Abbatouy, Mohammed; Renn Hürgen and Weinig, Paul (Eds.). Intercultural Transmission of Scientific Knowledge in the Middle Ages: Graeco-Arabic-Latin. Science in Context

As the editors explain in the introduction, a workshop dedicated to 'Experience and Knowledge Structures in Arabic and Latin sciences' was held at the Max Plank Institue for the HIstory of Science...

The consequences of burnout syndrome among healthcare professionals in Spain ans Spanish speaking Latin American countrie

Objectives: Identify the frequency and intensity of the perception of adverse professional consequences and their association with burnout syndrome and occupational variables. Methods: Cross-sectional sample of 11,530 healthcare professionals resident in Spain and Latin America. The association of negative work-related consequences on burnout, as measured by the MBI and work-related variables was analysed by multiple logistic regression. Results: The emotional exhaustion was the first variable associated with absenteeism, with intention of giving up profession, personal deterioration, and family deterioration. Depersonalization was most associated with the perception of having made mistakes. Conclusions: The findings indicate a considerable prevalence of adverse work-related consequences

Dollarization and the relationship between EMBI and fundamentals Latin American countries

This paper presents empirical evidence on the interrelationship that exists between the evolution of the Emerging Markets Bonds Index (EMBI) and some macroeconomic variables in seven Latin American countries; two of them (Ecuador and Panama), full dollarized. We make use of a Cointegrated Vector framework to analyze the short run effects from 2001 to 2009. The results suggest that EMBI is more stable in dollarized countries and that its evolution influences economic activity in non-dollarized economies; suggesting that investors confidence might be higher in dollarized countries where real and financial economic evolution are less tied than in non-dollarized ones.

Dollarization and the relationship between EMBI and fundamentals Latin American countries

This paper presents empirical evidence on the interrelationship that exists between the evolution of the Emerging Markets Bonds Index (EMBI) and some macroeconomic variables in seven Latin American countries; two of them (Ecuador and Panama), full dollarized. We make use of a Cointegrated Vector framework to analyze the short run effects from 2001 to 2009. The results suggest that EMBI is more stable in dollarized countries and that its evolution influences economic activity in non-dollarized economies; suggesting that investors confidence might be higher in dollarized countries where real and financial economic evolution are less tied than in non-dollarized ones.

Étudiants et lorettes : almanach du quartier latin

Périodicité : Annuel

The history of Lapland : containing a geographical description, and a natural history of that country; with an account of the inhabitants, their original, religion, customs, habits, marriages, conjurations, employments, &c. Written by John Scheffer, ... Translated from the last edition in Latin, and illustrated with many curious copper-cutts. To which are added, the travels of the King of Sweden's mathematicians into Lapland: the history of Livonia, and the wars there: also a journey into Lapland, Finland, &c. Written by Dr. Olof Rudbeck in the year 1701

Added engraved title page: The history of Lapland.

Histoire de la Laponie, : sa description, lʼorigine, les moeurs, la maniere de vivre de ses habitans, leur religion, leur magie, & les choses rares du païs. Avec plusieurs additions [et] augmentations fort curieuses, qui jusques-icy nʼont pas esté imprimées. Traduites du latin de Monsieur Scheffer. Par L[e] P[ère] A[ugustin] L[ubin] geographe ordinaire de Sa Majesté

Added engraved title page: Histoire de la Laponie traduite du latin de Jean Scheffer.

”Immò ego vult habere aliquid res, dic latinè with you”: Koodinvaihtoa varhaismodernissa englantilaisessa koulunäytelmässä

Tutkielmani aiheena on Canterburyn katedraalikoulun oppilaiden 1670-luvun puolivälissä esittämä koulunäytelmä, joka löytyy käsikirjoituksesta Lit.Ms.E41 (Canterburyn katedraalin arkisto). Tämä käsikirjoitus sisältää koulun oppilaiden ja opettajakunnan laatimia puheita, runoja ja näytelmiä, jotka on kirjoitettu latinaksi, kreikaksi, englanniksi tai näiden kielten yhdistelmillä. Selvitän tutkielmassani, millaisia syntaktisia piirteitä ja pragmaattisia merkityksiä tässä yhdessä näytelmässä esiintyvällä koodinvaihdolla latinan ja englannin välillä on. Teoreettinen viitekehykseni sisältää teoriaa ja aiempia tutkimuksia koodinvaihdosta ja monikielisyydestä, yleistä pragmaattista teoriaa sekä Brownin ja Levinsonin (1987) kohteliaisuusteorian. Koska koodinvaihdon tutkimus on vielä melko uusi ja monimuotoinen ala, käsittelen työssäni useita metodologisia ratkaisuja monikielisen tekstin analysoimiseen. Oma metodini yhdistää sekä aineisto- että teorialähtöisiä lähestymistapoja. Tämä tarkoittaa, että tutkin materiaaliani sekä filologisesti ottamalla mukaan historialli-sen ja kulttuurillisen kontekstin että lingvistisesti ottamalla mukaan pragmaattisen teorian. Analyysi koodinvaihdon syntaktisista piirteistä osoitti, että yksi puhunnos voidaan tietyssä kontekstissa tulkita sekä koodinvaihdoksi että lainaamiseksi. Tästä syystä esitin tutkielmassani, että jako koodinvaihtoon ja lainaamiseen ei ole tarpeellinen tai edes suotava, jos tutkimuksen pääkohteena ovat monikielisten ilmaisujen merkitykset. Koodinvaihdon funktioiden ja merkitysten osalta esitin, että funktiot voidaan jakaa tilanteisiin eli esimerkiksi genrestä johtuviin, metaforisiin eli pragmaattisia merkityksiä luoviin sekä fasilitatiivisiin eli diskurssia järjestäviin funktioihin. Erityisesti metaforiset funktiot voitiin edelleen jakaa luokkiin sen mukaan, miten kohteliaisuusteoriaan liittyvät muuttujat ovat niissä esillä. Tulosten perusteella voitiin todeta, että etenkin solidaarisuuden ilmaiseminen oli tyypillinen funktio, mutta näytelmässä toista kieltä voidaan käyttää myös esimerkiksi kuulijan loukkaamiseen, valtaerojen esiintuomiseen sekä viestin salaukseen. Valitsemani metodi osoittautui toimivaksi, ja ehdotankin tutkielmassani, että tätä samaa metodia tulisi soveltaa myös muiden diskurssistrategioiden tutkimiseen.

Dictionnaire francois-latin : auquel les mots françois, avec les manieres d'user d'iceulx, sont tournez en latin... ([Reprod.]) / [Jacques Dupuys]

Collection : Archives de la linguistique française ; 136

Dictionnaire francois latin contenant les motz et manières de parler francois, tournez en latin ([Reprod.])

[Dictionnaire français-latin (français moyen-latin). 1539 fac-sim.]

Interdependence of Macroeconomics Variables, Stock Market Returns and Stock Market Volatility in Latin America

This thesis examines the interdependence of macroeconomic variables, stock market returns and stock market volatility in Latin America between 2000 and 2015. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru were chosen as the sample markets, while inflation, interest rate, exchange rate, money supply, oil and gold were chosen as the sample macroeconomic variables. Bivariate VAR (1) model was applied to examine the mean return spillovers between the variables, whereas GARCH (1, 1) – BEKK model was applied to capture the volatility spillovers. The sample was divided into two smaller sub-periods, where the first sub-period covers from 2000 to 2007, and the second sub-period covers from 2007 to 2015. The empirical results report significant shock transmissions and volatility spillovers between inflation, interest rate, exchange rate, money supply, gold, oil and the selected markets, which suggests interdependence between the variables.

Did ISI fail and is neoliberalism the answer for Latin America? Re-assessing common wisdom regarding economic policies in the region

The second phase of Import Substituting Industrialization, commonly known as ISI2, involved the move in Latin America to "heavy" industrialization, from around 1950-80. This period of economic history has been reviled on both the Left and the Right as being one of either heightened dependency or one demonstrating the clear failure of state intervention in the economy. In this research note, a basic statistical analysis is used to back up other descriptive claims that the ISI2 period was rather one of mixed success, with macroeconomic volatility accompanying great progress in GDP and manufacturing growth. In a sense, the ISI2 period succeeded in industrializing the large economies of the period, and contrasts favorably with the record of the succeeding paradigm of neoliberalism. This research note seeks to raise questions about the way we look at the historical period of ISI2, and suggests that a more open-minded perspective could lead to a more effective and sustainable political economy paradigm for the region in the future.

The false promises of the (second) Washington consensus: evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean (1990-2003)

The objective of this paper is twofold. Firstly, we show how, and to what extent, Latin American and Caribbean countries applied the precepts of the second Washington consensus, i.e. a consensus which stresses the capital account liberalization. Secondly, we highlight the effects of this set of reforms on their economies. Thus, we show that countries having most scrupulously followed these recommendations did not experience better economic results. On the contrary, their situation as regards inequality and debt is getting worse than others.