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“Speaking in Terror: Femininity, Monstrosity and ‘Race’ in Early Modern Culture”
2002
The chapter examines how the intersecting vectors of gender and race contribute to the configuration of monstrosity in early modern drama and anatomy, and how this construction is simultaneously powerful and haunted by the fear of the 'other'.
Colonización territorial, razón ilustrada y particularidades valencianas en la nueva población de Benadressa (Castelló de la Plana)
2008
El presente artículo analiza la proyección de una nueva población en el interior de la Plana de Castelló (N. del País Valenciano), un proceso de colonización territorial realizado al amparo de la reposición del denominado Fuero o Privilegio Alfonsino (segunda mitad del s.XVIII). El ejemplo de Benadressa permite comprender las complejas relaciones de poder e ideología que se dieron en este tipo de planes, de iniciativa privada pero insertados plenamente en el proyecto económico y territorial de la Ilustración. A su vez, se trata de un capítulo más de las profundas transformaciones sufridas por la Plana de Castelló en la Edad Moderna, principalmente basadas en el avance de la superficie culti…
The Countryside and City in Spain at the End of the Century: A Simmelian Reading of Pío Baroja’s El árbol de la ciencia (1911)
2013
The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the dialectical relationship between the countryside and the city —taking the case of Madrid as an example— and in turn Spain at the end of the 19th century from the reading of Pío Baroja’s novel El árbol de la ciencia (1911). To do this, I try to locate the reader in the historical context of the period to then proceed with the analysis of the Barojian view of the relationship between the countryside and the city, taking the personal trajectory of Andrés Hurtado, the autobiographical main character of this novel, as a paradigmatic case.
Obesity in Aging and Art
2009
THIS issue of Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences highlights new findings on obesity in older persons and its consequences for health and function (1,2,3). The obesity epidemic is spreading rapidly in both developed and developing countries, and perspectives on the negative effects of overweight and obesity abound in recent medical literature. What do we know so far about obesity over the lifetime? Obesity does not spare older persons (4). Obese older persons experience a wide range of negative consequences, including metabolic abnormalities, arthritis, pulmonary diseases, cataracts, cancer, impaired mobility, disability, and mortality. Given the already extensive knowledge base, why a…
Finnish Twin Research in the 1930s: Contributions of Arvo Lehtovaara and His Mentor, Eino Kaila.
2016
We offer a brief sketch of an overlooked early twin researcher, Arvo Johannes Lehtovaara (1905–1985), Professor of Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä, 1939–1952, and the University of Helsinki, 1952–1970, with background notes on his mentor, Eino Kaila.
Psychosocial aspects of diabetes technology
2020
Aim To identify key psychosocial research in the domain of diabetes technology. Results Four trajectories of psychosocial diabetes technology research are identified that characterize research over the past 25 years. Key evidence is reviewed on psychosocial outcomes of technology use as well as psychosocial barriers and facilitating conditions of diabetes technology uptake. Psychosocial interventions that address modifiable barriers and psychosocial factors have proven to be effective in improving glycaemic and self-reported outcomes in diabetes technology users. Conclusions Psychosocial diabetes technology research is essential for designing interventions and education programmes targeting…
Il loggione
2018
This is the Italian version of Ritsos poetry book "Iperoon", accompanied by introductions and notes
Tristano, Giovanni
2019
Biographical profile of the Ferrarese Jesuit architect Giovanni Tristano.
La "Messa da Requiem" di Giuseppe Verdi fra sacro e profano. Un allestimento ottocentesco attraverso le carte del Fondo Usiglio
2010
Attraverso la ricostruzione di un allestimento della "Messa da Requiem" di Giuseppe Verdi al Duomo di Orvieto nel 1891, l'articolo riflette sui metodi di produzione dello spettacolo, mostrando come, nonostante il contesto sacro, la macchina gestionale fosse quella tipica dell'industria operistica coeva, con un ruolo di primissimo piano esercitato dal direttore d'orchestra, Emilio Usiglio.
Pancreatic Extracts for the Treatment of Diabetes (1889-1914): Acomatol.
2019
Background Historical review on the early development of organotherapy for diabetes [pancreatic extracts (PE)] and its relationship with the social and political circumstances. Areas of uncertainty The diagnosis of diabetes relied only in the presence of glycosuria and cardinal symptoms. Blood glucose determinations were not regularly available, requiring large volumes for sampling. Micromethods for glycemia were developed just in the last years of the investigated period. Hypoglycemia remains undiscovered. Isolation and purification of PE were difficult tasks due to the unknown chemical structure of the antidiabetic hormone. Data sources (1) Berliner Medizinhistoriches Museum der Charite (…