Reseña del Congreso Internacional 'Humanismo, mestizaje y escritura'. Universidad de Sevilla, 28-30 de octubre de 2009

Este Congreso Internacional"Humanismo, mestizaje y escritura", que conmemoraba los 400 años de la publicación de los Comentarios reales del Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, se celebró en la Universidad de Sevilla del 28 al 30 de octubre de 2009. El evento, organizado por Carmen de Mora (Universidad de Sevilla), Guillermo Serés (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona) y Mercedes Serna (Universidad de Barcelona), con apoyo de la Asociación Española de Estudios Hispanoamericanos (AEELH) y la Universidad de Sevilla, fue un éxito de contenido, de organización y de público.

Reliability of maximal grip strength measurements and grip strength recovery following a stroke.

STUDY DESIGN: Clinical measurement. PURPOSE: The test-retest reliability of maximal grip strength measurements (MGSM) is examined in subjects for 12 weeks post-stroke together with maximal grip strength recovery and the maximal-grip and upper-extremity strength measurements' relationship with capacity and performance test scores. METHODS: A Jamar dynamometer and the Motricity Index (MI) were used for strength measurements. The Chedoke Arm and Hand Activity Inventory and ABILHAND questionnaire for evaluating capacities and performances. RESULTS: MGSM were reliable (Intraclass Correlation Coefficients = 0.97-0.99, Minimal Detectable Differences = 2.73-4.68 kg). Among the 34 participants, 47% did not have a measurable grip strength one week post-stroke but 50% of these recovered some strength within the first eight weeks. The MGSM and MI scores were correlated with scores of tests of capacity and performance (Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficients = 0.69-0.94). CONCLUSIONS: MGSM are reliable in the first weeks after a stroke. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: N/A.

Conocimiento y satisfacción de la aprobación de la prescripción enfermera (Ley 28/2009) en enfermeras de formación máster y especialidad de la Universidad de Barcelona

Objetivo: Identificar el nivel de conocimiento, satisfacción y capacitación de las enfermeras con relación a la prescripción enfermera tras la aprobación de la Ley 28/2009. Método: Estudio observacional descriptivo transversal realizado en la Escuela de Enfermería de la Universidad de Barcelona. Los sujetos a estudio fueron 485 enfermeras en formación máster o especialización y docentes de dicha escuela. Las variables principales de estudio fueron: satisfacción, conocimiento e información de la aprobación de la Ley, conocimiento de los elementos autorizados a prescribir, percepción de capacidad prescriptora de las enfermeras y opinión de la necesidad formativa e informativa respecto a la Ley. Como secundarias: años de experiencia profesional, ámbito laboral, curso formativo y sociodemográficas. La recogida de datos se realizó entre los meses de marzo y abril de 2010 mediante un cuestionario autoaplicable ad hoc de 29 ítems, probado previamente. Resultados: Participaron 345 enfermeras, el 87,2% (301) alumnas en formación máster. El 72,3% (238) de las enfermeras conocían la aprobación de la ley, pero un 95,9% (303) indicó tener insuficiente información. La satisfacción media con la aprobación de la Ley se situó en 6,24 ± 2,08. El 57,6% (189) de las enfermeras opinaron estar capacitadas para prescribir productos sanitarios y un 41,3% (134), para prescribir fármacos. Conclusiones: Hay satisfacción con la aprobación de la Ley 28/2009. Actualmente muchas enfermeras prescriben productos farmacológicos y sanitarios de forma autónoma.

Al-Bīrūnī's Kitāb Sānk and Kitāb Pātanğal:A Historical and Textual Study

The historical pole of this research distinguishes differing historical and cultural contexts in which the scholar al-Bïrûnî evolved. Between the years 973 and 1017, he lived in Khwarezm (Kät and JürjänTya), Ray, and Jürjän. He also dwelt in Kabul and Ghazna, both situated on a passage between Persia and India, and travelled to some parts of early medieval India between the years 1017 and 1030. Evidence pointing to him having made actual direct observations beyond the abode of Islam remains scanty. According to his writings, only five locales emerge as having been visited by him, all situated in today's Afghanistan and Pakistan. When al-BTrunl visited these places, he encountered the society of the Indian Shähis, who followed a form of Brahmanism. Al-Bïrûnï's knowledge of Sanskrit was the result of a long process that lasted at least 30 years (1000-1030). In order to reach the level of Sanskrit that enabled him to translate several works from Sanskrit into Arabic, he needed to work with literate people well-versed in Sanskrit, who may also have had some comprehension of Arabic, and/or Persian. The textual pole of this dissertation examines the question of the relationship between al- Bïrûnï's Arabic Kitab Sank and Kitäb Pätangal - two works related to Sämkhya-Yoga - and their possible Sanskrit sources. A philological survey based on these Arabic translations and on Sämkhya-Yoga Sanskrit literature highlights that al-Bïrûnï's translations, both, are related to the classical phase in the development of these two Indian philosophical systems. Despite the early spread of Yoga and Sämkhya ideas through Sanskrit literature, it seems that between the early 11th and 16th centuries they lost vitality amongst Indian scholars. Therefore, al-Bïrûnï's translation of works related to these specific Indian philosophies in the early 11th century CE deserves attention. The second pole of this study also demonstrates that al-BTrünl's hermeneutics played an important part in his transmission of these two Indian schools of thought, as he highly transformed his source in both form and substance. This dissertation considers the question of the relationship between al-Bïrûnï's Arabic translations and their possible Sanskrit sources from the viewpoint of Translation Studies; which makes it possible to point out potential candidates for being al-Bïrûnï's original Sanskrit sources with some confidence. Overall, the Kitäb Sank and the Kitäb Pätangal represent original works of Sämkhya and Yoga, as viewed and transmitted by a Perso-Muslim scholar, rather than pure translations of Sanskrit work.

Acte de distinció com magister honoris causa de Josep Pla i Carrera : 28 de febrer de 2007

Conté: Exordi / Sebastià Xambó Descamps. Elogi de professor Josep Pla i Carrera / Eduard Recasens Gallart. Discurs /Josep Pla i Carrera

Homenatge a Montserrat Roca Junyet bibliotecària de l'Escola amb motiu de la seva jubilació: 28 d'octubre 1992

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Paliggenesia Matth. XIX. 28. philologica excussa dissertatione

Invocatio: [Alpha et Omega].