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Formulating a Revised Taxonomy for Modes of Listening
2012
Abstract Listening to sounds or music is not a homogeneous act of grasping meanings by hearing. Yet it is often portrayed as such, especially when the intentional stance of a listener is overlooked. This paper distinguishes listening as the action-oriented intentional activity of making sense of the world. It is proposed that the multifaceted and heterogeneous nature of ‘understanding by listening’ can be outlined in terms of distinct modes of listening. Building upon previous accounts, a revised taxonomy of nine listening modes (reflexive, kinaesthetic, connotative, causal, empathetic, functional, semantic, reduced and critical listening) is proposed and illustrated by examples. Modes refe…
Mast cells promote Th1 and Th17 responses by modulating dendritic cell maturation and function
2011
Mast cells (MCs) play an important role in the regulation of protective adaptive immune responses against pathogens. However, it is still unclear whether MCs promote such host defense responses via direct effects on T cells or rather by modifying the functions of antigen-presenting cells. To identify the underlying mechanisms of the immunoregulatory capacity of MCs, we investigated the impact of MCs on dendritic cell (DC) maturation and function. We found that murine peritoneal MCs underwent direct crosstalk with immature DCs that induced DC maturation as evidenced by enhanced expression of costimulatory molecules. Furthermore, the MC/DC interaction resulted in the release of the T-cell mod…
Expansion of intestinal CD4+CD25highTreg cells in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A putative role for interleukin-10 in preventing intestinal T…
2010
Objective Subclinical gut inflammation has been demonstrated in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). This study was undertaken to determine the frequency of regulatory CD4+CD25high T cells (Treg cells) and to evaluate Treg cell–related cytokines (interleukin-2 [IL-2], transforming growth factor β [TGFβ], and IL-10) and transcription factors (FoxP3 and STAT-5) in the ileum of patients with AS. Methods Quantitative gene expression analysis, by reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction, of Treg-related cytokines (IL-2, TGFβ, and IL-10) and transcription factors (STAT-5 and FoxP3) was performed on ileal biopsy specimens from 18 patients with AS, 15 patients with active Crohn's disea…
Niche-induced cell death and epithelial phagocytosis regulate hair follicle stem cell pool.
2015
Tissue homeostasis is achieved through a balance of cell production (growth) and elimination (regression). In contrast to tissue growth, the cells and molecular signals required for tissue regression remain unknown. To investigate physiological tissue regression, we use the mouse hair follicle, which cycles stereotypically between phases of growth and regression while maintaining a pool of stem cells to perpetuate tissue regeneration. Here we show by intravital microscopy in live mice that the regression phase eliminates the majority of the epithelial cells by two distinct mechanisms: terminal differentiation of suprabasal cells and a spatial gradient of apoptosis of basal cells. Furthermor…
La deriva paralela como método en la investigación basada en las artes
2022
Presentamos la deriva paralela como un nuevo método de investigación basado en las artes. Exponemos los orígenes de la deriva, como medio de expresión artístico en el siglo XX y su desarrollo hasta la actualidad. Destacamos las potencialidades de un tipo concreto de deriva, la deriva paralela, valiéndonos de los elementos que aporta: paralelismo, ritmo secuencial, sincronía, empatía, conexión, componente lúdico y comparativa de contextos. Exponemos la especificidad que configura la deriva paralela dentro de la investigación y la diferencia de la deriva como acción artística, situando la propuesta en un paradigma socio-crítico bajo los principios de imprevisibilidad, incertidumbre y entrelaz…
Street art as a transforming agent of public space in Arab World. Case study of two artistic groups in Tunisia.
2023
The public space in the Arab World has historically been controlled and seized by political authorities. This appropriation has created a deep rift between citizens and public places. Nevertheless, since the beginning of the Arab revolutions, new youth art forms have emerged liberating the arts from traditional formalism and these have been transferred to open spaces making them accessible to the people. This research seeks to explore the youth street art that emerged during the Tunisian revolution, not only as an innovative artistic trend, but also as a social movement that claims a new kind of citizenship. It aims to analyze the philosophical and aesthetic purposes of street art and its r…
Reggae Outernational: Borders and Trans/National Identity in Jamaican Popular Music
2020
International audience; The history of post-1945 Jamaican popular music is one of constantly changing borders. Despite efforts on the part of the Jamaican state to turn reggae into Jamaica’s exclusively national music and a tourist attraction, reggae and its related subgenres remain to this day a minority culture of the underground, in Jamaica itself and in the many places around the world where it is produced and performed. Recent research on the history of Jamaican popular music suggests that it cannot easily be contained within strictly national borders. Reggae can rather be seen as a focal point around which an incipient alter/native, working-class Jamaican identity is built, both insid…
La capilla de la Virgen de Campanar en Valencia: tradición popular erigida en erudita retórica visual
2018
This chapel forms part of the parochial church of Campanar, which belongs to the municipality of Valencia. The Virgen de Campanar (Virgin of Campanar) is an image executed in alabaster, discovered on the subfloor of the church of this place on February 19th, 1596, by some construction workers who were undertaking some remodeling at that time. From that moment forward it began to be worshipped by the masses as a miraculous image. Among its alleged properties we find the mysterious fact that powder from its plaster had miraculous effects: it was taken dissolved in water to cure the sick or to assure a healthy birth for pregnant women, and it even calmed storms at sea if it was thrown into the…
De piedra negra, tinta aguada y albayalde. Las técnicas de dibujo de Joan de Joanes y el 'estado del arte' en la Valencia del siglo XVI. ¿Tradición o…
2020
[ES] El presente artículo pretende realizar un somero análisis al corpus de dibujos sobre papel atribuido a Joan de Joanes y a sus más directos seguidores, desde una óptica metaformal, adentrándose en la génesis misma de tales diseños, desde su concepción hasta sus funciones. Han sido muy eventuales las apreciaciones sobre los procedimientos gráficos usados por el pintor y, en general, la cuestión de sus dibujos se ha abordado siempre desde la tradicional perspectiva de confrontación iconográfica y formal. No se ha ahondado en cuestiones que, a nuestro parecer, resultan claves para entender una figura tan poliédrica y compleja como la del artista valentino: como cuánto débito existe entre e…
Más que flores. Novedades sobre la trayectoria y producción artística del pintor José Romá (Valencia, 1784-1852)
2018
El objetivo del presente artículo es contribuir al conocimiento de la trayectoria académica y de la producción artística de José Romá. Se trata de un importante artista de la primera mitad del siglo XIX, poco conocida en la actualidad, principalmente por sus lienzos de flores. Este estudio da a conocer nuevas pruebas documentales que demuestran sus aspiraciones a convertirse en “pintor de Historia”; aporta información sobre su formación y su variada actividad pictórica e incluye un análisis de una composición de flores hasta ahora desconocida.