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Is the ADA/EASD algorithm for the management of type 2 diabetes (January 2009) based on evidence or opinion? A critical analysis
2010
The ADA and the EASD recently published a consensus statement for the medical management of hyperglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes. The authors advocate initial treatment with metformin monotherapy and lifestyle modification, followed by addition of basal insulin or a sulfonylurea if glycaemic goals are not met (tier 1 recommendations). All other glucose-lowering therapies are relegated to a secondary (tier 2) status and only recommended for selected clinical settings. In our view, this algorithm does not offer physicians and patients the appropriate selection of options to individualise and optimise care with a view to sustained control of blood glucose and reduction both of diabe…
A Functional Analysis of the Finnish 2012 Presidential Elections
2016
This study applied the functional theory of political campaign discourse, developed for political campaigns in the United States to two televised presidential debates in the 2012 presidential elections in Finland. Acclaims were the most preferred statement by the candidates, with agreements being the least preferred. Policy was discussed more than character during the debates. General goals and ideals were used more frequently to acclaim than to attack. Results are generally consistent with the results of previous studies of presidential elections in the US and other countries. However, differences did emerge: the classical functional categories were supplemented by a new category, the role…
Imatge percebuda i imatge mental
2012
S'estudia el contrast entre el que es diu la posición Lockeana i la posición Berkeleyana sobre l'origen de la cognoció. La diferencia entre elles rau en el paper asignat al llenguatje respecte al coneixement. Aquest treball manté, no obstant, una posició híbrida. Se estudia el contraste entre lo que se ha venido a llamar posición Lokeana y la posición Berkeleyana, respecto del origen de la cognición. La diferencia entre las dos está en su diferente posición acerca del papel asignado al lenguaje para el conocimiento. Este trabajo explicará la posibilidad de una posición híbrida.
Democracy in Constituent Moments: Exploring the Spanish Constitutional Debate of 1931 through Political Theory and Conceptual History
2019
This paper aims to answer the question of why constituent moments are relevant to political theory. It hypothesises the Spanish constitutional debate of 1931 as a case of conceptual innovation in parliamentary politics by arguing that debates in constituent moments entail a special kind of parliamentary argumentation when new political regimes are established. There, all sorts of theoretical, normative, historical, and institutional aspects are discussed to deliberate on the future character and functioning of a political regime. From a methodological point of view, this analysis draws on the revision of arguments and political terms used by MPs during the Spanish constituent assembly of 19…
Controllo di gestione nelle PMI e consulenti esterni
2019
L'articolo considera, a partire da un'indagine di campo su un campione di professionisti, il loro ruolo, in particolare quello degli esperti contabili e dei dottori commercialisti, nella diffusione degli strumenti e delle metodiche del controllo di gestione nell'ambito delle PMI. Management control in SMEs and external consultants. The issue of management control in small and medium-sized enterprises has long been the subject of scientific debate, as well as a key point of professionals’ interest. Starting from the recognition of the role played by the latter, this paper aims to investigate the type and level of dissemination of management control tools in SMEs by adopting the perspective o…
Arguments and counter-arguments in the debate to decriminalize some forms of incestuous relations in Poland
2018
This study explores argumentation and counter-argumentation patterns emerging from a corpus of readers’ comments found below-the-line of over twenty-five online articles on the subject of incest, the current legal sanctions against it and the possibility to decriminalize consensual incestuous relations between adults in Poland. The comments have been coded line-byline for the types of positioning and argument premises using Atlas.ti software. Using the framework for argument analysis according to underlying premises, the comments were analyzed with respect to stance taken, practical reasoning conducted, and salient rhetorical strategies applied. They are subsequently correlated with the dis…
Keep Calm in Heated Debates: How People Perceive Different Styles of Discourse in a Scientific Debate
2021
Scientific debates are, in an epistemological sense, argumentative approaches aimed at coming to the most appropriate conclusion. However, as these debates sometimes involve interpersonal rather than content-driven attacks (e.g., an argument between scientific experts might involve personal dislike), the following question arises: How do such communication behaviors affect people’s perception of the argument? In an empirical study, we presented prospective teachers (N = 222) with a newspaper article about two scientific experts controversially discussing the pros and cons of a fictional vocabulary training program. Using a 1 × 2 between-subject design, the article contained either a neutral…
Latviešu un vācu politiskie televīzijas debašu šovi. Salīdzinājums un diskursa analīze
2015
Bakalaura darba nosaukums ir Latviešu un vācu politiskie televīzijas debašu šovi.Salīdzinājums un diskursa analīze. Darba autore ir Māra Kairiša, darba vadītājs Dr. phil.Thomas Taterka. Bakalaura darbā tiek pētīti televīzijas politiskie sarunu šovi, kas ir informatīvi, izklaidējoši un ekonomiski raidījumi, kuros publiski, diskusiju veidā, tiek apspriestas dažādas sabiedrībā aktuālas politiska rakstura tēmas. Šajā bakalaura darbā atspoguļota šo šovu attīstības vēsture, empīriski un ar diskursa analīzes palīdzību pētīti Latvijas un Vācijas politiskie televīzijas debašu šovi, viens no tiem Latvijā raidīts šovs Dombura Studija, otrs Maybrit Illner, kas tiek raidīts Vācijā. Darba mērķis ir atspo…
„Demokracja in Progress”. Działalność Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych na rzecz wzmacniania społeczeństwa obywatelskiego w Polsce
2016
Dyplomacja towarzyszy ludzkości od zarania dziejów i, podobnie jak polityka zagraniczna (z którą jest nieodłącznie kojarzona), podlega zmianom, adaptując się do zmienionych warunków środowiska międzynarodowego. Współczesny świat, który cechuje się znacznym stopniem skomplikowania, rosnącą liczebnością i różnorodnością aktorów międzynarodowych oraz sieciowością powiązań, tworzy zarówno dla polityki zagranicznej, jak i samej dyplomacji zupełnie nowe, nieznane dotąd wyzwania. Dzisiaj miarą ich efektywności jest stopień, w jakim odpowiedzialne za nie podmioty adaptują do swoich działań zasady dyplomacji publicznej. Ta ostatnia upodmiotowiła na arenie międzynarodowej niepaństwowych aktorów, nada…
El foro.com: encuentros y desencuentros en el "coliseo ideológico"
2014
This paper focuses on the study of the virtual identity of Internet users in discussion forums and, specifically, their discursive identity. After a brief introduction to the concept of virtual identity, I analyze the basic characteristics of such forums, conceived as a place of dialectic, polyphonic and multidiscoursive communication. In the second part, I examine locutors’ discursive behavior in ideological argumentative discourse. First, I look at the image that the Internet user offers through its argumentative posts and how it is perceived by the virtual community. Next I analyze the argumentative strategies employed by locutors in “El foro de religión”, focusing my attention on those …