La documentació personal com a eina docent: ensenyar i aprendre amb els fons personals

L"objectiu de la contribució que presentem és força senzill d"entendre: hem volgut donar forma a una activitat viscuda per recordar-la i per aprofitar-la quan l"haguem de menester. Com ho hem fet?, doncs materialitzant uns fets, uns pensaments i unes idees en forma de document, el qual a hores d"ara ja forma part del nostre fons personal. La finalitat del document, però, va més enllà: volem donar a conèixer la vàlua dels fons personals com a recurs estratègic per a l"aprenentatge de l"Arxivística. Hem volgut compartir la nostra experiència en aquest canal de comunicació professional perquè pensem, modestament, que treballs com aquest poden ser noves formes d"avançar en el progrés teòric de l"Arxivística.

Omistajuus asiakasomisteisissa osuuskunnissa

Asiakasomisteiset osuuskunnat ovat menestyneet Suomessa erittäin hyvin. Niiden ymmärtäminen yritysmuotona on kuitenkin toistaiseksi perustunut lähinnä muilla kuin liiketaloustieteen oppialoilla tehdyille tutkimuksille. Johtaminen ja organisaatiot -oppialalla asiakasomisteista osuustoimintaa on tutkittu erittäin vähän. Tämä väitöskirja pyrkii vastaamaan osuustoiminnan liiketaloustieteellisen tutkimuksen kehittämisen haasteeseen keskittymällä omistajuuteen, yritystoiminnan erityispiirteiden ytimeen. Tutkimus osallistuu osuustoiminnallisesta omistajuudesta Suomessa käytävään akateemiseen keskusteluun esittelemällä viitekehyksen asiakasomisteisen osuuskunnan omistajuuden tulkitsemiseen. Tutkimuksessa pyritään ymmärtämään asiakasomistajuuden ulottuvuuksia, kuten ne rakentuvat osuustoiminnan asiantuntijoiden puheenvuoroissa. Asiakasomistajuutta ei siis analysoida "rivijäsenten" näkökulmasta, vaan tulkinta rajoittuu OP-ryhmän osuuspankkien ja S-ryhmän osuuskauppojen johtajien ja hallintohenkilöiden sekä tutkijoidentutkimusaineistossa esittämiin selontekoihin. Aineisto koostuu kaikkiaan kolmestakymmenestäviidestä haastattelusta sekä dokumenttiaineistosta. Tulkittavia tekstejä lähestytään siten, että niiden ajatellaan ylläpitävän ja aktiivisesti rakentavan asiakasomisteisten osuuskuntien omistajuutta. Väitöskirjassa rakentuva asiakasomistajuuden malli pitää sisällään sekä taloudellisrationaalisen että psykologisen omistajuuden niin yksittäisen asiakasomistajan kuin jäsenyhteisön näkökulmasta. Työn teoreettisena kontribuutiona on erityisesti asiakasomisteisen osuuskunnan omistajuuden psykologisen ulottuvuuden määrittely sekä sen liittäminen yhteisötasolla paikallisuuteen ja alueellisuuteen. Edellä mainittujen omistajuuden ulottuvuuksien ollessa kiinteästi sidoksissa asiakasomisteisten osuuskuntien rakenteeseen ja toimintatapaan, ne tarjoavat kehityspohjan kyseisten yritysten johtamista ja omistajaohjausta käsitteleville teorioille.

L'avaluació, tria i eliminació de fons fotogràfics digitals. Estudi de cas del fons del fotògraf Efren Montoya a l'Arxiu Històric de Sabadell

Durant la última dècada hem viscut l’explosió de la fotografia digital. Les possibilitats de captar imatges s’ha multiplicat de manera gairebé infinita sense implicar costos afegits pel fotògraf. Això ens obliga a replantejar-nos la necessitat d’establir uns criteris ben definits per avaluar, triar i eliminar les fotografies que ingressen als nostres arxius. El treball que es presenta aquí té com a objectiu establir uns protocols per tal de poder aplicar aquests procediments al nous fons que passin a formar part del nostre patrimoni documental. Finalment, s’ha dut a terme l’experiència d’entregar al productor d’un fons part de la seva documentació per tal que ell l’avalués i després comparar els resultats amb l’avaluació duta a terme des de l’arxiu. Paraules clau: avaluació, tria, eliminació, fotografia born-digital, ingrés, metadades, arxiu digital, formats de preservació

Notarios catalanes en Roma: los notarios matriculados en el Archivo de la Curia (1508-1671)

[spa]Este artículo estudia la presencia en Roma de un colectivo de notarios catalanes durante los siglos XVI y XVII. Se trata de los notarios matriculados en el colegio de escritores del archivo de la curia, una institución que tenía la función de crear notarios. Todo notario extranjero que llegaba a Roma tenía que matricularse en este colegio. En los libros de matrícula se insertan diversos datos de cada uno de los notarios, además del signum. Se plantea también la hipótesis de que estos notarios trabajen en Roma ejerciendo el oficio notarial. Por ello se analiza la actividad de algunos de estos notarios en la ciudad de Roma a través de la documentación notarial conservada actualmente en los archivos romanos.

La documentació personal com a eina docent: ensenyar i aprendre amb els fons personals

L"objectiu de la contribució que presentem és força senzill d"entendre: hem volgut donar forma a una activitat viscuda per recordar-la i per aprofitar-la quan l"haguem de menester. Com ho hem fet?, doncs materialitzant uns fets, uns pensaments i unes idees en forma de document, el qual a hores d"ara ja forma part del nostre fons personal. La finalitat del document, però, va més enllà: volem donar a conèixer la vàlua dels fons personals com a recurs estratègic per a l"aprenentatge de l"Arxivística. Hem volgut compartir la nostra experiència en aquest canal de comunicació professional perquè pensem, modestament, que treballs com aquest poden ser noves formes d"avançar en el progrés teòric de l"Arxivística.

Refractory subretinal fluid in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration treated with intravitreal ranibizumab: visual acuity outcome.

PURPOSE: To investigate the functional outcome of eyes with neovascular AMD (nAMD) and subretinal fluid (SRF) refractory to treatment with ranibizumab. METHODS: Retrospective chart review of consecutive treatment-refractory SRF in nAMD despite monthly ranibizumab injections during 12 months or more. Data were evaluated for baseline characteristics, location of the refractory SRF, mean visual acuity (VA) change, number of injections, and timepoint of first complete disappearance of SRF. RESULTS: Forty-five eyes in 44 patients (mean age of 76 years) were included. The mean follow-up was 32.4 months (range 12-73 months). The mean number of injections was 11.6 in the first year and 27.5 over follow-up. The refractory SRF was located subfoveally in 66.7 %. In 12 eyes (26.7 %), complete absorption of SRF was found after a mean of 22.6 months (range, 13-41 months). Mean VA increased by 10.4, 8.2, and 8.6 letters by month 12, 24, and 36, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Neovascular AMD with SRF refractory to monthly retreatment with ranibizumab may still allow good and maintained visual improvement, even if the fluid is located subfoveally. SRF may progressively absorb under continuous monthly treatment. The necessity to treat refractory SRF with monthly injections could be questioned and would need future investigations.

Ocular adnexal (orbital) solitary fibrous tumor: nuclear STAT6 expression and literature review.

PURPOSE: To report the clinico-pathological features of solitary fibrous tumor occurring in the ocular adnexa (OA) in a single center. To assess the presence of NAB2-STAT6 genes fusion in OA solitary fibrous tumor detected by nuclear overexpression of STAT6. METHODS: Retrospective study including orbital and OA solitary fibrous tumors treated between 2006 and 2014 in our center. The clinical, radiological, and histopathological findings were evaluated. STAT6 expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Five patients were identified and presented with a chronic OA mass. The tumors were radiologically well delimited, highly vascularized and without bone erosion. All the patients underwent complete surgical excision. Pathological examination confirmed solitary fibrous tumor in all cases. All tumors demonstrated a nuclear expression of STAT6. There were no recurrences, with a mean follow-up of 5 years after surgery. Our review demonstrated that proptosis was the most common presentation occurring in 60 % of the cases. In the ocular adnexa, adverse histological criteria were found in 19.7 % of the tumors, and recurrences were observed in 48 % of these cases. Thirty-six percent of patients presented at least one local recurrence, and metastastic spread was found in 2.4 % of the cases. Tumor-related death was described in two cases. CONCLUSION: Ocular adnexal SFT are rare and usually present as a chronic orbital mass with proptosis. In the OA, solitary fibrous tumor demonstrates STAT6 nuclear expression, as documented in other locations. Recurrences are unusual and metastasis exceptional. Initial surgical resection should be complete in order to avoid recurrence.

Addition of MR imaging features and genetic biomarkers strengthens glioblastoma survival prediction in TCGA patients.

PURPOSE: The purpose of our study was to assess whether a model combining clinical factors, MR imaging features, and genomics would better predict overall survival of patients with glioblastoma (GBM) than either individual data type. METHODS: The study was conducted leveraging The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) effort supported by the National Institutes of Health. Six neuroradiologists reviewed MRI images from The Cancer Imaging Archive (http://cancerimagingarchive.net) of 102 GBM patients using the VASARI scoring system. The patients' clinical and genetic data were obtained from the TCGA website (http://www.cancergenome.nih.gov/). Patient outcome was measured in terms of overall survival time. The association between different categories of biomarkers and survival was evaluated using Cox analysis. RESULTS: The features that were significantly associated with survival were: (1) clinical factors: chemotherapy; (2) imaging: proportion of tumor contrast enhancement on MRI; and (3) genomics: HRAS copy number variation. The combination of these three biomarkers resulted in an incremental increase in the strength of prediction of survival, with the model that included clinical, imaging, and genetic variables having the highest predictive accuracy (area under the curve 0.679±0.068, Akaike's information criterion 566.7, P<0.001). CONCLUSION: A combination of clinical factors, imaging features, and HRAS copy number variation best predicts survival of patients with GBM.

Degradación de las fotografías anteriores a 1950 por hidrólisis ácida en archivos fotográficos

El patrimonio fotográfico sobre soportes plásticos, tanto si se trata de acetatos como de nitratos está expuesto a un proceso de degradación por hidrólisis ácida que es autocatalítico. Aunque existe bibliografía extensa sobre los procedimientos de conservación y preservación de este tipo de material, no abunda aquella que analice la situación real y actual de las colecciones custodiadas por los centros documentales. El presente trabajo tiene por objetivo dar a conocer el estado de conservación de este tipo de patrimonio en Cataluña, así como las condiciones en las que se produce dicha conservación. De los resultados de infiere que los procedimientos adecuados de conservación solamente se han aplicado recientemente y que las instalaciones con control medioambiental están infrautilizadas. Aunque cerca de un 85 % del material todavía no ha alcanzado un estado de catálisis autoinducida deben tomarse medidas rápidas de preservación puesto que una tercera parte del material estudiado se encuntra cerca de ello.

Identification of imaging selection patterns in acute ischemic stroke patients and the influence on treatment and clinical trial enrollment decision making.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: For the STroke Imaging Research (STIR) and VISTA-Imaging Investigators The purpose of this study was to collect precise information on the typical imaging decisions given specific clinical acute stroke scenarios. Stroke centers worldwide were surveyed regarding typical imaging used to work up representative acute stroke patients, make treatment decisions, and willingness to enroll in clinical trials. METHODS: STroke Imaging Research and Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive-Imaging circulated an online survey of clinical case vignettes through its website, the websites of national professional societies from multiple countries as well as through email distribution lists from STroke Imaging Research and participating societies. Survey responders were asked to select the typical imaging work-up for each clinical vignette presented. Actual images were not presented to the survey responders. Instead, the survey then displayed several types of imaging findings offered by the imaging strategy, and the responders selected the appropriate therapy and whether to enroll into a clinical trial considering time from onset, clinical presentation, and imaging findings. A follow-up survey focusing on 6 h from onset was conducted after the release of the positive endovascular trials. RESULTS: We received 548 responses from 35 countries including 282 individual centers; 78% of the centers originating from Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States. The specific onset windows presented influenced the type of imaging work-up selected more than the clinical scenario. Magnetic Resonance Imaging usage (27-28%) was substantial, in particular for wake-up stroke. Following the release of the positive trials, selection of perfusion imaging significantly increased for imaging strategy. CONCLUSIONS: Usage of vascular or perfusion imaging by Computed Tomography or Magnetic Resonance Imaging beyond just parenchymal imaging was the primary work-up (62-87%) across all clinical vignettes and time windows. Perfusion imaging with Computed Tomography or Magnetic Resonance Imaging was associated with increased probability of enrollment into clinical trials for 0-3 h. Following the release of the positive endovascular trials, selection of endovascular only treatment for 6 h increased across all clinical vignettes.

Hydrological evidence for a North Atlantic oscillation during the Little Ice Age outside its range observed since 1850.

An annual-resolved precipitation reconstruction for the last 800 yr in Southern Spain has been performed using stable carbon isotope (δ13C) of Pinus nigra tree rings. The reconstruction exhibits high- to low-frequency variability and distinguishes a Little Ice Age (LIA, AD 13501850) characterized by lower averaged rainfall than both in the transition from the Medieval Climate Anomaly to the LIA and in the 20th century. The driest conditions are recorded during the Maunder solar Minimum (mid 17thearly 18th centuries), in good agreement with the Spanish documentary archive. Similar linkage between solar activity (maximum/minimum) and precipitation (increase/decrease) is observed throughout the entire LIA. Additionally, the relationship between the hydrological pattern in the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco during the LIA suggests different spatial distribution of precipitation in the south-eastern sector of the North Atlantic region such as it is known currently. Whereas in the instrumental record the precipitation evolves similarly in both regions and opposite to the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) index, the coldest periods of the LIA shows a contrasting pattern with drier conditions in the South of Spain and wetter in Northern Africa. We suggest an extreme negative NAO conditions, accompanied by a southward excursion of the winter rainfall band beyond that observed in the last century, can explain this contrast. The sustained NAO conditions could have been triggered by solar minima and higher volcanic activity during the LIA.