Search results for "AMERICA"

Semantic Macro-Structural Analysis of the Latin American Digital Press Discourse on the Attacks of September 11th

2006

Este artículo analiza la exclusión e inclusión de acontecimientos y actores sociales en la representación de los sucesos del 11 de septiembre en Nueva York en la prensa digital latinoamericana. Se utiliza el análisis crítico del discurso siguiendo los principios establecidos por Van Dijk (1990, 1997, 1998). La muestra está conformada por 509 noticias seleccionadas de la cobertura noticiosa de diecisiete periódicos digitales latinoamericanos, desde el 12 hasta el 16 de septiembre. Entre los resultados destacan: a) los contenidos de los periódicos examinados reproducen el discurso de las agencias de noticias estadounidenses; b) Los tópicos reflejan un discurso sin referencia al pasado, sin re…

Influenza dei chips di quercia, di diversa origine e livello di tostatura, nella vinificazione in bianco

2011

Las Americas Latinas – Las fatigas del querer

2009

L’arte contemporanea latinoamericana è una delle più interessanti realtà del panorama artistico internazionale: la difficile situazione politico-economica del Continente Sud-americano ha generato pulsioni e passioni artistiche estremamente dense. Per lo più si tratta di un’arte politica, di ribellione e di rivoluzione. Un’arte forte, come ancora rimane forte in America Latina la memoria della conquista e dell’evangelizzazione europea, e violenta come violente furono le sanguinarie usanze dei popoli indigeni precolombiani. Un’arte contemporanea tendenzialmente barocca, figlia di una mentalità complessa e di una cultura di osmosi: quella tra le tradizioni indigene e quelle occidentalieuropee.…

De la performance musicale dans la Guyane traditionnelle : expression cognitive singulière d?une musique-verbe

2021

Guianese culture and traditional music, here evoked, are various. It is more a transcultural process that, along centuries, gave an original result born in the Americas, in Guiana in this case. It is a form of refoundation, of recreation of cultures and new human beings generally called Creoles. The musical performance, that I study here, is the echo of social and cultural space of this reformulation of thought, life, and conception of the world. It is, as well, a mean of transposition and transformation of the values issued of diverse sources and categories. It is in no way a second-rate cultural practice, as it is the place where were born philosophies and actions for common life as well …

Una aproximación al estudio de la obra de Rubén Blades: "el poeta de la salsa"

2021

El cantautor panameño Rubén Blades ha destacado por intelectualizar la música caribeña, dándole un especial valor a la palabra y construyendo una figura autorial propia desde el mercado globalizado de la música pop latinoamericana de los años 70 y 80. Usando la salsa como su principal herramienta artística, pretende recodificar identidades nacionales, panamericanas, barriales y de clase, llevando a cabo un ejercicio didáctico dirigido hacia su público. La narratividad y el compromiso social son dos elementos clave en su producción, entendiendo la “salsa conciencia” como la culminación de su trabajo como compositor y como marca definitoria de su estilo musical. Plantearemos un análisis liter…

A Cross-Cultural Exploratory Study of Health Behaviors and Wellbeing During COVID-19

2021

This study explored the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived health behaviors; physical activity, sleep, and diet behaviors, alongside associations with wellbeing. Participants were 1,140 individuals residing in the United Kingdom (n = 230), South Korea (n = 204), Finland (n = 171), Philippines (n = 132), Latin America (n = 124), Spain (n = 112), North America (n = 87), and Italy (n = 80). They completed an online survey reporting possible changes in the targeted behaviors as well as perceived changes in their physical and mental health. Multivariate analyses of covariance (MANCOVA) on the final sample (n = 1,131) revealed significant mean differences regarding perceived physical…

Bioetyki kulturowe w Ameryce Łacińskiej

2017

W artykule została przedstawiona charakterystyka bioetyki łacińskiej, jej korzenie i geneza, rozwój w poszczególnych, wybranych krajach, a także typowa problematyka. Bioetyka łacińska u swych początków jako dyscyplina akademicka czerpała głównie ze Stanów Zjednoczonych. Niewspółmierność problematyki paradygmatów bioetyki zachodniej do realiów krajów łacińskich doprowadziła do przewartościowania i prób wypracowania własnej, swoistej, bardziej adekwatnej bioetyki kulturowej.

Behavioural responses of voles to simulated risk of predation by a native and an alien mustelid: an odour manipulation experiment

2010

Context. Potential mammalian prey commonly use the odours of their co-evolved predators to manage their risks of predation. But when the risk comes from an unknown source of predation, odours might not be perceived as dangerous, and anti-predator responses may fail, except possibly if the alien predator is of the same archetype as a native predator. Aims. In the present study we examined anti-predator behavioural responses of voles from the outer archipelagos of the Baltic Sea, south-western Finland, where they have had no resident mammalian predators in recent history. Methods. We investigated responses of field voles (Microtus agrestis) to odours of native least weasels (Mustela nivalis)…

The musculature of the electric fish Eigenmannia virescens (South American green knife fish) characterized with cytochrome oxidase staining

1986

Using cytochrome C-oxidase staining, different types of somatic musculature were clearly distinguished in the gymnotoid fish Eigenmannia virescens. Except for a few thin fibres in the region of the horizontal septum, which stained faintly, no others in the trunk muscle stained. Strong staining appeared in the fibres of the anal fin muscles. According to the classification of fish musculature into white, intermediate and red, only the locomotory organ of this fish has red fibres, whereas the trunk muscles are white. The red muscles along the horizontal septum, found in all other fish which have been investigated in this respect, seem to be absent. This is noteworthy since the anal fin alone …

Berry press residues as a valuable source of polyphenolics: Extraction optimisation and analysis

2018

Abstract Vaccinium genus berries (bilberries, blueberries, lingonberries, cranberries) are gathered in the wild as well as cultivated on an industrial scale for use in the food industry. Extraction of juices from these berries produces press residues (pomace) as a waste product. Berry press residues are an excellent source of phenolic compounds and have a potential of use as a polyphenol-rich material. The aim of the present study was to optimise the method of extraction of polyphenols (anthocyanins specifically) from berry press residues of American cranberry using the response surface method and to validate the optimal polyphenol/anthocyanin extraction conditions also for other Vaccinium …