Compte rendu : « Veilleurs de nuit. Saison théâtrale 1988-1989 » de David Gilbert

Compte rendu critique de l'ouvrage de Gilbert « Veilleurs de nuit : saison théâtrale 1988-1989 » (Montréal : Les Herbes rouges, 1989, 78 p.).

Factores asociados a recuperación visual deficiente después de cirugía exitosa para desprendimiento de retina regmatógeno

Introducción: Varias características pueden afectar el pronóstico visual después de resolver quirúrgicamente el desprendimiento de retina. Existen características no observables por el ojo humano por si solo pero si por tomografía óptica coherente que se relacionan con la recuperación visual. Objetivo: Describir las características clínicas y topográfica en los periodos pre y postquirúrgico de ojos que ha sufrido DR regmatógeno con compromiso macular y su relación con la calidad de recuperación visual después de una cirugía considerada exitosa desde el punto de vista anatómico. Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo en el que se comparan algunas características en tres periodos perioeperatorios, uno antes y dos después de cirugía (3 y 6 meses) de 24 ojos con DRregmatógeno y compromiso macular intervenidos mediante retinopexia combinada con vitrectomía pars plana. Resultados: La recuperación visual mejor o igual que logMAR 0,397 (20/50) se dió en 41,7% de ojos y 16,7%. alcanzaron agudeza visual logMAR 0,301 (20/40). Cinco ojos no alcanzaron una ganancia de líneas de visión mayor a cinco. El líquido submacular ausente se observó en la mayoría de ojos que recuperaron más de cinco líneas al igual que aquellos con elipsoide conservado. La regularidad del neuroepitelio y el edema en el periodo posquirúrgico no mostraron comportamientos claros respecto a recuperación visual al igual que la altura del desprendimiento y el número de cuadrantes afectados. Una mejor recuperación visual fue más frecuente en aquellos con menos de cinco semanas de desprendimiento de retina. Conclusiones: El retraso menor a cinco semanas en la resolución del desprendimiento de retina, la conservación del elipsoide y la ausencia de líquido submacular en el periodo postquirúrgico se observó más frecuentemente en ojos con mejor recuperación visual.

Kevin, vivir el cacao.

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“El negro Santander” de Enrique Gil Gilbert: memorias subalternas de la modernización (Homenaje)

A través del examen crítico del cuento “El negro Santander”, del libro Yunga (1933) del ecuatoriano Enrique Gil Gilbert, miembro de la conocida Generación del 30, se propone una serie de interrogantes desde lo que, en términos simbólicos, el texto revela en torno a la idea de la nación, sus exclusiones, la modernidad y la presencia de la diáspora afro en la sociedad ecuatoriana. Este ensayo echa luz, desde una perspectiva actual, sobre uno de los cuentos emblemáticos de la obra de Gil Gilbert que forma parte la vanguardia narrativa que se da en Ecuador y América Latina en los años 30 del siglo XX.

Formal total synthesis of (±)-conduramine E utilising the Bryce-Smith-Gilbert photoamination reaction

Utilising a Bryce-Smith-Gilbert photoamination of benzene as a key step, a synthesis of ()-conduramine E was carried out. A highly regioselective dihydroxylation of a cyclic diene was effected utilising Sharpless AD-mix-b.

An earth-system prediction initiative for the twenty-first century

The necessity and benefits for establishing the international Earth-system Prediction Initiative (EPI) are discussed by scientists associated with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Weather Research Programme (WWRP), World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme (IGBP), Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), and natural-hazards and socioeconomic communities. The proposed initiative will provide research and services to accelerate advances in weather, climate, and Earth system prediction and the use of this information by global societies. It will build upon the WMO, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) and the International Council for Science (ICSU) to coordinate the effort across the weather, climate, Earth system, natural-hazards, and socioeconomic disciplines. It will require (i) advanced high-performance computing facilities, supporting a worldwide network of research and operational modeling centers, and early warning systems; (ii) science, technology, and education projects to enhance knowledge, awareness, and utilization of weather, climate, environmental, and socioeconomic information; (iii) investments in maintaining existing and developing new observational capabilities; and (iv) infrastructure to transition achievements into operational products and services.

RE Kevin and the right of transsexual persons to marry in Australia

This article considers the decision of the Family Court of Australia in Re Kevin (Validity of Marriage of a Transsexual) [2001] FamCA 1074, which was upheld by the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia in February 2003. Re Kevin was the first case in Australia to deal directly with the question of whether a transsexual person could marry under Australian law. In the past, Australia had adhered to the judgement of Ormrod J in Corbett v Corbett [1971] P. 83, which set the benchmark for what is ‘male’ and what is ‘female’ under the common law. Prior to Re Kevin the question of what is a man and what is a woman for the purposes of marriage in Australia mirrored the strict biological test established in Corbett. In other words, the Australian courts relied upon biological factors, as espoused by Ormrod J, when determining a person's true sex. In Re Kevin, Chisholm J examined in detail what it is to be a man or woman, but unlike Ormrod J considered ‘brain sex’ to have a significant impact on a person's view of their own innate sexual identity. The Full Court of the Family Court agreed with the powerful and well-reasoned judgement of Chisholm J at first instance.

Re Kevin : gender dysphoria and the right to marry

What does it comfort any of us to insist that an individual shall be a man, when for the purposes of ordinary life that individual can only be, and be recognised, as a woman? What pride can there be for a law which vetoes the attitudes dictated by ordinary humanity?[1]

Those suffering from gender dysphoria have been described in the following simple language:

People with gender dysphoria or gender identity disorder live with a conviction that their physical anatomy is incompatible with their true gender role. They have an overwhelming desire to live and function in the opposite biological sex.

Monitoring the marine environment adjacent to a petroleum refinery on Corio Bay, Victoria, Australia /Peter James Gilbert

The objective of the work reported in this thesis was to design and implement an ecological effects environmental monitoring program which would: 1) Collect baseline biological information on sessile epibiotic fouling communities from an area adjacent to a petroleum refinery located on Corio Bay, Victoria, to allow comparison with results of future monitoring for the assessment of long term temporal water quality trends. 2) Detect and — if possible - estimate the magnitude of any influence on epibiotic fouling communities within the Corio Bay marine ecosystem attributable to operations at the Shell Petroleum Refinery. 3) Investigate the extent of thermal stratification and rate of dispersal of the petroleum refinery main cooling-water outfall plume (discharging up to 350,000 tonnes of warmed seawater per day), and its effect on epibiotic communities within the EPA-defined mixing zone. A major component of the work undertaken was the design and development of artificial-substrate biological sampling stations suitable for use under the conditions prevailing in Corio Bay, and the development of appropriate quantitative underwater photographic sampling techniques to fulfil the experimental criteria outlined above. Experimental and other constraints imposed on the design of the stations precluded the simple suspension of frames from jetties or pylons, a technique widely used in previous work of this type. Artificial substrate panels were deployed along three radial transects centred within and extending beyond the petroleum refinery main cooling-water mixing zone. Identical substrate panels were deployed at a number of control sites located throughout Corio Bay, each chosen for differences in their degree of exposure to such factors as water movement, depth, shipping traffic and/or comparable industrial activity. The rate of colonisation (space utilisation) and the development of epibiotic fouling communities on artificial substrate panels was monitored over two twelve-month sampling periods using quantitative underwater photographic sampling techniques. Sampling was conducted at 4-8 week intervals with the rate of panel colonisation and community structure determined via coverage measurements. Various species of marine algae, polychaete tubeworms, hydroids, barnacles, simple and colonial ascidians, sponges, bivalve molluscs and encrusting bryozoans were all detected growing on panels. Communities which established on panels within the cooling-water mixing-zone and those at control sites were compared using statistical procedures including agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis. A photographic sample archive has been established to allow comparison with similar future studies.

Law and theology in Gilbert of Foliot's (c. 1105/10-1187/88) correspondence

Lord Peter Stein, eminent historian of Roman law, described the interaction of law and theology in the writings of one twelfth-century writer as a kind of 'universal jurisprudence' , The twelfth-century figure to whom he referred was Master Vacarius (c. 1115/2O-c. 1200), well-known English Roman lawyer and Anglo-Norman canonist. While Stein drew this conclusion largely on the basis of an analysis of Vacatius' strictly 'legal' work, the Liber pauperum, I have shown elsewhere, following a systematic study ofVacarius' other works, dealing with maniage, christology and heresy, that, when seen together, they demonstrate a use of law as a universal heuristic device to resolve conflict in law and theology.

Kevin Rudd and harmony

At a major speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC on March 31, 2008, Rudd indicated a new direction in Australian foreign policy concerning China. He focused on the concept of 'harmony', recognizing the key importance of China's role in a 'harmonious World 'as a' responsible stakeholder. '
Rudd declared that he looked to China's taking a vital role in the World 'in strengthening the global and regional rule-based order'. He has also highlighted the importance of treating China as a friend with much common ground but with whom honest, straight talk was a vital factor in the relationship.
I want to explore and explain the development and significance of Rudd's new approach to the concept of harmony and rule based order. I want to suggest that Rudd has pioneered a new direction in Australia's policies toward China. Rudd focuses on the ancient and developing concept of harmony into a rule-based order that is necessary to building a harmonious world.