La prosa de Enrique Vila-Matas entre best-seller y literatura intelectual : Aproximaciones extratextuales a través del 'campo literario' barcelonés

A través de ciertos aspectos formales y mediante un gran número de conexiones intertextuales la prosa de Enrique Vila-Matas se sitúa dentro de la tradición literaria, observación que, junto con el gran prestigio que le atribuye la crítica y con numerosos premios literarios, parece confirmar su pertenencia a una literatura exigente, concebida artísticamente. Aunque así no cumpla con el supuesto que la literatura best-seller sacrifica pretensiones artísticas o intelectuales para atraer al mayor número de compradores posible, las obras del autor catalán se encuentran, sin embargo, entre los libros españoles contemporáneos más leídos, lo mismo en España y en América Latina. Buscando una explicación a ese fenómeno, nos acercaremos a su obra explorando el 'campo literario' que la rodea, el ámbito editorial y el mercado del libro. Nuestra pregunta es: ¿Cuáles son las circunstancias extraliterarias que hay que tener en cuenta en este caso? Esperamos llegar a partir del análisis del fenómeno Vila-Matas a conclusiones más generales sobre las relaciones entre las calidades literarias de un texto y ciertos factores extratextuales que abrirán paso a perspectivas nuevas respecto a la producción literaria en la época de los medios de masas

La prosa de Enrique Vila-Matas entre best-seller y literatura intelectual : Aproximaciones extratextuales a través del 'campo literario' barcelonés

A través de ciertos aspectos formales y mediante un gran número de conexiones intertextuales la prosa de Enrique Vila-Matas se sitúa dentro de la tradición literaria, observación que, junto con el gran prestigio que le atribuye la crítica y con numerosos premios literarios, parece confirmar su pertenencia a una literatura exigente, concebida artísticamente. Aunque así no cumpla con el supuesto que la literatura best-seller sacrifica pretensiones artísticas o intelectuales para atraer al mayor número de compradores posible, las obras del autor catalán se encuentran, sin embargo, entre los libros españoles contemporáneos más leídos, lo mismo en España y en América Latina. Buscando una explicación a ese fenómeno, nos acercaremos a su obra explorando el 'campo literario' que la rodea, el ámbito editorial y el mercado del libro. Nuestra pregunta es: ¿Cuáles son las circunstancias extraliterarias que hay que tener en cuenta en este caso? Esperamos llegar a partir del análisis del fenómeno Vila-Matas a conclusiones más generales sobre las relaciones entre las calidades literarias de un texto y ciertos factores extratextuales que abrirán paso a perspectivas nuevas respecto a la producción literaria en la época de los medios de masas

La prosa de Enrique Vila-Matas entre best-seller y literatura intelectual : Aproximaciones extratextuales a través del 'campo literario' barcelonés

A través de ciertos aspectos formales y mediante un gran número de conexiones intertextuales la prosa de Enrique Vila-Matas se sitúa dentro de la tradición literaria, observación que, junto con el gran prestigio que le atribuye la crítica y con numerosos premios literarios, parece confirmar su pertenencia a una literatura exigente, concebida artísticamente. Aunque así no cumpla con el supuesto que la literatura best-seller sacrifica pretensiones artísticas o intelectuales para atraer al mayor número de compradores posible, las obras del autor catalán se encuentran, sin embargo, entre los libros españoles contemporáneos más leídos, lo mismo en España y en América Latina. Buscando una explicación a ese fenómeno, nos acercaremos a su obra explorando el 'campo literario' que la rodea, el ámbito editorial y el mercado del libro. Nuestra pregunta es: ¿Cuáles son las circunstancias extraliterarias que hay que tener en cuenta en este caso? Esperamos llegar a partir del análisis del fenómeno Vila-Matas a conclusiones más generales sobre las relaciones entre las calidades literarias de un texto y ciertos factores extratextuales que abrirán paso a perspectivas nuevas respecto a la producción literaria en la época de los medios de masas

De Catalonia liber primus / Francisco Calça Barcinonensi ... auctore.

Marca tip. en P8v (Vindel, 315)

De Catalonia liber primus / Francisco Calça Barcinonensi ... auctore.

Marca tip. en P8v (Vindel, 315)

Teatro Circo de Colón [Material gráfico] : Compañía Ecuestre, Gimnástica, Acrobática y Cómica del Circo Ecuestre Barcelonés : ... temporada de 1890...

Cartel tipográfico

Memoirs of military surgery, and campaigns of the French armies, on the Rhine, in Corsica, Catalonia, Egypt, and Syria; at Boulogne, Ulm, and Austerlitz; in Saxony, Prussia, Poland, Spain, and Austria.

Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints,

Narrative of the shipwreck of the Sophia, on the 30th of May, 1819, on the western coast of Africa, and of the captivity of a part of the crew in the desert of Sahara. With engravings. By Charles Cochelet, ancient paymaster-general in Catalonia, and one of the sufferers.

Mode of access: Internet.

La Nostra arqueología literaria : conferencia donada a l'Ateneu Barcelonès dia 14 de Maig de 1904 /

Appendix: "mostra d'antiga lletra gòtica, ara novament reproduhida per n'E. Canibell."

Katalónia a következő független állam Európában? (Will Catalonia be the next independent state?)

A Katalóniában tapasztalható függetlenségi törekvések nem minősülnek csupán spanyol belügynek, komoly uniós és nemzetközi jogi vonatkozással bírnak. Különösen érdekes megvizsgálni, hogy egyes elemzők hogyan közelítik meg a potenciális függetlenedés közgazdasági összefüggéseit, előnyeit és hátrányait. A téma személyesen is érint, mivel 2012 júliusa és 2013 januárja között a barcelonai Universitat Abat Oliba CEU egyetem vendégoktatója és kutatója voltam, így első kézből tapasztaltam a téma érzékenységét. _____ The independence of Catalonia is not just simple Spanish “internal affair”, since it has serious international and European legal aspects. It is very interesting to analyse the different approaches of the parties and experts about the economic pros and cons of the potential independence. The topic is affecting me personally; because I was guest professor and researcher of the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU in Barcelona in a turbulent period from July 2012 until January 2013, so I could experience the sensitiveness of the subject.

Naturally-acquired humoral immune responses against the N- and C-termini of the Plasmodium vivax MSP1 protein in endemic regions of Brazil and Papua New Guinea using a multiplex assay

Background: Progress towards the development of a malaria vaccine against Plasmodium vivax, the most widely distributed human malaria parasite, will require a better understanding of the immune responses that confer clinical protection to patients in regions where malaria is endemic. Methods: Glutathione S-transferase (GST) and GST-fusion proteins representing the N-terminus of the merozoite surface protein 1 of P. vivax, PvMSP1-N, and the C-terminus, PvMSP1-C, were covalently coupled to BioPlex carboxylated beads. Recombinant proteins and coupled beads were used, respectively, in ELISA and Bioplex assays using immune sera of P. vivax patients from Brazil and PNG to determine IgG and subclass responses. Concordances between the two methods in the seropositivity responses were evaluated using the Kappa statistic and the Spearman's rank correlation. Results: The results using this methodology were compared with the classical microtitre enzyme-linked immnosorbent assay ( ELISA), showing that the assay was sensitive, reproducible and had good concordance with ELISA; yet, further research into different statistical analyses seems desirable before claiming conclusive results exclusively based on multiplex assays. As expected, results demonstrated that PvMSP1 was immunogenic in natural infections of patients from different endemic regions of Brazil and Papua New Guinea ( PNG), and that age correlated only with antibodies against the C-terminus part of the molecule. Furthermore, the IgG subclass profiles were different in these endemic regions having IgG3 predominantly recognizing PvMSP1 in Brazil and IgG1 predominantly recognizing PvMSP1 in PNG. Conclusions: This study validates the use of the multiplex assay to measure naturally-acquired IgG antibodies against the merozoite surface protein 1 of P. vivax.

Trends in public health policies addressing violence against women

OBJECTIVE To analyze the content of policies and action plans within the public healthcare system that addresses the issue of violence against women.METHODS A descriptive and comparative study was conducted on the health policies and plans in Catalonia and Costa Rica from 2005 to 2011. It uses a qualitative methodology with documentary analysis. It is classified by topics that describe and interpret the contents. We considered dimensions, such as principles, strategies, concepts concerning violence against women, health trends, and evaluations.RESULTS Thirteen public policy documents were analyzed. In both countries’ contexts, we have provided an overview of violence against women as a problem whose roots are in gender inequality. The strategies of gender policies that address violence against women are cultural exchange and institutional action within the public healthcare system. The actions of the healthcare sector are expanded into specific plans. The priorities and specificity of actions in healthcare plans were the distinguishing features between the two countries.CONCLUSIONS The common features of the healthcare plans in both the counties include violence against women, use of protocols, detection tasks, care and recovery for women, and professional self-care. Catalonia does not consider healthcare actions with aggressors. Costa Rica has a lower specificity in conceptualization and protocol patterns, as well as a lack of updates concerning health standards in Catalonia.

Le gisement de Asseiceira, Portugal (Miocène supérieur) Données complémentaires sur Freiria de Rio Maior

A new upper Miocene locality at Asseiceira (Rio Maior), near the top of the "Calcários de Almoster e Santarém" unit (Almoster and Santarém limestones) is studied. Animal and plant fossils are described. Comparisons are drawn to other localities related to the same unit: Freiria and Azambujeira (middle and upper levels, both with large mammals). Small mammals from Asseiceira and Freiria point out to a rather old age amidst the upper Vallesian, MN 10 mammal-unit. This gives a fairly accurate datation for the "Calcários de Almoster e Santarém" and for the short time span of the corresponding sedimentation. Climate was warm and quite dry, with contrasting seasons and arid events. During upper Vallesian times, climate in Iberian Peninsula was varied but drier than in France, and specially so in the inner basins. However in Portugal and in Catalonia climate would he less different in comparison with that of the Rhône basin. Environmental evolution has been important: at Freiria and Azambujeira (middle level) there were mainly shallow lacustrine environments that received ressurgence waters from the nearby "Maciço calcário". Humid areas were closely surrounded by dense forests and these by broader and drier savanna or steppe areas. Still later, carbonate sedimentation ended. For some time there was still a river system with oxbows; humid areas probably were decreasing in favour of surrounding, rather dry environments. This study stressed the nced for revision of the geology of the region of Rio Maior and for a new geological mapping of that area. Environmental evolution has been important: at Freiria and Azambujeira (middle level) there were mainly shallow lacustrine environments that received ressurgence waters from the nearby "Maciço calcário".

Prevalência da C.trachomatis entre homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH) que frequentam um centro clínico comunitário alternativo em Barcelona

RESUMO - Enquadramento: A infeção por Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) é considerada um grave problema de Saúde Pública. É causa de infeções sintomáticas tanto no homem como na mulher, bem como, de infeções assintomáticas que podem ter consequências muito graves a longo prazo. A presença de CT sem tratamento aumenta o risco de transmissão do vírus da imunodeficiência humana. Existem vários estudos publicados de prevalência da CT por todo o mundo, no entanto, estudos de prevalência da CT em populações assintomáticas, envolvendo homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH) são raros na Europa. Assim, o presente estudo, ao estimar a prevalência e ao descrever as caraterísticas epidemiológicas e de conduta dos HSH, pretende contribuir para o plano de ação contra as IST´s e VIH na Catalunha, através de estratégias concretas para deteção e prevenção da CT. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo observacional, transversal de prevalência da CT em HSH utentes de um serviço comunitário em Barcelona, com recurso a técnicas de diagnóstico de biologia molecular e a um questionário. Durante Março e Junho de 2015, foram recrutados 200 voluntários de um serviço comunitário em Barcelona que foram testados para CT e NG em três locais anatómicos através de uma PCR em tempo real utilizando o ensaio Anyplex™ CT/NG Real-time Detection. Resultados: O presente estudo permitiu uma caraterização da situação atual quanto á prevalência e aos fatores de risco associados á infeção por CT em HSH. A prevalência nesta população específica foi de 12,6% e os fatores risco associados foram o facto de serem VIH e praticarem sexo anal insertivo/recetivo com parceiro estável. Conclusões: Os resultados obtidos reforçam a necessidade do desenvolvimento de estratégias adequadas de controlo e prevenção da CT nesta população de risco, tais como: rastreios frequentes e tratamento dos casos positivos para quebrar a cadeia de transmissão, promoção da saúde, educação e notificação dos parceiros sexuais. Também demonstram a importância destes rastreios nos três locais anatómicos: uretra, reto e faringe.