La fortuna de Ramón de la Cruz en el teatre català vuitcentista: els inicis de Josep Robrenyo

Estudia la influència dels sainetes de Ramón de la Cruz en l'escena de Barcelona, i l'esperó que aquest model va suposar per a superar el vell esquema de l'entremés i donar pas al sainet costumista català. S'exemplifica aquest canvi amb "El sarao de la Patacada", de Josep Robrenyo, que pren com a model un títol del saineter madrileny.

Diacronia i neologia: canvi semàntic, subjectivació i representació del pensament. El català esmar, des de ‘taxar’ fins a ‘inferir’ i ‘imaginar’ i més enllà

L’estudi de la neologia és indestriable de l’estudi del canvi lingüístic i, doncs, de la diacronia. Ens proposem ací descriure el procés de canvi semàntic que va experimentar el verb esmar, forma patrimonial del llatí *adaestimare, paral·lela del cultisme estimar. Aquesta recerca es fonamenta en l’aprofitament dels corpus textuals i altres materials despullats manualment. Sobre aquests materials, s’ha assajat l’anàlisi de la subjectivació i de les inferències que proposa la teoria de la inferència invitada del canvi semàntic (= TIICS).

La Legenda aurea com a font del teatre hagiogràfic català de tècnica medieval: un tast comparatiu

En aquest treball ens proposem estudiar la influència de la Legenda aurea de Jacobus de Voragine en el teatre hagiogràfic català de tècnica medieval, en concret en tres de les consuetes del ms. 1139 de la BNC: la de sant Jordi, dedicada a l’episodi de la donzella i el drac; la de la conversió de sant Cristòfol i la de sant Mateu. Comptem amb algunes aproximacions anteriors, com és el cas de les consideracions que féu Josep Romeu en la seua edició de les peces hagiogràfiques d’aquest manuscrit (1957). En aquest sentit, aprofitem les seues indicacions com a punt de partida per a oferir una anàlisi més detallada de la manera en què els drames hagiogràfics adapten algunes de les vides contingudes en l’obra de Voragine. Per no allargar-nos excessivament, ens centrem en aquestes tres consuetes, ja que poden ser prou representatives dels diferents tipus d’adaptació teatral de la Legenda aurea.

L'adquisició del paràmetre del subjecte nul en català

Aquest treball s'enquadra dintre de la disciplina de l'adquisició del llenguatge, encarregada d'estudiar els diferents processos que l'ésser humà du a terme en el desenvolupament de la parla. En aquest cas, s'estudiarà l'adquisició del subjecte nul en català, i es partirà de la següent qüestió: els xiquets catalanoparlants menors de 5 anys, han fixat correctament el paràmetre del subjecte nul? Per resoldre aquesta qüestió, partirem de la hipòtesi del VEPS (Very Early Parmeter Settings), que afirma que els paràmetres (una de les dimensions de la variació estructural del llenguatge humà) es fixen abans de l'estadi de dues paraules. Per realitzar l'estudi, comptabilitzarem els subjectes nuls en frases subordinades i no subordinades per a 4 adults i 8 xiquets parlants del català, material que extraurem de la base de dades CHILDES. Finalment compararem els nostres resultats amb els de l'anglés de Valian (1991), llengua que no admet l'omissió de subjecte.

De l’expressió de la percepció sensorial auditiva a l’expressió del discurs reportat. El verb sentir en català medieval (s. XIII–XVI)

This study analyzes the process of semantic change by which the Old Catalan verb sentir developed from a meaning based on general perception to one implying auditory perception. In particular, the article shows that by the end of the 13th century the verb sentir had only semanticized the perception of non-linguistic auditory stimuli and had not fused completely with the meaning of the verb oir, as was the case with the evolution of SĔNTĪRE in other Romance languages (such as Peninsular Spanish). Our study has been based on data analysis of an electronic linguistic corpus using the concepts of E. C. Traugott’s Invited Inferencing Theory of Semantic Change (IITSC) (2012) and the concept of evidentiality.

"Beginning of another catal[og] of Dr. Avery's books" donated, undated

"Dr. Avery" is Benjamin Avery. For further records concerning his bequest to the library, see Box 1 Folders 9-12 and Box 2 Folder 2 of this collection.

Vocabulari català-alemany de l'any 1502,

Mode of access: Internet.

Aparato para la correccion y adicion de la obra que publicó en 1769 el Dor. D. Joseph Berní y Catalá ... con el titulo Creacion, antiguedad y privilegios de los titulos de Castilla : en el que se corrigen muchas de las equivocaciones que padeció su autor ... /

Mode of access: Internet.

El Doctor Don José Berní y Catalá, jurisconsulto valenciano. Estudio biobibliográfico

Mode of access: Internet.

Diccionari Catalá-Castellá-Llatí-Frances-Italiá /

Contiene: vol. 1 - vol. 2.

Reforma do Estado no setor de sa??de: os casos da Catalunha, Canad??, Reino Unido e Estados Unidos

Colet??nea de textos que abordam diversas experi??ncias que t??m sido implementadas na reforma dos sistemas de sa??de ao redor do mundo, e que representam a ado????o progressiva de novas formas de gest??o empresarial no sistema sanit??rio, acarretando uma s??rie de empreendimentos inovadores. A busca da efici??ncia atrelada a uma maior eq??idade em sa??de, bem como concep????es diferenciadas do papel do Estado na ??rea social, ilustram cada um dos casos apresentados.

Entomological aspects of Chagas' disease transmission in the domestic habitat, Argentina

OBJECTIVE: To study the risk of Trypanosoma cruzi domestic transmission using an entomological index and to explore its relationship with household's characteristics and cultural aspects. METHODS: There were studied 158 households in an endemic area in Argentina. Each household was classified according to an entomological risk indicator (number of risky bites/human). A questionnaire was administered to evaluate risk factors among householders. RESULTS: Infested households showed a wide range of risk values (0 to 5 risky bites/human) with skewed distribution, a high frequency of lower values and few very high risk households. Of all collected Triatoma infestans, 44% had had human blood meals whereas 27% had had dogs or chickens blood meals. Having dogs and birds sharing room with humans increased the risk values. Tidy clean households had contributed significantly to lower risk values as a result of low vector density. The infested households showed a 24.3% correlation between time after insecticide application and the number of vectors. But there was no correlation between the time after insecticide application and T. infestans' infectivity. The statistical analysis showed a high correlation between current values of the entomological risk indicator and Trypanosoma cruzi seroprevalence in children. CONCLUSIONS: The risk of T. cruzi domestic transmission assessed using an entomological index show a correlation with children seroprevalence for Chagas' disease and householders' habits.

Pediculus capitis infestation according to sex and social factors in Argentina

OBJECTIVE: To determine the intensity of Pediculus capitis infestation (abundance) among Argentinean schoolchildren. Children's sex and social stratum were analyzed as modifiers of the general prevalence and degree of parasitism. METHODS: The study included 1,370 schoolchildren (692 girls, 678 boys) from 26 schools of the province of La Rioja (21 public schools, five private schools). Classic prevalence was obtained as the percentage of children with nits and/or lice. Moreover, five degrees of parasitism were classified: 0) children with no signs of pediculosis; 0+) children with evidence of past infestation; 1) children with a recent infestation and low probability of active parasitism; 2) children with a recent infestation and high probability of active parasitism; 3) children with mobile lice (active pediculosis). RESULTS: The general prevalence was 61.4% (girls: 79%; boys: 44%, p<0.001). Private schools showed lower prevalence than public schools (p=0.02), especially due to the low prevalence in boys. Fifty percent of children were classified in classes 0 and 0+, 22% in class 1; and 28% in grades 2 and 3. The proportion of children in grade 3 was higher in public schools than in private schools. There were significant sexual differences in the intensity of parasitism for grades 2 and 3, where girls' rates exceeded twice those of boys'. CONCLUSIONS: Sex and social stratum are important modifiers of P. capitis general prevalence and degree of infestation. The classification of children by intensity of infestation allowed a more precise delimitation of this condition, which is especially important for disease surveillance and application of control measures.

A Brother or a Sister With CP. How Much it Makes a Difference in Childhood and Adulthood?

Every month we see to be published dozens of scientific papers about etiology and physiopathology of CP, imaging, treatment, survival, quality of life of patients and of mothers (just a few) and so on. Papers dealing with the feelings and the problems of siblings of children and adults with CP in the most important scientific journals are extremely rare. However in internet we can find the sites of the most important Cerebral Palsy Societies, like the British, the Australian and the American ones already devoting a special attention to the issue of siblings; we also can see several interesting blogs of parents sharing their experiences not only with the handicapped child but also with the siblings, even counseling some books written for children giving practical advices how to deal and live with a handicapped sibling. What was a surprise to me were the several sites of adults having a disabled sibling, frequently with CP, in a new situation: without parents to care them.