La traducción y los textos bilingües (japonés-inglés) para estudiantes de japonés: análisis de las antologías de relatos cortos y de las revistas de idioma

El treball estudia els dos tipus de textos bilingües japonès-anglès (llibres i revistes) que existeixen per a estudiants de japonès. La primera part analitza quatre antologies des de la perspectiva de la paratextualitat i de la teoria funcionalista de Christiane Nord (1997). A continuació, s'estudien les tècniques de traducció, a partir dels desenvolupaments teòrics d'Amparo Hurtado i Lucía Molina (2002), en el conte «The Third Night» de Natsume Sôseki. A la segona part s'investiguen dues revistes d'idiomes mensuals, Nihongo Journal i Hiragana Times. Es tracta d’analitzar la influència del propòsit pedagògic en les traduccions. Se segueix el procediment ja emprat a la primera part, exceptuant l'anàlisi de les tècniques

La carne en El caos de Wilcock y en los Cuentos fríos de Piñera

En el presente ensayo, primero hacemos un recorrido por las biografías de Virgilio Piñera y J. Rodolfo Wilcock para poner de manifiesto sus afinidades vitales, cómo ambos pertenecieron a los mismos círculos intelectuales y literarios y con parecida actitud ante el ideario de las revistas y los grupos del momento. Seguidamente analizamos los principales rasgos de la obra del escritor cubano como el absurdo, la idea de lo siniestro (con Freud a la cabeza) y la ironía para ponerlo en relación con los cuentos El caos de Wilcock. Por último, concluimos que el sadismo y la crueldad, el disentimiento y el cinismo describen la obra cuentística de ambos.

Les cançons en els contes de tradició oral. Metanàlisi del repertori tradicional català

Aquest article pretén analitzar les cançons presents en contes tradicionals catalans recollides a les antologies més importants de cançó i conte a Catalunya. Inicialment es fa un repàs de la importància del conte en el desenvolupament de l'infant i del simbolisme associat, per passar a fer un resum dels principals trets diferencials de la cançó tradicional i en concret de la cançó tradicional catalana. A continuació es procedeix a una metanàlisi dels continguts musicals presents a les divuit cançons que figuren dins dels contes, en els aspectes melòdics, rítmics, textuals, formals i mètrics. Per acabar es presenten els resultats obtinguts de l'anàlisi efectuada, i una bibliografia d'aprofundiment del tema.

Proxemics with multiple dynamic characters in an immersive virtual environment

An experiment was carried out to examine the impact on electrodermal activity of people when approached by groups of one or four virtual characters at varying distances. It was premised on the basis of proxemics theory that the closer the approach of the virtual characters to the participant, the greater the level of physiological arousal. Physiological arousal was measured by the number of skin conductance responses within a short time period after the approach, and the maximum change in skin conductance level 5 s after the approach. The virtual characters were each either female or a cylinder of human size, and one or four characters approached each subject a total of 12 times. Twelve male subjects were recruited for the experiment. The results suggest that the number of skin conductance responses after the approach and the change in skin conductance level increased the closer the virtual characters approached toward the participants. Moreover, these response variables were inversely correlated with the number of visits, showing a typical adaptation effect. There was some evidence to suggest that the number of characters who simultaneously approached (one or four) was positively associated with the responses. Surprisingly there was no evidence of a difference in response between the humanoid characters and cylinders on the basis of this physiological data. It is suggested that the similarity in this quantitative arousal response to virtual characters and virtual objects might mask a profound difference in qualitative response, an interpretation supported by questionnaire and interview results. Overall the experiment supported the premise that people exhibit heightened physiological arousal the closer they are approached by virtual characters.

Proxemics with multiple dynamic characters in an immersive virtual environment

An experiment was carried out to examine the impact on electrodermal activity of people when approached by groups of one or four virtual characters at varying distances. It was premised on the basis of proxemics theory that the closer the approach of the virtual characters to the participant, the greater the level of physiological arousal. Physiological arousal was measured by the number of skin conductance responses within a short time period after the approach, and the maximum change in skin conductance level 5 s after the approach. The virtual characters were each either female or a cylinder of human size, and one or four characters approached each subject a total of 12 times. Twelve male subjects were recruited for the experiment. The results suggest that the number of skin conductance responses after the approach and the change in skin conductance level increased the closer the virtual characters approached toward the participants. Moreover, these response variables were inversely correlated with the number of visits, showing a typical adaptation effect. There was some evidence to suggest that the number of characters who simultaneously approached (one or four) was positively associated with the responses. Surprisingly there was no evidence of a difference in response between the humanoid characters and cylinders on the basis of this physiological data. It is suggested that the similarity in this quantitative arousal response to virtual characters and virtual objects might mask a profound difference in qualitative response, an interpretation supported by questionnaire and interview results. Overall the experiment supported the premise that people exhibit heightened physiological arousal the closer they are approached by virtual characters.

Proxemics with multiple dynamic characters in an immersive virtual environment

An experiment was carried out to examine the impact on electrodermal activity of people when approached by groups of one or four virtual characters at varying distances. It was premised on the basis of proxemics theory that the closer the approach of the virtual characters to the participant, the greater the level of physiological arousal. Physiological arousal was measured by the number of skin conductance responses within a short time period after the approach, and the maximum change in skin conductance level 5 s after the approach. The virtual characters were each either female or a cylinder of human size, and one or four characters approached each subject a total of 12 times. Twelve male subjects were recruited for the experiment. The results suggest that the number of skin conductance responses after the approach and the change in skin conductance level increased the closer the virtual characters approached toward the participants. Moreover, these response variables were inversely correlated with the number of visits, showing a typical adaptation effect. There was some evidence to suggest that the number of characters who simultaneously approached (one or four) was positively associated with the responses. Surprisingly there was no evidence of a difference in response between the humanoid characters and cylinders on the basis of this physiological data. It is suggested that the similarity in this quantitative arousal response to virtual characters and virtual objects might mask a profound difference in qualitative response, an interpretation supported by questionnaire and interview results. Overall the experiment supported the premise that people exhibit heightened physiological arousal the closer they are approached by virtual characters.

Condicionament i millora del camí de la carretera de Tarragona a la partida de Grealó de Lleida

Projecte de condicionament i millora d’un camí rural, situat al terme municipal de Lleida. Consisteix bàsicament en la correcció de la traça del camí actual, a fi i efecte, de millorar el seu recorregut tenint en conte les normatives i recomanacions establertes per a camins rurals. Es realitza el càlcul de les petites conques hidrogràfiques i es dissenya un sistema d’evacuacions de les aigües per tal de prolongar la vida útil del camí en qüestió.

Reflexiones acerca de Les cinquante francs de Jeannette, de Ducrai-Duminil

L'article se propose d'analyser le role de quelques éléments-clé du conte, et leur valeur symbolique, dont le voyage, élément qui implique dans tous les cas la cloture d'une période et l'inauguration d'une autre. L'argent, image obsessionelle dans presque tous les contes de Ducrai-Duminil. Le culte du travail, pris en excuse pour le développement d'une activité frénétique, dans le but de permettre un déploiement énergétique seul capable. semble-t-il, d'ouvrir une voie de fuite contre la dégradation du temps chronologique, contre le statisme, tentation méphistophéleenne, toujours annonciatrice de la mort.

Serlianas durante el Renacimiento italiano y español: del triunfo de la religión católica al lenguaje imperial

This article presents a panoramic view of the development of the so-called serliana or Serlian motif throughout the Italian Renaissance, focusing on the most relevant examples in the architecture of that period. The use of this motif during the Early Renaissance was pioneered by Filippo Brunelleschi in religious buildings. As its employment become widespread in a range of different settings, architects frequently incorporated local building traditions. It was only during the last twenty years of the Quattrocento that Giuliano da Sangallo and Leonardo da Vinci adopted the Serlian arch in residential architecture designed for the ruling elites. Thanks to Bramante and other artists such as Raphael, Baldassare Peruzzi, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and Giulio Romano, the motif was extraordinarily popular during the High Renaissance period. Ever-increasingly complex and monumental compositions eased the adaptation of the serliana to both exterior and interior spaces, and in works such as the design by Galeazzo Alessi in Genoa, the imperial connotation of the motif is clear. This process illustrates the progressive transfer from the religious to the courtly sphere, and, at the same time, the permeability between the sacred and the profane. During the sixteenth century, Spain too was at the European avant-garde, due to its contacts with Italy and the latest fashions, such as the employment of the serliana in residential architecture, were followed in the fortified palace at La Calahorra, the Vich palace in Valencia, or the palace of Charles V in Granada, as part of a complex iconography of power. Throughout the sixteenth century, the serliana featured in that specifically-Spanish typology, the monumental altarpiece or retablo, as well as in monumental tombs. Italy was certainly the leading force in the process and had an indisputable influence on Spanish art, but the latter would develop its own original solutions in the sixteenth century, which matched the innovative character of Italian creations.

Los cuentos: aspectos psicológicos y su influencia en la formación de la personalidad

El present treball pretén demostrar que els contes són vàlids i beneficiosos en el creixement integral de la persona i que, de forma més especial, contribueixen al exercici i adquisició de la virtut de la prudència. En aquest estudi es fa menció concreta de quins són aquests beneficis des del punt de vista psicològic; es mencionen també algunes tècniques d’aplicació pràctica dels contes en el camp de la psicologia, així com diferents corrents psicològiques que les apliquen i de quina manera. Objecte del present treball és també insistir en la influència beneficiosa del conte en el creixement personal i la formació del caràcter.

Structure and dynamics of the membrane attaching nitric oxide transporter nitrophorin 7

Nitrophorins represent a unique class of heme proteins that are able to perform the delicate transportation and release of the free-radical gaseous messenger nitric oxide (NO) in a pH-triggered manner. Besides its ability to bind to phospholipid membranes, the N-terminus contains an additional Leu-Pro-Gly stretch, which is a unique sequence trait, and the heme cavity is significantly altered with respect to other nitrophorins. These distinctive features encouraged us to solve the X-ray crystallographic structures of NP7 at low and high pH and bound with different heme ligands (nitric oxide, histamine, imidazole). The overall fold of the lipocalin motif is well preserved in the different X-ray structures and resembles the fold of other nitrophorins. However, a chain-like arrangement in the crystal lattice due to a number of head-to-tail electrostatic stabilizing interactions is found in NP7. Furthermore, the X-ray structures also reveal ligand-dependent changes in the orientation of the heme, as well as in specific interactions between the A-B and G-H loops, which are considered to be relevant for the biological function of nitrophorins. Fast and ultrafast laser triggered ligand rebinding experiments demonstrate the pH-dependent ligand migration within the cavities and the exit route. Finally, the topological distribution of pockets located around the heme as well as from inner cavities present at the rear of the protein provides a distinctive feature in NP7, so that while a loop gated exit mechanism to the solvent has been proposed for most nitrophorins, a more complex mechanism that involves several interconnected gas hosting cavities is proposed for NP7.