Esplicación histórica de la Instituta del Emperador Justiniano : con testo, traducción y aclaraciones al fin de cada párrafo ; precedida de una generalización del derecho romano, según los testos antiguos y los últimos descubiertos /

Contiene : Vol. I - Vol. II

La restauración del libro Cirugía Universal de Juan Fragoso, impreso en Alcalá de Henares en 1607

En el presente artículo se ofrecen los procedimientos y resultados de la restauración del libro Cirugía Universal (1607) de Juan Fragoso, llevada a cabo por las autoras durante las prácticas curriculares del Título Superior de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales en la especialidad de Documento Gráfico y durante las prácticas realizadas en el marco de la “Campaña de Verano” 2016 respectivamente, gracias al acuerdo de colaboración entre la Biblioteca Histórica y la Escuela Superior de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales.

Copto-Arabic Universal Chronography. Between Antiquity, Judaism, Christianity and Islam The K. al-Tawārīkh of N. al-Khilāfa Abū Shākir Ibn al-Rāhib (655 Heg. / 973 Mart. / 1257 Chr. / 1569 Alex. / 6750 AM)

La obra histórica del erudito y enciclopedista de la edad de oro de la literatura árabe copta, de la cual el Dr. Samuel Moawad (Munster) está preparando una edición, representa en realidad una colección de tres tratados divididos artificialmente en 51 capítulos secuenciales. El núcleo cronológico es precedido por un largo tratado con 47 capítulos sobre cálculos astronómicos y eclesiásticos así como épocas históricas y calendarios de diferentes naciones. La parte histórica propia (ch. 48-50), de los cuales el llamado Chronicon orientale representa una deficiente revisión anónima, trata sucesivamente de historia universal, dinastías islámicas y patriarcas coptos. Un sumario histórico, así como dogmático, de los primeros siete/ocho concilios de la Iglesia cristiana (cap. 51) termina la compilación entera. El conocido historiador al-Makin Ibn al-.Amid hace un gran uso de la labor de su contemporáneo y, al parecer a través de él, los grandes historiadores musulmanes: Ibn Khaldun, Maqrizi o Qalqashandi hacen mención continua de Ibn al-Rahib. Más tarde en el siglo XVI, el K. al-Tawarikh fue traducido en etiópico y tuvo un gran impacto en la literatura histórica y computacional de los etíopes.

Cronología de la Academia Costarricense de la Lengua

     La revista LETRAS ofrece en este número un interesante documento, escrito por el ilustre filólogo, lingüista y poeta Arturo Agüero Chaves (1907-2001), en el que se hace un minucioso e interesante recuento de la trayectoria de la Academia Costarricense de la Lengua. Agüero le dio un particular impulso a esa corporación, de la que fue su Director durante muchos años. El documento que aquí se reproduce, redactado hacia 1989, pone en una nueva perspectiva el trabajo llevado a cabo por quienes han integrado en sus diversas etapas esa institución.     Se completa esta sección con la nómina histórica de quienes sucesivamente han ocupado las diecinueve sillas de la Academia, desde su fundación en 1923.      LETRAS agradece a la actual Academia Costarricense de la Lengua la cesión de esos documentos y su autorización para publicarlos en este número.

PENSAR UNIVERSAL: SAMBA DE COCO PARELHA TROCADA E O TIC TAC DO TEMPO

O trabalho tem como objetivo discutir através da dança o resgate da identidade cultural da comunidade quilombola Estrela, localizada no nordeste do Brasil, analisada nos seus respectivos contextos sócio históricos, abordados a partir da dança: Samba de Coco Parelha Trocada como elemento da trajetória histórica dessa comunidade afro descendente, marco nas lutas em defesa da identidade dessa comunidade. Para discutir a temática, necessário se faz entender criticamente o significado dos conceitos: aprender a conhecer aprender a fazer, aprender a ser e aprender a conviver, superando o individualismo e dando ênfase ao coletivo como entendimento principal às questões culturais. Para o desenvolvimento do trabalho se faz necessário uma abordagem metodológica ancorada na perspectiva dialógica, etnográfica, com o aporte do referencial teórico histórico materialista, na perspectiva de investigar e mediar um processo de construção de conhecimentos que ressalte e permita o estabelecimento de relações entre a teoria e a realidade social em que vive essa comunidade. Como achados iniciais destacamos a compreensão da comunidade a partir da identidade cultural advinda do samba de coco de parelha trocada.

A review of the economic consequences of a policy of universal leucodepletion as compared to existing practices

Leucodepletion, the removal of leucocytes from blood products improves the safety of blood transfusion by reducing adverse events associated with the incidental non-therapeutic transfusion of leucocytes. Leucodepletion has been shown to have clinical benefit for immuno-suppressed patients who require transfusion. The selective leucodepletion of blood products by bed side filtration for these patients has been widely practiced. This study investigated the economic consequences in Queensland of moving from a policy of selective leucodepletion to one of universal leucodepletion, that is providing all transfused patients with blood products leucodepleted during the manufacturing process. Using an analytic decision model a cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted. An ICER of $16.3M per life year gained was derived. Sensitivity analysis found this result to be robust to uncertainty in the parameters used in the model. This result argues against moving to a policy of universal leucodepletion. However during the course of the study the policy decision for universal leucodepletion was made and implemented in Queensland in October 2008. This study has concluded that cost-effectiveness is not an influential factor in policy decisions regarding quality and safety initiatives in the Australian blood sector.

Towards universal high quality early childhood education

The Australian Government has committed $970 million over 5 years to fund the expansion of preschool education and has established a National Early Childhood Education Partnership Agreement with States and Territories to achieve universal preschool access by 2013. The Partnership Agreement acknowledges the role of State and Territory Government in preschool education, and different approaches to preschool provision. It also recognises differences in current preschool participation rates across states and territories. This paper offers snapshots of a number of different models of preschool provision, spanning traditional sessional approaches to some integrated and innovative approaches within the long day care context. The paper explores the newer long day care model and offers recommendations for the delivery of preschool education within this different context.

Universal online interventions might engage psychologically distressed university students who are unlikely to seek formal help

University students are a high risk population for mental health problems, yet few seek professional help when experiencing problems. This study explored the potential role of an online intervention for promoting wellbeing in university students, by investigating students' help-seeking behaviour, intention to use online interventions and student content preference for such interventions; 254 university students responded to an online survey designed for this study. As predicted, students were less likely to seek help as levels of psychological distress increased. Conversely, intention to use an online intervention increased at higher levels of distress, with 39.1%, 49.4% and 57.7% of low, moderate and severely distressed students respectively indicating they would use an online program supporting student well-being. Results suggest that online interventions may be a useful way to provide help to students in need who otherwise may not seek formal help.

Inclusive universal design practice and activism : a case study

This paper reports on a unique approach to inclusive practice that responds to several critical issues highlighted in the first Universal Design (UD) Conference in Yokohama as well as in more recent literature on universal design. The approach, as explained in the paper, involves a not-for-profit community organization, university researchers, and a design action group comprising practitioners from across the design disciplines, together with other specialist consultants, developing a voluntary capacity an independent housing model for people with disabilities and their families or caretakers. With a focus on relationships and "a system that places human beings at the centre in all respects", this paper presents the approach and the ermerging theoretical framework which addresses three issues that afacan and Erbug (2009) propose hinder the integration of universal design with design practice, namely: theory-practice inconsistency involving the lack of flow-on of universal design awareness into design practice; a way of thinking that exhibits very little empathy with and understanding of the requirements of diverse users; and poorly implemented and coordinated collaboration and communication involving designers and other professionals (pp. 731 - 732).

The Tension between a constructed self and universal reason in considerations of elective death

Review of Coping with Choices to Die, by C. G. Prado. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

The resourceful adolescent project : a universal approach to preventing adolescent depression through promoting resilience and family well-being in Australia

This chapter contains sections titled: -Adolescent Depression and the Australian National Mental Health Strategies -Preventive Interventions and Adolescent Depression -The Rationale and Content of the Interventions -Evaluations of the Resourceful Adolescent Programs