendidas en el programa de seguro popular, diagnosticadas en su unidad adscrita; para fines de esta investigación, se consideró únicamente la quimioterapia...

Transmissão da política monetária pelos canais de tomada de risco e de crédito: uma análise considerando os seguros contratados pelos bancos e o spread de crédito no Brasil

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Debora Pereira Tavares

2013-09-01

Full Text Available Este trabalho apresenta uma contribuição pioneira para a literatura sobre mecanismos de transmissão da política monetária pelos canais do crédito e de tomada de risco ao analisar a influência da política monetária sobre o processo de contratação de seguro referente às perdas com operações de concessão de crédito bancário às pessoas físicas e investigar o impacto exercido pela contratação desta modalidade de seguro sobre o spread de crédito no Brasil. Os resultados indicam que: i políticas monetárias influenciam o prêmio do seguro de crédito; e ii existe uma relação positiva entre o prêmio de seguro e o spread, sugerindo que o spread de crédito é sensível ao montante de seguros pagos pelas entidades financeiras.

LA IGUALDAD DE SEXOS Y EL PRECIO DEL SEGURO PRIVADO EN UN CONTEXTO DE PROTECCIÓN SOCIAL

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Daniel Hernández González

2012-07-01

Full Text Available El Seguro como institución ofrece protección y cobertura frente a la materialización de riesgos a cambio del pago de una prima, pudiendo así articularse como una herramienta de protección social. La Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia Europeo de 1 de marzo de 2011 impide que ya en el ejercicio 2013 las primas de seguro utilicen la variable sexo como herramienta dentro de la valoración de riesgos y determinación de precios, dando lugar a una situación que, tal y como aquí se expone e independientemente de sus efectos económicos para aseguradoras y asegurados, se plantea de forma no muy acertada y distante de los objetivos que pretende cumplir. The insurance offers protection and coverage against the materialisation of risks in exchange for a premium and it can be defined as a tool of social protection. The judgment of the European Court of Justice of 1 March 2011 prevents that insurance premiums are based on the variable “sex” as a tool in risk assessment and pricing, leading to a situation which, regardless of their economic impact on insurers and policyholders, is unfortunate and away from the objectives it seeks to comply.

Análisis de la estructura organizacional del centro médico popular Dra. Lili Perez Sánchez y propuesta de reestructuración de procesos administrativos para potenciar el servicio al cliente.

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Carrera Franco, Astrid Carolina; Pazmiño Flores, Tatiana Carolina

2015-01-01

El presente proyecto de investigación se orienta en el análisis de procesos administrativos en el Centro Médico Popular Dra.Lili Pérez Sánchez y reestructuración de estos mediante un estudio de tiempos y movimientos, modificación del manual de procesos para el personal, complementado con estrategias de marketing para llegar acertadamente al cliente. The following investigation project is oriented from the analysis of the administrative processes in the Popular Medical Center Dra.Lili Pérez...

Los Jóvenes que Viven en Barrios Populares Producen más Cultura que Violencia/Youth Who Live in Popular Neighborhoods Produce More Culture than Violence/Os Jovens que Moram em Bairros Populares Produzem mais Cultura do que Violência

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James Cuenca

2016-03-01

Full Text Available Este escrito analiza la situación en la que viven los jóvenes de los barrios populares al estar enfrentados a un fuerte estigma social que los reduce a delincuentes, drogadictos y violentos. Retomando la categoría de barrio popular, se critica esta posición y, a cambio, se propone una interpretación en la que se destaca la productividad cultural que tienen los jóvenes que viven en estos barrios. Se toma como caso a los raperos que viven en la ciudad de Cali, Colombia. Así, en el documento se puede constatar que, con el rap y el hip hop, los jóvenes afirman positivamente sus identidades y sus orígenes sociales como habitantes del barrio popular.

Toward Better Access to Health Insurance Coverage for U.S. Retirees in Mexico Mejor accesibilidad a los seguros de salud para jubilados estadunidenses residentes en México

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David C. Warner

2001-02-01

Full Text Available Many retirees from the United States of America have limited health insurance coverage while living in Mexico. Medicare and Medicaid benefits are not portable to other countries and Medigap (private insurance that supplements Medicare is very limited. This causes economic and medical hardships and serves as a barrier to retirement to Mexico. Increasing numbers of U.S. retirees will be interested in moving to Mexico in the future because of the climate, the culture, and the lower cost of living. The numbers are increasing as a result of several factors such as aging "baby boomers" and the rapidly growing Mexican-origin population in the U.S.A. who are citizens or permanent residents but would like to return to their communities of origin after working in the U.S.A. There are several policy initiatives that could provide opportunities for improving health insurance coverage for these retirees that could be cost-effective. The full version of this paper is available too at: http://www.insp.mx/salud/index.htmlMuchos jubilados estadunidenses cuentan con una cobertura de seguro médico restringida mientras viven en México. Los beneficios de Medicare y Medicaid no son transferibles a otros países, y el Medigap (el seguro privado que complementa a Medicare es muy limitado. Esto genera privaciones económicas y médicas y es una barrera para el retiro en México. Un número creciente de jubilados estadunidenses estaría interesado en mudarse a México en el futuro, debido al clima, la cultura y el costo más bajo de la vida. Este número creciente es resultado de varios factores: el envejecimiento de los baby boomers y la creciente población de origen mexicano con ciudadanía estadunidense o con residencia permanente, a la que le gustaría regresar a su comunidad de origen después de haber trabajado en Estados Unidos de América. En este trabajo se presentan diversas iniciativas que podrían ofrecer oportunidades para mejorar la cobertura de seguro m

Propuesta para la optimización de los procesos de gestión de recuperación de cartera de fianzas en el departamento de cobranzas de Sul América Compañía de Seguros del Ecuador C.A.

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Plaza Loza, Fabricio Gonzalo

2011-01-01

A través del presente trabajo de tesis se busca mejorar e implementar procesos en el campo de cobranzas en Latina Seguros y Reaseguros C.A, antes conocida como Sul América Compañía de Seguros del Ecuador C.A.

Arte popular y crítica a la modernidad

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Orlando Morillo

2016-01-01

Full Text Available El arte popular, concebido como lenguaje, posibilita el descentramiento de los relatos modernos y pone en evidencia los vicios de la civilización a través de un posicionamiento ético-crítico que busca un horizonte de sentido humanizante para desterrar los excesos de la instrumentalidad positivista y cientifizante. Es mediante la incidencia del arte popular y su valoración simbólica que se pueden generar procesos de revisión histórica, para que junto al eclecticismo crítico, el nihilismo y la deconstrucción, se pueda arribar a una autonomía social e individual capaz de conformar una “utopía estética” que apunte a un “sentido orgánico de la vida”, a la interrelación armónica entre pensamiento, naturaleza y ser humano. Todo en beneficio de una subjetividad epistémica que dignifique al sujeto como centro, ante la arremetida de los excesos de la modernidad.

Conjunto de Ejercicios Físico con fines Terapéuticos para los pacientes obesos perteneciente al Consejo Popular Pueblo Nuevo del municipio de Consolación del Sur

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Rainel Gómez Hernández

2009-06-01

Full Text Available En el presente   trabajo investigativo titulado: Conjunto de Ejercicios Físico con fines Terapéuticos para los pacientes obesos perteneciente al Consejo Popular Pueblo Nuevo del municipio de Consolación del Sur. La obesidad  constituye una de las enfermedades con  mayor  prevalecía     en los países occidentales, considerándose en la actualidad la enfermedad metabólica más frecuente. Puede considerarse un problema de salud pública, pues ocasiona una disminución de la esperanza de vida y constituye la segunda causa de mortalidad prevenible,  dado el tema surge la siguiente interrogante ¿Como contribuir al mejoramiento del Estado de Salud de los pacientes obesos perteneciente al Consejo Popular Pueblo Nuevo del municipio de Consolación del Sur? Esta investigación tiene como objetivo: Integrar  un Conjunto de Ejercicios Físicos con fines Terapéuticos para el mejoramiento del  Estado de Salud de los pacientes obesos perteneciente al Consejo Popular Pueblo Nuevo del municipio mencionado. Este trabajo propone un programa de ejercicios físicos para la disminución del peso corporal en los pacientes  que  presenta       obesidad que conviven en  el  Consejo Popular anteriormente mencionado. Para la realización del mismo se tuvo en cuenta fundamentalmente el método dialéctico–materialista de cual se derivan   los métodos teóricos y métodos empíricos, en los primeros podemos encontrar el Análisis-Síntesis, Histórico-Lógico y El Trabajo con Documentos y en los segundos la Encuesta, la Observación, para a través de los mismos recopilar datos que contribuyan  en el desarrollo satisfactorio de la investigación. La investigación es ubicada dentro de las ciencias biológicas vinculadas con el Deporte y la Cultura Física.  En la misma se resume los datos más importantes sobre ejercicios que contemplan  técnicas tradicionales  y  de  técnicas  orientales como �

Individual popularity, peer group popularity composition and adolescents' alcohol consumption

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Gommans, R.; Müller, C.M.; Stevens, G.W.J.M.; Cillessen, A.H.N.; Bogt, T.F.M. ter

2017-01-01

Previous studies have convincingly shown associations between popularity and adolescent drinking. This study examined whether the popularity composition of the peer group and the relative difference in popularity between adolescents and their peers are also associated with adolescent drinking.

Individual Popularity, Peer Group Popularity Composition and Adolescents? Alcohol Consumption

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Gommans, Rob; M?ller, Christoph M.; Stevens, Gonneke W. J. M.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Ter Bogt, Tom F. M.

2016-01-01

Previous studies have convincingly shown associations between popularity and adolescent drinking. This study examined whether the popularity composition of the peer group and the relative difference in popularity between adolescents and their peers are also associated with adolescent drinking. Participants were 800 adolescents (M age?=?14.73; SDage?=?1.00; 51.6?% girls) from 31 classrooms who completed peer ratings of popularity and self-reports of alcohol consumption. Results showed that dri...

Uso de los servicios de salud ambulatorios en la población peruana

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Pedro Ypanaqué-Luyo

Full Text Available Objetivos. Describir el perfil de necesidad y los patrones de utilización de los servicios de salud ambulatorios en la población afiliada y no afiliada a los seguros de salud en el Perú. Materiales y métodos. Estudio transversal descriptivo usando los datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 2011. Los datos se distribuyeron en cinco grupos: personas afiliadas al Seguro Social de Salud (EsSalud, Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS, Seguro de Salud de las Fuerzas Armadas y Policiales (FA-FP, los seguros privados de salud (SPS y personas no aseguradas. Resultados. Personas aseguradas y las afiliadas al EsSalud tuvieron más probabilidades de usar la consulta ambulatoria que las personas no aseguradas y los afiliados al SIS. Los afiliados al SIS acudieron principalmente a los centros y puestos de salud (47,1%, mientras que los afiliados a otros seguros utilizaron mayoritariamente los hospitales y clínicas. Los no asegurados usaron como primera opción las farmacias y boticas (46,7% con la finalidad de solucionar sus problemas de salud. En todos los seguros se realizó pago de bolsillo por la consulta, los medicamentos y los exámenes auxiliares. La percepción de "no gravedad" fue la principal razón de no búsqueda de atención en los asegurados (40,0% y no asegurados (41,4%; no obstante la falta de dinero mostró una diferencia importante entre asegurados (10,6% y no asegurados (16,3%. Conclusiones. El perfil de utilización de los servicios de salud ambulatoria en la población peruana expresa diferencias que se relacionan con la tenencia y el tipo de seguro

Arte y comunicación popular en tiempos neoconservadores (Entrevista a N. García Canclini

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Revista Chasqui

2015-01-01

Full Text Available García Canclini plantea tres puntos en torno al tema del arte y la comunicación. El del posmodernismo paralelo al neoconservatismo político y económico; el de lo insostenible de la división entre lo culto, lo popular y lo masivo, y el de la crítica situación del análisis de lo popular. El neoconservadorismo viene socavando muchos movimientos de transformación social y se muestra mediante el posmodernismo que intenta apoderarse de forma estetizante de la cultura, propone un estilo de "participación" basado en el consumo, y trata de encapsular la experiencia estética en la esfera privada. La compartimentalización de lo culto (Historia del Arte, lo popular (Folklore, Antropología, lo masivo (Medios obedece a intereses del mercado cultural y del poder universitario, pero no responde al objeto de su estudio que ha cambiado, pues la realidad muestra que hay entrecruzamientos incesantes entre estos tres sistemas culturales. La crisis de los análisis de lo popular nace tanto de que cada una de las tres tendencias define lo popular y a él se acerca de distinto modo, como de la pluralidad de los discursos políticos (Estado, Partidos sobre cultura nacional y culturas populares. Subyace a este triple problema el de la dificultad de imaginar formas alternativas de intervención de los medios masivos que hoy enseñan a las masas a pensar y sentir, lo que de alguna manera sí hace el neoconservadorismo y su reordenamiento empresarial.

Hospital seguro frente aos desastres: uma reflexão sobre biossegurança e arquitetura Hospitals safe from disasters: a reflection on architecture and biosafety

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Lucia Cristina de Paiva Saba

2012-02-01

Full Text Available Um dos maiores desafios da sociedade atual é o enfrentamento das adversidades causadas pelos desastres. Os estabelecimentos de saúde, principalmente os hospitais, são considerados essenciais nessas situações. Este trabalho discute os princípios da arquitetura do hospital seguro frente aos desastres, como propõem a Organização Mundial da Saúde e a Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde. Projetar um hospital seguro exige ações multidisciplinares, com envolvimento de administradores, arquitetos, engenheiros, médicos e enfermeiros. O planejamento de cada hospital pressupõe uma análise de riscos e aspectos de segurança específicos. Também é importante agregar a biossegurança ao conceito de hospital seguro. O equilíbrio entre aspectos arquitetônicos e biossegurança permite a compreensão dos riscos associados ao trabalho, facilitando o dimensionamento de espaços para suportar as ações de resposta frente às emergências. Em suma, a programação de um hospital seguro requer uma síntese de conhecimentos que relacionam diversos saberes, entre eles os da biossegurança e da arquitetura hospitalar. Esses princípios devem embasar as indagações sobre o hospital seguro e o planejamento de projetos arquitetônicos com foco na manutenção das instalações em capacidade máxima mesmo diante de situações adversas.One of the biggest challenges in today’s society is facing adversity caused by disasters. Health facilities, especially hospitals, are considered essential in these situations. This article discusses the principles of architectural design of hospitals safe from disasters, as proposed by the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization. Designing a safe hospital requires multidisciplinary efforts, involving administrators, architects, engineers, physicians, and nurses. The planning of each hospital demands the analysis of specific risks and safety concerns. The concept of biosafety should also be

Cobertura de seguros de salud en relación con el uso de servicios médicos, condiciones de vida y percepción de la salud en Lima, Perú

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Risof Solís; Sixto E. Sánchez; Miguel Carrión; Elga Samatelo; Rosario Rodríguez-Zubiate; Margarita Rodríguez

2009-01-01

Objetivos. Correlacionar la afiliación a seguros de salud y el uso de servicios médicos, condiciones de vida y la percepción de salud en pobladores de doce distritos de la ciudad de Lima, Perú. Material y métodos. Estudio descriptivo transversal poblacional, realizado entre enero y marzo de 2006 en doce distritos de Lima Metropolitana, usando una encuesta de salud de 72 preguntas. Resultados. Se entrevistó a 4355 pobladores, 48% de ellos no tenían seguro de salud. Comparado con personas que t...

Solvencia y competencia económica en el mercado de seguros de salud español

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González Gómez, Faustino

2013-01-01

El principal objetivo de este trabajo de investigación es establecer cuáles son los efectos del cambio regulador de solvencia sobre el mercado nacional de seguros de enfermedad o salud conforme a los principios generales definidos por la Directiva de Solvencia II. Se analizan los efectos sobre la protección de los asegurados, la concentración del mercado y la competencia económica. Para la elaboración de este trabajo de investigación se han considerado los principios generales enunciados por ...

The Popular Front elections in the province of Alicante | Las elecciones del Frente Popular en la provincia de Alicante

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Juan Martínez Leal

2012-12-01

Full Text Available The Popular Front elections were the last and most critical one made during the Second Spanish Republic. Confronted the Spanish in two major electoral blocks, these elections were experienced with particular intensity in the province of Alicante, where the Republic had taken deep roots, especially in the industrial towns and in the capital. For the first time, according to the official canvass of the Provincial Electoral Board, results on scrutiny of votes are sorted out by town in order to compose a comprehensive electoral map of the whole province. The Popular Front won the elections in a clear but tight manner, although, above all, it was a democratic and clean process. | Las elecciones del Frente Popular fueron las últimas y más decisivas realizadas durante la Segunda República Española. Confrontados los españoles en dos grandes bloques electorales, estas elecciones se vivieron con una especial intensidad en la provincia de Alicante, donde la República había echado hondas raíces, especialmente en los pueblos industriales y en la capital. Por primera vez, en base al Acta del Escrutinio Oficial de la Junta del Censo Electoral Provincial se recogen los resultados ordenados pueblo a pueblo para componer un completo mapa electoral de toda la provincia. El Frente Popular venció en los comicios de forma clara pero ajustada y, sobre todo, de forma limpia y democrática.

Al-Qaeda-Syria (AQS): An Al-Qaeda Affiliate Case Study

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2017-10-01

Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict CT Counterterrorism FF Foreign Fighter FSA Free Syrian Army GEC Global Engagement Center HTS Hay’at...war as an opportunity for the global jihadist movement, an opportunity that paralleled the one Iraq had offered a decade earlier.11 He was initially...Zawahiri’s vision of Al-Qaeda franchises oriented toward winning popular support. When al-Zawahiri published his “General Guidelines for Jihad” in

The Role of Popularity Goal in Early Adolescents' Behaviors and Popularity Status

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Dawes, Molly; Xie, Hongling

2014-01-01

The effect of popularity goal on the use of 3 popularity-related behaviors and later popularity status was examined in a diverse sample of 314 6th-grade students (176 girls and 138 boys) in both fall (Time 1) and spring (Time 2) semesters. Popularity goal and the use of popularity-driven behaviors (e.g., "I change the way I dress in order to…

Imagen popular de la ciencia transmitida por los cómics

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Adriana Patricia Gallego-Torres

2007-01-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo nos centraremos en el análisis crítico de la imagen popular de la ciencia transmitida por los cómics existentes en el mercado (en la medida que hagan referencia al trabajo científico.

Caracterización de la violencia urbana en Barranquilla desde la construcción noticiosa en la prensa popular. Caso del periódico Al Día

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Isaías Molina-Jácome

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo analiza la violencia urbana que se expone en la prensa popular, desde la teoría de la construcción noticiosa, con el fin de comprender cómo se construye la violencia urbana en los medios impresos. Para ello escogió el periódico Al Día, de la ciudad de Barranquilla, Colombia, en un corte que va desde mayo de 2007 hasta abril de 2008.La naturaleza de la investigación fue de tipo descriptiva, la técnica usada fue el análisis de contenidos y la metodología, cuali-cuantitativa. El diseño fue transaccional, no experimental y la muestra seleccionada no probabilística.Los objetivos específicos fueron: establecer los principales rasgos que caracterizan la agenda, cómo se construye la violencia urbana, cuáles son los lugares donde ocurren los hechos violentos y las características del contenido de los mensajes de la fotografía de la prensa popular.La investigación concluyó con una descripción de la violencia urbana basada en encuadres de enfrentamiento e interés humano, con una violencia física o corporal, de género masculino, con una ocupación que no aparece registrada y unos lugares violentos que pertenecen al suroccidente y suroriente de la ciudad. Además, con una noticia (texto y fotografía de baja calidad informativa que usa la violencia para atrapar al lector sin tener en cuenta el drama que arrastra.

On Modelling Insurance Data by Using a Generalized Lognormal Distribution || Sobre la modelización de datos de seguros usando una distribución lognormal generalizada

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García, Victoriano J.

2014-12-01

Full Text Available In this paper, a new heavy-tailed distribution is used to model data with a strong right tail, as often occurs in practical situations. The distribution proposed is derived from the lognormal distribution, by using the Marshall and Olkin procedure. Some basic properties of this new distribution are obtained and we present situations where this new distribution correctly reflects the sample behaviour for the right tail probability. An application of the model to dental insurance data is presented and analysed in depth. We conclude that the generalized lognormal distribution proposed is a distribution that should be taken into account among other possible distributions for insurance data in which the properties of a heavy-tailed distribution are present. || Presentamos una nueva distribución lognormal con colas pesadas que se adapta bien a muchas situaciones prácticas en el campo de los seguros. Utilizamos el procedimiento de Marshall y Olkin para generar tal distribución y estudiamos sus propiedades básicas. Se presenta una aplicación de la misma para datos de seguros dentales que es analizada en profundidad, concluyendo que tal distribución deberá formar parte del catálogo de distribuciones a tener cuenta para la modernización de datos en seguros cuando hay presencia de colas pesadas.

Onde está o risco? Os seguros no contexto do turismo de aventura Where is the risk? Insurance in the context of adventure tourism

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Mary Jane Spink

2004-08-01

Full Text Available A indústria de seguros vem respondendo à crescente exposição deliberada ao risco no contexto do turismo de aventura. Os seguros constituem apenas uma das possíveis aplicações de tecnologias do risco, mas têm se tornado um dos elementos centrais nos diferentes tipos de contratos estabelecidos pelas operadoras de turismo. Procuramos, neste artigo, responder à pergunta: de quem é a responsabilidade pelos danos, quando o risco é ativamente procurado como forma de lazer? Abordaremos inicialmente a inserção da proposta de estudo no contexto da literatura sobre risco e aspectos gerais da regulação do turismo de aventura no Brasil. A seguir, por meio de estudo de caso de uma operadora de turismo de aventura, analisaremos como é garantida a segurança do usuário no jogo de relações entre mercado de turismo, seguros e Estado. Concluiremos com breves considerações sobre a partilha dos danos e responsabilidades entre operadoras de seguros e de turismo, Estado e usuários, apontando ainda para possíveis mudanças no cenário atualmente configurado.The insurance industry has been quick to respond to the increase in deliberate exposure to risk in the context of adventure tourism. Although insurance is only one aspect of the possible applications of risk technologies, it has become a central element in the variety of contracts established between tourism operators and clients. This article addresses the question: who has responsibility for damages incurred when risk is actively sought in leisure pursuits? Initially we'll discuss risk-adventure in the context of the literature on risk and the regulation of adventure tourism in Brazil. Based on a case study of a tourism office offering leisure activities in nature, it proceeds with an analysis of how client safety is guaranteed in the network of relationships involving tourism market, insurance industry and State regulation. It concludes with brief considerations about the distribution of

Defining popular iconic metaphor.

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Columbus, Peter J; Boerger, Michael A

2002-04-01

Popular Iconic Metaphor is added to the cognitive linguistic lexicon of figurative language. Popular Iconic Metaphors employ real or fictional celebrities of popular culture as source domains in figurative discourse. Some borders of Popular Iconic Metaphor are identified, and Elvis Presley is offered as a prototype example of a popular iconic source domain, due to his ubiquity in American popular culture, which affords his figurative usage in ways consistent with decision heuristics in everyday life. Further study of Popular Iconic Metaphors may serve to illuminate how figurative expressions emerge in their localized contexts, structure conduct and experience, and affect mediation of cultural and personal meanings.

Viabilidad jurídico-financiera de un contrato de seguro para los precios del petróleo

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Salinas Jaramillo, Maricela del Rocío

2016-01-01

Esta investigación plantea determinar la VIABILIDAD JURÍDICOFINANCIERA DE UN CONTRATO DE SEGURO PARA LOS PRECIOS DEL PETRÓLEO, en razón de que los contratos no adquieren su esencia y naturaleza que les son inherentes porque se les denomine en una u otra forma. Todo contrato atiende a su esencia, y de esta debería devenir no solamente su denominación sino los contenidos que pertenecen a él, sin necesidad de cláusula especial. Para este efecto se analizará las características de los instrumento...

Desarrollo sostenible y hábitat popular.

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Juan José Castiblanco

2015-07-01

Full Text Available Buena parte de la superficie urbana está constituida por texturas y patrones que se han erigido sobre los territorios sin la participación directa de planificadores urbanos o de entidades estatales, y que en tal sentido se han calificado de informales o populares. Estas porciones de la ciudad, establecidas al margen de los procesos de planeación oficial se constituyen en territorios con profundos impactos sobre sus habitantes que, si bien permiten el afianzamiento de las comunidades en los territorios, también les apartan de los beneficios ofrecidos por los centros urbanos consolidados, bien sea en dimensiones de servicios complementarios a la vivienda, o bien por la ausencia de los principios básicos que desde el urbanismo se han establecido para el florecimiento de la vida. Si bien en las últimas décadas las incontables crisis que se erigen sobre el planeta han despertado la conciencia sobre la necesidad de recuperar los amplios cinturones de miseria que rodean los entornos urbanos, el continuo crecimiento de los mismos tanto en su población como en el área que ocupan en relación con la ciudad planificada implica un reto a los anquilosados sistemas de planeación urbana contemporáneos, más cuando por las dinámicas propias de lo urbano la desconexión de estos territorios de las tramas urbanas tradicionales contribuye al colapso generalizado de la ciudad hoy. En el marco de la investigación “Aproximación metodológica para la intervención en el hábitat popular urbano”, este artículo busca presentar una definición del desarrollo sostenible en vista de la existencia de este componente de lo urbano, el hábitat popular, y la necesidad de incluir el mejoramiento de las relaciones territoriales de estas zonas en el ordenamiento territorial para contribuir al mejoramiento de la calidad de vida de las comunidades asentadas en las mismas. El abordaje de esta perspectiva inclusiva que busca reconectar el desarrollo �

Communication of the popular

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Božilović Nikola

2015-01-01

Full Text Available The article deals with the problems of the communication of popular culture. It considers the more specialized meaning of popular culture, which primarily encompasses the works of artistic forms which have a popular character - easily understandable and entertaining contents and wide audience. The aesthetic communication of the popular through popular literature, film, pop and rock music is examined. The paper is divided into three parts. The first parts deals with the aesthetics of the communication of popular culture. It contains the analysis of the major formal-aesthetic procedures embedded in the creative expression of the popular. In the part which is dedicated to social aspects of the communication of popular art, the author examines the industrial, market and commercial principles upon which this whole culture is based. It is a time of new technologies and mass consumption, which represent, in the words of Eric Hobsbawm, a 'cultural landscape' that has transformed the manner in which a new audience experiences the artistic. Finally, popular culture stars are observed as communicators. The author adds them as a new, even crucial, link in the already known chain of communication comprising the author, the work and the audience. Stars (film, popular music are active factors of communication as well as its bearers. They are the intermediaries through which the audience establishes relationships with the authors (writers, directors, composers and the works in which those stars appear. Stars as 'new Olympians' (Morin are, indeed, another significant category that distinguishes the communication of popular culture.

Popular "Problems": Deviantization and Teachers' Curation of Popular Music

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Kallio, Alexis Anja

2017-01-01

Despite many music classrooms welcoming popular musics in striving towards an inclusive and democratic education, there has been relatively little research into teachers' decisions regarding which popular musics are included and which are excluded from classroom activities. This is of particular interest taking into account arguments that the…

Estructura hospitalaria y su relación con la sobrevida de pacientes pediátricos con leucemia linfoblástica aguda

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Miranda-Lora, América Liliana; Klünder-Klünder, Miguel; Ruíz-Cano, Jenifer; Reyes-López, Alfonso; Dorantes-Acosta, Elisa; Zapata-Tarrés, Marta; Manuell-Lee, Gabriel; Garduño-Espinosa, Juan; Muñoz-Hernández, Onofre

2012-01-01

Introducción. Se han identificado características de las unidades médicas que pueden considerarse como estándares ideales para la atención de pacientes pediátricos con cáncer. La implementación de estos estándares ha mejorado la sobrevida de los pacientes. Como parte de la evaluación de la calidad de la atención que reciben los niños con leucemia linfoblástica aguda afiliados al Seguro Popular, se analizó la relación entre la estructura de las unidades médicas y la mortalidad hospitalaria. Mé...

[Historical notes about scientific research in the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.

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Zárate, Arturo; Basurto-Acevedo, Lourdes

2013-01-01

Medical research in the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social has been considered one of the most important in this country for quality and quantity. Thanks to the work and leadership of Benito Coquet, who initiated the building of the National Medical Center in 1961, and the work of two pillars of research, Luis Castelazo and Bernardo Sepúlveda, the Institute successfully improved scientific research. In the years that followed, the Institute fostered the professionalization of research, the creation of research units in different areas of science, the incorporation of consolidated groups of researchers, the relationship with other institutions, the incorporation to the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, the editing of a journal to expose outside the work done within the Institute, and the formation of a trust to raise funds for financing. Thanks to all that, institutional research strengthened in all lines, and it was placed first, at certain times, at the national level.

PAIS DE CAMADA MÉDIA E POPULAR

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Vanessa Delfino

2005-01-01

Full Text Available Los objetivos de esta pesquisa consistió en analizar las concepciones de padres, de diferentes estatus sociales, sobre la violencia domestica contra los ninõs, los tipos de agresiones que relatan, la definición que dan para estos comportamientos y el nivel de detección de la violencia en su medio. Para cumplir tales objetivos fue elaborado un itinerário através de uma entrevista estruturada que tomo por base un trabajo de investigación sobre las prácticas de la educación de los hijos, siendo esta compuesta de 15 preguntas. Participaran 48 padres de família, 24 del clase media y 24 del estrato social popular. Los resultados indican que tanto los padres del nível social medio cuanto del popular tienen conocimiento de la violência domestica contra los ninõs, pero al mismo tiempo, existe una diferencia en la forma de uno y de outro de percibir la violencia. Estos datos indican la necesidad de más investigaciones sobre el tema.

El retroactivo pensional y la desafiliación al sistema general de pensiones en Colombia (Otra visión

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Álvaro Diego Román Bustamante

2006-01-01

Full Text Available ¿Estaría obligado un empleador a desafiliar del sistema general de pensiones a un trabajador que se lo solicite por el hecho de haber radicado su solicitud pensional ante el Seguro Social? Si no lo hace, ¿estaría obligado a pagar el retroactivo pensional desde la fecha en que se causó su derecho pensional, ya que según el Seguro Social, perdería el retroactivo? La respuesta es que no debe reconocerse dicho retroactivo porque durante todo ese tiempo el trabajador devengó sueldo (y ambos conceptos son incompatibles filosófica y jurídicamente, ya que provendrían de una misma causa jurídica. Además, durante todo el tiempo de vigencia de la relación laboral se debieron realizar cotizaciones al sistema general de pensiones, lapso que se tendrá en cuenta para acrecentar el monto final de la pensión, es decir, no habría perjuicio sino beneficio (a diferencia de si se tomara la fecha de causación del derecho pensional –siendo trabajador activo–, como punto de partida para el reconocimiento pensional. Por último, al haber procedido el empleador a desafiliar al trabajador activo, no sólo estaría incumpliendo la ley, sino que se hubiera colocado en una situación de riesgo inminente frente a una eventual pensión de sobrevivientes o invalidez, o podría haber impedido que el trabajador alcanzara la densidad de cotizaciones exigida para el reconocimiento de la pensión de vejez.

Popular Berkeley Lab X-ray Data Booklet reissued

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Robinson, Art

2001-01-01

X-ray scientists and synchrotron-radiation users who have been patiently waiting for an updated version of the popular X-Ray Data Booklet last published in 1986 by the Center for X-Ray Optics at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory can breathe a sigh of relief. The venerable ''little orange book'' has now been reissued under the auspices of CXRO and the Advanced Light Source (ALS) with an April printing of 10,000 paper copies and the posting of a Web edition at http://xdb.lbl.gov

"LA LEY PAREJA NO ES DURA" REPRESENTACIONES DE LA CRIMINALIDAD Y LA JUSTICIA EN LA LIRA POPULAR CHILENA

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DANIEL PALMA ALVARADO

2006-06-01

Full Text Available El estudio ofrece una aproximación a la historia social y urbana del Chile liberal y salitrero (1880-1920, a partir de las liras populares. Estos pliegos de poesía popular permiten descubrir y reconstruir las sensibilidades y representaciones sociales en torno a los más diversos tópicos, de los cuales se examinan en este artículo aquellos referidos a la criminalidad y la justicia, al crimen y al castigo. El análisis de las liras arroja una completa hermenéutica popular que aporta importantes matices a la comprensión tradicional de estos temas, dando cuenta de cuestiones como la violencia urbana, el clasismo del aparato judicial y el debate en torno a la pena de muerte. Asimismo, se reflexiona sobre la circulación de las liras entre la población urbana, observándose que el circuito de la cultura popular en que estaban inmersas las liras, se comienza a vincular de manera dialógica con otras expresionesThrough examining the liras populares, this study offers an approximation to social and urban history in the liberal and nitrate-funded Chilean era (1880-1920. These single sheets of popular poetry allow us to uncover social representations and sensibilities around wide topics. This article analyzes issues regarding criminality and justice, crime and punishment. The liras' analysis explores a popular hermeneutic that nuances traditional interpretations around Chilean crime and judiciary, opening new approaches to popular understandings on urban violence, the classism of the judiciary apparatus, and the debates concerning dead penalty. Likewise, this article explores the problem of the liras' urban distribution, circulation and impact, looking after the popular culture circuits that were growingly, dialogically linked to other expressions of cultural production

Violencia contra mujeres embarazadas entre las usuarias del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social: un estudio sobre determinantes, prevalencia y severidad

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Roberto Castro; Gregorio Agustín Ruiz; María de la Luz Arenas Monreal; Sergio Juárez Márquez; Nora Barrios Martínez Rojas

2002-01-01

Se presentan los resultados de una encuesta entre 446 mujeres usuarias de los servicios de salud del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) en Morelos, que se encontraban en su tercer trimestre de embarazo. El objetivo era indagar si la violencia contra mujeres se incrementa durante el embarazo o si, por el contrario, disminuye. Se encontró que la prevalencia no varió en ambos periodos (aproximadamente 15 por ciento, en general). En cambio, la severidad de l...

Factores de riesgo asociados al estado nutricio en lactantes que son atendidos en guarderías

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Vásquez-Garibay, Edgar M; Ávila-Alonso, Eneida N; Contreras-Ramos, Tania; Cuellar-Espinosa, Luz A; Romero-Velarde, Enrique

2007-01-01

Introducción. Objetivo: identificar factores asociados al estado nutricio en lactantes de 3 a 12 meses de edad que acuden a guarderías en Guadalajara. Material y métodos. En un estudio transversal, se incluyeron 123 lactantes de 3 a 12 meses de edad de cinco guarderías del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social de Guadalajara. Se consideró déficit en índices de longitud/edad, peso/edad y peso/longitud con puntuación Z < -l desviación estándar (DE). Se exploraron variables sociodemográficas, eco...

Saber popular: sua existência no meio universitário Saber popular: su existencia en el medio universitario Popular wisdom: its existence in the university environment

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Maria Alves Barbosa

2004-12-01

Full Text Available Mitos e crendices estão presentes hodiernamente, apesar do desenvolvimento da ciência e da tecnologia, principalmente na busca por soluções de problemas que fogem ao entendimento humano. Objetivou-se verificar na comunidade universitária a existência de crendices e mitos, investigando suas origens, influências, adoção e credibilidade, correlacionando-os com o nível de conhecimento dos indivíduos. Pesquisa descritivo-analítica desenvolvida em Unidades de Ensino da Área de Saúde da Universidade Federal de Goiás. Seguiu-se a técnica de análise de conteúdo para análise dos dados. Foram criadas duas categorias: Atitudes Pessoais Relacionadas a Crenças e Influências e Superação das Crenças. Concluiu-se que há colisão entre os saberes popular e científico, gerando a exclusão do saber popular, sua manutenção "velada", ou mesmo, a aliança dos saberes.Mitos y creencias están presentes actualmente, a pesar del desarrollo de la ciencia y de la tecnología, principalmente en la búsqueda por soluciones de problemas que escapan al entendimiento humano. El estudio tuvo como objetivo verificar en la comunidad universitaria la existencia de creencias, mitos y otras prácticas populares, investigando sus orígenes, influencias, adopción, credibilidad y correlacionándolos con el nivel de conocimiento de los individuos. La investigación cuya naturaleza es descriptiva-analítica, fue desarrollada en Unidades de Enseñanza del Área de Salud de la Universidad Federal de Goiás. El grupo se constituye de profesores y estudiantes de los cursos del área de salud. Los resultados posibilitaron la creación de dos categorías, la primera, Actitudes personales relacionadas a Creencias, evidenció el poder de las prácticas populares y de las creencias sobre el comportamiento humano y la segunda, Influencias y Superación de las Creencias, permitió la comprensión del contento social y cultural del grupo investigado. Se concluye que

Public and popular history

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2013-01-01

This interdisciplinary collection considers public and popular history within a global framework, seeking to understand considerations of local, domestic histories and the ways they interact with broader discourses. Grounded in particular local and national situations, the book addresses the issues associated with popular history in a globalised cultural world, such as: how the study of popular history might work in the future; new ways in which the terms 'popular' and 'public' might inform one another and nuance scholarship; transnational, intercultural models of 'pastness'; cultural translat

Niveles de plomo sanguíneo en madres y recién nacidos derechohabientes del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

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Navarrete-Espinosa Joel

2000-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Establecer la relación entre el nivel de plomo sanguíneo materno (PSM y el de sangre en cordón umbilical (PSC al momento del parto, así como determinar los principales predictores del PSM en derechohabientes del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS, en el Distrito Federal (D.F.. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Se realizó un estudio transversal en el que se reclutaron voluntarias con embarazo normoevolutivo y se les tomaron muestras de sangre al momento del parto, en cuatro hospitales del IMSS en el D.F., de 1991 a 1993. Se tomó, además, muestra de sangre de cordón umbilical. Los datos fueron analizados mediante regresión lineal simple y múltiple. RESULTADOS: Se estudiaron un total de 1 404 binomios madre-hijo; el promedio de edad de las madres fue de 25 años. La media de PSM fue 10.7 ± 6.5 µg/dl; no se encontraron variaciones significativas por hospital, edad o estado civil. Para el PSC la media fue de 10.4 ± 6.2 µg/dl. Por cada aumento en una unidad logarítmica de PSM, el PSC aumenta 0.62 (p<0.01 unidades logarítmicas. La correlación entre ambos fue de 0.61 (p<0.01. Los principales predictores de PSM fueron el uso de loza vidriada, el consumo de leche y jugo de naranja, estos últimos se asociaron inversamente con el PSM. Un 47% de las madres y 50% de los niños tuvieron valores superiores a 10 µg/dl. En 578 recién nacidos se registraron niveles de plomo superiores a los de la madre. CONCLUSIONES: Se sugiere continuar la línea de investigación para proponer tipos de intervención.

Gramsci y la cultura popular

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Juan Carlos Rodríguez

2016-06-01

Full Text Available Suele decirse que casi todo el mundo del llamado pensamiento alternativo (o pensamiento crítico al menos anda buscando en los textos de Gramsci la solución a los problemas políticos y culturales que nos acucian. Sobre todo a través de dos cuestiones claves en Gramsci: la noción de hegemonía y la noción de la cultura popular. Ahora bien: me temo que se busca en Gramsci lo que Gramsci no nos puede dar sino a través de una larga investigación. Quiero decir, que se trata de categorías o nociones que no están servidas en bandeja, ya plenas y absolutamente consolidadas. Como canapés que pudieran tomarse directamente de la bandeja.

Family healthcare expenditure on children affiliated to the Medical Insurance for a New Generation Gasto en salud de los hogares con niños afiliados al Seguro Médico para una Nueva Generación

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Evelyne Eugenia Rodríguez-Ortega

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Full Text Available OBJECTIVE: To analyze household health expenditures on children who are beneficiaries of the Medical Insurance for a New Generation (SMNG, program created in 2007 to cover healthcare costs of children without social security born after December 1st, 2006. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using the SMNG National Survey, out-the-pocket and catastrophic spending on child health were calculated using several definitions. Results are presented by socioeconomic level, rural and urban areas and for Oportunidades beneficiaries. RESULTS: About 63.3% of households spent an average annual amount of 3320 Mexican pesos (MEX$ on healthcare for beneficiary children. Between 4.3 and 11.6% of households experienced catastrophic spending, depending on the definition adopted. Due to economic trouble, 15.5% of households postponed and 10.0% cancelled medical care for their child. CONCLUSIONS: Even though children are affiliated to the SMNG, the economic burden associated with attending their health is still an issue for families.OBJETIVO: Analizar el gasto en salud y gasto catastrófico en los niños beneficiarios del Seguro Médico para una Nueva Generación (SMNG, programa creado en 2007 para niños sin seguridad social nacidos a partir del 1o de diciembre de 2006. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Con información de la Encuesta Nacional del SMNG se calculó el gasto en salud y el gasto catastrófico de los hogares de acuerdo a varias definiciones. Los resultados se presentan por nivel socioeconómico, para zonas urbanas y rurales y por pertenencia al programa Oportunidades. RESULTADOS: El 63.3% de los hogares gastaron en la salud de los niños un promedio anual de 3320 pesos. Entre el 4.3 y el 11.6% de los hogares incurrieron en gasto catastrófico, dependiendo de la definición. Debido a problemas económicos, 15.5% pospuso y 10% no realizó la atención médica del niño. CONCLUSIONES: Aún cuando los hogares están afiliados al SMNG, todavía enfrentan restricciones econ

Estructura metálica del edificio social de la Mutua General de Seguros Barcelona – España

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Busquets, Xavier

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Full Text Available This describes the solution adopted for the Mutua General de Seguros structure on the Diagonal in Barcelona. The building consists of six general basements and two elevated wings, one of thirteen stories and another of four, joined together on the third and second floors. The problems which had to be overcome were various in nature: from anchoring the concrete blocks in the underground floors to achieving maximum clear space —there are no intermediate supports on the office floors— this was achieved satisfactorily, on the higher floors by means of large span porticos, made up of two well-defined parts (the ground floor portico and the upper floor assembly], from both a structural and esthetic point of view.Se describe la solución adoptada para estructura de la Mutua General de Seguros, en la Diagonal de Barcelona. El edificio se compone de seis sótanos generales y dos bloques elevados, uno de trece plantas y otro de cuatro, debidamente enlazados por la segunda y tercera. Los problemas planteados fueron de muy diversa índole: desde la sujeción de las pantallas de hormigón de las plantas enterradas, hasta la consecución de la máxima diafanidad —en todas las plantas de oficinas no existen soportes intermedios— en las plantas altas a base de pórticos de gran luz, compuestos de dos partes bien definidas (el pórtico de planta baja y el conjunto de las superiores y acertadamente resueltos, desde el doble punto de vista estructural y estético.

RUMIANDO EN TORNO A LO ESCRITO SOBRE MUJERES Y ARTE POPULAR

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Eli Bartra

2008-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se llevan a cabo una serie de reflexiones en torno a cómo se ha estudiado el arte popular y se recalca la necesidad de vincular estos estudios al feminismo; ello resulta enriquecedor tanto para el conocimiento del arte como de los géneros, en particular de las mujeres. Es decir, se considera importante realizar investigaciones sobre este proceso artístico visual, tomando en consideración la creación, la distribución, el consumo y el análisis iconográfico de las obras desde un punto de vista feminista y propiamente estético. La relación entre arte popular y feminismo no ha tenido una historia particularmente armoniosa.

Teresa Andrés y la organización Cultura Popular: una propuesta de coordinación bibliotecaria (1936-1938

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Seguí i Francés, Romà

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Teresa Andrés Zamora es conocida por su actividad al frente de la Sección de Bibliotecas de Cultura Popular. Este trabajo describe las relaciones que se establecieron entre Teresa Andrés y Cultura Popular, tras hacerse cargo de las responsabilidades del Ministerio de Instrucción Pública.

[Strengths and future of the Revista Médica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social].

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Fajardo-Dolci, Germán

2014-01-01

The journals of medicine arose as a communication tool more than 200 years ago. At the beginning, their nature was local; later, their aim was to spread medical information along the nation; and, finally, they sought to reach the world distribution. The Revista Médica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social was published for the first time 52 years ago, and it has walked its way from local to international distribution. This journal has 23 000 subscribers, it is included in Medline and it reached a 0.112 SCImago Journal Rank in 2012. Its website receives around 200 000 visits monthly and 45 % are foreign visits. In the future, the peer review system is going to be strengthened, and the journal is going to offer audio, video, and applications to reinforce interactive participation between authors, readers in order to reach modernity and draw young new attention.

La prima de riesgo recargada en un seguro de rentas: tarificación mediante el uso de una medida de riesgo coherente || The Risk Recharged Premium for a Survival Life Insurance: Recharged Premium through the Use of a Coherent Risk Measure

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Hernández Solís, Montserrat

2013-01-01

Full Text Available En este estudio se obtiene un principio de cálculo de primas, para el ramo de vida, basado en una medida de riesgo coherente, la esperanza distorsionada transformada proporcional del tanto instantáneo (Wang, 1995, que justifique la recomendación de Solvencia II de reducir, para un seguro de rentas, el efecto del tanto instantáneo de mortalidad y conseguir de este modo una prima recargada implícitamente para hacer frente a las desviaciones desfavorables de la siniestralidad real. La modalidad de seguro seleccionada parael estudio ha sido el de rentas, seguro con cobertura de supervivencia, calculándose la prima única de riesgo para las cuatro leyes de supervivencia más aceptadas, como son la primera y segunda de Dormoy, la ley de Gomperzt y la ley de Makeham. La selección de estas leyes ha sido por ser las que mejor se ajustan al modelo mediante el empleo de las tablas de mortalidad elaboradas por Pérez (2000. En los seguros de vida con cobertura de supervivencia, una experiencia de siniestralidad negativa para la compañía significa que los asegurados son más longevos de lo esperado. Así, cuando se calculan las primas, es una práctica común añadir un margen de seguridad implícito, en forma de porcentaje, a las probabilidades de fallecimiento qx, o bien emplear una tabla de mortalidad cuyas probabilidades de fallecimiento sean inferiores a las del grupo humano considerado. Esto se puede interpretar como un decremento del tanto instantáneo con un múltiplo. En este artículo se demuestra que el empleo de la función de distorsión, hasta ahora empleada en el ramo de no vida y siendo la novedad su aplicación al ramo de vida asegurador, produce este mismo efecto, pero mediante el cálculo de una prima recargada de manera implícita. || The goal of this study is to get a premium calculation principle, for the life insurance business, based on a coherent risk measure (Wang, 1995 in the form of power, called Proportional Hazards (PH

Sede de AGF Seguros, S. A. Madrid/España

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Parat, Andraut et

1982-05-01

Full Text Available The ADECUAT-82 prize, created 10 years ago by the CITEMA Foundation (Centre for Computer Programming, Techniques and Administrative Material in order to stimulate progress in the rationalization of offices, has fallen this year to the Central Office of AGF INSURANCE, S. A. In awarding the prize interest was shown in those who planned and constructed the property in order to achieve, in accordance with the objectives of the Foundation, the maximum in functional character, comfort, usable space and security, combining style and technology in order to provide, finally, a better habitat for its users.El premio ADECUAT-82, creado hace 10 años por la Fundación CITEMA (Centro de la Informática, Técnica y Material Administrativo para estimular el progreso en la racionalización de las oficinas, ha recaído este año en la Sede de AGF SEGUROS, S. A. En la concesión del galardón se destacó el interés con el que se planificó y construyó el inmueble para conseguir, junto con el objetivo de la Fundación, la máxima funcionalidad, confort, rendimiento de la superficie y seguridad, conjugando estilo y tecnología para, en definitiva, proporcionar un mejor hábitat a los usuarios.

Successful Separationists in a Unity Fan Society: Al-Hirak Al-Janubi Social Movement in the Republic of Yemen

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2013-12-01

Al-Janubi’s popularity and motivations. Jennifer Earl uses three key typology dimensions to categorize repression of a given movement. Those...use Earl’s typology of repression as an attempt to understand the effects on the relationship between the government and Al-Hirak Al-Janubi in Yemen...let him invest in Aden; then he would sell him the sea area to dump rocks onto it to make it suitable as a tourist site. Finally, he would sell him

Auditoría forense y su implementación por parte de la Superintendencia de Bancos y Seguros del Ecuador.

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Bustamante Luna, Juan Alfredo

2008-01-01

El problema que se intenta resolver con este proyecto es el de evitar que las instituciones financieras del país sufran de fraudes financieros tanto internos como externos y esto se puede lograr a través de la aplicación de la Auditoría Forense. Los principales beneficiarios del resultado de este trabajo serán por una parte las entidades financieras y por otra la Superintendencia de Bancos y Seguros, entidad de control que debería normar el rol de los auditores o inspectores en los proceso...

En pos del "buen lector" : censura editorial y clases populares durante el primer franquismo (1939-1945

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Eduardo Ruiz Bautista

2004-01-01

Full Text Available El artículo trata de analizar la censura de libros durante el primer franquismo desde un punto de vista sociocultural que apenas ha sido contemplado. Por un lado, se muestra cómo la censura impidió que determinadas obras cultas llegasen al lector popular, dificultando las ediciones asequibles o restringiéndolas directamente a eruditos. Por el otro, da cuenta de la dura represión de las lecturas populares sufrieron en nombre de la infancia, pese a que las motivaciones reales deban buscarse en el enfrentamiento entre lo culto y lo popular.The article tries to analyze the censorship of books during the first franquism from a sociocultural point of view that has been scarcely contemplated. In one hand, it shows how the censorship prevented the popular reader from getting learned works by obstructing cheap editions or by restricting them directly to scholars. In the other one, it shows the hard repression of the popular readings in the ñame of the infancy, although real motivations should be looked in the clash between the educated culture and the popular one.

Tabaquismo en profesionales de la salud del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Morelos

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Jorge Salmerón-Castro

2002-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Determinar la prevalencia de hábito tabáquico por categoría laboral en trabajadores de la salud del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS, en el estado de Morelos, México. Material y métodos. Se realizó un estudio transversal en 3 133 empleados de los servicios médicos de las 23 unidades médicas con que cuenta la delegación Morelos del IMSS, durante el periodo de octubre de 1998 a marzo de 2000. Mediante un cuestionario autoaplicable se recolectó información sobre patrones de consumo de tabaco en distintas etapas de la vida, así como algunas características demográficas y categoría laboral. Se estimaron prevalencias e intervalos de confianza al 95% por grupos de edad y sexo para distintas categorías laborales. Resultados. De los 3 133 empleados participantes, 53.4% (IC 95% 50.8-56.8 de los hombres y 27.4% (IC 95% 25.4-29.3 de las mujeres contaban con historia de tabaquismo en algún momento de la vida. La prevalencia de tabaquismo activo fue de 28.3 % (IC 95% 25.6-31.0 y 14.4% (IC 95% 12.8-15.9 en hombres y mujeres, respectivamente. Entre los hombres, los médicos presentan una prevalencia de tabaquismo activo menor (20.9% que la observada entre trabajadores de otras áreas: personal administrativo (33.0% y personal técnico de distintas categorías (26.6%. Las mujeres muestran en general una prevalencia menor que los hombres en todas las categorías, y las enfermeras presentan una prevalencia discretamente menor (12.5% que las médicas (16.0%. Conclusiones. El patrón del consumo de tabaco observado en profesionales de la salud del IMSS Morelos muestra una prevalencia menor a la observada en población general. Sin embargo, es necesario continuar con programas para desalentar el consumo del tabaco entre profesionales de la salud, y tratar de hacerlos concientes acerca de la influencia positiva que pueden y deben ejercer en la sociedad para impulsar programas integrados contra el consumo del tabaco y la adicción a

Prevalencia de consumo riesgoso y dañino de alcohol en derechohabientes del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social The prevalence of hazardous and harmful use of alcohol among the insured population of Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

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Juana Inés de la Cruz Morales-García

2002-04-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Medir la prevalencia de consumo riesgoso y dañino de alcohol en la población amparada por el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS. Material y métodos. En un estudio transversal se entrevistaron 45 117 derechohabientes del IMSS, en las 36 delegaciones del país. Se aplicó un cuestionario estructurado y autoaplicable a cada sujeto usando el instrumento de tamizaje AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, el cual consta de 10 preguntas. Las tres primeras se relacionan con la cantidad y frecuencia del consumo de alcohol, las tres siguientes evalúan la dependencia y las cuatro últimas se refieren a problemas causados por el alcohol. Cada pregunta consta de tres a cinco opciones, a las que se les asignan valores progresivos de cero a cuatro. Se estimó la prevalencia de consumo, con intervalos de confianza al 95% (IC 95%. Resultados. La prevalencia de consumo problema de alcohol (riesgoso y dañino fue de 12.8% (IC 95% 12.5-13.2. El consumo fue mayor en hombres (22.2%; IC 95% 21.7-22.8 que en mujeres (3.4%; IC 95% 3.1-3.6. En los hombres se observó un efecto de edad, mientras que en las mujeres el consumo por edad fue más homogéneo. En ambos grupos el consumo fue más importante en la edad productiva. Conclusiones. La prevalencia de consumo de alcohol que constituye un problema para la salud, es elevada en la población derechohabiente del IMSS. Es necesario desarrollar políticas y programas de salud específicos, para disminuir este grave problema.Objective. To estimate the prevalence of hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption among the insured population of Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (Mexican Social Security Institute, IMSS. Material and Methods. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 45,117 insured subjects from Mexico's 36 political districts; study subjects were interviewed using a structured and self-applied questionnaire on alcohol consumption, using the ten-item screening instrument AUDIT

Characterizing popularity dynamics of online videos

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Ren, Zhuo-Ming; Shi, Yu-Qiang; Liao, Hao

2016-07-01

Online popularity has a major impact on videos, music, news and other contexts in online systems. Characterizing online popularity dynamics is nature to explain the observed properties in terms of the already acquired popularity of each individual. In this paper, we provide a quantitative, large scale, temporal analysis of the popularity dynamics in two online video-provided websites, namely MovieLens and Netflix. The two collected data sets contain over 100 million records and even span a decade. We characterize that the popularity dynamics of online videos evolve over time, and find that the dynamics of the online video popularity can be characterized by the burst behaviors, typically occurring in the early life span of a video, and later restricting to the classic preferential popularity increase mechanism.

Uncovering the popularity mechanisms for Facebook applications

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Li, Sheng-Nan; Guo, Qiang; Yang, Kai; Liu, Jian-Guo; Zhang, Yi-Cheng

2018-03-01

Understanding the popularity dynamics of online application(App) is significant for the online social systems. In this paper, by dividing the Facebook Apps into different groups in terms of their popularities, we empirically investigate the popularity dynamics for different kinds of Facebook Apps. Then, taking into account the influence of cumulative and recent popularities on the user choice, we present a model to regenerate the growth of popularity for different App groups. The experimental results of 917 Facebook Apps show that as the popularities of Facebook Apps increase, the recent popularity plays more important role. Specifically, the recent popularity plays more important role in regenerating the popularity dynamics for more popular Apps, and the cumulative popularity plays more important role for unpopular Apps. We also conduct temporal analysis on the growth characteristic of individual App by comparing the increment at each time with the average of historical records. The results show that the growth of more popular App tends to fluctuate more greatly. Our work may shed some lights for deeply understanding the popularity mechanism for online applications.

Propuesta de formulación financiero-actuarial de un seguro de dependencia y acercamiento a una aplicación práctica

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Mª Manuela Segovia

2005-01-01

Full Text Available En los países industrializados, convergen dos fenómenos demográficos, la longevidad y la escasa natalidad, que provocan un envejecimiento de la población y con ello una serie de procesos sociales que son necesarios atender. Uno de ellos, es la cobertura de la dependencia de las personas mayores, entendiendo por dependencia, la necesidad de ayuda para realizar las tareas básicas de la vida diaria. España se encuentra en la actualidad en plena discusión parlamentaria para regular mediante ley la dependencia y cubrir el avance de este problema que en los próximos años se verá agravado por nuestra evolución demográfica y social. Esta ley pretende establecer las bases para su atención mediante un seguro de dependencia, bien de cobertura pública por parte del Estado o bien por aseguradoras privadas. El trabajo presentado en este congreso forma parte de un estudio amplio sobre la dependencia en España y abordará una aproximación a la formulación actuarial de un seguro de dependencia partiendo del uso de cadenas de Markov para un modelo de múltiples estados, y un acercamiento a la aplicación práctica mediante el análisis de datos sobre discapacidad de nuestro país.

Los Jóvenes que Viven en Barrios Populares Producen más Cultura que Violencia

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James Cuenca

2016-01-01

Este escrito analiza la situación en la que viven los jóvenes de los barrios populares al estar enfrentados a un fuerte es - tigma social que los reduce a delincuentes, drogadictos y violentos. Retomando la categoría de barrio popular, se critica esta posición y, a cambio, se propone una interpretación en la que se destaca la productividad cultural que tienen los jóvenes que viven en estos barrios. Se toma como caso a los raperos que viven en la ciudad de Cali, Colombia. Así, en el documen...

Agents of Popular Sovereignty

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Wolkenstein, Fabio

2018-01-01

Popular sovereignty requires that citizens perceive themselves as being able to act and implement decisions and be causally connected to mechanisms of decision-making. I argue that the two most common understandings of the exercise of popular sovereignty — which centre on direct decision making...... by the people as a whole and the indirect exercise of democratic agency by elected representatives, respectively — are inadequate in this respect, and go on to suggest a complementary account that stresses the central role of internally democratic and participatory political parties in actualising popular...... sovereignty. The argument defended contends that popular sovereignty ceases to be a mere fiction only when the people are active makers of decisions and not just passive recipients of the decisions of others; and they can only be active decision-makers when they engage in internally democratic parties...

Behavioral Correlates of Prioritizing Popularity in Adolescence.

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van den Broek, Nina; Deutz, Marike H F; Schoneveld, Elke A; Burk, William J; Cillessen, Antonius H N

2016-12-01

Little is known about individual differences in adolescents' motivation to achieve and maintain popularity. This study examined the moderating effects of prioritizing popularity on the associations between popularity and adjustment outcomes in late adolescence. Participants were 314 Dutch eleventh-grade students (M age  = 16.83 years; 52 % male) who completed measures of popularity, prioritizing popularity, and prosocial, antisocial, and risk behaviors. It was hypothesized that associations between popularity and adjustment outcomes are stronger for adolescents who prioritize popularity. The results indicate that the combination of being popular and valuing popularity was strongly related to antisocial and risk behaviors, but not to prosocial behaviors. Adolescents' social status motivations thus play an important role in the association of popularity with antisocial and risk behaviors in late adolescence.

La iniciativa legislativa popular en América Latina

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Felipe Hevia de la Jara

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Una de las características del proceso de democratización en América Latina es la incorporación de mecanismos de democracia directa como el plebiscito, la iniciativa legislativa y la revocación del mandato. Este artículo analiza específicamente uno de ellos: la Iniciativa Legislativa Popular (ILP, definida como el derecho de los ciudadanos a presentar proyectos de ley al Parlamento y/o exigir una consulta popular para aprobar o rechazar leyes o reformas legales. El artículo incluye una discusión sobre los mecanismos de democracia directa en América Latina, una comparación de las leyes y reglamentos que regulan la ILP a nivel internacional, nacional y subnacional, un análisis sobre el uso de estos instrumentos en cuatro países (Uruguay, Colombia, Argentina y México, y una serie de conclusiones orientadas a identificar algunos factores críticos para su implementación y utilización.

Popular Music and Society

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2007-01-01

the collapse of the Soviet Union: What present trends can be observed?  How has the Soviet context influenced the popular music of today?  How is music performed and consumed?  How has the interrelationship between cultural industry and performers developed?  How are nationalist sensibilities affecting popular......Fifteen years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, popular music is thriving in the former Soviet territories and covers a broad variety of genres.  Among these are rock bands formed in the Soviet era, surviving legends of Soviet pop, and younger bands and performers of the 1990s and 2000s.......   Local and foreign musics blend as new impulses arrive from without and arise from within the region.  Thanks to the most recent wave of Russian emigrants, these popular musics have also spread to various localities around the world, as exemplified by the phenomenon of "Russendisko" in Berlin...

Historiografia del “Ball de Torrent”: De la moixiganga barroca al quadre de balls populars valencians (1692-1929

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Raül Sanchis Francés

2013-06-01

Full Text Available Resum: El Ball de Torrent és una moixiganga dramàtica popular escenificada a la ciutat de València i altres indrets del País Valencià des de finals del segle XVII fins a principis del segle XX. Estava organitzada per agrupacions gremials, juntes d’hospitals o clavaris de festes i protagonitzada per personatges agrupats en comparses que representaven una paròdia sobre les relacions entre les estructures de poder i les classes populars. Tot i la variabilitat segons el moment històric, es conforma com una mescla de quadres amb danses, música i jocs teatrals. El ball interacciona de diverses formes amb algunes festes valencianes i és, probablement, una de les mostres de teatre de carrer més nostrades i menys estudiades de la València Moderna. En aquest article es realitza una revisió bibliogràfica crítica i una primera anàlisi historiogràfica.Paraules clau: Ball de Torrent, Dansa i música tradicional, Teatre, Moixiganga, Festa valencianaAbstract: Ball de Torrent (Dance of Torrent is a popular dramatic masquerade staged in Valencia since the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth. It was organized by guilds, hospital managements or festival organizers. The actors were grouped in associations representing a parody on the relationships between power structures and popular classes. Despite the variability depending on the historical period, it consisted of a mixture of episodes or scenes with dance, music and theatre games. Any Festivals in Valencia are connected with the Ball de Torrent. It’s probably one of the most interesting samples of street theatre and studied under of the Modern Valencia. This paper analyses historical sources to review and critique bibliography.Keywords: Dance of Torrent, Traditional Dance and Music, Theatre, Masquerade, Feasts of Valencia

Regresión semiparamétrica para el cálculo de tarifas en el seguro de vehículos.

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Pérez Caicer, Wehrli Enrique

2012-01-01

111 hojas : ilustraciones, 29 x 21 cm + CD-ROM 4264 El principal objetivo de esta investigación, es modelar la tasa técnica a aplicar en las tarifas de seguros de vehículos, mediante una regresión semiparamétrica entre variables del vehículo y de su propietario. Debido a que la regresión semiparamétrica es una generalización de los modelos de regresión lineal, se utilizará esta técnica para mejorar el ajuste. Estos modelos utilizan polinomios locales, lo cual facilita la explicación y suav...

Teaching Japanese Popular Culture

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Deborah Shamoon

2010-04-01

Full Text Available Japanese popular culture has arrived on American college campuses as never before. Student interest in Japanese manga (comic books, anime (animated films and television shows, and video games drives much of the enrollment in Japanese courses and Japanese majors and minors. In response to student interest, as well as the establishment of popular culture as a topic of serious academic scholarship, the demand for courses on Japanese popular culture has never been higher. Yet the number of scholars specializing in the study of popular culture is still relatively small. This can potentially create problems, as faculty teach outside their expertise, and perhaps face an uncomfortable situation in which the students know more about the topic than the professor. In this article, I will offer some suggestions and advice for faculty creating a popular culture course for the first time, based on my experiences teaching undergraduates at the University of Notre Dame. The course I developed reflects my background in Japanese literature and film, and is but one example of many possible approaches to the topic. The sample syllabus and list of resources at the end of this article provide citations for all text and media sources mentioned.

Ensino/aprendizagem de espanhol em Porto Seguro/BA: investigação acerca das significações docentes sobre o papel da epistemologia do educar em língua estrangeira para a formação do sujeito capaz de cruzar fronteiras culturais

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Elissandro dos Santos Santana

2012-01-01

Este trabalho é fruto de uma pesquisa realizada nos meses de agosto e setembro de 2011 em três escolas de Porto Seguro em torno do seguinte tema: ensino/aprendizagem de espanhol em Porto Seguro/BA: investigação acerca das significações docentes sobre o papel da epistemologia do educar em língua estrangeira para a formação do sujeito capaz de cruzar fronteiras culturais. Na pesquisa de campo, fora aplicado um questionário semi-estruturado a quatro professores de língua espanhola, grupo amostra...

Cuidado popular de familias con un adulto mayor sobreviviente del primer accidente cerebrovascular

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Lucero López-Díaz

2016-01-01

Full Text Available Introducción: el accidente cerebrovascular afecta a numerosas personas en el mundo y se constituye en la principal causa de muer- te. Los sobrevivientes pueden padecer discapacidad y sufrir modificaciones en las actividades cotidianas. La familia es el principal apoyo del sobreviviente y al ser parte de una misma cultura, construye acciones de cuidado en búsqueda del bienestar. Objetivo: describir las acciones del cuidado popular de las familias con un adulto mayor sobreviviente del primer accidente cerebrovascular. Método: estudio etnográfico, con observación participante y entrevistas en profundidad. Participaron siete familias bogotanas (siete adultos mayores entre los dos y diez meses posteriores al primer accidente cerebrovascular y los siete cuidadores principales respectivos. Resultados: cuidadores y adulto mayor comparten acciones de cuidado para la recuperación, relacionadas con la alimentación, el cuidado personal y la ingesta de medicamentos permeadas por la creencia religiosa, fuente de soporte y vínculo afectivo. Conclusión: conocer el cuidado popular de esta población posibilita proponer acciones culturalmente congruentes con sus valores y creencias para potencializar las ca- pacidades familiares e intermediar en los procesos de tratamiento.

Classifications in popular music

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van Venrooij, A.; Schmutz, V.; Wright, J.D.

2015-01-01

The categorical system of popular music, such as genre categories, is a highly differentiated and dynamic classification system. In this article we present work that studies different aspects of these categorical systems in popular music. Following the work of Paul DiMaggio, we focus on four

Popular music from Greenland

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Otte, Andreas Roed

a sense of place in popular music. The second probes different strategies for co-branding popular music and Greenland. The third is concerned with music consumption patterns among Greenlandic youth. And the fourth article engages with an alternative form of nationalism found within the Nuuk underground...

Los riesgos y el sistema turístico: Una nueva aproximación

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Maximiliano Korstanje

2012-11-01

Full Text Available El presente trabajo investiga los riesgos vinculados a los viajes y a las propiedades materiales desde una perspectiva innovadora. Son analizados junto a una copiosa recopilación bibliográfica, fuentes estadísticas de la Superintendencia de Seguros de la Nación aplicable al territorio argentino entre 2005 y 2009 constatando que existe una mayor propensión a contratar seguros para absorber riesgos no deseados. Asimismo, se contrasta cuáles son los ítems y seguros de mayor demanda en la sociedad. Por tratarse de estadísticas que abarcan al 100% del universo, estamos en condiciones de afirmar que nuestras conclusiones son censales y estadísticamente representativas. Intentamos, de una nueva forma, plasmar como se expresan los riesgos en una sociedad por medio de la demanda de pólizas de seguro y cobertura familiar o personal. El miedo a los accidentes automovilísticos en la ruta y los robos son dos de las cuestiones que más preocupan a los argentinos.

Popularity and Debut

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Winther, Christian Dahl

This paper focuses on two firms' optimal entry strategies in an emerging market characterized by word-of-mouth effects. Consumers can be of two types depending on which firm's brand they prefer. Firms are asymmetric in their popularity as given by the probability of meeting a fan of its brand. Word......-of-mouth communication influences popularity in the two periods of competition by increasing the likelihood of the late consumer having an affinity towards the brand adopted at the first stage. In this environment firms strategically choose their timing of product introduction knowing that fast introduction is costly. I...... study the subgame perfect equilibria of the game to observe how they connect to firms' popularities, strength of word-ofmouth network effects, and the level of product differentiation. The model shows under what conditions asymmetries in the duopoly should be expected to increase or decrease over time...

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https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/jbsc/042/03/0509-0521 ... Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Popular Auto´noma del ... de Investigacio´n Biome´dica de Oriente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Puebla, Me´xico ...

Costo directo de cesáreas y reembolso del Seguro Integral de Salud: El caso del Hospital de Apoyo Pomabamba, Ancash, Perú

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Gladys Moncada Vega

2009-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Determinar el costo directo de la cesárea y el porcentaje de reembolso realizado por el Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS, en el Hospital de Apoyo Pomabamba (HAP, en Ancash. Material y métodos: Estudio de costos, transversal descriptivo de corte retrospectivo. Se consideraron todos los partos por cesárea en el periodo enero a diciembre 2003, 39 de ellas fueron sin complicaciones y 12 complicadas. Se revisaron las historias clínicas y los reportes operatorios de cada paciente. Se realizó análisis univariado considerando frecuencias, porcentajes y medidas de tendencia central y dispersión. Resultados: La edad media fue 25,57 años (rango: 16-43 años, el índice de cesárea en el periodo fue 5,9%. El costo directo por cesárea no complicada fue 307,64 nuevos soles y de la cesárea complicada 469,61 nuevos soles. La diferencia de 52,65% mayor a la cesárea complicada está relacionada al uso de medicamentos y mayor estancia hospitalaria. El monto por cesárea facturado al SIS en HAP fue 17 633,30 nuevos soles (media: 345,75 nuevos soles. Conclusiones: El porcentaje asumido por el HAP para las cesáreas financiadas por el SIS fue 36,5% (6 435,30 nuevos soles. Los costos directos calculados son propios del HAP y no se puede generalizar a otros hospitales, porque varían según las características y prácticas propias de cada hospital. Es necesario considerar estudios de costos que permitan observar posibles brechas en el financiamiento del SIS.(Rev Med Hered 2009;20:4-10.

Reformas a la Ley de Iniciativa Popular, porcentajes de firmas para presentación de proyectos

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Lucía Carro Zúñiga

2017-01-01

Full Text Available El artículo pretende analizar el mecanismo de participación ciudadana denominado iniciativa popular, y una propuesta de reforma a su legislación. La primera parte refiere a aspectos generales, como la definición de la iniciativa popular y su fundamento jurídico. En la segunda parte se desarrolla la legislación comparada, y en la tercera y última, se analiza la normativa costarricense relacionada con dicho instituto. Finalmente, se propone una reforma en cuanto al porcentaje de firmas para la presentación de proyectos de ley.

Avaliação de desempenho no serviço público: a experiência do instituto nacional do seguro social na implantação da gratificação de avaliação de desempenho do seguro social - GDASS

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Adão Felipe Biulchi

2012-08-01

Full Text Available Este artigo apresenta um estudo sobre a implantação da Avaliação de Desempenho no Serviço Público, a partir da experiência do Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social - INSS, na Gerência Executiva de Passo Fundo, que efetivou-se com a implantação da Gratificação de Desempenho da Atividade do Seguro Social – GDASS. No INSS, a avaliação de desempenho é constituída de uma avaliação institucional, correspondente a 80% da avaliação total, e uma avaliação individual, correspondente a 20% do total, que resultam no pagamento da GDASS a seus servidores com base nos resultados das avaliações, que ocorrem semestralmente desde outubro de 2009. Os dados necessários ao desenvolvimento da pesquisa foram extraídos do sistema da base de dados da avaliação de desempenho no INSS, constante no sistema SISGDASS. Os resultados mostram que a implantação da Avaliação de Desempenho no INSS foram satisfatórias, trazendo benefícios à população através da melhoria da qualidade de atendimento e principalmente do tempo de concessão, que diminuiu satisfatoriamente, bem como houve uma melhora nas atividades individuais dos servidores com intuito da melhoria dos índices e garantia da remuneração. Porém os critérios da avaliação individual permitem uma distorção considerável no resultado da avaliação por parte dos gestores, o que pode ser corrigido para os ciclos de avaliação futuros da instituição.

Popular education in the mirror of the Popular University in France in the early XXth century

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Lucien MERCIER

2013-11-01

Full Text Available The Popular Universities at the end of the XIXth century are a major reference in the history of popular education. The movement of the Popular Universities attracted militant workers and intellectual —writers, scientists, teachers and artists—, to educational dynamics which owe a lot to the Dreyfus Affair. This encounter of the morning coat with the workman's overalls didn't last long. The Popular Universities died because they were unable to imagine this mutual education which was everybody's dream. This failure marked people's minds for a long time, and the period between the two wars, full of experiences of working-class and proletarian education, constantly refers to the Popular Universities of the 1900^ to find a model to follow or to reject.

Are Atypical Things More Popular?

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Berger, Jonah; Packard, Grant

2018-04-01

Why do some cultural items become popular? Although some researchers have argued that success is random, we suggest that how similar items are to each other plays an important role. Using natural language processing of thousands of songs, we examined the relationship between lyrical differentiation (i.e., atypicality) and song popularity. Results indicated that the more different a song's lyrics are from its genre, the more popular it becomes. This relationship is weaker in genres where lyrics matter less (e.g., dance) or where differentiation matters less (e.g., pop) and occurs for lyrical topics but not style. The results shed light on cultural dynamics, why things become popular, and the psychological foundations of culture more broadly.

Popularity Contagion among Adolescents

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Marks, Peter E. L.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Crick, Nicki R.

2012-01-01

This study aimed to support the theory of popularity contagion, which posits that popularity spreads among friends spontaneously and regardless of behavioral changes. Peer nominations of status and behavior were collected annually between 6th and 12th grades from a total of 1062 adolescents. Longitudinal hypotheses were mostly supported using path…

La educación popular: campo de acción profesional del trabajador social

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Carmen A. Guevara V.

2015-05-01

Full Text Available La educación popular, constituye un campo de acción donde se desenvuelve el trabajador social, actuando en los contextos familiares, institucionales, comunitarios, populares y en los sistemas sociales donde vive y aprende la gente, diseñando e impartiendo habilidades sociales y cognitivas, que permite al participante tomar decisiones en pro de su bienestar social. El propósito del presente estudio está referido a analizar la educación popular como campo de acción profesional para el trabajador social. La importancia del mismo estará en función de aportar a la formación de este profesional, herramientas teóricas para que esté en capacidad de ser crítico, investigador e innovador en los procesos de educación no formal que tendrá, por sus roles, que asumir. Esta investigación tiene un carácter documental. Para tal fin se consultaron autores como: Aguayo (1992, Carballeda (2002, Dussel (1998, Freire (1993, Gadotti (1991, Kisnerman (1990, Medina (1995, Puyol y Hernández (2009, Viscarret (2007, Habermas (1987, entre otros Entre las conclusiones más resaltante se destacan: Los procesos de educación popular no son neutros al igual que la acción del trabajador social y esto va a depender de la posición que se asuma. Desde el interés técnico, el rol de educador popular, será mediático, para mantener y conservar lo que está dado, la participación que se generará será acrítica, pasiva y no creativa. A lo cual Freire hace una fuerte crítica. Desde el interés práctico, la acción del trabajador social sería transformadora, pues promovería un tipo de participación crítica, reflexiva e interpretativa. Y desde el interés emancipador, la acción de este profesional tenderá a ser transformadora y revolucionaria, logrando una participación comprometida, consciente, autorreflexiva y responsable. Lo planteado no es independiente de las necesidades de los participantes y el trabajador social (educador popular difícilmente podr

Characterizing popularity dynamics of online videos

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Ren, Zhuo-Ming; Shi, , Yu-Qiang; Liao, Hao

2016-01-01

Online popularity has a major impact on videos, music, news and other contexts in online systems. Characterizing online popularity dynamics is nature to explain the observed properties in terms of the already acquired popularity of each individual. In this paper, we provide a quantitative, large scale, temporal analysis of the popularity dynamics in two online video-provided websites, namely MovieLens and Netflix. The two collected data sets contain over 100 million records and even span...

REPRESENTAÇÕES DA RELAÇÃO HOMEM-CARRO: UMA ANÁLISE SEMIÓTICA DA PROPAGANDA BRASILEIRA DE SEGUROS DE AUTOMÓVEL

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Pessôa, Luís Alexandre Grubits de Paula; Barros, Denise Franca; Costa, Alessandra de Sá Mello da

2017-01-01

Resumo Apesar do amplo reconhecimento e da importância dos estudos dos signos e símbolos e, sobretudo, dos processos de significação, restam, ainda, muitas possibilidades a serem exploradas nas pesquisas de marketing e de consumo com base na teoria semiótica, em especial na perspectiva da Consumer Culture Theory (CCT). Nesse contexto, este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar – sob a perspectiva da semiótica discursiva de linha francesa – o discurso da publicidade de seguros de automóvel no Br...

La inserción laboral de los beneficiarios del Seguro de Capacitación y Empleo en el Partido de General Pueyrredon

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Aspiazu, Eliana; Alegre, Patricia; Fernández Blanco, Ana

2011-01-01

En este trabajo nos proponemos discutir los efectos del Seguro de Capacitación y Empleo (SCE), como política de empleo focalizada, sobre la inserción laboral de los beneficiarios del Municipio de General Pueyrredon. La perspectiva de análisis adoptada considera que las políticas de empleo representan un área dentro de las políticas sociales destinada a regular la fuerza de trabajo. Se parte del concepto amplio de exclusión, que considera la imposibilidad de los individuos de acceder a bienes,...

Mecanismos de microrregulação aplicados por operadoras de planos de saúde sobre hospitais privados Mecanismos de microregulación aplicados por operadoras de seguros de salud en hospitales privados Mechanisms of microregulation of private hospitals by health plan operators

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Maria Alicia Domínguez Ugá

2009-10-01

ção de valores, de prazos e procedimentos para pagamento.OBJETIVO: Analizar los mecanismos de microregulación aplicados por las operadoras de seguro de salud en las prácticas de gestión de la clínica y de calificación asistencial en hospitales prestadores de servicios. MÉTODOS: Estudio transversal realizado en pesquisa de amplitud nacional, cuyo universo fue constituido por los hospitales prestadores de servicios a las operadoras de seguro de salud en 2006. Fue construida una muestra de 83 unidades, estratificada según macroregión del Brasil y tipo de hospital. Los datos fueron obtenidos por medio de aplicación de cuestionario en entrevista a los directores de los hospitales.. RESULTADOS: La microregulación que las operadoras de seguro de salud ejercen sobre los hospitales en términos de la calificación de la asistencia fue muy baja o casi nula. La actuación de las operadoras fue mayoritariamente destinada al intenso control de la cantidad de servicios utilizados por los pacientes. Los hospitales que prestaban servicios a operadoras de seguro de salud no constituían micro-sistemas de salud paralelos o suplementarios al Sistema Único de Salud (SUS. Se observó que los prestadores hospitalarios privados eran mayoritariamente vinculados al SUS. Mientras tanto, no pertenecía a alguna red de prestadores privados, aún siendo objeto de fuerte regulación de la utilización de sus servicios, ejercida por las operadoras de seguros de salud. La intervención de las operadoras de seguros de salud con respecto a gestoras de sistemas de cuidado fue incipiente o casi ausente. Aproximadamente la mitad de los hospitales declaró adoptar directrices clínicas, mientras sólo 25,4% afirmaron ejercer la gestión de la patología y 30,5% mencionaron la gestión de los casos. CONCLUSIONES: Las relaciones contractuales entre hospitales y operadoras de seguros de salud se constituyen en contratos meramente comerciales con poca o ninguna incorporación de aspectos relativos a

Toward Predicting Popularity of Social Marketing Messages

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Yu, Bei; Chen, Miao; Kwok, Linchi

Popularity of social marketing messages indicates the effectiveness of the corresponding marketing strategies. This research aims to discover the characteristics of social marketing messages that contribute to different level of popularity. Using messages posted by a sample of restaurants on Facebook as a case study, we measured the message popularity by the number of "likes" voted by fans, and examined the relationship between the message popularity and two properties of the messages: (1) content, and (2) media type. Combining a number of text mining and statistics methods, we have discovered some interesting patterns correlated to "more popular" and "less popular" social marketing messages. This work lays foundation for building computational models to predict the popularity of social marketing messages in the future.

La música popular castellana en la obra de Miguel Alonso.

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Ana Pozo Nuevo

2006-01-01

Full Text Available Entre los procedimientos que el compositor Miguel Alonso Gómez (Villarrín de Campos, 1925-Bilbao, 2002 utilizó en algunas de sus obras musicales, encontramos la recurrencia al repertorio de la música popular de tradición oral propia de las zonas de Salamanca y Zamora. Este tipo de música le llega a través de su entorno como zamorano y también por la influencia de maestros como Aníbal Sánchez Fraile o Hilario Goyenechea, quienes llevaron a cabo cancioneros recopilatorios de folclore castellano. Las técnicas compositivas que emplea van evolucionando desde la armonización de melodías populares hasta el uso de elementos musicales como la modalidad, la estructura y el ritmo en obras más complejas, así como en la composición de música religiosa con la que mantuvo una estrecha relación durante toda su vida.

Diseño del Sistema Integral de Medicion de Gestion (SIMEG de la IPS del Instituto de Seguros Sociales

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Paula Bernal Gelvis

2000-12-01

Full Text Available Este articulo presenta los resultados obtenidos en la monografia "Diserio del Sistema Integral de Medici6n de la Gestión (SIMEG en la Institución prestadora de servicios (IPS del Instituto de Seguros Sociales (ISS"; en la que -utilizando la inferencia deductiva-, se plantea el SIMEG como una herramienta administrativa para la evaluación y el monitoreo de la gestión. Para el diseño de esta herramienta, en primera instancia se realiza un acercamiento teórico a la metodología recurriendo a diversas fuentes bibliográficas (Iibros, artículos, publicaciones en Internet, panelistas, seminarios, etc. para determinar el estado del arte del Balanced Scorecard y las metodologías analoqas tales como el SIMEG; y en segundo lugar, se construye un marco conceptual sobre el objeto de estudio, la Institución prestadora de servicios (IPS del ISS, a través del establecimiento del marco legal, el análisis situacional y la recolección de información interna (administrativa, estratégica. presupuestal, financiera, contable, estadistica, etc.. De esta manera se logra una aproximaci6n te6rica al Sistema integral de medición de la gestión, SIMEG, que proporcione las herramientas necesarias para comprender la magnitud y el alcance de la metodología que se pretende implementar. Finalmente se describe paso a paso el proceso metodológico utilizado en su implantación en la IPS del ISS y, por ultimo, se plantean sugerencias con el objeto de asegurar el éxito en dicho proceso.

Popular Music Memories : Places and Practices of Popular Music Heritage, Memory and Cultural Identity

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A.J.C. van der Hoeven (Arno)

2014-01-01

markdownabstract__Abstract __ Ever since the late 1950s, people have grown up with popular music as an important element of their daily lives. This dissertation explores the connections between popular music memories, cultural identity and cultural heritage, looking at the different ways in

Apego al tratamiento farmacológico en pacientes con diagnóstico de diabetes mellitus tipo 2

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Durán-Varela Blanca Rosa

2001-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivos. Establecer la frecuencia de apego al tratamiento farmacológico en pacientes diabéticos tipo 2, relacionarla con el control metabólico e identificar factores que influyen para el no apego. Material y métodos. Estudio transversal comparativo, efectuado en 150 pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 de la unidad de medicina familiar No. 33 del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social de Chihuahua, Chih., México, hecho entre 1997 y 1998. Se midió el apego con cuenta de tabletas en su domicilio. El control metabólico se midió con hemoglobina glucosilada. Un cuestionario investigó factores relacionados. Se utilizó estadística descriptiva, t de Student y razón de momios. Resultados. El apego correspondió a 54.2%. Los factores asociados al no apego fueron la escolaridad primaria y la falta de información sobre la enfermedad (phttp://www.insp.mx/salud/index.html

Aggressive effects of prioritizing popularity in early adolescence.

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Cillessen, Antonius H N; Mayeux, Lara; Ha, Thao; de Bruyn, Eddy H; LaFontana, Kathryn M

2014-01-01

This study examined the moderating effects of prioritizing popularity on the association between early adolescents' popularity and their aggressive, leadership, and prosocial behaviors with peers. Participants were 288 14-year-olds from The Netherlands who completed a sociometric instrument and an assessment of how much they prioritized popularity over other personal goals. Results indicated that prioritizing popularity was distinct from actual popularity in the peer group. Further, prioritizing popularity moderated the association of popularity with aggressive and leadership behaviors, with adolescents who were both popular and who prioritized popularity being particularly aggressive and scoring high on leadership behaviors. This trend was especially true for boys. The same moderating effect was not found for prosocial behaviors. Motivational and social-cognitive factors in the dynamics of peer popularity are highlighted. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

What Drives Politicians’ Online Popularity?

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Nielsen, Rasmus Kleis; Vaccari, Cristian

2013-01-01

The number of website visits, Facebook friends, or Twitter followers that politicians attract varies greatly, but little is known about what drives politicians' online popularity. In this article, we use data from a systematic tracking of congressional candidates' popularity on four web platforms...... in the 112 most competitive congressional districts in the 2010 U.S. midterm elections to address that question. Using multivariate regression models, we show that while district-level socioeconomic characteristics have little effect on candidates' online popularity, challengers and candidates in open......-seat races tend to attract larger audiences online, as do candidates who are more visible on political blogs. Surprisingly, how intensely candidates are covered in news media, how popular they are in opinion polls, and how much money they spend during the campaign show no significant effect. These findings...

Perceived popularity of adolescents who use weapons in violence and adolescents who only carry weapons.

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Wallace, Lacey N

2017-01-01

Prior research has found that persistently delinquent youth or more violent youth were less popular than their less delinquent peers (Young, 2013). However, recent research has also found that weapon carrying is associated with being more popular in adolescence (Dijkstra et al., 2010). The present paper examines the perceived popularity of adolescents who carry weapons in comparison to those who both carry and use weapons in acts of violence or threatened violence. Data consist of two waves from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Analyses use OLS regression with lagged predictors. This paper found no differences in number of friends between weapon carriers and weapon users. However, among both male and female gang members, those who did not use or carry weapons (abstainers) named significantly fewer friends than weapon users. Among females, weapon abstainers both named and were named by significantly more people than weapon users. These differences were not observed for males. Implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed.

Acción popular de moralidad administrativa

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Ernesto Matallana Camacho

2010-12-01

Full Text Available La Acción Popular de Moralidad Administrativa es una acción de origen constitucional (art. 88 que tiene un desarrollo legal con la expedición de la Ley 472 de 1998, que tenía dentro de sus características un incentivo económico del 15%, el cual fue eliminado por el último artículo de la Ley 1425 de 2010. Dentro de las reformas propuestas en el nuevo Código Contencioso Administrativo se encuentra el superar el debate jurisprudencial si a través de la acción se pueden anular actos o contratos, lo cual es prohibido de entrada por el artículo 144 de la Ley 1437 de 2011, que además crea un requisito de procedibilidad, en donde el accionante debe dirigirse primero a la entidad y plantearle la posible violación del derecho colectivo. La jurisprudencia tiene definida la moralidad administrativa como el derecho que tiene la comunidad a que el patrimonio público sea manejado de acuerdo con la legislación vigente, con la diligencia y cuidado propio de un buen funcionario. Si bien la posición del Consejo de Estado es que no es posible la acumulación de procesos, creemos que puede ser revisable al eliminarse el incentivo económico. Adicionalmente la doctrina de juez de lo contencioso considera que la acción popular al tener un objeto jurídico a proteger que el derecho colectivo, la hace autónoma respecto de otras acciones y además tiene un carácter principal por esa misma razón. Otra jurisprudencia aborda el criterio de ponderación a la hora de tomar una decisión de protección de un derecho colectivo, cuando se enfrenten principios donde ninguno tiene un carácter absoluto, que se encuentren sustentando instituciones jurídicas y el juez popular deberá decidir a cuál deberá dársele mayor prioridad. La Administración dentro de la gestión pública puede sacrificar unos principios por la aplicación de otros cuando está ejecutando una norma, en esa medida; o bien, la Administración efectuó una inadecuada ponderación y en

Mass Media and the Popular Arts.

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Rissover, Fredric; Birch, David C.

This anthology consists of journalistic essays on each of these popular arts: advertising, journalism, cartoons, radio and television, photography and motion pictures, popular literature, popular music, and public education. Examples of most of the art forms are also included. The book is aimed at junior college students. Its purpose is to…

Prevalencia de consumo riesgoso y dañino de alcohol en derechohabientes del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

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Morales-García Juana Inés de la Cruz

2002-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Medir la prevalencia de consumo riesgoso y dañino de alcohol en la población amparada por el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS. Material y métodos. En un estudio transversal se entrevistaron 45 117 derechohabientes del IMSS, en las 36 delegaciones del país. Se aplicó un cuestionario estructurado y autoaplicable a cada sujeto usando el instrumento de tamizaje AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, el cual consta de 10 preguntas. Las tres primeras se relacionan con la cantidad y frecuencia del consumo de alcohol, las tres siguientes evalúan la dependencia y las cuatro últimas se refieren a problemas causados por el alcohol. Cada pregunta consta de tres a cinco opciones, a las que se les asignan valores progresivos de cero a cuatro. Se estimó la prevalencia de consumo, con intervalos de confianza al 95% (IC 95%. Resultados. La prevalencia de consumo problema de alcohol (riesgoso y dañino fue de 12.8% (IC 95% 12.5-13.2. El consumo fue mayor en hombres (22.2%; IC 95% 21.7-22.8 que en mujeres (3.4%; IC 95% 3.1-3.6. En los hombres se observó un efecto de edad, mientras que en las mujeres el consumo por edad fue más homogéneo. En ambos grupos el consumo fue más importante en la edad productiva. Conclusiones. La prevalencia de consumo de alcohol que constituye un problema para la salud, es elevada en la población derechohabiente del IMSS. Es necesario desarrollar políticas y programas de salud específicos, para disminuir este grave problema.

Experiencia con un método simple, rápido y seguro en el acceso arterial periférico en cirugía cardiaca mínimamente invasiva

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Elio Martín

2013-10-01

Conclusiones: Este método de acceso arterial periférico puede ser aplicado a diferentes procedimientos de CCMI resultando simple (2 suturas y técnica Seldinger, reproducible, rápido (no requiere reconstrucción tras decanulación y seguro (no requiere pinzado vascular, técnica Seldinger «a cielo abierto», baja tasa de complicaciones.

PLANTAS MEDICINAIS NO TRATAMENTO DE DOENÇAS RESPIRATÓRIAS NA INFÂNCIA: UMA VISÃO DO SABER POPULAR

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Karla Rafaella Menezes Araújo

2012-01-01

Full Text Available Investiga el conocimiento popular acerca del uso de plantas medicinales en tratamiento de enfermedades respiratorias en la infancia. Estudio exploratorio descriptivo, cualitativo, en Juazeiro do Norte/CE, Brasil, con 22 madres y/o responsables de niños usuarios de la Estrategia Salud de la Familia. Los datos fueron recogidos entre junio y julio de 2011 a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas. Empleó se la técnica del Discurso del Sujeto Colectivo para análisis de datos. El conocimiento popular tiene gran significado y es ampliamente aceptado, siendo utilizado a veces en la sustitución a medicamentos sintéticos. Hay pertinencia de la transmisión cultural de esto conocimiento por las generaciones. Los profesionales de la salud necesitan discutir las prácticas populares de la salud para que puedan actuar de forma más eficaz en la resolución de los reales problemas de la salud, aliando el conocimiento popular al científico.

Examining the links between attachment, perfectionism, and job motivation potential with job engagement and workaholism

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Aharon Tziner

2013-01-01

Full Text Available El propósito de este artículo fue investigar las asociaciones entre los estilos de apego, el perfeccionismo y el potencial de motivación laboral con el compromiso con el trabajo y la adicción al trabajo. Una muestra de 139 empleados cumplimentó un cuestionario de autoinforme que incluía medidas psicométricamente sólidas de los constructos clave. Se realizó un análisis de correlaciones, una regresión múltiple jerárquica y un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales para poner a prueba las relaciones propuestas y las hipótesis de mediación. Se encontró que el perfeccionismo funcional se relacionaba con el compromiso con el trabajo, mientras que el perfeccionismo disfuncional emergía asociado a los estilos de apego seguros y no seguros. Además, sólo un estilo de apego (no seguro y un tipo de perfeccionismo (disfuncional estaban ligados a la adicción al trabajo. Los directivos deberían prestar atención a los empleados que se caractericen por un es- tilo de apego no seguro y por una personalidad perfeccionista. También se debería hacer un esfuerzo para mejorar el compromiso entre los empleados y facilitar la adicción constructiva al trabajo.

Navigating and circumventing a fragmented health system: the patient's pathway in the Sierra Madre Region of Chiapas, Mexico.

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Molina, Rose Leonard; Palazuelos, Daniel

2014-03-01

Mexico has implemented several important reforms in how health care for its poorest is financed and delivered. Seguro Popular, in particular, a recently implemented social insurance program, aims to provide new funds for a previously underfunded state-based safety net system. Through in-depth ethnographic structured interviews with impoverished farmers in the state of Chiapas, this article presents an analysis of Seguro Popular from the perspective of a highly underserved beneficiary group. Specific points of tension among the various stakeholders--the government system (including public clinics, hospitals, and vertical programs), community members, private doctors, and pharmacies--are highlighted and discussed. Ethnographic data presented in this article expose distinct gaps between national health policy rhetoric and the reality of access to health services at the community level in a highly marginalized municipality in one of Mexico's poorest states. These insights have important implications for the structure and implementation of on-going reforms. © 2014 by the American Anthropological Association.

Arte Popular y Feminismo

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Eli Bartra

2000-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se lleva a cabo, en primer lugar, una propuesta metodológica de cómo abordar el estudio del arte popular desde un punto de vista feminista. A continuación se realiza un acercamiento a un ejemplo específico de arte popular mexicano que se halla en estrecha relación con el arte elitista y se puede considerar que se trata de un proceso de sincretismo cultural un tanto sui generis: las friditas de Josefina Aguilar como recreaciones de la obra plástica de Frida Kahlo. Con base en este “close up” se intenta mostrar un posible método para conocer el arte popular contemplando las divisiones sociales por género, etnia y clase.

CNRS researchers' popularization activities: a progress report

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Yves Croissant

2007-09-01

Full Text Available We have analyzed the popularization activities undertaken by ten thousand CNRS researchers by means of their annual reports for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. This is the first time that such an extensive statistical study on science popularization practices is carried out. Our main findings are : - the majority of researchers is not involved in popularization (51% has not done any popularization over the three-year period, two thirds have been involved in no more than one popularization action. - popularization practices are extremely diverse, both at the individual level (we have identified three subpopulations that feature distinctive attitudes towards popularization, and at the level of scientific disciplines (researchers in Humanities are twice as active as the average, as well as in laboratories or geographical regions. - the number of actions reported in 2005 greatly increased compared to 2004 (+ 26%, while they slightly diminished in 2006.

Pure and Public, Popular and personal

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Eriksson, Birgit

2013-01-01

In the article I reexamine the traditional aesthetical and political critiques of popular culture and reevaluate the social and communicative potential of bestselling cultural artifacts such as highly popular television series. First, I sketch the alleged aesthetic and social problems of popular...... and the exclusions of the public sphere. I argue that the ideals of a pure aesthetic and a public sphere neglect issues that are crucial to the type of commonality at stake in popular cultural artifacts: personal issues, social conflicts, and what is pleasurable to the senses or has to do with emotions. Third, I...

Social Costs for Wannabes: Moderating Effects of Popularity and Gender on the Links between Popularity Goals and Negative Peer Experiences.

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Breslend, Nicole Lafko; Shoulberg, Erin K; McQuade, Julia D; Murray-Close, Dianna

2018-02-05

Youth in early adolescence are highly concerned with being popular in the peer group, but the desire to be popular can have maladaptive consequences for individuals. In fact, qualitative work suggests that youth with high popularity goals who are nonetheless unpopular have negative experiences with their peers. However, little quantitative work has examined this possibility. The purpose of the current study was to examine if popularity goals were linked with physical (e.g., being hit) and relational (e.g., being excluded) victimization and peer rejection, particularly for individuals who strived for popularity but were viewed by their peers as unpopular. Late elementary and early middle school participants (N = 205; 54% female) completed self-reports of popularity goals and peer nominations of popularity and peer rejection. Teachers reported on students' experiences of relational and physical victimization. Peer nominated popularity and gender were moderators of the association between popularity goals and negative peer experiences. Consistent with hypotheses, girls who were unpopular but wanted to be popular were more likely to experience peer rejection and relational victimization. Unexpectedly, boys who were unpopular but did not desire to be popular were more likely to be rejected and relationally victimized. The findings suggest that intervention and prevention programs may benefit from addressing the social status goals of low status youth in a gender-specific manner.

Fidelización y rentabilización de usuarios de seguros todo riesgo de vehículos por medio de la venta cruzada y la venta escalonada. Un enfoque promocional para la industria aseguradora

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Carlos Gabriel Contreras Serrano

2016-02-01

Full Text Available Mantener relaciones activas con clientes rentables es uno de los principales objetivos de la industria aseguradora en Colombia. Para esto y para generar campañas de retención, se han desarrollado modelos tácticos de segmentación que tienen en cuenta la probabilidad de fuga del cliente y el valor vitalicio del mismo. Esta investigación propone un diseño de análisis conjunto con 560 tomadores de pólizas de seguros de autos en diversas latitudes del país. Se examinan los esquemas promocionales que aceleran la probabilidad de renovar la póliza de seguro que tienen con su agencia aseguradora actual. La aplicación de un modelo logit multinomial ofrece evidencia de que las promociones bajo venta cruzada son eficientes para fidelizar usuarios rentables, mientras la venta escalonada es propicia para rentabilizar clientes fieles.

Costos de la atención médica atribuibles al consumo de tabaco en el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Health care costs attributable to tobacco consumption on a national level in the Mexican Social Security Institute

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Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu

2006-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Cuantificar el efecto de las enfermedades atribuibles al consumo de tabaco, en términos epidemiológicos (morbilidad y económicos (costos de atención médica, en el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS a escala nacional. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Los costos de la atención médica se estimaron desde la perspectiva del proveedor y se empleó la metodología del costeo de enfermedad. A partir de una muestra de pacientes (n= 1 596 atendidos en las unidades médicas se estableció la frecuencia de utilización de servicios en los tres niveles de atención. Para cada enfermedad se consideraron costos promedio por paciente y costos totales de enfermedad, los cuales se mensuraron en pesos mexicanos de 2004. Se calculó la fracción atribuible al consumo de tabaco para cada enfermedad, misma que se usó para atribuir los costos al tabaco. RESULTADOS: Los costos totales anuales de atención médica nacional corresponden a 7 114 millones para el infarto agudo del miocardio, 3 424 millones para la enfermedad vascular cerebral, 1 469 millones para la enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica y 102 millones para el cáncer pulmonar. El costo total anual para el IMSS por estas cuatro enfermedades asciende a 12 100 millones de pesos. Los costos atribuibles al consumo de tabaco corresponden a 7 100 millones de pesos, lo cual equivale a 4.3% del gasto de operación de la institución en el año 2004. CONCLUSIONES: Estos resultados confirman el elevado costo de la atención médica de las enfermedades atribuibles al consumo de tabaco en el IMSS y generan información de primera mano necesaria para impulsar las medidas de prevención en esa institución y reforzar las políticas de control del tabaquismo ya aplicadas en México.OBJECTIVE: To estimate the cost of medical care for the major diseases attributable to tobacco consumption at the IMSS. MATERIAL AND METODS: A cost of illness (COI analysis was carried out from the perspective of the health

Edward Said on Popular Music

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Capitain, W.H.P.

2017-01-01

Although Edward Said, generally known as one of the founders of postcolonial studies, has written extensively on music, he almost completely ignores popular music. However, the few moments in which he does reflect on popular music are highly revealing. In this article I provide a comprehensive

Heterogeneous effects of health insurance on out-of-pocket expenditure on medicines in Mexico.

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Wirtz, Veronika J; Santa-Ana-Tellez, Yared; Servan-Mori, Edson; Avila-Burgos, Leticia

2012-01-01

Given the importance of health insurance for financing medicines and recent policy changes designed to reduce health-related out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) in Mexico, our study examined and analyzed the effect of health insurance on the probability and amount of OOPE for medicines and the proportion spent from household available expenditure (AE) funds. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis by using the Mexican National Household Survey of Income and Expenditures for 2008. Households were grouped according to household medical insurance type (Social Security, Seguro Popular, mixed, or no affiliation). OOPE for medicines and health costs, and the probability of occurrence, were estimated with linear regression models; subsequently, the proportion of health expenditures from AE was calculated. The Heckman selection procedure was used to correct for self-selection of health expenditure; a propensity score matching procedure and an alternative procedure using instrumental variables were used to correct for heterogeneity between households with and without Seguro Popular. OOPE in medicines account for 66% of the total health expenditures and 5% of the AE. Households with health insurance had a lower probability of OOPE for medicines than their comparison groups. There was heterogeneity in the health insurance effect on the proportion of OOPE for medicines out of the AE, with a reduction of 1.7% for households with Social Security, 1.4% for mixed affiliation, but no difference between Seguro Popular and matched households without insurance. Medicines were the most prevalent component of health expenditures in Mexico. We recommend improving access to health services and strengthening access to medicines to reduce high OOPE. Copyright © 2012 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Del estigma del negocio al negocio del estigma. La prensa popular Argentina y su recuperación empresarial e institucional

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Leandro Araoz Ortiz

2015-11-01

Full Text Available El artículo recorre el devenir de la prensa popular argentina desde sus inicios a comienzos del siglo xx hasta su aparente “resurgimiento” a principios de la década del 2010. Las transformaciones del mercado periodístico permiten observar un desplazamiento de su lugar que se define como marginal: marginalidad señalada no por el volumen de sus (cuantiosas ventas, sino porque dichos productos demarcan el límite de lo permitido en la práctica periodística, que conservaba a la prensa como reducto del modelo liberal de ciudadanía. Las transformaciones en las lógicas de producción y consumo mediático permiten observar cómo las empresas que antes denostaban a este sector incorporaron a sus carteras publicaciones populares que se diferencian en algunos aspectos de sus antecesores amarillistas. Estas discusiones sobre el sensacionalismo, la cultura popular y la emotividad en la prensa es un punto central para contextualizar la discusión de los populismos en los países de la región.

Behavioral Correlates of Prioritizing Popularity in Adolescence

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van Den Broek, Nina; Deutz, Marike H F; Schoneveld, Elke A.; Burk, William J.; Cillessen, Antonius H N

2016-01-01

Little is known about individual differences in adolescents’ motivation to achieve and maintain popularity. This study examined the moderating effects of prioritizing popularity on the associations between popularity and adjustment outcomes in late adolescence. Participants were 314 Dutch

Popularity and Novelty Dynamics in Evolving Networks.

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Abbas, Khushnood; Shang, Mingsheng; Abbasi, Alireza; Luo, Xin; Xu, Jian Jun; Zhang, Yu-Xia

2018-04-20

Network science plays a big role in the representation of real-world phenomena such as user-item bipartite networks presented in e-commerce or social media platforms. It provides researchers with tools and techniques to solve complex real-world problems. Identifying and predicting future popularity and importance of items in e-commerce or social media platform is a challenging task. Some items gain popularity repeatedly over time while some become popular and novel only once. This work aims to identify the key-factors: popularity and novelty. To do so, we consider two types of novelty predictions: items appearing in the popular ranking list for the first time; and items which were not in the popular list in the past time window, but might have been popular before the recent past time window. In order to identify the popular items, a careful consideration of macro-level analysis is needed. In this work we propose a model, which exploits item level information over a span of time to rank the importance of the item. We considered ageing or decay effect along with the recent link-gain of the items. We test our proposed model on four various real-world datasets using four information retrieval based metrics.

Rethinking Popular Culture and Media

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Marshall, Elizabeth, Ed.; Sensoy, Ozlem, Ed.

2011-01-01

"Rethinking Popular Culture and Media" is a provocative collection of articles that begins with the idea that the "popular" in classrooms and in the everyday lives of teachers and students is fundamentally political. This anthology includes outstanding articles by elementary and secondary public school teachers, scholars, and activists who…

Women and Popular Church

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Maria Brendalí Costa; EST

2013-01-01

From the early 1960s, the Popular Church organized and influenced the actions, ideas and objectives of the Brazilian civil society. From the Feminist Theology, the article reflects on the different ways which this praxis influenced, through principles, worldviews and methodologies, the actions performed by women in the 1980s who engaged in the Urban Popular Church in suburbs of cities which belonged to the diocese of Caxias do Sul. The study is bibliographic, documental and is analyzed throug...

Popularity versus similarity in growing networks.

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Papadopoulos, Fragkiskos; Kitsak, Maksim; Serrano, M Ángeles; Boguñá, Marián; Krioukov, Dmitri

2012-09-27

The principle that 'popularity is attractive' underlies preferential attachment, which is a common explanation for the emergence of scaling in growing networks. If new connections are made preferentially to more popular nodes, then the resulting distribution of the number of connections possessed by nodes follows power laws, as observed in many real networks. Preferential attachment has been directly validated for some real networks (including the Internet), and can be a consequence of different underlying processes based on node fitness, ranking, optimization, random walks or duplication. Here we show that popularity is just one dimension of attractiveness; another dimension is similarity. We develop a framework in which new connections optimize certain trade-offs between popularity and similarity, instead of simply preferring popular nodes. The framework has a geometric interpretation in which popularity preference emerges from local optimization. As opposed to preferential attachment, our optimization framework accurately describes the large-scale evolution of technological (the Internet), social (trust relationships between people) and biological (Escherichia coli metabolic) networks, predicting the probability of new links with high precision. The framework that we have developed can thus be used for predicting new links in evolving networks, and provides a different perspective on preferential attachment as an emergent phenomenon.

Los seguros de salud mexicanos: cobertura universal incierta Mexican health insurance: uncertain universal coverage

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Asa Cristina Laurell

2011-06-01

Full Text Available El sistema de salud mexicano se compone de la Secretaría de Salud (rectora del sector y prestador de algunos servicios, la seguridad social laboral pública, y el sector privado. Transita por un proceso de reforma iniciado en 1995 para universalizar la cobertura y separar las funciones regulación-financiamiento-prestación de servicios; reforma que después de quince años sigue inacabada y problemática. Este texto analiza crítica- y propositivamente la problemática surgida a raíz de las sucesivas reformas. El énfasis se pone en su última etapa con la introducción del "Seguro Popular" para la población sin seguridad social laboral. El análisis concibe la reforma de salud como parte de la Reforma del Estado en el marco de la reorganización neoliberal de la sociedad. A diferencia de otros países latinoamericanos este proceso no pasó por una nueva Constitución. El análisis se basa en documentos oficiales y un seguimiento sistemático de la instrumentación del Sistema de Protección Social en Salud y su impacto sobre la cobertura y acceso a los servicios. Se concluye que es improbable que se universalice la cobertura poblacional y menos el acceso a los servicios. Empero las reformas están forzando la mercantilización del sistema aún en presencia de un sector privado débil.The Mexican health system is comprised of the Department of Health, state labor social security and the private sector. It is undergoing a reform process initiated in 1995 to achieve universal coverage and separate the regulation, financing and service functions; a reform that after fifteen years is incomplete and problematic. The scope of this paper is to assess the problems that underlie the successive reforms. Special emphasis is given to the last reform stage with the introduction of the "Insurance of the People" aimed at the population without labor social security. In the analysis, health reform is seen as part of the Reform of the State in the context of

Application of a coherent risk measure in the price calculation of an income insurance (annuities = Aplicación de una medida de riesgo coherente para el cálculo de la prima de riesgo en un seguro de rentas

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Montserrat Hernández Solís

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Una práctica común que realizan las entidades aseguradoras es la de modificar las tasas de mortalidad instantánea al aplicar el principio de prima neta con el fin de hacer frente a las desviaciones desfavorables de la siniestralidad. Este documento proporciona una respuesta matemática a esta cuestión mediante la aplicación de la función de distorsión de potencia de Wang. Tanto la prima neta y la función de distorsión de Wang son medidas de riesgo coherentes, siendo este último aplicado por primera vez en el campo delos seguros de vida.Utilizando las leyes de Gompertz y Makeham primero calculamos la prima a nivel general y en una segunda parte, se aplica el principio de cálculo de la prima basado en función de distorsión de potencia de Wang para calcular el recargo sobre la prima de riesgo ajustada. El precio de prima única de riesgo se ha aplicado a una forma de cobertura de seguro de supervivencia, el seguro de rentas.La principal conclusión que puede extraerse es que mediante el uso de la función de distorsión, la nueva tasa instantánea de mortalidad es directamente proporcional a un múltiplo, que es justamente el exponente de esta función y hace que el riesgo de longevidad sea mayor. Esta es la razón por la prima de riesgo ajustada es superior a la prima neta.Modification of instantaneous mortality rates when applying the net premium principle in order to cope with unfavorable deviations in claims, is common practice carried out by insurance companies. This paper provides a mathematical answer to this matter by applying Wang’s power distortion function. Both net premium and Wang’s distortion function are coherent risk measures, the latter being first applied to the field of life insurance.Using the Gompertz and Makeham laws we first calculate the premium at a general level and in a second part, the principle of premium calculation based on Wang´s power distortion function is applied to calculate the adjusted risk

Segurança Alimentar e Controle de Qualidade: um estudo da implantação do Programa Alimentos Seguros em supermercados de bairro

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Guedes, Glenda Jamile Pires Barros

2008-01-01

Este trabalho teve como objetivo analisar os percentuais de conformidade, relacionados aos requisitos de Boas Práticas, alcançados por 23 Supermercados de bairro após a implantação do Programa Alimentos Seguros. Para o seu desenvolvimento a metodologia de pesquisa adotada foi à aplicação inicial e final de um check-list (ferramenta específica do PAS) nos 23 supermercados, alvo deste estudo. Após a implantação do PAS foi realizado um estudo comparativo onde foi possível constatar que essas emp...

Feminismo, estudios culturales y cultura popular

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Hollows, Joanne

2005-01-01

This paper explores the movement of feminism into academic life in general and the study of popular culture in particular. Assumptioms about the effects of popular culture on women had been a commonsense of second-wave feminism; however, by the mid-1970’s, questions about how gendered identities were culturally produced and reproduced became the topic of much more in-depth feminist research and discussion. This essay examines two main ways in which feminist research into popular culture enter...

Popular Culture in the Junior College Library

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Lonergan, David; Ayers, Meredith

2015-01-01

Popular culture is extremely influential in both academe and society at large. However, formal disciplinary study of popular culture lags far behind that influence. Anthropology, film studies, history, musicology, and sociology are only some of the disciplines that frequently include popular culture as a research focus. This article advises on how…

Principales acercamientos al uso de la música popular actual en la Educación Secundaria

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Flores, Susana

2007-06-01

Full Text Available This article is a reflection about the use of the popular music in the classroom and about the most innovative teaching models which already are being used in many Western classrooms of Secondary Education. Although it could seem that the only utility of this sort of music is to obtain the motivation of the students, the most recent investigations show us that it also facilitates the learning of another type of contents and musical skills that would be difficult to teach using exclusively the classical music.

Characterizing and modeling the dynamics of online popularity.

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Ratkiewicz, Jacob; Fortunato, Santo; Flammini, Alessandro; Menczer, Filippo; Vespignani, Alessandro

2010-10-08

Online popularity has an enormous impact on opinions, culture, policy, and profits. We provide a quantitative, large scale, temporal analysis of the dynamics of online content popularity in two massive model systems: the Wikipedia and an entire country's Web space. We find that the dynamics of popularity are characterized by bursts, displaying characteristic features of critical systems such as fat-tailed distributions of magnitude and interevent time. We propose a minimal model combining the classic preferential popularity increase mechanism with the occurrence of random popularity shifts due to exogenous factors. The model recovers the critical features observed in the empirical analysis of the systems analyzed here, highlighting the key factors needed in the description of popularity dynamics.

Classifications in Popular Music: Discourses and Meaning Structures in American, Dutch and German Popular Music Reviews

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A.T. van Venrooij (Alex)

2009-01-01

textabstractPopular music is one of the cultural fields – together with film, photography, and jazz – which in the second half of the twentieth century have apparently gained much in status and recognition (Janssen, 1999; Janssen, Kuipers & Verboord, 2009). Popular music has become ‘aesthetically

Determination of Fe and Al contamination by NAA at preparation of traditional Mexican food

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Arriola, S.H.; Cruz, M.M.

2007-01-01

A study was carried out using NAA to measure the concentration of Al and Fe leached from kitchen ware into some popular Mexican sauces and juices. These elements were measured in red and green hot sauces cooked in Fe, Al and clay pans compared to a stainless steel pan. Similarly Al was measured in orange and grapefruit juices obtained using an Al extractor compared to a plastic one. (author)

Cultura popular e nacionalismo musical: uma discussão das ideias folcloristas sobre a música popular no Brasil * Popular culture and musical nationalism: a discussion of folklorists ideas about popular music in Brazil

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ISMAEL DE OLIVEIRA GEROLAMO

2014-02-01

Full Text Available Resumo: Neste trabalho discutimos como a noção de cultura popular torna-se elemento central para os debates em torno do nacionalismo nas esferas cultural e artística. Exploraremos, mais especificamente, as ideias de Mário de Andrade sobre o nacionalismo musical, tendo em vista a importância dessas ideias e suas possíveis ressonâncias nas discussões acerca da música popular no Brasil durante o século XX. A busca por uma “essência do povo” que constituiria a base de uma nação é ponto de referência para esse debate. Essas ideias, surgidas na Europa, ainda no século XIX, ligadas ao movimento romântico e a atuação dos folcloristas, ganham força no Brasil principalmente a partir do século XX e irão permear inúmeros debates em momentos distintos da história republicana do país.Palavras-chave: Nacionalismo Musical – Mário de Andrade – Música Popular. Abstract: In this paper, we discuss how the idea of popular culture becomes central to debates about nationalism in culture and art. We will explore more specifically the ideas of Mário de Andrade on musical nationalism, regarding the importance of these ideas and their possible resonances in discussions of popular music in Brazil during the twentieth century. The search for a "people's essence" that form the basis of a nation is in the core of this debate. These ideas emerged in Europe in the nineteenth century and are connected to the Romantic movement and actions of folklorists and will bulk in Brazil mostly from the twentieth century, when they will be part of numerous debates in distinguished moments in the country’s history.Keywords: Musical Nationalism – Mário de Andrade – Popular Music.

Um estudo das competências do auditor interno atuante no mercado brasileiro de seguros : percepção após a lei Sarbanes & Oxley

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Carmona, Eduardo

2008-01-01

A escolha desse tema foi motivada pelo interesse pessoal do autor e por sua atuação na área, adicionalmente, as alterações ocorridas devido á publicação da lei Sarbanes & Oxley produziram grande impacto na atividade de auditoria interna em companhias de seguros. O objetivo geral da pesquisa consiste em analisar as novas competências para atender às mudanças ocorridas no mercado segurador após a lei Sarbanes & Oxley, bem como tem como objetivos específicos identificar as competências requerida...

The Popularity of Karinding among Bandung Society

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Hinhin Agung Daryana

2017-12-01

Full Text Available The study focuses on the impact of the karinding popularity on Bandung society. In trying to understand its focus, the study uses interdisciplinary approaches including soci- ology and anthropology. It employs qualitative research method including data collection from oral and wri!en sources. Since being played by a band called Karinding A!ack, karin- ding became popular in Bandung. Further, the popularity of karinding gave some impacts on Bandung people, both its practitioners and its audience. Some programs and activities considered as the result of the popularity of karinding include multiple activities such as tourism activities, networking development, educational activities, revitalization of tradi- tional arts other than karinding, music development, literacy development, and the develop- ment of the creative economy.   Keywords: impact, popularity, karinding, Bandung, interdisciplinary approach

[Popular education in health and nutrition: literature review].

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Mueses De Molina, C

1993-01-01

This literature review of popular education in health and nutrition is intended to provide the necessary theoretical framework for proposals and programs for human resource development in food and nutrition. The work contains a summary of the objectives, purposes, and methodology of popular education in general, a discussion of applications of popular education techniques to health and nutrition education, and a description of some projects based on popular education. Popular education was developed in Latin America by Paulo Freire and others as a response to political domination. Its basic objective was to make the oppressed masses aware of their condition and able to struggle for the transformation of society. Popular education views community participation, development of consciousness, and integration with social and economic activity as fundamental attributes. Participation should be developed through community organizations and should continue for the duration of the educational intervention. The right of all persons to participate in a plane of equality should be recognized. Community or popular education should be conceived as a process of permanent education that will continue throughout the lifetime of individuals and groups. Popular education is directed toward population sectors excluded from participation in employment, family, community, mass communications, education, and leisure activities. Such population sectors are concentrated in the urban periphery and in rural areas. Abandonment of traditional educational techniques and assumption of an active role by community members are elements in development of the methodology of popular education. Steps in the methodology include investigation of possible themes, selection of themes to serve as points of departure, definition of the problem, and action programs. Popular education in nutrition and health begins by asking what problems need to be remedied. The entire process of training and education in

Investing in health for economic development: The case of Mexico

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Lustig, Nora

2006-01-01

Health is an asset with an intrinsic value as well as an instrumental value. Good health is a source of wellbeing and highly valued throughout the world. Health is not only the absence of illness, but capacity to develop a person’s potential. Health is also an important determinant of economic growth. Given the importance of health, both as a source of human welfare and a determinant of overall economic growth, the Popular Health Insurance (Seguro Popular) was first introduced in Mexico as a ...

Whence come these terrible images… How 19th Century Bohemia Began to Show an Interest in Folk Art and Popular Imagery

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Machalíková, Pavla

2016-01-01

Roč. 64, č. 6 (2016), s. 497-515 ISSN 0049-5123 R&D Projects: GA ČR GA15-07456S Institutional support: RVO:68378033 Keywords : folk art * popular imagery * 19th century painting Subject RIV: AL - Art, Architecture, Cultural Heritage

Consumo de tabaco en la población derechohabiente del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

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FERNÁNDEZ-GÁRATE IRMA HORTENCIA

1997-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Conocer la prevalencia del tabaquismo en la población derechohabiente usuaria del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Material y métodos. En un estudio transversal se entrevistó a la población usuaria de las 36 delegaciones, mediante un cuestionario estructurado y autoaplicable sobre el consumo de tabaco, edad de inicio, cantidad de cigarros y suspensión del consumo. Resultados. Se estudiaron 45 117 sujetos, en proporción similar por género. La prevalencia de fumadores fue del 40% en hombres, del 17.6% en mujeres y mayor en los estados del norte que en el resto del país. Existe un efecto de edad en el consumo de tabaco y más de la mitad de los fumadores iniciaron el hábito en la adolescencia. Conclusiones. La prevalencia de tabaquismo que se encontró es elevada, aunque el promedio de cigarros consumidos no es alto. No obstante, el índice de abandono es bajo. Se requieren medidas de intervención en salud pública para disminuir esta adicción.

Popularity Modeling for Mobile Apps: A Sequential Approach.

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Zhu, Hengshu; Liu, Chuanren; Ge, Yong; Xiong, Hui; Chen, Enhong

2015-07-01

The popularity information in App stores, such as chart rankings, user ratings, and user reviews, provides an unprecedented opportunity to understand user experiences with mobile Apps, learn the process of adoption of mobile Apps, and thus enables better mobile App services. While the importance of popularity information is well recognized in the literature, the use of the popularity information for mobile App services is still fragmented and under-explored. To this end, in this paper, we propose a sequential approach based on hidden Markov model (HMM) for modeling the popularity information of mobile Apps toward mobile App services. Specifically, we first propose a popularity based HMM (PHMM) to model the sequences of the heterogeneous popularity observations of mobile Apps. Then, we introduce a bipartite based method to precluster the popularity observations. This can help to learn the parameters and initial values of the PHMM efficiently. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the PHMM is a general model and can be applicable for various mobile App services, such as trend based App recommendation, rating and review spam detection, and ranking fraud detection. Finally, we validate our approach on two real-world data sets collected from the Apple Appstore. Experimental results clearly validate both the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed popularity modeling approach.

Popularization of the role of nuclear power construction

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Zhang Ying

2010-01-01

Scientific popularization shall be promoted in advance before nuclear power development. Since it was founded, Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC) has always focused on the popularization of nuclear power knowledge to enable the public understand and access to nuclear power. Adhering to the center 'Popularizing nuclear power knowledge, correct steering of the public, serving the construction of TNPS and promoting the corporation development', the way of 'going out and coming in' for publicizing nuclear power knowledge has been gradually formed in line with the principle of 'close to the society, close to the people and close to the life'. The scientific popularization resources have been deeply dug out, and the education mode innovated. The healthy and continuous development of scientific popularization and education work are recognized and appraised highly by all circles of the society. Nowadays, a good atmosphere of 'everyone contends to popularize nuclear power knowledge' has formed in JNPC, and internal and external popularization and education work have yielded good results, which have created favorable social environment for the safe, proper and fast development of Tianwan Nuclear Power Station. (author)

Gender messages in contemporary popular Malay songs

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Collin Jerome

2013-07-01

Full Text Available Gender has been an important area of research in the field of popular music studies. Numerous scholars have found that contemporary popular music functions as a locus of diverse constructions and expressions of gender. While most studies focus on content analyses of popular music, there is still a need for more research on audience’s perception of popular music’s messages. This study examined adult Malay listeners’ perceptions of gender messages in contemporary Malay songs. A total of 16 contemporary Malay songs were analysed using Fairclough’s (1992 method of text analysis. The content of the songs that conveyed messages about gender were the basis for analysis. The results showed that the messages revolve mainly around socially constructed gender roles and expectations in romantic relationships. Gender stereotypes are also used in the songs to reinforce men’s and women’s roles in romantic relationships. The results also showed that, while listeners acknowledge the songs’ messages about gender, their own perceptions of gender and what it means to be a gendered being in today’s world are neither represented nor discussed fully in the songs analysed. It is hoped the findings from this, particularly the mismatch between projected and perceived notions of gender, contribute to the field of popular Malay music studies in particular, and popular music studies in general where gender messages in popular songs and their influence on listeners’ perceptions of their own gender is concerned.

Preliminares al Estudio del Chancro y la Fusariosis del Cacao

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Garcés O. Carlos

1939-08-01

Full Text Available El presente estudio es el fruto de año y medio de investigaciones continuas, durante las cuales el autor ha pretendido recoger el máximum de observaciones personales que puede obtenerse cuando, a más de la deficiencia técnica y de laboratorio que ocurre en quienes se inician en Patología Vegetal, se dispone de medios que requiere habilidad y conocimientos profundos por parte del observador y considerable campo de experimentación. No hay por este motivo creación de doctrinas sino simplemente exposición de observaciones experimentales, que pueden estar erradas por deficiencia técnica, pero que se han efectuado con gran pulcritud de conciencia. El autor agradece sinceramente q quienes con voluntad inmejorable se prestaron a suministrarle toda clase de datos relacionados con este estudio y rinde homenaje de cordial reconocimiento al doctor Ramón Mejía Franco, constante propulsor de sus esfuerzos y guía seguro en la mayor parte de las experimentaciones.

Canción popular, nacionalismo, consumo y política en Chile entre los años 40 y 60 Popular Music, Nationalism Consumption and Politics in Chile during the 1940's and 1960s

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Tânia da Costa Garcia

2009-01-01

Full Text Available La canción popular urbana constituye una manifestación cultural típicamente moderna. Su producción, circulación y consumo se confunden con el proceso de urbanización y con la disponibilidad de recursos tecnológicos. Transmitida por los medios de comunicación de masas, al llegar a un público bastante más amplio que los receptores locales, no demoró, dentro de la lógica de mercado, para traducirse en un importante vector de homogeneización cultural. El objetivo de este artículo es diseñar un mapa de las conexiones entre música folclórica, canción popular, formación y consolidación de un mercado consumidor y los usos políticos de la música popular chilena por parte de diferentes sectores de esta sociedad entre los años 40 y 60, período en el que las artes estuvieron relacionadas con las luchas de las representaciones en torno de la identidad nacional en diferentes países de América Latina.Popular urban music is a typically modern cultural event. Its production, distribution and consumption occurred during the process of urbanization of Chile and in a period ofgrowing a vailability of technological resources. The broadcasting by the mass media allowed popular urban music to reach a larger audience than the local public. Therefore it didnot take long time for popular urban music to become a means of cultural homogenization within the parameters of the market system of production and distribution of music, in Chile. This article aims to map the connections between folk music and popular music, with the formation and consolidation ofa consumer market for music in Chile. Besides it considers the use of popular music in the forfties and the sixties as a political tool by different groups ofthe Chilean society, during a time when arts were considered within the controversies about the national identity that aróse in different Latín American countries.

Equidad en el acceso al tratamiento para el cáncer de mama en Colombia Equity in access to treatment for breast cancer in Colombia

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Ligia Constanza Velásquez-De Charry

2009-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVOS: Evaluar la equidad en el acceso al tratamiento para cáncer de mama y comparar las barreras geográficas, económicas y organizacionales y las autorizaciones que enfrentan las mujeres, de acuerdo con su afiliación a la seguridad social en salud. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Seguimiento retrospectivo a través de encuestas a mujeres bajo tratamiento para establecer la equidad y contrastar los obstáculos para acceder al tratamiento con objeto de determinar las diferencias relacionadas con su condición de afiliación a la seguridad social en salud. RESULTADOS: Es más probable que las afiliadas al régimen subsidiado y las mujeres de estratos pobres sin seguro deban desplazarse a otra ciudad para recibir tratamiento (RM= 2.40; IC95%: 1.64-3.43, y RM= 1.80; IC95%: 1.04-3.06, respectivamente. La probabilidad de que las mujeres pobres sin seguro deban pagar por los medicamentos es mayor (RM= 3.7; IC95%: 2.15-6.44. CONCLUSIONES: El acceso real al tratamiento para cáncer de mama en Colombia es inequitativo, dado que las mujeres más vulnerables enfrentan mayores barreras.OBJECTIVES: To evaluate equity in access by comparing geographic, economic, and organizational barriers as well as authorization obstacles that women encounter depending on their affiliation with the social security health system. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective survey was conducted among women undergoing breast cancer treatment to determine differences and the degree of fairness in access to care according to their affiliation with the social security health system. RESULTS: Women affiliated with the subsidized social security health system as well as women living in rural areas have a greater probability to travel to another city (OR 2.40 IC95%;1.64-3.43 and OR 1.80 IC95%;1.04-3.06, respectively. Poor women without insurance have greater probability of having to pay for medications (OR 3.7 IC95%;2.15-6.44. CONCLUSIONS: Access to breast cancer treatment is inequitable and

VOCAL SEGMENT CLASSIFICATION IN POPULAR MUSIC

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Feng, Ling; Nielsen, Andreas Brinch; Hansen, Lars Kai

2008-01-01

This paper explores the vocal and non-vocal music classification problem within popular songs. A newly built labeled database covering 147 popular songs is announced. It is designed for classifying signals from 1sec time windows. Features are selected for this particular task, in order to capture...

Islam and the Alleged Incompatibility with Popular Culture

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Pierre Hecker

2017-01-01

This paper critically reflects upon the alleged incompatibility of Islam and popular culture, the antipathy toward the study of popular culture in the field of Islamic studies, and the question of what it is that puts "the popular" into culture.

Zangorromangos, bimbilindrones, chuchumbés y otros eufemismos líricos populares

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Pedrosa, José Manuel

2012-01-01

Dentro de las composiciones de extracción oral y popular se destaca la utilización de algunas palabras que entrañan una enorme significación. Se trata de estribillos que funcionan como una especie de muletilla expresiva, rítmica y metafórica, aunque el sentido oculto al que remiten resulte un tanto misterioso. Estos artilugios estilísticos, a mitad de camino entre la onomatopeya, el juego de palabras e ironías y el comodín rítmico y métrico, contienen muchas veces, un doble sentido insinuante...

Zangorromangos, bimbilindrones, chuchumbés y otros eufemismos líricos populare

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Pedrosa, José Manuel

2013-01-01

Dentro de las composiciones de extracción oral y popular se destaca la utilización de algunas palabras que entrañan una enorme significación. Se trata de estribillos que funcionan como una especie de muletilla expresiva, rítmica y metafórica, aunque el sentido oculto al que remiten resulte un tanto misterioso. Estos artilugios estilísticos, a mitad de camino entre la onomatopeya, el juego de palabras e ironías y el comodín rítmico y métrico, contienen muchas veces, un doble sentido insinuante...

Popularity versus similarity in growing networks

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Krioukov, Dmitri; Papadopoulos, Fragkiskos; Kitsak, Maksim; Serrano, Mariangeles; Boguna, Marian

2012-02-01

Preferential attachment is a powerful mechanism explaining the emergence of scaling in growing networks. If new connections are established preferentially to more popular nodes in a network, then the network is scale-free. Here we show that not only popularity but also similarity is a strong force shaping the network structure and dynamics. We develop a framework where new connections, instead of preferring popular nodes, optimize certain trade-offs between popularity and similarity. The framework admits a geometric interpretation, in which preferential attachment emerges from local optimization processes. As opposed to preferential attachment, the optimization framework accurately describes large-scale evolution of technological (Internet), social (web of trust), and biological (E.coli metabolic) networks, predicting the probability of new links in them with a remarkable precision. The developed framework can thus be used for predicting new links in evolving networks, and provides a different perspective on preferential attachment as an emergent phenomenon.

Demanda por seguro de salud y uso de servicios médicos en Colombia: diferencias entre trabajadores dependientes e independientes.

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Juan Miguel Gallego

2008-07-01

Full Text Available El artículo analiza los incentivos en aseguramiento y uso de servicios de los trabajadores, dependientes e independientes, cuando dichos agentes son heterogéneos en su estado de salud. Metodológicamente, los agentes eligen de manera secuencial el nivel de aseguramiento y uso de servicios que maximicen su utilidad intertemporal bajo incertidumbre sobre su estado de salud. Las estimaciones probit bivariadas muestran una relación positiva entre aseguramiento y estado de salud (selección positiva de riesgos, y aseguramiento e incidencia de enfermedad crónica (selección negativa de riesgos para el grupo de trabajadores independientes. Para el uso de servicios de salud, dado que es una demanda inducida, el seguro de salud aumenta la probabilidad de uso de consulta externa.

A propósito de las interpretaciones eróticas en pinturas de Murillo de asunto popular

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Valdivieso, Enrique

2002-12-01

Full Text Available Over the past few years, certain foreign specialists of seventeenth century Spanish Baroque painting have maintained that in some of Murillo's works of «popular» subjects there exists a clear erotic content. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that such content is impossible on the grounds both of Murillo's own mentality and the control exerted by the Inquisition. Murillo always complied with the most rigorous moral principles in force during his lifetime, and the Inquisition was permanently vigilant regarding sinful sexual behavior.

A lo largo de los últimos años algunos especialistas foráneos de la pintura barroca española del S. XVII han venido manteniendo que en algunas pinturas de Murillo de asunto popular existen claros contenidos eróticos. Trata este artículo de evidenciar que tales contenidos no son posibles. Primero a causa de la mentalidad del propio Murillo siempre fiel al cumplimiento de los más rigurosos principios morales vigentes en su época, ni tampoco a causa de la perfecta vigilancia sobre conductas pecaminosas con respecto al sexo que la Inquisición efectuaba en aquella época.

Neural mechanisms tracking popularity in real-world social networks.

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Zerubavel, Noam; Bearman, Peter S; Weber, Jochen; Ochsner, Kevin N

2015-12-08

Differences in popularity are a key aspect of status in virtually all human groups and shape social interactions within them. Little is known, however, about how we track and neurally represent others' popularity. We addressed this question in two real-world social networks using sociometric methods to quantify popularity. Each group member (perceiver) viewed faces of every other group member (target) while whole-brain functional MRI data were collected. Independent functional localizer tasks were used to identify brain systems supporting affective valuation (ventromedial prefrontal cortex, ventral striatum, amygdala) and social cognition (dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, precuneus, temporoparietal junction), respectively. During the face-viewing task, activity in both types of neural systems tracked targets' sociometric popularity, even when controlling for potential confounds. The target popularity-social cognition system relationship was mediated by valuation system activity, suggesting that observing popular individuals elicits value signals that facilitate understanding their mental states. The target popularity-valuation system relationship was strongest for popular perceivers, suggesting enhanced sensitivity to differences among other group members' popularity. Popular group members also demonstrated greater interpersonal sensitivity by more accurately predicting how their own personalities were perceived by other individuals in the social network. These data offer insights into the mechanisms by which status guides social behavior.

Spanish Federation of Popular Universities (FEUP)

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Serrano, Isabel Garcia-Longoria

2006-01-01

This article features the Spanish Popular Universities, which are defined as "a project of cultural development that acts in the municipality, whose objective is to promote social participation, education, training, and culture in order to improve life quality" (Federation of Popular Education Universities, 2000). A century of history of…

Popular Music and the Instrumental Ensemble.

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Boespflug, George

1999-01-01

Discusses popular music, the role of the musical performer as a creator, and the styles of jazz and popular music. Describes the pop ensemble at the college level, focusing on improvisation, rehearsals, recording, and performance. Argues that pop ensembles be used in junior and senior high school. (CMK)

Living-History Villages as Popular Entertainers.

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Geist, Christopher D.

1994-01-01

Discusses the furor created when Walt Disney Studios announced plans to develop a "historic amusement park" near the Manassas (Virginia) National Battlefield Park. Maintains that the public debate over the popular understanding of history reflects an ongoing tension between academic historians and the purveyors of popular history. (CFR)

Implementación de un sistema de automatización de reportes de obligaciones de inversión para una compañía de seguros

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Yurivilca Montes, Ronald Nelson; Yurivilca Montes, Ronald Nelson

2013-01-01

El presente informe muestra la implementación de una herramienta tecnológica para automatizar los reportes de Obligaciones de Inversión y Requerimientos Mínimos Patrimoniales realizadas por el área de Inversiones y Riesgos en una compañía de seguros. Se seleccionaron 2 Alternativas de solución y se evaluaron según los criterios que se definieron para cubrir la necesidad del alcance definido, El primero fue el adquirir una solución existente en el mercado y poder adaptarlo a los requerimien...

Feminismo, estudios culturales y cultura popular

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Joanne Hollows

2005-01-01

Full Text Available This paper explores the movement of feminism into academic life in general and the study of popular culture in particular. Assumptioms about the effects of popular culture on women had been a commonsense of second-wave feminism; however, by the mid-1970’s, questions about how gendered identities were culturally produced and reproduced became the topic of much more in-depth feminist research and discussion. This essay examines two main ways in which feminist research into popular culture entered academic life: first, it examines the “images of women” debate, and second, it examines the Cultural Studies tradition and the feminist cultural analysis.

La teoría de la alóstasis como mecanismo explicativo entre los apegos inseguros y la vulnerabilidad a enfermedades crónicas

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Mariantonia Lemos

2015-05-01

Full Text Available El vínculo de apego ha mostrado ser un factor de vulnerabilidad para las enfermedades crónicas. El presente artículo busca clarificar esta relación mediante la teoría de la alóstasis. La teoría de la alóstasis hace referencia a la regulación de los procesos fisiológicos corporales complejos en el tiempo mediante una respuesta sistémica que mantiene la estabilidad fisiológica cuando se confronta la persona con cambios o retos. Los apegos inseguros confrontan a los niños desde sus primeros años con eventos estresantes, al no brindar al niño la seguridad sentida, finalidad fundamental del apego. De esta forma los apegos inseguros podrían tener impacto en la calibración del sistema de estrés en la edad temprana y serían factores de aumento de la carga alostática mediante mayores eventos vitales estresantes que las personas con apego seguro, una valoración cognitiva de amenaza que lleva al desarrollo de la hipervigilancia y el impacto en los sistemas de regulación del estrés en el cuerpo.

Bullying, Social Power and Heteronormativity: Girls' Constructions of Popularity

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Duncan, Neil; Owens, Larry

2011-01-01

Literature on girls' popularity posits a strong association between popularity, social power and bullying behaviours, some of which conflate the concepts "bully" and "popular". This study explores that association through links to concepts of popularity among girls in two demographically different high schools. Data are presented that were derived…

A Guide to Using Popular Culture to Teach Composition.

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Smelstor, Marjorie, Ed.

The purpose of this guide is to offer possible answers to questions concerning popular culture that teachers might have and to offer suggestions on utilizing popular culture materials that are available. Lesson plans are presented using materials from advertising, newspapers, comics, film, television, popular music, radio, popular literature,…

[Rapid Response obstetrics Team at Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social,enabling factors].

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Dávila-Torres, Javier; González-Izquierdo, José de Jesús; Ruíz-Rosas, Roberto Aguli; Cruz-Cruz, Polita Del Rocío; Hernández-Valencia, Marcelino

2015-01-01

There are barriers and enablers for the implementation of Rapid Response Teams in obstetric hospitals. The enabling factors were determined at Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) MATERIAL AND METHODS: An observational, retrospective study was conducted by analysing the emergency obstetric reports sent by mobile technology and e-mail to the Medical Care Unit of the IMSS in 2013. Frequency and mean was obtained using the Excel 2010 program for descriptive statistics. A total of 164,250 emergency obstetric cases were reported, and there was a mean of 425 messages per day, of which 32.2% were true obstetric emergencies and required the Rapid Response team. By e-mail, there were 73,452 life threatening cases (a mean of 6 cases per day). A monthly simulation was performed in hospitals (480 in total). Enabling factors were messagés synchronisation among the participating personnel,the accurate record of the obstetrics, as well as the simulations performed by the operational staff. The most common emergency was pre-eclampsia-eclampsia with 3,351 reports, followed by obstetric haemorrhage with 2,982 cases. The enabling factors for the implementation of a rapid response team at IMSS were properly timed communication between the central delegation teams, as they allowed faster medical and administrative management and participation of hospital medical teams in the process. Mobile technology has increased the speed of medical and administrative management in emergency obstetric care. However, comparative studies are needed to determine the statistical significance. Published by Masson Doyma México S.A.

Photo Albums as the Instrumentality of building a popular Myth

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Dragan Ćalović

2014-05-01

Full Text Available The article analyzes the popular myth production. The popular myth is seen as the result of a popular production that uses the material of metalanguage as a secondary semiological system. Unlike the mytification of the myth (Barthes, or the popular use of myth (in the manner of John Fiske, popular myth develops by popular use of the potentials of metalanguage. Popular myth uses the mechanisms of meaning production, that metalanguage develops, to transform its forms into empty signifiers. In that way, the popular myth neutralize the effects of metalanguage, inaugurating an era in which weakens the potentials of ideological textual production.

Popularity Trajectories and Substance Use in early Adolescence.

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Moody, James; Brynildsen, Wendy D; Osgood, D Wayne; Feinberg, Mark E; Gest, Scott

2011-05-01

This paper introduces new longitudinal network data from the "Promoting School-Community-University Partnerships to Enhance Resilience" or "PROSPER" peers project. In 28 communities, grade-level sociometric friendship nominations were collected from two cohorts of middle school students as they moved from 6(th), to 9(th) grade. As an illustration and description of these longitudinal network data, this paper describes the school popularity structure, changes in popularity position, and suggests linkages between popularity trajectory and substance use. In the cross-section, we find that the network is consistent with a hierarchical social organization, but exhibits considerable relational change in both particular friends and position at the individual level. We find that both the base level of popularity and the variability of popularity trajectories effect substance use.

Design of the 2009 evaluation of the Medical Insurance for a New Generation program Diseño de la evaluación 2009 del programa Seguro Médico para una Nueva Generación

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Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas

2012-01-01

Full Text Available OBJECTIVE: To describe the mixed-method approach to evaluate the Medical Insurance for a New Generation (Seguro Médico para una Nueva Generación, SMNG. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The program has been comprehensively evaluated. It has four key domains: 1 SMNG design; 2 children's health status and socio-demographic characteristics; 3 performance by measuring coverage, efficiency and productivity; 4 family health expenditure. Quantitative and qualitative research approaches have been used. This included reviews of existing databases and clinical charts, collection of empirical data through in-depth interviews with healthcare providers, and a nation-wide household survey. CONCLUSION: The results should serve as baseline data of the health status of SMNG children and the current staus of the program.OBJETIVO: Describir el abordaje de métodos mixtos que se utilizó para evaluar el SMNG Seguro Médico para una Nueva Generación. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: la evaluación integral del Programa se llevó a cabo en cuatro áreas clave: 1 el diseño del SMNG, 2 el estado de salud y las características sociodemográficas de los niños afiliados, 3 el desempeño del SMNG mediante la medición de la cobertura y de procesos clave, 4 los gastos en salud de la familia. La metodología mixta combina enfoques de investigación cuantitativa y cualitativa y la recolección y análisis de datos. La evaluación incluyó la revisión de bases de datos y de expedientes clínicos y la recolección de datos empíricos mediante entrevistas a profundidad con actores clave, una encuesta de hogares en todo el país y cuestionarios a personal de salud. CONCLUSIÓN: Los resultados sirven como referencia sobre el estado de salud de los niños afiliados al SMNG y de las condiciones actuales del programa; además permiten identificar áreas clave que pueden abordarse para mejorar la calidad, eficiencia y eficacia del SMNG.

Transient Universe: Popular, Not so Popular & Knowable Unknowns

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Bildsten, L.; Fryer, C.; Kulkarni, S.

2006-03-01

MOTIVATION & PURPOSE: This informal two day workshop is intended to bring together astronomers who monitor the sky for transient phenomena - a field which is poised to take off in the optical band, thanks to the exponential growth in the availability of giga pixel detectors, rapid computing and communication. For somewhat similar technological reasons, decimeter and decameter radio astronomy is also poised to grow in this area. The workshop will focus on astronomical opportunities with ongoing searches and discuss the possibilities with planned facilities in the near term. We hope to rapidly review the status of 'popular' sources (e.g. GRB afterglows, Supernovae, Machos), less popular events (e.g. Novae, geysers and gushers) and then move onto 'odd' but not hopelessly rare events. The spirit is to anticipate some of the discoveries by extending the astrophysical parameter space of known (or knowable) classes of transients. This workshop is part of the ongoing KITP Program "The Supernova Gamma Ray Burst Connection" and has received funding Los Alamos National Laboratory. We will follow the well honed KITP tradition of having fewer talks at the expense of long discussions. All talks will be recorded (per KITP tradition) and made available on the web for enjoyment, education and posterity. In lieu of a traditional poster sessions with old-fashioned easels we offer the Virtual Presence (organized by J. Bloom).

ANALYSIS ON POPULARITY STATUS OF GUITAR

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Huseyin Yilmaz

2016-09-01

Full Text Available The main objective of this study is to analysis the popularity status of guitar instrument in terms of university students’ views. In this study, it is used the general survey model; ıt is developed the a questionnaires consisting of 14 items by the researcher in order to determine the university students views. The target population of this study is 11.440 university students enrolled for 2013 – 2014 academic years in Kafkas University. The sample of this study is consisting of 314 university students in various departments in Kafkas University. It is evaluated the frequency (f and percentage (% values to analysis the popularity status of guitar instrument in terms of university students’ views. It is tried to find out using chi-square test for gender, department and grades whether there is the significant differences among the students’ views on the popularity status of guitar instrument. As a result of research data, it is seem that the students evaluate the guitar as a popular instrument. However; it is seem that the students eager to participate in the guitar activities.

Aplicación de una medida de riesgo coherente para el cálculo de la prima de riesgo en un seguro de rentas = Application of a coherent risk measure in the price calculation of an income insurance (annuities

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Montserrat Hernández Solís

2014-07-01

Full Text Available Resumen Una práctica común que realizan las entidades aseguradoras es la de modificar las tasas de mortalidad instantánea al aplicar el principio de prima neta con el fin de hacer frente a las desviaciones desfavorables de la siniestralidad. Este documento proporciona una respuesta matemática a esta cuestión mediante la aplicación de la función de distorsión de potencia de Wang. Tanto la prima neta y la función de distorsión de Wang son medidas de riesgo coherentes, siendo este último aplicado por primera vez en el campo delos seguros de vida. Utilizando las leyes de Gompertz y Makeham primero calculamos la prima a nivel general y en una segunda parte, se aplica el principio de cálculo de la prima basado en función de distorsión de potencia de Wang para calcular el recargo sobre la prima de riesgo ajustada. El precio de prima única de riesgo se ha aplicado a una forma de cobertura de seguro de supervivencia, el seguro de rentas. La principal conclusión que puede extraerse es que mediante el uso de la función de distorsión, la nueva tasa instantánea de mortalidad es directamente proporcional a un múltiplo, que es justamente el exponente de esta función y hace que el riesgo de longevidad sea mayor. Esta es la razón por la prima de riesgo ajustada es superior a la prima neta. Abstract Modification of instantaneous mortality rates when applying the net premium principle in order to cope with unfavorable deviations in claims, is common practice carried out by insurance companies. This paper provides a mathematical answer to this matter by applying Wang’s power distortion function. Both net premium and Wang’s distortion function are coherent risk measures, the latter being first applied to the field of life insurance. Using the Gompertz and Makeham laws we first calculate the premium at a general level and in a second part, the principle of premium calculation based on Wang´s power distortion function is applied to calculate

What types of astronomy images are most popular?

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Allen, Alice; Bonnell, Jerry T.; Connelly, Paul; Haring, Ralf; Lowe, Stuart R.; Nemiroff, Robert J.

2015-01-01

Stunning imagery helps make astronomy one of the most popular sciences -- but what types of astronomy images are most popular? To help answer this question, public response to images posted to various public venues of the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) are investigated. APOD portals queried included the main NASA website and the social media mirrors on Facebook, Google Plus, and Twitter. Popularity measures include polls, downloads, page views, likes, shares, and retweets; these measures are used to assess how image popularity varies in relation to various image attributes including topic and topicality.

Subtle Nonlinearity in Popular Album Charts

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Bentley, R. Alexander; Maschner, Herbert D. G.

Large-scale patterns of culture change may be explained by models of self organized criticality, or alternatively, by multiplicative processes. We speculate that popular album activity may be similar to critical models of extinction in that interconnected agents compete to survive within a limited space. Here we investigate whether popular music albums as listed on popular album charts display evidence of self-organized criticality, including a self-affine time series of activity and power-law distributions of lifetimes and exit activity in the chart. We find it difficult to distinguish between multiplicative growth and critical model hypotheses for these data. However, aspects of criticality may be masked by the selective sampling that a "Top 200" listing necessarily implies.

ECOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY THROUGH POPULAR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

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Ketevan KUPATADZE

2017-07-01

Full Text Available Popularization of Ecological Chemistry is the aim of scientific-popular articles, which are published in the online journal for teachers. With the articles of this type Ecological Chemistry is linked with literature and history. Due to this linkage articles, this module turns into an easily comprehensible one and it becomes fun. In all articles there is also included very useful and interesting information pertaining to Ecological Chemistry. It must be underlined the titles of such articles, because they should not only show the common meaning of article, but they should also attract readers.The utmost interest is generated by the historical papers, where chemical issues are connected with history. The period of alchemy is more popular and that’s why the alchemical stories are described in the articles.The outcome of the pedagogical experiment has made it clear, that such a method of teaching of Ecological Chemistry with scientific popular articles affects positively on school students motivation and changes their attitude towards the environmental pollution.CHIMIA ECOLOGICĂ ÎN ARTICOLELE ȘTIINȚIFICO-POPULAREPopularizarea Chimiei ecologice este scopul articolelor științifico-populare, care sunt publicate în reviste online pentru profesori. Prin intermediul articolelor de acest tip, Chimia ecologică este legată de literatură și istorie. Datorită respectivelor publicaţii, acest modul este ușor de înțeles și el devine distractiv. Toate articolele conțin informații foarte utile și interesante referitoarela Chimiaecologică. Trebuie de subliniat importanţa titlurilor acestor articole, deoarece ele ar trebui nu doar să redea succint înțelesul articolului, dar şi să atragă cititorul.Un interes deosebit trezesc documentele istorice, în cazul în care problemele chimiei sunt legate de istorie. Perioada alchimiei este mai populară, de aceea şi sunt descrise în articole poveștile alchimice.Rezultatul experimentului

Crecimiento y desarrollo del sector asegurador; frente a la evolución cultural de las empresas de familia

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Juan Hernando Bravo Reyes

2016-04-01

Full Text Available El tema de los seguros se convirtió en una necesidad, al igual que el conocimiento de una segunda lengua. El mundo de los negocios exige que el conocimiento en seguros sea indispensable es por esta razón que en es te documento se analiza el crecimiento y desarrollo del sector asegurador frente a las necedades de las empresas de familia pequeñas y medianas, lomando como punto de partida la historia y perspectivas futuras ele más de 125 años, que en su momento, forjaron las primeras compañías colombianas ele seg uros. Se es tudian las implicaciones del sector asegurador en la evolución cultural ele es te tipo ele empresas, determinando algunas de las razones que han generado des confianza entre aseguradoras y asegurados, se evalúan las exigencias y garantías al momento de contratar una póliza ele seguro, así como los documentos y requisitos para reclamar en caso de un siniestro para concluir que en materia de seguros el modelo cultural de los colombianos se mantiene estancado, la desconfianza y mal entendimiento entre los contratantes es el común denominador de un negocio que tiene como principio fundamental la buena fe; entonces ¿cuál será el futuro del sector bajo este panorama?

Basta de perseguir al pensamiento disidente: ¡Libertad al profesor Francisco Toloza!

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Néstor Kohan

2013-07-01

Full Text Available Todo el tiempo encarcelan a nuestros compañeros. Buscan cansarnos y desgastarnos.  No  hay  mes  que  no  haya  que escribir  solidarizándose con algún revolucionario que acaban de encarcelar. ¿A esto llaman “libertad”? ¿A esto denominan “pluralismo”? ¿Esto es “el mundo libre”? ¡Por favor! Largan a uno y al día siguiente hay otro encarcelado. Acaban de soltar al cantante y compositor Julián Conrado y al mismo tiempo encarcelan al profesor Francisco Toloza. Nos mantienen “ocupados” pidiendo y reclamando todo el tiempo “suelten a fulano”, “liberen a mengano”. En Colombia. También en Argentina. En Paraguay. En todo el continente. No acabamos de ir a ver a un dirigente piquetero a la cárcel que ya hay otro campesino que está preso. No terminan de soltar a un cantante popular que ya metieron tras las rejas a un conocido profesor universitario. Y en ese vaivén se nos va la vida. Visitando presos, escribiendo todo el tiempo estas cartas de solidaridad, tratando de frenar la represión, la persecución, la demonización. ¿Hasta cuándo?

Práticas populares de mães adolescentes no cuidado aos filhos Prácticas populares de madres adolescentes en el cuidado a los hijos General practice of teenage mothers caring for their children

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Keli Regiane Tomeleri

2009-06-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Identificar e descrever os cuidados populares adotados por mães adolescentes na assitência aos filhos nos seis primeiros meses de vida. MÉTODOS: Pesquisa com abordagem qualitativa desenvolvida com seis mães adolescentes residentes em Cambé - PR. Os dados foram coletados no período de fevereiro a abril de 2007, por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, realizadas no domicílio em quatro momentos distintos:uma semana, um, quatro e seis meses após o nascimento. RESULTADOS: As mães adolescentes revelaram reproduzir em seu cotidiano de cuidar várias práticas populares que fazem parte da cultura local e familiar, tais como amamentação cruzada, utilização de benzimentos, xaropes, chás e orações para tratar intercorrências, além de algumas crendices relacionadas com o coto umbilical, soluços e alteração no sono do bebê. CONCLUSÃO: Os profissionais de saúde precisam conhecer as crenças e práticas das mães adolescentes para então planejar, da melhor forma possível, a assistência a ser prestada ao binômio mãe-filho.OBJETIVO: Identificar y describir los cuidados populares adoptados por madres adolescentes en la asistencia a los hijos en los seis primeros meses de vida. MÉTODOS: Investigación con abordaje cualitativo desarrollado con seis madres adolescentes residentes en Cambé - PR. Los datos fueron recolectados en el período de febrero a abril del 2007, por medio de entrevistas semi-estructuradas, realizadas en el domicilio en cuatro momentos distintos: una semana, uno, cuatro y seis meses después del nacimiento. RESULTADOS: Las madres adolescentes revelaron reproducir en su cotidiano de cuidar varias prácticas populares que hacen parte de la cultura local y familiar, tales como amamantamiento cruzado, utilización de bendiciones, jarabes, infusiones y oraciones para tratar ocurrencias, además de algunas creencias relacionadas con el muñón umbilical, hipos y alteraciones en el sueño del bebé. CONCLUSI�

Las otras rebeliones: cultura popular e independencias

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Glave, Luis Miguel

2005-06-01

Full Text Available This article comments on historiographical developments pertaing to popular participation during the Independence of Mexico and on the political culture of the period. Its point of departure is the argument advanced by Eric Van Young in his book The Other Rebellion (2001 and the debate sparked by its publication. The article also discusses wether or not a “cultural turn” may be said to characterize historical studies of Latin America and compares the political process in Mexico with that of the Andes. It is suggested that we need to take into account, too, the symbolic and cultural world of both Indians and commoners who participated in the political and military actions of “other rebellions”, the outcome of a time of change and general crisis in colonial society.

Este artículo comenta los avances historiográficos sobre la participación popular en la independencia mexicana y la cultura política de la época. Toma como punto de partida los aportes de Eric Van Young en su libro The Other Rebellion y el debate que se abrió a partir de su publicación. Discute, además, la aceptación o no de un “giro cultural” en los estudios históricos sobre América Latina y compara el proceso político mexicano con el de los Andes a partir de los aportes más recientes al respecto. Postula, por último, la necesidad de explorar el mundo simbólico y cultural de los indios y la plebe que participa en las movilizaciones políticas y militares, en tantas “otras rebeliones” producto de un momento de cambio y crisis general en la sociedad colonial.

Manténgase saludable al elegir pescado y mariscos de manera inteligente

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Los pescados y mariscos son una parte importante de una dieta saludable. Algunos pescados y mariscos pueden contener sustancias químicas que presenten un riesgo para la salud. Información sobre el consumo seguro de pescado y mariscos.

62. Nuevo método simple, rápido y seguro para acceso arterial periférico en cirugía cardíaca mínimamente invasiva e implante valvular aórtico transfemoral

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E. Martín

2012-04-01

Conclusiones: Este nuevo método de acceso arterial periférico puede ser aplicado a diferentes procedimientos de CCMI, resultando simple (2 suturas y técnica Seldinger, reproducible, rápido (no requiere reconstrucción tras canulación y seguro (no requiere pinzado vascular, técnica Seldinger a cielo abierto, baja tasa de complicaciones.

THE PRESENCE OF NON-INDIANS IN INDIAN VILLAGES OF PORTO SEGURO: INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS, MULTICULTURAL TERRITORIES AND RECONFIGURATION OF IDENTITY - INITIAL THOUGHTS

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Francisco Cancela

2007-12-01

Full Text Available The present article presents some reflections on the interétnicos contacts between indians and not-indians in the villages of indians of the Captaincy of Porto Seguro, enter the years of 1758 and 1820. Breaking of the identification of the citizens not-aboriginals, we search to present the idea of that the villages of indians if had transformed into a multicultural territory, where white, mediums brown, blacks and indians had kept some conditional contacts to the general context of the conquest process and settling of Portuguese America. At the same time, these relations make possible a identity reconfiguration, a time that had forged experiences of solidarity, resistance and perception of the proper condition where the indians and the banished ones lived.

ABSTRACT——Current Situation and Future Direction of Marxism Popularity Research

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2012-01-01

In recent years, academic circles has made important progress in the following studies on the basic connotation of Marxist popularity, the relations between popularity of Marxism and sinicization, the relations between popularity of Marxism and epochal character, the realizing method of popularity of Marxism. Next, study on popularization of Marxism has to make efforts in the following two aspects： the relationship between the popularity of Marxism and socialist theory system with Chinese characteris- tics, and integration of the popularity of Marxism and the ideological and political education. Meanwhile the efforts should be made to deepen the study of Marxism popularity through the process of sinicization of Marxism, to study Marxism popularity from the viewpoint of the three dimensional perspective of the development of Marxism, also to strengthen the research of basic princi- ples of Marxism popularity and deepen the studies of basic forms of Marxism popularity, thus to build a study system of Marxism popularity.

Conflict behaviors and their relationship to popularity.

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Tezer, E

2001-01-01

This study examined conflict behaviors (self, other) among 127 Turkish college students. Differences in five conflict behaviors (forcing, avoiding, accommodating, compromising, and collaborating) were then explored in relation to popularity and unpopularity. Results indicated that the students engaged in more avoiding and compromising behaviors, while perceiving more forcing behavior in others. Further, the unpopular group was found to engage in more compromising behavior, and perceived more forcing behavior in others, as compared with the popular group. Constructive and destructive conflict strategies, and their implications for popularity, are discussed.

Feeding practices and nutritional status of Mexican children affiliated to the Medical Insurance for a New Generation Prácticas de alimentación y estado de nutrición de los niños mexicanos afiliados al Seguro Médico para una Nueva Generación

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Samuel Flores-Huerta

2012-01-01

Full Text Available OBJECTIVE: To identify feeding practices and nutritional status in children affiliated to the Medical Insurance for a New Generation (SMNG. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An in-home survey addressed to mothers which included anthropometric measures of children; performed in March and April 2009 in Mexican States. RESULTS: The prevalence of any form of breastfeeding was (months 6-11: 67.9%; 12-17: 43.6%; 18-23: 26.4%; >23: 16.7%; with higher figures in rural children. BF duration was eight months. Continued breastfeeding at 1 year of age was 43%. At 1 year of age, almost all children consumed fruits, vegetables, cereals and legumes; however, 13.5%-20.3% did not consume foods of animal origin, but ~84% and ~60% consumed fried and sweet foods and soft drinks. Nutrisano (a food supplement was consumed by just 2/3 of the Oportunidades Children. Stunting and overweight were the predominant alterations of nutritional status. CONCLUSION: Improving the nutritional status of children affiliated to the SMNG requires promotion of appropriate healthy dietary practices and the surveillance of infant growth.OBJETIVO: Conocer las prácticas de alimentación y estado nutricio de niños protegidos por el Seguro Médico para una Nueva Generación (SMNG. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Encuesta en hogares realizada en marzo y abril de 2009 en los diferentes estados de México. RESULTADOS: La prevalencia de lactancia materna fue (meses 6-11: 67,9%; 12-17: 43,6%; 18-23: 26.4%;> 23: 16,7%, la duración fue ocho meses. La lactancia materna continuada a 1 año fue 43%. Al año, casi todos los niños consumen frutas y verduras, cereales y leguminosas, pero los de origen animal no están consolidados. Una gran proporción de niños de un año consume alimentos potencialmente obesogénicos; 2/3 de los niños de Oportunidades consumen Nutrisano. El retraso del crecimiento y el sobrepeso fueron las alteraciones predominantes del estado nutricional. CONCLUSIÓN: Mejorar el estado nutricional de

Data on heavy metals and selected anions in the Persian popular herbal distillates

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Keshtkar, Mozhgan; Dobaradaran, Sina; Soleimani, Farshid; Karbasdehi, Vahid Noroozi; Mohammadi, Mohammad Javad; Mirahmadi, Roghayeh; Ghasemi, Fatemeh Faraji

2016-01-01

In this data article, we determined the concentration levels of heavy metals including Pb, Co, Cd, Mn, Mg, Fe and Cu as well as selected anions including NO3− , NO2−, PO4−3 and SO4−2 in the most used and popular herbal distillates in Iran. It is well known that heavy metals may pose a serious health hazard due to their bioaccumulation throughout the trophic chain (“Heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Ni and Pb) content in two fish species of Persian Gulf in Bushehr Port, Iran” (Dobaradaran et al., 2013) [1...

Studying Popular Culture in Japan

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Moeran, Brian

, ceramics, fashion magazines and folk art as both products and as processes of design, manufacture, distribution, appreciation and use, which must all be taken into account. Precisely because popular cultural forms are both cultural products and commodities, they reveal the complementary nature of the two...... categories of culture and the economy. The paper outlines and analyses the different ways in which social, cultural, symbolic and economic capital are converted by those participating in advertising, ceramic, fashion magazine and folk art worlds, and suggests that popular culture may best be seen as a name...

Developmental trajectories of adolescent popularity: a growth curve modelling analysis.

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Cillessen, Antonius H N; Borch, Casey

2006-12-01

Growth curve modelling was used to examine developmental trajectories of sociometric and perceived popularity across eight years in adolescence, and the effects of gender, overt aggression, and relational aggression on these trajectories. Participants were 303 initially popular students (167 girls, 136 boys) for whom sociometric data were available in Grades 5-12. The popularity and aggression constructs were stable but non-overlapping developmental dimensions. Growth curve models were run with SAS MIXED in the framework of the multilevel model for change [Singer, J. D., & Willett, J. B. (2003). Applied longitudinal data analysis. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press]. Sociometric popularity showed a linear change trajectory; perceived popularity showed nonlinear change. Overt aggression predicted low sociometric popularity but an increase in perceived popularity in the second half of the study. Relational aggression predicted a decrease in sociometric popularity, especially for girls, and continued high-perceived popularity for both genders. The effect of relational aggression on perceived popularity was the strongest around the transition from middle to high school. The importance of growth curve models for understanding adolescent social development was discussed, as well as specific issues and challenges of growth curve analyses with sociometric data.

La educación popular entre la reforma y la revolución social. La Federación Universitaria Escolar (F.U.E. Popular education between the reform and social revolution. La Federación Universitaria Escolar

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Juan Manuel FERNÁNDEZ SORIA

2013-09-01

Full Text Available Este artículo aborda tres momentos diferentes de la educación popular durante la Segunda República en España. El primero trata las «Misiones Pedagógicas», el segundo y tercero respectivamente los planes y experiencias de educación popular que lleva a cabo la Federación Universitaria Escolar durante los años de la República burguesa, y después en el período revolucionario de la Guerra Civil. Nuestro análisis trata de plantear si estos tres momentos de la educación popular están incluidos dentro de la reforma y/o revolución social. Al mismo tiempo establecemos semejanzas y diferencias entre ellos, mediante el sujeto que recibe tal educación, y el objeto que se transmite así como la vía del proceso educativo.This paper deals with three different times of popular education during the Spanish Second Republic. The first moment work the «Misiones Pedagógicas»; the second and the third moments deal respectively with the plans and experiences of Eopular education carried out by the «Federación Universitaria Escolar» during the ourgeois Republic years and in Spain when undergoing the revolutionary period of Civil War. Our analysis tries to state whether these three different moments of popular education are included into the reform and/or the social revolution. At the same time we also establish the similarities and differences between the three moments, through the subject that is receiving this education, the object that is being transmited and the way and purpose of this educational process.

Data on heavy metals and selected anions in the Persian popular herbal distillates.

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Keshtkar, Mozhgan; Dobaradaran, Sina; Soleimani, Farshid; Karbasdehi, Vahid Noroozi; Mohammadi, Mohammad Javad; Mirahmadi, Roghayeh; Ghasemi, Fatemeh Faraji

2016-09-01

In this data article, we determined the concentration levels of heavy metals including Pb, Co, Cd, Mn, Mg, Fe and Cu as well as selected anions including [Formula: see text] , [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] in the most used and popular herbal distillates in Iran. It is well known that heavy metals may pose a serious health hazard due to their bioaccumulation throughout the trophic chain ("Heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Ni and Pb) content in two fish species of Persian Gulf in Bushehr Port, Iran" (Dobaradaran et al., 2013) [1]; "Comparative investigation of heavy metal, trace, and macro element contents in commercially valuable fish species harvested off from the Persian Gulf" (Abadi et al., 2015) [2]) as well as some other environmental pollutions, "Assessment of sediment quality based on acid-volatile sulfide and simultaneously extracted metals in heavily industrialized area of Asaluyeh, Persian Gulf: concentrations, spatial distributions, and sediment bioavailability/toxicity" (Arfaeinia et al., 2016) [3]. The concentration levels of heavy metals and anions in herbal distillates samples were determined using flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS, Varian AA240, Australia) and a spectrophotometer (M501 Single Beam Scanning UV/VIS, UK) respectively.

Characterizing and modeling the dynamics of activity and popularity.

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Peng Zhang

Full Text Available Social media, regarded as two-layer networks consisting of users and items, turn out to be the most important channels for access to massive information in the era of Web 2.0. The dynamics of human activity and item popularity is a crucial issue in social media networks. In this paper, by analyzing the growth of user activity and item popularity in four empirical social media networks, i.e., Amazon, Flickr, Delicious and Wikipedia, it is found that cross links between users and items are more likely to be created by active users and to be acquired by popular items, where user activity and item popularity are measured by the number of cross links associated with users and items. This indicates that users generally trace popular items, overall. However, it is found that the inactive users more severely trace popular items than the active users. Inspired by empirical analysis, we propose an evolving model for such networks, in which the evolution is driven only by two-step random walk. Numerical experiments verified that the model can qualitatively reproduce the distributions of user activity and item popularity observed in empirical networks. These results might shed light on the understandings of micro dynamics of activity and popularity in social media networks.

Characterizing and modeling the dynamics of activity and popularity.

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Zhang, Peng; Li, Menghui; Gao, Liang; Fan, Ying; Di, Zengru

2014-01-01

Social media, regarded as two-layer networks consisting of users and items, turn out to be the most important channels for access to massive information in the era of Web 2.0. The dynamics of human activity and item popularity is a crucial issue in social media networks. In this paper, by analyzing the growth of user activity and item popularity in four empirical social media networks, i.e., Amazon, Flickr, Delicious and Wikipedia, it is found that cross links between users and items are more likely to be created by active users and to be acquired by popular items, where user activity and item popularity are measured by the number of cross links associated with users and items. This indicates that users generally trace popular items, overall. However, it is found that the inactive users more severely trace popular items than the active users. Inspired by empirical analysis, we propose an evolving model for such networks, in which the evolution is driven only by two-step random walk. Numerical experiments verified that the model can qualitatively reproduce the distributions of user activity and item popularity observed in empirical networks. These results might shed light on the understandings of micro dynamics of activity and popularity in social media networks.

[Evaluation of breast cancer treatment at a tertiary-level institution with Popular Health Insurance in Mexico].

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Arce-Salinas, Claudia; Lara-Medina, Fernando Ulises; Alvarado-Miranda, Alberto; Castañeda-Soto, Noel; Bargalló-Rocha, Enrique; Ramírez-Ugalde, María Teresa; Pérez-Sánchez, Víctor; Rivera, Lesbia; Gambo-Vignole, Carlos; Santamaría-Galicia, Julieta; Nieves-Casas, Rosa Isela; Morán-Muñoz, Héctor; Mohar-Betancourt, Alejandro

2012-01-01

In our country breast cancer represents a major health problem. Only 45% of all population has access to health services, the consequence is delay in diagnosis and treatment. In Mexico, 66% of all new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in locally advanced stages. From May 2007 the Health System Protection Against Catastrophic Expenses, called Seguro Popular (SP), breast cancer was included in covering the treatment of this neoplasm in any patient without access to social security. To evaluate the results and impact of SP in the adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment of a group of patients diagnosed with breast cancer at an institution of national reference. We analyzed a group of 259 patients in stages (I-IIIC). The clinical stages I and II (55 patients) were treated with adjuvant chemotherapy FAC -T (fluorouracil 500 mg/m2, adriamycin 50 mg/m2 and cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m2 (FAC) followed by 12 weeks of paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 +/- trastuzumab loading dose of 4 mg/kg followed by 2 mg/kg); 204 patients in locally advanced stages (IIB-IIIC) received FAC-T +/- trastuzumab followed by surgery. Adjuvant treatment consisted of endocrine therapy for hormone-sensitive patients and radiotherapy 50 cGy according to international standards. The age at diagnosis was 47 years (range 23-68). 80% of them were locally advanced stages (IIB-IIIC) and were treated in a neoadjuvant setting, 20% was in early stages, treated with surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy The disease-free survival and overall survival at 30 months was 85.7 and 90% respectively. Overall pathologic complete response was obtained in 15% of cases. In the subgroup analysis showed that 41% of patients HER2 (+), 29% of triple-negative patients and 9% of hormone-sensitive tumors achieved complete pathological response (p = 0.0001). This is the first analysis of efficacy of adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment in breast cancer since the introduction of popular secure non-entitled population. It is clear that treatment efficacy

Altruism and Popularity

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Egilmez, Eda; Naylor-Tincknell, Janett

2017-01-01

Popularity, as a manifestation of social status, has been widely researched and determined by group members. Prosocial behaviors are actions with intention of benefiting others or society as whole with little or no personal gain and may include helping, cooperating, and other voluntary works. Altruism is a type of prosocial behavior that could…

Using Popular Culture to Teach Quantitative Reasoning

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Hillyard, Cinnamon

2007-01-01

Popular culture provides many opportunities to develop quantitative reasoning. This article describes a junior-level, interdisciplinary, quantitative reasoning course that uses examples from movies, cartoons, television, magazine advertisements, and children's literature. Some benefits from and cautions to using popular culture to teach…

Cultura popular e Turismo: O Ceará nos anos 1970 / Popular Culture and Tourism: Ceará, Brazil, in the 70’s

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Ana Amélia Rodrigues de Oliveira

2015-04-01

Full Text Available Normal 0 21 false false false PT-BR X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 O artigo analisa o processo de atribuição de valor econômico à cultura popular, a partir da sua vinculação à atividade turística. Até a década de 1950, a cultura popular era entendida socialmente, apenas como um elemento constitutivo da identidade brasileira, calcada nos ideais de pureza e autenticidade. Com a criação de órgãos como o Banco do Nordeste e a Sudene, o governo federal tenta inserir o Nordeste na lógica de desenvolvimento capitalista, e começa a ver na produção popular uma possibilidade de gerar renda a partir do investimento na produção artesanal. O desenvolvimento do turismo influenciará na inserção das tradições populares no circuito econômico como atrativo turístico. Popular Culture and Tourism: Ceará, Brazil, in the 70’s - This paper analyzes the process of assigning economic value to popular culture and its link to tourism. Until the 1950's, popular culture was understood socially in an ideal of purity and authenticity, as a constitutive element of national identity. With creation of institutions such as Banco do Nordeste and Sudene, federal government intends to include the Brazilian Northeast in the capitalist development logic, and see the popular production as a possibility to generate income from investment in craft production. Tourism development will mark the insertion of popular traditions in the economic circuit as a tourist attraction.

El seguro obligatorio contra enfermedades e invalidez

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Gustavo Gómez Hurtado

1943-05-01

Full Text Available No es desconocido este importante tema médico-social entre los colegas federados. Algunas publicaciones de "Heraldo Médico", entre otras; el interesante artículo del doctor Fidel Torres León, publicado en este mismo órgano en agosto de 1940, nos han traído interesantes puntos de discusión al respecto; pero parece que no despertaron más que un entusiasmo momentáneo. Sin embargo, a las medidas de solidaridad social frente a los enemigos eternos del hombre: la Enfermedad, la Invalidez y la Muerte, han tenido necesidad de recurrir los pueblos más ricos y más cultos del mundo. Es tiempo de que los médicos colombianos, como guardianes de la salud y del porvenir fisiológico de la raza, nos encarguemos de plantear estos problemas al Estado y a la opinión pública.

Popularity differentially predicts reactive and proactive aggression in early adolescence.

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Stoltz, Sabine; Cillessen, Antonius H N; van den Berg, Yvonne H M; Gommans, Rob

2016-01-01

Previous research has indicated that peer popularity is associated with aggressive behavior. However, it is not yet clear whether popularity is uniquely related to different functions of aggression. In this study, we examined associations between peer-perceived popularity, and reactive and proactive aggression using a cross-sectional and a longitudinal design. Yearly sociometric measures of popularity, and reactive and proactive aggression were gathered from 266 seventh and eight grade adolescents (Mage grade 7 = 12.80, SDage  = .40). Popularity was positively correlated with proactive aggression and negatively correlated with reactive aggression, both concurrently as over time. Curvilinear trends indicated that a significant minority of low versus high popular adolescents showed both functions of aggression. Somewhat stronger effects of popularity on proactive aggression were found for boys than girls. Stably popular adolescents showed the highest levels of proactive aggression, whereas stably unpopular youth showed the highest levels of reactive aggression. Implications and directions for future research are discussed. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Effects of popular exemplars in television news

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Lefevere, J.; De Swert, K.; Walgrave, S.

2012-01-01

Common people that are apparently randomly selected by journalists to illustrate a news story (popular exemplars) have a substantial effect on what the audience think about the issue. This effect may be partly due to the mere fact that popular exemplars attract attention and act as attention

Popularity Evaluation Model for Microbloggers Online Social Network

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Xia Zhang

2014-01-01

Full Text Available Recently, microblogging is widely studied by the researchers in the domain of the online social network (OSN. How to evaluate the popularities of microblogging users is an important research field, which can be applied to commercial advertising, user behavior analysis and information dissemination, and so forth. Previous studies on the evaluation methods cannot effectively solve and accurately evaluate the popularities of the microbloggers. In this paper, we proposed an electromagnetic field theory based model to analyze the popularities of microbloggers. The concept of the source in microblogging field is first put forward, which is based on the concept of source in the electromagnetic field; then, one’s microblogging flux is calculated according to his/her behaviors (send or receive feedbacks on the microblogging platform; finally, we used three methods to calculate one’s microblogging flux density, which can represent one’s popularity on the microblogging platform. In the experimental work, we evaluated our model using real microblogging data and selected the best one from the three popularity measure methods. We also compared our model with the classic PageRank algorithm; and the results show that our model is more effective and accurate to evaluate the popularities of the microbloggers.

Utilização de plasma rico ou pobre em plaquetas, associado ou não a enxerto ósseo cortical alógeno, na reparação cirúrgica de falha ulnar em ovinos

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Silveira, Patrícia Rodrigues da [UNESP

2009-01-01

A enxertia óssea alógena na ortopedia veterinária é meio seguro e de eleição na reposição de perdas e falhas ósseas em fraturas ou ressecções amplas. A glicerina a 98% é excelente meio de conservação de tecido ósseo, possui efeito bactericida, baixo custo e simplicidade operacional. O plasma rico em plaquetas (PRP) é produto orgânico, derivado do sangue autógeno, utilizado como fonte autógena de fatores de crescimento combinado aos diferentes enxertos e substitutos ósseos. O plasma pobre em p...

Significance and popularity in music production

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Monechi, Bernardo; Gravino, Pietro; Servedio, Vito D. P.; Tria, Francesca; Loreto, Vittorio

2017-07-01

Creative industries constantly strive for fame and popularity. Though highly desirable, popularity is not the only achievement artistic creations might ever acquire. Leaving a longstanding mark in the global production and influencing future works is an even more important achievement, usually acknowledged by experts and scholars. `Significant' or `influential' works are not always well known to the public or have sometimes been long forgotten by the vast majority. In this paper, we focus on the duality between what is successful and what is significant in the musical context. To this end, we consider a user-generated set of tags collected through an online music platform, whose evolving co-occurrence network mirrors the growing conceptual space underlying music production. We define a set of general metrics aiming at characterizing music albums throughout history, and their relationships with the overall musical production. We show how these metrics allow to classify albums according to their current popularity or their belonging to expert-made lists of important albums. In this way, we provide the scientific community and the public at large with quantitative tools to tell apart popular albums from culturally or aesthetically relevant artworks. The generality of the methodology presented here lends itself to be used in all those fields where innovation and creativity are in play.

Popular Science Articles for Chemistry Teaching

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Ketevan Kupatadze

2017-07-01

Full Text Available The presented paper reviews popular science articles (these articles are published in online magazine “The Teacher” as one of the methods of chemistry teaching. It describes which didactic principles they are in line with and how this type of articles can be used in order to kindle the interest of pupils, students and generally, the readers of other specialties, in chemistry.  The articles review the main topics of inorganic/organic chemistry, biochemistry and ecological chemistry in a simple and entertaining manner. A part of the articles is about "household" chemistry. Chemical topics are related to poetry, literature, history of chemistry or simply, to fun news. The paper delineates the structure of popular science articles and the features of engaging students. It also reviews the teachers' and students' interview results about the usage of popular science articles in chemistry teaching process. The aforementioned pedagogical study revealed that the popular science articles contain useful information not only for the students of other specialties, but also for future biologists and ecologists (having chemistry as a mandatory subject at their universities. The articles are effectively used by teachers on chemistry lessons to kindle students' interest in this subject. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17807/orbital.v9i3.960 

Significance and popularity in music production.

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Monechi, Bernardo; Gravino, Pietro; Servedio, Vito D P; Tria, Francesca; Loreto, Vittorio

2017-07-01

Creative industries constantly strive for fame and popularity. Though highly desirable, popularity is not the only achievement artistic creations might ever acquire. Leaving a longstanding mark in the global production and influencing future works is an even more important achievement, usually acknowledged by experts and scholars. 'Significant' or 'influential' works are not always well known to the public or have sometimes been long forgotten by the vast majority. In this paper, we focus on the duality between what is successful and what is significant in the musical context. To this end, we consider a user-generated set of tags collected through an online music platform, whose evolving co-occurrence network mirrors the growing conceptual space underlying music production. We define a set of general metrics aiming at characterizing music albums throughout history, and their relationships with the overall musical production. We show how these metrics allow to classify albums according to their current popularity or their belonging to expert-made lists of important albums. In this way, we provide the scientific community and the public at large with quantitative tools to tell apart popular albums from culturally or aesthetically relevant artworks. The generality of the methodology presented here lends itself to be used in all those fields where innovation and creativity are in play.

Academic Self-Presentation Strategies and Popularity in Middle School

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Zook, Joan M.; Russotti, Justin M.

2013-01-01

This study examined early adolescents' beliefs about which academic self-presentation strategies hypothetical hard-working, high-achieving students should use with popular peers, adolescents' own use of self-presentation strategies, and links between popularity and self-presentation strategies. In response to scenarios in which popular classmates…

Songs that resonate: the uses of popular music nostalgia.

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A.J.C. van der Hoeven (Arno)

2018-01-01

textabstractThis chapter explores the phenomenon of popular music nostalgia. In the cultural and heritage industries, nostalgia is widely used to make an affective connection to music consumers. Popular music nostalgia can be defined as a longing for the past that is evoked through popular music’s

Arabismos saharianos (alforma, alformaje, alformar) en el español de Canarias

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Frago Gracia, Juan Antonio

1997-01-01

Este artículo demuestra que, mientras con más fuerza se mantuvieron las relaciones de toda índole entre Canarias y el África sahariana, las hablas insulares, o al menos algunos de sus usuarios, conocieron el empleo del arabismo alforma junto a sus derivados alformar 'dar salvoconducto, asegurar', alformar 'garante de un salvoconducto o seguro', alformaje 'salvoconducto, seguro'. Este grupo de palabras constituye el puntual reflejo de un capítulo de la historia de los canarios, y por ende de s...

Lights, Camera, Action: Integrating Popular Film in the Health Classroom

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Diez, Keri S.; Pleban, Francis T.; Wood, Ralph J.

2005-01-01

This article discusses the benefits as well as the important considerations that should be taken into account in integrating popular films in health education classes. Use of popular films in the classroom, termed "cinema education," is becoming increasingly popular in teaching health education. As a matter of convenience, popular films are easy…

Presencia del Cancionero Popular Infantil en la literatura española de la Edad de Oro

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Cerrillo Torremocha, Pedro

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Margit Frenk pointed out the textual coincidences between popular and ‘traditional’ songs included in literary works from the 15th to the 17th Centuries and certain folk songs that have survived and are still used now or until quite recently. This encouraged the author of this paper to trace the utilization of traditional children’s songs and verses in literary works by Spanish authors of the 16th and 17th Centuries. These compositions occasionally date from the Middle Ages and, with the invention of printing, were recorded in writing and incorporated into educated literary works. Many of these compositions can still be found in children’s games and practices today. They have survived the passage of time though popular memory. This study looks at those popular children’s songs which have been included, either entirely or in part, in the literary works of renowned authors of the 16th and 17th Centuries.Margit Frenk ha señalado coincidencias textuales entre canciones de tipo popular y ‘tradicional’, incluidas en obras literarias del XV al XVII, y ciertas canciones folclóricas vivas en nuestros días o que se pudieron recoger hasta hace pocos años. Esta afirmación nos animó a rastrear la presencia de canciones y retahílas de tradición infantil en obras de autores españoles del XVI y XVII: composiciones que, en ocasiones, provienen de la Edad Media y que, tras la invención de la imprenta, en algunos casos se fijaron por escrito y se incluyeron en obras literarias cultas. Hoy bastantes de esas composiciones están vivas en juegos y prácticas infantiles. Es un proceso de pervivencia en la memoria popular de la infancia. En este trabajo nos referimos a composiciones del Cancionero popular infantil y que aparecen, completas o en algunos de sus versos, en obras literarias del XVI y XVII, algunas de autores muy significativos.

Utilización correcta de las técnicas de detección de cáncer de mama en mujeres mexicanas

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Lizbeth López-Carrillo

2014-09-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Identificar las características asociadas con la prevalencia de utilización correcta de la autoexploración manual (AE, el examen clínico (EC y la mamografía (MA para la detección de cáncer mamario (CaMa. Material y métodos. Se entrevistó a 1 030 mujeres mexicanas, sanas, de entre 20 y 88 años sobre su historia reproductiva y sociodemográfica. Con base en la forma y frecuencia de realización de estas técnicas de detección, se construyó un índice de utilización correcta. Resultados. La prevalencia de utilización correcta de la AE fue de 11% y del EC de 5.4%. El 7.6% de las mujeres entre 40 y 49 años y 31.6% de las mujeres con 50 años o más se realizaron una MA de acuerdo con la norma vigente al momento del estudio. El aseguramiento por parte del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, del Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado o del Seguro Popular fue el principal determinante de la utilización de la MA. Conclusiones. Se evidencia la necesidad de incrementar la correcta utilización de la AE, el EC y la MA.

The association between valuing popularity and relational aggression : The moderating effects of actual popularity and physiological reactivity to exclusion

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Shoulberg, Erin K.; Sijtsema, Jelle J.; Murray-Close, Dianna

The association between having a reputation for valuing popularity and relational aggression was assessed in a sample of 126 female children and adolescents (mean age = 12.43 years) at a 54-day residential summer camp for girls. Having a reputation for valuing popularity was positively related to

DO RITUAL AO GLOBAL: espetacularização das culturas e religiões populares

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Ana Paula Santos Horta

2017-12-01

Full Text Available As conseqüências da globalização, tais como: desagregação familiar, êxodo rural, consumismo, turismo e espetacularização das festas, entre outras, redefinem hoje o que é cultura popular e nos faz pensar para além da sua produção, mas também na circulação e no consumo de bens simbólicos e materiais a ela atrelados. O presente artigo é uma análise teórica e empírica de algumas festas religiosas e populares brasileiras investigadas a partir da etnografia de Carlos Rodrigues Brandão. A pesquisa em andamento tem sido empreendida em três dimensões: teórica, documental e pesquisa de campo a partir de observação participante. O objetivo é discutir o processo de mundialização/globalização da cultura e identificar elementos de ressignificação, transformação e espetacularização de rituais religiosos.

Las acciones ambientales en el derecho argentino. Amparo ambiental y acción popular

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María Laura Peluffo

2007-01-01

Full Text Available Las acciones ambientales intentan tanto la recomposición del ambiente como el resarcimiento de los daños y perjuicios. Existen distintas acciones a través de las cuales se ha intentado acceder a la justicia a los fines de la tutela del derecho al ambiente sano de acuerdo con las disposiciones del artículo 41 de la Constitución nacional, y ello se ha prestado a diversas interpretaciones. El constituyente argentino previó una acción colectiva frente a un derecho de incidencia colectiva a todos los titulares del mismo, y el legislador, al reglamentar la prescripción constitucional, no legitima a cualquiera que no sea el titular del derecho a ejercer una acción, porque se trataría de una acción popular, y en Argentina no existe la misma.

Variabilidad geográfica de las hospitalizaciones por infarto agudo al miocardio en Costa Rica

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Melvin Morera Salas

2014-01-01

Full Text Available La presente investigación muestra los patrones geográficos de las hospitalizaciones por infarto agudo al miocardio en el seguro público de salud de Costa Rica en el trienio 2010-2012. Para el análisis geográfico por área de salud se utiliza un modelo bayesiano jerárquico espacial. Se estiman razones estandarizadas suavizadas y, como medida de precisión, la probabilidad de que cada área de salud registre un riesgo de hospitalización estadísticamente diferente al promedio nacional. En la determinación de presencia de autocorrelación espacial se utiliza el indicador de la I de Moran. La amplitud entre las variaciones observadas se estima mediante la razón interpercentil (percentil 95/percentil 5 y el coeficiente de variación. La tasa bruta de hospitalizaciones es de 5,8 por 10 mil habitantes en hombres y 2,6 / 10 mil en mujeres. Se registra un rango de variación de más de dos veces en las hospitalizaciones entre las áreas con mayores y menores egresos. Se presenta un patrón de bajas tasas de hospitalizaciones por infarto agudo al miocardio en áreas de salud fuera del Área Metropolitana, donde se encuentran los hospitales nacionales de mayor complejidad. Este elemento podría estar asociado a dificultades en el acceso de los servicios de hospitalización.

Performing Memory in Art and Popular Culture

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Plate, L.; Smelik, A.M.

2013-01-01

This volume pursues a new line of research in cultural memory studies by understanding memory as a performative act in art and popular culture. The authors take their cue from the observation that art and popular culture enact memory and generate processes of memory. They do memory, and in this

La historia de la acción popular en la perspectiva del partido comunista de Brasil: un análisis de la obra de haroldo lima y aldo arantes sobre la historia de la AP The history of popular action from the perspective of the communist party of Brazil: an analysis of the research by haroldo lima and aldo arantes on the history of the popular action - doi: 10.4025/dialogos.v10i1.111 A história da ação popular na perspectiva do PC do b: uma análise da obra de Haroldo Lima e Aldo Arantes sobre a história da AP - doi: 10.4025/dialogos.v10i1.111

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Reginaldo Benedito Dias

2010-01-01

A principios de la década de 1970, un significativo número de militantes de la Acción Popular (importante organización de izquierda) decidió incorporarse al Partido Comunista de Brasil (PC do B). Este trabajo analiza la forma en cómo fue escrita la historia de la Acción Popular por aquellos que realizaron esa elección, tomando como base el libro de Aldo Arantes y Haroldo Lima. Aquí se pretende d...

Una entrada popular al Internet

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Bruce Girard

2015-01-01

Full Text Available El Internet ofrece la posibilidad de una comunicación rápida y económica. El proyecto de AMARC y CEDEP (Ecuador financiado, en parte, por el Buró Canadiense de Educación Internacional, busca aprovechar esta posibilidad para proporcionar un servicio de noticias a las radios comunitarias de la región.

Bryan McCann. Hello, Hello Brazil. Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil. 1st printing 2004

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Sergio Daniel Ospina

2010-07-01

Full Text Available La música popular brasilera en relación con la configuración de la identidad nacional y la modernización del Estado brasilero es, en síntesis, el tema principal del texto escrito por el profesor McCann. Sin embargo, el autor aborda una amplia variedad de tems y asuntos históricos que, vinculados estrechamente con el desarrollo de la música popular brasilera en la primera mitad del siglo xx, permiten analizar global y coherentemente la constitución moderna de Brasil. En resumen, el texto constituye un relato consistente en torno a la convergencia de factores culturales, políticos, económicos, sociales y tecnológicos, entre otros, en el proceso de conformación de la idea de brasileridad, para lo cual la música popular y, con ella, la radio y la industria discográfica aparecen como un eje trasversal del análisis, un eje que es al mismo tiempo un agente dinamizante y un actor dinamizado. Se trata pues de una historia del Estado Novo de Brasil a través de la música o, dicho de otro modo, de una historia de la música popular brasilera a través de la historia de la transición de Brasil hacia la modernidad.

Popular democracy and waste management

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Wallis, L.R.

1986-01-01

The US has moved from representative democracy to popular democracy and public scrutiny is unrelenting. Any hope of success on their part in resolving the nuclear waste question hinges on their ability to condition themselves to operate in a popular democracy environment. Those opposed to the siting of high- and low-level waste repositories have already developed a set of recurring themes: (1) the siting criteria are fatally flawed; (2) the criteria are not adequate; (3) the process is driven by politics not science; (4) unrealistic deadlines lead to dangerous shortcuts; (5) transportation experience is lacking; (6) the scientific community does not really know how to dispose of the wastes. They must continue to tell the public that if science has brought us problems, then the answer can be only more knowledge - not less. Failure by their profession to recognize that popular democracy is a fact and that nuclear issues need to be addressed in humanistic terms raises the question of whether America is philosophically suited for the expanded use of nuclear power in the future - or for that matter for leadership in the world of tomorrow

Comportamientos Sexuales de Adolescentes y Jóvenes de Sectores Populares del Municipio de Sincelejo, Sucre

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Anaya Lazo, Leydys Isabel

2010-01-01

En esta investigación me propuse conocer los comportamientos sexuales de los y las adolescentes y jóvenes que viven en sectores populares del municipio de Sincelejo, - en la Comuna 1-, Departamento de Sucre. Logré un acercamiento a la población joven, al conocimiento y análisis de sus vivencias sexuales y situaciones de riesgo. El trabajo de campo fue realizado durante el año 2006 - 2007 periodo que me permitió considerar un universo de 2.300 adolescentes y jóvenes con una muestra de 210 p...

La música popular de la literatura al cine: lenguaje, discurso y significados en Alta Fidelidad y The Commitments

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Viñuela Suárez, Eduardo

2010-02-01

Full Text Available Adapting a novel into a film is not a simple question of translating the narrative plot from one medium to another, it also deals with the cultural competence of the reader / spectator and the meanings and discourses articulated in the interpretation of the texts. Music is present in both novels and films, and so it participates in the process of creating meanings, even when it does not take part in the formal structure of the text. This article develops the analysis of popular music in The Commitments and High Fidelity, two films based on two novels where the ideology of rock music influences both characters and spaces. Songs, musicians and instruments are present in prose, dialogues, sound and image, both in the novels by Roddy Doyle and Nick Hornby, respectively, and in the films directed by Alan Parker and Stephen Frears, thus demonstrating the multimedia condition of music and its capability to interact with the narrative structure of the texts in the articulation of several discourses.

La adaptación cinematográfica de novelas va más allá de la transposición de la narrativa de un medio de expresión a otro e implica a una serie de discursos que están presentes en la obra y que son activados por el lector-espectador en función de su competencia cultural. La música, presente en ambos medios, es capaz de vehicular mensajes que, aunque no se encuentren en la estructura narrativa de las obras, participan en la creación de significados. En este artículo abordamos un análisis formal y discursivo de la música popular en Alta fidelidad y The Commitments, dos novelas adaptadas al cine en las que la ideología de la cultura rock se manifiesta en personajes y espacios. Canciones, músicos e instrumentos aparecen en texto escrito, diálogos, imagen y sonido en las novelas de Roddy Doyle y Nick Hornby y sus respectivas adaptaciones cinematográficas de Alan Parker y Stephen Frears, demostrando la condici

O "Popular" em Egberto Gismonti

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Rúrion Soares Melo

2007-07-01

Full Text Available Nossa música, rica e moderna, não pode ser integralmente enquadrada em tipologias. Este artigo destaca a importância do material musical e da autonomia nos procedimentos composicionais, e propõe que a compreensão das obras de Egberto Gismonti não pode se restringir aos elementos propriamente "brasileiros" do "nacional-popular".Brazilian music, rich and modern, cannot be integrally fit in typologies. This article detaches the importance of the musical material and the autonomy in the compositional procedures, and considers that the understanding of the work of Egberto Gismonti cannot be restricted to strictly "Brazilian" elements of the "nacional-popular".

RELIGIOSIDADE POPULAR E FENOMENOLOGIA RELIGIOSA

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Waldomiro O. Piazza

1980-01-01

Full Text Available Antes de tudo, é preciso ter presente que religiosidade popular não é o mesmo que fenomenologia religiosa, embora estejam intimamente vinculadas entre si. A fenomenologia religiosa é uma ciência que estuda o significado profundo das várias atitudes religiosas que o homem toma motivado por uma experiência religiosa. A religiosidade popular é o complexo destas atitudes condicionadas por alguma estrutura cultural, como a dos primitivos, que se dedicavam à caça, à pesca, à coleta de frutos, ou a dos povos sedentários, dedicados às técnicas agrárias e industriais.

The authoritarian castling of the Syrian regime: from popular uprising to civil war

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Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio Alvariño

2015-05-01

Full Text Available Instead of hastening political change, the Syrian uprising has led to greater authoritarianism. At first, president Bashar al-Assad adopted various cosmetic reforms (a party law and constitutional referendum, which were designed more as a survival strategy than a genuine process of political liberalisation. In its first four years, the Syrian crisis has gone from being an anti-authoritarian popular uprising to a proxy war with the active presence of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Qatar and Turkey. Control of the state apparatus on the part of the Alawite minority has been instrumentalised by the Salafist and jihadist groups to intensify sectarianism and claim the establishment of an Islamic State.

Abraham Lincoln in European Popular Culture

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John Dean

2016-05-01

Full Text Available This article argues that Lincoln is not a universal hero, but rather an indigenous, U.S., ethnocentric one. Lincoln has generally been absent as a model in European social and public life, rarely emphasized as an essential part of education or in the public forum. Among the reasons given for this difference are inaccurate references to his ecumenical qualities and the often negative attitude in Europe towards a U.S. popular taste culture which is an expression of values, a vital, half-wild, half-tame, communal expression of ‘We, the People of the United States.’ Especially in the 20th century, U.S. popular culture and popular icons have often been regarded in Europe as an expression of lowbrow entertainment. But in the U.S., ‘popular’ is much closer to ‘grassroots’ in the full, Whitmanesque meaning of the term. Some things don’t translate.

Popularity Trajectories and Substance Use in early Adolescence1

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Moody, James; Brynildsen, Wendy D.; Osgood, D. Wayne; Feinberg, Mark E.; Gest, Scott

2010-01-01

This paper introduces new longitudinal network data from the “Promoting School-Community-University Partnerships to Enhance Resilience” or “PROSPER” peers project. In 28 communities, grade-level sociometric friendship nominations were collected from two cohorts of middle school students as they moved from 6th, to 9th grade. As an illustration and description of these longitudinal network data, this paper describes the school popularity structure, changes in popularity position, and suggests linkages between popularity trajectory and substance use. In the cross-section, we find that the network is consistent with a hierarchical social organization, but exhibits considerable relational change in both particular friends and position at the individual level. We find that both the base level of popularity and the variability of popularity trajectories effect substance use. PMID:21765588

La cultura popular anglofona en el curriculum del ingles a nivel superior (Popular Anglophone Culture in the English Curriculum at the College Level).

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Zoreda, Margaret Lee

This paper examines the rationale for introducing popular culture into college-level English-as-a-Second-Language instruction in Mexico, drawing on research and theory in second language instruction, and it offers specific suggestions for classroom presentation of popular cultural content. It is argued that content in popular culture can enhance…

Resources for Popular Education.

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Heaney, Tom

1992-01-01

Popular education, with its agenda for social change, often lacks access to traditional financial support. Strategies for resource development include volunteers, small proportion of public funding, an umbrella organization to distribute funds, and collaboration with adult educators in mainstream institutions. (SK)

Popularity and user diversity of online objects

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Wang, Jia-Hua; Guo, Qiang; Yang, Kai; Zhang, Yi-Lu; Han, Jingti; Liu, Jian-Guo

2016-11-01

The popularity has been widely used to describe the object property of online user-object bipartite networks regardless of the user characteristics. In this paper, we introduce a measurement namely user diversity to measure diversity of users who select or rate one type of objects by using the information entropy. We empirically calculate the user diversity of objects with specific degree for both MovieLens and Diggs data sets. The results indicate that more types of users select normal-degree objects than those who select large-degree and small-degree objects. Furthermore, small-degree objects are usually selected by large-degree users while large-degree objects are usually selected by small-degree users. Moreover, we define 15% objects of smallest degrees as unpopular objects and 10% ones of largest degrees as popular objects. The timestamp is introduced to help further analyze the evolution of user diversity of popular objects and unpopular objects. The dynamic analysis shows that as objects become popular gradually, they are more likely accepted by small-degree users but lose attention among the large-degree users.

Significance and popularity in music production

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Gravino, Pietro; Servedio, Vito D. P.; Tria, Francesca; Loreto, Vittorio

2017-01-01

Creative industries constantly strive for fame and popularity. Though highly desirable, popularity is not the only achievement artistic creations might ever acquire. Leaving a longstanding mark in the global production and influencing future works is an even more important achievement, usually acknowledged by experts and scholars. ‘Significant’ or ‘influential’ works are not always well known to the public or have sometimes been long forgotten by the vast majority. In this paper, we focus on the duality between what is successful and what is significant in the musical context. To this end, we consider a user-generated set of tags collected through an online music platform, whose evolving co-occurrence network mirrors the growing conceptual space underlying music production. We define a set of general metrics aiming at characterizing music albums throughout history, and their relationships with the overall musical production. We show how these metrics allow to classify albums according to their current popularity or their belonging to expert-made lists of important albums. In this way, we provide the scientific community and the public at large with quantitative tools to tell apart popular albums from culturally or aesthetically relevant artworks. The generality of the methodology presented here lends itself to be used in all those fields where innovation and creativity are in play. PMID:28791169

The Association between Valuing Popularity and Relational Aggression: The Moderating Effects of Actual Popularity and Physiological Reactivity to Exclusion

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Shoulberg, Erin K.; Sijtsema, Jelle J.; Murray-Close, Dianna

2011-01-01

The association between having a reputation for valuing popularity and relational aggression was assessed in a sample of 126 female children and adolescents (mean age=12.43 years) at a 54-day residential summer camp for girls. Having a reputation for valuing popularity was positively related to relational aggression. This association was moderated…

Space activities and global popular music culture

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Wessels, Allison Rae; Collins, Patrick

During the "space age" era, space activities appear increasingly as a theme in Western popular music, as they do in popular culture generally. In combination with the electronics and tele-communications revolution, "pop/rock" music has grown explosively during the space age to become an effectively global culture. From this base a number of trends are emerging in the pattern of influences that space activities have on pop music. The paper looks at the use of themes and imagery in pop music; the role of space technology in the modern "globalization" of pop music; and current and future links between space activities and pop music culture, including how public space programmes are affected by its influence on popular attitudes.

Tres modelos de adaptación del flamenco a las músicas populares urbanas en Andalucía

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Fernando Barrera Ramírez

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo pretende estudiar y valorar las hibridaciones musicales entre géneros populares vividas en Andalucía durante los últimos años a través de tres casos concretos: las canciones de Los Planetas, Pony Bravo, Sr. Chinarro en sus particulares acercamientos al flamenco; estudio del origen y evolución de los parámetros formales, estéticos, sociales y comerciales de estas producciones.

Sound as Popular Culture

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The wide-ranging texts in this book take as their premise the idea that sound is a subject through which popular culture can be analyzed in an innovative way. From an infant’s gurgles over a baby monitor to the roar of the crowd in a stadium to the sub-bass frequencies produced by sound systems...... in the disco era, sound—not necessarily aestheticized as music—is inextricably part of the many domains of popular culture. Expanding the view taken by many scholars of cultural studies, the contributors consider cultural practices concerning sound not merely as semiotic or signifying processes but as material......, physical, perceptual, and sensory processes that integrate a multitude of cultural traditions and forms of knowledge. The chapters discuss conceptual issues as well as terminologies and research methods; analyze historical and contemporary case studies of listening in various sound cultures; and consider...

Sede central de una compañía de seguros Oberursel/Ts. - Alemania Federal

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Hentrich, Helmut

1977-02-01

Full Text Available This building is designed to house the control Centre of an Insurance Company, formed by three chartered companies, in the town of Oberursel, near Frankfurt. The work includes seven floors and two basements, in the shape of a swastika, and is completed with a rectangular annex, with two storeys, intended for the restaurant, cafeteria and an all-purpose room. The main building provides offices of a landscape type, with a total of 1,500 jobs, to be extended to 2,500. The structure is in reinforced concrete, with a modulation between support axes of 10.50 X 10.50 m. The stability of the unit is achieved through a main bracing nucleus, which also acts as a vertical communication axis. The frontage is of curtain wall, with steel framework corridor on all the floors, aluminium carpentry and insulating glazing. These corridors lead to two fire scapes, backing on to the main building on opposite sides. Suitable decoration, together with the specially chosen furniture and the varied series of installations, both generic and specific, for this type of centers, contribute towards achieving the suitable working atmosphere. Furthermore, a group of social, recreative and sports installations, facilitate personal contacts among employees.Este edificio se destina a albergar el Centro de control de una compañía de seguros, integrada por tres sociedades anónimas, en la ciudad de Oberursel, cerca de Frankfurt. La obra se desarrolló en seis plantas y dos sótanos con forma de cruz gamada, y se completa con un anexo rectangular, de dos plantas, dedicado a restaurante, cafetería y sala polivalente. El edificio principal distribuye oficinas de tipo paisajístico con un total de 1.500 puestos de trabajo, ampliables hasta 2.500. La estructura es de hormigón armado, con una modulación entre ejes de soportes de 10,50 x 10,50 m. La estabilidad del conjunto se consigue mediante un núcleo central de arriostramiento, que sirve, además, de eje de

Data on heavy metals and selected anions in the Persian popular herbal distillates

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Mozhgan Keshtkar

2016-09-01

Full Text Available In this data article, we determined the concentration levels of heavy metals including Pb, Co, Cd, Mn, Mg, Fe and Cu as well as selected anions including NO3− , NO2−, PO4−3 and SO4−2 in the most used and popular herbal distillates in Iran. It is well known that heavy metals may pose a serious health hazard due to their bioaccumulation throughout the trophic chain (“Heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Ni and Pb content in two fish species of Persian Gulf in Bushehr Port, Iran” (Dobaradaran et al., 2013 [1]; “Comparative investigation of heavy metal, trace, and macro element contents in commercially valuable fish species harvested off from the Persian Gulf” (Abadi et al., 2015 [2] as well as some other environmental pollutions, “Assessment of sediment quality based on acid-volatile sulfide and simultaneously extracted metals in heavily industrialized area of Asaluyeh, Persian Gulf: concentrations, spatial distributions, and sediment bioavailability/toxicity” (Arfaeinia et al., 2016 [3]. The concentration levels of heavy metals and anions in herbal distillates samples were determined using flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS, Varian AA240, Australia and a spectrophotometer (M501 Single Beam Scanning UV/VIS, UK respectively. Keywords: Daily intake, Herbal distillates, Heavy metals, Selected anions

Peer status and aggression as predictors of dating popularity in adolescence.

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Houser, John J; Mayeux, Lara; Cross, Cassandra

2015-03-01

Research has identified links between dating and aversive behavior such as aggression and bullying in adolescence, highlighting the need for studies that further our understanding of romantic relationships and their dynamics during this period. This study tested the associations between dating popularity and overt and relational aggression, social preference, and peer popularity. Of particular interest were the moderating roles of social preference and peer popularity in the association of aggression with dating popularity. Further moderation by gender was also explored. Participants were 478 ninth-graders (48% girls) with peer nomination scores for peer status, aggression, and dating popularity. Dating popularity was positively correlated with popularity, social preference, and overt and relational aggression. Regression models indicated that popular, overtly aggressive girls were seen as desirable dating partners by their male peers. Relational aggression was associated with dating popularity for both boys and girls, especially for youths who were well-liked by peers. These findings are interpreted in light of developmental-contextual perspectives on adolescent romantic relationships and Resource Control Theory.

Educación popular

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Ortiz, Pedro P.

2009-01-01

Reflexiones sobre la relación entre la educación popular con el individuo, la sociedad, la moral, la religión, la industria y la riqueza pública - La educación i el individuo - La educación i la sociedad

Vocal handicap index in popular and erudite professional singers.

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Loiola-Barreiro, Camila Miranda; Silva, Marta Assumpção de Andrada E

To compare the voice handicap index of popular and erudite professional singers according to gender, age, professional experience time, and presence or absence of self-reported vocal complaints. One hundred thirty-two professional singers, 74 popular and 58 erudite, who responded to a questionnaire with regards to identification, age, gender, professional experience time in singing, musical genres (for popular singers), vocal classification (for erudite singers), presence of self-reported vocal complaints, and the specific protocols for popular (Modern Singing Handicap Index - MSHI) and erudite (Classical Singing Handicap Index - CSHI) singing. Higher proportion of women and higher incidence of vocal complaints were observed in the popular singers compared with the erudite singers. Most of the popular singers belonged to the genre of Brazilian Popular Music. Regarding the classification of erudite singers, there was greater participation of sopranos and tenors. No statistical differences were observed with respect to age and professional experience time between the groups. Comparison of the MSHI and CSHI scores showed no statistically significant difference between these scores and genre or age in both groups of singers. Professional experience time was related to the total score and the subscales disability and impairment in the MSHI, only for popular singers with vocal complaints. There was no correlation between these variables and the CSHI for erudite singers. The impact of vocal difficulty/problem interferes differently in these two musical genres when related to vocal complaint and professional experience time. The MSHI and CSHI protocols proved to be important tools not only for the identification of problems, but also for the understanding of how these individuals relate their voices with this occupational activity.

Aggressive effects of prioritizing popularity in early adolescence

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Cillessen, A.H.N.; Mayeux, L.; Ha, P.T.; Bruyn, E.H. de; LaFontana, K.M.

2014-01-01

This study examined the moderating effects of prioritizing popularity on the association between early adolescents' popularity and their aggressive, leadership, and prosocial behaviors with peers. Participants were 288 14-year-olds from The Netherlands who completed a sociometric instrument and an

Folclore e medicina popular na Amazônia Folklore and popular medicine in the Amazon

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Márcio Couto Henrique

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Discute as relações entre folclore e medicina popular na Amazônia, tendo como referencial de análise o conto "Filhos do boto", de Canuto Azevedo. Aponta que os contos folclóricos estão saturados de elementos da realidade cultural e podem ser utilizados como testemunhos históricos que expressam embates entre diferentes tradições. Os registros folclóricos são fruto do diálogo muitas vezes conflituoso entre folcloristas, cientistas sociais, médicos, pajés e seus seguidores, e sua análise deve ser acompanhada de reflexão sobre as condições de sua produção. Neste caso específico, trata-se de refletir, com base no imaginário de sedução e cura em torno do boto, sobre a possibilidade de ampliar o conhecimento sobre a medicina popular praticada na Amazônia, região de forte presença da pajelança cabocla.This discussion of the relations between folklore and popular medicine in the Amazon takes Canuto Azevedo's story "Filhos do boto" (Children of the porpoise as an analytical reference point. Replete with elements of cultural reality, folk tales can serve as historical testimonies expressing clashes between different traditions. Folk records are fruit of what is often a quarrelsome dialogue between folklorists, social scientists, physicians, and pajés and their followers, and their analysis should take into account the conditions under which they were produced. Based on the imaginary attached to the figure of the porpoise - a seductive creature with healing powers - the article explores how we might expand knowledge of popular medicine as practiced in the Amazon, where the shamanistic rite known as pajelança cabocla has a strong presence.

Predicting the future trend of popularity by network diffusion

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Zeng, An; Yeung, Chi Ho

2016-06-01

Conventional approaches to predict the future popularity of products are mainly based on extrapolation of their current popularity, which overlooks the hidden microscopic information under the macroscopic trend. Here, we study diffusion processes on consumer-product and citation networks to exploit the hidden microscopic information and connect consumers to their potential purchase, publications to their potential citers to obtain a prediction for future item popularity. By using the data obtained from the largest online retailers including Netflix and Amazon as well as the American Physical Society citation networks, we found that our method outperforms the accurate short-term extrapolation and identifies the potentially popular items long before they become prominent.

Predicting the future trend of popularity by network diffusion.

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Zeng, An; Yeung, Chi Ho

2016-06-01

Conventional approaches to predict the future popularity of products are mainly based on extrapolation of their current popularity, which overlooks the hidden microscopic information under the macroscopic trend. Here, we study diffusion processes on consumer-product and citation networks to exploit the hidden microscopic information and connect consumers to their potential purchase, publications to their potential citers to obtain a prediction for future item popularity. By using the data obtained from the largest online retailers including Netflix and Amazon as well as the American Physical Society citation networks, we found that our method outperforms the accurate short-term extrapolation and identifies the potentially popular items long before they become prominent.

The role of attractiveness and aggression in high school popularity

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Borch, C.; Hyde, A.; Cillessen, A.H.N.

2011-01-01

This study examines the effects of physical attractiveness and aggression on popularity among high school students. Previous work has found positive relationships between aggression and popularity and physical attractiveness and popularity. The current study goes beyond this work by examining the

The Role of Respect in the Relation of Aggression to Popularity

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Kuryluk, Amanda; Cohen, Robert; Audley-Piotrowski, Shannon

2011-01-01

Can aggressive children be popular with peers? Generally, sociometric popularity (liking nominations) has been shown to be negatively associated with aggression, and perceived popularity (popularity nominations) has been shown to be positively associated with aggression. The thesis of the present research was that being respected by peers…

The Historiography of Islamic Law: The Case of Tārīkh al-Tashrī‘ Literature

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Arif Maftuhin

2016-12-01

Full Text Available Tārīkh al-Tashrī‘ (the history of sharia affairs is a relatively new genre of Islamic historiography and very popular among students of Islamic Law. Despite its popularity, academics of Islamic historiography seem not interested in studying it. There is hardly any academic paper seriously studied the literature. This paper is a first effort to explore the Tārīkhu’t-tashrī‘ literature through a historiographical analysis. As an initial exploration, it argues that Tārīkh al-Tashrī‘ is the latest development of Islamic historiography, developed in the 19th century, but it is a genre of the old Islamic historiography with some new elements. The new elements are influenced by both modern Western historiography and the need to re-open the supposedly closed gate of ijtihād. The paper studied books of Tārīkh al-Tashrī‘ available during the research between 2013-2015. [Tārīkh al-Tashrī‘ adalah genre yang relatif ‘baru’ dalam matarantai perkembangan historiografi Islam­. Literatur ini sangat popular dan menjadi mata kuliah wajib di fakultas-fakultas Syariah di Indonesia maupun Timur Tengah. Hanya saja, meskipun ia sangat populer sebagai mata pelajaran, Tārīkh al-Tashrī‘ belum banyak menarik minat para peneliti historiografi. Makalah in berusaha mengeksplorasi literatur Tārīkh al-Tashrī‘ dengan pendekatan historiografi. Makalah ini berpendapat bahwa Tārīkh al-Tashrī‘, meski terlihat ‘modern’ dari segi kelahirannya, tidak banyak berbeda dengan literatur historiografi klasik. Perbedaan terjadi karena adanya pengaruh historiografi Barat dalam model penulisannya dan karena kebutuhan untuk membuka kembali pintu ijtihad yang tertutup. Kajian dilakukan terhadap kitab-kitab Tārīkh al-Tashrī‘ yang dapat ditemukan selama riset antara 2013-2015 

La educación popular entre la reforma y la revolución social. La Federación Universitaria Escolar (F.U.E.

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Juan Manuel FERNÁNDEZ SORIA

2013-11-01

Full Text Available Este artículo aborda tres momentos diferentes de la educación popular durante la Segunda República en España. El primero trata las «Misiones Pedagógicas», el segundo y tercero respectivamente los planes y experiencias de educación popular que lleva a cabo la Federación Universitaria Escolar durante los años de la República burguesa, y después en el período revolucionario de la Guerra Civil. Nuestro análisis trata de plantear si estos tres momentos de la educación popular están incluidos dentro de la reforma y/o revolución social. Al mismo tiempo establecemos semejanzas y diferencias entre ellos, mediante el sujeto que recibe tal educación, y el objeto que se transmite así como la vía del proceso educativo.

Popular cinema and lesbian interpretive strategies.

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Dobinson, C; Young, K

2000-01-01

In its examination of the relationship between popular film and lesbian viewing practices, this study attempts to more fully elucidate current ideas around audience engagement and forms of cultural reception. Drawing on 15 in-depth interviews conducted in Western Canada in 1996, the results clearly demonstrate the existence of active lesbian viewers, whose interpretations of popular film are intimately informed by lesbian-specific life experiences and cultural competencies. Although the social conditions which create the need for resistant viewing are themselves oppressive, subversion of mainstream film holds out some possibility of empowerment for lesbian viewers.

Evaluation of Spam Impact on Arabic Websites Popularity

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Mohammed N. Al-Kabi

2015-04-01

Full Text Available The expansion of the Web and its information in all aspects of life raises the concern of how to trust information published on the Web especially in cases where publisher may not be known. Websites strive to be more popular and make themselves visible to search engines and eventually to users. Website popularity can be measured using several metrics such as the Web traffic (e.g. Website: visitors’ number and visited page number. A link or page popularity refers to the total number of hyperlinks referring to a certain Web page. In this study, several top ranked Arabic Websites are selected for evaluating possible Web spam behavior. Websites use spam techniques to boost their ranks within Search Engine Results Page (SERP. Results of this study showed that some of these popular Websites are using techniques that are considered spam techniques according to Search Engine Optimization guidelines.

Vocação de criar: anotações sobre a cultura e as culturas populares Vocation to create: notes on culture and popular cultures

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Carlos Rodrigues Brandão

2009-12-01

Full Text Available O artigo examina diferentes dimensões da cultura e das polêmicas que envolvem o termo para dizer da(s cultura(s popular(es como derivação também controvertida. Diferentemente dos estudos sobre o eixo cultura-cultura popular, num exercício de memória, busca-se o processo de criação dos movimentos de cultura popular dos anos 1960 no Brasil para, então, aproximá-lo dos tempos atuais e mostrar como a cultura e a cultura popular foram levadas ao campo da prática política e integraram nelas um novo sentido dado à própria educação. Trata-se da discussão entre cultura e educação como espaços francamente abertos e dialógicos que se abrem à difícil e complexa arte da criação, da partilha e do intercâmbio de e entre culturas populares, do papel do saber e da reprodução do saber como questão substantiva no eixo entre cultura e educação.This article examines different dimensions of culture and the controversies surrounding this term when used to refer to "popular culture(s";. Unlike studies on the axis culture-popular culture, an attempt is made to return to the beginning of the Brazilian popular culture movements in 60's, in order to bring them closer to the present time. In doing so, it will be possible to show how culture and popular culture were taken to the field of political praxis, integrating in them a new meaning given to education itself. The discussion points out that a substantive issue to be considered is if culture and education are conceived as spaces overtly open and dialogical in nature, typical of the difficult and complex art of creating, sharing and interchanging of (and between popular cultures the role of knowledge and of the knowledge reproduction.

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Paulo J. Krischke

2006-01-01

Full Text Available This paper discusses some interfaces between the approaches to political learning, and their reference to situations of social exclusion, conflict and popular organization. The first part of the paper discusses the approach to the study of political learning among the elites; the second part examines approaches to research of political culture among the masses; and the third part outlines an alternative approach to political learning derived from Jürgen Habermas’s theory of “communicative action”. In the paper these approaches are applied to the study of a territory of exclusion, conflict, and popular organisation (a group of favelas in downtown Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Finally, the paper outlines some procedures to achieve a more general understanding of political learning

Islamic Content On Malaysian TV: A Case study of TV Al Hijrah

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Juliana Abdul Wahab

2017-12-01

Full Text Available Religion and media are converging and frequently becoming a subject matter for news content and popular entertainment programmes in television and film, publishing, music as well as the new media. Religion, arguably has become part and parcel of the media environment today. In Malaysian context, during the millennium era, many locally produced ‘Islamic programmes’ started to gain popularity among Malaysian audience especially within the entertainment genre such as television drama. With the establishment of Malaysian first Islamic free-to-air television, TV Al Hijrah in 2010, this paper aims to understand the nature of Islamic content available on the station. The preliminary findings of this paper suggest that there are varieties of television programmes created and aired on TV Al Hijrah cutting across different genres meant for disseminating Islam as a way of life. Programmes available are mainly about showcasing the values of Islamic teaching and beliefs with the ultimate goal to highlight Islam as a beautiful and peaceful religion.

The Role of Attractiveness and Aggression in High School Popularity

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Borch, Casey; Hyde, Allen; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.

2011-01-01

This study examines the effects of physical attractiveness and aggression on popularity among high school students. Previous work has found positive relationships between aggression and popularity and physical attractiveness and popularity. The current study goes beyond this work by examining the interactive effects of physical attractiveness and…

Who is Everyone's Darling in Cyberspace? The Characteristics of Popular Online Daters

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Chih-Chien Wang

2010-06-01

Full Text Available Online dating current is a popular activity in cyberspace. More and more people make new friends and find their partners through online dating web sites. There is an interesting observation that some people are more popular than others in online dating web sites. The current study focuses on the personal profile characteristics that make one a popular dater. By two field surveys, this study discusses the relationship between online daters' personal profiles and their popularity. The first survey investigated 800 online daters' profiles from dating web sites. The statistical analysis results indicated thatphysical body types and looks, education level, occupation, personality, and interests were characteristics that influenced the popularity of online daters, while significant gender differences were found in the characteristics that related to popularity of online daters. The second survey searched 960 online daters with profiles of popular and unpopular characteristics. By observing the popularity of these online daters, it was found that those with "popular" characteristics also were the popular daters and those with "unpopular" characteristics were the unpopular daters. This may serve as evidence that the found personal profile characteristics were indeed factors influencing the popularity of the online daters.

The evaluation of popular music in the United States, Germany and the Netherlands: a comparison of the use of high art and popular aesthetic criteria

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van Venrooij, A.; Schmutz, V.

2010-01-01

Popular music has apparently gained much in status and artistic legitimacy. Some have argued that popular music criticism has assimilated the evaluative criteria traditionally associated with high art aesthetics to legitimate pop music as a serious art form, while others have claimed that popular

Composing, Songwriting, and Producing: Informing Popular Music Pedagogy

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Tobias, Evan S.

2013-01-01

In forwarding comprehensive popular music pedagogies, music educators might acknowledge and address expanded notions of composition in popular music that include processes of recording, engineering, mixing, and producing along with the technologies, techniques, and ways of being musical that encompass these processes. This article advances a…

Incorporating popularity in a personalized news recommender system

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Nirmal Jonnalagedda

2016-06-01

Full Text Available Online news reading has become a widely popular way to read news articles from news sources around the globe. With the enormous amount of news articles available, users are easily overwhelmed by information of little interest to them. News recommender systems help users manage this flood by recommending articles based on user interests rather than presenting articles in order of their occurrence. We present our research on developing personalized news recommendation system with the help of a popular micro-blogging service, “Twitter.” News articles are ranked based on the popularity of the article identified from Twitter’s public timeline. In addition, users construct profiles based on their interests and news articles are also ranked based on their match to the user profile. By integrating these two approaches, we present a hybrid news recommendation model that recommends interesting news articles to the user based on their popularity as well as their relevance to the user profile.

Emergence of Long-Term Memory in Popularity

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Soh, Hyungjoon; Hong, Joo Hyung; Jeong, Jaeseung; Jeong, Hawoong

2017-01-01

Popularity describes the dynamics of mass attention, and is a part of a broader class of population dynamics in ecology and social science literature. Studying accurate model of popularity is important for quantifying spreading of novelty, memes, and influences in human society. Although logistic equation and similar class of nonlinear differential equation formulates traditional population dynamics well, part of the deviation in long-term prediction is stated, yet fully understood. Recently,...

Social Intelligence and Academic Achievement as Predictors of Adolescent Popularity

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Meijs, Noortje; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Scholte, Ron H. J.; Segers, Eliane; Spijkerman, Renske

2010-01-01

This study compared the effects of social intelligence and cognitive intelligence, as measured by academic achievement, on adolescent popularity in two school contexts. A distinction was made between sociometric popularity, a measure of acceptance, and perceived popularity, a measure of social dominance. Participants were 512, 14-15 year-old…

Prevención de riesgos en la Edificación

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Martínez Cabrera, Servais

1981-04-01

Full Text Available El objeto del presente artículo es analizar y comentar el estudio estadístico realizado por el BUREAU SECURITAS y la SOCOTEC sobre una población de 10.000 siniestros que se produjeron en Francia entre los años 1968 y 1978, en el campo de la edificación. A la vez y en relación íntima con el tema, se trata el aspecto del Seguro de Construcción como medio eficaz para mejorar la calidad, aludiendo a los modelos inglés, alemán y francés al par que se analizan las posibilidades de un seguro de construcción en España. Todo ello al hilo de los trabajos presentados al II Coloquio Europeo de la E.O.Q.C. (European Organisation for Quality Control celebrado en Madrid en el mes de noviembre de 1979 sobre el tema «Garantías en la Edificación».

Multifaceted media campaign focuses attention on persons without health insurance in the United States of America

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Full Text Available De una población de alrededor de 288 millones de personas que viven en los Estados Unidos de América, más de 41 millones no poseen seguro de salud, lo que pone en peligro la salud de familias y personas y provoca pérdidas económicas al país. La difícil situación de esas personas sin seguro fue el centro de una amplia e intensa campaña de los medios de comunicación masiva a principios del año 2003, la cual culminó en varios eventos nacionales y locales durante la llamada "Semana por el Aseguramiento de los no Asegurados", que transcurrió del 10 al 16 de marzo. Cada día de esa semana se dedicó a un tipo de actividad diferente. El lunes 10 de marzo se dedicó a reuniones locales con toda la comunidad. El martes, las actividades se centraron en las universidades. El miércoles se celebraron más de 550 "ferias de salud" por todo el país, con la participación de médicos, estomatólogos, personal de enfermería, hospitales, centros de salud comunitarios y clínicas, que brindaron sus servicios y realizaron tamizajes gratuitamente. Además, inscribieron a las familias y niños sin seguro de salud en los programas públicos de aseguramiento para los cuales eran elegibles. El jueves, líderes locales, tanto comerciantes como jefes de organizaciones laborales, resaltaron el interés que esos dos sectores comparten en aras de lograr que todas las personas que viven en los Estados Unidos puedan estar protegidas por un seguro de salud al alcance de sus posibilidades. Las actividades realizadas desde el viernes hasta el domingo se centraron en eventos organizados por varios grupos religiosos. La falta de seguro de salud de millones de personas en los Estados Unidos debe mantenerse como tema de actualidad en el país y debe ser parte de las campañas presidenciales del 2004.

Multifaceted media campaign focuses attention on persons without health insurance in the United States of America

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Full Text Available De una población de alrededor de 288 millones de personas que viven en los Estados Unidos de América, más de 41 millones no poseen seguro de salud, lo que pone en peligro la salud de familias y personas y provoca pérdidas económicas al país. La difícil situación de esas personas sin seguro fue el centro de una amplia e intensa campaña de los medios de comunicación masiva a principios del año 2003, la cual culminó en varios eventos nacionales y locales durante la llamada "Semana por el Aseguramiento de los no Asegurados", que transcurrió del 10 al 16 de marzo. Cada día de esa semana se dedicó a un tipo de actividad diferente. El lunes 10 de marzo se dedicó a reuniones locales con toda la comunidad. El martes, las actividades se centraron en las universidades. El miércoles se celebraron más de 550 "ferias de salud" por todo el país, con la participación de médicos, estomatólogos, personal de enfermería, hospitales, centros de salud comunitarios y clínicas, que brindaron sus servicios y realizaron tamizajes gratuitamente. Además, inscribieron a las familias y niños sin seguro de salud en los programas públicos de aseguramiento para los cuales eran elegibles. El jueves, líderes locales, tanto comerciantes como jefes de organizaciones laborales, resaltaron el interés que esos dos sectores comparten en aras de lograr que todas las personas que viven en los Estados Unidos puedan estar protegidas por un seguro de salud al alcance de sus posibilidades. Las actividades realizadas desde el viernes hasta el domingo se centraron en eventos organizados por varios grupos religiosos. La falta de seguro de salud de millones de personas en los Estados Unidos debe mantenerse como tema de actualidad en el país y debe ser parte de las campañas presidenciales del 2004.

The performance of identity in Chinese popular music

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Groenewegen, Jeroen

2011-01-01

Popular music in Chinese languages both reflects and influences how its audiences perceive themselves and their position in the world around them. This book analyses the role of popular music in identity formation through detailed comparisons of the pop star Faye Wong, the rock band Second Hand Rose

PERFIL DE RIESGO DE LAS COOPERATIVAS DE CRÉDITO ESPAÑOLAS: IMPLICACIONES EN EL COSTE DEL SEGURO DE DEPÓSITO / RISK PROFILE OF SPANISH CREDIT COOPERATIVES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE COST OF DEPOSIT INSURANCE

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Antonio PARTAL UREÑA

2012-09-01

Full Text Available La reforma propuesta por la Comisión Europea en julio de 2010, modificando el procedimiento para fijar las aportaciones que deben realizar las entidades de crédito a los sistemas de garantía de depósitos en función de su nivel de riesgo, supondrá cambios sustanciales en las cuotas que pagan actualmente. Este trabajo analiza el perfil de riesgo de las cooperativas españolas durante el período 2007-2010 y cuantifica su efecto sobre las contribuciones al Fondo de Garantía de Depósitos de Entidades de Crédito (FGDEC aplicando la metodología desarrollada por la Comisión. El estudio concluye con importantes evidencias sobre la evolución del perfil de riesgo del sector durante un periodo de recesión económica y el impacto de esta reforma, valorado a través del número de entidades que aumentarían su aportación y las variaciones en el coste del seguro respecto al sistema vigente. / The reform proposed by the European Commission in July 2010, modifying the procedure for determining the contributions which the banks must make to the deposit guarantee systems according to their level of risk will imply substantial changes in the fees currently paid. This paper analyzes the risk profile of Spanish cooperatives during 2007-2010 and quantifies their effect on contributions to the Deposit Guarantee Fund for Credit Institutions (FGDEC using the methodology proposed by the Commission. The study concludes with important evidence about the evolution of the risk profile of the sector in a period of economic recession and the impact of this reform, measured by means of the number of entities that would increase their input and variations in the cost of insurance in relation to the current system.

Hábitat popular. Resistencia cultural materializada

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Paula Peyloubet

2006-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se presenta un enfoque alternativo acerca del valor del hábitat popular. Se considera su producción como un valor en sí mismo, intangible, donde se expresa el acervo cultural de los diversos pueblos que componen el Hábitat Popular materializado en Arquitectura de alto contenido simbólico. Se construyen los argumentos de este enfoque a partir de concepciones sociológicas y antropológicas que dilucidan la semiótica de esta expresión física tan singular y siempre presente en nuestras ciudades latinoamericanas.

Popular culture and tourism: the case of music tourism

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Metodijeski, Dejan; Stojanoski, Hristo

2014-01-01

The subject of research in this paper is the popular culture and tourism analysed from the perspective of the music aspect of tourism. Although tourism and music can be characterized as a popular culture, these two terms are not analysed individually. Instead, this research is taking into consideration their mutual relation and synergy. This paper is making an attempt to define the popular culture, tourism and music tourism through numerous examples of music tourism around the globe. In ad...

Competition-induced criticality in a model of meme popularity.

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Gleeson, James P; Ward, Jonathan A; O'Sullivan, Kevin P; Lee, William T

2014-01-31

Heavy-tailed distributions of meme popularity occur naturally in a model of meme diffusion on social networks. Competition between multiple memes for the limited resource of user attention is identified as the mechanism that poises the system at criticality. The popularity growth of each meme is described by a critical branching process, and asymptotic analysis predicts power-law distributions of popularity with very heavy tails (exponent α<2, unlike preferential-attachment models), similar to those seen in empirical data.

Competition-Induced Criticality in a Model of Meme Popularity

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Gleeson, James P.; Ward, Jonathan A.; O'Sullivan, Kevin P.; Lee, William T.

2014-01-01

Heavy-tailed distributions of meme popularity occur naturally in a model of meme diffusion on social networks. Competition between multiple memes for the limited resource of user attention is identified as the mechanism that poises the system at criticality. The popularity growth of each meme is described by a critical branching process, and asymptotic analysis predicts power-law distributions of popularity with very heavy tails (exponent α <2, unlike preferential-attachment models), similar to those seen in empirical data.

Question popularity analysis and prediction in community question answering services.

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Liu, Ting; Zhang, Wei-Nan; Cao, Liujuan; Zhang, Yu

2014-01-01

With the blooming of online social media applications, Community Question Answering (CQA) services have become one of the most important online resources for information and knowledge seekers. A large number of high quality question and answer pairs have been accumulated, which allow users to not only share their knowledge with others, but also interact with each other. Accordingly, volumes of efforts have been taken to explore the questions and answers retrieval in CQA services so as to help users to finding the similar questions or the right answers. However, to our knowledge, less attention has been paid so far to question popularity in CQA. Question popularity can reflect the attention and interest of users. Hence, predicting question popularity can better capture the users' interest so as to improve the users' experience. Meanwhile, it can also promote the development of the community. In this paper, we investigate the problem of predicting question popularity in CQA. We first explore the factors that have impact on question popularity by employing statistical analysis. We then propose a supervised machine learning approach to model these factors for question popularity prediction. The experimental results show that our proposed approach can effectively distinguish the popular questions from unpopular ones in the Yahoo! Answers question and answer repository.

Homepage of the Philosophy Meets Popular Culture Initiative

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Grund, Cynthia M.

2008-01-01

-modern students, whose knowledge of various aspects of popular culture often is as encyclopedic as their classical liberal arts background is limited (some might say impoverished).   One goal of the PHILOSOPHY meets POPULAR CULTURE homepage (launched on October 7, 2008)  is to provide a forum for researchers, teachers...

Popular Media, Critical Pedagogy, and Inner City Youth

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Leard, Diane Wishart; Lashua, Brett

2006-01-01

In this article, we explored ways youth, traditionally silenced, engaged with popular culture to voice experiences and challenge dominant narratives of public schools and daily lives. We also considered how educators use popular culture as critical pedagogy with inner city youth. Through ethnographic bricolage and case study methods, and drawing…

[Costs and sick leave due to chikungunya in the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in Guerrero, Mexico].

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Vázquez-Cruz, Irene; Juanico-Morales, Guillermina; Sánchez-Ramos, Apolinar; Morales-Sánchez, Ofelia de Jesúis

2018-01-01

Chikungunya fever (CHIK) generally causes temporary sick leave, affecting groups of productive age, which represents a significant economic impact from the labor point of view. The objective was to estimate costs of disability due to chikungunya in the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) in Guerrero, Mexico. Cost assessment of working population from IMSS in Guerrero who met the definition of case for CHIK and took sick leave, which was registered in the Original Disability Certificates (OCI, according to its initials in Spanish) processed from January to April, 2015. Paid sick days were multiplied by the current minimum wage of the municipality of Acapulco (geographical area A, general = $ 70.10: seventy pesos with 10 cents per day]). Of all the OCIs, 31.5% (38 271/12 062) met the criteria for CHIK with a total of 41 197 prescribed days and 14 941 paid sick days with an estimated cost of 2 397 393.40 pesos (two million, three hundred and ninety seven thousand, three hundred and ninety three dollars and forty cents). Sick leaves increase the costs in health systems. These costs increase as increases the number of days granted. The average number of days granted is consistent with the information published in different articles.

Fashion vs. function in cultural evolution: the case of dog breed popularity.

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Ghirlanda, Stefano; Acerbi, Alberto; Herzog, Harold; Serpell, James A

2013-01-01

We investigate the relationship between characteristics of dog breeds and their popularity between years 1926 and 2005. We consider breed health, longevity, and behavioral qualities such as aggressiveness, trainability, and fearfulness. We show that a breed's overall popularity, fluctuations in popularity, and rates of increase and decrease around popularity peaks show typically no correlation with these breed characteristics. One exception is the finding that more popular breeds tend to suffer from more inherited disorders. Our results support the hypothesis that dog breed popularity has been primarily determined by fashion rather than function.

Fashion vs. Function in Cultural Evolution: The Case of Dog Breed Popularity

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Ghirlanda, Stefano; Acerbi, Alberto; Herzog, Harold; Serpell, James A.

2013-01-01

We investigate the relationship between characteristics of dog breeds and their popularity between years 1926 and 2005. We consider breed health, longevity, and behavioral qualities such as aggressiveness, trainability, and fearfulness. We show that a breed's overall popularity, fluctuations in popularity, and rates of increase and decrease around popularity peaks show typically no correlation with these breed characteristics. One exception is the finding that more popular breeds tend to suffer from more inherited disorders. Our results support the hypothesis that dog breed popularity has been primarily determined by fashion rather than function. PMID:24040341

The sociology of popular music, interdisciplinarity and aesthetic autonomy.

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Marshall, Lee

2011-03-01

This paper considers the impact of interdisciplinarity upon sociological research, focusing on one particular case: the academic study of popular music. 'Popular music studies' is an area of research characterized by interdisciplinarity and, in keeping with broader intellectual trends, this approach is assumed to offer significant advantages. As such, popular music studies is broadly typical of contemporary intellectual and governmental attitudes regarding the best way to research specific topics. Such interdisciplinarity, however, has potential costs and this paper highlights one of the most significant: an over-emphasis upon shared substantive interests and subsequent undervaluation of shared epistemological understandings. The end result is a form of 'ghettoization' within sociology itself, with residents of any particular ghetto displaying little awareness of developments in neighbouring ghettos. Reporting from one such ghetto, this paper considers some of the ways in which the sociology of popular music has been limited by its positioning within an interdisciplinary environment and suggests two strategies for developing a more fully-realized sociology of popular music. First, based on the assumption that a sociological understanding of popular music shares much in common with a sociological understanding of everything else, this paper calls for increased intradisciplinary research between sociologists of varying specialisms. The second strategy, however, involves a reconceptualization of the disciplinary limits of sociology, as it argues that a sociology of popular music needs to accept musical specificity as part of its remit. Such acceptance has thus far been limited not only by an interdisciplinary context but also by the long-standing sociological scepticism toward the analysis of aesthetic objects. As such, this paper offers an intervention into wider debates concerning the remit of sociological enquiry, and whether it is ever appropriate for sociological

Redes de inclusão e burocracias de exclusão: riscos e seguros de responsabilidade civil entre os mais pobres na África do Sul Inclusive networks and exclusive bureaucracies: risks and commercial insurance for the South African poor

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Erik Bähre

2010-10-01

Full Text Available Nos últimos anos as grandes empresas da África do Sul têm vindo a criar uma variedade de apólices de seguro que visa abranger aqueles até então excluídos, na sua maioria não-brancos pobres e de classe média. Neste artigo analiso as definições de custos e riscos, bem como a tentativa de poupar custos contando com o capital social dos mais pobres. Esta análise trará uma nova dimensão aos já acesos debates em torno do risco, desigualdade e capital social. A pesquisa levada a cabo junto de clientes que habitam em townships da Cidade do Cabo, bem como de correctores de seguros, actuários e outros envolvidos no mundo dos seguros, demonstra de que forma os custos das apólices estão directamente relacionados com a grande variedade de riscos e adversidades a que os mais carenciados estão sujeitos. Demonstra ainda o modo como as seguradoras mobilizam o seu capital social para ganhar acesso a novos mercados - por vezes com consequências desastrosas - e têm, em simultâneo, uma complexidade burocrática que dificulta o recebimento das compensações por parte dos clientes. Este estudo sugere, contra-intuitivamente, que a rápida expansão do mercado dos seguros pode agravar os riscos a que os mais pobres estão expostos e aumentar as desigualdades.Recently, large-scale South African companies are establishing a myriad of policies that aim to incorporate the previously excluded, mostly non-White, poor and middle classes. Here I examine definitions of risks and costs, as well as the attempt to save costs by relying on social capital among the poor. This casts a new light on lively debates on risk, inequality, and social capital. Research among clients living in the townships of Cape Town, as well as among insurance brokers, actuaries, and others involved in the world of insurance, reveal how policy costs are directly related to the many risks and adversities that the poor are exposed to. It reveals how insurers mobilize social capital to

El Buen Vivir. ¿Una alternativa al neoliberalismo?

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César Carranza Barona

2016-05-01

Full Text Available En Latinoamérica, herederos de las luchas anti hegemónicas y con el apoyo de movimientos sociales, populares e indígenas; llegan al poder varios gobiernos de corte progresista con la definición de realizar transformaciones estructurarles al interno y generar alternativas a los modelos tradicionales de desarrollo que han sido funcionales a las dinámicas del neoliberalismo global. Uno de estos modelos es el impulsado en Ecuador, desde el 2007, bajo el concepto del Buen Vivir (sumak kawsay el cual es presentado como una alternativa civilizatoria. El presente documento analiza, desde una perspectiva crítica, el concepto y el régimen del Buen Vivir promovido durante los últimos años en Ecuador, buscando establecer su alcance, continuidades y quiebres en lo conceptual y en la práctica de políticas con respecto al neoliberalismo.

Resistance to Western Popular and Pop-Culture in India

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Algis Mickūnas

2017-03-01

Full Text Available The essay is designed to present the phenomena of popular culture, its difference from pop culture, both products of modern West, and their impact on film and advertisement media in India. First, the discussion focuses on the Critical School which proposed the initial thesis of commodification of culture with a resultant “lowering” of standards to appeal to “the masses”, and an appeal to the “average” tastes. In the essay an argument is presented that pop culture is a “critique” of popular culture and is an elitist position attempting to shock popular mores and media content. Given this setting, it is argued that while India has followed both the globalizing popular and pop cultures, neither are adequate to encompass Indian media, specifically their film content.

A Contribution to the Definition of the Concept of Popular Culture: An Empirical Inquiry into the Epistemological Shortcomings of Popular Conceptions about Pretrial Detention in Serbia

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Saša Nedeljković

2016-02-01

Full Text Available In an attempt to ascertain the functionality of certain definitions of the concept of popular culture, or rather, to point out certain methodological options for the study of popular culture through analyzing certain popular conceptions, I have sought out those areas of social life which are under-represented in popular culture. I consider their avoidance symptomatic, worthy of attention and suitable for analysis. Discovering pretrial confinement as one such neglected area or topic, and trying to indirectly discover what might be the cause of this, I have analyzed and systematized those of its characteristics and elements which do not fulfill the requirements of the syndrome of popularity as it is typically understood.

Popular Music in Malaysia: Education from the outside

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Shah, Shahanum Mohamad

2006-01-01

The musical preference of most Malaysian young people, their knowledge of music in general and popular music in particular are shaped through informal music education. Factors that contribute to this include the wide dissemination of popular music, the status of music in the school curriculum, and the perception of most Malaysians towards music.…

Vulgarization of popular music tradition in Serbia

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Božilović, Nikola

2011-01-01

The vulgarization of tradition in this paper implies the alteration, false representation, and adaptation of tradition in line with the interests of certain individuals or groups in power. The author observes popular music in Serbia (jazz, pop, rock) under a sociological magnifying glass, attempting to explain and motivate the thesis which proposes a valid historical foundation of popular culture and music in the social life of Serbia. In his opinion, this kind of tradition is being 'swept un...

The Process’s Effectiveness in Popular Actions

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Alencar, Rafael Vieira de; Albuquerque, Felipe Braga

2016-01-01

The aim of this work the study of the limits and possibilities of the known " general power of realization of judicial protection ". Concomitantly were delineated the structural goals of executory judge's powers, notably with the aim of establishing a study related to the procedure of displaying documents in popular action, the application of a daily fine for noncompliance and the presumption of veracity of the facts narrated in the popular original. As regards the methodology, it has been ca...

Personalized Popular Blog Recommender Service for Mobile Applications

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Tsai, Pei-Yun; Liu, Duen-Ren

Weblogs have emerged as a new communication and publication medium on the Internet for diffusing the latest useful information. Providing value-added mobile services such as blog articles is increasingly important to attract mobile users to mobile commerce. There are, however, a tremendous number of blog articles, and mobile users generally have difficulty in browsing weblogs. Accordingly, providing mobile users with blog articles that suit their interests is an important issue. Very little research, however, focuses on this issue. In this work, we propose a Customized Content Service on a mobile device (m-CCS) to filter and push blog articles to mobile users. The m-CCS can predict the latest popular blog topics by forecasting the trend of time-sensitive popularity of weblogs. Furthermore, to meet the diversified interest of mobile users, m-CCS further analyzes users’ browsing logs to derive their interests, which are then used to recommend their preferred popular blog topics and articles. The prototype system of m-CCS demonstrates that the system can effectively recommend mobile users desirable blog articles with respect to both popularity and personal interests.

THE CURRENT SYRIAN POPULAR VIEW OF THE JEWS

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Alejandra Álvarez Suárez

2013-12-01

Full Text Available The remaining small Jewish communities of Syria run the risk of disappearing completely due to the marginalization suffered as a consequence of the political situation since 1948. The Eli Cohen affair (1965, the Six-­Day War (1967, and the Yom Kippur War (1973 made the Baathist authorities of the country consider definitively the Syrian Jews as suspected Zionists or Zionist sympathizers. Nevertheless, in Syrian popular perceptions, the view of the Jews and Judaism did not always coincide with the ideology and propaganda emanating from the regime. In fact it is very interesting to note how good memories of times past, about an erstwhile coexistence with members of the Jewish community, still survive among many Syrians, both Muslims and Christians, belonging to the so-­called “urban middle class.” This paper evaluates some examples, in the forms of anecdotes, popular sayings and proverbs, dealing with the Jews, and popularized in Syrian colloquialisms, in order to reveal some of the popular views of Judaism and Jews within Syrian society.

A Comparison between General Population Mortality and Life Tables for Insurance in Mexico under Gender Proportion Inequality || Una comparación entre la mortalidad de la población general y las tablas de vida de los seguros en México ante porcentajes desiguales de género

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Ornelas, Arelly

2013-01-01

Full Text Available We model the mortality behavior of the general population in Mexico using data from 1990 to 2009 and compare it to the mortality assumed in the tables used in Mexico for insured lives. We _t a Lee-Carter model, a Renshaw-Haberman model and an Age-Period-Cohort model. The data used are drawn from the Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI and the National Population Council (CONAPO. We also fit a Brass-type relational model to compare gaps between general population mortality and the mortality estimates for the insured population used by the National Insurance and Finance Commission in Mexico. As the life tables for insured lives are unisex, i.e. they do not differentiate between men and women, we assume various sex ratios in the mortality tables for insured lives. We compare our results with those obtained for Switzerland and observe very similar outcomes. We emphasize the limitations of the mortality tables used by insurance companies in Mexico. We also discuss the bias incurred when using unisex mortality tables if the proportion of male and female policyholders in an insurance company is not balanced. || Interesados en conocer las diferencias entre la mortalidad general y la de un subgrupo de la población, como son los asegurados en una compañía de seguros, hemos ajustado un modelo relacional Brass-Type. Para ello, en primer lugar, hemos modelado el comportamiento de la mortalidad de la población general de México entre los años 1990 y 2009. Hemos ajustado un modelo Lee-Carter, un modelo Renshaw-Haberman y un modelo edad-período-cohorte. Los datos utilizados proceden del Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI y el Consejo Nacional de Población (CONAPO. Una vez estimadas las tasas de mortalidad se han comparado con la mortalidad asumida por las compañías aseguradoras mexicanas. Estas tasas de mortalidad han sido calculadas por la Comisión Nacional de Seguros y Finanzas de México. Como las

Life Expectancy and Cause of Death in Popular Musicians: Is the Popular Musician Lifestyle the Road to Ruin?

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Kenny, Dianna T; Asher, Anthony

2016-03-01

Does a combination of lifestyle pressures and personality, as reflected in genre, lead to the early death of popular musicians? We explored overall mortality, cause of death, and changes in patterns of death over time and by music genre membership in popular musicians who died between 1950 and 2014. The death records of 13,195 popular musicians were coded for age and year of death, cause of death, gender, and music genre. Musician death statistics were compared with age-matched deaths in the US population using actuarial methods. Although the common perception is of a glamorous, free-wheeling lifestyle for this occupational group, the figures tell a very different story. Results showed that popular musicians have shortened life expectancy compared with comparable general populations. Results showed excess mortality from violent deaths (suicide, homicide, accidental death, including vehicular deaths and drug overdoses) and liver disease for each age group studied compared with population mortality patterns. These excess deaths were highest for the under-25-year age group and reduced chronologically thereafter. Overall mortality rates were twice as high compared with the population when averaged over the whole age range. Mortality impacts differed by music genre. In particular, excess suicides and liver-related disease were observed in country, metal, and rock musicians; excess homicides were observed in 6 of the 14 genres, in particular hip hop and rap musicians. For accidental death, actual deaths significantly exceeded expected deaths for country, folk, jazz, metal, pop, punk, and rock.

La Situación del Instituto de Seguro Social

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Zoilo Cuéllar-Montoya

2006-09-01

La aseguradora de Pensiones del ISS, mantiene casi la mitad de los afiliados al sistema pensional en Colombia; es una aseguradora excelente y maneja costos administrativos inferiores a las demás Administradoras Financieras de Pensiones (AFP, pero su problema es financiero: a partir de 2004, cuando se agotaron sus reservas, se vio obligada a cumplir con sus obligaciones con 2.3 billones de ingresos propios, por cotizaciones; 3 billones en bonos y cuotas partes y el Gobierno debió destinar 4.3 billones del presupuesto nacional para completar el monto de las obligaciones pensionales del ISS, que podemos interpretar como una iniciación en el pago de la deuda del Gobierno Nacional al Instituto...

Economia popular e educação: percursos de uma cooperativa de reciclagem de lixo no Rio de Janeiro Popular Economy and Education: paths of a waste recycling cooperative in Rio de Janeiro

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Ana Maria Marques Santos

2009-10-01

Full Text Available Este artigo busca analisar as práticas de uma cooperativa de reciclagem de lixo situada na Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, enfocando a organização e as relações de trabalho; os saberes produzidos nos processos de trabalho e as redes de ação coletiva estabelecidas com a comunidade. Os dados foram obtidos através de entrevistas realizadas com os cooperados e suas lideranças e com os técnicos da ONG Autre Terre, que apoia o projeto. Os resultados da pesquisa qualitativa apontam que esta experiência de economia popular e solidária tornou-se uma alternativa de inclusão social, gerando trabalho e renda, além de saberes e valores, na perspectiva de uma educação popular crítica. Nas relações da cooperativa com a comunidade são estabelecidas redes de ação coletiva, resgatando-se o espaço público, no qual a publicização da diversidade de ideias e concepções pode viabilizar o exercício da cidadania.This article analyzes the practices of a waste recycling cooperative located in Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, focusing on the organization and labor relations, the knowledge generated in the work processes, and networks of collective action established with the community. The data was obtained through interviews with the workers and their leaders and with the technicians of the NGO Autre Terre, which supports the project. The results of the qualitative research suggest that this experience of solidary and popular economy has become an alternative for social inclusion, creating employment, income, knowledge, and values, in the perspective of a popular and critical education. In the relations of the cooperative with the community are established networks of collective action, recovering the public space in which the awareness of the diversity of ideas and concepts can make it possible to be a good citizen.

AUTONOMIA APARENTE: educação popular, sindicalismo e política na década de 1980, Criciúma (SCAUTONOMY APPARENT: popular education, trade unionism and politics in the 80’s in Criciúma (SC

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Rafael Pereira da Silva

2010-12-01

Este artigo analisa a trajetória política do Centro de Estudos, Documentação e Informação Popular de Criciúma (CEDIP desde sua fundação, em 1983, até o final desta década. Para tanto, observou-se a conjuntura política da cidade, além das articulações que o centro manteve com o Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT, a Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT, as associações de bairro e a Igreja Católica. Palavras-chave: Sindicatos. Associações de Bairro. Partidos Políticos. Abstract This article  analyzes the political trajectory of the Center of Studies, Documentation and  Popular Information of Criciúma (CEDIP since its establishment, in 1983, until  the late 1980s. For that, the political situation of the city, besides the  articulations the Centre mantained with the Partido dos Trabalhadores, CUT,  Neighborhood Associations and the Catholic Church, was observed. Keywords: Syndicates. Neighborhood Associations.  Parties.

Books and the popularization of science

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Buchanan, R.

1991-01-01

This article discusses best-selling science books, the characteristics of the audience for popular science books, and the role of books within science popularization and science education. Best-selling science books have been rare, but generally readable. Regional books, also important sources of scientific information, aim at much smaller, far more price-sensitive audiences. Many successful regional, nontechnical science books are readable, heavily illustrated, and in some cases, cross-disciplinary. To increase the attentive audience for scientific information, improvement in science education is necessary, and the most efficacious role for scientific institutions may be the production of materials that can be easily incorporated into school curricula. ?? 1991 Springer.

Analysis of the distributional impact of out-of-pocket health payments: evidence from a public health insurance program for the poor in Mexico.

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Garcia-Diaz, Rocio; Sosa-Rubi, Sandra G; Sosa-Rub, Sandra G

2011-07-01

Many governments have health programs focused on improving health among the poor and these have an impact on out-of-pocket health payments made by individuals. Therefore, one of the objectives of these programs is to reach the poorest and reduce their out-of-pocket expenditure. In this paper we propose the distributional poverty impact approach to measure the poverty impact of out-of-pocket health payments of different health financing policies. This approach is comparable to the impoverishment methodology proposed by Wagstaff and van Doorslaer (2003) that compares poverty indices before and after out-of-pocket health payments. In order to escape the specification of a particular poverty index, we use the marginal dominance approach that uses non-intersecting curves and can rank poverty reducing health financing policies. We present an empirical application of the out-of-pocket health payments for an innovative social financing policy implemented in Mexico named Seguro Popular. The paper finds evidence that Seguro Popular program has a better distributional poverty impact when families face illness when compared to other poverty reducing policies. The empirical dominance approach uses data from Mexico in 2006 and considers international poverty standards of $2 per person per day. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Understanding the Exhibitionary Characteristics of Popular Music Museums

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Charles Fairchild

2017-03-01

Full Text Available The literature on the popular music museum has primarily focused on the study of heritage and cultural memory with a secondary focus on tourism. Given the unprecedented expansion of the museum sector worldwide in recent decades, which has produced an increasing number of major museums dedicated to popular music, it is an opportune time to expand this range of analytical concerns. Specifically, the development of popular music museums has not yet been closely examined within the broader historical trajectory of the so-called ‘new museum.’ This article seeks to outline the range of exhibitionary types commonly used in a range of high-profile popular music museums in pursuit of this line of inquiry. The goal is not simply to produce a generic survey or typology of displays, but to place the use of different forms of museum display within the specific historical trajectory that has produced steadily larger numbers of these kinds of museums in recent years. I organize these exhibitionary types into two broad streams of museum exhibition practice implied in the historical survey presented here: a populist-vernacular stream of museum display and an institutional-educational one. I seek to place the exhibitionary practices of contemporary popular music museums in a broader and longer trajectory of similar practices in order to get a more grounded sense of the more important characteristics of these kinds of museums.

Style popularity and the comovement of stocks

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Wouters, T.; Plantinga, A.

2006-01-01

We examine to what extent the popularity of an investment style can be attributed to style investing. The style investing hypothesis predicts that assets in the same style show strong comovement with respect to their underlying fundamentals and that reclassifying assets into a new style raises its correlation with that style. We test this prediction by studying how comovement varies with proxies of popularity. We use different kinds of data, such as data on stocks, mutual funds, IPO?s and fin...

Análisis de la actuación de Estados Unidos y la ONU en Somalia en la creación de un entorno seguro para asistencia humanitaria. (1992-1995)

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Valderrama Franco, Julieth Katherine

2012-01-01

La creación de un entorno seguro para otorgar la ayuda humanitaria a la población somalí, fue un desafío de proporciones internacionales, en el que la máxima potencia del mundo, Estados y organizaciones, vieron fracasar todos los proyectos tanto en forma de ayudas como en estrategias y operaciones. Las razones de este fracaso de carácter mundial, debido a que representó una amenaza para la paz y la seguridad internacional, todavía se pueden evidenciar en Somalia; este país continúa siendo un...

X-ray nano-diffraction study of Sr intermetallic phase during solidification of Al-Si hypoeutectic alloy

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Manickaraj, Jeyakumar; Gorny, Anton; Shankar, Sumanth, E-mail: shankar@mcmaster.ca [Light Metal Casting Research Centre (LMCRC), Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street W, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L7 (Canada); Cai, Zhonghou [Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)

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The evolution of strontium (Sr) containing intermetallic phase in the eutectic reaction of Sr-modified Al-Si hypoeutectic alloy was studied with high energy synchrotron beam source for nano-diffraction experiments and x-ray fluorescence elemental mapping. Contrary to popular belief, Sr does not seem to interfere with the Twin Plane Re-entrant Edge (TPRE) growth mechanism of eutectic Si, but evolves as the Al{sub 2}Si{sub 2}Sr phase during the eutectic reaction at the boundary between the eutectic Si and Al grains.

O Banco Popular Português do Porto

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Hugo Silveira Pereira

2012-01-01

Full Text Available In the midst of the First World War, an entrepreneur in Porto decided to create a new bank, a different bank that should fill in a void in the Portuguese financing system, a popular bank. Emulating what was being done in Central Europe this popular bank had one great objective: to lend money to those who normally couldn’t afford to borrow money. Unfortunately, the good intentions of those investors went up in smoke when they realized that such good intention weren’t profitable nor could they be able to keep the bank running. Quickly did this popular bank became a commercial bank like so many others that were operating in the Portuguese market at the time. After a promising start, the bank suddenly went through some hardships, due to the crisis of the 1920’s and to bad investments, and eventually was shut down, after eleven years of activity.

Guitar hero: From icon of popular culture to nostalgic self-design

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Popadić Milan

2013-01-01

This paper aims to interpret the transformations of the “guitar hero”, from the icon of popular culture to models of nostalgic selfdesign, meaning transformations from generally recognizable figure in the context of popular culture to mimetic patterns based in medium of contemporary technologies. The phrase “guitar hero”, in its basic meaning represents a specific phenomenon in popular culture and popular music of the second half of the twentieth century. Guitar hero is a performer with...

Popular Music Policy

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Frith, Simon; Cloonan, Martin

2008-01-01

This special issue of Popular Music has its origins in a seminar organised at the University of Stirling in 2004. This meeting, one of a series on cultural policy, brought together researchers from a number of European countries who were asked to describe state music policy in their respective countries and to reflect on what differences, if any, such policies had made to recent national music history. As the seminar’s organisers, we were interested in a couple of issues: first, how policy ap...

Analysis of user activities on popular medical forums

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Kamalov, M. V.; Dobrynin, V. Y.; Balykina, Y. E.; Martynov, R. S.

2017-10-01

The paper is devoted to detailed investigation of users’ behavior and level of expertise on online medical forums. Two popular forums were analyzed in terms of presence of experts who answer health related questions and participate in discussions. This study provides insight into the quality of medical information that one can get from the web resources, and also illustrates relationship between approved medical experts and popular authors of the considered forums. During experiments several machine learning and natural language processing methods were evaluated against to available web content to get further understanding of structure and distribution of information about medicine available online nowadays. As a result of this study the hypothesis of existing correlation between approved medical experts and popular authors has been rejected.

Diseño de un seguro para reducir el riesgo ante las variaciones de los precios de las acciones en la bolsa de valores de lima y desarrollar el Mercado de capitales

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Bacigalupo Pozo, Juan Alberto

2016-01-01

La presente tesis, tuvo por objetivo diseñar un seguro para reducir el riesgo de los inversionistas por las variaciones de precios en el mercado de acciones en la Bolsa de Valores de Lima y a partir de ello, desarrollar el mercado de capitales. Esto se hizo posible a través de la aplicación de la hoja de encuesta a los inversionistas seleccionados (utilizando el criterio de exclusión); asimismo, se desarrolló un modelo econométrico y se ejecutó una simulación aleatoria para pro...

De novo dir dup/del of 18q characterized by SNP arrays and FISH in ...

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2014-12-18

Dec 18, 2014 ... 5División de Genética, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, CIBO, Guadalajara 44340, Mexico ... FCQB, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Sinaloa 80019, México .... influence the clinical presentation (Hulick et al. 2009).

SISTEMA ACADÉMICO-FINANCIERO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD POPULAR DE NICARAGUA

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Luis Alberto Andión Rodríguez

2002-05-01

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Se expone un sistema automatizado que controla la gestión académico-financiera en la Universidad Popular de Nicaragua (UPONIC. Dicho sistema permite agilizar los procesos de mayor importancia y prioridad que giran en torno a los estudiantes, así como emitir los informes necesarios para la toma de decisiones que se lleva a cabo en dicha universidad. La UPONIC es una institución de educación superior con régimen y administración privados y con misión, visión y valores de función social. Se rige por un modelo educacional diferente al de las universidades cubanas y dentro de sus procesos más importantes se encuentran la matrícula, el pago de deudas pendientes, el pago de servicios académicos, la devolución de préstamos y la asignación de becas.

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The present work exposes an automated system that controls the Academic and Financial Activities in the Popular University of Nicaragua (UPONIC. This system allows to speed up the most important processes involving the students, as well as to emit the necessary reports for making decisions by the administrative personnel. UPONIC is an institution of superior education with private regime and private administration and with mission, vision and values of social function. It is governed by an educational model different to the Cuban universities, and the most important processes carried out in this are the registration, the payment of pending debts, the payment of academic services, the refund of loans and the assignment of scholarships.

Hedging in Popular Scientific Articles on Medicine

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Csongor Alexandra

2013-04-01

Full Text Available Introduction: The aim of this study is to investigate the process of rewriting medical research papers for the lay public. The latest findings of medical research often appear in the popular media. It is interesting to see what happens to a scientific text when it is transmitted to a new audience. Hedging is usually interpreted as a characteristic feature of scientific discourse. This study focuses on hedging, which also tends to be applied in popularized articles in the field of medicine.

Autism Spectrum Disorder in Popular Media: Storied Reflections of Societal Views

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Belcher, Christina; Maich, Kimberly

2014-01-01

This article explores how storied representations of characters with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are typified in a world that is increasingly influenced by popular media. Twenty commercially published children's picture books, popular novels, mainstream television programs, and popular movies from 2006-2012 were selected using purposive,…

Popularity Prediction Tool for ATLAS Distributed Data Management

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Beermann, T.; Maettig, P.; Stewart, G.; Lassnig, M.; Garonne, V.; Barisits, M.; Vigne, R.; Serfon, C.; Goossens, L.; Nairz, A.; Molfetas, A.; Atlas Collaboration

2014-06-01

This paper describes a popularity prediction tool for data-intensive data management systems, such as ATLAS distributed data management (DDM). It is fed by the DDM popularity system, which produces historical reports about ATLAS data usage, providing information about files, datasets, users and sites where data was accessed. The tool described in this contribution uses this historical information to make a prediction about the future popularity of data. It finds trends in the usage of data using a set of neural networks and a set of input parameters and predicts the number of accesses in the near term future. This information can then be used in a second step to improve the distribution of replicas at sites, taking into account the cost of creating new replicas (bandwidth and load on the storage system) compared to gain of having new ones (faster access of data for analysis). To evaluate the benefit of the redistribution a grid simulator is introduced that is able replay real workload on different data distributions. This article describes the popularity prediction method and the simulator that is used to evaluate the redistribution.

Popularity prediction tool for ATLAS distributed data management

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Beermann, T; Maettig, P; Stewart, G; Lassnig, M; Garonne, V; Barisits, M; Vigne, R; Serfon, C; Goossens, L; Nairz, A; Molfetas, A

2014-01-01

This paper describes a popularity prediction tool for data-intensive data management systems, such as ATLAS distributed data management (DDM). It is fed by the DDM popularity system, which produces historical reports about ATLAS data usage, providing information about files, datasets, users and sites where data was accessed. The tool described in this contribution uses this historical information to make a prediction about the future popularity of data. It finds trends in the usage of data using a set of neural networks and a set of input parameters and predicts the number of accesses in the near term future. This information can then be used in a second step to improve the distribution of replicas at sites, taking into account the cost of creating new replicas (bandwidth and load on the storage system) compared to gain of having new ones (faster access of data for analysis). To evaluate the benefit of the redistribution a grid simulator is introduced that is able replay real workload on different data distributions. This article describes the popularity prediction method and the simulator that is used to evaluate the redistribution.

Popular Music in Southeast Asia : Banal Beats, Muted Histories

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Barendregt, Bart; Keppy, Peter; Schulte Nordholt, Henk

2017-01-01

'Popular Music in Southeast Asia: Banal Beats, Muted Histories' offers a cultural history of modern Southeast Asia from the original vantage point of popular music since the 1920s up to the present. By creatively connecting indigenous musical styles with foreign musical genres, Southeast Asians

Popularity and Adolescent Friendship Networks : Selection and Influence Dynamics

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Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Borch, Casey

This study examined the dynamics of popularity in adolescent friendship networks across 3 years in middle school. Longitudinal social network modeling was used to identify selection and influence in the similarity of popularity among friends. It was argued that lower status adolescents strive to

Popularity and Adolescent Friendship Networks: Selection and Influence Dynamics

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Dijkstra, J.K.; Cillessen, A.H.N.; Borch, C.

2013-01-01

This study examined the dynamics of popularity in adolescent friendship networks across 3 years in middle school. Longitudinal social network modeling was used to identify selection and influence in the similarity of popularity among friends. It was argued that lower status adolescents strive to

Popular NREL-Developed Transportation Mobile App Launches on Android

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Platform | News | NREL Popular NREL-Developed Transportation Mobile App Launches on Android Platform Popular NREL-Developed Transportation Mobile App Launches on Android Platform May 23, 2017 More since the new Android version of the Alternative Fueling Station Locator App launched last week. The U.S

THE REFLECTIONS OF POPULAR CULTURE IN POSTER DESIGN

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İbrahim Gökhan CEYLAN

2015-09-01

Full Text Available Poster is a product of graphic prepared for ıntorducing a culture or goods; or tranmitting a message. We can come across a poster almost in anywhere. As a product of graphic, a poster hav found its own place in many art movements and that’s why one should have the same concern for it as for others in the aspects of design and artistic view. The most important target of a commercial or advertisement is to reach the exact target audience at the exact time. Poster from its very begining, has became an area that needs a speciality in appliyng. Poster design aims to leave the neccessary effect whether by introducing the idea/product or by directing the target audience to the idea/ product. It is for sure that while moving the target audience to the aimed idea/ product, it is more easily-remembered using the popular cultural ıbjects which have a profound effect on the target audıence. Popular culture is mass culture. It is aimed to move the massive population by using the popular people, products and etc. In fact popular culture is a society to burden the creatvity and prodcution. It also a reason to resemble the society each other and it is a unit of constant changing. It is a consumption society in another saying. It supports consumption. In poster designs, it can be seen that designs are done under the effect of these popular culture. It is via this poiciy that consumers are directed to the target message or product.

The Popularity of Picture Books with Television Tie-in

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Patricia R. Ladd

2011-06-01

Full Text Available This study analyzes circulation statistics of television tie-in picture books from the Wake County Public Library System in North Carolina to determine their popularity among patrons. Caldecott winning picture books were used as a point of comparison. This study also examined OPAC holdings from North Carolina public libraries to determine television tie-in picture book popularity among collection builders. The findings of the study show that television tie-in picture books are found to some degree in the vast majority of North Carolina public libraries, and are more popular than award winners in the Wake County system.

Vestígios da cultura popular em Angela Lago

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Silva, Celso Sisto

2004-01-01

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-graduação em Literatura A presente dissertação elabora, sob o domínio da cultura popular, e configura, sob o viés do conto popular recontado, a leitura de algumas obras da escritora brasileira para crianças, Angela Lago. Pretende-se, em primeiro lugar, identificar nos recontos da escritora, a persistência dos modelos narrativos que a tradição popular de cunho escrito mantev...

Guarantee-bond: main concepts and overview of its application within the bidding process involving inactive areas with marginal accumulations of petroleum and natural gas; Seguro-garantia: conceituacao e panorama de sua aplicacao no processo licitatorio envolvendo areas inativas com acumulacoes marginais

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Eduardo, Antonio Sergio; Herrmann, Hildebrando [Universidade ERstadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), SP (Brazil); Ferreira, Doneivan Fernandes [Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA (Brazil)

2008-07-01

The Brazilian Petroleum Agency has been working on the adoption of an efficient financial guarantee system in order to ensure the fulfillment of contractual obligations in upstream-related activities. This process is aimed at: creating incentives for responsible behavior in the industry; attending current demands from society for efficiency and transparency; attending to industries demands for the maintenance of investment flows within the sector; safeguarding the government against financial liabilities caused by irresponsible or insolvent concessionaires; and keeping the sector attractive and competitive for small and medium companies. Within the bidding process for the concession of inactive areas with marginal accumulations, ANP requires two kinds of guarantees: a bidding guarantee, and a PTI guarantee (for obligations under the Initial Work Program-PTI). In both cases, the ANP allows two kinds of financial instruments: 'Seguros-Garantia' and 'Letters of Credit'. According to bidding rules, guarantees must be presented before the bidding process. This instrument ensures that the winner will sign the concession contract. The PTI guarantee ensures performance in a timely fashion. This paper describes and analyzes the instrument 'Seguro-Garantia', its evolution, existing categories, and applicability. (author)

Implicit Associations with Popularity in Early Adolescence: An Approach-Avoidance Analysis

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Lansu, Tessa A. M.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Karremans, Johan C.

2012-01-01

This study examined 241 early adolescents' implicit and explicit associations with popularity. The peer status and gender of both the targets and the perceivers were considered. Explicit associations with popularity were assessed with sociometric methods. Implicit associations with popularity were assessed with an approach-avoidance task (AAT).…

Música popular brasileira, indústria cultural e identidade

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José Roberto Zan

2001-01-01

Full Text Available This text shows an overview approach of Brazilian popular music raise, connected with the development of the phonograph industry and its market in Brazil. It includes a tentative periodical division of Brazilian popular music history, in order to enlarge the understanding of how different ways symbolic elements related to the issue of identity were translated and reproduced by that cultural expression.

Yadav et al., Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. (2014) 11(2):249 ...

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Yadav et al., Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. (2014) 11(2):249-256 ..... In recent years the popularity of complementary medicine has increased. Much interest has been focused on exploring ... delayed the induction of glucose intolerance and euglycemia in high fructose diet fed rats. Diabegon treatment inhibits the ...

Does Humor Explain Why Relationally Aggressive Adolescents Are Popular?

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Bowker, Julie C.; Etkin, Rebecca G.

2013-01-01

The association between relational aggression and popularity during early adolescence is well established. Yet, little is known about why, exactly, relationally aggressive young adolescents are able to achieve and maintain high popular status among peers. The present study investigated the mediating role of humor in the association between relational aggression and popularity during early adolescence. Also considered was whether the association between relational aggression and humor varies according to adolescents’ gender and their friends’ levels of relational aggression. Participants were 265 sixth-grade students (48% female; 41% racial/ethnic minority; Mage = 12.04 years) who completed peer nomination and friendship measures in their classrooms at two time points (Wave 1: February; Wave 2: May). The results indicated that Wave 1 relational aggression was related to Wave 1 and 2 popularity indirectly through Wave 1 humor, after accounting for the effects of Wave 1 physical aggression, ethnicity, and gender. Additional analyses showed that relational aggression and humor were related significantly only for boys and for young adolescents with highly relationally aggressive friends. The results support the need for further research on humor and aggression during early adolescence and other mechanisms by which relationally aggressive youth achieve high popular status. PMID:24136377

Evaluación inmunotoxicológica de compuestos con potencial farmacológico empleando ratones como modelo experimental

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Angélica Mariño Ramos

2007-01-01

la investigación conducente al descubrimiento de nuevos fármacos más seguros, a través de la línea de investigación en el área de inmunotoxicología, contribuyendo de manera directa no solo a la formación de recurso humano sino aportando al desarrollo de la industria farmacéutica nacional.

Temporal associations of popularity and alcohol use among middle school students.

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Tucker, Joan S; Miles, Jeremy N V; D'Amico, Elizabeth J; Zhou, Annie J; Green, Harold D; Shih, Regina A

2013-01-01

The goal of this study is to better understand the longitudinal cross-lagged associations between popularity, assessed through self-rating and peer nominations, and alcohol use among middle school students. The analytical sample comprises 1,835 sixth- to eighth-grade students who were initially recruited from three California middle schools and surveyed in the fall and spring semesters of 2 academic years. Students reported on their background characteristics, past-month alcohol use, and perceived popularity. Additionally, students provided school-based friendship nominations, which were used to calculate peer-nominated popularity. A cross-lagged regression approach within a structural equation modeling framework was used to examine the longitudinal relationship between popularity (self-rated and peer-nominated) and alcohol use. There was a statistically significant (p = .024) association between peer-nominated popularity and the probability of alcohol consumption at the subsequent survey, but not vice versa. Our results suggest that in a scenario where 8% of students are past-month drinkers, each increase of five friendship nominations is associated with a 30% greater risk of being a current drinker at the next wave. We found no evidence of longitudinal associations between past-month alcohol consumption and self-rated popularity. Popularity is a risk factor for drinking during the middle school years, with peer-nominated popularity being more predictive of use than self-perceptions of popularity. To inform alcohol prevention efforts for middle school students, additional research is needed to better understand why adolescents with a larger number of school-based friendship ties are more inclined to drink. Copyright © 2013 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Donkeys and Superteachers: Structural Adjustment and Popular Education in Latin America.

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Fischman, Gustavo

1998-01-01

Explores the challenges and possibilities of popular education by examining the educational field after the application of structural adjustment programs in Latin America. Presents a critique of Gramsci's model of the organic intellectual as understood by many within popular education. Offers the specific example of a popular-education workshop in…

Misrepresentation of UK homicide characteristics in popular culture.

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Brown, J; Hughes, N S; McGlen, M C; Crichton, J H M

2014-03-01

The homicide statistics of a popular UK television fictional crime series and the former Lothian & Borders police force region, Scotland were compared. This comparison was used to consider the implications for public attitudes which may influence the adoption of public health interventions to reduce homicide. 217 homicides were identified by 105 perpetrators in the television series 'Midsomer Murders' between 1997 and 2011; these were compared to 55 homicides by 53 perpetrators in the regional sample between 2006 and 2011. The numbers of serial killings (p homicides, female perpetrators (p homicide by kitchen knives (p homicide rates. If the popular perception of UK homicides is influenced by popular culture, the importance of such a public health intervention may not be apparent. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved.

El Uso de Canciones Populares en el Aula de Inglés para Mejorar las Habilidades de Escucha y Habla de Estudiantes de Secundaria / The Use of Popular Songs to Enhance High School Students' Listening and Speaking Skills

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Jonnathan Salas Alvarado

2017-06-01

Full Text Available Este artículo muestra la sistematización de una experiencia educativa en la que se hizo uso de canciones populares para realizar actividades que buscaban el desarrollo y la práctica de las habilidades de habla y escucha de cuatro grupos de estudiantes de secundaria: un grupo de décimo y otro de undécimo año del Colegio Laboratorio del CUP en Puntarenas y un grupo de décimo y otro de undécimo año del Colegio El Rosario en San José. Durante 4 semanas, los estudiantes participaron en 4 sesiones en las cuales se desarrollaron 8 actividades, 4 de escucha y 4 de habla, dichas actividades se hicieron basadas en el uso de 8 canciones populares en el idioma inglés. Para evaluar el impacto de dichas actividades, se entregó un instrumento a cada uno de los participantes para que pudiesen emitir sus criterios y opiniones al final de cada sesión y dado a que los investigadores eran además los docentes a cargo de cada grupo se logra llevar a cabo un proceso de observación durante cada sesión. Posterior a ello, esa información fue analizada para así obtener conclusiones y determinar la relevancia de esas actividades y del uso de canciones populares en el aula de inglés. El estudio concluye que el uso de las canciones populares en la clase de inglés es relevante y que trae muchos beneficios a los estudiantes en aspectos lingüísticos y motivacionales. Además, se concluye que las actividades realizadas durante las sesiones de trabajo fueron efectivas y que ayudaron a los participantes a mejorar su lengua meta, el inglés.

La reemergencia del discurso nacional-popular en la nueva izquierda latinoamericana

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Cancino, Hugo

2012-01-01

En este artículo analizamos la reemergencia del discurso nacional-popular. Los movimientos nacional-populares son un fenómeno recurrente en la historia de América Latina. Las revoluciones y los movimientos sociales más significativos del siglo XX fueron los movimientos nacional-populares. Para...... nuevo Estado, a través de la democracia radical, los cuales sustituyen la oligarquía del Estado y de la Nación Criolla que excluyeron indígenas y mestizos del poder y de la riqueza. Palabras claves: Discurso; Nacional-popular; Izquierda...

[Experience in training in emergencies, Division of Special Projects in Health, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social].

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Cruz-Vega, Felipe; Loría-Castellanos, Jorge; Hernández-Olivas, Irma Patricia; Franco-Bey, Rubén; Ochoa-Avila, César; Sánchez-Badillo, Victoria

2016-01-01

There has been interest in the Division of Special Projects in Health to offer the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social personnel resources for training and quality thereby respond to potential contingencies. Presented here is their experience in this field. To describe and analyse the productivity in different training programs in emergencies and disasters developed by the Division of Special Projects in Health, Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). Observational study in which different training activities conducted by the Division of Special Projects in Health between 1989 and 2014 are described. Descriptive statistics were used. In these 25 years have trained 20,674 participants; 19.451 IMSS and 1,223 other health institutions. The most productive courses were life support (BLS/ACLS) (47.17%), distance courses "Hospital medical evacuation plans and units" (14.17%), the workshop-run "Evacuation of hospital units with an emphasis on critical areas" (5.93%) and course "Programme Evaluators of Hospital Insurance" (8.43%). Although the Special Projects Division Health has primarily operational functions, it nevertheless has neglected its responsibility to maintain constantly trained and updated institute staff that every day is in a position to face any type of emergency and disaster. This increases the chance that the answer to any contingency is more organised and of higher quality, always to the benefit of the population. Copyright © 2015 Academia Mexicana de Cirugía A.C. Published by Masson Doyma México S.A. All rights reserved.

Indexing of Popular Periodicals: The State of the Art

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Aveney, Brian; Slade, Rod

1978-01-01

Nine indexing services of popular periodicals are discussed in terms of content, coverage, and characteristics: Access, Consumers Index, Index to Free Periodicals, New York Times Information Bank, Magazine Index, Monthly Periodicals Index, New Periodicals Index, Popular Periodical Index, and Readers Guide. A table indicates coverage for each index…

Luchas urbanas en barrios populares de la ciudad de Quito: territorialidad e historicidad desde las voces de sus protagonistas

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Marcelo Rodríguez-Mancilla

2018-05-01

Full Text Available En la literatura psicosocial desarrollada en América Latina se ha venido configurando un debate reflexivo hacia dentro y hacia fuera, en torno a las tensiones conceptuales, sentidos y formas institucionalizadas de las praxis comunitarias, que han sido fundamentadas por la Psicología Social Comunitaria (PSC a la luz de los problemas sociales contemporáneos. El presente estudio, situado en este marco, se propuso comprender las luchas populares por-el-lugar, a partir de los factores psicosociales que median la construcción de territorialidad e historicidad, en la producción social del hábitat popular en la periferia urbana de Quito. Para esto, se aplicaron 33 entrevistas cualitativas a mujeres y hombres dirigentes sociales de 30 barrios populares. A través de esta aproximación exploratoria al proceso de lucha popular, logramos identificar ciertas limitaciones conceptuales de la categoría de “comunidad” ampliamente utilizada en PSC. A su vez, reflexionamos sobre la potencial ampliación de los marcos comprensivos de las categorías: historicidad y territorialidad. Concluimos que hay un déficit teórico importante en la disciplina, la que se construye principalmente a partir de categorías descriptivas tendientes a la homogenización de los fenómenos. Esta cuestión supone el desafío de revitalizar el corpus de conocimientos existentes en la región, y capturar la diversidad y complejidad de formas de apropiación social y territorial a escala barrial.

O constitucionalismo popular em uma leitura Rawlsiana

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Carlos

2014-12-01

Full Text Available O desenvolvimento da atividade política do Judiciário ao longo do século XX despertou posicionamentos críticos na teoria constitucional, podendo se destacar o Constitucionalismo Popular. Entre seus apontamentos, o Legislativo possuiria legitimidade para atuar com base em uma Constituição popular diariamente construída. Perante algumas imperfeições deixadas por esta vertente, utiliza-se a obra de John Rawls para indicar (I que questões políticas são enfrentadas pelas instituições democráticas que compõem a estrutura básica de uma sociedade bem-ordenada; e (II o papel desta Constituição popular pode ser exercido por elementos da teoria rawlsiana, quando os princípios de justiça identificam um parâmetro legitimador das deliberações democráticas e a razão pública permite que a atuação destas instituições seja acompanhada continuamente pelos cidadãos em nome das gerações futuras.

Evaluation of criteria of environmental fitness for popular houses of the low income sector to arid regions in Mexicali, Baja California; Evaluacion de criterios de adecuacion ambiental para la vivienda popular de sectores de bajos ingresos al clima calido extremo de Mexicali, B.C.

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Corral Martinez, Maria [Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Baja California (Mexico)

2000-07-01

The main purpose of this work is to present the impact on minimizing thermal loads, the traditional bioclimatic criteria commonly utilized on low income housing types in Mexicali, B.C., Mexico by showing the results of dynamic thermal evaluation based in the DOE 2.1e software as well as its technical description, with the purpose of providing recommendations for low income popular houses on arid regions, due to the high reduction percentages that can be obtained during summertime. Therefore, having the data obtained from the field as a starting point, the thermal problematic in popular housing is detected. A properties is chosen from a representative range of government supported housing types named progressive housing which are offered an financially available to the large low income popular sector in order to determine the thermal environmental function using the DOE 2.1e software and a gnomon analysis. To conclude evaluations showed that by integrating and applying traditional thermal and environmental strategies that are commonly used in this region, it is possible to reduce as much 50% of the annual cooling internal load, enhancing thermal comfort conditions in natural bioclimatic way. [Spanish] El objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar el impacto en la reduccion de la carga interna de enfriamiento, de los criterios de adecuacion ambiental que tradicionalmente se aplican en la vivienda de Mexicali, B.C., Mexico presentando los resultados de una evaluacion termica en estado dinamico con el programa DOE 2.1e y la descripcion tecnica de las mismas, con el proposito de hacer recomendaciones para la vivienda popular de bajos ingresos en zonas aridas. Para ello a partir de informacion de campo se detecta la existencia de problema termico en la vivienda popular. Se revisa un prototipo representativo de los programas oficiales de vivienda ofrecido a los sectores populares denominado vivienda progresiva, a fin de establecer el grado de adecuacion termico ambiental con el

LECTURA DE CONTEXTO: LA EDUCACIÓN POPULAR COMO PRÁCTICA LIBERTARIA

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Diego Alejandro Muñoz Gaviria

2013-06-01

Full Text Available This research article seeks to present the concept of popular education as a dynamic of pedagogical tradition and cultural movement, emphasizing its diverse, multidirectional, nondeductive character; that is to say, that there is not a foundational moment in which some general principles, conceptual or doctrinal foundations, were set out, from which subsequent political and pedagogical practices were generated and what there has been is a sort of popular educational field - where there are different perspectives of what is popular. El presente artículo de investigación pretende presentar la Educación Popular como una dinámica de la tradición pedagógica y movimiento cultural, resaltando su carácter diverso, multidireccional, no deductivo, es decir que, no existe un momento fundacional en el que se propusieron unos principios generales, unas bases conceptuales o doctrinales, desde las cuales se generaron unas prácticas pedagógicas y políticas posteriores y lo que ha existido es una suerte de campo educativo – popular donde existen diferentes perspectivas de lo popular.

Aportes feministas a la Educación popular: entradas para repensar pedagógicamente la popularización de la ciencia y la tecnología Feminist approaches to popular Education: avenues to rethink pedagogically the popularization of science and technology

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Tania Pérez Bustos

2010-04-01

Full Text Available Este artículo busca plantear una reflexión pedagógica sobre la popularización de la ciencia y la tecnología, desde una perspectiva crítica feminista. Inicialmente presenta cómo la popularización se ha centrado en promover una imagen del conocimiento científico tecnológico anclada en paradigmas androcéntricos, desde los que no se cuestiona el estatuto epistemológico de estos conocimientos ni las subjetividades que desde allí se promueven. Propone retomar algunos de los planteamientos de la educación popular, que pueden ser de utilidad para repensar educativamente la popularización de la ciencia y la tecnología. Particularmente hace énfasis en la importancia y necesidad de rescatar la dimensión ético y política de lo popular en la concepción pedagógica de la popularización con el objetivo de fortalecer sus potencialidades críticas. En relación a esto argumenta, retomando la pedagogía feminista, especialmente aquella que se apoya en los enfoques sobre el conocimiento situado, como son las que derivan de los feminismos de frontera o decoloniales, que una lectura feminista de lo propuesto por Freire, es decir, que reconozca el papel de las experiencias de vida de hombres y mujeres popularizadores de la ciencia y la tecnología en la puesta en escena de estas prácticas educativas, puede enriquecer la legitimación ético-política-epistemológica de lo popular en una idea de popularización como práctica educativa transformadora.This article aims to contribute, from a feminist critical perspective, to the pedagogical reflection about the popularization of science and technology. It starts by describing how popularization has centered on promoting an image of scientific and technological knowledge steeped in androcentric paradigms, in which there is no room for questioning either the epistemological statute of this knowledge or the subjectivities promoted thereby. It is proposed here that reinstating some of the claims of

Scientific Discovery through Citizen Science via Popular Amateur Astrophotography

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Nemiroff, Robert J.; Bonnell, Jerry T.; Allen, Alice

2015-01-01

Can popular astrophotography stimulate real astronomical discovery? Perhaps surprisingly, in some cases, the answer is yes. Several examples are given using the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) site as an example venue. One reason is angular -- popular wide and deep images sometimes complement professional images which typically span a more narrow field. Another reason is temporal -- an amateur is at the right place and time to take a unique and illuminating image. Additionally, popular venues can be informational -- alerting professionals to cutting-edge amateur astrophotography about which they might not have known previously. Methods of further encouraging this unusual brand of citizen science are considered.

Independent Assessment of U.S. Government Efforts against Al-Qaeda

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2017-10-01

in 2003, the government managed to eliminate the group’s network inside the kingdom by 2006. Concurrently in 2006, Bin Laden’s personal secretary...2017. 67 Brief Documentary History of the Department of Homeland Security: 2001-2008, United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), undated... managed by al-Zawahiri.237 The GSPC was weak at the time of the merger, lacking weapons, popular support, and morale.238 Droukdel may have hoped

Popularity and Adolescent Friendship Networks: Selection and Influence Dynamics

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Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Borch, Casey

2013-01-01

This study examined the dynamics of popularity in adolescent friendship networks across 3 years in middle school. Longitudinal social network modeling was used to identify selection and influence in the similarity of popularity among friends. It was argued that lower status adolescents strive to enhance their status through befriending higher…

All Sexed Up: a resposta de mulheres lésbicas negras jovens ao sexo (mais seguro em Johannesburg, África do Sul All Sexed Up: young black lesbian women's responses to safe(r sex in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Zethu Matebeni

2009-01-01

Full Text Available A saúde sexual de mulheres lésbicas não é um tema frequentemente discutido em nossas sociedades. As questões de saúde da mulher são classificadas sob uma única categoria abrangente e excluem algumas das preocupações específicas de mulheres lésbicas, que, em geral, não têm o mesmo comportamento em relação à saúde que as mulheres heterossexuais. Esta tendência se deve a uma série de razões, entre as quais: falta de conhecimento sobre saúde e risco sexuais lésbicos, medo de estigmatização pelos prestadores de serviço e o processo de "se assumir" (coming out para esses profissionais, que além de desconhecido, é, algumas vezes, hostil. Além disso, a pouca pesquisa sobre lésbicas e saúde lésbica na África do Sul torna difícil para as mulheres que assim se autoclassificam saberem que questões de saúde sexual as afetam especificamente, bem como onde e de que forma lidar com certos problemas. Existe uma percepção equivocada e generalizada de que questões de sexo seguro não afetam mulheres lésbicas tanto quanto mulheres heterossexuais. O artigo apresenta as visões de um grupo de mulheres de 18 a 35 anos que se autoidentificam como lésbicas na África de Sul. Por meio de questionários autoaplicados e discussões, essas mulheres partilham suas experiências e pensamentos sobre sexo lésbico (seguro e como elas têm-se relacionado e continuam a se relacionar sexualmente com outras mulheres no momento de HIV e Aids.Lesbian women's health and sexual health is a theme not generally discussed in our societies. Women's' health issues are generally classified under one umbrella, and exclude some of the concerns specific to lesbian women. Lesbian women in general do not have the same health-seeking behaviours as heterosexual women. This is due to a number of reasons including: lack of knowledge about lesbian sexual health and sexual risk, fear of stigmatization by service providers, and the "coming out" process to

A vida pessoal de trabalhadoras do sexo: dilemas de mulheres de classes populares

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Full Text Available Resumo O artigo considera como mulheres prostitutas articulam suas relações afetivo-sexuais, condições econômicas e vida profissional. Observando suas experiências e seus relatos de relações com parceiros pessoais, antes e depois do início da prostituição, trata de aproximar a vida e os dilemas de trabalhadoras do sexo dos de outras mulheres, especialmente brasileiras de classes populares. Ao fazê-lo, aborda questões como gênero, maternidade, conjugalidade e suas tensões. Além disso, considera as especificidades de relacionamentos íntimos colocadas pela prostituição, e situações de envolvimento amoroso entre prostitutas e clientes. Atravessando os diversos temas, aparecem conexões entre afetos, sexualidade, dinheiro e trabalho.

Sobre medios, masa, cultura popular en las crónicas de Carlos Monsiváis

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María Ángela Cifuentes

2010-05-01

Full Text Available El escritor mexicano, Carlos Monsiváis, es uno de los intelectuales más reconocidos en la actualidad por su obra como cronista de Ciudad de México, ensayista, analista de medios masivos, crítico sobre la cultura y sociedad en América Latina, y, de manera particular, en México. Este artículo aborda el trabajo periodístico-literario de sus libros de crónicas desde los años setenta hasta los noventa, dentro de lo cual los conceptos de masa, medios masivos, cultura popular, son centrales. Estos son atendidos a lo largo del artículo tomando en consideración su postura crítica, sobre todo respecto a la noción de masa. Igualmente se atiende al particular estilo híbrido de su escritura, así como a la importancia que tiene la paradoja como recurso en su labor crítica respecto a las relaciones de poder y al traspaso de fronteras de dicotomías.Mexican writer Carlos Monsiváis is one of the most highly recognized intellectuals today for his work as the chronicler of Mexico City, essayist, analyst of the mass media, critic of culture and society in Latin America and, above all, in Mexico. This article approaches the journalistic-literary work of his collections of chronicles from the sixties to the nineties, within which the concepts of mass, mass media and popular culture are central. These are analyzed throughout the article taking into account his critical position, especially with respect to the understanding of mass. At the same time, the particular hybrid style of his writing is analyzed, as well as the importance of paradox as a resource in his critical work as regards power relations and the crossing of the boundaries of dichotomies.

Readers' Knowledge of Popular Genre

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Dixon, Peter; Bortolussi, Marisa

2009-01-01

This research examined readers' knowledge of popular genres. Participants wrote short essays on fantasy, science fiction, or romance. The similarities among the essays were measured using latent semantic analysis (LSA) and were then analyzed using multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. The clusters and scales were interpreted by searching…

Communicating science: professional, popular, literary

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Russell, N

2010-01-01

... patterns of communication among scientists, popular communication to the public and science in literature and drama. This three-part framework shows how historical and cultural factors operate in today's complex communication landscape, and should be actively considered when designing and evaluating science communication. Ideal for students and p...

Popular Musician Responses to Mental Health Treatment.

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Berg, Lloyd; King, Benjamin; Koenig, Jessica; McRoberts, Roger L

2018-06-01

Popular (i.e., nonclassical) musicians have higher rates of mental health disorders and mental health service utilization than the general population. Little is known, however, about how popular musicians perceive mental health interventions in terms of overall satisfaction and therapeutic benefit. An online client satisfaction survey was sent to all musicians and family members who received mental health services through a nonprofit mental health organization in Austin, Texas, between July 2014 and June 2015 (n=628). 260 individuals (41.4%) responded to the survey, of whom 94% (n=244) were musicians. A majority of musician respondents were male (60%) and white (82%). 87% received counseling, 32% received psychiatric medication treatment, and 8% received addiction recovery services. 97% of musicians (205/211) rated their counselor as 'very good' or 'excellent,' 88% (64/79) rated their psychiatric providers as 'very good' or 'excellent,' and 94% (17/19) rated their addiction recovery specialists as 'very good' or 'excellent' (nonsignificant between all categories, p>0.05). 89% of musicians receiving counseling, 84% receiving psychiatric medication treatment, and 95% receiving addiction recovery services agreed or strongly agreed that their symptoms and overall functioning improved as a result of their treatment (nonsignificant between all categories, p>0.05). Popular musicians express strong provider satisfaction and overall benefit when mental health interventions are accessible, affordable, and delivered by professionals familiar with their concerns. More research is needed to understand the unique psychosocial stresses popular musicians face to inform treatment planning for this high-risk, underserved population.

Can music progress?: Reflections on the history of popular music

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Frit Sajmon

2007-01-01

Full Text Available This paper considers schematically the various discourses through which popular music history is understood. My proposal is that five accounts of musical history (the business model, the musicological model, the sociological model, the historical model and the art history model are commonly deployed in popular music discourse. One implies, superficially at least, that popular music evolves, gets better; four implies that, at least in the longer term, it does not. The concept of ′progress′ is shown to be problematic.

Water heating solar system for popular houses; Sistema solar de aquecimento de agua para residencias populares

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Mogawer, Tamer; Souza, Teofilo Miguel de [Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Guaratingueta, SP (Brazil). Centro de Energias Renovaveis], e-mail: teofilo@feg.unesp.br

2004-07-01

In this paper we present a case study for the design of a low cost solar heating system for a popular residence in an isolated rural community in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. This scaling can be extended to several rural communities that are in the same situation in Brazil as well as the wider use of solar power between the low-income people who do not have the benefits of electricity in their homes or want to have a lower cost of electricity. In this context, there are very interesting alternatives, among which is the replacement of electric heating bath water by heating by solar energy. According to several sources the electric shower, as it is now simple and extremely cheap, is the villain of the national electrical system. It is used in peak hours of consumption, something like 10% of electric generating capacity installed in Brazil, forcing many industries to switch off the machines because of the high cost of electricity during this period. Using the heating by solar energy, we can reduce consumption of electric shower and also increase the use of clean energy in popular homes and in isolated rural communities. This paper will address the use of solar energy with the basic purpose of heating water for bathing in popular residences and in isolated rural areas, using low cost systems, built with easily materials that is found in any area of the country. (author)

Evaluación de la bioseguridad del protocolo de extracción de ADN para especies del complejo Mycobacterium tuberculosis implementado en el Instituto Nacional de Salud

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Wellman Ribón

2009-12-01

Conclusión. Se determinó que el protocolo de extracción de ADN descrito por van Soolingen et al. (2002 e implementado en el Instituto Nacional de Salud de Colombia, es seguro para el personal de laboratorio y el medio ambiente.

Social Influences on Paranormal Belief: Popular versus Scientific Support

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Ridolfo, Heather; Baxter, Amy; Lucas, Jeffrey W.

2010-01-01

Paranormal claims enjoy relatively widespread popular support despite by definition being rejected by the scientific community. We propose that belief in paranormal claims is influenced by how popular those claims are as well as by dominant scientific views on the claims. We additionally propose that individuals will be most likely to be…

'From War Cacophonies to Rhythms of Peace': Popular Cultural ...

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The materials being collected for the Popular Culture Archives at the Centre for Basic Research in Kampala are the point of departure for this paper. It focuses on the development of popular music genres in Uganda since 1986, places this in the context of political history since independence, and discusses the particular ...

Nigerian Popular Music: Its Problems and Prospects in Development ...

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There is hardly any aspect of life without the involvement of any of the diverse arrays of styles existing in Nigerian popular music scene. The appeal of this genre cuts across class, ethnicity, age, sex and faith, thus affecting millions of lives. Consequently, the contribution of Nigerian popular music cannot be quantified.

Teaching Popular Music: Investigating Music Educators' Perceptions and Preparation

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Springer, D. Gregory

2016-01-01

The purpose of this study was to investigate in-service music teachers' perceptions of popular music in the classroom and to examine their own preparation to teach popular music. A sample of music teachers, drawn from two regional chapters of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, completed a researcher-designed survey instrument. Results…

Rhythm-based segmentation of Popular Chinese Music

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Jensen, Karl Kristoffer

2005-01-01

We present a new method to segment popular music based on rhythm. By computing a shortest path based on the self-similarity matrix calculated from a model of rhythm, segmenting boundaries are found along the di- agonal of the matrix. The cost of a new segment is opti- mized by matching manual...... and automatic segment boundaries. We compile a small song database of 21 randomly selected popular Chinese songs which come from Chinese Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The segmenting results on the small corpus show that 78% manual segmentation points are detected and 74% auto- matic segmentation points...

The murga: voice and popular feeling

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Franca Roibal Fernández

2016-03-01

Full Text Available Murga is, in its simplest terms, popular musical theater of Uruguayan Carnival, but in reality it is much more than this. It is theater, music, identity, myth, political criticism; it is the voice of the people. The murga is a group of popular musical theater whose members sing and act on various tablados –neighborhood makeshift stages– and it is the most political component of Uruguayan Carnival. The murga criticizes, satirizes and questions society, politicians and situations constantly, but it never defines itself as political nor theoretical. It is simply a form of popular art. It is a way to take the issues, which affect everyone, to the masses, to the tablados which are filled every night of Carnaval. During the dictatorship, which brought with it censorship of every sort, murgas were censored just like all artistic endeavors. However, murgas were able to subvert the censorship of their lyrics, permitting them to criticize the outrages and crimes of the government with the music itself. Although the political situation has now changed dramatically, the murga is still a necessary element of Uruguayan socio-political discourse. This article aims to summarize the history of Carnival in Uruguay and specifically the murga, as well as to analyze song lyrics from historically important shows from two different eras.

On the Dynamics of Social Media Popularity: A YouTube Case Study

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Figueiredo, Flavio; Almeida, Jussara M.; Gonçalves, Marcos André; Benevenuto, Fabrício

2014-01-01

Understanding the factors that impact the popularity dynamics of social media can drive the design of effective information services, besides providing valuable insights to content generators and online advertisers. Taking YouTube as case study, we analyze how video popularity evolves since upload, extracting popularity trends that characterize groups of videos. We also analyze the referrers that lead users to videos, correlating them, features of the video and early popularity measures with ...

Os movimentos populares no Brasil: elementos sócio-históricos e desafios atuais * The popular movements in Brazil: elements historic social and current challenges

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MICHELLY FERREIRA MONTEIRO ELIAS

2014-12-01

Full Text Available Resumo: Este artigo reflete sobre alguns desafios dos movimentos sociais de caráter popular no contexto atual da luta de classes no país. Consideram-se os movimentos populares como manifestações das lutas sociais que possuem determinações específicas de acordo com o movimento histórico. Diante das lutas que se configuraram da década de 1980 até os anos 2000, atualmente os desafios colocados para os movimentos populares estão permeados pela fragilidade do movimento operário; pela permanência da reestruturação produtiva e predominância do capital financeiro no contexto imperialista; pela continuidade de uma correlação de forças desfavoráveis para as lutas da classe trabalhadora e por uma conjuntura política caracterizada pelo Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT no comando do Governo Federal.Palavras-chave: lutas sociais; movimentos populares; realidade brasileira.Abstract: This article reflects about some challenges of social movements of popular character in the current context of class struggles in the country. Consider the popular movements as expressions of social struggles which have specific determinations in accordance with the historical movement. Faced of the struggles that have taken shape of the decade from 1980 until the year 2000, currently the challenges posed to the popular movements are permeated by the weakness of the labor movement; the permanence of productive restructuring and the predominance of financial capital in the context imperialist; by continuity of a correlation of forces unfavourable for the struggles of the working class and by a political situation characterized by the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT in command of the Federal Government.Keywords: social struggles; populars movements; Brazilian reality.

Víctimas de accidentes de tránsito. Su protección en el mundo a través del aseguramiento obligatorio y breve referencia al sistema implantado en Colombia

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Navas Herrera, María Fernanda; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

2009-01-01

El presente artículo traduce en breves comentarios, una amplia muestra estadísticade los diversos sistemas de aseguramiento de las víctimas en accidentes detránsito en diferentes países del mundo. Basándose en una recopilación de datosrealizada por la Asociación Internacional de Derecho de Seguros (AIDA) durantelos últimos 10 años a nivel mundial, este escrito muestra las diferentes coberturasdel seguro obligatorio de responsabilidad civil de automóviles, las tarifas, loslímites de indemnizac...

Comportamento vocal de cantores populares Vocal behavior of popular singers

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Valquíria Zimmer

2012-04-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: investigar aspectos do histórico, hábitos e comportamentos vocais de cantores populares, conforme o sexo e as categorias profissional e amador. MÉTODO: entrevista com 47 cantores, 25 homens e 22 mulheres. RESULTADOS: significância estatística nos seguintes achados: MASCULINO - microfone nos ensaios, ausência de problemas vocais diagnosticados, ausência de orientações sobre higiene vocal, dor ou desconforto após cantar, ausência de alergias e problemas respiratórios; FEMININO - aulas de canto e conhecimento sobre postura; AMADOR - não cantar dançando, não imitar vozes, ausência de avaliação otorrinolaringológica, ausência de problemas vocais diagnosticados, ausência de terapia fonoaudiológica, ausência de orientações de anatomofisiologia vocal e não utilização de álcool nos ensaios; PROFISSIONAL - rouquidão, conhecimento sobre articulação, álcool durante os shows, "garganta suja" ou pigarro, dor após cantar. CONCLUSÕES: a comparação entre os sexos evidenciou que os homens utilizavam microfone no ensaio, não apresentavam problemas alérgicos ou respiratórios, nem problemas vocais diagnosticados, mas apresentavam sensação de dor ou desconforto após o canto e não possuíam noções sobre higiene vocal; e que as mulheres realizavam aulas de canto e possuíam orientações de postura. A comparação entre amadores e profissionais mostrou que os amadores não cantavam dançando, não imitavam vozes, não utilizavam álcool nos ensaios, e não apresentavam problemas vocais diagnosticados, mas não possuíam avaliação otorrinolaringológica, não realizavam terapia fonoaudiológica, e não possuíam conhecimento sobre anatomofisiologia vocal; e os profissionais apresentavam queixa de rouquidão, de "garganta suja" ou pigarro e de dor após cantar, e usavam álcool durante os shows, apesar de possuir conhecimento sobre articulação.PURPOSE: to investigate aspects of vocal history, vocal habits and

Selección automatizada de electrodos para la soldadura manual de los aceros al carbono

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Alexander Velázquez Font

2008-01-01

Full Text Available Se aborda lo relativo a un sistema para la selección automatizada de electrodos en la soldadura de los aceros al carbono. Se inicia con una breve revisión de los problemas que presentan estos en su soldabilidad y los factores concernientes a la selección correcta del electrodo en los mismos. En el mismo se expone el fundamento teórico sobre el diseño del sistema el cual da solución a lo anteriormente expuesto. En la elaboración del software se tiene en cuenta los siguientes principios: propiedades mecánicas de la unión soldada, tipo de revestimiento, posición de la soldadura, etc. Se tienen en cuenta en el trabajo diferentes firmas y normas de fabricantes de electrodos y países que mas se utilizan en la industria mecánica en Cuba. El software tiene la ventaja de ser sencillo, rápido y seguro, garantizando la selección correcta de los electrodos para cada caso y situación. El software supone que el usuario no tenga que tener conocimientos profundos de soldadura, debido a que el sistema se encarga de la mayor parte de las decisiones para la selección del electrodo, procedimiento que con métodos convencionales, exigen del usuario una determinada experiencia en la selección de estos materiales para la soldadura de los aceros al carbono.

Teaching through Film: Utilizing Popular Criminology in the Classroom

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Atherton, M.

2013-01-01

As technology and media become more popular pedagogical tools for instructors, the discussion of using films as a way to help students understand criminological concepts is also growing. Using a conceptual framework of popular criminology, the author set out to explore the ways in which films can be incorporated into a unique course aimed at…

READING TEXT POPULAR SONG INDONESIA: STUDY SEMIOTIC-HEURISTIC

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Rika Widawati

2015-02-01

Full Text Available Abstract. This paper is the result of the research that based on the phenomenon in Indonesia today. The texts of Indonesian popular songs that part of the literature which create new vocabularies or make the modification of old language. The structure of this work seems to be odd. It means the new vocabulary is different from the standard of Indonesian structure. The aim of this descriptions are the correction of (1 the mistake of the phenomenon in the text of Indonesian popular songs (2 the meaning of indonesian popular songs must be based on reading of semiotics and heuristic.  To describe this purpose, we use semiotic theory and structuralism. While the sources of this research are adopted from the texts of Indonesian popular songs which are published in 2000-2010 periode. Both Indonesian popular songs, either good songs or odd songs which has the value of good literature, namely which consist of good structure, poetic, romantic with symbolic style. Heuristically readings of the two text Indonesian songs indicate violations of linguistic rules either syntagmatic, paradigmatic, meaningfulness relations and composition. Keywords: the text of Indonesian popular song, semiotic, heuristic Abstrak. Tulisan ini merupakan hasil penelitian yang didasari oleh fenomena bahwa dewasa ini teks lagu populer Indonesia sebagai bagian dari karya sastra banyak menampilkan kosakata baru ataupun modifikasi kosakata lama, dengan komposisi yang dipandang “menyimpang” dari kaidah tata bahasa baku maupun konvensi sastra. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan (1 fenomena struktur kebahasaan dalam teks lagu populer Indonesia dan (2 makna teks lagu populer Indonesia berdasarkan pembacaan semiotik-heuristik. Untuk mendeskripsikan hal tersebut digunakan teori semiotik dan strukturalisme. Sementara sumber data penelitian ini adalah teks lagu populer Indonesia tahun 2000 – 2010. Baik lagu-lagu yang dipandang menyimpang dari kaidah atau konvensi sastra maupun

El capital social y su tratamiento en las entidades en las entidades de ahorro y crédito popular sobre la base de la normativa contable internacional

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Luis Carlos Gámez Adame

2013-03-01

Full Text Available Las Entidades de Ahorro y Crédito Popular (Cooperativas constituyen un segmento importante dentro de los servicios financieros que se prestan en diferentes países y que han tenido un desarrollo vertiginoso al satisfacer demandas y necesidades de numerosas masas poblacionales.Se presentan algunas consideraciones asociadas al tratamiento del capital social en estas entidades sobre la base de la normatividad contable internacional vigente y donde a criterio de los autores existen una serie de incongruencias a las que hay que darles solución.

Popular Culture and the Rituals of American Football

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Axelrod, Mark

2001-01-01

In his article, "Popular Culture and the Rituals of American Football," Mark Axelrod reflects on meanings of cultural practice in American popular culture. Before globalization -- driven by economics -- became a fact of life with profound implications, there were myths and rituals that provided a kind of insulation from the mysteries of life. These practices were ritualized by "primitive" men and women who, seemingly, did not understand the universe as well as we moderns do. But in fact one o...

Sex Role Identity, Communication Skills, and Group Popularity

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Loredana Ivan

2017-01-01

Using two groups of undergraduate students (N = 71) the present paper argues about the importance of sex role identity (Bem, 1981) as a potential predictor of group popularity. The results show that participants with psychological androgine identity tend to use better their communication skills and become popular among their peers. Contray to previous studies (e.g. Hall, 1984; Saarni, 1999) focused on gender gap in communication skills, the current study emphasis on the importance of the sex ...

Shinsengumi - a historical and modern popular culture phenomenon

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Rinkevičiūtė, Laura

2016-01-01

Shinsengumi - a Historical and Modern Popular Culture Phenomenon Shinsengumi was a special police force, which existed between 1864 and 1869 years. Shinsengumi means „Newly selected troops“. Nowadays they get a lot of attention in popular culture – films, shows, documentary, books, manga and anime. Because of it's existence in late Tokugawa period, Shinsengumi is often called „the last samurais“. They have become the object of various screening since the middle of twentieth century. After NHK...

Popular weight-management apps: Their use and quality

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Juliana Chen

2015-09-01

Conclusions: While greater popularity of apps was associated with higher quality, the overall quality of commercial dietary weight-management apps remains suboptimal. Popular weight-management apps are useful for self-monitoring, however are lacking in the recognised behavioural change techniques that may facilitate changes in health behaviours. With the majority of these apps designed for self-directed management, strategies to improve the rigour of these apps are warranted and commercial app developers could benefit from collaboration with behavioural researchers.

Use of Popular Culture Texts in Mother Tongue Education

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Bal, Mazhar

2018-01-01

The aim of this study was to associate popular culture texts with Turkish language lessons of middle school students. For this purpose, a model was proposed and a suitable curriculum was prepared for this model. It was aimed to determine how this program, which was the result of associating popular culture texts with Turkish language lesson…

Popular support for progressive taxation

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Marhuenda Hurtado, Francisco; Ortuño Ortín, Ignacio Isidro

1995-01-01

The popular support obtained by two parties who propose two qualitatively different tax schernes is analyzed. We show that if the median voter is below the mean, then any progressive proposal always wins over a regressive one, provided it leaves the poorest agent at least as well off as the latter does.

EXPOSICIÓN AL MONÓXIDO DE CARBONO DEL PERSONAL ESPECIALISTA EN EXTINCIÓN DE INCENDIOS FORESTALES

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Belén Carballo Leyenda

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Fundamento: Se ha descrito que la salud y el rendimiento laboral del personal dedicado a la extinción de los incendios forestales se ven perjudicados principalmente por el monóxido de carbono (CO. El objetivo de este trabajo ha sido analizar la exposición al CO a la que se ve sometido el personal especialista en la extinción de los incendios. Métodos: Durante 58 incendios reales se monitorizó en 44 sujetos la exposición al CO a la que se vieron sometidos. También se analizó la concentración ponderada para una jornada de 8h (VA-ED. Todos los incendios fueron divididos en función del tipo de trabajo realizado (ataque directo, indirecto y combinado y del combustible presente (pasto, matorral, bajo arbolado y mixto. Las variables analizadas fueron estudiadas mediante la prueba de Kruskal-Wallis, se usó el test de Mann-Whitney para establecer las diferencias entre medias. Resultados: La concentración media de CO en los incendios fue de 18,4±1,7 ppm, lo que supuso una VA-ED de 7,0±1,0 ppm. Las mayores exposiciones al CO se analizaron en los ataques combinados (20,4±2,3 ppm seguidas de las obtenidas en los ataques directos (17,5±2,7 ppm e indirectos (10,6±5,4 ppm. Únicamente se obtuvieron diferencias significativas (p<0,05 al comparar las exposiciones al CO generadas por la combustión del matorral (19,8±2,2 y bajo arbolado (17,2±3,9 y pasto (12,0±5,6. Conclusiones: Las exposiciones de CO analizadas se vieron influidas por el tipo de combustible y trabajo desempeñado. Los valores medios obtenidos se situaron dentro de los límites establecidos como seguros por diferentes organismos nacionales (INSHT e internacionales (NIOSH, OSHA.

Moral y motivación de los movilizados forzosos del Ejército Popular de la República en la Guerra Civil Española 1936-1939

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James MATTHEWS

2009-08-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: Este artículo examina la experiencia de los quintos en la Guerra Civil Española por medio del estudio de los esfuerzos institucionales y las técnicas del Ejército Popular para mantener la moral de sus combatientes movilizados. La presente investigación desarrolla un actual interés historiográfico que reconsidera la Guerra Civil a través del análisis de los grupos que se involucraron en contra de su voluntad y que no interpretaron la contienda como un conflicto de ideologías. Mientras que los militantes se unieron voluntariamente a la guerra por medio de las milicias, la categoría pasiva de los quintos solo llegó a los frentes una vez introducido el servicio militar obligatorio en el otoño de 1936. En este trabajo, las facetas de moral y motivación incluyen temas cotidianos como rancho, haberes y permisos, además de un análisis del vocabulario con el cual el conflicto era encuadrado y presentado a estos hombres. La República apeló a sus combatientes forzosos con una gama de técnicas que incluían beneficios materiales, como un sueldo generoso y recompensas, además de exhortaciones al significado ideológico y moral de la contienda. A pesar de que existieran casos en los que el esfuerzo movilizador fracasó —deserciones, automutilaciones y procuras de puestos seguros en la retaguardia— se concluye que la movilización Republicana de guerra fue relativamente exitosa dada la severa presión impuesta por la naturaleza civil del conflicto.ABSTRACT: This article examines Popular Army conscripts in the Spanish Civil War via an analysis of the institutional efforts to maintain a good level of morale. The research develops a current historiographical interest in reassessing the civil war by examining those who did not interpret the conflict as a clash of ideologies but, rather, were involved against their will. While society’s militants were quick to join the conflict via the militias, this passive category only went to

The social image of food: Associations between popularity and eating behavior.

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König, Laura M; Giese, Helge; Stok, F Marijn; Renner, Britta

2017-07-01

One factor that determines what we eat and why we eat is our social environment. In the present research, two online studies examined the relationship between food intake and social images. Specifically, the present research assessed the relationship between the food intake university students ascribed to peers who varied in popularity and own self-reported food intake, and whether this relationship was moderated by identification with the peer group. Participants (N = 97 in Study 1; N = 402 in Study 2) were randomly presented with one of four (Study 1) or two of eight (Study 2) vignettes describing a popular or unpopular student (male or female) from their university without receiving any information about the peer's eating behavior. Subsequently, healthy and unhealthy eating ascribed to the peers and own self-reported eating behavior were assessed. Results indicated that popular peers were perceived to eat more healthily than unpopular peers. Moreover, eating behavior ascribed to popular peers were associated with own healthy and unhealthy eating. Importantly, the relationship between healthy eating behavior ascribed to popular peers and own healthy eating behavior was moderated by identification with the student group - the more participants identified with their peers, the more their own eating was aligned with the healthy eating ascribed to a popular peer. Hence, the popularity of others seems to shape perceptions of the food they eat and may facilitate healthy eating via social influence. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Atores religiosos populares e midiático-consumismo católico / Popular religious actors and catholic media-consumerism

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Emerson Sena da Silveira

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Propõe-se, com o presente artigo, refletir sobre as implicações da cultura de consumo bem como da mídia sobre os atores religiosos populares, a partir do estudo de uma comunidade católico-carismática de estrato popular. Perpassarão as reflexões questionamentos tais como as mediações entre os atores religiosos, por meio de suas atividades, e a dimensão das forças midiáticas e do consumo. Partindo dessas considerações, constata-se que os fluxos e fronteiras entre mídia, consumo e carismatismo católico põem em pauta novas formas de hibridação entre religião e mundo pós-moderno. / This article aims to reflect upon the implications of the culture of consumerism as well as the media for popular religious actors, starting from the study of a poor Catholic Charismatic community. The reflections will touch questions such as the mediations between the religious actors, through their activities, and the dimension of media forces and consumerism. Starting from these considerations, it is noticed that the flows and boundaries between media, consumerism and Catholic Charismaticism put in debate new forms of hybridization between religion and post-modern world.

Popular Education in Solidarity Economy

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de Melo Neto, José Francisco; da Costa, Francisco Xavier Pereira

2015-01-01

This article seeks to show the relation between popular education and solidarity economy in experiences of solidarity economy enterprises in Brazil. It is based on diverse experiences which have occurred in various sectors of this economy, highlighting those experiences which took place in João Pessoa with the creation of a Cooperative of Workers…

AÇÃO POPULAR: REQUISITO DA LESIVIDADE

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Ramos Junior, Adilson

2010-01-01

A ação popular nasceu no Direito Romano e se sabe que ela apareceu primeiramente no Brasil na Constituição do Império. O seu objetivo sempre foi o de possibilitar aos cidadãos a defesa da res pública (coisa pública). Contudo, muito tempo já passou desde a vigência da Lei nº 4.717, de 1965, e ainda hoje existem divergências sobre a necessidade ou não de se preencher o requisito da lesividade para que seja possível o julgamento da ação popular. A dissertação busca justamente a...

A Cultura clerical e a folia popular

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Gaeta Maria Aparecida Junqueira Veiga

1997-01-01

Full Text Available Este artigo aborda o confronto entre um catolicismo autoritário, tridentino e romanizador, que penetrou no Brasil na segunda metade do século XIX e se consolidou nas primeiras décadas do século XX, e o catolicismo tradicional vigente, de fortes raízes populares. Em sua obsessão pela unanimidade, o ultramontanismo negou as outras formas de ser católico, estabelecendo as dicotomias entre o velho e o novo, o bom e o mau. Entretanto, as velhas formas de religiosidade popular resistiram, mantendo ainda hoje uma inesgotável fonte de devoção e de fé.

Las bibliotecas populares en la correspondencia de Juan Vicéns a Lulu Jourdain y Hernando Viñes (1933-1936

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Ramón Salaberría

2002-01-01

Full Text Available Análisis de la correspondencia del bibliotecario Juan Vicéns (1895-1959 a sus amigos Lulu Jourdain y Hernando Viñes. Las 55 cartas analizadas fueron escritas entre abril de 1933 y septiembre de 1936. En ese tiempo republicano, Juan Vicéns ejerce como inspector de las Bibliotecas Públicas Municipales y de las de Misiones Pedagógicas, oposita al Cuerpo Facultativo de Archiveros, Bibliotecarios y Arqueólogos, toma parte en el II Congreso Internacional de Bibliotecas y Bibliografía, presenta su tesis doctoral y organiza las bibliotecas de Cultura Popular. Bibliotecario y comunista, se interesa por las nuevas bibliotecas populares soviéticas (y estadounidenses, inglesas y danesas, por la aplicación del sistema de clasificación decimal en Rusia y por las bibliotecas proletarias abiertas por los sindicatos y organizaciones juveniles en España

Archaeoastronomical Concepts in Popular Culture

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Krupp, Edwin C.

Broad public embrace of archaic astronomy probably began in the eighteenth century with awareness of the summer solstice sunrise's affiliation with Stonehenge. Since that time, Stonehenge has retained an astronomical mystique that attracts crowds mobilized by the monument's supposed cosmic purpose. They are committed to witness prehistoric heritage operating in real time and with enduring function. More recently, mass media have intermittently thrown a spotlight on new archaeoastronomical discoveries. While the details, ambiguities, and nuances of disciplined study of astronomy in antiquity do not usually infiltrate popular culture, some astronomical alignments, celestial events, sky-tempered symbols, and astral narratives have become well known and referenced in popular culture. Places and relics that command public interest with astronomical connotations are transformed into cultural icons and capture visitors on a quest for the authenticity the past is believed to possess. Monuments and ideas that successfully forge a romantic bond with the past and inspire an imagined sense of sharing the experience, perspective, and wisdom of antiquity persist in the cultural landscape.

Borgesian Libraries and Librarians in Television Popular Culture

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Iana Konstantinova

2013-01-01

Full Text Available In the works of Jorge Luis Borges, the library appears frequently as a metaphor representative of life and its secrets. It becomes a metaphysical location, posing questions about the nature of time, life, and the universe itself. The librarian becomes a metaphysical figure, leading the search for answers to life’s questions. This article examines the way in which the Borgesian library metaphor has crossed over from the realm of literature into the realm of popular television. By examining two episodes of the BBC series Doctor Who , the TNT franchise The Librarian , and several episodes of Joss Whedon’s cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer , it demonstrates that the metaphysical questions posed by the library and its librarian in Borges’s short stories are quite similar to the metaphysical questions posed by the library and its librarians in popular television, demonstrating that the Borgesian library has crossed over into the realms of popular culture.

Understanding Adolescent Delinquency: The Role of Older Siblings’ Delinquency and Popularity with Peers

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Craine, Jessica L.; Tanaka, Teri A.; Nishina, Adrienne; Conger, Katherine J.

2009-01-01

The present study examined delinquency concordance and the moderating effects of younger sibling perceptions of older sibling popularity in a sample of 587 adolescent sibling pairs. Using a social learning framework, and taking dyad composition into account, perceptions of popularity were hypothesized to strengthen siblings’ concordance for delinquency. Older sibling delinquency significantly predicted younger sibling delinquency. Older sibling popularity was not important in predicting boys’ delinquency. However, perceptions of older sibling popularity directly predicted reduced delinquency for girls with older sisters. A significant interaction effect was found for girls with older brothers. Older brother delinquency predicted girls’ delinquency for girls who perceived their older brother to be relatively popular. There was no delinquency concordance for girls who perceived their older brothers to be less popular. PMID:20305731

Predicting Key Events in the Popularity Evolution of Online Information.

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Hu, Ying; Hu, Changjun; Fu, Shushen; Fang, Mingzhe; Xu, Wenwen

2017-01-01

The popularity of online information generally experiences a rising and falling evolution. This paper considers the "burst", "peak", and "fade" key events together as a representative summary of popularity evolution. We propose a novel prediction task-predicting when popularity undergoes these key events. It is of great importance to know when these three key events occur, because doing so helps recommendation systems, online marketing, and containment of rumors. However, it is very challenging to solve this new prediction task due to two issues. First, popularity evolution has high variation and can follow various patterns, so how can we identify "burst", "peak", and "fade" in different patterns of popularity evolution? Second, these events usually occur in a very short time, so how can we accurately yet promptly predict them? In this paper we address these two issues. To handle the first one, we use a simple moving average to smooth variation, and then a universal method is presented for different patterns to identify the key events in popularity evolution. To deal with the second one, we extract different types of features that may have an impact on the key events, and then a correlation analysis is conducted in the feature selection step to remove irrelevant and redundant features. The remaining features are used to train a machine learning model. The feature selection step improves prediction accuracy, and in order to emphasize prediction promptness, we design a new evaluation metric which considers both accuracy and promptness to evaluate our prediction task. Experimental and comparative results show the superiority of our prediction solution.

Predicting Key Events in the Popularity Evolution of Online Information.

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Ying Hu

Full Text Available The popularity of online information generally experiences a rising and falling evolution. This paper considers the "burst", "peak", and "fade" key events together as a representative summary of popularity evolution. We propose a novel prediction task-predicting when popularity undergoes these key events. It is of great importance to know when these three key events occur, because doing so helps recommendation systems, online marketing, and containment of rumors. However, it is very challenging to solve this new prediction task due to two issues. First, popularity evolution has high variation and can follow various patterns, so how can we identify "burst", "peak", and "fade" in different patterns of popularity evolution? Second, these events usually occur in a very short time, so how can we accurately yet promptly predict them? In this paper we address these two issues. To handle the first one, we use a simple moving average to smooth variation, and then a universal method is presented for different patterns to identify the key events in popularity evolution. To deal with the second one, we extract different types of features that may have an impact on the key events, and then a correlation analysis is conducted in the feature selection step to remove irrelevant and redundant features. The remaining features are used to train a machine learning model. The feature selection step improves prediction accuracy, and in order to emphasize prediction promptness, we design a new evaluation metric which considers both accuracy and promptness to evaluate our prediction task. Experimental and comparative results show the superiority of our prediction solution.

Personal, Popular and Information Portals

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Liu, Jun

2010-01-01

to persist in gathering Olympic Games information. In other words, does the relationship between demographics and knowledge about the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games differ according to the use of mobile phones among migrant workers? Results indicate that television became the primary source of Olympic Games news...... of people to enjoy the Olympic Games, and popularizing knowledge....

Personal, Popular and Information Portals

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Liu, Jun

2011-01-01

to persist in gathering Olympic Games information. In other words, does the relationship between demographics and knowledge about the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games differ according to the use of mobile phones among migrant workers? Results indicate that television became the primary source of Olympic Games news...... of people to enjoy the Olympic Games, and popularizing knowledge....

Vegetación urbana y Hábitat Popular: el caso de San Miguel de Tucumán.

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Ana Auad

2004-01-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo, aborda el tema de la vegetación urbana en los sectores populares y su incidencia en el mejoramiento ambiental físico y social en las comunidades de menores recursos. Partiendo de comprender la ciudad en términos de interacción hombre -ciudad- naturaleza, donde se confrontan los intereses de los diferentes actores y grupos sociales, se plantea como hipótesis posible generar respuestas a la compleja problemática del Hábitat Popular, por medio de un proyecto de gestión asociado, denominado “Proyecto Verde”, que aspira a través de la transferencia de conocimientos y productos, lograr un espacio verde público y privado que tienda al mejoramiento de la calidad de vida del sector. En este sentido, enmarcados dentro de los supuestos de la Investigación Acción Participativa, se intenta promover la intervención de los componentes académicos y comunitarios, incentivando la autogestión, la participación activa y la organización de los sujetos, con el fin de desarrollar lugares habitables, a partir del uso de la vegetación, como equipamiento urbano, recurso tecnológico y valor nutritivo, incorporando el concepto de tierra urbana productiva. El impacto de esta intervención, es la toma de conciencia sobre la importancia de la vegetación como recurso de múltiples potencialidades, la necesidad de definir: - Políticas en materia de espacios verdes y arbolado - Planificación participativa acorde al contexto - Trabajo intersectorial e interdisciplinario; y posibilidad de replicar la experiencia.

Guitar hero: From icon of popular culture to nostalgic self-design

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Popadić Milan

2013-01-01

Full Text Available This paper aims to interpret the transformations of the “guitar hero”, from the icon of popular culture to models of nostalgic selfdesign, meaning transformations from generally recognizable figure in the context of popular culture to mimetic patterns based in medium of contemporary technologies. The phrase “guitar hero”, in its basic meaning represents a specific phenomenon in popular culture and popular music of the second half of the twentieth century. Guitar hero is a performer with skills and appearance that transcends and transforms common patterns of guitar performances, thus creating a new and distinctive form of musical and performative statement. Seen in this way, a guitar hero is close to heroic models of antique and romanticism. On the other hand, contemporary products of cultural industries and the entertainment industry to some extent changed this basic meaning of the phrase “guitar hero”. Creation and popularization of video games like Guitar Hero or Rock Band, as well as the availability of high quality replicas of instruments of “original” guitar heroes, carried the meaning of this phrase more explicit in the field of consumerism, fetishism, and virtualization. Guitar hero in its basic meaning undoubtedly belongs to the history of the twentieth century popular culture. However, his legacy is still very much present. Specific heritage of a guitar hero in contemporary popular culture lies primarily in the dissemination of the original model through the mechanisms of consumer society, and then in the mimetic patterns based in media of contemporary technology. Thanks to these characteristics, the phenomenon of guitar hero was transformed from icon of popular culture to nostalgic self-design over the original model. Whether it is a replica of instruments of guitar hero or empathy in virtual reality of video games as Guitar Hero or Rock Band, guitar hero heritage confirms its place in modern popular culture, despite

Popular Music: An Untapped Resource for Teaching Contemporary Black History.

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Cooper, B. Lee

1979-01-01

This essay suggests two innovative instructional approaches for using popular Black music as a model for historical study in the classroom: (1) biographies of popular music artists; and (2) lyrical demonstration of social themes. A list of lyric and album resources is provided. (Author/EB)

The Mexican experience in monitoring and evaluation of public policies addressing social determinants of health

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Valle, Adolfo Martinez

2016-01-01

Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) have gradually become important and regular components of the policy-making process in Mexico since, and even before, the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) called for interventions and policies aimed at tackling the social determinants of health (SDH). This paper presents two case studies to show how public policies addressing the SDH have been monitored and evaluated in Mexico using reliable, valid, and complete information, which is not regularly available. Prospera, for example, evaluated programs seeking to improve the living conditions of families in extreme poverty in terms of direct effects on health, nutrition, education and income. Monitoring of Prospera's implementation has also helped policy-makers identify windows of opportunity to improve the design and operation of the program. Seguro Popular has monitored the reduction of health inequalities and inequities evaluated the positive effects of providing financial protection to its target population. Useful and sound evidence of the impact of programs such as Progresa and Seguro Popular plus legal mandates, and a regulatory evaluation agency, the National Council for Social Development Policy Evaluation, have been fundamental to institutionalizing M&E in Mexico. The Mexican experience may provide useful lessons for other countries facing the challenge of institutionalizing the M&E of public policy processes to assess the effects of SDH as recommended by the WHO CSDH. PMID:26928215

The Mexican experience in monitoring and evaluation of public policies addressing social determinants of health.

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Valle, Adolfo Martinez

2016-01-01

Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) have gradually become important and regular components of the policy-making process in Mexico since, and even before, the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) called for interventions and policies aimed at tackling the social determinants of health (SDH). This paper presents two case studies to show how public policies addressing the SDH have been monitored and evaluated in Mexico using reliable, valid, and complete information, which is not regularly available. Prospera, for example, evaluated programs seeking to improve the living conditions of families in extreme poverty in terms of direct effects on health, nutrition, education and income. Monitoring of Prospera's implementation has also helped policy-makers identify windows of opportunity to improve the design and operation of the program. Seguro Popular has monitored the reduction of health inequalities and inequities evaluated the positive effects of providing financial protection to its target population. Useful and sound evidence of the impact of programs such as Progresa and Seguro Popular plus legal mandates, and a regulatory evaluation agency, the National Council for Social Development Policy Evaluation, have been fundamental to institutionalizing M&E in Mexico. The Mexican experience may provide useful lessons for other countries facing the challenge of institutionalizing the M&E of public policy processes to assess the effects of SDH as recommended by the WHO CSDH.

The Mexican experience in monitoring and evaluation of public policies addressing social determinants of health

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Adolfo Martinez Valle

2016-02-01

Full Text Available Monitoring and evaluation (M&E have gradually become important and regular components of the policy-making process in Mexico since, and even before, the World Health Organization (WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH called for interventions and policies aimed at tackling the social determinants of health (SDH. This paper presents two case studies to show how public policies addressing the SDH have been monitored and evaluated in Mexico using reliable, valid, and complete information, which is not regularly available. Prospera, for example, evaluated programs seeking to improve the living conditions of families in extreme poverty in terms of direct effects on health, nutrition, education and income. Monitoring of Prospera's implementation has also helped policy-makers identify windows of opportunity to improve the design and operation of the program. Seguro Popular has monitored the reduction of health inequalities and inequities evaluated the positive effects of providing financial protection to its target population. Useful and sound evidence of the impact of programs such as Progresa and Seguro Popular plus legal mandates, and a regulatory evaluation agency, the National Council for Social Development Policy Evaluation, have been fundamental to institutionalizing M&E in Mexico. The Mexican experience may provide useful lessons for other countries facing the challenge of institutionalizing the M&E of public policy processes to assess the effects of SDH as recommended by the WHO CSDH.

Assessing the Level of Popularity of European Stag Tourism Destinations

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Iwanicki Grzegorz

2016-09-01

Full Text Available The primary objective of this article is to determine the degree of popularity of stag tourism destinations in Europe. Research was based on the search engine method, involving an analysis of the highest positioned offers of travel agencies in the most commonly used search engines in Europe (Google, Bing, Yahoo. The analysis divided the studied cities into four categories in terms of popularity. Conducting the said analysis is strongly justified, because academic publications have so far not provided studies which have determined the degree of popularity of stag destinations on a continental scale.

The Roles of Popular Music in Video Games

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Frydenlund, Jørgen

2015-01-01

This thesis explores the roles of popular music in video games. It draws on the analytical tools used in ludomusicology, film music studies and studies of music videos. Unlike other audiovisual media, video games are based on interactivity and a range of narrativity based on genre. Some games focus on gameplay and others are more inclined with telling a good story. Implementation of popular music in video games has history stretching all the way back to the 80's, and is currently becoming an ...

El cooperativismo de ayuda mutua en el Uruguay: una alternativa popular y autogestionaria de solución al problema de la vivienda

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Nahoum, Benjamín

1984-07-01

Full Text Available This work attempts to describe the characteristics of the system of building houses by Mutual Assistance Cooperatives, which was introduced in Uruguay in 1968. Its advantages are analyzed with respect to other systems in countries with a capitalist economy, dependent in economic and urban aspects on adapting to the needs of those it is designed for and, in particular, with reference to the profound social and community meaning contained in these experiments. This aspect, which reaffirms values of solidarity deeply-rooted in the sectors of society organized into Cooperatives, subsequently leads the groups to also face colectively other social problems they come up against, which arise from the conditions of under-development and dependence pertaining to Latin American countries: in short, the substantive feature of this type of experience, more than its unquestionable validity, is rather the idea of housing cooperativism as a solution to the habitation problem.El presente trabajo procura describir las características del sistema de construcción de viviendas por Cooperativas de Ayuda Mutua, implantado en el Uruguay, en 1968. Se analizan sus ventajas respecto de otros sistemas en países de economía capitalista dependiente en aspectos económicos, urbanísticos, en la adaptación a las necesidades de los destinatarios y, sobre todo, en lo referente al profundo sentido social y comunitario que estas experiencias contienen. Este aspecto, que reafirma valores solidarios arraigados en los sectores populares organizados en las Cooperativas, conduce posteriormente a los grupos a encarar, también colectivamente, otros problemas sociales que ellos enfrentan, emergentes de las condiciones de subdesarrollo y dependencia de los países latinoamericanos; éste es, en definitiva, más allá de la indiscutible validez, el cooperativismo de vivienda como solución a la problemática habitacional, el rasgo sustantivo de este tipo de experiencias.

Nebulous networks: Virginia Woolf and popular astronomy

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Henry, Holly Grace

This study investigates Virginia Woolf's fascination with advances in astronomy and telescopic technologies of the 1920s and 30s. Grounded in the cultural studies of science, and the work of theorists such as Donna Haraway and Bruno Latour, the dissertation reconstructs the complex interconnections between Woolf's fiction and prose writing and an explosive popular interest in astronomy and cosmology. Woolf's aesthetic and political practices were shaped by emerging visualization technologies ranging from astronomical telescopes to the hand-held camera. While her writing provides a focus for this investigation, the dissertation offers close readings of fiction and essays by multiple British authors and science writers in the context of these converging phenomena. As a result of glimpsing tiny worlds through her own telescope, Virginia Woolf formulated a global aesthetic and a global politics. Gazing at the moon and stars reminded her that earth is a planet in space, and that earth's inhabitants must rely on this small, fragile globe for their future survival. The opening chapter establishes the cultural context for the study. In 1923, the American astronomer Edwin Hubble determined that the Andromeda galaxy was located far beyond the limits of the Milky Way, then believed to comprise the entire universe. Hubble's radical reconfiguration of the universe contributed to a pervasive sense, in the modern period, of a decentering and re-scaling of humans in the universe. In the chapters that follow, the dissertation offers readings of Woolf's novels and short fiction in relation to her fascination with astronomy and explores how the wildly popular British cosmologist and science writer, Sir James jeans, had a shaping effect on popular culture and on Woolf's narrative practices and pacifist politics. Despite his oblique connections to what became Bloomsbury, jeans and his popular science texts were to play a considerable role in Woolf's formulation of a global aesthetic.

Alcohol brand appearances in US popular music.

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Primack, Brian A; Nuzzo, Erin; Rice, Kristen R; Sargent, James D

2012-03-01

The average US adolescent is exposed to 34 references to alcohol in popular music daily. Although brand recognition is an independent, potent risk factor for alcohol outcomes among adolescents, alcohol brand appearances in popular music have not been assessed systematically. We aimed to determine the prevalence of and contextual elements associated with alcohol brand appearances in US popular music. Qualitative content analysis. We used Billboard Magazine to identify songs to which US adolescents were most exposed in 2005-07. For each of the 793 songs, two trained coders analyzed independently the lyrics of each song for references to alcohol and alcohol brand appearances. Subsequent in-depth assessments utilized Atlas.ti to determine contextual factors associated with each of the alcohol brand appearances. Our final code book contained 27 relevant codes representing six categories: alcohol types, consequences, emotional states, activities, status and objects. Average inter-rater reliability was high (κ = 0.80), and all differences were easily adjudicated. Of the 793 songs in our sample, 169 (21.3%) referred explicitly to alcohol, and of those, 41 (24.3%) contained an alcohol brand appearance. Consequences associated with alcohol were more often positive than negative (41.5% versus 17.1%, P brand appearances were associated commonly with wealth (63.4%), sex (58.5%), luxury objects (51.2%), partying (48.8%), other drugs (43.9%) and vehicles (39.0%). One in five songs sampled from US popular music had explicit references to alcohol, and one-quarter of these mentioned a specific alcohol brand. These alcohol brand appearances are associated commonly with a luxury life-style characterized by wealth, sex, partying and other drugs. © 2011 The Authors, Addiction © 2011 Society for the Study of Addiction.

Significado de los saberes popular y artístico para educar en la conservación de la biodiversidad

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Marisela de La Caridad Guerra Salcedo

2016-01-01

Full Text Available Resumen El presente trabajo tiene por objetivo fundamentar teóricamente el significado del saber popular y el saber artístico para la educación en la conservación de la biodiversidad desde las ciencias naturales y agrícolas en la formación de docentes de estas especialidades. Durante su desarrollo se utilizaron métodos del nivel teórico, que permitieron establecer los argumentos que se exponen. Se fundamenta la importancia de estos saberes en el tratamiento del contenido biodiversidad para contribuir a un aprendizaje significativo y con sentido personal, que posibilite motivar y sensibilizar al sujeto en el conocimiento de este recurso natural, así como en la necesidad de su conservación y uso sostenible. Ello posibilita el esclarecimiento y la creación productiva de significados respecto a la biodiversidad, lo que redundará en el enriquecimiento cultural de los estudiantes, como futuros educadores ambientales. Se definen los saberes popular y artístico. Se citan, a modo de ejemplos, actividades en las cuales están presentes. Meaning of popular and artistic knowledge for training in biodiversity conservation. ABSTRACT This work aims to theoretically substantiate the significance of popular knowledge and artistic knowledge for education in the conservation of biodiversity from the natural and agricultural sciences in the training of teachers of these specialties. During development theoretical methods, which allowed to establish the arguments presented were used. The importance of this knowledge in the treatment of content biodiversity to contribute to a meaningful learning and personal sense, which enables motivate and sensitize the subject knowledge of this natural resource and the need for its conservation and sustainable use is grounded . This enables the clarification and creation of meaning production on biodiversity, which will result in the cultural enrichment of students, as future environmental educators. The popular and

Fragmentation, Intertextuality and Hyperreality: The Postmodern and Popular Filipino Films

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Erwhin Clarin

2016-05-01

Full Text Available Watching popular films can help students take certain arguments in the theory of knowledge more seriously. Such claims bring to fore what the postmodernist critic Frederic Jameson (1998 refers to as the erosion of distinction between high culture (as represented by philosophy and the act of philosophizing and popular culture (embodied by popular films as when these products of mass culture are used as texts for philosophical and literary studies. The present study was designed to analyze popular Filipino films as text, in order to achieve the researcher’s aims: one is to prove that movies can truly be philosophic and literary, by highlighting the dominant features of postmodernist fiction discernible in the selected contemporary films, and how these features were related to the over-all narrative structure, characterization, and thematic content, and more importantly, to participate in the effacement of the line between high art and commercial art, demonstrating in the end that "le postmoderne" has finally reached the Philippines.

The History of Popularization of Science in France

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Marina D. Romanova

2015-01-01

Full Text Available The article discusses the process of popularization of science in France in terms of bilateral cooperation between scientists and the media. Mediator in the relationship of the two parties is a science journalist. The long history of interaction between researchers and journalists in France can serve as a theoretical model applicable to the Russian media system. Science journalist, acting primarily as a popularizer of science, is intended to bring to the uninitiated reader scientific facts in an accessible form. In this connection, still the question remains about the specialized education of science journalists: whether he should specialize in a particular field or possess the basics of writing and be able to transpose the complex scientific language. French popular science magazines are not only popular among scientists themselves who are willing to cooperate with publishers and participate in the preparation of the editions, but also among readers. Relations between science journalists and scientists should be considered at the theoretical and practical levels. The paper analyzes in detail the first level, which includes the history of the emergence of scientific journalism in France since the first edition of the scientificjournal in Europe, as well as peculiarities of the educational system in this field. A special role in shaping ideas about the role of science journalists belongs to the Association of Science Journalists of informational press, organization, which is actively involved in the development of trust between scientists and journalists.

¿Pueden los barrios populares contribuir a una estrategia turística y de marca de ciudad?

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Jaime Hernández García

2012-11-01

Full Text Available Los barrios populares son áreas mayoritarias en Colombia y en América Latina, que exhiben dinámicas urbanas, sociales y culturales particulares. Sin importar su tamaño ni su impacto, estos asentamientos han sido tradicionalmente ignorados en cuanto a su contribución a la ciudad y a cualquier estrategia turística y de marca de ciudad. Comúnmente se piensa que estas áreas no ofrecen nada más que pobreza y problemas. Sin embargo, existe investigación que muestra sus potencialidades, más allá de aquellas percepciones tradicionales y marginales; y se cree que pueden contribuir activamente al desarrollo turístico y de marca de ciudad en América Latina. Desde una exploración conceptual sobre urbanización informal y marca de ciudad, confrontada empíricamente en barrios populares de Bogotá, este artículo discute críticamente la contribución que estos asentamientos pueden hacer a una estrategia de turismo y de marca de ciudad más justa, real y auténtica.

¿Pueden los barrios populares contribuir a una estrategia turística y de marca de ciudad?

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Jaime Hernández García

2012-11-01

Full Text Available Los barrios populares son áreas mayoritarias en Colombia y en América Latina, que exhiben dinámicas urbanas, sociales y culturales particulares. Sin importar su tamaño ni su impacto, estos asentamientos han sido tradicionalmente ignorados en cuanto a su contribución a la ciudad y a cualquier estrategia turística y de marca de ciudad. Comúnmente se piensa que estas áreas no ofrecen nada más que pobreza y problemas.Sin embargo, existe investigación que muestra sus potencialidades, más allá de aquellas percepciones tradicionales y marginales; y se cree que pueden contribuir activamente al desarrollo turístico y de marca de ciudad en América Latina. Desde una exploración conceptual sobre urbanización informal y marca de ciudad, confrontada empíricamente en barrios populares de Bogotá, este artículo discute críticamente la contribución que estos asentamientos pueden hacer a una estrategia de turismo y de marca de ciudad más justa, real y auténtica.

Propuesta de un conjunto de actividades Físico-Recreativas para la ocupación del tiempo libre de los adolescentes de la Circunscripción # 135, de la Comunidad perteneciente al Consejo Popular “Puerta de Golpe

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Raciel Sánchez Echevarria

2009-06-01

Full Text Available En  el  presente trabajo  investigativo  titulado:  Propuesta  de  un  conjunto  de actividades Físico-Recreativas para la ocupación del tiempo libre de los adolescentes de la Circunscripción # 135, de la Comunidad perteneciente al Consejo Popular “Puerta de Golpe.” Como Tiempo Libre se conoce al espacio restante después de concluir la realización de actividades docentes, laborales, domésticas, fisiológicas y de transportación, en el que se realizan actividades de libre  elección   a  voluntad  de  los  propios  implicados.  En  nuestro  país  las investigaciones sobre el Tiempo Libre surgen  como una necesidad indispensable a consecuencia del proceso de desarrollo económico y social a partir del Triunfo Revolucionario y la consolidación alcanzada en estos años por las relaciones socialistas de producción. Estas transformaciones se manifiestan en todos los aspectos del modo de vida y provocan cambios sustanciales en los hábitos, en la cultura y la ideología de las masas y por tanto en las necesidades espirituales y materiales de las mismas. Esta investigación tiene  como objetivo: Proponer un conjunto  de  actividades  físico-recreativas  en  función  de  lograr  una  mejor ocupación  del  tiempo  libre de  los  adolescentes de  12-  15  años  de  la Circunscripción # 135, de la Comunidad perteneciente al Consejo Popular ¨Puerta de Golpe¨. del municipio antes mencionado. Para la realización del mismo se tuvo en cuenta el método dialéctico–materialista de cual se derivan los métodos teóricos y métodos empíricos, en los primeros podemos encontrar el Análisis- Síntesis, Histórico-Lógico y El Trabajo con Documentos y en los segundos la Encuesta, la Observación, para a través de los mismos recopilar datos que contribuyan  en el desarrollo satisfactorio de la investigación. La investigación es ubicada dentro de la Recreación vinculada con el Deporte y

Independent Comparison of Popular DPI Tools for Traffic Classification

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Bujlow, Tomasz; Carela-Español, Valentín; Barlet-Ros, Pere

2015-01-01

Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) is the state-of-the-art technology for traffic classification. According to the conventional wisdom, DPI is the most accurate classification technique. Consequently, most popular products, either commercial or open-source, rely on some sort of DPI for traffic classifi......Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) is the state-of-the-art technology for traffic classification. According to the conventional wisdom, DPI is the most accurate classification technique. Consequently, most popular products, either commercial or open-source, rely on some sort of DPI for traffic......, application and web service). We carefully built a labeled dataset with more than 750K flows, which contains traffic from popular applications. We used the Volunteer-Based System (VBS), developed at Aalborg University, to guarantee the correct labeling of the dataset. We released this dataset, including full...

Is popularity associated with aggression toward socially preferred or marginalized targets?

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Peets, Kätlin; Hodges, Ernest V E

2014-08-01

This study was designed to test whether aggression toward easy or challenging targets is more likely to be associated with popularity. More specifically, we tested two alternative hypotheses with a sample of 224 adolescents (12- and 13-year-olds): (a) whether aggression toward highly disliked peers is associated with popularity (the easy target hypothesis) or (b) whether aggression toward highly liked peers is associated with popularity (the challenging target hypothesis). Support was found only for the challenging target hypothesis. In particular, our results indicate that aggressiveness toward peers who are liked by many others has social benefits in the form of greater popularity (particularly for highly preferred adolescents) without social costs (i.e., is unrelated to social preference). In contrast, aggressiveness toward peers who are disliked by many others is associated with lower social preference but bears no association with popularity. These results highlight the importance of studying contextualized aggression in order to understand the conditions under which aggression is most, and least, likely to be associated with social power and dominance. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Remembering the 1960s: popular music and memory in Europe

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A.J.C. van der Hoeven (Arno)

2015-01-01

textabstractFollowing the increasing attention paid to popular music in heritage discourses, this article explores how the popular music culture from the 1960s is remembered in Europe. I discuss the role of heritage organizations, media and the cultural policy of the EU in the construction of a

The communicative functions of post-2000 Shona popular songs: A ...

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This article proposes a typology of Shona popular songs employing a systemic functional linguistics (SFL) informed genre theory, which distinguishes texts on the ... Although some studies have been carried out on these songs in the context of popular music, none have attempted a linguistically-grounded analysis of the ...

Maro EMIELU Abstract Despite its popularity

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music pedagogy in African schools but should be based on students' learning experiences, felt needs, motivation and meeting societal need. Keywords: ... neither wholly African nor wholly foreign in nature, its pedagogical approaches are ... International Conference on Popular Music in Amsterdam was announced in.

Law and Popular Culture : International Perspectives

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Brown, K.J.; Asimow, Michael; Papke, David Ray

Commentators have noted the extraordinary impact of popular culture on legal practice, courtroom proceedings, police departments, and government as a whole, and it is no exaggeration to say that most people derive their basic understanding of law from cultural products. Movies, television programs,

Aluminum-centered tetrahedron-octahedron transition in advancing Al-Sb-Te phase change properties.

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Xia, Mengjiao; Ding, Keyuan; Rao, Feng; Li, Xianbin; Wu, Liangcai; Song, Zhitang

2015-02-24

Group IIIA elements, Al, Ga, or In, etc., doped Sb-Te materials have proven good phase change properties, especially the superior data retention ability over popular Ge2Sb2Te5, while their phase transition mechanisms are rarely investigated. In this paper, aiming at the phase transition of Al-Sb-Te materials, we reveal a dominant rule of local structure changes around the Al atoms based on ab initio simulations and nuclear magnetic resonance evidences. By comparing the local chemical environments around Al atoms in respective amorphous and crystalline Al-Sb-Te phases, we believe that Al-centered motifs undergo reversible tetrahedron-octahedron reconfigurations in phase transition process. Such Al-centered local structure rearrangements significantly enhance thermal stability of amorphous phase compared to that of undoped Sb-Te materials, and facilitate a low-energy amorphization due to the weak links among Al-centered and Sb-centered octahedrons. Our studies may provide a useful reference to further understand the underlying physics and optimize performances of all IIIA metal doped Sb-Te phase change materials, prompting the development of NOR/NAND Flash-like phase change memory technology.

Resignificación de la categoría sujeto en el contexto comunitario y popular: componente clave en la educación popular transformadora para Venezuela

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Carmen A. Guevara V.

2012-09-01

Full Text Available El ámbito formal de la educación, no se ha constituido en el escenario más idóneo para que el ser humano logre su formación integral, debido a que es sometido a informaciones importantes, más no valiosas para él. Éste, asume una actitud pasiva para que el sistema fluya como se espera y muchas veces abandona por múltiples situaciones que van desde aspectos económicos hasta los psicosociales. Algunos autores, entre ellos Follari (1996, Fleury (1998 y Anzola (2001, señalan que tal abandono no es deserción escolar, sino una consecuencia del fenómeno exclusión social. En el ámbito informal, el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje es dinámico y, a pesar de que no existe una estructura formal para obtener conocimientos, subsisten mecanismos de transmisión que llevan a la población a desarrollar sus propias teorías de vida, para salir adelante y enfrentar el día a día, analizar sus problemas y buscarle soluciones. Los dos ámbitos planteados están presentes en nuestra sociedad venezolana y deben ser asumidos con el fin de poder entenderlos, reconocerlos y determinar sus potencialidades y debilidades. En esta investigación, se hace más énfasis en el sector informal de la educación, con esto, se busca contribuir al rescate de escenarios olvidados como el comunitario y el popular, y dentro de estos escenarios el sujeto de la Educación Popular como protagonista de la nación, a través de una reflexión teórica, fundamentada en la investigación hermenéutica. Entre las conclusiones se pueden destacar: que el sujeto de la Educación Popular, no es homogéneo más bien heterogéneo, complejo y a la vez particular, por cuanto en su constitución han influido diversos elementos que lo han determinado, independientemente incluso de su voluntad, entre los mismos se pueden señalar: el episteme, la cultura, la situación económica, la educación, la sociedad, entre otros.

¿LA TENDENCIA DE LA MASA AL REPOSO?: EL RÉGIMEN PORTALIANO ENFRENTA AL MUNDO PLEBEYO, 1830-1851

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Julio Pinto Vallejos

2011-12-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo explora las imágenes construidas por los dos primeros gobiernos portalianos en relación a los sectores "plebeyos" de la sociedad, así como las políticas y acciones trazadas con miras a su "regeneración". Para ese efecto, se analizan los discursos y medidas oficiales en que se alude al bajo pueblo, estructurando a partir de allí un contraste entre el pueblo "real", al que en general se le teme y se reprime, y un pueblo "deseado", funcional a las propuestas portalianas de orden y progreso. El artículo concluye con una breve reflexión sobre el escaso impacto de dichos planes en sus destinatarios y sobre la persistencia en un segmento significativo del mundo popular de actitudes de rechazo o desobediencia a los designios de la clase gobernante.This article explores the visions of the "plebeian" sectors of Chilean society framed by the first two "Portalean" presidencies, as well as the policies and actions they devised with a view to popular "improvement". To that effect, it examines official pronouncements and initiatives related to the so-called "lower orders", reconstructing from there the counterpoint between the "real" people, normally both feared and repressed, and a fictional or desired people that would prove more pliable to Portalean notions of order and progress. The article closes with some thoughts on the underwhelming impact of those policies on their intended "targets", as well as the persistent disobedience or outright rejection of such official designs among significant segments of the working classes.

Popular theatre and nonformal education in the Third World: Five strands of experience

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Kidd, Ross

1985-09-01

Popular theatre is gaining increasing attention in the Third World as a tool for popular education and community organizing. It finds expression in a number of forms including drama, music dance, puppetry and poetry and is performed for — and often by — ordinary peasants and workers. Popular theatre is used as a means of bringing people together, building confidence and solidarity, stimulating discussion, exploring alternative options for action, and building a collective commitment to change: starting with people's urgent concerns and issues, it encourages reflection on these issues and possible strategies for change. Popular theatre, however, is not a unified discipline. It is used by different groups for different interests, ranging from a technocratic, message-oriented `domestication theatre' at one end of the spectrum to a process of consciousness-raising, organization-building and struggle at the other end. Five main strands of popular theatre can be distinguished: (a) the struggle for national liberation; (b) mass education and rural extension; (c) community or participatory development; (d) `conscientization' or popular education; and (e) popular education and organizing. At its best, popular theatre is not an isolated performance or a cathartic experience, but part of an ongoing process of education and organizing, aimed at overcoming oppression and dependence, and at securing basic rights.

Concepcion del Maltrato Infantil y los Patrones de Crianza

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Ruth E Caicedo-Fonseca

2007-01-01

Existen situaciones y comportamientos de la persona, familia y colectivos, que por diferentes circunstancias pueden propiciar la Violencia Intrafamiliar conllevando al Maltrato Infantil. El que se presenten estos factores predispone a la aparicion del maltrato, pero esto no significa que necesariamente el resultado de tales comportamientos desemboque en violencia contra los miembros del nucleo familiar, pero si es seguro que esas personas son mas vulnerables al problema. Cuando la persona tra...

A Probabilistic Analysis of Data Popularity in ATLAS Data Caching

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Titov, M; Záruba, G; De, K; Klimentov, A

2012-01-01

One of the most important aspects in any computing distribution system is efficient data replication over storage or computing centers, that guarantees high data availability and low cost for resource utilization. In this paper we propose a data distribution scheme for the production and distributed analysis system PanDA at the ATLAS experiment. Our proposed scheme is based on the investigation of data usage. Thus, the paper is focused on the main concepts of data popularity in the PanDA system and their utilization. Data popularity is represented as the set of parameters that are used to predict the future data state in terms of popularity levels.

Overcoming Impossible Bodies: Using Media Literacy to Challenge Popular Culture.

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Graydon, Shari

1997-01-01

Media education can be taught by analyzing the ways popular media represent the sexes. Discusses stereotyped gender images in popular culture and outlines classroom activities investigating modeling poses, images of ideal and successful males and females, gender sensitive language, sex role portrayal, and violence for a media literacy unit using…

Diabo e cultura popular

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Sílvia Maria Azevedo

1985-01-01

Full Text Available O presente trabalho focaliza a figura do diabo participando de duas expressões da chamada cultura popular medieval. Por meio de espetáculos como o Carnaval, a Festa dos Loucos, a Festa do Asno, procurei aprender, através da figura demoníaca, o intercâmbio entre duas formas de cultura - uma, séria, religiosa, feudal - relacionada com o mundo das instituições medievais - outra, cômica, irreverente, profana - ligada ao mundo medieval não institucionalizado.

Medios y sectores populares

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Blasco Fernando Checa Montúfar

2015-01-01

Full Text Available El CIESPAL desarrolló un estudio sobre los usos y preferencias de los medios de información y de los mensajes en algunos sectores populares del Ecuador. La mayoría de los campesinos escuchan la radio pero aman la televisión. El Comercio de Quito y el Universo de Guayaquil son los diarios preferidos. En Quito se leen menos periódicos que en Guayaquil y las redes comunitarias funcionan muy bien en la costa del país.

El problema cualitativo en la producción del hábitat popular en la Ciudad de México: análisis cualitativo de la vivienda popular

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Hastings, I.

2008-09-01

ños del cambio en estas reformas, el habitante sigue siendo el principal actor, si ya no en la construcción de su hábitat sí en su constante adecuación y transformación. Esto junto con la imparable acción auto productiva, denota no sólo que siguen realizándose viviendas al margen de la ley, sino también la escasa calidad de la vivienda producida por parte de los sectores oficiales. A pesar de que el objetivo por parte del Estado mexicano de satisfacer la demanda cuantitativa ha sido cumplido, la calidad de lo producido es cuestionable al no existir una adecuación entre las estructuras habitacionales y las características de quienes las viven. Siendo, como ya se ha indicado, el habitante el principal actor en la producción de vivienda popular, ya sea producida por empresas inmobiliarias o auto producidas por los mismos usuarios, este trabajo muestra los resultados de un análisis de habitabilidad de la vivienda popular hecho en la Ciudad de México, donde se compararon ambos tipos de producción, a partir de la opinión de quienes habitan y constantemente adecuan sus viviendas.

Segadora Vietnamita GRH-1.2, nueva tecnología en la producción de arroz popular.

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Ridelmis Rodríguez Hernández

2007-03-01

Full Text Available El trabajo se realizó en 9.54 hectáreas (ha en los municipios de La Sierpe, Fomento y Jatibonico, así como en la Estación Experimental del Arroz “Sur del Jíbaro”, todo en la provincia de Sancti Spíritus. Para ello se utilizó la segadora manual GRH - 1.2, la que dispone de tracción en sus dos ruedas de jaula, con sistema de corte con cuchillas y transmisión por cadenas, así como unos dedos plásticos que trasladan el arroz cortado hasta depositarlo en el suelo hacia el lado posterior derecho de este equipo. Los resultados de esta validación mostraron la eficiencia de la segadora en la cosecha del arroz, al ser comparada con el corte tradicional con hoz, pues en este último caso resulta más costosa la tarea, al ser necesario el empleo de 16 hombres, con un gasto de 186.75 pesos (MN por encima del correspondiente al primero. Debe señalarse que el corte con segadora resultó más uniforme, además de tener una aceptación muy positiva por parte de especialistas y productores del Sector Popular.

Noninsect Arthropods in Popular Music

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Joseph R. Coelho

2011-05-01

Full Text Available The occurrence of noninsect arthropods in popular music was examined in order to explore human attitudes toward these species, especially as compared to insects. Crustaceans were the most commonly referenced taxonomic group in artist names, album titles and cover art, followed by spiders and scorpions. The surprising prevalence of crustaceans may be related to the palatability of many of the species. Spiders and scorpions were primarily used for shock value, as well as totemic qualities of strength and ferocity. Spiders were the most abundant group among song titles, perhaps because of their familiarity to the general public. Three noninsect arthropod album titles were found from the early 1970s, then none appear until 1990. Older albums are difficult to find unless they are quite popular, and the resurgence of albums coincides with the rise of the internet. After 1990, issuance of such albums increased approximately linearly. Giant and chimeric album covers were the most common of themes, indicating the use of these animals to inspire fear and surprise. The lyrics of select songs are presented to illustrate the diversity of sentiments present, from camp spookiness to edibility.

Noninsect Arthropods in Popular Music.

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Coelho, Joseph R

2011-05-26

The occurrence of noninsect arthropods in popular music was examined in order to explore human attitudes toward these species, especially as compared to insects. Crustaceans were the most commonly referenced taxonomic group in artist names, album titles and cover art, followed by spiders and scorpions. The surprising prevalence of crustaceans may be related to the palatability of many of the species. Spiders and scorpions were primarily used for shock value, as well as totemic qualities of strength and ferocity. Spiders were the most abundant group among song titles, perhaps because of their familiarity to the general public. Three noninsect arthropod album titles were found from the early 1970s, then none appear until 1990. Older albums are difficult to find unless they are quite popular, and the resurgence of albums coincides with the rise of the internet. After 1990, issuance of such albums increased approximately linearly. Giant and chimeric album covers were the most common of themes, indicating the use of these animals to inspire fear and surprise. The lyrics of select songs are presented to illustrate the diversity of sentiments present, from camp spookiness to edibility.

Del peronismo nacional-popular al peronismo neoliberal: transformaciones de las identidades políticas en la Argentina menemista

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Hernán Fair

2016-01-01

Full Text Available During the 1990s, Menem led a profound transformation in public policies in Argentina, implementing a model of accumulation positioned at the opposite end of the post-war Welfare State. However, he managed to maintain the support of a majority of the traditional National-Popular and Peronist sectors, and reformulate, with a relative degree of success, the long-established identities. This paper analyzes the interpellations and arguments that the president constructed to legitimize the transformation of identity in the direction of neoliberal-conservative ideas. From a post-foundational perspective, the article argues against essentialist analyses and, at the same time, raises the question of performativity in post-foundational thought. It proposes an analytical differentiation between the planes and levels of discourse, for the purpose of examining the performative efficacy of any hegemonic formation. It concludes that the analysis of presidential interpellations, in conjunction with non-linguistic discourse conditionings, provides key resources for understanding said efficacy and consolidation of the neoliberal order.

Popularity Prediction Tool for ATLAS Distributed Data Management

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Beermann, T; The ATLAS collaboration; Stewart, G; Lassnig, M; Garonne, V; Barisits, M; Vigne, R; Serfon, C; Goossens, L; Nairz, A; Molfetas, A

2013-01-01

This paper describes a popularity prediction tool for data-intensive data management systems, such as ATLAS distributed data management (DDM). It is fed by the DDM popularity system, which produces historical reports about ATLAS data usage, providing information about files, datasets, users and sites where data was accessed. The tool described in this contribution uses this historical information to make a prediction about the future popularity of data. It finds trends in the usage of data using a set of neural networks and a set of input parameters and predicts the number of accesses in the near term future. This information can then be used in a second step to improve the distribution of replicas at sites, taking into account the cost of creating new replicas (bandwidth and load on the storage system) compared to gain of having new ones (faster access of data for analysis). To evaluate the benefit of the redistribution a grid simulator is introduced that is able replay real workload on different data distri...

Popularity Prediction Tool for ATLAS Distributed Data Management

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Beermann, T; The ATLAS collaboration; Stewart, G; Lassnig, M; Garonne, V; Barisits, M; Vigne, R; Serfon, C; Goossens, L; Nairz, A; Molfetas, A

2014-01-01

This paper describes a popularity prediction tool for data-intensive data management systems, such as ATLAS distributed data management (DDM). It is fed by the DDM popularity system, which produces historical reports about ATLAS data usage, providing information about files, datasets, users and sites where data was accessed. The tool described in this contribution uses this historical information to make a prediction about the future popularity of data. It finds trends in the usage of data using a set of neural networks and a set of input parameters and predicts the number of accesses in the near term future. This information can then be used in a second step to improve the distribution of replicas at sites, taking into account the cost of creating new replicas (bandwidth and load on the storage system) compared to gain of having new ones (faster access of data for analysis). To evaluate the benefit of the redistribution a grid simulator is introduced that is able replay real workload on different data distri...

La aldea fantasma: Problemas en el estudio del folklore y la cultura popular contemporáneos

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Díaz G. Viana, Luis

2003-06-01

Full Text Available The author analyzes the problems involved in the study of folklore and popular culture in a contemporary world, transnational and hybrid, aparently different from what the object/subject of study was supposed to be. Nevertheless he argues that the type of urban legends we can gather today through Internet does not differe from the traditional materials, such as leyends, games or mores, since they talk (as they used to about people tryng to make sense out of an always changing and mixed world.

El autor ofrece un análisis de la problemática relacionada con el estudio del folklore y la cultura popular en el mundo contemporáneo, transnacional e híbrido, aparentemente distinto de lo que se suponía que era el objeto/sujeto de estudio tradicional. Sin embargo, argumenta que el tipo de leyendas urbanas que podemos recopilar hoy a través de internet no es diferente de los materiales tradicionales, tales como leyendas, juegos o costumbres; ya que de lo que hablan éstos, al igual que aquéllos, es de las preocupaciones de las personas por dar sentido a un mundo siempre cambiante y siempre en contacto.

Ideological and political conflicts about popular music in Serbia

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Đurković Miša

2004-01-01

Full Text Available The paper is focused on ideological and political conflicts about popular music in Serbia, as a good example of wrong and confused searching for identity. Basic conflict that author is analyzing is about oriental elements (such as asymmetric rhythmic patterns and melismatic singing and the question if they are legitimate parts of Serbian musical heritage or not. Author is making an analysis of three periods in twentieth century, in which absolutely the same arguments were used, and he's paying special attention to contemporary conflicts, trying to explain why all of the theories are ideologically based. Author is insisting on role market played in development and modernization of popular music in Serbia. The article is ending with some recommendations for better understanding of cultural identity in Serbia, and for recognizing popular music as specific field of interest and research.

De las urnas a la movilización popular. Elecciones presidenciales de 1970 en Colombia

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Olga Yanet Acuña Rodríguez

2016-09-01

Full Text Available El texto resalta cómo el inconformismo de los sectores populares con el tradicionalismo político, liberal-conservador en Colombia y con las irregularidades en el conteo y reconteo de los votos en las elecciones presidenciales de 1970, pusieron en crisis al régimen político “frentenacionalista”, y a su candidato Misael Pastrana Borrero. Desde la historia política y social se analiza el papel de las masas y las posiciones y acciones de las elites para legitimar el poder; así, el evidente fraude electoral en las elecciones del 19 de abril de 1970 fue asumido por las masas como una burla al sistema democrático y a su expresión como ciudadanos, lo que motivó movilizaciones en diversas regiones del país. A partir de este hecho los actores sociales reivindicaron su papel como ciudadanos y reclamaron sus derechos, acudiendo a la denuncia en las diversas instituciones, a la movilización y a la protesta y, tres años después, a la movilización armada que se denominó M-19.

Black Voices, German Rebels: Acts of Masculinity in Postwar Popular Culture

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Layne, Priscilla Dionne

2011-01-01

This dissertation examines practices of embodying Black popular culture in Germany. My analysis is based on close readings of texts from a variety of media including novels, films and musical theater from West and East Germany of the 1950s to the reunified Germany of the 1990s. Black popular culture, particularly popular music, has appealed to Germans since the 19th century, when the Fisk Jubilee singers toured Europe. In most of my analyses, music plays a prominent role as a gateway to Black...

Comparação de hábitos de bem estar vocal entre cantores líricos e populares A comparison between vocal habits of lyric and popular singers

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Ana Paula Dassie-Leite

2011-02-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: comparar hábitos de bem estar vocal entre cantores líricos e populares. MÉTODOS: foi realizado um trabalho exploratório descritivo, com a participação de 30 cantores líricos e 30 populares, estudantes da Universidade Livre de Música. Todos responderam um questionário com 13 questões objetivas sobre hábitos vocais e utilização profissional da voz. Os dados foram tabulados e analisados estatisticamente RESULTADOS: cantores líricos e populares têm hábitos semelhantes de alimentação, tabagismo, etilismo e uso de drogas recreacionais. Cantores populares têm menos horas de sono/repouso ao dia, sendo esta uma diferença estatisticamente significante. Este grupo também se diferenciou dos cantores líricos por terem, em sua maioria, outro trabalho com a utilização profissional da voz falada. Também foi estatisticamente significante a maior carga horária no uso da voz cantada em líricos, bem como o maior uso de recursos considerados mitos para melhorar a voz. Cantores populares conhecem menos o trabalho fonoaudiológico junto aos profissionais da voz. Os cantores líricos aquecem a voz com maior frequência em relação aos populares, embora este segundo grupo, tenha demonstrado que este hábito tem sido adquirido. Tanto cantores líricos quanto populares não desaquecem a voz sistematicamente, depois da atividade profissional. CONCLUSÃO: Cantores líricos e populares com formação musical específica têm, em geral, hábitos de bem estar vocal semelhantes e diferenciam-se principalmente em relação à carga horária de trabalho semanal, à utilização de mitos na tentativa de melhorar a voz, ao conhecimento sobre o trabalho fonoaudiológico e à prática de aquecimento e desaquecimento vocal.PURPOSE: to compare vocal welfare habits of lyric and popular singers. METHODS: it is a descriptive exploratory work, with the participation of 30 lyrical singers and 30 popular singers. All answered a questionnaire with 13

Impact of Bursty Human Activity Patterns on the Popularity of Online Content

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Qiang Yan

2012-01-01

Full Text Available The dynamics of online content popularity has attracted more and more researches in recent years. In this paper, we provide a quantitative, temporal analysis about the dynamics of online content popularity in a massive system: Sina Microblog. We use time-stamped data to investigate the impact of bursty human comment patterns on the popularity of online microblog news. Statistical results indicate that the number of news and comments exhibits an exponential growth. The strength of forwarding and comment is characterized by bursts, displaying fat-tailed distribution. In order to characterize the dynamics of popularity, we explore the distribution of the time interval Δt between consecutive comment bursts and find that it also follows a power-law. Bursty patterns of human comment are responsible for the power-law decay of popularity. These results are well supported by both the theoretical analysis and empirical data.

Dark victory: cancer and popular Hollywood film.

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Lederer, Susan E

2007-01-01

This paper explores the cultural representations of cancer in popular Hollywood films released between 1930 and 1970. These cinematic treatments were not representative of the types of cancer that increasingly afflicted Americans, nor were filmmakers and studios concerned with realistic representations of the disease, its treatment, and its outcomes. As in the "epidemic entertainments" of the early twentieth century that portrayed diseases as cultural commodities, popular filmmakers selectively projected some cancers rather than others, favoring those that were less offensive and more photogenic. Although the characters became weak and died, they did so without gross transformations of their bodies. This paper argues that such representations nonetheless informed American attitudes about cancer and the role of medical research in overcoming the disease.

Dominance-Popularity Status, Behavior, and the Emergence of Sexual Activity in Young Adolescents

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Eddy H. de Bruyn

2012-04-01

Full Text Available In this paper, we investigated the sexual activity levels of several subtypes of middle adolescents (age 14–15 years. The subtype profiles were based on dominance-popularity status and a range of behaviors associated with dominance and popularity. In addition, gender differences in behavioral profiles were examined among dominant-popular, sexually active young adolescents. Results showed that socially dominant and popular young adolescent boys who exhibited a highly aggressive profile were more sexually active than their low-status and non-aggressive male peers; dominant-popular girls who were very attractive and gossips were more sexually active than their female peers. The results are discussed from an evolutionary psychological framework.

Erudición y nostalgia. Al-Hanīn ilà l-awtān en el editor de al-Faraŷ ba,d al-šidda de al-Tanūjī

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Garulo, Teresa

2012-06-01

Full Text Available If you want to read a book, a medieval Arabic book, that talks to you about man and his relation with power (God’s power or any kind of worldly power, or about daily life in 10th century Basra or Baghdad, you will probably choose al-Tanūkhī’s works. His Nishwār al-muhādara wa-l-mudhākara or al-Faraj ba,d al-shidda are so widely and so well provided with stories, anecdotes, historical narratives, etc., that you won’t be able to drop it and probably will forget to read the many comments and marginal notes by, Abbūd al-Shāljī, its editor. But if you are wise enough, you will read everything he writes, because you will find in his remarks not only a sustained scholarliness but a fascinating evocation of his life in Irak, mostly in the thirties, with its cooking, manners and customs, and a pang of nostalgia that deserves, I think, at least a note or a friendly comment. In this paper I try to analyse some of his nostalgic memories of Baghdad and its people and places.Uno de los temas clásicos de la literatura árabe, casi desde sus comienzos, es la nostalgia de la tierra natal (al-hanīn ilà l-awtān. Experiencia dolorosa de extrañamiento, que se nutre de las crisis políticas, la nostalgia ha dado lugar a obras que buscan recrear un pasado o unos lugares amados, que sólo la memoria es capaz de recuperar. En este artículo trato de mostrar cómo se articula la nostalgia de Iraq, y, más concretamente, de Bagdad, dentro del aparato crítico de al-Faraŷ ba,da l-šidda de al-Tanūjī (329-384/941-994 (con el apoyo de Nišwār al-muhādara, también de dicho autor en la edición de, Abbūd al-Šālŷī, publicada en los años setenta. La representación que hace al-Tanūjī de la vida cotidiana de la capital abbasí, expresada a través de un lenguaje claro y natural, en el que tienen cabida expresiones populares, suscita en al-Šālŷī toda una serie de remembranzas, sobre todo de sus años juveniles, que se desbordan en sus notas, e

Initiating New Prospects of Rural Science Popularization in the Digital Media Era

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Jun Li

2014-04-01

Full Text Available The development of digital media has brought a new challenge to existing science popularization in the rural areas. In this paper, new experience of rural science popularization on both traditional and digital media in Zhejiang province was introduced. We proposed several strategies for rural science popularization in the digital media era: First, we should strengthen the utilization of traditional platforms such as print media and broadcast and TV media. Then, digital media based on Internet should also be used for science popularization. Last but not least, we should also try to use “the fifth media” to upgrade existing platforms and create new Internet media channels.

The Rhetorical Dimensions of Popular Song.

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Winebrenner, T. C.

Communication scholars have recently focused attention on songs as artifacts of popular culture. Current literature implies that the contexts of music communication are defined by the relationships that songs establish between artists and their audience: persuasive, expressive, and commercial. As the commercialization of music is an inherently…

The portrayal of migraine in popular music: observations and implications.

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Roberts, Daniel L; Vargas, Bert B

2012-01-01

To describe the manner in which migraine and migaineurs are depicted in popular music. Prior studies have elucidated the ways in which the popular perception of neurological disorders is shaped by popular culture, from the inflated expectations of the prognosis of coma patients in television dramas to the association of intractable headaches with demonic possession and death by violence in the cinema. searched popular online music sites for songs with the word "migraine" in their titles. Song lyrics were studied for tone, content, and the light in which they portrayed migraine sufferers. One hundred thirty-four songs met inclusion criteria, representing the work of 126 artists. The majority of the recording artists were male (112 of 126 artists, 89%). One hundred seven of the 134 songs (80%) were recorded since 2000. Of the 79 songs that contained lyrics, 16 (20%) included explicit content; 43 (54%) make reference to hopelessness, despair, or severe pain; and 27 (34%) contained references to killing or death. Only 9 songs (11%) made any reference to successful treatment, resolution, or hope of any sort, the same number that made lyrical references to explosions or bombs. The portrayal of a disease in popular music can reflect the artist's perceptions, anxieties, and prejudices about the disease and its victims. The public, including patients, may accept these portrayals as accurate. Clinicians familiar with the portrayal of headache sufferers in cinema will not be surprised that popular musicians (both migraineurs and non-migraineurs) portray migraines as intractable, violent, and all-consuming. The lack of any balancing view is disheartening, especially in light of the advances in migraine awareness and treatment over the past decade. Perhaps the most surprising finding is that the vast majority of migraine songs are written and performed by men. © 2012 American Headache Society.

Reforma integral para mejorar el desempeño del sistema de salud en México Comprehensive reform to improve health system performance in Mexico

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Julio Frenk

2007-01-01

Full Text Available A pesar de haber alcanzado una esperanza de vida promedio de 75 años, similar a la de países más desarrollados, México ingresó al siglo XXI con un sistema de salud marcado por su incapacidad para ofrecer protección financiera en salud a más de la mitad de su población. Esto es resultado y causa de las desigualdades sociales que han caracterizado el proceso de desarrollo en México. Varias limitaciones estructurales han dificultado el funcionamiento y limitado el avance de su sistema de salud. Consciente de que la falta de protección financiera era su principal debilidad, México ha emprendido una reforma estructural para mejorar el desempeño del sistema de salud mediante el establecimiento del Sistema de Protección Social en Salud (SPSS, el cual ha introducido nuevas reglas de financiamiento e incentivos. La principal innovación de la reforma ha sido el Seguro Popular de Salud, el componente de aseguramiento del SPSS dirigido al financiamiento de la atención médica para todas aquellas familias, en su mayoría pobres, que históricamente habían sido excluidas de la seguridad social. La reforma ha permitido un incremento significativo en la inversión pública en salud, al tiempo que realinea los incentivos para garantizar una atención de mayor calidad técnica e interpersonal. En este trabajo se describen las principales características y los resultados iniciales de este esfuerzo de reforma de México, y se derivan algunas lecciones para otros países que consideren llevar a cabo transformaciones a su sistema de salud en circunstancias de desafío similares.Despite having achieved an average life expectancy of 75 years, much the same as that of more developed countries, Mexico entered the 21st century with a health system mared by its failure to offer financial protection in health to more than half of its citizens; this was both a result and a cause of the social inequalities that have marked the development process in Mexico

Malt Beverage Brand Popularity Among Youth and Youth-Appealing Advertising Content.

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Xuan, Ziming; DeJong, William; Siegel, Michael; Babor, Thomas F

2017-11-01

This study examined whether alcohol brands more popular among youth are more likely to have aired television advertisements that violated the alcohol industry's voluntary code by including youth-appealing content. We obtained a complete list of 288 brand-specific beer advertisements broadcast during the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's and women's basketball tournaments from 1999 to 2008. All ads were rated by a panel of health professionals using a modified Delphi method to assess the presence of youth-appealing content in violation of the alcohol industry's voluntary code. The ads represented 23 alcohol brands. The popularity of these brands was operationalized as the brand-specific popularity of youth alcohol consumption in the past 30 days, as determined by a 2011 to 2012 national survey of underage drinkers. Brand-level popularity was used as the exposure variable to predict the odds of having advertisements with youth-appealing content violations. Accounting for other covariates and the clustering of advertisements within brands, increased brand popularity among underage youth was associated with significantly increased odds of having youth-appeal content violations in ads televised during the NCAA basketball tournament games (adjusted odds ratio = 1.70, 95% CI: 1.38, 2.09). Alcohol brands popular among underage drinkers are more likely to air television advertising that violates the industry's voluntary code which proscribes youth-appealing content. Copyright © 2017 by the Research Society on Alcoholism.