Programación y recursos para tercero y cuarto de Sociedad, Cultura y Religión.

Programación para tercero y cuarto de la ESO de Sociedad, Cultura y Religión. El trabajo recoge información sobre las religiones monoteístas (Judaísmo, Cristianismo e Islamismo) y politeístas (Budismo, Hinduismo y religiones de la antigüedad) y sobre temas sociales y culturales (derechos humanos, inmigración, drogas, situación de la mujer, problemas de la infancia, problemas del Tercer Mundo y sectas).

Joan Mascaró i Fornés : els múltiples espais de la saviesa. 'Joan Mascaró i Fornés : los múltiples espacios de la sabiduría'.

Se trata la figura del mallorquín Joan Mascaró i Fornés (Santa Margalida, Mallorca 1897- Cambridge, Inglaterra 1987), quién pasó gran parte de su vida ejerciendo como profesor en Cambridge, Ceylán y Barcelona. Además de poseer estudios mercantiles, sus profundos conocimientos de sánscrito y Pali, sus traducciones de los grandes libros de la tradición hindú (los Upanisad y el Bhagavad-Gita), y su valor como poeta y pensador le hicieron ganarse un prestigioso lugar en los círculos intelectuales y científicos, recibiendo también numerosos reconocimientos como el título Honoris Causa por la Universidad de las Islas Baleares. El volumen realiza un repaso por las temáticas de estudio, cursos, diserciones y conferencias que realizó a lo largo de su etapa académica así como las aportaciones de sus investigaciones sobre el sánscrito, la filosofía y las religiones orientales. Realizó también diversas observaciones y reflexiones comparativas entre los sistemas educativos orientales y occidentales y sobre la educación en Mallorca en el primer tercio del siglo XX.

Catalunya religiosa : el cristianisme es manté, l'interés pel budisme creix i l'islam augmenta. 'Cataluña religiosa : el cristianismo se mantiene, el interés por el budismo crece y el islam aumenta'.

Resumen de la autora en catalán

Podem trobar valors morals comuns a les religions?. '¿Podemos encontrar valores comunes en las religiones?'.

Resumen basado en el de la autora en catalán

Diàleg interreligiós. 'Diálogo interreligioso'.

Jóvenes de religión cristiana, musulmana, budista, sikh, bahai y judía que viven en Cataluña explican sus vivencias y participan en un diálogo interreligioso.

El zen, viaje al mundo interior.

Resumen basado en el que aporta la revista

Religions in the world.

Libro de texto de nivel 3 (Key Stage 3) para el primer ciclo de educación secundaria. Contiene la historia de las religiones del mundo e incluye: Budismo, Cristianismo, Hinduismo, Islam, Judaísmo, Sijismo o Sikhismo. El objetivo del libro es proporcionar las habilidades y conocimientos necesarios para comprender a las personas con creencias diferentes a las del alumno y ayudarlos a reflexionar sobre el impacto de la religión en los acontecimientos mundiales, las diferencias que la religión marca en la vida, y cómo la religión influye en la forma de actuar de las personas.

Un importante libro de arte de la UNESCO : 'Los tesoros del Himalaya' de Madanjeet Singh.

Continua la publicación con el título : Revista de información de la Comisión Nacional Española de Cooperación con la UNESCO

Ritual, tiempo y espacio sagrado en el budismo zen argentino. En: Avá, nº 16

El budismo zen es una religión oriental que desde hace varias décadas se ha esparcido en numerosos países occidentales, incluido la Argentina. Una característica notable de su vida comunitaria es la compleja ritualización de sus prácticas cotidianas. En nuestra aproximación a la dimensión ritual del zen indagaremos la forma en que ésta contribuye a crear un tiempo y un espacio sagrado y observaremos cómo estas prácticas son consideradas por los propios miembros del grupo como un recurso pedagógico que posibilita entrenarse en una diferente manera de estar en el mundo, de vivirse y percibirse tanto a ellos mismos como a los demás. De modo que algunos elementos del complejo ritual zen juegan un rol de primera importancia como una tecnología del ser.

Los emigrantes en las áreas mineras y las ciudades de Hispania: religión, identidades y difusión cultural

En el presente artículo analizamos los desplazamientos de cultos indígenas hispanos desde distintas áreas de la Península Ibérica hacia los principales lugares de inmigración en Hispania: las áreas mineras y las ciudades. Proponemos que estos grupos de emigrantes rendían culto en su nueva residencia a las deidades que veneraban en sus regiones de procedencia como un medio de preservar su cohesión social y su identidad cultural. La dureza de la vida laboral en las áreas mineras reforzaba la necesidad de fortalecer los lazos culturales.

Associação da medroxiprogesterona ao protocolo Ovsynch para inseminação artificial em tempo fixo de búfalas cíclicas (Bubalus bubalis) criadas na Amazônia Oriental

O presente estudo visou avaliar os efeitos da associação da medroxiprogesterona (análogo sintético da progesterona) ao protocolo Ovsynch sobre o crescimento folicular, a ovulação e a taxa de concepção de búfalas criadas na Amazônia Oriental (Tracuateua-PA). Vinte e sete fêmeas adultas (G1 n=14 e G2 n=13), cíclicas, sem bezerro ao pé e com ECC 3,5 foram submetidas a Ovsynch. Os animais do G2 receberam 60 mg de medroxiprogesterona entre D0 e D7 (D0=início do tratamento). A ultra-sonografia ovariana foi realizada nos D 0, 7, 9 e 10. O contingente de folículos pequenos diferiu no D7 (G1: 4,57±0,60 versus G2: 6,54±0,67; P=0,05). Tempo e tratamento influenciaram o diâmetro folicular no D7. O crescimento do folículo dominante entre D7 e D9 foi maior nos animais tratados (G1: 2,05±0,49 mm/dia versus 3,48±0,41 mm/dia; P<0,05). Mais animais do G1 ovularam precocemente (35,71% versus 30,77%), porém isso não afetou as taxas de concepção (G1: 50,00% e G2: 30,77%; P>0,05). Os achados sugerem que a medroxiprogesterona (1) aumenta recrutamento folicular e retarda o crescimento dos folículos com diâmetro maior que 5,0 mm entre D0 e D7; (2) sua retirada incrementa em 1,7 vezes o crescimento folicular do D7 ao D9; (3) pode contribuir para a ovulação de folículos maiores e, em tese, para maior formação de tecido luteínico; (4) não promove ovulação precoce após o Ovsynch; (5) não eleva as taxas de concepção após sincronização de fêmeas cíclicas e com bom escore corporal, devendo ser avaliada para uso em fêmeas acíclicas ou com ECC mais baixo.

Response of oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), eggs to gamma radiation

As insects increase in radiotolerance as they develop and usually several developmental stages of the pest may be present in the fresh shipped commodity, it is important to know the radiation susceptibility of the stages of the target insect before the establishment of ionizing radiation quarantine treatments. This study was performed to determine the radiotolerance of eggs of the oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), to gamma radiation. This species is considered as one of the most serious worldwide pests for temperate fruits, especially peaches. Eggs (12 h old) were exposed to 0 (control), 25, 35, 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 Gy of gamma radiation. Surviving larvae were allowed to feed on an artificial diet. Three days after irradiation, it was verified that larvae`s cephalic capsules were significantly affected by gamma radiation, and the estimated mean LD(90) and LD(99) were 66.3 Gy and 125.8 Gy, respectively. Oriental fruit moth eggs revealed to be quite radiosensitive and very low doses as 50 Gy were sufficient to disrupt G. molesta embryogenesis. At 25 Gy, only male adults originated from the surviving larvae and, after mating with untreated fertile females, shown to be sterile. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Prevalence and risk factors for anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in goats of the Serido Oriental microregion, Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast region of Brazil

The prevalence and risk factors for anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies were investigated in goats of the Serido Oriental microregion, Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast region of Brazil. Three hundred and sixty-six blood samples from goats collected by jugular venopuncture were used. For the serologic diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection, the indirect fluorescent-anti body test (IFAT) with cut-off value 1:64 was carried out. The prevalence of anti-T. gondii antibodies was 30.6% [95% CI = 25.9-35.6%] with titers ranging from 1:64 to 1: 16,384. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the risk factors associated to anti-T. gondii antibodies were presence of cats in the herd, extensive/semi-intensive management systems and lack of mineral supplementation. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Gulliver, a long terminal repeat retrotransposon from the genome of the oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum

We characterized the consensus sequence and structure of a long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke, Schistosoma japonicum, and have earned this element, Gulliver. The full length, consensus Gulliver LTR retrotransposon was 4788 bp, and it was flanked at its 5'- and 3'-ends by LTRs of 259 bp. Each LTR included RNA polymerase II promoter sequences, a CAAT signal and a TATA box, Gulliver exhibited features characteristic of a functional LTR retrotransposon including two read through (termination) ORFs encoding retroviral gag and pol proteins of 312 and 1071 amino acid residues, respectively. The gag ORF encoded motifs conserved in nucleic acid binding proteins, while the pol ORF encoded conserved domains of aspartic protease, reverse transcriptase (RT), RNaseH and integrase, in that order, a pol pattern conserved in the gypsy lineage of LTR retrotransposons. Whereas the sequence and structure of Gulliver was similar to that of gypsy, phylogenetic analysis revealed that Gulliver did not group particularly closely with the gypsy family. Rather, its closest relatives were a LTR retrotransposon from Caenorhabditis elegans, mag from Bombyx mori and, to a lesser extent, easel from the salmon Oncorhynchus keta. Dot blot hybridizations indicated that Gulliver was present at between 100 and several thousand copies in the S. japonicum genome, and Southern hybridization analysis suggested its probable presence in the genome of Schistosoma mansoni. Transcripts encoding the RT domain of Gulliver were detected by RT-PCR in larval and adult stages of S. japonicum, indicating that (at least) the RT domain of Gulliver is transcribed. This is the first report of the sequence and structure of an LTR retrotransposon from any schistosome or indeed from any species belonging to the phylum Platyhelminthes. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

pido, a non-long terminal repeat retrotransposon of the chicken repeat 1 family from the genome of the Oriental blood fluke, Schistosoma japonicum

A newly described non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposon element was isolated from the genome of the Oriental schistosome, Schistosoma japonicum. At least 1000 partial copies of the element, which was named pido, were dispersed throughout the genome of S. japonicum. As is usual with non-LTR retrotransposons, it is expected that many pido elements will be 5'-truncated. A consensus sequence of 3564 bp of the truncated pido element was assembled from several genomic fragments that contained pido-hybridizing sequences. The sequence encoded part of the first open reading frame (ORF), the entire second ORF and, at its 3'-terminus, a tandemly repetitive, A-rich (TA(6)TA(5)TA(8)) tail, The ORF1 of pido encoded a nucleic acid binding protein and ORF2 encoded a retroviral-like polyprotein that included apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease (EN) and reverse transcriptase (RT) domains, in that order. Based on its sequence and structure, and phylogenetic analyses of both the RT and EN domains, pido belongs to the chicken repeat 1 (CR1)-like lineage of elements known from the chicken, turtle, puffer fish, mosquitoes and other taxa. pido shared equal similarity with CRI from chicken, an uncharacterized retrotransposon from Caenorhabditis elegans and SR1 (a non-LTR retrotransposon) from the related blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni; the level of similarity between pido and SR1 indicated that these two schistosome retrotransposons were related but not orthologous. The findings indicate that schistosomes have been colonized by at least two discrete CRI-like elements. Whereas pido did not appear to have a tight target site specificity, at least one copy of pido has inserted into the 3'-untranslated region of a protein-encoding gene (GeriBank AW736757) of as yet unknown identity. mRNA encoding the RT of pido was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in the egg, miracidium. and adult developmental stages of S. japonicum, indicating that the RT domain was transcribed and suggesting that pido was replicating actively and mobile within the S. japonicum genome. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.