Environmental characteristics of the cemeteries of Buenos Aires City (Argentina and infestation levels of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae

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Vezzani Darío

2001-01-01

Full Text Available Cemeteries with many water-filled containers, flowers, sources of human blood, and shade are favorable urban habitats for the proliferation of Aedes aegypti, a vector of yellow fever and dengue. A total of 22,956 containers was examined in the five cemeteries of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The vector was found in four cemeteries that showed an average infestation level of 5.5% (617 positive out of 11,196 water-filled containers. The four cemeteries positive for Ae. aegypti showed significantly different (p<0.01 infestation levels. Vegetation cover and percentage of infestation were significantly correlated (p<0.01, but neither cemetery area nor number of available containers were significantly related to the proportion of positive vases. Our results suggest that the cemeteries of Buenos Aires represent a gradient of habitat favorableness for this vector species, some of which may act as foci for its proliferation and dispersal.

CIRCO Y POLÍTICA CULTURAL EN BUENOS AIRES / Circus and cultural policies in Buenos Aires

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Julieta Infantino

2015-06-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo propongo analizar el lanzamiento de una política cultural de fomento  para las artes del circo en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, iniciada en 2009 a través del I Festival Internacional de Circo de Buenos Aires. A partir del estudio de la formulación e implementación de la política pública, presentaré algunas de las controversias que se desataron ante la intervención estatal en el campo artístico circense local en relación a ciertos conceptos clave: qué se entiende por políticas culturales, por democratización/popularización de la cultura y acerca del rol atribuido al Estado en dicha área. A través del análisis propuesto pretendo problematizar el entramado de diversos y desiguales agentes involucrados en el campo de las políticas (culturales.   Así, propongo analizar los discursos oficiales que inspiraron la creación de la política en estudio y los rechazos y negociaciones que generó la implementación de esta nueva modalidad de intervención pública en el ámbito cultural circense.  Abstract  In this paper I propose to analyze the release of a cultural policy to promote circus arts in the city of Buenos Aires, started in 2009 through the First Buenos Aires International Circus Festival. Through the analysis of the formulation and implementation of the public policy, I will present some of the controversies that emerged from state intervention in the local circus art field in relation to certain key concepts: what is meant by cultural policies, by democratization / popularization of culture and about the role attributed to the State in this area. Through the analysis proposed I intend to problematize the diverse and unequal actors involved in the field of (cultural policies. Thus, I intend to analyze the official speeches that inspired the creation of the policy under study and the rejections and negotiation generated by the implementation of this new way of public intervention in the circus cultural field. 

Scientific production from public hospitals of the City of Buenos Aires, 2017

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Mariano Ibarra

2018-01-01

Full Text Available The number of publications in the scientific literature coming from an institution is an indicator of its scientific production. The scientific production of the hospitals of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires (GCBA has been evaluated previously, but without discriminating how much of that production corresponded to other academic institutions settled there (University of Buenos Aires, UBA, National Council of Scientific Research and Techniques, CONICET. Our objective was to evaluate the publications included in PubMed that correspond to hospitals of the GCBA, describe their main characteristics, and discriminate the contribution of other academic institutions (UBA and CONICET. It is a cross-sectional study based on a PubMed search, using the name of each of the 34 GCBA hospitals, CONICET and UBA in the "affiliation" field. In total, 2727 publications from GCBA hospitals were identified (4.6% of Argentine publications; 73.9% in English, 78.9% in relation to humans, 37.2% in the last 5 years; 6.4% with high level of evidence (clinical trials and meta-analysis, and 28.4% including children. Compared to the national total, the GCBA publications include fewer works in English, more research in humans, more clinical trials and more research in children. Of the publications corresponding to hospitals of the GCBA, 90.4% did not share the affiliation with CONICET or with UBA. In conclusion, the GCBA hospitals generated 4.6% of the total Argentine publications in PubMed; and 90% of these was not shared with UBA or CONICET. Publications from GCBA institutions include more clinical trials and research in children.

Fumigating the Hygienic Model City: Bubonic Plague and the Sulfurozador in Early-Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires.

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Engelmann, Lukas

2018-07-01

The 1899/1900 arrival of bubonic plague in Argentina had thrown the model status of Buenos Aires as a hygienic city into crisis. Where the idea of foreign threats and imported epidemics had dominated the thinking of Argentina's sanitarians at that time, plague renewed concerns about hidden threats within the fabric of the capital's dense environment; concerns that led to new sanitary measures and unprecedented rat-campaigns supported by the large-scale application of sulphur dioxide. The article tells the story of early twentieth-century urban sanitation in Buenos Aires through the lens of a new industrial disinfection apparatus. The Aparato Marot, also known as Sulfurozador was acquired and integrated in the capital's sanitary administration by the epidemiologist José Penna in 1906 to materialise two key lessons learned from plague. First, the machine was supposed to translate the successful disinfection practices of global maritime sanitation into urban epidemic control in Argentina. Second, the machine's design enabled public health authorities to reinvigorate a traditional hygienic concern for the entirety of the city's terrain. While the Sulfurozador offered effective destruction of rats, it promised also a comprehensive - and utopian - disinfection of the whole city, freeing it from all imaginable pathogens, insects as well as rodents. In 1910, the successful introduction of the Sulfurozador encouraged Argentina's medico-political elite to introduce a new principle of 'general prophylaxis'. This article places the apparatus as a technological modernisation of traditional sanitary practices in the bacteriological age, which preserved the urban environment - 'el terreno' - as a principal site of intervention. Thus, the Sulfurozador allowed the 'higienistas' to sustain a long-standing utopian vision of all-encompassing social, bodily and political hygiene into the twentieth century.

Over 600 mobile base station measurements in Buenos Aires City, how far are general public limits?

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Aguirre, Anibal; Dalmas Di Giovanni, Norberto; Garcia Diaz, Javier; Douthat, Analia; Munoz, Claudio; Saint Nom, Roxana

2008-01-01

Full text: The general public worries about non ionizing radiation (NIR), produced by mobile base station aren't new, mainly in big cities like Buenos Aires where the amount of antennas of wide communication services (mobile, data links, FM Broadcasting, TV and others), are so considerable. Buenos Aires City has 3 million inhabitants in a surface of 203 km 2 and has about 700 mobile base stations between macro and micro cells. When public demand arrived to local government authorities, the first logical step was to promote a big measurement campaign to do a radiation map of the city. This measurement campaign has been done for two measurement teams, one with CITEFA NIR specialists and the other with ITBA NIR specialists, during 6 months. Local NRI measurement guidelines established that has to be taken between 12 and 16 points around NRI source in a 50 m or 100 m radius, depending on the neighbourhood buildings features (buildings located in the centre of the city aren't the same as a quiet house district). The obtained measured values had to be compared with Argentinean exposure limits, which are the same that ICNIRP limits. With over 7500 measured points in the entire city with wide band instruments (200 kHz-40 GHz), we have started our analysis. This information has been used by local authorities to upgrade a radiation map that can be consulted on the local government internet site. We have compared the obtained values with some international general public exposure limits. From this comparison we found that over 90% of measured points were under general public ICNIRP cell phone frequency limits, but the surprise was that, about 80% of them were below Russian limits (6 V/m) that are the strictest of the world. According to the obtained results and to provide a conclusion we could say that, if in a big city with a very high NIR sources density, we find a majority of lower limits values, this situation will be better in a little town with few NIR sources. However

metropolitana en Buenos Aires

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Pedro Pírez

2006-01-01

Full Text Available In this paper, we present a description of some concrete processes that made up the transformations in the metropolitan configuration and functioning in Buenos Aires in the 1990s during the 20th Century. We are referring to components related to the impact of processes at the macro level (national and international pertaining to restructuring and globalisation. We aim to understand the “forces” that mediate between the global and the local arenas, identifying the actors and the relationships behind metropolitan changes as well as searching for the meaning that the city acquires and which is understood as “privatisation”. In the first section of the paper, this concept is made explicit.

El candombe (uruguayo en Buenos Aires: (Proponiendo Nuevos imaginarios urbanos en la ciudad "blanca" O candombe uruguaio em Buenos Aires: (Propondo Novos imaginários urbanos na cidade "branca " Uruguayan candombe in Buenos Aires: (Proposing New urban imaginaries in the "White" city

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Alejandro Frigerio

2009-12-01

neighborhood of the city and appealing to the memory of Black presence in the area. The reference to this memory, and the ulterior expansion of candombe to other neighborhoods, imply a work of imagining the city that challenges the dominant image of Buenos Aires as White, modern and European. Defying this image and proposing alternative urban imaginaries, practitioners of candombe establish conflictive interactions with different social agents and actors.

Un esquema de estimación de la precipitación estival en la ciudad de Buenos Aires An estimate scheme of the summer precipitation in the city of Buenos Aires

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María L. Cariaga

2010-06-01

Full Text Available El objetivo del trabajo es estimar la precipitación estival en la ciudad y Gran Buenos Aires. Para ello fue correlacionada con los campos de temperatura de la superficie del mar, las alturas geopotenciales en 1000 hPa, 500 hPa y 200 hPa, la presión a nivel del mar, viento en 850 hPa y humedad específica en niveles bajos en el mes previo. Predictores fueron seleccionados basándose en la significancia estadística, la independencia y la explicación física de su relación y utilizados como variables de entrada para generar una regresión lineal múltiple con el método "forward stepwise". Ellos son la altura geopotencial de 1000 hPa sobre la costa del océano Atlántico alrededor de 25ºS y el viento zonal en el centro de América del Sur. La lluvia estival depende principalmente del debilitamiento del anticiclón del Atlántico y de la advección de aire húmedo desde el norte del país. La verificación se realizó para los datos del período 1984-2007 obteniendo una correlación entre la serie observada y estimada de 0.61. La estabilidad del modelo se probó con la metodología de la crossvalidación. Los resultados indican la existencia de predictabilidad para la precipitación estival para el área de Buenos Aires.The aim of this study is to estimate December to February rainfall in Buenos Aires city and its surroundings, using atmospheric variables. Summer rainfall in Buenos Aires was correlated with sea surface temperature, 1000 hPa, 500 hPa and 200 hPa geopotential heights, sea surface pressure, 850 hPa zonal and meridional and specific humidity from the ground to 700 hPa, observed in the previous month. Some predictors were selected based on the statistical significance, the independence and the physical meaning and they were used as entrance variables to generate a multiple linear regression using the"forward stepwise" method. The selected predictors were: 1000 hPa geopotential height in the Atlantic Ocean coast, near 25ºS and

[Air contamination in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires: the current risk or future climate change, a false option].

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Abrutzky, Rosana; Dawidowski, Laura; Murgida, Ana; Natenzon, Claudia Eleonor

2014-09-01

Based on the theoretical framework of environmental risk, this article discusses the management of air quality in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires in relation to current and potential impacts of toxic gases and global climate change on the health of the population. Information on historical and current management of the air was linked to the results of the South American Emissions, Megacities and Climate research project to assess danger, exposure, vulnerability and uncertainty as the dimensions of risk. By contextualizing public policies developed in recent decades on this subject, it was possible to identify emerging configurations of risk and uncertainties as accelerators of social vulnerability. On the one hand, the fact that there is a positive correlation between mortality, changes in temperature and air pollution was confirmed. On the other hand, it became clear that there is a disconnect between air quality management and health care management, while limitations were found in the proposed mitigation measures relating to emissions of greenhouse gases produced by fuel, revealing uncertainties regarding their efficacy.

Biomass burning aerosol detection over Buenos Aires City, August 2009

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Otero, L A; Ristori, P R; Pawelko, E E; Pallotta, J V; D'Elia, R L; Quel, E J

2011-01-01

At the end of August 2009, a biomass burning aerosol intrusion event was detected at the Laser and Applications Research Center, CEILAP (CITEFA-CONICET) (34.5 deg. S - 58.5 deg. W) at Villa Martelli, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This center has a sunphotometer from the AERONET-NASA global network, UV solar radiation sensors, a meteorological station and an aerosol lidar system. The aerosol origin was determined by means of back-trajectories and satellite images. This work studies the aerosol air mass optical characterization and their effect in UV solar radiation.

Women Workers: Subsistence in Eighteenth-century Buenos Aires

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Mª Selina Gutiérrez Aguilera

2012-06-01

Full Text Available In colonial society of eighteenth-century Buenos Aires, there was a series of women who Traditional historiography has not given their rightful place: working women.This study aims to analyze and re-evaluation of these females, there also arises a series of networks of “gender solidarity” among women in need of help, in which working women had a role. This is taken as the standard source that rose in the city of Buenos Aires in 1744; it throws a lot of information to understand this complex phenomenon.There will be a thorough analysis of all models of working women the pattern shows, from different perspectives. These ladies are a very heterogeneous group, as work motivations are very different: for aggregate found, being slaves, etc. But at the same time is to keep track of paper, which together with the work effort of these played the charity and solidarity and support for female survival at this time.

Tratamiento directamente observado de la tuberculosis en un hospital de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Directly observed treatment for tuberculosis in a Buenos Aires City hospital

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Claudio González

2012-10-01

Full Text Available Se describe la experiencia en la aplicación del tratamiento directamente observado de tuberculosis (TDO en el período 1/1/1979-31/12/2009 y la comparación de los resultados obtenidos en el periodo 1979-1999 versus los de 2000- 2009. En un hospital de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, 582 pacientes HIV negativos recibieron inicialmente rifampicina, isoniazida, pirazinamida y etambutol o estreptomicina. En la segunda fase 424 de estos pacientes tratados entre 01/01/1979 y 31/12/1999 (G1, recibieron esquemas bisemanales con rifampicina/isoniazida o isoniazida/estreptomicina y otros 158 pacientes, tratados entre 01/01/2000 y 31/12/2009 (G2 recibieron un esquema bisemanal o trisemanal con rifampicina/isoniazida. Se siguieron las recomendaciones de los programas de control de la Nación y la Ciudad. Los pacientes bajo TDO tuvieron tasas de tratamiento completo más elevadas (82.8% versus 48.7%, (p The outcomes of directly observed therapy of tuberculosis (DOT between 1/1/1979 and 12/31/2009 were analyzed. Results obtained in the 1979-1999 period were compared with those achieved in the 2000-2009 period. In a Buenos Aires City hospital, 582 HIV negative TB patients received rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol or streptomycin in the initial stage, followed by a second stage where patients were included in two groups: G1 composed by 424 patients (period 1/1/1979-12/31/1999 who received either rifampin and isoniazid or rifampin and streptomicin twice a week, and G2, with 158 patients (period 1/1/2000-12/31/2009 who received either rifampin and isoniazid twice or three times a week. National and Buenos Aires City TB Control Programs recommendations were followed. Patients who underwent DOT had higher completeness rates than those included in self-administered therapy (82.8% vs. 48.7%, (p <0.0001. Mean age: 36.3±15.3 years, males: 63.1% and 69.4% were Argentine citizens. A 8.9% had been previously treated, 6.1% had co-morbidities. A 70.6% of

Especialización y diversificación industrial en la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires

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Federico J. Fritzsche

2000-12-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo profundiza sobre los aspectos territoriales de la dinámica industrial de la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, en particular de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y de los 19 -ahora 24- partidos del Gran Buenos Aires. Se destacan los rasgos más sobresalientes que asume la geografía de la organización industrial y se identifican algunos patrones de diversificación industrial y de especialización territorial que consideramos constituyen un aporte significativo para contextualizar la discusión de políticas dirigidas al sector, así como un instrumento de utilidad para la aplicación de las estrategias que de ellas surjan. En síntesis presenta dos cuestiones relevantes: en primer lugar, una caracterización de la actividad industrial en la región con referencias al contexto nacional, es decir, da cuenta de las ramas de actividad responsables de la dinámica productiva del sector y, en segundo lugar, se centra en la dimensión territorial de esta dinámica, considerando a la distintas ramas y observando el comportamiento de la actividad por jurisdicción (partidos de la RMBAThis paper focuses on the territorial dimension of industrial dynamics of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region (RMBA, and particularly of the city of Buenos Aires and the 19 counties of Greater Buenos Aires. It highlights the principal features of the region’s industrial organization and identifies some patterns of industrial diversification and territorial specialization in the RMBA’s industrial geography. We believe that this work is a significant contribution to a framework for the discussion of industrial policies applied to the region and a useful tool for implementing the strategies that emerge from those policies. Summarizing, this article presents two central topics: First, it characterizes the region’s industrial sector in terms of the types of manufacturing responsible for the sector’s productive dynamic and employment levels, with some

Tobacco point-of-sale advertising in Guatemala City, Guatemala and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Barnoya, Joaquin; Mejia, Raul; Szeinman, Debora; Kummerfeldt, Carlos E

2010-08-01

To determine tobacco point of sale advertising prevalence in Guatemala City, Guatemala and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Convenience stores (120 per city) were chosen from randomly selected blocks in low, middle and high socioeconomic neighbourhoods. To assess tobacco point of sale advertising we used a checklist developed in Canada that was translated into Spanish and validated in both countries studied. Analysis was conducted by neighbourhood and store type. All stores sold cigarettes and most had tobacco products in close proximity to confectionery. In Guatemala, 60% of stores had cigarette ads. High and middle socioeconomic status neighbourhood stores had more indoor cigarette ads, but these differences were determined by store type: gas stations and supermarkets were more prevalent in high socioeconomic status neighbourhoods and had more indoor cigarette ads. In poorer areas, however, more ads could be seen from outside the stores, more stores were located within 100 metres of schools and fewer stores had 'No smoking' or 'No sales to minors' signs. In Argentina, 80% of stores had cigarette ads and few differences were observed by neighbourhood socioeconomic status. Compared to Guatemala, 'No sales to minors' signs were more prevalent in Argentina. Tobacco point of sale advertising is highly prevalent in these two cities of Guatemala and Argentina. An advertising ban should also include this type of advertising.

ARQUEOLOGÍA EN UNA PLAZA METROPOLITANA: RECOLETA, BUENOS AIRES (Archaeology in a metropolitan place: Recoleta, Buenos Aires

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Mónica Carminati

2009-09-01

Full Text Available Una de las plazas más elegantes de Buenos Aires, ubicada en el barrio de mayores ingresos económicos y símbolo de un sector social elevado, demostró al ser excavada e historiada un origen totalmente diferente: zona marginal de pobres casas de barro y madera, una vivienda con tierras de cultivo en las afueras de la ciudad que fue pasando de mano en mano entre familias inglesas, hasta que el crecimiento de la ciudad tras la epidemia de la fiebre amarilla lleva a la concentración de la riqueza en ese lugar. Un hallazgo casual, un pozo que se hundió por casualidad, abrió la puerta para redescubrir el origen de la zona. ENGLISH: We dug one of the most fancy parks of Buenos Aires, in the middle of the most healthy area of the city. The opportunity came when the inner wall of a pit covered by asphalt was demolished by an old tree. And the kind of history we found was of poverty, rural population and settlement of marginalized people. The review of its history and material culture opened our minds to a completely different kind of neighborhood that what it is now.

Territorios del tango en Buenos Aires: aportes para una historia de sus formas de inscripción

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Sofía Cecconi

2014-06-01

Urban territories are defined by a complex geography that includes not only the space and its features but also the styles, manners and ways of life of the social groups that take part of and compose it. In the same way, is either possible to speak about musical expressions without consider the atmosphere in which they arise and developed. This implies that a phenomenon like music, specially when it is understood as a performance, a scene and a practice, is framed in defined temporal and spatial axis. That means that music expresses an historical time and –at the same time– a specific geography. There are few cities with a so defined and recognized musical identity as Buenos Aires. The tango is the music of a shaped space, in which cultural traditions and a transforming territory are articulated. Thus, tango implies Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires implies tango. This work describes the territories of the tango throughout its history, showing its geographical migrations around the city and the consequent appropriations and resignifications experimented.

[An AIDS-related cognitive map in a sample of drug abusers in Buenos Aires City].

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Kornblit, A L; Bilyk, A

1990-01-01

This paper is an approach to AIDS as a topic among a drug abusers sample of the city of Buenos Aires. Research was carried out on the basis of a qualitative methodology. In an attempt at surveying opinions and attitudes of such a sample as regards AIDS (i.e. subjects' cognitive map), 21 drug abusers from three different rehabilitation programs operating in the B.A. area were interviewed. On the basis of the research performed, the authors elaborate communication strategies among drug abusers that would be helpful for authorities engaged in AIDS prevention to adopt. To boost a strategy likely to break up the AIDS-drug association existing in the mind of many an abuser would be highly advisable so that a separation be settled between both representations, thus giving drug abusers a higher motivation for self-care practice.

El color del delito en Buenos Aires. 1750-1830

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Silvia Cristina Mallo

2003-12-01

Full Text Available Security and social control were real problems to Borbon's functionaries since the middle of XVIII century and the beginning of the 20th when accelerated growth and transformations included duplication of the inhabitants of Buenos Aires city. Active commercial port on the Atlantic included the African slaves trade and they or their descendants were there nearly 30% of the population. Remarkably accused of disorder and delinquency as well as in other American cities, this phenomenon is not really registered. We seek in judicial papers their protagonism, integration signs and master's ways of inducing them to delinquency or of covering them.//El control social y la seguridad eran problemas reales para los funcionarios de los borbones desde la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII hasta los inicios del XIX cuando el crecimiento acelerado y las transformaciones significaron la duplicación de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Este activo puerto recibía el comercio de esclavos y sus descendientes eran cerca del 30% de la población y eran constantemente acusados de provocar desórdenes y de ser delincuentes. Este fenómeno, que también se presentó en otras ciudades americanas, no ha sido estudiado. Buscamos, en papeles judiciales, su protagonismo, integración, signos y maneras de inducirlos a la delincuencia o de encubrirla.

Comments on Environmental and Sanitary Aspects of the Scorpionism by Tityus trivittatus in Buenos Aires City, Argentina

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Adolfo Rafael de Roodt

2014-04-01

Full Text Available Deaths by venomous animals are medical emergencies that can lead to death and thus constitute sanitary problems in some regions of the world. In the South of America, the accidents by these animals are a common sanitary problem especially in warm, tropical or subtropical regions, related with rural work in several countries. Argentina is located in the extreme South of South America and a minor part of the continental surface is in tropical or subtropical regions, where most of the accidents by venomous animals happen. However, in the big cities in the center and South of the country, with no relation to rural work, scorpionism, mostly due to the synanthropic and facultative parthenogenetic scorpion Tityus trivittatus, has become a sanitary problem in the last few decades. This scorpion is present in the biggest cities of Argentina and in the last decades has killed over 20 children in provinces of the center and north of the country, mostly in big cities. In addition, it seems that this species is growing and spreading in new regions of the cities. In this revision, some characteristics of this scorpion regarding its habitat, spreading in Buenos Aires city, combat measures and available treatments are discussed.

Immigration and Educational Inclusion: Preliminary Evidence from Three Schools in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Astiz, M. Fernanda

2015-01-01

This exploratory comparative case study examines three schools in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires that have a considerable number of recent immigrant students. The article illustrates how these schools advance ideas of inclusiveness and pluralism through the curriculum and educational opportunities, as mandated by the national education law of…

[Social inequalities in cervical cancer mortality in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, 1999-2003 and 2004-2006].

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Martínez, María Laura; Guevel, Carlos Gust

2013-08-01

The aim of this study was to describe the spatial distribution of cervical cancer mortality in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires during the period 1999-2003 and its relationship to the socioeconomic conditions of the population, as well as to compare the distribution during this period with that of the triennium 2004-2006. This ecological study used electoral districts as the unit of analysis. The selected socioeconomic indicators were educational deficit, lack of health insurance and the Material Deprivation of Households Index (Índice de Privación Material de Hogares), taken from the National Population and Housing Census (Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas) of 2001. The stratification of the city into areas according to these conditions and the analysis of standardized mortality ratios showed an increased risk of dying from cervical cancer associated with worse socioeconomic conditions. The stratification and death risks demonstrated a clear spatial pattern, with the south of the city presenting the highest death risks, and the northern and central areas presenting the lowest risks.

Elemental characterization of air particulate matter in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Jasan, Raquel C.; Pla, Rita R.; Invernizzi, Rodrigo [Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Centro Atomico Ezeiza. Grupo Tecnicas Analiticas Nucleares], E-mail: jasan@cae.cnea.gov.ar, E-mail: rpla@cae.cnea.gov.ar; Santos, Marina dos [Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Centro Atomico Constituyentes. Lab. de Contaminacion del Aire], E-mail: mdossant@cnea.gov.ar

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Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, is surrounded by 24 neighboring districts forming the so-called Buenos Aires metropolitan area (AMBA) that holds a population of 14 million people. In this work, the atmospheric aerosol of this metropolitan area was characterized through the determination of mass concentration, black carbon and elemental concentrations, on PM10 and PM2.5 samples taken using a 'Gent' sampler. The sampling site was located at an urban area characterized by fast and heavy traffic and samples were collected each third day, along 24 hours, between October 2005 and February 2006. A number of elements (As, Ba, Br, Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, Hf, La, Na, Rb, Sb, Sc, Se, Sm, Th, Yb and Zn) were determined by Neutron Activation Analysis and their results, as well as those of gravimetric mass concentrations, were compared with historical data. Enrichment factors were calculated for both fractions, using Sc as reference element and Mason's crustal concentration values, showing enrichment for As, Br, Sb, Se and Zn. Although the number of analyzed filters is still small, a preliminary factor analysis was run on both fraction results and different source profiles were found. The attribution of the sources to soil, high temperature processes including refuse incineration, fuel combustion and others, metal processes, traffic and other anthropogenic ones is discussed. (author)

Elemental characterization of air particulate matter in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Jasan, Raquel C.; Pla, Rita R.; Invernizzi, Rodrigo; Santos, Marina dos

2007-01-01

Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, is surrounded by 24 neighboring districts forming the so-called Buenos Aires metropolitan area (AMBA) that holds a population of 14 million people. In this work, the atmospheric aerosol of this metropolitan area was characterized through the determination of mass concentration, black carbon and elemental concentrations, on PM10 and PM2.5 samples taken using a 'Gent' sampler. The sampling site was located at an urban area characterized by fast and heavy traffic and samples were collected each third day, along 24 hours, between October 2005 and February 2006. A number of elements (As, Ba, Br, Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, Hf, La, Na, Rb, Sb, Sc, Se, Sm, Th, Yb and Zn) were determined by Neutron Activation Analysis and their results, as well as those of gravimetric mass concentrations, were compared with historical data. Enrichment factors were calculated for both fractions, using Sc as reference element and Mason's crustal concentration values, showing enrichment for As, Br, Sb, Se and Zn. Although the number of analyzed filters is still small, a preliminary factor analysis was run on both fraction results and different source profiles were found. The attribution of the sources to soil, high temperature processes including refuse incineration, fuel combustion and others, metal processes, traffic and other anthropogenic ones is discussed. (author)

Salud, infancia y adolescencia: prácticas de atención de niños, niñas y adolescentes en situación de calle en la ciudad de Buenos Aires Health, childhood and adolescence: health care in homeless children and adolescents in the city of Buenos Aires

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Guido Pasamonik

2009-12-01

Full Text Available En el marco del Proyecto "Avances y Desafíos en la Construcción de un Sistema de Protección Integral de los Derechos de las Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes: el Derecho a la Salud de la Infancia en Situación de Vulnerabilidad Social en Ciudad de Buenos Aires" la investigación se propone analizar las prácticas de atención de niños, niñas y adolescentes en situación de calle en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Esta presentación se centra en uno de los objetivos específicos, caracterizar la red de tecnologías del área caso de estudio. La investigación se enmarca en el enfoque de Investigación en Sistemas y Servicios de Salud, y toma como caso de estudio al "Área de atención de niñas, niños y adolescentes en situación de calle". Las Unidades de Análisis seleccionadas son las tecnologías del área. Se presentan los resultados y conclusiones preliminares obtenidos a través de entrevistas en profundidad y análisis documental.Within the framework of the "Advances and challenges in the construction of an integral protection system for girls, boys and adolescents' rights: the right to health of socially vulnerable infants in the city of Buenos Aires" Project, the research aims to analyze health care practices for homeless boys, girls and adolescents in the City of Buenos Aires. This presentation is focused on one of the specific objectives: to characterize the technologies network in the study area. The investigation approach is that of the Research in Health Systems and Services, and takes as study case the "Area of health care for homeless girls, boys and adolescents". The selected Analysis Units are the area technologies. Preliminary results obtained and conclusions made from thorough interviews and documentary analysis are presented.

UNA DIÁSPORA EN BUSCA DE SU REPERTORIO. ACTORES, TRAMAS SOCIALES Y ESPACIO URBANO DEL LIBRO JUDÍO EN BUENOS AIRES ENTRE LAS DÉCADAS DE 1910 Y 1960 / The diaspora in press. Actors, frames and spaces of Jewish books in Buenos Aires, 1910-1960

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Alejandro Dujovne

2013-07-01

Full Text Available El artículo analiza desde un punto de vista social y material la producción y circulación de libros en la vida judía de Buenos Aires, como un aspecto clave de su  historia cultural. El texto identifica y explora el papel desplegado por librerías, bibliotecas, centros culturales, ferias de libros, editoriales e imprentas en la configuración del mundo del libro judío de Buenos Aires entre 1910 y 1960. A través de la localización de estos actores en un plano de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, el artículo estudia y propone una hipótesis para pensar la relación entre vida social y cultural y espacio urbano. Abstract This article analyzes from a social and material perspective the production and circulation of books in the Jewish life in Buenos Aires, as a key aspect of its cultural history. The text identifies and explores the role undertaken by bookstores, libraries, cultural centers, book fairs, publishing and printing presses in the shaping of the Jewish book world of Buenos Aires between 1910 and 1960. Through the localization of these actors in a map of the city of Buenos Aires, the article studies and proposes a hypothesis to think the relationship between social and cultural life and urban space.

Dengue Virus 1 Outbreak in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016.

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Tittarelli, Estefanía; Lusso, Silvina B; Goya, Stephanie; Rojo, Gabriel L; Natale, Mónica I; Viegas, Mariana; Mistchenko, Alicia S; Valinotto, Laura E

2017-10-01

The largest outbreak of dengue in Buenos Aires, Argentina, occurred during 2016. Phylogenetic, phylodynamic, and phylogeographic analyses of 82 samples from dengue patients revealed co-circulation of 2 genotype V dengue virus lineages, suggesting that this virus has become endemic to the Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

Tipo de Cambio Real entre Córdoba y Buenos Aires

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Federico Fawaz

2017-09-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este trabajo es estudiar las diferencias en la estructura de precios entre Córdoba y Buenos Aires. En términos generales, el costo de vida más alto en Buenos Aires que en el interior del país. Debido a la alta integración de los mercados regionales nacionales, los bienes transables no presentan grandes discrepancias de precios, las cuales sí se observan en los bienes no transables. Los términos de intercambio y las diferencias de productividad entre regiones, a través de su impacto en los salarios relativos, se destacan como el principal determinante del Tipo de Cambio Real. Aunque en menor medida, las asimetrías en las políticas públicas y las diferencias en las densidades de población, también tienen un impacto sobre la estructura regional de precios.Clasificación JEL: R10.Palabras clave: Tipo de Cambio Real, Mercados Regionales, Córdoba, Buenos Aires. Real Exchange Rate between Cordoba and Buenos Aires AbstractThe objective of this work is to study the differences in the price structure between Córdoba and Buenos Aires. In general terms, the higher cost of living in Buenos Aires than in the interior of the country. Due to the high integration of national regional markets, tradable goods do not present major price discrepancies, which are observed in nontradables. The terms of trade and productivity differences between regions, through their impact on relative wages, stand out as the main determinant of the Real Exchange Rate. To a lesser extent, asymmetries in public policies and differences in population densities also have an impact on the regional price structure.JEL Classification: R10Keywords: Real Exchange Rate, Regional Markets, Cordoba, Buenos Aires.

The Gap in Knowledge of Clinical Practice Guidelines by Mental Health Residents in Buenos Aires (Argentina

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Javier Fabrissin

2014-05-01

Full Text Available The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate if the residents of psychiatry and clinical psychology from the city of Buenos Aires knew any of the existing mental health Clinical Practice and Treatment Guidelines (CPTGs. We asked residents their opinion about CPTGs and, also, if they followed their recommendations in clinical practice. We asked 59 mental health residents (28 physicians and 29 psychologists with different years of clinical training to fill a questionnaire to know their opinion about CPTGs and also if they follow the CPTG recommendations in their clinical practice. We found that 79.31% of residents did not know any CPTG. Eighty percent of the residents who did know any CPTG have a positive opinion about CPTGs. Finally, the American Psychiatric Association Guidelines were the most known CPTGs. The authors emphasize the need for a clinical guidelines diffusion policy in Buenos Aires city and particularly as a clinical and training resource for mental health residents.

Estacionamiento subterráneo en Buenos Aires República Argentina

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Editorial, Equipo

1980-04-01

Full Text Available The 370 car-stall, 4-level longitudinal type car park was a promotion of the Buenos Aires City Council and was built under Avenida de Córdoba in the Argentinean Capital. The facility is provided with the most sophisticated fire prevention systems, automatic sign systems, vehicle counting equipment to know at any one moment how many are present, public restrooms, locker rooms for the staff, forced ventilation, etc. The structure is formed by a peripheral retention wall, rolled steel columns, and ribbed reinforced concrete slabs in floors and ramps.

Promovido por la Municipalidad de la ciudad de Buenos Aires se ha construido, en la Avenida de Córdoba de la capital argentina, un estacionamiento de tipo longitudinal con capacidad para 370 plazas, distribuidas en cuatro plantas, dotado de todos los modernos sistemas contra incendios, sistemas automáticos de señalización y contabilización de vehículos en cada momento, aseos públicos, vestuarios para personal, ventilación, etc. La estructura está constituida por muros pantalla perimetrales, pilares de acero laminado y losas aligeradas de hormigón armado en rampas y forjados.

Negros y pardos en Buenos Aires, 1811-1860

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Rosal, Miguel Ángel

1994-06-01

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El presente es un sucinto estudio sobre diversos aspectos relacionados con la esclavitud en Buenos Aires durante el período independiente y hasta su total extinción. En ese sentido analizaremos: 1 Los hitos del proceso abolicionista (y los retrocesos que sufrió el mismo. 2 La compraventa de esclavos y las cartas de libertad. 3 Los afroporteños propietarios (tanto de inmuebles como de esclavos. 4 Las "naciones africanas". 5 La esclavitud en la secesionista Buenos Aires de 1853 a 1860. El análisis de algunos de estos temas nos permitirá hacer comparaciones con la situación del negro porteño durante la época hispánica, sobre la cual hemos realizado una tesis doctoral titulada "Negros y pardos en Buenos Aires (1750-1820" y publicado algunos artículos en diversas revistas especializadas.

Neorickettsia risticii, Rickettsia sp. and Bartonella sp. in Tadarida brasiliensis bats from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Cicuttin, Gabriel L; De Salvo, María N; La Rosa, Isabel; Dohmen, Federico E Gury

2017-06-01

Bats are potential reservoirs of many vector-borne bacterial pathogens. The aim of the present study was to detect species of Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Neorickettsia, Rickettsia, Borrelia and Bartonella in Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis, Molossidae) from Buenos Aires city, Argentina. Between 2012 and 2013, 61 T. brasiliensis from urban areas of Buenos Aires city were studied. The samples were molecularly screened by PCR and sequencing. Five bats (8.2%) were positive to Neorickettsia risticii, one (1.6%) was positive to Rickettsia sp. and three bats (4.9%) to Bartonella sp. For molecular characterization, the positive samples were subjected to amplification and sequencing of a fragment of p51 gene for N. risticii, a fragment of citrate synthase gene (gltA) for Rickettsia genus and a fragment of gltA for Bartonella genus. Phylogenetic tree was constructed using the maximum-likelihood method. Phylogenetic analysis of N. risticii detect in our study revealed that it relates to findings in the USA West Coast; Rickettsia sp. detected is phylogenetically within R. bellii group, which also includes many other Rickettsia endosymbionts of insects; and Bartonella sp. found is related to various Bartonella spp. described in Vespertilionidae bats, which are phylogenetically related to Molossidae. Our results are in accordance to previous findings, which demonstrate that insectivorous bats could be infected with vector-borne bacteria representing a potential risk to public health. Future research is necessary to clarify the circulation of these pathogens in bats from Buenos Aires. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Comunidades de insectos acuáticos de charcos temporarios y lagunas en la ciudad de Buenos Aires (Argentina Aquatic insect communities of temporary pools and permanent ponds in Buenos Aires City (Argentina

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María S. Fontanarrosa

2004-12-01

Full Text Available Se realizó un estudio comparativo de la comunidad de insectos acuáticos presente en charcos temporarios de parques y plazas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, y en lagunas permanentes de la Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur, situada en la ribera del Río de la Plata. Se revisaron 3436 charcos y se visitaron, en 149 oportunidades, seis lagunas de la reserva. Para el conjunto de ambientes, se registraron 85 taxones pertenecientes a cinco órdenes de insectos. Los coleópteros fueron los más diversos (36 taxones, seguidos por los dípteros (27, heterópteros (17, odonatos (4 y efemerópteros (1. Se observaron altos valores de riqueza en los charcos temporarios (58 taxones y las lagunas sin vegetación flotante (64 taxones. La diversidad estimada de los charcos temporarios fue significativamente (pWe studied the community of aquatic insects inhabiting both temporary pools and permanent ponds occuring in Buenos Aires City. A total of 3436 rain pools were examined, and six permanent ponds at the "Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur" in the Río de la Plata riverside were visited 149 times. A total of 85 taxa were recorded from both habitats, included in five orders of Insecta. The order Coleoptera showed the highest diversity values (36 taxa, followed by Diptera (27, Heteroptera (17, Odonata (4, and Ephemeroptera (1. High values of richness were observed in temporary pools (58 taxa and permanent ponds without floating vegetation (64 taxa. The diversity index for temporary ponds was significantly (p<0,05 lower than in permanent habitats.

Clubes de fútbol y desarrollo urbano en el siglo XX de Buenos Aires

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Mariano Gruschetsky

2015-07-01

Full Text Available Resumen El artículo muestra la estrecha relación que ha existido entre los clubes de fútbol, los poderes públicos y el desarrollo urbano de la ciudad de Buenos Aires durante el siglo XX. Se presentarán las principales ideas e hipótesis generadas por diversos trabajos de investigación desarrollados en los últimos cinco años, los cuales dan cuenta del rol central jugado por los clubes en la conformación y expansión de la ciudad, tanto en lo que respecta al plano territorial como en el que remite a la constitución de identidades. Abstract The article proposes to illuminate the close relationship that has existed between football clubs, public officials, and urban development in the city of Buenos Aires in the 20th century. It presents the principal ideas and hypotheses generated by various research projects conducted in the last five years. These investigations reveal the central role played by clubs in the shaping and expansion of the city in a territorial sense as well as in the construction of identities.

Private cities of the 21st century. New strategies of the real estate in the metropolitan periphery of Buenos Aires / Ciudades privadas del siglo XXI. Nuevas estrategias del mercado inmobiliario en la periferia metropolitana de Buenos Aires

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Sonia Vidal-Koppmann

2012-09-01

Full Text Available From the perspective of urbanism, the beginning of the twenty-first century in the metropolitan region of Buenos Aires has been characterized for the emergence of large-scale projects developed by private actors. Among them stand out private cities and commercial and services areas, called new centralities. Both urban designs are in close connection and require effective mobility conditions for its concretion. The intervention of private agents has impacted in the territorial transformations, creating a "parallel urban system" in the region, oriented towards attracting residents with a high socio-economic status. However, the traditional network of cities has not disappeared and, with the juxtaposition of this new system of private urbanism, it deepened the conditions of spatial fragmentation and social segregation. Desde la perspectiva del urbanismo, el comienzo del siglo XXI se caracteriza por la aparición en la región metropolitana de Buenos Aires, de proyectos de gran envergadura desarrollados por agentes privados. Entre ellos sobresalen las ciudades privadas y las áreas comerciales y de servicios, denominadas nuevas centralidades. Ambos diseños urbanos se mantienen en estrecha relación y requieren de eficaces condiciones de movilidad para su concreción y para su exitoso funcionamiento. La intervención de los agentes privados ha impactado en las transformaciones territoriales, creando un “sistema urbano paralelo” en la región, orientado a la captación de residentes con un alto nivel socio-económico. No obstante, la red de ciudades pre-existente no ha desaparecido y con la yuxtaposición de este nuevo sistema de urbanismo privado, se profundizan las condiciones de fragmentación espacial y de segregación social.

Buenos Aires: The Unattainable Energy Transition of a Fragmented Metropolis

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Prevot-Schapira, Marie-France; Velut, Sebastien

2013-01-01

The case of Buenos Aires (13 million inhabitants) exemplifies the evolution of energy supply and distribution in a developing metropolis characterized by the growth of consumption, spatial extension and social contrasts. After the 2001 economic and political crisis, the energy sectors underwent a major reorganization. For the city this meant growing state intervention in energy supply, private firms and the fixing of energy prices. The resulting evolution does not meet the criteria of energy transition as conceived in Europe, but it highlights the weight of the federal government upon a fragmented metropolis where local actors struggle to find their own spaces of action

Megacity and country emissions from combustion sources-Buenos Aires-Argentina

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Dawidowski, L.; Gomez, D.; Matranga, M.; D'Angiola, A.; Oreggioni, G.

2010-12-01

Historic time series (1970-2006) emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants arising from stationary and mobile combustion sources were estimated at national level for Argentina and at regional level for the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires (MABA). All emissions were estimated using a bottom-up approach following the IPCC good practice guidance. For mobile sources, national emissions include all transport categories. Regional emissions account thus far only for on-road. For national emissions, methodologies and guidance by the IPCC were employed, applying the highest possible tier and using: i)country-specific emission factors for carbon and sulphur and technology-based information for other species, ii)activity data from energy balance series (1970-2007), and iii)complementary information concerning the non-energy use of fuels. Regional emissions in 2006 were estimated in-depth using a technology-based approach for the city of Buenos Aires (CBA) and the 24 neighboring districts composing the MABA. A regional emissions factors database was developed to better characterize Latin American fleets and driving conditions employing COPERT III-IV algorithms and emission factors measured in dynamometers and circulating vehicles in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia. Past emissions were back estimated from 2005 to 1970 using the best available information, which differs greatly among categories, spatial disaggregation and time periods. The time series of stationary and mobile combustion sources at the national and regional level allowed the identification of distinct patterns. National greenhouse gas emissions in 2006 amounted to ~ 150 million ton CO2-equivalent, 70% of which were contributed by stationary sources. On-road transport was the major contributor within mobile sources (28.1 %). The increasing emissions trends are dominated by on-road transport, agriculture and residential categories while the variability is largely associated with energy industries

“Multimity”: intimate performances from adolescents of Buenos Aires in Facebook

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Joaquín Linne

2016-05-01

Full Text Available This article discusses the intimate performances that display adolescents of the City of Buenos Aires through the social network Facebook. The methodology consists of a mixed ethnography: first, conducting content analysis of thirty in-depth interviews with adolescents of the universe of study and also face-to-face and virtual observations. Among the results, daily performances that publish everyday adolescents are described and the concept multimity (“multimidad” is proposed to account for the ways in which they build and share their privacy in the digital platform.

Aquatic insect assemblages of man-made permanent ponds, Buenos Aires city, Argentina.

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Fontanarrosa, M S; Collantes, M B; Bachmann, A O

2013-02-01

Freshwater habitats are important elements within urban green space and they are endangered by various types of human activity. With the aim to increase the knowledge about species biodiversity in urban ecosystems, we characterised the assemblages of aquatic insects in four permanent man-made ponds in Buenos Aires city (Argentina) during a 1-year period. We recorded 32 species with Sigara spp. (Hemiptera) as the most abundant. The removal of aquatic vegetation from the studied ponds may have affected both the establishment and permanence of the insect community. Swimmers were the dominant group in the studied sites, followed by burrowers and sprawlers, and only a few strictly climbers were collected. Therefore, all sampled ponds were dominated by collectors (principally gatherers), secondarily by predators and only few shredders were detected, which was much affected by the removal of macrophytes. Non-parametric abundance indexes estimated a number of species very close to the observed number in each site. Conversely, the incidence indexes estimated more species because there were many more taxa present only in one sample than those represented by few individual in a sample. Our data provides some insights on the community of man-made ponds that can improve the management of these aquatic urban habitats. Considering that macrophytes affect animal assemblages due to their role as physical structures that increase the complexity or heterogeneity of habitats, they should not be removed by authorities in order to promote biodiversity.

Neoliberal policies and urban reconfigurations. Victoria, San Fernando, province of Buenos Aires, a city understood from theory

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Laura Ester Donadío

2016-07-01

Full Text Available This article aims to explain from a theoretical conceptual approach the particularities that exist in Victoria, San Fernando, Buenos Aires, from its urban production. Through a series of field works, semi-structured interviews and observations, it was possible to perceive that in this locality, there are three logics of city production, market, state and necessity, according to Abramo, P. (2002. The post-development cities of Latin America, a space in which constant tensions are generated that alter the harmonious development of daily life and the interaction of those who inhabit the area. On the other hand, it is also perceived that the inhabitants naturalize that way of life, their spatial disposition, the progressive privatization of public areas and the proliferation of closed housing estates. Here is a quote that we have heard repeatedly in interviews with the neighbors: "No one in Victoria gives a ball to anyone." At the moment of understanding Victoria from the theory, we take into account such concepts as the "heterotopy" of Foucault M. (1967 - understood as the juxtaposition of spaces that would be incompatible -the term "com-fusa city" (Abramo P. - as an urban structure that interweaves two traditional models (the Mediterranean compact and the Anglo-Saxon diffused, the notion of "privatopia" by I.Rodriguez Chumillas (2005 and E. Mckenzie (1994 as private spatial consolidation, and finally the concepts: informative and dual cities of R Castells (1995 terms that emerge from the process of globalization, which may be useful to think about the reality of Victoria .

Mining and social conflict in the province of Buenos Aires

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Agustina Girado

2013-11-01

Full Text Available The effects of extractive mining-exporter model, developed in Argentina in the light of neoliberal policies in the 1990s, is resisted by different local communities, who question both hegemonic narratives neo-development speech, as the existing governmental and business representations regarding the use and exploitation of the territory and environment. From a socio-anthropological perspective this article reflects on the social conflict generated in two middle-sized cities of the province of Buenos Aires (Tandil and Olavarría in relation to the canteril exploitation of Tandilia´s mountain system. At the same time, it allows the debate about the differential place of the environment, specifically the mountains, which occupies in different city projects and, for the other one, on specific linkages and relations among global processes, the positioning of national governments and local resistance.

Leisure Coast City : A comparative history of the urban leisure waterfront. Barcelona. Chicago. Buenos Aires. 1870-1930

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Martire, A.

2008-01-01

*** NOTIFICATION *** With reference to this thesis, I express my debt to Dr. Sonia Berjman’s numerous and pioneer publications on Buenos Aires landscape history, which were not only inspiring but also the basis of my analysis of Courtois, Bouvard, Thays, Carrasco brothers, Forestier and other

Vivienda unifamiliar, en Buenos Aires (Argentina

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Bonomi, Jorge L. A.

1968-04-01

Full Text Available This single family house is situated on the Monte Grande plains, near Buenos Aires. Traditional materials were employed: brick, timber and ceramic special elements, but their use was consistent with a modem design. For the aesthetic composition, both indoors and out of doors, the architect has made careful use of the «plastic forms» provided by the roof and the colour.En la construcción de esta vivienda unifamiliar, situada en las llanuras de Monte Grande, cerca de Buenos Aires, fueron empleados materiales tradicionales: ladrillo, madera, y elementos cerámicos, pero dispuestos de tal forma que se adaptan adecuadamente a las técnicas modernas. Para la composición estética, tanto de interiores como de exteriores, el arquitecto ha jugado acertadamente con las «formas plásticas» de la cubierta, y el color.

The 18. World energy congress in Buenos Aires

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Boiteux, M.; Bellec, G.

2001-01-01

The World Energy Council held its 18. congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 21 to 25 October 2001 on the theme: 'Energy markets: challenges of the new millennium'. Despite recent events, 3 sitting Heads of State, 25 ministers, around 3,000 delegates from 99 countries and numerous company managers took part in the congress. During the congress closing ceremony on 25 October, the World Energy Prize was awarded to Mr Marcel Boiteux, honorary president of WEC and EDF. In this paper, we publish the speech Mr. Boiteux pronounced during the congress as well as the tribute paid by French Energy Council President Mr. Ailleret. Our readers will also find the congress conclusions and recommendations as well as Gilles Bellec's impressions after the congress. On 13 December, the French Energy Council organised a conference in Paris to discuss the results of the Buenos Aires congress. We publish the conclusions hereafter, which have taken the form of a round table called 'What have we remembered about the Buenos Aires congress ?'. The half-day presentation of the congress works will be published in the French Energy Congress' next letter, due in February 2002. (authors)

Brucelosis canina en perros de la ciudad de Buenos Aires Canine brucellosis in dogs in the city of Buenos Aires

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Eduardo Boeri

2008-08-01

8 areas of the city of Buenos Aires. We studied 219 dogs: 184 females and 35 males, that tested negative to the buffered plate antigen test (BPAT, which ruled out infection with smooth species of Brucella. We detected anti-B. canis antibodies in 16 dogs (7.3%: 9 females and 7 males, relevant data since the urine of males is considered one of the vectors for the spread of the infection. Although we could run blood cultures on only 175 animals, we isolated B. canis in 3 (2 females and 1 male. Only 3 of the owners of dogs that tested positive consented to a serological diagnosis and two of them were positive. We highlight that the agar gel immunodiffusion test (IGID proved to have low sensitivity, having detected only one of the 16 positive cases and none of the three confirmed by isolation. We conclude that in the areas studied, the detection of serologically positive dogs and the isolation of B. canis in 3 cases are indicators of the health hazard for the population exposed to it.

A SPRING IN BUENOS AIRES: our experience reporting

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Rosemberg Ferracini

2012-06-01

Full Text Available ABSTRACT: The objective of this paper is to present the activities developed in a stage during four months in 2009, in Buenos Aires. It was possible owing a selection process by Programa Red Macro para Universidades de América Latina y Caribe. This stage took place under the supervision by Ph.D. Perla Zusmán, from Buenos Aires University – UBA, with a schedule based on studies previously built in Brazil. The set of work has been with a Spanish language course, with a participation in study group meetings regarding geographical thinking history, with teaching and methodology search, with a presentation and publication of our reflections in scientific events. We believe that the following report may contribute to new dialogues and to manage new ways. RESUMEN: El objetivo de este trabajo es presentear las actividades desarroladas durante la etapa de cuatro meses em Buenos Aires em 2009. Esto fue posible debido a um processo de seleción para el programa de becas para las universidade de Sud de América y el Caribe. Nuestro escenario se llevó a cabo bajo la direción del Professor Phd, Perla Zusmán de la Universidad de Buenos AiresUBA. Para ella, hemos seguido um programa de estúdio basado em la literatura previamente construída em Brasil. Entre el conjunto de trabajo ha sido el curso de castellano, la participación em las reuniones del grupos de estúdio en la historia de pensamiento de la geografia, la educación y la metodologia de la investigación y publicación de eventos científicos de nuestras reflexiones. RESUMO: O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar as atividades desenvolvidas durante o estágio de quatro meses na Universidade de Buenos Aires - UBA no ano de 2009. Esse fato foi possível devido a uma seleção no programa de bolsa de estudos da Universidade da América do Sul e Caribe. Nosso programa de trabalho seguiu a orientação da professora Dra. Perla Zusman. Entre o conjunto de atividades participamos de reuniões no

High prevalence of syphilis-HIV co-infection at four hospitals of the City of Buenos Aires: Argentina Alta prevalencia de co-infección sífilis-VIH en cuatro hospitales de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires: Argentina

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G. Griemberg

2006-09-01

Full Text Available A cross-sectional anonymous study of 261 STD (sexually transmitted diseases outpatients and 288 outpatients from other hospital departments was conducted at four major city hospitals in Buenos Aires. High prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (14.5% and syphilis (30.2% was noted. Fifty-two persons were diagnosed with both HIV and syphilis. Of the 87 HIV cases observed, 52 (59.7% were co-infected with syphilis. Stratified analysis by gender showed that the prevalence of HIV, syphilis and HIV/syphilis co-infection was significantly (pSe realizó un estudio transversal no vinculante entre pacientes ambulatorios de cuatro grandes hospitales de Buenos Aires, 261 provenían de consultorios de enfermedades de transmisión sexual (ETS y 288 de otros servicios. Se observó una alta prevalencia del virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH (14,5% y sífilis (30,2%. En cincuenta y dos pacientes se diagnosticaron ambas infecciones. De los 87 casos VIH, 52 (59,7% estaban coinfectados con sífilis. El análisis estratificado por sexo demostró que la prevalencia de VIH, sífilis y coinfección VIH/sífilis fue significativamente (p<0,001 más alta en hombres que en mujeres (VIH: 20,1% vs. 4,6%; sífilis: 39,3% vs. 17,4%; coinfección: 13,6% vs. 1,7%. En la Argentina se requieren programas integrados de intervención VIH/ETS y una más efectiva vigilancia epidemiológica.

A palace for astronomy in Buenos Aires

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Gangui, Alejandro

2011-06-01

In no other epoch of Western history like in the Middle Ages, cosmology was so key an element of culture and, one way or another, the motion of the heavens ended up impregnating the literature of that time. Among the most noteworthy poets we find Dante Alighieri, who became famous for his Commedia, a monumental poem written roughly between 1307 and his death in 1321, and which the critics from 16th century onwards dubbed Divina. In this and other works, Dante pictures the cosmic image for the world, summing up the current trends of Neoplatonic and Islamic traditions. The Barolo Palace in the city of Buenos Aires is a singular combination of both astronomy and the worldview displayed in Dante's poetic masterpiece. Some links of the Palace's main architectural structure with the three realms of the Comedy have been studied in the past. In this note we consider its unique astronomical flavor, an issue which has not been sufficiently emphasized yet.

Common uses of Facebook among adolescents from different social sectors in Buenos Aires city

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Linne, Joaquín

2014-01-01

En este artículo se abordan los usos comunes que realizan los adolescentes de la ciudad de Buenos Aires en la plataforma Facebook. A partir de la revisión del estado de la cuestión y de la evidencia empírica recogida en 30 entrevistas en profundidad, 24 meses de observaciones virtuales diarias y el análisis de contenido de 200 perfiles de Facebook, se muestra que para ambos grupos de adolescentes la red social es su entorno central de entretenimiento y comunicabilidad. A su vez, que ...

Milicias y tropas negras de Buenos Aires. Afro argentinos armados para defender a sus amos

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Marta Beatriz Golberg

2003-12-01

Full Text Available The city of Buenos Aires was founded, for the second time 1580 essentially as an outpost of the Spanish Empire to be protected from Indian attacks and possible foreign incursion, basically Portuguese in origin. Thus, from the beginnings of the city's founding, African slaves were used for the defense of the city. They acted in the urban militias, and were outstanding in the defense and re-conquest of the city when the English attacked in 1806- 1807. Innumerable prizes and eulogies were followed by integration of segregated divisions with a white officer corps.After 1813, a series of decrees ordered owners to exchange slaves for use in the Wars of Independence. Thus, property owners were obliged to sell to the State a number of their slaves according to the work performed by the slaves. The slaves would enter the armies as free persons and would serve five years as 'front line" soldiers in order to obtain their freedom. This article studies the participation of the Afro-Argentines in the distinct 'fronts" of the armies of liberation. The paper also reflects on the opinions of the generals who commanded Afro-Argentine troops.//La ciudad de Buenos Aires fue fundada, por segunda vez, en 1580 esencialmente como un puesto de avanzada para que los españoles se protegieran de los indígenas y de una posible incursión extranjera de origen portugués. Por lo tanto desde la fundación de la ciudad los esclavos africanos fueron empleados para su defensa. Los esclavos actuaban en milicias urbanas y sus acciones fueron decisivas para la defensa y reconquista de Buenos Aires cuando los ingleses la atacaron en 1806-1807. Innumerables premios y elogios fueron seguidos por la integración de las divisiones separadas, con un cuerpo de oficiales blancos. Después de 1813, una serie de decretos ordenaba a los dueños entregar a sus esclavos para las guerras de Independencia . De esta manera los esclavos entraron al ejército como personas libres y debían servir

Las sombras de la política sanitaria durante el peronismo: Los brotes epidémicos en Buenos Aires

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Ramacciotti, Karina Inés

2006-12-01

Full Text Available This article examines the social and political consequences brought on by the emergence of bubonic plague, smallpox, and poliomyelitis in the city of Buenos Aires during the Peronist decade. The different strategies used to limit the political impact of these diseases changed the direction of public health policy and modified the governmental agendas.

Este artículo revisará las consecuencias sociales y políticas que trajo el surgimiento de la peste bubónica, la viruela y la poliomielitis en la ciudad de Buenos Aires durante la década peronista. Las diferentes estrategias utilizadas para limitar el impacto político de estas enfermedades generaron cambios de rumbos en la política sanitaria y modificaciones en las agendas gubernamentales.

El uso de la televisión en comunidades educativas.: Estudio cualitativo en Buenos Aires, Argentina 0 uso da televisão em comunidades educativas: Estudo qualitativo em Buenos Aires, Argentina The Use of Television in Educational Communities: A Qualitative Study in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Patricia Nigro

2011-04-01

Full Text Available Se presentan los resultados de un estudio acerca del uso de la televisión en las comunidades educativas de escuelas primarias de clase media de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Los objetivos fueron: describir las relaciones que surgen cuando se dialoga con padres, docentes y alumnos acerca de qué es la televisión y cómo la utilizan los niños de la clase media porteña. El método empleado fue el cualitativo. Se realizaron 63 entrevistas profundas, a docentes, padres y alumnos de cuarto y quinto grados (de 9 y 10 años, y posteriormente se categorizaron las respuestas para su análisis. Entre las conclusiones se encontró que los educadores (padres y maestros no pueden ponerse de acuerdo sobre cuáles son las influencias educativas de la televisión en los niños; que los padres sienten que son responsables de los consumos mediáticos de sus hijos, y que los niños consumen gran cantidad de programas para adultos.Este artigo apresenta os resultados de um estudo sobre o uso da televisão nas comunidades educativas de escolas de ensino de primeiro grau da classe média na cidade de Buenos Aires. Os objetivos foram descrever as relações que surgem ao dialogar com pais, professores e alunos sobre o que é televisão e como a utilizam as crianças de classe média de Buenos Aires. O método foi qualitativo. Foram realizadas 63 entrevistas em profundidade a professores, pais e alunos de quarto e quinto garus (9 e 10 anos. As respostas foram categorizadas para análise. Entre os resultados verificou-se que os educadores (pais e professores não pode concordar em quais são as influências educativas da televisão sobre as crianças; os pais sentem que são responsáveis pelo consumo mediático de seus filhos; as crianças consomem grandes quantidades de programas para adultos.The results of a study on the use of television in the educational communities of middle-class elementary schools in the city of Buenos Aires are presented in this article. The

[Past and present of Medicina (Buenos Aires)].

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Pasqualini, C D; Kotsias, B A

2000-01-01

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Medicina (Buenos Aires) an International Symposium was held at the National Academy of Medicine of Buenos Aires on the 6-7th of October 1999, under the title of Clinical investigation in the next millennium. This meeting was a success as evidenced by the 376 registered attendants. Sixty years of uninterrupted publication is an uncommon feat in our midst and this could be achieved on the basis of a number of factors which include, the initiative of those who founded the journal, the unfailing motivation and dedication of the Editorial Board and primarily the authors who have trusted us with their manuscripts. Of the many important papers published, we have selected a few which proved to be milestones in the development of Argentine biomedicine. It is to be hoped that the future will bring an increase in our impact index through more and even better papers eventually reflecting the authentic scientific value of our country.

Parque Mujeres Argentinas: Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Vila,Marcelo; Sebastián,Adrián; Vila,Javier

2010-01-01

Se plantea la creación de este parque como una operación paisajística sobre Buenos Aires, en una zona de reciente rehabilitación. Por su escala y localización se transforma en el parque que vincula y amarra la ciudad con el río, generando espacios de encuentro masivo y zonas de contención.

Turismo urbano en contexto metropolitano: Tigre como destino turístico en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Argentina

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Rodolfo V. Bertoncello

2016-08-01

Full Text Available This article addresses the issue of the city as tourist destination, specifically in relation to metropolitan configurations and dynamics. The article analyzes a tourist destination -the town of Tigreas part of the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires and its incorporation into the so called “Buenos Aires tourist destination”. The role of the tourist resort in the metropolitan context is analyzed beginning with the recognition of the paucity of studies on the subject at this scale. The article focuses on the analysis of the processes that lead to the establishing of the town as a tourist destination, assuming that this character is the result of specific actions to adapt the locality to tourist requirements. This focus questions the widespread approaches that assume the “tourist vocation” of localities as natural.

de residuos. Buenos Aires, 2002-2003

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Verónica Paiva

2006-01-01

Full Text Available El artículo aborda la problemática de la gestión de los residuos sólidos domiciliarios de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Dicha gestión está regulada por un marco jurídico muy antiguo que impide la recuperación o el reciclaje en casi todas las fases del circuito de recolección, transporte y disposición final. En forma paralela a la gestión oficial, se ha extendido una vía de recolección y recuperación informal, que ha llevado a cabo algunas personas pertenecientes a los sectores más pobres de nuestra sociedad, quienes encuentran en la venta de los residuos recuperados un camino para su supervivencia diaria. En el presente artículo describimos las características de este circuito informal en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, las rutas, calles, horarios y tipos de residuos recogidos, y analizamos el fenómeno no solamente como una manifiestación de la pobreza, sino como un camino alternativo para la recolección diferenciada de los residuos sólidos de la ciudad.

Control of Aedes aegypti with temephos in a Buenos Aires cemetery, Argentina Control de Aedes aegypti con temefós en un cementerio de Buenos Aires, Argentina Controle de Aedes aegypti com temefós em cemitério de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Darío Vezzani

2004-10-01

Full Text Available The efficacy of a larvicide, temephos, for controlling Ae. aegypti was evaluated in a cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Breeding sites decreased from 18.4% in the first study period (Nov 1998 to May 1999, without temephos to 2.2% in the second period (Nov 1999 to May 2000, two applications, and to 0.05% in the third one (Nov 2000 to May 2001, five applications. Ovitraps with eggs decreased from 17% in the first period to 5.8% in the second period, and to 2.9% in the third one. Results suggest that, in Buenos Aires, Ae. aegypti populations are highly susceptible to temephos. It is recommended to limit the use of temephos to prevent potential epidemics rather than for routine control.Se evaluó la eficacia de un larvicida, temefós, para controlar Ae. aegypti en un cementerio de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Los criaderos descendieron de 18,4% en el primer periodo de estudio (Nov 1998 a May 1999, sin temefos a 2,2% en el segundo (Nov 1999 a May 2000, dos aplicaciones, y a 0,05% en el tercero (Nov 2000 a May 2001, cinco aplicaciones. Las ovitrampas con huevos disminuyeron de 17% en el primer periodo a 5,8% en el segundo, y a 2,9% en el tercero. Los resultados sugieren que, en Buenos Aires, las poblaciones de Ae. aegypti son altamente susceptibles al temefós. Es recomendable limitar su uso para prevenir eventuales epidemias y no para el control rutinario.Avaliou-se a eficácia de um larvicida, temefós, para controlar Ae. aegypti em um cemitério de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Os criadouros reduziram de 18,4% no primeiro período de estudo (nov de 1998 a maio de 1999, sem temefós para 2,2% no segundo (nov de 1999 a maio de 2000, duas aplicações, e para 0,05% no terceiro (nov de 2000 a maio de 2001, cinco aplicações. As. ovitrampas com ovos diminuíram de 17% no primeiro período para 5,8% no segundo e para 2,9% no terceiro. Os resultados sugerem que, em Buenos Aires, as populações de Ae. aegypti são altamente susceptíveis ao temefós. �

Body, sports and motor disability in the City of Buenos Aires. Tensions between the reproduction and the questioning of domination

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Carolina Ferrante

2013-07-01

Full Text Available This paper, which is based on the results of a qualitative investigation on the adapted sports in the City of Buenos Aires (1950-2010, analyses the ethos created by the practice of sports by persons with a motor disability. For that end, taking into account the sociological assumptions of Pierre Bourdieu, the author describes the bodily habits that are promoted by the practice of sports and that draw the disabled body valued within the field. On the basis of the empirical material gathered, escaping from the current readings that reduce the effects of the sports on the disability to the creation of an integrated citizen or to that of a hyper adapted super crip, the author submits that sports have an ambiguous effect on the domination of the persons with disability. Even if the promoted know-how challenge the hegemonic medical criterion, it also constitutes a strong imperative for a normalization that does not dispute the definition of a legitimate body.

Drums Cannot be Silenced: candombe and new activist ethos in the public space of Buenos Aires

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Eva Lamborghini

2017-08-01

Full Text Available In the past two decades, Buenos Aires has witnessed a surprising growth and popularity of Afro-Latin American cultural practices. Foremost among them, and most visible in the city’s public space, is Afro-Uruguayan candombe. Having spread beyond the Uruguayan immigrant community that contributed to its re-localization in the 1970s, it is nowadays widely part of the youth urban culture along the country. The paper discusses the re-significations following this vigorous development and how it intersects with other social processes of contemporary Argentine society. Focusing on the re-signification of candombe as “resistance”, as performed by a collective of drummers and dancers known as “Los Tambores No Callan” (Drums cannot be silenced, it highlights the connections they establish between this cultural practice and politics as social struggle. It suggests that this cultural practice is part of –and helps shape– new activist ethos in the public space of Buenos Aires, a historically alleged “White” and “European” city.

Mortes e crimes cometidos com armas de fogo na cidade autônoma de Buenos Aires, 2002 Firearm-related deaths and crime in the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, 2002

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Hugo Spinelli

2006-06-01

Full Text Available A violência se constitui em um dos problemas mais graves da América Latina. O uso de pequenas e leves armas de fogo é considerada a principal responsável por este fato. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi descobrir, a partir de dados do setor saúde, da justiça e da polícia, o número de mortes e crimes envolvendo armas de fogo ocorridos na cidade de Buenos Aires em 2002. Os dados sobre mortalidade e crimes foram obtidos dos Sistemas Nacionais de Estatísticas Vitais e Informação Criminal e os dados sobre apreensão de armas de fogo foram disponibilizados pela Polícia Federal. Utilizaram-se também dados de uma investigação anterior realizada por meio de entrevistas domiciliares a respeito de vitimização por armas de fogo. Durante o período ocorreram 1.304 mortes violentas, dos quais 23.7% corresponderam a mortes provocadas por armas de fogo. Dos 171 indiciamentos policiais por homicídio doloso, 60% haviam sido cometidos com armas de fogo. Das 2.108 pessoas entrevistadas, 6,7% haviam sido vítimas de um crime cometido com arma de fogo. Foram apreendidas 1.887 armas de fogo. A taxa de eventos violentos registrados foi maior nas delegacias da zona sudoeste da cidade, que se caracteriza por condições de vida mais precárias. O impacto da violência e sua relação com armas de fogo constitui-se em um tema relevante da agenda pública.Violence is one of the most serious challenges in Latin American societies. Possession and use of small arms and light weapons are considered to be among the main factors behind it. The aim of this paper is to describe deaths and crimes involving the use of a firearm in the City of Buenos Aires in 2002, focusing the health, justice and police sectors. Data on mortality and crimes were obtained from the National Systems for vital statistics and criminal information; data on firearm seizures were supplied by the Argentine Federal Police. Household interviews conducted for a previous research on firearm

Mortes e crimes cometidos com armas de fogo na Cidade Autônoma de Buenos Aires, 2002 Firearm-related deaths and crime in the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, 2002

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Spinelli Hugo

2006-01-01

Full Text Available Resumo A violência se constitui em um dos problemas mais graves da América Latina. O uso de pequenas e leves armas de fogo é considerado o principal responsável por esse fato. O objetivo do presente trabalhoé descobrir, a partir de dados do setor de saúde, justiça e polícia, o número de mortes e crimes envolvendo armas de fogo ocorridos na cidade de Buenos Aires, em 2002. Os dados sobre mortalidade e crimes foram obtidos dos Sistemas Nacionais de Estatísticas Vitais e Informação Criminal, e os dados sobre apreensão de armas de fogo foram disponibilizados pela Polícia Federal Argentina.Utilizaram-se também dados de uma investigação anterior, realizada por meio de entrevistas domiciliares a respeito de vitimização por armas de fogo. Durante o período, ocorreram 1.304 mortes violentas, das quais 23,7% foram provocadas por armas de fogo. Dos 171 indiciamentos policiais por homicídio doloso, 60% haviam sido cometidos com armas de fogo. Das 2.108 pessoas entrevistadas, 6,7% haviam sido vítimas de crimes cometidos com arma de fogo. Foram apreendidas 1.887 armas de fogo. A taxa de eventos violentos registrados foi maior nas delegacias da zona sudoeste da cidade, que se caracteriza por condições de vida mais precárias. O impacto da violência e sua relação com armas de fogo constituemse em um tema relevante da agenda pública.Abstract Violence is one of the most serious challenges in Latin American societies. Possession and use of small arms and light weapons are considered to be among the main factors behind it. The aim of this paper is to describe deaths and crimes involving the use of a firearm in the City of Buenos Aires in 2002, focusing the health, justice and police sectors. Data on mortality and crimes were obtained from the National Systems for vital statistics and criminal information; data on firearm seizures were supplied by the Argentine Federal Police. Household interviews conducted for a previous research on

Monitoring Pt and Rh in urban aerosols from Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Bocca, Beatrice; Caimi, Stefano; Caroli, Sergio [Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome (Italy); Smichowski, Patricia; Gomez, Dario [Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Unidad de Actividad Quimica, Centro Atomico Constituyentes, Av. Gral. Paz 1499, B1650KNA-San Martin, Pcia. de Buenos Aires (Argentina)

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Vehicular traffic is the main source of platinum group elements (PGEs) in highly populated urban areas like Buenos Aires where a traffic density of 1,500,000 vehicles day{sup -1} (corresponding to 7500 vehicles km{sup -2}) is estimated. Since there is no information on the levels of PGEs in Buenos Aires, a pilot study was undertaken to ascertain the amount of two major PGEs, namely Pt and Rh, in the atmosphere of this city. To this end, 49 samples of PM-10 particulate matter were collected during 7 days in seven representative sampling sites located downtown Buenos Aires and spread over an area of about 30 km{sup 2}. The collection of particulate matter was performed on ash-free glass-fiber filters using high volume samplers with PM-10 sampling heads. Filters loaded with the particulate matter were subjected to microwave (MW)-assisted acid digestion using a combination of HNO{sub 3}, HF and HClO{sub 4}. The resulting solutions were evaporated and then diluted with 0.1 mol l{sup -1} HCl. Analyses were performed by sector field inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (SF-ICP-MS) and special attention was paid to the control of mass interferences. Statistical analysis was performed on the experimental data obtained for the element concentrations taking also into account local meteorological data for the monitored period. The highest concentrations of Pt and Rh were detected at two sites (Hospital Aleman and Casa Rapallini) located in streets with traffic consisting mostly of passenger cars. The Pt content (in pg m{sup -3}) in airborne particulate matter was found to vary from 2.3 to 47.7, with a mean value of 12.9+/-7, and that of Rh from 0.3 to 16.8, with a mean value of 3.9+/-2.8. These concentrations are by far below the levels for which adverse health effects might be expected to occur, i.e., around 100 ng m{sup -3}. On the other hand, monitoring of PGEs should be carried out in a systematic fashion to detect possible dramatic increases from today

Unusual localization of an hydatid cyst: first reported case in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Claudia Irene Menghi

Full Text Available Hydatidosis is a parasitic infection caused by the tapeworm larva of Echinococcus spp. Its relevance lies in its wide distribution, great number of clinical cases and outstanding morbility. Hydatid infection of the orbit comprises far less than 1% of the total incidence. This is a case of a patient from Argentina complaining of a two-week evolution proptosis of the right eye. A microscopic examination revealed the presence of protoscolices of Echinococcus spp. in the fluid obtained during the surgical proceedings. The patient was treated with oral albendazole. To our knowledge, this is the first case of occular hydatidosis diagnosed in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

La ciudad visible y la ciudad invisible. El surgimiento de las casas tomadas en Buenos Aires

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Carman, María

2005-01-01

Full Text Available This article is intent on analizing the squatter phenomenon in the city of Buenos Aires since the return of the democratic government in 1983. I intend to focus on the reasons why squatters -unlike other precarious city inhabitants, such as the slumdwellers- become ignored by the government and are, at the same time, categorized on the basis of an aggregate of illegal factors. In fact, if this phenomenon has been regarded as such in the past years, it was due to an increasingly restrictive policy concerning this phenomenon, which was manifested not only in readily evicting strategies, but also in the dramatic lack of satisfactory housing policies for the aforementioned population.

[The Use of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination for Paediatric residents in the City of Buenos Aires].

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Hamui, Magalí; Ferreira, Juan Pablo; Paganini, Agustina; Torres, Fernando; Ossorio, María Fabiana; Yulitta, Horacio; Eiguchi, Kumiko; Ferrero, Fernando

2016-01-01

The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is considered the reference standard for competence evaluation, but its use in Latin America is limited. The City of Buenos Aires Government (CBAG) administers a Paediatric residency system that includes 400 residents distributed in 13 hospitals, sharing an admission system and education program. We aim to describe the experience of administering an OSCE for evaluating all the Paediatric residents of the CBAG. Descriptive study, including all paediatric residents of the CBAG, belonging to 13 hospitals (2 paediatric and 11 general), ending their first year of training. The OSCE included 10 stations. Eighty-five residents participated in the OSCE, and 88.2% (95% CI 79.7-93.5) passed the examination. There were no significant differences in the pass rate between residents from paediatric hospitals and from general hospitals (89.5 vs. 85.7%; OR=1.4; 95% CI 0.4-5.5; P=.8). In 2015, the OSCE was administered to all paediatric residents of the CBAG for the first time. This experience allowed identifying weaknesses in the education system, in order to develop strategies to overcome them. Copyright © 2016 Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

Criterios diagnósticos para la infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia felina y el virus de la leucemia felina en gatos domésticos de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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2016-01-01

A cross-sectional study was carried out on cats attending the Small Animal Hospital at the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires to assess the prevalence and associated risk factors of Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Blood samples from 255 cats with symptoms compatible with FIV or FeLV infection, collected between 2009 and 2013 were analyzed by serology (immunochromatography, IA) and by hem...

Global Market, Colonial Economies and Trade Corporations: The consulates at Guadalajara and Buenos Aires

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Antonio Ibarra

2013-04-01

Full Text Available This paper seeks to examine the global organization of two Spanish American colonial spaces during the era of free trade: the Hispanic North and Rio de la Plata. By studying the consular records on foreign trade, included in the derecho de avería records, I analyse how their economies were integrated into the circulation of silver, slaves, and imports. Moreover, I explain the institutional development of their trade communities, favored by the body of consulates in the cities of Guadalajara and Buenos Aires, viewed as institutional instruments of corporate negotiation, market administration, and interest organization against a backdrop of trade globalization.

¿Democracia Participativa en La Ciudad de Buenos Aires? Un análisis sobre el desempeño de los mecanismos de participación ciudadana

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Maria Laura Eberhardt

2015-06-01

Participatory Democracy in Buenos Aires? An analysis of the citizen participation mechanisms performance Abstract: The paper presents the results of the incorporation and functioning of participation mechanisms in Buenos Aires city since 1996 as a response of governments to the crisis of political representation. It seeks to understand the influence of these mechanisms on the local “impure” democracy as alternative and/or complementary channels to the traditional representative way for filing civil claims in instances of political decision making. The methodology combines a literature review, an analysis of documents and the study of the constitutional creation and legislative regulation of these mechanisms, with the count of instances of application and the selection of the most relevant cases. Finally, it performed a comparative study of those cases. In principle the findings highlight the number, variety and high regulation of these mechanisms in Buenos Aires, but then they show the poor empirical results obtained in terms of their contribution to the civic participation and to strengthening democratic. Key words: Crisis of Representation – Citizen participation - Semidirect mechanisms – Political will

Promoting Mental Health and Community Participation: A study on participatory arts practice, creativity and play in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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C. L. Bang

2015-07-01

Full Text Available The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze a participative health experience involving art, creativity and play, in articulation with the strategy of Comprehensive Primary Health Care focused on mental health. This experience is conducted by a network of institutions in Buenos Aires City.This is an exploratory and descriptive case study based on qualitative research methodologies. From an ethnographic perspective, the fieldwork revolved around interviews and participant observation records. The systematization process followed qualitative analysis content techniques. The outcomes describe a practice cored in intersectoral work, community participation, occupation of public space, creation of community gathering spaces and conformation of solidarity ties for addressing complex psychosocial issues. The main participatory processes focused on community organization and collective artistic creations are described. It is concluded that this experience shows great transforming potential, creating community conditions suitable for joint decision making on the health- illness care process itself.

Melanie Klein in Buenos Aires: beginnings and developments.

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Etchegoyen, R Horacio; Zysman, Samuel

2005-06-01

In the first decades of the 20th century, Freud was known and quoted in Latin America by an elite of enlightened minds. In the 1940s a convergence took place in Buenos Aires of European exiles with local pioneers, and thus the Argentine Psychoanalytical Association was founded in 1942. Since then psychoanalysis has grown steadily and has spread into hospitals and universities, influencing culture at large. The socioeconomic situation of that time permitted this phenomenon to develop, to the astonishment of observers. In this paper the authors study the strong influence of Kleinian thought during the first 30 years of this development. The original works of local thinkers constitute the intellectual capital that sustains the idea of an 'Argentine psychoanalytic school'. During the 1970s, both society and psychoanalysis endured deep and complex changes. Lacan's teachings gained support and Klein's influence began to decline. At present the Buenos Aires Kleinians keep working, while their relationship with Lacanians and other schools is calmer. Respectful discussions became thus possible, oriented to strictly scientific differences.

The school-family alliance within schooling borders in great Buenos Aires

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María Mercedes López

2006-01-01

Full Text Available The present paper has been written within the framework of a project called "Analysis of alternative experiences to tackle massive school failure in the surrounding urban areas of Buenos Aires". Two categories were considered relevant as a means to analyzing the complexity that characterises present-day state school institutions in the Great Buenos Aires area. The paper intends to reflect on the concept and meanings of border in social sciences, emphasizing its potential to better understand the practices that take place in state schools. The other category analysed is that of "school-family alliance", in order to understand its development during the last decades in view of the extreme poverty that permeates the area studied.

Asociacionismo y representación de intereses médicos en Buenos Aires, 1852-1880

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González Leandri, Ricardo

1998-12-01

Full Text Available This paper discusses the first medical associations in Buenos Aires, between 1852 and 1880. The main characteristic of the very first association, the Asociación Médica Bonaerense, was its ambivalent attitude in regards to doctor's and professor's elitism. Following the decline of this association, due to the creation of the Academia de Medicina de Buenos Aires, its more pugnacious facet was retaken by the Círculo Médico Argentino, who attempted to unite both students and young teacher's interests aims.

El presente artículo analiza el surgimiento de las primeras asociaciones médicas de Buenos Aires entre 1852 y 1880. La primera, la Asociación Médica Bonaerense, se caracterizó por su ambivalencia frente al elitismo de los catedráticos de la Facultad de Medicina. Tras su declive, consecuencia de la creación de la Academia de Medicina de Buenos Aires, el impulso asociativo fue retomado por el Círculo Médico Argentino, que recuperó su faceta más impugnadora e intentó aunar los intereses de estudiantes y profesores jóvenes.

Viral diagnostic criteria for Feline immunodeficiency virus and Feline leukemia virus infections in domestic cats from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Galdo Novo, Sabrina; Bucafusco, Danilo; Diaz, Leandro M; Bratanich, Ana Cristina

A cross-sectional study was carried out on cats attending the Small Animal Hospital at the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires to assess the prevalence and associated risk factors of Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Blood samples from 255 cats with symptoms compatible with FIV or FeLV infection, collected between 2009 and 2013 were analyzed by serology (immunochromatography, IA) and by hemi-nested PCR (n-PCR). The IA and n-PCR assays showed similar percentages of positivity for FIV while the n-PCR test was more sensitive for FeLV. Differences between the diagnostic tests and their choice according to the age of the animal are discussed. The clinical histories of ninety of the 255 cats showed blood profiles similar to others previously reported and revealed a higher risk of infection in male adult cats with outdoor access. Copyright © 2016 Asociación Argentina de Microbiología. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

Environmental justice and political recognition in Buenos Aires

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María Gabriela Merlinsky

2017-12-01

Full Text Available In Buenos Aires, at the areas more affected by water pollution, we observe a process of construction of claims in which different groups question the environmental inequality. In this article we focus on a case study that examines the characteristics of these mobilizations, their public presentation and the construction of collective action frames in terms of environmental justice.

El acceso a la ligadura de trompas de Falopio en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires: la maternidad responsable y saludable frente al derecho a decidir sobre el propio cuerpo

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Cynthia A. del Río Fortuna

2007-07-01

Full Text Available En un contexto de reconocimiento legal de los derechos sexuales y reproductivos en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, el acceso a la ligadura de trompas de Falopio (o ligadura tubaria constituye uno de los límites en cuanto al contenido y alcance efectivo de derechos que hacen particularmente a la ciudadanía de las mujeres. En este trabajo se analizan algunas actuaciones iniciadas entre los años 2000 y 2005 ante la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, por parte de ciudadanas/os que buscan acceder a la realización de esta práctica en los servicios sanitarios públicos de la ciudad. La revisión de los expedientes generados a lo largo de este circuito de demanda -a partir de las nociones de biopoder y biolegitimidad- permite identificar las lógicas con las que operan los diversos actores sociales en este campo particular de la política pública.Em um contexto de reconhecimento legal dos direitos sexuais e reprodutivos na cidade de Buenos Aires, o acesso á ligadura das trompas de Falopio (ou ligadura tubária constitui, á luz da análise, um dos limites enquanto ao conteúdo e efetivo alcance dos direitos que se referem particularmente á cidadania das mulheres. Neste trabalho são analisadas algumas atuações iniciadas entre os anos 2000 y 2005 por cidadãs/os perante a "Defensoria del Pueblo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires" (Órgão de Defesa Pública com a finalidade de possibilitar o acesso á realização dessa prática dentro dos serviços de saúde que são oferecidos á população. A revisão do trabalho gerado durante todo este circuito de demanda -a partir do conhecimento dos conceitos de biopoder e biolegitimidade- permite identificar a lógica utilizada pelos diversos atores sociais neste campo particular da política pública.In a context of legal recongnition of sexual and reproductive rights in the City of Buenos Aires , the access to tubal ligation effectively limits the contents and real reach of the rights

Comportamiento al margen de la ley: contrabando y sociedad en Buenos Aires en el siglo XVII *

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Macarena Perusset Veras

2007-06-01

Full Text Available Illicit Behavior: Smuggling and Society in Seventeenth-Century Buenos Aires ABSTRACTIn this work we look into the origins of illegal commerce to analyze how contraband was conducted in the port of Buenos Aires in the early seventeenth-century. To do this, we will analyze the political and economic context in which contraband arose and gained importance in order to reflect whether this economic practice -conducted by government officials, vecinos (official residents and settlers of the port of Buenos Aires- can be considered corrupt in the context of the period studied. We will situate the behavior of these social actors within an intertwined complex of political beliefs and ideologies, and conjunctures, to explain how a practice like colonial-era contraband has multiple, tightly related causes.

Destino Buenos Aires: tango-turismo sexual cinematografico

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Savigliano Marta E.

2005-01-01

Full Text Available Buenos Aires disfruta de un boom turístico internacional y el tango figura predominantemente entre los motivos de atracción. ?(spanishQué buscan los viajeros foráneos en la experiencia tanguera? ?(spanishCómo saben qué les puede brindar específicamente un tango y el mundo del tango en general? ?(spanishQué placeres les ofrece el tango? No conforme con explicaciones sobre el carácter trascendental y universal del arte, este artículo explora los recursos sofisticados empleados en la narrativa cinematográfica para transmitir la seducción tanguera en el marco del erotismo de la diferencia cultural. Con este fin se analizan películas de tango recientes (The Tango Lesson de Potter y Tango de Saura y del pasado (Gilda en las que, en la exótica locación de Buenos Aires, la alteridad cultural se cruza con la alteridad de género (exacerbada por la presencia de femmes fatales para desarrollar dramáticos y peligrosos desencuentros amorosos con final feliz. El tango, entonces, así apropiado, promete violentos huracanes emocionales, eróticamente docilizados por las leyes "universales" de la heterosexualidad y la homosocialidad. Una fórmula cinemática irresistible para el turismo sexual cultural.

Castelao en Buenos Aires, 1940-1950

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Henrique Monteagudo

2016-05-01

Full Text Available En la presente aportación nos proponemos ofrecer una visión sintética de la trayectoria de Alfonso D. Rodríguez Castelao (Rianxo, 1986― Buenos Aires, 1950 durante la década 1940-1950. Esta década, que transcurrió casi completamente en Buenos Aires, constituyó una etapa importantísima no sólo de su biografía sino también de su proyección hacia la comunidad gallega transoceánica (la “Galicia ideal” que él mismo contribuyó decisivamente a construir, y, al mismo tiempo, de la forja de su imagen como figura clave de esa comunidad. Contemplaremos su actuación en el plano de la acción política en el marco del exilio español y en estrecha relación con los nacionalistas vascos y catalanes, con particular atención a su proyección en la comunidad gallega del Plata ―compuesta por emigrantes y exiliados, con sus tensiones internas― y a sus complejas relaciones con la resistencia galleguista del interior. Analizaremos los dilemas entre sus dimensiones artística y política, en las que se encarna la contraposición que él mismo establece entre la Tradición y la Historia de un pueblo con personalidad cultural propia que reivindica como nación. Finalmente, comprobaremos cómo se desarrollan discursivamente estas tensiones en su pieza oratoria más importante, “Alba de Gloria”.

Caracterización geofísica de zonas de relleno en la costa de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires: estudio piloto en ciudad universitaria

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Claudia Prezzi

2011-06-01

Full Text Available La Ciudad de Buenos Aires está emplazada sobre el margen sur del estuario del Río de la Plata. Las obras de relleno modificaron totalmente la morfología original del área, desde la época de Rosas (1836 hasta la actualidad. Los cambios antrópicos en la configuración de la línea de costa generaron una gran variedad de problemas de fundación en las estructuras edilicias y obras de infraestructura a causa de la heterogeneidad de la composición de los materiales utilizados para el relleno. Debido al creciente desarrollo urbano de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires y el área metropolitana, resulta de sumo interés contar con información de detalle sobre las áreas de relleno en la costa del Río de la Plata. Con la finalidad de evaluar la utilidad de diferentes métodos geofísicos para caracterizar el tipo y distribución espacial de los materiales de relleno y su espesor, en este trabajo se presentan los resultados de un estudio piloto llevado a cabo en Ciudad Universitaria. Se realizaron relevamientos con Georadar (GPR, tomografías de resistividad eléctrica (TER y perfiles magnetométricos. Pudo determinarse que las TERs y los métodos magnéticos son muy útiles para investigar las zonas de relleno, mientras que el método de GPR no sería aplicable a la zona de estudio debido a las características intrínsecas de la misma. A partir de los relevamientos realizados pudieron diferenciarse sectores geográficamente muy cercanos dentro de Ciudad Universitaria que presentarían distintos espesores y tipo de relleno. Estos resultados indican que los métodos geofísicos permitirían caracterizar las zonas de relleno a lo largo de la costa de Buenos Aires y nos alientan a continuar esta línea de trabajo.The coast of Buenos Aires city is located on the southern margin of La Plata river estuary. The original morphology of this area was completely changed by fill works. Such works began in 1836 and continue until today. The anthropic

El área metropolitana de Buenos Aires

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Cristina Malfa del Grosso

2004-05-01

Full Text Available Buenos Aires. metropolitana, es cabecera del sistema urbano nacional y en correspondencia con el proceso significativo de desconcentración y centralización-una tipología interna bimodal-, ha ido acrecentando su configuración primática, siendo hoy su jerarquía, dentro de la red nacional de ciudades, de un posicionamiento desproporcionadamente mayor respecto de las dos urbes que le siguen en importancia, Córdoba y Rosario.

[The seventieth anniversary of Medicina (Buenos Aires)].

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Kantor, Isabel N; Kotsias, Basilio A

2010-01-01

The historical trajectory of Medicina (Buenos Aires) and the current challenges accompanying its seventieth birthday are briefly described. The initial objectives at its foundation were to contribute to the advance of medicine, and support both clinical and experimental research in Argentina. These objectives continue to be valid. The editorial presence of the journal continues to be necessary. It is published following the international quality standards, the peer review system, and it is indexed in the main international data bases for scientific journals.

VIAJES CORTOS, ACTIVIDAD FÍSICA Y EMISIONES VEHICULARES EN LA CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES

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Farinola, Martín Gustavo

2015-01-01

Objetivo: Estimar el potencial de aumento de actividad física y de reducción de emisiones vehiculares cambiando a modos activos las etapas cortas realizadas en modos motorizados en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo y transversal. En octubre de 2012 se realizó una encuesta de origen/destino con entrevistador cara a cara a una muestra aleatoria de habitantes adultos de la Comuna 7 de Buenos Aires (n = 302). Se recogió información de las personas y de ...

From the "afflicted poor" to the "vicious lazy": conceptions of poverty in Buenos Aires (1700-1810

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Lucas Esteban Rebagliati

2016-12-01

Full Text Available The aim of this paper is to analyze the conceptions of poverty that circulated among the elites of Buenos Aires through the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. At first the privileged groups of the city collected the tradition of Ius Commune to qualify certain groups of the lower classes as miserables worthy of charity. But in the last decades of the colonial rule, there was a different reception of new speeches among royal authorities, council elite and intellectuals, and appeared the suspicion that among the dispossessed there was fertile ground for laziness and reluctance to work. So new projects and courses of action took place.

Segunda encuesta antropometrica de embarazadas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina 2010 The second anthropometric survey of pregnant women in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina 2010

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Andrés Bolzán

2011-12-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVOS: mostrar los resultados de la segunda encuesta antropométrica en embarazadas en Buenos Aires, Argentina. MÉTODOS: fueron medidas todas las embarazadas que concurrieron a control de salud durante una semana en los consultorios externos y centros de salud de las 12 maternidades públicas valorándose su peso, talla e índice de masa corporal (IMC. Se empleo una encuesta estructurada. RESULTADOS: fueron evaluadas 2811 embarazadas, nacidas en Argentina (49% y en otros países (51%. Dentro de este segundo grupo, un 49% correspondió a mujeres nacidas en Bolivia (22%, Paraguay (19% y Perú (8%. El problema nutricional más importante lo constituyó el exceso de peso con diferencias estadísticamente significativas según país de nacimiento. Se observaron dos curvas claramente diferenciadas en el IMC de embarazadas adolescentes y adultas. CONCLUSIONES: la investigación permitió obtener el perfil de estado nutricional durante la gestación empleando curvas nacionales de incremento del IMC ajustado por edad gestacional y observar el efecto de algunos determinantes sociales.OBJECTIVES: to present the results of the second anthropometric survey ofpregnant women in Buenos Aires, Argentina. METHODS: measurements were taken of all pregnant women attending the outpatient services of 12 public maternity hospitals during one week. Measurements included weight, height and body mass index (BMI. The survey was a structured survey. RESULTS: the study covered 2811 pregnant women born in Argentina (49% and other countries (51%. Of the latter, 49% were women born in Bolivia (22%, Paraguay (19% and Peru (8%. The main nutritional problem was overweight and there were statistically significant differences according to country of birth. The BMI curves for pregnant adults and pregnant adolescents exhibited clear differences. CONCLUSIONS: the survey provided a profile of the nutritional status of pregnant women, using national BMI growth curves adjusted for

Política y suciedad. Concepciones y prácticas gubernamentales en torno a la limpieza y la salubridad en el Buenos Aires colonial: (1740-1776 Politics and dirt. Governmental conceptions and practices regarding the cleanliness and the salubrity in the colonial Buenos Aires: (1740-1776

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Bettina Sidy

2011-12-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo analizamos las medidas que se intentaron implementar en Buenos Aires entre 1740 y 1776 para ordenar el aseo urbano. El tema será abordado tanto desde los lineamientos ideológicos y científicos que le dieron una forma específica a las órdenes emitidas, como desde los distintos dispositivos implementados para lograr su cumplimiento. Analizando estas cuestiones, será posible repensar sobre las diversas representaciones existentes en torno a la forma y la organización que una ciudad ideal del siglo XVIII debía alcanzar; además las medidas enunciadas podrán insertarse dentro de una trama más amplia de intereses de tipo político que se evidenciaron en la organización de la vida cotidiana.This paper analyzes the measures civil servants tried to implement in the city of Buenos Aires during 1740-1776 in order to improve the urban cleanliness. The subject will be approached taking into account the ideological and scientific positions that shaped the orders issued, and also the different devices implemented to enforce them. By studying these topics, we will be able to rethink the different representations an ideal city should reach in the eighteenth century. Additionally, the measures taken could be placed in a larger scenario of political interests to observe their impact in daily life.

[Transparency in public sector acquisitions. The case of hospitals in the City of Buenos Aires].

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Rossi, T; Murillo Fort, C; Puente Karolys, J C

2002-01-01

This paper deals with corruption and the lack of transparency in public sector purchases as well as with the main instruments to obtain adequate results in purchase negotiation.Firstly, we discuss how corruption causes concern to national governments, international organizations, academic centers, non-governmental organizations and society in general. The consequences of corruption in Argentina and other Latin American countries are highlighted, especially the effect of corruption on economic growth and the way it creates economic inefficiency and inequality.Secondly, the database created by the Subsecretary of Strategic Management of the Autonomous Government of the City of Buenos Aires is analyzed. The central purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the Administrative Reform of 1998 on the prices of 24 products acquired by 13 general acute care hospitals from 1998-1999. The weighted prices, the number of units purchased and the total number of contracts given in this period, as well as the products with the greatest utilization rate, are analyzed. Multivariante analysis was used to identify hospitals with appropriate activity and efficient budget administration (activity and negotiation indicators). Price development was analyzed using the regression technique (ordinary least squares), which demonstrated an 8% reduction in prices for the year 1999. The contribution of each hospital to this variation is presented using dummy variables. Thus, six of the 13 hospitals significantly contributed to the decrease in prices. Of these six, three hospitals also contributed to reduction in price dispersion. The results obtained allow us to conclude that, if public hospitals have adequate purchase negotiation instruments and a uniform legal framework, they can achieve a good level of activity. Furthermore, public hospitals can contribute to reductions in price and price dispersion, at the same time as improving efficiency in the assignation and utilization of

Estándares para el Sistema de Bibliotecas de la Universidad de Buenos Aires Standards for the Universidad de Buenos Aires Libraries System

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Elsa Elena Elizalde

2009-06-01

Full Text Available La Coordinación General del Sistema de Bibliotecas y de Información -SISBI- de la Universidad de Buenos Aires propuso la conformación de un Grupo de Trabajo para el estudio y la definición de los requerimientos para un adecuado nivel de prestación de los servicios de todas sus bibliotecas. Estos estándares externos completarán y actualizarán los «Lineamientos para una Política Bibliotecaria de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (Resolución CS Nº 222/94». El objetivo del conjunto de criterios que representan estos Estándares para el Sistema de Bibliotecas de la UBA, es que éstas cuenten con una herramienta base que les permita tomar decisiones concernientes a la planificación y administración de los servicios bibliotecarios. Independientemente, se espera que cada Biblioteca defina sus estándares internos de tiempo, calidad, cantidad y costos que reflejen las metas y objetivos de cada Unidad Académica en particular. Estos estándares contemplan: Aspectos organizativos de la Biblioteca Universitaria y Principios Generales del SISBI; Infraestructura Edilicia y Tecnológica; Recursos Humanos; Servicios y/o Productos; Desarrollo de la colección; Procesos Técnicos; Presupuesto; Evaluación y Gestión de la Calidad e Innovación; Prevención y Conservación; entre otros.The General Coordination of the Sistema de Bibliotecas y de Información- SISBI- of the Universidad de Buenos Aires proposed the creation of a Work Group for the study and definition of the requirements for a proper provision level of all libraries services. Those external standards will complement and update the «Guidelines for a Library Policy of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (Resolution N° 222/94». The aim of the whole criteria that represent the Standards for the UBA Libraries System is that they have a basic tool that allow them to take decisions on planning and administration of library services. Separately, it is expected that each Library defines its

Reptiles escamosos (Squamata del Pleistoceno Medio del Norte de la ciudad de Mar del Plata (provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Santiago Brizuela

2015-05-01

Full Text Available In this study, we describe two fossil remains of squamate reptiles found in Middle Pleistocene outcrops at the northern marine cliffs of the city of Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires province. The specimens were found forming a taphocenosis with remains of other microvertebrates (amphibians, mammals and birds. The reptiles recognized in the association are represented by remains of an undetermined colubrid, and the anguid Ophiodes sp. This latter finding represents the first fossil record for the family Anguidae exhumed in Argentina.

Los derechos de propiedad ejidal en el contexto desamortizador iberoamericano: La campaña de Buenos Aires, siglo XIX Ejidal Propriety Rights in the Iberoamerican Paying off Context: Buenos Aires' Countryside in the 19th Century

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María Fernanda Barcos

2013-04-01

Full Text Available Este artículo estudia la redefinición de los derechos de propiedad de los bienes civiles, específicamente los ejidos, desde una perspectiva comparada. Se analiza el concepto y su uso. Se explica la legislación ejidal bonaerense y se describe la implementación de las leyes desamortizadoras en España, México y Buenos Aires para tratar problemas comunes. Por último, se confrontan los objetivos de la legislación con la forma en que se aplicó en Buenos Aires y en un caso en particular, el ejido de Mercedes. Los resultados de la legislación liberal se explican en el proceso histórico de interacción entre las leyes, su aplicación local y los intersticios ya que en estos cobra importancia la relación de los sujetos sociales entre sí y las instituciones estatales encargadas de llevar adelante el proceso de reforma.The present work studies the redefinition civil assets propriety rights, specifically the ejidos, from a comparative perspective, analyzing the concept and its use. It's explained the Buenos Aires' ejidal legislation and subsequently, the implementation of paying off laws in Spain, Mexico and Buenos Aires is described to observe common problems. Lastly, the legislation objectives are confronted with the way it was applied in Buenos Aires and in a particular case, the Mercedes' ejido. The results of the liberal legislation are explained in the historical process of interaction between the local application of the laws and its interstitial spaces because that's is where the relationship among the social subject with the state institutions in charge of the reform process takes the central stage.

Non formal education in the teaching of peruvian dances among peruvian migrants in Buenos Aires

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Silvia Benza

2009-01-01

The increasing migration of Peruvian citizens to Buenos Aires is a recent phenomenon, and the intensification of the development of organizations and their public presence are correlated with the participation in festivities, civic organizations and the like. This article is a preliminary report on research that focuses on Peruvian dance groups in Buenos Aires and that proposes to describe some of the ways that Peruvian folkdances are transmitted. I show how a process of non formal education ...

Tell me where you live, and I will know why you are there. Territorial mobility and settlement of minor cities in General Pueyrredon District (Buenos Aires Province

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Sofía Estela Ares

2010-09-01

Full Text Available Recognizing the space transformations related to the residential behaviors and the mobility of the population requires taking into consideration all the mobility habits, whatever the distance and duration. The purpose of this work is to put into evidence the prevailing motivations in the processes of observed mobility of the population in a set of minor cities next to provincial routes 11th south and 226th of General Pueyrredon District (Buenos Aires Province. Primary data were collected through ninety eight semi-structured surveys carried out in the space units that comprise the study area. The selection of the sampling units was accomplished through a non probabilistic method. The results show a set of non similarities among distinctive settlement lines, and even within them, and point to processes of consolidation of the social-territorial fragmentation beyond the main district urban area.

Resignificando los conceptos de la higiene: el surgimiento de una autoridad sanitaria en el Buenos Aires de los años 80 Resignifying hygienic concepts: the establishment of a sanitation authority in Buenos Aires in the 1880s

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Adriana Alvarez

1999-10-01

Full Text Available El trabajo aborda la emergencia de una autoridad sanitaria en la ciudad de Buenos Aires a fines del siglo XIX sobre la base de las ideas del higienismo decimonónico. Se enfocan las innovaciones de tipo científico-técnicas y políticas que se introdujeron y el rol que ejerció el proceso de profesionalización de la medicina en esta institución. La fisonomía que adquirió la política sanitaria en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, entre fines del siglo XIX y las primeras décadas del XX, sirvió para configurar un sistema de normas y arquetipos del cuerpo humano y su bienestar físico y mental.The late nineteenth century saw the establishment of a sanitation authority in Buenos Aires, grounded on the ideas of nineteenth century hygienics. The article focuses on the scientific technical and political innovations that were introduced and on the role that the process of medical professionalization played within this institution. The features of sanitation policy that came to prevail in Buenos Aires at the turn on this century helped shape a system of standards and archetypes regarding the human body and its physical and mental well-being.

Encefalitis por virus San Luis en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires durante el brote de dengue 2009 Saint Louis encephalitis virus in Buenos Aires city during the outbreak of dengue in 2009

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Horacio López

2011-06-01

Full Text Available Se presenta un paciente de 80 años de edad, residente en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, con diagnóstico serológico para el virus de la encefalitis de San Luis (SLE durante el brote de dengue ocurrido entre enero y mayo de 2009. Presentaba leucemia linfoide crónica en tratamiento con clorambucilo, cáncer de próstata tratado con hormonoterapia y radioterapia, e imágenes óseas compatibles con metástasis. El estudio del líquido cefalorraquídeo demostró pleocitosis con predominio de mononucleares y proteinorraquia elevada. El resultado de los cultivos para bacterias, hongos y micobacterias, así como el PCR en LCR para herpes virus, HSV, CMV y EBV, fue negativo. Se detectaron anticuerpos IgM para virus SLE tanto en LCR como en muestra de suero, con seroconversión IgG por neutralización en cultivos celulares y resultados negativos para los demás Flavivirus con circulación en Argentina. Se revisan evidencias sobre la presencia de virus de San Luis en nuestro país, y se señala la importancia de la confirmación diagnóstica y el estudio de otros Flavivirus en casos sospechosos de dengue con presentación grave o atípica. Este trabajo remarca la necesidad de fortalecer tanto la vigilancia epidemiológica del virus SLE, como el control vectorial para prevenir las diferentes infecciones transmitidas por mosquitos y conocer su efecto en Salud Pública en la Argentina.We report the case of a male, 80-year-old resident in the City of Buenos Aires, with a diagnosis of St. Louis encephalitis (SLE during a countrywide dengue outbreak, from January to May 2009. The patient had a chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with chlorambucil, prostate cancer (hormone therapy and radiotherapy and images consistent with bone metastases. Cerebrospinal fluid examination showed pleocytosis with a predominance of mononuclear cells and high protein concentration. Bacteria, fungi and mycobacteria cultures, as well as the PCR for herpes virus, HSV, CMV and EBV, were

Sandra Szir (coord., Ilustrar e imprimir. Una historia de la cultura gráfica en Buenos Aires, 1830-1930

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Antonela Pandolfi

2017-09-01

Full Text Available Reseña bibliográfica del libro de Sandra Szir (coord., Ilustrar e imprimir. Una historia de la cultura gráfica en Buenos Aires, 1830-1930, Buenos Aires, Ampersand, 2016, 298 pp. Ilustrar e imprimir. Una historia de la cultura gráfica en Buenos Aires, 1830-1930 reúne a un grupo de investigadores coordinados por Sandra Szir.  Se toman diferentes objetos de estudio relacionados con el diseño gráfico y se los analizan en función de la disciplina correspondiente pero también relacionados con el contexto histórico en el cual se enmarcan.

Procesos informales de ocupación de tierras en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. ¿Villas o asentamientos?: El caso del asentamiento Costanera Sur. Los excluidos del sueño

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Vanina Lekerman

2005-12-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo se centra en el análisis de las nuevas formas de organización del espacio y las políticas de planificación de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires en el marco de los procesos contemporáneos de transformación urbana. Particularmente, tendremos en cuenta los procesos informales de "ocupación" de terrenos por parte de sectores de la población de bajos recursos económicos. Este fenómeno comenzó a evidenciarse en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires más fuertemente a fines de la década del '90 y ha sido objeto de políticas estatales diferenciadas en relación con aquellos casos de ocupaciones irregulares consolidadas como son las llamadas villas de emergencia reconocidas por la administración municipal, y en las que se están ejecutando programas de regularización dominial y de urbanización. Por último, nos proponemos analizar un reciente espacio habitacional de la pobreza denominado "Villa Costanera Sur", que se emplaza en una zona de la ciudad que en los últimos años su entorno ha cobrado centralidad para los proyectos de renovación urbana.This work centres on the analysis of the new forms of organization of the space and the political ones of planning of the City of Buenos Aires on the frame of the contemporary processes of urban transformation. Particularly, we will have in one count the informal processes of "occupation" of areas on the part of sectors of the population of low economic resources. This phenomenon began to demonstrate in the City of Buenos Aires more strongly at the end of the decade of '90 and it has been an object of political state differentiated in relation with those cases of irregular occupations consolidated since they are the so called villas of emergency recognized by the municipal administration, where programs of regularization are executed dominial and of urbanization. Finally, we propose to analyze a recent habitation space of the poverty named "Coastal Villa South ", that is located in a zone of the city

Child feeding practices and household food insecurity among low-income mothers in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Lindsay, Ana Cristina; Ferarro, Mabel; Franchello, Alejandra; Barrera, Raul de La; Machado, Marcia Maria Tavares; Pfeiffer, Martha Erin; Peterson, Karen Eileen

2012-03-01

This qualitative study of low-income mothers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, examines the influence of socio-economic conditions, organizational structures, family relationships, and food insecurity on child feeding practices and weight status. Thirty-eight mothers of preschool children living in urban Buenos Aires participated in four focus group discussions. The results indicated that many mothers were aware that obesity may be detrimental to the child's health, but most of them are unclear about the specific consequences. Maternal employment, family pressures, food insecurity and financial worries seem to influence child feeding practices. These findings have important implications for developing strategies for nutritional assistance that could benefit the health of children and provide opportunities for educational programs that are directed to nutritional awareness in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The right to eat regularly and properly is an obligation of the State and must be implemented taking into account the notion of food sovereignty and respecting the importance of preserving the culture and eating habits of a country and its diverse population groups.

Tener amor es morirse. Poetry, Music and Romanticism In El Cancionero Argentino (Buenos Aires, 1837-1838

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Guillermina Mariel Guillamon

2016-09-01

Full Text Available The aim of this work is to investigate about the emergence of the genre "song" in Buenos Aires during the 1830 decade to inquire the four volumes of the de “El Cancionero Argentino. Colección de poesías adaptadas para el canto”. Published by Antonio Wilde between 1837 and 1838, the songbooks collected two hundred songs that circulated in Buenos Aires and were the product of the leading intellectuals and musicians and relatives belonging to the so-called "young romantic generation".

La formación para el uso de la Biblioteca del Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires: una propuesta de autoformación de usuarios = The training for the use of the library of the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires: a proposal of self-trained users

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María Betina Márquez

2000-12-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo examina y propone un modelo tentativo de autoformación en el entrenamiento de usuarios en la Biblioteca del Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires = This paper examines and purpose a user’s training model as autoformation in the Library of Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires.

Suitability of containers from different sources as breeding sites of Aedes aegypti (L. in a cemetery of Buenos Aires City, Argentina

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Darío Vezzani

2002-09-01

Full Text Available Cemeteries are ideal urban areas to study the importance of different types of containers as breeding sites of Aedes aegypti (L.. In the present study, the suitability of plastic, glass, ceramic and metal containers was evaluated in four patches within a cemetery of Buenos Aires City, Argentina. Between October 1998 and May 2000, we found 215 breeding sites of Ae. aegypti out of 13,022 water-filled containers examined. In two patches containing microenvironments sheltered from the sun, the use of the different types of containers was proportional to the offer (correlation coefficient = 0.99, P < 0.05 in both cases. In the remaining patches, plastic and metal containers were the most and less frequent breeding sites, respectively (P < 0.001 in both cases. The number of immatures per breeding site (median = 4.5 did not show significant differences among the four types of containers examined (H3, 215 = 1.216, P = 0.749. Differences found in patches from a same cemetery suggest that different microenvironmental conditions affect the suitability of each type of container for Ae. aegypti breeding. Plastic containers appeared as key breeding sites that should be removed to reduce the Ae. aegypti population in the study area.

Microbiological and serological control of Escherichia coli O157: H7 in kindergarten staff in Buenos Aires city and suburban areas

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Romina J. Fernández-Brando

2017-06-01

Full Text Available Shiga toxin (Stx-producing Escherichia coli (STEC infections are implicated in the development of the life-threatening hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS. Despite the magnitude of the social and economic problems caused by HUS, no licensed vaccine or effective therapy is currently available for human use. Prevention of STEC infections continues being the most important measure to reduce HUS incidence. This is especially true for Argentina where HUS incidence among children is extremely high and shows an endemic pattern. The aim of this work was to investigate serologically adult staff of kindergartens in Buenos Aires city and suburban areas in order to detect possible carriers, and to educate personnel about good practices to reduce HUS transmission. We also assessed the microbiological quality of water and meal samples from the same kindergartens. We tested 67 healthy adults, 13 water supplies and 6 meals belonging to 6 public kindergartens. We analysed hand swabs for isolation of STEC and serum samples for the presence of antibodies against Stx and lipopolysaccharide (LPS of O157 serogroup. We identified 46 Stx2-positive individuals, but only 7 for O157 LPS. No presence of STEC pathogens was detected in hands of staff, water or meal samples

Metal concentration in urban park soils of Sao Paulo 2. Buenos AiresPark

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Gumiero, Felipe C.; Figueiredo, Ana Maria G.; Camargo, Sonia P.; Pavese, Arthur; Sigolo, Joel B.

2007-01-01

As part of a project which aims metal concentration assessment in urban park soils of Sao Paulo, in the present paper the concentration of the elements As, Ba, Cr, Co, Cu, Pb, Sb and Zn were determined in surface soil samples (0-5 cm and 0-20 cm) from Buenos Aires park of Sao Paulo. This park is located in central region of the city, and is surrounded by avenues and streets, with different traffic volumes. Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) and X-ray Fluorescence (FRX) were used for metal analysis. Preliminary results showed concentration levels of the analyzed elements higher than the values considered as reference values for soils in Sao Paulo, according to the Environmental Protection Agency of the State of Sao Paulo (CETESB). These results suggest that these elements have anthropogenic origin and indicate a potential risk for soil quality. (author)

Institutional Trajectories of Street Youth in Buenos Aires

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Cecilia Litichever

2012-07-01

Full Text Available This article explores citizenship formation in institutional settings. Based on life stories and participant observation, it studies how street youth in Buenos Aires experience State institutions in charge of children and youth at risk. It analyzes the level of involvement, the demands, the expression of needs and negotiations that take place within various public institutions and explores how these interactions shape the process of citizenship formation. Results suggest three different institutional trajectories amongst street youth that lead to different processes of citizenship formation.

Perfeccionismo positivo / negativo y calidad de vida percibida en estudiantes de Psicología, Medicina e Ingeniería de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Positive / negative perfectionism and perceived quality of life in Psychology, Medicine and Engineering students of the city of Buenos Aires

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Fernán Guido Arana

2010-12-01

Full Text Available El objetivo del presente estudio es dar cuenta de la relación entre el perfeccionismo en sus tres dimensiones (Altos Estándares -AE-, Orden -O- y Discrepancia-D- y la calidad de vida percibida (CV en tres muestras de estudiantes universitarios de las carreras de Psicología, Medicina e Ingeniería de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. La muestra estuvo conformada por 476 estudiantes que completaron los siguientes instrumentos: cuestionario sociodemográfico, la almost Perfect Scale-revised (APS-R, Slaney, Rice, Mobley, Trippi, & Ashby, 2001; adaptación: Arana, Keegan, & Rutsztein, 2009 y el Inventario de Calidad de Vida Percibida (ICV, Mikulic, 2006. Los resultados sugieren una asociación signiicativa para un aspecto del perfeccionismo positivo (O y una alta CV percibida, y para el perfeccionismo negativo (D en relación a una baja CV percibida. Diferencias halladas en las diversas carreras para estas dimensiones indican la necesidad de atender a las variables contextuales especíicas para el análisis de este constructo.The aim of this study is to account for the relationship between perfectionism in its three dimensions (High Standards -HS-, Order -O-, and Discrepancy -D- and the perceived quality of life (QL in three samples of university students of Psychology, Medicine and Engineering of the City of Buenos Aires. The sample consisted of 476 students who completed the following in struments: Socio-demographic questionnaire, the Almost Perfect Scale-revised (APS-R, Slaney, Rice, Mobley, Trippi, & Ashby, 2001; adaptation: Arana, Keegan, & Rutsztein, 2009 and the Inventario de Calidad de Vida Percibida (ICV, Mikulic, 2006. Results suggest a signiicant association for one aspect of positive perfectionism (O and a perceived high QL, and for negative perfectionism (D and a perceived low QL. Differences found for these dimensions in the students of each career indicate the need to pay attention to specific contextual variables for the analysis of this

Migrantes africanos en Buenos Aires: Entre estigmatización y exotización

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Régis Minvielle

2015-03-01

Full Text Available African Migrants in Buenos Aires: between Stigma and Exoticization Abstract Since the 1990s decade, but especially since 2000, immigrants coming mostly from West Africa, have gradually weaved the contours of a transatlantic south-south migration device between Africa and Latin America. In Buenos Aires they trade on the streets. This activity was initiated mainly by the Senegalese community.This article aims to expose the stereotypes and the relationships between the Argentine society and the African migrants in order to observe the reception of an unknown population in that part of the continent. To do this research, the ethnographic method and discourse analysis were used. The recent nature of the African migration to Argentina generates clichés and prejudices but the desire for exoticism also gives rise to fascination.

Indias urbanas en el Buenos Aires tardocolonial. Familia y grupos domésticos

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Jacqueline Sarmiento

2011-11-01

Full Text Available Nos proponemos analizar la integración de las indias a la vida urbana de Buenos Aires en el período colonial tardío. Este estudio se circunscribe al análisis de la conformación de los grupos domésticos. Consideramos que ellos son de una importancia fundamental ya que constituyeron los ámbitos en los cuales se transmitió y transformó el orden social. Para introducirnos a esta cuestión tomaremos en primera instancia los empadronamientos de la ciudad de Buenos Aires de los años 1744 y 1778. Dejamos para más adelante el abordaje de esta cuestión a partir de otras fuentes y con una escala de análisis reducida

Disinfectant-resistant bacteria in Buenos Aires city hospital wastewater Resistência bacteriana a desinfetantes em efluentes de um hospital em Buenos Aires, Argentina

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L. Nuñez

2007-12-01

Full Text Available Large quantities of disinfectants are used in hospitals, externally on human skin or to eliminate microorganisms from inanimate objects. After use, residual quantities of these products reach the wastewater, exposing the bacteria that survive in hospital wastewaters to a wide range of biocides that could act as a selective pressure for the development of resistance. Increasing attention has been directed recently to the resistance of bacteria to disinfectants. The aim of this paper was to determine the disinfectant bacterial resistance pattern of the microflora released to the urban sewer system by hospital effluents. The characterization of the waste water microflora was performed by determination of the CFU of heterotrophic bacteria, fecal indicator bacteria, Pseudomonas sp. and Staphylococcus sp., in a Buenos Aires hospital effluent. The bacterial resistance to the disinfectants more frequently used in the hospital practice, glutaraldehyde, chlorhexidine and povidone-iodine, was then evaluated. Disinfectant resistant bacterial strains were isolated and typified. Between 10³ and 10(6 chlorexidine resistant bacteria/100 mL were isolated from the samples. Bacteria resistant to other disinfectants ranged between 10³ and 10(4 /100 mL. The bacterial population resistant to desinfectants to was mainly composed by Enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococcus spp, and Bacillus spp, which are highly associated to nosocomial infections. The results obtained show that the hospital effluents are of importance in the bacterial resistance selection process, particularly in the case of disinfectants.Os hospitais utilizam uma grande quantidade de desinfetantes para eliminar microorganismos tanto da pele humana como de superfícies inanimadas. Após sua utilização, esses produtos podem chegar ao esgoto em quantidades residuais. A pressão seletiva exercida pelos antimicrobianos nos efluentes hospitalares propicia a disseminação de linhagens resistentes. Além dos

Characterization of atmospheric aerosol in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Jasan, R.C.; Pla, R.R.; Invernizzi, R.; Dos Santos, M.

2009-01-01

PM10 and PM2.5 samples were taken using a Gent sampler to characterize the atmospheric aerosol of Buenos Aires metropolitan area. A total of 114 samples were collected from October 2005 to October 2006 at one urban site, every third day, for 24 h. Samples were analyzed by neutron activation, and black carbon and mass concentration were determined. In both fractions, elemental and gravimetric mass concentrations were compared with historical data. Enrichment factors, backward trajectories and factor analysis were calculated. The attribution of pollution sources is discussed. (author)

Acción colectiva, vida cotidiana y trayectorias: El caso de las asambleas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (2001-2007 Ação coletiva, vida quotidiana e trajetórias: O caso das assembléias da Cidade de Buenos Aires (2001-2007 Collective action, daily life and trajectories: The case of assemblies in Buenos Aires City (2001-2007

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Matías Triguboff

2011-06-01

.This article analyzes the assemblies that arose in the city of Buenos Aires amidst the increase of social mobilization in Argentina in 2001. I aim to complement studies that explore assemblies as a social movement. Instead of analyzing incentives that mobilized individuals toward action, the impact on the political system and the context that might have facilitated collective action, I suggest delving into individuals and interaction processes, their practices, meanings and trajectories. From a relational anthropological approach, I explore everyday practices, social relations and the daily interplay of individual's meanings. I analyze how people's trajectories became embodied in the collective sphere and interacted with everyday life, while the assembly experience reverberated in and redefined the lives of their participants.

Tillandsia myosura Griseb. ex Baker (Bromeliaceae, una nueva cita para la flora de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, (Argentina

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Juan Manuel Cellini

2012-07-01

Full Text Available Se cita por primera vez para la Provincia de Buenos Aires Tillandsia myosura, coleccionada en las inmediaciones del arroyo Pereyra, Parque Provincial y Reserva de la Biosfera Parque Pereyra Iraola (Partido de Berazategui, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Esta especie, conocida hasta el presente sólo para el sur de Uruguay y las provincias de Catamarca, Córdoba, Jujuy, La Rioja, La Pampa, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santiago del Estero y Tucumán en Argentina es citada por primera vez para la Provincia de Buenos Aires, ampliándose su límite sur de distribución. En el presente trabajo se describe e ilustra la especie, y se presenta una clave para diferenciarla de especies afines de distribución congruente.

Second Line of Defense, Port of Buenos Aires and Exolgan Container Terminal Operational Testing and Evaluation Plan, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Roberts, Bryan W.

2012-08-23

The Office of the Second Line of Defense (SLD) Megaports project team for Argentina will conduct operational testing and evaluation (OT&E) at Exolgan Container Terminal at the Port of Dock Sud from July 16-20, 2012; and at the Port of Buenos Aires from September 3-7, 2012. SLD is installing radiation detection equipment to screen export, import, and transshipment containers at these locations. The purpose of OT&E is to validate and baseline an operable system that meets the SLD mission and to ensure the system continues to perform as expected in an operational environment with Argentina Customs effectively adjudicating alarms.

Círculos sociales, contextos normativos y crédito: Buenos Aires, siglo XVII Social Circles, Normative Frameworks and Credit: Buenos Aires, 17th Century

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Martín L. E. Wasserman

2013-04-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo se propone indagar en los órdenes normativos, círculos de sociabilidad y dispositivos institucionales a los cuales los actores apelaban para interactuar económica y comercialmente en Buenos Aires durante la primera mitad del siglo XVII. Recurriendo al endeudamiento interpersonal como observatorio, se avanzará en la comprensión de la práctica consistente en formalizar legalmente, ante el escribano, las obligaciones derivadas de las deudas. Mediante este abordaje se intentará indagar en el peso que las redes de parentesco detentaron como uno de los órdenes normativos e institucionales posibles para la interacción económica del temprano Río de la Plata.This article aims to investigate the normative orders, sociability circles and institutional arrangements that actors used for their economic and commercial interaction during the first half of the 17th century in Buenos Aires. By studying interpersonal borrowing as observatory, we will advance in understanding the practice of registering the debts with the notary. Through this approach we will try to investigate the actual weight of the interpersonal networks as one of the institutional and normative contexts available for economic interaction in the early Rio de la Plata.

Primer registro de Tremex fuscicornis (Hymenoptera: Siricidae para la Argentina en una plantación de álamos en Buenos Aires First record of Tremex fuscicornis (Hymenoptera: Siricidae in Argentina infesting a poplar plantation in Buenos Aires

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Lucas Landi

2011-12-01

Full Text Available La presencia de la "avispa taladradora de las latifoliadas", Tremex fuscicornis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Siricidae, fue detectada en una plantación de álamos de la provincia de Buenos Aires, lo que constituye el primer registro de la especie para la Argentina. Se describen aspectos morfológicos y biológicos de la misma.The presence of the woodwasp Tremex fuscicornis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Siricidae was detected in a poplar plantation in Buenos Aires. This is the first record of the species in Argentina. Morphological and biological aspects of the woodwasp are described.

[Yeast urinary tract infections. Multicentre study in 14 hospitals belonging to the Buenos Aires City Mycology Network].

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Maldonado, Ivana; Arechavala, Alicia; Guelfand, Liliana; Relloso, Silvia; Garbasz, Claudia

2016-01-01

Urinary tract infections are a frequent ailment in patients in intensive care units. Candida and other yeasts cause 5-12% of these infections. The value of the finding of any yeast is controversial, and there is no consensus about which parameters are adequate for differentiating urinary infections from colonization or contamination. To analyse the epidemiological characteristics of patients with funguria, to determine potential cut-off points in cultures (to distinguish an infection from other conditions), to identify the prevalent yeast species, and to determine the value of a second urine sample. A multicentre study was conducted in intensive care units of 14 hospitals in the Buenos Aires City Mycology Network. The first and second samples of urine from every patient were cultured. The presence of white cells and yeasts in direct examination, colony counts, and the identification of the isolated species, were evaluated. Yeasts grew in 12.2% of the samples. There was no statistical correlation between the number of white cells and the fungal colony-forming units. Eighty five percent of the patients had indwelling catheters. Funguria was not prevalent in women or in patients over the age of 65. Candida albicans, followed by Candida tropicalis, were the most frequently isolated yeasts. Candida parapsilosis and Candida glabrata appeared less frequently. The same species were isolated in 70% of second samples, and in 23% of the cases the second culture was negative. It was not possible to determine a useful cut-off point for colony counts to help in the diagnosis of urinary infections. As in other publications, C. albicans, followed by C. tropicalis, were the most prevalent species. Copyright © 2015 Asociación Española de Micología. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.

in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

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Vilma G. Rosato

2006-01-01

Full Text Available Los líquenes pueden afectar edificios y monumentos causando un impacto estético negativo, como también ocasionar deterioro por procesos mecánicos y químicos. Puesto que los morteros de cemento y hormigones han sido el material de construcción más utilizado en el mundo durante el siglo XX, es importante estudiar los líquenes que crecen sobre estos sustratos. En un estudio realizado en diferentes localidades de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, se hallaron 33 especies creciendo sobre morteros y hormigones, identificadas por medio de estudios morfológicos y químicos. Staurothele frustulenta es nueva para el país y Acarospora subcastanea es nueva para la Provincia. Se registró una alta proporción de líquenes foliosos (15 especies en total. Algunas de estas especies sólo se conocidas sobre cortezas de árboles, fueron encontradas colonizando materiales de cemento.

Prevención de la transmisión vertical del VIH-1 en un hospital público de complejidad terciaria de Buenos Aires, Argentina Prevention of vertical HIV-1 transmission in a tertiary care public hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Diego Cecchini

2011-09-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Describir las características de los binomios madre-hijo, la profilaxis antirretroviral, la evolución temporal de la transmisión vertical del VIH-1 y sus variables asociadas en una población asistida por un hospital público de complejidad terciaria de Argentina. MÉTODOS: Estudio descriptivo prospectivo desarrollado por el Grupo de trabajo en prevención de la Transmisión Vertical del Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Cosme Argerich, Buenos Aires, Argentina, entre 1998 y 2008. Se compararon los períodos 1998-2003 y 2004-2008, y se identificaron las variables asociadas a esta vía de contagio. RESULTADOS: De 357 binomios madre-hijo, 21,0% de las madres presentaron coinfección con el virus de la hepatitis C y 68,0% linfocitos CD4 OBJECTIVE: To describe characteristics of mother-child binomium (MCB, antiretroviral (ARV prophylaxis, time trends, and variables associated with vertical transmission of HIV-1 in a population assisted by a tertiary public hospital in Argentina. METHODS: Prospective descriptive study undertaken by the Hospital Cosme Argerich s Vertical Transmission Working Group, Buenos Aires city, Argentina 1998-2008. Periods 1998-2003 vs. 2004-2008 were compared and variables associated with vertical transmission identified. RESULTS: Of 357 MCB, 21.0% of the mothers had HCV coinfection and 68.0% CD4 < 500/µL. During pregnancy, 75.0% received ARV: zidovudine (17.8%, zidovudinelamivudine (19.8%, zidovudine-lamivudine-nevirapine (41.9%, and zidovudinelamivudine-protease inhibitor (11.4%; 74.0% had viral load (VL peripartum < 1 000 copies/mL. Caesarean delivery: 58.0%. Intrapartum zidovudine: 83.4%; 98.0% of infants received prophylaxis; zidovudine monotherapy was the most frequently used (73.0%. Of neonates, 15.4% had low birthweight and 6.7% were premature. The global vertical transmission was 3.3% (10/302. Comparing both periods, an increase in triple ARV and VL < 1 000 copies/mL in peripartum and a decrease in the

Buenos Aires en los años ‘90: metropolización y desigualdades

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Marie-France Prévôt Schapira

2002-12-01

Full Text Available El interés de este artículo son los vínculos que se pueden establecer entre las transformaciones productivas, resultantes de las nuevas orientaciones económicas y sociales de los años ‘90, y aquellas manifestadas en la organización socio-espacial de Buenos Aires. Con este fin, se presentan los diferentes órdenes de cambios económicos, urbanísticos y sociales cuyos efectos sistémicos cristalizan en el espacio metropolitano. En una primera parte se tratará la cuestión de las recomposiciones productivas y territoriales en relación con el cambio del régimen de acumulación del periodo menemista, enfatizando las ideas que presidieron estas orientaciones. En segundo lugar se analizarán las profundas transformaciones que se sucedieron en el mercado de trabajo, las cuales rediseñan la geografía social del Gran Buenos Aires. Finalmente, se observará la espacialización de los procesos de dualización y desintegración de la sociedad en la región metropolitana, donde las transformaciones radicales del último decenio se han traducido en un proceso de empobrecimiento generalizadoThis article analizes the relationships between productive transformations, wich are product of the new economic and social orientations of the 90’s, and those expressed in the socio-spatial organization of Buenos Aires. With this objective, different kinds of economic, urban and social changes, whose sistemic effects crystallize in the metropolitan space, are posed. In a first part, productive and territorial recompositions in relation to the change of the regime of accumulation during the menemista period will be examined. In second place, deep transformations in labor market, wich re-design the social geography of Great Buenos Aires, will be analized. The article ends observing spatialization of the dualization and desintegration process of the society in the metropolitan region, where radicals transformations during the last decade had been expressed into

Memory culture and the contemporary city : building sites

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Staiger, Uta; Steiner, Henriette; Webber, Andrew

"These essays by leading figures from academia, architecture and the arts consider how cultures of memory are constructed for and in contemporary cities. They take Berlin as a key case of a historically burdened metropolis, but also extend to other global cities: Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, Cape Town...

Globalização e reconfiguração espacial: São Paulo e Buenos Aires, uma perspectiva comparada

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Eunice Helena Sguizzardi Abascal

2008-01-01

Full Text Available With the changes in production dynamic, from the decade of 1980, the cities have rearranged activities of secondary and tertiary sectors, transforming the built landscape in areas that concentrate services, located in corporate buildings. This work analyses in compared perspective two Latin American capitals, the axis from Ing. Luis Carlos Berrini Avenue, in São Paulo city (Brazil and Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires (Argentina. The comparison is based on evaluation of the urban design experience, in the implementation of urban instruments that allow capturing financial resources and the quality of public space and still in the analysis of segregation, disruption of pre-existing urban fabric, accessibility, infrastructure and public spaces framework. It is also analyzed the compatibility of existing legal instruments for the regulation of these dynamics with the practice of contemporary urban planning and its effects on the built environment.

Metallurgical sessions. Second ALAMET congress (held in) Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6-10 May 1991

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1991-01-01

This congress was held in Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic, on May 6-10, 1991, gathering experts from all over the world. The present volume includes the papers presented at the Metallurgical Sessions - II. ALAMET Congress [es

Genetic and phenotypic variability of iris color in Buenos Aires population

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Diana María Hohl

Full Text Available Abstract The aim of this work was to describe the phenotypic and genotypic variability related to iris color for the population of Buenos Aires province (Argentina, and to assess the usefulness of current methods of analysis for this country. We studied five Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs included in the IrisPlex kit, in 118 individuals, and we quantified eye color with Digital Iris Analysis Tool. The markers fit Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for the whole sample, but not for rs12913832 within the group of brown eyes (LR=8.429; p=0.004. We found a remarkable association of HERC2 rs12913832 GG with blue color (p < 0.01 but the other markers did not show any association with iris color. The results for the Buenos Aires population differ from those of other populations of the world for these polymorphisms (p < 0,01. The differences we found might respond to the admixed ethnic composition of Argentina; therefore, methods of analysis used in European populations should be carefully applied when studying the population of Argentina. These findings reaffirm the importance of this investigation in the Argentinian population for people identification based on iris color.

[Demographic dynamics, migrants from bordering countries and economic activity in Buenos Aires].

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Lattes, A E; Bertoncello, R

1997-04-01

The growth and changes--by age, sex, and place of birth--in the structure of the total population of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area and of the subpopulation over 15 years of age and economically active are analyzed for the decade of the 1980s. Study of the economic participation of migrants and its possible influence on levels of employment or unemployment should be carried out within the framework of changes in the population's structure and economic participation. The 1981 and 1991 censuses and the Permanent Survey of Households were the sources of data. Immigration to Argentina has declined considerably in recent years, but it is still a factor in the population growth of metropolitan Buenos Aires. Between the 1981 and 1991 censuses, the population aged 15 and over grew by 10.9/1000, or a total of 827,806 people. Migrants from bordering countries increased in number (by 85,109, or 10.3%) and in proportion to the total population (from 3.9% to 4.6%). Migrant women increased at the highest rate (30.1/1000). The greatest growth occurred among men aged 40 and over and among women aged 35 and over. The growth of the economically active population over age 15 for different groups of national origin, sex, and age showed much greater heterogeneity. In 1991, women from bordering countries represented 3.8% of all women in metropolitan Buenos Aires but 5.7% of the total economically active female population and nearly 7% of the economically active female population aged 35 and over. Women from neighboring countries were responsible for 10.3% of the growth in the economically active female population aged 30-34 and 40-44 between 1981 and 1991. The absolute and relative increases in migrants from neighboring countries and their greater economic participation tend to increase the general level of economic activity.

Formación de dirigente gremiales médicos de la ciudad de Buenos Aires en condiciones y medio ambiente de trabajo Training on work and environmental conditions for doctors union leaders of Buenos Aires city

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Héctor Alberto Nieto

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: presentar la experiencia que la Asociación de Médicos Municipales (A.M.M de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires desarrolló en materia de formación de delegados gremiales en prevención. Materiales y métodos: La AMM convocó a un grupo técnico especializado que diseñó, desarrolló y evaluó el primer curso de formación de delegados en prevención de riesgos laborales en CyMAT para médicos. Se presenta la programación general de dicho curso, sus contenidos y actividades, y los resultados de su evaluación. Resultados: Se presentan los resultados de las actividades de observación de los coordinadores del curso, los de una encuesta de evaluación a cargo de los alumnos y los emergentes cualitativos generales. Se han identificado: la toma de conciencia por parte de los delegados médicos sobre los riesgos a los que se encuentran expuestos en su ámbito laboral, haber establecido vínculos y adquirido conocimiento de otras realidades, y el reconocimiento de la responsabilidad del empleador. Asimismo, surgieron propuestas de acción colectiva que se comenzaron a desarrollar como parte de las acciones gremiales. Conclusión: Esta experiencia verifica la posibilidad de generar conocimiento traducido en acciones gremiales en el Sector Salud mediante el compromiso de los principales sujetos: los trabajadores médicos.Objectives: to present the experience of the Asociación de Médicos Municipales (AMM from the city of Buenos Aires developed for teaching and training of union delegates in prevention. Materials and methods: The AMM convened a group of specialists for this goal, who have developed and evaluated this first training course for delegates at preventing occupational hazards in work-related environment and conditions of job for physicians. We present a general planning of the course and its schedule, its contents and activities, and the results of its assessment. Results: The results of the monitoring activities by the coordinators of

Non formal education in the teaching of peruvian dances among peruvian migrants in Buenos Aires

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Silvia Benza

2009-12-01

Full Text Available The increasing migration of Peruvian citizens to Buenos Aires is a recent phenomenon, and the intensification of the development of organizations and their public presence are correlated with the participation in festivities, civic organizations and the like. This article is a preliminary report on research that focuses on Peruvian dance groups in Buenos Aires and that proposes to describe some of the ways that Peruvian folkdances are transmitted. I show how a process of non formal education is shaped by the interactions among dance groups and between them and representatives of the Peruvian Government in Buenos Aires; and how it is influenced by the need to «demonstrate through performance,» by ways of participating in the groups and by the previous knowledge of the dances that the performers bring with them. The analysis focuses on the microanalytic dimension of representations and practices of the dancers and directors of the dance groups. The fieldwork was carried out in the period 2005-2008 and focused on four groups of Peruvian folk dancers. The phenomena studied are shown to have great potential as intercultural mediators that transcend cultural manifestations to become mechanisms of consciousness raising that reach out to publics beyond the Peruvians themselves.

Variaciones estacionales de 25-hidroxivitamina D en jóvenes y ancianos de la ciudad de Buenos Aires

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J. Fassi

2003-06-01

Full Text Available La hipovitaminosis D es un fenómeno observado con frecuencia en personas mayores y en centros urbanos. Los objetivos de este estudio fueron determinar los niveles circulantes de 25-hidroxi-vitamina D, 25(OHD, en pacientes ambulatorios ancianos y jóvenes de la ciudad de Buenos Aires y establecer el impacto de valores descendidos de Vitamina D en la remodelación ósea. Se evaluaron 83 ancianos y 76 jóvenes de 71.9±8.1 y 29.8±6.6 años respectivamente, mediante la medición de 25(OHD, parathormona medio-molecular y de marcadores del metabolismo óseo y mineral. En invierno se comprobaron valores de 25 (OH D en grado de insuficiencia en ambos grupos y un 14.2% de ancianos y 15.9% de jóvenes con valores menores de 10 ng/ml. En verano se observó un incremento de la 25(OHD en toda la población, sin embargo los niveles circulantes de Vitamina D no superaron los 40 ng/ml, en ambos grupos. Los niveles plasmáticos de parathormona fueron más elevados en ancianos que en jóvenes y en esa subpoblación se observó la presencia de hiperparatiroidismo secundario. La elevación de parathormona está condicionada por la deficiencia de vitamina D y otros factores adicionales como la edad, la insuficiencia renal y el grado de nutrición de la población. La remodelación ósea presentó variaciones estacionales: se incrementó en invierno en ambos grupos. En la ciudad de Buenos Aires se han observado niveles descendidos de Vitamina D en jóvenes y mayores, durante todo el año. Se deberán evaluar las políticas sanitarias apropiadas destinadas a corregir esta deficien-cia, la cual predispone a la osteoporosis.The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of hypovitaminosis D in elderly and young outpatients populations of the City of Buenos Aires, and to establish its impact on bone remodeling. A total of 83 elderly and 76 young patients aged 71.9±8.1 and 29.8±6.6 years respectively, were evaluated by measuring 25-hydroxyvitamin D, 25 (OHD

Elasticidad-precio de la demanda del transporte público urbano: un análisis para los servicios de ómnibus y subterráneo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

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Jerónimo Montalvo

2016-07-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se estiman distintas elasticidades de la demanda del transporte público urbano, específicamente de los servicios de subterráneo y ómnibus que realizan su recorrido dentro de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (CABA. Para ello se utiliza una base de datos con periodicidad mensual entre los años 1993-2013 y, mediante el uso de dos metodologías diferentes –modelos dinámicos y el de cointegración y modelos de corrección de errores, se estiman– los coeficientes de corto y largo plazo, haciendo hincapié en las elasticidades-precio de la demanda de cada servicio. En línea con estudios existentes, se encuentran demandas inelásticas con coeficientes de largo plazo mayores a los corto plazo. En el caso del subte, donde fue posible utilizar más variables explicativas, ambos métodos de estimación arrojan valores que rondan una elasticidad-precio negativa entre 0,1 y 0,2. Por su parte, en relación al ómnibus, con más dificultades de estimación, la velocidad de ajuste de la demanda a su propio precio es mucho menor, implicando mayores diferencias entre las elasticidades de corto y largo plazo, si bien los valores estimados de estas últimas son cercanos a los estimados en la experiencia internacional (-0,5.Clasificación JEL: C5, R40.Palabras claves: elasticidad, demanda, transporte público, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Price elasticity of demand for urban public transport:An analysis for bus and underground services of the Autonomous City of Buenos AiresAbstractThis paper estimates the demand elasticity of two urban public transport services within the limits of the City of Buenos Aires, i.e., underground subway services and buses whose entire route runs within the boundaries of the city. I use a monthly database from 1993 until 2013 and, by using two different methodologies –dynamic models and cointegration and error correction models–, different regressions are analyzed to

Detección molecular y análisis filogenético de Hepatozoon canis (Eucoccidiorida: Haemogregarinidae en perros clínicamente sanos de Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires

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Full Text Available Las enfermedades caninas causadas por protozoarios y transmitidas por garrapatas representan un importante problema en medicina veterinaria. El objetivo del estudio fue detectar molecularmente Hepatozoon spp., Babesia spp. y Theileria spp. en perros clínicamente sanos de distintas regiones de Argentina y analizar la diversidad genética de los hallazgos obtenidos. Se analizaron 163 muestras de ADN de sangre de perros (40 de Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires; 33 de Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires; 15 de Castelli, Chaco; 27 de Salsipuedes, Córdoba; 40 de Merlo, San Luis; y 8 de San Miguel, Corrientes. Mediante una PCR que amplifica un fragmento variable (460-540 pb del gen ARNr 18S incluyendo la región V4 de los géneros Hepatozoon, Babesia y Theileria, el 12,1 % (4/33 de los perros de Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires resultaron positivos. Las secuencias obtenidas se identificaron como Hepatozoon canis y resultaron filogenéticamente similares a hallazgos en Sudamérica y en el resto del mundo. El estudio de H. canis en Argentina mediante técnicas moleculares de diagnóstico junto con el análisis filogenético resulta de suma importancia para conocer la situación de este patógeno en el país. SUMMARY. Molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of Hepatozoon canis (Eucoccidiorida: Haemogregarinidae infecting healthy dogs from Bahia Blanca (Buenos Aires. Tick-borne protozoan canine diseases represent a major problem in veterinary medicine. The aim of the study was to detect molecularly Hepatozoon spp., Babesia spp. and Theileria spp. in clinically healthy dogs from different regions of Argentina and to analyze the genetic diversity of the findings. DNAs extracted from 163 blood samples from dogs (40 from Buenos Aires city; 33 from Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires; 15 from Castelli, Chaco; 27 from Salsipuedes, Córdoba; 40 from Merlo, San Luis; and 8 of San Miguel, Corrientes were studied by PCR amplifying a variable fragment (460-540 bp of the 18S r

La reconversión del estado durante la primera gobernación de Duhalde en la provincia de Buenos Aires The State's Process of Reform in Province of Buenos Aires during Duhalde's First Government

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María Cecilia Erbetta

2011-06-01

Full Text Available El objetivo principal de este trabajo es mostrar el inicio en la provincia de Buenos Aires, a partir de la ley 11.184, del proceso de reforma del Estado provincial durante la primera gobernación de Eduardo Duhalde. Esto es, indagar en qué medida el contexto le otorga sentido a las prácticas y discursos de sus protagonistas, a fin de comprender cómo conviven simultáneamente una política de ajuste con la llegada de nuevos fondos de origen federal.O objetivo principal deste trabalho é mostrar o início na província de Buenos Aires, a partir da lei 11.184, do processo de reforma do Estado provincial durante o primeiro governo de Eduardo Duhalde. Isto é, indagar em que medida o contexto outorga sentido às práticas e discursos de seus protagonistas, a fim de compreender como convive simultaneamente uma política de ajuste com a chegada de novos fundos de origem federal.The principal aim of this article is to describe the beginnings of the Provincial State's process of reform in the Province of Buenos Aires, which started with the law 11.184, during Eduardo Duhalde's first government,. This is, to study in which way the context gives sense to the practices and speeches of its main actors, in order to understand how an adjustment policy coexists with the arrival of new public funds of federal origin.

Acerca De La Identidad Boliviana En Argentina. Un Análisis De Tres Casos De Estudio En La Provincia De Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Mercedes Mariano

2015-08-01

Full Text Available This paper is about the representations, practices and cultural expressions carried out by groups of Bolivian immigrants and their descendants in the cities of Olavarria, Tandil and Azul in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. For this purpose, the three case studies presented are analyzed based on the theoretical notions of identities and ethnic groups proper to the field of social anthropology. It thus seeks to contribute to knowledge about the construction of the identities of Bolivian immigrants in Argentina and, especially, to the discussion of those perspectives that propose the cultural assimilation of these groups into the host society.

Lectores y lecturas económicas en Buenos Aires a fines de la época colonial Readers and economic readings in Buenos Aires at the end of the colonial period

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María Verónica Fernández Armesto

2005-12-01

Full Text Available El artículo intenta una primera mirada al mundo de las lecturas económicas en Buenos Aires en los últimos años del período colonial: qué autores circulaban con mayor profusión, cuáles obras se privilegiaban en las bibliotecas privadas y qué público lector se interesaba en ellas, a partir de los inventarios de bibliotecas privadas e, indirectamente, del registro de donaciones de libros a la Biblioteca Pública en los primeros años independientes. Se postula como hipótesis la mayor libertad de que habrían gozado los libros de economía en el Buenos Aires finicolonial, para propiciar la difusión de las nuevas ideas que surgían de la mano de la llamada "Ilustración cristiana". En este contexto, caracterizado por la activa presencia del clero y de los funcionarios de la administración virreinal (es decir, los miembros de los dos poderes, Corona e Iglesia y un sector mercantil cada vez más influyente, se constituyó el público lector de las obras de economía. Por otra parte, el análisis de los inventarios de bibliotecas muestra la frecuencia con que aparecen los autores españoles e italianos que actuaron, ya sea por medio de la traducción, la adaptación o la copia, como intermediarios de otros economistas europeos.The article attempts a first look to the world of the economic readings in Buenos Aires in the last years of the colonial period: which authors circulated more frequently, which books used to be found in the private libraries, and what type of people were interested in them, starting from the inventories of private libraries, and indirectly, from the registration of books donations to Public Library in the first independent years. The postulated hypothesis is that the economics books enjoyed of more freedom in the Buenos Aires late colonial period, propitiating the diffusion of the new ideas of the so-called "Christian Enlightenment». It was in this context, characterized by the active presence of the clergy and the

Vaccination coverage among children aged 13 to 59 months in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2002 La cobertura de la vacunación en niños de 13 a 59 meses de edad en Buenos Aires, Argentina, en 2002

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Gustavo H. Dayan

2004-09-01

Full Text Available OBJECTIVES: To estimate antigen-specific and series-complete vaccination coverage among children aged 13 to 59 months in Buenos Aires; to compare the results of a community-based household survey with coverage rates obtained from administrative records; and to identify risk factors for incomplete vaccination. METHODS: Census tracts in Buenos Aires were surveyed systematically in March and April, 2002. Three children aged 13 to 24 months and 25 to 59 months were surveyed per block in each census tract. Written documentation of vaccination was required. Risk factors associated with incomplete vaccination were identified with univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS: A total of 1391 children were surveyed. Antigen-specific coverage ranged from 69.4% (95% CI 66.7%-72% for Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination to 99% (95% CI 98.4%-99.6% for BCG vaccination. Except for measles, coverage estimates found in the survey did not differ substantially from those obtained from city health authority records. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed child's age (P OBJETIVOS: Calcular la cobertura con el régimen de vacunación completo y con vacunas contra antígenos particulares en niños de 13 a 59 meses de edad en Buenos Aires; comparar los resultados de una encuesta comunitaria a domicilio con los porcentajes de cobertura indicados en los registros públicos; e identificar los factores que ponen a los niños en riesgo de no recibir todas las dosis de vacunas recomendadas bajo el régimen oficial. MÉTODOS: Se encuestaron sistemáticamente los corredores censales en Buenos Aires en marzo y abril de 2002. En cada cuadra de cada corredor censal se encuestó a tres niños entre las edades de 13 a 24 meses y de 25 a 29 meses. Se solicitaba ver una constancia de vacunación escrita. Se identificaron factores de riesgo asociados con la falta de vacunación completa mediante un análisis unifactorial y regresión log

en Buenos Aires, 1910-1940"

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Diego Armus

2005-01-01

Full Text Available En las primeras tres décadas del siglo XX, y al calor de los cambios urbanos que harían de Buenos Aires una metrópolis, la poesía, el cine, el teatro y las letras de tango trabajaron con insistencia la trayectoria protagonizada por la muchacha de barrio que, lanzándose al mundo de la noche y el cabaret del centro, apostaba a sacar ventajas de una sociedad donde el ascenso social, limitado pero real, era parte de la experiencia urbana. Las letras de tango, escritas mayoritariamente por hombres, hablan de ese viaje en clave de condena, y la tuberculosis aparece como la materialización de un castigo para esas mujeres jóvenes que han osado desafiar su lugar en el mundo doméstico y barrial. Así, el tango ofrece a su audiencia no sólo un registro fuertemente moralizante sino también la imagen de una enfermedad que parece ser exclusivo patrimonio femenino cuando, en realidad, se trataba de una enfermedad que afectaba tanto a hombres como a mujeres.

CIUDADANÍA Y SEXUALIDAD EN LA CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES

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Aluminé Moreno

2006-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo presenta algunas críticas a la concepción liberal de ciudadanía, basadas en la literatura sobre ciudadanía sexual y ciudadanía íntima. Estas nuevas aproximaciones a la ciudadanía resultan útiles para examinar algunos omentos de la relación entre el Estado local y el activismo sociosexual. En particular, se analizan algunas consecuencias de la Ley de Unión Civil y de la reforma del Código Contravencional de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.

Valores referenciales de plombemia en el área de Buenos Aires.: Población adulta sana no expuesta laboralmente

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Clara Magdalena, López; Adriana Emilce, Piñeiro; Valeria, Pongelli; Villaamil Lepori, Edda Cristina; Roses, Otmaro Enrique

2005-01-01

Los niveles de plomo en sangre fueron determinados en una población adulta sana y no expuesta laboralmente al metal, habitantes de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires y del Gran Buenos Aires. Las muestras de sangre venosa provenientes de sujetos de ambos sexos (n = 278) fueron procesadas por absorción atómica-atomización electrotérmica a 283,3 nm. Los valores de plombemia obtenidos para la población total fueron de 2,27 a 17,35 µg/dL. La población femenina estudiada (n = 123) tuvo valores comp...

La lectura del libro natural: apuntes para una historia de los estudios anatómicos y quirúrgicos en Buenos Aires (1870-1895 Reading the 'natural book': notes towards a history of anatomical and surgical studies in Buenos Aires (1870-1895

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Pablo Souza

2010-12-01

Full Text Available Explora las transformaciones en los estudios anatómicos y quirúrgicos de la escuela médica de Buenos Aires durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Se focaliza en las tensiones entre el modo de transmitir estos conocimientos y las cambiantes cosmovisiones quirúrgicas de los grupos más visibles de médicos durante la década de 1870. En este contexto, se analiza la influencia de las tradiciones quirúrgicas europeas, con énfasis en la influencia de la tradición parisina, a partir del viaje de estudios del joven Ignacio Pirovano, más tarde catedrático de anatomía y 'cirujano mayor' en Buenos Aires. Se presta especial atención a los cambios en las formas de la experiencia y en las condiciones materiales promovidas por la introducción de la cirugía antiséptica, algunos anestésicos y la resección de huesos.The article explores transformations in anatomical and surgical studies within the school of medical thought in Buenos Aires in the latter half of the nineteenth century, focusing on the tension between how this knowledge should be conveyed and the changing surgical worldviews of the most visible medical groups of the 1870s. The influence of European surgical traditions is analyzed within this context, particularly the influence of the Paris tradition, which can be linked to study abroad by young Ignacio Pirovano, who would later become professor of anatomy and major surgery in Buenos Aires. The article pays special attention to changes in forms of experiments and in the new material conditions afforded through the introduction of antiseptic surgery, some types of anesthesia, and bone resection.

Construyendo la legitimidad: Esperas y argumentos morales en la toma del Parque Indoamericano de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

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Mariano D. Perelman

2017-06-01

Full Text Available Este artículo realiza una aproximación a los modos en que un grupo de personas que tomaron el Parque Indoamericano de Buenos Aires construyeron el proceso como un modo legítimo a la posibilidad de acceder a una vivienda. Se indaga en los sentidos que adquieren las prácticas y las maneras en que las personas las justifican. Se argumenta que la construcción de la toma como legítima no sólo está basada en las motivaciones “previas”. En los meses posteriores a la ocupación una serie de discursos y prácticas se fueron (reconstruyendo y emergiendo como argumentos morales que justificaban la legitimidad y que terminaron por configurar a la toma como un modo aceptado de acceso al suelo. Este artigo analisa como um grupo de pessoas que tomou o Parque Indoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, construiu o processo de ocupação como um modo legítimo de acesso à moradia. O texto se volta para os sentidos que as práticas adquirem e as maneiras pelas quais as pessoas as justificam. Argumenta-se que a construção da ocupação como legítima não é baseada somente em motivações “prévias". Nos meses que se seguiram à ocupação uma série de discursos e práticas foram sendo (reconstruídos e emergiram como argumentos morais que justificavam a legitimidade e que acabaram por configurar a ocupação como um modo aceito de acesso ao solo.Palavras-chave: ocupação de terras, legitimidade, Buenos Aires, pobreza urbana, espera Building Legitimacy: Waits and Moral Arguments in the Occupation of the Indoamericano Park in Buenos Aires examines the ways in which a group of people that occupied the Indoamericano Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, built the process as a legitimate way of access to housing. The text investigates the senses that practices acquire and the ways in which people justify them. It is argued that the construction of the occupation as legitimate is not based only on “previous” motives. In the months that followed the

The inundation of 2001 in Buenos Aires province, Argentina

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Scarpati, Olga Eugenia; Forte Lay, Juan Alberto; Capriolo, Alberto Daniel

2009-01-01

El presente estudio evalúa la evolución y los daños causados por la gran inundación del año 2001, en la provincia de Buenos Aires, ubicada en la principal región agrícola-ganadera de secano de la Argentina. El gobierno bonaerense estimó que las pérdidas económicas en el sector agropecuario alcanzaron cifras muy elevadas: U$S 700 millones. Pero la grave situación empezó a fines del año anterior cuando en noviembre, ya los suelos estaban con excesos de agua. Esto significa que su capacidad de a...

El fenómeno posgrafiti en Buenos Aires

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Cynthia Gabbay

2013-12-01

Full Text Available A partir del año 2001, la crisis socio-política y económica argentina y su posterior recuperación se vieron reflejadas por el arte en las calles de Buenos Aires. Las imágenes propuestas por el arte callejero impusieron una ruptura con la cultura neo-liberal mediante la fractura del signo: en una primera instancia, inundando los muros en son de denuncia con grafitis, pintadas y esténciles, y en una segunda instancia, asumiendo, mediante enormes murales, una alternativa estética a la capitalización de la ciudad manifiesta en la publicidad y los medios masivos de comunicación. El arte callejero argentino es concebido como una revolución.

Tuberculosis transmission of predominant genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in northern suburbs of Buenos Aires city region.

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Morcillo, N; Zumarraga, M; Imperiale, B; Di Giulio, B; Chirico, C; Kuriger, A; Alito, A; Kremer, K; Cataldi, A

2007-01-01

In 2003, the incidence of tuberculosis in Argentina showed an increase compared to 2002. The severe national crisis at the end of the 90s has probably strongly contributed to this situation. The goal of this work was to estimate the extent of the spread of the most predominant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and to assess the spread of predominant M. tuberculosis clusters as determined by spoligotyping and IS6110 RFLP. The study involved 590 pulmonary, smear-positive TB cases receiving medical attention at health centers and hospitals in Northern Buenos Aires (NBA) suburbs, from October 2001 to December 2002. From a total of 208 clinical isolates belonging to 6 major clusters, 63 (30.2%) isolates had identical spoligotyping and IS6110 RFLP pattern. Only 22.2% were shown to have epidemiological connections with another member of their respective cluster. In these major clusters, 30.2% of the 208 TB cases studied by both molecular techniques and contact tracing could be convincingly attributable to a recently acquired infection. This knowledge may be useful to assess the clonal distribution of predominant M. tuberculosis clusters in Argentina, which may make an impact on TB control strategies.

Argel, Buenos Aires, Montreal: el Comité de Cine del Tercer Mundo (1973 / 1974 / Algiers, Buenos Aires, Montreal: the Third World Cinema Committee (1973 / 1974

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Mariano Mestman

2017-02-01

Full Text Available El encuentro de cineastas de Argel (Argelia en diciembre de 1973 es bien conocido en los estudios sobre el cine del Tercer Mundo. En cuanto oportunidad de intercambio y discusión, este encuentro permitió la organización del trabajo de los cineastas y focalizó el debate en tres ejes principales: la contribución del cine a los procesos de liberación nacional, la descolonización de las pantallas del Tercer Mundo y la lucha contra la «alienación cultural». El resultado más importante fue la creación del Comité de Cine del Tercer Mundo. Solo seis meses más tarde, un nuevo encuentro tuvo lugar en Buenos Aires (Argentina. Por un lado, el presente ensayo muestra cómo un proyecto político-cinematográfico (el «tercermundismo» fue tomando forma gradualmente durante esos años y destaca el rol de ambas reuniones en la promoción de esta nueva identidad político-cultural. Por otro, este trabajo también propone la necesidad de incorporar a esta historia otro evento decisivo: los Rencontres Internationales pour un Nouveau Cinema, realizados en Montreal en 1974. Poco considerado incluso por la bibliografía especializada, este encuentro puede considerarse el más importante del cine polí- tico mundial de los años sesenta y setenta. Dada la cantidad y diversidad de los participantes de Europa, Estados Unidos, África y América Latina, la conferencia de Montreal fue crucial en la constitución del diálogo entre los cineastas políticos del Primer Mundo y la tendencia tercermundista construida entre Argel y Buenos Aires.Palabras clave: Tercer Mundo, tercermundismo, Tercer Cine, Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Federación Panafricana de CineastasAbstract:The filmmakers meeting held in Algiers (Algeria in December 1973 is a wellknown event among Third World Cinema´s studies. As an opportunity to exchange and discussion, this gathering organised the work of Third World filmmakers and focused the debate on three main issues: the contribution of

Price freezes, durables and residential electricity demand - Evidence from the Greater Buenos Aires

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Casarin, Ariel; Delfino, Maria Eugenia

2010-09-15

This paper examines the determinants of residential electricity demand in the Greater Buenos Aires between 1997 and 2006. During the second half of this period, residential tariffs remained nominally fixed, while an income boom boosted up the sales of durables. This study differs from previous works in that it explicitly considers the impact of the stock of air-conditioners on residential demand. The paper reports short- and long-run elasticities and examines the contribution of prices and durables to recent demand growth. Simulations illustrate the impact of prices and durables on future demand.

Análisis del entorno sinóptico asociado con eventos de Bow-Echo en la Provincia de Buenos Aires Synoptic Environment Analysis Associated With Bow - Echo Events In The Province Of Buenos Aires

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Marcela Torres Brizuela

2011-06-01

Full Text Available Durante la madrugada del día 21 de Octubre de 2008 se desarrollaron tres líneas convectivas en la provincia de Buenos Aires, captadas por los radares meteorológicos de las localidades de Ezeiza y Pergamino. La estructura espacial y evolución temporal del campo de reflectividad de estos sistemas, configuración de línea en arco, responde al modo convectivo conocido con el nombre de “bow-echo”. La imagen doppler del radar de Ezeiza registró un fenómeno típico en la parte posterior de estas líneas en arco: los vientos intensos mayores a 20 m.s-1. El objetivo principal de este estudio es comprender las condiciones sinópticas que acompañaron la ocurrencia de estos sistemas para poder contribuir al pronóstico de su ocurrencia. En este evento las condiciones de humedad especifica en la zona del norte de la provincia de Buenos Aires (q≥ 12-14 g.kg-1, así como la de cortante vertical del viento por debajo del nivel de 700 hPa (Us>15 m.s-1 coinciden en indicar al entorno como favorable al desarrollo del mismo, aunque no así los valores disponibles de CAPE evaluados para parcelas que se elevan desde superficie.During the morning hours on October 21 2008, three convective lines developed over the Buenos Aires province, and were captured by the meteorological radars located at Ezeiza and Pergamino. The spatial structure and temporal evolution of the reflectivity field of these convective systems present the attributes of the particular convective system referred to as a “bow-echo”. Ezeiza doppler radar images, captured winds stronger than 20 m.s-1 behind these arc lines, a phenomenon that frequently characterizes the presence of a bow-echo. The main objective of this study is to understand the synoptic weather conditions accompanying the occurrence of these bow echo events to enhance the weather forecasting of these systems. On this particular case the specific humidity field over the northern part of the Buenos Aires province (q�

“Ni vecinos ni compañeros: asambleistas” Trayectorias y prácticas políticas en las asambleas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

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2010-07-01

Full Text Available “Ni vecinos ni compañeros: asambleistas” Trayectorias y prácticas políticas en las asambleas de la Ciudad de Buenos AiresTesis de doctorado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos AiresDirectora: Dra. Mabel GrimbergCo-director: Dr. Juan Manuel Abal MedinaFecha de defensa: 26 de Junio de 2008

Buenos Aires : En busca de un modelo de gestión integral del transporte

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Zagare, V.M.E.

2008-01-01

En la ciudad de Buenos Aires, el modelo de movilidad urbana y sus mutaciones a lo largo de la historia han dejado su impronta en la expansión territorial, y sobre todo, en el proceso de metropolización. En este artículo se analizan esas mutaciones desde varias ópticas. En un primer apartado se

[Expanding the boundaries of clinics. Development of a community mental health program for children and teenagers from a rights perspective in the City of Buenos Aires].

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Barcala, Alejandra; Torricelli, Flavia

2013-01-01

There are forms of severe suffering in contemporary life that are not accommodated within the mechanisms offered by the mental health care system or that are not described on diagnostics handbooks, which need an appropriate response. This paper deals with the development of a community mental health program that provided care to children and teenagers with severe mental disorders and with a significant subjective suffering in the City of Buenos Aires from 2006 until the beginning of 2012. Pursuant to international standards in force in terms of mental health and human rights, this community, collective and territorial mental health practice suggested an inter-discipline and cross-sector approach that took into consideration the multi-dimension of social health determiners to provide comprehensive care. In order to offer a reply to fragmentation and the repeated traumas to which a large number of these children and teenagers have been exposed to, the program designed individual clinical-community strategies for each child or teenager, based on a network of continuous and reliable institutional supports. Conceived from a psychoanalytical approach, this praxis intended to benefit subjectification processes and the building of social bonds aiming at preventing the growing trends of administering medication and admitting children and teenagers as patients in mental health facilities.

[Reading the 'natural book': notes towards a history of anatomical and surgical studies in Buenos Aires (1870-1895)].

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Souza, Pablo; Hurtado, Diego

2010-12-01

The article explores transformations in anatomical and surgical studies within the school of medical thought in Buenos Aires in the latter half of the nineteenth century, focusing on the tension between how this knowledge should be conveyed and the changing surgical worldviews of the most visible medical groups of the 1870s. The influence of European surgical traditions is analyzed within this context, particularly the influence of the Paris tradition, which can be linked to study abroad by young Ignacio Pirovano, who would later become professor of anatomy and major surgery in Buenos Aires. The article pays special attention to changes in forms of experiments and in the new material conditions afforded through the introduction of antiseptic surgery, some types of anesthesia, and bone resection.

Políticas públicas en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires dirigidas a juventudes vulnerables: Continuidades y transformaciones en la última década Políticas públicas na cidade de Buenos Aires destinadas a jovens vulneráveis: Continuidades e transformações ao longo da última década Public policy in the city of Buenos Aires aimed at vulnerable youth: Continuities and transformations in the last decade

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Liliana Raggio

2012-07-01

íticas recentes e conseqüências socioculturais das políticas neoliberais nos países da região.As part of broader research on public policy aimed at vulnerable youth in the City of Buenos Aires, this article discusses a set of programs based on diagnosis regarding urban "insecurity" in general, and youth at risk in particular. Specifically, it addresses the so-called "Crime Prevention Plan" and various actions of cultural policy, reflecting on their characteristics and possible convergence, which bring into play social representations regarding the relationship between crime, culture and vulnerable youth. Through case studies and considering public policy recommendations aimed at youth from various international agencies and institutions, the emphasis and agendas of our own Latin American region are underlined, in relation to recent political changes and socio-cultural consequences of neoliberal policies in the region.

F1 occurrence including L condition in TUCUMAN and BUENOS AIRES

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Mosert Gonzalez, M. de; Ezquer, R.G.; Oviedo, R.V. del

1997-01-01

An analysis of the occurrence of the F1 layer including the L condition has been done, using data from two Argentine stations: TUCUMAN and BUENOS AIRES, at different seasons and solar activity conditions. The comparisons between observations and the F1 occurrence predicted by the IRI-90 model show the need of reviewing the use of the DuCharme et al. (1973) formula adopted by the model to predict the occurrence of the intermediate F1 layer including the L condition. (author). 6 refs, 6 figs, 2 tabs

El Círculo Literario: un espacio de sociabilidad en la Buenos Aires de la década de 1860

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Paula Bruno

2015-09-01

In 1864, Lucio V. Mansilla y José Manuel Estrada created the Círculo Literario in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which endured until 1866. This cultural association shared the same concerns than other contemporary entities, also enacted by other men in the cultural life of Buenos Aires at that time. The Círculo Literario aspired to be an association that could gather politicians and men of culture, from different generations and political factions. The article examines the practices and initiatives of this cultural association, in a moment in which the Argentine culture was conceived as an open field for pioneers. The article evaluates the scope and the limits of this cultural entrepreneurship born outside from the State politics.

Characterization and biological effect of Buenos Aires urban air particles on mice lungs

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Martin, Susana; Dawidowski, Laura; Mandalunis, Patricia; Cereceda-Balic, Francisco; Tasat, Deborah Ruth

2007-01-01

Exposure to increased levels of ambient air particulate matter (PM) is associated with increased cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality. Its association with adverse health effects and the still unclear mechanisms of action are of concern worldwide. Our objective was to analyze air PM from downtown Buenos Aires (UAP-BA), and evaluate its biological impact on normal airways. We studied the inflammatory response to intranasal instillation of UAP-BA in a short-term-exposure mouse model. We analyzed UAP-BA morphology by scanning electron microscopy and characterized particle chemical composition by energy dispersive X-ray analysis and capillary gas chromatography. We evaluated lung changes by histomorphometry and histochemical methods. Regarding size, surface area and distribution, UAP-BA proved to be small spherical ultrafine particles: free, in clusters and associated to a matrix. The particles contained polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and almost no metal traces. Histologically, UAP-BA induced the recruitment of phagocytes, a reduction in air spaces, an increase in mucous PAS positive cells and weak incomplete elastic fiber network. Our results demonstrate that UAP-BA causes adverse biological effects on the respiratory tract generating inflammation that, in turn, may cause tissue injury or organ dysfunction and may contribute to the pathogenesis of lung diseases

Urban Expansion on Indigenous Lands. The pueblo de indios of La Toma in the Royal Audience of Buenos Aires Expansión urbana sobre tierras indígenas. El pueblo de La Toma en la Real Audiencia de Buenos Aires

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Sonia Tell

2010-01-01

Full Text Available This article focuses on land conflicts in those "pueblos de indios" which were able to preserve their lands until the late nineteenth century in the jurisdiction of Cordoba. It is based on a case study: the Indian town of La Toma -which was settled near the city of Cordoba- between 1790 and 1825. More specifically, it reconstructs the attempts of the Spanish chapter, the jesuits and some landowners to occupy some pieces of land in the town, and to legalize the occupation. It also looks at the indigenous strategies for the defense of their land rights, which were supported by the Royal Audience of Buenos Aires which allowed them to avoid the restrictions imposed by local courts.A partir del estudio del caso de La Toma entre fines del siglo XVIII y principios del siglo XIX, se abordan los conflictos por las tierras de aquella parte de la población indígena encomendada y asentada en la jurisdicción de Córdoba, que fue reducida en "pueblos de indios" en el siglo XVII y que logró preservar el control sobre sus tierras comunales durante los dos siglos siguientes. Específicamente, se reconstruyen los intentos del cabildo, la Compañía de Jesús y los vecinos españoles por ocupar de hecho las tierras de ese pueblo de indios asentado en las cercanías de la ciudad de Córdoba y por legalizar esa situación, así como las estrategias indígenas de defensa de sus derechos, que contaron con el apoyo de los funcionarios la Real Audiencia de Buenos Aires y permitieron eludir las trabas impuestas por la justicia local.

La sociedad virreinal en Buenos Aires: un análisis desde la cultura material y la alimentación

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Marschoff, María

2014-04-01

Full Text Available This essay discusses the commercial availability of objects related to foodways in the city of Buenos Aires during the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (1776-1810. To this information is added an analysis of the ways in which these utensils were used within domestics contexts. The material culture of these commercial and domestic contexts is approached through the analysis of inventories found in the city’s probate records. As a result, the study suggests that both the different ways of organising food related activities within domestic contexts and the commercial supply of the related objects are partially a consequence of the social mobility and migrations propitiated by the creation of the ViceroyaltyEn este trabajo se discute la forma en que se estructuraba la oferta de objetos relacionados con las prácticas de alimentación en la ciudad de Buenos Aires durante el período virreinal (1776-1810. Se contrapone esta información al análisis de las maneras en que estos utensilios eran utilizados en los ámbitos domésticos. El abordaje a la cultura material de los contextos, tanto comerciales como domésticos, se realiza a partir de los ítems listados en inventarios post mortem de habitantes de esta ciudad. Como resultado se plantea que tanto las diferentes formas de organizar la alimentación a nivel doméstico como la oferta comercial de objetos responden parcialmente a la coyuntura particular de movilidad social y migraciones, las cuales fueron propiciadas por la creación del Virreinato del Río de la Plata.

Nuevos registros de squamata (reptilia para el pleistoceno superior del norte de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Federico Agnolin

2011-01-01

Full Text Available En el presente artículo son reportados ejemplares de diversos taxones de reptiles escamados fósiles procedentes de la base de la Formación Luján (Pleistoceno Superior, en la localidad fosilífera de Merlo, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Entre los ejemplares registrados se reconoce el primer registro fósil para el género y especie Anops kingii (Amphisbaenidae; asimismo se reporta la presencia de especies indeterminadas de los géneros Homonota (Gekkonidae y Liolaemus (Liolaemidae. La asociación conjunta de estos tres taxones hoy en día no se encuentra representada en el norte de la provincia de Buenos Aires, siendo la región geográficamente más cercana en donde encuentran una superposición en su distribución el Partido de Balcarce, ubicado en el extremo Sureste de la provincia y alejado unos 600 kilómetros al sur de la localidad fosilífera de Merlo. La presencia conjunta de estos tres reptiles se encuentra de acuerdo con la posible existencia de un pulso árido y frío, tal como ha sido propuesto con anterioridad para porción más inferior del Pleistoceno Superior en la provincia de Buenos Aires.

Vulnerabilidad energética en la metrópoli de Buenos Aires

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Silvina Carrizo

2014-06-01

Full Text Available Argentina declaró el uso racional y la eficacia energética una prioridad nacional, en consonancia con las recomendaciones de la Agencia Internacional de la Energía. Buenos Aires se ha comprometido con varios programas internacionales de preparación al cambio climático. Así a distintas escalas surgen iniciativas para modificar las condiciones y modalidades de aprovisionamiento y consumo energéticos, que revelan la precariedad y vulnerabilidad del sistema y los servicios. Este trabajo presenta una reflexión sobre los cambios que se dan en ese sentido, mostrando los inconvenientes del modelo energético argentino en Buenos Aires y las estrategias o medidas que tienden a revertirlos y a preparar la ciudad para situaciones críticas. En general, se trata de iniciativas que se implementan individual o parcialmente, sin que haya un plan integral promovido a escala colectiva. Las correcciones resultan marginales en el conjunto sin aliviar los problemas que se agravan por el crecimiento vertiginoso de las demandas. Entonces la continuidad del modelo energético argentino basado en hidrocarburos, para abastecer infraestructura que trabaja al límite de su capacidad y servir territorios que no se han preparado para las posibles crisis, explicaría la vulnerabilidad del sistema de abastecimiento metropolitano.

Los "nuevos espacios modernos" en la ciudad de Buenos Aires. El regreso de los “refugios tradicionales privados" (el pueblo, la comunidad, la cultura, el barrio, la familia y el lugar del antropólogo

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Mónica Lacarrieu

2002-12-01

Full Text Available In this study I intend to analize - in the context of a series of processes of urban transformations that have been taking place in Buenos Aires since the 90s- the problems conceming the "new modem spaces", namely, the different private urbanizations. This new type of urbanizations, which specialists relate mainly to the arrival of the global city, are mostly located in the northem area of Gran Buenos Aires, with an increasing influence on other areas such as La Plata , Ezeiza , among others.In this article I will focus on one of its aspects: the incidence of the spatial-temporal dimensions in the constitution of this urban phenomenon.This choice is, by no means, arbit1·ary, as both methodology and theoretical problems converge in these dimensions.On the one hand , this will enable us to think about the space-time relation in this urban phenomenon, which is deeply connected to specific processes inherent in the context of globalization, where we wimess the compression of space by the effect of time. On the other, we will be able to explore and disclose issues connected to the urban anthropological field work, namely, the subject-researcher relation with respect to the social constitution of these dimensions and its incidence in the reduction of this "field", taking into account that this type of urbanization is shaped between the "city in the highway" and the "garden-city".

Current status of bird pest species in agroecosystems of Buenos Aires province, central Argentina

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Codesido, M.

2011-10-01

Full Text Available We carried out the first assessment of abundance and distribution of bird pest species (eared dove Zenaida auriculata, monk parakeet Myiopsitta monachus, picazuro pigeon Patagioenas picazuro and spot-winged pigeon P. maculosa in the pampas of Buenos Aires province, Argentina, and analyzed their association with the presence of crops and/or introduced exotic woodlots in the rural landscape. We surveyed 35 transects located along secondary roads. Bird pest abundance was significantly higher at those sites with presence of woodlots (p<0.0001. Species-specific analyses revealed that abundance of both monk parakeet and picazuro pigeon was sensitive to the frequency of woodlots of tall and perennial tree species (Eucalyptus spp.; p<0.001, whereas eared dove abundance increased significantly with the frequency of woodlots composed by short and perennial tree species (Pinus spp., Casuarina spp.; p=0.002. Most bird pest species in the study area are more sensitive to the presence of woodlots rather than to the presence of croplands in the rural landscape. These results have practical implications, suggesting that an effective control of bird pest species in Buenos Aires province could be attained by managing exotic perennial tree species woodlots.

Riesgo sanitario de la población vulnerable expuesta al arsénico en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina Health risk for the vulnerable population exposed to arsenic in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Julio A. Navoni

2012-01-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Analizar la concentración de arsénico en agua recolectada en localidades de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, y su relación epidemiológica con factores de susceptibilidad y patologías asociadas. MÉTODOS: Se cuantificó la concentración de arsénico en 152 muestras provenientes de 52 localidades de Buenos Aires durante el período 2003-2008 mediante generación de hidruros-espectrofotometría de absorción atómica. Se construyó un índice compuesto de salud (ICS considerando el contenido de arsénico, el porcentaje de hogares con necesidades básicas insatisfechas (NBI y el de viviendas sin acceso al agua de red. A partir del ICS se definieron zonas de riesgo que fueron asociadas con la mortalidad por tumores malignos relacionados con el arsénico. RESULTADOS: Las concentraciones de arsénico se ubicaron en un rango amplio, desde 0,3 hasta 187 µg/L, con una mediana de 40 µg/L. El 82% de las muestras presentaron niveles de arsénico superiores al valor límite aceptable de 10 µg/L, y más de la mitad de ellas provenían de agua de red. La mortalidad promedio (defunciones/100 000 habitantes por tumores en los departamentos estudiados fue mayor en los varones que en las mujeres: vías respiratorias (310 frente a 76, vías urinarias (44 frente a 11 y piel (21 frente a 11, respectivamente. Las regiones de mayor concentración de arsénico y pobreza, junto con la falta de agua de red, presentaron un riesgo relativo incrementado de 2 a 4 veces. CONCLUSIONES: La caracterización realizada a través del índice compuesto de salud sintetizó el riesgo sanitario de la exposición al arsénico de la población con niveles de carencia socioeconómica de una amplia región de la provincia de Buenos Aires.OBJECTIVE: To analyze the concentration of arsenic in water collected in localities of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the epidemiological relationship of that concentration to factors of susceptibility and associated

Diplomat/certified knowledge alternatives in the public scene: an approximation to the quackery from the written press of the cities of Córdoba and Buenos Aires, Argentina in the 1920s

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María Dolores Rivero

2017-07-01

Full Text Available This paper aims to study how the written press of the cities of Córdoba and Buenos Aires (Argentina defined the "continuous advance of quackery and charlatanry" at different times of 1920s. In a context of limited national historiography related to the study of the empirical practices, we want to probe this problem in two different geographic spaces that formed part, —even today— of a country with strong regional inequalities. We wonder how journalistic representations defined "quackery" as a puzzle whose pieces refer to the State, graduate professionals, the society and the empirical healers themselves. In our reconstruction, we recognize that these discourses were influenced by the editorial course and the ideological affiliation to which the newspapers of two of the most important metropolis of Argentina asserted. Based on a qualitative methodology, we put into an analytical perspective a set of news with the aim to rescue "voices and looks" that contributed to build the empirical practices of heal as a social problem of the public sphere during the years of study.

“Policía propia” y autonomía en los discursos constituyentes de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

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Alina Lis Rios

2017-11-01

Para  ello, abordamos el estudio de una serie de debates legislativos que tienen una función estructurante en el proceso de construcción de la autonomía. Interesados en estudiar las tramas de sentido que rearticulan las relaciones entre policía y gobierno local a partir de la autonomización de la Ciudad, en este trabajo nos centramos en el análisis de los debates que se dan en la Convención Estatuyente de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (1996 y en la Legislatura de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, a poco de ser creada, en ocasión de la sanción del primer Código Contravencional.

Heavy ion induced X-ray emission work at the TANDAR laboratory in Buenos Aires

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Ozafran, M.J.; Hojman, D.; Menendez, J.J.; Davidson, M.

1995-01-01

The PIXE technique, using heavy ions beams, has been implemented at the TANDAR tandem facility in Buenos Aires. Mainly 16 O beams in the bombarding energy range E=30-50 MeV have been used and a systematic measurement of X-ray production cross sections has been performed. The technique has been applied to a variety of subjects, including environmental, biomedical and industrial problems. (orig.)

Relevamiento de recursos de salud en tres zonas seleccionadas de Ciudad de Buenos Aires: Una mirada desde la protección integral y las políticas públicas de infancia y adolescencia Health resources evaluation in three selected areas of Buenos Aires City: An approach based on integral protection and infancy and adolescence public policies

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Leandro Luciani Conde

2006-12-01

Full Text Available En el marco del Proyecto "Protección integral y políticas públicas de infancia y adolescencia: el derecho a la salud de niñas/os y adolescentes en situación de desamparo y desafiliación social de la ciudad de Buenos Aires", esta presentación se basa en uno sus objetivos: identificar la presencia de Organizaciones estatales y de la Sociedad Civil que desarrollen prácticas relacionadas a la salud de niños/as y adolescentes. Es un estudio exploratorio-descriptivo inscripto en el enfoque de Investigación en Sistemas y Servicios de Salud. Se realizó un relevamiento en campo en tres zonas geográficas: Palermo, Boca/Barracas y Chacarita. Las Unidades de Análisis se seleccionaron en base a tres criterios: 1-Pertenecer al Sector Público Estatal o la Sociedad Civil, 2-Desarrollar prácticas relacionadas a salud, 3-Implementar acciones destinadas a la infancia. Se presentan los resultados y conclusiones obtenidas del procesamiento de datos cuanti-cualitativos, recolectados durante seis cuatrimestres en base al cuestionario diseñado y administrado.As part of the project "Integral protection and childhood infancy and adolescence public policies: the right to health of abandoned children and adolescents not covered by social security and health care programs in Buenos Aires City", this paper is based on one of its objectives: to identify state and civil society organizations which take care of infants' and adolescents' health. It is an exploratory-descriptive analysis, made according to a Health Systems and Services Investigation. A field evaluation was carried out in three geographical areas: Palermo, Boca/Barracas and Chacarita. Analysis Units were selected according to the following three criteria: they had to: 1- form part of the State Public Sector or the Civil Society, 2- develop practices related to health 3- implement actions for infants. Results obtained and conclusions made during the quantitative - qualitative data processing

Personas que viven en la calle: un problema político en construcción. Ciudad de Buenos Aires, 2007-2009.

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Martín Boy

2010-07-01

Full Text Available En este artículo se da cuenta de las transformaciones que se producen en la ciudad de Buenos Aires y la cristalización de ciertas manifestaciones de la pobreza que son resultado de la consolidación de una nueva cuestión social atravesada por la exclusión social y la vulnerabilidad. En este contexto, el incremento detectado de personas que viven en la calle en 1997 impulsa un conjunto de políticas sociales que convierten a esta problemática en un tema de interés político. De esta forma, es necesario dar cuenta de qué manera y bajo qué modalidades esta temática es incorporada en la agenda de la ciudad de Buenos Aires y cuáles son los aspectos que han quedado por fuera del diagnóstico inicial. Finalmente, a lo largo de este trabajo seseñalan cuáles son los debates conceptuales que se están produciendo al interior de algunos de los programas del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires que tienen como población benefi ciaria a los denominados Sin Techo.

Urban political ecologies of informal recyclers׳ health in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Parizeau, Kate

2015-05-01

Buenos Aires׳ informal recyclers (cartoneros) confront multiple health hazards in their work. Based in a survey with (n=397) informal recyclers, this study establishes that these workers experience uneven health landscapes as evidenced through their health outcomes, the social determinants of their health, and their living and working environments. I argue that the analytical framework of urban political ecology can provide insights to the ways that the urban environments where cartoneros live and work are socially-constructed phenomena, drawing on concepts of crisis, metabolism, and multi-scalar analyses. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Ascenso social, consolidación y prestigio. El caso de los portugueses y sus redes sociofamiliares en el Buenos Aires tardocolonial

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Emir Reitano

2006-04-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo tiene como propósito analizar el comportamiento y las estrategias sociales de los portugueses más destacados dentro de la comunidad porteña de Buenos Aires colonial tardío. Para este análisis, debemos tener en cuenta el crecimiento que tuvo la ciudad desde mediados del siglo XVIII lo que se denota claramente en la expansión del comercio atlántico. Es durante ese período que Buenos Aires pierde rápidamente las características de los pueblos predominantemente rurales para adquirir, en forma definitiva, los rasgos de una ciudad.

Memories and identities redefinitions around the independence process in Cape Verde. The case of the Argentine-Cape Verdeans from Buenos Aires

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Maria Cecilia Martino

2017-12-01

Full Text Available The article analyzes, from an ethnographic and historical perspective, the relations between memory, identity and Afro-descendant political activism among the Argentine-Cape Verdeans from Buenos Aires. The article highlights the memories and stories of the independence of Cape Verde, and the role played in it by Amílcar Cabral, the main political leader of this process. These narratives, whose specific expression are reflected in the institutional space of the Cape Verdean Society of Dock Sud, are updated from different perspectives and redefine the changing identity borders that allow the delineation of specific forms of political activism in Buenos Aires.

Boosting Tech Innovation Ecosystems in Cities : A Framework for Growth and Sustainability of Urban Tech Innovation Ecosystems

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Mulas, Victor; Minges, Michael; Applebaum, Hallie

2015-01-01

Cities are emerging as hubs of technological innovation. This is characterized by an ongoing shift from technology parks in suburban areas, to entrepreneurial activity within cities. There is a global trend of startups in cities like Berlin, Buenos Aires, Mumbai and Madrid. The rise of technology startups in cities is leading to new sources of employment and economic growth, by creation of...

Más allá de la vivienda: los usos de la ciudad. Movilidad cotidiana de residentes en Buenos Aires

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Natalia Cosacov

2015-12-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN Este artículo aborda la movilidad cotidiana, entendida como práctica social de desplazamiento diario que permite el acceso a actividades, personas y lugares, de residentes del barrio de Caballito, ubicado en el centro geográfico de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Se postula que la pregunta por los usos cotidianos del espacio urbano por parte de residentes de un barrio o zona específica amplía las coordenadas en las cuales examinar el cruce entre espacio urbano y desigualdad social. Los hallazgos expuestos muestran que estos hogares por su localización residencial –resultado de una elección y de movilización de recursos–gozan de la centralidad, capaz de condensar accesibilidad al trabajo y al consumo y proximidad con los vínculos familiares. Se trabaja con un corpus de 40 entrevistas biográficas a jefes y jefas de hogares residentes en Caballito. ABSTRACT This article discusses the daily mobility, understood as social practice of shift that allows access to activities, people and places, of residents in Caballito, a neighborhood located in the geographical center of Buenos Aires city. It is postulated that the question of the everyday uses of urban space by residents of a neighborhood or specific area extends the coordinates in which to examine the intersection between urban space and social inequality. Exposed findings show that these homes on their residential location -the result of an election and mobilization of resources- enjoy centrality, capable of condensing accessibility to labor and consumption and proximity to family ties. It works with a corpus of 40 biographical interviews with heads of households living in Caballito

Escorpionismo: presentación de un posible caso grave ocurrido en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

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Patricia C Docampo

2011-06-01

Full Text Available El escorpionismo, en su aspecto clínico es un envenenamiento de causa accidental producido por la inoculación del veneno de un alacrán o escorpión, que en Argentina ocurre predominantemente en áreas urbanas, en el ámbito domiciliario o peridomiciliario. En nuestro país son tres las especies de escorpiones de interés médico-sanitario: Tityus (T. trivittatus, T. confluens y T. bahiensis. El cuadro clínico se caracteriza por presentar dolor agudo con escaso compromiso cutáneo y manifestaciones sistémicas que, sin tratamiento pueden provocar la muerte, principalmente en niños. El objetivo de esta comunicación es dar a conocer el primer caso de escorpionismo grave, ocurrido en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, en una niña de 4 años de edad y describir el cuadro clínico característico y la necesidad del tratamiento precoz en los casos moderados y severos.Scorpionism in its clinical aspect is an envenoming caused by accidental sting and inoculation of venom from a scorpion, which in Argentina occurs predominantly in urban areas, in the home environment or peridomiciliary. In our country there are three species of scorpions of medical-health concern: Tityus (T. trivittatus, T. confluens and T. bahiensis. The clinical picture is characterized by severe pain with limited cutaneous and systemic manifestations, that without treatment can cause death, especially in children. The aim of this communication is to present the first case of severe scorpionism occurred in the City of Buenos Aires, in a 4 years old girl, and to describe the characteristic clinical picture and the need for early treatment in moderate and severe cases of scorpionism.

El derecho al aborto en discusión: la intervención de grupos católicos en la comisión de salud de la legislatura de la ciudad de Buenos Aires The debate on abortion rights: the involvement of catholic groups in the health committee of the Buenos Aires legislature

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Gabriela Irrazábal

2010-08-01

Full Text Available El presente trabajo da cuenta de la participación de grupos católicos especializados en bioética y "bioderecho" en los debates parlamentarios sobre aborto no punible en la Comisión de Salud de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires a fines de 2008. Teniendo en cuenta las múltiples transferencias e influencias entre los campos político y religioso en Argentina, se intentará abordar la estrategia política que ciertos actores del catolicismo utilizan para consolidar la hegemonía simbólica de la Iglesia Católica en la regulación de la vida de los individuos, especialmente de las mujeres y la utilización de estas estrategias como apuestas de estos grupos para mantener su lugar hegemónico al interior de la Iglesia Católica.This paper discusses the participation of Catholic groups, specialized in bioethics and biolaw, in parliamentary debates on non-punishable abortion, in the Health Committee of the City of Buenos Aires, in late 2008. Taking into account the multiple transfers and influences between the political and the religious spheres in Argentina, the article examines the political strategy that certain actors of Catholicism use to consolidate the symbolic hegemony of the Catholic Church by regulating the life of individuals, especially women; and the use of these strategies as a way to maintain their hegemonic position within the Catholic Church.

Coleccionistas de objetos históricos, arqueológicos y de ciencias naturales en museos municipales de la provincia de Buenos Aires en la década de 1950 Collectors of historical, archeological, and natural science objects at municipal museums in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, during the 1950s

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María Alejandra Pupio

2005-01-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se explorarán algunos aspectos ligados al proceso de formación de las colecciones arqueológicas en el contexto de creación y expansión de los museos municipales en la provincia de Buenos Aires en la década de 1950. Las colecciones analizadas surgieron en el ámbito privado, recolectadas por coleccionistas que las cedieron para dar origen a estos museos. Al mismo tiempo que las colecciones se hacían públicas, los coleccionistas se convirtieron en sus responsables en el rol de directores de las nuevas instituciones. En el contexto de estos museos, los coleccionistas establecieron relaciones institucionales que sirvieron para elaborar estrategias comunes para el ingreso, selección y exhibición de las colecciones arqueológicas, conformando redes solidarias, como la descripta aquí, para el sur de la provincia de Buenos Aires.Through reference to the creation and expansion of municipal museums in the province of Buenos Aires during the 1950s, the article explores some aspects of how archeological collections are compiled. The collections under study came from private hands, having been gathered by collectors who relinquished them so these museums could be formed. At the same time that these collections became public, the collectors themselves became responsible for them in the role of directors of the new institutes. Within this context, the collectors established institutional relations that allowed them to devise common strategies concerning the receipt, selection, and exhibition of archeological collections. The result was the shaping of a network of solidarity in the southern part of Buenos Aires province.

Opiniones y representaciones sociales de varones sobre aborto en Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Petracci,Mónica

2011-01-01

Este artículo está basado en una investigación cualitativa cuyo objetivo fue explorar las opiniones de varones de 25 a 39 años de estratos socioeconómicos medios y populares, residentes en el Área Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina (n: 30) acerca de la despenalización del aborto y sus representaciones sociales sobre el mismo. Los hallazgos han corroborado resultados previos y han aportado nuevos conocimientos. Se confirmó la ambivalencia de los discursos sobre el aborto, ya...

Condiciones sanitarias de los comedores comunitarios del conurbano de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Arango Julia; Agostini Adela; Silvestre Alejandro; Yaafar Marcela; López Clara; Fishmann Hilda

1997-01-01

Debido a la importancia que la inocuidad de los alimentos entraña para la salud pública, se procuró determinar la calidad microbiológica de los alimentos que consumen los usuarios de los comedores comunitarios del conurbano de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Se trata de un estudio descriptivo, cuyo universo lo conformaron tres municipios con índices medianos y altos de pobreza, de los que se extrajo al azar una muestra de 52 comedores. La información se recolectó desde abril de 1994 hasta abril de 1...

Aporte aborigen y africano de diferentes regiones de la Argentina en Buenos Aires

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Avena, Sergio Alejandro

2003-01-01

Full Text Available En trabajos anteriores realizados en muestras poblacionales de la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (RMBA hemos observado un 15,2 % de aporte indígena (AI y un 3,8% de africano (AA. En el presente estudio se analizó una muestra de 169 individuos provenientes de las regiones del noroeste (NOA, del nordeste (NEA y del centro del país (CP, se excluye la RMBA que fueron donantes en el Banco de Sangre de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Esta muestra se adicionó a las previamente obtenidas de las mismas regiones en los hospitales de Clínicas e Italiano. El objetivo fue evaluar si existe una distribución diferencial del AI y el AA según la región de origen de los dadores. Para ello se determinaron los sistemas ABO, Rh, MNS, Diego, Duffy, Gm y Km. Las frecuencias génicas y haplotípicas fueron calculadas mediante métodos de máxima verosimilitud y la mezcla génica se calculó aplicando el programa ADMIX. La región con mayor AI fue NOA (49,5% seguida por NEA (28,4% y CP (17,2%, mientras que el AA fue similar en las tres regiones (NOA 3,2%, NEA 3,5% y CP 3,8.

La erradicación en el cine. Las villas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires durante la última dictadura militar

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Leandro Daich Varela

2016-06-01

Full Text Available Este artículo analiza los discursos y aportes de los filmes Buenos Aires, crónicas villeras (1988 y La Ciudad Oculta (1989 sobre las erradicaciones de las villas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires durante la última dictadura militar. Ambos buscaron arrojar luz frente a la (aun hoy vigente enorme ausencia de información sobre lo ocurrido en los asentamientos en ese momento. En este sentido, el presente trabajo reflexiona sobre el modo en el cual ambas producciones audiovisuales narran la problemática habitacional resultante de los desalojos masivos, la represión, la violencia, las formas de resistencia, las representaciones sobre los villeros en ese contexto y el rol que tuvo la Iglesia católica.

COMPROMISO Y TÉCNICA EN LA CONFIGURACIÓN DEL CAMPO LABORAL DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN EL GOBIERNO DE LA CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES / Commitment and technique in the configuration of human rights field of work in the Buenos Aires city government.

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Ana Guglielmucci

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Desde mediados de la década del ’90, la categoría “memoria sobre el terrorismo de Estado” fue institucionalizada a través de una serie de leyes y programas dentro del organigrama del Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Paralelamente, numerosos militantes de organizaciones de DD.HH. fueron incorporados como gestores, funcionarios y empleados, encargados de definirla e implementarla en el espacio urbano. En este artículo, describimos y analizamos las principales características que ha asumido el trabajo de cogestión entre agencias gubernamentales y organizaciones no gubernamentales de DD.HH. orientado a la “preservación y la promoción de la memoria”. Y, destacamos de qué manera los requerimientos técnicos de este trabajo han sido articulados de un modo particular con aquellos valores ligados a la militancia en el campo de los DD.HH., como el compromiso político.   Palabras clave: Memoria, Estado, gobierno, técnica, compromiso   Abstract Since the mid-'90s, the category “memory of state terrorism” was institutionalized through a series of laws and programs within the organization of the Gobierno de la Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires. Similarly, many human rigths’s militants were incorporated as managers, officials and employees, responsible for formulating and implementing it in urban space. In this article, we describe and analyze the main characteristics that has made the job of co-management between government agencies and human rights non-governmental organizations aimed at “preserving and promoting the memory”. And point out how the technical requirements of this work have been articulated in a particular way with those values ??associated with militancy in the field of DD.HH., as political commitment.   keywords: Memory, State, government, tehcnique, commitment

Consumo de medicamentos y equidad en materia de salud en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, Argentina Drug consumption and health equity in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Valeria Alonso

2003-06-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Medir la equidad manifestada por los patrones de consumo de medicamentos en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, Argentina, a la luz de las transformaciones operadas en el mercado farmacéutico argentino después de la desregulación de la economía en 1991. METODOLOGÍA: Se procesaron y analizaron fuentes estadísticas secundarias: se utilizaron dos encuestas domiciliarias que contenían un módulo sobre la utilización de servicios de salud y gastos asociados diseñado por el Ministerio de Salud y aplicado al Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires en 1989 y 1995. RESULTADOS: Se constató un aumento del carácter socialmente regresivo del gasto de bolsillo en medicamentos entre 1989 y 1995, en un mercado farmacéutico que ha duplicado sus precios medios en el nuevo contexto de liberación de precios y apertura de las importaciones. Esta regresión se manifestó en el crecimiento del gasto directo de la compra de medicamentos, el aumento de la parte correspondiente a los medicamentos en la estructura del gasto privado para la salud y el incremento desigual del peso relativo de dicho gasto en los ingresos familiares. CONCLUSIONES: El gasto de bolsillo en medicamentos resulta un indicador eficiente de equidad financiera para el estudio de la protección de la población urbana argentina frente al riesgo de enfermar, y puede contribuir a la adecuación del marco regulador del mercado farmacéutico, mediante la incorporación de criterios sociales de evaluación a la ecuación farmacológica de seguridad y eficacia terapéutica.OBJECTIVE: To assess the level of equity in drug consumption patterns in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina, given the transformation of the Argentine pharmaceutical market since the deregulation of the country's economy in 1991. METHODOLOGY: For this study, data from secondary statistical sources were processed and analyzed. The secondary sources used were two household surveys that contained a module

Salud mental y nuevas complementariedades terapéuticas. La experiencia en dos hospitales públicos de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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María Mercedes Saizar

2013-01-01

Full Text Available En las últimas décadas las terapias alternativas se han convertido en una opción cada vez más frecuente entre la población general de las ciudades industrializadas, aunque su aceptación como opciones válidas en el sistema de salud aún se encuentra en discusión. A pesar de ello, en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Argentina han surgido talleres dentro de los hospitales generales que ofertan terapias alternativas/complementarias, asociadas a servicios o profesionales de la salud mental. A partir de un estudio cualitativo en dos hospitales públicos de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, indagaremos los motivos que dan origen a dicho fenómeno, destacando las formas de expresión que adquiere y la complejidad de un campo en construcción.

Diatomeas marinas de aguas costeras de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina.: III Géneros potencialmente nocivos Asterionellopsis, Cerataulina, Ceratoneis y Leptocylindrus Marine diatoms from Buenos Aires coastal waters (Argentina: Ill Potentially harmful genus Asterionellopsis,Cerataulina, Ceratoneis y Leptocylindrus

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INÉS SUNESEN

2007-12-01

Full Text Available El presente trabajo está abocado al estudio morfológico, taxonómico y distribucional de las especies de diatomeas pertenecientes a los géneros Asterionellopsis, Cerataulina, Ceratoneis y Leptocylindrus halladas en aguas costeras marinas de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Las muestras planctónicas fueron colectadas en San Clemente del Tuyú, Santa Teresita, La Lucila del Mar, Mar de Ajó, Nueva Atlantis, Pinamar y Villa Gesell, entre noviembre de 1994 y septiembre de 2000. Material sin tratar y tratado fue analizado con microscopio óptico y microscopio electrónico de barrido. Seis taxa correspondientes a los géneros mencionados fueron determinados, de los cuales Cerataulina dentata es citada por primera vez para Argentina y Leptocylindrus minimus es citada por primera vez para el área costera de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Todas las especies reportadas como nocivas no toxígenas para otras áreas geográficas fueron encontradas. Cerataulina pelágica, Ceratoneis closterium y Leptocylindrus minimus, componentes ocasionales del plancton del área siempre en bajas densidades, no fueron nunca asociadas a episodios de floración. Asterionellopsis glacialis, componente habitual del plancton, fue causante de discoloraciones nocivas para el turismo y las actividades recreacionalesThe present work is devoted to the morphological, taxonomic, and distributional study of the diatom species belonging to the genera Asterionellopsis, Cerataulina, Ceratoneis and Leptocylindrus found in the marine coastal waters of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Planktonic samples were collected from November 1994 to September 2000 at San Clemente del Tuyú, Santa Teresita, La Lucila del Mar, Mar de Ajó, Nueva Atlantis, Pinamar and Villa Gesell. Raw and cleaned samples were analysed with light and scanning electron microscopy. Six taxa of the mentioned genera were determined, of which Cerataulina dentata is reported for the first time for Argentina and

Ciudad global y consumos culturales en Buenos Aires de fin de siglo XX: continuidades y rupturas del neoliberalismo

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Margarita Ana Cristina Martínez

2016-12-01

Full Text Available Como muchas ciudades latinoamericanas, Buenos Aires, durante la década de 1990, fue escenario de una serie de cambios vertiginosos que se asociaron, con mayor o menor énfasis, al imperativo de entrar en un escenario global. Zonas que décadas atrás eran orgullo de la metrópolis y donde el auge constructor del siglo XIX había afincado el poderío de un Estado-Nación en crecimiento comenzaron a ser abandonadas en favor de barrios nuevos o reciclados que insinuaban una impronta estética y cultural. El neoliberalismo imprimió de esta manera sus signos en la ciudad: se produjo la formación, mpulsada por el Estado, de nuevos barrios (como Puerto Madero, el reciclaje de otros con una activa vida previa y en manos de emprendimientos privados (el barrio porteño de Palermo, el surgimiento de shoppings basados en la reconversión de antiguas estructuras industriales abandonadas, entre otros ejemplos. Después de la gran crisis argentina del año 2001, estos procesos fueron inscriptos en una oposición que sugería una ruptura entre la década neoliberal de los noventa y la década siguiente. Este artículo sostiene, por el contrario, que existe una continuidad cultural entre ambas décadas y que esa continuidad se expresa en la perpetuación y potenciación de espacios denominados "globales" y en las prácticas de consumo cultural que los caracterizan. As many cities in Latin America, during the 1990s Buenos Aires City was the scene of various dizzyng changes associated, with greater or lesser emphasis, to the imperative of entering on a global stage. Some areas that decades ago were the reason of the metropolis' pride, and where the nineteenth century, through the urban boom, had installed a symbol of the power of the emerging nation-state, began to be abandoned in favor of new or recycled neighborhoods that revealed an aesthetic or cultural mark. In this way, the neoliberalism succeeded in printing its signs in the city: the setting-up of new

Nuevas variedades de rocas ornamentales de la provincia de Buenos Aires : II parte

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Ronconi, Néstor; Marchioni, Daniela; Echeveste, Horacio José

1994-01-01

En la presente contribución se exponen los resultados de la segunda etapa de un trabajo de prospección geológico-minera que se está realizando en.el ambiente serrano de la provincia de Buenos Aires en relación con la presencia de rocas con aptitudes ornamentales y cuyo primer adelanto fue plasmado en un trabajo publicado por la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas en 1991. Dado que el territorio provincial ha sido escasamente explorado en cu...

Yellow and purple nutsedges survey in the southeastern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

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Eyherabide Juan José

2001-01-01

Full Text Available A survey of 79 fields was conducted between December 1993 and January 1994, to determine the distribution and relative importance of species of the genus Cyperus, to justify developing management strategies in the southeastern of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Yellow and purple nutsedge were found in 43% and 9% respectively of the surveyed fields. Thirty eight per cent of the surveyed area showed a heavy infestation of yellow nutsedge, and in 90% of cases yellow nutsedge was invading fields cultivated with summer crops and associated with one or more of other seven perennial weeds, mainly bermudagrass.

[Factors associated with academic success of medical students at Buenos Aires University].

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Borracci, Raúl A; Pittaluga, Roberto D; Álvarez Rodríguez, Juan E; Arribalzaga, Eduardo B; Poveda Camargo, Ricardo L; Couto, Juan L; Provenzano, Sergio L

2014-01-01

The aim of this study was to identify common factors relating to the academic success of medical students who were distinguished with honors at the Buenos Aires University. In 2011, 142 graduates were surveyed; the questionnaire included 59 questions on their sociodemographic environment, living conditions and social integration, motivation to study, learning capacity and health quality during their career. Compared to other students, these distinguished students more often lived in the city, far from their families; had been educated at private or universitary high schools, their economic needs were financed by their parents, who were on the whole professionals. Most of them were single and childless. The possibility of future employment oportunities (work) did not influence their choice of a medical career, academic success was important to them and they believed that success depended largely on personal effort; they knew how to handle anxiety, were sociable but independent and preferred solid experience to abstract conceptuality in order to obtain information. Our conclusion, within the current system of candidate selection, these results serve to calculate the covert self-selection mechanisms during the career, or in a more restrictive regime, to select those likely to reach academic success due to their privileged ambience. The analysis of demographic factors indicates some degree of inequality for socially disadvantaged students. Perhaps, a selection system based only on intellectual abilities would help identify and support the best candidates regardless of their social context.

ADAPTACIÓN PARA BUENOS AIRES DE LA ESCALA DE AUTOEFICACIA GENERAL

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MARÍA ELENA BRENLLA

2010-01-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo tiene como objetivo principal informar acerca de las características psicométricas y los datos normativos de la Adaptación Argentina de la Escala de Autoeficacia General (EAG de Jerusalem y Schwarzer (1992 a fin de poder contar con evidencias de validez y fiabilidad que permitan su uso idóneo en tareas de investigación. Incluye 10 ítemes con escalamiento tipo Likert de 4 puntos. La autoeficacia refiere a la percepción de los individuos para manejar adecuadamente una amplia gama de estresores de la vida cotidiana. Se analizaron los datos obtenidos de 292 sujetos, residentes en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y alrededores (República Argentina. Se llevó a cabo un Análisis de Componentes Principales y se observó que, si bien emergen dos factores que explican el 44% de la variancia, el mayor porcentaje lo explica el primer factor con un 33%. En cuanto a la fiabilidad, los resultados indican una apropiada consistencia interna de los ítemes (¿ = .76 y, en relación a otras evidencias de validez, se obtuvieron correlaciones significativas con estrategias de afrontamiento al estrés de planeamiento (r = .459; p < .001 y actividad (r = .393; p < .001 y con medidas de locus de control externo (r = -.293; p < .001. Asimismo, se registraron diferencias en cuanto al sexo y la edad. En resumen, los resultados obtenidos indican evidencias de fiabilidad en términos de consistencia interna y de la validez de las puntuaciones obtenidas mediante la administración de la versión local de la EAG a residentes de Buenos Aires.

77 FR 29932 - Safety Zone; Nautical City Festival Air Show, Rogers City, MI

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2012-05-21

...-AA00 Safety Zone; Nautical City Festival Air Show, Rogers City, MI AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION... City Festival will be celebrating Calcite's 100th Anniversary. As part of that celebration, an air show... posed by the Nautical City Festival air show near Rogers City, MI, the Captain of the Port Sault Sainte...

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2012-07-11

...-AA00 Safety Zone; Nautical City Festival Air Show, Rogers City MI AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION...; Nautical City Festival Air Show, Rogers City MI; in the Federal Register (77 FR 29932). We received no... Nautical City Festival will be celebrating Calcite's 100th Anniversary. As part of that celebration, an air...

Wave-power potential along the coast of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Lanfredi, N.W. (Comision de Investigaciones Cientificas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC), La Plata (Argentina) Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, UNLP, La Plata (Argentina)); Pousa, J.L. (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Buenos Aires (Argentina) Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, UNLP, La Plata (Argentina)); Mazio, C.A.; Dragani, W.C. (Servicio de Hidrografia Naval, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Dept. Oceanografia)

1992-11-01

The coast of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been studied to determine the wave-power potential. Using wave data (4 yr) from accelerometers, pressure sensors (1 yr) and a visual observation program (10 yr), the wave-power density was calculated at five locations. The annual average increases southwards, ranging between 2.3 kW/m at Mar de Ajo and 7.5 kW/m at Puerto Quequen. Annual averages of maximum wave power give 69 and 61.3 kW/m for Punta Medanos and Puerto Quequen, respectively. (Author).

Identificacion de la agricultura familiar en el área metropolitana de Buenos Aires

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Palacios, Diego Alberto

2014-01-01

El presente trabajo abordó la caracterización y problemática de la agricultura familiar en la Argentina en especial en el área metropolitana de Buenos Aires. Desde una perspectiva histórica se analizó desde el siglo pasado hasta la actualidad las políticas que favorecieron o perjudicaron al subsector en el nivel nacional y regional. Se estudiaron en detalle las definiciones conceptuales y operativas más utilizadas para su conceptualización e identificación. Se hizo un análisis crítico de indi...

DESPLAZAMIENTO ÉTNICO EN LA REGIÓN BONAERENSE: EMPLEO DE MARCADORES GENÉTICOS EN LA DETECCIÓN DEL NIVEL DE HETEROGENEIDAD GENÉTICA EN LA POBLACIÓN ACTUAL/Ethnic Displacement in Buenos Aires region: Detection of Genetic Heterogeneity level in the ...

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María Cecilia Bobillo

2012-11-01

Full Text Available Actualmente en la provincia de Buenos Aires, con una población de más de 15 millones de habitantes, los pueblos aborígenes representan el 0,36%. Desde mediados de los ‘40, tanto los aborígenes y sus descendientes, como los inmigrantes europeos y latinoamericanos instalados en el interior del país fueron migrando tanto a la ciudad de Buenos Aires como a su conurbano, fenómeno fomentado por la actividad industrial y agrícola-ganadera. Con el objeto de evaluar el aporte de los distintos grupos étnicos a la composición genética de la población actual de la provincia de Buenos Aires (centrándonos en CABA y conurbarno, llevamos a cabo el análisis de marcadores genéticos de herencia uni y biparental (ADN mitocondrial: región de control y SNPs de región codificante, Cromosoma Y: SNPs y SNPs localizados en cromosomas autosómicos. Los resultados obtenidos permiten interpretar los procesos migratorios y de  mestizaje que co-participaron en la constitución actual de la provincia, cuya población representa el 52% de la población total del país. De estos resultados surge un claro efecto de desplazamiento étnico ya que después de 20 generaciones del primer contacto no es posible detectar individuos que mantengan la estructura genética de las poblaciones originarias de América. Abstract In the province of Buenos Aires, with a population of over 15 million inhabitants, aboriginal people currently account for 0.36%. Since the mid-40s, aborigines and their descendants, as well as European and Latin American immigrants, settled in the major urban areas, such as Buenos Aires city and its suburbs, fueled by industrial, agricultural and livestock activities. In order to evaluate the contribution of the various ethnic groups to the genetic make-up of the extant population of Buenos Aires province, we analyzed uni- and biparental inheritance markers (mitochondrial DNA: control region and coding region SNPs, Y chromosome: SNPs and SNPs located

Opportunities for Local Development: The Case of Southwest Buenos Aires (Argentina

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Romina Valeria Schroeder

2011-07-01

Full Text Available In recent decades, rural areas near Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires, Argentina struggle with many changes as a result of economic and technological transformations. Tese changes have limited rural communities' economic development options, making older development strategies less viable and forcing many to look for nontraditional ways to sustain themselves. One of the most popular strategies has been tourism and recreational activities. The purpose of this article is to establish how public and private initiatives are linked to the local development process. The interviews carried out made it possible to observe a process of transformation in the territory, which involves institutions, organization of actors, and strategies for addressing challenges and opportunities.

Mycobacterioses in dogs and cats from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Barandiaran, Soledad; Martínez Vivot, Marcela; Falzoni, Elvira; Marfil, María J; Pérez Tort, Gabriela; Rovatti, Paula; Fernández, Mónica; Iachini, Ricardo; Satek, Fernanda; Duchene, Adriana; Zumárraga, Martín J

2017-09-01

Mycobacterioses can produce nonspecific clinical signs in dogs and cats that make diagnosis difficult. Furthermore, the full characterization of mycobacterial agents is not always possible or practical. We characterized mycobacteria detected through cytology in 12 dogs and 7 cats with generalized clinical signs from the province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. In dogs, molecular testing confirmed the presence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH) in 8 cases and M. fortuitum in 1 case. All dogs were Miniature Schnauzers, suggesting that this breed may be more susceptible to M. avium than other dog breeds. The cat isolates were 2 M. bovis, 1 M. fortuitum, and 1 MAH. Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable-number tandem repeat patterns suggested possible links with cattle, swine, and humans studied previously in Argentina. The results show that pets may act as susceptible hosts with the potential risk of transmitting the infection to humans and other animals.

El impacto socio-espacial de las urbanizaciones cerradas: el caso de la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires

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Guy Thuillier

2005-08-01

Full Text Available Este artículo trata sobre las urbanizaciones cerradas en la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (RMBA. El objetivo es entender el impacto socio-territorial de esos barrios a nivel local, metropolitano y nacional. Después de exponer algunos elementos básicos sobre la historia de esas urbanizaciones y su importante desarrollo reciente en la RMBA, se analiza esta mutación de acuerdo con tres categorías: las formas arquitectónicas y urbanas; las funciones de los espacios y las prácticas sociales que permiten o suscitan; y el tipo de relaciones sociales que se crean en esos lugares. Para cada uno de estos tres aspectos se adoptan sucesivamente dos puntos de vista: por una parte, se contempla la situación dentro del barrio cerrado, y por otra, se estudian los cambios que esos barrios implican para sus alrededores y para el resto de la ciudad. En conclusión, nos acercamos a la idea de que esos emprendimientos traducen una profunda mutación de las representaciones de la ciudad para sus residentes: el éxito de los barrios cerrados significa un cambio importante en la idea que se hace la gente de lo que son y deben ser la ciudad y la vida urbanaThis paper deals with gated communities in the Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires (RMBA. It objective is understanding the socio-territorial impact of these developments at local, metropolitan and national levels. After some basics elements about the history of these communities and their important and recent growth in the RMBA, this mutation is analyzed according to three categories: the architectural and urban forms; the functions of this spaces and the practices they allow or provoke; and the kind of social relationships they create. For each of these three aspects, two different points of view are successively adopted: a look at the situation inside the gated community, and secondly, the changes that it creates for its surroundings and for the rest of the metropolis. Finally, the paper comes to

Industrial heritage and tourism: analysis of potentiality and motion for a circuit of industrial tourism in Barracas, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Aldo Guzman Ramos

2016-03-01

Full Text Available Argentina´s industrial development which started at the end of 19th  century and suffered a drop in 1970 decade has left numerous real state and private properties spread in the national territory. It`s feasible to use them through Industrial Tourism as a mechanism to economically and socially reactivate abandoned spaces and in crisis, but also as a way to revitalize their identity and culture recovering a part of their history. Exploratory and descriptive methodology implied a reconnaissance of industrial properties located in Barracas neighborhood from Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, applying variables to determine the state and touristic-recreational potentiality by means of Likert scale. As a result 68 places were selected and after utilizing the variables 24 sites remained, which were organized to prepare an Industrial Tourist Circuit that could complement Buenos Aires cultural offer.

Ciclo reproductivo de Liolaemus gracilis Bell, 1843 (Iguanidae: Tropidurinae en las dunas costeras de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Vega, Laura Estela

2005-02-01

Full Text Available Estudiamos la fenología y edad de madurez reproductiva y el tamaño y la frecuencia de la puesta de una población de Liolaemus gracilis de las dunas costeras de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Examinamos las gónadas de 93 ejemplares coleccionados mensualmente a lo largo de un año en la localidad de Mar del Sur (provincia de Buenos Aires y medimos 11 caracteres morfométricos en 39 adultos en búsqueda de dimorfismo sexual. Las hembras se consideraron maduras si poseían folículos yemados mayores a 2 mm, o huevos oviductales, u oviductos claramente distendidos. En los machos los indicadores de madurez sexual fueron la presencia de testículos agrandados y el estado convoluto de los epidídimos, midiéndose el ancho y largo del testículo izquierdo en cada uno. L. gracilis exhibió un patrón reproductivo estacional con características del tipo parcial de otoño. El tamaño medio de las hembras en actividad reproductiva fue de 48,9 mm ± 3,5 (largo hocico-cloaca (n = 19 y la menor madura sexualmente midió 43,8 mm. El tamaño de la puesta varió de 4 a 6 huevos ( X = 4,75 ± 0,95, n = 4. El macho de menor tamaño con testículos agrandados midió 40,5 mm. (largo hocico-cloaca. Tanto los machos como las hembras estuvieron reproductivamente activos desde comienzos del otoño hasta comienzos del verano. Las hembras producirían una puesta por año entre fines de la primavera y comienzos del verano y las crías nacerían a mediados de esta estación. Encontramos dimorfismo sexual en la mayor distancia entre los miembros anteriores y posteriores de las hembras y en la mayor longitud de la cabeza, tibio-fíbula y pie de los machos. We studied the reproductive phenology, size at maturity, frequency and clutch size of a lizard population of Liolaemus gracilis from coastal sand dunes of Buenos Aires, Argentina. We examined 93 specimens collected monthly throughout a year in the locality of Mar del Sur (Buenos Aires province and measured 11 morphometric

Mapa de riesgo de temperaturas extremas frías para el sur de la provincia de Buenos Aires usando datos satelitales y de superficie Frost risk map for the south of Buenos Aires province using satellite and surface data

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Roberto De Ruyver

2012-06-01

Full Text Available Cerca del 40 % del área sembrada con trigo en Argentina se concentra en el sur de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Los eventos frecuentes de temperaturas extremas frías en la segunda quincena de octubre, coincidentes con un momento fenológico sensible del trigo, provocan daños de importancia en el cultivo. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo proveer mapas de riesgo de temperaturas extremas frías para el período sensible del cultivo de trigo en esa región. Se utilizó información de los canales 3, 4 y 5 del satélite NOAA de 1,09 km² de resolución espacial, obtenidas en el Instituto de Clima y Agua del INTA-Castelar entre 2005 y 2008, y datos diarios de temperaturas mínimas del período 1961-2008 de 13 estaciones de superficie del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN y del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA. Los resultados muestran que las áreas de mayor riesgo son aquellas que combinan menor altura sobre el nivel del mar y al mismo tiempo mayor distancia al mismo. Esta metodología puede ser extendida a otros cultivos y a otras regiones. Este tipo de análisis constituye una herramienta que puede ser útil en tareas de planificación tanto a nivel estatal como privado.Cold temperature can cause severe damage in crops when a cold front irruption occurs. This is especially true in some specific periods on the growing crops mainly during spring. This work presents frost risk maps for wheat. The region selected was the south of Buenos Aires province in Argentina. Wheat covers almost 2,2 million ha in south Buenos Aires area which represents 40% of the total wheat cultivated in Argentina At the same time, south Buenos Aires area suffers the biggest damage on wheat because of frost during spring time. The study was carried out based on channels 3, 4 and 5 of NOAA satellite images (1,09 km² spatial resolution. Images from 2005 to 2008 were available. Minimum daily temperatures from "Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

Déficit de Vitamina D en mujeres adultas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Vitamin D deficit in adult women living in Buenos Aires City

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Cecilia E. Arévalo

2009-12-01

Full Text Available El déficit de vitamina D se asocia con importante morbilidad. El objetivo de este estudio fue investigar la frecuencia de este déficit en una población de mujeres adultas y su asociación con distintas variables. Se evaluaron 224 mujeres mayores de 30 años atendidas en tres consultorios de clínica médica de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires entre octubre de 2006 y marzo de 2008. El nivel de 25 OH vitamina D, por radioinmunoanálisis, se clasificó como suficiente (> 30 ng/ml, déficit leve (entre 20 y 30 ng/ml y déficit grave (Vitamin D deficiency is a common cause of morbidity. We prospectively studied 224 consecutive female patients in order to evaluate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and to assess the utility of various clinical and biochemical markers in predicting the deficiency. All of them were outpatients, 30 years old or older, and were evaluated from October 2006 through March 2008. Levels of 25 OH vitamin D > 30 ng/ml were considered sufficient. Mild deficiency was considered between 20 and 30 ng/ml and severe deficiency < 20 ng/ml. The mean age was 58 ± 12.9 years; 77% were menopausal. Twenty nine percent of the patients had mild deficit and 26.8% had severe deficit of the vitamin. Severe deficit was associated with increasing age (62 vs. 56 years, p = 0.003, absence of sun exposure (25.82 ng/ml vs. 31.7 ng/ml, p < 0.005, obesity (70 vs. 61 kg, p < 0.05, absence of physical activity (27.8 ng/ml vs. 31.04 ng/ml, p = 0.0007 and slightly low levels of serum calcium (9.26 mg/dl vs. 9.51 mg/dl, p 0.01. We did not find any association between smokers and non-smokers patients, levels of serum phosphorus, creatinine and TSH. Vitamin D deficiency is a common disorder. It correlates with older age, absence of physical activity, sun exposure, obesity and slightly low levels of serum calcium. Improving diagnosis of this condition may enable us to improve the management of this disease.

Epidermal characteristics of toxic plants for cattle from the Salado River basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina Caracteres epidérmicos de las plantas tóxicas para el ganado de la Depresión del Salado (Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Susana E. Freire

2005-12-01

Full Text Available One hundred and eighty species belonging to 41 families inhabiting the Salado River Basin of the province of Buenos Aires (Argentina were previously reported to be toxic for cattle. The purpose of this study was to provide a tool to distinguish the taxa when the plant material is desintegrated. In this way, an approach to the identification of these taxa through leaf epidermal features (anticlinal epidermal cell wall patterns, cuticular ornamentation, stomata, and hair types is performed. A key to the 180 species as well as illustrations of diagnostic characters are given.Las plantas tóxicas para el ganado están representadas en la Depresión del Salado (provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina por 180 especies pertenecientes a 41 familias. El objetivo del presente trabajo es determinar estos taxa a partir de material desintegrado, utilizando caracteres epidérmicos foliares (paredes anticlinales de las células epidérmicas, ornamentación de la cutícula, tipos de estomas y pelos. Se brinda una clave para la determinación de las especies e ilustraciones de los caracteres diagnósticos.

De “la Quema” al parque: notas sobre las políticas urbanas en la dictadura y la producción de pequeños consensos cotidianos en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (1976-1983

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Natalia Cosacov

2012-11-01

Full Text Available This article analyzes the changes that have occurred between 1976 and 1983 in the neighborhood of Villa Soldati of the City of Buenos Aires from a double register: the public policies that impacted in the quarter and the inhabitants` social perspectives of them. To do this, first this article reconstructs the changes produced by the application of public policies that transformed this part of the city. The emphasis is placed on the last military dictatorship period, especially in the closing of the waste dumper and the urbanization of these areas. Second, this article analyzes how the district’s residents lived these transformations. Retrieving the perspectives of the people allows showing how these urban policies were meant for the inhabitants from a micro territorial experience and show the complexity of the building processes and experienciation of the city

Spatial distribution of ground-level urban background O3 concentrations in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Pineda Rojas, Andrea L.; Venegas, Laura E.

2013-01-01

In this work, a recently developed urban-scale atmospheric dispersion model (DAUMOD-GRS) is applied to evaluate the ground-level ozone (O 3 ) concentrations resulting from anthropogenic area sources of NO x and VOC in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (MABA). The statistical comparison of model results with observations (including new available data from seventeen sites) shows a good model performance. Estimated summer highest diurnal O 3 1-h concentrations in the MABA vary between 15 ppb in the most urbanised area and 53 ppb in the suburbs. All values are below the air quality standard. Several runs are performed to evaluate the impact of possible future emission reductions on O 3 concentrations. Under all hypothetical scenarios, the maximum diurnal O 3 1-h concentration obtained for the area is slightly reduced (up to 4%). However, maximum diurnal O 3 concentrations could increase at some less urbanised areas of MABA depending on the relative reductions of the emissions of NO x and VOC. -- Highlights: ► A recently developed air quality model reproduces well observed O 3 levels in MABA. ► Modelled summer maximum diurnal O 3 concentrations vary in the area between 15 and 53 ppb. ► All hourly values are below the air quality standard (120 ppb). ► Possible future emission reductions would have small impact on the highest level. -- The distribution of summer maximum diurnal ground-level O 3 concentrations in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires is evaluated applying a recently developed simple urban air quality model

Methodological and Ethical Dilemmas Encountered during Field Research of Family Violence Experienced by Adolescent Women in Buenos Aires

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Luxardo, Natalia; Colombo, Graciela; Iglesias, Gabriela

2011-01-01

The purpose of this article is to examine some obstacles and dilemmas related to methodological strategies and ethical considerations that arose during the fieldwork of research focused on family violence during the stages of pregnancy and childbirth in adolescent females in Buenos Aires during 2007. From this study, we are able to contribute some…

Transparencia en las adquisiciones del sector público: el caso de los hospitales de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Transparency in public sector acquisitions: The case of hospitals in the City of Buenos Aires

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T. Rossi

2002-02-01

gestión de compra claros y precisos y con una normativa homogénea y uniforme, pueden lograr un buen nivel de actividad. Además, pueden contribuir a la baja de precios y la disminución de la dispersión de los mismos, a la vez que mejoran la eficiencia en la asignación y utilización de los recursos.This paper deals with corruption and the lack of transparency in public sector purchases as well as with the main instruments to obtain adequate results in purchase negotiation. Firstly, we discuss how corruption causes concern to national governments, international organizations, academic centers, non-governmental organizations and society in general. The consequences of corruption in Argentina and other Latin American countries are highlighted, especially the effect of corruption on economic growth and the way it creates economic inefficiency and inequality. Secondly, the database created by the Subsecretary of Strategic Management of the Autonomous Government of the City of Buenos Aires is analyzed. The central purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the Administrative Reform of 1998 on the prices of 24 products acquired by 13 general acute care hospitals from 1998-1999. The weighted prices, the number of units purchased and the total number of contracts given in this period, as well as the products with the greatest utilization rate, are analyzed. Multivariante analysis was used to identify hospitals with appropriate activity and efficient budeget administration (activity and negotiation indicators. Price development was analyzed using the regression technique (ordinary least squares, which demonstrated an 8% reduction in prices for the year 1999. The contribution of each hospital to this variation is presented using dummy variables. Thus, six of the 13 hospitals significantly contributed to the decrease in prices. Of these six, three hospitals also contributed to reduction in price dispersion. The results obtained allow us to conclude that, if public

Aprovisionamiento eléctrico de Buenos Aires y desigualdades regionales entre la metrópolis y el Noreste argentino

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Silvina Carrizo

2011-07-01

Full Text Available Argentina constituye el segundo mercado eléctrico de América del Sur (100.000 GWh consumidos en 2008, según cifras de la Agencia Internacional de la Energía 2010, después de Brasil. La mayor parte del consumo se concentra en la región metropolitana de Buenos Aires cuyos hogares absorben 40% de la electricidad destinada a fines domésticos y las industrias toman 60% del total. Los altos niveles de demanda de la metrópolis han justificado históricamente inversiones en proyectos energéticos, algunos locales, otros en sitios alejados. Así Buenos Aires genera e importa electricidad para cubrir sus necesidades mientras se observa que las regiones exportadoras a veces carecen de servicios locales suficientes. En la región del Noreste, donde se localiza la mayor represa del país –la represa binacional de Yacyretá- la tasa de cobertura eléctrica es inferior a la media nacional (siendo ellas de 90% y 95% respectivamente. Existen luego desigualdades en disponibilidad de electricidad a nivel nacional. Esta presentación1 busca mostrar en qué forma Buenos Aires se ha abastecido de electricidad y las implicancias que el desarrollo de ese mercado trae para las regiones exportadoras. En particular se estudia el sistema de producción y distribución de una de las mayores centrales hidroeléctricas y se constatan las dificultades y beneficios que ha encontrado la región del Noreste, en la obra de Yacyretá, ya en términos de abastecimiento, ya en términos socioeconómicos.

Microcystis aeruginos strain [D-Leu1] Mcyst-LR producer, from Buenos Aires province, Argentina

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Lorena Rosso

2014-04-01

Full Text Available Objective: To show the toxicological and phylogenetic characterization of a native Microcystis aeruginosa (M. aeruginosa strain (named CAAT 2005-3 isolated from a water body of Buenos Aires province, Argentine. Methods: A M. aeruginosa strain was isolated from the drainage canal of the sewage treatment in the town of Pila, Buenos Aires province, Argentina and acclimated to laboratory conditions. The amplification of cpcBA-IGS Phcocyanin (PC, intergenic spacer and flanking regions was carried out in order to build a phylogenetic tree. An exactive/orbitrap mass spectrometer equipped with an electrospray ionization source (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bremen, Germany was used for the LC/ESI-HRMS microcystins analysis. The number of cell/mL and [D-Leu1] Mcyst-LR production obtained as a function of time was modelled using the Gompertz equation. Results: The phylogenetic analysis showed that the sequence clustered with others M. aeruginosa sequences obtained from NCBI. The first Argentinian strain of M. aeruginosa (CAAT 2005-3 growing under culture conditions maintains the typical colonial architecture of M. aeruginosa with profuse mucilage. M. aeruginosa CAAT 2005-3 expresses a toxin variant, that was identified by LC-HRMS/Orbitrapas as [D-Leu1] microcystin-LR ([M+H]+=1 037.8 m/z. Conclusions: [D-Leu1] microcystin-LR has been also detected in M. aeruginosa samples from Canada, Brazil and Argentina. This work provides the basis for technological development and production of analytical standards of toxins present in our region.

Status and conservation of the ruddy-headed goose Chloephaga rubidiceps Sclater (Aves, Anatidae in its wintering grounds (Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina Estado y conservación del cauquén colorado Chloephaga rubidiceps Sclater (Aves, Anatidae en su zona de invernada (Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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DANIEL E BLANCO

2003-03-01

Full Text Available ABSTRACT The mainland population of the ruddy-headed goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps breeds in southern Patagonia and winters in the south of Buenos Aires province (Argentina, with a recent estimated size at around 900 individuals. This population is considered "in danger of extinction", while the Malvinas (Falkland Islands population is in well conservation status, with an estimated size of 40,000 birds. The aim of this work is to contribute with updated information about the ruddy-headed goose's population wintering in southern Buenos Aires province. The specific objectives were to better delimit its wintering area, to look for sites with large numbers, to study its habitat used, and to identify main threats to the species. Two intensive surveys were conducted during the austral winter of 1999. The results: (1 confirm the low abundance of the ruddy-headed goose supporting its critical conservation status, (2 corroborate its very restricted distribution, with more than 80 % of sightings concentrated in an area of 13,000 ha in southern Buenos Aires province, and (3 suggest that changes in the species' habitat use during the wintering season appear to be a response to changes in habitat availability, resulting from the growth of crops and pastures. The overlap between the species wintering distribution and the main wheat cropping areas of Argentina results in serious threats to this goose. Management actions are discussed to contribute to the conservation of this endangered species.La población continental del Cauquén colorado (Chloephaga rubidiceps cría en el sur de la Patagonia e inverna en el sur de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina, con un tamaño poblacional estimado recientemente en alrededor de 900 individuos. Esta población está considerada "en peligro de extinción", mientras la población de las Islas Malvinas se mantiene en buen estado de conservación, con un tamaño estimado en 40.000 individuos. La meta de este trabajo es

Piqueteros y peronistas en la lucha del Gran Buenos Aires: Por una visión no instrumental de la política popular

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Julieta Quirós

2008-07-01

Full Text Available Este artículo se inscribe en una investigación etnográfica que tiene por escenario una trama de relaciones sociales y políticas en el sur del Gran Buenos Aires, donde distintos actores se disputan el poder de movilización y la adhesión política de la población, a través de una competencia por el control de ciertos recursos y programas de asistencia social. Desde una perspectiva comparativa y figuracional, el texto explora algunas dimensiones de la relación que piqueteros y peronistas establecen con el Estado y con la población. A través de ese ejercicio se propone, por un lado, señalar rupturas y continuidades entre dos modos diferenciales de pensar, hacer y vivir la política en el Gran Buenos Aires; por otro, discutir con las explicaciones teleológicas y utilitaristas con que la academia suele interrogar el funcionamiento de la política en contextos de pobreza.O artigo se inscreve em uma pesquisa etnográfica no sul da Grande Buenos Aires, e tem por cenário uma trama de relações sociais e políticas em que diferentes atores disputam o poder de mobilização e a adesão política da população, através de uma concorrência pelo controle de uma série de recursos e programas de assistência social. Desde uma perspectiva comparada e figuracional, o texto explora algumas dimensões da relação que piqueteros e peronistas estabelecem com o Estado e com a população. Através deste exercício, se propõe: por um lado, indicar rupturas e continuidades entre dois modos diferenciais de pensar, fazer e viver a política na Grande Buenos Aires; por outro lado, discutir com as explicações teleológicas e utilitaristas a partir das quais a academia tem se interrogado a respeito do funcionamento da política em contextos de pobreza.This article is part of an ethnographical research which has, as empirical universe, a network of social and political relations in the south Greater Buenos Aires. There different actors fight by the power

Multicontaminant air pollution in Chinese cities.

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Han, Lijian; Zhou, Weiqi; Pickett, Steward Ta; Li, Weifeng; Qian, Yuguo

2018-04-01

To investigate multicontaminant air pollution in Chinese cities, to quantify the urban population affected and to explore the relationship between air pollution and urban population size. We obtained data for 155 cities with 276 million inhabitants for 2014 from China's air quality monitoring network on concentrations of fine particulate matter measuring under 2.5 μm (PM 2.5 ), coarse particulate matter measuring 2.5 to 10 μm (PM 10 ), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and ozone (O 3 ). Concentrations were considered as high, if they exceeded World Health Organization (WHO) guideline limits. Overall, 51% (142 million) of the study population was exposed to mean annual multicontaminant concentrations above WHO limits - east China and the megacities were worst affected. High daily levels of four-contaminant mixtures of PM 2.5 , PM 10 , SO 2 and O 3 and PM 2.5 , PM 10 , SO 2 and NO 2 occurred on up to 110 days in 2014 in many cities, mainly in Shandong and Hebei Provinces. High daily levels of PM 2.5 , PM 10 and SO 2 occurred on over  146 days in 110 cities, mainly in east and central China. High daily levels of mixtures of PM 2.5 and PM 10 , PM 2.5 and SO 2 , and PM 10 and SO 2 occurred on over  146 days in 145 cities, mainly in east China. Surprisingly, multicontaminant air pollution was less frequent in cities with populations over 10 million than in smaller cities. Multicontaminant air pollution was common in Chinese cities. A shift from single-contaminant to multicontaminant evaluations of the health effects of air pollution is needed. China should implement protective measures during future urbanization.

Tejidos y cerámica de China en la gobernación de Tucumán y Buenos Aires, siglo XVIII. Apuntes sobre su circulación y consumo

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Bonialian, Mariano

2014-12-01

Full Text Available This essay explores the Asian trade and consumption of textile and ceramics in the Government of Tucuman and Buenos Aires in the Eighteenth century. The Chinese textile «boom» that entered from Lima towards the southern space between 1700 and 1740 is analyzed. In second place, the entry of Chinese ceramics through Buenos Aires port in the second half of that century is explained. Finally two culture waves are recognized in the region: the first one tended to an «europeanization» of the Chinese objects; the second one involved the «orientalización» of the european objects.El ensayo explora el comercio asiático y el consumo de su tejido y cerámica en la gobernación de Tucumán y Buenos Aires en el siglo XVIII. Se analiza el «boom» de los tejidos chinos que ingresaron por Lima hacia el espacio austral entre 1700 y 1740. Por otra parte, se explica el ingreso de loza china por el puerto de Buenos Aires en la segunda mitad del siglo. Finalmente, se reconocen dos oleadas culturales en la región: una primera tendiente a la «europeización» de artículos chinos; y una segunda que implicó la «orientalización » de los productos europeos.

Public library services in the information age: international overview and the situation in Buenos Aires (Argentina

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Elsa Barber

2004-01-01

Full Text Available The article analizes public/popular library services in Buenos Aires and surrounding areas. The aim has been to relate the descriptive local data with the trends in developed countries after a selective study of the international literature. The results have shown that the studied units provide a basic service, misuse their alleged technological infrastructure and do not direct their resources to implement the services required by society in the information age.

Presentación del estudio "Links" de hombres que tienes sexo con hombres en Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Carballo-Diéguez, Alex; Avila, María M; Balán, Iván C; Marone, Rubén; Pando, María A; Barreda, Victoria

2011-03-01

Estudios previos en Buenos Aires reportaron altas prevalencias de HIV entre HSH, con valores que oscilan entre 9 y 14% durante casi 10 años de continuo testeo. El objetivo principal de este estudio fue la evaluación de factores relacionados al comportamiento de alto riesgo para transmisión del HIV entre HSH entre los que se incluyen el conocimiento y factores emocionales, socioculturales y ambientales. Por otro lado se realizó la estimación de prevalencia e incidencia de HIV utilizando RDS (Respondent Driven Sampling), así como la presencia de otras infecciones de transmisión sexual. Por último se evaluaron los hábitos de testeo para HIV indagando que factores facilitan o impiden su realización. El estudio constó de dos fases, en primer lugar una fase cualitativa y posteriormente una fase cuantitativa con una duración total de 4 años y medio. Durante la fase cualitativa se realizaron 44 entrevistas individuales en profundidad, 8 grupos focales y 10 observaciones etnográficas (hoteles, baños públicos ("teteras"), cines pornográficos, fiestas privadas, dark rooms y discotecas). Durante la fase cuantitativa del estudio se realizó el reclutamiento de 500 participantes que provinieron de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, así como del Gran Buenos Aires. El reclutamiento se comenzó con 16 participantes llamados semillas. Se realizó el diagnóstico de infección por HIV, hepatitis B y C (HBV y HCV), Treponema pallidum, Virus Papiloma Humano (HPV) y Chlamidias. La colaboración establecida entre los grupos de trabajo enfocados en áreas diversas posibilitó el abordaje conjunto de nuevas estrategias de investigación antes no exploradas en nuestro país. Los resultados más relevantes de esta investigación serán progresivamente publicados en sucesivos números de Actualizaciones en SIDA.

Tuberculosis transmission of predominant genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Northern suburbs of Buenos Aires city region Transmisión de la tuberculosis por genotipos predominantes de Mycobacterium tuberculosis en la región Gran Buenos Aires Norte

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N. Morcillo

2007-09-01

Full Text Available In 2003, the incidence of tuberculosis in Argentina showed an increase compared to 2002. The severe national crisis at the end of the 90s has probably strongly contributed to this situation. The goal of this work was to estimate the extent of the spread of the most predominant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and to assess the spread of predominant M. tuberculosis clusters as determined by spoligotyping and IS6110 RFLP. The study involved 590 pulmonary, smear-positive TB cases receiving medical attention at health centers and hospitals in Northern Buenos Aires (NBA suburbs, from October 2001 to December 2002. From a total of 208 clinical isolates belonging to 6 major clusters, 63 (30.2% isolates had identical spoligotyping and IS6110 RFLP pattern. Only 22.2% were shown to have epidemiological connections with another member of their respective cluster. In these major clusters, 30.2% of the 208 TB cases studied by both molecular techniques and contact tracing could be convincingly attributable to a recently acquired infection. This knowledge may be useful to assess the clonal distribution of predominant M. tuberculosis clusters in Argentina, which may make an impact on TB control strategies.La incidencia de la tuberculosis en Argentina mostró en 2003 un incremento en comparación con 2002. La grave crisis nacional a fines de los 90 ha probablemente contribuido en gran medida a esta situación. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue determinar la diversidad genética de aislamientos de Mycobacterium tuberculosis y el grado de dispersión de algunas cepas mayoritarias genéticamente relacionadas. El estudio involucró 590 aislamientos clínicos provenientes de muestras respiratorias con examen directo positivo, de pacientes atendidos en los hospitales y centros de salud que conforman la región Gran Buenos Aires Norte (NBA, de octubre de 2001 a diciembre de 2002. De 208 aislamientos que se encontraron en los 6 mayores clusters, 63 (30,2% ten

Very high incidence of syphilis in HIV-infected men who have sex with men in Buenos Aires city: a retrospective cohort study.

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Bissio, E; Cisneros, V; Lopardo, G D; Cassetti, L I

2017-08-01

The incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), particularly syphilis, is high and continues to rise among some populations, especially among men who have sex with men (MSM). Furthermore, a higher incidence of STIs has been reported in HIV-positive than in HIV-negative MSM. To determine the incidence of syphilis in a cohort of men with HIV in Buenos Aires city. Retrospective cohort study. We examined the records and visits made by men with HIV aged >18 years in our institution during a 1-year period. Venereal Disease Reference Laboratory (VDRL) results for all the men in our cohort during the study period were analysed. We considered a case of syphilis as incident if a person had a VDRL result of ≥16 DILS, provided that this was increased at least fourfold compared with a previous determination. All VDRL results ≤8 were investigated, and analysed together with the medical records, to determine if they were new cases. We analysed the VDRL results and the clinical records of 1150 men followed up in our centre during the study period. Mean age was 40.9 years. According to the definition used, we registered 171 new cases of syphilis-that is, an incidence of 14.9/100 patients/year (95% CI 12.9 to 17.0). No significant differences in incidence according to age group were found, but there was a trend towards a lower incidence in older men. Ten men had two new episodes during the study. The incidence of syphilis in this cohort of men with HIV (predominantly MSM) was very high. In addition to maintaining high surveillance for early diagnosis and treatment, it is necessary to implement newer and more effective measures to prevent syphilis and other STIs in this population. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/.

Money, morality, and politics in the slums of Buenos Aires

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Ariel Wilkis

2016-06-01

Full Text Available Abstract Studies on the political life of the poor in Latin American have rarely focused on money, although there have been works focused on the survival strategies of the poor; political clientelism; and collective mobilizations. In this article, I analyze political life in the poor neighborhoods of Greater Buenos Aires through the lens of money that circulates within the Peronist networks. I conducted ethnography fieldwork between 2006 and 2010. Does money have a legitimate role in politics? Has the monetization of political activities dissolved values, commitments, and loyalties among the poor? Is this corruption, or is this an ethical exchange among people who lack cash but possess moral capital? Here, I analyze how money becomes necessary to strengthen commitments, loyalties, obligations, expectations, and plans for both leaders and activists. Reconstructing this process can provide a foundation for the revision of place of money in political life.

Subsidios cruzados en Agua y Cloacas: la concesión de Buenos Aires

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Ferro, Gustavo; Petrecolla, Diego

2003-01-01

A partir de 1991, con la privatización de Corrientes, se inició un proceso de privatizaciones en el sector de agua y saneamiento en Argentina, que abarcó muchos de los servicios provincializados una década antes. La impronta de los contratos era ceder la gestión al sector privado y promover la expansión de los servicios. El Area Metropolitana de Buenos Aires se dio en concesión por treinta años en 1993. La cobertura en el país alcanza un 84% de la población urbana en agua potable y un 54% en ...

El patrimonio cultural en la oferta turística de la provincia de Buenos Aires

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Conti, Alfredo Luis

2011-01-01

La provincia de Buenos Aires ocupa un lugar destacado entre los destinos turísticos nacionales a partir, principalmente, de un recurso, la costa marítima. En las últimas décadas, se incorporaron a la oferta otros productos, basados en recursos tales como el espacio rural o la gastronomía. El territorio provincial posee un rico patrimonio cultural, integrado por componentes materiales e inmateriales, que puede contribuir a la diversificación de la oferta turística y, de este modo, al desarroll...

CityAir app: Mapping air-quality perception using people as sensors

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Castell, Nuria; Fredriksen, Mirjam; Cole-Hunter, Thomas; Robinson, Johanna; Keune, Hans; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark; Bartonova, Alena

2016-04-01

Outdoor air pollution is a major environmental health problem affecting all people in developed and developing countries alike. Ambient (outdoor) air pollution in both cities and rural areas was estimated to cause 3.7 million premature deaths worldwide in 2012. In modern society, people are expending an increasing amount of time in polluted urban environments, thus increasing their exposure and associated health responses. Some cities provide information about air pollution levels to their citizens using air quality monitoring networks. However, due to their high cost and maintenance, the density of the monitoring networks is very low and not capable to capture the high temporal and spatial variability of air pollution. Thus, the citizen lacks a specific answer to the question of "how the air quality is in our surroundings". In the framework of the EU-funded CITI-SENSE project the innovative concept of People as Sensors is being applied to the field of outdoor air pollution. This is being done in eight European cities, including Barcelona, Belgrade, Edinburgh, Haifa, Ljubljana, Oslo, Ostrava and Vienna. People as Sensors defines a measurement model, in which measurements are not only taken by hardware sensors, but in which also humans can contribute with their individual "measurements" such as their subjective perception of air quality and other personal observations. In order to collect the personal observations a mobile app, CityAir, has been developed. CityAir allows citizens to rate the air quality in their surroundings with colour at their current location: green if air quality is very good, yellow if air quality is good, orange if air quality is poor and red if air quality is very poor. The users have also the possibility of indicating the source of pollution (i.e. traffic, industry, wood burning) and writing a comment. The information is on-line and accessible for other app users, thus contributing to create an air-quality map based on citizens' perception

Dinámica y Evolución de las Barreras Medanosas, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Frederico I. Isla; Luis C. Cortizo; Horacio A. Turno Orellano

2001-01-01

Las barreras medanosas Oriental y Austral de Buenos Aires se originaron como consecuencia de la fluctuación holocena del nivel del mar que dejó abundante sedimento litoral que migró hacia el interior. De acuerdo a dataciones radiocarbónicas de materiales obtenidos por debajo de los niveles medanosos se reconocen 3 ciclos de generación de médanos costeros. El primero se originó con posterioridad a la colmatación de ambientes estuarinos (...

Ensambles de aves en agroecosistemas de la provincia de Buenos Aires: su relación con los patrones de uso de la tierra y las características del paisaje

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Codesido, Mariano

2010-01-01

Entre enero de 2006 y enero de 2008 se estudió estacionalmente la estructura de los ensambles de aves en los agroecosistemas de las diferentes unidades ecológicas de la Región Pampeana comprendidas dentro de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Pampa Ondulada, Pampa Interior Plana, Pampa Interior Arenosa, Pampa Deprimida y Pampa Austral). Los objetivos generales de la tesis son: a) describir la estructura de los ensambles de aves terrestres de los agroecosistemas de la provincia de Buenos Aires, b) ...

Atmospheric Boundary Layer Height Evolution with Lidar in Buenos Aires from 2008 to 2011

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Pawelko Ezequiel Eduardo

2016-01-01

Full Text Available The analysis of the atmospheric boundary layer top height evolution is obtained from 2008 to 2011 in Buenos Aires using the multiwavelength lidar located at CEILAP (CITEDEF-CONICET (34°33’ S; 58°30’ W; 17 m asl. Algorithms recognition based on covariance wavelet transform are applied to obtain seasonal statistics. This method is being evaluated for use in the Lidar Network in Argentina and it is being deployed in Patagonia region currently. The technique operates in real time in both low and high aerosol loads and with almost no human supervision.

Analysis of regulatory uses and its connection with flood prone areas. The case of 23 counties on the coastline of the province of Buenos Aires

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María Inés Botana

2008-01-01

Full Text Available This paper is based on an analysis of the land and soil use regulations in the 23 counties of the basin of the rivers Paraná and de la Plata, which make up the area of study of the project in which this is framed1, bearing in mind the specific treatment of the affected areas as well as flood prevention. In order to do this, we have taken into account the following: a the analysis of the evolution of State regulations as regards soil occupancy in the greater Buenos Aires; b the updated registry of regulations connected with land demarcation and use of soil validated by the Executive Power (Regulation N§ and Validating Decree N§; c the specific regulation (Regulation N§ / Executive Power decree N§ by municipality / by content. The data to perform the study of regulatory soil use was obtained from the new Interactive Land Demarcation Map of the Province of Buenos Aires created by the Ministry of Government of the Province of Buenos Aires, Subsecretariat of Municipal Affairs. The analysis of current regulations in each of the 23 counties comprised in the study will allow us to define future intervention strategies, which will act as instruments in connection with land regulation for each municipality's management.

Brote de encefalitis de San Luis en el Área Metropolitana Buenos Aires Outbreack of St. Luis encephalitis in the Metropolitan Buenos Aires Area

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Alfredo Seijo

2011-06-01

Full Text Available Se describen los hallazgos epidemiológicos y clínicos de 13 enfermos con diagnóstico de infección por virus de la encefalitis de San Luis, con transmisión entre enero y marzo de 2010, en el Area Metropolitana Buenos Aires (AMBA. Los 13 enfermos, promedio de edad 38 años, tuvieron un comienzo agudo caracterizado por hipertermia y cefalea. Entre los días dos y diez de iniciados los síntomas, 7/13 enfermos tuvieron signos y síntomas de compromiso neurológico caracterizado por meningitis sin signos encefálicos en 1/7. En 6/7 los hallazgos más frecuentes fueron: rigidez de nuca, desorientación temporoespacial, fotofobia, confusión y alteración del lenguaje. Dos resonancias magnéticas y un electroencefalograma presentaron signos de afectación de lóbulos temporales. El líquido cefalorraquídeo se caracterizó por pleocitosis con predominio de células mononucleadas, glucorraquia normal y discreto aumento de proteínas. No hubo casos fatales. En 6/13 pacientes la sospecha clínica inicial fue dengue. Por la agrupación espacial y temporal de los casos puede considerarse un brote epidémico, el primero conocido en el AMBA, ya que no se había notificado previamente la circulación epidémica del virus.We describe the epidemiological and clinical findings of 13 patients with diagnosis of infection by St. Louis encephalitis virus, transmitted between January and March 2010 in Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA. Thirteen patients, average age 38 years, had an acute onset with hyperthermia and headache. Between days two and ten of the onset of symptoms, 7/13 patients had signs and symptoms of neurological involvement. This was characterized by meningitis without encephalic sings in 1/7 and in 6/7 the most frequent findings were: stiff neck, disorientation, photophobia, confusion and language impairment. Two MR and one EEG revealed signs of involvement of temporal lobes. The cerebrospinal fluid showed pleocytosis with predominance of

Situation of financial support to Service Producer Cooperatives of Buenos Aires in its Bicentennial year.

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Schaposnik, Carmen Rosa

2010-01-01

El objetivo del artículo es analizar el financiamiento en cooperativas de servicios públicos de agua potable de la provincia de Buenos Aires, tema que fue tratado en la investigación “Mercosur y Comunidad Sudamericana de Naciones, ¿hacia dónde van” -realizada en la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales de la UNLP- en la que se propuso comprobar si la propuesta financiera de UNASUR responde a sus objetivos fundacionales. En la investigación, en la que se tuvieron en cuenta fuente...

Los barrios parque y de fin de semana en el mapa de la expansión metropolitana: Buenos Aires, 1910-1950

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Ana Gómez

2015-01-01

Full Text Available En el marco del interés que suscitan los recientes procesos de suburbanización protagonizados por los sectores medios y medios altos, surge la necesidad de identificar núcleos y emprendimientos suburbanos surgidos durante la primera mitad del siglo XX, pensándolos como antecedentes de los fenómenos actuales y partícipes en la formación del territorio metropolitano de Buenos Aires. Desde una perspectiva histórica, nos preguntamos cómo contribuyeron los barrios de fin de semana a producir una nueva configuración del Gran Buenos Aires (GBA. Del corpus de casos seleccionados surge que, más allá de los matices y del rol limitado que en términos materiales tuvieron los barrios de fin de semana en la expansión metropolitana, su relevancia radicó en su capacidad para consolidar los ejes de crecimiento y configurar en su irradiación formas particulares de la expansión.

Touristic resources and factor intensity: Dominant factor content of trade in tourism. The case of the municipalities of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Natalia Porto

2016-01-01

Full Text Available The aim of this paper is to quantify one of the characteristics of the production function of the tourism sector in the province of Buenos Aires: the dominant factor content of their touristic resources, one simplified concept which shows the factors of production incorporated in goods. For its estimation and the touristic characterization of the different municipalities of the province, the following elements are used: the inventory of touristic resources of 134 municipalities of the province; their classification into the five categories listed by OEA; and the factor intensity of each category. One interesting result is that most municipalities with high touristic GDP show a dominant factor content of capital, the implication being that comparative advantage in the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina is based on contemporary technical, scientific and artistic work. It may be concluded that there is place to exploit tourism in Argentina, what points to the need to accompany them with a correct design of public policies.

Paradoxical Personality and Academic Achievement in College Students From Buenos Aires

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Agustín Freiberg Hoffmann

2015-11-01

Full Text Available This paper presents a study on paradoxical personality, defined as a distinctive feature in creative persons, developed with 350 college students from Buenos Aires. Goals aimed at describing and analysing possible significant differences of paradoxical traits in students from diverse majors representing seven different fields of study, and examining the relationship between each bipolar trait and academic achievement. The sample was composed of 7 groups (n = 50 by group representing fields of study typically offered in public universities, Biology, Computer Science, Engineering, Law, Nutrition, Psychology, and History of Art. Analyses by career provided descriptive information about students of these majors, concerning their paradoxical personality profiles. Correlational studies verified significant associations between academic achievement and most paradoxical traits in majors such as Computer Science, Nutrition and Psychology. Results are discussed regarding practical outcomes and teaching programs.

Programas de salud sexual y reproductiva y maternidad adolescente en La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Susana Ortale

2009-12-01

brings into focus the contrast between the normative framework and the meaning motherhood assumes for adolescents. For this purpose, we analyze national health programs, of Buenos Aires province and the municipality of La Plata as well as speeches made in interviews to twenty teens in poor neighborhoods of the city of La Plata. The analysis of the program explores the incorporation of gender and political interpretation of the problems of sexuality and reproduction of adolescents in the context of human rights and the opinions of the informants explores the interpellation.

Presentación del estudio “Links” de hombres que tienes sexo con hombres en Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Carballo-Diéguez, Alex; Ávila, María M; Balán, Iván C.; Marone, Rubén; Pando, María A.; Barreda, Victoria

2011-01-01

Resumen Estudios previos en Buenos Aires reportaron altas prevalencias de HIV entre HSH, con valores que oscilan entre 9 y 14% durante casi 10 años de continuo testeo. El objetivo principal de este estudio fue la evaluación de factores relacionados al comportamiento de alto riesgo para transmisión del HIV entre HSH entre los que se incluyen el conocimiento y factores emocionales, socioculturales y ambientales. Por otro lado se realizó la estimación de prevalencia e incidencia de HIV utilizando RDS (Respondent Driven Sampling), así como la presencia de otras infecciones de transmisión sexual. Por último se evaluaron los hábitos de testeo para HIV indagando que factores facilitan o impiden su realización. El estudio constó de dos fases, en primer lugar una fase cualitativa y posteriormente una fase cuantitativa con una duración total de 4 años y medio. Durante la fase cualitativa se realizaron 44 entrevistas individuales en profundidad, 8 grupos focales y 10 observaciones etnográficas (hoteles, baños públicos (“teteras”), cines pornográficos, fiestas privadas, dark rooms y discotecas). Durante la fase cuantitativa del estudio se realizó el reclutamiento de 500 participantes que provinieron de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, así como del Gran Buenos Aires. El reclutamiento se comenzó con 16 participantes llamados semillas. Se realizó el diagnóstico de infección por HIV, hepatitis B y C (HBV y HCV), Treponema pallidum, Virus Papiloma Humano (HPV) y Chlamidias. La colaboración establecida entre los grupos de trabajo enfocados en áreas diversas posibilitó el abordaje conjunto de nuevas estrategias de investigación antes no exploradas en nuestro país. Los resultados más relevantes de esta investigación serán progresivamente publicados en sucesivos números de Actualizaciones en SIDA. PMID:25264397

ESTRUCTURA Y DIVERSIDAD FLORISTICA DE DOS BOSQUES NATURALES (BUENOS AIRES, DPTO CAUCA, COLOMBIA ESTRUTURA E DIVERSIDADE FLORÍSTICA DE DUAS FLORESTAS NATURAIS NO MUNICIPIO DE BUENOS AIRES, DEPARTAMENTO DO CAUCA, COLOMBIA STRUCTURE AND FLORISTIC DIVERSITY FROM TWO FORESTS IN BUENOS AIRES, CAUCA, COLOMBIA

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CATALINA GARCÍA

2010-06-01

Full Text Available Se describe la estructura y diversidad florística de dos transectos en el bosque andino del Municipio de Buenos Aires, Departamento del Cauca. El muestreo se realizó en los Corregimientos El Ceral y El Porvenir, en cada uno de ellos se estableció un transecto de 0,5 ha (250m x20m. En ellos se determinaron y se registraron las especies presentes y se midió el diámetro a la altura del pecho (DAP de todos los individuos con DAP ≥ 10 cm. La estructura de los bosques estudiados presentan una distribución diamétrica en forma de "J invertida", la cual expresa la dinámica del bosque, también se elaboró un perfil esquemático de cada bosque. La diversidad de especies se estimó con los índices de Margalef Menihnick, Shannon -Winnery Simpson. La similitud florística entre los bosques se valoró con los índices de similitud de Jaccardy Sorensen. La curva especie - área o de riqueza florística no llegó al punto de inflexión, donde las especies nuevas dejaron de ser encontradas, debido a que en gran parte son especies raras.Descreve-se a estructura e diversidade florística de dois bosques andinos no Municipio de Buenos Aires, Departamento do Cauca. A demonstacão se fez nos povoados "El Ceral e El Porvenir". Em cada um deles se estableceu um trajeto de 0,5 hetares (250m x 20m. Neles se determinaram e registraram as espécies presentes e se mediu o diámetro À altura do peito (DAP de todos os individuos com DAP≥10 cm. A estructura das florestas estudadas apresenta urna distribuiçÃo dia-métrica em forma de "J invés", a qual expressa a dinámica do mato, também se elaborou um perfil esquemático de cada urna das florestas. A diversidade de especies estimou-se com os índices de Margalef, Menihninck, Shannon - Wiener, Simpson e Berger Parker. A semelhança florística entre as duas florestas se valorou com os índices de similitude de Jaccard e Sorensen. A curva especie -área ou de riqueza florística, não chegou ao ponto de inflex

Progress towards elimination of trans-fatty acids in foods commonly consumed in four Latin American cities.

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Monge-Rojas, Rafael; Colón-Ramos, Uriyoán; Jacoby, Enrique; Alfaro, Thelma; Tavares do Carmo, Maria das Graças; Villalpando, Salvador; Bernal, Claudio

2017-09-01

To assess progress towards the elimination of trans-fatty acids (TFA) in foods after the 2008 Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recommendation of virtual elimination of TFA in Latin America. A descriptive, comparative analysis of foods that were likely to contain TFA and were commonly consumed in four cities in Latin America. San José (Costa Rica), Mexico City (Mexico), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Buenos Aires (Argentina). Foods from each city were sampled in 2011; TFA content was analysed using GC. TFA of selected foods was also monitored in 2016. In 2011-2016, there was a significant decrease in the content of TFA in the sampled foods across all sites, particularly in Buenos Aires (from 12·6-34·8 % range in 2011-2012 to nearly 0 % in 2015-2016). All sample products met the recommended levels of TFA content set by the PAHO. TFA were replaced with a mixture of saturated and unsaturated fats. Our results indicate a virtual elimination of TFA from major food sources in the cities studied. This could be due to a combination of factors, including recommendations by national and global public health authorities, voluntary and/or mandatory food reformulation made by the food industry.

Modernidad histórica, modernidad reciente. Procesos urbanos en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires: los casos del Conjunto Soldati y Nordelta

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María Florencia Girola

2009-07-01

Full Text Available Tesis de Doctorado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Directora: Dra. Mónica Beatriz Lacarrieu. Co-director: Lic. Carlos Herrán.Fecha de Defensa: 26 de junio de 2008.

John Tweedie and Charles Darwin in Buenos Aires.

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Ollerton, Jeff; Chancellor, Gordon; van Wyhe, John

2012-06-20

The journey of exploration undertaken by Charles Darwin FRS during the voyage of HMS Beagle has a central place within the historical development of evolutionary theory and has been intensively studied. Despite this, new facts continue to emerge about some of the details of Darwin's activities. Drawing on recently published Darwin material and unpublished letters in the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, we document a hitherto unexamined link between Darwin and John Tweedie (1775-1862), a relatively obscure Scottish gardener turned South American plant collector. All of the available evidence points to a meeting between the two men in Buenos Aires in 1832. Tweedie provided Darwin with information about the geography of the Rio Paraná, including the locality of fossilized wood eroding from the river bank. It also seems likely that Tweedie supplied Darwin with seeds that he later shipped back to John Stevens Henslow in Cambridge. Although this brief meeting was at the time relatively unimportant to either man, echoes of that encounter have resonated with Tweedie's descendants to the present day and have formed the basis for a family story about a written correspondence between Darwin and Tweedie. Local information supplied to Darwin by residents such as Tweedie was clearly important and deserves further attention.

Un desafío a la justicia social peronista: la hidatidosis en la provincia de Buenos Aires, 1946-1952 A challenge to Peronism's social justice: hydatidosis in the province of Buenos Aires, 1946-1952

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Adriana Valobra

2007-01-01

Analiza las políticas sanitarias del gobierno de Domingo Alfredo Mercante (1946-1952) - mano derecha de Juan Domingo Perón - en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, atendiendo a lo que fue una de sus más instigantes líneas de intervención: la erradicación de la hidatidosis. Visibilizando un problema largamente olvidado por la historiografía, especificaremos de qué modo el gobierno mercantiano colocó a la hidatidosis en la agenda estatal a través de una legitimación estadística, socioeconó...

Lineamientos elementales de la acción originaria de inconstitucionalidad en la provincia de Buenos Aires

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Flores, Álvaro

2017-01-01

La acción originaria de inconstitucionalidad se erige como una de las herramientas procesales que posee el Sistema Constitucional Bonaerense, para el ejercicio del control de constitucionalidad. Esta acción —contemplada en el artículo 161 inc. 1 de la Constitución Bonaerense— permite a la Suprema Corte de la Provincia de Buenos Aires —en forma directa y originaria— expedirse acerca de la constitucionalidad de leyes, decretos, ordenanzas y todo tipo de norma que constituya un mandato abstracto...

Distribución espacial de la rugosidad en parcelas agrícolas en Provincia de Buenos Aires - Argentina Roughness spatial distribution in agricultural parcels in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

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Héctor Salgado

2006-08-01

Full Text Available O uso de imagens SAR para estimar e monitorar a umidade superficial do solo requer que se considere outros fatores que influenciam na retrodifusão do sinal-radar, entre os quais a rugosidade da cobertura da superfície à escala de centímetro é muito importante. Há diversos métodos para determinar a rugosidade, mas muitos são caros ou de operação de campo complexa. Neste trabalho, é apresentado um método versátil e econômico que usa máquina fotográfica e tela quadrada. Cada fotografia é processada numericamente obtendo a altura RMS, como parâmetro da rugosidade da cobertura. Por meio de técnicas geoestatísticas de krigagem é estimada a distribuição espacial da rugosidade. São mostradas experiências em áreas com cobertura de trigo, localizadas na área agrícola serrana da Província o Buenos Aires, Argentina. Os valores de RMS encontrados (29 mm Use of SAR images for soil surface moisture estimation requires taking into account the other factors that influence the radar backscattering signal, among which the surface cover roughness at centimeter scale is very important. There are several methods to determine the roughness, but many are expensive or complex field operation. A versatile and economic method that uses a photographic camera and a girded screen is presented. Each picture is numerically processed obtaining the RMS height, as parameter of the crop-soil complex roughness. By means of krigging geostatistics techniques the spatial distribution of roughness is estimated. Experiences in parcels with wheat cover, located in the hill agricultural area of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina are shown. The found RMS values (29 mm < RMS < 48 mm are analyzed with four roughness approaches. Their utility in order to estimate soil surface moisture status in agricultural parcels by means of their application like input into the SAR images backscattering models is stated.

Ni bandas, ni linchamientos: Un estudio de caso sobre la resolución de conflictos en el sur de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

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Guadalupe Basualdo

2017-02-01

ethnographic perspective, analyzes the practices of the social actors that became involved in a violent conflict in a poor neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires. At the same time, it analyzes the way in which the inhabitants of these neighborhoods solve their own social conflicts and the relations they establish with state security forces and corps.Keywords: community policing, security, conflicts, popular neighborhoods, moralities

Estudio multicéntrico para la prevención de la toxoplasmosis prenatal en Buenos Aires Multicenter study on the prevention of congenital toxoplasmosis in Buenos Aires

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Liliana Carral

2008-12-01

women were done in nine different hospitals within the city of Buenos Aires and surroundings, where 19825 births between May 1st 2006 and April 30th 2007 were registered. Screening tests were done in 13632 pregnant women, using IgG and IgM determinations by ELISA. If acute infection was suspected, the patient‘s serum was sent to the reference laboratory to fulfill the pending tests: Sabin Feldman, ISAGA M, ISAGA A, ISAGA E and avidity. Clinical and serologic evaluation was done to all newborn of these mothers. Three hundred and fifty one specimens were sent and analyzed. Conclusions from the analysis were as follows: 121 (32% patients probably acquired the infection during pregnancy, in 176 (46% patients, acute infection was excluded, in 37 women (10% serologic results were inconclusive, and in 47 (12% the interpretation of results was impossible due to lack of information on the exact gestational age. Clinical and serologic control was performed in 94 newborns of mothers infected during pregnancy, and 5 congenital toxoplasmosis were detected, with fetal damage, four corioretinitis and one case of microcephaly. This study allowed us to validate the Argentine Consensus of Congenital Toxoplasmosis Guidelines.

Autonomía educativa en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina: comparación entre dos distritos escolares. Una perspectiva neo-institucionalista

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M. Fernanda Astiz

2015-09-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: El presente artículo aporta evidencia empírica sobre políticas adoptadas, resultados y consecuencias de las iniciativas de descentralización y autonomía educativa implementadas en Argentina en los años noventa. Este estudio realiza una evaluación de las implicancias del concepto de autonomía educativa en el país y de cómo fue adoptado tanto a nivel provincial como en las escuelas. Utilizando un paradigma neo-institucionalista, y mediante el uso de fuentes de información fidedignas de la provincia de Buenos Aires y de dos distritos escolares del Gran Buenos Aires, el estudio analiza la función que los factores organizativos cumplen en la implementación de la reforma. El objetivo de la presente investigación es analizar en forma comparativa las características institucionales y las consecuencias que las mismas acarrean en distritos que atienden poblaciones sociopolíticas diferentes.

Ciudad Visible versus ciudad invisible: la gestión del riesgo por inundaciones en la ciudad de Buenos Aires.

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González, Silvia G.

2010-01-01

La inundación es el mayor riesgo de origen natural en la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Si bien están denotadas por lluvias copiosas o crecidas del rió de la plata, la compleja trama de acciones y decisiones urbanas ha amplificado la amenaza a tal punto que el sistema hídrico - natural - se ha transformado en uno tecnológico.

Sistema de Justicia Juvenil en la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina y métodos de evaluación / The Juvenile Justice System in the Province of Buenos Aires and evaluation methods

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Jorge Folino

2012-12-01

Full Text Available Los objetivos del presente artículo son describir el sistema de justicia juvenil en la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina desde las perspectivas jurídica y ejecutiva, y comunicar avances científicos globales en la evaluación de los jóvenes que cometen actos disociales. En la provincia de Buenos Aires el sistema ha sido profundamente modificado en los últimos 15 años siguiendo las premisas de la Convención Internacional sobre los Derechos del Niño y dejando relegado el modelo del Patronato, que había regido previamente. Las instituciones encargadas de la ejecución de la intervención dispuesta por el Poder Judicial dependen actualmente de la Subsecretaria de Niñez y Adolescencia del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y constan de centros cerrados, centros con régimen de semilibertad y centros de intervención ambulatoria (medidas alternativas a la prisión, tales como suspensión de juicio a prueba o tareas comunitarias. Las ciencias relacionadas con la salud mental y con el comportamiento vienen contribuyendo a la identificación de diversos factores influyentes en la conducta disocial y con el diseño de tipos de intervención para cada nivel de prevención. Sin embargo, hay una distancia importante entre las potencialidades del estado actual delconocimiento y la implementación. En las condiciones expuestas, queda configurado un período de transición que aún requiere optimización de la política de infancia con ajustes legislativos, judiciales y administrativos y con la capitalización de los aportes científicos.

A challenge to Peronism's social justice: hydatidosis in the province of Buenos Aires, 1946-1952

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Valobra, Adriana

2007-01-01

Analiza las políticas sanitarias del gobierno de Domingo Alfredo Mercante (1946-1952) -mano derecha de Juan Domingo Perón- en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, atendiendo a lo que fue una de sus más instigantes líneas de intervención: la erradicación de la hidatidosis. Visibilizando un problema largamente olvidado por la historiografía, especificaremos de qué modo el gobierno mercantiano colocó a la hidatidosis en la agenda estatal a través de una legitimación estadística, socioeconómi...

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Habitus escolar de estudiantes de clase media en escuelas secundarias de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

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Meo, Analía Inés

2017-01-01

Este artículo analiza cómo estudiantes de fracciones “perdedoras” de la clase media respondieron al juego de la escolaridad media en una buena escuela estatal en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Utiliza la perspectiva de Bourdieu sobre la práctica social y, en particular, sus conceptos de juego, habitus y capital cultural. Argumenta que los estudiantes de clase media encarnan el habitus escolar que he llamado “zafar”. “Zafar” se refiere a un conjunto de disposiciones, prácticas...

Indicadores económicos ganaderos de los sistemas agropecuarios extensivos del partido de Saavedra (Buenos Aires)

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Gargano, Alfredo O.; Saldungaray, María C.; Chimeno, Patricia; Conti, Viviana P.; Adúriz, Miguel A.

2004-01-01

p.227-236 El objetivo fue determinar los resultados económicos ganaderos de los agrosistemas del partido de Saavedra (Buenos Aires) y compararlos con los de la agricultura. Se calcularon los ingresos netos (IN), costos directos (CD), márgenes brutos (MB) y la relación IN-CD. Los MB de los conglomerados, subsistemas ganaderos y estratos por superficie tuvieron mayor dependencia de los IN que de los CD. Los MB de los conglomerados, promedios de las áreas edáficas homogéneas (AEH), oscilaron ...

Buenos Aires y salta en rito cívico: la revolución y las fiestas mayas

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Juan Carlos Garavaglia

2002-01-01

El articulo es una relectura de los acontecimientos de los primeros años postrevolucionarios en el Plata. Centrado en las fiestas mayas, las analiza como uno de los elementos claves en la constitución de nuevas formas de imaginar la experiencia política iniciada en 1810. La comparación entre Buenos Aires y Salta, permite mostrar algunas de diferencias en las maneras de vivir estas fiestas "revolucionarias"; esas diferencias reflejan por supuesto realidades sociales y culturales...

Teenage motherhood : dilemma or delight? : a study of the life world of adolescent mothers in Buenos Aires

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Rossi, Maria Philippa

2010-01-01

Master in International Education and Development (NOMA) This thesis is based on six weeks of fieldwork in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the autumn 2009. It investigates the lived experiences of a group of teenage mothers who have grown up in institutions. Although biomedical literature states that pregnancy is risky in medical terms only at the very start of the teenage years, adolescent pregnancy is as a norm depicted as a public health problem, or even a ‘social epidemic’, by policymakers,...

Dosimetric studies of the lens of the eye using a new dosimeter - polls in two departments of Interventional Radiology of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires

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Pirchio, R.; Sánchez, H.; Domazet, W

2013-01-01

During interventional radiology (IR) and cardiology (IC) procedures, medical staff can receive high doses to their eye lenses. The Retrospective Evaluation of Lens Injuries and Dose (RELID) study organized in Argentina in 2010 found incipient opacity in 50% of IC physicians and 41% of IC technicians/nurses. These results, added to the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), which lowered their former occupational equivalent dose limit for the lens, led us to assess the eye lens dose, Hp(3), during interventional procedures. To this end, a new dosemeter was designed and calibrated at the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) of Argentina to evaluate Hp(3). Personal dose equivalent (Hp(10)), and Hp(3) were assessed for 3 months in two IC and IR departments of Buenos Aires City using thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD) and electronic personal dosimeter (EPD). An Rando Alderson phantom was used to simulate monthly exposures of five occupational staff members. Hp(3) and Hp(10) were obtained monthly for 14 occupational staff members exposed to 121 IR and IC procedures. We concluded that the annual effective dose and Hp(3) were lower than 0.3 and 10 mSv, respectively. An occupational annual dose constraint of 0.3 mSv was calculated. Average cumulative Hp(3) for working life of 40 years should be lower than 400 and 200 mSv for physicians and technicians/scrub nurse, respectively. Also we concluded that a calibrated EPD worn on a pocket in the lead apron and a TLD dosemeter worn on the collar thyroid (both at the maximal radiation side) could be used as guidance to the lens dose. Finally, To reduce doses of medical staff, actions should be promoted to maximize radiation protection in interventional procedures with appropriate training, using personal dosimetry and protection instruments as lead glasses, ceiling-suspended shields and others. (author)

ESTUDIOS BIOARQUEOLÓGICOS DEL SITIO PASO MAYOR, SUDOESTE DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES / Bioarchaeological studies of Paso Mayor site, southwest Buenos Aires province

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Clara Scabuzzo

2013-07-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se resumen los estudios bioarqueológicos realizados en la colección osteológica del sitio Paso Mayor Y1S2 (partido de Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires. Los análisis efectuados comprendieron diferentes etapas. En primer lugar se hizo un inventario de la colección y se relevaron algunas variables tafonómicas para conocer el estado general de conservación de los restos. Una segunda etapa estuvo orientada a determinar la estructura sexo-etaria de la muestra. Finalmente se efectuaron estudios de marcadores de estrés ocupacional y el relevamiento de algunas patologías de carácter infeccioso y traumático. En conjunto estos análisis muestran que en el sitio se inhumaron individuos subadultos y adultos de ambos sexos, los restos fueron enterrados de manera primaria y secundaria. La colección muestra un buen estado de conservación por lo que fue posible determinar la mayoría de los elementos óseos analizados. En cuanto a los estudios de marcadores de actividad física, estos indican la importancia de la actividad deambulatoria y el posible uso de sistemas de armas como el arco y flecha. Se registró una reacción perióstica en los miembros inferiores y un traumatismo en el esqueleto craneal. Finalmente se discute la información bioarqueológica del sitio con la publicada para otros sitios del área. Abstract This paper summarizes the bioarchaeological studies of the osteological collection recovered in Paso Mayor Y1S2 site (Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires. Analyses were carried out in different stages. First, a detailed inventory of the collection was made and some taphonomic variables were considered in order to evaluate the general condition of the bone remains. A second phase was oriented to the determination of the age-sex structure of the sample. Finally, occupational stress markers studies were undertaken along with the observation of certain infectious and traumatic pathologies. As a whole, these analyses show the

"Usinas de miedo" y esquizopolíticas en Buenos Aires

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María Carman

2008-09-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo quiero reflexionar en torno a la construcción del miedo en Buenos Aires como una categoría que está implicando, como diría Hegel, un reconocimiento unilateral de actores involucrados. Interesa interrogarnos si los vecinos de clase media o alta que se “acuartelan” tras muros o rejas son los únicos que experimentan temor en nuestras ciudades signadas por la desigualdad o, por el contrario, es posible discernir los temores de los sectores populares, en franca sintonía con las políticas resueltamente contradictorias que implementa el poder local, que he de denominar esquizopolíticas. Por otra parte, me interesa analizar de qué modo las villas, asentamientos u ocupaciones ilegales son percibidos por el resto de la sociedad como usinas donde en apariencia se “generan” sujetos que provocan miedo, incertidumbre y desorden. Veremos también cómo la cultura y la naturaleza son construidas veladamente, desde ciertos proyectos, como antítesis del miedo.

75 FR 18778 - Safety Zone; Ocean City Air Show 2010, Atlantic Ocean, Ocean City, MD

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2010-04-13

...-AA00 Safety Zone; Ocean City Air Show 2010, Atlantic Ocean, Ocean City, MD AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS... zone on the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of Ocean City, Maryland to support the Ocean City Air Show. This action is intended to restrict vessel traffic movement on the Atlantic Ocean to protect mariners...

Las fronteras de la medicalización: tensiones en torno a la identificación y valoración de la desnutrición infantil en un centro de atención primaria de la ciudad de Buenos Aires The frontiers of medicalization: tensions surrounding the identification and appreciation of child malnutrition in a primary healthcare center of the city of Buenos Aires

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Damián Herkovits

2012-09-01

Full Text Available La medicalización de la vida y sus implicancias en cuanto a la producción de subjetividades han sido fenómenos destacados por las ciencias humanas en el estudio de la salud y la enfermedad. Sin embargo, el análisis de sus expresiones locales permanece insuficientemente tratado. El presente trabajo tiene como propósito avanzar en esta dirección mediante el estudio etnográfico del proceso de medicalización de la desnutrición infantil en un centro sanitario de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Abordaremos las singularidades involucradas en la percepción valorativa del cuerpo y su contexto alimentario por parte de los profesionales de la salud y los destinatarios de sus acciones terapéuticas. Destacamos que los criterios de percepción y los valores morales que animan las posiciones sociales de los profesionales del sector salud y los destinatarios de sus acciones imposibilitaron la institucionalización de la visión médica. Concluimos que el proceso analizado subraya la necesidad de exceder los enfoques que abordan la medicalización exclusivamente desde el ángulo de la imposición. La historia social de los grupos involucrados y los modos de relacionamiento que establecen en escenarios locales constituyen elementos esenciales para comprender las singularidades de estos procesos.The medicalization of life and its implications for the production of subjectivities are phenomena that have been highlighted by the human sciences in the study of health and disease. Nevertheless, the analysis of its local expressions has been insufficiently covered. The scope of this paper is to explore this field by an ethnographical study of the medicalization process of child malnutrition in a primary healthcare center of the city of Buenos Aires. We will describe analytically the singularities involved in the body perception and the alimentary context by health professionals and their patients. We emphasize that the criteria of perception and moral values that

Contaminación fecal canina en plazas y veredas de Buenos Aires, 1991-2006

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Diana Rubel

2010-08-01

Full Text Available El objetivo del trabajo fue presentar y analizar los datos de contaminación fecal canina y parasitaria en plazas y veredas de Buenos Aires obtenidos entre 1991 y 2006 por la Cátedra Parasitología General (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Se censaron las heces en varias plazas cada año en un único día entre 1991-2006. A partir del año 2000 se censaron heces en veredas circundantes. En cada plaza se seleccionaron al azar 30 heces frescas que se conservaron en formol 5% para su análisis parasitológico por el método de flotación de Willis con solución saturada de ClNa. Los 51 censos presentaron una mediana de heces de 288; un 82% de las heces se observaron en los canteros de tierra o pasto. La contaminación fecal en las plazas fue mayor en el período 2000-06 que en el anterior (p = 0.0000. La contaminación fecal de las plazas aumentó con la densidad humana en las manzanas lindantes (p = 0.0076. Las veredas mostraron un patrón inverso, ya que la contaminación fecal fue mayor en las áreas menos densamente pobladas (p = 0.0000. Se detectaron parásitos en un número variable de las heces colectadas en todas las plazas. Los géneros más frecuentes fueron Ancylostoma (20.47%, Trichuris (2.59% y Toxocara (1.70%. Nuestros resultados indican un aumento en la contaminación fecal de las plazas, posiblemente asociado con el aumento del número de perros en la ciudad combinado con las deficiencias en la implementación y el seguimiento de las medidas de control.

Ruta crítica de la salud de las mujeres: integralidad y equidad de género en las prácticas de salud de las mujeres en la ciudad de Buenos Aires - 2da parte Critical Road Of Women's Health: Integrality And Gender Equity In Health Practices Among Women In Buenos Aires City - 2nd Part

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Débora Tajer

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Este proyecto es continuación de investigaciones UBACyT anteriores, realizadas por el mismo equipo acerca de la equidad de género en la calidad de atención de pacientes cardiovasculares (2000-3 y de la relación entre los modos de subjetivación de género y la construcción de la vulnerabilidad coronaria en varones y en mujeres (1998-2000. El proyecto actual releva los grados de integralidad y equidad de género en las prácticas de salud de las mujeres en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, detectando necesidades, significaciones y prácticas realizadas a la población asistida, y a los/as profesionales de la salud que atienden. Analiza, así mismo, los programas existentes. El diseño es de tipo exploratorio descriptivo, utiliza metodología cualitativa en la recolección y análisis de información y técnicas de investigación acción participante para relevar obstáculos y colaborar en construir un modelo integral dirigido a la promoción y atención de la salud de las mujeres con perspectiva de género. Incluye una mirada de las necesidades en salud de cada etapa etaria y un enfoque preventivo hacia los problemas de las etapas siguientes, como componente de ampliación de capacidades de los/as sujetos/as de vivir una vida mas saludable y con mayores grados de ciudadanía.This project is a continuation of previous UBACyT research projects about gender equity in cardiovascular patients health care (2000-3 and the way of gender subjectivity contributes to coronary risk construction both in men and women (1998-2000 The aim of this work is studying the degree of integrality and gender equity in health care practices among women in the City of Buenos Aires. Detecting needs, signifi- cations and health care practices in population, practitioners and programmes. It is an exploratory-descriptive project that uses qualitative methodology in data recollection and analysis. Action participant techniques are used to assess obstacles and to collaborate in

BIOMASS IN Eucalyptus viminalis Labill. PLANTATIONS IN BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA

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Paula Ferrere

2009-10-01

Full Text Available The present work was developed in the West of Buenos Aires Province (Argentina with the objective of adjusting functions of biomass of individual trees, in their different compartments and in the understorey. Stands of Eucalyptus viminalis Labill. were identified, with ages between 4 and 14 years-old. Twenty-one individuals were felled with diameters ranging from 9,2 to 32,5 cm. Simple and multiple regression models were developed and volume, branch leaf and stem biomass were estimated. The best volume equations were based on lineal models and the most adequate behavior was obtained with d2. To estimate leaf, branch and stem, ln-ln models have been suggested, with diameter and h or only diameter. The leaf biomass presented the weakest adjustment. The distribution of trees biomass agrees with the bibliography. The proportion of crown biomass decreases with age; on the other hand, the proportion of stem biomass increases with age.

Eugenesia en Buenos Aires: discursos, prácticas, historiografía

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Diego Armus

Full Text Available Resumen En la década de 1990, algunos estudios subrayaron la dominante presencia de la eugenesia positiva en la Argentina moderna. Enfatizaban en el lugar marginal que en los discursos eugenésicos tuvieron los violentos métodos de selección. En los últimos años esta perspectiva ha sido revisada, señalando la viscosidad conceptual de la eugenesia y la presencia de discursos eugenésicos negativos. Este artículo comenta estos avatares historiográficos y también se detiene en las narrativas que estas perspectivas han articulado respecto del problema de la esterilización y regulación del matrimonio de quienes padecían tuberculosis en Buenos Aires durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. Con ese ejemplo se intenta remarcar la necesidad de tensionar discursos y prácticas en cualquier empeño por entender el pasado.

Formas urbanas de religiosidad Popular. El caso Cromañón en Buenos Aires

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Maximiliano Korstanje

2007-01-01

Full Text Available El objetivo del presente artículo es determinar si existe un fenómeno de religiosidad popular, por las consecuencias sociales del caso del incendio provocado por una bengala en un recital de un grupo de rock en Buenos Aires. Se analiza que se entiende por religiosidad popular y se toman cinco elementos: la sacralización de los muertos, la idea de conflicto social, el sincretismo, las fechas conmemorativas, y la promesa como relación entre el devoto y el santo. Finalmente, mediante entrevistas en profundidad, observación participante y no participante se establece una relación entre esas categorías teóricas y los hechos empíricos.

Vínculos mestizos: Historias de amor y parentesco en la campaña de Buenos Aires en el siglo XIX

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María Bjerg

2007-12-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo aborda los vínculos que gestaron un universo de mestizaje biológico y cultural en la frontera de Buenos Aires durante el siglo XIX. Tiene por objeto realizar una indagación del mestizaje observado, por un lado, desde las mujeres indias y sus relaciones sexuales y amorosas con hombres hispano-criollos, y por otro, desde el parentesco simbólico. Este abordaje de la familia y el parentesco pretende iluminar desde un ángulo diferente las relaciones entre infieles y cristianos, que hasta ahora han sido analizadas a través del comercio, los tratados y la violencia expresada en malones o en intervención de fuerza militar hispano-criolla en territorio indio.This paper studies sexual and marital practices of Indian women and Hispanic/ Creole men in the frontier of Buenos Aires in the 19th century. It explores the creation of a Métis culture through the analysis of family, kinship and god-parenthood ties seeking to illuminate from a different angle the relationship between heathens and Christians which has been mostly studied from the standpoint of commerce, treaties and war.

[A double confinement. The current situation inside the Psychiatric Forensic Unit # 20 of the Hospital "J. T. Borda" of Buenos Aires City].

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Guilis, Graciela; Amendolaro, Roxana; Del Do, Adelqui; Wikinski, Mariana; Sobredo, Laura

2006-01-01

Imprisonment of offenders with mental disorders in special psychiatric units constitutes a practice expected to satisfy both the legal and medical needs of prisoners. However, the actual conditions in which this practice takes place frequently hinders its purpose. In this work we describe the observations made by members of a Human Right Organization' Mental Health Team, the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) (Legal and Social Studies Centre), in the Psychiatric Unit of the J. T. Borda Hospital, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Observations were carried on in three visits performed by a group of psychologists, psychiatrists and lawyers. Visitors interviewed patients and examined the buildings and other material conditions to which patients are submitted. Interviews always took place in front of the guardians. From the interviews and the examination of the installations it can be concluded that: a) patients lack systematic diagnostic and treatment, and b) severe violations to their human rights were documented. So, the imprisonment conditions preclude any therapeutic intervention. The international legislation related to this special clinical and legal situation is revised ant the concepts of "penal state", "control societies" and "total institutions" are discussed.

Buenos Aires y salta en rito cívico: la revolución y las fiestas mayas

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Juan Carlos Garavaglia

2002-01-01

Full Text Available El articulo es una relectura de los acontecimientos de los primeros años postrevolucionarios en el Plata. Centrado en las fiestas mayas, las analiza como uno de los elementos claves en la constitución de nuevas formas de imaginar la experiencia política iniciada en 1810. La comparación entre Buenos Aires y Salta, permite mostrar algunas de diferencias en las maneras de vivir estas fiestas "revolucionarias"; esas diferencias reflejan por supuesto realidades sociales y culturales bastante contrastadas.

De brava a dura: La policía de la provincia de Buenos Aires durante la primera mitad del siglo XX A transformação institucional da polícia da província de Buenos Aires durante a primeira metade do século XX Institutional transformation of the Provincial Police of Buenos Aires during the first half of the Twentieth Century

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Osvaldo Barreneche

2010-12-01

ão .This article analyzes the institutional transformation of the Provincial Police of Buenos Aires during the first half of the Twentieth Century. First, the period from the 1880s when both city and provincial police were separated up to the 1920s is studied. Then, the institutional evolution of this Law Enforcement Agency is divided in three stages: 1 the 1930s when significant changes began to taking place, 2 the military coup of 1943 and the following Peronist period, when a deep administrative police reform happened. And 3 the years of the Revolución Libertadora from 1955 on, analyzed in this article as a conclusion. The entire piece refers to the transition from a brava (1930s to a dura (1960s police agency that issued its own institutional goals in concurrence with the political and military governments during those decades.

El efecto del territorio en la movilidad social de hogares de la Región Mentropolitana de Buenos Aires.

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Paula Boniolo

2017-01-01

Full Text Available El presente estudio aborda los vínculos entre la socialización territorial y la movilidad social intergeneracional de hogares en la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (RMBA. Para ello, se analiza en qué medida la socialización territorial condiciona las posibilidades de movilidad social ascendente. Los datos utilizados provienen de la base de datos de la encuesta de Estratificación y movilidad social en la Argentina (2007 del Centro de Estudios de Opinión Pública (CEDOP, Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani – Universidad de Buenos Aires. Los hallazgos principales del estudio se centran en que las características de la socialización en las zonas de residencia juvenil, donde se construyen vínculos y configuran expectativas, favorecen o refuerzan patrones de movilidad según la herencia de clase. Asimismo, otra pauta que el estudio muestra es que si bien la educación sigue atada a los orígenes sociales y ligada al territorio, ejerce un efecto en las posibilidades y oportunidades en el camino de ascenso social. El presente estudio brinda elementos para sustentar la hipótesis de que el territorio tiene un peso específico propio en los procesos de estratificación social.

"En defensa de la fuente de trabajo": demandas y prácticas de movilización en una empresa recuperada de Buenos Aires

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Maria Inés Fernández Álvarez

2007-07-01

Full Text Available En discusión con una conceptualización que reduce la movilización social de los sectores populares a una mera respuesta "al hambre", los estudios recientes sobre esta temática, han recurrido a la idea de "lucha por el reconocimiento", desarrollada por A. Honeth. Sin embargo, estas lecturas introducen una separación entre "supervivencia", por un lado, y "acción política", por el otro, en la que la primera queda vinculada a las condiciones materiales y la segunda al reconocimiento social. A partir de esta distinción, se establece una jerarquía que pondera la búsqueda de sentido, en relación a la que se vincula la acción política, por sobre "la supervivencia". Retomando resultados de nuestra investigación etnográfica sobre empresas recuperadas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, este artículo examina el modo en que ambas dimensiones aparecieron articuladas en esta "lucha por el trabajo", considerando los argumentos y las prácticas desplegadas en el proceso de construcción de demandas.Discussing with conceptualizations that reduces popular sectors' social mobilizations to an answer "to hunger", recent studies adopted the idea of "struggle for recognition", developed by A. Honeth. Nevertheless, these arguments introduce a separation, referring, on the one hand to "survival" and to "political action", on the other. In this separation the first one is related to material conditions and the second to social recognition. From this distinction, a hierarchy is established, through it the search of sense related to political action, prevails over the "survival" idea. Taking as a point of departure the results of our ethnographic research on recovered companies in Buenos Aires city, this article examines the way in which both dimensions appeared articulated in this "struggle for work", considering the arguments and the practices unfolded in the process of demands construction.

Caracterización de los Servicios de Atención en Violencia Familiar del área metropolitana de Buenos Aires, Argentina Analysis of Services Targeting Family Violence Against Women in Greater Metropolitan Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Roxana Cecilia Ynoub

1998-01-01

Full Text Available Se presentan, en este trabajo, un diagnóstico y evaluación de la disponibilidad de servicios existentes en la región metropolitana de Buenos Aires para la atención en Violencia Familiar Contra la Mujer. De ellos se describen las redes existentes y las articulaciones intersectoriales. Asimismo se evaluan su desarrollo institucional, los enfoques teóricos, las modalidades de intervención y la producción de información e investigaciones. Entre los resultados, se destaca la presencia de distintas perspectivas teóricas ­ particularmente entre quienes incluyen o no la temática de género ­, a las que corresponden distintas modalidades de intervención; y las conexiones ­ más informales que formales ­ entre distintos sectores y áreas oficiales y las organizaciones no gubernamentales. Finalmente se proponen las experiencias institucionales desarrolladas en esta tema como un modelo de nuevas modalidades en el diseño de políticas públicas y de salud.This study presents a diagnosis and evaluation of the availability of services related to family violence against women in Greater Metropolitan Buenos Aires, Argentina. The paper focuses on institutional development, theoretical foci, intervention modalities, and production of information and research. Existing networks and interprofessional relationships are also described. Results point to several noteworthy theoretical perspectives. Some programs include gender as an issue, while others do not. The relationship (more informal than formal between governmental and nongovernmental organizations is also a relevant issue. The paper concludes by proposing these institutional experiences as a model for the design of new public health policies.

State regulation and teaching staff formation during the last military dictatorship in Buenos Aires Province

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Myriam Southwell

2009-06-01

Full Text Available The last Argentine military dictatorship (1976-1983 has left deep marks in different spheres of the social, and education has not been the exception. A group of educational policies were carried out in the province of Buenos Aires that strongly transformed the senses of teaching. One of those policies has been the teacher education reform and the new course of studies for the Higher Teaching in 1977. From the advances of an ongoing research and the work on historical sources –programs, plans, regulations, government decrees, acts- we will analyse this teacher education policy as part of the teachers' work regulation and as a process of practice production.

Dieta del Pirincho (Guira guira en el nordeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina (Cuculiformes: Cuculidae

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Guillermo E Soave

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Se estudió la dieta y ecología alimentaria del ave conocida en Argentina como Pirincho (Guira guira, a través del análisis de 62 contenidos estomacales. Las muestras fueron obtenidas entre 1991 y 1997 (23 en primavera, 16 en verano, 10 en otoño y 13 en invierno, en las localidades de La Balandra y Punta Blanca, partido de Magdalena, provincia de Buenos Aires. Ambos sexos fueron analizados en conjunto debido a que no se encontraron diferencias significativas en el número y en el peso de las presas consumidas por machos y hembras (U de Mann-Whitney. La dieta estuvo compuesta en un 100 % por ítemes de origen animal, representada por 92 entidades taxonómicas. Los invertebrados constituyeron más del 96% de la muestra por número, y los vertebrados un 31% del peso total. Los insectos fueron hallados en el 98% de las muestras, representando el 85% y 59% en número y peso del total consumido, respectivamente. En los contenidos estomacales se hallaron además anélidos, moluscos, crustáceos, arácnidos, anfibios, reptiles y aves. Estacionalmente no se encontraron diferencias significativas en el número de las presas capturadas. En lo referente al peso, las muestras de invierno resultaron más pesadas que las de primavera y verano (Kruskal-Wallis. El Pirincho es un ave oportunista que consume exclusivamente presas de origen animal.Feeding ecology of the Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira in the northeastern Buenos Aires Province. We studied the diet and feeding ecology of the Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira, a bird that has a wide distribution in Argentina. We analyzed 62 stomachs, obtained between 1991 and 1997 (26 in spring, 13 in summer, 10 in autumn and 13 in winter, in the localities La Balandra and Punta Blanca, Magdalena district, Buenos Aires province. in order to establish the contribution of each prey item, we applied the relative importance index. The dietary contribution in terms of number and volume was also taken into account. This species feeds

Extensión del límite austral de distribución de tres especies de peces óseos tropicales en la costa de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina Southern extension of three species of tropical bony fishes along the coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

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Andrés C Milessi

2012-11-01

Full Text Available Se presentan tres nuevos registros de especies de peces óseos cuya distribución corresponde a aguas tropicales, capturados por buques pesqueros en la costa de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina (CPBA, 36°-38°S. Los ejemplares corresponden a las especies: Rachycentrum canadum, Elops saurus y Caulolatilus chrysops. Estos registros amplían significativamente el límite austral de su distribución. La presencia ocasional de estas especies está asociada al transporte de agua subtropical cálida proveniente de la plataforma continental brasilera. Esta hipótesis es probada mediante el análisis de imágenes satelitales de temperatura superficial del mar.We document the southern records of three species of tropical bony fishes along the coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (CBAP, 36-38°S. Rachycentrum canadum, Elops saurus and Caulolatilus chrysops were caught by bottom-trawl commercial vessels. Records presented here significantly extend southward their latitudinal distribution from those previously reported. Using sea surface temperature satellite images we show a southward warm circulation event from Brazil as a putative factor to explain the occurrence of these bony fishes in the CBAP.

Leptospira interrogans en una población canina del Gran Buenos Aires: variables asociadas con la seropositividad

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Rubel Diana; Seijo Alfredo; Cernigoi Beatriz; Viale Alberto; Wisnivesky-Colli Cristina

1997-01-01

Se determinó la seroprevalencia de leptospirosis en una población canina suburbana con el objeto de analizar la asociación entre distintas variables individuales y ambientales y la seropositividad a leptospirosis. El estudio, de diseño transversal, se llevó a cabo durante julio de 1992 en un barrio del Gran Buenos Aires en el que viven unos 9 500 habitantes y una población canina de unos 2 000 animales. Se estudió una muestra aleatoria de 223 perros, de cada uno de los cuales se obtuvo una mu...

An approach to the study of financial consumption in the low-income sectors of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Iara Nadina Hadad

2017-09-01

Full Text Available An approach is proposed on the study of financial consumption in the low-income sectors of Argentina. As mentioned in multiple research studies conducted in different Latin American countries, the study of this recent and widespread phenomenon demands to highlight some of the common places that have caused the characterization of the economic life of the popular sectors. We propose some theoretical guidelines to reconsider such consumption and analyze the results of our still ongoing investigation regarding consumption and indebtedness in the lower sectors of the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires.

Cadastre of air polluters for city of Skopje

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Trajkovska, Magdalena

1997-01-01

In this paper a review of the condition with harmful articles emission in the air from industrial, energetic and communal emitters on the area of city Skopje is presented. The results of researches taken in the period 1994-1996, as a second phase of the project: 'Cadastre of air polluters and map of air pollution of Republic of Macedonia' are given. The level of data processing represents a base for prognosis of expected air pollution of city of Skopje, with what a possibility of air quality control will be provided. (author)

Local and remote black carbon sources in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires

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Diaz Resquin, Melisa; Santágata, Daniela; Gallardo, Laura; Gómez, Darío; Rössler, Cristina; Dawidowski, Laura

2018-06-01

Equivalent black carbon (EBC) mass concentrations in the fine inhalable fraction of airborne particles (PM2.5) were determined using a 7-wavelength Aethalometer for 17 months, between November 2014 and March 2016, for a suburban location of the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (MABA), Argentina. In addition to describing seasonal and diurnal black carbon (BC) cycles for the first time in this region, the relative contributions of fossil fuel and remote and local biomass burning were determined by distinguishing different carbonaceous components based on their effect on light attenuation for different wavelengths. Trajectory analyses and satellite-based fire products were used to illustrate the impact of long-range transport of particles emitted by non-local sources. EBC data showed a marked diurnal cycle, largely modulated by traffic variations and the height of the boundary layer, and a seasonal cycle with monthly median EBC concentrations (in μg /m3) ranging from 1.5 (February) to 3.4 (June). Maximum values were found during winter due to the combination of prevailingly stable atmospheric conditions and the increase of fossil fuel emissions, derived primarily from traffic and biomass burning from the domestic use of wood for heating. The use of charcoal grills was also detected and concentrated during weekends. The average contribution of fossil fuel combustion sources to EBC concentrations was 96%, with the remaining 4% corresponding to local and regional biomass burning. During the entire study period, only two events were identified during which EBC concentrations attributed to regional biomass burning accounted for over 50% of total EBC ; these events demonstrate the relevance of agricultural and forestry activities that take place far from the city yet whose emissions can affect the urban atmosphere of the MABA.

[The case of the 'lowlife': perceptions of danger and the prevention of disreputable behaviors in theRevista de Criminología, Psiquiatría, Medicina Legal y Ciencias Afinesin Buenos Aires, 1914-1923].

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Dovio, Mariana

2013-11-30

We analyze the construction of the notion of the 'lowlife' in the city of Buenos Aires in the Revista de Criminología, Psiquiatría y Medicina Legal, from 1914-1923. We shall analyze the notion of 'lowlife', meaning behaviors situated in a border zone between crime and madness, from the point of view of prevention and perception of danger. The first way of analyzing the 'lowlife' examines institutional projects that were related to eugenics and that advocated preventive detention of dangerous people, 'alcoholists' and vagrants. The second involves identifying in moral and physical terms the kind of people who were targeted in the creation of intervention projects for those considered to be 'lowlifes', who could potentially damage the fabric of society in some way.

Os lugares da desordem. Uma geografia legal para a Buenos Aires dos anos 1930

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Lila Caimari

Full Text Available O artigo trata do processo de crescimento da cidade de Buenos Aires entre as décadas de 1920 e 1930, detendo-se na relação entre a expansão suburbana e as maneiras de descrever e imaginar as ameaças à ordem e à segurança da cidade. Apoiando-se em fontes jornalísticas e policiais, o trabalho argumenta que nesse período emerge a noção de uma ordem portenha contraposta a uma difusa desordem, situada fora dos limites da cidade-capital. Finalmente, analisa este fenômeno em zonas específicas, como o conjunto da zona norte, e a localidade fabril de Avellaneda, situada ao sul da cidade.

Reading for All; Proceedings of the IRA (International Reading Association) World Congress on Reading (4th, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 3-5, 1972).

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Karlin, Robert, Ed.

This book contains papers presented at the Fourth International Reading Association World Congress on Reading in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in August 1972. The contents of the book are divided into three parts: "Literacy and Literature" includes papers on libraries, books, and reading by Jorge Borges, the future of reading by Theodore Harris, the…

Las parroquias rurales de Buenos Aires entre 1730 y 1820

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Mar\\u00EDa Elena Barral

2004-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo estudia el proceso de construcción de las parroquias rurales de Buenos Aires a lo largo de casi un siglo. Analiza esta gradual extensión de la red parroquial desde 1730 –la creación de los primeros curatos– hasta la década de 1820 cuando la Iglesia experimentaría cambios decisivos en su configuración como consecuencia de las reformas rivadavianas. El trabajo apunta a dar cuenta de los ritmos diferenciales con que se organizó la red parroquial en distintas zonas de la campaña bonaerense y a identificar los momentos más relevantes de los cambios en la misma. Asimismo examina el clero rural: su peso cuantitativo según áreas y períodos, su composición interna y algunos rasgos de las gestiones parroquiales. En especial considera aquellas acciones que los eclesiásticos exhibían entre sus mayores méritos y servicios, como modo de reconocer lo que –en la época– se esperaba de su actividad pastoral en la cura de almas

Public Perception of Urban Air Pollution in Four Spanish Cities

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Oltra, C.; Jorcano, A.; Sala, R.

2015-01-01

This report presents the results of a study on public reactions to urban air pollution. An on-line survey was implemented in four Spanish cities. Various psychosocial dimensions were assessed: perception of local air quality; attention, understanding and public awareness of the problem of air pollution; perceived impacts on health and quality of life; beliefs of severity, susceptibility and controllability associated with the risk; emotional responses and related self-protection and involvement behaviors. Results show that residents in the four cities pay little attention to the quality of air in their daily life. They perceive air quality in their city as regular. Nevertheless, significant differences exist among cities that could be explained by air pollution levels. Participants believe that air pollution has significant impacts on their health and quality of life; however the degree of information and knowledge about air quality effects seems to be low. Fatalistic beliefs and low controllability regarding the possibility to protect from air pollution were found. Participants declare performing very few self-protection or involvement behaviors. Differences between cities were also found in this dimension. Those findings could be useful for risk communication programs and public involvement strategies in the field of urban air pollution.

Lepidopterismo por Hylesia Nigricans (mariposa negra: Investigación y acción preventiva en Buenos Aires Lepidopterism due to the butterfly Hylesia nigricans: Preventive research-intervention in Buenos Aires

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Ascar D. Salomón

2005-06-01

Full Text Available En el barrio El Pato, municipio de Berazategui, provincia de Buenos Aires, se realizó una investigación-acción preventiva contra la «mariposa negra» Hylesia nigricans, luego del aumento de consultas espontáneas por dermatitis inespecífica. La incidencia pre-intervención, durante el verano del año 2001, se estimó mediante una encuesta semiestructurada. En noviembre de 2002 se roció con Bacillus thuringiensis el arbolado público, evaluándose su efecto insecticida en campo y en laboratorio. El impacto se estimó mediante una encuesta post-intervención en marzo de 2002. La distribución por edad, signos clínicos, persistencia (11 días y estacionalidad de los casos (enero-febrero 2001 fue consistente con dermatitis por H. nigricans. La mortalidad de larvas a las 96 horas del rociado fue del 100%. Las tasas de incidencia de dermatitis antes y después de la intervención fueron de 10.3% y 1.8% respectivamente. La acción coordinada de agentes nacionales, provinciales y locales permitió identificar el problema, diseñar investigaciones operacionales, y aplicar una estrategia de control preventivo, transferible por sus mismos efectores a la comunidad.A preventive research-intervention against the butterfly Hylesia nigricans was performed after an increase in spontaneous reports of nonspecific dermatitis in El Pato neighbourhood, Berazategui County, Buenos Aires Province. The overall pre-intervention incidence was estimated with a semistructured questionnaire carried out during March 2001. The trees in the street were sprayed with Bacillus thuringiensis, and the insecticide effect was evaluated both in the field and in the laboratory (November 2002. The impact was estimated with a post-intervention questionnaire during March 2002. The age distribution, clinical appearance, persistence (11 days and seasonality (January-February 2001 of the cases were consistent with dermatitis due to H. nigricans. The mortality of larvae 96 h after the

Epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients in a centre in Buenos Aires

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Mariela Bettini

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (sALS is considered a multifactorial disease with genetic and environmental factors causing motor neuron degeneration. OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiological and occupational characteristics of patients with sALS who attended the Ramos Mejía Hospital at Buenos Aires, Argentina. METHOD: We analyzed the medical records of sALS patients diagnosed between 2001 and 2008. All occupations were coded according to the International Standard Classification of Occupation (ISCO. RESULTS: 187 patients were assessed, 38.5% were women and 61.5% men. Mean age at diagnosis was 55 years. 16% of them came from rural areas; 68% of the studied population had no health insurance. 40% were employed in elementary occupations, 19 were technicians and 8 handicraftsmen. CONCLUSION: The most represented profession was elementary occupation. A large proportion of patients came from rural areas, which might suggest an increased risk of environmental exposure to an unknown agent in those regions.

La violencia escolar en perspectiva histórica. Buenos aires, 1969-2010

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Natalia Alvarez Prieto

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Desde hace más de una década, la violencia escolar ocupa un lugar importante entre las problemáticas investigadas en el campo de la educación. En este artículo, se presentan algunos de los principales hallazgos de una investigación cuyo objetivo general consistió en analizar el fenómeno desde una perspectiva histórica. El estudio fue realizado en tres escuelas públicas de nivel medio de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina. Se emplearon como fuentes de información los documentos disponibles en los archivos de las escuelas seleccionadas, correspondientes al período 1969-2010. El análisis permitió comprobar que la violencia escolar no fue un problema de peso sino hasta la década del noventa. A su vez, se observó su íntima asociación con procesos más amplios de deterioro de la vida social.

Mortes e crimes cometidos com armas de fogo na cidade autônoma de Buenos Aires, 2002

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Spinelli,Hugo; Alazraqui,Marcio; Zunino,Gabriela; Olaeta,Hernán; Poggese,Héctor; Concaro,Carola; Porterie,Sidonie

2006-01-01

A violência se constitui em um dos problemas mais graves da América Latina. O uso de pequenas e leves armas de fogo é considerada a principal responsável por este fato. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi descobrir, a partir de dados do setor saúde, da justiça e da polícia, o número de mortes e crimes envolvendo armas de fogo ocorridos na cidade de Buenos Aires em 2002. Os dados sobre mortalidade e crimes foram obtidos dos Sistemas Nacionais de Estatísticas Vitais e Informação Criminal e os d...

Urban Air Environmental Health Indicators for Kuala Lumpur City

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Leh, O.L.H.; Shaharuddin Ahmad; Kadaruddin Aiyub; Yaakob Mohd Jani; Hwa, T.K.

2012-01-01

Air environmental health indicators were defined operationally as a combination of air quality and air-related health indicators. Clean air is a basic precondition of human health. Air pollutants had been identified with potential negative impact on health especially on respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Thus, studies are necessary to identify and understand the state of environmental health. This study was aimed to examine and analyses the air environmental health condition in city of Kuala Lumpur by using a set of indicators. House to house questionnaire survey was carried out to collect air-related health data, and air quality sampling was carried out to identify ambient air quality level of the city. In general, city of Kuala Lumpur was found to have a moderate level of air quality. Air-related illnesses indicated by acute respiratory infection and asthma were found to be higher in more developed or higher density zones, as compared to other zones. Besides, air-related illnesses were significantly correlated to respondents exposure to air pollution. The findings imply that human health can be improved by managing the urban development and its environmental quality properly. (author)

Museo del Holocausto: estudo de uma expografia crítica dos reflexos do regime nazista em Buenos Aires

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Janaina Cardoso de Mello

2013-01-01

Full Text Available The article presents a critical analysis of expography integrating the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires, this being divided into three parts: “Eichmann. Él vivió entre nosotros” ; “Imágenes de la Shoá, el Holocausto y sus resonancias en la argentina” and “Identidad: Retratos de testigos de la Shoá”. We discuss categories that comprise museography and historical context, during Nazism period in Germany, which promoted the exodus of Jews and Germans criminals to Argentina between 1933 and 1960.

Study on Child Abuse in Children and Adolescents in the Province of Buenos Aires:

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Cuenya, Lucas

2011-12-01

Full Text Available The principal aim of this study was to provide a current description of the child and teenager maltreatment phenomenon in the Buenos Aires Province. The sample was composed by 5341 cases of children and teenagers from 0 to 20 years old, whose were treated in 2010 for having been victims of maltreatment. Physical maltreatment was the most frequent one. The girls presented major proportion of sexual abuse, whereas boys registered major proportions of negligence, physical maltreatment and desertion situation. An increase of the sexual abuse frequency in teenagers from 12 years was observed. As a whole, the information demonstrates that sex and age of victims are differentially associated with different types of maltreatment, and these are pertinent variables to have into account by future investigations, and prevention and protection organisms.

La cuenca del río Reconquista en la planificación metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Argentina. Ámbito, problemas y propuestas

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Alejandra Potocko

2017-07-01

Full Text Available Resumen La cuenca del río Reconquista es una de las tres grandes cuencas de la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Argentina gravemente afectada por las inundaciones y por la contaminación. En tanto pieza territorial de la ciudad metropolitana, la cuenca Reconquista fue abordada en los documentos de planificación urbana que se elaboraron para la región durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX: el Plan Regulador de Buenos Aires, el Esquema Director Año 2000, el Estudio del Sistema Metropolitano Bonaerense y el Proyecto 90. Independientemente de que se hayan concretado o no, esas instancias de planificación ilustran las formas de pensar y operar en la cuenca, como un ámbito dentro de la ciudad, como un problema de alcance metropolitano y como una propuesta de transformación territorial, en tres momentos: el de las inundaciones y la hidráulica, el del medio ambiente y la calidad de vida, y el de la ecología y el paisaje, donde cambian las relaciones que se establecen entre la urbanización, el urbanismo y las cuencas hídricas.

La formación moral de los jóvenes de elite en circuitos de educación privada en Buenos Aires

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Sebastian Fuentes

2015-08-01

Full Text Available Resumen Los procesos educativos que involucran a los sectores medios- -altos y altos de Buenos Aires son analizados a partir de dinámicas que explican la construcción de un entre-nos: circuitos educativos diferenciados (escuelas secundarias, universidades privadas, circuitos de sociabilidad selectos (clubes sociales y deportivos con "tradición" y "prestigio", elecciones educativas y trayectorias justificadas a partir de una serie de concepciones que nativamente funcionan como "valores" y analíticamente como solidaridades. Comprendemos esa dinámica como un esfuerzo de las instituciones y las familias destinado a reproducir una posición social a partir de una diferencia que se practica en términos morales y se encarna en los cuerpos jóvenes. El trabajo retoma un proceso de investigación etnográfica realizada entre jóvenes y familias de sectores medios altos y altos del Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, que busca comprender la reproducción de las posiciones desiguales y la producción de juventud "solidaria" como clave de la diferenciación social

Air quality in Swedish cities; Luftkvalitet i taetorter

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Sjoeberg, Karin; Persson, Karin; Lagerstroem, Malin [Swedish Environmental Research Inst., Goeteborg (Sweden); Brodin, Yngve [Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm (Sweden)

2004-02-01

Air quality in Swedish cities has improved considerably over the last decades as a result of reduced emissions from traffic, industrial activity and households. The situation is however far from acceptable, and no further improvement is seen during recent years. Urban air pollution is considered to contribute to the death of more than a thousand people in Sweden each year. Measurements of air quality in Swedish cities are carried out since many years. The measurements have shown that concentrations of all serious air pollutants but ozone have decreased strongly since the 1980s. The improvement is attributed to reduced emissions from motor traffic by means of catalytic converters and cleaner fuels as well as decreased emissions from industrial activity and energy production in Sweden and neighbouring countries. The present report does however show no further downward trend for concentrations of air pollutants in Swedish cities since the late 1990s, and the concentrations of the winter 2002/2003 were higher than several previous winters. This information is gained from measurements done by around forty municipalities and gathered within the so called URBAN-measurement-net managed by the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, and additional information from around ten municipalities which perform own measurements. Climatic variability may play an important role for the increase seen in the winter of 2002/2003, but it is also probable that continuously increasing traffic have counteracted some of the ameliorative environmental effects of improved exhaust emission control and cleaner petrol and diesel fuels. Measurements of the winter 2002/2003 show that air quality conditions are unacceptable in perhaps half of the Swedish cities, and that they run the risk of not being able to attain environmental quality standards for one or more substances. The standards for particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide are those most difficult to manage within the time limits set

Multi-year simulations of air pollution in two cities

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Zink, Katrin; Berchet, Antoine; Emmenegger, Lukas; Brunner, Dominik

2016-04-01

As more and more people are living in urban areas world wide, air quality monitoring and forecasting at the city scale becomes increasingly critical. Due to the proximity to sources and the complex, fine-scale structure of the flow and turbulence in the built environment, air pollutant concentrations vary strongly in cities both spatially and temporally. Studies assessing the effect of air pollution on human health would greatly benefit from accurate knowledge of individual exposure, but given the high variability of concentrations and the mobility of the population, this is a marvellous task requiring highly-resolved, city-wide information on air pollutant concentrations. The Swiss Nano-Tera project OpenSense II addresses these issues using statistical and physical modeling of air pollution at very high resolution combined with long-term air pollution measurements and mobile networks of low-cost sensors. In the framework of this project, we have set up the nested meteorology and dispersion model system GRAMM/GRAL the cities of Lausanne and Zurich and improved several computational aspects of the system. Using the mesoscale model GRAMM, we simulate the flow in a larger domain around the two cities at 100 m resolution taking the complex topography and influences of different land cover on surface-atmosphere exchange of heat and momentum into account. These flow fields serve as initial and boundary conditions for the nested model GRAL, which simulates the flow inside the city at building-resolving scale (5 m resolution) based on the Reynolds-Averaged-Navier-Stokes equations, and computes the transport and dispersion of air pollutants in a Lagrangian framework. For computational efficiency, both GRAMM and GRAL simulations are run for a fixed catalog of 1008 weather situations varying in terms of background wind speed, direction and stability. Hourly time-series of meteorology and air pollutants are constructed from these steady-state solutions by selecting, for each

Water Services in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area: How Does State Regulation Work?

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Mariela Verónica Rocca

2014-08-01

Full Text Available This article deals with the State regulation of drinking water and sanitation services in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires. Its main objective is to identify the continuities and ruptures in State regulation during the transition from private management (1993-2006 to renationalisation and State management (2006 onwards. The concept of “State capacities” (both administrative and relational is used to assess regulatory performance. For the administrative capacities, the correspondence between the design and resources of the agencies, as well as the differences between their formal functions and actual practices, is examined. For the relational capacities, the policies of the National Government and its interaction with both the water and sanitation companies and the regulatory and control agencies are considered. The analysis is based on official documents, legislation and statistics, company balance sheets and reports, newspaper articles and semi-structured interviews.

Análisis de la participación en la transición hacia el gobierno por comunas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires

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Ana Inés Heras Monner Sans

2007-01-01

Full Text Available En este escrito se analizan las instancias del proceso de transición hacia el Gobierno por Comunas en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, con énfasis en el contexto político administrativo y legal, y en las formas que asume la participación mediante la descripción e interpretación de situaciones de interacción cara a cara en dos Comunas de la Ciudad. La división territorial de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires en Comunas, y la descentralización de algunas funciones del Gobierno de la Ciudad en los gobiernos comunales, son parte de los instrumentos y mecanismos de democracia participativa, definidos por la Constitución de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires del año 1996. El análisis nos permite ver que, si bien las Comunas fueron imaginadas como la herramienta más adecuada para concretar nuevas formas de organización democrática, a más de diez años de haberse aprobado dicha Constitución y habiendo superado largamente todos los plazos previstos, quienes componen la clase política han logrado postergar por más de 12 años la puesta en marcha de esta forma innovadora de gobierno local. Además, de distintas maneras han ido imponiendo la misma lógica política que el espíritu de la Constitución se proponía contrarrestar, es decir, se ha impuesto un nivel alto de concentración política en vez de garantizar una participación amplia, directa y no mediada por las estructuras político partidarias.

Prevalencia y estacionalidad de la Pediculosis capitis en la población infante-juvenil de la region sanitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Castro Dolores del C.

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Full Text Available Se estudió la prevalencia de la Pediculosis capitis como enfermedad parasitaria durante el año calendario 1-8-1992 al 31-7-1993, en la Región Sanitaria XI de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, que comprende 15 partidos del Este Noreste de la provincia de Buenos Aires y otras zonas de influencia del Hospital Interzonal de Agudos, Especialidad Pediatría "Sor María Ludovica", cabecera de dicha Región Sanitaria. Se examinaron un total de 552 individuos de nivel social medio a medio bajo de la población infanto-juvenil de O a 16 años, tomados al azar en 52 muestreos semanales consecutivos, considerándose como positivos para esta enfermedad a aquellos parasitados al momento del diagnóstico. Los resultados se expresan en términos de prevalencia analizándose su variación mensual y estacional. La prevalencia fue relativamente alta en todos los meses, con valores mínimos en febrero (12% y máximos en agosto (56,8%, siendo la media anual de 38,04% (+/- 4,05. Estacionalmente, su menor valor corresponde al Verano (16,8%, siendo muy semejantes los valores para las restantes estaciones, manteniéndose siempre superiores al 38%.

El papel de la orden de la merced en la configuración de espacio urbano de Buenos Aires (1580 - 1640.

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Gabriela de las Mercedes Quiroga.

1999-01-01

Full Text Available Basado este trabajo en los conceptos de espacio como construcción social y de Iglesia como institución social, parte del momento fundacional de Buenos Aires por Donjuán de Garay en 1580. Desde ese entonces y durante sesenta años analizará no sólo la participación de la Orden de la Merced (O.M. en la organización del nuevo espacio de Buenos Aires, sino también la persistencia en el tiempo de su locación en el hoy casco histórico de la ciudad. La transversalidad de todo el trabajo estará dada por el espacio, entendiéndolo como hecho, factor e instancia social que domina la vida cotidiana del hombre. Será sobre esta idea aplicada a la primitiva planta urbana porteña que se intentará «leer» su organización eclesiástica, componiendo las dimensiones física y social de un modo satisfactorio, de tal manera que tengan en cuenta la multiplicidad de los aspectos con los que se presenta ante nuestros ojos la realidad rioplatense de los primeros años de la segunda fundación.

Médicos y policías durante la epidemia de fiebre amarilla (Buenos Aires, 1871

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Diego Galeano

2009-01-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo analiza la actuación de médicos y policías durante la epidemia de fiebre amarilla que tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Buenos Aires en 1871. Aunque las embestidas de enfermedades infectocontagiosas fueron recurrentes durante el siglo XIX, la epidemia de fiebre amarilla constituye un quiebre, no solo por sus dimensiones cuantitativas y por los efectos materiales sobre la ciudad, sino también por las querellas que suscitó entre discursos en pugna. En particular, se intenta mostrar aquí cómo las figuras de los médicos y los policías fueron posicionadas en relación al tema del héroe y del sacrificado en cumplimiento del deber.

Transmission questioned. Youth, awareness, and memory of repression at Posadas Hospital, in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Emilio Crenzel

2011-07-01

Full Text Available This paper analyses popular wisdom and memory transmission regarding State terrorism and forced disappearance, which are circulating among youth living around Hospital Posadas, located in Haedo, a province to Buenos Aires, Argentina. At this hospital, there was, under the military dictatorship (1976-1983, a Clandestine Imprisonment Center, where people were kept prisoner as disappeared. Therefore, at this facility both practices of health restoration and torture and murder perpetration coexisted. Through thirty indepth interviews carried out among neighbor young people, the existence of manifold knowledge fractures and memory transmission about State violence is verified, being a result from the social relations breakthrough that used to articulate the neighborhood and the hospital, and from the material life conditions promoting undifferentiated historical and political time awareness.

Madres y médicos en torno a la cuna: Ideas y prácticas sobre el cuidado infantil (Buenos Aires, 1930-1945) Mothers and doctors around the cradle: Practices and ideas about the child care. (Buenos Aires, 1930-1945)

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María José Billorou

2007-01-01

En la ciudad de Buenos Aires, desde mediados de la década de 1930 con la creación de la Sociedad de Puericultura, se intensificó la acción desarrollada por la Dirección de Protección a la Primera Infancia en el seno de la Asistencia Pública desde 1908. La disminución de la mortalidad infantil, objetivo central de la labor de ambas instituciones, se había logrado a través de la puesta en práctica de un programa de protección infantil. Los Dispensarios e Institutos de Puericultura se convirtier...

Migraciones calificadas: el caso de las colombianas en Buenos Aires

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Alessandra Ciurlo

Full Text Available Resumen Este artículo nace de la observación de un pequeño grupo de jóvenes mujeres colombianas altamente calificadas, residentes en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. El análisis de orden cualitativo y desde una dimensión psicológica y social, afronta las trayectorias migratorias de dichas mujeres. Se examinan las motivaciones para emigrar de las jóvenes de donde emerge una fuerte necesidad de emancipación emocional y económica de la familia, emancipación social de la sociedad de origen, encubiertas en gran parte bajo la búsqueda de oportunidades de estudio y profesionales. En el estudio se analizan además, algunos factores de estrés presentes en la experiencia migratoria, la incidencia de la familia y las presiones de orden social que ejerce la sociedad de origen. Se indaga cómo durante el proceso migratorio se van consolidando entre las entrevistadas, la exploración y apropiación de nuevos modos de vida, cómo se van delineando cambios en las relaciones interpersonales, en el ejercicio de los roles sociales y en las relaciones de género.

Conocimiento de la dinámica fluvial como herramienta para la planificación territorial. Caso río Volcán, Buenos Aires, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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Laura Segura-Serrano

2014-06-01

A raíz de la inquietud de la comunidad de Volcán de Buenos Aires en Puntarenas, Costa Rica por validar el mapa de riesgos de la Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE a través de un estudio técnico específico para el río Volcán y en el marco del proyecto Plan de Gestión de la Cuenca del río Volcán, es que se realiza un estudio hidráulico del río para definir las áreas con mayor amenaza ante eventos con diferentes caudales. La finalidad es que la Municipalidad de Buenos Aires conozca estas zonas amenazadas y las tome en cuenta a la hora de conceder el uso de suelo y que la comunidad esté consciente de las áreas donde no es recomendable extender el desarrollo.

Las expediciones a salinas: caravanas en la pampa colonial. El abastecimiento de sal a Buenos Aires (Siglos XVII y XVIII

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Gabriel Darío Taruselli

2005-01-01

Full Text Available El abastecimiento de sal en cantidades sufi cientes fue una de las principales preocupaciones del Cabildo de Buenos Aires. Fue este un producto de importancia vital no sólo por su aplicación en las comidas cotidianas, sino también por su aplicación en la conservación de las carnes y los cueros. Las características de su uso y su obtención, aumentaron su valor, no sólo comercial sino también estratégico. El hallazgo de yacimientos locales permitió a los habitantes de Buenos Aires abastecerse mediante la práctica de expediciones periódicas que fueron promovidas por las autoridades capitulares, lo que les permitió ejercer un mayor control sobre dicha producción. Como la actividad requería una importante capacidad de transporte y de mano de obra, era una práctica aprovechada por muchos para emplearse en ella y para obtener benefi cios con el comercio que se generaba en la oportunidad. Esto convertía a las expediciones a salinas, organizadas por las autoridades de la ciudad, en grandes caravanas que se internaban en pleno territorio indí-gena, involucrando un amplio conjunto de actores sociales tanto de la ciudad como de la campaña y el mundo indígena

The challenges of managing protected areas in tourist spaces: Samborombón Bay [Buenos Aires, Argentina

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María Cecilia Rigonat

2012-01-01

Full Text Available The Samborombón Bay [province of Buenos Aires, Argentina] is an interfase between the river-sea area [the mouth of the Río de la Plata in the Argentine Sea] and the land. The southern coastal strip of the bay has been systematically marginalized by the valuation processes which have dominated the region of the Pampas. However, various protected areas have been set up over the last 30 years, within different public [federal, provincial, municipal] and private [NGOs] jurisdictions. This paper seeks to stress the problems which have arisen around the territory's valuation and the management of the said protected areas, within the framework of the dominant economic activities [cattle-raising, fishing and tourism

"We talk of AIDS because we love life": a stakeholder assessment of HIV/AIDS organizations in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Spaulding, Alicen B; Brieger, William R

This stakeholder assessment of HIV/AIDS service providing institutions in Argentina offers insights into the HIV/AIDS crisis in Spanish-speaking Latin America from an institutional level and makes recommendations for strengthening the work and functioning of these institutions. This stakeholder assessment was conducted to determine how HIV/AIDS prevention and management in Argentina affects and is affected by relevant HIV/AIDS institutions. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 13 key leaders of organizations working in HIV/AIDS prevention in Buenos Aires including non-governmental, governmental, and academic institutions. Analyses of interviewee comments are presented according to four major themes: network connections, program resources, perceptions of success, and challenges. Key findings include the need for strengthening formal networks, increasing the involvement of other non-AIDS related social institutions in promoting HIV prevention, finding more sustainable funding options, working more effectively with the public sector to create policies and regulations favorable to the HIV/AIDS field, and addressing the lack of perceived susceptibility to HIV/AIDS in Argentine culture. From leaders' comments, recommendations are made for strengthening the HIV/AIDS network among key institutions including adapting the UNAIDS "Three Ones" principal to create one crosssector office responsible for coordinating HIV/AIDS work, formalizing agreements with institutions outside of Buenos Aires, increasing the role of schools in HIV/AIDS awareness, and designing programs that address lack of perceived susceptibility to HIV/AIDS among Argentines.

Material tipo de la Colección de Herpetología del Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Ferraro, Daiana Paola

2005-12-01

Full Text Available El Museo de la Plata (Buenos Aires, República Argentina se fundó en 1889, y la colección herpetológica comenzó a funcionar poco tiempo después, bajo la responsabilidad deJulio G. Koslowsky. En esta contribución se listan los ejemplares tipo de Anfibios y Reptiles depositados en la colección herpetológica del Museo de La Plata. El material tipo depositado corresponde a 32 especies descriptas desde 1895 hasta la actualidad, incluyendo: 14 holotipos, 115 paratipos, 4 lectotipos, 22 paralectotipos, 1 neotipo y 12 sintipos (sin incluir los ejemplares extraviados. Se proporciona, para cada taxón, la información completa referida a estatus de cada ejemplar tipo, sexo, datos de recolección y modificaciones taxonómicas posteriores. The La Plata Museum (Buenos Aires, República Argentina was founded on 1889, and after a little time, the herpetological collection started under the responsibility of Julio G. Koslowsky. In this paper the type specimens of Amphibia and Reptilia housed in the collection of the Herpetology Section at the La Plata Museum are listed. These type materials correspondto 32 species described since 1895 until nowadays, and include: 14 holotypes, 115 paratypes, 4 lectotypes, 22 paralectotypes, 1 neotype and 12 sintypes (this list does not include lost specimens. Complete data about taxonomic status, sex, collection data, and subsequent taxonomic changes are given for each taxon.

A two-stage epidemiological study of eating disorders and muscle dysmorphia in male university students in Buenos Aires.

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Compte, Emilio J; Sepulveda, Ana R; Torrente, Fernando

2015-12-01

Studies using traditional screening instruments tend to report a lower prevalence of eating disorders (EDs) in men than is observed in women. It is therefore unclear whether such instruments are valid for the assessment of ED in males. Lack of a formal diagnostic definition of muscle dysmorphia syndrome (MD) makes it difficult to identify men at risk. The study aimed to assess the prevalence of ED and MD in male university students of Buenos Aires. A cross-sectional, two-stage, representative survey was of 472 male students from six different schools in Buenos Aires, mostly aged between 18 and 28 years. The first stage involved administration of self-report questionnaires (Eating Attitude Test-26; scores ≥15 indicate "at risk" status). In Stage 2 students at risk of developing EDs were evaluated with a clinical interview, the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE; 12th edition). Two control students were interviewed for every at risk student. The prevalence of EDs among university male students was 1.9% (n = 9). All participants with an ED presented with illness classified as eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). Using the Drive for Muscularity Scale (DMS) with a 52-point threshold we identified possible MD in 6.99% (n = 33) of the sample. The prevalence of ED detected in this study is comparable with previous findings in male populations, and below that observed in female populations. However, the prevalence of possible cases of MD resembles the total rate of EDs in women. Characteristics associated with EDs and MD in men are also discussed. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Características químicas determinan la capacidad micotrófica arbuscular de suelos agrícolas y prístinos de Buenos Aires (Argentina Chemical characteristics as determinants of arbuscular mycotrophic ability of agricultural and pristine soils from Buenos Aires (Argentina

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Fernanda Covacevich

2012-12-01

Full Text Available Los suelos de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina presentan muy buenas características físicas y químicas para la producción agrícola, así como elevada diversidad microbiana. Sin embargo, la continua explotación agrícola del suelo, con permanente extracción de nutrientes, aceleró su degradación, afectó su fertilidad natural y las poblaciones microbianas po-tencialmente benéficas como los hongos formadores de micorrizas arbusculares (HMA, aspecto que ha sido poco explorado. El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar cambios en el contenido de nutrientes en suelos sometidos a manejos agrícolas contrastantes que podrían incidir en la capacidad micotrófica de los HMA. Se tomaron muestras de suelo de 29 sitios de la provincia de Buenos Aires bajo manejo agrícola, o sin uso (prístino. Se determinaron las características químicas (CIC, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, B, P-Bray, CO y pH, así como el grado de micorrización nativa, luego de 12 semanas desde la instalación de cultivos trampa. Los valores de las características químicas fueron, en general, mayores para los sitios prístinos que para los que estuvieron bajo agricultura. Sin embargo, la intensidad de micorrización no fue significativamente diferente en relación al manejo del suelo. El análisis de componentes principales permitió agrupar por una parte los sitios que se encontraban bajo agricultura y por otra parte los sitios prístinos. El contenido de P disponible en el suelo, juntamente con el contenido de Fe parecerían ser los principales depresores de la capacidad micotrófica de los suelos analizados, particularmente en condiciones de moderado a bajo contenido de Carbono Orgánico.The soils of Buenos Aires Province (Argentina have very good physical and chemical properties for agricultural production, and also a high microbial diversity. However, the continuous cropping of agricultural soils with a high nutrient removal rate has accelerated its degradation. Consequently

Speeches and political practices towards infancy in the province of Buenos Aires. Girls and boys in the early twentieth century

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Yolanda de Paz Trueba

2018-05-01

Full Text Available Based on the concern that abandoned and vulnerable children represented for governmental and intellectual elites in Argentina in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this paper analyses the vicissitudes around installation of a Patronato de Menores in the province of Buenos Aires. The article pays special attention to the relationship between budgetary issues and the political dimension, which colored parliamentary debate. I maintain that political centralization and the question of municipal autonomy crossed over into the debate surrounding children.

Urban air pollution, study of Mexico City

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Bauer, M [PUE-UNAM (Mexico); Guzman, F [Inst. Mexicano del Petroleo (Mexico); Navarro, B [Univ. Autonoma Metropolitana (Mexico)

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The Metropolitan Area of Mexico City (MAMC) is an outstanding case of a fast urban development with lagging, and thus insufficient, massive transportation facilities. This has given rise to a distorted transportation system that accounts for most of the air pollution problem of the city and constitutes a drag on economic development. In this paper, we first describe the MAMC geographical conditions, its growth in physical and economic terms, its transportation system, the ensuring air pollution problems together with some of the mitigation actions undertaken. Afterwards the results of a survey of the displacements of individuals within the city and the time spent on these are presented, to then draw some considerations on the negative economic impact it represents. (EG)

El derecho a la alimentación en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Una mirada desde las políticas públicas

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Ángeles Bermúdez; Verónica Carmona Barrenechea; Giuseppe Messina; Laura Royo

2015-01-01

En este trabajo se abordará el análisis de dos de los principales programas alimentarios de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Ticket Social y Ciudadanía Porteña. Estos serán analizados desde una perspectiva macrosocial, sobre la base de un análisis crítico de los aspectos socioeconómicos y los principales nudos problemáticos que presenta su desarrollo.

Participación ciudadana y territorio en el Gran Buenos Aires

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Adriana Rofman

2014-10-01

Full Text Available Esta investigación se interesa por la cuestión de la relación entre la sociedad civil y el Estado en localidades periféricas de ciudades metropolitanas, desde un enfoque que articula dimensiones de análisis sociopolíticas y socioterritoriales. Para ello, se analizan los datos obtenidos en un estudio sobre experiencias de vinculación de organizaciones de la sociedad con el Estado en localidades del Gran Buenos Aires, aplicado a 60 asociaciones de la región. Los resultados ponen en evidencia que en estos espacios coexisten modalidades diversas de relación, que se distinguen por su contenido político y estructura territorial. A partir de la identificación de los rasgos principales de la matriz sociopolítica y territorial de interacción, esta investigación se ha propuesto poner en cuestión las aproximaciones normativas que sostienen las construcciones teóricas sobre la sociedad civil y la participación ciudadana, a la vez que poner en evidencia la importancia que asumen los factores territoriales en la configuración de los procesos sociopolíticos.

Convergências e pontos de contato entre a Antropologia Urbana da juventude em Buenos Aires e São Paulo

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Fiori, Ana Letícia de

2015-01-01

O lançamento de Hacerse un lugar: circuitos y trajectorias juveniles em ámbitos urbanos durante a IX Reunião de Antropologia do Mercosul, em Montevideo, ensejou o convite para que o Núcleo de Antropologia Urbana – NAU apresentasse uma leitura dos artigos que compõem o livro em uma perspectiva comparativa com os trabalhos que são desenvolvidos pelo NAU. Tratava-se, portanto, de comparações entre diferentes loci de pesquisa etnográfica (majoritariamente Buenos Aires e São Paulo), mas também de ...

RadNet Air Data From Mason City, IA

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This page presents radiation air monitoring and air filter analysis data for Mason City, IA from EPA's RadNet system. RadNet is a nationwide network of monitoring stations that measure radiation in air, drinking water and precipitation.

“Sisebutas” en Buenos Aires. Family strips de los años veinte

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Marcela Gené

2012-08-01

Full Text Available El artículo trata sobre una de las más exitosas  family strips que circularon en la prensa en Buenos Aires en la década del veinte: Pequeñas delicias de la vida conyugal,  (Bringin´up father creada por George Macmanus en 1912 para el emporio periodístico de W.R.Hearst. El argumento apunta a las vicisitudes cotidianas de un matrimonio integrado por una mujer “autoritaria” y un marido “dominado”, un  topos humorístico que cuenta con una larga tradición en la cultura occidental. Nuestro propósito es analizar, desde la perspectiva de la historia cultural y los estudios warburguianos, su trayectoria histórica en producciones de diversos géneros artísticos, así como indagar en las proyecciones de este topos en las historietas surgidas contemporáneamente y en otras esferas artísticas, como la literatura, el teatro y el cine.

Las configuraciones sociales de la crianza en barrios populares del Gran Buenos Aires

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Laura Santillán

2010-01-01

Full Text Available En este artículo propongo una exploración antropológica sobre la crianza y la educación infantil en contextos de desigualdad social. El interés es discutir una serie de supuestos que suelen limitar las prácticas educativas de los sectores subalternos a "pautas tradicionales" y "privativas del mundo familiar". Sin embargo, en las iniciativas domésticas sobre la crianza y el cuidado infantil que analizo, intervienen actores esperables para ello y también un conjunto de sujetos e instituciones no formalizadas pero que se tornan relevantes en la cotidianeidad de los territorios de pertenencia de los niños y niñas. Para el análisis me basaré en las entrevistas y en los registros de tipo etnográfico que llevé a cabo en asentamientos ubicados en la zona norte del Gran Buenos Aires, Argentina.

La invención de la violencia (de las hinchadas de buenos aires

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Renzo Taddei

2016-01-01

Full Text Available This article presents and analyzes ethnographic data generated in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, among soccer fans whose conduct is supposedly violent, and their relation to the police force. Using a theoretical framework proposed by authors working in the field of Melanesian anthropology, this text suggests that the police, with their insistence on establishing order and control, project an image of soccer fans as an unruly mob that rebels against police authority, thus leading to a neurotic escalation in the use of violence by the police. The fans, on the other hand, focus on their own supposedly heroic actions and leading roles as part of a process of individualization, and consider the police force an obstacle to the achievement of their goals, which leads them to act with even greater energy, to the point of hysteria, in their customary activities. Neurosis and hysteria are terms that are defined and used in a very specific way in this text.

Opiniones y representaciones sociales de varones sobre aborto en Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Mónica Petracci

Full Text Available Este artículo está basado en una investigación cualitativa cuyo objetivo fue explorar las opiniones de varones de 25 a 39 años de estratos socioeconómicos medios y populares, residentes en el Área Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina (n: 30 acerca de la despenalización del aborto y sus representaciones sociales sobre el mismo. Los hallazgos han corroborado resultados previos y han aportado nuevos conocimientos. Se confirmó la ambivalencia de los discursos sobre el aborto, ya que primaron una opinión favorable a su despenalización, y una representación social fundada en un eje moral opuesto al aborto. De los resultados se desprende la necesidad de investigar los puntos de vista de los varones sobre los derechos de mujeres y varones, y de profundizar los sondeos de opinión a través de estudios cualitativos en los que se indaguen sus representaciones sociales en el campo de los derechos sexuales y reproductivos.

[Recent history: 12th International Conference on Cancer, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1978].

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Spinelli, Hugo

2014-04-01

Using the approaches of history of the present, this article recovers the discussions surrounding the 12th International Conference on Cancer carried out in Buenos Aires in 1978, in reaction to which Georges Périès organized a "counter-conference" in Paris. In order to understand this discussion, the political situation of the time is described, as is the state of human rights at the time in Argentina, the role of the media - in particular the newspapers La Nación and Clarín and the magazine Gente - and the institutional position adopted by the National Academy of Medicine, as expressed in a letter sent to the presidents of the primary scientific societies of the world. The letter is reprinted in this text as a documentary source, taken from Memoria: Año 1978 (Presidencia de Dr. José E. Rivarola) [Acta: Year 1978 (Presidency of Dr. José E. Rivarola)]. The framework of the discussion makes reference to science's social policy versus science's supposed neutrality and the role of scientific societies.

En busca de mejor fortuna: Movilidad ocupacional y espacial de los inmigrantes españoles pobres en el Buenos Aires tardo-colonial

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Mariana A Pérez

2010-06-01

Full Text Available Durante el período tardo-colonial, numerosos españoles inmigraron a Buenos Aires alentados por la prosperidad económica de la región rioplatense. La mayoría se mantuvo entre los sectores medios y bajos de la sociedad, formando parte de las clases populares rioplatenses: eran soldados, marineros, artesanos, ocupaban un puesto menor en la burocracia, y sobre todo, fueron pequeños comerciantes. Sus vidas en el Río de la Plata estuvieron signadas por una fuerte movilidad espacial y ocupacional, especialmente en los primeros años posteriores a su llegada. En este trabajo se estudia este último aspecto de sus experiencias migratorias, para lo cual se analizan padrones de población y fuentes judiciales.During the late colonial period, numerous Spaniards immigrated to Buenos Aires, encouraged by the economic prosperity of the River Plate region. The vast majority belonged to the popular classes: they were soldiers, sailors, artisans, filled the low ranks of the bureaucracy and, most of them, were small merchants. Their lives in the River Plate were characterized by a strong spatial and occupational mobility, specially during the first years after their arrival. This paper analyzes this aspect of their migratory experiences through the study of population records and criminal procedures.

Peruvian restaurants in Buenos Aires (1999-2009 Les restaurants péruviens à Buenos Aires (1999-2009 ; de la discrimination à l'adoption

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Gloria Sammartino

2011-02-01

Full Text Available In Buenos Aires the “otherness” of Peruvian immigrants is structured around manifestations of discrimination that come from the host society. Our purpose is to analyze immigrant foods and the representations they evoke, as well as to investigate the way in which their cooking acquires new meanings in new contexts, showing a tendency to become a mark of specificity and a way to resist the hostility of the host society. In order to do this, we focus on Peruvian restaurants and specifically ‘exocuisine’ or eating out, as opposed to ‘endocuisine’ or eating in. By starting with an analysis of meals and commensality practices in the ‘eating-out’ context, we aim to account for the processes of construction-reconstruction of relationships among Peruvians as well as between Peruvians and Argentines when eating in restaurants. Our objective we is to highlight the role that restaurants have been performing among immigrants, exploring the expansion of the Peruvian culinary vocabulary and identifying the changes in the social and cultural functions of food. In addition, following the rise of Peruvian cuisine at international level in recent years, we return to the field after nearly nine years in order to register the new meanings it acquires in the local context and how this influences the dialogue between immigrants and the host society.L'immigration péruvienne à Buenos Aires s'inscrit dans un contexte d'accentuation des discriminations envers les différentes communautés rejetées par l'Etat nation argentin. Cet article met en valeur la façon dont les habitudes alimentaires sont re-signifiées et transformées en une marque de spécificité et une forme de résistance face à l'hostilité de la société d'accueil. Cet article ne repose pas sur les pratiques quotidiennes ayant lieu au sein des familles, l’«endocuisine», mais sur l’«exocuisine» et le domaine particulier des restaurants. A partir de l'analyse des aliments et des

AIR QUALITY IN THE CITY OF TG JIU

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Adina TĂTAR

2014-05-01

Full Text Available One of the most important problems of the modern age is the air pollution. Within this work I realized a description of Tgjiu City: geographic location, climate, hydrographical network, variations in temperature, terrain, sources of pollution. On the basis of registered values for the air quality indicator, sedimentable powders, and interpretation of results on the basis of the provisions of the standards in force, the comments were made in relation to particulate air pollution in the city area of sedimentableTg Jiu, identifying the polluters in the area, the proposed solutions for the reduction of pollution.

[Historical notes on Infectious Diseases Hospital Francisco Javier Muñiz in Buenos Aires, Argentina].

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Laval, Enrique

2012-08-01

The Infectious Diseases Hospital Francisco Javier Muñiz, Buenos Aires, Argentina, is the oldest in Latin America. It is over 100 years old and has a history worthy of pride. It became known as "Hospital of the pests" and was preceded by the old House of Insulation, which served as a quarantine station during epidemics of cholera, yellow fever and smallpox. The new House of Insulation, built in the neighborhood of Parque Patricios ("Barracks Hospital"), was renamed in 1904 in memory of Francisco Javier Muñiz, a former military doctor, naturalist and paleontologist. Its technical name is "Porteño Care Centre and National Reference Regional Infectious-Contagious Disease". It receives numerous national and foreign undergraduate and postgraduate students in its Departments of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Diseases.

Turismo urbano en contexto metropolitano: Tigre como destino turístico en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Argentina

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Rodolfo V. Bertoncello

2016-07-01

Full Text Available Este artículo aborda el tema de las ciudades como destino turístico, específicamente, en relación con las configuraciones y dinámicas metropolitanas. Se analiza el caso de la localidad de Tigre como destino turístico que, siendo parte constitutiva del Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, se oferta integrado al “destino turístico Buenos Aires”. El papel de la localidad turística en el contexto metropolitano es analizado a partir del reconocimiento de la escasez de estudios sobre el tema en esta escala. El análisis se enfoca en los procesos que desembocan en la configuración de la localidad como destino turístico, asumiendo que dicho carácter es resultado de acciones específicas, orientadas a adecuar el lugar a los requerimientos turísticos. Con esto, se cuestionan los difundidos enfoques que asumen, en forma naturalizada, la “vocación turística” de los lugares.

Turismo urbano en contexto metropolitano: Tigre como destino turístico en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Argentina

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Rodolfo V. Bertoncello

2016-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo aborda el tema de las ciudades como destino turístico, específicamente, en relación con las configuraciones y dinámicas metropolitanas. Se analiza el caso de la localidad de Tigre como destino turístico que, siendo parte constitutiva del Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, se oferta integrado al “destino turístico Buenos Aires”. El papel de la localidad turística en el contexto metropolitano es analizado a partir del reconocimiento de la escasez de estudios sobre el tema en esta escala. El análisis se enfoca en los procesos que desembocan en la configuración de la localidad como destino turístico, asumiendo que dicho carácter es resultado de acciones específicas, orientadas a adecuar el lugar a los requerimientos turísticos. Con esto, se cuestionan los difundidos enfoques que asumen, en forma naturalizada, la “vocación turística” de los lugares.

Geomorfologia Costera y Explotación de Arena de Playa en la Provincia de Buenos Aires y sus Consecuencias Ambientales

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Silvia C. Marcomini; Rubén López

2006-01-01

El present trabajo tiene como objetivo principal caracterizar el medio físico de las áreas costeras, con el fin determinar los impactos en la hidrodinámica litoral, a mediano y corto plazo, generado por la explotación de arena de playa en las principales localidades costeras de la provincia de Buenos Aires, entre cabo San Antonio y Necochea. Para tal fin se describen las explotaciones mineras de mayor magnitud llevadas a cabo a lo largo de la costa de la provi...

El “machismo latinoamericano” y sus derivas en la educación internacional: reflexiones de estudiantes estadounidenses en Buenos Aires

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Karina Felitti; Andrea Rizzotti

2016-01-01

Este artículo analiza las representaciones y experiencias de jóvenes estadounidenses participantes de un programa de educación internacional en Buenos Aires, en relación con los modelos, representaciones y relaciones de género y de sexualidad que observan y viven en la cultura local argentina. Con una metodología cualitativa, entre 2012 y 2014, se recogieron testimonios escritos y orales de 50 estudiantes, varones y mujeres, sobre temas como los piropos/acoso callejero, el machismo latinoamer...

Prosodic Transfer in Learner and Contact Varieties: Speech Rhythm and Intonation of Buenos Aires Spanish and L2 Castilian Spanish Produced by Italian Native Speakers

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Gabriel, Christoph; Kireva, Elena

2014-01-01

A remarkable example of Spanish-Italian contact is the Spanish variety spoken in Buenos Aires (Porteño), which is said to be prosodically "Italianized" due to migration-induced contact. The change in Porteño prosody has been interpreted as a result of transfer from the first language (L1) that occurred when Italian immigrants learned…

El derecho a la alimentación en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Una mirada desde las políticas públicas

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Ángeles Bermúdez

2015-07-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se abordará el análisis de dos de los principales programas alimentarios de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Ticket Social y Ciudadanía Porteña. Estos serán analizados desde una perspectiva macrosocial, sobre la base de un análisis crítico de los aspectos socioeconómicos y los principales nudos problemáticos que presenta su desarrollo.

Obtención de un índice de riesgo de erosión eólica y su aplicación en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina Erosion risk index attainment and its application in the Buenos Aires province, Argentina

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Susana Goldberg

2004-12-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se propone un índice climático para estimar el riesgo de ocurrencia de erosión eólica basado en las leyes físicas que cuantifican el efecto de la agresión del medio (turbulencia atmosférica sobre la resistencia del sistema (textura del suelo. Este indicador es obtenido en función de observaciones meteorológicas estándar a partir de un modelo que incluye la alteración del perfil vertical del viento ocasionada por la presencia de partículas de suelo en el aire y es expresado en términos de la probabilidad de que la potencia del viento supere las condiciones umbrales para el comienzo del proceso. Si bien el índice fue obtenido para suelo seco y desnudo, la metodología permite avanzar hacia un modelo de evaluación de riesgo más general, si se determinan previamente los valores de velocidad de fricción umbral que corresponden a distintas condiciones que afectan la resistencia del suelo tales como la humedad del suelo, el contenido de materia orgánica, cobertura y uso de la tierra. Este modelo ha sido utilizado para evaluar la distribución espacial del riesgo de erosión eólica en la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.This paper proposes a climatic index to estimate the wind erosion risk based upon physical laws that quantify the effect of environment's aggression (atmospheric turbulence on system resistance (soil texture. This index is obtained as a function of standard meteorological observations including the alteration of the wind profile produced by the presence of soil particles in the air and it is expressed in terms of the probability for the wind power to exceed the threshold conditions. Although this index was obtained for dry and bare soil, it may mean an advance towards a more general model for risk evaluation if other factors intervening in soil resistance, such as soil humidity, organic material content, land cover and use are included. This model has been used to evaluate the spatial distribution

La unidad doméstica en la ciudad de Buenos Aires a mediados del siglo XVIII.

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Maximiliano Camarda

2011-08-01

Full Text Available A partir de datos censales, el artículo analiza la  dinámica económica, composición y características de las unidades domésticas en el Buenos Aires del siglo XVIII. De manera específica, el trabajo busca identificar los patrones que guiaban a los dueños a alquilar a determinadas personas los cuartos de sus casas, tanto en la que habitaban como también otras. Mediante el acercamiento a esta problemática localizada, el trabajo busca aproximarse a un problema histórico de mayor amplitud, cual es, los patrones de sociabilidad bonaerenses en el período estudiado.

Pobreza y desempeño ejecutivo en alumnos preescolares de la ciudad de Buenos Aires (Republica Argentina

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Sebastián Javier Lipina

2004-01-01

Full Text Available El estudio de los efectos de la pobreza sobre el desempeño cognitivo durante las primeras fases del desarrollo, ha sido efectuado predominantemente en base a la definición de pobreza según el ingreso y el uso de paradigmas de inteligencia basados en la hipótesis de un factor general de funcionamiento cognitivo. En el presente trabajo se utilizó el concepto de Necesidades Básicas Insatisfechas (NBI como criterio de pobreza y se aplicó un paradigma cognitivo de funcionamiento ejecutivo proveniente de la Neurociencia. El mismo plantea el análisis de componentes de comportamientos inteligentes orientados hacia objetivos y asociados a la activación de circuitos cerebrales que involucran centralmente a la región prefrontal. Se comparó el desempeño ejecutivo de 247 niños escolarizados de 3 a 5 años de edad, provenientes de hogares pobres (NBI y no pobres o con Necesidades Básicas Satisfechas (NBS, y de jardines de infantes del Distrito Escolar 4 de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Boca-Barracas y de distritos escolares de Vicente López y San Isidro del Gran Buenos Aires (Argentina. Se administró una batería de pruebas que evalúan componentes de flexibilidad cognitiva, logro de objetivos y control atencional. Los resultados obtenidos muestran perfiles de desempeño diferentes entre ambos grupos. El perfil de desempeño menos eficiente en términos de las variables estudiadas se observó en el grupo de niños proveniente de hogares pobres. Estos resultados constituyen un aporte significativo de un paradigma neurocientífico para la implementación de estrategias de intervención orientadas a estimular el funcionamiento cognitivo de tipo ejecutivo de niños de edad preescolar.

¿Estás nervioso? Las elecciones desde una villa del Gran Buenos Aires

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María Cecilia Ferraudi Curto

2011-11-01

Full Text Available En este artículo pretendo explorar la política en el Gran Buenos Aires a partir de un análisis de las elecciones legislativas de 2009 desde mi etnografía en una villa de La Matanza en proceso de urbanización. A partir de allí, intentaré dar cuenta de una serie de perspectivas que quedan opacadas en los análisis centrados en procesos electorales. Mientras éstos enfocan hacia las estrategias de campaña de los candidatos y los entramados políticos desde los cuales construyen apoyos para explicar los resultados electorales (o intentar predecirlos, el punto central de este artículo consiste en mostrar cómo las elecciones se imponen y son apropiadas localmente a partir de una perspectiva centrada en la urbanización de la villa.

Mexico City Air Quality Research Initiative; Volume 5, Strategic evaluation

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1994-03-01

Members of the Task HI (Strategic Evaluation) team were responsible for the development of a methodology to evaluate policies designed to alleviate air pollution in Mexico City. This methodology utilizes information from various reports that examined ways to reduce pollutant emissions, results from models that calculate the improvement in air quality due to a reduction in pollutant emissions, and the opinions of experts as to the requirements and trade-offs that are involved in developing a program to address the air pollution problem in Mexico City. The methodology combines these data to produce comparisons between different approaches to improving Mexico City`s air quality. These comparisons take into account not only objective factors such as the air quality improvement or cost of the different approaches, but also subjective factors such as public acceptance or political attractiveness of the different approaches. The end result of the process is a ranking of the different approaches and, more importantly, the process provides insights into the implications of implementing a particular approach or policy.

Factores predictivos de la no adherencia al tratamiento de la tuberculosis en municipios del Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Silvina Arrossi; María Belén Herrero; Adriana Greco; Silvina Ramos

2012-01-01

El objetivo de este estudio fue identificar las características sociodemográficas de los pacientes y las características del tratamiento que influyen en la no-adherencia al tratamiento antituberculoso. Se realizó un estudio de corte transversal, en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires. Se encuestaron 38 pacientes que no adhirieron al tratamiento y 85 pacientes que adhirieron al tratamiento, diagnosticados durante el año 2007, residentes y atendidos en hospitales de municipios seleccionados. ...

Future Air Quality in Danish Cities

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Jensen, S. S.; Berkowicz, R.; Winther, M.

The impact of new EU vehicle emission and fuel quality directives on the future air quality in Danish cities has been modelled for comparison with new limit values in the new EU directive on assessment and management of urban air quality. Nested modelling was applied using a set of air quality...... and emission models to predict concentration levels in the regional background, urban background and at street level. Air pollution levels were predicted to decrease for NO2, CO and benzene (ozone increased slightly) and the results show that the levels will not exceed the new EU limit values in 2010 despite...

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Rubén Alberto Cervini

2008-01-01

Full Text Available En el estudio que se informa se investigaron las relaciones entre progreso de aprendizaje (valor agregado, motivación y autoconcepto académico del alumno en Matemática, en el marco de los efectos de las características socioeconómicas y académicas del alumno y de su escuela. Para la medición del valor agregado se utilizaron los resultados de dos pruebas estandarizadas de Matemática aplicadas a una cohorte de alumnos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (República Argentina en dos momentos diferentes (séptimo y noveno años de Educación General Bási ca - EGB. Las mediciones de motivación y de autoconcepto se basaron en respuestas a ítemes binarios de actitudes con respecto a Ma temática y fueron definidas utilizando el análisis de la componente prin - cipal, a partir de la matriz de correlación tetracórica (método heurístico. Para el análisis de las correlaciones se utilizó la téc nica estadística de modelos multinivel. El presente estudio relaciona los resultados empíricos con la teoría del habitus de Bourdieu. Inicialmente, el autoconcepto resulta significativa y positivamente asociado con el puntaje en la prueba y con el progreso de aprendizaje posterior. Este efecto continúa siendo significati vo aun cuando se controlan los efectos del nivel socioeconómi - co y del género del alumno. Sin embargo, su capacidad ex plicativa es muy tenue desde el punto de vista práctico. Si bien este resultado confirmaría la hipótesis central de la teoría de la reproducción, indica un sendero a través del cual podrían producirse transformaciones. Uno de los desafíos del sistema educativo es promover el habitus escolar cultivado (autoconcepto más allá de las determinaciones sociales, culturales y económicas.

Leptospira interrogans en una población canina del Gran Buenos Aires: variables asociadas con la seropositividad Leptospira interrogans in a canine population of Greater Buenos Aires: variables associated with seropositivity

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Diana Rubel

1997-08-01

Full Text Available Se determinó la seroprevalencia de leptospirosis en una población canina suburbana con el objeto de analizar la asociación entre distintas variables individuales y ambientales y la seropositividad a leptospirosis. El estudio, de diseño transversal, se llevó a cabo durante julio de 1992 en un barrio del Gran Buenos Aires en el que viven unos 9 500 habitantes y una población canina de unos 2 000 animales. Se estudió una muestra aleatoria de 223 perros, de cada uno de los cuales se obtuvo una muestra de sangre. La ficha epidemiológica del animal se obtuvo por encuesta al ama de casa. Las determinaciones serológicas se realizaron por microaglutinación frente a 10 serotipos de Leptospira interrogans. Se halló seropositividad en 57% de los 223 perros examinados; 82% de los sueros positivos coaglutinaron con dos o más serotipos. Los serotipos detectados con mayor frecuencia fueron canicola y pyrogenes. La seroprevalencia en hembras fue menor que en machos (P We determined the seroprevalence of leptospirosis in a suburban canine population for the purpose of analyzing the association between different individual and environmental variables and seropositivity for leptospirosis. The study, which was cross-sectional, was performed in July 1992 in a neighborhood of Greater Buenos Aires with approximately 9 500 inhabitants and a canine population of around 2 000 animals. We studied a random sample of 223 dogs and obtained a blood sample from each. Each animal’s epidemiologic history was obtained by interviewing the housewife. Serologic measurements were performed by the microagglutination technique with the use of 10 different serotypes of Leptospira interrogans. Of the 223 dogs that were tested, 57% showed seropositivity; 82% of the positive sera coagglutinated with two or more serotypes. The most frequently detected serotypes were canicola and pyrogenes. Seroprevalence in females was less common than in males (P <0,05 and in puppies less than

La Universidad de Buenos Aires en la década de 1970: análisis del comunicado de prensa en solidaridad con Rodolfo Puiggrós

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Aritz Recalde

2012-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo reconstruye el contexto histórico de aparición del comunicado de prensa emitido por las autoridades de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en solidaridad con el historiador y rector de la universidad, Rodolfo Puiggrós, luego de su renuncia. Su gestión intentó ligar los planes científicos y tecnológicos de la institución al nuevo modelo de desarrollo iniciado por Héctor Cámpora y el peronismo en el año 1973. Se hace referencia al proyecto de transformación de la universidad que fue impulsado por Puiggrós y que articuló tradiciones ideológicas marxistas, reformistas y nacionalistas; se introducen algunas claves de lectura para analizar la causa de la renuncia de Puiggrós y se recuperan los argumentos del comunicado de prensa publicado por la Dirección de Prensa y Difusión de la Universidad de Buenos Aires el 5 de octubre de 1973.

Colonel Don Benito Machado. A National Guards commandant on the southern frontier of Buenos Aires [1852-1880] El coronel Don Benito Machado. Un comandante de Guardias Nacionales en la frontera sur bonaerense [1852-1880

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Leonardo Canciani

2012-01-01

Full Text Available In this work, we will analyze the National Guard regiments and the role played by their commandants during the process of national organization on the southern frontier of Buenos Aires, from the case study of coronel don José Benito Machado. First of all, our objective will be describe the specific characteristics that adopted the National Guards in the societies of the southern frontier of the province of Buenos Aires. And then, to analyze the mechanisms developed by Benito Machado to build the power bases in the region that enabled the consolidation of its leadershipEn el presente trabajo, analizamos los regimientos de Guardias Nacionales y las funciones que desempeñaron sus comandantes durante el proceso de organización nacional en la frontera sur bonaerense, desde el estudio de caso del coronel don José Benito Machado. En primer lugar, repasamos las características específicas que adoptaron las Guardias Nacionales en las sociedades de la frontera sur de la provincia de Buenos Aires; mientras que, en segundo lugar, analizamos los diversos mecanismos desarrollados por Benito Machado para construir las bases de poder en la región que posibilitaron el afianzamiento de su liderazgo

Extensión del límite austral de distribución de tres especies de peces óseos tropicales en la costa de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina Southern extension of three species of tropical bony fishes along the coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

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Andrés C Milessi; Jorge H Colonello; Federico Cortés; Carlos A Lasta; Juan A Waessle; Lucrecia Allega

2012-01-01

Se presentan tres nuevos registros de especies de peces óseos cuya distribución corresponde a aguas tropicales, capturados por buques pesqueros en la costa de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina (CPBA, 36°-38°S). Los ejemplares corresponden a las especies: Rachycentrum canadum, Elops saurus y Caulolatilus chrysops. Estos registros amplían significativamente el límite austral de su distribución. La presencia ocasional de estas especies está asociada al transporte de agua subtropical cálida...

Un desafío a la justicia social peronista: la hidatidosis en la provincia de Buenos Aires, 1946-1952

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Valobra,Adriana

2007-01-01

Analiza las políticas sanitarias del gobierno de Domingo Alfredo Mercante (1946-1952) - mano derecha de Juan Domingo Perón - en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, atendiendo a lo que fue una de sus más instigantes líneas de intervención: la erradicación de la hidatidosis. Visibilizando un problema largamente olvidado por la historiografía, especificaremos de qué modo el gobierno mercantiano colocó a la hidatidosis en la agenda estatal a través de una legitimación estadística, socioeconó...

REPENSANDO LA RELACIÓN ENTRE LOS CAMBIOS SOCIALES Y LOS CAMBIOS LEGALES EN EL BUENOS AIRES DEL SIGLO XIX

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JEFFREY M. SHUMWAY

2011-10-01

Full Text Available Este estudio examina las conexiones entre conflictos familiares encontrados en los tribunales de Buenos Aires del siglo XIX y el mundo de la jurisprudencia. Aunque muchas leyes coloniales seguían vigentes después de la independencia, las actitudes de muchos jueces, abogados y políticos hacia esas leyes cambiaron, lo cual trajo un cambio en la interpretación y aplicación de las leyes viejas que afectó la vida diaria de porteños durante la transición entre la colonia y la nación.

Transportation, Social Inequality and Spatial Capital: Comparative Analysis between Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile

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Ricardo Apaolaza

2016-09-01

Full Text Available This paper studies how the characteristics of Latin American urban transportation generate dimensions of dispute of ‘spatial capital’, meaning an individually internalizable type of urban resource which results from the combination of objective material conditions and subjective socio-cultural conditions. These conditions determine a socially differentiated use of territory and sometimes are decisive elements in opening new niches for high-end real-estate producers and consumers, hence linking with processes of displacement and exclusion. The study cases compare four neighborhoods from Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile, two peripherals and two pericentrals. The results show, considering the role of new infrastructure, a strong difference between residents from the peripheral cases and little difference in the pericentral cases, identifying, however, processes of a dispute over the ownership and use of urban space and the neighborhood, in all the cases.

A rebeldia dos Bragança no Rio da Prata: redes comerciais e laços parentais portugueses na Buenos Aires seiscentista = The rebelliousness of the Bragança at the River Plate: portuguese commercial networks and familiar ties in Buenos Aires (17 th Century = La rebeldía de los Braganza en el Río de la Plata: redes comerciales y lazos parentales portugueses en la Buenos Aires del Siglo XVII

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Ceballos, Rodrigo

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Este artigo contém breve apresentação seguida de transcrição de trecho de processo judicial, presente no Arquivo Geral das Índias (Sevilha, em defesa dos lusitanos expulsos da cidade de Buenos Aires em 1643. No ano de 1641, logo após a Restauração portuguesa, marinheiros lusitanos fugiram para o Rio de Janeiro, levantando na região austral suspeitas de traição de moradores do Rio da Prata ao monarca espanhol

Modelling the urban air quality in Hamburg with the new city-scale chemistry transport model CityChem

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Karl, Matthias; Ramacher, Martin; Aulinger, Armin; Matthias, Volker; Quante, Markus

2017-04-01

Air quality modelling plays an important role by providing guidelines for efficient air pollution abatement measures. Currently, most urban dispersion models treat air pollutants as passive tracer substances or use highly simplified chemistry when simulating air pollutant concentrations on the city-scale. The newly developed urban chemistry-transport model CityChem has the capability of modelling the photochemical transformation of multiple pollutants along with atmospheric diffusion to produce pollutant concentration fields for the entire city on a horizontal resolution of 100 m or even finer and a vertical resolution of 24 layers up to 4000 m height. CityChem is based on the Eulerian urban dispersion model EPISODE of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU). CityChem treats the complex photochemistry in cities using detailed EMEP chemistry on an Eulerian 3-D grid, while using simple photo-stationary equilibrium on a much higher resolution grid (receptor grid), i.e. close to industrial point sources and traffic sources. The CityChem model takes into account that long-range transport contributes to urban pollutant concentrations. This is done by using 3-D boundary concentrations for the city domain derived from chemistry-transport simulations with the regional air quality model CMAQ. For the study of the air quality in Hamburg, CityChem was set-up with a main grid of 30×30 grid cells of 1×1 km2 each and a receptor grid of 300×300 grid cells of 100×100 m2. The CityChem model was driven with meteorological data generated by the prognostic meteorology component of the Australian chemistry-transport model TAPM. Bottom-up inventories of emissions from traffic, industry, households were based on data of the municipality of Hamburg. Shipping emissions for the port of Hamburg were taken from the Clean North Sea Shipping project. Episodes with elevated ozone (O3) were of specific interest for this study, as these are associated with exceedances of the World

Actitudes lingüísticas en la Argentina. El español en Buenos Aires: Una aproximación a las representaciones de sus hablantes

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Gabriela Llull

2014-11-01

Full Text Available Resumen Este artículo analiza las actitudes lingüísticas de hablantes nativos de español de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, hacia al español de la Argentina y el español de los otros países hispanohablantes. El artículo es parte de los resultados del Proyecto LIAS (Linguistic Identity and Attitudes in Spanish-speaking Latin America, financiado por El Consejo Noruego de Investigación (RCN. La recolección de los datos se realizó en la capital del país, entrevistando a una muestra de 400 informantes previamente estratificada con las variables de edad, sexo y nivel socioeconómico. El procesamiento estadístico de los datos de campo recolectados arrojó resultados de interés en torno a la mayoría de los tópicos analizados y especialmente en lo referente a aspectos tales como la valoración positiva de la propia variedad lingüística; la resistencia a identificar a España como la única fuente de la norma lingüística de la lengua española; el rechazo a la unificación de la lengua y, por consiguiente, la defensa de la diversidad lingüística como portadora de riqueza cultural. Abstract This article analyzes the linguistic attitudes of native Spanish speakers from Buenos Aires City, towards Spanish spoken in Argentina and in the other Spanish-speaking countries. It is a result of the LIAS-Project (Linguistic Identity and Attitudes in Spanish-speaking Latin America, funded by The Research Council of Norway (RCN. The data were gathered in the capital of the country, interviewing a stratified sample of 400 respondents, based on the variables of age, sex and socioeconomic status. The analysis of the data rendered interesting results on most of the analyzed topics; especially important was the positive appraisal of Argentineans' own linguistic variety; the strong resistance against identifying Spain as the only source of the linguistic norm for the Spanish language; and the rejection of language unification, defending in this way

Análisis palinológico de un homicidio en la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Leticia Karina Povilauskas

2017-10-01

Full Text Available Los objetivos de esta contribución son dar a conocer las actividades desarrolladas en base a la Palinología Forense en un caso de homicidio calificado ocurrido en la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina; y poner al alcance de los científicos naturalistas algunas metodologías periciales adecuadas para fomentar su participación con el fin de sumar aportes a la hora de esclarecer un crimen desde la Palinología. En el presente trabajo se exponen los resultados obtenidos a partir del estudio y análisis palinológico sobre un homicidio realizado en los márgenes del río Reconquista, en la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Se realizó un estudio exhaustivo de la flora del lugar y, el análisis de las muestras que han sido colectadas a lo largo de las márgenes del río Reconquista ha arrojado como resultado una asociación palinológica conformada por polen y quistes de algas. Los espectros polínicos están dominados principalmente por granos de polen de cañaverales (Arundo donax, Salicaceae, Cyperaceae y Poaceae, con Asteraceae y Myrtaceae subordinados. Las algas dinofíceas están representadas por quistes de dinoflagelados estuáricos del orden Gonyaulacales (Operculodinium centrocarpum (Deflandre y Cookson Wall.  Las algas clorofíceas consisten en cenobios de Pediastrum boryanum (Turpin Meneghini y colonias de Botryococcus braunii Kützing, y entre las Cyanophyta se encontraron vainas de Rivulariaceae (Gloeotrichia sp..  Un protocolo de investigación forense implica algunas consideraciones para tener en cuenta, como la escena del crimen, la recolección apropiada de muestras y, el análisis palinológico del laboratorio, quedando a disposición de los jueces y fiscales como pruebas muy útiles para la investigación de un homicidio.

Federalismo y políticas ambientales en la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Ricardo A Gutiérrez

2012-05-01

Full Text Available La articulación entre la escala metropolitana de los problemas y la multiplicidad de jurisdicciones gubernamentales constituye un desafío para cualquier política ambiental. Centrado en la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, este trabajo aborda la coordinación de políticas ambientales metropolitanas en un contexto federal. La primera parte describe la región metropolitana, el modo en que el federalismo argentino distribuye competencias ambientales entre niveles de gobierno, los mecanismos institucionales para la gestión metropolitana y las características y principales deficiencias de las organizaciones interjurisdiccionales que operan en la región metropolitana. La segunda parte discute los factores que explican esas deficiencias. Se argumenta que las fallas de coordinación metropolitana de políticas ambientales se explican por la interacción entre las instituciones federales y otras variables del sistema político, como la lógica de acumulación partidaria, la configuración de las agendas de gobierno, el papel de las burocracias estatales y el impacto del activismo ambiental.In any metropolitan region, the articulation between metropolitan scale of issues and the multiplicity of government jurisdictions poses a challenge for the implementation of environmental policies. Focused on the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region, this article examines the coordination of metropolitan environmental policies in a federal context. The first part describes the metropolitan region and its main environmental problems, the way in which Argentine federalism assigns environmental competences to the different government levels and the mechanisms it sets for metropolitan governance, and the characteristics and flaws of the inter-jurisdictional organizations at work in the metropolitan region. The second part discusses the factors explaining those flaws. It argues that the shortcomings of the metropolitan coordination of environmental policies are

Rotinas burocráticas e linguagens do estado: políticas de registros estatísticos criminais sobre mortes violentas no Rio de Janeiro e em Buenos Aires

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Ana Paula Mendes de Miranda

2011-10-01

Full Text Available Este artigo parte do interesse em produzir uma base de dados comparável das regiões metropolitanas do Rio de Janeiro e de Buenos Aires. Ao longo da pesquisa verificou-se que para atingir tal objetivo seria necessária a explicitação dos processos técnicos e das competências políticas que, no Brasil e na Argentina, deram lugar a modos específicos de produção de informação em matéria de criminalidade, com destaque às conjunturas particulares que levaram, em cada caso, a que os dados oficiais sobre criminalidade fossem objeto de disputas políticas, e à existência de conflitos intra e interinstitucionais. O que era, também, matéria de que se nutria a "opinião pública" quando o debate sobre a segurança pública ascendia no ranking da agenda pública. Tal abordagem permite concluir que as cifras falam mais sobre as instituições que a produziram do que sobre a criminalidade ou sobre a situação das mortes violentas nas regiões metropolitanas do Rio de Janeiro e de Buenos Aires. Portanto, neste artigo, tratar-se-á de apresentar como esses dados, para poderem ser considerados comparáveis entre regiões metropolitanas tão próximas e tão distantes como Buenos Aires e Rio de Janeiro, necessitaram ser (decompostos e (desagregados para poder-se compará-los e lê-los como indicadores de formas violentas de resolução de conflitos.

Relación entre las características petrográficas y geotécnicas de agregados de la provincia de Buenos Aires

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Correa, María José; García Eiler, Luciana; Botasso, Hugo; Soengas, Cecilia; Rebollo, Oscar

2012-01-01

En este trabajo se presentan las relaciones encontradas entre los primeros resultados geotécnicos y las características geológicas y petrográficas estudiadas en áridos de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Las muestras provienen de las principales canteras productoras de áridos de las Sierras Septentrionales, en las proximidades de las ciudades de Olavarria y Tandil. Las observaciones indican que los resultados geotécnicos dependen no s&...

Disease caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria: diagnostic procedures and treatment evaluation in the North of Buenos Aires Province

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Belén Imperiale

2012-03-01

Full Text Available Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM have emerged as pathogens frequently associated to HIV co-infection. The aims of this study were to describe the clinical importance of NTM in patients from the North of Buenos Aires Province and the drug-susceptibility patterns in relation with the therapy used. A total of 23,624 clinical specimens were investigated during the period 2004-2010. Ziehl-Neelsen stain and cultures were used for diagnosis. Molecular and biochemical tests were performed to identify the mycobacteria. TB and mycobacterioses cases were 2 118 and 108 respectively. Sixteen NTM species were found: Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare as the main causative agents. Infections produced by more than one species at the same time were confirmed (4 cases. Macrolides and fluoroquinolones were the most active in vitro drugs. Treatment evaluation showed that 68.0 % of the cases completed the therapy, 20 % died; and 12 % were relapses. The cases in which the treatment outcome was evaluated received an individual tailor-made therapeutic scheme including those drugs showing in vitro activity and presumed in vivo usefulness. More than a quarter of the patients had HIV co-infection and the majority of the deaths were associated with this co-infection.Enfermedad causada por micobacterias no tuberculosas: diagnóstico y evaluación del tratamiento en el norte del Gran Buenos Aires. Las micobacterias no tuberculosas (MNT emergieron como patógenos frecuentemente asociados a la co-infección con el HIV. EL objetivo del estudio fue describir la importancia clínica de las MNT en pacientes de la región norte de la provincia de Buenos Aires y los patrones de drogo-sensibilidad en relación con la terapia empleada. Se investigó un total de 23.624 especímenes clínicos durante, el período 2004-2010. La tinción de Ziehl-Neelsen y los cultivos se utilizaron para diagnóstico. Las micobacterias fueron identificadas mediante pruebas bioqu

Cartografías corporales: las pesquisas antropológicas del doctor Roberto Lehmann-Nitsche, Buenos Aires: 1897-1908 Traçar do corpo: investigacões antropológicas do doutor Roberto Lehmann-Nitsche, Buenos Aires: 1897-1908 Body mapping: anthropological investigations of Dr. Roberto Lehmann-Nitsche, Buenos Aires: 1897-1908

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Pablo Perazzi

2009-07-01

Full Text Available El último cuarto del siglo XIX fue la época de las grandes investigaciones de morfología humana. En ese contexto, la antropología física, que según sus cultores era la antropología propiamente dicha, se lanzó a uno de los más ambiciosos proyectos de cooperación científica a escala planetaria: la formación de un archivo universal de las variedades corporales. Llegado a Buenos Aires en 1897, el antropólogo alemán Roberto Lehmann-Nitsche se convertiría en uno de los más entusiastas difusores del "ideario fisonomista" en el ambiente científico rioplatense. El objetivo del artículo consiste, pues, en una revisión crítica de sus ignoradas -o fragmentariamente consultadas- pesquisas corporales en el "submundo" de la Argentina finisecularO ultimo quarto do século XIX foi a época das grandes pesquisas da morfologia humana. Nesse contexto, a antropologia física, que segundo seus especialistas era "a antropologia" própriamente dita, lançou um dos projetos mais ambiciosos da cooperação científica na escala planetária: a formação de uma arquivo universal das variedades corporais. O antropólogo alemão Roberto Lehmann-Nitsche, chegado a Buenos Aires em 1897, transformo-se num dos difusores os mais entusiásticos do "ideario fisonomista" no contexto científico do Río da Plata. O objetivo de este artigo é uma revisão crítica de suas ignorodas -ou fragmentariamente consultadas- pesquisas no "submondo" da Argentina finisecularThe last quarter of 19th Century was the time of great researches on the human morphology. In this context, physical anthropology, which according to its promoters was the true anthropology, produced one of its most ambitious projects of cooperation at a global scale: the formation of a universal archive of body type varieties. Arrived to our southern coasts in 1897, the anthropologist Robert Lehmann-Nitsche some become one of the most enthusiastic promoters of "physonomic ideas" in the local scientific

Extreme temperature events affecting the electricity distribution system of the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires (1971–2013)

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Santágata, Daniela M.; Castesana, Paula; Rössler, Cristina E.; Gómez, Darío R.

2017-01-01

We studied the role of cold waves and heat waves on major power outages in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires. Impacts of events occurring in the tails of distributions were assessed estimating deviations of minimum temperature, maximum temperature and hourly electricity consumption with respect to statistically derived thresholds and using three sets of data: temperature observations (1911–2013); major power outages reported in a disaster database (1971–2013) and hourly electricity consumption (2006–2013). These deviations (exceedances) proved to be adequate indicators of the stress posed by extreme temperature events to the electricity distribution system leading to major blackouts. Based on these indicators, we found that the electricity distribution system was under similar stress during cold waves or heat waves, but it was much more vulnerable to heat waves (three blackouts under cold waves against 20 under heat waves between 2006 and 2013). For heat waves, the results of a binomial regression logistic model provided an adequate description of the probability of disastrous supply interruptions in terms of exceedances in extreme temperatures and electricity consumption stress. This approach may be of use for other cities wishing to evaluate the effects of extreme temperature events on the electricity distribution infrastructure. - Highlights: • The linkage between extreme temperatures and disastrous power outages is analyzed. • Exceedance in extreme temperature and electricity consumption are stress indicators. • Extreme temperatures pose moderate to extreme impacts to electricity distribution. • Electricity distribution is more vulnerable to heat waves than cold waves.

European origin of patients with Paget's disease of bone in the Buenos Aires area

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Gomez Acotto, C.; Mautalen, C.A.

2001-01-01

Paget's bone disease is heterogeneously distributed and several foci of high prevalence have been reported in Europe, United States, Argentina and Australia. The aim of the present work was to determine the ethnic origin of the disease in Buenos Aires using a cross sectional epidemiological study. Sample choice was based on a sampling according to grandparents' nationality. Ninety five percent of Paget patients were of European descent and 5% were non-European, while in the control group the proportion of European descendants is lower: 83% (OR: 3.7; p < 0.007; IC 95%: 1.4-9.7). Within the group of patients with Paget's disease the proportion of Italian and Russian descendants was higher than expected according to the 1914 Argentinean census. The prevalence of Paget's disease among European migrants was higher than in the control group of citizens. Regardless of environmental factors, it is likely that the migrants carried a higher risk of developing the disease

Need Analysis for Air Conditioners in Public Sector of Surabaya City Government

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Dwiarti Larasputri

2017-01-01

Full Text Available In typical buildings, air conditioners have the biggest percentage in energy consumption among all sectors. It makes a good management for air conditioners is needed and important in order to use the energy efficiently. Having a very hot and humid weather, it gives impact that most of buildings in Surabaya installed air conditioners, including Surabaya City Government office buildings. However, there is no regulation nor guidance how to manage air conditioners in Surabaya City Government, while Surabaya itself has a goal to become a green-eco city. Then, the existing condition of air conditioners usage in Surabaya Government units (SKPDs is evaluated. The evaluation resulted that most of air conditioners were over capacity and not all of them were efficient in energy consumption. Therefore, a need analysis is required to help Surabaya City Government managing its air conditioners better. By applying two different concepts, one is based on the architectural view and another one is based on green building criteria, the existing condition is analyzed and two procedures of need analysis are produced. The procedures can be implemented for two different conditions of office building rooms in Surabaya City Government.

Simulation of regional-scale groundwater flow in the Azul River basin, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

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Varni, Marcelo R.; Usunoff, Eduardo J.

A three-dimensional modular model (MODFLOW) was used to simulate groundwater flow in the Azul River basin, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in order to assess the correctness of the conceptual model of the hydrogeological system. Simulated heads satisfactorily match observed heads in the regional water-table aquifer. Model results indicate that: (1) groundwater recharge is not uniform throughout the region but is best represented by three recharge rates, decreasing downgradient, similar to the distribution of soils and geomorphological characteristics; and (2) evapotranspiration rates are larger than previous estimates, which were made by using the Thornthwaite-Mather method. Evapotranspiration rates estimated by MODFLOW agree with results of independent studies of the region. Model results closely match historical surface-flow records, thereby suggesting that the model description of the aquifer-river relationship is correct. Résumé Un modèle modulaire tridimensionnel (MODFLOW) a été utilisé pour simuler les écoulements souterrains dans le bassin de la rivière Azul (Province de Buenos Aires, Argentine), dans le but d'évaluer la justesse du modèle conceptuel du système hydrogéologique. La piézométrie simulée s'ajuste de façon satisfaisante à celle observée pour l'ensemble de la nappe. Les résultats du modèle indiquent que: (1) la recharge de la nappe n'est pas uniforme sur toute la région, mais qu'elle est mieux approchée par trois valeurs différentes, décroissant vers l'aval-gradient, en suivant la même distribution que les sols et les caractéristiques géomorphologiques et (2) l'évapotranspiration est nettement plus importante que prévu initialement à partir de la méthode de Thornthwaite-Mather. Les valeurs d'évapotranspiration fournies par MODFLOW concordent bien avec les résultats d'autres études portant sur la région. Les résultats du modèle reproduisent convenablement les chroniques de débit des écoulements de surface

La extensión universitaria en Buenos Aires: legitimidades y transformaciones recientes

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Sebastián Fuentes

2016-01-01

Full Text Available El presente artículo analiza la extensión universitaria como estrategia de legitimación de las universidades, atendiendo a las convergencias y divergencias en un presente atravesado por una fuerte diversificación institucional en el campo universitario. Se centra en el análisis institucional de la extensión a partir del estudio en/de 4 universidades nacionales y privadas ubicadas en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Se analizan la presentación institucional, la significación y organización de la extensión, y la actualización de su historia y el contexto y público al que apelan. Se describen las metáforas espaciales con que se presenta la extensión y los distintos sentidos sobre la educación universitaria asociados a ella. Se concluye que la extensión universitaria cobra sentido en función del mecanismo de inclusión/exclusión, el carácter selectivo de la universidad. En la relación con actores extrauniversitarios, la legitimidad se resuelve en relaciones con sectores populares, empresariales, ong y el Estado.

Arqueología y comunidad en el inmueble de la calle Defensa 1344, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Odlanyer Hernández de Lara

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Se presenta una síntesis de las investigaciones arqueológicas en el sitio de la calle Defensa 1344, de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Se ofrece un breve panorama de la información arquitectónica del inmueble a partir de la cartografía disponible, lo que contribuyó a orientar las excavaciones arqueológicas. Se presentan algunas de las evidencias detectadas, tanto muebles como inmuebles, y las actividades desarrolladas con la comunidad para la difusión del patrimonio local. Ello conlleva a plantear estrategias de investigación en la arqueología urbana argentina y su articulación con la protección y difusión del patrimonio arqueológico.

The HIV/AIDS epidemic and changes in injecting drug use in Buenos Aires, Argentina La epidemia de VIH/SIDA y los cambios en el uso inyectable de drogas en Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Diana Rossi

2006-04-01

Full Text Available This article discusses the changes in injecting drug use from 1998 to 2003 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Rapid Situation Assessment and Response methodology was used to obtain the information. Quantitative and qualitative techniques were triangulated: 140 current IDUs and 35 sex partners of injection drug users (IDUs were surveyed; 17 in-depth interviews with the surveyed IDUs and 2 focus groups were held, as well as ethnographic observations. The way in which risk and care practices among injecting drug users changed and the influence of the HIV/ AIDS epidemic on this process are described. In recent years, the frequency of injection practices and sharing of injecting equipment has decreased, while injecting drug use is a more hidden practice in a context of increasing impact of the disease in the injecting drug use social networks and changes in the price and quality of drugs. Knowledge about these changes helps build harm reduction activities oriented to IDUs in their particular social context.Este artículo refleja los cambios en el uso inyectable de drogas producidos entre 1998 y 2003 en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Para obtener la información se empleó la metodología de Evaluación y Respuesta Rápida, triangulando técnicas cuantitativas y cualitativas. Durante 2003-2004 se realizaron encuestas a 140 usuarios de drogas inyectables (UDIs actuales y a 35 parejas sexuales de UDIs. De este universo, 17 UDIs fueron entrevistados en profundidad; se formaron dos grupos de discusión y observaciones etnográficas. Se describe el modo en que cambiaron las prácticas de cuidado y riesgo en el uso inyectable y la influencia de la epidemia de VIH/SIDA en este proceso. En los últimos años disminuyó la frecuencia de uso y del uso compartido de material de inyección, se incrementó el ocultamiento del uso inyectable; en un contexto de fuerte impacto de la enfermedad en el entorno cercano a los UDIs y de un cambio en la relación precio-calidad de

Reestructuraciones de las periferias hortícolas de Buenos Aires y modelos espaciales ¿ Un archipiélago verde ?

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Julie Le Gall

2010-02-01

Full Text Available L’article analyse la structure socio-productive des périphéries maraîchères de l’Aire métropolitaine de Buenos Aires (AMBA, leur évolution durant ces cinquante dernières années, et le rôle des migrants Boliviens dans les recompositions spatiales qui les affectent. Dans un contexte d’influences externes et internes à l’activité maraîchère (conjoncturelles et structurelles, on a sélectionné une série de variables (production, commercialisation, avancées des fronts urbain et agricole, caractéristiques des migrants qui expliquent les processus de concentration et de différenciation des espaces maraîchers de Buenos Aires. Est mis en évidence le développement inégal de la région Nord (Pilar et Sud (La Plata, qui bouscule le modèle de ceinture verte continu et uniforme prédominant jusqu’alors pour décrire les périphéries maraîchères. Devant l’apparition de deux grandes « îles » productives, on privilégie la figure « d’archipel maraîcher » : elle révèle les complémentarités émergentes entre régions Nord et Sud, notamment sous l’influence des migrants boliviens et de leurs réseaux, et les recompositions métropolitaines à l’œuvre.El presente trabajo analiza la actual estructura socioproductiva de las periferias hortícolas del Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (AMBA, su evolución en los últimos cincuenta años y el papel que jugaron los migrantes bolivianos en sus recomposiciones socio-espaciales. En el marco de una serie de cambios políticos, económicos, migratorios y de avance de la frontera agrícola y urbana, se seleccionaron un conjunto de factores claves para el sector hortícola, especialmente en la región norte (Pilar y sur (La Plata del AMBA. Se evidencia una fuerte tendencia hacia la diferenciación espacial y el desarrollo desigual en el interior del AMBA así como también un quiebre en un área que ahora se puede señalar como heterogénea. La estructura

Transformaciones identitarias de los trabajadores en el marco de creación de un Organismo de Servicios Públicos (Autoridad del Agua de la provincia de Buenos Aires)

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Cóceres, Edgardo Miguel

2014-01-01

El objetivo general del presente trabajo busca analizar cuales fueron las transformaciones identitarias de los trabajadores de la ex AGOSBA (Administración General de Obras Sanitarias de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) a partir de los cambios organizacionales sufridos en el proceso de creación de la Autoridad del Agua, en adelante ADA.

Medio ambiente urbano: Una mirada desde la historia de las ideas científicas y las profesiones de la ciudad. Buenos Aires 1850-1915. / The urban environment: A view from the history of scientific ideas and professions of the city. Buenos Aires 1850-1915.

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Paiva, Verónica

2000-03-01

Full Text Available Desde la década de 1960 en adelante, el medio ambiente se ha convertido en un tema prioritario en el nivel mundial. En lo que a estudios históricos se refiere la mayor parte de las investigaciones sobre historia ambiental han sido producidas desde la perspectiva ecológica, es decir de una mirada que toma conceptos actuales del debate ambiental (relación sociedad-naturaleza, entropía, etc investigando en qué medida las sociedades históricas han sido más o menos cuidadosas del ambiente. En este artículo mi interés es abordar la temática del medio urbano porteño entre 1850 y 1915 desde otra perspectiva que considero que puede enriquecer el cuerpo actual de conocimientos sobre historia ambiental, profundizando especialmente sobre las concepciones científicas que por aquel entonces, guiaron la práctica profesional en materia de medio urbano./This article will approach the issue of urban Buenos Aires between 1850 and 1915 from a perspective that can enrich the existing body of knowledge on environmental history, especially deepening scientific conceptions that guided the practice in the field of urban environment.

Consumo de medicamentos y equidad en materia de salud en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Valeria Alonso

2003-06-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Medir la equidad manifestada por los patrones de consumo de medicamentos en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, Argentina, a la luz de las transformaciones operadas en el mercado farmacéutico argentino después de la desregulación de la economía en 1991. METODOLOGÍA: Se procesaron y analizaron fuentes estadísticas secundarias: se utilizaron dos encuestas domiciliarias que contenían un módulo sobre la utilización de servicios de salud y gastos asociados diseñado por el Ministerio de Salud y aplicado al Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires en 1989 y 1995. RESULTADOS: Se constató un aumento del carácter socialmente regresivo del gasto de bolsillo en medicamentos entre 1989 y 1995, en un mercado farmacéutico que ha duplicado sus precios medios en el nuevo contexto de liberación de precios y apertura de las importaciones. Esta regresión se manifestó en el crecimiento del gasto directo de la compra de medicamentos, el aumento de la parte correspondiente a los medicamentos en la estructura del gasto privado para la salud y el incremento desigual del peso relativo de dicho gasto en los ingresos familiares. CONCLUSIONES: El gasto de bolsillo en medicamentos resulta un indicador eficiente de equidad financiera para el estudio de la protección de la población urbana argentina frente al riesgo de enfermar, y puede contribuir a la adecuación del marco regulador del mercado farmacéutico, mediante la incorporación de criterios sociales de evaluación a la ecuación farmacológica de seguridad y eficacia terapéutica.

Opening Address (by A.M. Bomben) [IRPA12: 12. Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association: Strengthening Radiation Protection Worldwide - Highlights, Global Perspective and Future Trends, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 19-24 October 2008

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Bomben, A.M.

2010-01-01

Full text: Dear colleagues from all over the world. Welcome to Argentina. Welcome to Buenos Aires. Welcome to IRPA12. On behalf of the Argentine Radiation Protection Society (SAR), I would like to share with you the story of a dream that came true. Ten years ago, a few dedicated Argentine scientists started dreaming of having an IRPA International Congress in Argentina - the first time in Latin America. At the IRPA International Congress in Hiroshima, an informal presentation was made, which was only supported by SAR and encouraged by IRPA. There was already a bid for the IRPA International Congress in Madrid, strongly supported by the Argentine Government, through the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires and national academic institutions. At that moment, many countries supported our proposal, sharing with us our dream. We worked very hard in these four years, but we were not alone. The strong support of authorities and staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority in Argentina was essential in the organization of IRPA12. Around the world, the cooperation of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Pan-American Health Organization and the World Health Organization was also fundamental for fulfilment our dream. I would like to mention each of the national and international institutions and colleagues that are supporting IRPA12 with their work, with their funds or with their sponsorship, but there are so many! So, many thanks to all the national and international institutions that are supporting IRPA12; many, many thanks to all the Argentine colleagues and colleagues from all over the world of the different IRPA12 committees, and especially many thanks to all the authorities and colleagues who are here today, with us, sharing this IRPA12 and making real the motto of the Congress: Strengthening Radiation Protection Worldwide. Many thanks and welcome. (author)

Proceedings of the Combined 20th International Workshop on Expressiveness in Concurrency and 10th Workshop on Structural Operational Semantics (EXPRESS/SOS 2013, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 26, 2013)

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Borgström, J.; Luttik, B.

2013-01-01

This volume contains the proceedings of the Combined 20th International Workshop on Expressiveness in Concurrency and the 10th Workshop on Structural Operational Semantics (EXPRESS/SOS 2013) which was held on 26th August, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as an affiliated workshop of CONCUR 2013, the

Legitiming psychiatrists rather than curing patients. The shock therapy in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1930-1970

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Alejandra Golcman

2017-06-01

Full Text Available This research aims to explain the theoretical and clinical use of shock therapies in Argentine psychiatric field, particularly in the province of Buenos Aires between 1930 and 1970. It is argued that it is necessary to study the theoretical and clinical psychiatric work, in order to learn how psychiatrists interpreted mental pathology. Thus two distinct scenarios are analyzed: first academia, emphasizing on medical texts expressing discussions held at congresses, conferences, university chairs, and secondly in hospital settings, represented by a population of chronic patients in a hospital on the outskirts of the Capital Federal, the Esteves Hospital of Lomas de Zamora. The use of shock therapy in the hands of psychiatrists, changed the way of understanding madness and transformed the daily course of hospitals. Therefore, the presence of such therapies was relevant to legitimize the discipline, regardless of the “effectiveness” with patients.

El semanario popular ilustrado Caras y Caretas y las transformaciones del paisaje cultural de la modernidad Buenos Aires 1898-1908

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Szir, Sandra M

2016-01-01

Esta tesis se propone estudiar el surgimiento de la prensa periódica ilustrada de carácter masivo e indagar sus efectos en el proceso de masificación de la cultura visual de la Argentina de fines del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX a través del caso del semanario Caras y Caretas. El periódico más celebrado de su tipo, fue a partir de su aparición en Buenos Aires el 8 de octubre de 1898, el primero que utilizó en forma sostenida los procesos de reproducción...

Cambio y narración. Las transformaciones de la homosexualidad en Buenos Aires según los relatos de homosexuales mayores

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Full Text Available En el artículo se indagan narrativas respecto de las transformaciones de la homosexualidad de varones residentes en Buenos Aires desde 1983. Las narrativas implican ineludiblemente una valoración ética de lo contado, transformando de esta forma lo “realmente” vivido. Se aplican técnicas de los métodos del análisis narrativo para abordar un conjunto de teorías legas del cambio social de la homosexualidad, que no solamente presentan factores de cambio, sino valoraciones sobre el estado de cosas al que el cambio lleva.

As exposições e seus publicos : a paleontologia no Museo de La Plata (Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

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Sandra Elena Murriello

2006-01-01

Resumo: Esta tese pretende ser uma contribução à compreensão do diálogo estabelecido nas instituições museais com seus múltiplos visitantes, o que vem permitindo a sobrevivência, quando não a transformação, e consolidação dos museus como espaços culturais valorizados socialmente. Em particular, analiso a relação estabelecida entre o público do Museo de La Plata (Província de Buenos Aires, Argentina) e suas exposições paleontológicas. Essas exposições e suas valiosas coleções são as mais procu...

Caracterización fenotípica y genotípica de la resistencia a imipenem en Pseudomonas aeruginosa aisladas en un hospital de Buenos Aires Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated in Buenos Aires

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D. Cejas

2008-12-01

Full Text Available En el presente estudio, que tuvo por objeto analizar los mecanismos involucrados en la resistencia a carbapenemes, se incluyeron 129 aislamientos de Pseudomonas aeruginosa recuperados durante el año 2006 en el Hospital "Eva Perón" de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. La caracterización fenotípica y genotípica de la resistencia permitió reconocer la presencia de metalo-beta-lactamasas (MBL en el 14% de esos aislamientos. En todos ellos se identificó la presencia de la enzima IMP-13; sin embargo, algunos aislamientos resultaron sensibles a carbapenemes de acuerdo con los puntos de corte establecidos por el CLSI e incluso con las sugerencias de la Subcomisión de Antimicrobianos de SADEBAC, AAM. El ensayo de detección fenotípica de MBL de sinergia con doble disco resultó útil en este estudio. Sólo aquellos aislamientos productores de IMP-13 que a su vez presentaron alteraciones en las proteínas de membrana externa resultaron completamente resistentes a imipenem. Los aislamientos productores de MBL correspondieron a varios tipos clonales, lo cual sugiere no sólo la diseminación de una cepa resistente, sino también la diseminación horizontal de este mecanismo de resistencia entre clones diferentes.From 129 P. aeruginosa isolated at a health care centre located in Buenos Aires (Hospital "Eva Perón", 14% produced IMP-13. Although 18 isolates were metallo-beta-lactamases (MBL producers, only those isolates that displayed altered outer membrane protein profiles correlated with the resistant category according to CLSI or even Subcomisión de Antimicrobianos, SADEBAC, AAM. Phenotypic screening of metallo-beta-lactamases proved to be appropriate for detecting MBL producing isolates. IMP-13 producing isolates corresponded to at least five different clonal types, which not only suggests the dissemination of the resistant strain but also of the resistant marker.

La investigación bibliotecológica en el Instituto de Formación Técnica Superior (IFTS) nº 13, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Díaz-Jatuf, Julio

2010-01-01

We present a qualitative, exploratory research librarian at the Instituto de Formación Técnica Superior (IFTS) No. 13 (Buenos Aires,Argentina), showing their characteristics and achievements. It describes the institutional landscape of IFTS No. 13, presentation of their curriculum, the seminar material Research in Library and its characteristics, the research institution that has this description of the Observatorio para la Investigación Bibliotecológica. At the conclusion of reversing a ques...

The property of Ramon Urquiola, since its establishment until the division in the province of Buenos Aires, between the XIX and XX centuries La propiedad de Ramon Urquiola, desde su constitución hasta el fraccionamiento en la provincia de Buenos Aires, entre los siglos XIX y XX

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Gloria Cucullu

2009-01-01

Full Text Available This research is focused on the following topics: the process of acquiring a large tract of land in Lobos, Buenos Aires, in the early nineteenth century, the social and economic integration of the acquirer and the social and political life of their sons: the changing cultural form and land use through two generations, the social and cultural change as represented by owners who continue to occur due to fractionation hereditary succession, the sales process that leads to total alienation of land in little more than a century, the discussion of the factors leading to this outcome.Este trabajo de investigación está centrado en los siguientes temas: el proceso de adquisición de una gran extensión de tierra en Lobos, provincia de Buenos Aires, a comienzos del siglo XIX; la inserción social y económica del adquirente y la inserción social y política de sus hijos; el cambio de modalidad cultural y de explotación de la tierra a través de dos generaciones; el cambio social y cultural representado por quienes continúan como propietarios al producirse el fraccionamiento debido a las sucesiones hereditarias; el proceso de ventas que lleva a la total enajenación de la tierra en poco más de un siglo; la discusión sobre los factores que llevan a este desenlace.

La población miliciana ante la justicia militar en Buenos Aires (1810-1823. Una comparación entre la ciudad y la campaña

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Harari, Fabián

2015-08-01

Full Text Available After the Revolution, ongoing wars required part of the male population of Buenos Aires to remain armed and serve in the militias. Although they had civilian status, these militiamen benefitted from a special military jurisdiction, inherited from the Laws of the Indies. The following article examines the application of military justice in these cases, using research based on an analysis of legal proceedings, paying particular attention to the ways in which the cases are substantiated, the use of judicial discretion and the differences between town and countryside.En Buenos Aires, luego de 1810, las guerras obligan a mantener a parte de la población masculina armada, prestando servicio en las milicias. Aun en condición de civiles, estos voluntarios gozaron del fuero especial castrense, herencia de la legislación indiana. El siguiente artículo examina la aplicación de la justicia militar para estos casos, a través del análisis de los sumarios levantados, prestando especial atención a las formas en que se sustanciaban los procesos, al uso del arbitrio judicial y a las diferencias entre la ciudad y la campaña.

Emociones en suspenso: maternidad y consumo de pasta base/paco en barrios marginales de Buenos Aires

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Victoria Castilla

2012-12-01

Full Text Available A partir de una investigación etnográfica llevada a cabo en un barrio del Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, caracterizado por altos índice de pobreza, vulnerabilidad y marginalidad, en este texto se describen y analizan, desde la perspectiva de las propias usuarias, las caracterísiticas y formas en que el consumo intensivo de PB/paco moldea las dinámicas emocionales vinculadas con la maternidad. En el marco de esta relación consumo-maternidad, destacamos distintos momentos entre los que se encuentran las "emociones maternales en suspenso" vividas durante el consumo intensivo ("giras"; los malestares emocionales asociados a la "culpa" y la "vergüenza" durante el "bajón"; y las emociones maternales intensificadas asociadas a un intenso apego emocional con los hijos y las hijas, sobre todo cuando comienzan a "rescatarse".

Graphic Creativity Assessment: Psychometric Properties in College Students From Buenos Aires

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Agustín Freiberg Hoffmann

2017-04-01

Full Text Available Research on creativity has acquired major development due to its relevance concerning teaching in college. Its assessment is generally conducted by means of verbal and graphic measures. A short scale to measure verbal creativity (CREA in college students from Buenos Aires is currently available. However, right now there are no similar scales designed to assess graphic creativity. In view of that, this study will analyse psychometric features of the ECG scale locally known as Evaluación de la Creatividad Gráfica – Graphic Creativity Assessment, to be employed in the academic milieu in order to provide a complementary measure of verbal creativity. Face and construct validity evidences (converging validity analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were examined as well as reliability, taking into account internal consistency aspects, inter-rater and test-retest stability. The resulting scale showed adequate technical features. The original version, supported by De la Torre’s model, was composed by 12 indicators. This study’s findings maintained 9 of them but, considering new analyses, only 4 of the original ones were retained. This 4-indicator model obtained a better fit to empirical data and good indexes of correlation with a verbal creativity measure, as well as good reliability indicators (internal consistency, inter-rater and test-retest. Findings are discussed taking into account theoretical basis.

Mexico City air quality: Progress of an international collaborative project to define air quality management options

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Streit, G.E.

1992-01-01

Mexico City, faces a severe air pollution problem due to a combination of circumstances. The city is in a high mountain basin at a subtropical latitude. The basin setting inhibits dispersion of pollution and contributes to frequent wintertime thermal inversions which further trap pollutants near the surface. The elevation and latitude combine to provide plentiful sunshine which, in comparison to more northern latitudes, is enhanced in the UV radiation which drives atmospheric photochemistry to produce secondary pollutants such as ozone. The Area Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Mexico AMCW is defined to include the 16 delegations of the Federal District (D.F.) and 17 highly urbanized municipalities in the State of Mexico which border the D.F. The 1990 census (XI Censo General de Poblacion y Vivienda de 1990) records that slightly over 15 million people live in the AMCM. There are numerous other nearby communities which are in the airshed region of Mexico City, but which are not included in the definition and population of the AMCM. The Mexico City Air Quality Research Initiative is one project that is examining the complex relationship between air pollution, economic growth, societal values, and air quality management policies. The project utilizes a systems approach including computer modeling, comprehensive measurement studies of Mexico City's air pollutants, environmental chemical reaction studies and socioeconomic analysis. Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA) and the Mexican Petroleum Institute are the designated lead institutions

Moving towards cleaner air: a progress report on the air quality strategy for the City of Toronto

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2001-06-01

The City of Toronto Environmental Plan was adapted in principle by City Council in April 2000. The Plan contains 66 recommendations on land, air, water, governance, sustainability, energy, transportation, green economic development and monitoring. As part of the actions on air, the Plan recommended that the City develop a comprehensive strategy to make Toronto's air clean and free of harmful levels of pollutants. This document reports on progress in the development of this comprehensive air quality standard. Work on the standards was undertaken by an Air Quality Strategy Interdepartmental Working Group (AQSI Working Group) consisting of city departmental representatives, which is one of several working groups reporting to the Toronto Interdepartmental Environmental Team (TIE). While the AQSI Working Group has not yet concluded its work, it is able to report a number of preliminary conclusions. Among them are: implementation of several successful city-wide programs. In this context preliminary indications are that program effectiveness will be limited by the availability of staff and appropriate funding. Policy and legal studies that will provide essential information relating to the legal/jurisdictional context are well underway. Modelling and monitoring of Toronto's air quality are in progress, and will be relied upon for information to guide policy development. Final strategy will have to be formulated in a regional context, in concert with the provincial and federal governments, and will have to take into account trans-boundary (inter-regional, inter-provincial and international) issues

Consagrando a los ciudadanos. Procesos electorales comparados en la campaña de Buenos Aires durante la primera mitad del siglo XIX

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Lanteri, Sol

2010-08-01

Full Text Available The aim of this work is to undertake the first comparative analysis of the electoral practices in the campaign of Buenos Aires from the establishment of the law of «broad» suffrage in 1821 up to and including Rosism, from the study of differentiated political jurisdictions such as the «partido» (minimum political jurisdiction of Quilmes and Azul-Tapalqué, distanced both geographically and historically. Through correspondence, minutes of meetings and electoral lists, etc., we contrast electoral behaviors related to socio-demographic, economic and cultural aspects, stressing the importance of the middle and subordinate sectors and of the negotiation and consensus during the process.

El objetivo del trabajo es realizar un primer análisis comparativo de las prácticas electorales en la campaña de Buenos Aires desde la instauración de la ley de sufragio «amplio» en 1821 hasta el rosismo inclusive, a partir del estudio de jurisdicciones políticas diferenciadas como los partidos (mínima jurisdicción política de Quilmes y Azul-Tapalqué, distanciadas geográfica e históricamente. A través de correspondencia, actas y listas electorales, etc., se examina de forma confrontada sus comportamientos electorales vinculados a los aspectos socio- demográficos, económicos y culturales, recalcando la importancia de los sectores medios y subalternos, y de la negociación y el consenso en el proceso.

Characterization of the particulate air pollution in contrasted mega cities

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Favez, O.

2008-02-01

This work aims at characterizing the physics and the chemistry that govern particulate air pollution in two mega cities (Paris and Cairo) for which the size distribution and the chemical composition of airborne particles were poorly documented. Seasonal variations of the main aerosol sources and transformation processes are investigated in these two urban centres, with a particular attention to semi-volatile material and secondary organic aerosols. Short-term health effects of Paris size-segregated aerosols, as well as particulate pollution during the Cairo 'Black Cloud' season, are also emphasized here. Finally, the comparison of results obtained for the two mega cities and for another one (Beijing) allows investigating main factors responsible for particulate air pollution in urban centres with contrasted climatic conditions and development levels. Notably, this work also allows the build-up of an experimental dataset which is now available for the modelling of urban air quality and of environmental impacts of mega city air pollution. (author)

Bueno, hasta luego: el uso de bueno en conversaciones

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Gregori-Signes, Carmen

1996-01-01

En las páginas que siguen presentamos un posible análisis de bueno en su función de marcador del discurso. Este análisis es parte (y a la vez resultado) de un trabajo contrastivo en torno a well/bueno y de otros marcadores del discurso en inglés y en castellano, dado su frecuente uso en la conversación cotidiana. La razón por la que se comparan estos dos marcadores es porque se pensó que podían coincidir en su función en ambos idiomas, y se procedió al análisis para comproba...

Neumonía por Legionella pneumophila: Experiencia en un Hospital Universitario de Buenos Aires Neumonia due to Legionella pneumophila. Experience gathered in a University Hospital in Buenos Aires

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Carlos M. Luna

2004-04-01

Full Text Available La enfermedad de los legionarios es una causa de neumonía adquirida en la comunidad (NAC reconocida en todo el mundo. En Latinoamérica su incidencia es desconocida. En este estudio se analizó a 9 pacientes con NAC por Legionella pneumophila atendidos entre 1997 y 2001 en el Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Se registraron datos de antecedentes, enfermedad actual, contactos, exposición laboral, examen físico, pruebas de laboratorio y uso previo de antibióticos, y se tomó en cuenta la presencia de criterios de gravedad. Nueve pacientes presentaron diagnóstico de NAC por Legionella, ninguno refirió antecedentes de viajes recientes; cuatro de ellos debieron ser internados en unidades de cuidado intensivo. Siete pacientes tenían antecedentes de tabaquismo, 4 tenían EPOC y un paciente linfoma no-Hodgkin. Nuestra casuística corrobora la baja especificidad de la clínica y estudios complementarios para predecir esta etiología. El aislamiento de Legionella es dificultoso, la seroconversión permite el diagnóstico retrospectivo y requiere plazos prolongados y el antígeno urinario aporta un diagnóstico inmediato. Cuando la legionelosis aparece en casos aislados, como ocurriría en Argentina, si no se piensa en esta etiología no se llegará al diagnóstico. Legionella pneumophila es un patógeno de NAC en nuestro medio, debe buscarse mejor, particularmente en pacientes graves, inmunodeprimidos y en fumadores con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC.Legionnaires’ disease is a well recognized cause of community acquired pneumonia (CAP all around the world. In Latin America its incidence remains unknown. This study analyzed a cohort of 9 patients with CAP due to Legionella pneumophila observed from 1997 to 2001, in the Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, University of Buenos Aires. Clinical history included recent illnesses, work exposure, physical exam, prior antibiotic use and

[Mycotrophic capacity and efficiency of microbial consortia of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi native of soils from Buenos Aires province under contrasting management].

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Thougnon Islas, Andrea J; Eyherabide, Mercedes; Echeverría, Hernán E; Sainz Rozas, Hernán R; Covacevich, Fernanda

2014-01-01

We characterized the infective and sporulation capacities of microbial consortia of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) native of Buenos Aires province (Argentina) and determined if some soil characteristics and mycorrhizal parameters could allow to select potentially beneficial inocula. Soil samples were selected from seven locations in Buenos Aires province all under agricultural (A) and pristine (P) conditions. The AMF were multiplied and mycorrhizal root colonization of trap plants was observed at 10 weeks of growth. Spore number in field was low; however, after multiplication spore density accounted for 80-1175 spores per 100g of soil. The principal component analysis showed that the P and Fe soil contents are the main modulators of infectivity and sporulation capacity. The mycorrhizal potential was determined in three locations, being high in Pristine Lobería and Agricultural Trenque Lauquen and low in Junín. Agricultural Lobería (AL) and Pristine Lobería (PL) inocula were selected and their efficiency was evaluated under controlled conditions. Even though shoot dry matter increases after inoculation was not significant (p>0.05) mycorrhizal response was greater than 40% for tomato and 25% for corn, particularly after inoculation with inocula from the agricultural management. These results could be associated to the incipient development of mycorrhizae in both species. Additional research should be conducted to further develop our findings in order to determine the factors involved in the selection of efficient inocula. Copyright © 2014 Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría. Publicado por Elsevier España. All rights reserved.

El aborto en las trayectorias de mujeres y varones de la ciudad de Buenos Aires

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Mónica Petracci

Full Text Available Sobre la base de entrevistas a treinta mujeres y treinta varones, residentes en el área metropolitana de Buenos Aires, acerca de sus experiencias de aborto, se reconstruyen trayectorias en las que el aborto constituye un hito. Se concluye que la ilegalidad no influye en la decisión de interrumpir un embarazo, sino en las condiciones diferenciales de su práctica clandestina; que las huellas del aborto marcan diferencialmente a las mujeres, en cuyo cuerpo es practicado, que a los varones, participantes secundarios del proceso, aunque las huellas sean perdurables tanto en mujeres como en varones. Asimismo, se muestra que en las mujeres pobres, al primer embarazo sigue un nacimiento y luego un aborto; que en las clases medias, al primer embarazo sigue el aborto y luego los hijos; y que la eventualidad de interrumpir el embarazo no se plantea sólo en situaciones excepcionales sino que forma parte del proceso desencadenado por la sospecha de un embarazo.

Learning strategies and academic motivation in college students from of Buenos Aires

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Juliana Beatriz Stover

2015-12-01

Full Text Available This paper intends the analysis of learning strategies and motivation in 185 college students from Buenos Aires, attending diverse careers (45.4% male, 54.6% female aged between 19 and 33 years (M = 21.88, SD = 2.57. Data from 185 high–schoolers (41.3% male, 58.7% female from 13 to 20 years (M = 15.60, SD = 1.53 were used as a comparison group. A demographic and academic survey was employed, as well as the local versions of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (Stover, Uriel & Fernández Liporace, 2012 and the Academic Motivation Scale (Stover, de la Iglesia, Rial Boubeta & Fernández Liporace, 2012. Results indicated intrinsic motivational profiles and significantly more use of learning strategies in college students, as well as in those attending Humanistic careers and those showing better academic achievement. When examining relationships between motivation and learning strategies intrinsic motivation types were found as positively associated to the use of strategies, while extrinsic profiles were related to less use of strategies. Findings are useful for professionals working at educational institutions in order to design didactic programs, adequate to students features.nd for testing the plausibility of hypotheses and theoretical propositions. 

Buenos Aires: ciudad metropolitana y gobernabilidad

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Pedro Pírez

2005-01-01

ón con las condiciones reales del Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires. Su complejidad político institucional y su peso (demográfico, económico y político en el contexto nacional, relativizan una posible solución hacia la consolidación. Frente a esas dificultades, procesos de centralización estatal y de transferencia de decisiones al mercado caracterizan la gestión urbana en esa Área Metropolitana, fortaleciendo sus contradicciones y dificultando la gobernabilidad.

Estudios etnobotánicos en la conurbación Buenos Aires-La Plata, Argentina: Productos de plantas medicinales introducidos por inmigrantes paraguayos

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Julio A. Hurrell; Jeremías P. Puentes; Patricia M. Arenas

2017-01-01

Este trabajo incluye resultados parciales de una línea de investigación en Etnobotánica urbana, que estudia los conocimientos locales sobre las plantas, sus partes y productos derivados en la conurbación Buenos Aires-La Plata. Se incluyen productos de plantas medicinales de reciente ingreso en el área de estudio a través de inmigrantes oriundos de Paraguay. Los productos corresponden a 10 especies: Achyrocline alata(“jateí-ka’á”), Baccharis gaudichaudiana (“jaguareté-ka’á”), Cuphea lysimachio...

Derroteros de una institución científica fundacional: el Museo público de Buenos Aires, 1812-1911

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Pablo Perazzi

2008-12-01

Full Text Available La intención de fundar un establecimiento científico destinado a atesorar productos de la naturaleza surgió en los años posteriores a la Revolución de Mayo. Legataria de una tradición reciente -con la aparición del British Museum de Londres en 1753 y del Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de París en 1794-, constituyó una pieza significativa del programa cultural rivadaviano. El objetivo del artículo consiste en una aproximación histórica al Museo público de Buenos Aires, desde sus orígenes hasta la época del Centenario: sus directores, colecciones y publicaciones, sus mudanzas de local, la cuestión edilicia, las intrigas palaciegas, el personal científico y de custodia, los problemas presupuestarios, las asociaciones de amigos, el público especializado y los visitantes de ocasión.The intention of founding a scientific institution oriented to tresure the products of nature was born some years after the May Revolution. As a legacy of a recent tradition -the creation of the British Museum in London (1753 and the Musée National d´Histoire Naturelle in Paris (1794- the Public Museum of Buenos Aires (PMBA constituted a significant element of the Rivadavian cultural program. The purpose of this article consist of an analysis of the social and cultural history of the PMBA, from its early origins until the time of the centennial. The article takes into account several components of an "ethnography of Museums" such as authorities, colections, publications, location of buildings, scientific and security staff, budget problems, associations of friends and their diverse intrigues, specialized audience, occasional visitors, among others.

Discursos e intervenciones en torno al espacio público. Experiencias en Viena y Buenos Aires a principios de siglo XXI.

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Eva Schwab

2014-12-01

Full Text Available En esta contribución indagamos en torno a políticas públicas para el espacio público que se desarrollan en el seno de los gobiernos de Viena y Buenos Aires. Específicamente, pretendemos: a describir los discursos vigentes sobre el espacio público, focalizándonos en relación a la noción de integración, y b analizar diversas intervenciones estatales en el espacio público orientadas -al menos explícitamente- a generar ciudades más inclusivas e integradas. A partir de un análisis sustentado fundamentalmente en fuentes secundarias, entendemos que a pesar de discursos en apariencia similares, se debería considerar que Viena y Buenos Aires inscriben su historia y devenir en contextos territoriales disímiles. Sin embargo, el proceso de globalización implica -entre otras cuestiones- una homogenización de los discursos a la vez que una relativa subestimación de los condicionantes locales. Estimar los mismos resulta indispensable para entender las implicaciones de esos discursos en la implementación de políticas públicas con efecto directo en el espacio público y sus usos. Una evaluación de las diferencias de las condiciones locales enriquece el análisis en torno a las intervenciones en el espacio público por parte de los gobiernos de ambas ciudades, permitiéndonos comprender la ambigüedad de las nociones y el riesgo de pérdida/cuestionamiento de derechos que implica esa ambigüedad -especialmente para los sectores sociales más vulnerables de la sociedad-.

Accidentes, decisiones y sorpresas: Un relato acerca de cómo es posible abordar las transformaciones de urbanizaciones populares en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires

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María Mercedes Di Virgilio

2012-04-01

Full Text Available El objetivo de este artículo es presentar la trastienda de una investigación que se propuso describir y comprender cómo se han transformado las urbanizaciones de origen informal, sus viviendas y sus habitantes, en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires. Esta investigación se inserta en el marco de un estudio multicéntrico, del que forman parte diferentes ciudades de América Latina, bajo el proyecto: “The rehabilitation of consolidated irregular settlements in Latin American Cities: Towards a ‘third generation’ of public policy analysis and development”, desarrollado por la Latin American Housing Network, Universidad de Texas (Austin. Aquí presentamos la estrategia metodológica adoptada, las técnicas y los pasos definidos para abordar nuestro objeto de estudio a nivel local y su articulación con un proyecto de carácter colectivo que involucra no sólo investigadores de distintas ciudades sino también de diferentes disciplinas. Nuestro propósito es mostrar la realidad de este proceso investigativo, con sus accidentes e imprevistos y las decisiones adoptadas para superarlos

Mobile Air Monitoring: Measuring Change in Air Quality in the City of Hamilton, 2005-2010

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Adams, Matthew D.; DeLuca, Patrick F.; Corr, Denis; Kanaroglou, Pavlos S.

2012-01-01

This paper examines the change in air pollutant concentrations between 2005 and 2010 occurring in the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. After analysis of stationary air pollutant concentration data, we analyze mobile air pollutant concentration data. Air pollutants included in the analysis are CO, PM[subscript 2.5], SO[subscript 2], NO,…

Los antecedentes del teatro independiente en Buenos Aires: la importancia de Boedo y Florida

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María Fukelman

2017-01-01

Full Text Available En la década de 1920, muchos de los intelectuales de Buenos Aires se dividieron en dos grupos: Boedo y Florida. El primero abogó por un arte social que invitaba a accionar a los obreros. El segundo pretendió renovar la literatura con fines estéticos. Los de Florida expresaban su mirada a través del periódico Martín Fierro ; y los de Boedo lo hacían desde las revistas Los Pensadores y Claridad. Tribuna del pensamiento izquierdista . A su vez, el 30 de noviembre de 1930, el boedista Leónidas Barletta creó el Teatro del Pueblo, dando inicio al movimiento de teatros independientes en la ciudad. El propósito de este trabajo es analizar cómo se trató el arte teatral en los medios mencionados, a fin de observar qué vínculo con el teatro propone cada uno y qué rasgos, de los que luego serían promovidos por Barletta y el teatro independiente, ya habían sido diseminados en ellos.

Spreading knowledge in medical informatics: the contribution of the hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.

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Gonzalez Bernaldo de Quiros, F; Luna, D; Otero, P; Baum, A; Borbolla, D

2009-01-01

Medical Informatics (MI) is an emerging discipline with a high need of trained and skillful professionals. To describe the educational experience of the Department of Health Informatics of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. A descriptive study of the development of the Medical Informatics Residency Program (MIRP) and the e-learning courses related to medical informatics. A four-year MIRP with 15 rotations was started in 2000, and was awarded national educational accreditation. Eight residents have been fully trained and their main academic contributions are shown in this study. The e-learning courses related to medical informatics (Healthcare Management, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Information Retrieval, Computer Literacy started, 10x10 Spanish version and HL7 introductory course) started in 2006 and were followed by more than 2266 students from all over the world, with an increase trend in foreign students. These educational activities have produced skilled human resources for the development and maintenance of the health informatics projects at our Hospital. In parallel, the number of students trained by e-learning continues to increase, demonstrating the worldwide need of knowledge in this field.

Stable isotopes and diet of hunters gatherers of southwest of Buenos Aires province (Argentina)

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Scabuzzo, Clara; Frontini, Romina; Vecchi, Rodrigo; Bayon, Cristina

2016-01-01

Results of the first stable isotopes analysis (δ""1"3C and δ"1"5N) of archaeological sites located in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires (Argentina) are presented. Both the construction of an isotopic ecology and prehistoric human diets of the sector are explored. The isotopic ecology indicates diverse environments in which marine animals have enriched δ"1"3C col. values; while terrestrial species such as coypo, greater rhea and large-sized herbivores have the poorest values that are indistinguishable among the different taxa. Furthermore, ducks and a hairy armadillo showed intermediate values. Human isotopic values indicate a diet based on the consumption of meat. These proteins came predominantly from terrestrial animals complemented by marine resources. The local archaeological record is consistent with this information, as the main faunal resources are terrestrial species; nevertheless a scarce representation of marine fauna, mainly Otariids, is registered. In this paper we present the first isotopic values for the studied area and thus it is a preliminary contribution that must be further investigated with new samples

INVESTIGACIONES ARQUEOLÓGICAS EN EL FORTÍN PESCADO, PARTIDO DE BENITO JUÁREZ, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES / Archaelogical research at Fortin Pescado, Benito Juárez county, Buenos Aires province

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Vanesa Natalia Bagaloni

2015-12-01

Full Text Available En este trabajo se presentan los primeros resultados del estudio de los materiales recuperados en la localidad arqueológica Fortín Pescado, ubicada sobre la margen izquierda del arroyo Pescado Castigado, en el partido de Benito Juárez (provincia de Buenos Aires. Esta localidad se compone de dos sitios arqueológicos (Fortín Pescado 1 y Fortín Pescado 2 donde se efectuaron excavaciones y recolecciones en superficie y en el perfil de barrancas aledañas. El conjunto arqueológico de ambos sitios incluye restos faunísticos (mayormente animales domésticos, materiales vítreos (botellas cuadradas y cilíndricas, frascos, tarros y damajuanas, fragmentos de gres (botellas de ginebra y/o agua mineral, lozas (tazas y bowls ingleses, metales (clavos, botón, cuchilla y arma, ladrillos y un fragmento de bola de boleadora. Según diversos documentos escritos procedentes del Servicio Histórico del Ejército, del Archivo General de la Nación y del departamento de Geodesia, este fortín se instaló en 1858 y funcionó por lo menos hasta fines de 1863, cuando pasó a ser usado como posta militar hasta el fin de la década. A partir de las intervenciones arqueológicas y el relevamiento de las fuentes escritas se pudieron determinar áreas de actividades específicas (vivienda, descarte pautado y no pautado, corral dentro de esta localidad.  AbstractIn this paper the first results of the materials recovered at the Fortin Pescado archaeological locality are presented. This locality is situated on the left bank of Pescado Castigado stream (Benito Juárez County, Buenos Aires Province. It is composed by two sites (Fortin Pescado 1 and Fortin Pescado 2 where excavations and surface surveys were developed. Surface surveys were also conducted on the profiles of the surrounding canyons. The archaeological assemblages of both sites include faunal remains (mostly of domestic fauna/animals, glassy materials (square and cylindrical bottles, flasks, jars and jugs

Functional and nutraceutical legumes marketed in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Julio A. Hurrell

2016-07-01

Full Text Available In this work, we analyzed data from ethnobotanical surveys of functional and nutraceutical legumes (Leguminosae commercialized in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The surveys took place in outlets of the general commercial circuit and the restricted circuits belonging to Bolivian and Chinese immigrants. We recorded the species, its products, local therapeutic uses, and available published data on biological activity and effects. Nineteen species were found: Arachis hypogaea var. hypogaea, Cicer arietinum, Glycine max, Lablab purpureus, Lens culinaris, Lupinus albus, L. mutabilis, Medicago sativa, Phaseolus lunatus, P. vulgaris, Pisum sativum, Prosopis alba, Tamarindus indica, Trifolium repens, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Vicia faba, Vigna angularis, V. radiata and V. unguiculata var. unguiculata. Most of these species (15 were found in the general commercial circuit, whereas the rest (4 only in the restricted commercial circuits of immigrants, including L. mutabilis, which deserves a wider diffusion. In most cases, the local uses assigned to a surveyed species correspond to the information available in the literature on the species’ biological activity and effects. This paper provides new insights for ethnobotanical studies and highlights the therapeutic relevance of legumes in the study area.

De Paris a Buenos Aires: imprensa, ideias e intelectuais no Le Monde Diplomatique

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Juliana Sayuri Ogassawara

2016-03-01

Full Text Available Este artigo pretende expor as relações entre os intelectuais e jornalistas imbricados nas edições latino-americanas e a edição francesa do periódico Le Monde Diplomatique. Fundado em maio de 1954, em Paris, por Hubert Beuve-Méry, Le Monde Diplomatique viu suas páginas e suas ideias se alastrarem mundo afora – em 2013, o magazine tinha 47 edições internacionais, considerado um fenômeno único na imprensa mundial. Ao longo de sua trajetória, Le Monde Diplomatique teve sua linha editorial marcada por diretrizes politizadas, declaradamente antiimperialistas e antineoliberais. A tese desenvolvida focou a versão publicada em Buenos Aires, considerada a principal edição latino-americana, fundada por iniciativa do argentino Carlos Gabetta, diretor de Le Monde Diplomatique Edición Cono Sur entre 1999 e 2011. Ancorado na história dos intelectuais e na história do tempo presente, este artigo aborda as relações entre intelectuais franceses e argentinos na consolidação de uma experiência singular da imprensa.

Sedimentologic and paleontologic study of the southeast coast of Buenos Aires province, Argentina: A late Pleistocene Holocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction

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Aramayo, S. A.; Téllez, B. Gutiérrez; Schillizzi, R. A.

2005-10-01

A paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the southeast coast of Buenos Aires province, Argentina, is made mainly on the basis of paleontological and paleoichnological studies, supported by sedimentological analyses and radiocarbon dating. Continental late Pleistocene and continental, transitional, and marine Holocene stratigraphic units are identified. The former comprises fossil mammals and ichnites of 16000-12,000 BP. The continental early Holocene time, ca. 8100 BP, is represented by an interdune paleoenvironment in which shallow brackish ponds were colonized by diatoms, fish, rodents, and birds. A transitional paleoenvironment in the middle Holocene—6930-6570 BP—is recorded by deposits formed by estuarine crabs. During the late Holocene, between 5000 and 4800 BP, a marine transgression was recorded by a rich mollusc fauna.

“Es preciso, pues, regimentar”. The organization of the National Guard in the rural space. Buenos Aires, 1852-1862

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Leonardo Canciani

2015-04-01

Full Text Available In this paper we will analize the organization of the National Guard in the bonaerense rural space and frontier, during the ten years post of your creation (1852-1862. The process encompass two cycles. The first, 1852-1857, was characterized by the predominance of peace justices in the institutional control. And the second, 1857-1862, was defined by stronger presence of the regiments chiefs. We will study the role of the civil and military authorities and your relations with the National Guard of the rural space. Finally, we will debate the perception that exists about the power relations between civilian - military and your inside.Key words: National Guard; Military commanders; Buenos Aires province; 1850s.

21Pb dating of sediments in a heavily contaminated drainage channel to the La Plata estuary in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Di Gregorio, D.E.; Fernandez Niello, J.O.; Huck, H.; Somacal, H.; Curutchet, G.

2007-01-01

Concentrations of 21 Pb and 137 Cs in sediment samples collected from two cores at a drainage channel to the La Plata river estuary in Buenos Aires, Argentina, were measured using ultralow-background detection systems. The 21 Pb data were used to determine the rate of sediment accumulation of the sites. These results were correlated with some heavy metal (chromium and lead) concentrations of the samples in an attempt to characterize the historical input of contaminants due to the industrial development, which has taken place in this area over the last century. The 137 Cs measurements demonstrate that cesium dating is not adequate in regions of the southern hemisphere

Estudio observacional del consumo de plantas medicinales en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, en el periodo diciembre de 2004-noviembre de 2005

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Consolini, Alicia E.; Ragone, María Inés; Tambussi, Claudia Patricia; Paura, Andrea

2007-01-01

Las plantas medicinales (PM) son muy utilizadas popularmente en la actualidad, ya sea por considerarse remedios naturales, por su bajo costo económico o por costumbre popular. Sin embargo, poco se conoce sobre el consumo de las PM en la población y sobre los posibles efectos adversos o interacciones de las PM con medicamentos. Este trabajo observacional descriptivo describe el consumo de las PM en una muestra de 259 farmacias de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, durante el período de u...

Research Project: Assessment of Lead in Air of Guatemala City

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Gutierrez, A.

1998-01-01

In this report all the activities concerning to quality of air in the city of Guatemala are considered. By measurements of lead in filters of air sampling using voltametry, the quality of air is going to be compared with international standards

Dinámicas familiares, prácticas de cuidado y resolución de problemas asociados al consumo intensivo de pasta base/paco en Buenos Aires, Argentina

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María Victoria Castilla

2012-06-01

Full Text Available Based on the results of an ethnographic research that we are carrying out since 2008 with vulnerable population in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in this article we examine social and familiar bonds from the perspective of drug use, specifically pasta base -called paco. Particularly, we analyze the way that drug use shapes and is shaped by the characteristics of social and familiar bonds.

The road to liberating citizens While governing the urban areas. The tale of two cities: Cairo and buenos aires

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Azza Sirry

2016-05-01

Full Text Available The relation between the political agenda, the social and economic policies, and urban planning and fabric of cities as a product cannot be missed. And as cities are centres of national economic growth and given that the future of the world will be urban it is thus ironic that the majority of the population of almost all cities in almost all developing countries lives in houses that are below standards, in areas that lack services and basic infrastructure. Furthermore, the people who live in these areas suffer from high present of socio-economic problems such as unemployment and literacy. The poorest of the population have to pay more for their houses, service and infrastructure provision. And they lack access to formal credit and thus to opportunities (Sirry 2004. The cities have become places of frustration instead of places of hope and opportunities. It is not thus surprising that the world is witnessing a wave of upheavals all over its’ cities. In the two case studies the article will try to discuss the background of the country and the political, social, and economic conditions and the physical outcome that is manifested in the image of its cities specially the capital city and how can the change towards democracy help the country, its cities and the urban population. The period covered is called by many the contemporary period, it starts in 50’s in Egypt and 70’s in Argentine.

Discapacidad y pobreza en las villas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Reflexiones a partir de algunos datos cuantitativos

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Liliana Pantano

2015-09-01

Full Text Available Resumen Este artículo se encuadra en una investigación sobre las villas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires llevada a cabo en la Universidad Católica Argentina y orientada a indagaciones epistemológicas y empíricas referidas a la relación entre la pobreza y la existencia de discapacidad en los sectores más pobres entre 2011-2012, y como reflejo de los efectos de la creciente urbanización que caracteriza a América Latina. El objetivo central de esta artículo ha sido conocer cómo afectan estos entornos urbanos fragmentados, altamente carenciados y con restringidas oportunidades de participación, la vida de las personas con discapacidad y de sus hogares. Para lograr este objetivo se trabajó con datos cuantitativos de fuentes primarias y secundarias, siendo la principal unidad de análisis los hogares con al menos un miembro con discapacidad; se compararon hogares con y sin presencia de discapacidad, estableciéndose semejanzas y diferencias y se obtuvieron resultados en relación al clima educativo y a la educación, a la atención de la salud, a la vivienda, al saneamiento, a factores referidos al hambre, la violencia y las adicciones, el rechazo y la discriminación, así como a la ayuda prestada por distintas organizaciones. Finalmente, se concluyó en el señalamiento de tendencias diferenciales por edad en la manifestación de la discapacidad asociada a la pobreza y algunas consideraciones referidas a la investigación social en este campo. Palabras clave: Discapacidad; Pobreza; Urbanización; Diversidad cultural; Derechos humanos (DeCS. Summary This article is part of an investigation about the slums in Buenos Aires City held by Universidad Católica Argentina. Its aim is the epistemological and empirical research related to the relationship between poverty and disabilities in poor areas, in 2011 and 2012, as a consequence of the increase in urbanization that characterizes Latin America. The main objective of this research was to

Cartoneros, recolección informal, ambiente y políticas públicas en Buenos Aires 2001-2012 Scavengers, informal waste collection, public politics in Buenos Aires 2001-2012

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Verónica Paiva

2013-06-01

Full Text Available El objetivo del artículo es analizar las características del circuito informal de recolección y recuperación residuos que se expandió desde fines de la década del ’90 y especialmente hacia el final del año 2001 en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, analizando las razones que provocaron la expansión de dicho circuito, las nuevas características que asume el cirujeo en dicha etapa y las posturas tomadas por la teoría ambiental y las políticas públicas frente a esta forma particular de recuperación de residuos que es prototípica de las ciudades latinoamericanas En forma paralela a la gestión oficial de los residuos se ha extendido una vía informal de recolección y recuperación que es llevado adelante por los sectores pobres de la sociedad que encuentran en la recolección y venta de residuos un camino para la supervivencia cotidiana. El artículo describe las características de dicho circuito informal, las rutas, calles, horarios y tipos de residuos recogidos y analiza el fenómeno no sólo como una expresión de la pobreza urbana sino como un modo de tratamiento de los desechos

Una educación integral para los médicos de la Universidad de Buenos Aires: las propuestas de José Ramos Mejía y Bernardo Houssay entre 1870-1940

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von Stecher, Pablo

2016-06-01

Full Text Available At the end of nineteenth century, certain Argentinean doctors who taught medicine at the Universidad de Buenos Aires considered that students had to develop an integral knowledge able to outweigh the medicine subjects. Consequently, not only have they tried to inculcate this wide knowledge into the students -which included literature and art concepts- but have also promoted the advantages of the physical activity -derived from sports- as necessary to strengthen the students, allowing them to face such extensive career and, in this way, increase the feelings of friendship and brotherhood. In 1920, Bernardo Houssay, renowned Argentinean doctor and Nobel Prize winner (in 1947, again insisted on the need of an exhaustive education and a harmonious development for the medicine student, for which he suggested building a University campus in Buenos Aires. Therefore, this paper analyzes the attempts of training the students in different practices and widening their knowledge beyond the strictly medical concepts. It also looks into the different projects (political, social in connection with the purposes above mentioned which were supported during those years in Argentina.Hacia fines del siglo XIX, algunos médicos argentinos que enseñaban en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Buenos Aires entendían que los estudiantes y futuros médicos debían ser formados en un saber integral, que superara las materias clínicas. De este modo, intentaron inculcarles el conocimiento de las letras y el arte, pero también promovieron las ventajas del desarrollo físico, forjado en las prácticas deportivas, necesario para fortalecer a los alumnos ante una carrera de tal magnitud y para acrecentar los sentimientos de confraternidad y camaradería. Hacia la década de 1920, Bernardo Houssay, célebre médico argentino y ganador del premio Nobel (en 1947, volvía a insistir sobre la necesidad de una educación integral del estudiante de medicina y propon

Munilla Lacasa, María Lía. Celebrar y gobernar. Un estudio de las fiestas cívicas en Buenos Aires, 1810-1835 : Buenos Aires, Miño y Dávila, 1ª ed.: noviembre de 2013, ISBN: 978-84-15295-42-6, 295 páginas

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González Márquez, Victoria

2015-01-01

En esta obra, MunillaLacasa realiza un análisis sistemático y exhaustivo de las fiestas cívicas en Buenos Aires como herramientas constitutivas de un naciente estado-nación, y atravesadas por múltiples posibilidades de análisis e interpretación. En particular, la autora se ha especializado en el campo de la historia del arte y, de hecho, se trata de una tesis de doctorado para la cual contó con el doctor José Emilio Burucúa como director. La investigación tiene como objetivo “estudiar el p...

Comentarios a la nueva Ley Nº 14.867 que regula el engorde intensivo a corral de bovinos y bubalinos en la provincia de Buenos Aires

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Noseda, Paula

2017-01-01

A fines de enero de este año 2017, entró en vigencia la Ley N° 14.867 que regula la actividad de engorde intensivo a corral de bovinos y bubalinos en la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Con este comentario se pretende evaluar las ventajas y desventajas de contar con éste nuevo régimen, considerando la normativa agroambiental marco, la posición de la doctrina y la jurisprudencia bonaerense vigente en la materia.

Asociación entre pacientes con patologías ósteoarticulares y variables meteorológicas, en el área de Buenos Aires

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Alessandro, Adelia P

2017-01-01

En este trabajo se analizan datos correspondientes a pacientes que presentan patologías osteoarticulares (POA) en la zona de influencia del gran Buenos Aires, para el período enero 2005-diciembre 2012. Se determina la distribución frecuencial de los mismos en función de la edad y del sexo con el fin de determinar el grado de vulnerabilidad frente a dichas patologías. Además se muestra la relación existente entre la cantidad de afectados con POA y las variables meteorológicas (temperatura medi...

Espacialización, estilos de vida y clases medias: procesos de suburbanización en la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires

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María Cecilia Arizaga

2004-12-01

Full Text Available Since the last decade, the middle and upper middle classes, historically urban, have been the key players in a process of private sub–urbanization in the Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires. This phenomenon is highly significant in analyzing the development of socio–cultural aspects and their interrelationship with the dynamic of Argentina’s social reality, with emphasis on the effects of the intensification of the crisis after the events of December 2001 in the practices and social imagination of the residents of closed sub–urban urbanizations.

Banco de semillas en ambientes de las sierras de Azul (Buenos Aires, Argentina con distinta intensidad de disturbios Seed bank in environments of the Azul sierras (Buenos Aires, Argentina with different disturbance intensities

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F. Gianaccini

2009-12-01

Full Text Available A fin de evaluar el impacto de la agricultura sobre la flora potencial de pastizales serranos en el Partido de Azul (Buenos Aires, Argentina, se comparó el banco de semillas en los 20 cm superficiales del suelo entre dos sectores adyacentes en las primeras estribaciones serranas. Uno de ellos está sometido a agricultura permanente y el otro conserva un pastizal natural bajo pastoreo y quemas no programados. Este último sector presentó en promedio una densidad de 70.000 sem m-2 contra 36.720 sem m-2 en el primero. La representación de semillas de especies nativas se redujo notablemente en el ambiente agrícola. Stipa caudata con 31360 sem m-2 resultó la especie más abundante en el pastizal. En el ambiente de cultivo, su densidad se redujo a 9940 sem m-2 y fue superada por Chenopodium album con 10560 sem m-2. La similitud en la composición del banco fue de 55% en términos cualitativos y 27% en términos cuantitativos. Estos resultados evidencian que, en el área de estudio, el reemplazo del pastizal natural por agricultura reduce notoriamente las reservas de semillas y modifica la composición cualitativa y cuantitativa del banco con una elevada pérdida en la proporción de especies nativas.In order to evaluate the impact of agriculture on the potential flora of grasslands of the sierras of Azul (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, the soil seed bank in the top 20 cm from two adjacent areas on the first foothill spurs were compared. One is submitted to continuous agriculture. The other area has grasslands under grazing and non programmed burning. The latter showed a mean density of 70.000 seeds m-2 against a mean density of 36.720 seeds m-2 in the first area. The proportional representation of native species seeds decreased strongly in the agricultural environment. The most abundant species in the grasslands was Stipa caudata (31.360 seeds m-2. In the agricultural environment, its density decreased to 9940 seeds m-2. It was surpassed by

Air-quality measurements in mega-cities: Focus on gaseous organic and particulate pollutants and comparison between two contrasted cities, Paris and Beijing

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Gros, V.; Sciare, J.; Yu, T.

2007-01-01

The rapid and important development of large urban areas ('mega-cities'), especially in developing countries, causes and will cause serious air-quality problems. Pollutant measurements in these cities help to characterize the chemical nature and the quantity of these pollutants and to constrain air-quality models. This paper focuses on measurements of volatile organic compounds and aerosols that have an important impact on air quality. We present a brief review on existing measurements and experimental strategies in mega-cities and then we show results from recent measurement campaigns that took place in two contrasted mega-cities: Paris and Beijing. (authors)

Cuerpo y narrativa: una aproximación etnográfica al proceso de atención del embarazo, parto y puerperio de mujeres viviendo con vih en la ciudad de Buenos Aires

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Guadalupe García

2009-12-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo es parte de una investigación más amplia, uno de cuyos objetivos es indagar el modo en que la experiencia en la atención médica y la utilización de procedimientos para evitar la trasmisión perinatal del VIH reconfiguran la experiencia de vivir con la enfermedad y los sentidos asignados a la maternidad y al VIH-SIDA por parte de las mujeres afectadas. En este artículo exploro el papel que el saber médico y las condiciones de la atención obstétrica juegan en la producción de sentidos y significaciones sobre el cuerpo en mujeres infectadas por el VIH. Al considerar el carácter específico del cuerpo -objeto y sujeto-, el abordaje etnográfico y el análisis de narrativas posibilitan traspasar los límites de un enfoque exclusivamente representacional. Así, analizo los relatos de cuatro mujeres infectadas por el VIH, recopiladas en el marco de una etnografía hospitalaria en un centro obstétrico del sur de la ciudad de Buenos Aires.This paper is part of a wider research aimed to study the way in which medical care and the use of procedures to prevent HIV perinatal transmission shapes the experience of living with this sickness and the meanings given to motherhood and HIV by women suffering from this condition. I explore the role played by medical knowledge and the conditions of medical attention in the production of meanings about the body in HIV infected women. Considering the specificity of human body - both subject and object-, the ethnographic approach and narrative analysis allow us to go beyond the limits of an exclusively representational point of view. Thus, I analyze the accounts of four women living with HIV framed in a hospital ethnography in a obstetrical centre in southern Buenos Aires city.

Air pollution and its impact on human health in mega cities

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Ali, I.

1999-01-01

One of the major problems faced by the over crowded mega-cities of the world in general and that in third world is the alarming levels of air pollution causing damage to the health of its inhabitants. In Cairo estimated lives lost annually due to air pollution varies between 4000 to 16000 while Delhi has been rated as the most polluted city in the world. Karachi now a mega-city typically represents pollution status of the third world. Major cause of pollution is more than 0.62 millions vehicles on the roads. The pollution due to industries is localized and mainly affects the health of the workers. Measurement carried out for the selected areas along the roads carrying high density traffic show a very high pollution level (CO, 3 to 10 ppm; CO/sub 2/,170 to 350 ppm; HC 0.274 to 0.360 vol. %; particulate matter 67.0 to 565.5 ug/m/sup 3/. A parallel hospital survey to correlate air borne disease with air pollution indicates that over 16600 to 22977 patients suffered from air borne diseases while 6377 from bacterial infection. Analysis showed that 70% of the patients suffering from airborne disease come from the surveyed areas with high level pollution. Cancer is shifting from old age to middle age group indicating deteriorating air environment. Ratio of male to female patients is 2:1, which is indicative of hazardous ambient air quality outside to which men are exposed more than women. The paper discusses in depth the air pollution and its impact on human health in mega cities with Karachi as a case study. (author)

Kansas City Transportation and Local-Scale Air Quality Study (KC-TRAQS) Fact Sheet

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In fall 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the Kansas City Transportation Local-Scale Air Quality Study (KC-TRAQS) to learn more about local community air quality in three neighborhoods in Kansas City, KS.

A serological and bacteriological survey of dogs to detect Brucella infection in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province Estudio serológico y bacteriológico de brucelosis en perros de Lomas de Zamora, provincia de Buenos Aires

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G. López

2009-06-01

Full Text Available Canine brucellosis caused by Brucella canis is a disease of the reproductive tract that may cause miscarriage in females, infection of the sexual organs in males and infertility in both sexes. The prevalence of brucellosis in dogs is unknown and little has been done to control the disease, except in certain breeds and some commercial dog kennels. In the course of a free neuter program in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province, prevalence of antibodies to Brucella sp., bacteriological isolation and clinical observations were performed. Of 224 dogs studied, 33 (14.7% were found positive for the rapid slide agglutination test (RSAT, 24 (10.7% of which were confirmed by IELISA. Of the 33 RSAT positive, 17 (51.5% blood cultures were done, and B. canis were isolated from 2 cases. Since infected dogs have been shown to remain bacteremic for prolonged periods, our results also suggest a risk of human infections in this area.La brucelosis canina causada por Brucella canis es una infección que afecta el tracto reproductivo de los perros y que puede provocar abortos en las hembras, infección de los órganos sexuales en los machos e infertilidad en ambos sexos. Se desconoce la prevalencia de esta enfermedad y las medidas de control se aplican sólo en algunos criaderos comerciales. Durante un programa de castración gratuita de perros llevado a cabo en el Partido de Lomas de Zamora (Gran Buenos Aires se realizaron estudios clínicos, serológicos y bacteriológicos en 224 animales. En la población estudiada, la prueba de microaglutinación rápida en portaobjetos (RSAT resultó positiva en suero de 33 (14,7% perros y fueron confirmadas por IELISA en 24 (10,7% de ellos. A 17 de los 33 perros positivos mediante RSAT (51,5% se les practicaron hemocultivos y en 2 casos se aisló B. canis. Debido a que los perros infectados permanecen bacteriémicos durante períodos prolongados, constituyen un riesgo para la salud pública.

TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF EFFLUENTS FROM A DAIRY FARM IN BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA

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Claudia Dido

2013-12-01

Full Text Available This paper develops an alternative sanitation to the negative environmental impacts caused by the intensification of the production system and the inadequate management of waste from a dairy farm with 1050 cows, belonging to Trenque Lauquen, Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. Anaerobic digestion technology allows the biological degradation of organic material in an oxygen free environment and it is proposed to develop a treatment system that allows evaluation of the products obtained through electricity generation and biofertilizer. The working methodology includes an analysis of preliminary data from anaerobic digestion of cattle manure, characterization of the generated waste, the design of the treatment system and a technical economic analysis. This study shows that it is possible to reach the dairy sanitation with energy benefits developing a sustainable resource and environmental management

Trayectoria histórica del Instituto de la Vivienda de la provincia de Buenos Aires en el período 1956-2009

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Manes, Roxana

2016-01-01

El presente trabajo de investigación intenta profundizar el análisis realizado en mi trabajo final de la Especialización en Políticas Sociales, que se centró en la problemática de la efectivización del derecho a la vivienda (siempre entendido en su concepción ampliada dentro de la ciudad y las oportunidades y servicios que la ciudad ofrece) en la provincia de Buenos Aires incorporando la dimensión histórica en términos de recuperar la trayectoria de las políticas habitacionales implementadas ...

Easing the environmental burden: From diagnosis to collaborative ...

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10 mai 2011 ... Moreno, located 37 km west of the city of Buenos Aires, covers an area of 186 km². Made up of some 156 neighbourhoods divided within six urban districts, Moreno is considered one of the poorest municipalities in the Greater Buenos Aires Area. Close to 400000 people (26% of the population) cannot ...

Escenarios futuros para la producción de carne porcina en la región del sudeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Oteiza Garriz, Iranzu

2013-01-01

En este trabajo se caracterizan y describen los sistemas de producción y comercialización de carne porcina fresca y procesada predominantes en el sudeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Además, se identifican las principales tendencias o invariantes estratégicas y las incertezas claves visualizadas por los participantes del sistema a medio plazo, para la construcción de tres escenarios futuros posibles. Para ello, a partir de información secundaria, se analizaron los cambios o...

[From educational and health tourism for children to social tourism: vacation camps in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina].

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Bruno, Perla

2015-12-01

The early twentieth century saw the rise of vacation camps for frail children as educational and health-giving experiences provided by medical and philanthropic organizations. This article analyzes some of these early experiences, seen here as the predecessors of social tourism, in the Province of Buenos Aires. A combination of written sources are examined, mainly institutional reports, periodicals such as the Monitor de la Educación Común - published by the Consejo Nacional de Educación (National Board of Education) - or laws, with photographs and plans for different examples. I argue that these buildings were both physical and cultural "brands" in the places where they were located, and that their architectural structure encapsulated ideas about leisure space and cures in unique natural environments.

Lidar Monitoring of Mexico City's Atmosphere During High Air Pollution Episodes

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Quick, C. R., Jr.; Archuleta, F. L.; Hof, D. E.; Karl, R. R., Jr.; Tiee, J. J., Jr.; Eichinger, W. E.; Holtkamp, D. B.; Tellier, L.

1992-01-01

Over the last two decades, Mexico City, like many large industrial and populous urban areas, has developed a serious air pollution problem, especially during the winter months when there are frequent temperature inversions and weak winds. The deteriorating air quality is the result of several factors. The basin within which Mexico City lies in Mexico's center of political, administrative and economic activity, generating 34 percent of the gross domestic product and 42 percent of the industrial revenue, and supporting a population which is rapidly approaching the 20 million mark. The basin is surrounded by mountains on three sides which end up preventing rapid dispersal of pollutants. Emissions from the transportation fleet (more than 3 million vehicles) are one of the primary pollution sources, and most are uncontrolled. Catalytic converters are just now working their way into the fleet. The Mexico City Air Quality Research Initiative in an international collaboration project between the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Mexican Petroleum Institute are dedicated to the investigation of the air quality problem in Mexico City. The main objective of the project is to identify and assess the cost and benefits of major options being proposed to improve the air quality. The project is organized into three main activity areas: (1) modeling and simulation; (2) characterization and measurements; and (3) strategic evaluation.

Mundo universitario vs. mundo laboral. El caso de los jóvenes sociólogos de la Universidad de Buenos Aires

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Juan Pedro Blois

2012-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo se propone analizar las relaciones entre la formación en sociología de la Universidad de Buenos Aires y las prácticas profesionales de sus graduados. A partir de la reconstrucción del proceso de conformación de la Carrera de Sociología y del estudio de las trayectorias laborales de sus graduados, se procura dar cuenta de las tensiones entre la concepción de la disciplina en la que los sociólogos son socializados durante su formación universitaria y el desarrollo de una práctica profesional por fuera de la academia.

Genotypes of Leptospira spp. strains isolated from dogs in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Grune Loffler, Sylvia; Passaro, Diego; Samartino, Luis; Soncini, Analía; Romero, Graciela; Brihuega, Bibiana

2014-01-01

Leptospirosis is an infectious disease of wide global distribution, which is endemic in Argentina. The objective of this study was to obtain the genetic profiles of Leptospira spp. strains isolated from clinical cases of dogs in the province of Buenos Aires by the multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA). Eight isolated canine strains were genotyped by MLVA, obtaining the identical profile of Leptospira interrogans serovar Canicola Hond Utrecht IV in the strains named Dogy and Mayo. The strains named Bel, Sarmiento, La Plata 4581 and La Plata 5478 were identical to the profile of the genotype of L. interrogans serovar Portlandvere MY 1039.The strain named Avellaneda was identical to the genotype profile of L. interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae RGA and the strain named SB had the same profile as the L. interrogans serovar Pomona Baires genotype and was similar to the profile of serovar Pomona Pomona genotype. It would be useful to include a larger number of isolates from different dog populations in various provinces of Argentina and to characterize the genetic profiles of the strains circulating in the country. The information obtained will be useful for the control of leptospirosis in the dog population. Copyright © 2014 Asociación Argentina de Microbiología. Publicado por Elsevier España. All rights reserved.

Public environmental expenditure in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina (1997-2012

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Verónica L. Cáceres

2014-11-01

Full Text Available The article contributes to the discussion on public environmental issues in the province of Buenos Aires; in particular, it focuses on the analysis of public environmental expenditure during 1997-2012. It considers the estimation of expenditure, identifying the actors who execute and implement programs that allow you to have a reference to the relevance of the issue tacked by the provincial agenda. The work was done from the budgetary information produced by the General accounting of BAP, which is dependant of the Ministry of Finance, through classifiers used by the province. Firstly it presents the estimation and evolution of environmental expense according to the provincial classification, then it widens with the Classification of Environmental Protection Activities (CEPA 2000. Secondly it characterizes state actors that implement environmental expense and the financed program types. Finally it is presented some preliminary conclusions. The central input refers that environmental public expenses, later in one decade of increase after politic, social and economic crisis in 2001, does not achieve the convertibility participation levels. Also it emphasizes in the water and sanitation engineering; it has a strong component of participation of centralized agencies in detriment of those that agglutinates the main environmental functions; it is not observed instances of civil society participation in execution; and it adjudge a low relevance to the promotion and education activities in environmental matters.

Transformaciones urbanas y de la estructura social de un barrio de la ciudad de Buenos Aires

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Luis Baer

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Algunos estudios abordan los procesos urbanos que replantean la estructura, los usos del suelo y el paisaje de la ciudad; otros analizan los efectos de estos cambios en las condiciones de vida, las prácticas colectivas y las representaciones sociales. Este trabajo intenta ubicarse entre ambas perspectivas. Recorremos las intervenciones urbanas que reestructuraron un barrio de la ciudad de Buenos Aires entre 1998 y 2004, el barrio del Abasto. Esta transformación la impulsó el sector privado y consistió en el acondicionamiento de grandes emplazamientos urbanos para usos comerciales, residenciales y de entretenimiento. Investigamos los cambios urbanos desde las prácticas y representaciones cotidianas de los residentes de las Torres de Abasto, un grupo de personas que se mudó al barrio cuando ya había comenzado su reconversión. Analizamos los vínculos y las representaciones que se establecen en dicho complejo residencial y en el barrio que lo rodea.

El “machismo latinoamericano” y sus derivas en la educación internacional: reflexiones de estudiantes estadounidenses en Buenos Aires

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Karina Felitti

2016-01-01

Full Text Available Este artículo analiza las representaciones y experiencias de jóvenes estadounidenses participantes de un programa de educación internacional en Buenos Aires, en relación con los modelos, representaciones y relaciones de género y de sexualidad que observan y viven en la cultura local argentina. Con una metodología cualitativa, entre 2012 y 2014, se recogieron testimonios escritos y orales de 50 estudiantes, varones y mujeres, sobre temas como los piropos/acoso callejero, el machismo latinoamericano, el amamantamiento en público, los ideales corporales, cuestiones que permitieron reflexionar sobre estereotipos culturales en los que confluyen el género, la etnicidad, la clase y la nacionalidad.

Buenos Aires mesmérica. Hipnosis y magnetismo en la cultura y la ciencia de la capital argentina (1870-1900

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Mauro Sebastián Vallejo

2015-01-01

 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to analyze the topic of hypnotism in the science and the culture of Buenos Aires during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. When Argentine medicine became conceptually and practically interested in hypnosis it encoun­tered a multiplicity of actors (spirititsts, illusionists, quacks that also used it with different aims. This text intends to describe the tensions and disputes sustained between physi­cians and their competitors. In addition to pointing out which were the professionals that contributed to the study of the new therapy, this paper identifies the strategies carried out by representatives of the official science in order to finish with other uses of artificial somnambulism

Housing transformations Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. The passage from Neo-liberalism to Urban Neo-development

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Juan Pablo del Río

2014-12-01

Full Text Available The economic recovery that followed the 2001/02 crisis in Argentina came with a relevant improvement in a number of social and economic indicators, related among other reasons to the design of public policies aimed at recuperating employment levels and the productive matrix. In this context, the “construction – public works” tandem became a central topic in the agenda, and Real Estate expansion was widely assessed as a positive outcome by macro-economic standards. However, this process was not exempt of contradictions, as can be seen in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, where it is possible to observe a set of concurring tendencies resulting from the hybridization of the urban neo-liberalization still present and the recent expansion of urban neo-developmentalism. As a result, the expansion of State-led de-commodification of goods and services aimed at social reproduction, coexists with a persisting process of socially regressive housing space production, together with an intense commodification of existing housing, associated with a growing financializationof “bricks”.

"Ruta Crítica"* de la Salud de las Mujeres: Integralidad y equidad de Género en las prácticas de Salud de las Mujeres en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires "Critical road" of womens health: Integrality and gender equity in health practices among women in Buenos Aires

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Débora Tajer

2007-12-01

Full Text Available Este proyecto de investigación es una continuación de otras investigaciones anteriores desarrolladas en el marco de los proyectos UBACyT realizadas por el mismo equipo acerca de cómo la subjetivación de género contribuye a construir la vulnerabilidad coronaria en varones y mujeres (Proyectos UBACyT PJ 05 y 08 desarrollados en el período1998-2000 y realizar un análisis sobre el concepto de equidad de género en relación con la calidad de atención de pacientes cardiovasculares (Proyecto UBACyT PS 037 desarrollado en el período 2000-2003. El propósito de este trabajo es relevar los grados de integralidad y equidad de género en las prácticas de salud de las mujeres en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, detectando las necesidades, significaciones y prácticas de la población atendida, de los/as profesionales y de los programas. Se trata de un proyecto exploratorio descriptivo, que utiliza metodología cualitativa en la recolecci��n y análisis de la información, e incorpora técnicas de investigación - acción participante para relevar obstáculos y colaborar en la construcción de un modelo integral dirigido a la promoción y la atención de la salud de las mujeres con perspectiva de género. Proponemos un modelo que incluya una mirada a las necesidades en salud en cada etapa etaria con un aspecto preventivo hacia los problemas de las etapas siguientes, y la ampliación de las capacidades de los/as sujetos/as de vivir una vida mas saludable y con mayores grados de ciudadanía.This project is a follow-up of previous UBACyT's about how gender subjectivation process contributes to coronary risk construction in men and women (developed in the period 1998-2000, and about gender equity in health care of cardiovascular patients (developed in the period 2000-2003. The present project studies the degree of integrality and gender equity in health practices on women in the City of Buenos Aires, detecting needs, significations and health care

Política de transporte público en la ciudad de los ’90. Reglamentación y concentración empresaria en el autotransporte metropolitano de Buenos Aires

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Andrea Gutiérrez

2009-10-01

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El objetivo del trabajo es mostrar la construcción de una tesis doctoral realizada en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. La organización de la presentación intenta reflejar el desarrollo del proceso de investigación. En función de este hilo conductor, se seleccionan comentarios sobre la estrategia de investigación (tanto teórica como empírica, y sobre algunos de sus resultados, conclusiones y aportes. Se ofrece, pues, una versión resumida y parcial de los contenidos de la tesis. El tema de la investigación examina la política de transporte público urbano de los años ’90, enfocándose en la relación entre la reconversión empresaria y la revisión reglamentaria del auto transporte metropolitano de Buenos Aires. Se busca comprender si entre ambos existe una relación y de qué tipo, y asimismo interpretar sus causas y consecuencias.