FN ISI Export Format VR 1.0 PT S AU Conejeros, R Vargas, M AF Conejeros, Raul Vargas, Miguel TI Group Effect, Productivity and Segregation Optimality SO ARTIFICIAL MARKETS MODELING: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS SE LECTURE NOTES IN ECONOMICS AND MATHEMATICAL SYSTEMS LA English DT Article C1 [Conejeros, Raul] Pontificia Univ Catolica Valparaiso, Dept Biochem Engn, Valparaiso, Chile. RP Conejeros, R, Pontificia Univ Catolica Valparaiso, Dept Biochem Engn, Valparaiso, Chile. EM rconejer@ucv.cl miguel.vargas@udp.cl TC 0 PU SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN PI BERLIN PA HEIDELBERGER PLATZ 3, D-14197 BERLIN, GERMANY SN 0075-8442 PY 2007 VL 599 BP 209 EP 222 SC Economics; Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications; Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods UT ISI:000263415800015 ER PT J AU Lederman, RP Silva, C Espana, JTL AF Lederman, Regina P. Silva, Concepcion Lopez Espana, Julia Teresa TI PSYCHOSOCIAL ADAPTATION TO PREGNANCY & POSTPARTUM IN MEXICAN PRIMIGRAVID WOMEN SO ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Lopez Espana, Julia Teresa] Univ Texas Galveston, Med Branch, Sch Nursing, Galveston, TX 77550 USA. [Lopez Espana, Julia Teresa] Univ Autonoma Nuevo Leon, Sch Nursing, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. EM rlederma@utmb.edu TC 0 PU SPRINGER PI NEW YORK PA 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA SN 0883-6612 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 33 SU Suppl. 1 BP S45 EP S45 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000261185300169 ER PT J AU O'Garo, KN Edwards, CL Whitfield, K Wood, M Byrd, G Elwood, R Morgan, KA AF O'Garo, Keisha N. Edwards, Christopher L. Whitfield, Keith Wood, Mary Byrd, Goldie Elwood, Robinson Morgan, Kai A. TI PSYCHOLOGICAL MORBIDITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE (SCD) AS A FUNCTION OF AGE SO ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Edwards, Christopher L.; Wood, Mary] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27713 USA. [O'Garo, Keisha N.] Yale Univ, Sch Med, New Haven, CT USA. [Byrd, Goldie] N Carolina A& T State Univ, Greensboro, NC USA. [Elwood, Robinson] N Carolina Cent Univ, Durham, NC USA. [Morgan, Kai A.] Univ W Indies, Mona, Jamaica. EM christopher.edwards@duke.edu TC 0 PU SPRINGER PI NEW YORK PA 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA SN 0883-6612 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 33 SU Suppl. 1 BP S66 EP S66 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000261185300254 ER PT J AU Rojas, M Astudillo, CI Florez, LE Hernandez, B AF Rojas, Mario Astudillo, Claudia I. Florez, Luis E. Hernandez, Bernardo TI READINESS TO CHANGE AND SELF-EFFICACY ASSOCIATED TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN UNDERGRADUATE MEXICAN STUDENTS SO ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Rojas, Mario; Astudillo, Claudia I.] Natl Univ Mexico, Hlth Psychol Program, Mexico City 04470, DF, Mexico. [Florez, Luis E.] Natl Univ Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. [Hernandez, Bernardo] Natl Publ Hlth Inst, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. EM merr@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU SPRINGER PI NEW YORK PA 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA SN 0883-6612 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 33 SU Suppl. 1 BP S191 EP S191 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000261185300745 ER PT J AU Herreras, EB AF Bausela Herreras, Esperanza TI Analysis of the factorial structure of the LURIA-DNA battery in university students SO REVISTA DE PSICODIDACTICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Battery, Luria-DNA is a neuropsychological battery. which has been designed by doctors Manga y Ramos (1999). basing in the Christensen's material. who was a disciple of Luria. With this battery you are able to obtain a comprehensive neuropsychology profile of one person. battery can assessment five domains (viso-space, oral language, memory. intellectual and attention control). In this paper we have to locus the attention, in Study of factory structure. after this instrument has been using to 115 university Students. The outcomes show us and confirm the factorial structure have been obtained while this instrument has been standarized by its authors. C1 Univ Autonoma San Luis Potosi, Fac Psicol, San Luis Potosi 78390, Mexico. RP Herreras, EB, Univ Autonoma San Luis Potosi, Fac Psicol, Carretera Cent Km 424-5, San Luis Potosi 78390, Mexico. EM esperanzabh@yahoo.es TC 0 PU ESCUELA UNIV MAGISTERIO PI BILBAO PA RAMON Y CAJAL 72, BILBAO, 48014, SPAIN SN 1136-1034 PY 2007 VL 12 IS 1 BP 143 EP 151 SC Psychology, Educational UT ISI:000260968000009 ER PT J AU Correa, FJL AF Leon Correa, Francisco J. TI BIOETHICS DIALOGUE IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB In assisted reproductive techniques two moral agents are confronted in informed dialogue: the medical team and the couple with infertility or sterility problems. The offspring in this dialogue is a basic human rights for both parts. There is danger of scientificism and of giving excessive importance to the commercialization of these techniques. Furthermore, it is necessary to establish the conditions to respect the rational ethical norms of discourse in the physician-patient dialogue, under the dialogical ethical perspective and to consider the interests and rights of the offspring as "the other" present-absent. The personalized bioethics perspective and the ethics of basic goods may complement the ethical dilemma's analysis related to assisted reproductive techniques. C1 Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Med, Ctr Bioet, Santiago, Chile. RP Correa, FJL, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Med, Ctr Bioet, Santiago, Chile. EM gibioetica@vtr.net TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 161 EP 167 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260297700002 ER PT J AU Montoya, GJM AF Montoya Montoya, Gabriel Jaime TI ETHICS OF CARE IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CONTEXT SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Ethics of care is a theoretical and practical construct which highlights the essentially human and emotional bond between the health care professional and the patient. This essay emphasizes its application to the field of reproductive health and, mainly, to the dissemination and setting of the reproductive rights. Such strategy is oriented towards allowing a bioethics dialogue among health care professionals and whoever receives their care, since knowledge and information reciprocity generates empathy and humane treatment. The definition of sexual health, the Declaration of Sexual Rights and sexual ethics are considered integrated elements in the ethics of care for those looking for health care services in the Latin American context. C1 Univ Antioquia, Fac Med, Grp Invest Psiquiatria, Medellin, Colombia. RP Montoya, GJM, Univ Antioquia, Fac Med, Grp Invest Psiquiatria, Medellin, Colombia. EM gajamon2004@yahoo.com TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 168 EP 175 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260297700003 ER PT J AU Cecchetto, S Urbandt, P Bostiancic, MC AF Cecchetto, Sergio Urbandt, Patricia Carla Bostiancic, Maria TI HUMAN STERILIZATION SURGERY AND ARGENTINIAN LAW: BIOMEDICAL, LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Argentine's congress recently dictated the 26.130-2006 law about the procedure for sterilization surgery interventions in men and women. This work offers a review of the legal situation in Argentine and in the world. It points out critical observations to its items, highlighting the right to access to other non surgical contraceptive methods; the advisability for the interested sexual partner to know which decision was taken; the need to determine the competence of candidates prior to surgical intervention stated by an interdisciplinary professional team; the duty to regulate the special situation of legally incompetent persons; the importance of establishing an adequate time between the information and the patient's consent; to prevent sterilization to become the only medical practice paid by the public health system, social security organizations and prepaid medical entities; and to be careful about the reach and nature of conscientious objection in each specific circumstance. C1 [Cecchetto, Sergio] Univ Nacl Mar del Plata, CONICET, Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [Urbandt, Patricia] Com Bioet Hosp Interzonales Gen Agudos Dr Oscar A, Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. RP Cecchetto, S, Univ Nacl Mar del Plata, CONICET, Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. EM scypu@infovia.com.ar TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 181 EP 189 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260297700005 ER PT J AU Soto, RV AF Villarroel Soto, Raul TI INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND STATE DUTIES, BIOETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS AROUND THE DEBATE OVER EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION IN CHILE SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This essay tries to show a moral, social and politically relevant debate in Chile: the controversy about emergency contraception and the decision of government authorities to authorize state health care services to distribute the drug commonly known as "the day after pill". Different views of analysis are studied to reach, finally, a bioethical reflection of the problem considering a re-examination of the classical principles perspective, to point out some of its analytical inadequacies and, for this reason, to rethink the problem under a human rights perspective C1 Univ Chile, Fac Filosofia & Humanidades, Ctr Estudios Etica Aplicada, Santiago, Chile. RP Soto, RV, Univ Chile, Fac Filosofia & Humanidades, Ctr Estudios Etica Aplicada, Santiago, Chile. EM rvillarr@uchile.cl TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 190 EP 198 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260297700006 ER PT J AU Becerra, LC Castillo, CD AF Casas Becerra, Lidia Dides Castillo, Claudia TI CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN CHILE: TWO PARADIGMATIC CASES SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper meditates upon conscientious objection and reproductive health in two paradigmatic cases: emergency contraception and voluntary sterilization. Several questions arise regarding conscientious objection towards reproductive health and its ethical (and political) dilemma. As a democratic society we should be concerned about both of them.. C1 [Casas Becerra, Lidia] Univ Diego Portales, Fac Derecho, Santiago, Chile. RP Becerra, LC, Univ Diego Portales, Fac Derecho, Santiago, Chile. EM lidia.casas@udp.cl cdides@flacso.cl TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 199 EP 206 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260297700007 ER PT J AU Rivera, EV Becerra, LC AF Valenzuela Rivera, Ester Casas Becerra, Lidia TI REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL RIGHTS: CONFIDENTIALITY AND HIV/AIDS IN CHILEAN ADOLESCENTS SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Adolescents face cultural and institutional obstacles when visiting health care services searching for sexual and reproductive health care. Youngsters who consider themselves at risk for HIV/AIDS undergo discrimination due to socioeconomic reasons, and their right to health care access is infringed under a confidential framework. The principle of progressive autonomy and the evolution of their faculties is ignored. The International Convention for Child's Rights, ratified by Chile, provides a legal framework for dialogue and for a new relationship between adolescents with their family, the State and society, establishing a new paradigm to consider infants and adolescents as subjects to rights. C1 [Valenzuela Rivera, Ester; Casas Becerra, Lidia] Univ Diego Portales, Fac Derecho, Santiago, Chile. RP Becerra, LC, Univ Diego Portales, Fac Derecho, Santiago, Chile. EM lidia.casas@udp.cl TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 207 EP 215 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260297700008 ER PT J AU Licona, NEA AF Alvarez Licona, Nelson Eduardo TI VALUES OR APPRAISEMENTS. ANTHROPOLOGY'S CONTRIBUTIONS IN BIOETHICS RESEARCH SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper analyzes anthropology's contribution to bioethics, related to its methodology and theoretical frameworks of reference. It affirms that most confusions arise from the mechanic application of the so called "universal values" which would be solved if, when interpreting moral behavior, we understood that we are not considering values but appraisements.. C1 Inst Politecn Nacl, Escuela Super Med, Secc Estudios Postgrad & Invest, Mexico City 07738, DF, Mexico. RP Licona, NEA, Inst Politecn Nacl, Escuela Super Med, Secc Estudios Postgrad & Invest, Mexico City 07738, DF, Mexico. EM nalvarez@ipn.mx TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 232 EP 236 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260297700011 ER PT J AU Fajuri, AZ AF Zuniga Fajuri, Alejandra TI HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AND "AUGE" REFORM IN CHILE SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Through the classification of health care systems in terms of their financing, number of stakeholders and consequences for health care equity, this essay pretends to analyze some of the changes that have taken place in Chile due to the health care reform system "AUGE" (Universal Access to Explicit Guarantees). Pending tasks are examined for conversion to the system that, while maintaining its mixed character, may be able to overcome its present strongly regressive consequences. C1 Univ Diego Portales, Ctr Invest Juridicas, Esculea Derecho, Santiago, Chile. RP Fajuri, AZ, Univ Diego Portales, Ctr Invest Juridicas, Esculea Derecho, Santiago, Chile. EM zunigafajuri@gmail.com TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 237 EP 245 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260297700012 ER PT J AU Outomuro, D Mirabile, LM Cosmai, N AF Outomuro, Delia Mariel Mirabile, Lorena Cosmai, Natalia TI MEDIA POSITIONING OF SPECIALIZED MEDICAL COMMUNITY IN GENETIC STUDIES SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper forms part of the research project: "Social representation of genetic research among the scientific community and the urban population in Buenos Aires. Its influence in the bioethics dialogue," framed in the scientific program of the University of Buenos Aires for 2004-2008. Its objective is to inquire about the social imagery construct connected to technological and scientific achievements in genetics-considering the selection done by the media when informing the general population and the medical community- and to analyze how this construct determines health care social policies and other policies as well. C1 [Outomuro, Delia; Mariel Mirabile, Lorena; Cosmai, Natalia] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Med, Dept Humanidades Med, Unidad Acad Bioet, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Outomuro, D, Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Med, Dept Humanidades Med, Unidad Acad Bioet, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM doutomuro@fmed.uba.ar TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 246 EP 253 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260297700013 ER PT J AU Herreras, EB AF Bauseld Herreras, Esperanza TI Inter individual differences in relation intelectual capacity and personality depends on the genus in a group of university students SO REVISTA DE PSICODIDACTICA LA Spanish DT Article AB In this paper we analzing the inter and intra individual differences of a group university students in function of educate level, genus and progress level, which has been related with the intellectual capacity and some dimensional personality (extroversion, neurotics and psychoticism). In this study has participated 115 university students, two instruments has been applied, WAIS-III (Wechsler, 1999) and the EPQ-R short form (Eysenck and Eysenck, 1991a), theses dates has been analizing through variance analysis. We found differential statistical significant in some variables, which will have an important application in educative context, to instigate an education which respect the diversity and individual human principles. C1 Univ Autonoma San Luis Potosi, Fac Psicol, San Luis Potosi 78390, Mexico. RP Herreras, EB, Univ Autonoma San Luis Potosi, Fac Psicol, Carretera Cent,Km 424-5, San Luis Potosi 78390, Mexico. EM esperanzabh@yahoo.es TC 0 PU ESCUELA UNIV MAGISTERIO PI BILBAO PA RAMON Y CAJAL 72, BILBAO, 48014, SPAIN SN 1136-1034 PY 2007 VL 12 IS 2 BP 249 EP 256 SC Psychology, Educational UT ISI:000261040600005 ER PT S AU Anand, J Oriani, R Vassolo, RS AF Anand, Jaideep Oriani, Raffaele Vassolo, Roberto S. TI MANAGING A PORTFOLIO OF REAL OPTIONS SO REAL OPTIONS THEORY SE ADVANCES IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT : A RESEARCH ANNUAL LA English DT Article AB This study analyses the determinants of the value of a portfolio of real options and explores implications for strategic management. It focuses the analysis on four elements: the number of real options in the portfolio, constraints on the number of options that can be exercised, the volatility of underlying assets, and the correlation between underlying assets. These elements are articulated around a trade-off between growth options and switching options and are applied to different strategic situations of technological, market, and macroeconomic uncertainty. C1 [Anand, Jaideep] Ohio State Univ, Fisher Coll Business, Columbus, OH 43210 USA. [Oriani, Raffaele] LUISS Guido, Rome, Italy. [Vassolo, Roberto S.] Univ Austral, IAE Business Sch, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina. RP Anand, J, Ohio State Univ, Fisher Coll Business, Columbus, OH 43210 USA. TC 3 PU EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED PI BINGLEY PA HOWARD HOUSE, WAGON LANE, BINGLEY, W YORKSHIRE BD16 1WA, ENGLAND SN 0742-3322 PY 2007 VL 24 BP 275 EP 303 DI 10.1016/S0742-3322(07)24010-0 SC Management UT ISI:000260512700010 ER PT J AU Llach, MPA Gomez, MAB AF Agustin Llach, M. Pilar Barreras Gomez, M. Asuncion TI CHILDREN'S CHARACTERISTICS IN VOCABULARY ACQUISITION AND USE IN THE WRITTEN PRODUCTION SO REVISTA ESPANOLA DE LINGUISTICA APLICADA LA English DT Article AB This paper examines children characteristics in relation to their vocabulary acquisition process in the foreign language. The present study analyzes the vocabulary produced in written compositions by 79 young Spanish students in primary education. The main semantic fields used by them are identified and analyzed taking into account their characteristics. The field of leisure and games was found to be the most recurrent, followed by the fields of school, home and family. Their lexical errors are also analyzed, showing that misspellings, omissions, borrowings and substitutions are the most frequent. The results of both the semantic fields and the lexical errors produced by learners highlight the ending of the self-centred stage in which they are. C1 [Agustin Llach, M. Pilar; Barreras Gomez, M. Asuncion] Univ La Rioja, La Rioja, Argentina. RP Llach, MPA, Univ La Rioja, La Rioja, Argentina. TC 0 PU ASOC ESPANOLA LIGUISTICA APLICADA PI LOGRONO PA UNIV RIOJA, DEPT FILOLOGIAS MODERNAS, C-SAN JOSE DE CALASANZ, S-N, LOGRONO, 26004, SPAIN SN 0213-2028 PY 2007 VL 20 BP 9 EP 26 SC Linguistics; Language & Linguistics UT ISI:000260403200001 ER PT J AU Ruiz, JH AF Herrero Ruiz, Javier TI AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN LITERATURE, CULTURE, LINGUISTICS, AND COGNITION: DEATH METAPHORS IN FAIRY TALES SO REVISTA ESPANOLA DE LINGUISTICA APLICADA LA English DT Article AB This paper studies how several death metaphors (e.g. DEATH IS DEPARTURE, DEATH IS COLD, DEATH IS SLEEP, etc.) are able to account for the basic meaning and interpretation of more than thirty popular tales and myths. Besides, we offer the possibility of classifying tales according either to the basic metaphor they contain or to the combination of metaphors that may comprise them. Additionally, the paper explores in what ways the metaphors under scrutiny allow us to explain some of the uncanny elements of tales. Finally, we suggest that these metaphors may have contributed to an easier transmission of many fairy tales and also to make tales alike in different socio-cultural settings. The tales, which are representative of various cultures, have been extracted from the Project Gutenberg online library and belong to the British author and compiter Andrew Lang (1844-1912). C1 Univ La Rioja, La Rioja, Argentina. RP Ruiz, JH, Univ La Rioja, La Rioja, Argentina. TC 0 PU ASOC ESPANOLA LIGUISTICA APLICADA PI LOGRONO PA UNIV RIOJA, DEPT FILOLOGIAS MODERNAS, C-SAN JOSE DE CALASANZ, S-N, LOGRONO, 26004, SPAIN SN 0213-2028 PY 2007 VL 20 BP 59 EP 83 SC Linguistics; Language & Linguistics UT ISI:000260403200004 ER PT J AU Lara, MAM AF Moreno Lara, Maria Angeles TI Cognitive operations and formation of meaning: urban violence SO REVISTA ESPANOLA DE LINGUISTICA APLICADA LA Spanish DT Article C1 Univ La Rioja, La Rioja, Argentina. RP Lara, MAM, Univ La Rioja, La Rioja, Argentina. TC 0 PU ASOC ESPANOLA LIGUISTICA APLICADA PI LOGRONO PA UNIV RIOJA, DEPT FILOLOGIAS MODERNAS, C-SAN JOSE DE CALASANZ, S-N, LOGRONO, 26004, SPAIN SN 0213-2028 PY 2007 VL 20 BP 105 EP 120 SC Linguistics; Language & Linguistics UT ISI:000260403200006 ER PT J AU Fontecha, AF AF Fernandez Fontecha, Almudena TI Self Esteem and Foreign Language Learning SO REVISTA ESPANOLA DE LINGUISTICA APLICADA LA English DT Book Review C1 [Fernandez Fontecha, Almudena] Univ La Rioja, La Rioja, Argentina. RP Fontecha, AF, Univ La Rioja, La Rioja, Argentina. TC 0 PU ASOC ESPANOLA LIGUISTICA APLICADA PI LOGRONO PA UNIV RIOJA, DEPT FILOLOGIAS MODERNAS, C-SAN JOSE DE CALASANZ, S-N, LOGRONO, 26004, SPAIN SN 0213-2028 PY 2007 VL 20 BP 221 EP 225 SC Linguistics; Language & Linguistics UT ISI:000260403200012 ER PT J AU Morgenstern, S Tamayo, AB Faucher, P Nielson, D AF Morgenstern, Scott Tamayo, Arturo Borja Faucher, Philippe Nielson, Daniel TI Scope and Trade Agreements SO CANADIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE-REVUE CANADIENNE DE SCIENCE POLITIQUE LA English DT Article AB With a focus on NAFTA, we offer an alternative model of trade negotiations that explains why the dominant partner is able to force concessions only on some issues. Key to our model is the concept of scope. The environment side agreement excited wide swaths of society; thus, scope was high and international power asymmetries appear to explain the result. Power asymmetries seemed unimportant, however, when bargaining over issues that affected small portions of society, such as individual tariff levels. Finally, in issues of medium scope, such as the rules of origin for the textile industry, power asymmetries and elements of traditional bargaining models likely account for the negotiated outcomes. C1 [Morgenstern, Scott] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Polit Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA. [Tamayo, Arturo Borja] US Mexico Commiss Educ & Cultural Exchange, Mexico City 06600, DF, Mexico. [Faucher, Philippe] Univ Montreal, Dept Polit Sci, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada. [Nielson, Daniel] Brigham Young Univ, Dept Polit Sci, Provo, UT 84642 USA. RP Morgenstern, S, Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Polit Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA. EM smorgens@pitt.edu arturo.borja@comexus.org.mx philippe.faucher@umontreal.ca daniel_nielson@byu.edu TC 1 PU WILFRID LAURIER UNIV PRESS PI WATERLOO PA 75 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST, WATERLOO, ON N2L 3C5, CANADA SN 0008-4239 PD MAR PY 2007 VL 40 IS 1 BP 157 EP 183 DI 10.1017/S0008423907070096 SC Political Science UT ISI:000260135000007 ER PT J AU Alfonso, ARC Pino, RD Capote, JG AF Concepcion Alfonso, Angel R. de la Pena Pino, R. Garcia Capote, J. TI APPROACHING TO ETHICAL-MORAL THINKING OF SCIENTISTS WORKING WITH EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The vertiginous advance of the scientific technical revolution and the use not always rational and ethical of animals in research, has provoked that many researchers worry about the future of animal species used, which has been the topic of many studies in the last decade. Multiple regulations have been formulated and the application of ethical principles in research has been considered. This paper considers the use of alternative methods in research with animals whenever possible, reviews the principle results. C1 [Concepcion Alfonso, Angel R.] Inst Super Ciencias Med Habana, Ctr Nacl Genet Med, Jefe Grp Biomodelos, Havana, Cuba. RP Alfonso, ARC, Inst Super Ciencias Med Habana, Ctr Nacl Genet Med, Jefe Grp Biomodelos, Havana, Cuba. EM aconce@giron.sld.cu TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 9 EP 15 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260192700002 ER PT J AU Hernandez, JF De Icaza, YMH AF Fernandez Hernandez, Jorge Heuze de Icaza, Yvonne Michelle TI THE INNER PROGRAM FOR THE CARE AND USE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS IN BIOMEDICAL, RESEARCH AND PHARMACEUTICAL INSTITUTIONS SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper has as goal to analyze the ethics of the care and use of experimental biomodels known as "laboratory animals". It does not pretend to establish a unique model, but to describe the items to be considered by institutions which produce, maintain and use laboratory animals for academic and/or productive purposes, in order to establish an institutional program for the care and use of animals with the highest scientist, technical and ethical standards. In the same way, it reviews the public perception on the topic and the ethical concerns about the use of laboratory animals in scientific research. C1 [Heuze de Icaza, Yvonne Michelle] Bioterio Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Anim Lab, Unidad Prod & Experimentac, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM jofernan@cinvestav.mx ymheuze@correo.xoc.uam.mx TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 17 EP 24 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260192700003 ER PT J AU Yunta, ER AF Rodriguez Yunta, Eduardo TI ETHICS OF RESEARCH WITH ANIMAL MODELS FOR HUMAN DISEASES SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper argues about the ethical implications of using animals as models for human medicine development. This reflection adopts an intermediate stand between the extreme positions of condemning all research with animals, considering it irrelevant, and that of exaggerating and promoting research with animals as models for human diseases. Our stand considers that in the current scientific state, research with animals is necessary for adjusting to the moral imperative of curing and preventing human diseases, but methods for replacing and reducing the number of animals as well as diminishing their suffering must be sought. C1 Univ Chile, Ctr Interdisciplinario Estudios Bioet, Santiago, Chile. RP Yunta, ER, Univ Chile, Ctr Interdisciplinario Estudios Bioet, Santiago, Chile. EM rodrigue@chi.ops-oms.org TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 25 EP 40 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260192700004 ER PT J AU Valdebenito, C AF Valdebenito, Carolina TI DEFINING HOMO SAPIENS-SAPIENS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper reflects on the similarities and differences between human beings and animals as members of systems in permanent interaction. The main goal is to define Homo, reviewing his/her biological and cultural evolution and reflecting on the animal social behaviors that still remain in Homo sapiens-sapiens. The paper reflect on the moral dilemmas present in humans as cultural beings, taking as example the ethical dilemmas of violence and incest. C1 Univ Chile, Ctr Interdisciplinario Estudios Bioet, Santiago, Chile. RP Valdebenito, C, Univ Chile, Ctr Interdisciplinario Estudios Bioet, Santiago, Chile. EM carvaldeb@uchile.cl TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 71 EP 78 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260192700008 ER PT J AU Verges, C AF Verges, Claude TI PROGRAMS ON SEXUAL EDUCATION IN PANAMA SO ACTA BIOETHICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Which place occupies pleasure in sexual education programs? In Panama, as in other Latin American countries, violence against children and women does not allow people to realize own bodylines and less their right to pleasure. Present programs about sexual education, pregnancy prevention and AIDS promote the use of preservatives and abstinence but do not include the ethics of pleasure. Frequently, the health and training personnel are not prepared to speak about the topic. The use of sexual pleasure as a merchandise in media creates greater confusion. Bioethics must integrate psychological and anthropological studies and a sense of humanity to allow this personnel to work with persons towards the integral appropriation of human beings. C1 Univ Panama, Fac Med, Panama City, Panama. RP Verges, C, Univ Panama, Fac Med, Panama City, Panama. EM cverges2004@yahoo.es TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 0717-5906 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 97 EP 105 SC Ethics; Medical Ethics; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000260192700010 ER PT J AU Lowe, RA Gonzalez-Brambila, C AF Lowe, Robert A. Gonzalez-Brambila, Claudia TI Faculty entrepreneurs and research productivity SO JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER LA English DT Proceedings Paper AB In this paper, we analyze the research productivity of faculty entrepreneurs at 15 research institutes using a novel database combining faculty characteristics, licensing information, and journal publication records. We address two related research questions. First, are faculty entrepreneurs more productive researchers ("star scientists'') compared to their colleagues? Second, does the productivity of faculty entrepreneurs change after they found a firm? We find that faculty entrepreneurs in general are more productive researchers than control groups. We use multiple performance criteria in our analysis: differences in mean publication rate, skewness of publication rate, and impact of publications (journal citation rate). These findings bring together previous work on star scientists by Zucker, Darby, and Brewer [Zucker, L. G., Darby M. R., & Brewer M. B. (1998). The American Economic Review, 88, 290-306.] and tacit knowledge among university entrepreneurs by Shane [Shane, S. (2002). Management Science, 48, 122 -137.] and Lowe [Lowe, R. A. (2001). In G. Libecap (Ed.) Entrepreneurial Inputs and Outcomes. Amsterdam: JAI Press, Lowe, R. A. (2006). Journal of Technology Transfer, 31(4), 412 - 429]. Finally, we find that faculty entrepreneurs' productivity not only is greater than their peers but also does not decrease following the formation of a firm. C1 [Lowe, Robert A.] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 USA. [Gonzalez-Brambila, Claudia] Inst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Mexico City 01000, DF, Mexico. RP Lowe, RA, Carnegie Mellon Univ, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 USA. EM roblowe@andrew.cmu.edu TC 10 PU SPRINGER PI NEW YORK PA 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA SN 0892-9912 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 32 IS 3 BP 173 EP 194 DI 10.1007/s10961-006-9014-y SC Engineering, Industrial; Management UT ISI:000259662300005 ER PT J AU Crespi, GA Geuna, A Nesta, L AF Crespi, Gustavo A. Geuna, Aldo Nesta, Lionel TI The mobility of university inventors in Europe SO JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER LA English DT Proceedings Paper AB This paper analyses university patenting and academic mobility based on information in the PatVal database on European inventors in six European countries. We show that university participation in patenting activity is grossly underestimated when assessed on ownership exclusively: university-owned patents account for only 15% of patents with at least one academic inventor. Academic mobility is unevenly distributed across technologies (most is in biomedics) and across countries (mainly the UK, Germany and the Netherlands). Descriptive evidence highlights the high levels of patenting and mobility of UK academic inventors. We analyse labour mobility from academia to business. Multinomial models show the presence of a strong individual life cycle effect on mobility. Moreover, there are important differences in what determines mobility towards other universities or businesses. Inventors with more valuable patents, which embody more tacit knowledge, are more likely to go to private organisations. Scientific productivity has no impact on the probability of moving. C1 [Nesta, Lionel] OFCE, DRIC, F-75340 Paris 07, France. [Crespi, Gustavo A.] Univ Chile, Dept Econ, Santiago, Chile. [Crespi, Gustavo A.; Geuna, Aldo] Univ Sussex, SPRU, Freeman Ctr, Brighton BN1 9QE, E Sussex, England. RP Nesta, L, OFCE, DRIC, F-75340 Paris 07, France. EM lionel.nesta@ofce.sciences-po.fr TC 1 PU SPRINGER PI NEW YORK PA 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA SN 0892-9912 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 32 IS 3 BP 195 EP 215 DI 10.1007/s10961-006-9012-0 SC Engineering, Industrial; Management UT ISI:000259662300006 ER PT J AU Sutz, J AF Sutz, Judith TI Strong life sciences in innovative weak contexts: a "developmental'' approach to a tantalizing mismatch SO JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER LA English DT Article AB Life sciences are the best developed area of academic research throughout Latin America. Biomedical research has been particularly successful. However, generally speaking, excellence in research has not been accompanied by commercially successful innovations, a pattern that differs from what has happened in many highly industrialized countries, even small ones. The paper explores some causes of such disappointing outcome, stressing in particular the historical lack of political and social legitimacy exhibited by innovation policies in underdevelopment. From a developmental point of view it is of great importance the building of such legitimacy. One way of doing so is to link more tightly innovation policies to social concerns; bio-innovation is suggested as a productive path towards that aim. C1 Univ Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay. RP Sutz, J, Univ Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay. EM jsutz@CSIC.EDU.UY TC 1 PU SPRINGER PI NEW YORK PA 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA SN 0892-9912 PD AUG PY 2007 VL 32 IS 4 BP 329 EP 341 DI 10.1007/s10961-006-9022-y SC Engineering, Industrial; Management UT ISI:000259662500003 ER PT J AU Guerra-Juarez, R Gallegos, EC Cerda-Flores, RM AF Guerra-Juarez, Rosalinda Gallegos, Esther C. Cerda-Flores, Ricardo M. TI Lifestyle changes in descendants of parents with diabetes type 2 SO REVISTA LATINO-AMERICANA DE ENFERMAGEM LA English DT Article AB This study aimed to explore the disposition of diabetic parents' descendents in changing eating and physical activity patterns. It was based on the heritability concept and Prochaska's Transtheoretical Model, This is a descriptive-correlational study; participants included 30 parents, randomly selected, and 60 children. Results and conclusion: 68% of the children was classified as obese, 42% with insulin resistance, and 15% with carbohydrate intolerance. None of the risk factors was associated with the stages of change. The heritability factor was 1.37%; more people younger than 40 and women report decreasing in the consumption of fat food (chi i(2) = 6.04, p = .020; and 4.41, p = .040, respectively). These results suggest a high influence of environmental factors on the participants' unhealthy life styles. C1 [Guerra-Juarez, Rosalinda] Univ Autonoma Cd Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. [Gallegos, Esther C.] Univ Autonoma Nuevo Leon, Sch Nursing, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Cerda-Flores, Ricardo M.] NE Ctr Biomed Res, Mexican Social Secur Inst, Div Genet, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Guerra-Juarez, R, Univ Autonoma Cd Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. EM lindaguerra@hotmail.com egallego@fe.uanl.mx ricardocerda_mx@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU UNIV SAO PAULO, ESCOLA DE ENFERMAGEM DE RIBEIRAO PRETO PI RIBEIRAO PRETO PA AV BANDEIRANTES, 3900, RIBEIRAO PRETO, SP, BRAZIL SN 0104-1169 PD SEP-OCT PY 2007 VL 15 IS 5 BP 909 EP 913 SC Nursing UT ISI:000259158000005 ER PT J AU Agudelo-Florez, P Restrepo-Jaramillo, BN Arboleda-Naranjo, M AF Agudelo-Florez, Piedad Nelly Restrepo-Jaramillo, Berta Arboleda-Naranjo, Margarita TI Leptospirosis in Uraba, Antioquia, Colombia: a seroepidemiological and risk factor survey in the urban population SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonosis in tropical regions. The prevalence is unknown in the Colombian region of Uraba. A cross sectional study was conducted from March to October 2000 in order to determine the prevalence of Leptospira spp. antibodies and describe risk factors in nine counties in the region. The sample consisted of 582 individuals, who answered a questionnaire and had blood samples drawn to determine risk factors. Detection of Leptospira spp. antibodies was based on indirect inmunofluorescence and microagglutination. Seroprevalence was 12.5% (95% CI: 10.01-15.5). No differences were observed according to race, gender, occupation, age, living conditions, or time of residence in the area. L. interrogans serovar Grippotyphosa was the most prevalent species, identified in 53 individuals. Titers were > 1: 400 in 38 seropositive individuals. In conclusion, there is a high prevalence of Leptospira spp. antibodies in the area, where it is thus necessary to establish control measures to decrease the risk of environmental exposure to leptospirosis. C1 [Agudelo-Florez, Piedad; Nelly Restrepo-Jaramillo, Berta; Arboleda-Naranjo, Margarita] Univ CES, Inst Colombiano Med Trop, AA-52162 Sabaneta, Colombia. RP Agudelo-Florez, P, Univ CES, Inst Colombiano Med Trop, Cra 43A 52 Sur 99, AA-52162 Sabaneta, Colombia. EM pagudelo@ces.edu.co TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD SEP PY 2007 VL 23 IS 9 BP 2094 EP 2102 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000259210400011 ER PT J AU Mercado-Martinez, FJ Hernandez-Ibarra, E AF Mercado-Martinez, Francisco J. Hernandez-Ibarra, Eduardo TI Chronic illness from the perspective of patients and health professionals: a qualitative study in Mexico SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Chronic diseases are leading causes of morbidity, mortality, and increasing expenditures in numerous countries. However, little is known about how chronic diseases are perceived and managed by social actors. This article aims to compare the perspectives of health professionals and patients towards chronic diseases, besides analyzing the relationship between these two groups. A qualitative, multi-center study was conducted in three Mexican cities: Guadalajara, San Luis Potosi, and Mexico City. Participants included chronically ill individuals, physicians, and other health professionals from primary and secondary health care centers. Data collection used focus groups and interviews. The data were analyzed using discourse analysis. Participants' perceptions varied, from the medicalized view of physicians to that of patients focused on illness and the lifeworld. The participants agreed that there are unequal relationships between health professionals, families, and the chronically ill, but that relationships are more equal among the chronically ill themselves. The article includes by discussing various implications of the findings. C1 [Mercado-Martinez, Francisco J.; Hernandez-Ibarra, Eduardo] Univ Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44860, Jalisco, Mexico. RP Mercado-Martinez, FJ, Univ Guadalajara, Jesus Galindo & Villa 2941,Jardines Paz, Guadalajara 44860, Jalisco, Mexico. EM francisco.mercado@cucs.udg.mx TC 1 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD SEP PY 2007 VL 23 IS 9 BP 2178 EP 2186 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000259210400019 ER PT J AU Marin, E Santillan, R Cuba, C Jurberg, J Galvao, C AF Marin, Edgard Santillan, Rosa Cuba, Cesar Jurberg, Jose Galvao, Cleber TI Intra-domiciliary capture of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Piura, Peru SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus is widely distributed in Central and South America. In Peru, it has been found in Tumbes, Piura, and Cuzco. The authors report the presence of P. rufotuberculatus in Chirinos-La Pareja, Suyo district, Ayabaca Province, Piura Region, Peru. Twenty-eight specimens were collected in two of 15 dwellings: three 2(nd) instar, four 3(rd) instar, two 4(th) instar, and eight 5(th) instar nymphs, three male and eight female, in an intra-domiciliary colony of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus, raised indoors as a source of diet protein) and beds and bedroom walls. None of the fecal samples were naturally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. This is the first report of synanthropic presence of P. rufotuberculatus in the region. The finding emphasizes the need for careful entomological and epidemiological surveillance of this and other triatomine species in the Region. C1 [Galvao, Cleber] Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Lab Nacl & Int Referencia Taxon Triatomineos, Dept Protozool, Inst Oswaldo Cruz, BR-21040900 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. [Marin, Edgard] Univ Privada Antenor Orrego, Trujillo, Peru. [Santillan, Rosa] Oficina Epidemiol Sub Reg Salud Luciano Castillo, Sullana, Peru. [Cuba, Cesar] Univ Brasilia, Fac Med, Brasilia, DF, Brazil. RP Galvao, C, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Lab Nacl & Int Referencia Taxon Triatomineos, Dept Protozool, Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Av Brasil 4365,Pavilhao 108, BR-21040900 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. EM clebergalvao@gmail.com TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD SEP PY 2007 VL 23 IS 9 BP 2235 EP 2238 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000259210400025 ER PT J AU Hamame, CM Cosmelli, D Aboitiz, F AF Hamame, Carlos M. Cosmelli, Diego Aboitiz, Francisco TI What is so informative about information? SO BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES LA English DT Editorial Material AB Understanding evolution beyond it gene-centered vision is a fertile ground for new questions and approaches. However, in this systemic perspective, we take issue with the necessity of the concept of information. Through the example of brain and language evolution, we propsoe the autonomous systems theory as a more biologically relevant framework for the evolutionary perspective offered by Jablonka & Lamb (J&L.). C1 [Hamame, Carlos M.; Cosmelli, Diego; Aboitiz, Francisco] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Med, Ctr Invest Med, Santiago 8330024, Chile. [Hamame, Carlos M.; Cosmelli, Diego; Aboitiz, Francisco] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Med, Dept Psiquiat, Santiago 8330024, Chile. RP Hamame, CM, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Med, Ctr Invest Med, Alameda 340, Santiago 8330024, Chile. EM chamame@med.uchile.cl cosmelli@med.puc.cl faboitiz@med.puc.cl TC 0 PU CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS PI NEW YORK PA 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10013-2473 USA SN 0140-525X PD AUG PY 2007 VL 30 IS 4 BP 371 EP + DI 10.1017/S0140525X07002300 SC Psychology, Biological; Behavioral Sciences; Neurosciences UT ISI:000254847900009 ER PT J AU Gonzalez, MDG AF Guerra Gonzalez, Maria del Rosario TI Multicularism and human rights: To limit, tolerate, or foment that which is different SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Article AB The process of globalization has taken place along With a strengthening of identities. This article features a defense of the rights of the person. These rights are ethical achievements to be defended inside liberal societies, and also in traditional cultures. Three theoretical positions are posed: the first is to impose liberal ideals to societies that are not liberal; the second is to accept the lifestyle of each group whenever it respect human rights; the third is not only to accept diversity, but also to encourage it. The state has to protect minority cultures through special policies, but they can't favor minorities in which there aren't basic equality or basic rights. C1 Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Gonzalez, MDG, Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM mrgg@uaemex.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 3 IS 6 BP 33 EP + SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259289200002 ER PT J AU Garcia, AC AF Cerda Garcia, Alejandro TI Multiculturalism and intercultupal education: Between neoindigenism and autonomy SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Article AB This article analyzes government policies and the alternatives developed by a sector of the indigenous population in intercultural education, considered to be one of the fundamental aspects to understand multiculturalism. The author argues that current governmental initiatives in intercultural education, even if they consider the historic demands of indigenous people, they take said demands with a reduced vision of their implications. The alternative approaches to this governmental version of intercultural education, as this article shows, though they may tend toward the possibility of thinking about multiculturalism and interculturalism, from different reference points, now face the challenge of updating their proposals to avoid getting coopted by neoindigenist discourses of governmental policies and institutions. C1 Univ Autonoma Ciudad Mexico, Colegio Ciencias & Humanidades, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Garcia, AC, Univ Autonoma Ciudad Mexico, Colegio Ciencias & Humanidades, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM alcerda_2000@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 3 IS 6 BP 97 EP + SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259289200005 ER PT J AU Mattio, E AF Mattio, Eduardo TI The virtues of the republic: The benefits of the narrative republic SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Article AB The republican political project has been the occasion of a renewed interest in contemporary political theory, as a preferred alternative to the undesired consequences of some applications of liberalism. In this paper I explore the contrasts between the two traditions as a jumping-off point to analyze Charles Taylor's and Quentin Skinner's understanding of republicanism. Moving beyond their differences, I show that both thinkers share the idea that republican citizenship does not conflict with those liberal values that are still worthy of being defended. Finally, I provide some thoughts on the desirability of rehabilitating the republican narrative in the Latin American context. C1 Univ Nacl Cordoba, RA-5000 Cordoba, Argentina. RP Mattio, E, Univ Nacl Cordoba, RA-5000 Cordoba, Argentina. EM emattio@infovia.com.ar TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 3 IS 6 BP 173 EP + SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259289200007 ER PT J AU Garcia, DE AF Elvira Garcia, Dora TI The relevance of republicanism SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Elvira Garcia, Dora] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Filosofia & Letras, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Garcia, DE, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Filosofia & Letras, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM dora.garcia@itesm.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 3 IS 6 BP 263 EP 268 SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259289200012 ER PT J AU Miguel, H Paruelo, J AF Miguel, Hernan Paruelo, Jorge TI To cause or to let it happen SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Article AB Among the topics covered by discussion on causation between events is causation that involves omissions. If, by having taken precautions, the robbery would not have occurred, then the omission of not having taken precautions is the cause for the robbery On the other hand, if the robbery did not take place because of the precautions taken, we say that those precautions are a preventor of the robbery. Some kind of mirror relationship has been suggested from which derives that not taking precautions and removing them is equivalent. In this paper, such an equivalence is analyzed and it is shown that it has no support for the cases which involve states of affairs. Analyzing causation involves dealing with causation by omission and causation of omission. In the first case, omission to take precautions is the cause of a certain disaster. In the second, having taken such precautions is the cause for not obtaining the mentioned disaster: to take precautions is a preventor of the disaster. It has been pointed out that there exists a mirror relationship between omissions and preventors, giving as a consequence that omitting to establish preventors should be equivalent to removing preventors previously provided. In this paper we analyze this equivalence, and conclude that it cannot be supported when states of affairs take place in the role of causes or of effects. C1 [Miguel, Hernan] Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Miguel, H, Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM ciencias@mail.retina.ar jparuelo@mail.retina.ar TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 4 IS 7 BP 7 EP + SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259304400001 ER PT J AU Miroli, AG AF Miroli, Alejandro G. TI Epistemic filters and relevant alternatives SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper is aimed at doing a contribution to the notion of relevant alternative to the philosophy of science: the hypothesis is that such a notion helps enriching the analysis of the relations between orthodox sciences and the problem of dissidence in sciences. And finally we will examine one case presenting the problem of epistemic dissidence in an extreme form: the case of homeopathy In this sense, given the limitations of this paper, our interest is proposing some clues for the reconstruction and examination of the concept of relevant alternative by examining the relation between homeopathy and actual medicine. C1 [Miroli, Alejandro G.] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Econ, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Miroli, Alejandro G.] Univ Salvador, Dept Ciclo Basico Comun, Salvador, BA, Brazil. RP Miroli, AG, Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Econ, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM alexmir@arnet.com.ar TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 4 IS 7 BP 19 EP + SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259304400002 ER PT J AU Pazos, MA AF Alicia Pazos, Maria TI An epistemological criticism to Larry Laudan's scientific metamethodology SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper is intended to (1) outline the metamethodological proposal by Larry Laudan in his book Beyond Positivism and Relativism (1996), which would provide a foundation for the evaluation of scientific methodologies, that warrants -according to the author-objectivity in sciences and (2) develop a detailed criticism of two theses from this proposal. I suggest these theses are not justified so that a reformulation or radical change would be needed in order for the objectivity of science to be maintained. However, replacing a metamethodology with another could be misleading, since this eludes the fundamental skeptical problem of the justification of knowledge. I will not conclude the end of philosophy in skepticism; nevertheless, my arguments point towards this very overwhelming direction. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Filosofia & Letras, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Pazos, MA, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Filosofia & Letras, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM alipazos@gmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 4 IS 7 BP 55 EP + SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259304400003 ER PT J AU Gonzalez, CE AF Gonzalez, Carlos E. TI Technified observations and comparability in sciences SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Article AB In this paper, I criticize the notion of incommensurability between scientific theories proposed by Kuhn and I put forward a form of comparability based on what I call technified observations as a way to avoid the problem of theory-laddenness produced by untranslatability between theories. I develop three criticisms to the notion of translation that underlies the kuhnian project and to the use of the term incommensurability to refer to this form of lack of isomorphism. I also suggest a way in which progress in science is possible. Finally, I point out some consequences this proposal has for the philosophy, history and sociology of science and for some issues in general epistemology. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Gonzalez, CE, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM carlgonzher@gmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 4 IS 7 BP 77 EP + SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259304400004 ER PT J AU Cardenas, TK AF Karam Cardenas, Tanius TI Epistemology and communication. Notes for a debate SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Article AB In this paper, I discuss the scientific possibilities of communication. The debate focuses on some aspects of the epistemology of communication epistemology and of the construction of a general science to explain social reality and culture. In this essay, I present the main arguments for those who regard scientificity as a possibility or as a vain enterprise. In the second part, I review ample visions of communication by those who call themselves "communicologists"; that is, scientists who have mainly reflected on communication, from outside communication studies. Finally, I explain why communication has become the area of inquiry that leads to the temptation of regarding it as the meeting point of sciences, whose object is information. C1 [Karam Cardenas, Tanius] Univ Complutense Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. [Karam Cardenas, Tanius] UACM, Colegio Humanidades & Ciencias Sociales, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Karam Cardenas, Tanius] UACM, Acad Comunicac & Cultura, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Cardenas, TK, Univ Complutense Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. EM tanius@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 4 IS 7 BP 97 EP + SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259304400005 ER PT J AU Dussel, E AF Dussel, Enrique TI Foundation of ethics? human life: From Porfirio Miranda to Ignacio Ellacuria SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Article AB The main thesis of the article consists of showing, confronted with rationalist positions (such as Porfirio Miranda's, Karl-Otto Apel's or Mario Rojas'), that it is necessary to establish the scope of discourse from a wider horizon. Rationalism tends to define human being essentially as a thinking, rational being. It is necessary to show that human being is, above all, a "living carnality". Life is human being's reality mode;, affectivity and rationality are two dimensions of the living being itself, i.e., of life. Life is not a condition of reason or argument. These two are not the essential moment of human being and its finality, but, on the contrary, life is the fundamental moment and rationality a dimension to achieve a full life. The foundation of ethics has to derive from the reality of the living being and can also use a transcendental foundation of rationality bearing always in mind that it is not the last instance from a metaphysical point of view and not purely discoursive. C1 [Dussel, Enrique] Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Dept Filosofia, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Dussel, Enrique] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Dussel, E, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Dept Filosofia, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM dussamb@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 4 IS 7 BP 157 EP + SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259304400007 ER PT J AU Buelna, JRS AF Santillan Buelna, Jose Ramon TI Political and journalistic dramatization journalistic analysis of the internal election of PRI to elect its candidate to the mexiquense government SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Article AB Party struggles constitute an important moment to analyze the interaction between the political and the media systems. Press representations by means of production and treatment of information are key aspects for the constitution of the thematic agenda. The internal selection of the candidate to the government of the State of Mexico by PRI for the 2005 elections is an example of the construction of political discourse through journalistic practices. This relationship uncovers newspapers as subordinates to political power. The degree of subordination of the press is analyzed in three newspapers where the results highlight a press that supports official versions of the internal process that simulate competition and division of the local PRI. C1 [Santillan Buelna, Jose Ramon] Univ Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. [Santillan Buelna, Jose Ramon] Univ Iberoamer, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Santillan Buelna, Jose Ramon] Univ Rey Juan Carlos Madrid, Dept Ciencias Comunicac 2, Madrid, Spain. RP Buelna, JRS, Univ Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. EM joserrabuelna@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 4 IS 7 BP 227 EP + SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259304400009 ER PT J AU Cao, H Vaca, J AF Cao, Horacio Vaca, Josefina TI The failure of descentralization in Argentina SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper has the objective of carrying out a critical analysis of the theories that justified the decentralizing process in the Republic of Argentina, trying to determine, from the perspective of their failure, their most fundamental weaknesses. With this objective in mind, I start with a succinct description of the decentralizing process in Argentina and the advantages that, according to its supporters, these actions would bring about. Afterwards, I criticize these concepts, detailing, according to the authors, the reasons why the expected results could not be achieved. C1 [Cao, Horacio] Univ Nacl Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Cao, Horacio; Vaca, Josefina] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Econ, CIAP, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Cao, H, Univ Nacl Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM horaciocao33@hotmail.com josefinavaca@yahoo.com.ar TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 4 IS 7 BP 249 EP + SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259304400010 ER PT J AU Saldivar, NG AF Garza Saldivar, Norma TI Liliana Weinberg SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Biographical-Item C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Filol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Saldivar, NG, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Filol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM ngarzasaldivar@correo.unam.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 4 IS 7 BP 271 EP 287 SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259304400011 ER PT J AU Barcenas, F AF Gonzalez Barcenas, Facundo TI Methodologies for political analysis. Approaches, processes and institutions SO ANDAMIOS LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Gonzalez Barcenas, Facundo] UACM, Acad Ciencia Polit & Adm Urbana, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Barcenas, F, UACM, Acad Ciencia Polit & Adm Urbana, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM facgonbar@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA CIUDAD MEXICO PI MEXICO DF PA CALLE PROLONGACION SAN ISIDRO NO 151, CUBICULO E-102, COL SAN LORENZO TEZONCO, MEXICO DF, CP 09790, MEXICO SN 1870-0063 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 4 IS 7 BP 291 EP 295 SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000259304400012 ER PT J AU Macedo, MV AF Varela Macedo, Magdalena TI A study on depression in adolescents SO REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB 400 college's students were interviewed with the purpose of determining the presence or not of a depressive state; the scale of Calderon (1987) was used. An analysis of factorial structure and another one of internal consistency were made to validate statistically the scale. Two main factors were obtained, which explain the 52.2% of the variance. These factors denominated emotional manifestations and behavioral manifestations of the depression, obtained the following values of internal consistency 0,84 and 0,93 respectively. In the analyses of variance made, significant differences in age were observed (0.001). In the one way analysis of variance with the post hoc Scheffe method, it was observed significant differences in factor two (behavioral manifestations) between the groups of 16 14 years old and the one of 20 years or more. When comparing with t test item by item the scores, in variable sex, women reported more palpitations and more headaches than men. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Macedo, MV, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU AIDEP PI BUENOS AIRES PA MARIO BRAVO 427 1 C, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUENOS AIRES, C175ASM CPA, ARGENTINA SN 1135-3848 PY 2007 VL 1 IS 23 BP 9 EP 22 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000258920000002 ER PT J AU Becerra, CL Aragon, SR Lagunes, IR AF Lopez Becerra, Claudia Rivera Aragon, Sofia Reyes Lagunes, Isabel TI Maintenance strategies of friendship inventory SO REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The friendship study is relatively recently been Understood as a voluntary personal relationship that provides of intimacy and support, in which both parts appreciate to each other and procure company, is a relationship that imply affective attachments and that is characterized by equity and mutual involvement (Fehr, 1996). It get through a natural secession of grow, development and deterioration, Propose the existence of three stages formation, maintenance and dissolution. The stated maintenance is a dynamic process that involves the effort to sustain the existence of a relationship and that it become closer. The objective of the study was to develop all inventory that call allow to assessment the maintenance strategies of friendship in adults, trustful and sensitive to Mexican culture. The results of the psychometric analysis showed up the presence of eight factors that propose diverse strategies the keep friendship. C1 [Lopez Becerra, Claudia; Rivera Aragon, Sofia; Reyes Lagunes, Isabel] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Becerra, CL, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM lisabel@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU AIDEP PI BUENOS AIRES PA MARIO BRAVO 427 1 C, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUENOS AIRES, C175ASM CPA, ARGENTINA SN 1135-3848 PY 2007 VL 1 IS 23 BP 23 EP 39 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000258920000003 ER PT J AU de Minzi, MCR AF Cristina Richaud de Minzi, Maria TI Childrens' perception of parental behavior in 8-12 years-old subjects SO REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB In this study a self report to assess the childrens perception of parental behavior in subjects 8-12 years-old is presented. 32 Items answered yes, sometimes, no, were constructed and administered to 1421 children, both sexes, aged 8 to 12, of middle socioeconomic level from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Item factor analysis indicated three factors: 1) Acceptation vs. Strict control, Pathological Control and Extreme Autonomy. A deeper analysis of factor structures would indicate five parental relationship styles: 1) acceptation, 2) accepted control, 3) strict control, 4) pathological control, and 5) extreme autonomy. Significant correlations were found between the self report scores and other variables that we hypothesized would be related to them. To study internal consistency Cronbach alphas were calculated and the following coefficient were obtained: .92 and .89 (acceptation), .81 and .65 (strict control), .75 and .75 (accepted control), .72 and .81 (pathological control) and .60 and .60 (extreme autonomy) for the mother and father respectively. RP de Minzi, MCR, Tte Gral Peron 2158, RA-1040 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM minzi@ciudad.com.ar TC 0 PU AIDEP PI BUENOS AIRES PA MARIO BRAVO 427 1 C, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUENOS AIRES, C175ASM CPA, ARGENTINA SN 1135-3848 PY 2007 VL 1 IS 23 BP 63 EP 81 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000258920000005 ER PT J AU Brizzio, A Carreras, A AF Brizzio, Analia Carreras, Alejandra TI Salutogenic variables and its relations with life events SO REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The results obtained in a study made on the subjective impact of certain events of life and its possible relation with salutogenic variables appear. The study was made with adolescent students of 15 to 20 years resident in country-side of the provinces of Tucuman and Santa Fe and in Urban zone of the City of Buenos Aires (N: 499). The salutogenic variables in study are the Psychological Well-being, in as much subjective evaluation about the own file (Casullo and Castro Solano. 2001) and the Sense of Coherence (Antonovsky 1979, 1987). The general aim of this work is to verify empirically that the constructos salutogenic work its protectors opposite to the subjective impact of the vital events. The results allow to verify that the evaluated subjects that demonstrated major Sense of Coherence they referred minor affective impact opposite to the vital events and a subjective perception of major Psychological Well-being. C1 [Brizzio, Analia; Carreras, Alejandra] Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1425 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Brizzio, A, Univ Buenos Aires, Mansilla 3252 2 5, RA-1425 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM abrizzio@psi.uba.ar TC 0 PU AIDEP PI BUENOS AIRES PA MARIO BRAVO 427 1 C, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUENOS AIRES, C175ASM CPA, ARGENTINA SN 1135-3848 PY 2007 VL 1 IS 23 BP 83 EP 99 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000258920000006 ER PT J AU Palencia, AR Aragon, SR Loving, RD AF Romero Palencia, Angelica Rivera Aragon, Sofia Diaz Loving, Rolando TI Development of the multidimensional infidelity questionnaire SO REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Sexual and emotional infidelity, open and covert, occur on a daily basis around the world (Fisher, 1992). Given its effects on traditional monogamous couple relationships, it becomes interesting and necessary to measure its different dimensions in a valid and reliable form. Constructed on the grounds of theoretical, empirical and exploratory findings, the likert type scales were applied to 600 males and 600 females, with a current couple, from the Mexico City area. Psychometric analysis reveals 4 robust subscales: Unfaithful behavior; motives for infidelity; consequences of infidelity and the concept of infidelity. Factor weights, consistency indices, and descriptive characteristics of each sub scale are presented allowing for an integral quantitative measure of the phenomenon. C1 [Romero Palencia, Angelica; Rivera Aragon, Sofia; Diaz Loving, Rolando] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Palencia, AR, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Av Univ 3004,Cubiculo 19,Piso 1 Edificio D, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM angelica_romeropalencia@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU AIDEP PI BUENOS AIRES PA MARIO BRAVO 427 1 C, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUENOS AIRES, C175ASM CPA, ARGENTINA SN 1135-3848 PY 2007 VL 1 IS 23 BP 121 EP 147 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000258920000008 ER PT J AU Gomez-Maqueo, EL Eguiarte, BEB Patino, CD AF Lucio Gomez-Maqueo, Emilia Barcelata Eguiarte, Blanca E. Duran Patino, Consuelo TI Factorial validity of adolescent self-descriptive inventory (IADA) SO REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper shows the factorial validity of the Adolescents' Self-Descriptive Inventory (IADA), in order to establish its capacity to assess different dimensions of an adolescent's life. Previous analyses showed 90% of concordance among judges in the 94.07% of items, an alpha global .90 rates for internal consistency analyses. The study included 1660 adolescents, girls and boys, aged 15.9 years old as an average, from public and private secondary and high school institutions in the metropolitan zone of Mexico City. A factorial analysis with varimax rotation was performed; it included Kaiser-Meyer standardization criteria. Factorial distribution shows 28 factors through the areas, with maximum loads/charges of .86 and minimum loads/charges of .36, which accounts for a 53.63% of total variance. A different factorial configuration for the family dimension for the secondary and high school groups was obtained. Data suggest that IADA is a reliable and valid instrument in order to identify adolescents at risk. C1 [Lucio Gomez-Maqueo, Emilia] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Gomez-Maqueo, EL, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM melgm@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU AIDEP PI BUENOS AIRES PA MARIO BRAVO 427 1 C, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUENOS AIRES, C175ASM CPA, ARGENTINA SN 1135-3848 PY 2007 VL 1 IS 23 BP 149 EP 173 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000258920000009 ER PT J AU Solano, AC Minervino, R AF Solano, Alejandro Castro Minervino, Ricardo TI Motivation to lead practical intelligence and leaders' effectiveness SO REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Based on Chan and Drasgow's (2001) Motivation to Lead (MTL) model, that explains individual differences in the behavior of leaders, we conducted an investigation to assess if MTL is a good predictor of effective military achievment. It was hypothesized that MLT is a better predictor of military achievement when this achievement is evaluated by superiors than when it is evaluated through novel and ill-structured situations, for which tacit knowledge is required. A secondary objective of the study was to include styles of leadership as a moderator variable between MTL and military achievement. Participants were 263 military students (age: M=21.86, SD=2.31) in the final period of their four-year training. MTL was assessed using POTENLID, a brief adapted version of the original MTL scale (Castro Solano & Casullo, 2004). Tacit knowledge was evaluated through the questionnaire of tacit military knowledge (Benatuil, Castro Solano & Torres, 2005). Results indicated that MTL is a good predictor of effective military achievement as evaluated by superiors. Its predictive capacity decreases when the criterion for military achievement is based on solving novel and concrete situations that were not explicitly covered by their formal training (tacit knowledge). C1 [Solano, Alejandro Castro; Minervino, Ricardo] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Solano, AC, Jean Jaures 437,Piso 8,9 Piso, RA-1215 Buenos Aires, Argentina. EM a.castro@fiberyel.com.ar TC 0 PU AIDEP PI BUENOS AIRES PA MARIO BRAVO 427 1 C, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUENOS AIRES, C175ASM CPA, ARGENTINA SN 1135-3848 PY 2007 VL 1 IS 23 BP 175 EP 199 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000258920000010 ER PT J AU Bravo, CC Lagunes, IR AF Bravo, Carolina Contreras Lagunes, Isabel Reyes TI Maternal control scale: a construction and validation study SO REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The main goal of the study was to develop a scale with the appropriate psychometric properties to measure the control practices used by mothers of school-aged children in order to discipline them. The scale was built in two different phases and was finally conformed by three factors which explain 33.5% of the variance. The first two adequately represent both types of behavioral control proposed by Barber (1994, 1996): coercitive and inductive. The third one includes items regarding the mother's tendencies to be constantly watching over their children. The total scale reliability is .80. The psychological dimension of the construct was not properly represented by the scale, due to the poor discrimination power of the proposed items. C1 [Bravo, Carolina Contreras] Jefe de Proyeeto A Inst Nacl Evaluac Educ, Mexico City 03900, DF, Mexico. [Lagunes, Isabel Reyes] Prof Titular C Tiempo Completo Univ Nacl Autonoma, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Bravo, CC, Jefe de Proyeeto A Inst Nacl Evaluac Educ, Jose Ma Velasco 101,Tercer Piso Col San Jose Insu, Mexico City 03900, DF, Mexico. EM ccontreras@inee.edu.mx TC 0 PU AIDEP PI BUENOS AIRES PA MARIO BRAVO 427 1 C, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUENOS AIRES, C175ASM CPA, ARGENTINA SN 1135-3848 PY 2007 VL 2 IS 24 BP 9 EP 21 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000258997600002 ER PT J AU Garcia, AO AF Garcia, Angelica Ojeda TI Assessment of different ways of couple relations: Comparing residents (Mexico City) and immigrants (USA) SO REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This study evaluated a group of individuals currently involved in couple relationships using Bowlby's Attachment Styles (1969) and Lee's Love Styles (1977). The goal of this research was to determine if both styles are associated with Marital Satisfaction in the same way among residents and those ilegal immigrants in USA. The results show that the profiles are almost identical. The difference, all exacerbation of the appearance and a reduction in the variety styles, derives from the influence of the socio-cultural context in which the immigrants are immersed. C1 Univ Iberoamer, Dept Psicol, Mexico City 01219, DF, Mexico. RP Garcia, AO, Univ Iberoamer, Dept Psicol, Prolongac Paseo Reforma 880,Col Lomas de Santa Fe, Mexico City 01219, DF, Mexico. EM angelica.ojeda@uia.mx TC 0 PU AIDEP PI BUENOS AIRES PA MARIO BRAVO 427 1 C, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUENOS AIRES, C175ASM CPA, ARGENTINA SN 1135-3848 PY 2007 VL 2 IS 24 BP 59 EP 76 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000258997600004 ER PT J AU Alicia, B AF Alicia, Barreiro TI Just World Belief in children. Contributions for its assesment SO REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Just World Belief (JWB) has been proposed by Lerner (1965) and it refers to a belief in which the world is seen as a just place where all subjects obtain which they deserve. JWB avoid the uncertainty and anxiety provoqued by the fact of living in a non previsible environment and has two mayor effects in different levels: a salutogenic one for individuals which allow future planification and has positive association with coping strategies; and other with disfavourables consequencies for social life due to the fact several Studies show that JWB are positive associated with discriminatory attitudes. A descriptive approach have prevealed in the researches on JWB and most of them are based on adults samples which do not allow counting with empirical data from where make inferences about a developmental pattern. In this study preliminary research data based on children sample are presented; the adequacy of JWB scale in children assessment is discussed. C1 UBA Independencia 3065 1225, Fac Psicol, RA-1225 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Alicia, B, UBA Independencia 3065 1225, Fac Psicol, Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires, RA-1225 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM aliciabarreiro@sion.com TC 0 PU AIDEP PI BUENOS AIRES PA MARIO BRAVO 427 1 C, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUENOS AIRES, C175ASM CPA, ARGENTINA SN 1135-3848 PY 2007 VL 2 IS 24 BP 77 EP 93 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000258997600005 ER PT J AU Zamora, ZEH Juarez, AC AF Zamora, Zoila E. Hernandez Juarez, Alma Cruz TI Sexuality in university youngsters: Risk factors SO REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The main results obtained from the application of the Integral Health Test to the new students of the Universidad Veracruzana are presented here for the purpose of detecting risk factors regarding sexual behavior. The results indicate that more than half of the student population, at the time of this study, had not initiated sexual activities; on the other hand, a considerable percentage of the population engaging in sexual intercourses, does not systematically use a condom every time they have sexual relations; additionally, they practice risky sexual behavior. From these results, strategies are proposed to prevent the risky kinds of behavior detected. C1 [Zamora, Zoila E. Hernandez] Inst Invest Psicol, Xalapa 91190, Veracruz, Mexico. [Juarez, Alma Cruz] Ctr Atenc Integral Salud Estudiante Univ CENATI, Xalapa 91000, Veracruz, Mexico. RP Zamora, ZEH, Inst Invest Psicol, Dr Luis Castelazao Ayala S-N,Col Ind Animas, Xalapa 91190, Veracruz, Mexico. EM zhernandez@uv.mx cruzalma0207@hotmail.com TC 0 PU AIDEP PI BUENOS AIRES PA MARIO BRAVO 427 1 C, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUENOS AIRES, C175ASM CPA, ARGENTINA SN 1135-3848 PY 2007 VL 2 IS 24 BP 121 EP 137 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000258997600007 ER PT J AU Arocha, MJ Lezama, LE AF Arocha, Mario J. Lezama, Luisa E. TI Construction, validation and reliability of academic locus of control inventory SO REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB A specific and multidimensional scale to evaluate locus of control for university students was developed, it includes two contexts (academic-interpersonal relations) and two dimensions (internality-externality), to evaluate to whom the Students assign the responsibility for the results of their acts. It was administered in several samples and the items were analyzed by using Pearson's correlation (both interitem and item-subscale); studies of internal consistency, convergent validity and a factorial study through an analysis of main components with rotation varimax were also made for the total scale. The factor analysis showed that the two variables (internality and externality) explained 36% of the total variance; high correlations with the Scale of Levenson adapted by Taricani were observed as an evidence of convergent validity; and a Study of internal consistency threw values of Alpha of Cronbach of 0,79 for the subscale of internality and 0,88 for the one of externality. The final version includes 32 four-point Likert scale items that throw partial qualifications for two dimensions. C1 [Lezama, Luisa E.] Cent Univ Venezuela, Psicol Clin, Caracas, Venezuela. EM arochamario@gmail.com luisaelezama@gmail.com TC 0 PU AIDEP PI BUENOS AIRES PA MARIO BRAVO 427 1 C, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUENOS AIRES, C175ASM CPA, ARGENTINA SN 1135-3848 PY 2007 VL 2 IS 24 BP 151 EP 175 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000258997600009 ER PT J AU Guaita, VL AF Guaita, Valeria Laura TI Emotional aspects of communication in children at risk by poverty SO REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The quality of interpersonal relationships, including the interpretation of others' intentions and emotions, plays a fundamental roll in the child's development. Therefore, it is important to understand how the process of acquisition of the emotional competences takes place. This is, the capacity of accomplishing a desired outcome in emotion-eliciting encounters, that are shown in the ability to handle ones owns emotions, which results in improved self-esteem and in adaptative resilience when dealing with stressful circumstances. To assess the emotional aspects of communication in children at risk by poverty, an observation checklist was built. The aim of this work is to analyze the results of the psychometric Studies of it: the validity and reliability, as well as the factor analysis. The data was collected from a sample of 120 5- year old children from the Domingo Savio School, La Cava, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The results will hopefully help to predict and prevent emotional and behavioral disturbances as well as learning problems. C1 CIIPME, CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Guaita, VL, CIIPME, CONICET, Ttc Gen Peron 2158 C1040AAH, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM valguaita@hotmail.com TC 0 PU AIDEP PI BUENOS AIRES PA MARIO BRAVO 427 1 C, CAPITAL FEDERAL, BUENOS AIRES, C175ASM CPA, ARGENTINA SN 1135-3848 PY 2007 VL 2 IS 24 BP 177 EP 192 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000258997600010 ER PT J AU Maureira, ST AF Maureira, Sergio Toro TI Legal conduct before executive power: Unity of political blocs in Chile SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper seeks to investigate the behavior presented by the deputies' chamber, with regards to the bills which were sent by the executive power during the legislative term 2002 - 2006. The author tries to demonstrate that one of the most relevant reasons in order that the Government of Ricardo Lagos could fulfill wit success its bills, was the high unity of the governmental party and the heterogeneous action of the opposing bloc. In this way, with the analysis of the votings in room (Roll Call), this article locates each one of the parties and coalitions in a percentage space of approval to the initiatives of the Government, situating to "Renovacion Nacional" as a pivotal party which fluctuated between the government law support and its quality of opposing party. C1 Catholic Univ Chile, Corp Estudios Para Latinoamer, Santiago, Chile. RP Maureira, ST, Catholic Univ Chile, Corp Estudios Para Latinoamer, Santiago, Chile. EM storo@cieplan.cl TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 VL 27 IS 1 BP 23 EP 41 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258920400002 ER PT J AU Del Monte, FB AF Del Monte, Fernando Barrientos TI Discursive dimensions with regards to electronic voting SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The implementation of electronic voting in electoral administration has generated different opinions and ideas about its impact in the quality of democracy. As it has happened with many new technologies, some people see electronic voting as the breakdown of the representative democracy, whereas others consider it the beginning of a new era: digital democracy. This article identifies the two general forms in which it is found nowadays: the electronic voting machine and the e-vote. The dimensions that converge in the present debate are comparatively studied; the quality of democracy, new information technologies and electoral administration. An framework analysis is proposed to understand both the discourse positions on the implementation of electronic voting within a pessimistic-optimistic continuum and its actual potentialities in electoral administration. Finally, the political and social elements to be considered in the implementation of electronic voting are signaled. The article presents electronic voting as a mere instrument In electoral administration which may help to improve the quality of democracy as long as the context and conditions of the country where it is used are permeable to the potentialities of new technologies. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Estudio Maestria & Relac Int Europaamer Latina, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Del Monte, FB, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Estudio Maestria & Relac Int Europaamer Latina, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM fbarrien@correo.unam.mx TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 VL 27 IS 1 BP 111 EP 131 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258920400006 ER PT J AU Baggio, AM Orrego, C Salvat, P Vatter, M AF Baggio, Antonio M. Orrego, Cristobal Salvat, Pablo Vatter, Miguel TI "Liberty, equality, fraternity?" seminar SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Editorial Material C1 [Baggio, Antonio M.] Pontificia Univ Gregoriana Roma, Fac Filosofia, Rome, Italy. [Baggio, Antonio M.] Univ Estatal La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. [Baggio, Antonio M.] Univ Estatal Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy. [Orrego, Cristobal] Univ Navarra, E-31080 Pamplona, Spain. [Vatter, Miguel] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Ciencia Polit, Santiago, Chile. [Salvat, Pablo] Univ Catolica Lovaina, Louvain, Belgium. [Vatter, Miguel] New Sch Social Res Nueva York, New York, NY USA. RP Baggio, AM, Pontificia Univ Gregoriana Roma, Fac Filosofia, Rome, Italy. TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 VL 27 IS 1 BP 133 EP 157 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258920400007 ER PT J AU Gonzalez, CP AF Gonzalez, Carlos Pena TI Fractures SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 Univ Diego Portales, Estudios Postgrado Sociol & Filosofia, Santiago, Chile. RP Gonzalez, CP, Univ Diego Portales, Estudios Postgrado Sociol & Filosofia, Santiago, Chile. EM carlos.pena@udp.cl TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 VL 27 IS 1 BP 159 EP 170 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258920400008 ER PT J AU Gonzalez, CP AF Gonzalez, Carlos Pena TI With the reins of power. Chilean rights in the XX century SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Gonzalez, Carlos Pena] Univ Diego Portales, Estudios Postgrado Sociol & Filosofia, Santiago, Chile. RP Gonzalez, CP, Univ Diego Portales, Estudios Postgrado Sociol & Filosofia, Santiago, Chile. EM carlos.pena@udp.cl TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 VL 27 IS 1 BP 159 EP 170 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258920400009 ER PT J AU Gonzalez, CP AF Gonzalez, Carlos Pena TI The government of Ricardo Lagos, the new Chilean path towards socialism SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Gonzalez, Carlos Pena] Univ Diego Portales, Estudios Postgrado Sociol & Filosofia, Santiago, Chile. RP Gonzalez, CP, Univ Diego Portales, Estudios Postgrado Sociol & Filosofia, Santiago, Chile. EM carlos.pena@udp.cl TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 VL 27 IS 1 BP 159 EP 170 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258920400010 ER PT J AU Loewe, D AF Loewe, Daniel TI Immigration and John Rawls' law of peoples: Arguments for a right to mobility without borders SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB According to a cosmopolitan interpretation of Rawls's theory of justice this article proposes a global conception of equality of opportunities and, as part of it, a right to mobility without borders (MWB). The research presented below shows that Rawls's arguments against the idea of global justice and a right to immigrate articulated both in his domestic theory of justice and his theory of international relations are not convincing and do not speak against a right of MWB. C1 [Loewe, Daniel] Univ Tubingen, Res Ctr Polit Philosophy, Alemania, Germany. [Loewe, Daniel] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Santiago, Chile. RP Loewe, D, Univ Tubingen, Res Ctr Polit Philosophy, Alemania, Germany. EM dloewe@hotmail.com TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 VL 27 IS 2 BP 23 EP 48 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258997300002 ER PT J AU Alegre, P AF Alegre, Pablo TI Socio-political matrices and patterns of reform in the South Cone: Between populist and authoritarian paths: The Uruguayan case in comparative perspective SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article analyzes the reform patterns of the ISI model in the earliest modernized countries in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. I argue that the intertwining of countries' socio-political matrices and their patterns of reform yield three reformist routes: a populist route, an authoritarian route, and an institutionalized-democratic path. The three selected countries experienced different patterns of reform which could be explained by the effects of socio-structural factors (constituencies, incorporation legacies) and of institutional factors (patterns of political competition, types of party organization), both of which give way to specific patterns of political representation. I argue that specific national configurations are able to neutralize the inertial effects of structural conditions that would initially favor the reproduction of the ISI model or its gradual reform: societies highly modernized, universal welfare states, and highly mobilized popular sectors. The transformation of ISI constituencies, leftist or populist party organizational change and the mutation of political representation patterns explain the different patterns of reform observed in each country. My causal argument is based on conjuctural and diachronic path-dependent narratives of each case. C1 Univ Catolica Uruguay, Programa IPES, Montevideo, Uruguay. RP Alegre, P, Univ Catolica Uruguay, Programa IPES, Montevideo, Uruguay. EM palegre@ucu.edu.uy TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 VL 27 IS 2 BP 89 EP 108 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258997300005 ER PT J AU Jaimes, CM AF Moreno Jaimes, Carlos TI The political boundaries of institutional capacity: an analysis of municipal governments in Mexico SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper analyzes the influence of the electoral environment on the development Of institutional capacities at the level of local government in Mexico. Drawing on the assumption that establishing professional, merit-based and impersonal administrative systems entails political costs to government leaders and their electoral activists, the article investigates whether electoral competition and party alternation have stimulated the development of necessary institutional capacities in municipal governments. The empirical evidence seems to support both hypotheses. It also suggests the possibility that strong local political machines deter the ability of incumbent leaders to reduce clientelism in the operation of public bureaucracies. C1 ITESO, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. RP Jaimes, CM, ITESO, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. EM cmoreno@iteso.mx TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 VL 27 IS 2 BP 131 EP 153 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258997300007 ER PT J AU Lemm, V AF Lemm, Vanessa TI Introduction to "Struggles of Recognition: Between Social Bond and Social Conflict" SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA English DT Editorial Material C1 [Lemm, Vanessa] Univ Diego Portales, Escuela Ciencia Polit, Santiago, Chile. [Lemm, Vanessa] Univ Diego Portales, Inst Humanidades, Santiago, Chile. RP Lemm, V, Univ Diego Portales, Escuela Ciencia Polit, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 VL 27 IS 2 BP 155 EP 157 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258997300008 ER PT J AU Maureira, ST AF Toro Maureira, Sergio TI Presidentialism, parliamentarism and democracy SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Toro Maureira, Sergio] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Ciencia Polit, Santiago, Chile. RP Maureira, ST, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Ciencia Polit, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 VL 27 IS 2 BP 207 EP 212 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258997300012 ER PT J AU Altman, D Luna, JP AF Altman, David Pablo Luna, Juan TI Civic disaffection, theological polarization and quality of democracy: An introduction to the Latin American political yearbook SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The year 2006 was marked by extraordinary electoral activity all over the continent. This year has also shown a higher than normal level of conflict between countries, amounting in some cases to serious diplomatic friction. In addition, there were evident domestic problems touching almost every country: enduring deficits of human development despite an economic expansion, the systematic exclusion of important social groups from the political arena, and an increasing level of political disaffection among the population as a whole. Some countries were paralyzed by conflicts and stalemates between the branches of government, and in a broader sense, serious shortcomings have been observed in respect to "democratic governability". Although democracy is firmly in place in most of the continent and elections are the main vehicle for selecting governments, we are now facing problems to which, years ago and for understandable reasons, political scientists did not give sufficient attention. The political reality of the region has become so fluid and the new challenges are so varied and significant, that an annual comparative chronicle on the political processes lived by each country constitutes, to our understanding, a fundamental and necessary tool for research. This article is meant to offer an introduction to this Political Data Yearbook of Latin America. C1 [Altman, David; Pablo Luna, Juan] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Ciencia Polit, Santiago, Chile. RP Altman, D, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Ciencia Polit, Santiago, Chile. EM daltman@uc.cl jpluna@geo.puc.cl TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 SI Sp. Iss. SI BP 3 EP 28 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258997500001 ER PT J AU Bonvecchi, A Giraudy, A AF Bonvecchi, Alejandro Giraudy, Agustina TI Argentina: Economic growth and concentration of institutional power SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The year 2006 was marked by the continuity of economic growth, the increasing concentration of power within the federal Executive Branch, and by the territorialization and factionalism of the main national political parties. During this year, economic, political, and social tensions emerged; all of which prompted the national government to introduce modifications in: the functioning of the micro-economy, the configuration of political alliances to prepare for the 2007 general elections, and in foreign policy. These new policies in turn, led to changes in the patterns of social organization and protest, thus breaking with the trends observed in previous years. C1 [Bonvecchi, Alejandro] Univ Torcuato Tella, Dept Ciencia Polit, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Giraudy, Agustina] Univ N Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA. RP Bonvecchi, A, Univ Torcuato Tella, Dept Ciencia Polit, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM abonvecchi@utdt.edu giraudy@email.unc.edu TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 SI Sp. Iss. SI BP 29 EP 41 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258997500002 ER PT J AU Mardones, R AF Mardones Z., Rodrigo TI Chile: We're all going to be queen SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The paper describes the political events of 2006, featuring the election and assumption of Michelle Bachelet as Chile's President in March, and the death of the former dictator Augusto Pinochet in December. Even though the new Government augured in tune with the citizenship, and despite good economic performance, the political institutions exhibit a growing distrust from citizens, which started early with demonstrations of high school students, and a rollover of corruption scandals. In part, these problems can be seen as the Government's own fault, including a weak cabinet of ministers. However, the main reason for most of the wear away is the current moment of the Concertacion, the ruling coalition with 17 years in power. C1 Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Ciencia Polit, Santiago, Chile. RP Mardones, R, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Ciencia Polit, Santiago, Chile. EM rmardonesz@uc.cl TC 1 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 SI Sp. Iss. SI BP 79 EP 96 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258997500005 ER PT J AU Azpuru, D Blanco, L AF Azpuru, Dinorah Blanco, Ligia TI Guatemala 2006: Anniversary of democracy and peace SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB In 2006 Guatemala reached two important anniversaries: the 20th anniversary of the democratic process, as well as the 10th anniversary of the signature of the peace accords. The year was characterized by an early start of the electoral campaign for the elections that will take place in September, 2007. This made it harder to reach agreements between the Executive and the Legislative branches and led to the further fragmentation of the political parties represented in Congress. On the side of governmental policies, there was stagnation in social policies and a continued deterioration of the public security system. C1 [Azpuru, Dinorah] Wichita State Univ, Actualmente Catedrat Ciencia Polit, Wichita, KS 67260 USA. Univ Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, Guatemala. RP Azpuru, D, Wichita State Univ, Actualmente Catedrat Ciencia Polit, Wichita, KS 67260 USA. EM dazpuru@yahoo.com lblanco@asies.org.gt TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 SI Sp. Iss. SI BP 149 EP 163 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258997500009 ER PT J AU Magar, E Romero, V AF Magar, Eric Romero, Vidal TI Mexico: Uneven democratic consolidation SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB We review the principal political events of Mexico in 2006. The most competitive presidential election in Mexican history left without much coverage the other elections that took place during the year (to renew both chambers of the federal Congress, 6 governorships, 12 state congresses, and 566 county councils in 12 states) and removed from the agenda many policy issues. Even if the failure by the defeated candidate to concede victory to his adversary in a nasty post-election dispute would appear to leave the nascent Mexican democracy in a bad condition, there are many more indicators of a healthy and working democratic system, Because this is the first review in what will become a yearly exercise, we include some relevant information previous to January 1st, 2006. C1 [Magar, Eric; Romero, Vidal] Inst Tecnol Autonoma Mexico, Dept Ciencia Polit, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Magar, Eric] Inst Barcelona Estudis Int, Barcelona, Spain. RP Magar, E, Inst Tecnol Autonoma Mexico, Dept Ciencia Polit, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM emagar@itam.mx vromero@itam.mx TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 SI Sp. Iss. SI BP 183 EP 204 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258997500011 ER PT J AU Hegg, MO AF Ortega Hegg, Manuel TI Nicaragua 2006: The regression of the FSLN in power SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article synthesizes the most important economics, socials and political events of 2006 in Nicaragua. The situation of the economy, the social agenda, the results of the national elections and the expectations for the new sandinist government of Daniel Ortega are the most important events that are discussed in this paper. C1 Univ Centroamer UCA, CASC, Managua, Nicaragua. RP Hegg, MO, Univ Centroamer UCA, CASC, Managua, Nicaragua. EM mortega@ns.uca.edu.ni TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 SI Sp. Iss. SI BP 205 EP 219 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258997500012 ER PT J AU Chasquetti, D AF Chasquetti, Daniel TI Uruguay 2006: Successes and dilemmas facing the left government SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The article reviews the Uruguayan political year, taken into account the government successes in areas as the growth of the economy, the social indicators, and the advances in the human rights, The article also analyses the conflict between Uruguay and Argentina, the debate on the Uruguayan international insertion, the election of authorities of the government party, and the performance of the Executive and Legislative branches. The article concludes with a reflection on the challenges of the Uruguayan democracy. C1 Univ Republica, Inst Ciencia Polit, Montevideo, Uruguay. RP Chasquetti, D, Univ Republica, Inst Ciencia Polit, Montevideo, Uruguay. EM chasquet@cpolit.edu.uy TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 SI Sp. Iss. SI BP 249 EP 263 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258997500015 ER PT J AU Alvarez, AE AF Alvarez, Angel E. TI Venezuela 2007: The engines of socialism are fueled by petrol SO REVISTA DE CIENCIA POLITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Venezuela is currently facing a new critical juncture that combines radical political changes with an economic boom driven by high oil prices in the international market. Since the 2006 electoral campaign, President Hugo Chavez announced a new program of radical economic and instructional change: the "XXI century socialism". Once reelected, Chavez has "started" the so-called "five engines" of the new regime. These engines may be brand new ones, but they still fuelled by the old oil-based rentistic model. Nonetheless, the new wave of political and economic changes will be deep and radical. The new constitutional reform is aimed to correct the "capitalist deviations" of the 1999 constitution. Meanwhile, the government has launched a series of "anti-imperialist" policies, nationalizations and new market regulations. Chavez's followers are ready to join the Venezuelan Unified Socialist Party (although some of them with hesitation). The opposition, divided into two parties, attempt to launch a peaceful, electoral and long-term political strategy, but it seems to be clear that the new and radical economic program and the new institutional design will be implemented without any major resistance from the opposition parties and civil society. C1 Cent Univ Venezuela, Fac Ciencias Jurid & Polit, Inst Estudios Polit, Caracas, Venezuela. RP Alvarez, AE, Cent Univ Venezuela, Fac Ciencias Jurid & Polit, Inst Estudios Polit, Caracas, Venezuela. EM aalvare3@nd.edu TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MACUL, CAMPUS SAN JOAQUIN, INSTITUTO CIENCIA POLITICA, VICUNA MACKENNA 4860, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0716-1417 PY 2007 SI Sp. Iss. SI BP 265 EP 289 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258997500016 ER PT J AU Caravaca, J Plotkin, YM AF Caravaca, Jimena Plotkin, Y. Mariano TI Crisis, social sciences and state elites: A constitution of the field of state economists in Argentina, 1910-1935 SO DESARROLLO ECONOMICO-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB This article analyzes the process of constitution of a field of economists in Argentina between 1913 (year of the creation of a School of Economic Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires), and the creation of the Central Bank in 1935. It examines different instances of intervention of economists and their gradual recognition as a state elite. C1 [Caravaca, Jimena; Plotkin, Y. Mariano] IDES CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Caravaca, J, IDES CONICET, Araoz 2838,1425 Ciudad Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM jimenacaravaca@gmail.com mplotkin@ides.org.ar TC 0 PU INST DESAROLLO ECON SOCIAL PI BUENOS AIRES PA AROAZ 2838, 1425 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA SN 0046-001X PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 47 IS 187 BP 401 EP 428 SC Economics UT ISI:000258940200003 ER PT J AU Vilas, CM AF Vilas, Carlos M. TI Lynching and political conflict in the Andes SO DESARROLLO ECONOMICO-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB In 2004 the mayors of two municipalities in the aymara Andes of Peru and Bolivia were subjected to mass lynchings as the apparent culmination of violent political confrontations. This paper deals with these events as dramatic illustrations of the transformations the Andean communities experienced during recent decades in their internal dynamics as well in the articulation of local politics to processes and institutions beyond the communal reach. Structural precariousness combined with the state's inability or reluctance to come to terms with social or political demands from relevant segments of the people in the communities set the socioeconomic and institutional stage for lynchings. In contrast with approaches relating these events to an alleged indigenous cultural identity, the analysis points to the impact of the communities' political and cultural transformations upon the way they deal with both their internal tensions and conflicts and their relationship to the state, thus interpreting both cases as specific though brutal manifestations of those conflicts. C1 Univ Nacl Lanus, Lanus, Buenos Aires, Argentina. RP Vilas, CM, Univ Nacl Lanus, Lanus, Buenos Aires, Argentina. EM cvilas@ciudad.com.ar TC 0 PU INST DESAROLLO ECON SOCIAL PI BUENOS AIRES PA AROAZ 2838, 1425 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA SN 0046-001X PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 47 IS 187 BP 429 EP 457 SC Economics UT ISI:000258940200004 ER PT J AU Arza, V AF Arza, Valeria TI Macroeconomic context firms' long-term behaviour. A study of firms' investment on R & D and machinery in Argentina during the 1990s. SO DESARROLLO ECONOMICO-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The study analyses some macroeconomic determinants of entrepreneurial decisions to invest in Argentina during the Convertibility Regime. This regime transformed the macroeconomic context in a direction that would increase business confidence. I selected two indicators to measure different aspects of business confidence. Firstly, I measure rather objective conditions of the environment that would affect predictability for business. Secondly, l evaluate the business climate optimism, as the entrepreneur perceives it. The empirical analysis uses panel data for 2.133 firms during the period 1992-2001 to estimate Probit, Random /Fixed Effects and Tobit models on the decision to invest and how much to invest in Research and Development (R&D) and in machinery. The study suggests that, on the one hand, a macroeconomic context that promotes predictability contributes to taking the decision to invest, both in machinery and in R&D However, it does not affect that clearly the intensity of these long-term investments. On the other hand, temporary states of optimism positively affect investment in machinery but do not influence investment in R&D. C1 CONICET CENIT, RA-48151310 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Arza, V, CONICET CENIT, Callao 796 6 Piso,C1023ANN, RA-48151310 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM varza@fund-cenit.org.ar TC 0 PU INST DESAROLLO ECON SOCIAL PI BUENOS AIRES PA AROAZ 2838, 1425 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA SN 0046-001X PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 47 IS 187 BP 459 EP 485 SC Economics UT ISI:000258940200005 ER PT J AU Hora, R AF Hora, Roy TI The evolution of inequality in XIX century Argentina: An agenda under construction SO DESARROLLO ECONOMICO-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB In the last two decades, economic historians have shown a growing interest in the history of economic inequality in Europe and the United States, Following this path, recent work on the first half of the nineteenth century is helping us to better understand levels of wealth concentration and income distribution in Argentina, particularly in the Pampean region. This essay analyses a recent contribution by Jorge Gelman and Daniel Santilli on economic inequality in the province of Buenos Aires in the 1820s and 1830s, locates this study in the broader context of the evolution of Argentine economic history in the last two decades, and makes some suggestions on how economic inequality developed throughout the XIXth century. C1 Univ Quilmes, Univ San Andres, CONICET, Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina. RP Hora, R, Univ Quilmes, Univ San Andres, CONICET, Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina. EM rhora@udesa.edu.ar TC 0 PU INST DESAROLLO ECON SOCIAL PI BUENOS AIRES PA AROAZ 2838, 1425 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA SN 0046-001X PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 47 IS 187 BP 487 EP 501 SC Economics UT ISI:000258940200006 ER PT J AU Koppen, E AF Koppen, Elke TI Illustration in scientific articles: reflections on the growing importance of the visual in scientific communication SO INVESTIGACION BIBLIOTECOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB After presenting the characteristics and functions of the scientific article, this paper analyzes the role of illustrations in formal scientific communication within the framework of existing technology for the creation of scientific images and data and information visualization. Results of an analysis of research articles in the Biological Science published in Nature and Science in 2003, are presented. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest Interdisciplinarias Ciencias & Humanid, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Koppen, E, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest Interdisciplinarias Ciencias & Humanid, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM UNAM.koppen@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO PI MEXICO CITY PA CIUDAD UNIV, CENTRO UNIV BIBLIOTECOLOGICAS, TORRE II HUMANIDADES, PISO 11, 12 & 13, MEXICO CITY, CP 04510, MEXICO SN 0187-358X PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 21 IS 42 BP 33 EP 64 SC Information Science & Library Science UT ISI:000258786900003 ER PT J AU Portal, SG AF Gorbea Portal, Salvador TI Foremost Latin American journals in library and information science: their subject and geographic dissemination and concentration SO INVESTIGACION BIBLIOTECOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB A study is presented on the principal Latin American scientific journals in library and information science processed by the INFOBILA System. Starting from the most productive publication nucleus, the level of dissemination attained by these journals in the main commercial data bases and specialized services (ULRICH, LISA, ISA, LL and others) is determined, and their subject and geographic concentration, through the application of Pratt's Index, is also shown. Application of this indicator in these disciplines in the Latin American region reveals a high Subject dispersion and a high geographic concentration among the 25 "key" journals studied, while the correspondence analysis between the subject and the Country of edition of the journals corroborates these patterns of behavior, as indicated by the spatial distribution between these two variables. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Portal, SG, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM portal@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO PI MEXICO CITY PA CIUDAD UNIV, CENTRO UNIV BIBLIOTECOLOGICAS, TORRE II HUMANIDADES, PISO 11, 12 & 13, MEXICO CITY, CP 04510, MEXICO SN 0187-358X PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 21 IS 42 BP 79 EP 108 SC Information Science & Library Science UT ISI:000258786900005 ER PT J AU Ortega, JR AF Rios Ortega, Jaime TI Theory in library science: basic guidelines for its teaching SO INVESTIGACION BIBLIOTECOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB It is shown that, notwithstanding several decades of discussion on the problem of "theory" and "praxis", and the importance of the former for giving direction to library science education; the latter, technical education, has predominated. Thus, only three methodological guidelines are systematized which derive fundamentally from the teaching of science, on the basis of which it will be possible to approach the teaching of the library science discipline and to overcome some of the problems associated with the teaching of a technical character. The first guideline holds that library science is built upon phenomena, concepts and theories. The second one underlines the fundamental role played by the intellectual history of concepts and library science theories. And the third one centers on the conceptual change undergone by library science students. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Ortega, JR, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM jrio@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO PI MEXICO CITY PA CIUDAD UNIV, CENTRO UNIV BIBLIOTECOLOGICAS, TORRE II HUMANIDADES, PISO 11, 12 & 13, MEXICO CITY, CP 04510, MEXICO SN 0187-358X PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 21 IS 42 BP 109 EP 142 SC Information Science & Library Science UT ISI:000258786900006 ER PT J AU Gallardo, AR AF Rodriguez Gallardo, Adolfo TI Defining reading, literacy and other related concepts SO INVESTIGACION BIBLIOTECOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB For some time now, but particularly during the last century, literacy and reading have been objects of interest for the academic community and international agencies. This situation has brought into the open the existence of different approaches to the definition of literacy and reacting, especially once their influence on socio-economic development and its link with basic human rights have been recognized. This paper analyses the meaning of such terms as literacy and reading, as well as how these have changed throughout history as products of the development of civilization. It shows that these terms are not only important in themselves but also inasmuch as their measurement varies according to the definition chosen. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Gallardo, AR, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM jadolfo@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO PI MEXICO CITY PA CIUDAD UNIV, CENTRO UNIV BIBLIOTECOLOGICAS, TORRE II HUMANIDADES, PISO 11, 12 & 13, MEXICO CITY, CP 04510, MEXICO SN 0187-358X PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 21 IS 42 BP 143 EP 175 SC Information Science & Library Science UT ISI:000258786900007 ER PT J AU Pena, CN AF Naumis Pena, Catalina TI Comparative study of library science thesaurus in Spanish SO INVESTIGACION BIBLIOTECOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB With the intention of conserving a sense of identity in the different Spanish speaking countries while trying not to lose the common disciplinary terminology, a Latin American library science thesaurus and another one elaborated in Spain, are compared. The aim is to extract terminological similarities and differences imposed by the socio-cultural and scientific environments in which those thesauri have developed, on the one part, and to define the information they should provide, on the other, in order to establish recommendations for the presentation of the thesaurus. Terminological analysis in a given discipline and language contribute to the understanding not only of the linguistic units they represent and that serve as vehicles for specialized knowledge, but also to recognize disciplinary differences or structures of schools of thought expressed in the linguistic structure which will give form to a thesaurus. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Pena, CN, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM naumis@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO PI MEXICO CITY PA CIUDAD UNIV, CENTRO UNIV BIBLIOTECOLOGICAS, TORRE II HUMANIDADES, PISO 11, 12 & 13, MEXICO CITY, CP 04510, MEXICO SN 0187-358X PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 21 IS 42 BP 195 EP 210 SC Information Science & Library Science UT ISI:000258786900009 ER PT J AU Lopez, HGA AF Lopez, Hector Guillermo Alfaro TI Another reading. A contribution to the reading problem in library science SO INVESTIGACION BIBLIOTECOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This focus on the reading problem intends to show Library Science as a discipline where other disciplines whose perspectives have also handled the lecture subject converge, like psychology. This instance explains why the basic contemporary library science's conception of reader and reading needs to be widened and completed with the contributions of other disciplines in order to regain its humanistic foundation. It all finally derives from a comprehension of the ludic dimension involved in reading. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Lopez, HGA, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM galfaro@cuib.unam.mx TC 0 PU UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO PI MEXICO CITY PA CIUDAD UNIV, CENTRO UNIV BIBLIOTECOLOGICAS, TORRE II HUMANIDADES, PISO 11, 12 & 13, MEXICO CITY, CP 04510, MEXICO SN 0187-358X PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 VL 21 IS 43 BP 15 EP 45 SC Information Science & Library Science UT ISI:000258880700002 ER PT J AU Morillo, JP AF Morillo, Johann Pirela TI Educational trends in the 21st century and the Library, Archival and Information Science curricula in Mexico and Venezuela SO INVESTIGACION BIBLIOTECOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Results of a research visit to Mexico's CUIB (University Center for Library Research) are presented, together with the analysis of the anticipated trends for higher education in this century and their incorporation into six Mexican and two Venezuelan schools of Library Archival and Information Science curricula. Main research results show that curricula integrate humanistic and sociological with technological trends. C1 Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Morillo, JP, Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM jpirela@luz.edu.ve TC 0 PU UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO PI MEXICO CITY PA CIUDAD UNIV, CENTRO UNIV BIBLIOTECOLOGICAS, TORRE II HUMANIDADES, PISO 11, 12 & 13, MEXICO CITY, CP 04510, MEXICO SN 0187-358X PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 VL 21 IS 43 BP 73 EP 105 SC Information Science & Library Science UT ISI:000258880700004 ER PT J AU Miguel, S Moya-Anegon, F Herrero-Solana, V AF Miguel, Sandra Moya-Anegon, Felix Herrero-Solana, Victor TI Co-citation analysis as research method in Library Information Science SO INVESTIGACION BIBLIOTECOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The pertinence and Utility of co-citation analysis as a research method in Library and Information Science (LIS) are shown by means of bibliometric nd content analysis of the main works published on this topic. The size and evolution of the literature are analysed, as well as the documentary typology and the subject of the journals where the main contributions are published. The most frequently used methods and techniques for the analysis and visualization of the knowledge structures of scientific domains are described, and the proposed models of maps are presented. Some of the applications and possible uses of the results of these analyses are shown, as well as their advantages and limitations. C1 [Miguel, Sandra] Univ Nacl Plata, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Moya-Anegon, Felix; Herrero-Solana, Victor] Univ Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain. RP Miguel, S, Univ Nacl Plata, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM sandra@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar telix@ugr.es victorhs@urg.es TC 0 PU UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO PI MEXICO CITY PA CIUDAD UNIV, CENTRO UNIV BIBLIOTECOLOGICAS, TORRE II HUMANIDADES, PISO 11, 12 & 13, MEXICO CITY, CP 04510, MEXICO SN 0187-358X PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 VL 21 IS 43 BP 139 EP 155 SC Information Science & Library Science UT ISI:000258880700006 ER PT J AU Vera, RG AF Vera, Roberto Garduno TI Teacher characterization in virtual education: Deliberations for library science SO INVESTIGACION BIBLIOTECOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Evidently, reaching in this century has been affected by the progress achieved in scientific and technological research. Educational innovation, privatization and commercialization of knowledge and a growing social demand for educational proposals have meant that institutions dedicated to education, have promoted programs which facilitate the sustainable development of educational services. Virtual education, as an alternative for this proposal, propitiates academic dialog among subjects involved in distant education. Characterization and guidance of teachers and tutors for virtual education in library science, as well as author-tutors of learning objects, are analysed together with educational standards for the development of learning objects. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Vera, RG, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM garduno@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO PI MEXICO CITY PA CIUDAD UNIV, CENTRO UNIV BIBLIOTECOLOGICAS, TORRE II HUMANIDADES, PISO 11, 12 & 13, MEXICO CITY, CP 04510, MEXICO SN 0187-358X PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 VL 21 IS 43 BP 157 EP 183 SC Information Science & Library Science UT ISI:000258880700007 ER PT J AU Velazquez, CAR AF Velazquez, Cesar Augusto Ramirez TI Indigenous communities as information users SO INVESTIGACION BIBLIOTECOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Indigenous communities as any other sector of society, are users of information and, therefore, have information needs and show specific information seeking. We Must Understand these characteristics in order to assist their development and as citizens exercise their right to information. In the present article these issues are reflected upon and results given of a research project in a Tepehua Community of the Huasteca Hidalguense. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Velazquez, CAR, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Invest Bibliotecol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM carv@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO PI MEXICO CITY PA CIUDAD UNIV, CENTRO UNIV BIBLIOTECOLOGICAS, TORRE II HUMANIDADES, PISO 11, 12 & 13, MEXICO CITY, CP 04510, MEXICO SN 0187-358X PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 VL 21 IS 43 BP 209 EP 230 SC Information Science & Library Science UT ISI:000258880700009 ER PT J AU Puente, R Cervilla, MA AF Puente, Raquel Antonia Cervilla, Maria TI Customer relationship management (CRM) practices in Venezuelan firms: A study of cases SO ACADEMIA-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ADMINISTRACION LA Spanish DT Article AB Based on five case studies, this article analyzed the customer relationship management (CRM) practices, and the state of their adoption, in five big companies which operate in Venezuelan market. It is an exploratory study in which, by means of structured interviews to managers of the different firms, the practices followed by the organizations for the adoption, implantation and use of CRM are evaluated. In the work the following aspects are discussed: definition of CRM in the company, motivation for its implementation, reaches, objetives pursued, criteria of selection of the technology, strategic and operative impact, evaluation of the experience and expectations to future. In all the studied cases the initial motivation to undertake a CRM project had to do with objectives of improvement in the management of the relations with the client, in the search to generate relations of greater aggregation of value. Sector specificities are observed, in particular with regard to the segmentation and to the nature of the relation with the clients as well as to the criteria to select the technology supplier. Between the lessons learned by the companies through the adoption, implementation and use of the CRM, emphasize the recognition of the failure when trying to undertake projects of wide reach and the necessity to cover the different CRM levels by stages, in agreement with the organization's priorities. All the managers interviewed consider that the development of a CRM strategy was a right decision, although, in general, still is soon for evaluating the impact in the competitive advantages of the firms. C1 [Puente, Raquel] Inst Estudios Super Adm, Caracas, Venezuela. [Antonia Cervilla, Maria] Univ Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela. RP Puente, R, Inst Estudios Super Adm, Caracas, Venezuela. EM raquel.puente@iesa.edu.ve mcervilla@usb.ve TC 0 PU CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO ESCUELAS ADM-CLADEA PI BOGOTA DC PA CARRERA 1 NO 18A-70, EDIFICIO RGC, ZONA POSTAL 2, BOGOTA DC, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 1012-8255 PY 2007 IS 39 BP 1 EP 28 SC Business; Management UT ISI:000258880900002 ER PT J AU Amoros, JE Planellas, M Batista-Foguet, JM AF Ernesto Amoros, Jose Planellas, Marcel Batista-Foguet, Joan Manuel TI Does Internet technology improve performance in small and medium enterprises? Evidence from selected Mexican firms SO ACADEMIA-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ADMINISTRACION LA English DT Article AB This paper examines the effect of Internet use on performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Performance is measured by enterprise growth. Research design is based on a quantitative study of SMEs in Mexico. The model has been tested by structural equation modelling (SEM) and non-parametric statistical tests. The total effect of the use of the Internet on the growth of the SMEs studied is considered to be plausible. This empirical evidence contributes to the knowledge of Internet use in the Latin-American SME context. Discussions about implications and future research are advanced. C1 [Ernesto Amoros, Jose] Univ Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile. [Ernesto Amoros, Jose; Planellas, Marcel; Batista-Foguet, Joan Manuel] Univ Ramon Llull, ESADE Business Sch, Barcelona, Spain. RP Amoros, JE, Univ Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile. EM eamoros@udd.cl marcel.planellas@esade.edu joanm.batista@esade.edu TC 0 PU CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO ESCUELAS ADM-CLADEA PI BOGOTA DC PA CARRERA 1 NO 18A-70, EDIFICIO RGC, ZONA POSTAL 2, BOGOTA DC, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 1012-8255 PY 2007 IS 39 BP 71 EP 92 SC Business; Management UT ISI:000258880900005 ER PT J AU Hidalgo, P Manssur, E Olavarrieta, S Farias, P AF Hidalgo, Pedro Manssur, Enrique Olavarrieta, Sergio Farias, Pablo TI Determinants of private label purchases SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB Given the high penetration of private labels in Europe, one would expect similar successes to be found in Latin America; however, this is not the case. An accurate profile of private label customers may assist retailers in improving the position of private labels in the market and offer insights into why private labels have fared relatively poorly in Latin America. The main objective of this article is to examine how eleven psychographic variables determine private label purchases. Using discriminant analysis, the relative importance of each psychographic variable in explaining private label purchase was assessed. The results show that price consciousness, social risk perceived in the private labels and time pressure are the variables that better determine private label purchases. C1 [Hidalgo, Pedro; Manssur, Enrique; Olavarrieta, Sergio; Farias, Pablo] Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile. RP Hidalgo, P, Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile. EM phidalgo@unegocios.cl emanzur@unegocios.cl solavar@unegocios.cl pfarias@facea.uchile.cl TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 205 EP 218 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780100002 ER PT J AU Saavedra, TJL Colmenares, O Pirela, SJL AF Saavedra Torres, Jose Luis Colmenares, Oscar Pirela, S. Jose Luis TI Correlation between brand personality and an emotional brand. Study of a pharmacy chain SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The main objective of this article is to explore whether or not a relation exists between the theoretical concept of a brand personality and an emotional brand. The product of reference was a pharmacy franchise chain. The research adopted a non-probability sampling by convenience, including 295 people. Correlational analysis of the data gathered by survey was made using Cronbach's alpha for reliability, finding significant groups in dimensions of brand personality such as: Excitement (0.91), Sincerity (0.83) and Passivity (0.81). Next, Spearman's range correlation analysis was performed with significance levels of 5% and 10%. Results demonstrated that 98.1% of the correlation pairs presented values higher than alpha=0,48. Those figures did not demonstrate any significant association among variables, which leads to a rejection of the research hypothesis and a conclusion that in the case of the selected pharmacy chains, no clear constructs exist between brand personality and an emotional framework. C1 [Saavedra Torres, Jose Luis] Univ Zulia, FECS, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Saavedra, TJL, Univ Zulia, FECS, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM jlsaa@yahoo.com oscolm@gmail.com jose.pirela@gmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 219 EP 229 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780100003 ER PT J AU Cervilla, DMA AF Cervilla de Olivieri, Maria Antonia TI Strategies for business development: "Associativeness" in the Venezuelan plastics sector SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB Based on a cooperative initiative created by a group of plastic sector firms in Venezuela, this article aspires to illustrate the benefits these enterprises derived from their participation in a network and to identify the challenges for its consolidation, with the objective of proposing recommendations for designing strategies for enterprise development. The research was developed following a qualitative methodology, based on a case study approach. Conceptual frameworks relevant to the research were discussed in the article. The case of "Corporacion de Plasticos Mirandinos" (CORPLAMI), a consortium of firms manufacturing flexible packs, is presented, describing its evolution and analyzing the barriers overcome when forming this association as well as threats to its sustainability. The case presented is based on the configuration of a horizontal network in which the firms cooperate in some activities but compete with each other in the same market, hoping to obtain individual benefits from the collective action. This experience shows that the road for developing an enterprise network goes through definition and the execution of a business strategy implemented through actions that pursue productivity and competitiveness improvement objectives. C1 Univ Simon Bolivar, Dept Ciencias Econ & Adm, Caracas 1080, Venezuela. RP Cervilla, DMA, Univ Simon Bolivar, Dept Ciencias Econ & Adm, Caracas 1080, Venezuela. EM mcervilla@usb.ve TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 230 EP 248 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780100004 ER PT J AU Hernandez, FL AF Hernandez Fernandez, Lissette TI Essential competences for small and medium family enterprises: A model for business success SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB Family businesses have become in actuality an important motor for world economies, since they are the most numerous business structures in the whole world: they represent 90% of the business field and contribute 50% of the Gross National Product (GNP) and employment (Gersick et at, 1997; Upton and Petty, 2000 and Amat 1998). These facts show the need to study an important sector of this type of business, the SMEs (small and medium enterprises), and thereby understand their dynamic, in order to design proposals reinforcing their competitiveness and sustainability over time. This article presents a model based on essential competences for the success of family SMBs, understanding essential competences as a set of differential characteristics or qualifications that an individual has, which can be of two (2) types: innate and acquired, learned or developed (also call knowledge competences). The research design was non-experimental, of a bibliographical or documentary character with a descriptive type of study. To develop the model, theoretical contributions of the following authors were used: in the area of "family business" (Amat, 1998; Gersick, Davis, McCollom, and Lansberg, 1997; Gallo, 1997; Neubauer and Lank, 1998), and related to "knowledge management" (Polanyi, 1975; Nonaka, 2000; Davenport and Prusak, 1998; and Dewey, 1991). The main conclusion affirms that essential competences are those that support the business's key processes, because they generate added value, constituting the true essence of success and competitiveness. C1 Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Inst Invest, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Hernandez, FL, Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Inst Invest, Apartado Postal 526, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM lissettehf@yahoo.es TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 249 EP 263 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780100005 ER PT J AU Anez, GCA Yicon, RLG AF Anez, G. Carlos A. Yicon, R. Linda G. TI Socioeconomic segregation of Colombians in the municipality of Maracaibo SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The study analyzes the socioeconomic segregation level of Colombians in the eighteen (18) parishes of Maracaibo, based on the 2001 census. Through the methodological proposal of residential segregation, the socio-economic conditions of these immigrants are determined within the urban structure in which they are inserted, based on their levels of segregation, isolation, interaction and concentration. The analysis compares the segregation level of Colombian citizens in terms of the context of poverty in the municipality, measured according to the number of poor people estimated by the National Institute of Statistics for Zulia. Conclusions about the situation of the Colombian citizens and the poor in Maracaibo involved specifying their levels of social integration. C1 [Anez, G. Carlos A.; Yicon, R. Linda G.] Univ Zulia, CEELA LUZ, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Anez, GCA, Univ Zulia, CEELA LUZ, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM caag33@hotmail.com lindayicon@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 264 EP 277 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780100006 ER PT J AU Valecillos, CA Quintero, N AF Valecillos Cesar, Ad Quintero, Niria TI The approach of intelligent organizations in implementing new technologies for managing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The purpose of this work is to emphasize the contributions offered by the approach of intelligent organizations regarding change and managing resistance involved in implementing managerial technologies for SMEs. The method used was based on an analysis of authors from literature related to the topic. Among the factors found that operate negatively for investing in new managerial tools, the following stand out: the traditional management approach that prevails in the belief system of the owners, the organizational culture and lack of knowledge of a methodology adapted for the diagnosis and administration of the changes implicit in the new technologies. Conclusions are that among the answers offered by the approach of intelligent organizations, those which stand outare: To facilitate processes of organizational learning for the owner and leaders in order to involve them and create the necessary commitment to model and encourage new technologies; to intervene in the human cultural system so that change is not perceived as a threat but rather as an opportunity for personal growth and organizational development; and to consider flow analysis methodology to diagnose, plan and follow up on the steps needed for change. C1 [Valecillos Cesar, Ad; Quintero, Niria] Univ Zulia, Nucleo COL, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Valecillos, CA, Univ Zulia, Nucleo COL, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM cvalecillosg@cantv.net nquintero11@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 278 EP 289 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780100007 ER PT J AU Rosa, VM Antonio, S AF Valente Maria, Rosa Antonio, Soto TI Modes for technological transfer in linking university and producing sectors: Motivations and obstacles SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB In Venezuela, relationships between the university and productive sectors could be qualified as "weak", occasional and short-term; where the convenient overrides the pertinent and necessary, resulting in the predominance of interim modes. For this reason, the objective of this research is to determine the modalities of technological transference carried out by the research centers assigned to the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Zulia and theproductive sector; as well as the factors that both createobstacles and facilitate technology transfer among these actors. This paper, which is a descriptive, traverse, field investigation, is based on the information given by the selected unit head managers. Results reveal that the linking process among these actors corresponds to simple modes which have advanced only slightly toward superior, long-term phases. Among the outstanding factors blocking the process are: inadequate marketing, lack of multidisciplinary work, and physical and psychological distance; while all the structural, institutional and individual motivations were considered as facilitators for the connection. For that reason, it is necessary to take advantage of these facilitating factors of technology transfer and try to conquer the obstacles in order to strengthen cooperation between the academic and the productive sectors. C1 [Valente Maria, Rosa] Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Inst Invest, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. [Antonio, Soto] Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Ctr Estadist & Invest Operac, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Rosa, VM, Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Inst Invest, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM marivalente72@hotmail.com ajsoto10@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 290 EP 302 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780100008 ER PT J AU Andrade, N Morales, M AF Andrade, Nancy Morales, Mariher TI Offer of value as a differentiation strategy in fast-food franchise establishments in the municipality of Maracaibo SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB As the number of service enterprises grows, investors make an effort to offer distinctive characteristics and develop comprehensive strategies in different branches of this sector. In this context, the objective of this article was to "analyze the offer of value as a differentiation strategy in fast food franchise establishments in the municipality of Maracaibo," emphasizing the theoretical contributions of Zeithaml and Bitner (2002) and Lovelock (1997). The research was descriptive with a non-experimental field design, whose main source of information came from interviews carried out with 12 managers of establishments registered in Profranquicias and located in malls of the municipality. Results indicated that the most-offered tangible product is the hamburger (26,1%). The service that adds value is having a varied menu with attention to the client (91,3%), while the factors complementing sales are diverse forms of payment (47,8%). The main elements that offer value are speed of service and product quality (82,6%), respectively, while service quality (52,2%) is the strategy making it possible to achieve a competitive advantage and differentiation in the franchise system. Conclusions were that the offer of value these establishments present is attractive, because it functions as a strategy for differentiating oneself from the competition and positioning oneself in the market, satisfying the greatest number of consumers possible and maintaining a successful business. C1 [Andrade, Nancy; Morales, Mariher] Univ Zulia, Dept Estudios Microecon, Inst Invest, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. [Morales, Mariher] Univ Zulia, PPI, FONACIT, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Andrade, N, Univ Zulia, Dept Estudios Microecon, Inst Invest, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM nancyandrade@yahoo.com marihermorales@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 303 EP 317 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780100009 ER PT J AU Moreno, G AF Moreno, Gendrik TI Critical essay on the notion of the social tie in the work the postmodern condition by Jean-Francois Lyotard SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The article presents a brief reflection on the notion of the social tie in the work The Postmodem Condition of Jean-Franqois Lyotard. The work is written like a report and deals with the condition of knowing in more advanced western societies. This reflection deals with the analysis of two chapters from the work: "The nature of the social tie: the modem alternative" (Chap. IV) and "The nature of the social tie: the postmodern perspective" (Chap. V). This paper attempts to extract the notion of the social tie that Lyotard presents, investigating its specifications. As a tentative conclusion, it states that the social tie, according to the modem alternative, was confined to two of the great "stories" of sociological discourse in the XX century, functionalism and Marxism assuming the tie to be a problem of balance, order and consensus for the first and division and conflict for the second, respectively; on the other hand, according to the postmodern condition, the social tie is apparently diluted in all this theoretical framework with the exception that it is through "language games," in an agonistic sense, that meaning or sense can be reconstructed and bestowed. C1 Univ Zulia, Div Postgrado, Fac Humanidades & Educ, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Moreno, G, Univ Zulia, Div Postgrado, Fac Humanidades & Educ, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM gendrikmh@gmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 321 EP 345 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780100010 ER PT J AU Montoya, C Cendros, GJ Govea, DM AF Montoya, Cesar Cendros Guasch, Jesus Govea de Guerrero, Maria TI Naturalism or anti-naturalism in research SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB This article reflects on the supposed capacity of naturalism in its quantitative as well as qualitative meaning, as a unique and infallible route for approaching the portion of truth that is glimpsed in research activity. From a hermeneutic perspective, different authors are interpreted in order to arrive at its advantages and disadvantages through analysis. This work could not be done without touching the concepts of truth, reality and nature, therefore they are addressed. Also, it contemplates the inconvenience of discussion, heir to criticism of positivist naturalism between qualitative and quantitative methodology. It concludes that naturalism is used as much by "qualitativists" as well as by "quantitativists" in a reductionist manner, on limiting reality (sensorial, spiritual and material) as a unique expression of the matter, a situation that should be avoided in a world where different discourses on knowledge converge, configuring transdisciplinarity and transversality To avoid reductionism, it is proposed to extend the term the empiric to take on not only the experimental, but also the experiential, by means of which transmission, reproducibility and verifiability may all be achieved, coming from other sources of realities different from the material, such as the mental or spiritual. C1 [Montoya, Cesar] Inst Tecnol Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Venezuela. [Cendros Guasch, Jesus; Govea de Guerrero, Maria] Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Montoya, C, Inst Tecnol Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Venezuela. EM camontoya@cantv.net jcendros@hotmail.com mgovea@urbe.edu TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 346 EP 354 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780100011 ER PT J AU Ferrer, J AF Ferrer, Juliana TI Competitiveness in social marketing: Strategic conjunction for strengthening small industries in Zulia SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The purpose of this article is to analyze competitiveness from the viewpoint of social marketing for small industries in Zulia. Based on a descriptive, field investigation, information was collected using random sampling related to the number of transforming companies. The universe studied consisted of 487 small companies, from which a sample size of 59 small businesses of national origin was obtained, selected randomly. Conclusions were that small national businesses have an incipient competitive level manifested in low technological development, high degree of down time, inefficient production systems, conventional business strategies andrestricted relations with social actors. The study recommends initiating a competitive transformation process that would permit integrating business initiatives with incentive policies agreed on with the social agents involved, contributing thereby to endogenous development through the search for strategies that strengthen the future life of the sector. C1 Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4002, Venezuela. RP Ferrer, J, Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4002, Venezuela. EM jumferrer@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 13 IS 3 BP 468 EP 483 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780200008 ER PT J AU Petit, TEE AF Petit Torres, Elsa Emilia TI Enterprising innovative management as a catalyst for economic enterprise SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The article analyzed enterprising innovative management as a catalyst for economic enterprise. Methodology used was qualitative, based on application of the interpretive method proposed by Joseph Kockelmans (1975). The following content aspects were developed: 1) The economic importance of innovation as an endogenous variable; 2) The culture of innovation as an element for accelerating the endogenous process; 3) the management of innovation transfer for regional development; 4) the nature and scope of the enterprise; 5) economic enterprise; 6) social scope of the enterprise and its impact on the process of sustainable endogenous development; and 7) joint capital and enterprise in local and regional areas. Results indicated that enterprising innovative management as useful knowledge consists of discipline that vitalizes resources, capacities and competences for generating knowledge and strategic and organizational perspectives establishing the applied technology or knowledge to exploit new opportunities that generate value economically. Conclusions are that economic enterprise constitutes the new technology of innovative business management that accelerates the appearance of new initiatives and stimulates the economic growth and development of countries. C1 Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Expt, Dept Ciencias Human, Unidad Acad Estudios Desarrollo, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Petit, TEE, Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Expt, Dept Ciencias Human, Unidad Acad Estudios Desarrollo, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM remcyt@yahoo.es TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 13 IS 3 BP 495 EP 506 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780200010 ER PT J AU Molero, GGA Morales, AE AF Molero Gonzalez, Genoveva Angela Morales Aldana, Edinson TI Urban Property Tax in the Municipality of Maracaibo SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The fundamental objective of this work was to analyze the Urban Property Tax in the Municipality of Maracaibo, State of Zulia, for which a descriptive-documentary study was performed. This investigation was supported by documents and complemented by open inter-views carried out with employees at the administrative units of the Mayor's Office, such as the Directorate of Land Registry and the Autonomous Municipal Tax Service. Results allowed the researchers to: identify elements of the tax, analyze collection procedures, for which it was observed that the ordinances are outdated, being more than thirty years old; on the other hand, the study noted the creation of decrces whose purpose is to increase the tax, analyzed the insufficiency presented by the municipal land registry, and examined collection behavior during the year 2003. C1 [Morales Aldana, Edinson] Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM mbe-ba2005@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 13 IS 3 BP 518 EP 530 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780200012 ER PT J AU Hernandez, R Silvestri, K Alvarez, A AF Hernandez, Rene Silvestri, Karin Alvarez, Anjuli TI The teaching of ethics in managerial training SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The objective of this research was to analyze the teaching of ethics in managerial training, specifically in business administration schools at national public universities. Methodology used was descriptive and of the exploratory and documental investigation type. Information units involved teachers to determine the existence of program content oriented toward teaching ethics in the administration major at the university level as well as the existence of behavior codes as a frame of reference. Results indicated that all the teachers coincide in affirming the need to incorporate a transversal program axis that would permeate the curriculum, oriented toward teaching ethics in the administration schools. Therefore, the study recommended setting up cooperation networks to implement common axes for teaching ethics at the national universities. C1 [Hernandez, Rene] Univ Zulia, Dept Ciencias Humanas, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. [Silvestri, Karin] Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Hernandez, R, Univ Zulia, Dept Ciencias Humanas, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM reneeher@gmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 13 IS 3 BP 531 EP 536 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258780200013 ER PT J AU Tola, F AF Tola, Florencia TI "I'm not only (alone) in my body". Person and body among the Toba (Qom) of the Argentine Chaco SO MANA-ESTUDOS DE ANTROPOLOGIA SOCIAL LA Portuguese DT Article AB In this article, I analyze the attributes that define person and body among the Toba (Qom) of the Argentine Chaco. An interest in these concepts led to an examination of some of the components of the body such as corporal fluids, the Iqui'i (usually translated as soul), various names and body heat. Finally, I discuss the mechanisms of individuation that operate event when the person is conceived its a bundle where relations intersect. C1 Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Conseil Natl Rech Sci & Tech, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Tola, F, Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Conseil Natl Rech Sci & Tech, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM tolatoba@yahoo.com.ar TC 0 PU UNIV FEDERAL DO RIO JANEIRO PI RIO DE JANEIRO PA QUINTA DA BOA VISTA, SAO CRISTOVAO, RIO DE JANEIRO, 20940-040, BRAZIL SN 0104-9313 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 13 IS 2 BP 499 EP 519 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000258780500008 ER PT J AU Clancy, S AF Clancy, Susan TI Why aren't more women at the top of the corporate ladder: Stereotypes, biological differences or choices made? SO ACADEMIA-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ADMINISTRACION LA Spanish DT Article AB Today women make up almost 50 percent of managerial and professional jobs but the leaders of most companies and organizations, across the world, are almost always men. Why this is the case is a question asked by gender experts, academics and researchers since the mid 1970s. After a consideration of the research on stereotypes, biases and biological differences between men and women (ones that may impact their leadership styles), research is presented that argues that the best explanation may have to do with the decisions and choices women make during their careers. Success often requires total commitment to one's job and a commensurate reduction in the amount of time people can devote to their families and to their personal lives. This may be a price many women simply are not willing to pay. C1 Incae, Managua, Nicaragua. RP Clancy, S, Incae, Managua, Nicaragua. EM Susan.Clancy@incae.edu TC 0 PU CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO ESCUELAS ADM-CLADEA PI BOGOTA DC PA CARRERA 1 NO 18A-70, EDIFICIO RGC, ZONA POSTAL 2, BOGOTA DC, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 1012-8255 PY 2007 IS 38 BP 1 EP 8 SC Business; Management UT ISI:000258790900002 ER PT J AU Zabludovsky, G AF Zabludovsky, Gina TI Mexico: Women in the private sector's managerial positions SO ACADEMIA-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ADMINISTRACION LA Spanish DT Article AB The article is the outcome of a research dealing with women holding managerial positions in the private sector in Mexico, bearing in mind their increasing importance within the work force and in higher education. The analysis of employment surveys and of the main managerial positions in large corporations illustrates changes in men/women relations in these jobs; the paper also explores the factors that explain the still reduced female participation in the highest spheres of organizational life. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias Polit & Sociales, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Zabludovsky, G, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias Polit & Sociales, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM ginaza@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO ESCUELAS ADM-CLADEA PI BOGOTA DC PA CARRERA 1 NO 18A-70, EDIFICIO RGC, ZONA POSTAL 2, BOGOTA DC, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 1012-8255 PY 2007 IS 38 BP 9 EP 26 SC Business; Management UT ISI:000258790900003 ER PT J AU de Santamaria, MCC AF Consuelo Cardenas de Santamaria, Maria TI What is good for all is of no comfort to anyone SO ACADEMIA-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ADMINISTRACION LA Spanish DT Article AB Based on 23 research interviews with executive women from private organizations in Colombia, carried out in 2002, and on interviews to 40 women executives from different sectors, carried out between 2003-2006, and using the testimonies of some of the 146 women executives and independent professionals who participated in seven "Feminine Awareness and Leadership" workshops, we confirm that our women: (i) have a "participative leadership style" and (11) face problems and dilemmas due to the imposition that organizations place on their life definition, through their excluding routines and values. Total dedication to work is highly questioned in order to obtain a better work-life balance, which implies demanding changes and transformations in the organizations that these women lead. C1 Univ Los Andes, Fac Adm, Bogota, Colombia. RP de Santamaria, MCC, Univ Los Andes, Fac Adm, Bogota, Colombia. EM marcarde@uniandes.edu.co TC 0 PU CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO ESCUELAS ADM-CLADEA PI BOGOTA DC PA CARRERA 1 NO 18A-70, EDIFICIO RGC, ZONA POSTAL 2, BOGOTA DC, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 1012-8255 PY 2007 IS 38 BP 27 EP 44 SC Business; Management UT ISI:000258790900004 ER PT J AU Gomez, M Ogliastri, E AF Gomez, Marie Ogliastri, Enrique TI A work interview in London SO ACADEMIA-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ADMINISTRACION LA Spanish DT Article AB Ana Lopez, a recent college graduate, born and raised in the U.S.A,, attends an employment interview in London. The job requires her to become part of an intercultural team in other countries. During the interview she is asked questions that stupefy her: How old are you? Do you have a boyfriend? How does your father earn his living? What does your mother do? Her English interviewer makes it clear that, while this type of questions may not be asked in a job interview in the U.S.A., as he knows, English law allows them. In the end, she wonders if she acted suitably in that situation or if she had better options. C1 [Gomez, Marie] Goldman Sachs, Global Mobil Grp, New York, NY 10004 USA. [Ogliastri, Enrique] Inst Empresa Business Sch, Madrid, Spain. [Ogliastri, Enrique] Incae, Alajuela, Costa Rica. RP Gomez, M, Goldman Sachs, Global Mobil Grp, New York, NY 10004 USA. EM gomezmarie@gmail.com Enrique.Ogliastri@ie.edu TC 0 PU CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO ESCUELAS ADM-CLADEA PI BOGOTA DC PA CARRERA 1 NO 18A-70, EDIFICIO RGC, ZONA POSTAL 2, BOGOTA DC, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 1012-8255 PY 2007 IS 38 BP 85 EP 88 SC Business; Management UT ISI:000258790900008 ER PT J AU Leguizamon, F Jones, C AF Leguizamon, Francisco Jones, Connie TI Zobeida Moya and Fundacion Mujer SO ACADEMIA-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ADMINISTRACION LA Spanish DT Article AB In October 2005 the Executive Director of Fundacion Mujer, Zobeida Moya, and the Board of Directors were faced with the task of deciding how best to carry Fundacion Mujer forward by joining the realities -past, present and future-of the organization to meet new goals and visions. RP Leguizamon, F, Incae, Alajuela, Costa Rica. EM francisco.leguizamon@incae.edu TC 0 PU CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO ESCUELAS ADM-CLADEA PI BOGOTA DC PA CARRERA 1 NO 18A-70, EDIFICIO RGC, ZONA POSTAL 2, BOGOTA DC, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 1012-8255 PY 2007 IS 38 BP 89 EP 104 SC Business; Management UT ISI:000258790900009 ER PT J AU Zanetti, S AF Zanetti, Susana TI The modernist intellectual as artist: Ruben Dario SO TEMPO SOCIAL LA Portuguese DT Article AB This article reviews the intellectual career of Ruben Dario, profiling the artist's position in modernism (1880-1910), the first concrete movement among Hispano-American writers, which substantially renewed the literary output in Spanish. Incorporated into the modern market as a journalist and immigrant, the article follows Dario's intellectual life from the archaic cultural context of his native Nicaragua to some of the foremost Hispano-American (Buenos Aires) and European (Madrid, Paris) centres, and considers his demands for aesthetic autonomy and his constant affirmation of the poet's authority to intervene in discussions relating to modern society and culture. Here we see the emergence of his commitment to the creation of a Latin America founded on new ties of solidarity and union with Spain, in the face of the threatening advance of the United States. C1 [Zanetti, Susana] Natl Univ La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [Zanetti, Susana] Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Zanetti, S, Natl Univ La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. EM susanaezanetti@yahoo.com.ar TC 0 PU UNIV SAO PAOLO, DEPT SOCIOLOGIA PI SAO PAULO SP PA AV PROF LUCIANO GUALBERTO, 315, SAO PAULO SP, 05508-010, BRAZIL SN 0103-2070 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 19 IS 1 BP 19 EP 31 SC Sociology UT ISI:000258701400002 ER PT J AU Gramuglio, MT AF Teresa Gramuglio, Maria TI Sur: a cosmopolitan minority on the western periphery SO TEMPO SOCIAL LA Portuguese DT Article AB This article explores the conditions and dispositions that enabled the emergence of the magazine Sur and the formation of the cultural group of the same name. It sets out the criteria for a periodization that takes into account, along with material factors, the shifting historical and cultural circumstances experienced by the publication over its 60-year life-span (1931-1991). The text highlights some of the main ideological and aesthetic themes to have filled the magazine's pages. It describes the original project and the transformations introduced by its chief editor, Victoria Ocampo, as well as the changes in the relations and problematics of the intellectual field. C1 [Teresa Gramuglio, Maria] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Filosofia & Letras, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Teresa Gramuglio, Maria] Univ Nacl Rosario, Fac Humanidades & Artes, RA-2000 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. [Teresa Gramuglio, Maria] Consejo Invest Univ Nacl Rosario, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. RP Gramuglio, MT, Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Filosofia & Letras, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM mgramugl@fibertel.com.ar TC 0 PU UNIV SAO PAOLO, DEPT SOCIOLOGIA PI SAO PAULO SP PA AV PROF LUCIANO GUALBERTO, 315, SAO PAULO SP, 05508-010, BRAZIL SN 0103-2070 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 19 IS 1 BP 51 EP 69 SC Sociology UT ISI:000258701400004 ER PT J AU Blanco, A AF Blanco, Alejandro TI Social sciences in the Southern Cone and the birth of an intellectual elite (1940-1965) SO TEMPO SOCIAL LA Portuguese DT Article AB This work reconstructs the formation and rise of a new class of intellectual producers, the social scientists, owners of an exclusive intellectual and technical expertise, and recipients of an innovative form of academic training. Firstly, the text examines the distinctive initiatives and the main cultural and institutional devices used in the spread and implementation of modern sociology in a number of Latin American countries, as well as the intellectual careers of its main protagonists. Secondly, it looks at the overall intellectual and political context in which this process occurs, especially the role performed by a series of regional and international institutions in forming an intellectual network. C1 [Blanco, Alejandro] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Sociais, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Blanco, Alejandro] Univ Nacl Gen San Martin, Fac Filosofia, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Blanco, A, Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Sociais, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM ablanco@unq.edu.br TC 0 PU UNIV SAO PAOLO, DEPT SOCIOLOGIA PI SAO PAULO SP PA AV PROF LUCIANO GUALBERTO, 315, SAO PAULO SP, 05508-010, BRAZIL SN 0103-2070 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 19 IS 1 BP 89 EP 114 SC Sociology UT ISI:000258701400006 ER PT J AU Montecinos, E AF Montecinos, Egon TI Analysis of electoral behaviour: From rational election to web theory SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper is a review of the literature that explains the individual's electoral behaviour, in specific, especial emphasis in literature on rational choice and the recent contributions of the theory of networks. The objective of this review is to identify the essential worries, an explanation of the vote, and the principal weaknesses and contributions of each one of the models that explain electoral behaviour. The principal result is that in the present-day context, where ideological differentiations become diffuse and communicational bombardment confuses the political messages,the vote cannot be totally defined completely as a result of previous reasoning, but also is influenced by the work of networks that the political parties or candidates undertake. The methodology used was documentary analysis wherein specialized literature on the matter was consulted. C1 Univ Lagos, Ctr Estudios Desarrollo Reg & Local, Osorno, Chile. RP Montecinos, E, Univ Lagos, Ctr Estudios Desarrollo Reg & Local, Osorno, Chile. EM egonmontecinos@yahoo.es TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 9 EP 22 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258701800002 ER PT J AU Moreno, M Coromoto, M AF Moreno, Morillo Coromoto, Marysela TI Venezuela: International commerce and the challenge of sustainable growth SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB In spite of its innumerable natural resources, Venezuela has not been able to reach its desired development, nor the well-being of all its inhabitants, partly because its economic practices and actions have not been based on sustainable growth, and its exportation is limited to raw materials without aggregate value, and the exploitation of which is increasing its irreversible ecological vulnerability. This paper analyzes the Venezuelan economy within the framework of sustainable growth, linking its external economic commerce to sustainable growth. An urgent reduction in oil dependency and the diversifitcation of the economy and exports are urgently recommended in order to participate in international commerce dynamically with products of high aggregate value. The challenges are the processes of commercial liberalization on a world-wide level which promotes ecological sustainability, and balanced human development, integrated on a world level with ecological and commercial policies, since international commerce does not automatically elevate the quality of human life and the health of the planet. On the contrary, everything depends on the efficient use of resources to create wealth in concordance with the protection of the environment. C1 [Moreno, Morillo; Coromoto, Marysela] Univ Los Andes, FACES, Adcrita Dept Contabilidad & Finanzas, Escuela Adm & Contaduria Publ, Bogota, Colombia. RP Moreno, M, Univ Los Andes, FACES, Adcrita Dept Contabilidad & Finanzas, Escuela Adm & Contaduria Publ, Bogota, Colombia. EM morellon@ula.ve TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 23 EP 46 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258701800003 ER PT J AU Talavera, PR Mareano, AYJ AF Talavera Pereira, Rosalba Mareano Aular, Yelitza Josefina TI Languages of semantic representation and its use in the construction of ontologies SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB This article proposes certain considerations related to the language of description of ontologies for the semantic Web, in which even when it is easy to find, share and integrate information and services, it is possible to get more usage out of the available resources. To achieve this goal, the semantic web proposes a description of the resources available there by means of formal or marked languages which permit processing the content, reasoning with the same, combining and logically deducing the information to resolve daily problems automatically, as well as its application in different activities related with the economic sector, offering a permanent management service, and producing and offering quality information. The research methodology applied was analysis of content as the main tool, from which we derived certain theoretical categories referring to: formal or marked language, ontological languages, and Webb semantics. Finally the principal hypothetical results were those elements that lead us to propose documentary reasoning. C1 [Talavera Pereira, Rosalba; Mareano Aular, Yelitza Josefina] Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. [Talavera Pereira, Rosalba; Mareano Aular, Yelitza Josefina] Univ Politecn Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. RP Talavera, PR, Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM talavera_p@hotmail.com ymarcanoa@hotmial.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 59 EP 71 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258701800005 ER PT J AU Leal, MME AF Leal Morantes, Miraidy Elena TI Information and innovation technologies. Key factors in competitiveness in small and medium sized companies SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper presents sonic policies executed by the national government in order to promote the development of science and technology in the country, as well as the principal limitations presented by small and middle sized companies to access information and communication, taking as a basis the results of a diagnosis applied to 8 small and middle sized companies and cooperatives in Maracaibo Municipality, Zulia State, which were integrated into the program for formation of entrepreneurs, businessmen and cooperativists in a program offered by the University of Zulia and FONACIT. To collect empirical data a structured questionnaire was applied, as well as non-structured interviews with members of organizations in order to obtain additional information. The results indicate that the small and middle sized companies in the study seldom used available technology, and some of the determining factors were financial restrictions, initial costs, and resistance to change on the part of businessmen. The conclusion is that in order to compete in a globalized economy, companies most support the incorporation of technological, informational and communicational technology. Also the Venezuelan Government should design and execute a series of policies oriented towards promoting science, technology and innovation as fundamental pillars of economic and social progress in the country. C1 Univ Zulia, Escuela Adm & Contaduria Publ, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Leal, MME, Univ Zulia, Escuela Adm & Contaduria Publ, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM mylealm@yahoo.es TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 84 EP 97 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258701800007 ER PT J AU Penaloza, M Arevalo, F AF Penaloza, Monica Arevalo, Freddy TI Evaluation of competence and estimation of potential in western electric companies SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The objective of this research was to evaluate competence levels and potentials on three time scales, always, occasionally and never. The instrument was submitted to it process of validation, content confidence and internal structure. The conclusion was that there is a need to apply evaluation instruments and estimate potential that give direction to labor competence. The need level was established at 89% which indicates the urgency in constantly diagnosing and evaluating new demands in the environment. not only for the present time, but as a projection for future actions. The creation of a competence evaluation instrument and estimation of potential is recommended, and should be submitted to consideration by electric power production plants in the west and applied. C1 [Penaloza, Monica] Univ Zulia, Fac Humanidades & Educ, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Penaloza, M, Univ Zulia, Fac Humanidades & Educ, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM reecedip_luz@yahoo.com arevalof@telcel.net.ve TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 116 EP 133 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258701800009 ER PT J AU Boscan, M Romero, J Sandrea, M AF Boscan, Mariby Romero, Jenny Sandrea, Maryana TI Sources of financing employed by companies that produce milk derivatives in Zulia state SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB At the moment, all companies are going through trans formation sin many aspects, for which they require financial resources. The objective of this study is to determine the public and private financing sources used by companies that produce milk derivatives in Zulia State. With this purpose in mind, descriptive field research was carried out, for which an interview was designed and applied to eight managers. Among the more important results we highlight: 75% of those interviewed use mainly credit granted by FONCREI, as a public source, since they value the interest rate fundamentally; and also consider that access to this type of financial resource is complicated (62,5%), and the response time is slow (87,5%). As a private source, credit with suppliers (62,5%) in this case, the terms granted by these sources are decisive; most of the managers estimate that access to this source is adequate, the requirements exaggerated, but the response time is adequate. The conclusion is that the most important factor in the decision to request public credit is the interest rate, while in relation to private sources, the terms and amount of the credit are the most relevant factors. C1 [Boscan, Mariby; Romero, Jenny; Sandrea, Maryana] Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Boscan, M, Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM maribyboscan@yahoo.com Jennyfrb@yahoo.com marysandrea@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 134 EP 146 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258701800010 ER PT J AU Diaz, J Montaner, J Prieto, M AF Diaz, Jazmin Montaner, Jessica Prieto, Marielina TI Ethical formation for sustainable development SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB Since sustainable development requires for its achievement an ethical conscience on the pan of the people, this paper examines the ethics that the School of Administration and Public Accounting FCES-LUZ articulates, transmits and demands in the professional formation of its graduates. Documentary research of principle documents was undertaken. It was found that ethical concepts are almost inexistent in the university student normative and when they did appear, they were ethereal concepts. In addition, students do not believe ethics to be of value, either for them or for their professors, staff personal or authorities. It was concluded that students handle utilitarian ethics, where the results justify the means. This perception is enforced by pragmatic values which give more importance to the results rather than the means, while failing to support the development of individuals who are responsible for their actions, or aware of their role in society; fundamental characteristics for the execution of a sustainable development model, as a strategy for the evolution of society towards a state of equality and fairness. C1 [Diaz, Jazmin] Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, PPI Fonacit, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Diaz, J, Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, PPI Fonacit, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM jdbconsult@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 159 EP 171 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258701800012 ER PT J AU Atencio, CE Gonzalez, PB AF Atencio Cardenas, Edith Gonzalez Pertuz, Blanca TI Quality of service in the University of Zulia Editorial (EDILUZ) SO REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The objective of this article is to determine the service quality offered by the University of Zulia Editorial Office (EDILUZ) according to the perception, expectations and level of user satisfaction. The research is descriptive. with a non-experimental Field design for which an instrument for data collection was elaborated and applied in the University to a sample of 45 users. The results indicate that that service quality according to the perception of those interviewed was favorable in aspects such as confidence, empathy and tangibility, except in the aspect of response capacity, In re I at ion to expectations, users hope to receive better service on the part of the institution, since the present capacity is evaluated as negative. In relation to satisfaction levels, the result was positive in relation to aspects such as confidence, empathy and tangibility, while the response capacity was classified as negative. The conclusion is that user expectations were greater than those perceived and users of the EDILUZ service have a negative satisfaction level in this respect. C1 [Atencio Cardenas, Edith] Univ Zulia, Ctr Estudios Empresa, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Atencio, CE, Univ Zulia, Ctr Estudios Empresa, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM edithsoraida@yahoo.es lilidepuche@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FAC CIENCIAS ECON & SOCIALES SCI PI MARACAIBO PA CIUDAD UNIV DR. ANTONIO BORJAS ROMERO, NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, AV GUAJIRA, SECTOR ZIRUMA, APDO 526, MARACAIBO, 00000, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9518 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 172 EP 186 SC Business; Economics UT ISI:000258701800013 ER PT J AU Combes, I Villar, D AF Combes, Isabelle Villar, Diego TI The purest mix: Chiriguano and Chane ideas of miscegenation SO MANA-ESTUDOS DE ANTROPOLOGIA SOCIAL LA Portuguese DT Article AB The starting point of this article is the thesis developed in 1991 by Isabelle Combes and Thierry Saignes on the birth of Chiriguano ethnicity and identity, both mixed 'in essence.' The Chiriguano and the Chane appear to maintain a somewhat paradoxical relationship with miscegenation, however. Although considered paradigmatic examples of Amerindian miscegenation, some contemporary views anticipate the dissolution of the ethnic group precisely because of its mixture with whites. At the same time, the Chiriguano themselves reject any idea of mixture, proclaiming themselves to be simply 'Guarani.' Based on a double case study of the Bolivian Isoso and the Argentinean Northwest, the article casts doubt on the idea of the complete absorption of the Chane by the Chiriguano complex; it then analyzes the different types of miscegenation in existence and their relation to an asymmetrical schema that creates a scale of values between different. ethnic groups. Finally, the authors suggest that the ideological ambivalence surrounding miscegenation is precisely due to the fact that it is a hybrid construct, the product of the fusion between Chane and Guarani ideologies. C1 [Villar, Diego] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM kunhati@gmail.com villardieg@gmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV FEDERAL DO RIO JANEIRO PI RIO DE JANEIRO PA QUINTA DA BOA VISTA, SAO CRISTOVAO, RIO DE JANEIRO, 20940-040, BRAZIL SN 0104-9313 PD APR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 41 EP 62 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000258701300002 ER PT J AU Cordoba, LI AF Cordoba, Lorena Isabel TI Koshi Shinanya Ainbo. Testimony of a Shipibo women SO MANA-ESTUDOS DE ANTROPOLOGIA SOCIAL LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Cordoba, Lorena Isabel] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Cordoba, LI, Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. TC 0 PU UNIV FEDERAL DO RIO JANEIRO PI RIO DE JANEIRO PA QUINTA DA BOA VISTA, SAO CRISTOVAO, RIO DE JANEIRO, 20940-040, BRAZIL SN 0104-9313 PD APR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 1 BP 282 EP 283 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000258701300013 ER PT J AU Clemente, A AF Clemente, Angeles TI English as cultural capital in the Oaxacan community of Mexico SO TESOL QUARTERLY LA English DT Editorial Material C1 Univ Autonoma Benito Juarez Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. RP Clemente, A, Univ Autonoma Benito Juarez Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. TC 0 PU TESOL PI ALEXANDRIA PA 700 SOUTH WASHINGTON ST, STE 200, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314 USA SN 0039-8322 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 41 IS 2 BP 421 EP 425 SC Education & Educational Research; Linguistics UT ISI:000258474900017 ER PT J AU Barbieri, NC AF Barbieri, Nelly Catalina TI Fiscal policy and sanitary policy: Evident tensions from the criteria of distribution of the co-participable mass and methods of determination of transference SO SALUD COLECTIVA LA Spanish DT Article AB The present work tries to evaluate the present Law of Municipal Co-participation of the Province of Buenos Aires from the point of view of the capacity of financing of the cost of the municipal health sector in the Province of Buenos Aires. The "health component" explains the 37% of the distribution of the co-participable mass. The implicit "prices" of the selected variables, influence the "what" and "how" to produce goods in health. This is why the controversies between the fiscal objectives shaped in the normative variant of the method and the assigning eficiency of the sector, as well as the fairness in health, central objectives of the sanitary policy, are put in evidence. As a conclusion and after analysing the results of the distribution, I attempt to demonstrate that in a system of distribution of funds, where variables that try to partially measure the activity of a government function are included, where the criterion to repay the cost of the decentralized public services reigns, in the specific case of health it transforms into a signal that confirms and deepens the assigning inefficiency and the inequality in the distribution. C1 [Barbieri, Nelly Catalina] Univ Nacl La Plata, Fac Med, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. EM nellybarbieri@ciudad.com.ar TC 0 PU SALUD COLECTIVA CENTRO ESTUDIOS SALUD PI BUENOS AIRES PA CALLE 11 NO 6154, CITY BELL, BUENOS AIRES, B18906OHV, ARGENTINA SN 1669-2381 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 3 IS 1 BP 49 EP 61 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000258525600004 ER PT J AU Almendares, J Feo, O Piura, J Arostegui, J Castellanos, PL Minayo, C Almeida, N Augusto, LGDS Castiel, LD Ros, C Pepe, JL Diaz, E Borini, M Efron, RD AF Almendares, Juan Feo, Oscar Piura, Julio Arostegui, Jorge Castellanos, Pedro Luis Minayo, Cecilia Almeida, Naomar da Silva Augusto, Lia Giraldo Castiel, Luis David Ros, Cecilia Pepe, Jorge Luis Diaz, Esther Borini, Mario Efron, Ruben D. TI Juan Samaja SO SALUD COLECTIVA LA Spanish DT Biographical-Item C1 [Castellanos, Pedro Luis] IDESARROLLO, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. [Almeida, Naomar] Univ Fed Bahia, BR-41170290 Salvador, BA, Brazil. [Ros, Cecilia] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Psicol, Catedra Metodol Invest, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Borini, Mario] Univ Buenos Aires, Escuela Salud Publ, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. TC 0 PU SALUD COLECTIVA CENTRO ESTUDIOS SALUD PI BUENOS AIRES PA CALLE 11 NO 6154, CITY BELL, BUENOS AIRES, B18906OHV, ARGENTINA SN 1669-2381 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 3 IS 1 BP 93 EP 96 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000258525600008 ER PT J AU Minujin, A Davidziuk, A Delamonica, E AF Minujin, Alberto Davidziuk, Alejandra Delamonica, Enrique TI Conditional cash transfers boom. How do these programs benefit children in Latin America? SO SALUD COLECTIVA LA Spanish DT Article AB Thousands of people do not have access to basic services (health, education, safe water, and shelter), social protection and a minimum income worldwide. Many boys, girls and young people, constituting one of the most vulnerable groups, can be found among the marginalized from the basic services, leading to a wide range of deprivations. As a solution, different international organizations, agencies and governments promote social programs that offer conditional cash transfers, generally related to child school attendance and family visits to health centers. Based on what we understand public. C1 [Minujin, Alberto; Davidziuk, Alejandra; Delamonica, Enrique] Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Minujin, Alberto] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. [Minujin, Alberto] New Sch Social Res, Program Posgrad Asuntos Int, New York, NY 10011 USA. RP Minujin, A, Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM aminujin@gmail.com adavidziuk@yahoo.com edelamonica@spc.edu TC 0 PU SALUD COLECTIVA CENTRO ESTUDIOS SALUD PI BUENOS AIRES PA CALLE 11 NO 6154, CITY BELL, BUENOS AIRES, B18906OHV, ARGENTINA SN 1669-2381 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 3 IS 2 BP 121 EP 131 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000258568000002 ER PT J AU Galeano, D AF Galeano, Diego TI Mens sana in corpore sano: Jose M. Ramos Mejia and the medicalization of the Argentine society SO SALUD COLECTIVA LA Spanish DT Article AB The article analyzes the Argentinean medical view along a period when it rose in importance and became the key for the interpretation of society. At the end of the XIX century, an influential group of intellectuals, including Jose Maria Ramos Mejia (Las multitudes argentinas, 1899), brought the hygienic issue to the centre of the public scene. The main hypothesis of the present paper is that the medicalization of society, after the Cholera and Yellow Fever epidemics, gave to the elites the opportunity to build legitimate domains of state intervention. But the intrusion of the State into the private sphere was not unproblematic: on the one hand, it provoked the resistance of the population; on the other, it stood in contradiction with the theoretical logic of liberalism. C1 [Galeano, Diego] Univ Nacl La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [Galeano, Diego] Univ Nacl Lanus, Dept Planificac & Polit Publ, CIC Prov Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Galeano, D, Univ Nacl La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. EM dgaleano@unla.edu.ar TC 0 PU SALUD COLECTIVA CENTRO ESTUDIOS SALUD PI BUENOS AIRES PA CALLE 11 NO 6154, CITY BELL, BUENOS AIRES, B18906OHV, ARGENTINA SN 1669-2381 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 3 IS 2 BP 133 EP 146 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000258568000003 ER PT J AU Briggs, CL Mantini-Briggs, C AF Briggs, Charles L. Mantini-Briggs, Clara TI "Mission Barrio Adentro": Social medicine, social movements of the poor and new coalitions in Venezuela SO SALUD COLECTIVA LA Spanish DT Article AB In Venezuela, both local and national governments created a parallel national health system, Mission Barrio Adentro (MBA), that placed some 33,000 health professionals, initially Cubans, in low-income neighborhoods. Ethnographic research and interviews suggest that MBA provided access to healthcare and gained popular support due the combined effects of social movements of the poor, collaborations between community workers, residents, public health officials and politicians; integration of healthcare with social and economic programs; physicians' residence in low-income neighborhoods; positive, egalitarian doctor-patient interactions; the crucial role of neighborhood Health Committees; and the impact of hostility from the press, a large segment of Venezuelan doctors, and the Opposition in converting MBA into a major political issue. This case suggests that the State can confront health inequities effectively when policies are generated within underserved communities by fusing social medicine and critical epidemiology perspectives with those of residents. Flexible, non-bureaucratic, and creative institutional structures enhance effectiveness. C1 [Briggs, Charles L.] Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA. [Briggs, Charles L.] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Anthropol, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA. [Mantini-Briggs, Clara] Univ Carabobo, Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela. [Mantini-Briggs, Clara] Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD USA. [Mantini-Briggs, Clara] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Deomg, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA. RP Briggs, CL, Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA. EM clbriggs@berkeley.edu mantini-briggs@demog.berkeley.edu TC 0 PU SALUD COLECTIVA CENTRO ESTUDIOS SALUD PI BUENOS AIRES PA CALLE 11 NO 6154, CITY BELL, BUENOS AIRES, B18906OHV, ARGENTINA SN 1669-2381 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 3 IS 2 BP 159 EP 176 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000258568000005 ER PT J AU Belmartino, S AF Belmartino, Susana TI Critical situation and institutional change in the health sector: Argentina in the 1940s SO SALUD COLECTIVA LA Spanish DT Article AB The 1940s witnessed deep changes in Argentina health care policies. This summary presents the proposal led in Santa Fe by Abelardo Yrigoyen Freyre, minister of Public Health and Labor between 7941 and 1943. This article emphasizes the need to deepen the study of both national and provincial processes of institutional change, starting from uniform concepts and categories, so as to enhance history's explanation capability through comparative analyses. C1 [Belmartino, Susana] Univ Nacl Rosario, RA-2000 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. [Belmartino, Susana] Univ Aix Marsella, Marseille, France. RP Belmartino, S, Univ Nacl Rosario, RA-2000 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. EM susanabelmartino@hotmail.com TC 0 PU SALUD COLECTIVA CENTRO ESTUDIOS SALUD PI BUENOS AIRES PA CALLE 11 NO 6154, CITY BELL, BUENOS AIRES, B18906OHV, ARGENTINA SN 1669-2381 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 3 IS 2 BP 177 EP 185 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000258568000006 ER PT J AU Vazquez, MA AF Avila Vazquez, Medardo TI Globalization and medical identities in clinical trials SO SALUD COLECTIVA LA English DT Article AB This article studies how the relation between clinical researchers and patients incorporated into protocol becomes apparent i.e. doctor's perceptions of the 'relation doctor-patient' as a 'relation researcher-object of trial", for it, two well-known cases are being analyzed The first case refers to trials seeking to reduce the perinatal transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in developing countries. These trials have established a double standard M treatment for African and Latin American pregnant Women, recognizing them as "different". An ethnic limit has been defined to use them as a control group. The second case refers to analysis of commercial clinical trials, carried out at the Hospital Municipal Infantil de Cordoba, which were ideologically supported by the neoliberal Identities and values promoted by globalization, thus breaking away from identities generated historically. C1 [Avila Vazquez, Medardo] Univ Nacl Cordoba, Fac Filosofia & Humanidades, RA-5000 Cordoba, Argentina. [Avila Vazquez, Medardo] Univ Nacl Cordoba, Fac Ciencias Med, Hosp Infantil, Unidad Docente, RA-5000 Cordoba, Argentina. RP Vazquez, MA, Univ Nacl Cordoba, Fac Filosofia & Humanidades, RA-5000 Cordoba, Argentina. EM medardoavilavazquez@yahoo.com.ar TC 0 PU SALUD COLECTIVA CENTRO ESTUDIOS SALUD PI BUENOS AIRES PA CALLE 11 NO 6154, CITY BELL, BUENOS AIRES, B18906OHV, ARGENTINA SN 1669-2381 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 3 IS 3 BP 235 EP 245 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000258568100002 ER PT J AU Testa, M AF Testa, Mario TI Health decisions: Who? How? Why? SO SALUD COLECTIVA LA English DT Article AB Health decisions are analyzed as a process of criticism, making a difference between critical attitude and aptitude, whose combination results 117 distinct Political behaviors. Subjective and social motivations for the critical attitude are proposed. The answer to the rhetorical question "Who decides?" is the State, and a brief description is made pointing out the importance of the introduction of discussion subjects in its agenda by social actors. Recent historical events in Our Country are Mentioned entailing a possible State reform. Individual and social contradictions and conflicts are identified as one of the inputs to the formation of social actors and to decision-making, together with the diverse social levels where this takes place. The answer to the question "Why?" because this problem is structurally embedded In social life itself C1 [Testa, Mario] Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Testa, Mario] Univ Fed Bahia, BR-41170290 Salvador, BA, Brazil. RP Testa, M, Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM mtesta@mail.retina.ar TC 0 PU SALUD COLECTIVA CENTRO ESTUDIOS SALUD PI BUENOS AIRES PA CALLE 11 NO 6154, CITY BELL, BUENOS AIRES, B18906OHV, ARGENTINA SN 1669-2381 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 3 IS 3 BP 247 EP 257 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000258568100003 ER PT J AU Sacchi, M Hausberger, M Pereyra, A AF Sacchi, Monica Hausberger, Margarita Pereyra, Adriana TI Perception of the health-disease-care process and aspects that influence the decreased use of the Health Care System among poor families in the city of Salta SO SALUD COLECTIVA LA English DT Article AB The health-disease-care process is an individual and social construction through which the person elaborates his illness, and conditions the kind of help he will look for. The perception of this complex process is personal and subjective and it can only be understood in the context of the universe of beliefs, values and behaviors of the sociocultural environment of each person, as well as his life material conditions. The purpose of this paper has been to better know the factors that explain why the poor families of Salta City covered by the Primary Attention Health Program, under use the health public system. The results show that the perception of the health problems are very much influenced by the material conditions of their life and the sociocultural values towards health. The need to solve daily problems, like getting a job or getting food lessens the importance of health problems, specially in grown people, while health problems of children receive greater attention. The organization of the Sanitary System, as well as the relations between end users and health service providers discourage the concurrence to the health centers. C1 [Sacchi, Monica] Univ Catolica Argentina, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Sacchi, M, Univ Catolica Argentina, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM vandam@unsa.edu.ar marga61h@hotmail.com aperevra@unsa.edu.ar TC 0 PU SALUD COLECTIVA CENTRO ESTUDIOS SALUD PI BUENOS AIRES PA CALLE 11 NO 6154, CITY BELL, BUENOS AIRES, B18906OHV, ARGENTINA SN 1669-2381 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 3 IS 3 BP 271 EP 283 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000258568100005 ER PT J AU Mazzeo, V AF Mazzeo, Victoria TI The situation of health-disease-care in early childhood in the City of Buenos Aires between 1990 and 2002 SO SALUD COLECTIVA LA English DT Article AB Starting the 1990s a process of increasing inequality impinges on society with sectors that, as a result of labour precarization, register higher difficulties to have access to goods and services either due to lower income or to loss of their social nights. In this context children represent the group of higher vulnerability where social, economic cultural and environmental conditions are determinant factors of their health situation. Therefore, the purpose of this article Was to describe, for the 1990-2002 period using secondary data, the changes In early childhood mortality and the child health care of the City, differentiating social groups and/or spatial areas. C1 [Mazzeo, Victoria] Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Mazzeo, Victoria] Gobierno Ciudad Buenos Aires, Direcc Gen Estadist & Censo, Unidad Anal Demog, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Mazzeo, V, Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM vmazzeo@buenosaires.gov.ar TC 0 PU SALUD COLECTIVA CENTRO ESTUDIOS SALUD PI BUENOS AIRES PA CALLE 11 NO 6154, CITY BELL, BUENOS AIRES, B18906OHV, ARGENTINA SN 1669-2381 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 3 IS 3 BP 285 EP 300 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000258568100006 ER PT J AU Fleitas, M AF Fleitas, Mirta TI We want Mano Santa! actors and meanings of a 1929 popular revolt in San Salvador de Jujuy SO SALUD COLECTIVA LA Spanish DT Article AB The present work examines a significant historical fact, placed in a society in a last transformation: the visit of an Important quack to San Salvador of Jujuy, that ended in a popular revolt on December 3rd, 1929. It will be analysed at the same time, not only the different ideologies that, related to that event, had an Influence on the resolution of health-Illnesses problems, but also the grade Of commitment and the transactions that the people involved were capable of reaching. Finally, the dynamic of that incident will be interpreted in the context of certain Ideological and political configurations in the Jujuy of that historical period The bibliographic material investigated comes from local journalistic articles. C1 [Fleitas, Mirta] Univ Nacl Rosario, RA-2000 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. [Fleitas, Mirta] Univ Nacl Rosario, RA-2000 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. RP Fleitas, M, Univ Nacl Rosario, RA-2000 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. EM mirtafleitas2000@yahoo.com.ar TC 0 PU SALUD COLECTIVA CENTRO ESTUDIOS SALUD PI BUENOS AIRES PA CALLE 11 NO 6154, CITY BELL, BUENOS AIRES, B18906OHV, ARGENTINA SN 1669-2381 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 3 IS 3 BP 301 EP 313 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000258568100007 ER PT J AU Zubelzu, G AF Zubelzu, Graciela TI Understanding Russia trough its deep strengths: difficulties and challenges of an eternal reflection SO REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE POLITICA INTERNACIONAL LA Portuguese DT Article AB This article analyzes features than, due to their persistence in extended historical periods, can be considered key elements to form the identity of the Russian Nation. These "deep forces" are: excepcionalism, messianism, externalism, territorialism and the key role of the State. The article deals with the "organized forces" such as burocracy and state agencies. it also considers the weigh and the standing of some of these streams in the debates over the contemporary foreign policy. C1 [Zubelzu, Graciela] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Zubelzu, Graciela] Univ Nacl Rosario, RA-2000 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. RP Zubelzu, G, Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM gzubelzu@unr.edu.ar TC 0 PU INST BRASILEIRO RELACOES INT PI BRASILIA DF PA CAIXA POSTAL 4400, BRASILIA DF, 70919-970, BRAZIL SN 0034-7329 PY 2007 VL 50 IS 1 BP 102 EP 120 SC Political Science UT ISI:000258198300006 ER PT J AU Boltvinik, J AF Boltvinik, Julio TI Towards a theory of farming poverty SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB Rural poverty, particularly peasant, is determined by the agriculture seasonality and by the fact that, in capitalism, prices incorporate (as costs) only the salaries of the working days effectively paid. Because of that, the farmer must look for additional income outside their arable land. This central thesis explains the agricultural subsidies in developed countries as a social acknowledgement to a minimum life level, without having to degrade their status renting temporarily their workforce, which means that seasonality's social cost is taken by society. When this fight is not recognized, the farmers are condemned to permanent poverty. It is concluded that the adequate policy for the developing countries, if they want to overcome rural poverty, consists in subsidize their countrymen and protect them from the external prices, such as developed countries do. C1 El Colegio Mexico, Ctr Estudios Sociol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Boltvinik, J, El Colegio Mexico, Ctr Estudios Sociol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM jbolt@colmex.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 13 IS 54 BP 23 EP 38 SC Demography UT ISI:000258118200003 ER PT J AU Galindo, C Ordorica, M AF Galindo, Carlos Ordorica, Manuel TI Estimation of occurred and registered births, Mexico 1950-2000 SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB Currently Mexico does not have a historic series of occurred and registered births. Hereby we estimate the number of births which annually take place from 1950 to 2000, according to vital statistics. With this aim, we revised all of the statistical yearbooks of the last half century and extrapolate the behavior of the birth registrations by age. We present an evaluation of our estimations by means of historical tendencies and random figures. We quantify Mexican fertility and its descent in the last half century in order to show our estimation's utility and the potential use of vital statistics. C1 [Galindo, Carlos; Ordorica, Manuel] El Colegio Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Galindo, C, El Colegio Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM cgalindo@colmex.mx mordori@colmex.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 13 IS 54 BP 39 EP 86 SC Demography UT ISI:000258118200004 ER PT J AU Schoijet, M AF Schoijet, Mauricio TI Birth control: a history's outline SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB This article reviews the struggles to legalize abortion and access to contraceptives in several countries, from the demand to contraceptive access as from 1820 in Great Britain, this very access appeared by the end of the XIX century into the United States, Canada and other European countries. Noteworthy are the cases of the Communist Party in Germany in the period prior to the ascension of Fascism -for it developed a movement of birth control as movement of masses- and the ideological reasons which made the United States promote the exportation of birth control after WWII. C1 Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Dept El Hombre & Su Ambiente, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Schoijet, M, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Dept El Hombre & Su Ambiente, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM schoijet@prodigy.net.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 13 IS 54 BP 115 EP 161 SC Demography UT ISI:000258118200006 ER PT J AU Garcia, TR Reyes, PR AF Ramirez Garcia, Telesforo Roman Reyes, Patricia TI Feminine remittances and households in the State of Guanajuato SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB The objective of the paper is to analyze monetary remittances that migrant women from the State of Guanajuato send to their relatives remaining in their communities, to examine the characteristics of households which receive remittances by means of descriptive statistics, distinguishing feminine and masculine remittances, and to determine the amounts, frequency and usage of these resources. Finally, factors associated with the reception of feminine remittances in the State of Guanajuato are examined, trying to identify differences between receptor households of monetary remittances in accordance with the gender of the sender. C1 [Ramirez Garcia, Telesforo; Roman Reyes, Patricia] Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, El Colegio Mexico, Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados Poblac, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Garcia, TR, Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, El Colegio Mexico, Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados Poblac, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM telex32@hotmail.com promanreyes@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 13 IS 54 BP 191 EP 224 SC Demography UT ISI:000258118200008 ER PT J AU Tarzijan, JA AF Tarzijan, Jorge Antonio TI Capital structure and entry deterrence with multiple incumbents SO B E JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS & POLICY LA English DT Article AB This paper uses a two-stage Cournot duopoly model with demand uncertainly to examine the strategic role debt plays in deterring a company from entering when a potential entrant can enter one of several markets. We show that as the number of alternative markets available for entry rises, the incumbents' incentive to use debt as a deterrent falls. Thus, a potential entrant will prefer to have a larger number of alternative markets to enter in order to lower the incumbents' incentive to take strategic actions against it. C1 Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Santiago, Chile. RP Tarzijan, JA, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Santiago, Chile. EM jtarzija@faceapuc.cl TC 0 PU BERKELEY ELECTRONIC PRESS PI BERKELEY PA 2809 TELEGRAPH AVENUE, STE 202, BERKELEY, CA 94705 USA SN 1935-1682 PY 2007 VL 7 IS 1 AR 22 SC Economics UT ISI:000256302600017 ER PT J AU Gallego, FA AF Gallego Y., Francisco A. TI The end of poverty SO ECONOMIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Gallego Y., Francisco A.] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Santiago, Chile. RP Gallego, FA, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Santiago, Chile. EM fgallego@puc.cl TC 0 PU BANCO CENTRAL CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MORANDE 115 2ND PISO, AUGUSTINAS 1180, SANTIAGO, 6500-590, CHILE SN 0717-3830 PD APR PY 2007 VL 10 IS 1 BP 111 EP 117 SC Economics UT ISI:000257129400007 ER PT J AU Palacios, SPI AF Palacios, Simon Pedro Izcara TI Welfare benefits and social exclusion in southern Spain SO SOUTH EUROPEAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS LA English DT Article AB In much of rural Spain, historically inequitable land ownership patterns and more recent processes of economic restructuring have led to the impoverishment of many rural communities. As a result, social welfare policies have been designed to sustain the livelihoods of the most vulnerable social groups. Public expenditure has shown some success in combating most visible forms of poverty and deprivation. Rural areas have seen a significant rise in unemployment over the past two decades without associated mass poverty, welfare assistance being the basis of agricultural workers' household subsistence. However, government payments have also generated other pervasive impacts in rural areas. Welfare assistance, far from guaranteeing the social and economic integration of the most disadvantaged, has caused an increase in social exclusion. C1 Tamaulipas Univ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Palacios, SPI, Tamaulipas Univ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 1360-8746 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 12 IS 2 BP 165 EP 182 DI 10.1080/13608740701306151 SC Political Science; Social Issues UT ISI:000257857200002 ER PT J AU Santelices, MP Olhaberry, M Araneda, ME Tapia, C Perez-Salas, CP AF Santelices, Maria Pia Olhaberry, Marcia Araneda, Maria Eugenia Tapia, Carolina Perez-Salas, Claudia P. TI A study of evolving representations and maternal attachment in a group of chilean first-time pregnant women SO REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CLINICA PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Maternal representations and attachment styles were studied in a group of women on their first pregnancies. They were observed during their pregnancies (between 14 and 34 weeks) and later on, their babies between 3 and 6 months after born. 23 pregnant women, between 19 and 32 years old participated, being their attachment style evaluated through CaMir's questionnaire and their mother representations through the adaptation of the "R" interview. The results obtained show significant differences in the evolution of the maternal representations of the selected mothers in some of the evaluated variables in the representations on the baby, themselves and their own mother. Mothers with secure attachment tend to keep the same maternal representations, and the insecure ones, show differential tendencies. C1 [Santelices, Maria Pia; Olhaberry, Marcia; Araneda, Maria Eugenia; Tapia, Carolina; Perez-Salas, Claudia P.] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Escuela Psicol, Santiago 4860, Chile. RP Santelices, MP, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Escuela Psicol, Santiago 4860, Chile. EM msanteli@uc.cl mpolhabe@uc.cl TC 0 PU FUNDACION AIGLE PI BUENOS AIRES PA VIRREY OLAGUER FELIU 2679, BUENOS AIRES, 00000, ARGENTINA SN 0327-6716 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 16 IS 3 BP 219 EP 229 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology UT ISI:000257360200003 ER PT J AU Tartaglini, MF Clemente, MA Stefani, D AF Tartaglini, Maria Florencia Clemente, Maria Alejandra Stefani, Dorina TI Social support and the feeling of overload. A differential psycho-social resort among female caregivers of spouses with slight and moderate dementia SO REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CLINICA PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Objective: To analyze the incidence of social support on the feeling of burden in spouses of patients with dementia. Method: Descriptive-comparative design of cross section. 62 spouses were selected, of who 30 and 32 who took care of patients with dementia in mild and moderate stage respectively. A Questionnaire of General performances was administered, the Caregiver Burden Interview and the Inventory of Social Resources. Results: The spouses of patients with mild dementia showed greater satisfaction with the perceived support and presented/displayed minor burden level. Discussion: It is agreed with other studies that the modulating effect of the social network of the nursemaids would affect the perception of the care situation favorably, generating a smaller level of burden. C1 [Tartaglini, Maria Florencia; Clemente, Maria Alejandra; Stefani, Dorina] Ineba Inst Neurociencias Buenos Aires, CONICET, RA-4435 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Tartaglini, MF, Ineba Inst Neurociencias Buenos Aires, CONICET, Guardia Vieja 4435, RA-4435 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM ftartaglini@ineba.net TC 0 PU FUNDACION AIGLE PI BUENOS AIRES PA VIRREY OLAGUER FELIU 2679, BUENOS AIRES, 00000, ARGENTINA SN 0327-6716 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 16 IS 3 BP 231 EP 237 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology UT ISI:000257360200004 ER PT J AU Roussos, AJ AF Roussos, Andres J. TI Series on upgrading methodology in clinical psychology - Single-case study design in clinical psychology research. A link between research and clinical practice SO REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CLINICA PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The main characteristics of single case studies wilt be presented and a short review along the history, will be done. Later, a description of the types of existing single case studies will be exposed, and a analysis in relation to the case studies and the intergroup studies will be shown. Finally, both advantages and disadvantages that this type of studies presents will be enumerated. C1 Univ Buenos Aires, Univ Belgrano, CONICET, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Roussos, AJ, Univ Buenos Aires, Univ Belgrano, CONICET, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM roussos@ub.edu.ar TC 0 PU FUNDACION AIGLE PI BUENOS AIRES PA VIRREY OLAGUER FELIU 2679, BUENOS AIRES, 00000, ARGENTINA SN 0327-6716 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 16 IS 3 BP 261 EP 270 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology UT ISI:000257360200007 ER PT J AU Carlos, MA AF Carlos Massad, A. TI Monetary policy under inflation targeting SO ECONOMIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Carlos Massad, A.] Univ Chile, Fac Econ & Negocios, Santiago, Chile. RP Carlos, MA, Univ Chile, Fac Econ & Negocios, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU BANCO CENTRAL CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MORANDE 115 2ND PISO, AUGUSTINAS 1180, SANTIAGO, 6500-590, CHILE SN 0717-3830 PD AUG PY 2007 VL 10 IS 2 BP 113 EP 118 SC Economics UT ISI:000257193000007 ER PT J AU Kevin, CL Sebastian, EF Rodrigo, VP AF Kevin Cowan, L. Sebastian, Edwards F. Rodrigo Valdes, P. TI Current account and external financing SO ECONOMIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article summarizes the most salient aspects of papers presented at the Central Bank of Chile Tenth Annual Conference "Current Account and External Financing " held in November 2006 and soon to be edited into an upcoming book. Many works were included oriented to improve understanding of recent trends and behavior of international financial markets and emerging economies participating in said markets. The papers, that cover both theoretical and empirical aspects, contribute elements to the comprehension of macroeconomic management in a small open economy, taking into account the main changes observed in recent years in matters relating with financial integration. C1 [Kevin Cowan, L.; Rodrigo Valdes, P.] Banco Cent Chile, Santiago, Chile. [Sebastian, Edwards F.] Univ Calif Riverside, Anderson Grad Sch Management, Riverside, CA 92521 USA. RP Kevin, CL, Banco Cent Chile, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU BANCO CENTRAL CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MORANDE 115 2ND PISO, AUGUSTINAS 1180, SANTIAGO, 6500-590, CHILE SN 0717-3830 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 3 BP 5 EP + SC Economics UT ISI:000257193100001 ER PT J AU Alfredo, PM Jorge, SC Rodrigo, VP AF Alfredo Pistelli, M. Jorge Selaive, C. Rodrigo Valdes, P. TI Stocks, flows and valuation effects of foreign assets and liabilities: Do they matter? SO ECONOMIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Article AB During the last few years, large holdings of foreign assets and liabilities along with an increasing relevance of the valuation effects-capital gains or losses-have characterized global financial integration. This paper presents an empirical assessment of the implications of stocks, flows and valuation adjustments in external crises, sovereign credit ratings and the long-run dynamics of real exchange rates (RER), in both industrial and developing economies. We find that foreign assets and liabilities are rather distinctive external holdings with different implications in the occurrence of an external crisis. Valuation adjustments have an impact on crises, although quantitatively not very large. Portfolio liabilities (particularly equity) increase the probability of current account reversals, while the likelihood of sudden stops increases with foreign direct investment assets. In the case of sovereign credit ratings, we find a noteworthy effect of the stock and flows of FDI liabilities on improving sovereign ratings. Finally, as for the RER, gross assets and liabilities appear equally important, but components of external holdings have considerably different effects. While the cumulative current account is associated with real depreciation, the valuation effect is strongly linked with real currency appreciations in developing economies. C1 [Alfredo Pistelli, M.] Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Anal Int, Santiago, Chile. [Jorge Selaive, C.] Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Invest Econ, Santiago, Chile. [Rodrigo Valdes, P.] Banco Cent Chile, Gerente Div Estudios, Santiago, Chile. RP Alfredo, PM, Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Anal Int, Santiago, Chile. EM apistell@bcentral.cl jselaive@bcentral.cl rvaldes@bcentral.cl TC 0 PU BANCO CENTRAL CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MORANDE 115 2ND PISO, AUGUSTINAS 1180, SANTIAGO, 6500-590, CHILE SN 0717-3830 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 3 BP 19 EP + SC Economics UT ISI:000257193100002 ER PT J AU Kevin, CL Jose, DR Alejandro, MA Christopher, NM AF Kevin Cowan, L. Jose De Gregorio, R. Alejandro Micco, A. Christopher Neilson, M. TI Financial diversification and sudden stops SO ECONOMIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Article AB Recent literature on sudden stops analyses the sharp and varied capital account reversals experienced by many emerging market economies. This paper claims that more information can be extracted from the behavior of gross capital flows than from their net results. It emphasizes the fact that, while one economy sudden stop can reveal exclusion front the international financial markets, another can be making adjustments to its investment portfolio causing a sudden start, and both produce the same net effect on the capital account. We present a simple model that rationalizes this empirical fact and its relationship with the economy financial diversification. C1 [Kevin Cowan, L.] Banco Cent Chile, Div Polit Financiera, Santiago, Chile. RP Kevin, CL, Banco Cent Chile, Div Polit Financiera, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU BANCO CENTRAL CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MORANDE 115 2ND PISO, AUGUSTINAS 1180, SANTIAGO, 6500-590, CHILE SN 0717-3830 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 3 BP 45 EP + SC Economics UT ISI:000257193100003 ER PT J AU Juan, PMG Munro, A Claudio, SG AF Juan Pablo, Medina G. Munro, Anella Claudio Soto, G. TI What drives the current account in commodity-exporting countries? The cases of Chile and New Zealand SO ECONOMIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper uses a DSGE model to explore what factors explain current account developments in Chile and New Zealand, two small open economies that are intensive commodity exporters. The model estimation shows that investment-specific shocks,foreign financial changes, and foreign demand shocks account for the bulk of the variation in the current accounts of the two countries. In New Zealand, fluctuations in commodity export prices have also been important. Counterfactual experiments indicate that (i) a peso denomination of the Chilean external debt would reduce the impact of external shocks on domestic variables; and (ii) changes in the degree of monetary policy aggressiveness in New Zealand offers little scope for modifying the exchange rate and current account dynamics. C1 [Juan Pablo, Medina G.] Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Invest Econ, Santiago, Chile. [Claudio Soto, G.] Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Anal Macroecon, Santiago, Chile. RP Juan, PMG, Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Invest Econ, Santiago, Chile. EM jmedina@bcentral.cl Anella.Munro@bis.org csotog@bcentral.cl TC 0 PU BANCO CENTRAL CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MORANDE 115 2ND PISO, AUGUSTINAS 1180, SANTIAGO, 6500-590, CHILE SN 0717-3830 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 3 BP 67 EP + SC Economics UT ISI:000257193100004 ER PT J AU Fuentes, JR Marcelo, OC AF Rodrigo Fuentes S, J. Marcelo, Ochoa C. TI Monetary policy, asset prices and financial stability: a literature review SO ECONOMIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Article C1 [Rodrigo Fuentes S, J.] Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Invest Econ, Santiago, Chile. [Marcelo, Ochoa C.] Duke Univ, Durham, NC 27706 USA. RP Fuentes, JR, Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Invest Econ, Santiago, Chile. EM rfnentes@bcentral.cl marcelo.ochoa@duke.edu TC 0 PU BANCO CENTRAL CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MORANDE 115 2ND PISO, AUGUSTINAS 1180, SANTIAGO, 6500-590, CHILE SN 0717-3830 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 3 BP 115 EP 127 SC Economics UT ISI:000257193100005 ER PT J AU Wildo, GP Alfredo, PM AF Wildo Gonzalez, P. Alfredo Pistelli, M. TI Estimation of the probability of recession in the United States SO ECONOMIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Article C1 [Wildo Gonzalez, P.; Alfredo Pistelli, M.] Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Anal Int, Santiago, Chile. RP Wildo, GP, Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Anal Int, Santiago, Chile. EM wgonzale@bcentral.cl apistell@bcentral.cl TC 0 PU BANCO CENTRAL CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MORANDE 115 2ND PISO, AUGUSTINAS 1180, SANTIAGO, 6500-590, CHILE SN 0717-3830 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 3 BP 129 EP 136 SC Economics UT ISI:000257193100006 ER PT J AU Patricia, GF Sergio, RE AF Patricia Guajardo, F. Sergio Rodriguez, E. TI Operation of the credit card market and a debate on exchange rates SO ECONOMIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Article C1 [Patricia Guajardo, F.] Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Infraestruct & Regulac Financiera, Santiago, Chile. RP Patricia, GF, Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Infraestruct & Regulac Financiera, Santiago, Chile. EM pguajard@bcentrol.cl srodriguez@bbva.cl TC 0 PU BANCO CENTRAL CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MORANDE 115 2ND PISO, AUGUSTINAS 1180, SANTIAGO, 6500-590, CHILE SN 0717-3830 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 3 BP 137 EP 144 SC Economics UT ISI:000257193100007 ER PT J AU Borja, LC AF Borja Larrain, C. TI Investor protection and corporate governance: Firm-level evidence across Latin America SO ECONOMIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Borja Larrain, C.] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Escuela Adm, Santiago, Chile. RP Borja, LC, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Escuela Adm, Santiago, Chile. EM blarrain@faceapuc.cl TC 0 PU BANCO CENTRAL CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MORANDE 115 2ND PISO, AUGUSTINAS 1180, SANTIAGO, 6500-590, CHILE SN 0717-3830 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 3 BP 145 EP 149 SC Economics UT ISI:000257193100008 ER PT J AU Roberto, AE AF Roberto Alvarez, E. TI Natural resources: Neither curse nor destiny SO ECONOMIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Roberto Alvarez, E.] Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Invest Econ, Santiago, Chile. RP Roberto, AE, Banco Cent Chile, Gerencia Invest Econ, Santiago, Chile. EM ralvarez@bcentral.cl TC 0 PU BANCO CENTRAL CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA MORANDE 115 2ND PISO, AUGUSTINAS 1180, SANTIAGO, 6500-590, CHILE SN 0717-3830 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 3 BP 151 EP 154 SC Economics UT ISI:000257193100009 ER PT J AU Chela-Flores, B Chela-Flores, G AF Chela-Flores, Bertha Chela-Flores, Godsuno TI Introduction: Dimensions of Spanish as a native language SO ARGOS LA Spanish DT Editorial Material C1 [Chela-Flores, Bertha] Univ Simon Bolivar, Caracas 1080, Venezuela. [Chela-Flores, Godsuno] Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Chela-Flores, B, Univ Simon Bolivar, Caracas 1080, Venezuela. EM bertha@usb.ve goOdsuno@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU UNIV SIMON BOLIVAR PI CARACAS PA DIV CIENCIAS SOC & HUMANIDADES, EDIFICIO EGE, PISO 1, APARTADO 89000, CARACAS, 1080-A, VENEZUELA SN 0254-1637 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 24 IS 46 BP 8 EP 9 SC Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000257136200002 ER PT J AU Linares, LB AF Linares, Luis Barrera TI Linguistic theory and virtual communities SO ARGOS LA Spanish DT Article AB Few linguistics and literature researchers doubt now Internet's impact not only on human communications in general, but also specifically on language uses and literary creation. However, it strikes that still active and highly relevant theoreticians, such as Noam Chomsky and Teun van Dijk, have not paid much attention to virtual communities and keep on theorizing as if languages and their uses functioned independently from Internet. This article proposes a discussion about the necessity of reformulating linguistic and literary theory and the common axes of concepts that structuralist, generativist and discursive proposals have relied upon (cognition, identity, speakers, logic relationships of directionality, linearity, time and space), regarding the events that characterize virtual communication. C1 Univ Simon Bolivar, Caracas 1080, Venezuela. RP Linares, LB, Univ Simon Bolivar, Caracas 1080, Venezuela. EM lbarrera@usb.ve TC 0 PU UNIV SIMON BOLIVAR PI CARACAS PA DIV CIENCIAS SOC & HUMANIDADES, EDIFICIO EGE, PISO 1, APARTADO 89000, CARACAS, 1080-A, VENEZUELA SN 0254-1637 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 24 IS 46 BP 10 EP 24 SC Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000257136200003 ER PT J AU Chela-Flores, G AF Chela-Flores, Godsuno TI Multicompetence in Spanish as a native language and a foreign language SO ARGOS LA Spanish DT Article AB The notion of an articulatory setting has existed for decades, but linguistic science has paid little attention, probably because linguists have considered it outside their interests and because the elements associated with it have been presented in disarray and asystematically. In this article a proposal is made that integrates these elements and replaces the previous approaches. On the basis of data from Spanish, English and Finnish (a non Indo-European language), an internal and an external basis are posited with universal and local configurations and habits. The main conclusion is that this proposal refers to a corpovocal competence, parallel to the linguistic one, shaping it and leading its evolution gradually in ways that invite further research into the explanation of linguistic change. C1 Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Chela-Flores, G, Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM godsuno@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU UNIV SIMON BOLIVAR PI CARACAS PA DIV CIENCIAS SOC & HUMANIDADES, EDIFICIO EGE, PISO 1, APARTADO 89000, CARACAS, 1080-A, VENEZUELA SN 0254-1637 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 24 IS 46 BP 38 EP 45 SC Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000257136200005 ER PT J AU Bruzual, R AF Bruzual, Raquel TI Theoretical and methodological foundations for teaching the native language (L1) and second languages (L2) in bilingual contexts SO ARGOS LA Spanish DT Article AB To learn Spanish is an urgent need of the Venezuelan Indian communities in order to communicate and interact adequately with people of other cultures. Taking this view as reference, some research has been done on Spanish as a second language in Venezuela, but little has been done on the teaching of the Indians native languages. The main objective of this article is the proposal of theoretical and methodological foundations for the teaching of native and second languages in the Indian communities. The support of this proposal comes from the linguistic, communicative, cognitive and didactic dimensions contained in the communicative-linguistic model (Bruzual 2002). C1 Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Bruzual, R, Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM raquelbruzual@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV SIMON BOLIVAR PI CARACAS PA DIV CIENCIAS SOC & HUMANIDADES, EDIFICIO EGE, PISO 1, APARTADO 89000, CARACAS, 1080-A, VENEZUELA SN 0254-1637 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 24 IS 46 BP 46 EP 64 SC Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000257136200006 ER PT J AU Nava, M AF Nava, Melin TI Fragments and memories of good living: the city from a psychiatric and architectural perspective SO ARGOS LA Spanish DT Article C1 Cent Univ Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. RP Nava, M, Cent Univ Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. EM mjnava@intercable.net.ve TC 0 PU UNIV SIMON BOLIVAR PI CARACAS PA DIV CIENCIAS SOC & HUMANIDADES, EDIFICIO EGE, PISO 1, APARTADO 89000, CARACAS, 1080-A, VENEZUELA SN 0254-1637 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 24 IS 46 BP 65 EP 72 SC Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000257136200007 ER PT J AU Obediente, E AF Obediente, Enrique TI Phonetological dimensions of spanish SO ARGOS LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Obediente, Enrique] Univ Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela. RP Obediente, E, Univ Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela. EM enriobe@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV SIMON BOLIVAR PI CARACAS PA DIV CIENCIAS SOC & HUMANIDADES, EDIFICIO EGE, PISO 1, APARTADO 89000, CARACAS, 1080-A, VENEZUELA SN 0254-1637 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 24 IS 46 BP 73 EP 75 SC Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000257136200008 ER PT J AU Matera, M Medina, R AF Matera, Masiel Medina, Raimundo TI Does the multiple specifier exist in Spanish? SO ARGOS LA Spanish DT Article AB The class of determiners has particularities: a) Their absence produces ungrammatical expressions in certain contexts, and b) It does not need any other determiner to generate well formed expressions (Eguren, 1990). Our purpose is to try to demonstrate that the so-called determiners with postnominal distribution should be excluded from the set of determiners; and that personal pronouns behave like determiners, as well as quantifiers and cardinal numbers. Our research is based on the Minimalist Program (Chomsky, 1995). The results show that our analysis supports the Theory of the Multiple Specifier. C1 [Matera, Masiel; Medina, Raimundo] Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Matera, M, Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM masielmatera@hotmail.com medina@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV SIMON BOLIVAR PI CARACAS PA DIV CIENCIAS SOC & HUMANIDADES, EDIFICIO EGE, PISO 1, APARTADO 89000, CARACAS, 1080-A, VENEZUELA SN 0254-1637 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 VL 24 IS 47 BP 6 EP 14 SC Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000257191900002 ER PT J AU Raffa, C AF Raffa, Cecilia TI The panoptic model in Argentina's penitentiary architecture: the first prison in town. Mendoza, 1864 SO ARGOS LA Spanish DT Article AB Bentham's proposal of the panopticum has exerted a remarkable influence in the theory of prison architecture as well as in the construction of penitentiary buildings in Europe and Latin America. This was the case of the first prison of Argentina's Mendoza, built in 1864. On the basis of this example we will try to explain, from a functional, constructive, symbolic, and social perspective, the material and theoretical type of appropriation of the panoptic model that Argentina's penitentiary architecture of the nineteenth century did for the first time. C1 INCIHUSA, CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina. RP Raffa, C, INCIHUSA, CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina. EM craffa@lab.cricyt.edu.ar TC 0 PU UNIV SIMON BOLIVAR PI CARACAS PA DIV CIENCIAS SOC & HUMANIDADES, EDIFICIO EGE, PISO 1, APARTADO 89000, CARACAS, 1080-A, VENEZUELA SN 0254-1637 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 VL 24 IS 47 BP 15 EP 27 SC Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000257191900003 ER PT J AU Guitian, D AF Guitian, Dyna TI Cultural goods in the habitable space SO ARGOS LA Spanish DT Article AB The article inquires about the cultural goods of the ways of dwelling in order to propose a research agenda of the symbolic construction of the cultural heritage of such ways. As the relationship between habitable space and urban culture is established, cultural goods we talk about are the artifacts involved in modes of inhabiting, so that interest is centered on how urban actors produce a symbolic meaning as a way of generating cultural identity artifacts. The diversity of symbolic contents generated by the differences and divergences, typical of the contemporary society's heterogeneous condition, are incorporated into the analysis. Finally, as the relationship between daily life and habitable space is established, the proposal of a classification of cultural goods for both collective and domestic daily life is formulated as a first draft for a research agenda of such goods. C1 Cent Univ Venezuela, FAU, Caracas, Venezuela. RP Guitian, D, Cent Univ Venezuela, FAU, Caracas, Venezuela. EM dynagp@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV SIMON BOLIVAR PI CARACAS PA DIV CIENCIAS SOC & HUMANIDADES, EDIFICIO EGE, PISO 1, APARTADO 89000, CARACAS, 1080-A, VENEZUELA SN 0254-1637 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 VL 24 IS 47 BP 28 EP 41 SC Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000257191900004 ER PT J AU Oropeza, BP AF Oropeza, Bettina Pacheco TI The Caribbean Sea in two Venezuelan female writers SO ARGOS LA Spanish DT Article AB Some critics have pointed out that, with a few exceptions, the sea has been absent from Venezuelan literature, what is due to our living with the back to the Caribbean - an inexplicable gesture in a country self-defined as Caribbean. So it is a find to come across the sea's prominence in two scarcely-read and even-less-studied works of literature: Lucila Palacios's El corcel de las crines albas and Gloria Stolk's Cuentos del Caribe. This article aims at locating, on the one hand, the two authors in the midst of the historiographical panorama offered by canonic texts of Venezuelan literature, in order to pinpoint the importance attributed to the authors. On the other hand, to analyze Palacios's novel as a work where the Caribbean is thematized, thus facilitating the relationship with Stolk's stories. C1 Univ Los Andes, Tachira, Venezuela. RP Oropeza, BP, Univ Los Andes, Tachira, Venezuela. EM bettinaomaira@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV SIMON BOLIVAR PI CARACAS PA DIV CIENCIAS SOC & HUMANIDADES, EDIFICIO EGE, PISO 1, APARTADO 89000, CARACAS, 1080-A, VENEZUELA SN 0254-1637 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 VL 24 IS 47 BP 42 EP 50 SC Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000257191900005 ER PT J AU Cardenas, AA AF Cardenas, Alfonso Arellano TI Augustin Codazzi, Italy and the construction of the New World SO ARGOS LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 UNET, Tachira, Venezuela. RP Cardenas, AA, UNET, Tachira, Venezuela. EM aarellan@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV SIMON BOLIVAR PI CARACAS PA DIV CIENCIAS SOC & HUMANIDADES, EDIFICIO EGE, PISO 1, APARTADO 89000, CARACAS, 1080-A, VENEZUELA SN 0254-1637 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 VL 24 IS 47 BP 65 EP 67 SC Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000257191900007 ER PT J AU Resendiz, PSC Romero, MD AF Resendiz, Pedro Solis-Camara Romero, Marysela Diaz TI Relationships between parenting beliefs and practices of parents with young children SO ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Most research has abandoned the attempt to establish direct associations between parenting beliefs and practices. In the present study, these relationships were assessed in a sample of 275 parents with young children. The selected instruments were specifically designed for measuring parenting beliefs or practices. Differences were found for parents' gender and children's sex. More beliefs-practices correlations were found for mothers. Beliefs-practices correlations were more similar between mothers and fathers of girls, than for those with boys. Main beliefs for mothers were: communication, parental support, role orientation, limit setting, and autonomy, and these beliefs were mainly related with discipline and nurturing practices. Main beliefs for fathers were: limit setting, role orientation, and parental support, and they were mainly related with discipline practices. The authors highlight the possible meanings of different relationships between parenting beliefs and practices, and argue for the inclusion of both parenting beliefs and practices in parenting research studies. C1 [Resendiz, Pedro Solis-Camara; Romero, Marysela Diaz] Inst Mexicano Seguro Social Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Resendiz, PSC, CIBO Inst Mexicano Seguro Social, Apdo Postal 2-322, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. EM psolis@mexis.com TC 0 PU UNIV MURCIA PI MURCIA PA SERVICIO DE PUBLICACIONES, CALLE VISTALEGRE S/N, MURCIA, 30007, SPAIN SN 0212-9728 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 23 IS 2 BP 177 EP 184 SC Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000257538700001 ER PT J AU Diaz, NB Rodriguez, FP AF Betanzos Diaz, Norma Paz Rodriguez, Francisco TI Psychometric analysis on organizational commitment as attitudinal variable SO ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Organizational commitment is a construct of high interest for psychologists organizational. Researchers focused their efforts to determine its conceptualization anti measure, however there are signs that evidence the existence of differences. This work adopts the Peiro and Prieto's proposal (1996), where the attitudinal slope of the commitment is emphasized. A review of reported dimensions and used instruments was made. A bank of reagents of these variables was selected and they were grouped in three scales: affective commitment, continuity commitment and implication. The factorial structure and internal consistency from the answers of 369 employees of a of telecommunications company were analyzed. Three empirical factors were showed trought exploratory factorial analysis. With an second order factorial analysis, these factors were grouped in a macrofactor that has a value of 2.2, this explained the 71.8 % of the variance and showed an adecuated consistency (alpha = 0.80). This factor was denominated organizational commitment and represents the state in which the worker self identifies and extends an affective league with the organization, with its goals, and wishes to continue being a member of it. Sharing the triple component of attitudinal variables: Cognition, affect and behavior. C1 [Paz Rodriguez, Francisco] Inst Nacl Neurol & Neurocirug, Dept Grp Apoyo, Mexico City 14269, DF, Mexico. RP Rodriguez, FP, Inst Nacl Neurol & Neurocirug, Dept Grp Apoyo, Insurgentes Sur 3877 Col La Fama, Mexico City 14269, DF, Mexico. EM luzdeltunel@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV MURCIA PI MURCIA PA SERVICIO DE PUBLICACIONES, CALLE VISTALEGRE S/N, MURCIA, 30007, SPAIN SN 0212-9728 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 23 IS 2 BP 207 EP 215 SC Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000257538700005 ER PT J AU Solano, AC Benatuil, D AF Castro Solano, Alejandro Benatuil, Denise TI Leadership styles, intelligence and tacit knowledge SO ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The present investigation had as a main goal to establish the relationship among the different profiles of leadership styles, intelligence and academic achievement of military cadets doing military training on leadership skills. Participants were 412 cadets of a military institution belonging to the Argentine Armed Forces. Most of the subjects were males (Mean = 22.13 years, SD = 2.21). The leadership styles were assessed by means of the questionnaire CELID. The academic achievement was evaluated by means of the academic grades. Intelligence was measured by abstract and verbal reasoning test (Differential Aptitude Test). The military achievement was evaluated by superior officers and a test of practical intelligence that actually assesses tacit military knowledge (CTLM). The conclusions of the study indicate that the leaders with leadership style predominantly transformational and secondarily transactional were those that had a major capacity of abstract reasoning and that could handle unstructured situation with more tacit knowledge. Likewise they were those who had a previous trajectory of academic and military achievement. C1 [Benatuil, Denise] Univ Palermo, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Solano, AC, Jean Jaures 437,Piso 8,9 piso, RA-1215 Ciudad Autonoma De Bueno, Argentina. EM a.castro@fibertel.com.ar TC 0 PU UNIV MURCIA PI MURCIA PA SERVICIO DE PUBLICACIONES, CALLE VISTALEGRE S/N, MURCIA, 30007, SPAIN SN 0212-9728 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 23 IS 2 BP 216 EP 225 SC Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000257538700006 ER PT J AU Vinaccia, S Quiceno, JM Fernandez, H Perez, BE Sanchez, MO Londono, A AF Vinaccia, Stefano Quiceno, Japcy Margarita Fernandez, Hamilton Perez, Beatriz Elena Sanchez, Maria Olga Londono, Amanda TI Health related quality of life and perceived social support in patients with diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis SO ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The following investigation show the results of a study on the evaluation of the health-related quality of life and the social support perceived in 60 patients with diagnosis of tuberculosis pulmonary between the 18 to 70 years of age of both genders enrolled in the control program and prevention of tuberculosis of Metrosalud de Antioquia, Colombia. In order to evaluate the quality of life Questionnaire SF36 was used and the functional social support was evaluated by means of Questionnaire DUKE-UNK. Indicating that the sample had a quality of good life and very little support or social endorsement. In general there was discharge reliability in all the study with an alpha of Cronbach superior to .80. C1 [Vinaccia, Stefano; Quiceno, Japcy Margarita; Fernandez, Hamilton; Perez, Beatriz Elena; Sanchez, Maria Olga; Londono, Amanda] Univ San Buenaventura Medellin, Medellin, Colombia. RP Vinaccia, S, Univ San Buenaventura Medellin, Carrera 56 C,Numero 51-90,Apartado Aereo 81240, Medellin, Colombia. EM vinalpi47@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV MURCIA PI MURCIA PA SERVICIO DE PUBLICACIONES, CALLE VISTALEGRE S/N, MURCIA, 30007, SPAIN SN 0212-9728 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 23 IS 2 BP 245 EP 252 SC Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000257538700010 ER PT J AU Ramirez, MTG Hernandez, RL AF Gonzalez Ramirez, Monica Teresa Landero Hernandez, Rene TI Emotional exhaustion scale for university students: psychometric properties in Mexican sample SO ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Considering the necessity to continue with the research about burnout in university students, it is important to have questionnaires with enough validity and reliability to measure emotional exhaustion, because in students, emotional exhaustion is the way in which burnout is showed. The aim of the study was to confirm the one-factor structure of the Emotional Exhaustion Scale in a Mexican students sample, and also, to measure its association with stress, self-esteem and anxiety, and then to have information about its validity in comparison with other variables. The study was made with 506 psychology students of two universities of the North of Mexico, explanatory and confirmatory factorial analysis were used. The results confirm the one-factor structure of the scale, an adequate reliability anti correlations with stress, anxiety and self-esteem. C1 [Gonzalez Ramirez, Monica Teresa; Landero Hernandez, Rene] Univ Autonoma Nuevo Leon, Leon, Spain. RP Ramirez, MTG, Col Mitras Ctr, Mutualismo 110, Monterrey 64460, NL, Mexico. EM monygzz77@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV MURCIA PI MURCIA PA SERVICIO DE PUBLICACIONES, CALLE VISTALEGRE S/N, MURCIA, 30007, SPAIN SN 0212-9728 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 23 IS 2 BP 253 EP 257 SC Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000257538700011 ER PT J AU Lopez-Espinoza, A AF Lopez-Espinoza, Antonio TI Experimental analysis in feeding behavior SO ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Current work presents a revision of the methods used for the experimental analysis of feeding behavior in the last century. Additionally, this revision tries to be described from an historical perspective that allows evaluating the scientific contributions in feeding field. In first place one considers the theoretical antecedents later to examine the importance of "food" like the unit of analysis of feeding pattern. Finally, the mechanisms automated developed from this unit of analysis for the study of feeding behavior are described. C1 Univ Guadalajara, Ctr Estudios & Invest Comportamiento, Guadalajara 44130, Jalisco, Mexico. RP Lopez-Espinoza, A, Univ Guadalajara, Ctr Estudios & Invest Comportamiento, Francisco Quevedo 180 Col Arcos Vallarta, Guadalajara 44130, Jalisco, Mexico. EM anton779@megared.net.mx TC 0 PU UNIV MURCIA PI MURCIA PA SERVICIO DE PUBLICACIONES, CALLE VISTALEGRE S/N, MURCIA, 30007, SPAIN SN 0212-9728 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 23 IS 2 BP 258 EP 263 SC Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000257538700012 ER PT J AU Feldberg, C Stefani, D AF Feldberg, Carolina Stefani, Dorina TI The influence of Memory Self-efficacy and its performance, in the social participation of older adults SO ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Objective: The aim of this paper is to study the relation between memory self-efficacy beliefs and performance in memory tests, and its incidence in social participation. Participants and design: It was used an ex post facto-comparison group design. 200 older adults of medium socio-economic level, living in Buenos Aires city, Argentine, were interviewed. Instruments: Self-efficacy Verbal Episodic Memory Inventory, Memory Activities Inventory, Memory capacity was assessed by The Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), and Logic Memory (Signoret Memory Battery). Results: Memory self efficacy beliefs have a stronger weight than memory capacity in older adult's social participation. Those who have positive beliefs about their memory capacity will participate more in social activities than those who have negative ones. Discussion: This results agree with other studies which identified the factors that promote subjective well being in older adults. Social participation plays an important role in cognitive abilities enhancement. C1 [Feldberg, Carolina; Stefani, Dorina] Inst Neurociencias Buenos Aires, INEBA, Convenio Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn CONICET, Ciudad Autonoma De Buen, Argentina. RP Feldberg, C, Inst Neurociencias Buenos Aires, INEBA, Convenio Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn CONICET, Guardia Vieja 4435,CP C1192AAW, Ciudad Autonoma De Buen, Argentina. EM cfeldberg@ineba.net TC 0 PU UNIV MURCIA PI MURCIA PA SERVICIO DE PUBLICACIONES, CALLE VISTALEGRE S/N, MURCIA, 30007, SPAIN SN 0212-9728 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 23 IS 2 BP 282 EP 288 SC Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000257538700015 ER PT J AU Martinez-Fernandez, R AF Martinez-Fernandez, Reinaldo TI Conception of learning and metacognitive strategies in psychology undergraduates SO ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between learning conceptions and metacognitive strategies in psychology undergraduates. Participants were 276 undergraduates in their initial, intermediate or final academic level of psychology Studies. Results showed on one hand that beginning undergraduates obtained higher scores in the rote conception than undergraduates of higher levels. On the other hand, intermediate undergraduates scored higher in the interpretative conception than others academic levels, while finishing undergraduates obtained higher scores in the constructivist conception of learning than others students. Regarding metacognitive strategies, it was observed that beginning undergraduates use them less than the Finishing undergraduates. Finally, the relationship between different conceptions of learning categories (rote, interpretative and constructive) and metacognitive strategies showed a significant relation between interpretative and constructive conceptions with the higher use of metacognitive strategies. The rote conception is not related with others variables. C1 [Martinez-Fernandez, Reinaldo] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain. [Martinez-Fernandez, Reinaldo] Univ Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas, Venezuela. RP Martinez-Fernandez, R, Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Edifici B5,Despacho B5-140-2, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain. EM josereinaldo.martinez@uab.es TC 0 PU UNIV MURCIA PI MURCIA PA SERVICIO DE PUBLICACIONES, CALLE VISTALEGRE S/N, MURCIA, 30007, SPAIN SN 0212-9728 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 23 IS 1 BP 7 EP 16 SC Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000257496900002 ER PT J AU Lopez, GEC AF Castellanos Lopez, Gloria Estela TI The social representation of drugs from a group of inmates at two Mexican prisons SO ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The purpose of this work is to provide a discursive approach social representation from a group of inmates regarding drugs. worked with 135 inmates from two Mexican jails, whom were interviewed with the objective of obtaining a discourse regardless drugs' experience. Results obtained shows 3 main categories: negative emotions and motives, where experiences which give a sense social representation are lied to forbearing losses, being incapacity for facing their consumption and death as possibility. By hand, feeling anxiety, despair, fear, aggressiveness; by other hand, Lire, avoid reality and sense of belongness. The searching a hole which includes aspects such as socials representations and their impact the sense of giving consumption, to understand how each person totes significations which holds their acts in specified context, allowing draw an effective intervention programs which easy the modification their social representations through a healthier life. C1 Reclusorio Prevent Varonil Norte, Estado De Mexico 57100, Mexico. RP Lopez, GEC, Reclusorio Prevent Varonil Norte, Valle Carvajal 100,Col Valle Aragon 1A Secc Nezah, Estado De Mexico 57100, Mexico. EM gecastellanos01@hotmail.com TC 1 PU UNIV MURCIA PI MURCIA PA SERVICIO DE PUBLICACIONES, CALLE VISTALEGRE S/N, MURCIA, 30007, SPAIN SN 0212-9728 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 23 IS 1 BP 85 EP 91 SC Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000257496900011 ER PT J AU Rivera-Ledesma, A Lena, MML AF Rivera-Ledesma, Armando Montero-Lopez Lena, Maria TI Clinical practice and spirituality SO ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Who must be in charge of the spiritual necessities of patients, and how? The literature reports evidence about the importance of the association between the spiritual life and the physical and mental health in people (e.g. Meisenhelder y Chandler, 2002; Silberfarb, Anderson, y Rundle, 1991; Koenig, George y Siegler, 1988). Attend the spiritual necessities of the patients in medical care is a daily clinical reality (Mueller, Plevak, y Rummans, 2001), in traumatology, oncology, and all those areas where the patient is confronted with his own death, or the death of loved beings, and the World Health Organization had emphasized his importance (Dein y Stygall, 1997). However, nowadays, there are efforts to determine how this function has to be done, and how must operate each clinic (Kristeller, Zumbrun y Schilling et al., 1999; Daaleman y VandeCreck, 2000). The present paper analyzes this problem, exploring how to insert the spiritual world inside the four basic resources in psychotherapy that constitutes the clinical arsenal in psychology: accompanying, counseling, psychotherapy, and psychotherapeutic systems. C1 [Rivera-Ledesma, Armando] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Div Estudios Posgrad, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Rivera-Ledesma, A, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Div Estudios Posgrad, Cubiculo 7,Av Univ 3004, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM armandoriveral@aol.com monterol@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU UNIV MURCIA PI MURCIA PA SERVICIO DE PUBLICACIONES, CALLE VISTALEGRE S/N, MURCIA, 30007, SPAIN SN 0212-9728 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 23 IS 1 BP 125 EP 136 SC Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000257496900016 ER PT J AU Donolo, DS Elisondo, RC AF Silvio Donolo, Danilo Cecilia Elisondo, Romina TI Creativity for all. Consideration about a particular group SO ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The evaluation of the creativity seems not to be a simple company, among other questions, to the complexity of this phenomenon and the multiple factors that condition it. However, front diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives, instruments and procedures have been built dedicated to the evaluation of the creativity. One of these instruments is the Test of Creative Intelligence CREA (2003) whose purpose is the appreciation of the creative intelligence through the cognitive evaluation of the individual creativity according to the indicator of generation of questions. In this article we will present some of the obtained results starting from the administration of the Test CREA to children of diverse ages. Specifically, we will refer to the results of a particular group of children of among 9 and I I years whose punctuations were atypical in comparison with previous investigations, for example the developed ones during the construction of the test's scale. We will formulate in First instance some considerations about the creativity and their evaluation, and then we will present the realized investigation and the found results. Lastly we will outline some questions generated starting from the analysis of the obtained results for the particular group Of Study. C1 [Silvio Donolo, Danilo; Cecilia Elisondo, Romina] Univ Nacl Rio Cuarto, Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Cordoba, Argentina. RP Donolo, DS, Univ Nacl Rio Cuarto, Fac Ciencias Humanas, Ruta Nacl 36,Km 601,Agencia Postal 3,X5804ZAB, Cordoba, Argentina. EM donolo@hum.unrc.edu.ar relisondo@hum.unrc.edu.ar TC 1 PU UNIV MURCIA PI MURCIA PA SERVICIO DE PUBLICACIONES, CALLE VISTALEGRE S/N, MURCIA, 30007, SPAIN SN 0212-9728 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 23 IS 1 BP 147 EP 151 SC Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000257496900018 ER PT J AU Achugar, M Schleppegrell, M Oteiza, T AF Achugar, Mariana Schleppegrell, Mary Oteiza, Teresa TI Engaging teachers in language analysis: A functional linguistics approach to reflective literacy SO ENGLISH TEACHING-PRACTICE AND CRITIQUE LA English DT Article AB Classrooms around the world are becoming more multilingual and teachers in all subject areas are faced with new challenges in enabling learners' academic language development without losing focus on content. These challenges require new ways of conceptualizing the relationship between language and content as well as new pedagogies that incorporate a dual focus on language and content in subject matter instruction. This article describes three professional development contexts in the U. S., where teachers have engaged in language analysis based on functional linguistics ( for example, Halliday & Hasan, 1989; Christie, 1989) that has given them new insights into both content and learning processes. In these contexts, teachers in history classrooms with English Language Learners and teachers of languages other than English in classrooms with heritage speakers needed support to develop students' academic language development in a second language. The functional linguistics metalanguage and analysis skills they developed gave them new ways of approaching the texts read and written in their classrooms and enabled them to recognize how language constructs the content they are teaching, to critically assess how the content is presented in their teaching materials, and to engage students in richer conversation about content. C1 [Achugar, Mariana] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Modern Languages, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA. [Schleppegrell, Mary] Univ Michigan, Sch Educ, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA. [Oteiza, Teresa] Univ Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile. RP Achugar, M, Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Modern Languages, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA. TC 0 PU UNIV WAIKATO PI HAMILTON PA SCH EDUCATION, PRIVATE BAG 3105, HAMILTON, 00000, NEW ZEALAND SN 1175-8708 PD SEP PY 2007 VL 6 IS 2 BP 8 EP 24 SC Education & Educational Research; Linguistics; Language & Linguistics UT ISI:000257247800002 ER PT J AU Leiva, OC AF Caputo Leiva, Orlando TI Worldwide economy and Latin America at the beginings of the XXIst century SO REVISTA DE ECONOMIA MUNDIAL LA Spanish DT Article AB Taking worldwide economy as a fundamental background of analysis, we hereby draw atention on the limits of economical science and some of the main characteristics of nowadays worldwide economy, among which: capital's growing dominance; economic cycles' intensification; a possible transition step towards a period of favorable exchange terms of some primary goods and of the energetical goods; from financial capital's preeminance towards productive capital's preeminance; and abundancy or scarcity of capital? We especially stress on: Unites States' restructuring and renewed hegemony; growing dependence of worldwide capitalism upon Chinese economy and the strangling of the economical and social reproduction process in Latin America. C1 Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile. RP Leiva, OC, Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU UNIV HUELVA, SERV PUBLICACIONES PI HUELVA PA CAMPUS EL CARMEN, EDIFICIO MARIE CURIE, AVENIDA FUERZAS ARMADAS S-N, HUELVA, 21071, SPAIN SN 1576-0162 PY 2007 IS 16 BP 81 EP + SC Economics UT ISI:000256744400004 ER PT J AU Fujii, G AF Fujii, Gerardo TI Untitled SO REVISTA DE ECONOMIA MUNDIAL LA Spanish DT Editorial Material C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Fujii, G, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU UNIV HUELVA, SERV PUBLICACIONES PI HUELVA PA CAMPUS EL CARMEN, EDIFICIO MARIE CURIE, AVENIDA FUERZAS ARMADAS S-N, HUELVA, 21071, SPAIN SN 1576-0162 PY 2007 IS 17 BP 15 EP 20 SC Economics UT ISI:000256790700001 ER PT J AU Gomez, DM Alvarez-Ude, GF Condaudap, E AF Matesonz Gomez, David Fugarolas Alvarez-Ude, Guadalupe Condaudap, Eduardo TI Balance of payments and economic growth constrained. A comparation between Argentine and Mexico SO REVISTA DE ECONOMIA MUNDIAL LA Spanish DT Article AB Mexican and Argentine economic growth have shown common features in the last five decades. On one hand, both countries have shown a rapid economic growth before debt crises in the eighties; after those years, growth rate dropped and intense crises occurred (Mexico 1994-95 and Argentine 2002). On the other hand, both economies have shown very different international patterns of specialization but both face up similar balance of payments restrictions on growth. The aim of this paper is to compare the economic growth dynamic in Mexico and Argentine in the 1968-2003 period. In so doing, we use the balance of payments constraint model, labelled Thirlwall's Law. We demonstrate the existence of a long-run relationship among economic growth, exports and terms of trade in the Mexican economy. We compare these estimations with those for Argentine economy adressed by Fugarolas and Matesanz (2007). Our results show that the balance of payments constrained model is useful to explain the dynamics of economic growth and the recent crises in both countries. C1 [Matesonz Gomez, David] Univ Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain. [Condaudap, Eduardo] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Gomez, DM, Univ Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain. EM matesanzdavid@uniovi.es guadafugarolas@gmail.com candaudap@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU UNIV HUELVA, SERV PUBLICACIONES PI HUELVA PA CAMPUS EL CARMEN, EDIFICIO MARIE CURIE, AVENIDA FUERZAS ARMADAS S-N, HUELVA, 21071, SPAIN SN 1576-0162 PY 2007 IS 17 BP 25 EP 49 SC Economics UT ISI:000256790700002 ER PT J AU Castagnino, M Laura, R Lombardi, O AF Castagnino, Mario Laura, Roberto Lombardi, Olimpia TI A general conceptual framework for decoherence in closed and open systems SO PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE LA English DT Proceedings Paper AB In this paper we argue that the formalisms for decoherence originally devised to deal just with closed or open systems can be subsumed under a general conceptual framework, in such a way that they cooperate in the understanding of the same physical phenomenon. This new perspective dissolves certain conceptual difficulties of the einselection program but, at the same time, shows that the openness of the quantum system is not the essential ingredient for decoherence. C1 [Castagnino, Mario] Univ Nacl Buenos Aires, CONICET, IAFE, RA-1428 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Laura, Roberto] Univ Nacl Rosario, IFIR, RA-2000 Rosario, Argentina. RP Castagnino, M, Univ Nacl Buenos Aires, CONICET, IAFE, Casilla Correos 67,Sucursal 28, RA-1428 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM olimpiafilo@arnet.com.ar TC 0 PU UNIV CHICAGO PRESS PI CHICAGO PA 1427 E 60TH ST, CHICAGO, IL 60637-2954 USA SN 0031-8248 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 74 IS 5 BP 968 EP 980 SC History & Philosophy Of Science UT ISI:000256690900035 ER PT J AU Podgorny, I AF Podgorny, Irina TI History, archaeology and cultural sciences in Central Europe SO TRABAJOS DE PREHISTORIA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Podgorny, Irina] Museo La Plata, CONICET, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. RP Podgorny, I, Museo La Plata, CONICET, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. EM podgorny@mail.retina.ar TC 0 PU CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS PI MADRID PA VITRUVIO 8, 28006 MADRID, SPAIN SN 0082-5638 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 64 IS 1 BP 179 EP 182 SC Archaeology; History UT ISI:000256315800012 ER PT J AU Podgorny, I AF Podgorny, Irina TI The actuality of the archaeology in science, media and arts SO TRABAJOS DE PREHISTORIA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Podgorny, Irina] Museo La Plata, CONICET, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. RP Podgorny, I, Museo La Plata, CONICET, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. EM podgorny@mail.retina.ar TC 0 PU CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS PI MADRID PA VITRUVIO 8, 28006 MADRID, SPAIN SN 0082-5638 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 64 IS 1 BP 179 EP 182 SC Archaeology; History UT ISI:000256315800013 ER PT J AU Podgorny, I AF Podgorny, Irina TI Worldly provincialism. German anthropology in the age of empire SO TRABAJOS DE PREHISTORIA LA German DT Book Review C1 [Podgorny, Irina] Museo La Plata, CONICET, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. RP Podgorny, I, Museo La Plata, CONICET, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. EM podgorny@mail.retina.ar TC 0 PU CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS PI MADRID PA VITRUVIO 8, 28006 MADRID, SPAIN SN 0082-5638 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 64 IS 1 BP 179 EP 182 SC Archaeology; History UT ISI:000256315800014 ER PT J AU Podgorny, I AF Podgorny, Irina TI History, archaeology and cultural sciences in Central Europe SO TRABAJOS DE PREHISTORIA LA German DT Book Review C1 Museo La Plata, CONICET, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. RP Podgorny, I, Museo La Plata, CONICET, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. EM podgorny@mail.retina.ar TC 0 PU CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS PI MADRID PA VITRUVIO 8, 28006 MADRID, SPAIN SN 0082-5638 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 64 IS 1 BP 179 EP 182 SC Archaeology; History UT ISI:000256315800015 ER PT J AU Sickert, CR Carvallo, EV AF Rodriguez Sickert, Carlos Valenzuela Carvallo, Eduardo TI Endogenous group reputation - A formal model SO REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE SOCIOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB When investment in individual reputation cannot solve contract incompleteness, group reputation becomes crucial to achieve social cooperation. In this article we develop a formal model in which the link between social pressure, group reputation formation and between groups trust is studied. Specifically, we model a transaction which involves trust as an asymmetric game. Additionally, we consider the operation of community-enforced sanctions within the group whose trustworthiness is required. We show that for a proportion high enough of honourable agents willing to sanction non-honourable peers, the optimal strategy of a selfish rational agent is to honour trust when placed in him and, therefore, the perfect Bayesian equilibrium is one in which inter-group trust emerges. The required proportion of sanctioning agents depends negatively on the efficacy of the sanctioning technology and positively on the size of the opportunistic incentives faced by the agents whose trustworthiness is required. Even if the deterrence effect of social pressure is not strong enough, trust can emerge if the potential benefits from cooperation compensate the eventual harm associated with abused trust. C1 [Rodriguez Sickert, Carlos; Valenzuela Carvallo, Eduardo] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Sociol, Santiago, Chile. RP Sickert, CR, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Sociol, Santiago, Chile. EM crodrigs@puc.cl evalenzc@puc.cl TC 0 PU CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS PI MADRID PA VITRUVIO 8, 28006 MADRID, SPAIN SN 0034-9712 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 65 IS 46 BP 205 EP 217 SC Sociology UT ISI:000255719900010 ER PT J AU Ramos, JG AF Gutierrez Ramos, Jairo TI Political action and networks of ethnic solidarity among the Indians of Pasto at the time of independence SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article will sketch the antecedents and the context in which Indian peasants from Pasto and its surroundings established the links of ethnic solidarity and strategies of political action that would surface during the anti-republican rebellions that occurred between 1822 and 1825. It starts with the supposition that the peasant mobilization that made these rebellions possible was not led by the traditional elite, but was rather a remarkable expression of the indigenous communities' autonomy and the centrality of their actions. It will examine the experiences that made possible the building of social, ethnic, and political networks whose greatest expression occurred during the explosion of rural violence that shocked southern New Granada and northern Ecuador in the decisive period of the war against Spanish dominance. C1 [Gutierrez Ramos, Jairo] Univ Nacl Colombia, Bucaramanga, Colombia. [Gutierrez Ramos, Jairo] Univ Ind Santander, Escuela Hist, Bucaramanga, Colombia. RP Ramos, JG, Univ Nacl Colombia, Bucaramanga, Colombia. EM jagura50@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 IS 33 BP 10 EP 37 SC History UT ISI:000256305000002 ER PT J AU Ardila, DG AF Gutierrez Ardila, Daniel TI 'Constitutive' diplomacy in the Nuevo Reino de Granada (New Kingdom of Granada), 1810-1816 SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Between 1810 and 1816 -the years between the deposition of the viceroyal authorities and the arrival of the Expeditionary Army- the New Granadan revolutionaries, who rejected the idea of a "single and indivisible" republic, created a dozen sovereign and independent entities. However, conscious of the dangers that lay in wait, they sought to create a confederation of small states in order to repell the foreign invasions and the rise of a tyrant to the throne. What can be called a provincial or 'constitutive' diplomacy developed with the establishment of official correspondence between the different governments, ministerial visits, military assistance, and the signing of friendship treaties and alliances. The underlying aim was to remedy the dissolution of the Nuevo Reino de Granada and reestablish the social ties that had fractured with the deposition of the viceroyal authorities. The article analyzes this interesting process, which was violently cut short by the arrival of Pablo Morillo. C1 [Gutierrez Ardila, Daniel] Univ Nacl Colombia, Medellin, Colombia. [Gutierrez Ardila, Daniel] Univ Paris 01, F-75231 Paris 05, France. RP Ardila, DG, Univ Nacl Colombia, Medellin, Colombia. EM roquefresneda@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 IS 33 BP 38 EP 73 SC History UT ISI:000256305000003 ER PT J AU Sierra, AAC AF Arturo Coy Sierra, Andrey TI Religious tolerance in Bogota between 1849 and 1854 SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article outlines the main characteristics of religious tolerance in New Granada in the period from 1849 to 1854. This work seeks to give an idea of how the concept of religious tolerance was understood during this period, as well as to discuss the particularities of the rhetoric of liberal and conservative political groups regarding the idea of tolerance in New Granada. Finally, I briefly analyze the expulsion of the Society of Jesuits around 1850 as a case of political and religious intolerance on the part of the Liberal state in the above-mentioned period. In conclusion, the legislation dealing with religious policies was contradictory during the years 1849 to 1854. This contradiction is clearly shown by the fact that during the governments of the so-called Mid-Century Liberal Revolution, who implicitly or explicitly leaned toward religious freedom, imposed measures like the expulsion of the Jesuits around 1850. That is, the legislation regarding religious policies became a failed attempt of modernity in the religious field. C1 Univ Nacl Colombia, CES, GESREC, Bogota, Colombia. RP Sierra, AAC, Univ Nacl Colombia, CES, GESREC, Bogota, Colombia. EM andreycoy@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 IS 33 BP 74 EP 97 SC History UT ISI:000256305000004 ER PT J AU Mejia, S AF Mejia, Sergio TI The histories of Bartolome Mitre: Nationalistic operation to the liking of Argentineans SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB After discussing the 1864 criticism of Bartolome Mitre's Historia de Belgrano written by Juan Bautista Alberdi, the article discusses the main reviews of the work, stretching from its publication to the present; one theme is common to them all: their expressed gratitude to the historian. Mitre's work is presented here as the matrix of a flattering national discourse for its Argentinean readers, one of the reasons for its wide diffusion and persistence in the heart of Argentinean national discourse. This type of analysis is proposed as a contribution to recent debates on the phenomena of nationalism, national discourses and national identity. Finally, the importance of living in a country is highlighted as the best way to understand, in daily life, the matrix that provides the images and words of its national discourse. C1 [Mejia, Sergio] Univ Warwick, Inglaterra, England. [Mejia, Sergio] Univ Los Andes, Dept Hist, Bogota, Colombia. RP Mejia, S, Univ Warwick, Inglaterra, England. EM smejia@uniandes.edu.co TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 IS 33 BP 98 EP 121 SC History UT ISI:000256305000005 ER PT J AU Veras, MP AF Perusset Veras, Macarena TI Illicit behavior: Smuggling and society in seventeenth-century Buenos Aires SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB In this work we look into the origins of illegal commerce to analyze how contraband was conducted in the port of Buenos Aires in the early seventeenth-century. To do this, we will analyze the political and economic context in which contraband arose and gained importance in order to reflect whether this economic practice -conducted by government officials, vecinos (official residents) and settlers of the port of Buenos Aires- can be considered corrupt in the context of the period studied. We win situate the behavior of these social actors within an intertwined complex of political beliefs and ideologies, and conjunctures, to explain how a practice like colonial-era contraband has multiple, tightly related causes. C1 Univ Buenos Aires, Secc Etnohist, Inst Ciencias Antropol, Fac Filosofia & Letras, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Veras, MP, Univ Buenos Aires, Secc Etnohist, Inst Ciencias Antropol, Fac Filosofia & Letras, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM macarena.perusset@gmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 IS 33 BP 158 EP 185 SC History UT ISI:000256305000007 ER PT J AU Arenas, OIS AF Ivan Salazar Arenas, Oscar TI Free time outdoors. Social practices, public space and nature at the Enrique Olaya Herrera National Park (1938-1948) SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The growth of Bogota during the 20(th) century was tied to process of modernizing urban space as well as the customs, social practices and mentality of the public. In order to understand the meaning of parks in the transformation of the city, this article examines the relationship between the state, elites and citizens in the public space of the Enrique Olaya Herrera National Park. Reviewing the early years of this park (1938-1948) reveals two important notions regarding urban parks in Bogota: First, although they were part of a modernization project directed by local elites, these parks took on a life of their own once they were opened to the public. Second, there was a gap between the concept that planners had of the city and the urban practices of the people who used them. This gap shows that the public's relation with urban space is dynamic and that their daily practices can affect ideas and hegemonic discourses. C1 [Ivan Salazar Arenas, Oscar] Univ Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. [Ivan Salazar Arenas, Oscar] Univ Nacl Colombia, Dept Sociol, Bogota, Colombia. RP Arenas, OIS, Univ Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. EM oisalazara@unal.edu.co TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 IS 33 BP 186 EP 209 SC History UT ISI:000256305000008 ER PT J AU Hernandez, MMF AF Margarita Fajardo Hernandez, Maria TI The medical community, the "Population Question" and the use of socio-demographic analysis in Colombia, 1965-1970 SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article addresses the historical process by which demographic growth was constructed as the "population question" in mid-twentieth-century Colombia. In other words, it addresses the mechanisms by which it was understood as a scientific, political and economic problem concerning the medical community, specifically the Colombian Association of Medical Schools (Ascofame). The paper demonstrates how this Association drew on notions such as demography, the idea of development as a path to well-being, and a broad definition of health to legitimize its authority and intervention in society. In its discussion of the historical construction of the "population issue", the article questions the use of quantitative methods as a tool to legitimize public and social action, and it reveals the subjective nature of quantitative description in demographic studies. Finally, it introduces the problem of the legitimate intervention of the medical practice not only in regards to its role in demonstrating the existence of the "population problem", but also in its ability to influence reproductive behavior in the quest for social transformation. C1 [Margarita Fajardo Hernandez, Maria] Univ Los Andes, Dept Hist, Bogota, Colombia. [Margarita Fajardo Hernandez, Maria] Univ Los Andes, Fac Econ, Bogota, Colombia. [Margarita Fajardo Hernandez, Maria] Univ Copenhagen, DK-1168 Copenhagen, Denmark. RP Hernandez, MMF, Univ Los Andes, Dept Hist, Bogota, Colombia. EM marg-faj@uniandes.edu.co TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 IS 33 BP 210 EP 235 SC History UT ISI:000256305000009 ER PT J AU Fernandez, AP AF Pereira Fernandez, Alexander TI The illustrated worker. Worker and popular press in Colombia 1909-1929 SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Pereira Fernandez, Alexander] Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. RP Fernandez, AP, Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. EM pereirafernan@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 IS 33 BP 247 EP 253 SC History UT ISI:000256305000013 ER PT J AU Alvarez, JE AF Estrada Alvarez, Jairo TI Trapped populism, memory and fear. The case of the 1970 elections SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Estrada Alvarez, Jairo] Univ Nacl Colombia, Dept Ciencias Polit, Bogota, Colombia. RP Alvarez, JE, Univ Nacl Colombia, Dept Ciencias Polit, Bogota, Colombia. EM jhestradaa@unal.edu.co TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 IS 33 BP 253 EP 258 SC History UT ISI:000256305000014 ER PT J AU Llach, MJA AF Llach, Maria Jose Afanador TI The works of Jorge Tadeo Lozano: Notes on enlightened science and the beginnings of independence SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article examines the scientific studies of Jorge Tadeo Lozano between 1800 and 1816 as a window through which to explore some elements in the formation of a creole identity at the start of the Independence movement. The principal source to reconstruct Lozano's scientific practice is his Fauna cundinamarquesa. The analysis of Lozano's scientific practice, especially his work on zoology, is a way to examine some aspects of the Independence movement by demonstrating the relations between the construction of knowledge in the specific conditions of the periphery and the recognition of a nascent Creole identity, which are fundamental to be able to understand the later process of constructing a national identity. C1 [Llach, Maria Jose Afanador] Univ Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. RP Llach, MJA, Univ Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. EM mariajo.afana@gmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 IS 34 BP 8 EP 31 SC History UT ISI:000256346200002 ER PT J AU Loaiza Cano, G AF Loaiza Cano, Gilberto TI The school teacher or the ideal Liberal citizen in the education reform of 1870 SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article examines the position that the Liberal school reform of 1870 bestowed upon the school teacher. For radical Liberalism, the school teacher became the model citizen and lay intellect with which it could oppose the traditional influence of the Catholic priest. This conviction of the radical Liberal elite stemmed from a redefinition of its relationship with the artisans following their traumatic mid-century political association. Based on the official press regarding education from this period, we try to demonstrate that the Liberal leadership who directed the education reform attempted to promote an ideal type of citizen in the figure of the school teacher who was emerging from the incipient national system of normal schools. C1 [Loaiza Cano, Gilberto] Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. [Loaiza Cano, Gilberto] Univ Paris 03 1 Heal, Paris, France. [Loaiza Cano, Gilberto] Univ Valle, Dept Hist, Cali, Colombia. RP Loaiza Cano, G, Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. EM juegomividal@yahoo.es TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 IS 34 BP 62 EP 91 SC History UT ISI:000256346200004 ER PT J AU de las Aguas, SPS Bolivar, RAF AF Solano de las Aguas, Sergio Paolo Florez Bolivar, Roicer Alberto TI Indian resguardos, cattle ranching and social conflict in Old Bolivar, 1850-1875 SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Lberal discourse justified the attacks of the expanding ranching economy against communal Indian lands (resguardos) of Old Bolivar, which were considered archaic social and economic institutions that stood in the way of civilization. This justification was rooted in a discourse that demanded the formal equality of all men before the law as citizens, the privatization of property, and the spread of the market economy. To defend themselves, the Indians and their allics relied on a symbiosis between the old ideas of a social pact originating in the colonial period, which required authorities to protect to the weak from the strong, and new historic, moral, legal and social arguments. Although they combined petitioning (representationes) authorities and law suits with direct action and armed confrontations, the outcome of the conflict was unfavorable for the Indians: with the expropriation of their land, their communities began to break apart. C1 [Solano de las Aguas, Sergio Paolo] Univ Cartagena, Program Hist, Fac Ciencias Humanas, Cartagena, Colombia. [Solano de las Aguas, Sergio Paolo] Fac Programa Hist, Dept Invest, Cartagena, Colombia. [Florez Bolivar, Roicer Alberto] Univ Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia. [Florez Bolivar, Roicer Alberto] Univ Technol & Pedagog, Pedagog, Colombia. RP de las Aguas, SPS, Univ Cartagena, Program Hist, Fac Ciencias Humanas, Cartagena, Colombia. EM sergiopaolosolano@yahoo.es aflorezb@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 IS 34 BP 92 EP 117 SC History UT ISI:000256346200005 ER PT J AU Gallini, S AF Gallini, Stefania TI Internet resources for nineteenth-century Latin American history SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This essay describes and analyzes a series of Internet resources that refer to nineteenth-century Latin American history, and organizes them by kind. The purpose is to demonstrate various possible ways that people who research, teach and study nineteenth-century Latin America can make use of the Internet. An additional goal is to stimulate discussion on the challenges -epistemological and practical that the Internet and hypermedia present to the historian and the traditional ways of constructing and publishing historical narratives. C1 [Gallini, Stefania] Univ Genoa, Genoa, Italy. [Gallini, Stefania] Univ Nacl Colombia, Dept Hist, Bogota, Colombia. RP Gallini, S, Univ Genoa, Genoa, Italy. EM Colombia.sgallini@unal.edu.co TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 IS 34 BP 148 EP 158 SC History UT ISI:000256346200007 ER PT J AU Pelaez, MCN AF Navarrete Pelaez, Maria Cristina TI On malas entradas and strategies of buen pasaje: the illegal slave trade in the Caribbean region of New Granada, 1550-1690 SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Contraband was an important component of the system of economic monopolies that Spain maintained with the Indies during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In this illegal trade, the traffic of human beings followed the same pattern as that of merchandise. The illegal slave trade in the Caribbean region of New Granada had two main characteristics. First, the illegal trade of captives carried out by pirates, corsairs and foreigners. Second, the fiscal fraud conducted by Portugese merchants who brought more slaves than permitted by their contracts. This type of illegal trade benefited from the complacency of provincial authorities and royal officials who profited enormously from the bribes. C1 [Navarrete Pelaez, Maria Cristina] City Coll, New York, NY USA. [Navarrete Pelaez, Maria Cristina] Univ Complutense Madrid, Madrid, Spain. [Navarrete Pelaez, Maria Cristina] Univ Valle, Dept Hist, Cali, Colombia. RP Pelaez, MCN, City Coll, New York, NY USA. EM manavarr@emcali.net.co TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 IS 34 BP 160 EP 183 SC History UT ISI:000256346200008 ER PT J AU Vengoa, HF AF Fazio Vengoa, Hugo TI The history of the present and world modernity SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article discusses the reasons that led the discipline of history to take an interest in the study of the past in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, especially due to the demands made by the then prevailing type of modernity, which was articulated around the idea of the nation. In our historic present, the world has entered a new modern constellation, world modernity a particularity of which is an increased importance of our contemporary period. This radical transformation should give rise to profound changes in the understanding of history as a field of knowledge, and especially the importance it ascribes in the present. C1 [Fazio Vengoa, Hugo] Univ Los Andes, Dept Hist, Bogota, Colombia. RP Vengoa, HF, Univ Los Andes, Dept Hist, Bogota, Colombia. EM hfazio@uniandes.edu.co TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 IS 34 BP 184 EP 207 SC History UT ISI:000256346200009 ER PT J AU Arbelaez, SM AF Munoz Arbelaez, Santiago TI 'By metes and bounds': Cartography and the production of colonial space in the Province of Santa Marta (eighteenth century) SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article analyzes three maps included in a lawsuit between two people who solicited a land grant (merced in the Province of Santa Marta at the end of the eighteenth century. The land grants were part of a series of measures that sought to reorder the territory recently expropriated from the Chimila Indians in order to reinforce colonial control over it. The manner in which the maps produced geometric space, defined by private property, was by the system of metes and bounds. But despite this shared order, differences between the maps reveal how people used them to suit to their legal interests. Based on the enigmatic figure of the 'forest', the article explores the limits of colonial cartography. While 'metes and bounds' signified territorial order, the 'forest' imphed disorder. C1 [Munoz Arbelaez, Santiago] Univ Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. RP Arbelaez, SM, Univ Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. EM santiagomunoza@gmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 IS 34 BP 208 EP 231 SC History UT ISI:000256346200010 ER PT J AU Forero, AIL AF Lopez Forero, Abel I. TI Censorship in the Medieral University SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Review C1 [Lopez Forero, Abel I.] Univ Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. RP Forero, AIL, Univ Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. EM ablopez@uniandes.edu.co TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 IS 34 BP 232 EP 247 SC History UT ISI:000256346200011 ER PT J AU Echeverri, M AF Echeverri, Marcela TI The time of liberty. Popular political culture in Oaxaca 1750-1850 SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Echeverri, Marcela] Univ Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. [Echeverri, Marcela] New Sch Social Res, New York, NY 10011 USA. [Echeverri, Marcela] NYU, New York, NY USA. RP Echeverri, M, Univ Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. EM me391@nyu.edu TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 IS 34 BP 248 EP 252 SC History UT ISI:000256346200012 ER PT J AU Diaz, RAD AF Diaz Diaz, Rafael Antonio TI Filth and order. Bourbon sanitary reforms in New Granada, 1760-1810 SO HISTORIA CRITICA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Diaz Diaz, Rafael Antonio] Pontificia Univ Javeriana, Dept Hist, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Bogota, Colombia. RP Diaz, RAD, Pontificia Univ Javeriana, Dept Hist, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Bogota, Colombia. EM rdiaz@javeriana.edu.co TC 0 PU UNIV LOS ANDES PI BOGOTA PA DEPT HISTORIA, CALLE 18A, NO 0-33E, BOGOTA, 00000, COLOMBIA SN 0121-1617 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 IS 34 BP 252 EP 256 SC History UT ISI:000256346200013 ER PT J AU Serrano-Duenas, M Sevilla, S Lastra, P AF Serrano-Duenas, Marcos Sevilla, Sabrina Lastra, Paola TI Concurrent validity of the Hamilton Depression rating scale and the Beck Depression Inventory versus the ICD-10 diagnostic criteria among patients with Parkinson's Disease SO REVISTA ECUATORIANA DE NEUROLOGIA LA English DT Article AB Objective: To examine the concurrent validity of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory for quantifying depression in patients with Parkinson's disease, using the ICD-10 Diagnostic Criteria as the gold standard, and to determine if the somatization items considered are pertinent. Methods: The study involved one hundred and forty consecutive PD patients-102 men and 38 women- with a mean age of 68.7 years and mean disease duration of 6.7 years. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and likelihood ratios were obtained with a 95% CI. ROC Curves (AUC) were also performed. Results: Based on ROC measurement of discriminative ability, our results suggest that both scales were poor at recognizing mild depression, somewhat better at recognizing moderate depression and adequate for distinguishing severe depression, though with poor specificity. Comparisons of HDRS-21, HDRS-12, BDI-21 and BDI-16 to determine concurrent validity all gave similar results for each depression level and no important differences between the complete scales (all 21 items) and abbreviated forms (without somatic items) were noted. Conclusions: We conclude that both scales possess similar psychometric properties, but our results cannot be compared with those of other studies that used DSM-IV criteria as their gold standard. These observations led to the following conclusions: (1) the evaluation scales and criteria that comprise them were not designed for PD; (2) the somatic items observed in our patients were a product of PD; and (3) as the severity of the illness increased, so did the number of items that were confused as elements of depression. C1 [Serrano-Duenas, Marcos] Hosp Carlos Andrade Marin, Neurol Serv, Abnormal Movement Disorder Clin, Quito, Ecuador. [Serrano-Duenas, Marcos; Sevilla, Sabrina; Lastra, Paola] Pontif Catholic Univ Ecuador, Fac Med, Quito, Ecuador. [Serrano-Duenas, Marcos] Natl Polytech Sch, Fac Sci, Dept Math, Quito, Ecuador. RP Serrano-Duenas, M, Av Eloy Alfaro N29-143 9 Octubre,POB 17-03-1694, Quito, Ecuador. EM serranom@pi.pro.ec TC 0 PU SOC ECUATORIANA NEUROLOG PI GUAYAQUIL PA REVISTA ECUATORIANA NEUROLOGIA PO BOX (09-01) 3734, GUAYAQUIL, 00000, ECUADOR SN 1019-8113 PY 2007 VL 16 IS 3 BP 174 EP 180 SC Neurosciences UT ISI:000256248400003 ER PT J AU De Saillan, C AF De Saillan, Charles TI United States Supreme Court rules EPA must take action on greenhouse gas emissions: Massachusetts v. EPA SO NATURAL RESOURCES JOURNAL LA English DT Article AB On April 2, 2007, the United States Supreme Court announced its decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, holding that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had improperly denied a rulemaking petition requesting that the agency place limits on air emissions that contribute to global warming. The petitioners had asked EPA to regulate the emissions of certain greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. In ruling on the EPA's denial of the petition, the Supreme Court addressed three issues. First, the Court held that the lead petitioner, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, had standing to sue for redress of injuries caused by global warming. The Court also ruled that a state acting to protect its quasi-sovereign interests was entitled to,special solicitude" in standing analysis. Second, the Court held that the EPA had the statutory authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Finally, the Court held that the EPA had not adequately justified its denial of the petition in accordance with the statute. The decision sets significant precedent for pending and future litigation on global warming issues. C1 New Mexico Environm Dept, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP De Saillan, C, New Mexico Environm Dept, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU UNIV NEW MEXICO PI ALBUQUERQUE PA SCHOOL OF LAW 1117 STANFORD N E, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87131 USA SN 0028-0739 PD FAL PY 2007 VL 47 IS 4 BP 793 EP 814 SC Environmental Studies; Law UT ISI:000256229100003 ER PT J AU Naude, AY Melendez-Martinez, A AF Yunez Naude, Antonio Melendez-Martinez, Alvaro TI Effects of family assets in the selection of activities and the income of rural households in Mexico SO INVESTIGACION ECONOMICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article presents the results of an empirical study on the effects of rural households' assets in the selection of family activities and on their income. The study uses data from surveys applied to representative samples of households in 24 rural communities located in different regions of Mexico (a total of 593 households were interviewed). Our main results are: 1) Family networks are a major asset explaining rural out-migration to the United States of America (USA) and, income wise, migration to the USA is more attractive than rural-out migration to urban Mexico; 2) International migration promotes rural households production of basic crops (corn and beans in particular); 3) Schooling rises household incomes and leads to a reduction in rural households participation in agricultural activities (the exception being the production of commercial crops), and in governmental welfare benefits; and 4) The returns of households located in indigenous communities are lower than those in other communities. C1 [Yunez Naude, Antonio] El Colegio Mexico, Ctr Estudios Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Yunez Naude, Antonio] El Colegio Mexico, PRECESAM, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Naude, AY, El Colegio Mexico, Ctr Estudios Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM ayunez@colmex.mx amelendez@sedesol.gob.mx TC 0 PU UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO PI MEXICO CITY PA DEPT DISTRIBUCION EDITORIAL, EDIFICIO ANEXO LA FACULTAD, 20 PISO, CIRCUITO INTERIOR,, MEXICO CITY, DF 04510, MEXICO SN 0185-1667 PD APR-JUN PY 2007 VL 66 IS 260 BP 49 EP + SC Economics UT ISI:000256003100002 ER PT J AU Lagarda, AM Urquidy, MR AF Mungapay Lagarda, Alejandro Ramirez Urquidy, Martin TI Human capital and productivity in microbusinesses SO INVESTIGACION ECONOMICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The hypothesis that human capital increases productivity is tested using data from a sample of low value-added microenterprises. A special attribute of this paper is the join treatment of formal learning or training in education institutions, and informal training by experience of the owner in the firm management. Following previous studies, the relation between human capital and productivity is determined by estimating production functions with the inclusion of dummy variables to control for formal education and informal training by experience. Evidence of the linkage of human capital and productivity is reported. It is also reported that both types of investment in human capital have asymmetrical contribution to productivity, where the impact of experience is predominant. This allows concluding that the long-run existence of the firms in the sample is explained by the accumulation of experience in the management. Returns to education occur primarily for technical education and are lower than those generated by experiential learning in the firm management. C1 [Mungapay Lagarda, Alejandro; Ramirez Urquidy, Martin] Univ Autonoma Baja California, Fac Econ & Relac Int, Mexicali 21100, Baja California, Mexico. RP Lagarda, AM, Univ Autonoma Baja California, Fac Econ & Relac Int, Mexicali 21100, Baja California, Mexico. EM mungaray@uabc.mx martinramirez@uabc.rnx TC 0 PU UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO PI MEXICO CITY PA DEPT DISTRIBUCION EDITORIAL, EDIFICIO ANEXO LA FACULTAD, 20 PISO, CIRCUITO INTERIOR,, MEXICO CITY, DF 04510, MEXICO SN 0185-1667 PD APR-JUN PY 2007 VL 66 IS 260 BP 81 EP + SC Economics UT ISI:000256003100003 ER PT J AU Mollejas, LM Levy-Carciente, S AF Mollejas, Luis Mata Levy-Carciente, Sary TI Global financial dynamic : theory and policy for small and open economies SO INVESTIGACION ECONOMICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The increase in frequency of economic crises at the end of the XXth century, and the transfer of their genesis to small open economies, seem to be related to the substitution of the commodity-currency regime and to other changes in the world. These have produced a loss of efficiency of the national economic policies in their domestic and external aspects, evidencing the necessity to find a new exchange order. But their study and definition should not be limited to the distinction among fixed exchange rates and floating ones -closely associated to trade and the conception of the commodity-currency- but rather it should consider the influence of the financial aspects in the economic dynamics, because until the present the prevalence of the traditional visions has not been translated in a relatively effective policy instrumentation. The study proposes and justifies, for small open economies -theoretical and empirically the setting- up of a bimonetary regime or financial substitution during the transit toward advanced subregional integration agreements. C1 [Mollejas, Luis Mata; Levy-Carciente, Sary] Cent Univ Venezuela, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Caracas, Venezuela. RP Mollejas, LM, Cent Univ Venezuela, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Caracas, Venezuela. EM lmatam@cantv.net econofin@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO PI MEXICO CITY PA DEPT DISTRIBUCION EDITORIAL, EDIFICIO ANEXO LA FACULTAD, 20 PISO, CIRCUITO INTERIOR,, MEXICO CITY, DF 04510, MEXICO SN 0185-1667 PD APR-JUN PY 2007 VL 66 IS 260 BP 151 EP + SC Economics UT ISI:000256003100005 ER PT J AU Lira, L Rivero, R Vergara, R AF Lira, Loreto Rivero, Rosario Vergara, Rodrigo TI Entry and prices: Evidence from the supermarket sector SO REVIEW OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION LA English DT Article AB The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect on prices of the entry of a large supermarket into a given location. We use a panel with data from fifteen cities in Chile for the period 1998: I-2004: IV. We correct for the potential simultaneity problem derived from the fact that entry can be a response to price differentials. We find that the entry of a hypermarket to a given city reduces relative prices in that local market by 7-11%. Most interestingly, we also find that part of this effect takes place the year before the supermarket actually opens for business. C1 [Rivero, Rosario; Vergara, Rodrigo] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Dept Econ, Santiago, Chile. [Lira, Loreto] Univ Los Andes, Santiago, Chile. RP Vergara, R, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Dept Econ, Av Vicuna Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile. EM llira@uandes.cl mrivero@puc.cl rvergara@faceapuc.cl TC 0 PU SPRINGER PI DORDRECHT PA VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS SN 0889-938X PD DEC PY 2007 VL 31 IS 4 BP 237 EP 260 DI 10.1007/s11151-008-9156-1 SC Economics; Management UT ISI:000255964300001 ER PT J AU Suarez, E AF Suarez, Edna TI Special Issue: Current reflections on representation in biology - Introduction SO HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES LA English DT Editorial Material C1 [Suarez, Edna] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. [Suarez, Edna] Max Planck Inst Wissensch Geschichte, D-14195 Berlin, Germany. RP Suarez, E, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Circuito Exterior,Cd Univ Col Copilco, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN PI NAPOLI PA VILLA COMMUNALE, NAPOLI, 80121, ITALY SN 0391-9714 PY 2007 VL 29 IS 2 BP 141 EP 143 SC History & Philosophy Of Science UT ISI:000255962100001 ER PT J AU Barahona, A AF Barahona, Ana TI Science and representation: the case of genetic maps SO HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES LA English DT Article AB At the beginning of the 20th century, the main objective of Mendelian hybridization was, through controlled crosses, to attain the expression of desired "factors", for example in crop improvement. Because of these aims, Mendel's principles were adopted faster among agronomists than academic sectors. The change from the Mendelian conception of factors to the first genetic maps consisted in looking at genes not as abstract and functional entities like in Mendelian studies, but to visualise them as dots on a line, as dots on a map in classical genetics. What genes could do wasn't any more the core interest; their localization on a map was privileged. This new conception was followed by a new way to study, interpret and represent the inheritance phenomena, also, a new way to conduct experiments different from Mendelian hybridization. The construction of the first genetic maps and their representations were a successful means to study, explain and represent different inheritance issues and was a new way in which genetic studies could be done. At the beginning, these maps were hypothetical representations that facilitated the handling of empirical data as well as the classification of mutants. Later on, the culture of mapping strongly contributed to the understanding of the mechanics of chromosomes and the hereditary transmission. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias, Dept Evolut Biol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Barahona, A, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias, Dept Evolut Biol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN PI NAPOLI PA VILLA COMMUNALE, NAPOLI, 80121, ITALY SN 0391-9714 PY 2007 VL 29 IS 2 BP 145 EP 159 SC History & Philosophy Of Science UT ISI:000255962100002 ER PT J AU Suarez, E AF Suarez, Edna TI Models and diagrams as thinking tools: The case of satellite-DNA SO HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES LA English DT Article AB The aim of the paper is to present some ideas on the transition between the material representations of phenomena in experimental systems, commonly referred as material traces or inscriptions (for instance, in an electrophoretic gel or a paper chromatography), and the more "public" and "general" representations of phenomena (including tables, diagrams, graphs and other visual and textual representations). To do so, the story of the early representations of satellite-DNA, a fraction of about 400 base-pair-long repeated sequences in eukaryotic DNA stabilized in the mid1960s, will be presented. The author argues that the practices associated to different moments of research (such as the stabilization of phenomena, the reconstruction of a process, the modeling of mechanisms or the communication of results, among others) require the construction and the translocation of meanings between different ways of representing. Special attention is given to a kind of scientific diagram used in experimental tradition to understand processes and mechanisms; following Dewey's conception of tools these diagrams are called "thinking tools". C1 [Suarez, Edna] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. [Suarez, Edna] Max Planck Wissensch Geschichte, D-14195 Berlin, Germany. RP Suarez, E, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Circuito Exterior,Cd Univ Col Copilco, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN PI NAPOLI PA VILLA COMMUNALE, NAPOLI, 80121, ITALY SN 0391-9714 PY 2007 VL 29 IS 2 BP 177 EP 192 SC History & Philosophy Of Science UT ISI:000255962100004 ER PT J AU Barahona, A AF Barahona, Ana TI Experiencing nature. The Spanish American Empire and the early scientific revolution SO HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES LA English DT Book Review C1 [Barahona, Ana] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Sch Sci, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Barahona, A, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Sch Sci, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN PI NAPOLI PA VILLA COMMUNALE, NAPOLI, 80121, ITALY SN 0391-9714 PY 2007 VL 29 IS 2 BP 257 EP 258 SC History & Philosophy Of Science UT ISI:000255962100023 ER PT J AU Canclini, NG AF Canclini, Nestor Garcia TI Totalizations/detotalizations SO THEORY CULTURE & SOCIETY LA English DT Editorial Material AB Studies of the global dynamics of combined homogenization and differentiation processes have shed new light on the ways in which the totalization and the de-totalization of knowledge and social representation operate. In this commentary, the question of whether cultural diversity is a necessary ingredient with which to enrich the development of the knowledge society is addressed. Here, this question will be answered in the affirmative and that the consequences of recognizing the epistemic importance of cultural diversity require that we conceive of society in a multi-focal way with relative decentralization. It also implies that we look for compatibility between scientific knowledge and the knowledge that corresponds to other orders. In this way, the future of knowledge and power correlates with the dilemmas of global negotiations of interculturality. C1 Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Urban Culture Studies Program, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Canclini, NG, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Urban Culture Studies Program, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD PI LONDON PA 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND SN 0263-2764 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 24 IS 7-8 BP 296 EP + DI 10.1177/02632764070240072507 SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000255703500031 ER PT J AU Brown-Blake, C Chambers, P AF Brown-Blake, Celia Chambers, Paul TI The Jamaican Creole speaker in the UK criminal justice system SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPEECH LANGUAGE AND THE LAW LA English DT Article AB This article explores intelligibility between the Jamaican vernacular, an English-based lexicon Creole language, and English. It examines discourse in pre-trial interviews conducted by functionaries in the UK criminal justice system, usually police and customs officers and lawyers, with Jamaican Creole (JC)-dominant or monolingual speakers who are typically persons suspected or accused of offences or potential witnesses of offences. Using discourse analysis techniques, it highlights instances of miscommunication and lack of comprehension not only between the parties to the interview, but also on the part of the transcribers. The analysis attempts to trace the miscommunication and lack of understanding to linguistic distinctions between the two language varieties. The paper also explores the possible legal consequences of these language-related miscommunications or lack of communication. The analysis underscores the need for continuous interpretation during pre-trial interviews and for interpretation/translation services at the transcription stage despite some similarity between the two languages. C1 [Brown-Blake, Celia] Univ W Indies, St Augustine, Trinid & Tobago. RP Brown-Blake, C, Univ W Indies, St Augustine, Trinid & Tobago. EM celia.blake@uwimona.edu.jm TC 0 PU EQUINOX PUBL LTD PI LONDON PA UNIT SIX, THE VILLAGE, 101 AMIES ST, LONDON, SW11 2JW, ENGLAND SN 1748-8885 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 269 EP 294 DI 10.1558/ijsll.2007.14.2.269 SC Criminology & Penology; Linguistics UT ISI:000255697000005 ER PT J AU Borges, G Wang, PS Medina-Mora, ME Lara, C Chiu, WT AF Borges, Guilherme Wang, Philip S. Medina-Mora, Maria Elena Lara, Carmen Chiu, Wai Tat TI Delay of first treatment of mental and substance use disorders in Mexico SO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA English DT Article AB Objectives. We studied failure and delay in making initial treatment contact after the first onset of a mental or substance use disorder in Mexico as a first step to understanding barriers to providing effective treatment in Mexico. Methods. Data were from the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey (2001-2002), a representative, face-to-face household survey of urban residents aged 18 to 65 years. The age of onset for disorders was compared with the age of first professional treatment contact for each lifetime disorder (as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition). Results. Many people with lifetime disorders eventually made treatment contact, although the proportions varied for mood (69.9%), anxiety (53.2%), and substance use (22.1%) disorders. Delayswere long: 10 years for substance use disorders, 14years for mood disorders, and 30 years for anxiety disorders. Failure and delay in making initial treatment contact were associated with earlier ages of disorder onset and being in older cohorts. Conclusions. Failure to make prompt initial treatment contact is an important reason explaining why there are unmet needs for mental health care in Mexico. Meeting these needs will likely require expansion and optimal allocation of resources as well as other interventions. C1 [Borges, Guilherme; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena] Inst Nacl Psiquiatria, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. [Borges, Guilherme] Metropolitan Autonomous Univ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Lara, Carmen] Univ Autonoma Puebla, Puebla 72570, Mexico. [Lara, Carmen] Natl Inst Psychiat, Puebla, Mexico. [Wang, Philip S.; Chiu, Wai Tat] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, Boston, MA 02115 USA. RP Borges, G, Inst Nacl Psiquiatria, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101 Col San Lorenzo Hui, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. EM gmbor@imp.edu.mx TC 2 PU AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC PI WASHINGTON PA 800 I STREET, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20001-3710 USA SN 0090-0036 PD SEP PY 2007 VL 97 IS 9 BP 1638 EP 1643 DI 10.2105/AJPH.2006.090985 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000255648100026 ER PT J AU Baron, L Koreck, A Capece, L Lancuba, SM AF Baron, L. Koreck, A. Capece, L. Lancuba, S. M. TI Financial compensation for donors: psychological follow-up before, during, and after egg donation procedure in a Latin American country SO HUMAN REPRODUCTION LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Baron, L.; Koreck, A.] IMPSI, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Capece, L.; Lancuba, S. M.] CIMER, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. TC 0 PU OXFORD UNIV PRESS PI OXFORD PA GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND SN 0268-1161 PD JUL PY 2007 VL 22 SU Suppl. 1 BP P567 SC Obstetrics & Gynecology; Reproductive Biology UT ISI:000255322200554 ER PT J AU Cole, JH Lawson, RA AF Cole, Julio H. Lawson, Robert A. TI Handling economic freedom in growth regressions: Suggestions for clarification SO ECON JOURNAL WATCH LA English DT Editorial Material C1 [Cole, Julio H.] Univ Francisco Marroquin, Dept Econ, Guatemala City 01010, Guatemala. [Lawson, Robert A.] Capital Univ, Dept Econ, George H Moor Chair, Sch Management, Columbus, OH 43209 USA. RP Cole, JH, Univ Francisco Marroquin, Dept Econ, Guatemala City 01010, Guatemala. EM jhcole@ufm.edu.gt rlawson@capital.edu TC 2 PU INST SPONTANEOUS ORDER ECONOMICS PI FAIRFAX PA 9745 KINGS CROWN COURT #102, FAIRFAX, VA 22031 USA SN 1933-527X PD JAN PY 2007 VL 4 IS 1 BP 71 EP 78 SC Economics UT ISI:000255755400004 ER PT J AU Ureta, S AF Ureta, Sebastian TI Noise and the battles for space: Mediated noise and everyday life in a social housing estate in Santiago, Chile SO JOURNAL OF URBAN TECHNOLOGY LA English DT Article C1 Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Sociol, Santiago, Chile. RP Ureta, S, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Sociol, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 1063-0732 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 14 IS 3 BP 103 EP 130 SC Urban Studies UT ISI:000255122400006 ER PT J AU Civeira, FL AF Civeira, Francisca Lopez TI Encounter in 1898: three towns and four men; Spain-Cuba-United States: Cervera-Roosevelt-Calixto Garcian-Juan Gualberto Gomez SO JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY LA English DT Book Review C1 [Civeira, Francisca Lopez] Univ Havana, Havana, Cuba. RP Civeira, FL, Univ Havana, Havana, Cuba. TC 0 PU ORGANIZATION AMER HISTORIANS PI BLOOMINGTON PA 112 N BRYAN ST, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47408 USA SN 0021-8723 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 94 IS 3 BP 946 EP 946 SC History UT ISI:000255081100068 ER PT J AU Garza, G AF Garza, Gustavo TI Metropolitan urbanization in Mexico: regulations and socieconomic characteristics SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB The objectives of this paper are, in the first place, to analyze the evolution of the urban system in Mexico from 1980 to 2005, in order to demonstrate the increasing concentration of population in the metropolises with more than five hundred thousand inhabitants; secondly, the productivity of the fifty-six existing metropolises as well as their endemic poverty, housing deficit, structural underemployment and their indexes of metropolitan human development are examined, all of this with the aim of determining the seriousness of their socio-economic problematic. Finally, some reflections on the issues of governance and administration of the cities are presented, considering that their good performance is indispensable for the correct operation of the private companies and, therefore, for the country's international competitiveness. C1 El Coll Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Garza, G, El Coll Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD APR-JUN PY 2007 VL 13 IS 52 BP 77 EP 108 SC Demography UT ISI:000253843800004 ER PT J AU Garrocho, C Campos, J AF Garrocho, Carlos Campos, Juan TI Dynamics of the polycentric structure of the tertiary employment in the metropolitan area of the City of Toluca, 1994-2004 SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB In this paper the tertiary employment sub-centers articulated to the spatial structure of the Metropolitan Area of the City of Toluca (AMT) are identified and their most relevant aspects are analyzed as well: their number, size, density, hierarchy, localization, economic specialization and evolution through time; some explanation lines are outlined. In order to do so, a classification of the sub-centers, identified inside AMT, according to their economic profile and functioning logics in the metropolitan context is proposed; the previously stated allows characterizing and examining them in a more systematized manner. Hence, the double threshold method is used, and some improvements which make it easier and more objective to be applied in Mexican cities are incorporated. Disaggregated information according to sub-sector and activity sector (including the governmental one) at AGEG scale is used. C1 [Garrocho, Carlos; Campos, Juan] Univ Autonama Estado Mexico, El Coll Mexiquense, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Garrocho, C, Univ Autonama Estado Mexico, El Coll Mexiquense, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD APR-JUN PY 2007 VL 13 IS 52 BP 109 EP 135 SC Demography UT ISI:000253843800005 ER PT J AU Lopez, IP AF Lopez, Ismael Plascencia TI Proposal to measure the salary economic development: application in twelve of the main urban areas in Mexico, 1988-2002 SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB This article proposes the measurement of the salary economic development of the economically active population; in order to do so, twelve of the main urban areas of the country are analyzed, this with the aim to advance in the inequality analysis, making it finer and disaggregated. Having this in view, an index (IDES) which summarizes two components, the salary income in real terms (up to 2002 indicators) and the measurement of equality (versus inequality) through the Gini complement (1-coefficient of Gini) is constructed. For the IDES measuring the information from the National Survey of Urban Employment (1988-2002) was used. It is intended to demonstrate that the impact of the economic liberalization and commercial aperture take C1 Univ Autonoma Baja California, Mexicali 21100, Baja California, Mexico. RP Lopez, IP, Univ Autonoma Baja California, Mexicali 21100, Baja California, Mexico. TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD APR-JUN PY 2007 VL 13 IS 52 BP 137 EP 182 SC Demography UT ISI:000253843800006 ER PT J AU Cisneros, JL AF Cisneros, Jose Luis TI Culture, youth and delinquency in the State of Mexico SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB This article has the purpose to state some data and reflections on the social characteristics of the young prisoners of the Centers of Prevention and Social Re-adaptation of the State of Mexico from a sociological perspective. With this information it is not sought to elaborate a typology by means of which the labeling and exclusion of the youths who belong to certain society sectors can be exacerbated; on the contrary, it is only intended to analyze the social, economic and political factors which are related to and condition the social and cultural nature of the juvenile delinquent. C1 Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Xochimilco, Mexico. RP Cisneros, JL, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Xochimilco, Mexico. TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD APR-JUN PY 2007 VL 13 IS 52 BP 255 EP 280 SC Demography UT ISI:000253843800010 ER PT J AU Brereton, B AF Brereton, Bridget TI Post-emancipation race relations in the Bahamas SO JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY LA English DT Book Review C1 [Brereton, Bridget] Univ W Indies, St Augustine, Trinid & Tobago. RP Brereton, B, Univ W Indies, St Augustine, Trinid & Tobago. TC 0 PU ORGANIZATION AMER HISTORIANS PI BLOOMINGTON PA 112 N BRYAN ST, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47408 USA SN 0021-8723 PD SEP PY 2007 VL 94 IS 2 BP 552 EP 553 SC History UT ISI:000255141500034 ER PT J AU Frenkel, R AF Frenkel, Roberto TI The sustainability of monetary - sterilization policies SO CEPAL REVIEW LA English DT Article AB The focus of this paper is on policies that set out simultaneously to control the exchange rate and monetary conditions (an instrument interest rate, for example) in situations where capital mobility is unrestricted, there is an excess supply of international currency and the central bank sets targets for the exchange rate and interest rate. The paper calculates how high the local interest rate can go at any time without rendering monetary sterilization policy unsustainable, defines the degree of monetary autonomy as the difference between this rate on the one hand and the sum of the international interest rate and the rate of increase in the exchange rate on the other, and analyses how the degree of autonomy evolves. Numerical examples using data from Argentina and elsewhere suggest that sterilization policy is sustainable and that a considerable degree of monetary autonomy exists in contexts that are by no means unusual in many developing economies. C1 [Frenkel, Roberto] Ctr Estudios Estado & Sociedad CEDES, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Frenkel, Roberto] Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Frenkel, R, Ctr Estudios Estado & Sociedad CEDES, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM frenkel@cedes.org TC 0 PU COMISION ECONOMICA PARA AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE PI SANTIAGO PA CASILLA 179-D, SANTIAGO, CHILE SN 0251-2920 PD DEC PY 2007 IS 93 BP 29 EP 36 SC Economics UT ISI:000255039400002 ER PT J AU Basualdo, EM Nahon, C Nochteff, HJ AF Basualdo, Eduardo M. Nahon, Cecilia Nochteff, Hugo J. TI Private external debt in Argentina. Course, nature and protagonists SO DESARROLLO ECONOMICO-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB Despite the relevance of private external debt in Argentina, particularly during the Convertibility regime, the absence of exhaustive studies of such a process is surprising. This paper aims to overcome-such a fault through the disaggregated analysis of the evolution of private external debt between 1991 and 2005. Foreign debt of the non financial private sector is particularly studied. The trajectory of this debt experienced two well-defined phases during the last fifteen years. Between 1991 and 2001, it grew steadily at an annual accumulated rate of 26,9%. In contrast, non financial firms' debt was persistently reduced from 2002 to 2005, at a negative annual accumulated rate of 8,6%. In both periods, the Argentinian private external debt has been closely linked to the macroeconomic regime. Indeed, it has been highly concentrated among a reduced group of firms the largest in the country- which not only have determined the rhythm and manner of private indebtedness but also influenced over the entire country's external debt. C1 [Basualdo, Eduardo M.; Nahon, Cecilia; Nochteff, Hugo J.] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Nochteff, Hugo J.] FLACSO, Invest Area Econ & Tecnol, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Basualdo, EM, Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM econo@flacso.org.ar TC 0 PU INST DESAROLLO ECON SOCIAL PI BUENOS AIRES PA AROAZ 2838, 1425 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA SN 0046-001X PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 47 IS 186 BP 193 EP 224 SC Economics UT ISI:000254649800002 ER PT J AU Barreneche, O AF Barreneche, Osvaldo TI Peronism political reform in the Buenos Aires province 1946-1951 SO DESARROLLO ECONOMICO-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB This article analyzes the important police reform that took place in the province of Buenos Aires during the Domingo Mercante's governorship (1946-1952). Chaired by Lieutenant Colonel Adolfo Marsillach, such reform was not isolated from the process of institutional change that the peronist government undertook. Key features of this process were centralization, tough support to hierarchical authority, and the setting up of a new ranking system. All this was done following the principles of order and military doctrine. One of the main goals of the reform was trying to cut the political connections between high ranked police officers (comisarios) and local politicians (mostly from conservative and radical political parties). This association was identified as a major cause of the high level of police corruption at that time. Police was reorganized so that its members could just follow directions from main provincial authorities as well as they could identify themselves with peronist ideas. Furthermore, reformers wanted a complete identification with principles that came out of the so-called "June Revolution" (military coup that put the military in charge of Argentina on 4 June 1943 overthrowing conservative president Castillo). Finally, this article points out that even though the limited results obtained in reducing corruption and political links to the local level between police officers and politicians, the Mercante and Marsillach's police reform was successful from a structural and organizational point of view. Actually, these changes endured for more than fifty years helping to shape police institutional profile during the second half of the twentieth century. C1 Univ Nacl La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. RP Barreneche, O, Univ Nacl La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. TC 0 PU INST DESAROLLO ECON SOCIAL PI BUENOS AIRES PA AROAZ 2838, 1425 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA SN 0046-001X PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 47 IS 186 BP 225 EP 248 SC Economics UT ISI:000254649800003 ER PT J AU Llosa, JLN AF Nicolini Llosa, Jose Luis TI Dual exchange rate and cyclical growth in Argentina SO DESARROLLO ECONOMICO-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB Argentina's GDP growth cycle in 1970-2007 is discussed. Equilibrium growth is set by foreign exchange availability. Comparative advantage is in agriculture but manufactured exports grow faster Thus, two growth equilibria co-exist generating uncertainty and GDP fluctuates. The large income elasticity of demand for imports undersupplies and oversupplies dollars in expansions and recessions, respectively. The start (end) of the devaluation set the cycle 3 ceiling (floor). Agents' attempts to anticipate the devaluations (revaluations) re-enforce the cycle. The cycle depresses the exchange rate elasticities and harms institutions, decelerating growth. A high and stable exchange rate (AR$/US$) facilitates convergence to the high growth equilibrium. C1 [Nicolini Llosa, Jose Luis] UBA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Nicolini Llosa, Jose Luis] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Llosa, JLN, UBA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM nicolinij@fibertel.com.ar TC 0 PU INST DESAROLLO ECON SOCIAL PI BUENOS AIRES PA AROAZ 2838, 1425 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA SN 0046-001X PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 47 IS 186 BP 249 EP 283 SC Economics UT ISI:000254649800004 ER PT J AU Roth, LC AF Roth, Laura C. TI Regarding judicial independence in Argentina: Creation of magistrate's council and its performance between 1994 and 2006 SO DESARROLLO ECONOMICO-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB This article analyzes the influence of the creation of the Council of the Magistracy in Argentina over the independence of the Judicial Power of the country. After defining what can be understood as judicial independence, there is a comparison between the norms of the new institution and the system that existed in the past for the exercise of the functions of selection, accusation and discipline over the Magistrates. Then, some of the problems of,the organism are identified, and it is described how they are influenced by the behavior of the actors that participate in the different proceedings, with special attention in the councilors of the official party and the judges. Finally, there is an analysis of the possible impact of the reform sanctioned in February 2006, and effective since the endings of that year. C1 Univ San Andres, Area Derecho, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Roth, LC, Univ San Andres, Area Derecho, Vito Dumas 284, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM lroth@udesa.edu.ar TC 0 PU INST DESAROLLO ECON SOCIAL PI BUENOS AIRES PA AROAZ 2838, 1425 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA SN 0046-001X PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 47 IS 186 BP 285 EP 318 SC Economics UT ISI:000254649800005 ER PT J AU Roffe, M De la Vega, R Garcia-Mas, A Llinas, J AF Roffe, Marcelo De la Vega, Ricardo Garcia-Mas, Alexandre Llinas, Juan TI Crisis during the game the "Psychological score" in football SO REVISTA DE PSICOLOGIA DEL DEPORTE LA Spanish DT Article AB The objective of this study is to delve empirically and theoretically into the relationship between an essential situational variable in football-scoring a goal in the last stretch of the first period -and its consequences in terms of the match's final score. A theoretical framework was devised and the results of data from two top-level championships -the Spanish and Argentine national leagues-confirm the existence of this effect. The discussion analyses the importance of the players' cognitive interpretation of the situation to explain the phenomenon. C1 [Garcia-Mas, Alexandre; Llinas, Juan] Univ Illes Balears, Fac Psicol, Palma De Mallorca 07122, Spain. [Roffe, Marcelo] Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [De la Vega, Ricardo] Univ Autonoma Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain. RP Garcia-Mas, A, Univ Illes Balears, Fac Psicol, Cra Valldemossa Km 7-5, Palma De Mallorca 07122, Spain. EM alex.garcia@uib.es TC 1 PU UNIV ILLES BALEARS PI PALMA PA SERVEI PUBLICACIONS INTERCANVI CIENTIFIC CAS JAI, CAMPUS UNIV, CARRETERA VALLDEMOSSA, K M 7 5, PALMA, ILLES BALEARS 07122, SPAIN SN 1132-239X PY 2007 VL 16 IS 2 BP 227 EP 240 SC Psychology, Applied UT ISI:000254013700007 ER PT J AU Bras, A Emmanuel, E Obicson, L Brasseur, P Pape, JW Raccurt, CP AF Bras, Anie Emmanuel, Evens Obicson, Lilite Brasseur, Philippe Pape, Jean W. Raccurt, Christian P. TI Assessment of the risks of Cryptosporidium oocysts in drinking water in Port-au-Prince (Haiti) SO ENVIRONNEMENT RISQUES & SANTE LA English DT Article AB Cryptosporidiosis is one of the most frequent causes of diarrhoea in Haiti. Its transmission to humans, and in particular the groups at highest risk - children younger than five, people with HIV infection, and the undernourished - occurs through food and water containing Cryptosporidium oocysts. Recent studies demonstrate that the concentration of oocysts in 100 litres of the drinking water used by the population in Port-au-Prince (Haiti) ranges from 4 to 1,274 oocysts in 16 of the 18 water points sampled (89%). The aim of this study was to evaluate the risks associated with this parasite in the drinking water of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. An exponential model was used to mark on the probability of an increasing infection. Four populations were considered: immunocompetent and immunodeficient children younger than five years, and immunocompetent and immunodeficient people five years or older. The risk of infestation in the immunocompetent portion of the population was 1% to 5%, and in the immunodeficient portion, 1% to 97%, according to the Cryptosporidium oocyst concentration. It is necessary to monitor and improve the microbiologic quality of drinking water to reduce the risk of human infections with pathogenic microorganisms related to biological pollution in Haiti. C1 [Raccurt, Christian P.] Univ Picardie, Ctr Hosp Univ Amiens, Hop Sud, Serv Parasitol & Mycol Med, F-80054 Amiens, France. [Bras, Anie; Emmanuel, Evens] Univ Quisqueya, Environm Qual Lab, Portau Prince, Haiti. [Obicson, Lilite] Univ Quisqueya, Ctr Applicat Teledetect & Syst Informat Geograph, Portau Prince, Haiti. [Brasseur, Philippe] Ctr Hann, IRD, Unite Rech 077, Dakar, Senegal. [Pape, Jean W.] Gheskio, Inst Natl Lab & Rech, Portau Prince, Haiti. [Pape, Jean W.] Cornell Univ, Weill Med Coll, New York, NY USA. RP Raccurt, CP, Univ Picardie, Ctr Hosp Univ Amiens, Hop Sud, Serv Parasitol & Mycol Med, F-80054 Amiens, France. EM aniebras2002@yahoo.fr evemm1@yahoo.fr obicsonlilite@yahoo.fr philippe.brasseur@ird.sn jwpape@gheskio.org raccurt@yahoo.fr TC 0 PU JOHN LIBBEY EUROTEXT LTD PI MONTROUGE PA 127 AVE DE LA REPUBLIQUE, 92120 MONTROUGE, FRANCE SN 1635-0421 PD SEP-OCT PY 2007 VL 6 IS 5 BP 355 EP 364 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253952200014 ER PT J AU Chippaux, JP Pernot, C Jouanneau, D Ciornei, G Moulin-Esnart, P Couret, D AF Chippaux, Jean-Philippe Pernot, Celine Jouanneau, Diane Ciornei, Gilles Moulin-Esnart, Patricia Couret, Daniel TI Evaluating water potability in a populated zone of the Senegalese Sahel: Niakhar SO ENVIRONNEMENT RISQUES & SANTE LA French DT Article AB Chemical and microbiological analyses of deep and surface water were conducted in Niakhar, a densely populated zone 200 km(2) in area in the Senegalese Sahel, 150 km east of Dakar, the capital. We identified approximately 500 water points there randomly selected 71 for chemical analyses and 40 for bacteriological analyses. A very strong mineralization of deep as well as surface water was observed. In one third of the water points sampled, fluorine concentrations, and in two thirds, sodium chloride concentrations exceeded World Health Organization and European Union guidelines. Sodium, potassium, calcium and manganese concentrations also exceeded recommended levels in most water sources. These levels appeared to correspond to several specific water distribution networks. Contamination by E. coli was low, but contamination by faecal streptococcus was very high in most water points, including the terminal hydrants, could be due to distribution and storage conditions that favor bacterial multiplication more than to intense pollution of faecal origin. C1 [Chippaux, Jean-Philippe; Pernot, Celine; Jouanneau, Diane; Couret, Daniel] IRD, Suivi Demog Epidemiol & Environm, US 009, Dakar, Senegal. [Chippaux, Jean-Philippe] IRD, UR010, Sante Mere & Enfant Milieu Trop Epidemiol Genet &, La Paz, Bolivia. [Ciornei, Gilles; Moulin-Esnart, Patricia] IRD, US 122, Unite Moyens Analyt, Dakar, Senegal. RP Chippaux, JP, IRD, Suivi Demog Epidemiol & Environm, US 009, Dakar, Senegal. EM chippaux@ird.fr celine.pernot@voila.fr dianejouanneau@yahoo.fr gilles.ciornei@noumea.ird.nc patricia.moulin@ird.sn couret@ird.sn TC 0 PU JOHN LIBBEY EUROTEXT LTD PI MONTROUGE PA 127 AVE DE LA REPUBLIQUE, 92120 MONTROUGE, FRANCE SN 1635-0421 PD SEP-OCT PY 2007 VL 6 IS 5 BP 373 EP 381 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253952200016 ER PT J AU Gonzalez, JC AF Gonzalez, Jubeta Carabaza TI Role of the press in the construction of environmental problems for the inhabitants of Saltillo, Coahuila SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB This article presents the findings of a research project whose objective is the study the representations the inhabitants of the city of Saltillo, Coahuila have constructed around environmental problems, and the role the written press has played in this process. The research was based on different methodological techniques. The study concludes that the agenda of the written press is important in the construction of the representations the population has in relation to the natural environment, but also shows that the press does not grant a civil behavior favorable towards the environment. RP Gonzalez, JC, Univ Autonoma Caohuila, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM jcaraba@mail.uadec.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 14 IS 43 BP 39 EP 71 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253692200003 ER PT J AU Rico, LA AF Guadarrarna Rico, Luis Alfonso TI Classification systems for media content. Revision from eight countries SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB In the present work, a detailed revision of a series of classification systems from the most concerned countries which have become interested in the improvement of the quality aspects of the media contents is carried out. On this, the standard system of classification is confronted with that being worked with in Mexico and, in the last part of the work some challenges we still have to face in order to have better classification systems are proposed. RP Rico, LA, Univ Autonoma Estado, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM grico@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 14 IS 43 BP 73 EP 103 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253692200004 ER PT J AU Montes, MCR AF Reyes Montes, Ma. Crisfina TI Political communication and medias in Mexico: case of reform of the Federal Law on Radio and Television SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB Taking into account the basic notions of political communication and the way it is being applied in Mexico, the purpose of this article is to analyze the "Ley Federal de Radio y Television" which has not been changed since its creation in 1960. Such analysis is organized in four parts. The first part is devoted to the study of modern political communication, arose mainly in the United States after the Second World War. The second part attempts to define political communication as the constant flux of information between governors and people. In order to make operative this definition becomes important to undertake an approach to electronic media; this is done in third part. In the last section are fully analyzed the reforms to the "Ley Federal de Radio y Television", as a paradigmatic example of a failed political communication of the last administration. C1 Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Montes, MCR, Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM crisrges2002@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 14 IS 43 BP 105 EP 136 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253692200005 ER PT J AU Hernandez, JG AF Vargas Hernandez, Jose Guadalupe TI Goverment for the cosmopolitan, global and transnational postdemocratic economy SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The objective of this work is to analyze the evolutive and dynamic concept of democracy as the governments' legitimacy argument. It begins with the analysis of the democracy model sustained in the political and economical liberalism, then it continues with the republican model and the mention of the participation's dysfunctionalities and the democratic exercise. Finally it ends with the emergence of the post national democracy that tightens the links between the ideology of the free market that directs the neofiberal economical democracy and the liberal democracy. This post democracy is manifested as a transnational economical democracy that promotes the free market and the values of neoliberalism and post modernity at a global and cosmopolitan level in order to justify the advancement of the economical globalization processes. C1 Inst Tecnol Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco, Mexico. RP Hernandez, JG, Inst Tecnol Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco, Mexico. EM jgvh0611@yaboo.com TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 14 IS 43 BP 211 EP 245 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253692200008 ER PT J AU Rivera, EM AF Rivera, Emmanuel Moreno TI International monetary system. Teachings of a half a century SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Rivera, EM, Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM em_moreri@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 14 IS 43 BP 249 EP 254 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253692200009 ER PT J AU Valencia, OBQ AF Quilano Valencia, Olver B. TI Cesaire and the formation of decolonial thought SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 Univ Cauca, Cauca, Colombia. RP Valencia, OBQ, Univ Cauca, Cauca, Colombia. EM oquijano@unicauca.edau.co TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD JAN-APR PY 2007 VL 14 IS 43 BP 255 EP 262 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253692200010 ER PT J AU Berrones, RU AF Berrones, Ricardo Uvalle TI Governability, transparency and reconstruction of the State SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The article analyzes the importance of the transparency as a public policy which relates the States to citizens, with the aim that the power exercise would be democratic in order to contribute the efficient governability of the contemporary society, which demands for its preservation and development that the institutions assume a responsible role, with the objective of guaranteeing that the access, aperture and visibility would be the attributions of a communal life, consistent and productive, obviously considering the importance that the right to information becomes consolidated in favor of the citizens, who are the center of the political tasks which must be oriented to guarantee practices of certainty that fully favor the existence of an environment that responds to the premise of an open and deliberative government, with the purpose that the governed would be able to watch and control their governors. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Berrones, RU, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM ricardo_uvalle@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 14 IS 45 BP 47 EP 74 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253813100003 ER PT J AU Hernadez, GR AF Hernandez, Gabriela Rodriguez TI From participation to political protest SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The present work intends to approach the study of public demonstration from the existent theoretical apparatuses with the aim to explain political participation and social movements. The concept of political demonstration is proposed in order to explain the collective behaviors that the inhabitants from the Valley of Mexico adopt against the different elements in the public sphere. When we interpret the results from an exercise where three hundred and eighty semantic networks were applied, hence to learn the meaning of the political demonstration. Being indeed found that political demonstration is related to the behaviors which everyday the inhabitants of the Valley of Mexico carry out in the public space. C1 Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Ctr Univ Ecatepec, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Hernadez, GR, Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Ctr Univ Ecatepec, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM garh@uaemex.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 14 IS 45 BP 77 EP 93 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253813100004 ER PT J AU Hernandez, MEO AF Hernandez, Maria Estela Orozco TI Between local competitiveness and global competitiveness: commercial floriculture in Mexico SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB This study has the aim to show that the renewed impulse to the production of cut flowers in the State of Mexico, Mexico, has modeled a new type of external economy which characterizes the fortification of the relations with the international market, the artificial improvement of the time's economy in the places of the production, as well as the systematization of the flower offer and the commercialization process. The factors of the new economic model have changed towards the outside, but on the inside of the production areas the advantage of the basic resources favors technological change and the interests from some companies that have increased their individual and corporative productivity in the national and international market. C1 Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Hernandez, MEO, Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM eorozcoh61@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 14 IS 45 BP 111 EP 160 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253813100006 ER PT J AU Vicher, D AF Vicher, Diana TI Neo-management reform in New Zealand SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB This document's objective is to offer a reflection on the general conditions from which the managerial reform of New Zealand emerged, focusing on the particular characteristics of the country. We review the primordial aspects from which the group of ideas that converged to configure the neo-managerial reform emerged, as well as the way in which it was implemented and the stages its subsequent development underwent in this country, which for some time was seen as the most successful case in the application of the new, public management and as the example to follow, in worldwide terms. C1 Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Vicher, D, Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM mdvicherg@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 14 IS 45 BP 163 EP 185 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253813100007 ER PT J AU Dominguez, CG AF Dominguez, Carlos Gonzalez TI French countryside of information on television, a way to compare ours SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Hardware Review C1 Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Dominguez, CG, Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM cgdomin@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD SEP-DEC PY 2007 VL 14 IS 45 BP 197 EP 207 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253813100009 ER PT J AU Kottow, M AF Kottow, Miguel TI Rhetorical and semantic tensions in research ethics SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA English DT Article AB In recent years, rhetorical and semantic disjunctions have been used to validate practices traditionally rejected as ethical transgressions. According to such research ethics, subjects unable to exercise their autonomy are freely recruited, and vulnerable individuals are incorporated into research that purportedly serves the common good. The suggestions violate established rules that prohibit placing social or scientific interests above individual needs. The common good is invoked arbitrarily, since most such research serves private corporate interests. The definitions of coercion and exploitation are weakened, thus allowing the inclusion of mentally compromised research subjects and validating practices that have been viewed historically as overt ethical transgressions of research with human beings. An increasing number of research projects are being transferred to Latin America, making it necessary for local bioethics committees to remain alert in the wake of practices that weaken the protection of individuals and communities participating in studies supported by First World commercial interests. C1 Univ Chile, Fac Med, Escuela Salud Publ, Santiago 7, Chile. RP Kottow, M, Univ Chile, Fac Med, Escuela Salud Publ, Casilla 16168,Correo 9, Santiago 7, Chile. EM kottow@terra.cl TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD OCT PY 2007 VL 23 IS 10 BP 2396 EP 2402 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253806200014 ER PT J AU Santos, IS Matijasevich, A Tavares, BF Barros, AJD Botelho, IP Lapolli, C Magalhaes, PVDS Barbosa, APP Barros, FC AF Santos, Ina S. Matijasevich, Alicia Tavares, Beatriz Franck Barros, Aluisio J. D. Botelho, Iara Picinini Lapolli, Catherine Magalhaes, Pedro Vieira da Silva Neto Barbosa, Ana Paula Pereira Barros, Fernando C. TI Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in a sample of mothers from the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA English DT Article AB The aim of this study was to evaluate the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) for screening and diagnosis of postpartum depression. Three months after delivery, EPDS was administered to 378 mothers from the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Up to 15 days later, mothers were re-interviewed by mental health care professionals using a semi-structured interview based on ICD-10 (gold standard). We calculated the sensitivity and specificity of each cutoff point, and values were plotted as a receiver operator characteristic curve. The best cutoff point for screening postpartum depression was >= 10, with 82.6% (75.3-89.9%) sensitivity and 65.4% (59.8-71.1%) specificity. For screening moderate and severe cases, the best cutoff point was >= 11, with 83.8% (73.4-91.3%) sensitivity and 74.7% (69.4-79.5%) specificity. For diagnosis, EPDS was valid only for prevalence of postpartum depression in the 20-25% range, with 60% PPV for the >= 13 cutoff point (59.5% sensitivity; 88.4% specificity). The specificities and PPVs for all cutoff points were below those reported by other authors. Small numbers and the calculation of PPV in samples with overrepresentation of cases in the majority of studies appear to account for these differences. C1 [Santos, Ina S.; Matijasevich, Alicia; Tavares, Beatriz Franck; Barros, Aluisio J. D.; Botelho, Iara Picinini; Lapolli, Catherine; Neto Barbosa, Ana Paula Pereira] Univ Fed Pelotas, Fac Med, BR-96030002 Pelotas, RJ, Brazil. [Magalhaes, Pedro Vieira da Silva] Univ Catolica Pelotas, Mestrado Saude & Comportamento, Pelotas, RJ, Brazil. [Barros, Fernando C.] Org Mundial Salud, Org Panamericana Salud, Ctr Latinamericano Perinatol & Desarrollo Humano, Montevideo, Uruguay. RP Matijasevich, A, Univ Fed Pelotas, Fac Med, Av Duque Caxias 250, BR-96030002 Pelotas, RJ, Brazil. EM amatija@yahoo.com TC 1 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD NOV PY 2007 VL 23 IS 11 BP 2577 EP 2588 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253806400005 ER PT J AU Rosales, JC Yang, HM AF Rosales, Juan Carlos Yang, Hyun Mo TI Estimation of the basic reproducibility number for American tegumentary leishmaniasis in two sites in northeastern Salta Province, Argentina SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB A SIR-type deterministic mathematical model for three hosts is applied to analyze the transmission process for American tegumentary leishmaniasis in Rio Blanco and Las Carmelitas, located in northeastern Salta Province, Argentina, and to derive the expression for the baseline reproducibility number R-o. The model is implemented in the MATLAB environment, and based on data from endemic areas, simulations are performed and numerical estimations of R-o are obtained. Rio Blanco shows R-o = 4.689 and Las Carmelitas R-o = 1.948. By studying the model numerically, we also estimate the force of infection, namely 0.239 and 0.171 (unit 1/year), respectively. The simulations show that in Rio Blanco, the endemic phase was more sustained than the inter-epidemic phase in Las Carmelitas. The estimations of these epidemiological parameters indicate where the Ministry of Health and Provincial Health Department will experience greater difficulty in controlling and eradicating the disease. C1 [Rosales, Juan Carlos] Univ Estadual Campinas, Lab Epifisma, BR-13081970 Campinas, SP, Brazil. [Rosales, Juan Carlos] Univ Nacl Salta, Fac Ciencias Exactas, Salta, Argentina. [Yang, Hyun Mo] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Matemat Estatist & Computacao, Campinas, SP, Brazil. RP Rosales, JC, Univ Estadual Campinas, Lab Epifisma, CP 6065, BR-13081970 Campinas, SP, Brazil. EM jcrsalta@yahoo.com.ar TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD NOV PY 2007 VL 23 IS 11 BP 2663 EP 2671 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253806400014 ER PT J AU Granados-Cosme, JA Nasaiya, K Brambila, AT AF Granados-Cosme, Jose Arturo Nasaiya, Kittipong Brambila, Alberto Torres TI Social actors in HlV/AlDS prevention: opposition and interests in educational policy in Mexico, 1994-2000 SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB Studies and recommendations by health agencies have emphasized the importance of education in HIV-AIDS prevention. Mexico has included topics on sexuality and HIV-AIDS in school programs, triggering resistance by some social actors. The current study seeks to clarify the various positions and interests and their influence on the textbook content. A literature search was conducted on the period during which the last educational reform was implemented in Mexico. The discourse analysis focused on the ethnography of communication, which identified: the various actors' positions, arguments, actions, economic and political power, and relations to others. The results show that those who oppose the inclusion of these themes in the school curriculum base their position on tradition, contrary to modernization and secularization of social life, and that their positions range from refusal to raising conditions. Networks have been formed that provide such groups with significant economic and political power. Government has given in to some demands by partially modifying the textbook contents. The current analysis proposes to reflect on the potential repercussions of such actions on the control of the epidemic. C1 [Granados-Cosme, Jose Arturo; Nasaiya, Kittipong] Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Maestria Med Social, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Brambila, Alberto Torres] Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Dept Atenc Salud, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Granados-Cosme, JA, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Maestria Med Social, Calzada Hueso 1100,Col Villa Quietud 04960, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM jcosme@correo.xoc.uam.mx TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD MAR PY 2007 VL 23 IS 3 BP 535 EP 544 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253805100012 ER PT J AU Barrientos, JE Bozon, M Ortiz, E Arredondo, A AF Barrientos, Jaime E. Bozon, Michel Ortiz, Edith Arredondo, Anabella TI HIV prevalence, AIDS knowledge, and condom use among female sex workers in Santiago, Chile SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA English DT Article AB This paper describes HIV seroprevalence, knowledge of HIV transmission, and condom use among female sex workers (FSW) attending five specialized sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in Santiago, Chile. A short questionnaire with socio-demographic, AIDS knowledge, and condom-use variables was administered to 626 FSW HIV seroprevalence was estimated with a blood test sent to the Chilean Public Health Institute. ELISA was used to confirm HIV in suspected cases. HIV prevalence was 0%. FSW showed adequate overall knowledge of HIV, even better than reported for the Chilean general population on some items. Condom use with clients was high ("always" = 93.4%), although regular use with steady partners was low ("always" = 9.9%). The zero HIV seroprevalence and consistent condom use with clients confirms the positive impact of intervention strategies for FSW, increasing both correct knowledge of AIDS and condom use with clients and helping decrease these women's HIV/AIDS vulnerability. C1 [Barrientos, Jaime E.] Univ Catolica Norte, Escuela Psicol, Antofagasta, Chile. [Bozon, Michel] Inst Etud Demog, Paris, France. [Ortiz, Edith; Arredondo, Anabella] Minist Salud, Comis Nacl SIDA, Santiago, Chile. RP Barrientos, JE, Univ Catolica Norte, Escuela Psicol, Avenida Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile. EM jbarrien@ucn.cl TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD AUG PY 2007 VL 23 IS 8 BP 1777 EP 1784 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253806000004 ER PT J AU Gomez, O AF Gomez, Oda TI Untitled SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Editorial Material C1 Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Gomez, O, Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 12 IS 39 BP 303 EP 305 SC Management UT ISI:000253999800001 ER PT J AU Pino, L Marina, C AF Pino, Lopez Marina, Carmen TI Changes in labor relations and work in Colombia: Starting a century with transformations SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article studies the changes in labor relations and work that occurred at the end of the past and the beginning of the 21(st) centuries, in Colombian industry. In terms of theory, it draws on the analytical framework proposed by the M.I.T. team based on the "strategic options of the actors;"methodologically, it approaches the topic through six case studies, using qualitative techniques such as nonparticipative observation, the semi-structured interview of business actors (directors, workers and labor union representatives) and documentary analysis. On one hand, conclusions validate the pertinence of the analytic framework proposed by M.I.T. in the study of labor relations, in the sense of giving a central role to the company as a unit for analysis and to the strategies of the business actors. Nevertheless, the author calls attention to the need for incorporating the political sphere in this framework, in order to obtain an adequate interpretation of the construction of business mentalities. On the other hand, it verifies the role that total quality strategy has played in transforming labor relations and work in the case studies analyzed. C1 [Pino, Lopez] Univ Complutense Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. Univ Rosario, Escuela Ciencias Humanas, Bogota, Colombia. RP Pino, L, Univ Complutense Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 12 IS 39 BP 307 EP 350 SC Management UT ISI:000253999800002 ER PT J AU Castro, JAA AF Andrade Castro, Jesus Alberto TI Information society. The public and the private in information SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The purpose of this paper is to make a critical analysis of the construction of a society that is considered innovating, as it is sustained by information digital technologies (IT). Certainly, It have considerable effects upon the social, the political and the economic, however, the results are overestimated as innovating and with no connection to the past. Our premise is that I here is no need to eliminate the proposals made by diverse pioneers of the commonly called Information Society (IS), to analyze its consequences. Therefore, it makes a revision of some IS pioneers, hoping to demarcate a line between the private and the public spheres of the IS and their effects upon the construction of a farewell State. It makes a critical analysis of the policies instrumented in the construction of an IS in the frame of the global processes. Finally, it draws some conclusions regarding the experienced social processes that are derived from the development of the incorporation to the society of new informational technologies. C1 [Andrade Castro, Jesus Alberto] Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Expt, Dept Computac, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Castro, JAA, Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Expt, Dept Computac, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM jandrade01@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 12 IS 39 BP 351 EP 372 SC Management UT ISI:000253999800003 ER PT J AU Maggiolo, I Maggiolo, JP AF Maggiolo, Isabel Perozo Maggiolo, Javier TI Public policies: The process of state-society agreement SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article proposes characterizing public policies as a process of State-Society agreement, by examining their interaction to reach a point of agreement: the public policies. The approaches of Subirats (1989), Sagasti (1999), Ballart (1992), Repetto (2000), Pinango (2003) and Loaiza (2004), among others, were studied for their theoretic-conceptual elements regarding public policies, actors and the evaluation of policies, State and society. Principle conclusions were that public policies are the result of acts of confrontation/agreement between state and social representatives, who face critical knots, conflicting situations and regulated restrictions, where the State is implicit due to its political nature, while society requires certain social empowerment and effective communication channels to guarantee a healthy, close State-Society relationship to obtain public approval. C1 [Maggiolo, Isabel] Univ Zulia, Escuela Med, Dept Obstet & Ginecol, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Maggiolo, I, Univ Zulia, Escuela Med, Dept Obstet & Ginecol, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM maggisab2@yahoo.com javiersaidpm@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 12 IS 39 BP 373 EP 392 SC Management UT ISI:000253999800004 ER PT J AU Bahoque, E Gomez, O Pietrosemoli, L AF Bahoque, Evila Gomez, Oda Pietrosemoli, Licia TI Knowledge management in the construction industry: A case study SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The purpose of this article is to explore the knowledge management process in the construction industry using the following specific objectives: identifying access to knowledge through external, internal and individual environments, knowing the tools used and identifying the platform on which the business's knowledge management is supported and carried out. The methodology used is of a descriptive type, supported by a documentary review of theories in the area, complemented by the application of a survey and interviews of the organization's personnel. Results show that in the case studied in the construction industry, knowledge management is a part of the company's strategic plan, with an eye to preserving and taking advantage of it; however, it lacks specific tools and specialized computer applications for supporting the development of knowledge management models. Based on these results, the study recommends formulating action strategies and policies for developing a model to benefit the business in terms of greater added value, increasing its competitiveness and therefore, strengthening the industry in the national market as well as its entry into international markets. C1 [Bahoque, Evila] Univ Zulia, Fac Ingn, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. [Gomez, Oda] Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. [Pietrosemoli, Licia] Univ Zulia, Fac Agron, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Bahoque, E, Univ Zulia, Fac Ingn, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM ebahoque@cantv.net odagomez@cantv.net licia_p@costanorte.com.ve TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 12 IS 39 BP 393 EP 409 SC Management UT ISI:000253999800005 ER PT J AU Marcano, N de Franco, MF AF Marcano, Noraida Finol de Franco, Mineira TI Personal and managerial competence in directors and sub-directors of basic schools SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The main objective of this paper was to determine the personal and managerial competences of directors and sub-directors in the first and second stages of basic education, in the Municipality of Maracaibo, State of Zulia. This descriptive-field research was supported theoretically by the work of Mercader (1998), Quinn (1995), Ruiz (1992), Requeijo and Lugo (1997), among others. The questionnaire used consisted of sixty-four (64) items and was administered to twenty-eight (28) directors working at ten (10) elementary schools. This instrument was validated by eight experts and its reliability, calculated using the Cronbach Alpha Coefficient, was 0.88. Results obtained indicated that the educational directors surveyed have a high mastery level for personal competences, specifically those related to self-knowledge, self-achievement and self-control. Likewise, for managerial competences in the roles of director, advisor and facilitator, results by indicator showed averages oscillating between 2.98 and 3.44, placing them in the category of a high mastery level for these competences. Nevertheless, regarding the role of innovator for the indicators living with change (1.66) and creative thought (1.77), they show a very low mastery level. School managers should reflect on this last role, given its importance in the process of reform and innovation currently being experienced in the Venezuelan educational system. C1 [Marcano, Noraida; Finol de Franco, Mineira] Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Marcano, N, Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM noraespinoza@hotmail.com mineiradefranco@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 12 IS 39 BP 410 EP 430 SC Management UT ISI:000253999800006 ER PT J AU Romero, RM Vasquez, YN AF Melean Romero, Rosana Nava Vasquez, Yuneska TI Business strategies applied to the productive process for the pasta industry in the State of Zulia SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article analyzes the business strategies applied by pasta industries in the State of Zulia for organizing their productive processes. The research is of a descriptive type, using a non-experimental, field approach; it begins with a brief description of the food industry context in order to later carry out a theoretical-practical analysis of the intra-company strategies applied in the industry's productive processes. Empirical information was collected using a questionnaire applied to the plant managers for the analysis units. Results indicated that large companies have adopted business strategies directed toward the interior of their installations; they have modernized their processes by adopting automated production technology for manufacturing long and short pasta, in addition to the strategy of subcontracting in order to externalize the process for making specialties in cottage industries. On the other hand, small companies do not apply business strategies; their production technology is mechanized and they do not include specialties in their product portfolio. Conclusions are that in large companies, the modernization of production lines for long and short pasta have allowed for reorganizing processes, continually improving them and despite reducing the number of jobs, the amount is minimal to talk about numerical flexibilizing. The fundamental reason for subcontracting specialty manufacture is cost reduction, while in the small companies, none of these strategies are present. C1 [Melean Romero, Rosana; Nava Vasquez, Yuneska] Univ Zulia, Ctr Estudios Empresa, FCES, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Romero, RM, Univ Zulia, Ctr Estudios Empresa, FCES, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM rosanamelean@cantv.net yuneskanava@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 12 IS 39 BP 431 EP 450 SC Management UT ISI:000253999800007 ER PT J AU Gonzalez, MC de Hernandez, YB Alvarez, A AF Gonzalez, Maria Candelaria Bracho de Hernandes, Yajaira Alvarez, Anais TI New characteristics of the Venezuelan Bank worker SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The objective of this article is to identify the characteristics of labor relations in the Venezuelan Universal Bank after the 1994 merger process. The methodology used was a bibliographic and hemerographic review analyzing the evolution of mergers in the Venezuelan financial system and its structure up to 2006, and the incidence of mergers on the international level; later, a field study was made at the Banesco Universal Bank, selecting a sample of 9 employees. Results showed the existence of numerical, salary, functional and qualitative changes as well as changes in personnel training and recruiting. It is recommended that future investigations compare the viewpoints of employees with those of management and the labor union in order to obtain a triad of opinions to contrast and verify the information provided by the different actors. C1 Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Gonzalez, MC, Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM mcandelag@cantv.net brachoyajaira@hotmail.com anajalvarez@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 12 IS 39 BP 451 EP 474 SC Management UT ISI:000253999800009 ER PT J AU Prieto, P Elena, M AF Prieto, Perez Elena, Maria TI Theoretical considerations for analyzing small and medium enterprises as sources for generating employment SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The objective of the essay is to analyze different theoretical and empirical approaches to arguments favoring the concept of small and medium enterprises as maximum producers of employment; the methodology of documentary investigation with emphasis on specialized bibliography was used. Arguments for and against this concept are presented, commonly understood as how those companies make the labor field more dynamic and create stable, quality jobs. Likewise, their emergence and the construction of an economic myth in their favor are approached from a critical historical perspective. Theoretical foundations are based particularly on the statements of Harrinson. Results indicate that SaMEs play a very important role in the evolving structure of world-wide capitalism, not as emergent leaders but as followers of the adaptation and profitability practices of the great capitals, which suggests different modalities of observing the SaMEs phenomenon as a model for economic growth and generating employment. C1 [Prieto, Perez] Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Prieto, P, Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM perezmarielena@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 12 IS 39 BP 475 EP 487 SC Management UT ISI:000253999800010 ER PT J AU Vetere, G Portela, A Biglieri, RR AF Vetere, Giselle Portela, Alicia Biglieri, Ricardo Rodriguez TI The personality profile of patients with generalized anxiety disorder SO REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CLINICA PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The aim of this study was to identify the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) patients' personality profile. 30 GAD patients and 30 patients with other anxiety disorders (AC) completed the Milton Inventory of Personality Styles (MIPS). Findings show significant differences between groups in the Protection, Affectivity and Agreement MIPS subscales. The highest scores were seen in GAD patients. Finally, an argument was made regarding the possibility that GAD constitutes a personality disorder, characterized not only by pathological worry but also for a dependent relationship style, an affective way of information processing and a bias to prioritize the others' necessities. C1 [Vetere, Giselle] Hosp Bonorino Udando Clombres, Fac Psicol UBA, Zamora 1832, Ecuador. [Biglieri, Ricardo Rodriguez] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Fac Psicol UBA, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Vetere, G, Hosp Bonorino Udando Clombres, Fac Psicol UBA, 535 Dto 1 Lomas de Zamora, Zamora 1832, Ecuador. EM gisellevetere@hotmail.com TC 0 PU FUNDACION AIGLE PI BUENOS AIRES PA VIRREY OLAGUER FELIU 2679, BUENOS AIRES, 00000, ARGENTINA SN 0327-6716 PD AUG PY 2007 VL 16 IS 2 BP 129 EP 134 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology UT ISI:000253851600004 ER PT J AU Quiceno, JM Alpi, SV AF Quiceno, Japcy Margarita Alpi, Stefano Vinaccio TI Addiction to work: "Workaholism" SO REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CLINICA PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The present investigation has as aim develop a review to the concept of "Workaholism". The main theoretical models, the associated symptoms, the organizationals and personal factors are reviewed that take part in workaholism, psicometricos instruments to measure it and results found in investigations developed with different population samples. Finally the limitations and possible alternatives of studies consider on the subject. C1 [Quiceno, Japcy Margarita] Univ Autonoma Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain. [Alpi, Stefano Vinaccio] Univ de San Buenaventura, Medellin, Colombia. RP Quiceno, JM, Univ Autonoma Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain. EM japcyps@hotmail.com TC 0 PU FUNDACION AIGLE PI BUENOS AIRES PA VIRREY OLAGUER FELIU 2679, BUENOS AIRES, 00000, ARGENTINA SN 0327-6716 PD AUG PY 2007 VL 16 IS 2 BP 135 EP 142 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology UT ISI:000253851600005 ER PT J AU Macbeth, G Bogiaizian, D AF Macbeth, Guillermo Bogiaizian, Daniel TI The subjective evaluation of success in anxiety disorders SO REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CLINICA PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The confidence or calibration is defined as the difference between the subjective estimated success and the objective success of a person in a series of tasks. The results of an experiment that tests two hypotheses are presented. The first hypothesis replicates previous findings and states that persons under treatment for anxiety disorders have better calibration than persons without such diagnosis. The second hypothesis states that the calibration of anxious persons behaves like the calibration of non-anxious persons with experimental training in calibration. The experimental evidence is consistent with both hypotheses. It is concluded that people under treatment for anxiety disorders have a good calibration. A metacognitive account that explains these findings is presented. C1 [Macbeth, Guillermo] IIPUS, CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Bogiaizian, Daniel] AATA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Macbeth, G, IIPUS, CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM macbeth@fibertel.com.ar TC 2 PU FUNDACION AIGLE PI BUENOS AIRES PA VIRREY OLAGUER FELIU 2679, BUENOS AIRES, 00000, ARGENTINA SN 0327-6716 PD AUG PY 2007 VL 16 IS 2 BP 143 EP 150 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology UT ISI:000253851600006 ER PT J AU Roussos, AJ AF Roussos, Andres J. TI Series on upgrading methodology in clinical psychology SO REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CLINICA PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The present paper presents one of the most present time themes in terms of data analysis in Clinical psychology. We refer to the use of meta-analysis for the study of the effects of psychotherapeutic treatments. The formal aspects related to de design of meta-analysis are presented, as well as their uses in clinical psychology, their format and the phases that compose them. Meta-analysis in the present time are based in a statistic concept: the effect size. The exams that meta-analysis do are based around this concept. However, there are multiple ways to calculate de effect size. That is why this concept is explained. Finally, potentialities and limitations in this type of studies are analyzed. C1 Univ Belgrano, CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Roussos, AJ, Univ Belgrano, CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM roussos@ub.edu.ar TC 0 PU FUNDACION AIGLE PI BUENOS AIRES PA VIRREY OLAGUER FELIU 2679, BUENOS AIRES, 00000, ARGENTINA SN 0327-6716 PD AUG PY 2007 VL 16 IS 2 BP 161 EP 169 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology UT ISI:000253851600008 ER PT J AU Martinic, M AF Martinic B., Mateo TI Historical evidence for the origins of realist painting in Magallanes (1834-1940) SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The paper presents historical information on the origins and modalities of realist painting in Magallanes between 1830-1940, through a review of the production of artists that briefly visited or settled permanently in the region. These works are valorised and classified stylistically as a contribution for more detailed studies by art historians in the future. C1 Univ Magallanes, Inst Patagonia, Ctr Estudios Hombre Austral, Punta Arenas, Chile. RP Martinic, M, Univ Magallanes, Inst Patagonia, Ctr Estudios Hombre Austral, Punta Arenas, Chile. EM gabriel.bahamonde@umag.cl TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 1 BP 5 EP 32 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253740500001 ER PT J AU Donald, JS Cesar, MM AF Donald, Jackson S. Cesar, Mendez M. TI Early discoidal stones in Paleoindian contexts of South America SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Polished discoidal stones are diagnostic artefacts associated to fish tail projectile points and extinct fauna in a number of Paleoindian cave sites in southernmost South America (Patagonia). In this paper we examine the contextual associations of currently known and hitherto unreported finds of discoidal stones and their relations to similar artefacts found along the Pacific coast of South America. We also discuss their potential symbolic functions and explore the suggestion that they signal cultural relations between the human groups that peopled the continent during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. C1 [Donald, Jackson S.; Cesar, Mendez M.] Univ Chile, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Santiago, Chile. RP Donald, JS, Univ Chile, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1045, Santiago, Chile. EM djackson@uchile.cl cmendezm@uchile.cl TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 1 BP 43 EP 52 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253740500003 ER PT J AU Torres, JA AF Torres E., Jimena A TI 'Net or line sinkers' the problem of morpho-functional discrimination of lithic sinkers and implications for understandings of fishing techniques in groups of the far South of South America SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB In this paper we attempt to assess and expand the information that can be drawn from the systematic analysis of artefacts with a reduced degree of formatization, such as the case of lithic sinkers. In Fuego-Patagonia these artifacts are found in both early and late maritime contexts and have generally been classified as sinkers for line fishing on the basis of morpho-functional and ethnographic criteria. At the same time, the use of fishing nets is reported among ethnographic terrestrial hunter-gatherers but no mention exists for the use of net sinkers. Ascertaining whether archaeological specimens were used as net or line sinkers is made difficult by a lack of preservation of cordage and the fact that similar artifacts in other regions have been interpreted both as net sinkers and as artifacts unrelated to fishing activities. In this article we attempt to evaluate if differences can be established between both uses and, in this way, approach their role in the subsistence activities of maritime and terrestrial hunter-gatherers. C1 Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile. RP Torres, JA, Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 1 BP 53 EP 70 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253740500004 ER PT J AU Torres, J Silva, C Lucero, M AF Torres, Jimena Silva, Claudia Lucero, Marcela TI The role of fishing in the intensification of coastal occupations during the mid to late holocene (Concepcibn Bay, Bio Bio region, Chile) SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB We present results from the excavation and analysis of archaeological remains from the Playa Negra. 9 site (PN-9), located in Concepcion Bay, Chilean region of Bio-Bio. Our studies provide important information about mid to late Holocene littoral occupations, demonstrating an emphasis on the exploitation and consumption of littoral and maritime resources, and suggesting that fishing may have had played a key role in enabling intensive occupations of these environments. In this connection, the diversity of activities represented, the structure of the zooarchaeological assemblage (especially the overall importance of fish remains), evidence of specialised fishing techniques, and similarities to other sites such as Bellavista 1 (Seguel 1969), identify a specialised adaptation to coastal environments that is also signalled by quotidian and ritual practices. C1 [Torres, Jimena; Silva, Claudia; Lucero, Marcela] Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile. RP Torres, J, Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 1 BP 71 EP 93 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253740500005 ER PT J AU Cartajena, I Labarca, R AF Cartajena F., Isabel Labarca E., Rafael TI Historic age skinning patterns of sea wolves: The archaeofaunistic record of abrigos 1 and 2, Yamana beach (Livingston Island, Chilean Antarctica) SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The paper presents the results of an analysis of cut marks on pinniped bones recovered at two historic age sites located in Cape Shirreff, Livingston Islands, Chilean Antarctica. The location, disposition and morphological characteristics of each mark are described in order to identify butchering patterns employed at the studied sites. The study concludes that the marks were made with a metal tool and generally followed a very standardized procedure geared towards the skinning of animals. C1 [Cartajena F., Isabel] Univ Chile, Dept Antropol, Santiago, Chile. RP Labarca, R, Univ Chile, Dept Antropol, Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1045, Santiago, Chile. EM icartaje@uchile.cl r.labarca.e@gmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 1 BP 95 EP 105 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253740500006 ER PT J AU Omar, RB Cesar, MM Valentina, TV Hector, VM AF Omar, Reyes B. Cesar, Mendez M. Valentina, Trejo V. Hector, Velasquez M. TI El chueco 1: A multicomponent settlement of the Central Western Patagonian steppe (11.400 to 2.700 cal. years bp, similar to 44 degrees s) SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper presents the results of research conducted at a rock shelter in the steppe area of the Chilean region of Aisen. Occupations spanning a period between 11.400 to 2.700 calendar years BP have been identified at the site, making it an ideal context to understand the time scale of human presence, both in terms of the chronology of initial settlement and as regards the recurrent use of space during the Holocene. Our paper summarises the methods employed, describes the characteristics and formation processes of the site, presents an overview of the chronology of human occupations, and emphasizes associated artefact assemblages, mainly lithic tools. We conclude by discussing our results in the light of knowledge of human occupations of the Cisnes river basin and the broader region of Central Patagonia. C1 [Omar, Reyes B.; Hector, Velasquez M.] Ctr Estudios Humanos & Patrimoniales, Santiago, Chile. [Cesar, Mendez M.] Univ Chile, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Dept Antropol, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 1 BP 107 EP 119 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253740500007 ER PT J AU Velasquez, H Mendez, C Reyes, O Trejo, V Sanhueza, L Quiroz, D Jackson, D AF Velasquez, Hector Mendez, Cesar Reyes, Omar Trejo, Valentina Sanhueza, Lorena Quiroz, Daniel Jackson, Donald TI Late open air residential camps at upper rio Cisnes (Aisen region): Appeleg 1 (cis 009) SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB We present the results of ongoing research of an open-air site in the upper Cisnes river. Appeleg 1 is a multicomponent open air settlement dating to the last 1.500 years that shows a significantly diverse artefact assemblage. We present the context of the site, methods employed for recording and collecting spatial data, and the results of different analysis conducted on recovered material. We discuss some of the issues raised by the dataset and examine the potential of the methodology to investigate other open-air sites. C1 [Velasquez, Hector] Ctr Estudios Humanos & Patrimoniales, Santiago, Chile. [Mendez, Cesar; Sanhueza, Lorena; Quiroz, Daniel; Jackson, Donald] Univ Chile, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Dept Antropol, Santiago, Chile. [Reyes, Omar] Univ Magallanes, Inst Patagonia, Ctr Estudios Hombre Austral, Punta Arenas, Chile. RP Velasquez, H, Ctr Estudios Humanos & Patrimoniales, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 1 BP 121 EP 132 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253740500008 ER PT J AU Diaz, NI Prieto, A Bahamonde, G AF Diaz, Norma I. Prieto, Alfredo Bahamonde, Gabriel TI Shy guanacos, trusting huemuls: The western boundary of terrestrial Southern hunters-gatherers SO MAGALLANIA LA English DT Article AB Based on historical records for the pre-Andean zone, the paper examines the role of the huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) as prey of choice for Southern Patagonian terrestrial hunter-gatherers. We review archaeological evidence for the consumption of these cervids and also explore whether their behavioural patterns can be considered the result of hunting pressure by human communities of Southern Patagonia. C1 [Diaz, Norma I.] IUCN Tupac, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Prieto, Alfredo; Bahamonde, Gabriel] Univ Magallanes, Inst Patagonia, Ctr Estudios Hombre Austral, Punta Arenas 01890, Chile. [Prieto, Alfredo] Ctr Estudios Cuaternario Fuego Patagonia & Antart, Punta Arenas, Chile. RP Prieto, A, IUCN Tupac, Amaru 1011,C1407CXC, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM alfredo.prieto@umag.cl gabriel.bahamonde@umag.cl TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 1 BP 133 EP 138 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253740500009 ER PT J AU Martinic, M AF Martinic B., Mateo TI The Cesares of Patagonia. Another indigenores source for legend or and unknown creation of the aonikenk imaginary? SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Unknown information about some beliefs that feed aonikenk fantasy is given. They are similar to the famous legend of the Patagonian Enchanted City. This allows doing some related considerations and postulating a double hypothesis as explanation: that these are another indigenous source for the mythic legend, or an imaginative creation of the southernmost hunters of Patagonia. C1 Univ Magallanes, Ctr Estudios Hombre Austral, Inst Patagonia, Direcc Elect, Punta Arenas, Chile. RP Martinic, M, Univ Magallanes, Ctr Estudios Hombre Austral, Inst Patagonia, Direcc Elect, Punta Arenas, Chile. EM gabriel.bahamonde@umag.cl TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 2 BP 7 EP 14 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253953100002 ER PT J AU Alvarado, M Giordano, M AF Alvarado, Margarita Giordano, Mariana TI Images of natives with an open passport: From Gran Chaco to Tierra del Fuego SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This work is devoted to expound the thoughts and analyses we have been carrying out from a group of photographs of the late XIXth and early XXth centuries, which show two cultural realities that, though extremely distant if seen from a geographical point of view, are really close if focused from their ways of producing and interpreting the visible world. Our hypothesis is that, thanks to a group of images of natives that were subjected to what we have called an iconographic transhumance', there has been a contribution to the modelling and construction of the ethnic and social identities regarding the so-called 'Chaqueno' and 'Fueguino' natives. We state that the ways in which the visual 'otherness' of these groups have been defined are subjected to certain mechanisms of construction and interpretation of identities and ethnicities, as well as to others of transmission of pre-moulded memories, in which certain specific visual features become manifest in order to organize the difference and, thus, the ways of 'imaginaryzing' them. Photography can be thought of as a cultural production where the social or collective memory looks for referents, traces, and retaining frameworks. These images are memories that were outlined over the 'other' within dissimilar spaces, which have nonetheless been interchanged through the circulation they have been subdued to. C1 [Alvarado, Margarita] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Estet, Santiago, Chile. [Giordano, Mariana] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Inst Invest Geohist, Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina. RP Alvarado, M, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Estet, Av Jaime Guzman 3300, Santiago, Chile. EM malvarap@puc.cl marianagfav@ciudad.com.ar TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 2 BP 15 EP 36 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253953100003 ER PT J AU Cepparo, ME Gabrielidis, G Prieto, E Huertas, M AF Eugenia Cepparo, Maria Gabrielidis, Graciela Prieto, Estela Huertas, Marta TI The EEC-Argentina fisheries agreement. Its impact on southern Patagonia. The case of Puerto Deseado, Province of Santa Cruz, 1994-1999 SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This study aims analysing the 1994 Fisheries Agreement between the European Economic Community (EEC) and the Argentine Republic, within the framework of national fishing policies. The focus will be on the Agreement's spatial impact on the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz; more particularly, on the town of Puerto Deseado, and the comparison between the objectives and content of the regulations and the development of socio-economic conditions in the country and the province towards the end of the 20(th) century. Our research takes mainly the perspective of geographical studies, yet draws heavily on Law, History and Economics; hence the variety of methods and sources used in both field and office work. The main documents consulted were national and state fishing acts of law, such as Act of Law No. 24315/94 regulating the fisheries agreement with the EEC, censuses and statistics and newspaper articles. Fieldwork was carried out in the province of Santa Cruz and the town of Puerto Deseado. It consisted in the search for and selection of fishery-related regulations, projects and promotion programmes, interviews and surveys with key informants from fishing companies and public agencies. The analysis of the terms of the Agreement reveals that the latter was not simply a general statement of mutual co-operation intentions, but a detailed account of all the aspects and conditions involved in fishery in order to guarantee supply for the European Community. C1 [Eugenia Cepparo, Maria] Univ Nacl Cuyo, CONICET, RA-5501 Mendoza, Argentina. [Gabrielidis, Graciela] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-5505 Mendoza, Argentina. [Prieto, Estela] Univ Nacl Cuyo, CONICET, RA-5505 Mendoza, Argentina. [Huertas, Marta] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-5500 Mendoza, Argentina. RP Cepparo, ME, Univ Nacl Cuyo, CONICET, Barcala 2036, RA-5501 Mendoza, Argentina. EM mcepparo@logos.uncu.edu.ar ggabrielidis@logos.uncu.edu.ar ebprieto@logos.uncu.edu.ar TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 2 BP 37 EP 53 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253953100004 ER PT J AU Fuentes, MS AF Fuentes, Marcello Sasso TI Social security, law and international relations in Magallanes SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This work analyzes the Covenant of Social Security, celebrated between the Republics of Chile and Argentina, in 1971, in relation to the development of the International Law of the Human rights, and emphasizes its importance for the workers of Magallanes. C1 Univ Magallanes, Fac Ciencias Econ & Jurid, Punta Arenas, Chile. RP Fuentes, MS, Univ Magallanes, Fac Ciencias Econ & Jurid, Av Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas, Chile. TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 2 BP 55 EP 69 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253953100005 ER PT J AU Arango, X Rozzi, R Massardo, F Anderson, CB Ibarra, T AF Arango, Ximena Rozzi, Ricardo Massardo, Francisca Anderson, Christopher B. Ibarra, Tomas TI Discovery and implementation of Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus) as an emblematic species: A biocultural approach for conservation in Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB At the southernmost part of South America there is Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve where the Magellanic sub-Antarctic evergreen unfragmented the Nothofagus forests still persist. This zone has been considered as one of the world's most pristine regions and this area is currently subject to increasing development pressures from new connectivity, urban expansion and tourism development. Using a biocultural approach we found that the Magellanic Woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus) is the favorite bird for the community of Puerto Williams, the world's southernmost town and the biggest human centre in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve. Although, significant differences (P < 0,05) exists between the preferences of the sociocultural groups toward birds, all groups agreed in their preferences toward the Magellanic woodpecker. This species of bird was the preferred for the people who have been longer in Cape Horn: the members of the Yahgan Indigenous Community and long time residents. The analysis of these results as well as the discovery of ten attributes that this species of picid presents which in addition is the largest of South America, have taken us to consider it like a charismatic or emblematic species with a high potential for the conservation of the austral forests of Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve. For this previous reasons the Magellanic woodpecker could be transformed into a symbol or a charismatic species for the conservation of the pristine austral forest. Between the year 2005 and 2007 we developed the Magellanic Woodpecker Implementation Program with the objective to increase both its intrinsic value and habitat valuation and the knowledge from the local community. The discovery of this species potential as well as their later implementation may contribute to the conservation of the fragile, singular and beautiful austral forests and its singular biological and cultural diversity. C1 [Arango, Ximena; Rozzi, Ricardo; Massardo, Francisca; Anderson, Christopher B.; Ibarra, Tomas] Univ Magallanes, Sed Puerto Williams & Inst Ecol & Biodiversidad, Punta Arenas, Chile. [Rozzi, Ricardo] Univ N Texas, Dept Philosophy & Relig Studies, Denton, TX 76203 USA. [Ibarra, Tomas] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Agron & Ingn Forestal, Programa Recursos Nat, Lab Fauna Australis, Santiago, Chile. RP Arango, X, Univ Magallanes, Sed Puerto Williams & Inst Ecol & Biodiversidad, Punta Arenas, Chile. EM xae_arango@yahoo.es TC 2 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 2 BP 71 EP 88 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253953100006 ER PT J AU Prieto, A Calas, E Morello, F Torres, J AF Prieto, Alfredo Calas, Elisa Morello, Flavia Torres, Jimena TI Myren 2 archaeological site, Tierra del Fuego, Chile SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The context of an archaeological site with special characteristics, because it is immerse in a peat bog and for its dated age of ca. 4.000 BP, is described. The lithic and archaeofaunistic analysis of Myren 2 site support the idea that it is hard to ascribe functionally, thought it contains interesting information and an outstanding character for Tierra del Fuego. C1 [Prieto, Alfredo; Morello, Flavia] Univ Magallanes, Inst Patagon, Ctr Estudios Hombre Austral, Punta Arenas, Chile. [Prieto, Alfredo; Morello, Flavia] CEQUA, Punta Arenas, Chile. [Calas, Elisa; Torres, Jimena] Univ Chile, Dept Anthropol, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Santiago, Chile. RP Prieto, A, Univ Magallanes, Inst Patagon, Ctr Estudios Hombre Austral, Av Bulnes 01890, Punta Arenas, Chile. EM alfredo.prieto@umag.cl elisa.calas@gmail.com flavia.morello@umag.cl jimenatorres77@gmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 2 BP 89 EP 103 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253953100007 ER PT J AU Reyes, O Mendez, C Roman, MS Cardenas, P Velasquez, H Trejo, V Morello, F Stern, C AF Reyes, Omar Mendez, Cesar Roman, Manuel San Cardenas, Pedro Velasquez, Hector Trejo, Valentina Morello, Flavia Stern, Charles TI The archaeology of the northern channels: New results from the Seno Gala 1 site (similar to 440 S, Region de Aisen, Chile) SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Results of surface and stratigraphic surveys and artifact collections conducted at the northern coast of Jacaf channel, Region de Aisen (Chile), are herein presented. Out of these activities, Seno Gala 1 site outstands as the main archaeological locality. We expose settlement characteristics, the chronological context, recorded lithic technology (operative chain represented and behavioral inferences) and faunal remains. We intend to contribute to the comprehension of human dispersion issue in the northern channels of Patagonia and the continental coast of Aisen. Finally, we discuss results in relation to regional research and correlations, issues related to the "maritime hunter-gatherer" way of life, the future agenda and the search for material indicators of space superposition, proximity without contact or interaction of these groups with terrestrial ones, documented near Cisnes' river outlet (Puyuhuapi channel, similar to 44 degrees S). C1 [Reyes, Omar; Cardenas, Pedro; Morello, Flavia] Univ Magallanes, Ctr Estudios Hombre Austral, Inst Patagon, Punta Arenas, Chile. [Reyes, Omar; Velasquez, Hector] Ctr Estudios Humanos & Patrimoniales, Santiago, Chile. [Mendez, Cesar] Univ Chile, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Dept Anthropol, Santiago, Chile. [Roman, Manuel San; Morello, Flavia] Ctr Estudios Cuaternario Fuego Patagon & Antart C, Santiago, Chile. [Stern, Charles] Univ Colorado, Dept Geol Sci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA. RP Reyes, O, Univ Magallanes, Ctr Estudios Hombre Austral, Inst Patagon, Punta Arenas, Chile. TC 1 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 2 BP 105 EP 119 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253953100008 ER PT J AU Santiago, F Oria, J AF Santiago, Fernando Oria, Jimena TI Unblown by the wind. Analysis of surficial sites in the Fuegian steppe SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper present information of two surficial archaeological sites of the north of the Tierra del Fuego, which are located in high points of the landscape, exposed to the aeolian action. The aim of the current paper is to show the results obtained in the technological analysis of the lithic materials of both sites as well as the archaeofaunal information. These new data represent a contribution to the knowledge of the populations that inhabited the zone during the Late Holocene. C1 [Santiago, Fernando] CADIC, Becario CONICET, Lab Geol Cuaternario, Ushuaia, Argentina. RP Santiago, F, CADIC, Becario CONICET, Lab Geol Cuaternario, B Houssay 200, Ushuaia, Argentina. EM fsantiago@cadic.gov.ar jimenaoria@cadic.gov.ar TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 2 BP 121 EP 132 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253953100009 ER PT J AU Frank, AD Skarbun, F Paunero, MF AF Frank, Ariel D. Skarbun, Fabiana Paunero, Matias F. TI Towards an approximation of the first stages of the lithic reduction at Canadon de la Mina, la Maria archaeological locality, Santa Cruz central Plateau, Argentina SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper studies the functionality of a flint quarry (Cantera de Silex) from Canadon de la Mina Sector, La Maria Archaeological Locality, Santa Cruz Central Plateau, Argentina. The technological characteristics of the remains found there are analyzed. It is examined if the quarry worked only as a source of raw material or if it was used also as a lithic workshop for the first stages in the toolmaking process. The relationship with Casa del Minero 1 site, located at the same sector, is also examined. More generally, this paper intends to add valuable data which will allow to evaluate in the long term the raw material sourcing and the reduction strategies, as well as the strategies for the use of specific spaces such as quarries and the planning of certain activities related to the organization of the lithic technology of the groups that inhabited this region. C1 [Frank, Ariel D.; Skarbun, Fabiana; Paunero, Matias F.] Natl Univ La Plata, Fac Ciencias Nat & Museo, Dept Cient Arqueol, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. RP Frank, AD, Natl Univ La Plata, Fac Ciencias Nat & Museo, Dept Cient Arqueol, Paseo Bosque S-N, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. EM arieldavidfrank@yahoo.com.ar fskarbun@intepla.com mat_tito@yahoo.com.ar TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 2 BP 133 EP 144 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253953100010 ER PT J AU Reyes, BO Mendez, CM Velasquez, HM Trejo, VV AF Reyes, Omar B. Mendez, Cesar M. Velasquez, Hector M. Trejo, Valentina V. TI Late human occupations in the forest/steppe transition: Winchester locality (Upper Cisnes River, XI Region de Aisen) SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB We present new information regarding the final moments of steppe hunter-gatherers' occupation of Cisnes River basin. Results are new findings in the forest/steppe transition, particularly Winchester 1 site (CIS 074). We comment its importance and similarity to other steppe extra Andean records, like Appeleg 1 site (CIS 009). Finally, we discuss its chronology in relation to the occupation of different spaces/environments of the valley during the late Holocene. C1 [Reyes, Omar B.] Univ Magallanes, Ctr Estudios Hombre Austral, Inst Patagon, RA-1890 Bulnes, Punta Arenas, Argentina. [Reyes, Omar B.; Velasquez, Hector M.] CEHP, Santiago, Chile. [Mendez, Cesar M.] Univ Chile, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Dept Anthropol, Santiago, Chile. RP Reyes, BO, Univ Magallanes, Ctr Estudios Hombre Austral, Inst Patagon, RA-1890 Bulnes, Punta Arenas, Argentina. TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 2 BP 145 EP 150 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253953100011 ER PT J AU Oyarzun, EM Castro, DV Goic, CE AF Molinet Oyarzun, Eric Velasquez Castro, Daniel Estrada Goic, Claudia TI Relation between implicit about stability of human nature, social enviroment and criminal recidivsm in prisioners from Punta Arenas penitenciary SO MAGALLANIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This investigation report deals with a possible relation between tortious recidivism and the implicit theories about stability of the human nature and social environment. Its main hypothesis is that having a static view of the human nature and social environment implies higher recidivism rates. We are based on Dweck postulates (1996) which state that those having beliefs regarding that people have a relatively fixed and not malleable central core, think that people do not change, so they behave in relation to this view. In a study carried out in Punta Arenas in which 48 prisoners took part, a significant relation between both variables was found. High recidivisms were linked to a static view of the human nature and social environment whereas low recidivisms were linked to more flexible views. Implications of this result for the psychosocial intervention for reintegration are presented together with the new questions arisen from this preliminary investigation. C1 [Molinet Oyarzun, Eric; Velasquez Castro, Daniel; Estrada Goic, Claudia] Univ Magallanes, Dept Ciencias Sociales, Fac Humanidades Ciencias Sociales & Ciencias Salu, Punta Arenas, Chile. RP Goic, CE, Univ Magallanes, Dept Ciencias Sociales, Fac Humanidades Ciencias Sociales & Ciencias Salu, Av Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas, Chile. EM claudia.estrada@umag.cl TC 0 PU UNIV MAGALLANES PI PUNTA ARENAS PA INST PAGAGONIA, AVDA BULNES 01890, CASILLA DE CORREOS 113-D, PUNTA ARENAS, MAGALLANES 00000, CHILE SN 0718-0209 PY 2007 VL 35 IS 2 BP 151 EP 157 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000253953100012 ER PT J AU Rodriguez, OJC Lopez, FJL AF Cardenas Rodriguez, Oscar J. Luna Lopez, Francisco Javier TI Educational costs. A financial approach to basic education SO GESTION Y POLITICA PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Given real resources decrease to finance educative costs, it is proposed establishing a special contribution that grants federative entities additional resources in order to finance their basic education expenditures. The nature of distribution scheme to be considered generates incentives so the subnational governments increase their disbursements in basic education. It is estimated that if this contribution had been settled down in the fiscal year of 2006, with a rate of 5% it would had collected 61,779.0 million pesos. C1 [Cardenas Rodriguez, Oscar J.] Univ Guanajuato, Escuela Econ, Guanajuato 36250, Mexico. [Luna Lopez, Francisco Javier] Secretaria Finanzas, Guanajuato 36000, Mexico. RP Rodriguez, OJC, Univ Guanajuato, Escuela Econ, Fracc A-1, Guanajuato 36250, Mexico. EM cardenoj@quijote.ugto.mx fjl3@duke.com TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1079 PY 2007 VL 16 IS 2 BP 261 EP 279 SC Public Administration UT ISI:000253812700001 ER PT J AU Montecinos, E AF Montecinos, Egon TI Municipal modernization boundaries to deepen community participation in Chile. Is proximity governance an alternative? SO GESTION Y POLITICA PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper compares citizenship participation going on in two local planning instruments used in Chilean municipal management: PLADECO from municipal modernization program PROM and in participatory budgets. The target is to determine the factors that explain citizenship participation in participatory budgets and whether they are related to assumptions of proximity governance. The outcome is that in PLADECO/PROFIM a citizenship participation is generated concentrating on consultation and participatory budgets on municipal management implementation and fiscalization. The variables that explain citizenship participation in participatory budget are: endogenous origin of the initiative, mediating rol of the municipality; internal cross-cut of the instrument of management, and the actors articulation. These factors are related to the model of proximity governance. Used methodology was qualitative with PLADECO documentary analysis techniques and participatory budgets and interview to key informants in ten cases. C1 Univ Lagos, Ctr Estudios Desarrollo Reg & Local, Osorno, Chile. RP Montecinos, E, Univ Lagos, Ctr Estudios Desarrollo Reg & Local, Osorno, Chile. EM egonelier@hotmail.com TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1079 PY 2007 VL 16 IS 2 BP 319 EP 351 SC Public Administration UT ISI:000253812700003 ER PT J AU Giron, JDH Hernandez, MLD Caballero, MC AF Giron, Jose de la Paz Hernandez Hernandez, Maria Luisa Dominguez Caballero, Magdaleno Caballero TI Innovation factors in Mexico's craftsmanship businesses SO GESTION Y POLITICA PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Article AB The purpose of this study is to find those innovation factors used by craftspeople, in eight states in the Mexican republic, that help them in policy making in demanding and globalization markets, facing a number of innovations in accelerated frequency. A gradual statistical selection was carried out, until achieving a possible causal model of product innovation that includes factors like: product differentiation, business and process knowledge, growth craftsman felt, product information and formal knowledge in administration. It was found that knowledge, besides being an external factor, as an internal factor for developing arts and crafts has a broad weight in innovation. Arts and crafts differentiation is a direct source of changes, improvements and new products implementation. C1 [Giron, Jose de la Paz Hernandez; Hernandez, Maria Luisa Dominguez; Caballero, Magdaleno Caballero] IPN, CIIDIR Unidad Oaxaca, Xoxocotlan 71230, Oaxaca, Mexico. RP Giron, JDH, IPN, CIIDIR Unidad Oaxaca, Direcc Tres Investigadores Hornos 1003, Xoxocotlan 71230, Oaxaca, Mexico. EM jgiron4@hotmail.com TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1079 PY 2007 VL 16 IS 2 BP 353 EP 379 SC Public Administration UT ISI:000253812700004 ER PT J AU Inostroza, CC Maass, SF Alanis, HC AF Cadena Inostroza, Cecilia Franco Maass, Sergio Campos Alanis, Hector TI Territoriality and policy. San Felipe del Progreso, municipality division SO GESTION Y POLITICA PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Article AB According to the national government, the creation of new municipalities in Mexico responds to the interest towards making the economical, political and social development more balanced. This article looks into the relation between official motivations for the division of a municipality in the State of Mexico and political motivations for it which are not openly exposed. This analysis shows that we are being brought to an increase of the regional, social and economical differences, and at the same time to a homogenization of electoral politics in the territory. C1 [Cadena Inostroza, Cecilia] Colegio Mexiquense, Zinacantepec 51350, Mexico. [Franco Maass, Sergio; Campos Alanis, Hector] Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Ctr Invest Ciencias Agropecuarias, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Franco Maass, Sergio; Campos Alanis, Hector] Inst Literario 100 Ote Toluca, Centro 50000, Mexico. RP Inostroza, CC, Colegio Mexiquense, Ex Hacienda Sta Cruz Patos S-N, Zinacantepec 51350, Mexico. EM ccadena@cmq.edu.mx serfm@uaemex.mx hect_51@hotmail.com TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1079 PY 2007 VL 16 IS 2 BP 421 EP 464 SC Public Administration UT ISI:000253812700006 ER PT J AU Castillo, CAM AF Martinez Castillo, Carlos Alberto TI Basel II challenges and oportunities. Towards a broader regulating and supervision harmonization in XXI century SO GESTION Y POLITICA PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Article AB On the recent years, as a consequence of the Globalization phenomena, the international financial community in particular the Bank of International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, pursued the harmonization of the regulatory and supervision systems in the financial institutions. The idea is to avoid new episodes of financial or corporate crisis that could strike the financial community. The new proposal named Basel II put on the table a major risk awareness in the banks' operation who have a substantial international activity to avoid contagious of risks in the global system. The Basel II Accord proposes the increase of both, in one hand quantitative and in the other hand, qualitative risk analysis in financial institutions. The new accord is based on three pillars. The first one is a matrix of risk analysis models (financial, operational and market risks), these models go from the simple (Standard Approach) to the complex (Internal Rates Approach IRB) tailored to each particular bank according to its own reality. The second pillar is related about all supervision matters. Finally the third one, goes towards a major Market discipline and transparency. Under a critical vision this essay gives the ABC of the Basel II Accord and its goals and challenges towards its implementation in the future. C1 Entorno Econ Mercado Valores & Operac Financieras, Asi Como Estructura & Funcionamiento Sistema Fina, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Castillo, CAM, Entorno Econ Mercado Valores & Operac Financieras, Asi Como Estructura & Funcionamiento Sistema Fina, Av 5,Mayo 2, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM drcamartinez@hot-mail.com TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1079 PY 2007 VL 16 IS 2 BP 465 EP 510 SC Public Administration UT ISI:000253812700007 ER PT J AU Hernandez, AA AF Hernandez, Antonio Arellano TI From epistemiology of Latourian political ecology to anthropological support SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB In this article, we address some of the epistemological ideas developed by the french philosopher Bruno Latour in his book Politigues de la nature, comment faire entrer les sciences en democratie. Taking the case of political ecology, Latour proposes to reunite scientific activity around nature into the quotidian society life, and political action into the progressive integration of a common world. For us, the Latourian epistemological response is a methodological strategy that opens the possibility to translate some other dimensions apart from those of nature and politics, and such translation task might be inspired by the study of the humanization process, this in order to start thinking about an anthropologically-based epistemology. C1 Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Hernandez, AA, Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM aah@uaemex.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 14 IS 44 BP 59 EP 79 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253813000004 ER PT J AU Botello, NA AF Botello, Nelson Arteaga TI Logic of domination and social power in Michel Maffesoli's work SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The present work explores the relationship between the concepts of the logic of domination and social power, between what has been instituted and the institutions, which carry out actions according to the thoughts of Michel Maffesoli; a relationship that becomes fundamental in the work of this sociologist, because it allows the establishment of an analysis framework of the political life of modern societies. From here on, the maffesolian diagnosis of Western contemporary democracies is exposed, as well as his proposal of social organization based on a presumed "anti-moralistic ethics". Finally, based on this reflection by Michel Maffesoli, the limits and aspirations of sociology are explored. C1 Univ Autonoma State Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Botello, NA, Univ Autonoma State Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM arbnelson@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 14 IS 44 BP 81 EP 101 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253813000005 ER PT J AU Lutz, B AF Lutz, Bruno TI Biopolitics of social and racial distinction in Mexico, from the Porfiriato to post revolution SO CONVERGENCIA-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article C1 Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, Mexico. RP Lutz, B, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, Mexico. EM brunolutz01@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-1435 PD MAY-AUG PY 2007 VL 14 IS 44 BP 175 EP 183 SC Sociology UT ISI:000253813000009 ER PT J AU Imaz, MS Sequeira, MD AF Imaz, Maria Susana Sequeira, Maria Delfina CA Red Lab Prov TB Argentina TI Bacteriological diagnosis of tuberculosis in Argentina: results of a national survey SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB In order to assess laboratory resources, practices, and biosafety measures during mycobacterial testing and determine the usefulness and scope of mycobacterial techniques, a cross-sectional survey of public laboratories was conducted in Argentina using a structured questionnaire. Sputum smear analysis showed that both smear and culture testing centers are being provided at or above the WHO recommended density for such facilities. The microscopy quality assessment program covered most high-demand laboratories. Mean number of sputum smears per patient was low (1.6). The use of inadequate personal respiratory protection was identified in 25% of culture laboratories. Jurisdictions that cultured a higher proportion of their smear-tested sputa identified a higher proportion of smear-negative cases. The percentage of smear negatives among all bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary cases was 18.9%, while most extrapulmonary cases were confirmed by culture (71.3%). In conclusion, increasing the number of sputa studied by microscopy and culture (while expanding the coverage of the quality assessment program) is a priority; adequate respiratory protection and regular medical evaluation of laboratory staff is still needed in some laboratories. C1 [Imaz, Maria Susana; Sequeira, Maria Delfina] Dr Emilio Coni, Inst Nacl Enfermedades Resp, Santa Fe, Argentina. [Red Lab Prov TB Argentina] Otros Miembros Listados Final Articulo, Santa Fe, Argentina. RP Imaz, MS, Dr Emilio Coni, Inst Nacl Enfermedades Resp, Av Blas Parera 8260, Santa Fe, Argentina. EM suimaz@yahoo.com TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD APR PY 2007 VL 23 IS 4 BP 885 EP 896 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253805300016 ER PT J AU Arias Valencia, MM AF Arias Valencia, Maria Mercedes TI Demographic tendencies: An analysis of natives with a basis in the results of demographic census samples from 1991 to 2000 SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Book Review C1 Univ Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia. RP Arias Valencia, MM, Univ Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia. EM mariamav@tone.udea.edu.co TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD APR PY 2007 VL 23 IS 4 BP 981 EP 983 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253805300028 ER PT J AU Rodriguez-Bonfante, C Amaro, A Garcia, M Wohlert, LEM Guillen, P Garcia, RA Alvarez, N Diaz, M Cardenas, E Castillo, S Bonfante-Garrido, R Bonfante-Cabarcas, R AF Rodriguez-Bonfante, Claudina Amaro, Aned Garcia, Maria Wohlert, Ligia Elena Mejias Guillen, Pamela Garcia, Rafael Antonio Alvarez, Naysan Diaz, Marialejandra Cardenas, Elsys Castillo, Silvia Bonfante-Garrido, Rafael Bonfante-Cabarcas, Rafael TI Epidemiology of chagas disease in Andres Eloy Blanco, Lara, Venezuela: triatomine infestation and human seroprevalence SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB A seroepidemiological survey and vector captures were performed in four rural communities in Andres Eloy Blanco, Lara State, Venezuela. Systematic random sampling was based on family clusters, with samples drawn from 869 individuals to determine anti-Trypanosoma cruzi and anti-Leishmania sp. antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence. Positive individuals were defined as ? 1:32 for anti-T. cruzi antibody and non-reactive to Leishmania sp. antigen, revealing an antibody frequency of 6.9% (n = 60), of whom 46.66% were females and 53.33% males and 60% were over 39 years of age. Some 5 (8.33%) seropositive individuals were under 10 years of age and 10 (16.66%) under 20 years. Rhodnius prolixus and Panstrongylus geniculatus were the triatomines captured, with infestation rates of 1.9% and 10.54%, colonization index of 0% and 18.18% in infested houses, and a T. cruzi infection index of 20% and 5.07%, respectively. The results suggest active Chagas disease transmission in Andres Eloy Blanco in the last two decades and that P geniculatus is replacing R. prolixus as the Chagas disease vector. C1 [Rodriguez-Bonfante, Claudina; Amaro, Aned; Garcia, Maria; Wohlert, Ligia Elena Mejias; Guillen, Pamela; Alvarez, Naysan; Diaz, Marialejandra; Cardenas, Elsys; Castillo, Silvia; Bonfante-Garrido, Rafael; Bonfante-Cabarcas, Rafael] Univ Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Decanato Med, Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela. [Garcia, Rafael Antonio] Asoc Cardiovasc Ctr Occidental, Barquisimeto, Venezuela. RP Rodriguez-Bonfante, C, Univ Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Decanato Med, CP 3001 Avenida Andres,Bello Avenida Libertador, Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela. EM crvalenzuela@ucla.edu.ve TC 2 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD MAY PY 2007 VL 23 IS 5 BP 1133 EP 1140 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253805500015 ER PT J AU Ortiz-Hernandez, L Lopez-Moreno, S Borges, G AF Ortiz-Hernandez, Luis Lopez-Moreno, Sergio Borges, Guilherme TI Socioeconomic inequality and mental health: a Latin American literature review SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Review AB This study provides a review of the scientific output in Latin America concerning the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on mental disorders and drug use or addiction. International and regional databases were analyzed. According to the majority of the studies, adults and adolescents with low SES showed increased risk of mental disorders, and alcohol consumption was higher among individuals with high SES, while low SES was associated with alcohol abuse and addiction, although the evidence was less conclusive. Smoking was more frequent among young people with high SES, but in adults it was more common with low SES. Illicit drug use was more frequent among adults (but not adolescents) with low SES. Prescription drugs tended to be consumed by adults and adolescents with higher SES. Use of solvents was more frequent among low SES adolescents. The studies' observed trends and methodological aspects are also discussed. C1 [Ortiz-Hernandez, Luis; Lopez-Moreno, Sergio; Borges, Guilherme] Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Dept Atenc Salud, Mexico City 04960, DF, Mexico. [Borges, Guilherme] Inst Nacl Pesquiatria Ramon Fuente Muniz, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Ortiz-Hernandez, L, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Dept Atenc Salud, Col Villa Quietud, Mexico City 04960, DF, Mexico. EM lortiz@correo.xoc.uarn.rnx TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD JUN PY 2007 VL 23 IS 6 BP 1255 EP 1272 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253805700002 ER PT J AU Khan, A Plummer, D Hussain, R Minichiello, V AF Khan, Asaduzzaman Plummer, David Hussain, Rafat Minichiello, Victor TI Sexual risk assessment in general practice: evidence from a New South Wales survey SO SEXUAL HEALTH LA English DT Article AB Background: Physicians' inadequate involvement in sexual risk assessment has the potential to miss many asymptomatic cases. The present study was conducted to explore sexual risk assessment by physicians in clinical practice and to identify barriers in eliciting sexual histories from patients. Methods: A stratified random sample of 15% of general practitioners (GP) from New South Wales was surveyed to assess their management of sexually transmissible infections (STI). In total, 409 GP participated in the survey with a response rate of 45.4%. Results: Although nearly 70% of GP regularly elicited a sexual history from commercial sex workers whose presenting complaint was not an STI, this history taking was much lower (<10%) among GP for patients who were young or heterosexual. About 23% never took a sexual history from Indigenous patients and 19% never elicited this history from lesbian patients. Lack of time was the most commonly cited barrier in sexual history taking (55%), followed by a concern that patients might feel uncomfortable if a sexual history was taken (49%). Other constraints were presence of another person (39%) and physician's embarrassment (15%). About 19% of GP indicated that further training in sexual history taking could improve their practice. Conclusions: The present study identifies inconsistent involvement by GP in taking sexual histories, which can result in missed opportunities for early detection of many STI. Options for overcoming barriers to taking sexual histories by GP are discussed. C1 [Plummer, David] Univ W Indies, Sch Educ, Port Of Spain, Trinid & Tobago. [Hussain, Rafat; Minichiello, Victor] Univ New England, Sch Hlth, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia. [Khan, Asaduzzaman] Univ Dhaka, Dept Stat, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. RP Khan, A, Univ Queensland, Social Res Ctr, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia. EM a.khan2@uq.edu.au TC 2 PU CSIRO PUBLISHING PI COLLINGWOOD PA 150 OXFORD ST, PO BOX 1139, COLLINGWOOD, VICTORIA 3066, AUSTRALIA SN 1448-5028 PD MAR PY 2007 VL 4 IS 1 BP 1 EP 8 DI 10.1071/SH06012 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Infectious Diseases UT ISI:000253743200001 ER PT J AU Alvarado, G Elena, T AF Alvarado, Gonzalez Elena, Tania TI International networks of enterprise cooperation vs local networks SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The goal of this article is to demonstrate that international networks of enterprise cooperation, even when they do articulate with local networks, have unique characteristics and differences in comparison with local enterprise networks and should be analyzed without disregarding the characteristics and diminishing the importance of local networks. In this paper we analyze the logical operation of international networks of enterprise cooperation. The analysis stems from the review of diverse empirical and theoretical works related to business cooperation and enterprise networks, as well as the monitoring of eighty-six companies that participated in the Al-Partenariat 2003 encounter in Mexico City. The study of the international networks of enterprise cooperation is important for two reasons: first these networks are means by which small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can internationalize, and secondly, international networks could prolong the process of endogenous development promoted by local networks. C1 [Alvarado, Gonzalez; Elena, Tania] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Contraduria & Adm, Div Invest, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Alvarado, G, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Contraduria & Adm, Div Invest, Cubiculo 24, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM tgonzalez2000@lycos.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JAN-MAR PY 2007 VL 12 IS 37 BP 9 EP 26 SC Management UT ISI:000253746000001 ER PT J AU Contreras, JJ Ochoa Arias, A Claudia, PB AF Contreras, Jose J. Ochoa Arias, Alejandro Pilonieta Blanco, Claudia TI The failure of development and sustainable endogenous development: A new organization for Regional Development SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The purpose of this paper is to contribute to an ongoing debate over the failure of the techno-economic development paradigm in Venezuela and its implications in Regional Development organizations. The article begins with a brief outline of the techno-economic paradigm of development and the failure of its implementation in Venezuela. The failure is understood as a cultural catastrophe in Venezuela which reached its crisis at the end of the twentieth century. As a contrasting possibility, an alternative notion of development, based on the promotion of endogenous concepts and sustainability as primary notions upon which to create and recreate local culture with a national and universal sense and that can be developed under the Constitution of the Venezuelan Bolivarian constitution. C1 [Ochoa Arias, Alejandro] Univ Los Andes, Ctr Invest Sistemol Interpretativa, Merida, Venezuela. [Pilonieta Blanco, Claudia] Unidad Educat Timoteo Aguirre Pe El Valle, Merida, Venezuela. EM joaquin@ula.ve aleochoa@ula.ve pclaudia36@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JAN-MAR PY 2007 VL 12 IS 37 BP 27 EP 49 SC Management UT ISI:000253746000002 ER PT J AU Anez Hernandez, C Bonomie, M AF Anez Hernandez, Carmen Bonomie, Maria TI Labor relations and labor unions in the adverse context of globalization SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The purpose of this article is to theoretically reflect on how globalization has influenced the rupture in labor relations and the weakening of union organizations. In order to do this the following aspects were developed: flexibility in labor relations, the effects of capital and labor, the future of labor and the weakening of labor unions. The analysis of these aspects is based on a theoretical review that allows for the construction of a position as to the labor flexibilization correspond to world market criteria, affecting the fundamental rights of the labor force, promoting the individualization of labor relations, a de-regulated laborer, without a union, and without a collective contract among other benefits. The conclusion is that flexibility originates a rupture in labor relations, and results in a precarious labor situation and the exclusion of a labor market. On the other hand, the concept of the role of labor unions is devaluated, and the interests of capital are increased, debilitating labor autonomy and its role within the globalization process. C1 [Anez Hernandez, Carmen] Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Ctr Estudios Empresa, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Anez Hernandez, C, Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Ctr Estudios Empresa, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM carmenanez@hotmail.com mebonomie@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JAN-MAR PY 2007 VL 12 IS 37 BP 50 EP 65 SC Management UT ISI:000253746000003 ER PT J AU Barboza Perez, M AF Barboza Perez, Maribel TI From co-opted to suppressed actors: From burawoy to the Theory of Management Criticism SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article analyzes the thesis of Michael Burawoy as to the relation conflict-consent. The theoretical axis is contained in the concept of "the game of making out". This refers to the possibility of contingent actions on the part of "actors" who apparently have a potential actuary in order to display autonomous strategies. This argument implies an epistemological turnabout within the discussion of the work process which attempts to detach itself form the structuralism associated with Marxist cannon and orient itself towards a central visibility of the daily labor subjectivity of the actor. The argumentative discourse of the author however obliquely exposes this visibility: labor actors are now presented as subedited to games produced instrumentally, in a reason arrangement of the productive conversion of the "endemic conflict" of capitalism, by think-workers or meta-organizers of production. Herein is registered a useful theoretical discontinuance that is incorporated within the explicative framework of the Critical Theory of Management. This return to the concept of Buraway games, continues to construct explicitly the representation of actors as produced subjects. C1 Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Inst Invest, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Barboza Perez, M, Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Inst Invest, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM marecon@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JAN-MAR PY 2007 VL 12 IS 37 BP 66 EP 79 SC Management UT ISI:000253746000004 ER PT J AU Sigala Paparella, LE Leon Darder, F Pla Barber, J AF Sigala Paparella, Luis E. Leon Darder, Fidel Pla Barber, Jose TI Determining factors in multinational corporation affiliates: The Venezuelan case SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article studies the influence of different determining factors in subsidiary roles within multinational companies, through determination of behavioral factors in the context of affiliated companies functioning under adverse conditions. A case study methodology is used in seventeen subsidiaries located in Venezuela with activities in different sub-sectors. The study shows that hostile environments are one of the factors that exert great influence on subsidiary role mandate determination, inducing a devaluation of the roles of the same. Overall impact of mandate determinants varies according with the subsidiary typology: those with a low value added activities, usually marketing and sales, essentially depends on company headquarter assignments, while subsidiaries with a larger number of activities in the value chain also integrate other determinants such as adverse environment determinism and subsidiary initiative developed locally. C1 [Sigala Paparella, Luis E.] Univ Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto, Venezuela. [Leon Darder, Fidel] Univ Valencia, Fac Econ, Dept Direcc Empresas Juan Jose Renau Pigueras, Titular Escuela Univ, Valencia, Spain. Univ Valencia, E-46003 Valencia, Spain. RP Sigala Paparella, LE, Univ Valencia, E-46003 Valencia, Spain. EM lsigala@ucla.edu.ve Fidel.Leon@uv.es Jose.Pla@uv.es TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD JAN-MAR PY 2007 VL 12 IS 37 BP 113 EP 136 SC Management UT ISI:000253746000007 ER PT J AU Brito, M AF Brito, Morelba TI Business governance: Ethics, social responsibility and profitability in the "Post-Enron Era" SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The aim of this work is to highlight some tendencies, theoretical and practical, observed in the business management area, based on bibliographical and documentary information. Points emphasized are: the re-semanticizing of the construct "corporate government" and the incorporation of the construct "business governance"; the emergence of new interaction mechanisms between businesses and their surroundings; and the strengthening and/or appearance of devices aimed at reconciling profitability with some of the demands for intangible goods made by the contemporary citizen-consumer, such as respect for the environment, transparency, social responsibility on the part of business, and work routines that guarantee respect for human rights. Conclusions are that a new institutional framework is being articulated that transforms established parameters in the corporate world to socially legitimize itself, ensure profitability and determine and minimize operating costs. C1 Univ Zulia, Ctr Estudios Sociol & Antropol, Escuela Sociol & Investigadora, Catedra Teoria Polit, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Brito, M, Univ Zulia, Ctr Estudios Sociol & Antropol, Escuela Sociol & Investigadora, Catedra Teoria Polit, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM mbritoc54@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD APR-JUN PY 2007 VL 12 IS 38 BP 183 EP 206 SC Management UT ISI:000253999700003 ER PT J AU Torres, EEP Gonzalez, LBG AF Torres, Petit Elsa Emilia Gonzalez, Gutierrez Lorena Beatriz TI Empowerment leadership: Promoter of innovation SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article describes the model of leadership with empowerment in order to identify its profile as a promoter of innovation in business organizations. A strategy of qualitative investigation was adopted, based on application of the interpretative method proposed by Joseph Kockelmans (1975), which is founded in the technique of analyzing the contents of specialized articles. The empowerment leadership model is described as a promoter of the innovation considering the following characteristics: 1. Cultural empowerment with innovative values; 2. Confidence and commitment to the business organization; 3. intrategia as an instrument for unity; 4. Locus of internal control to impel continuous change, 5. maintain competition and 6. optimism, creativity and cross-collaboration. Conclusions are that a conceptual contact point among the theory of innovation, the knowledge management approach and management theory consists of assuming leadership as a determinant of innovation. Management theory within the framework of knowledge management and the empowerment leadership model, explains conceptually how it is possible to take advantage of ideas, exploit resources, generate capacities and develop competences in an organization based on the contributions of all its members, centering on the value of using ideas, which constitutes the link that permits relating the variables "empowerment leadership" and the "process of innovation." C1 [Torres, Petit Elsa Emilia; Gonzalez, Gutierrez Lorena Beatriz] Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Expt, Dept Ciencias Humanas, Unidad Acad Estudios, Maracaibo, Venezuela. RP Torres, EEP, Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Expt, Dept Ciencias Humanas, Unidad Acad Estudios, Desarrollo Apartado 526, Maracaibo, Venezuela. EM eept2002@hotmail.com Igutierrez73@hotmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD APR-JUN PY 2007 VL 12 IS 38 BP 207 EP 217 SC Management UT ISI:000253999700004 ER PT J AU Gonzalez, VV AF Gonzalez, Vargas Vilma TI Flexibilizing mechanisms in labor relations at hospitals in Maracaibo SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The objective of this work is to describe flexibilizing mechanisms for labor relations used at hospitals in Maracaibo. In the hospitals studied, a series of devices have been inserted that focus on a strategy for modifying labor relations, moving toward flexible human resource management. Implementing these mechanisms affects labor costs and hospital productivity. Research was carried out in four hospitals in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela, corresponding to levels III and IV, representing different administrative models. Analysis of the documentary information obtained from the aforementioned hospitals was carried out along with a theoretical review of reflections on flexibilization and the precariousness of labor relations expressed by various authors including: Sotelo (2003, 1999), Castells (1999), Antunes (1997) and Coller (1997). Results obtained indicated that an increase in productivity and a reduction of costs required effort to adapt the labor management model in search of those scenarios. Based on this study, conclusions are that in these hospitals, a search for efficiency in hospital service production exists and it recurs to various types of flexibilization: numerical, financial or salarial, regarding time and external. A series of mechanisms that flexibilize labor relations have been put into practice, affecting the interests of health workers. C1 Univ Zulia, CEE, FONACIT, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Gonzalez, VV, Univ Zulia, CEE, FONACIT, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM vilmavargashernandez@yahoo.es TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD APR-JUN PY 2007 VL 12 IS 38 BP 244 EP 261 SC Management UT ISI:000253999700007 ER PT J AU Ojeda, GJ AF Ojeda Gomez, Julieta TI Competitive advantage: the challenge for small and medium businesses in the footwear industry SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Along with the economic reforms that took place in the United Kingdom and Mexico in the 1980s, the footwear industry experienced considerable re-structuring on the international level, redefining the competitive basis for many footwear-producing countries. The objective of this article is to analyze the development of competitive advantage in small and medium businesses in the British and Mexican footwear industry. Using a historic approach, businesses that were created and/or survived the period from 1979 to 1999 were studied. Ten case studies were developed; data was compiled using interviews and classified according to the interactions and changes occurred in the roles of the businessman, company resources or interactions with support institutions. Results indicated that a company's basic resources were the foundation for developing the minimum competitive advantage needed for survival. Once this stage had been surpassed, improvement of competitive position occurred due to the adoption of complementary strategies. These results suggested that smaller companies can develop competitive advantage in a particular manner, different from larger companies. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Contaduria & Adm, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Ojeda, GJ, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Contaduria & Adm, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM jojeda@correo.fca.unam.mx TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 12 IS 40 BP 513 EP 533 SC Management UT ISI:000254000000002 ER PT J AU Romero, MNL AF Romero, M. Nestor L. TI Management to transform the Public Autonomous Universities in Venezuela SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB In Venezuela, there is an urgent need for transforming the educational system into an effective, efficient instrument for personal and collective development, as defined in the 1999 National Constitution. Public Autonomous Universities are obliged to assume this new mission due to their functions and position at the top of the educational system. Even though the transformation should be integral and involve the whole spectrum of functions and services performed by the universities, the present study will be limited only to university management, since it is on these levels that decisions must be taken for planning, execution, evaluation and control of those change processes. The objective of this study is to perform a critical analysis of some contributions from management theory deemed applicable and from the university model set forth in the current Law of Universities, in order to contrast these theories with the model and detect any problems which have prevented previous transformation attempts from becoming reality. Due to the complexity characterizing these organizations, analytical, critical and hermeneutic methods were applied to obtain conclusions that would allow recommendations to be made. C1 Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Romero, MNL, Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM nromerom@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 12 IS 40 BP 599 EP 621 SC Management UT ISI:000254000000006 ER PT J AU de G, KN Colina, B Sepulveda, J AF Navarro de G, Ketty Colina, Belinda Sepulveda, Judith TI Academic micro-communities of knowledge: The Agriculture Nucleus at the University of Zulia SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This study is the product of an investigation made at the Agricultural Nucleus in the University of Zulia (LUZ, Maracaibo, Venezuela), to determine the conditioning factors in the conformation of academic micro-communities of knowledge in the Agricultural Nucleus at LUZ. An exploratory-descriptive type study was carried out using a non-experimental - transectional design. Specific objectives were: 1) To explore different forms for organizing research activity in the Agricultural Nucleus of LUZ; 2) To characterize different modes of organizing the knowledge generation process at the Agricultural Nucleus of the University of Zulia; and 3) To determine the organizational culture of academic micro-communities of knowledge in the Agricultural Nucleus at LUZ. Techniques of qualitative and quantitative research were applied. Among the findings, evidences were found for constructing a typology of organizational forms in the academic knowledge creation process. It was possible to identify three types: Type 1: Academic Micro-communities of Knowledge; Type 11: Research Teams; and Type III: Research Groups. C1 [Navarro de G, Ketty] Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Expt, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP de G, KN, Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Expt, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM KettyAsuncion.Navarro1@aluuclm.es belicolina@gmail.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 12 IS 40 BP 622 EP 645 SC Management UT ISI:000254000000007 ER PT J AU Soto, A Valente, M AF Soto, Antonio Valente, Maria TI Risk associated with Venezuelan commercial and universal banking SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article focuses on analyzing, from a theoretical-practical perspective, risk behavior related to credit, adjustment term and interest rates in commercial and universal Venezuelan banking as a whole for the triennium 1998-2000, years in which economic policies experienced behaviors of a different sort. Using descriptive-observational research, results revealed that this important segment of the financial sector demonstrated an exposure to adjustment term risk by obtaining liabilities consisting of short term deposits related to holding assets in medium and long-term loans. Likewise, conclusions were that good performance of the economic environment reduces the possibilities that the financial system faces credit risk, given the better financial position of the economic agents selling funds that can be loaned. Also, interest rate risk was not present in the Venezuelan banking system during the period under study, given the disposition by monetary policies to try and reduce the differential between active and passive interest rates, without allowing this differential to become negative for this important sector of the Venezuelan financial system. C1 [Soto, Antonio] Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Ctr Estadist & Invest Operac, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. [Valente, Maria] Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Inst Invest, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. RP Soto, A, Univ Zulia, Fac Ciencias Econ & Sociales, Ctr Estadist & Invest Operac, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. EM ajsoto10@cantv.net marivalente@cantv.net TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 12 IS 40 BP 646 EP 666 SC Management UT ISI:000254000000008 ER PT J AU Molero, GEY AF Molero Gonzalez, Estilita Ynes TI Formulation of public transportation policy by the Mayor's Office of Maracaibo in the 1990s. The role of the World Bank SO REVISTA VENEZOLANA DE GERENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The purpose of this investigation was to analyze the process of formulating urban public transportation policy by the Mayor's Office of Maracaibo in the decade of the 1990s. Methodology used was to contrast the theoretically supported hypotheses with reality, based on documentary information. Results demonstrated that: 1) Public transportation policy in the 90s was characterized by the evident relationship between state reforms and the economic market-based model. 2) The principal decision-making subject was the World Bank; in the case of the Municipality of Maracaibo, in correspondence with the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the Venezuelan Council for Transportation and FONTUR. 3) Actors on the municipal level were: the Presidential Transportation Commission for the City of Maracaibo, the Municipal Institute for Collective Urban Transportation in Maracaibo, the Research Institute for Environmental Systems at LUZ and the company SYSTRA, who were basically the policy executors. 4) The formal process of formulating a transportation policy in Venezuela was developed based on a model pre-established by the World Bank for investment project approval around the world. Conclusions were that, through international technical aid, World Bank criteria were imposed on the transportation policy formulation process in Venezuela, while the municipalities executed the policy although they did not participate in its formulation. C1 Univ Bolivaria Venezuela, Bolivaria, Venezuela. RP Molero, GEY, Univ Bolivaria Venezuela, Bolivaria, Venezuela. EM estilitamolero@yahoo.com TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA CENTRO ESTUDIOS EMPRESA PI MARACAIBO PA FACULTAD CIENCIAS ECONOMIAS SOCIALES CUIDAD, UNIV NUCLEO HUMANISTICO, MARACAIBO, 15401, VENEZUELA SN 1315-9984 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 12 IS 40 BP 667 EP 691 SC Management UT ISI:000254000000009 ER PT J AU Velasco, I Montesilto-Cedillo, JL AF Velasco, Israel Montesilto-Cedillo, Jos Luis TI Elements of basin management under drought condition SO GESTION Y POLITICA PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Article AB When the available water is not enough to satisfy the human necessities, is when its intrinsic value is appreciated. Drought, as natural phenomenon, has a finite duration, even though it is prolonged for several years, but the sequel of the drought extends beyond its duration, and a severe risk that it brings is desertification, an induced and progressive phenomenon, practically irreversible which magnifies the impacts of water deficit, affecting the whole natural environment as well as the social and economic development. Although the humid regions do not escape to this risk, they have a bigger capacity of prompt recovery; in these areas, the most severe impacts are erosion and ecological imbalance. In the sub-humid, semi-arid and and regions, the recurrence and persistence of drought represent a bigger risk of environmental alteration. The growing demand of natural resources to satis, the human necessities, and the smaller relative readiness of water, are two factors that propitiate severe pressures on environment, and conflicts among water users, and the immoderate use of water leads to overexploitation; then, the unavoidable result is desertification, later aridity, or a state of permanent water deficit. To face drought with success it is necessary to improve planning and to generate strategies to overcome and mitigate its impacts, and to consider the widest social participation, Adaptation and prevention to an unavoidable event are the best strategy; but without these elements it is difficult to come out well of the problem. This work suggests some ideas related to drought and water management; their implementation,is convenient in the environment of hydrological basins. The objective is to contribute approaches to achieve water sustainability as the axis of the whole natural resources and to mitigate the negative impacts of the phenomenon whose effects are potentially serious for all the environments and in great spatial scale. C1 [Velasco, Israel; Montesilto-Cedillo, Jos Luis] Inst Mexicano Tecnol Agua, Jiutepec 62550, Mor, Mexico. RP Velasco, I, Inst Mexicano Tecnol Agua, Paseo Cuauhnahuac 8532, Jiutepec 62550, Mor, Mexico. EM ivelasco@tlaloc.imta.mx jlmonte@tlaloc.imta.mx TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1079 PY 2007 VL 16 IS 1 BP 5 EP 27 SC Public Administration UT ISI:000253702500001 ER PT J AU Arroyo, FH AF Arroyo, Federico Hernandes TI The independence of regulatory agencies in Mexico: The case of the energy and telecommunications sectors SO GESTION Y POLITICA PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article addresses the issue of the independence of regulatory agencies based on the experience in the energy and telecommunications sectors in Mexico. To this effect, it is proposed a measurement of the independence of the energy And telecommunications regulatory agencies from a formal standpoint and from a dynamic perspective, and subsequently the results are analyzed. C1 Tecnol Autonomo Mexico & Maestro Regulac, London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, Asociado Despacho Abogados Barrera, Bosques De Las Lomas 05120, DF, Mexico. RP Arroyo, FH, Tecnol Autonomo Mexico & Maestro Regulac, London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, Asociado Despacho Abogados Barrera, SC Paseo Tamarindos 150 Edifico Norte D, Bosques De Las Lomas 05120, DF, Mexico. EM fha@bstl.com.mx TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1079 PY 2007 VL 16 IS 1 BP 61 EP 100 SC Public Administration UT ISI:000253702500003 ER PT J AU Aylon, SL Ruiz, AH AF Aylon, Sergio Lopez Ruiz, Ali Haddou TI Design of regulatory bodies in Mexico SO GESTION Y POLITICA PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Proceedings Paper AB Although regulatory authorities have always been a part of the institutional makeup of Mexican public administration, the idea of independent regulatory authorities was introduced only in the early 90's, when the process of economic reform was well underway. These independent regulatory authorities can be grouped into two broad categories. The first includes typical sectoral regulatory entities (e.g. energy and telecommunications). The second category comprises independent agencies created to anchor continuous horizontal reform processes, such as competition and access to information. Based upon the Mexican regulatory authorities' experience, this paper proposes a framework for the analysis of accountability mechanisms of independent regulators. An important lesson from this review is that the use of mechanisms such as access to information and regulatory impact analysis, enforced by other independent regulatory agencies, strengthen the horizontal accountability of sectoral regulatory authorities and reduces the risk of capture. C1 [Aylon, Sergio Lopez] CIDE, Div Adm Publ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Ruiz, Ali Haddou] Comis Fed Competencia Econ Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Aylon, SL, CIDE, Div Adm Publ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM sergio.lopez@cide.edu ali@cfc.gob.mx TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1079 PY 2007 VL 16 IS 1 BP 101 EP 145 SC Public Administration UT ISI:000253702500004 ER PT J AU Bravo, LC Espejel, I Ferman, JL Ahumada, B Bocco, G Rojas, RI AF Bravo, Luis Carlos Espejel, Ileana Ferman, Jose Luis Ahumada, Brenda Bocco, Gerardo Rojas, Rosa Imelda TI Strategic environmental assessment: Proposal to enhance the application of ecologic ordinances: "Sea de Cortes Region" case study SO GESTION Y POLITICA PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Article AB On this paper the limitations to regional planning are exposed, especially regarding ecological ordinances since they need horizontal and vertical coordination among different government levels and several actors to better know, adapt and apply the law in their own competences. We propose the possible use of Strategic Environmental Assessment as a tool to motivate transversal coordination among these different agencies to formulate, apply, evaluate and monitor ecological and territorial ordinances. Besides, we express the need to motivate a government transversal coordination scheme to operate coastal lands and vertical coordination among them to attend all types of ecological ordinances (general, regional, local and marine). We took as an example the regional ecological ordinance and the regional environmental impact assessment applied to one of the most ambicious projects of Vicente Fox presidential period named "Nautic ladder of the Sea of Cortes, Mexico". C1 [Espejel, Ileana] Univ Autonoma Baja California, Fac Ciencias, Ensenada 22800, Baja California, Mexico. [Ferman, Jose Luis] Univ Autonoma Baja California, Fac Ciencias Marinas, Ensenada 22800, Baja California, Mexico. Univ Autonoma Baja California, Fac Ciencias Marinas, Ensenada 22800, Baja California, Mexico. [Bocco, Gerardo] Univ Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest Ecosistemas, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Rojas, Rosa Imelda] Univ Autonoma Baja California, Fac Arquitectura, Ensenada 22800, Baja California, Mexico. RP Bravo, LC, Ctr Invest Alimentac & Desarrollo AC Hermosillo, Apartado Postal 1735 CP 83000, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. EM lcbravo@uabc.mx ileana@uabc.mx jlferman@uabc.mx brenda@uabc.mx gbocco@oikos.unam.mx rosa_rojas@uabc.mx TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1079 PY 2007 VL 16 IS 1 BP 147 EP 170 SC Public Administration UT ISI:000253702500005 ER PT J AU Molina, MG Spurgeon, P AF Molina, M. Gloria Spurgeon, Peter TI The decentralisation of the health sector in Colombia seen from a multiple level perspectives SO GESTION Y POLITICA PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article analyses the characteristics of Institutional Development (m) and Community Participation (CP) as the main components of decentralisation of the health sector in Colombia. This analysis is framed in the context of health sector reforms that seek to improve the provision of health services. Decentralisation is understood as a public policy, which interacts strongly with the political, social, economic and administrative environment. The study involved three case studies and the perspective of the regional and national decision-makers in which qualitative and quantitative data were gathered and processed. The findings suggest that the three municipalities have progressed in some aspects of the decentralisation of the health sector, but they do not have an integrated development Of ID and CP. The political system has played an important role in this process, in which the patronage system influences the quality of the staff and the whole process. The mixture of decentralisation and privatisation has also created conflicts in the provision of services. C1 [Molina, M. Gloria] Univ Antioquia, Escuela Nacl Salud, Univ Birmingham, Medellin, Colombia. [Spurgeon, Peter] Univ Birmingham, Hlth Serv Management Ctr, Birmingham B15 2TR, W Midlands, England. RP Molina, MG, Univ Antioquia, Escuela Nacl Salud, Univ Birmingham, Calle 62 52-19, Medellin, Colombia. EM molinag@gua-jiros.udea.edu.co P.Spurgeon@bham.ac.uk TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1079 PY 2007 VL 16 IS 1 BP 171 EP 202 SC Public Administration UT ISI:000253702500006 ER PT J AU Dawidowski, AR Toselli, L Luna, DR Oberti, PF Soto, MA De Quiros, FGB AF Ruth Dawidowski, Adriana Toselli, Luzia Roberto Luna, Daniel Fernando Oberti, Pablo Aracelli Soto, Maria Gonzalez Bernaldo De Quiros, Fernan TI Changes in physicians' attitudes to computerized ambulatory medical record systems: a longitudinal qualitative study SO GACETA SANITARIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Objectives: To explore physicians' beliefs about a computerized ambulatory medical record system at different stages of its implementation. Methods: We performed a longitudinal qualitative in-depth interview study (July 2001 to December 2003) in the Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in 20 primary care cardiologists purposively selected before, during and after the system's implementation process (10 interviews per stage). The interviews were independently analyzed by 2 researchers, who jointly designed an agreed category list. Results: Both before and during the first stage of the implementation process, the physicians expected that that the system would improve healthcare-related administration and increase accessibility to individual data. However, they did not foresee that the system's shared information could modify the clinical aspects of patient care. By the end of the implementation process, the physicians realized that the system provided them with a broader perspective on their patients, which in turn improved their own professional performance. Throughout the implementation, the physicians were against using the computer while the patient was present. This opposition prevented them from regarding the system as part of the medical consultation and from considering data from the system as direct patient-related signs. Conclusions: The system's implementation modified the physicians' views on computerized ambulatory medical records, as they eventually considered them as an ancillary tool to clinical activity. The value assigned to the system depends on its relevance within the institutional framework. C1 [Ruth Dawidowski, Adriana; Toselli, Luzia; Roberto Luna, Daniel; Fernando Oberti, Pablo; Gonzalez Bernaldo De Quiros, Fernan] Hosp Italiano Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Aracelli Soto, Maria] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Sociol, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Dawidowski, AR, Hosp Italiano Buenos Aires, 450 C1181ACH, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM adriana.dawidowski@hospitalitaliano.org.ar TC 0 PU ELSEVIER PI BRIDGEWATER PA 685 ROUTE 202-206, BRIDGEWATER, NJ 08807 USA SN 0213-9111 PD SEP-OCT PY 2007 VL 21 IS 5 BP 384 EP 389 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253953800004 ER PT J AU Salas, MM Llanos, AA Salazar, YX Perez, PB AF Salas, Melvin Morera Llanos, Amada Aparicio Salazar, Yanira Xirinachs Perez, Patricia Barber TI Consumption of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents in primary care in Costa Rica: changing patterns and geographical variability SO GACETA SANITARIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Objective: To determine changing patterns and variability in consumption of classic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) among the health areas in Costa Rica between 2000 and 2005. Methods: The drugs studied were ibuprofen, indomethacin, penicillamine, sulindac, tenoxicam, and diclofenac sodium. To measure consumption, we used the defined daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day (DID). To analyze variability, the coefficient of variation weighed by the population size (CVw), extremal ratio, interquartile ratio, dot plot and map graphs were used. Results: From 2000-2005, NSAID consumption increased by 48% and the annual cost rose by 184%. The drugs with greatest consumption and participation in cost were sulindac and indomethacin. NSAID consumption varied between 0.1 and 61.8 DID according to health areas, with a CVw of 66.8%. Variability was greatest with penicillamine (CVw = 449.89%) and tenoxicam (CVw = 315.26%). Conclusions: Clearly differentiated geographical patterns in NSAID consumption were found in Costa Rica, with very different rates within the same region. According to the results obtained, two factors associated with this variability were the supply of health services and the percentage of the population aged 65 years or more within the catchment area. C1 [Salazar, Yanira Xirinachs] Univ Costa Rica, Proyecto Invest Farmacoecon, Ctr Centroamer Poblac Posgrad Econ, San Jose, Costa Rica. [Salas, Melvin Morera; Llanos, Amada Aparicio] Univ Costa Rica, Caja Costarricense Seguro Social & Proyecto Inves, San Jose, Costa Rica. [Perez, Patricia Barber] Univ Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Dept Metodos Cuantitativos, Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Spain. RP Salazar, YX, Apartado Correos 332-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica. EM yxirinac@cariari.ucr.ac.ur TC 0 PU ELSEVIER PI BRIDGEWATER PA 685 ROUTE 202-206, BRIDGEWATER, NJ 08807 USA SN 0213-9111 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 21 IS 6 BP 458 EP 464 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253953900004 ER PT J AU Vendramini, SH Villa, TC Santos, MDLS Gazetta, CE AF Figueiredo Vendramini, Silvia Helena Scatena Villa, Tereza Cristina Geraldes Santos, Maria De Lourdes S. Gazetta, Claudia Eli TI Current epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis and the impact of the DOTS strategy in disease control SO REVISTA LATINO-AMERICANA DE ENFERMAGEM LA English DT Article AB This article aims to present the current situation of tuberculosis and how the DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short Course) strategy has impacted national tuberculosis control programs worldwide, in Latin America and in Brazil. Data reveal a tendency towards a slow decline in disease rates (1%) around the world in 2003. In Brazil, data indicate a constant downward tendency of approximately 3% a year in incidence levels. The DOTS strategy has been recommended to all countries. Brazil needs to improve its tuberculosis surveillance efforts, particularly in terms of confirming negative sputum smear results at the end of treatment. C1 [Figueiredo Vendramini, Silvia Helena; Geraldes Santos, Maria De Lourdes S.; Gazetta, Claudia Eli] Sao Jose Rio Med Sch, San Jose, Costa Rica. [Scatena Villa, Tereza Cristina] Univ Sao Paulo, Ribeiraro Preto Coll Nursing, WHO, Collaborating Ctr Nursing Res Dev, BR-05508 Sao Paulo, Brazil. RP Vendramini, SH, Sao Jose Rio Med Sch, San Jose, Costa Rica. EM silviave@eerp.usp.br TC 1 PU UNIV SAO PAOLO PI PIRACICABA PA AV PADUA DIAS 11, C P 9, PIRACICABA, SP 13418-900, BRAZIL SN 0104-1169 PD JAN-FEB PY 2007 VL 15 IS 1 BP 171 EP 173 SC Nursing UT ISI:000253708200025 ER PT J AU Barrientos, LA Suazo, SV AF Andrades Barrientos, Lenka Valenzuela Suazo, Sandra TI Quality of life associated factors in Chileans hospitals nurses SO REVISTA LATINO-AMERICANA DE ENFERMAGEM LA English DT Article AB This study is focused on knowing the Quality of Life of hospital nurses, and associated factors. People surveyed are composed of 100 female nurses from a hospital, eighth region, Chile. The measuring method is a questionnaire - oriented to know bio-social-demographic variables that influence nurses - and the WHOQOL-BREF quality of life measuring scale, validated in Chilean population. Results show that Domain Social Relationship (mean=77,38) is perceived as the best by female nurses, and Physical as the worst (mean=54,56). Global Quality of Life is seen as "Good" (mean=3,99) and Health Quality of Life is perceived as "Conforming" (mean=3,97). Variables predicted for Quality of Life are: age, couple situation and night shifts. Given the results, being a female nurse, and her threefold role; new studies for deeper research, especially on those variables that were not statistically relevant, are suggested. C1 [Andrades Barrientos, Lenka; Valenzuela Suazo, Sandra] Univ Concepcion, Sch Med, Dept Nursing, Concepcion, Chile. RP Barrientos, LA, Univ Concepcion, Sch Med, Dept Nursing, Concepcion, Chile. EM landrade@udec.cl svalenzu@udec.cl TC 0 PU UNIV SAO PAOLO PI PIRACICABA PA AV PADUA DIAS 11, C P 9, PIRACICABA, SP 13418-900, BRAZIL SN 0104-1169 PD MAY-JUN PY 2007 VL 15 IS 3 BP 480 EP 486 SC Nursing UT ISI:000253847200018 ER PT J AU Arias, MM Lopez, MV Laramillo, DE AF Mercedes Arias, Maria Victoria Lopez, Maria Estela Laramillo, Diva TI Teaching research: the experience in the collective health master program at the University of Antioquia, Colombia SO REVISTA LATINO-AMERICANA DE ENFERMAGEM LA English DT Article AB The idea that one learns to do research only by taking methodological courses is false, as it is false the idea that one learns how to do research only through investigative practice. We consider both strategies pertinent and necessary and that is the reason we believe graduated courses based on investigation must contemplate both, This study aims to share with the academic community the concept, the intention, the context, and how the Seminar on Lines of Research in the Collective Health Master's Program at the University of Antioquia, Colombia has been developed. This study emphasizes the development and the results of such experience in the education of researchers, describes its onset, the curriculum structure and the relationship with the research groups, the transformation of students and the professor's role. C1 [Mercedes Arias, Maria; Victoria Lopez, Maria; Estela Laramillo, Diva] Univ Antioquia, Coll Nursing, Antioquia, Colombia. RP Arias, MM, Univ Antioquia, Coll Nursing, Antioquia, Colombia. EM mariamav@tone.udea.edu.co mvlopez@catios.udea.edu.co divajara@catios.udea.edu.co TC 0 PU UNIV SAO PAOLO PI PIRACICABA PA AV PADUA DIAS 11, C P 9, PIRACICABA, SP 13418-900, BRAZIL SN 0104-1169 PD MAY-JUN PY 2007 VL 15 IS 3 BP 487 EP 492 SC Nursing UT ISI:000253847200019 ER PT J AU Rivero, DE Erdmann, AL AF Rivero, Digna Escobar Erdmann, Alacoque Lorenzini TI The power of loving humane care in nursing SO REVISTA LATINO-AMERICANA DE ENFERMAGEM LA English DT Article AB This study aimed to develop an approach about the power of humane care within the concept of nursing through the building of a theoretical structure, Spiegelberg's methodology was used to seek the meaning of the power of humane care for new nurses and for patients. The resulting theoretical structure is based on Parker's theory of power, Patterson and Zderad's humane care, Watson's theories and Larranaga's concept of love. The elements of this structure are: the nurse, the ill or healthy person, the environment and nursing, all bound by an affectionate humane care. The final reflection was that all of them are included within the technical-scientific paradigm of modernity and that the patients hope to be care for by humane nurses. C1 [Rivero, Digna Escobar] Univ Carabobo, Sch Nursing, Valencia, Venezuela. [Erdmann, Alacoque Lorenzini] Univ Fed Santa Catarina, Dept Nursing, BR-88040900 Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. RP Rivero, DE, Univ Carabobo, Sch Nursing, Valencia, Venezuela. EM alacoque@newsite.com.br TC 0 PU UNIV SAO PAOLO PI PIRACICABA PA AV PADUA DIAS 11, C P 9, PIRACICABA, SP 13418-900, BRAZIL SN 0104-1169 PD JUL-AUG PY 2007 VL 15 IS 4 BP 618 EP 625 SC Nursing UT ISI:000253847500015 ER PT J AU Brarda, G AF Brarda, Gabriel TI From intra-psychic information processing to multilevel processing in psychotherapy SO REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CLINICA PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Editorial Material C1 Ctr Terapia Cognitiva Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Brarda, G, Ctr Terapia Cognitiva Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM brordog@elsitio.net TC 0 PU FUNDACION AIGLE PI BUENOS AIRES PA VIRREY OLAGUER FELIU 2679, BUENOS AIRES, 00000, ARGENTINA SN 0327-6716 PD APR PY 2007 VL 16 IS 1 BP 21 EP 27 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology UT ISI:000253708500003 ER PT J AU Marquez, M AF Marquez, Miguel TI Towards a neuropsychological reading of symptoms and etiopathogenic mechanisms of the generalized anxiety disorder SO REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CLINICA PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Editorial Material C1 Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Med, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Marquez, M, Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Med, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM miguelmorquez@fibertel.com.ar TC 0 PU FUNDACION AIGLE PI BUENOS AIRES PA VIRREY OLAGUER FELIU 2679, BUENOS AIRES, 00000, ARGENTINA SN 0327-6716 PD APR PY 2007 VL 16 IS 1 BP 35 EP 38 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology UT ISI:000253708500005 ER PT J AU Keegan, E AF Keegan, Eduardo TI Generalized anxiety as phenomenon: diagnostic criteria and psychopathological conception SO REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CLINICA PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Editorial Material C1 Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Psicol, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Keegan, E, Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Psicol, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM ekeegon@psi.uba.ar TC 0 PU FUNDACION AIGLE PI BUENOS AIRES PA VIRREY OLAGUER FELIU 2679, BUENOS AIRES, 00000, ARGENTINA SN 0327-6716 PD APR PY 2007 VL 16 IS 1 BP 49 EP 55 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology UT ISI:000253708500007 ER PT J AU Chappa, HJ AF Chappa, Herbert J. TI Cognitive behavioural therapy of the generalized anxiety disorder SO REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CLINICA PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Editorial Material C1 Ctr Terapias Multimodales La Plata, CETEM, La Plata, Argentina. RP Chappa, HJ, Ctr Terapias Multimodales La Plata, CETEM, La Plata, Argentina. EM cetem@netverk.com.or TC 0 PU FUNDACION AIGLE PI BUENOS AIRES PA VIRREY OLAGUER FELIU 2679, BUENOS AIRES, 00000, ARGENTINA SN 0327-6716 PD APR PY 2007 VL 16 IS 1 BP 57 EP 60 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology UT ISI:000253708500008 ER PT J AU Resnic, P AF Resnic, Pablo TI Conceptual models of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Beyond diagnostic criteria SO REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CLINICA PSICOLOGICA LA Spanish DT Editorial Material C1 Ctr Invest Med & Ansiedad Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Resnic, P, Ctr Invest Med & Ansiedad Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM pabloresnik@speedy.com.ar TC 0 PU FUNDACION AIGLE PI BUENOS AIRES PA VIRREY OLAGUER FELIU 2679, BUENOS AIRES, 00000, ARGENTINA SN 0327-6716 PD APR PY 2007 VL 16 IS 1 BP 61 EP 67 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology UT ISI:000253708500009 ER PT J AU Contreras, F Carrobles, JA Juarez-Acosta, F AF Contreras, Francolse Carrobles, Jose Antonio Juarez-Acosta, Fernando TI Psychometric properties of the confidential questionnaire of active sexual life to assess risk behaviors in HIV-Aids SO PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL LA Spanish DT Article AB The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Confidential Questionnaire of Active Sexual Life (Cuestionario confidencial de vida sexual activa) [CCVSA], developed in 1996 by the previous Colombian Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in a sample of 690 university students. The core of the study focused on sexual activity during the previous year. The CCVSA demonstrated solid psychometric properties with a reliability coefficient of 0.98. The validity of the questionnaire was manifested by analysis of the principal components, revealing the existence of two dimensions of behavior. These results seem relevant given the necessity to standardized information and to obtain profiles of behavior by means of reliable procedures, thus allowing a comparison and evaluation of the study. C1 [Contreras, Francolse] Univ Santo Tomas, Bogota, Colombia. [Carrobles, Jose Antonio] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Fac Psicol, E-28049 Madrid, Spain. [Juarez-Acosta, Fernando] Univ El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia. RP Carrobles, JA, Univ Autonoma Madrid, Fac Psicol, E-28049 Madrid, Spain. EM joseantonio.carrobles@uam.es TC 0 PU ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL PI GRANADA PA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN SN 1132-9483 PD APR PY 2007 VL 15 IS 1 BP 5 EP 27 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000253709300001 ER PT J AU Montiel-Nava, C Montiel-Barbero, I Pena, JA AF Montiel-Nava, Cecilia Montiel-Barbero, Isabel Pena, Joaquin A. TI Normative data of the child behavior checklist (CBCL) and teacher's report form in a sample of venezuelan children SO PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL LA Spanish DT Article AB The aim of the study was to obtain normative data for a representative sample of Venezuelan children for the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Teacher's Report Form. The sample was constituted by 1141 children, boys and girls aged 5 to 12 (Mean = 8.79; SD=1.85), 49% female and 51% male. Socioeconomic status was significant in a way that low SES parents scored their children as having more problems. Gender has an effect on the scores; males were perceived with more behavior problems than girls for both parents and teachers. Parents and teachers did not show agreement in the assessment of the children's behavior. Findings of this study suggest that the syndromes and dimensions assessed by the two versions of the checklist have universal validity for school-age children. C1 [Montiel-Nava, Cecilia; Pena, Joaquin A.] Univ Zulia, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. [Montiel-Nava, Cecilia; Montiel-Barbero, Isabel; Pena, Joaquin A.] Unidad Invest Trastorno Deficit Atenc Hiperact, Maracaibo, Venezuela. RP Montiel-Nava, C, Calle 79 3E-31,Sect La Lago, Maracaibo 4002A, Venezuela. EM ceciliamontiel@cantv.net TC 0 PU ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL PI GRANADA PA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN SN 1132-9483 PD APR PY 2007 VL 15 IS 1 BP 29 EP 44 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000253709300002 ER PT J AU Saldana, MRR Becerra, MC Gasca, MCA AF Saldana, Ma Refugio Rios Becerra, Margarita Chavez Gasca, Ma Araceli Alvarez TI Psychometric properties of the self-concept Inventory - Form A in a sample of Mexican adolescents SO BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY-PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL LA Spanish DT Article AB The aim of this study was to analyze the factorial structure and the reliability of the Inventory of Self-concept Form << A >> < AFA A > by Musitu, Garcia and Gutierrez < 1991 > in a Mexican population. The questionnaire was applied to 2349 male and female adolescents from State and private Secondary schools with an average age of 13 years, pertaining to 18 schools in 10 districts from Mexico City and the Metropolitan Area: The inventory includes 36 items with three possible answers. The factorial analysis isolated four factors, which explain 31.94% from the total variance. The internal consistency is an Alpha of alpha=0,8. C1 [Saldana, Ma Refugio Rios; Becerra, Margarita Chavez; Gasca, Ma Araceli Alvarez] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Estudios Super Iztacala, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Saldana, MRR, Av Alfredo V Bonfil,Mz 16,Cond 2 Casa 6,Col Presi, Coyoacan 04480, DF, Mexico. EM mrrs@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL PI GRANADA PA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN SN 1132-9483 PD APR PY 2007 VL 15 IS 1 BP 45 EP 56 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000253709300003 ER PT J AU Guarino, L Sojo, V Bethelmy, L AF Guarino, Leticia Sojo, Victor Bethelmy, Lisbeth TI Adaptation and preliminary validation of the Spanish version of the CSQ (Coping Style Questionnaire) SO PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL LA Spanish DT Article AB The present paper reports on the results of the Spanish adaptation and preliminary validation of the Coping Style Questionnaire (CSQ; Roger, Jarvis & Najarian, 1993), conducted with a sample of Venezuelan university students. The original 60 items scale measures four dimensions of coping styles: Rational, Emotional, Avoidance and Detached coping; however, Roger (1995) proposed a shorter version of 41 items, where the emotional and detached coping merged in one bipolar dimension with both factors on either side of the scale. This abbreviated scale, together with other personality questionnaires, was administered to a sample of 292 university students from three different universities in Caracas. Results replicated the original four factor structure for this coping questionnaire, with acceptable internal consistency. The concurrent validity study supports the theoretical structure for each dimension. This Spanish version of the CSQ can be taken as a reliable scale for the measurement of coping styles in different contexts. C1 [Bethelmy, Lisbeth] Univ Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas 1020, Venezuela. [Guarino, Leticia] Univ Simon Bolivar, Caracas 1080, Venezuela. RP Guarino, L, Dpto Ciencia & Tecnol Comportamiento, Edifico Estudios Gen,1 Piso,Valle Sartenejas,Aptd, Edo Miranda, Venezuela. EM lguarino@usb.ve TC 1 PU ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL PI GRANADA PA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN SN 1132-9483 PD SEP PY 2007 VL 15 IS 2 BP 173 EP 189 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000253851200001 ER PT J AU Puerta, IC Aguirre-Acevedo, DC Pineda, DA Gonzalez, L AF Puerta, Isabel C. Aguirre-Acevedo, Daniel C. Pineda, David A. Gonzalez, Liliana TI Multidimensional model of the behavior from a children sample using standardized questionnaires for parents and teachers SO PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL LA Spanish DT Article AB Factor analyses of Behavioral Assessment System for Children (BASC) parents' and teachers' questionnaires have supported the multidimensional theory of human behavior. The goal of this study was to analyze the dimensional structure of the BASC parents and teachers Spanish version questionnaires. In order to do this, a randomized sample of 1.176 children aged 6 to 11 years old, from the schools of Manizales City (Colombia), was selected. BASC parents and teachers questionnaires were administered to the participants. The results show that BASC parents had two dimensions: clinical and adaptive, KMO = 0,87, which explained 64% of the variance. BASC teachers had two clinical dimensions: externalizing (factor 1) and internalizing (factor 3), and he adaptive dimension was the factor 2 (75,2% of the variance). KMO was 0,90. C1 [Puerta, Isabel C.; Aguirre-Acevedo, Daniel C.; Pineda, David A.] Univ San Buenaventura, Cartagena, Colombia. [Puerta, Isabel C.; Aguirre-Acevedo, Daniel C.; Pineda, David A.] Univ Antioquia, Antioquia, Colombia. [Gonzalez, Liliana] Univ Manizales, Manizales, Colombia. RP Puerta, IC, Cra 78A N 52a 24, Medellin, Colombia. EM icpuerta@une.net.co TC 0 PU ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL PI GRANADA PA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN SN 1132-9483 PD SEP PY 2007 VL 15 IS 2 BP 237 EP 252 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000253851200004 ER PT J AU Sliminng, EC Vio, CG Villarroel, HP AF Sliminng, Eduardo Corsi Vio, Cristobal Guerra Villarroel, Hugo Plaza TI Design, implementation & evaluation of a behavioral intervention package for parents of children with Asperger's syndrome SO PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL LA Spanish DT Article AB This research seeks to create a viable behavioral intervention package by designing, implementing and evaluating a treatment program for three children (ages 5, 7 and 13) with Asperger's syndrome. These children's parents were trained in the implementation of the treatment plan. Training procedures used with the parents included in-vivo modeling, shaping and positive practice. Parents were trained in the implementation of four behavioral procedures to modify disruptive behavior in their children. These procedures included the use of the Premack principle, verbal praise, manual guidance and time out of reinforcement. As a means to achieve generalization, training was conducted in each participant's home. After training, all parents were able to successfully implement the program with their children, achieving significant reductions in oppositional behavior, inappropriate verbal behavior, and motor mannerisms. Parents were also able to achieve significant increments in their children's social skills and autonomy. C1 [Sliminng, Eduardo Corsi] Univ Nacl Andres Bello, Fac Humanidades & Educ, Vina Del Mar, Chile. [Vio, Cristobal Guerra; Villarroel, Hugo Plaza] Univ Mar, Valparaiso, Chile. RP Sliminng, EC, Univ Nacl Andres Bello, Fac Humanidades & Educ, Vina Del Mar, Chile. EM ecorsis@vtr.net TC 0 PU ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL PI GRANADA PA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN SN 1132-9483 PD SEP PY 2007 VL 15 IS 2 BP 253 EP 266 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000253851200005 ER PT J AU Trujillo, N Pineda, DA Puerta, IC AF Trujillo, Natalia Pineda, David A. Puerta, Isabel C. TI Cognitive impairment of adolecent offenders with conduct disorder of different severity levels SO PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL LA Spanish DT Article AB Several cognitive impairments related with conduct disorder (CD) severity have been reported. The present study attempted to determine the differences between groups of adolescent offenders (AO) with mild and severe CD and adolescent non-offenders (ANO) without CID. The sample was composed of 228 participants aged 12 to 16 years old, grouped in 117 AOs belonging to an education institution for young offenders (23 were classified as mild CID and 94 as severe CID) according to DSM-IV-TR symptoms and 111 ANOs from regular education institutions. All participants live in the metropolitan area of Medellin city and belong to low socioeconomic strata. Statistical significant differences were found on verbal behavior tasks, when ANO and AO groups were compared. When the two groups of AOs were compared, the AO with severe CD exhibited significant lesser capacity of immediate verbal information recall and slower speed for color naming (p < 0.05). In our conclusions, findings that report significant lower verbal skills were confirmed, and very specific cognitive deficiencies in memory and verbal/visual speed processing were found in the AOs with severe CID group, which will oblige to design more rigorous experimental studies. C1 Univ San Buenaventura, Medellin, Colombia. Univ Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia. RP Trujillo, N, Carrera 56C N 51-90, Medellin, Colombia. EM natalia.trujillo@neurociencias.udea.edu.co TC 0 PU ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL PI GRANADA PA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN SN 1132-9483 PD SEP PY 2007 VL 15 IS 2 BP 297 EP 319 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000253851200008 ER PT J AU Salazar, IC Caballo, VE Gonzalez, DC AF Salazar, Isabel C. Caballo, Vicente E. Gonzalez, Diana C. TI Psychological cognitive behavioral crisis intervention related to disasters: a theorical framework SO PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL LA Spanish DT Article AB Crisis intervention is a mode of psychological work widely used in the world. Nevertheless, the majority of the crisis interventions are focused on subsequent psychiatric and psychological problems. The crises related to natural or human disasters are also subject to psychological intervention, because they generate. an imbalance in the functioning of individual (biopsychosocial) and community systems, as well as a negative impact at economic and development level in the region or country. However, according to the literature reviewed, there are no reports about cognitive-behavioral psychological crises intervention for disasters. Thus, there is a challenge for cognitive-behavioral clinical psychologists and researchers who want to contribute to this field, from an evidence-based approach with an impact on mental health and public health programs with positive cost-efficient therapies. C1 [Caballo, Vicente E.] Univ Granada, Fac Psicol, E-18071 Granada, Spain. [Salazar, Isabel C.; Gonzalez, Diana C.] Pontificia Univ Javeriana, Cali, Colombia. RP Caballo, VE, Univ Granada, Fac Psicol, E-18071 Granada, Spain. EM vcaballo@ugr.es TC 0 PU ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL PI GRANADA PA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN SN 1132-9483 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 15 IS 3 BP 389 EP 405 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000253851300005 ER PT J AU Vio, CG Vidallet, JLS AF Vio, Cristobal Guerra Vidallet, Jose Luis Salz TI Psychometric examination of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale: a study on Chileans professionals SO PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL LA Spanish DT Article AB This study describes the psychometric examination in Chile of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS; Bride, Robinson, Yegidis, and Figley, 2004), a scale designed in USA to measure symptoms of intrusion, avoidance and arousal associated with indirect exposure of professionals to traumatic events. A sample of 255 Chilean professional that treated traumatized victims completed the local version of the STSS, a burnout inventory and a demographic information questionnaire. The STSS proved to be a reliable and valid instrument. In particular, the scale showed adequate convergent validity when correlating, as expected, with the levels of depression, anxiety, and burnout of professionals. Also, the absence of significant correlations between the STSS and the age and the income of participants supported the discrimination validity of the scale. Contrary to expectations, the STSS did not correlate with the extent to which the patients were traumatized nor with the frequency with which their work addresses the traumatic experiences of their clients. Finally, the STSS items adopted an unifactorial configuration. C1 [Vio, Cristobal Guerra; Vidallet, Jose Luis Salz] Univ La Frontera, Temuco, Chile. RP Vio, CG, 1-2 Oriente 831,Oficina 307, Edificio Olympus, Vina Del Mar, Chile. EM cguerravio@yahoo.es TC 0 PU ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL PI GRANADA PA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN SN 1132-9483 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 15 IS 3 BP 441 EP 456 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000253851300008 ER PT J AU Padilla, EMQ AF Padilla, Evelyn Mc Quiddy TI Children after a disaster. Guidelines for a psicoafective intervention directed to non specialized mental health people SO PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL LA Spanish DT Article AB The objective of this article is the presentation of a reference document aimed at non-specialists in mental health treatment of children in disaster situations by means of strategies and methodological procedures that take into account their physical and psychoaffective vulnerability. The study was performed in nine stages: a) literature review of the major information centers, b) review of government policies in relation to mental health and emergency care, c) interviews with personnel involved in responding to disasters d) interviews with children who have experienced the consequences of a disaster, e) personal interviews with adult education professionals, f) systematization of information obtained g) elaboration of the contents of the guide, h) validation of their contents, and i) production of the final document. The results show that at present, methodologies in child care after a disaster should not be unique or excessively professionalized. C1 Univ Costa Rica, Vicerrectoria Accion Social, San Jose, Costa Rica. RP Padilla, EMQ, Univ Costa Rica, Vicerrectoria Accion Social, Apdo Postal 2060, San Jose, Costa Rica. EM emcquidd@cariari.ucr.ac.cr TC 0 PU ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL PI GRANADA PA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN SN 1132-9483 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 15 IS 3 BP 507 EP 523 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000253851300011 ER PT J AU Andrade, LC Roldan, GS AF Andrade, Leonor Cordoba Roldan, Gloria Soto TI Family and disability: crisis intervention from an ecological mode SO PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL LA Spanish DT Article AB Crisis intervention for families of persons with disabilities should be understood based on the variability between one family and another, and across different cultures and the various stages of the family life cycle. It is known that at each stage, as well as in transitions, families and individuals facing stressful events develop specific strategies to deal with them. Thus, at first, when the diagnostic is made, parents are faced with an uncertain future for their child, and with the ignorance of the causes and consequences of this diagnostic. This article proposes a way to apply a crisis intervention based on the Ecological Model for the stage when parents are informed about the birth of a child with intellectual disabilities, and illustrates the components of survival, identification and expression feelings, cognitive domain and adaptation of the family. The timely and relevant accompanying by the professional team could contribute to the family bearing the stress inherent at this stage and can generate functional adaptations that will facilitate the development of the disabled individual. C1 [Andrade, Leonor Cordoba; Roldan, Gloria Soto] Pontificia Univ Javeriana, Cali, Colombia. RP Andrade, LC, Cl 18 118250 Via Pance, Cali, Colombia. EM leocorand@hotmail.com TC 0 PU ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL PI GRANADA PA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN SN 1132-9483 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 15 IS 3 BP 525 EP 541 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000253851300012 ER PT J AU Agraz, FP Garcia, RR Hernandez, RIG Rodriguez, BB AF Agraz, Francisco Paez Garcia, Rebeca Robles Hernandez, Rosa Irene Gonzalez rodriguez, Benjamin Becerra TI The impact of patient suicide on psychiatric unit teams SO PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL LA Spanish DT Article AB Suicide attempts and suicides are fifty times more frequent at psychiatric hospitals. The aim of this work was to evaluate the impact of a lethal suicide attempt on both mental health professionals and patients attending a psychiatric centre. An opportunity study was made by means of opinion questionnaires, a brief suicide risk evaluation, and with both Beck's suicide ideation and hopelessness scales. Results show that mental health professionals informed a medium training level to cope with this kind of events; those who observed a suicide attempt were more affected personally than those who did not; and their main needs were related to job security and a specific training to act when a suicide attempt occurs. Although patients showed a significant improvement fifteen days later, a clinical and statistical increase of hopelessness was also reported (7.3+5.74 vs. 14.88+2.26,' t=4.20, gl=8, p=.003). We can conclude that work organization plays a crucial role in the impact of suicide attempts, which is usually negative and affects both patients and mental health professionals. C1 [Agraz, Francisco Paez; Garcia, Rebeca Robles] Ctr Estudios Especilizados FOCUS Salud Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Agraz, Francisco Paez; Garcia, Rebeca Robles] Univ Iberoamer, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Garcia, Rebeca Robles; Hernandez, Rosa Irene Gonzalez] Univ Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. [rodriguez, Benjamin Becerra] Hosp Civiles Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. RP Garcia, RR, Col Jardines Santa Moncia, Convento San Juan Lagos 97,Tlalnepantla Baz, Estado De Mexico 54020, Mexico. EM reberobles@hotmail.com TC 0 PU ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PSICOLOGIA CONDUCTUAL PI GRANADA PA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, 18071 GRANADA, SPAIN SN 1132-9483 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 15 IS 3 BP 543 EP 556 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000253851300013 ER PT J AU Heerlein, A AF Heerlein, Andres TI What is the impact of financial conflicts of interest on the development of psychiatry? SO PSYCHIATRIA DANUBINA LA English DT Editorial Material C1 Univ Chile, Dept Psiquiat, Fac Med, Santiago, Chile. RP Heerlein, A, Univ Chile, Dept Psiquiat, Fac Med, Av La Paz 1003, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU MEDICINSKA NAKLADA PI ZAGREB PA VLASKA 69, HR-10000 ZAGREB, CROATIA SN 0353-5053 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 19 IS 1-2 BP 113 EP 114 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000253710100024 ER PT J AU Cacopardo, MC Maguid, A Martinez, R AF Cacopardo, Maria Cristina Maguid, Alicia Martinez, Rosana TI New emigration of Latin American people to Spain: the case of Argentineans from a compared perspective SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB From the mid XX century, Argentinean emigration has increased dramatically, but it is in the last decade when destinations different to the United States have come into scene, such is the case of Spain. The objective of this study is to compare the sociodemographic characteristics as well as the modalities of the migrants' employment patterns of Argentinean emigrants to those of Ecuadorians and Colombians. These three groups were selected due to their representativity in Spain and because they exemplify different dimensions of the migratory processes. It is of our interest to visualize the role these groups play in the Spanish labor market by the identification of main insertion sectors and their occupational qualification use according to their educational achievement, in terms of gender, time of residence and citizenship. C1 [Cacopardo, Maria Cristina; Maguid, Alicia; Martinez, Rosana] Univ Nacl Lujan, Lujan, Argentina. RP Cacopardo, MC, Univ Nacl Lujan, Lujan, Argentina. TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JAN-MAR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 51 BP 9 EP 44 SC Demography UT ISI:000253721800002 ER PT J AU Damian, A AF Damian, Araceli TI Comparability problems of ENIGH and their effects in the measurement of poverty SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB The main source to measure poverty in Mexico is the Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de Hogares (ENIGH). Despite its generalized use, the survey presents some deficiencies regarding the gathering and comparison of information. In the first half of this decade, poverty, measured with the ENIGH and the measuring method used by the Federal Government, decreases in spite of the economic contraction and lack of employment. In this work we present and argue the elements that may be behind the presumed reduction of poverty (changes in the sampling framework, in the definition of variables, questionnaires, problems in the income reception, inconsistencies in the evolution of the income sources, the size of the household, number of members and other variables related to the dwelling). Here we are attempting to achieve is the explanation of which are the limitations of ENIGH as an information source to measure poverty. C1 El Colegio Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Damian, A, El Colegio Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JAN-MAR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 51 BP 111 EP 146 SC Demography UT ISI:000253721800005 ER PT J AU Adeath, IA Arriaga, ER AF Adeath, Isaac Azuz Arriaga, Evelia Rivera TI Population growth estimation for the coastal states of Mexico SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper shows the results obtained with a theoretical population growth model (sigmoidal boltziano), developed using the census information for each Mexican coastal state (during the period 1930-2000). The model was validated and calibrated using the population counting (2005). The annual population growth forecast comprises the period between 2006 and 2030. For year 2030, a total of 58.8 million people was predicted. With the population counting data of 2005 the sigmoidal model was corrected and a decadal forecast until 2050 was obtained. For the reference year (2050), the total population for the Mexican coastal zone will be 64.2 million people. C1 [Adeath, Isaac Azuz; Arriaga, Evelia Rivera] Univ Autonoma Campeche, Ctr Ensenanza Tecn & Super, Campeche, Mexico. RP Adeath, IA, Univ Autonoma Campeche, Ctr Ensenanza Tecn & Super, Campus Ensenada, Campeche, Mexico. TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JAN-MAR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 51 BP 187 EP 211 SC Demography UT ISI:000253721800007 ER PT J AU Galban, HG Palma, Y Montes, MDL AF Galban, Humberto Gonzalez Palma, Yolanda Montes, Maria de Lourdes TI Regional analysis of the proximate determinants of fecundity in Mexico SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB The important reduction of fertility levels is a known fact in Mexico, but territorial differences are still noticed on this matter, which is conditioned to ruling uneven regional development and its repercussion in the local demographic situation. In this works the regional analysis of direct determinants of the fecundity levels is approached, as a means to better understand the proposed problematic. Contraception, sexual intercourse, post-partum infertility and voluntary interruption of pregnancy are studied with a recent source of information, and by means of the proximate determinants method, modified by Stover, already applied in other Latin American countries and whose results for Mexico and its regions are shown in this paper. C1 [Galban, Humberto Gonzalez; Palma, Yolanda; Montes, Maria de Lourdes] Univ Autonoma Nayarit, El Colegio Frontera Norte, Nayarit, Mexico. RP Galban, HG, Univ Autonoma Nayarit, El Colegio Frontera Norte, Nayarit, Mexico. TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JAN-MAR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 51 BP 213 EP 245 SC Demography UT ISI:000253721800008 ER PT J AU Modesto, AM AF Modesto, Alfonso Mejia TI Sexual and reproductive healthin the State of Mexico. Current situation and future scenarios SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper presents a global analysis of fertility in the State of Mexico, including the municipal difference and their correlations with other economic variables. Similarly, here it is presented the information gathered in the census on gender and municipality differences for the union. Besides, institutional records on deaths and registered cases regarding tumors associated to reproductive health and deaths by HIV-AIDS. In the past part, the possibilities of using the individualist and society approaches to understand the possible scenarios of reproductive health in the State of Mexico. C1 Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Modesto, AM, Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JAN-MAR PY 2007 VL 13 IS 51 BP 247 EP 285 SC Demography UT ISI:000253721800009 ER PT J AU Arriagada, I AF Arriagada, Irma TI Latin American families: changing, diverse and unequal SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB This text examines the major structural changes which have affected families as a consequence of modernization and globalization. It consists of two parts: the first one considers the significant changes observed in families and the degree of diversity among them; the second part demonstrates how, to date, public policy design has failed to take into account these diverse structures and how the areas of caregiving, not covered by public policies, constitute an additional burden, especially for women. These issues appear as the major challenges for public policies in the Latin American region. C1 Comis Econ Amer Latina & Caribe, Santiago, Chile. RP Arriagada, I, Comis Econ Amer Latina & Caribe, Santiago, Chile. EM iarriaga@eclac.cl TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 13 IS 53 BP 9 EP 22 SC Demography UT ISI:000253843900002 ER PT J AU Guzman, BG AF Guzman, Brigida Garcia TI Changes in the division of the family work in Mexico SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB In this paper the studies elaborated during the 1990's decade on the main transformations occurred in labor division, both at home and outside it, in the Mexican families are presented. Transformations in the laboring roles of the spouses, adolescents and young adults are observed. Finally, it is evaluated the moment which the research on labor division in Mexican families is at, and some guides for future research are discussed. For instance, the study of the home and external activities of some members of the family who, thus far, have not received the attention deserved, such as the elderly and women family heads, similarly to some considerations of methodological-technical order on the research of family labor division. C1 El Colegio Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Guzman, BG, El Colegio Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM bgarcia@colmex.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 13 IS 53 BP 23 EP 45 SC Demography UT ISI:000253843900003 ER PT J AU Hiernaux-Nicolas, D AF Hiernaux-Nicolas, Daniel TI Time, space and transnationalism: some reflections SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper presents some reflections about the concept of transnationalism in a spatial-temporal perspective. In the first part, social models of time are presented, from the absence of a concept of time in primitive societies, going through the cyclical concept of traditional societies, the lineal one of the modernity, to the postmodern conception of time and space. Further on, the spatial dimension is integrated in order to be concerned, in the third part, by the articulation of those spatial-temporal conception transnational situations, and to conclude that the migrants in this situation, sustain a capacity to play with various concepts to build their own spatial-temporal model. C1 Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Dept Sociol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Hiernaux-Nicolas, D, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Dept Sociol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM danielhiernaux@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 13 IS 53 BP 47 EP 69 SC Demography UT ISI:000253843900004 ER PT J AU Lindon, A AF Lindon, Alicia TI Spatialities, displacements and transnationalism SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB Spatiality is the central object of this paper. The first part analyzes the relationship between transnationalism and territory; the second one, the concept of space integrated by the studies on transnationalism. In this part, a contrast is made between those concepts and other developed by the most recent Geography. The following part, presents a particular conception of space in the study of everyday life in the periphery of Mexico City. Finally, a possible horizon for the studies on transnationalism is presented if their concept of space is revised in the direction of other visions, such as the geographical ones hereby presented. C1 Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Dept Sociol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Lindon, A, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Dept Sociol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM alindon@attglobal.net TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 13 IS 53 BP 71 EP 101 SC Demography UT ISI:000253843900005 ER PT J AU Perez, CM AF Perez, Cristobal Mendoza TI The border space in the articulation of transnational social spaces: theoretical reflection and empirical analysis SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB The debate on "place and space" is to be explored in the literature of migrations. From a traditional perspective, international migrations are understood in bipolar terms, from a point of departure and a second of arrival, and through frameworks of adaptation/integration/assimilation. The transnational approach for the study of migration which constitutes a challenge for rigid traditional perspectives does not take into account practically any geographical reference. According to this view, migrations occur within social and cultural spaces without a territorial basis. In this context, this article explores the role of the border space (i.e. the Mexico northern border cities) in the construction of transnational social spaces, from the analysis of EMIF (Survey on Migration to the Northern Border). C1 Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Perez, CM, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM cristobalmendozaperez@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 13 IS 53 BP 103 EP 135 SC Demography UT ISI:000253843900006 ER PT J AU Celton, D Masciadri, V AF Celton, Dora Masciadri, Viviana TI Socio-demographical description ca.2000. Women and poverty in the Southern Common Market member countries SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB This work has a single objective to briefly describe some socio-demographical characteristics of the populations which shape the four member countries of the Southern Common Market, with special emphasis in the poverty situation in them -particularly the conditions of scarcity of this region's women-. C1 [Celton, Dora; Masciadri, Viviana] Univ Nacl Cordoba, Fac Filosofia & Humanidades, RA-5000 Cordoba, Argentina. RP Celton, D, Univ Nacl Cordoba, Fac Filosofia & Humanidades, RA-5000 Cordoba, Argentina. EM dcelton@arnet.com.ar v_masciadri@yahoo.com.ar TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 13 IS 53 BP 137 EP 174 SC Demography UT ISI:000253843900007 ER PT J AU Maier, E AF Maier, Elizabeth TI International agreements and gender equality: an analysis of Mexico's obligations SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB This article refers to the relationship between women's organizing as gendered subjects; the elaboration and growing precision of theoretical categories and concepts that interpret women's subaltern social position, and the instrumentation of international conventions and accords that help shape the reorganization of national and local sexual political economies, their symbols, representations, and judicial codes. It specifically analyzes the social and symbolic significance of the obligations that Mexico has acquired by signing and ratifying various international conventions on gender equity, and which have directly conformed national gender policies, emphasizing at the same time, the implications of each agreement on what Giddens has called "democratizing democracy". C1 Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Colegio Frontera Norte, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Maier, E, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Colegio Frontera Norte, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM spirit44@cox.net TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 13 IS 53 BP 175 EP 202 SC Demography UT ISI:000253843900008 ER PT J AU Romero, DFF Tinoco, MB Ramirez, SF AF Romero, David F. Fuentes Tinoco, Margarita Barajas Ramirez, Silvia Figueroa TI Violence against women in an environment of social inequity: deceitful homicides in Tijuana, Baja California SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB In this work, information corresponding to committed deceitful homicides against resident women of Tijuana Baja California is analyzed for the period 2000-2005. Besides the socioeconomic profile of both victims and murderers, the analysis is extended towards the motivation and modus operandi of the deeds. All is supported on gender theory. The used information corresponds to the database of Ph D. Romero sources, whose project title is: Social characterization of the violence in the North border of Mexico: the case of the city of Tijuana, B. C. C1 [Romero, David F. Fuentes; Tinoco, Margarita Barajas; Ramirez, Silvia Figueroa] Univ Autonoma Baja California, Fac Ciencias Sociales & Politicas, Mexicali 21100, Baja California, Mexico. RP Romero, DFF, Univ Autonoma Baja California, Fac Ciencias Sociales & Politicas, Mexicali 21100, Baja California, Mexico. EM dfuentes@uabc.mx Barajas@uabc.mx lfiguero@uabc.mx TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 13 IS 53 BP 203 EP 224 SC Demography UT ISI:000253843900009 ER PT J AU Mazzeo, V AF Mazzeo, Victoria TI Mortality in first infancy in the City if Buenos Aires in the 1860-2002 period SO PAPELES DE POBLACION LA Spanish DT Article AB The tendency of the infantile mortality in the City of Buenos Aires is hereby analyzed, using as basic information data provided by the births and deceases occurred along the 1860-2002 period. The causes of death are researched by age groups, since the study of mortality by cause is a necessary step towards the explanation of the levels of mortality in terms of economic, social and cultural factors. C1 Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Mazzeo, V, Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM vmazzeo@buenosaires.gov.ar TC 0 PU UNIV AUTONOMA ESTADO MEXICO PI TOLUCA PA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, TOLUCA, CP 50100, MEXICO SN 1405-7425 PD JUL-SEP PY 2007 VL 13 IS 53 BP 241 EP 272 SC Demography UT ISI:000253843900011 ER PT J AU Cancino, JP Uchida, H Wilen, JE AF Cancino, Jose P. Uchida, Hirotsugu Wilen, James E. TI TURFs and ITQs: Collective vs. individual decision making SO MARINE RESOURCE ECONOMICS LA English DT Proceedings Paper AB While most of the attention in the scientific and policy literature on rights-based institutions has been devoted to Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs), there are alternatives that involve different configurations of use rights. One such alternative is a space-based option commonly referred to as Territorial Use Rights Fisheries (TURFs). TURFs have been utilized in island fisheries off Southeast Asia for decades, and they have been well studied, particularly by anthropologists and sociologists. This paper discusses case studies of TURF organizations in Japan and Chile from an economics perspective. We discuss the historical origins of each system, outline the legal and institutional structures Of the systems, and then discuss how each system manages nearshore coastal resources. We discuss similarities and differences across the many specific collective management structures adopted by Japanese and Chilean TURF organizations. We then discuss how outcomes differ from what might emerge under ITQs. C1 [Cancino, Jose P.] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Agron & Ingn Forestal, Dept Econ Agra, Santiago, Chile. [Uchida, Hirotsugu] Univ Rhode Isl, Dept Environm & Nat Resource Econ, Kingston, RI 02881 USA. [Wilen, James E.] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Agr & Resource Econ, Davis, CA 95616 USA. RP Cancino, JP, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Agron & Ingn Forestal, Dept Econ Agra, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile. EM jcancino@uc.cl uchida@uri.edu wilen@prim.al.ucdavis.edu TC 0 PU MRE FOUNDATION, INC PI KINGSTON PA PO BOX 1828, KINGSTON, RI 02881 USA SN 0738-1360 PY 2007 VL 22 IS 4 BP 391 EP 406 SC Economics; Environmental Studies; Fisheries UT ISI:000253904500005 ER PT J AU Mansilla, R Koppen, E Cocho, G Miramontes, P AF Mansilla, R. Koppen, E. Cocho, G. Miramontes, P. TI On the behavior of journal impact factor rank-order distribution SO JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS LA English DT Article AB An empirical law for the rank-order behavior of journal impact factors is found. Using an extensive data base on impact factors including journals on education, agrosciences, geosciences, mathematics, chemistry, medicine, engineering, physics, biosciences and environmental, computer and material sciences, we have found extremely good fittings outperforming other rank-order models. Based in our results, we propose a two-exponent Lotkaian Informetrics. Some extensions to other areas of knowledge are discussed. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. C1 [Miramontes, P.] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. [Mansilla, R.; Koppen, E.] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest Interdisciplinaries Ciencias & Humanid, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. [Cocho, G.] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Miramontes, P, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM pmv@fciencias.unam.mx TC 0 PU ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV PI AMSTERDAM PA PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS SN 1751-1577 PD APR PY 2007 VL 1 IS 2 BP 155 EP 160 DI 10.1016/j.joi.2007.01.001 SC Information Science & Library Science UT ISI:000253644900006 ER PT J AU Flores, D AF Flores, Daniel TI Price cap regulation in the Mexican telephone industry SO INFORMATION ECONOMICS AND POLICY LA English DT Article AB This paper presents a model to analyze price cap regulation of the Mexican telephone industry. There is a vertically integrated firm that is a monopolist in the local service market and a duopolist in the long-distance service market. A regulator sets the access price and a price cap on the basket of final services provided by the integrated firm. We show that this type of price cap can increase the profits of this firm in the downstream market. Moreover, this constraint can actually increase its overall profits and reduce the profits of the downstream rival. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. C1 Univ Autonoma Nuevo Leon, FacEcon, Monterrey 64710, Mexico. RP Flores, D, Univ Autonoma Nuevo Leon, FacEcon, Loma Redonada 1515 Pte,Col Loma Larga, Monterrey 64710, Mexico. EM danflore@ccr.dsi.uanl.mx TC 0 PU ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV PI AMSTERDAM PA PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS SN 0167-6245 PD MAR PY 2005 VL 17 IS 2 BP 231 EP 246 DI 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2004.06.002 SC Economics UT ISI:000227323400008 ER PT J AU Carrillo, MC Kitarii, K Minami, C Maruyama, W AF Carrillo, Maria-Cristina Kitarii, Kenichi Minami, Chiyoko Maruyama, Wakako TI Age-related changes in antioxidant enzyme activities in the brain and liver of BN/Bi rats: Striking differences from those in F344 rats emphasize the need for "public observations" for generating a general theory of aging SO GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL LA English DT Article AB Objective: Age-related changes in endogenous antioxidant enzyme activities have been widely discussed in relation to mechanisms of organismic aging. However, some discrepancies in this regard can be seen in the Published work. The present study aimed to clarify past discrepancies using BN/Bi rats in which no Study has been reported in the past. Methods: Antioxidant enzyme activities such as superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) were compared in several brain regions and the liver between young (8-9 months) and old (27-29 months) BN/BiRijHsd rats of both sexes. Results: CAT activities in brain regions were quite comparable between young, and old rats of both sexes. SOD activity changes with age also were not remarkable, with the exception of significantly lower Mn-SOD activities in substantia nigra and hippocampus of old male rats and significantly higher activities of Cu/Zn-SOD in substantia nigra of old female rats in comparison with respective values in Young rats. CAT activities in the liver tended to be lower in old male rats, while in females the opposite was observed. SOD activities in the liver stayed essentially unchanged with age in males, while in females total as well as Cu/Zn-SOD activities were more than twofold higher in old animals. Conclusion: These data coupled with previously reported results, indicate that no generalization can be made in terms of age-related changes in antioxidant enzyme activities. These differences emphasize the need of "public observations" in any attempt to generate a theory for mechanisms of aging based on antioxidant enzyme activity changes with age. C1 [Carrillo, Maria-Cristina; Kitarii, Kenichi; Minami, Chiyoko; Maruyama, Wakako] Natl Inst Logev Sci, Aichi 4748522, Japan. [Carrillo, Maria-Cristina] Natl Univ Rosario, Inst Expt Physiol, Rosario, Argentina. RP Kitarii, K, Natl Inst Logev Sci, 36-3 Geno Moriokacho, Aichi 4748522, Japan. EM kitani@nils.go.jp TC 0 PU BLACKWELL PUBLISHING PI OXFORD PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND SN 1444-1586 PD SEP PY 2007 VL 7 IS 3 BP 279 EP 284 DI 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2007.00404.x SC Geriatrics & Gerontology; Gerontology UT ISI:000253955900011 ER PT J AU Vallejos-Sanchez, AA Medina-Solis, CE Casanova-Rosado, JF Maupome, G Casanova-Rosado, AJ Minaya-Sanchez, M AF Alicia Vallejos-Sanchez, Ana Eduardo Medina-Solis, Carlo Fernando Casanova-Rosado, Juan Maupome, Gerardo Jose Casanova-Rosado, Alejandro Minaya-Sanchez, Mirna TI Enamel defects, caries in primary dentition and fluoride sources: relationship with caries in permanent teeth SO GACETA SANITARIA LA English DT Article AB Objective: To examine the relationship between the presence of enamel defects, dental caries in primary teeth, and exposure to various fluoride technologies and the presence of dental caries in permanent teeth in children with mixed dentition. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 713 children aged 6-9 years old in 4 elementary schools in Campeche, Mexico through the use of a questionnaire for the mothers and an oral examination in the children. The dependent variable was the prevalence of caries in permanent dentition. Results: The mean number of decay, missing or filling teeth in primary dentition (dmft) and in permanent dentition (DMFT) was 2.48 (2.82) (deft > 0 = 58.9%) and 0.40 (0.98) (DMFT > 0 = 18.2%), respectively. The significant caries index (SiC), which is calculated in deciduous dentition, was 5.85 for 6 year-olds. Multivariate logistic regression adjusted for variables related to fluoride exposure revealed that older age (OR = 2.99), a deft of > 0 (OR = 5.46), and lower maternal educational level (OR = 1.57) were significantly associated with a higher number of dental caries in permanent teeth. An interaction between sex and enamel defects was also found. Conclusions: The number of dental caries in both primary and permanent dentitions was relatively smaller than that found in prior studies performed in Mexican populations. The results confirm that the presence of caries in primary dentition is strongly associated with caries in permanent dentition. No significant relationship was found between fluoride exposure and dental caries in permanent dentition. C1 [Alicia Vallejos-Sanchez, Ana; Fernando Casanova-Rosado, Juan; Jose Casanova-Rosado, Alejandro; Minaya-Sanchez, Mirna] Univ Autonoma Campeche, Fac Odontol, Campeche, Mexico. [Eduardo Medina-Solis, Carlo] Univ Autonoma Estado Hidalgo, Inst Ciencias Salud, Area Acad Odontol, Pachuca, Mexico. [Maupome, Gerardo] Indiana Univ Purdue Univ, Sch Dent, Oral Hlth Res Inst, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA. RP Medina-Solis, CE, Privada Altillo S-N,Entre Avda,Cent & Pedro Moren, Colonia San Jose 24040, Campeche, Mexico. EM cemedinas@yahoo.com TC 2 PU ELSEVIER PI BRIDGEWATER PA 685 ROUTE 202-206, BRIDGEWATER, NJ 08807 USA SN 0213-9111 PD MAY-JUN PY 2007 VL 21 IS 3 BP 227 EP 234 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253953600009 ER PT J AU Streb, JM Druck, PF AF Streb, Jorge M. Druck, Pablo F. TI Economic development as a matter of political geography SO ESTUDIOS DE ECONOMIA LA English DT Article AB Can limited government be a driving force of economic development? This idea goes back to Montesquieu, and is closely related to recent research in institutional economics. Measuring limited government with the Henisz political constraints index, and economic development with income per capita, the paper first does a causality test to see whether political constraints lead income per capita. Since both are persistent variables, their differences are analyzed. The evidence from the 1960-1990 period indeed suggests that increases in political constraints precede economic growth. The effect of political constraints might take a long time period to set in, so a second test looks at the link between income per capita and polity persistence, conditioned on the degree of political constraints. Polity persistence is positively linked to income per capita with high political constraints, but there is no link with low political constraints. This broader evidence suggests that limited government has been conducive to economic development over the long run. C1 [Streb, Jorge M.; Druck, Pablo F.] Univ CEMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Streb, JM, Univ CEMA, Av Cordoba 374,C1054AAP, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM jms@cema.edu.ar pd@cema.edu.ar TC 0 PU UNIV CHILE DEPT ECONOMICS PI SANTIAGO PA DIAGONAL PARAGUAY 257, REGISTRO PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL 112.761, SANTIAGO, 00000, CHILE SN 0304-2758 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 34 IS 1 BP 5 EP 20 SC Economics UT ISI:000253701700001 ER PT J AU Casares, ER AF Casares, Enrique R. TI Trade, real exchange rate, and growth SO ESTUDIOS DE ECONOMIA LA Spanish DT Article AB We develop an endogenous growth model with three goods, exportable, importable and non-tradable. We study the response of the real exchange rate and of the economy growth rate to a decrease in the tariff rate. We show that trade liberalization must be followed by a depreciation of the real exchange rate. We deduce that the growth rate of the economy increases in the long run. We affirm that the Mexican economy did not follow this behavior in the period after the trade liberalization, so the result was a deficient economic growth. C1 Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco, Dept Econ, Mexico City 02200, DF, Mexico. RP Casares, ER, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco, Dept Econ, Av San Pablo 180, Mexico City 02200, DF, Mexico. EM ercg@correo.azc.uam.mx TC 0 PU UNIV CHILE DEPT ECONOMICS PI SANTIAGO PA DIAGONAL PARAGUAY 257, REGISTRO PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL 112.761, SANTIAGO, 00000, CHILE SN 0304-2758 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 34 IS 1 BP 21 EP 35 SC Economics UT ISI:000253701700002 ER PT J AU Jaregui, SB Felix, CC AF Jaregui, Solange Berstein Felix, Carolina Cabrita TI Determinants of AFP demand in Chile: New empirical evicence from individual data SO ESTUDIOS DE ECONOMIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This article is the first one to use individual data to analyze the demand for AFP in Chile. This study implements panel data techniques which allow us to estimate the switch probability of an AFP customer Results confirm the fundamental role of sales agents, which was already suggested by previous studies that have used aggregated data by AFP Particularly, we show that although price and return elasticity of demand are low, it raises notably when associated to a sales agent visit. RP Felix, CC, Huerfanos 1273, Santiago, Chile. EM ccabrita@safp.cl TC 0 PU UNIV CHILE DEPT ECONOMICS PI SANTIAGO PA DIAGONAL PARAGUAY 257, REGISTRO PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL 112.761, SANTIAGO, 00000, CHILE SN 0304-2758 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 34 IS 1 BP 53 EP 72 SC Economics UT ISI:000253701700004 ER PT J AU Rossi, I Tellechea, F Tramontin, F Triunfo, P AF Rossi, Ianina Tellechea, Fernanda Tramontin, Fiorella Triunfo, Patrim TI Health status of Uruguayan people SO ESTUDIOS DE ECONOMIA LA Spanish DT Article AB In this paper we analyze the links between health status (measured by self-reported illness occurrence) and individuals' socioeconomic situation. Using the annual households surveys of Uruguay for the period 1991 to 2000, we compute probit models and find that men, unmarried, young people, occupied, those who do not live alone and those with more than 5 years of education, have a smaller probability of reporting a bad health status. We also find that the probability of reporting a bad health status has a descendent trend in the period, falling from 0,33 in 1991 to 0, 25 in 2000. C1 [Rossi, Ianina; Tellechea, Fernanda; Tramontin, Fiorella; Triunfo, Patrim] Univ Republ Uruguay, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Dept Econ, Montevideo, Uruguay. RP Rossi, I, Univ Republ Uruguay, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Dept Econ, Montevideo, Uruguay. EM ianina@decon.edu.uy ftellechea@decon.edu.uy ftramontin@bcu.gub.uy patricia@decon.edu.uy TC 0 PU UNIV CHILE DEPT ECONOMICS PI SANTIAGO PA DIAGONAL PARAGUAY 257, REGISTRO PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL 112.761, SANTIAGO, 00000, CHILE SN 0304-2758 PD JUN PY 2007 VL 34 IS 1 BP 73 EP U1 SC Economics UT ISI:000253701700005 ER PT J AU Lima, VO Paredes, RD AF Lima, Victor O. Paredes, Ricardo D. TI The dynamics of the labor markets in Chile SO ESTUDIOS DE ECONOMIA LA English DT Article AB Through flows from 3 states, employment, unemployment and out of the labor force, we analyze the dynamics of labor markets in Chile from 1962-2007. We identify some periods of different labor market regimes and relate them with changes inflexibility. We found that reforms such as that of 1967, which introduced the "just cause" requirement to fire workers, did not help workers to keep their jobs, but there is no evidence of significant changes in inflexibility. Other labor regimes significantly affected transitions, but surprisingly, it was the new regime identified in 1990, that increased mobility. We interpret this as the result of the consolidation of a flexibility prone model that, until then, had been associated with an unpopular imposition by the military regime. Finally, we do not find any evidence showing that after 1998 the changes in labor participation and consequently, that the explanations of the changes in the unemployment rate could be associated with "added and discouraged worker effects." C1 [Paredes, Ricardo D.] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Dept Ind & Syst Engn, Santiago, Chile. [Lima, Victor O.] Univ Chicago, Dept Econ, Chicago, IL 60637 USA. RP Lima, VO, Univ Chicago, Dept Econ, Chicago, IL 60637 USA. EM vlima@midway.uchicago.edu Rparedes@ing.puc.cl TC 0 PU UNIV CHILE DEPT ECONOMICS PI SANTIAGO PA DIAGONAL PARAGUAY 257, REGISTRO PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL 112.761, SANTIAGO, 00000, CHILE SN 0304-2758 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 34 IS 2 BP 163 EP 183 SC Economics UT ISI:000253812500003 ER PT J AU Nunez, J Tartakowsky, A AF Nunez, Javier Tartakowsky, Andrea TI Inequality of outcomes vs. inequality of opportunities in a developing country. an exploratory analysis for Chile SO ESTUDIOS DE ECONOMIA LA English DT Article AB We apply a variation of Bourguignon, Melendez and Ferreira (2005) methodology to examine the extent to which income inequality is associated with the inequality of observed exogenous circumstances of origin that determine individuals' "opportunities" to pursue their chosen life plans. We find that equalizing a set of observed circumstances of origin across individuals such as parents' schooling, parents's stability of employment, father's age, household size and growing in a single vs a bi-parental household reduces income inequality, but in a small margin, in the range of 8 to 13 points of the Gini coefficient, about a 15-20 per cent drop. These results are similar to those obtained by Bourguignon et al. (2005) for Brazil, although the dataset and the set of observed circumstances are partially different. These results suggest that a significant part of income inequality may be associated with unobserved heterogeneity across individuals unrelated to circumstances of origin, such as preferences, effort and sheer luck, transitory shocks and measurement errors in income. However, assessing the relative importance of these factors vs. the role of unobserved circumstances remains as future research. C1 [Nunez, Javier] Univ Chile, Dept Econ, Santiago, Chile. RP Nunez, J, Univ Chile, Dept Econ, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU UNIV CHILE DEPT ECONOMICS PI SANTIAGO PA DIAGONAL PARAGUAY 257, REGISTRO PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL 112.761, SANTIAGO, 00000, CHILE SN 0304-2758 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 34 IS 2 BP 185 EP 202 SC Economics UT ISI:000253812500004 ER PT J AU Puentes, E Contreras, D Sanhueza, C AF Puentes, Esteban Contreras, Dante Sanhueza, Claudia TI Self-employment in Chile, long run trends and education and age structures changes SO ESTUDIOS DE ECONOMIA LA English DT Article AB This paper studies long-term trends of self-employment in Chile. Self-employment is associated with poor job conditions, vulnerability, and instability or informal labor market. Contrary to what is expected, self-employment level does not respond to macroeconomic variables. Using forty-one cross sections of the longest Employment Survey available, we show that there is little correlation of the economic cycle with variations in self-employment. Cohort effects are also unimportant. In fact, age is the most important predictor of self-employment; older people are more likely to be self-employed. In addition, we performed a decomposition of changes in self-employment on changes in coefficients, which are a measure of the returns to individual characteristics, and on changes in characteristics. The results indicate that self-employment should have decreased given the changes in individual characteristics, but was prevented by changes in coefficients. We also find indirect evidence that these changes in parameters are not correlated with macroeconomic variables. Finally, the changes in individual characteristics, such as education and age, and changes in their coefficients account for most of the changes in self-employment. C1 [Puentes, Esteban] Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA. [Contreras, Dante] Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile. RP Puentes, E, Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA. EM epuentes@uchicago.edu dcontrer@econ.uchile.cl csanhuez@ahurtado.cl TC 0 PU UNIV CHILE DEPT ECONOMICS PI SANTIAGO PA DIAGONAL PARAGUAY 257, REGISTRO PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL 112.761, SANTIAGO, 00000, CHILE SN 0304-2758 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 34 IS 2 BP 203 EP 247 SC Economics UT ISI:000253812500005 ER PT J AU Braun, M Gadano, N AF Braun, Miguel Gadano, Nicolas TI What are fiscal rules for? A critical analysis of the Argentine experience SO CEPAL REVIEW LA English DT Article AB This article undertakes a critical examination of the usefulness of fiscal responsibility laws in situations of institutional weakness. It analyses the case of Argentina, where prodigal use of fiscal rules (two different laws in just five years) contrasts with their limited effectiveness for fiscal policy sustainability and transparency, and it confirms that in situations of institutional weakness a fiscal responsibility law is unlikely to constrain government decision-making to the extent necessary to correct the behaviour of the public finances. The case of Argentina thus provides a warning for supporters of fiscal rules. When fiscal credibility is low and institutions weak, not only may such rules be fiscally ineffective, but non-enforcement may weaken yet further the fragile institutional context which made them so ineffective to begin with. C1 [Braun, Miguel] CIPPEC, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Gadano, Nicolas] Univ Tella, CIPPEC, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Braun, M, CIPPEC, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM mbraun@cippec.org ngadano@111ilbertell.com.ar TC 0 PU COMISION ECONOMICA PARA AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE PI SANTIAGO PA CASILLA 179-D, SANTIAGO, CHILE SN 0251-2920 PD APR PY 2007 IS 91 BP 53 EP 65 SC Economics UT ISI:000253725700003 ER PT J AU Urzua, CM AF Urzua, Carlos M. TI Consensus and dissension among Mexican economists SO CEPAL REVIEW LA English DT Article AB This article identifies areas of agreement and disagreement among Mexican economists in relation to key issues of economics, on the basis of a survey of 360 members of the profession. The propositions eliciting the greatest consensus included: equity in income distribution, vigorous use of antitrust and consumer protection laws and the use of countercyclical fiscal policies. The most contentious issues were: private investment in the energy sector, the determinants of inflation, the minimum wage as a cause of unemployment and the objectives to be pursued by an independent central bank. C1 Tecn Monterrey, Grad Sch Publ Adm & Publ Policy, EGAP, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Urzua, CM, Tecn Monterrey, Grad Sch Publ Adm & Publ Policy, EGAP, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM curzua@itesrn.mx TC 0 PU COMISION ECONOMICA PARA AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE PI SANTIAGO PA CASILLA 179-D, SANTIAGO, CHILE SN 0251-2920 PD APR PY 2007 IS 91 BP 155 EP 167 SC Economics UT ISI:000253725700008 ER PT J AU Chudnovsky, D Lopez, A AF Chudnovsky, Daniel Lopez, Andres TI Foreign direct investment and development: the MERCOSUR experience SO CEPAL REVIEW LA English DT Article AB This article analyses the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the MERCOSUR countries in the light of key variables such as productivity, foreign trade, innovation and growth. The macroeconomic impact is not found to have been significant, whereas the microeconomic effects seem to have been more noticeable, though varied. Generally speaking, the subsidiaries of transnational corporations operate at higher levels of productivity, engage in more international trade and are more innovative than local companies. The indirect effects of FDI, on the other hand, are less clear. The sign (positive or negative) and magnitude of productivity spillovers to domestic competitors vary, apparently depending on the characteristics of the local businesses and on the markets in which they operate. Finally, only in Brazil is there evidence of spillover effects -although those effects have been both positive and negative- on the export activities and innovation of local companies, as well as productivity spillovers from foreign subsidiaries to their national suppliers. C1 [Chudnovsky, Daniel; Lopez, Andres] CENIT, Res Ctr Change, Ctr Invest Para Transformac, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Chudnovsky, Daniel] Univ San Andres, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Chudnovsky, Daniel; Lopez, Andres] Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Chudnovsky, D, CENIT, Res Ctr Change, Ctr Invest Para Transformac, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM anlopez@fund-cenit.org.ar TC 0 PU COMISION ECONOMICA PARA AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE PI SANTIAGO PA CASILLA 179-D, SANTIAGO, CHILE SN 0251-2920 PD AUG PY 2007 IS 92 BP 7 EP 23 SC Economics UT ISI:000253903700001 ER PT J AU Milesi, D Moori, V Robert, V Yoguel, G AF Milesi, Dario Moori, Virginia Robert, Veronica Yoguel, Gabriel TI Developing competitive advantages: successful export SMES in Argentina, Chile and Colombia SO CEPAL REVIEW LA English DT Article AB This article analyses the specialization patterns of export SMES in Argentina, Chile and Colombia in the 2001-2004 period with a view to identifying the factors that influence the level of success achieved by such companies. To this end, an indicator of export success is applied to the universe of export SMES in the three countries and two groups of agents are differentiated: the successful and the unsuccessful. These factors are identified using information from surveys applied to some 300 export SMES (both successful and unsuccessful) in the countries studied, covering trade, production, technology and the institutional environment. This study compares the relative situation of these countries and analyses the potential contribution their successful export SMES can make to modifying their exportable goods baskets. C1 [Milesi, Dario; Robert, Veronica; Yoguel, Gabriel] Univ Nacl Gen, Ind Inst, Sarmiento, Argentina. RP Milesi, D, Univ Nacl Gen, Ind Inst, Sarmiento, Argentina. EM dmilesi@ungs.edu.ar virginiamoori@arnet.com.ar vrobert@ungs.edu.ar gyoguel@ungs.edu.ar TC 0 PU COMISION ECONOMICA PARA AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE PI SANTIAGO PA CASILLA 179-D, SANTIAGO, CHILE SN 0251-2920 PD AUG PY 2007 IS 92 BP 25 EP 43 SC Economics UT ISI:000253903700002 ER PT J AU Padilla, R Juarez, M AF Padilla, Ramon Juarez, Miriam TI Effects of training on competitiveness in the manufacturing sector SO CEPAL REVIEW LA English DT Article AB This article examines the effect of training on competitiveness in the manufacturing sector, drawing a distinction between industries with differing technological and productive characteristics. Using a systemic approach, it studies activities within firms and the impact that training has on them, as well as the organizational and institutional environment that supports training and the effect of the latter on the locality as a whole. An analysis is performed at two levels. At the firm level (micro analysis), econometric tools are used to study the manufacturing sector in Mexico. At the regional level (meso analysis), the electronics industry in one region of Mexico is studied. Empirical evidence shows that enterprise training has different effects on competitiveness in industries with different technological characteristics. It also has a positive impact on the region through knowledge diffusion. C1 [Padilla, Ramon; Juarez, Miriam] ECLAC Subreg Headquarters, Int Trade & Ind Unit, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Padilla, R, ECLAC Subreg Headquarters, Int Trade & Ind Unit, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM ramon.padilla@cepal.org mijt@hotmail.com TC 1 PU COMISION ECONOMICA PARA AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE PI SANTIAGO PA CASILLA 179-D, SANTIAGO, CHILE SN 0251-2920 PD AUG PY 2007 IS 92 BP 45 EP 60 SC Economics UT ISI:000253903700003 ER PT J AU Bernal, RL AF Bernal, Richard L. TI The globalization of the health-care industry: opportunities for the Caribbean SO CEPAL REVIEW LA English DT Proceedings Paper AB The globalization of the health-care industry is proceeding. It is being driven by the high cost of health care in the developed countries, compounded by the steep rise in demand for health care as a result of the ageing of populations in these countries and the increasing availability of health-care services in developing countries at less expensive rates than in developed countries. Increasingly, patients are sourcing health care globally and opting for the most affordable treatment. In a growing number of fields of treatment, the most cost-effective option is travelling to a developing country. The provision of health care has significant potential for those developing countries that can provide world-class services and facilities at internationally competitive prices. The proximity of the Caribbean to the United States gives it an additional advantage in meeting the rapidly growing demand for health care originating in that country. C1 [Bernal, Richard L.] CRNM, Kingston, Jamaica. [Bernal, Richard L.] Univ W Indies, Sir Arthur Lewis Inst Social & Econ Res, Kingston 7, Jamaica. RP Bernal, RL, CRNM, Kingston, Jamaica. EM rbernalrnm@aol.com TC 0 PU COMISION ECONOMICA PARA AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE PI SANTIAGO PA CASILLA 179-D, SANTIAGO, CHILE SN 0251-2920 PD AUG PY 2007 IS 92 BP 83 EP 99 SC Economics UT ISI:000253903700005 ER PT J AU Khoudour-Casteras, D AF Khoudour-Casteras, David TI International migration and development: the socioeconomic impact of remittances in Colombia SO CEPAL REVIEW LA English DT Article AB Remittances to Colombia have grown rapidly over the last few years, and their economic significance is increasing apace. This article provides a detailed analysis of the economic and social effects of these currency flows and draws attention to the potential long-term risks involved. Accordingly, it analyses trends in remittances in Colombia over the last few years, paying special attention to their importance to the country's economy and the socioeconomic characteristics of their senders and recipients. This analysis is followed by an assessment of remittances in Colombia which indicates that, while they may help to improve the situation of the country, they also entail a number of costs that may, in the long term, be detrimental to its economy. C1 Univ Externado Colombia, Dept Finance Govt & Int Relat, Int Migrat Res Grp, Bogota, Colombia. RP Khoudour-Casteras, D, Univ Externado Colombia, Dept Finance Govt & Int Relat, Int Migrat Res Grp, Bogota, Colombia. EM david.khoudour@uexternado.edu.co TC 0 PU COMISION ECONOMICA PARA AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE PI SANTIAGO PA CASILLA 179-D, SANTIAGO, CHILE SN 0251-2920 PD AUG PY 2007 IS 92 BP 141 EP 158 SC Economics UT ISI:000253903700008 ER PT J AU Craviotti, C AF Craviotti, Clara TI Non-sectoral agents and recent changes in Argentina's agricultural sector SO CEPAL REVIEW LA English DT Article AB This article explores some of the changes that Argentina's agricultural sector has undergone in the past decade, before going on to analyse the structure of the production sector for a non-traditional crop, the blueberry, in the province of Entre Rios. This crop is unusual in that it has been adopted chiefly by entrepreneurs from outside the local area and shows alternatives in terms of diversification of production and vertical integration. Capital investment is more important in blueberry production than investments of land, and information and management technologies play an important role. These are also features of the recent development of traditional crops in non-Pampas areas. The role of capital from outside the sector is worthy of consideration, given the flexibility and versatility made possible by some of today's production methods. C1 [Craviotti, Clara] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Econ Sci, Sociol Work Study Ctr, CONICET,Natl Sci & Tech Res Council, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Craviotti, C, Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Econ Sci, Sociol Work Study Ctr, CONICET,Natl Sci & Tech Res Council, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM ccraviotti@yahoo.com TC 0 PU COMISION ECONOMICA PARA AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE PI SANTIAGO PA CASILLA 179-D, SANTIAGO, CHILE SN 0251-2920 PD AUG PY 2007 IS 92 BP 159 EP 170 SC Economics UT ISI:000253903700009 ER PT J AU de Freitas, CM de Oliveira, SG Schutz, GE Freitas, MB Camponovo, MPG AF de Freitas, Carlos Machado de Oliveira, Simone Gomes Schutz, Gabriel Eduardo Freitas, Marcelo Bessa Gomez Camponovo, Mariana Panchita TI Ecosystem approaches and health in Latin America SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB Important environmental changes that have become increasingly pronounced in the last two centuries and that are seriously affecting human health require the development of integrated and participatory scientific approaches that can result in proposals for institutional and public policy changes. The purpose of this article is to offer some elements that can contribute to a line of reflection based on studies with ecosystem approaches in the Latin America context. The authors begin with a brief description of current scientific literature in public health that links ecosystems and human health in Latin America; next, they describe and compare the two prevailing trends that form the basis for the theoretical and methodological debates on ecosystem approaches; they also review the empirical research in Latin America or concerning Latin Amen. can countries in which an ecosystem approach has been adopted. The results point to limited scientific output on the interface between ecosystems and human health; aspects involving public participation and implementation of institutional changes and public policies are still in a rather incipient stage. C1 [de Freitas, Carlos Machado; Schutz, Gabriel Eduardo] Escola Nacl Saude Publ Sergio Arouca, Ctr & Estudos Saude Trabalhador & Ecol Humana, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, BR-21041210 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. [de Oliveira, Simone Gomes] Secretaria Estado Saude Rio de Janeiro, Ctr Informacao Saude, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. [Freitas, Marcelo Bessa] Escola Politecn Saude Joaquim Venancio, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. [Gomez Camponovo, Mariana Panchita] Univ Republica, Fac Med, Montevideo, Uruguay. RP de Freitas, CM, Escola Nacl Saude Publ Sergio Arouca, Ctr & Estudos Saude Trabalhador & Ecol Humana, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Av Leopoldo Bulhoes 1480, BR-21041210 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. EM carlosmf@ensp.fiocruz.br TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD FEB PY 2007 VL 23 IS 2 BP 283 EP 296 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253804800004 ER PT J AU Alazraqui, M Mota, E Spinelli, H AF Alazraqui, Marcio Mota, Eduardo Spinelli, Hugo TI The epidemiological approach to health inequalities at the local level SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB What are the advantages and limitations of epidemiology for decreasing health inequalities at the local level? To answer this question, the current article discusses the role of epidemiology. The hypothesis is that epidemiology produces useful knowledge for local management of interventions aimed at reducing health inequalities, expressed in spaces built by human communities through social and historical processes. Local production of epidemiological knowledge should support action by social actors in specific situations and contexts, thus renewing the appreciation for ecological designs and georeference studies. Such knowledge output and application are also an organizational phenomenon. Organizations can be seen as "conversational networks". In conclusion, strategic and communicative actions by health workers should provide the central thrust for defining new health care and management models committed to decreasing health inequalities, with epidemiology playing a key role. C1 [Alazraqui, Marcio; Spinelli, Hugo] Univ Nacl Lanus, Maestria Epidemiol Gest & Polit Salud, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Mota, Eduardo] Univ Fed Bahia, Inst Saude Coletiva, Salvador, BA, Brazil. RP Alazraqui, M, Univ Nacl Lanus, Maestria Epidemiol Gest & Polit Salud, Maza 1966,Ciudad,C1240ADP, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM marcioalazraqui@hotmail.com TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PD FEB PY 2007 VL 23 IS 2 BP 321 EP 330 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253804800008 ER PT J AU Briceno-Leon, R Sommerfeld, J AF Briceno-Leon, Roberto Sommerfeld, Johannes TI A social research agenda on globalization and infectious diseases in Latin America SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA English DT Editorial Material C1 [Briceno-Leon, Roberto] Lab Ciencias Sociales, LACSO, Caracas, Venezuela. RP Briceno-Leon, R, Lab Ciencias Sociales, LACSO, Caracas, Venezuela. EM briceitoleon@yahoo.com sominerfeldj@who.int TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PY 2007 VL 23 SU Suppl. 1 BP S5 EP S5 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253807000001 ER PT J AU Torres, JR Castro, J AF Torres, Jaime R. Castro, Julio TI The health and economic impact of dengue in Latin America SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA English DT Article AB In the last two decades, all countries in the tropical regions of Latin America have experienced marked increases in the incidence of both classic dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever Major risk factors for the occurrence of dengue in the region, as well as some regional peculiarities in its clinical expression, such as the extensive involvement of older age groups, have been defined. While little information exists on the economic impact of dengue in the region in terms of disease burden, the estimated loss associated with the disease is on the same order of magnitude as tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases (excluding HIV/AIDS), Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, or intestinal helminths. Therefore, similar priority should be given in the allocation of resources for dengue research and control. Data on cost-efficacy and cost-benefit analysis of dengue control programs in Latin America are scarce; however, the cost per DALY averted by control programs during endemic periods appears low, as compared to other mosquito-borne diseases like yellow fever, leishmaniasis, or malaria. Additionally, the cost-benefit ratio of the control programs has proven to be positive. C1 [Torres, Jaime R.; Castro, Julio] Cent Univ Venezuela, Fac Med, Inst Trop Med, Caracas 1041A, Venezuela. RP Torres, JR, Cent Univ Venezuela, Fac Med, Inst Trop Med, Apartado 47623, Caracas 1041A, Venezuela. EM torresj@iname.com TC 2 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PY 2007 VL 23 SU Suppl. 1 BP S23 EP S31 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253807000004 ER PT J AU Briceho-Leon, R AF Briceho-Leon, Roberto TI Chagas disease and globalization of the Amazon SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA English DT Article AB The increasing number of autochthonous cases of Chagas disease in the Amazon since the 1970s has led to fear that the disease may become a new public health problem in the region. This transformation in the disease's epidemiological pattern in the Amazon can be explained by environmental and social changes in the last 30 years. The current article draws on the sociological theory of perverse effects to explain these changes as the unwanted result of the shift from the "inward" development model prevailing until the 1970s to the "outward" model that we know as globalization, oriented by industrial forces and international trade. The current article highlights the implementation of five new patterns in agriculture, cattle-raising, mining, lumbering, and urban occupation that have generated changes in the environment and the traditional indigenous habitat and have led to migratory flows, deforestation, sedentary living, the presence of domestic animals, and changes in the habitat that facilitate colonization of human dwellings by vectors and the domestic and work-related transmission of the disease. The expansion of Chagas disease is thus a perverse effect of the globalization process in the Amazon. C1 Lab Ciencias Sociales, Caracas, Venezuela. RP Briceho-Leon, R, Lab Ciencias Sociales, Av Agustin Codazzi,Quinta LACSO,Santa Monica, Caracas, Venezuela. EM bricenoleon@lacso.org.ve TC 1 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PY 2007 VL 23 SU Suppl. 1 BP S33 EP S40 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253807000005 ER PT J AU Castro, R Erviti, J Leyva, R AF Castro, Robert Erviti, Joaquina Leyva, Rene TI Globalization and infectious diseases in Mexico's indigenous population SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB This paper discusses the health status of indigenous populations in Mexico. The first section characterizes the concept of globalization and its links to the population's health. Based on available statistical data, the second section documents the current indigenous populations' health status in the country. The article then argues that the presupposition of equity, crucial to globalization theory, does not apply to this case. Using the Mexican National Health Survey (2000), the third section further analyzes the health status of indigenous populations and identifies important inconsistencies in the data. The discussion section contends that these inconsistencies derive from the fact that such health surveys fail to contemplate the cultural specificities of indigenous peoples, thus leading to erroneous interpretations of the data. The article concludes that statistics on indigenous peoples' health must be interpreted with extreme caution and always with the support of social science theories and research methods. C1 [Castro, Robert; Erviti, Joaquina] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Reg Invest Multidisciplinarias, Cuernavaca 62191, Morelos, Mexico. [Leyva, Rene] Inst Nacl Salud Publ, Ctr Invest & Sistemas Salud, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. RP Castro, R, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Reg Invest Multidisciplinarias, Apartado Postal 4-106,CP 62431, Cuernavaca 62191, Morelos, Mexico. EM reastro@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PY 2007 VL 23 SU Suppl. 1 BP S41 EP S50 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253807000006 ER PT J AU Botto-Abella, C Graterol-Mendoza, B AF Botto-Abella, Carlos Graterol-Mendoza, Beatriz TI Globalization, inequality, and transmission of tropical diseases in the Venezuelan Amazon SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB Economic globalization appears to be causing greater inequalities and increased vulnerability to tropical diseases around the world. The Venezuelan Amazon population, especially the rural indigenous population, displays among the worst health indicators in the Americas. High infant mortality rates in remote indigenous populations indicate that such communities have been affected by the globalization of disease, rather than favored by globalization of health. Globalization has also influenced public policies in the country, affecting the efficiency of control programs targeting tropical diseases. A new global pact for the sustainable development of the planet is needed, supported by the globalization of human values and rights. In Venezuela, new policies for the indigenous health sector, more resources, and greater autonomy could help reduce the inequities described here in the Venezuelan Amazon. C1 [Botto-Abella, Carlos] Cent Univ Venezuela, Inst Trop Med, Fac Med, Caracas 1041A, Venezuela. [Botto-Abella, Carlos] Ctr Amazonico Invest & Control Enfermedades Trop, Minist Salud & Desarrollo Social, Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela. [Graterol-Mendoza, Beatriz] Inst Nacl Invest Agr, Estac Expt Amazonas, Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela. RP Botto-Abella, C, Cent Univ Venezuela, Inst Trop Med, Fac Med, Apaetado Postal 47623, Caracas 1041A, Venezuela. EM okoloima@yahoo.co.uk TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PY 2007 VL 23 SU Suppl. 1 BP S51 EP S63 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253807000007 ER PT J AU Nelson, CM AF Nelson, Caro Mendez TI Links and effects of globalization on social and economic organization and malaria prevalence in the Coastal Region of Livingston, Guatemala SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB As a result of Guatemala's growing involvement in international markets and policies favoring industrial and export-oriented efforts, the population has experienced substantial changes in its economic and social organization, with consequences for the health and well-being of marginal groups. The article discusses various links between global processes, national policies and priorities, social and economic strategies, and malaria prevalence, with the Coastal Region of Livingston, Guatemala as the case study carried out between 2001 and 2003. RP Nelson, CM, Calle 23-53 Zona 15,Vista Hermosa 2, Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala. EM carogua@yahoo.com TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PY 2007 VL 23 SU Suppl. 1 BP S65 EP S73 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253807000008 ER PT J AU Guevara, BG AF Guevara, Bailde Garcia TI The contribution of ethnography to knowledge on socio-cultural codes related to localized cutaneous leishmaniasis in a health education program in Venezuela SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB This article presents the experience with the validation of the ethnographic methodology as an alternative for an objective and timely approach to the construction of socio-cultural scenarios in communities affected by cutaneous leishmaniasis in Venezuela. It begins with a brief presentation on the resurgence of leishmaniasis in the Americas as a whole and in Venezuela in the context of social inequalities. It proceeds with a review of the role of health education in programs to control endemic diseases. It then highlights the role of ethnography in the construction of rationality in daily life, its meanings, and interpretation by persons with the disease in order to elaborate permanent and sustainable health education programs. The methodology was validated using a figure in which an analysis was performed of the clinical and epidemiological history normally used to gather information on the disease. Among the main findings was the inadequacy of the clinical history design for obtaining information on socio-cultural factors linked to the disease, expressed by specific geographic territories with the support of georeferencing. C1 Area Hosp Vargas, Inst Biomed, Minist Salud & Desarrollo Social, San Nicolas Providencia San Jose, Caracas 4043, Venezuela. RP Guevara, BG, Area Hosp Vargas, Inst Biomed, Minist Salud & Desarrollo Social, San Nicolas Providencia San Jose, Caracas 4043, Venezuela. EM baildemaria@gmail.com TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PY 2007 VL 23 SU Suppl. 1 BP S75 EP S83 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253807000009 ER PT J AU Giovanella, L Sanchez, DM AF Giovanella, Ligia Sanchez, Delia M. TI Regional integration and health policies SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA English DT Editorial Material C1 [Giovanella, Ligia] Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacl Saude Publ Sergio Arouca, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. [Giovanella, Ligia; Sanchez, Delia M.] Network Hlth Syst & Serv Res So Cone Latin Amer, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. [Sanchez, Delia M.] Org & Politicas Salud, Grp Estudios & Econ, Montevideo, Uruguay. RP Giovanella, L, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacl Saude Publ Sergio Arouca, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. EM giovanel@ensp.fiocruz.br dibarsan@adinet.com.uy TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PY 2007 VL 23 SU Suppl. 2 BP S115 EP S115 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253807200001 ER PT J AU Sanchez, DM AF Sanchez, Delia M. TI Health integration processes: challenges for MERCOSUR in the health field SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB This paper describes the institutional background in Latin American integration in both the economy and health, and proposes a systematization of possible health integration modalities. Facilitating and inhibiting factors for integration according to each modality are identified, and their feasibility is discussed in the present context. The structure and functioning of MERCOSUR health structures (Ministerial Meeting and Sub-group 11) are briefly described, as well as the advances achieved to date, reflecting on the possible causes of uneven progress in different areas. C1 Org & Politicas Sociales, Grp Estudios & Econ, Montevideo 11300, Uruguay. RP Sanchez, DM, Org & Politicas Sociales, Grp Estudios & Econ, Francisco Vidal 643,Apto 102, Montevideo 11300, Uruguay. EM dibarsan@adinet.com.uy TC 1 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PY 2007 VL 23 SU Suppl. 2 BP S155 EP S163 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253807200005 ER PT J AU Schweiger, ALF Alvarez, DT AF Schweiger, Arturo Luis Francisco Alvarez, Daniela Teresita TI Regional integration, population health needs, and human resources for health systems and services: an approach to the concept of health care gap SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB The existence of gaps between the population's health needs and the human resources available for meeting them, as well as limitations in the methods to estimate such needs, constitute key factors to be tackled in the development and integration of health systems in Latin America. This aim of this study was to conduct an initial literature review on the tools and procedures used to estimate and plan human resources allocation in health and to use this review as the basis for identifying the advantages, limitations, and complementary characteristics of these tools, subsequently proposing the need for more in-depth studies on their applicability for designing regional health policies. The article then presents the concept of global public health goods, the generation and use of which results in a strategic alternative for improving both health systems integration in the region and quality of life for the population covered by such services. C1 [Schweiger, Arturo Luis Francisco; Alvarez, Daniela Teresita] Inst Univ Fdn ISALUD, Maestria Econ & Gest Salud, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Schweiger, ALF, Inst Univ Fdn ISALUD, Maestria Econ & Gest Salud, Calle Venezuela 925-31,C1095AAS, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM schweiger@isalud.org TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PY 2007 VL 23 SU Suppl. 2 BP S202 EP S213 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253807200010 ER PT J AU Agudelo, CA AF Agudelo, Carlos A. TI Health in Andean regional integration SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB Despite their shared history, the Andean countries are socially and politically diverse, with heterogeneous health realities and complex integration processes. General developments such as the Latin American Free Trade Association and Latin American Integration Association have existed for decades, along with others of a regional scope, like the Andean Community of Nations, Caribbean Community, and Central American Common Market. The health field has a specific instrument in the Andean Region called the Hipolito Unanue Agreement, created in 1971. Integration processes have concentrated on economic aspects, based on preferential customs agreements that have led to an important long-term increase in trade. Less progress has been made in the field of health in terms of sharing national experiences, knowledge, and capabilities. Analysis of experiences in health has shown that integration depends on the countries' respective strengths and to a major extent on national political processes. C1 [Agudelo, Carlos A.] Univ Nacl Colombia, Fac Med, Inst Salud Publ, Bogota, Colombia. [Agudelo, Carlos A.] Red Andina & Caribe Invest Polit & Sistemas Salud, Bogota, Colombia. RP Agudelo, CA, Univ Nacl Colombia, Fac Med, Inst Salud Publ, Ciudad Univ,Edifico 471, Bogota, Colombia. EM caagudeloc@unal.edu.co TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PY 2007 VL 23 SU Suppl. 2 BP S267 EP S272 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253807200015 ER PT J AU Benzaken, AS Garcia, EG Sardinha, JCG Dutra, JC Peeling, R AF Benzaken, Adele Schwartz Garcia, Enrique Galban Gomes Sardinha, Jose Carlos Dutra Junior, Joao Catarino Peeling, Rosanna TI Rapid tests for diagnosing syphilis: validation in an STD clinic in the Amazon Region, Brazil SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA English DT Article AB Correct, early diagnosis and treatment of syphilis are essential for its control. Traditional diagnostic tests depend on specialized equipment, installations, and human resources. In the search for quick, simple tests, a project was conducted on the validation and reproducibility of four different tests, previously assessed by WHO reference laboratories. The study also verified the operational characteristics and acceptance by patients and health professionals. Samples obtained at an STD clinic were from 541 and 248 patients with 51 and 52 positive results according to FTA-Abs (gold standard) in studies 1 and 2, respectively. The sensitivity varied from 84 to 96%, specificity was greater than 98%, and PPV was > 90%. Reproducibility was > 97% and kappa index 0.94, comparing the results obtained by different health workers. The tests took less than 20 minutes to perform, and more than 90% of patients agreed to wait up to two hours for the results. The tests presented the necessary requirements for use in diagnosis of syphilis, thus providing an additional option for controlling this disease. C1 [Benzaken, Adele Schwartz; Gomes Sardinha, Jose Carlos; Dutra Junior, Joao Catarino] Fundacao Dermatol Trop & Venereol Alfredo Matta, BR-69065130 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. [Garcia, Enrique Galban] Univ Calixto Garcia, Havana, Cuba. [Peeling, Rosanna] WHO, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland. RP Benzaken, AS, Fundacao Dermatol Trop & Venereol Alfredo Matta, Rua Codajas 24, BR-69065130 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. EM abenzaken@fuam.am.gov.br TC 0 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PY 2007 VL 23 SU Suppl. 3 BP S456 EP S464 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253807300013 ER PT J AU Rocha-Amador, D Navarro, ME Carrizales, L Morales, R Calderon, J AF Rocha-Amador, Diana Navarro, Maria Elena Carrizales, Leticia Morales, Raul Calderon, Jaqueline TI Decreased intelligence in children and exposure to fluoride and arsenic in drinking water SO CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA English DT Article AB Recent evidence suggests that fluoride (F) and arsenic (As) may adversely affect intelligence quotient (IQ) scores. We explore the association between exposure to F and As in drinking water and intelligence in children. Three rural communities in Mexico with contrasting levels of F and As in drinking water were studied: Moctezuma (F 0.8+/-1.4mg/L; As 5.8+/-1.3 mu g/L); Salitral (F 5.3+/-0.9mg/L; As 169+/-0.9 mu g/L) and 5 de Febrero (F 9.4+/-0.9mg/L; As 194+/-1.3 mu g/L). The final study sample consisted of 132 children from 6 to 10 years old. After controlling for confounders, an inverse association was observed between F in urine and Performance, Verbal, and Full IQ scores (beta values = -13, -15.6, -16.9, respectively). Similar results were observed for F in drinking water (beta values = -6.7, -11.2, -10.2, respectively) and As in drinking water (beta values = -4.30, -6.40, -6.15, respectively). The p-values for all cases were < 0.001. A significant association was observed between As in urine and Full IQ scores (beta = -5.72, p = 0.003). These data suggest that children exposed to either F or As have increased risks of reduced IQ scores. C1 [Rocha-Amador, Diana; Carrizales, Leticia; Calderon, Jaqueline] Univ Autonoma San Luis Potosi, Dept Toxicol Ambiental, Fac Med, San Luis Potosi 78210, Mexico. [Navarro, Maria Elena; Morales, Raul] Univ Autonoma San Luis Potosi, Fac Psicol, San Luis Potosi 78210, Mexico. RP Calderon, J, Univ Autonoma San Luis Potosi, Dept Toxicol Ambiental, Fac Med, Av Venustiano Carranza 2405,Col Lomas los Filtros, San Luis Potosi 78210, Mexico. EM calderoj@uaslp.mx TC 1 PU CADERNOS SAUDE PUBLICA PI RIO DE JANIERO PA RUA LEOPOLDO BUHOES 1480, RIO DE JANIERO, RJ 210410210, BRAZIL SN 0102-311X PY 2007 VL 23 SU Suppl. 4 BP S579 EP S587 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253807400010 ER PT J AU Powell, J Roa, R Shi, J Xayavong, V AF Powell, John Roa, Ruben Shi, Jing Xayavong, Viliphonh TI A test for long-term cyclical clustering of stock market regimes SO AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT LA English DT Article AB This paper finds that observed monthly United States stock index returns are consistent with an underlying mechanism of shifts in regimes amongst multiple states with differing means and volatility. An issue of especial interest is whether long-term clustering of regimes gives rise to stock market cycles. The paper therefore introduces a likelihood ratio test for long-term clustering of regimes. Clustering of regime presence tends to involve much longer term cycles than the bull and bear market cycles identified by Pagan and Sossounov (2003), thus extending the research issues that are associated with the analysis of mean returns using multiple state regime-switching models. C1 [Powell, John] Massey Univ, Dept Finance Banking & Property, Palmerston North, New Zealand. [Roa, Ruben] Univ Concepcion, Dept Stat, Concepcion, Chile. [Shi, Jing] Jinagxi Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Finance, Nanchang, Peoples R China. [Shi, Jing] Australian Natl Univ, Sch Finance & Appl Stat, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. [Xayavong, Viliphonh] Univ Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia. RP Powell, J, Massey Univ, Dept Finance Banking & Property, Palmerston North, New Zealand. EM Jing.Shi@anu.edu.au TC 1 PU UNIV NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTR GRAD SCH MANAGEMENT PI KENSINGTON PA PO BOX 1, KENSINGTON, NSW 2033, AUSTRALIA SN 0312-8962 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 32 IS 2 BP 205 EP 221 SC Management UT ISI:000253850600003 ER PT J AU Elena, RS Yedwab, BT AF Elena, Rodrigo Salazar Yedwab, Benjamin Temkin TI Abstentionism, schooling and trust in institutions: The 2003 federal elections in Mexico SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Article AB The 2003 midterm federal elections in Mexico reveal that municipalities whose populations score higher on educational attainment also exhibit lower voter turnout rates, thus contradicting an empirical regularity found in Mexico and in democracies, more generally. This article uses data from the 2000 and 2003 Latinobarometro surveys and panel data from the 2001-2003 National Survey of Political Culture and Citizen Practices (ENCUP) to explore the individual determinants of this aggregate finding. It argues that this municipal-level result is a product of the fact that more highly educated citizens reduced their levels of trust in political institutions. This study shows that declining levels of trust were themselves a result of a drop in citizen assessments of institutional performance, where performance is operationalized as citizen evaluations of the political class and of the results of its actions. C1 [Elena, Rodrigo Salazar] Fac Latinoamer Ciencias Sociales, Mexico City 14200, DF, Mexico. RP Elena, RS, Fac Latinoamer Ciencias Sociales, Carretera Picacho Ajusco 377, Mexico City 14200, DF, Mexico. EM rosencrantz@flacso.edu.mx temkin@flacso.edu.mx TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 1 BP 5 EP 42 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740000001 ER PT J AU Moreno, A Mendez, P AF Moreno, Alejandro Mendez, Patricia TI Party identification in the 2000 and 2006 presdential elections in Mexico SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Article AB In this article, we analyze the patterns of change in party, identification observed in the 2000 and 2006 presidential elections in Mexico. Based primarily on national exit poll data, we focus on three observed and interrelated phenomena:: first, there was a slight decline in the level of partisanship observed not only among voters-who turned out, but also among the electorate at large. Secondly, party identification remains one of the most important explanatory variables of the vote in Mexico, but partisan voting was slightly weaker in 2006, as evidenced by the levels of cross-over voting and split-ticket voting in each election. Finally, a multivariate analysis based on these data shows significant changes in the social and ideological composition of party identification, providing evidence of how partisan realignment among segments of the Mexican electorate is taking place. From 2000 to 2006, formerly strong PRI identifiers; such as women and rural voters, adopted identification with either PAN or PRD. Our analysis also documents transformations such as leftist PAN voters changing to PRD and highly educated voters becoming increasingly independent. C1 [Moreno, Alejandro] ITAM, Mexico City 01000, DF, Mexico. RP Moreno, A, ITAM, Rio Hondo 1,Col Tizapan San Angel, Mexico City 01000, DF, Mexico. EM amoreno@itam.mx pmendez@institutomora.edu.mx TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 1 BP 43 EP 75 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740000002 ER PT J AU Kocher, MA Minushkin, S AF Kocher, Matthew Adam Minushkin, Susan TI Anti-Americanism and economic globalization: Free trade, open markets and public opinion in Mexico SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Article AB In this article, we examine how attitudes toward the United States shape trade and investment policy preferences in Mexico. To the extent that rising anti-Americanism changes public opinion on the desirability of free trade and open markets, increased economic globalization may be at risk from publics and governments who seek to break its advance in multilateral trade negotiations or force its retreat through domestic protectionist policies. We measure Mexican attitudes with public opinion data drawn from the recent Mexico y el Mundo 2004 survey. We find that, in Mexico, rational socio-tropic and retrospective evaluations, as well as non-rational political and social values, tend to drive attitudes toward trade and investment, but rational expectations about average economic prospects do not. Our results suggest that the well-documented rise in anti-Americanism and opposition to American foreign policy may indeed put economic globalization at risk. C1 [Kocher, Matthew Adam; Minushkin, Susan] CIDE, Mexico City 01210, DF, Mexico. RP Kocher, MA, CIDE, Carretera Mexico Toluca 3655,Col Lomas Santa Fe, Mexico City 01210, DF, Mexico. EM matthew.kocher@cide.edu susan.minushkin@cide.edu TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 1 BP 77 EP 115 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740000003 ER PT J AU Negretto, G AF Negretto, Gabriel TI Proposal for electoral reform in Mexico SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Editorial Material C1 CIDE, Mexico City 01210, DF, Mexico. RP Negretto, G, CIDE, Carretera Mexico Toluca 3655,Col Lomas Santa Fe, Mexico City 01210, DF, Mexico. EM gabriel.negretto@cide.edu TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 1 BP 215 EP 227 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740000009 ER PT J AU Barron, L AF Barron, Luis TI Mexico. The struggle for democratic development SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Barron, Luis] Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Barron, L, Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 1 BP 263 EP 266 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740000020 ER PT J AU Mariscal, J AF Mariscal, Judith TI Downsizing the state. Privatization and the limits of neoliberal reform in Mexico SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Mariscal, Judith] Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Mariscal, J, Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 1 BP 267 EP 269 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740000021 ER PT J AU Merino, M AF Merino, Mauricio TI Mexico's awakening. Circumstances of a search for democracy SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Merino, Mauricio] Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Merino, M, Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 1 BP 269 EP 272 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740000022 ER PT J AU Pipitone, U AF Pipitone, Ugo TI AMLO: Between attraction and fear. A chronicle from 2003 to 2005 SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Pipitone, Ugo] Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Pipitone, U, Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 1 BP 272 EP 277 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740000023 ER PT J AU Pipitone, U AF Pipitone, Ugo TI Conspiracy: dirty money in the party of hope SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Pipitone, Ugo] Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Pipitone, U, Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 1 BP 272 EP 277 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740000024 ER PT J AU Trillo, FH AF Trillo, Fausto Hernandez TI Democratization without representation: The politics of small industry in Mexico SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Trillo, Fausto Hernandez] Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Trillo, FH, Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 1 BP 278 EP 280 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740000025 ER PT J AU Langston, J AF Langston, Joy TI Anatomy of the PRI: Key to understanding Roberto Madrazo SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Langston, Joy] Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Langston, J, Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 1 BP 283 EP 284 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740000027 ER PT J AU Sour, L AF Sour, Laura TI National offenses in Mexican public finances, 1982-2005 SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Sour, Laura] Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Sour, L, Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 1 BP 284 EP 286 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740000028 ER PT J AU Meseguer, C AF Meseguer, Covadonga TI Poverty traps SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Meseguer, Covadonga] Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Meseguer, C, Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 1 BP 286 EP 289 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740000029 ER PT J AU Laborde, I AF Marvan Laborde, Ignacio TI How did 1916-1917 convention delegates vote? SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Article AB This article demonstrates that a "jacobin" or radical majority did not impose its vision on the 1917 Mexican constitution. Empirical analysis of votes held during the Constitutional Congress, held in Queretaro, indicates that unanimity prevailed among convention delegates. This article explains the reasons and mechanisms behind widespread agreement and identifies the key differences among convention delegates. Delegates did not form disciplined and permanent groups when they disagreed. This article also analyzes other factors that explain why the Constituent Congress approved the new constitution, including the political and military circumstances in which the convention was held and the strict rules tinder which delegates deliberated. C1 Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Div Estudios Polit, Mexico City 01210, DF, Mexico. RP Laborde, I, Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Div Estudios Polit, Carretera Mexico Toluca 3655, Mexico City 01210, DF, Mexico. EM ignacio.marvan@cide.edu TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 309 EP 347 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740100001 ER PT J AU Luna, JP AF Pablo Luna, Juan TI Political representation in Latin America: Existing findings and a research agenda SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Article AB This review essay concludes that the neo-institutionalist literature shows that the necessary preconditions for programmatic representation do not exist in Latin America. The inability to explain non-programmatic links between voters and political parties limits neo-institutional research. Existing work suffers because it narrows the study of programmatic representation to party institutionalization, because it focuses on formal institutions, and because it relies too heavily upon the use of aggregate data in cross-national studies to study the party systems of the region. This essay Suggests that future studies of parties use multi-level comparisons to describe the necessarily heterogeneous linkages that parties craft with different types of voters. It also recommends using political economy to study the informal institutions and historical-institutional trajectories of Latin American political parties. C1 Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Ciencia Polit, Macul, Santiago De Chi, Chile. RP Luna, JP, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Ciencia Polit, Campus San Joaquin,Av Vicuna Makenna 4680, Macul, Santiago De Chi, Chile. EM jlunaf@puc.cl TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 391 EP 435 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740100003 ER PT J AU Lawson, C Moreno, A AF Lawson, Chappell Moreno, Alejandro TI Mexico 2006 Panel Study: Measuring changes in electoral preferences during the presidential campaign SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Article AB This research note discusses the methods and key findings of the Mexico 2006 Panel Study, a multi-investigator project on Mexican voting behavior. This panel study consists of a three-wave panel survey of 2,400 Mexican adults between October 2005 and July 2006. It also includes an extensive content analysis of television news and advertisements. The Mexico 2006 Panel Study permits assessing the impact of events and information flows, along with post-electoral context, on the political attitudes of Mexicans. These surveys document which types of voters changed their electoral preferences during the campaign and offers a host of variables to explain why these changes occurred. C1 [Lawson, Chappell] MIT, Dept Ciencia Polit, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA. [Moreno, Alejandro] Inst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Dept Ciencia Polit, Mexico City 01000, DF, Mexico. RP Lawson, C, MIT, Dept Ciencia Polit, 77 Massachusetts Ave,Room E53-470, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA. EM clawson@mit.edu amoreno@itam.mx TC 1 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 437 EP 465 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740100004 ER PT J AU Beltran, U AF Beltran, Uses TI Institutional contexts and individual decisions: Fourth national CIDE-CSES survey SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Article AB This research note describes the fourth Mexican electoral survey (2006) undertaken by CIDE-CSES (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas) as part of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES). The CIDE-CSES project 2006 studies the impact of institutional arrangements on electoral behavior and is part of a larger effort that includes similar surveys of all Mexican federal elections since 1997. Its preliminary results suggest that, in comparative perspective, distrust of the 2006 election is related to the age of the Mexican electoral system. Similarly, it points out that partisan affiliation appears related to party system age. Electoral competition also has increased interest in and information about politics in Mexico. C1 Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Div Estudios Polit, Mexico City 01210, DF, Mexico. RP Beltran, U, Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Div Estudios Polit, Carretera Mexico Toluca 3655, Mexico City 01210, DF, Mexico. EM ulises.beltran@cide.edu TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 467 EP 490 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740100005 ER PT J AU Paras, P Lopez, C AF Paras, Pablo Lopez, Carlos TI Auditing democracy: Mexico 2006 SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Article AB This research note discusses the methods, the key findings, and implications of the second study of the political culture of Mexico. The 2006 survey, carried out under the auspices of the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), permits comparing Mexico with 20 other countries. It measures political culture in depth and generates a portrait of democratic quality. This note analyzes, in comparative perspective, the following concepts: political tolerance, system support, democratic stability, social capital, rule of law, insecurity, and corruption. LAPOP 2006's findings uphold the argument that Mexico has a stable and comparatively robust democratic culture that can contribute to the consolidation of its democracy. C1 [Paras, Pablo; Lopez, Carlos] Data Opin Publ & Mercados, Mexico City 03020, DF, Mexico. [Lopez, Carlos] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias Polit & Sociales, Ctr Estudios Sociol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Paras, P, Data Opin Publ & Mercados, Xochicalco Num 459-2, Mexico City 03020, DF, Mexico. EM pp@dataopm.net clo@dataopm.net TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 491 EP 512 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740100006 ER PT J AU Rivera, JAA AF Aguilar Rivera, Jose Antonio TI The English constitution SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Aguilar Rivera, Jose Antonio] CIDE, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Rivera, JAA, CIDE, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 554 EP 558 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740100009 ER PT J AU Rivera, JAA AF Aguilar Rivera, Jose Antonio TI Congressional government. Political regime in the United States SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Aguilar Rivera, Jose Antonio] CIDE, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Rivera, JAA, CIDE, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 554 EP 558 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740100010 ER PT J AU Ortiz, RYO AF Ortega Ortiz, Reynaldo Yunuen TI Selected essays of Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Ortega Ortiz, Reynaldo Yunuen] Colegio Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Ortiz, RYO, Colegio Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 559 EP 562 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740100011 ER PT J AU Loaeza, S AF Loaeza, Soledad TI Democratization via federalism? National Action Party, 1939-2000: history of a difficult strategy SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Loaeza, Soledad] Colegio Mexico, Mexico City 10740, DF, Mexico. RP Loaeza, S, Colegio Mexico, Mexico City 10740, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 571 EP 577 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740100015 ER PT J AU Loaeza, S AF Loaeza, Soledad TI Mexico's new politics. The PAN and democratic change SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Loaeza, Soledad] Colegio Mexico, Mexico City 10740, DF, Mexico. RP Loaeza, S, Colegio Mexico, Mexico City 10740, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 571 EP 577 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740100016 ER PT J AU Lehoucq, F AF Lehoucq, Fabrice TI Mexico 2025: the future is built today SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Lehoucq, Fabrice] CIDE, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Lehoucq, F, CIDE, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 586 EP 589 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740100020 ER PT J AU Lehoucq, F AF Lehoucq, Fabrice TI Same old conversations! Voices and personalities in New Mexico SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Lehoucq, Fabrice] CIDE, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Lehoucq, F, CIDE, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 586 EP 589 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740100021 ER PT J AU Kocher, M AF Kocher, Matthew TI Inside rebellion: The politics of insurgent violence SO POLITICA Y GOBIERNO LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Kocher, Matthew] CIDE, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Kocher, M, CIDE, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS PI LOMAS DE SANTA FE PA CARRETERA MEXICO-TOLUCA 3655, LOMAS DE SANTA FE 01210 D F, MEXICO SN 1405-1060 PY 2007 VL 14 IS 2 BP 611 EP 614 SC Political Science UT ISI:000253740100029 ER PT J AU Munoz, PC da Silva, MF Miranda, JV Claro, F Diniz, RG AF Munoz, Pablo Chavez da Silva, Marcus Fernandes Miranda, Jose Vivas Claro, Francisco Diniz, Raimundo Gomez TI Influence of government controls over the currency exchange rate in the evolution of Hurst's exponent: An autonomous agent-based model SO PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS LA English DT Proceedings Paper AB We have studied the performance of the Hurst's index associated with the currency exchange rate in Brazil and Chile. It is shown that this index maps the degree of government control in the exchange rate. A model of supply and demand based in an autonomous agent is proposed, that simulates a virtual market of sale and purchase, where buyer or seller are forced to negotiate through an intermediary. According to this model, the average of the price of daily transactions correspond to the theoretical balance proposed by the law of supply and demand. The influence of an added tendency factor is also analyzed. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. C1 [Munoz, Pablo Chavez; Claro, Francisco] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Fis, Santiago 22, Chile. [da Silva, Marcus Fernandes; Miranda, Jose Vivas] Univ Fed Bahia, Inst Fis, BR-210340 Salvador, BA, Brazil. [Diniz, Raimundo Gomez] Banco Cent Brasil, Dept Combate Licitos Cambias & Financeiros, BR-40176900 Salvador, BA, Brazil. RP Munoz, PC, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Fis, Casilla 306, Santiago 22, Chile. EM pachavez@gmail.com TC 0 PU ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV PI AMSTERDAM PA PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS SN 0378-4371 PD DEC 15 PY 2007 VL 386 IS 2 BP 786 EP 790 DI 10.1016/j.physa.2007.07.009 SC Physics, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000253843400032 ER PT J AU Alvarado, BE Zunzunegui, MV Beland, F Sicotte, M Tellechea, L AF Alvarado, Beatriz Eugenia Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria Beland, Francois Sicotte, Maryline Tellechea, Lourdes TI Social and gender inequalities in depressive symptoms among urban older adults of Latin America and the Caribbean SO JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES LA English DT Article AB Objectives. This study examined gender differences in depression by examining differential exposure and vulnerability to socioeconomic factors during the life course. Methods. The data used for the analyses originated from a cross-national survey of older adults living in seven large Latin American cities. We examined associations between depressive symptomatology and socioeconomic conditions and health indicators in childhood, adulthood, and old age. We used the Geriatric Depression Scale to classify respondents with high levels of depressive symptoms. Results. The prevalence of depression in the urban population of Latin America was relatively low, ranging across cities from 0.4 to 5.2% in men and from 0.3 to 9.5% in women. Women were more exposed to social and material disadvantages during their life course than men but were not more vulnerable to them than men. Current socioeconomic conditions and health status as well as functional disabilities mainly accounted for gender differences in the prevalence of depression. Additionally, poor health and hunger during childhood, as well as illiteracy or lack of education, were associated with depression in both men and women. Discussion. Cumulative life course exposure to social and material disadvantage and current material, social, and health conditions explain the higher frequency of depression in women. C1 [Alvarado, Beatriz Eugenia; Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria; Sicotte, Maryline] Univ Montreal, Dept Social & Prevent Med, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada. [Alvarado, Beatriz Eugenia; Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria; Sicotte, Maryline] Univ Montreal, Grp Rech Interdisciplinaire & Sante, Quebec City, PQ, Canada. [Beland, Francois] Jewish Hosp Montreal, Lady Davis Inst, SOLIDAGE, Quebec City, PQ, Canada. [Tellechea, Lourdes] Univ Republica, Dept Geriatr, Montevideo, Uruguay. RP Alvarado, BE, Univ Montreal, Dept Social & Prevent Med, CP 6128,Succursale Ctr Ville, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada. EM be.alvarado.ilano@umontreal.ca TC 0 PU GERONTOLOGICAL SOC AMER PI WASHINGTON PA 1030 15TH ST NW, STE 250, WASHINGTON, DC 20005202-842 USA SN 1079-5014 PD JUL PY 2007 VL 62 IS 4 BP S226 EP S237 SC Geriatrics & Gerontology; Gerontology; Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000253836100008 ER PT J AU Mancilla-Diaz, JM Franco-Paredes, K Vazquez-Arevalo, R Lopez-Aguilar, X Alvarez-Rayon, GL Tellez-Giron, MTO AF Mancilla-Diaz, Juan Manuel Franco-Paredes, Karina Vazquez-Arevalo, Rosalia Lopez-Aguilar, Xochitl Alvarez-Rayon, Georgina L. Tellez-Giron, Ma. Trinidad O. TI A two-stage epidemiologic study on prevalence of eating disorders in female university students in Mexico SO EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW LA English DT Article AB Objective: This study investigated the prevalence of eating disorders (ED) in women. Method: Two samples of university students (1995, n=522; 2002, n=880) completed the Eating Attitudes Test and the Bulimia Test (BULIT; Stage 1). During Stage 2, the women that exceeded the cut-off point of one or both questionnaires and a random sample of women that did not exceed the cut-off point were interviewed. Results: The results showed a prevalence rate of 0.49% for ED in 1995 (0.14% for bulimia nervosa [BN] and 0.35% for EDs not otherwise specified [EDNOS]) and a prevalence rate of ED of 1.15% in 2002 (0.24% for BN and 0.91% for EDNOS). Anorexia nervosa was not found in either of the evaluated periods. Nevertheless, the results must be taken with reservation since there was a high rate of loss to follow-up (second stage). Discussion: The data of this study support the findings of other studies, including studies with Spanish-speaking samples, that EDNOS is the most common ED followed by BN and AN. Copyright (c) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. C1 [Mancilla-Diaz, Juan Manuel; Franco-Paredes, Karina; Vazquez-Arevalo, Rosalia; Lopez-Aguilar, Xochitl; Alvarez-Rayon, Georgina L.; Tellez-Giron, Ma. Trinidad O.] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Eating Disorders Lab, Div Invest & Posgrado, FES Iztacala, Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico. RP Mancilla-Diaz, JM, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Eating Disorders Lab, Div Invest & Posgrado, FES Iztacala, Av Barrios 1, Tlalnepantla 54090, Mexico. EM jmmd@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD PI CHICHESTER PA THE ATRIUM, SOUTHERN GATE, CHICHESTER PO19 8SQ, W SUSSEX, ENGLAND SN 1072-4133 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 15 IS 6 BP 463 EP 470 DI 10.1002/erv.796 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000253875700009 ER PT J AU Vanselow, KA Kolb, M Fickert, T AF Vanselow, Kim Andre Kolb, Melanie Fickert, Thomas TI Destruction and regeneration of terrestrial, littoral and marine ecosystems on the Island of Guanaja/Honduras seven years after Hurricane Mitch SO ERDKUNDE LA English DT Article AB Hurricane Mitch is considered as one of the strongest Atlantic storms of the past century. Due to its extraordinary quasi-stationary position over three days (27. 10. by 29.10.1998) offshore between the northern coast of Honduras and the Island of Guanaja, this area was struck most violently. The stud), deals with the degree of destruction, the impacts (negative ones as well as positive ones) and the locally different trajectories of regeneration seven years after the disturbance event for the three most important ecosystems on Guanaja: pine forests, mangroves and coral reefs. As a consequence of global warming an increase of hurricane frequency and intensity is predicted by some climate models for the Caribbean, making a better understanding of hurricane effects on these sensitive ecosystems of particular interest. C1 [Vanselow, Kim Andre] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Inst Geog, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. [Kolb, Melanie] CONABIO, Mexico City 14010, DF, Mexico. [Fickert, Thomas] Univ Passau, D-94032 Passau, Germany. RP Vanselow, KA, Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Inst Geog, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. EM kvanselow@geographic.uni-erlangen.de mkolb@xolo.conabio.gob.mx thomas.fickert@uni-passau.de TC 0 PU BOSS DRUCK MEDIEN GMBH PI GOCH PA POSTFACH 10 01 54, GOCH, 47561, GERMANY SN 0014-0015 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 61 IS 4 BP 358 EP 371 SC Geography; Geology UT ISI:000253839100006 ER PT J AU Bourgault, J AF Bourgault, Jacques TI Contributive factors in the Privy leadership in Canada SO CANADIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE DU CANADA LA French DT Article C1 UQAM, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Bourgault, J, UQAM, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU INST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CANADA PI TORONTO PA REVUE DE L INST ADMINSTRATION PUBLIQUE DU CANADA, 1075 RUE BAY ST, STE 401, TORONTO, ONTARIO M5S 2B1, CANADA SN 0008-4840 PD WIN PY 2007 VL 50 IS 4 BP 541 EP 571 SC Public Administration UT ISI:000253609400009 ER PT J AU Jimenez, JM Romero, AG de Pablo, NA Estremera, DP AF Jimenez, Julio Munoz Garcia Romero, Arturo Andres de Pablo, Nuria Palacios Estremera, David TI Vegetation under snow cover in the Sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid, and its thermo-nival conditions SO BOLETIN DE LA ASOCIACION DE GEOGRAFOS ESPANOLES LA English DT Article AB The study analyzes the composition and distribution of vegetation inside a nival hollow located on the eastern slope of Alto de Guarramillas (2258 m; 40 degrees 47' 10 '' N and 3 degrees 58' 35 '' W) in Sierra de Guadarrama (Madrid, Spain) and associates it with the influence of snow cover duration and ground temperature regime. Several plant inventories were conducted to record abundance and coverage in more than 500 small plots, a map of the average yearly snow cover duration was created using a photographic register, and a network of automatic thermometers was installed. The statistical data analysis confirms that the permanence of a sufficiently thick snow cover is a factor in the protection of plants from cold and drought. It also reveals that the surface of the snow hollow is shrinking and is being invaded by nearby plants that have adapted to drier environments with less nivation and greater exposure to temperature change. C1 [Jimenez, Julio Munoz; Andres de Pablo, Nuria; Palacios Estremera, David] Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Anal Geog Reg & Geog Fis, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. [Garcia Romero, Arturo] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geog, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Jimenez, JM, Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Anal Geog Reg & Geog Fis, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. TC 0 PU ASOCIACION GEOGRAFOS ESPANOLES PI MADRID PA PINAR 25, MADRID, 28006, SPAIN SN 0212-9426 PY 2007 IS 44 BP 29 EP + SC Geography UT ISI:000253101500002 ER PT J AU Goldstein, JA AF Goldstein, Jared A. TI Habeas without rights SO WISCONSIN LAW REVIEW LA English DT Review C1 [Goldstein, Jared A.] Roger Williams Univ, Sch Law, Bristol, RI 02809 USA. [Goldstein, Jared A.] Shearman & Sterling LLP, Guantanamo, Cuba. RP Goldstein, JA, Roger Williams Univ, Sch Law, Bristol, RI 02809 USA. TC 0 PU UNIV WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL PI MADISON PA 975 BASCOM MALL, MADISON, WI 53706 USA SN 0043-650X PY 2007 IS 6 BP 1165 EP 1223 SC Law UT ISI:000253733500002 ER PT J AU Vicente, B Kohn, R Saldivia, S Rioseco, P AF Vicente P, Benjamin Kohn, Robert Saldivia B, Sandra Rioseco S, Pedro TI Burden of phychiatric diseases in Chile SO REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE LA Spanish DT Article AB Chile has one of the highest disease burdens caused by neuropsychiatric illnesses in the world, according to WHO, reaching to 31%, Major depression and alcohol use disorders are ranked first and second in attributed disability among adults. Nearly one-third of the population has bad a psychiatric disorder in their lifetime, and 22.2% in the past year. Anxierty disorders are the most prevalent conditions, followed by major depression and alcohol abuse. Currently, mental health accounts for 2.3% of the health care budget, which is less than some neighboring countries. The availability of 13 psychiatric beds per 10,000 inhabitants, is less than the mean of lower-income countries. Moreover 81% are for chronic rather than acute care. Chile has 4.0 psychiatrist per 100, 000 inhabitants, which is lower than other countries in Latin America. Only 38.5% of those patients with a psychiatric diagnosis receive any kind of mental health care, whether from a specialist or primary care. There is a perception among lay persons, that psychiatric treatments lack efficacy, despite evidence demonstrating the contrary. Not addressing the treament gap in mental health has serious public health implications (Rev Med Chile 2007; 135: 1591-9). C1 [Vicente P, Benjamin; Saldivia B, Sandra; Rioseco S, Pedro] Univ Concepcion, Dept Psiquiatria & Salud Mental, Concepcion, Chile. [Kohn, Robert] Brown Univ, Dept Psychiat & Human Behav, Providence, RI 02912 USA. RP Vicente, B, Univ Concepcion, Dept Psiquiatria & Salud Mental, Casilla 160-C, Concepcion, Chile. EM bvicent@udec.cl TC 0 PU SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO PI SANTIAGO 9 PA BERNARDA MORIN 488 PROVIDENCIA, CASILLA 168 CORREO 55, SANTIAGO 9, CHILE SN 0034-9887 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 135 IS 12 BP 1591 EP 1599 SC Medicine, General & Internal UT ISI:000252994100014 ER PT J AU Arana, GAC AF Arana, Gustavo Alonso Cabrera TI Use of theories and models on papers of a Latin-American journal in public health, 2000 to 2004 SO REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA Portuguese DT Article AB OBJECTIVE: To characterize frequency and type of use of theories or models on papers of a Latin-American journal in public health between 2000 and 2004. METHODS: The Revista de Sa de Publica was chosen because of its history of periodic publication without interruption and current impact on the scientific communication of the area. A standard procedure was applied for reading and classifying articles in an arbitrary typology of four levels, according to the depth of the use of models or theoretical references to describe problems or issues, to formulate methods and to discuss results. RESULTS: Of 482 articles included, 421 (87%) were research studies, 42 (9%) reviews or special contributions and 19 (4%) opinion texts or assays. Of 421 research studies, 286 (68%) had a quantitative focus, 110 (26%) qualitative and 25 (6%) mixed. Reference to theories or models is uncommon, only 90 (19%) articles mentioned a theory or model. According to the depth of the use, 29 (6%) were classified as type I, 9 (2%) as type II, 6 (1.3%) were type III and the 46 remaining texts (9.5%) were type IV. CONCLUSIONS: Reference to models was nine-fold more frequent than the use of theoretical references. The ideal use, type IV, occurred in one of every ten articles studied. It is of relevance to show theoretical and models frames used when approaching topics, formulating hypothesis, designing methods and discussing findings in papers. C1 Univ Antioquia, Fac Nacl Salud Publ Hector Abad Gomez, Medellin, Colombia. RP Arana, GAC, Univ Antioquia, Fac Nacl Salud Publ Hector Abad Gomez, Calle 62,52-59 Medellin, Medellin, Colombia. EM teoriasymodelos@hotmail.com TC 0 PU REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA PI SAO PAULO PA FACULDADE SAUDE PUBL DA USP, AV DR ARNALDO 715, 01255 SAO PAULO, BRAZIL SN 0034-8910 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 41 IS 6 BP 963 EP 969 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253322700009 ER PT J AU Bensusan, G AF Bensusan, Graciela TI Trade union renewal in Mexico through the first government of transition SO RELATIONS INDUSTRIELLES-INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS LA French DT Article C1 Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Bensusan, G, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU REVUE RELATIONS INDUSTRIELLES INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PI ST FOY PA UNIVERSITE LAVAL, LOCAL 3131-Z, PAVILLON DE SEVE, ST FOY, PQ G1K-7P4, CANADA SN 0034-379X PD FAL PY 2006 VL 61 IS 4 BP 708 EP 732 SC Industrial Relations & Labor UT ISI:000253097800007 ER PT J AU Castro, JG AF Castro, Josefina Granja TI Narrations and Knowledges at the beginnings of modern schooling in Mexico SO PAEDAGOGICA HISTORICA LA English DT Article AB This article rescues a series of texts produced by schoolteachers between 1820 and 1890 in order to comply with the ruling educational authority's request for the elaboration of reports on their institutions. These documents are located in the General Public Instruction collection of the Archivo Historico del Distrito Federal. The schoolteachers' narrations are analysed from the perspective of their conceptual frameworks and structures of rationality. Through the narrations of the schoolteachers, written in their reports to the authorities, we can trace the emergence from practical experience of a collection of knowledges that reveal the conceptual frameworks and the structures of rationality that enable us to understand early schooling in Mexico. The article argues that the practical knowledge concerning the state of schooling contained in these texts constitutes the beginnings of a mode of conceptualizing educational processes that differs in nature to that which was developed by the pedagogical sciences, and that is directly linked to strategies of governance. C1 Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Castro, JG, Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados, Calzada Tenorios 235,CP 14330, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM jgranja@cinvestav.mx TC 0 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0030-9230 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 43 IS 6 BP 819 EP 837 DI 10.1080/00309230701722705 SC Education & Educational Research; History Of Social Sciences UT ISI:000252534800005 ER PT J AU Pecos, R AF Pecos, Regis TI The history of Cochiti lake from the pueblo perspective SO NATURAL RESOURCES JOURNAL LA English DT Article AB In the last 30 years, Cochiti Pueblo has been in a fight for their survival culturally, politically, legally, economically, and environmentally. The construction of Cochiti Lake, one of the largest man made lakes in the United States, built by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, devastated nearly all of the available agricultural lands, destroyed the majority of traditional summer homes, drastically changed the ecosystem, and desecrated cherished places of worship. To make matters worse, a few years after closure of the gates that created Cochiti Lake, seepage occurred and put under water the remaining agricultural lands of the Pueblo, creating wetlands and transforming the world of Cochiti overnight. The Cochiti lost their agricultural way of life and have suffered profound consequences as a result. This article is a summary of a presentation for the Utton Transboundary Resources Center, Rio Grande Reservoir Symposium on April 22, 2006, where firsthand experiences of those challenges faced by the Cochiti Pueblo during the last 30 years were shared. From the lawsuit against the U.S. Corps of Engineers and the U.S. government to hold them liable for the destruction, desecration, and devastation, to congressional oversight hearings, the threat of hydro-electric power development, and the debates of religious and cultural protection in Congress, the impacts of the ill-advised development of Town of Cochiti Lake and the 99-year master lease creating the community, to the struggles of management of Cochiti Lake, the long struggle to restore lands destroyed, and the ultimate reconciliation of the Cochiti Pueblo and the Corps of Engineers. The past legal battles, policy debates, rights lost, rights regained, a newly defined relationship between the Corps of Engineers and the Pueblo dictate the present and future mitigation, management issues, and decisions pertaining to Cochiti Lake. Just as the Cochiti Pueblo has regained standing, the issues of the silvery minnow and the drought raise new and equally difficult challenges for the future. In many ways, it is like peeling away a scab and it bleeds all over again. RP Pecos, R, Staff Speaker House State New Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU UNIV NEW MEXICO PI ALBUQUERQUE PA SCHOOL OF LAW 1117 STANFORD N E, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87131 USA SN 0028-0739 PD SUM PY 2007 VL 47 IS 3 BP 639 EP 652 SC Environmental Studies; Law UT ISI:000253613000007 ER PT J AU Zurita, G Antunes, P Baloian, N Baytelman, F AF Zurita, Gustavo Antunes, Pedro Baloian, Nelson Baytelman, Felipe TI Mobile sensemaking: Exploring proximity and mobile applications in the SO JOURNAL OF UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SCIENCE LA English DT Article AB We propose mobile sensemaking as a collaborative mechanism to explore and understand information in highly mobile and fluid situations, where people engage in multiple parallel, rapid and ad-hoc interactions, rather than participating in large highly-structured decision processes. Mobile sensemaking is explored in the classroom context, where it has been recognized that the traditional lectures should be reconstructed as active processes centered on collaborative activities. Mobile sensemaking relies on mobile computing devices and a proximity model, both organizing collaborative activities according to the domain context and physical proximity. The paper describes in detail the proposed proximity model and the developed mobile application. C1 [Zurita, Gustavo; Baytelman, Felipe] Univ Chile, Fac Econ & Business, Management & Informat Syst Dept, Santiago, Chile. [Antunes, Pedro] Univ Lisbon, Fac Sci, Dept Informat, P-1699 Lisbon, Portugal. [Baloian, Nelson] Univ Chile, Dept Comp Sci, Santiago, Chile. RP Zurita, G, Univ Chile, Fac Econ & Business, Management & Informat Syst Dept, Santiago, Chile. EM gnzurita@fen.uchile.cl paa@di.fc.ul.pt nbaloian@dcc.uchile.cl felipe@baytex.net TC 1 PU GRAZ UNIV TECHNOLGOY, INST INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMPUTER MEDIA-IICM PI GRAZ PA INFFELDGASSE 16C, GRAZ, A-8010, AUSTRIA SN 0948-695X PY 2007 VL 13 IS 10 BP 1434 EP 1448 SC Computer Science, Software Engineering; Computer Science, Theory & Methods UT ISI:000253616300004 ER PT J AU Ruiz-Mallen, I Barraza, L AF Ruiz-Mallen, I. Barraza, L. TI Environmental learning in adolescents from a Mexican community involved in forestry SO INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL LA English DT Article AB Education can generate knowledge and foster a change in attitude provided that people feel individually and collectively responsible for the state of the environment. San Juan Nuevo Parangaricutiro is an internationally recognised indigenous community located in western Mexico that manages its forest sustainably through a community-based forest enterprise. However, recent research has shown that both children and young people from the community show little interest in participating in forest activities or working in forest enterprise and have a poor standard of environmental knowledge. Our research project assessed the environmental learning process of 32 high-school pupils in three settings: at school at home and in a forest enterprise. The opinions of teachers and adults of teaching subjects which focus on communal forest management were collected using various methods (questionnaires, observation and interviews) and analysed. The results show that school and home alike are important places for learning. However, environmental issues were not much addressed in the school-room or in conversations between parents and children. Furthermore, no connection between the activities of the forest enterprise and the school curriculum was found. C1 [Barraza, L.] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ecosyst Res Ctr, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Ruiz-Mallen, I, Univ Autonoma Barcelona, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain. EM Isabel.Ruizm@cainpus.tiab.es lbarraza@oikos.unam.nix TC 0 PU BLACKWELL PUBLISHING PI OXFORD PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND SN 0020-8701 PD SEP PY 2006 VL 58 IS 189 BP 515 EP + SC Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000253419600014 ER PT J AU Bayon, MC AF Bayon, Maria Cristina TI Legal design and royal design: Labour institutions in Latin America SO INTERNATIONAL LABOUR REVIEW LA English DT Book Review C1 [Bayon, Maria Cristina] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Sociales, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Bayon, MC, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Sociales, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU INT LABOUR ORGANIZATION PI GENEVA 22 PA INT LABOUR OFFICE, 4, ROUTE DES MORILLONS, CH-1211 GENEVA 22, SWITZERLAND SN 0020-7780 PY 2007 VL 146 IS 3-4 BP 336 EP 339 SC Industrial Relations & Labor UT ISI:000253441700010 ER PT J AU Valeiras, N Godoy, LA AF Valeiras, Nora Godoy, Luis A. TI Understanding environmental pollution concepts: a case study using school students in Argentina and Puerto Rico SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION LA English DT Article AB This paper explores concepts about air, water and soil pollution that students of grades 7-9 have in Argentina and Puerto Rico. A structured questionnaire was used in the investigation. A quantitative analysis was carried out to characterise the occurrence and frequency of conceptual errors, and to analyse their decrease with an increase in the educational level of the students. The results showed how students perceived abstract and local problems regarding pollution, and the differences owing to their cultural environments. Finally, the results seemed to support the hypothesis about the importance of cognitive stages and their relation with stages of development and evolution with age. C1 [Valeiras, Nora] Natl Univ Cordoba, Dept Sci & Technol Educ, FCEFyN, Cordoba, Argentina. RP Godoy, LA, Univ Puerto Rico, Dept Civil Engn & Surveying, Mayaguez, PR 00681 USA. EM lgodoy@uprm.edu TC 0 PU INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD PI GENEVA PA WORLD TRADE CENTER BLDG, 29 ROUTE DE PRE-BOIS, CASE POSTALE 896, CH-1215 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND SN 0957-4352 PY 2007 VL 31 IS 3-4 BP 342 EP 358 SC Environmental Sciences UT ISI:000253558800009 ER PT J AU Napolitano, DA Ryan, ASS AF Napolitano, Dora A. Ryan, Aliya S. S. TI The dilemma of contact: voluntary isolation and the impacts of gas exploitation on health and rights in the Kugapakori Nahua Reserve, Peruvian Amazon SO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS LA English DT Article AB Many small groups of indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin avoid and resist direct encounters with outsiders. As far as we know, they do so because of appalling experiences in earlier encounters with national society. When contacted today, they are extremely vulnerable to introduced diseases and exploitation. In this paper we draw on our experience in the Kugapakori Nahua Reserve for isolated peoples in SE Peru to discuss some of the current debates about whether isolated peoples should be contacted and how best to respect their right to life, health, autonomy and territory. The remote headwater regions where isolated peoples sought refuge during the last century are increasingly sought after for resource extraction. In particular, the extraction of oil and gas is increasing throughout the Peruvian Amazon. In the second part of the paper we give some examples of how oil/gas companies and the energy sector in Peru have affected the well-being of the peoples in this reserve in the 21st century. If this trend is not reversed the impacts for isolated peoples will be irreparable. C1 [Napolitano, Dora A.; Ryan, Aliya S. S.] Shinai, Lima, Peru. RP Napolitano, DA, Shinai, C Islas Canarias Mza J-6 Lote 20 Los Cedros, Lima, Peru. EM dora@shinai.org.pe aliya@shinai.org.pe TC 0 PU IOP PUBLISHING LTD PI BRISTOL PA DIRAC HOUSE, TEMPLE BACK, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND SN 1748-9326 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 2 IS 4 AR 045005 DI 10.1088/1748-9326/2/4/045005 SC Environmental Sciences; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences UT ISI:000253653000010 ER PT J AU Martinez, M Napolitano, DA MacLennan, GJ O'Callaghan, C Ciborowski, S Fabregas, X AF Orta Martinez, Marti Napolitano, Dora A. MacLennan, Gregor J. O'Callaghan, Cristina Ciborowski, Sylvia Fabregas, Xavier TI Impacts of petroleum activities for the Achuar people of the Peruvian Amazon: summary of existing evidence and research gaps SO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS LA English DT Article AB Petrol has been extracted from Achuar territory in the Northern Peruvian Amazon since the 1970s. In spite of early identification of negative impacts on the environment and repeated attempts by the Achuar to improve conditions, very little research has been done on specific environmental and health impacts. Some recent governmental studies have shown extremely high blood lead and cadmium levels in Achuar communities. In this paper we apply an environmental justice framework to review the evidence of pollution and health status available in existing studies, as well as government and operating company actions over the last 30 years. We identify gaps in our knowledge which hamper efforts to respond to the environmental and health situation, as well as negligent actions on the part of the State and petrol companies. C1 [Orta Martinez, Marti] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, ICTA, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain. [Napolitano, Dora A.; MacLennan, Gregor J.; Ciborowski, Sylvia] Shinai, Lima, Peru. [O'Callaghan, Cristina] Univ Barcelona, Fac Med, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain. [Fabregas, Xavier] Univ Barcelona, Fac Biol, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain. RP Martinez, M, Univ Autonoma Barcelona, ICTA, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain. EM marti.orta@uab.es dora@shinai.org.pe gregor@shinai.org.pe crispes2002@yahoo.es sciborowski@yahoo.com xavifabregas@hotmail.com TC 0 PU IOP PUBLISHING LTD PI BRISTOL PA DIRAC HOUSE, TEMPLE BACK, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND SN 1748-9326 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 2 IS 4 AR 045006 DI 10.1088/1748-9326/2/4/045006 SC Environmental Sciences; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences UT ISI:000253653000011 ER PT J AU Cifuentes, E Frumkin, H AF Cifuentes, Enrique Frumkin, Howard TI Environmental injustice: case studies from the South SO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS LA English DT Article AB We selected three case studies to illustrate environmental injustice issues in the South. These examples relate to migrant agricultural workers, the maquiladora industry and artisanal mining, while reviewing some of the major mechanisms involved, e. g. multinational corporations, the development of free trade zones, multilateral free trade agreements and the export of hazards. A series of strategies are discussed in order to address environmental injustice and health disparities that exist on a global scale. Some of the recommendations involve policy initiatives; others, such as research and mentorship, fall within the traditional domain of public health practice. In this paper, special attention is given to concerned environmental and occupational health professionals using evidence-based data for advocacy. For lasting changes to be made, however, stronger institutions and legislation are required. Those who have the 'right to know' about environmental injustice issues include communities of concern, workers' representatives and lawyers. Government officials and company officials may eventually work on the basis of conflict resolution, compensation and remediation, to quote some examples. Systematic approaches to protect both the environment and public health must be updated. C1 [Cifuentes, Enrique] Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Pediat Environm Hlth Specialty Unit, Cuernavaca 62508, Morelos, Mexico. [Frumkin, Howard] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Natl Ctr Environm Hlth, Agcy Tox Substances & Dis Registry, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA. RP Cifuentes, E, Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Pediat Environm Hlth Specialty Unit, Av Univ 655, Cuernavaca 62508, Morelos, Mexico. TC 0 PU IOP PUBLISHING LTD PI BRISTOL PA DIRAC HOUSE, TEMPLE BACK, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND SN 1748-9326 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 2 IS 4 AR 045034 DI 10.1088/1748-9326/2/4/045034 SC Environmental Sciences; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences UT ISI:000253653000039 ER PT J AU Madaleno, IM Gurovich, A AF Madaleno, Isabel Maria Gurovich, Alberto TI Conflicting water usages in Northern Chile SO BOLETIN DE LA ASOCIACION DE GEOGRAFOS ESPANOLES LA English DT Article AB The paper seeks to determine how human intervention led to water resources depredation along the years, understood as a common and vital good in Aymara Indian culture and for community survival. Conflicting water uses are now damaging extensive northern areas in Chile, known for tracts of extreme aridity. C1 [Gurovich, Alberto] Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU ASOCIACION GEOGRAFOS ESPANOLES PI MADRID PA PINAR 25, MADRID, 28006, SPAIN SN 0212-9426 PY 2007 IS 45 BP 353 EP + SC Geography UT ISI:000253245600015 ER PT J AU Benzaken, AS Garcia, EG Sardinha, JCG Pedrosa, VL Paiva, V AF Benzaken, Adele Schwartz Garcia, Enrique Galban Gomes Sardinha, Jose Carlos Pedrosa, Valderiza Lourenco Paiva, Vera TI Community-based intervention to control STD/AIDS in the Amazon region, Brazil SO REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA LA English DT Article AB OBJECTIVE: To describe a case study of community-based intervention, developed in a constructionist-emancipatory framework to control STD/AIDS. METHODS: Descriptive study developed in the town of Manacapuru, in the state of Amazonas, from 1997 to 2004, focusing on procedures designed in collaboration with government agents, health professionals and the community. Data on the dynamics of prostitution and condom sales in this town, preventive practices and STD/AIDS care and process assessment were collected. Actions targeting STD prevention and care in the public healthcare system, a testing center, an epidemiological surveillance system and sex workers' qualification were established concomitantly. RESULTS: It was observed the strengthening of sex workers as peer educators and their legitimization as citizens and health agents in projects involving transvestites, homosexuals and students. There was an increase in condom sales in town, as well as in condom use among sex workers; reduction in bacterial STD; and stabilization of the incidence of HIV/AIDS infections and congenital syphilis. The sustainability of the intervention program studied, organized within the sphere of action of the Sistema Unico de Sa de (National Health System), was promoted by a political pact, which guaranteed headquarters and municipal law-regulated budget, as well as by the constant debate over the process and program results. CONCLUSIONS: The study strengthened the notion that effective control of STD/AIDS depends on a synergic approach that combines interventions on individual (biological-behavioral), sociocultural and programmatic levels. C1 [Benzaken, Adele Schwartz; Gomes Sardinha, Jose Carlos; Pedrosa, Valderiza Lourenco] FUAM, Fdn Dermatol Trop & Venereol Alfredo Matta, Gerencia DST, BR-69065130 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. [Garcia, Enrique Galban] Univ Calixto Garcia, Havana, Cuba. [Paiva, Vera] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Psicol, Sao Paulo, Brazil. RP Benzaken, AS, FUAM, Fdn Dermatol Trop & Venereol Alfredo Matta, Gerencia DST, Rua Codajas 24, BR-69065130 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. EM adele@vivax.com.br TC 0 PU REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA PI SAO PAULO PA FACULDADE SAUDE PUBL DA USP, AV DR ARNALDO 715, 01255 SAO PAULO, BRAZIL SN 0034-8910 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 41 SU Suppl. 2 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000253378800018 ER PT J AU de Tiratel, SR Giunti, GM AF de Tiratel, Susana Romanos Giunti, Graciela M. TI Argentinian anthropological scientific reviews: visibility in international databases SO INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL LA Spanish DT Proceedings Paper AB Introduction. A perspective on the scene of periodical publication today and its particularly complex Latin American scenario is attempted, with a focus on Argentinean journals in the field of Anthropology. Aims. To establish the degree of visibility, representation and overlapping of Argentinean academic journals in Anthropology in indexing and abstracting services world-wide. Methodology. Within Keresztesi's theoretical framework as regards the connection between research and bibliography, quantitative methods have been applied to establish the representation, visibility and vacancy indicators of Argentinean Journals in Anthropology in both single and multidiscipline international bibliographical data bases. Results. The percentage of visibility of Argentinean Journals in Anthropology in international data bases is 44.44%, the Anthropological Index Online being the base in which Argentinean publications in Anthropology have the highest percentage of visibility at 40.74%. Conclusions. Data bases in Anthropology present a high degree of overlapping in their indexing of Argentinean publications in the discipline. The data resulting from this research are relevant to the development of reference collections in information units in the discipline of Anthropology. The information will also be valuable to specialist publishers in the discipline of Anthropology in developing their publication strategies. C1 [de Tiratel, Susana Romanos; Giunti, Graciela M.] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Filosofia & Letras, Inst Invest Bibliotecolog, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP de Tiratel, SR, Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Filosofia & Letras, Inst Invest Bibliotecolog, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. TC 0 PU UNIV SHEFFIELD DEPT INFORMATION STUDIES PI SHEFFIELD PA UNIV SHEFFIELD, WESTERN BANK, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, S YORKS, ENGLAND SN 1368-1613 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 12 IS 4 AR 325 SC Information Science & Library Science UT ISI:000253292400007 ER PT J AU Rodriguez, G Romero, I AF Rodriguez, Gabriel Romero, Indira TI The role of permanent and transitory components in the fluctuations of Latin-American real exchange rates SO APPLIED ECONOMICS LA English DT Article AB Following the approach suggested by Engel and Kim (1999), we estimate the permanent and transitory components of the real exchange rates in four Latin-American countries for the period 1957:01 to 2002:04. Results suggest that transitory component is the driving force of the real exchange rates in Argentina and Mexico. A principal role of the permanent component is observed in the real exchange rates of Brazil and Chile. Estimates probabilities of the high-variance regime allow to identify the principal events happened in these countries. This information is closely related to nominal shocks and therefore, it explains the significant role of this component in these countries. C1 [Rodriguez, Gabriel] Univ Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada. [Romero, Indira] Comis Econ Amer Latina & Carib, Mexico City 11570, DF, Mexico. RP Rodriguez, G, Univ Ottawa, POB 450,Stn A, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada. EM gabrielr@uottawa.ca TC 0 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0003-6846 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 21 BP 2713 EP 2722 DI 10.1080/00036840600722349 SC Economics UT ISI:000253263900004 ER PT J AU Lipps, GE Lowe, GA Young, R AF Lipps, G. E. Lowe, G. A. Young, R. TI Validation of the Beck Depression Inventory - II in a Jamaican university student cohort SO WEST INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL LA English DT Article AB Objective: This project explores the internal consistency reliability and the concurrent and discriminant validity of the Beck Depression Inventory - II (BDI - II) using a wide cross-section of the student population attending the University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. Subjects and Methods: Students enrolled in UWI Foundation courses during the first and second semesters of the 200512006 academic year (n = 690; 77% females, 23% males; mean age = 23.4 +/- 7.4 years) were administered the BDI - II along with the Brief Screen for Depression (BSD), the Centre for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale (CES-D) and the UCLA Loneliness Scale - Revised. Results: Overall, the BDI - II was found to have an acceptable degree of reliability (alpha = 0.90). The scale also had reasonably good concurrent validity as evidenced by high correlations with scores on the BSD (r = 0.74) and the CES-D (r = 0.71) and acceptable discriminant validity as demonstrated through moderate correlations with the UCLA Loneliness Scale (r = 0.50). This pattern of scores suggests that the majority of the variance underlying the BDI - II assesses depression (50% to 55%) while a smaller degree of the variability (25%) measures a conceptually similar but distinct concept. Conclusion: The BDI - II is a reliable and valid measure for assessing depression within the Jamaican population. C1 [Lipps, G. E.] Univ W Indies, Dept Sociol Psychol & Social Work, Kingston 7, Jamaica. [Lowe, G. A.] Univ W Indies, Dept Community Hlth & Psychiat, Kingston 7, Jamaica. [Young, R.] Univ W Indies, Fac Pure & Appl Sci, Kingston 7, Jamaica. RP Lipps, GE, Univ W Indies, Dept Sociol Psychol & Social Work, Kingston 7, Jamaica. EM garth.lipps@uwimona.edu.jm TC 1 PU UNIV WEST INDIES FACULTY MEDICAL SCIENCES PI KINGSTON PA MONA CAMPUS, KINGSTON 7, JAMAICA SN 0043-3144 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 56 IS 5 BP 404 EP 408 SC Medicine, General & Internal UT ISI:000252870100004 ER PT J AU Hernandez, ME Becerril, L Alvarez, L Povon-Romero, L AF Hernandez, Maria Eugenia Becerril, Luis Alvarez, Liseth Povon-Romero, Lenin TI Neuroimmunomodulation pathways. Part one SO SALUD MENTAL LA Spanish DT Article AB Inflammation is a normal response caused by physical stress like infection, injury and trauma;and processive or psychological stress like in psychiatric diseases such as major depression, schizophrenia and posttraumatic stress. The host responds witha complex series of immune, endocrine and nervous reactions to face the stressful stimuli named neuroendocrine immune interaction. These interactions help us to maintain the homeostasis under stressful stimuli. Stress is a physicochemical or emotional process that induces tension. This process promotes the release of proinflammatory cytokines, hormones such as the corticotrophin-release hormone (CRH) and cortisol, and a wide number of neurotransmitters that are together responsible for some behavioral alterations. Both systemic and psychological stress elicits an equivalent response in an organism. Particularly, the onset of inflammation is characterized by release of pro-inflammatory mediators including tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL-1) adhesion molecules, vasoactive mediators, and reactive oxygen species. The early release of proinflammatory cytokines by a widely variety of immune and no-immune cells has a pivotal role in triggering the local inflammatory response. Apart from their involvement in local inflammation, TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta are signal molecules for activation of brain derived neuroendocrine and immunomodulatory responses. Excessive production of cytokines, such as TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta however can be more injurious than the inciting event, initiating diffuse coagulation, tissue injury, hypotension, and death. The inflammatory response is balanced by anti-inflammatory molecules like the cytokines IL-10 and IL-4, soluble TNF receptors, IL-1 receptor antagonists, and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta. Neuroendocrine pathways, such as the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the sympathetic division of the Autonomic Nervous System (SNS) control the inflammation process by triggering anti-inflammatory balancing mechanisms. The brain can monitor immune status and sense peripheral inflammation through two main pathways: neural and Immoral. The neural mechanism relies upon activation of vagus nerve afferent sensory fibers that signal the brain that inflammation is occurring. Stressful stimuli activate vagal afferents either directly by cytokines released from dendritic cells, macrophages, and other vagal-associated immune cells, or indirectly through the chemoreceptive cells located in vagal paraganglia. The transmission of cytokine signals to the. brain through the vagal sensory neurons depends upon the magnitude of the stressful challenge. Subdiaphragmatic vagotomy inhibits the stimulation of the HPA axis and noradrenaline (NA) release in hypothalamic nuclei in response to intraperitoneal administration of endotoxin or IL-1 beta. Intravenous endotoxin administration induces expression of the neural activation marker c-Fos in the brainstem medulla, regardless of the integrity of the vagus nerve. Vagotomy fails to suppress high dose endotoxininduced. IL-1 beta immunoreactivity in the brain and increases blood corticosterone levels. It is likely that the vagal afferent neural pathway plays a dominant role in mild to moderate peripheral inflammatory responses, whereas acute, robust inflammatory responses signal the brain primarily via humoral mechanisms. By other hand, humoral pathway are supported by a large body of evidence, especially in cases of systemic immune challenge; circulatory cytokines like IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha can cross the bloodbrain barrier and enter cerebrospinal fluid and the interstitial fluid spaces of the brain and spinal cord by a saturable carrier mediated mechanism that may function only at very high plasma cytokine concentrations. Cytokines also can bind to receptors at the surface of the endothelium of the brain capillaries and can enhance the synthesis and release of soluble mediators, such as prostaglandins and nitric oxide, which diffuse into the brain parenchyma and modulate the activity of specific groups of neurons. It has been suggested that prostaglandins mediate fever and HPA axis activation. Cytokine-to-brain communication also may occur via circumventricular organs that lack normal blood-brain barrier function. Among the circumventricular organs, the AP (area postrema) appears to represent the best candidate for such a transduction site. The AP is located in the floor of the caudal fourth ventricle and dendrites of neurons in the NTS (nucleus tractus solitarius) and DMN (dorsal motor nucleus) penetrate both the AP and floor of the fourth ventricle. The close proximity of AP to NTS and RVM (rostral ventrolateral medulla) and the existing neural connections provide a way of signaling the SNS and HPA axis. Cytokine-induced production of prostaglandins within the AP, NTS, and RVM may activate the catecholamine projections to the PVN, resulting in subsequent HPA axis activation. This is one possible interaction between the neural and humoral mechanisms of immune to brain communication through which the brain mediates anti-inflammatory responses. Apart from their function in signaling the brain for immunomodulatory responses, cytokines play a multifunctional role in brain injury and neurodegenerative diseases. Restoration of homeostasis as a logical resolution of inflammation does not always occur. For instance, a lack of adequate inflammatory responses may result in increased susceptibility to infections or cancer. On the other hand, excessive responses are associated with autoimmune diseases, diabetes, sepsis, psychiatric diseases with an important inflammatory response like major depression or schizophrenia and other debilitating conditions. When control of local inflammatory responses is lost, proinflammatory mediators can spill into the circulation, resulting in systemic inflammation that may progress to shock, multiple organ failure, and death. A recent discovery, showed that a novel neuroimmunomodulatory pathway that interface the brain and the immune system, referred as to the autonomic cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway, mediate inhibitory responses during inflammation possibly by recruiting central mechanisms that modulate systemic or peripheral inflammatory responses. Still unclear, this neural circuit has been implicated in promoting sort of psychotherapeutical activities such as hypnosis, meditation, prayer, biofeedback, including acupuncture, but this mechanims still remain elusive. The sympathetic and parasympathetic parts of the Autonomic Nervous System rarely operate alone; autonomic responses represent the interplay of both parts. A link between the parasympathetic part of the Autonomic c Nervous System and immunoregulatory processes was suggested, when alleviation of T-lymphocyte cytotoxicity by muscarinic cholinergic stimulation was described. Communication between the immune, nervous, and endocrine systems is essential for host defense and involves a variety of mediators including cytokines, neurotransmitters, hormones, and humoral factors. The influence of the brain on immune function and the mechanisms involved in these interactions have been elucidated over the past 3 decades, however, two important questions arise when describing the brain-derived immunomodulation: How is the specific brain initially signaled by cytokines to trigger corresponding neural and neuroendocrine responses?; and: How is immunomodulation achieved through these mechanisms? This review outlines brain-related control mechanisms of immune function in the regulation of inflammation. C1 [Hernandez, Maria Eugenia; Becerril, Luis; Alvarez, Liseth; Povon-Romero, Lenin] Direcc Investigac Neurociencias, Inst Nacl Psiquit Ramon Fucntc, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. RP Hernandez, ME, Direcc Investigac Neurociencias, Inst Nacl Psiquit Ramon Fucntc, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101,San Lorenzo Huipulc, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. EM lkuriaki@imp.edu.mx TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 30 IS 6 BP 13 EP 19 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000252638600002 ER PT J AU Pellicer, F AF Pellicer, Francisco TI Bioethical guidelines for the study of chronic pain in animals: A paradox? SO SALUD MENTAL LA English DT Article AB The study of nociception in animals is a biomedical research field directly implicated with an ethical framework. In this work I will refer to the ethical considerations we must bear in mind when dealing with experimental approaches in animals used for the study of normal -physiological- and abnormal -pathological- mechanisms related to what humans denote as pain. In fact, this implies a paradox for, if we are to comply with international bioethical guidelines, we have to show that our research animals are not subject to suffering or pain during the experimental procedures or as a consequence of them. Therefore, the use of procedures or agents to withdraw suffering or pain would intrinsically cancel the mechanisms which are the object of our How can we study pain without causing it? In some way, this implies the transgression of the ethical code of a society claiming to be more modern and civilized and which demands and promotes human well-being; this entails essentially a life without pain. The analysis of these problems needs several platforms or levels. The first level is the social one, where society plays various roles not only as a defender of animal rights, but also is a victim within itself or related fellow creatures of long-term pain suffering or that associated with terminal diseases. Secondly, an academic platform comprising thinkers of all the related disciplines in this area and, finally, a platform constituted by peer judges and experts dealing exactly with a specific bioethical problem. In this sense, the concrete proposal here is to incorporate society and make it share responsibility with the afore mentioned platforms, into a collegiate body provided with bioethical decision capacity in relation to the development of projects where nociception research is undertaken. We are faced with a problem of social shared responsibility between the scientific and general communities, having solutions subject of being improved by means of rational approaches and avoiding any radical positions, regardless of its scientific appearance or antivivisection resemblance. C1 Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuentc, Div Neurosci, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. RP Pellicer, F, Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuentc, Div Neurosci, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. EM pellicer@imp.edu.mx TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 30 IS 6 BP 20 EP 24 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000252638600003 ER PT J AU Barrios, LM AF Barrios, Liliana Mondragon TI Ethics of the psycho-social research SO SALUD MENTAL LA Spanish DT Article AB The aim of this manuscript is to open up a space for thinking about and debating the issue of ethics in psychosocial research. The ethics of research is put forward in order to identify, deliberate and to a certain extent mitigate the dilemmas arising during the process of generating knowledge. In research, the main questioning focuses on how to behave ethically at the various stages of research, in one's relationships with other scientists and in considering the social responsibility of science. The ethics of research in human beings becomes important when one admits that all kinds of studies contain dilemmas that constitute risks for those that participate in it. However, not all research in human beings is the same; the risks and benefits of biomedical experimentation differ from those that arise in studies in the psychosocial area. Social science research, including psychosocial research, generally entails emotional risks that may trigger mental health disorders and social risks, such as the discrimination or stigmatization of the subjects involved. The ethical dilemmas of social studies are different because they are conceived of in a morally heterogeneous context; in the relativist essence of social sciences; in the canons of scientific objectivity and methodological rigor; in the primacy of subjectivity and the recognition of otherness; in the processes of individuation and the social order; in historicity and culture; in the exercise of power and in the will to known In other words, in the elements those represent and are inherent to social research. In general, these conflicts are expressed when researchers begin to wonder what to prioritize at the moment of choosing a research issue and the way the latter is undertaken. They also arise over the issue of what to publish and when considering the importance of the problem for the community, mainly at the time of giving back the information to those that participated in the study. As a result of the above, first must be questioned both the design of the work, the method and techniques to be used in achieving objectives and the impact of the study for the scientific and social community The latter is crucial, since it determines whether or not social intervention policies that are important in people's lives can be implemented. The dissemination of information has often been art issue of great interest and ethical debate, since it involves confidentiality as well as the need for publication and the dissemination of results. In this respect, intellectual honesty and the guarantee that the results of the study will be properly used by researcher are crucial. It is therefore essential to take ethical reflection to other fields of action, where the different ethical implications are difficult to deal with, such as community studies, at-risk or minority populations, as well as the various research methods, such as the qualitative approach. At the same time, ethical problems encountered by social researchers tend to be avoided, perhaps because they are not interpreted as such or because, in the majority of cases, they can be regarded as mistakes or deficiencies by the researcher himself, who is not prepared to reveal them to the scientific community or perhaps because the recognition of a dilemma may influence the acceptance of a research project. Thus social scientists usually only, recognize those displayed in biomedical experimentation as ethical dilemmas and therefore do not subject themselves to the ethical codes of these disciplines. It may also be because psychosocial research should not really have to apply ethical standards applied in other disciplines, whose object of study is different from that of social sciences. If it did so, it would be a non-reflexive way of understanding the construction of knowledge derived from social research. On the contrary, the ethics of psychosocial research attempts to problematize and generate reflection and interpretation, from the epistemological and ontological consistency characteristic of the social disciplines, where the ethical conflicts represented in everyday practices are obviated and become unquestionable in research, which is why one has to rethink the responsibility and commitment involved in social science. Thus, psychosocial research should propose its own ethical requirements, without having to make declarations or establishing principles that end up as ethical codes. The point is not to establish norms for the critical behavior of researchers or to recommend universal ethical guidelines. The point is for ethical requirements to arise from the inherent needs of social research, through constant dialog and consensus, the recognition of the ethical dilemmas that emerge and the critical work conducted in this area. The point is to provide rather than establish knowledge, skills and abilities in the interaction with people, to understand the duties of professionals and the rights of participants and to develop the sensitivity to be able to recognize the different cultural nuances, the expressions of group diversity and the vulnerability of the human condition. Unless the issue is examined in depth, ethics in the social field will be threatened by an ethical imperialism that imposes unilateral evaluation criteria on psychosocial research. It would be an ethics whose requirements would become excessively bureaucratic and complied with solely for the purpose of obtaining grants for research. At present, ethical concerns are only entrusted to institutions (Ethical committees) or financing organizations whether national or foreign, since researchers regard them merely as an imposition that happens to be in vogue, rather than assuming that they are the ones that have the capacity and sensitivity, based on their experience, to identify and mitigate ethical dilemmas. This shows the importance of ensuring that researchers accept the rigorous, ethical review of their work during the entire research process, even at the time of the publication and presentation of results. Hence the need for an ethics committee, whose dialogic function operates with a variety of visions and opinions, that do not prevent debate and instead promote reflection, and which is far removed from belief, intuition, dogma, doctrine and fundamentalism, which would hamper dialog and tolerance and the creation of a space where moral and above all, ethical responsibility should prevail. Ethical dilemmas are inherent to psycho-social research, which is why the main challenge would be to ensure respect for autonomy, bearing in mind the fact that informed consent must be voluntary, individual and/or collective, verbal or written, but above all, a process that only ends after research has been completed. At the same time, researchers must protect the confidentiality, privacy and common good of those being researched, and avoid damage, discrimination and stigmatization. In short, efforts must be made to maximize benefits, in other words, to protect the rights and well-being of research subjects. In psychosocial research, one is ethically obliged to problematize and critically reflect on one's work and the way one behaves, in other words, one's ethos as researchers, with responsibility and moral commitment towards those being researched. C1 Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Direcc Investigac Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. RP Barrios, LM, Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Direcc Investigac Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Calz Mexico Xochimilco 101,Col San Lorenzo Huipul, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. EM lilian@imp.edu.mx TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 30 IS 6 BP 25 EP 31 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000252638600004 ER PT J AU Rey, GN Sainz, MT AF Rey, Guillermina Natera Sainz, Marcela Tiburcio TI Tailoring an intervention model to help indigenous families cope with excessive drinking in Central Mexico SO SALUD MENTAL LA English DT Proceedings Paper AB Alcohol has been acknowledged as one of the psychotropic drugs consumed in nearly all cultures. The study of alcohol use among indigenous and rural communities from an anthropological perspective highlights the function of alcohol in the social cohesion, and tends to minimize the consequences of consumption. This research adopts a complementary paradigm more closely linked to the acknowledgement of the significant increase in alcohol availability, coupled with its excessive promotion and the lack of support services for other related social, economic and even religious problems. Two groups are affected by excessive drinking: consumers and their closest social nucleus, i.e. the family, both of which require assistance. The aim of this article is to describe the process followed to adapt to the indigenous context a brief intervention model to support the drinkers' families, which is based upon the stress-strain-coping-support model and has proved useful in helping to deal with the dilemmas faced by relatives concerned with a family member's excessive drinking. The adaptation process included four research phases involving different qualitative methods: 1. feasibility, which includes the initial ethnographic research, 2. the adaptation of instruments and p sycho- educational materials, 3. the development of an intervention manual and finally, 4. the development of cost-benefit evaluation indicators. The data are drawn from two small indigenous communities located in the and zone of Valle del Mezquital, in the state of Hidalgo, 300 km from Mexico City. Various strategies drawn from qualitative methods were used in the different phases, i.e. individual interviews with key informants and community members, focus groups, field notes, cognitive laboratories, and the application of semi-structured and structured questionnaires. Different factors were identified as potential challenges for intervention: The existence of a patriarchal organization, fear of gossip, the different perceptions of alcohol consumption, linguistic connotations, poverty, time constraints, and the right not to inform the participants exert. It is crucial to increase awareness in order to improve wellbeing through various means. Women must be offered alternative responses to a dominant patriarchal structure, by helping them overcome the fear of discussing their problems, taking care not to offend their traditions and encouraging mechanisms that will weaken the power of gossip. Likewise, men must be convinced of the harmfulness of alcohol consumption and its effects on the family. C1 [Rey, Guillermina Natera; Sainz, Marcela Tiburcio] Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. RP Rey, GN, Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101,San Lorenzo Huipulc, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. EM naterar@imp.edu.mx TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 30 IS 6 BP 32 EP 42 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000252638600005 ER PT J AU Merlin, EPR Gonzalez-Forteza, C Lira, LR Tapia, JAJ AF Merlin, Ernesto Perez-Rincon Gonzalez-Forteza, Catalina Lira, Luciana Ramos Jimenez Tapia, Jose Alberto TI Post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with non intentional injuries caused by road traffic accidents SO SALUD MENTAL LA Spanish DT Article AB We have carried out this research because accidents are a serious public health problem in Mexico. They are the third overall mortality cause and the first among young adults. In addition, in our country, the study of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has not been focused sufficiently on accidents, not to speak of motor vehicles accidents. Among the different types of accidents, traffic accidents are placed at the top of the list. Aside from causing injuries and the loss of man hours at work, these accidents bring about emotional distress to affected individuals. Stress is a factor that triggers short-and medium-term consequences which are in turn reflected in the quality of fife of the patient and his/her family. PTSD is an anxiety disorder that causes psychosocial disfunctioning and appears due to the exposure to a stressor or traumatic event. It may come about in two ways: when the subject is a victim of a serious threat to his/her life or integrity and when the subject witnesses an event seriously affecting a third party. The main stressors may be natural phenomena, such as hurricanes and earthquakes, intentional attacks, such as rape or any form of criminal violence, and, as is the case here, from traumatic events caused by motor vehicles. The etiology of PTSD is multi-factorial and involves genetic, psychological, educational, and environmental aspects. It has three forms: severe, where the disorder appears immediately after the occurrence of the event or until a month later; chronic, lasting between one and three months; and delayed, where symptoms appear six months after the event. Our objective was to establish PTSD frequency in patients with physical injuries caused by motor vehicles accidents who were attended at the Regional Orthopaedics and Trauma Hospital "Adolfo Lopez Mateos". Together with the application of the scales, we were interested in making a description of the sociodemographical side of accidents, comparing the affect profile, and somehow defining the wide range of factors involved in the occurrence of this problem. For this, we devised a transversal and descriptive study with a non-probabilistic sampling. The sample was chosen using the following inclusion criteria: a)Being older than 18 years. b)Having suffered a motor vehicle accident. c)Having received attention for a month at least at the Orthopaedics and Trauma Hospital "Adolfo Lopez Mateos". d)Having the physical and mental conditions to answer a self-report questionnaire or at least to be interviewed instead. The instrument used was a self-report questionnaire consisting of different scales: 1. The Mississippi PTSD Scale for screening, case selection and symptoms severity measurement. This scale has been translated and validated in Mexico. 2. The WHO Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN). 3. An instrument to establish the affect profile (PANAS). 4. A socio-demographical data identification schedule. Results from this study show some interesting characteristics from subjects involved in traffic accidents such as the fact that victims are mostly men driving alone at weekends. As has been pointed out, this supports the importance of putting into practice actions to educate drivers involved in such circumstances more often. In addition, policies which allow for the modification of traffic environments as to their adequateness to social contexts should be established. Likewise, data from this work agree with those from other studies as to the existence of an association between the presence of PTSD and the involvement in car accidents. Although the prevalence of the sample of this study is much higher than previous Mexican reports, it shows some interesting figures regarding the fact that most subjects who reported PTSD were women who had an elementary education level and a partner by the time of the accident. Falls from vehicles, people run over by cars and individuals driving alone at the time of accidents were other relevant high-impact findings. While it is true, on the one hand, that the aforementioned results are non-significant, they do give an idea of some aspects which would be useful to bear in mind in providing clinical attention to affected individuals. On the other hand, aspects which did have a statistical significance on the data from this sample should be taken into account. One of these was the fact that the higher rate of PTSD was reported in individuals who suffered an accident while being inside a vehicle, in individuals involved in an accident which had occurred between one and three months before and who in addition tended to present a negative affect profile. These are important findings because they give us the opportunity to consider more specific aspects at the time of developing attention strategies which could alleviate the temporal impact and scale of the problem. C1 [Gonzalez-Forteza, Catalina; Lira, Luciana Ramos; Jimenez Tapia, Jose Alberto] Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Direcc Investigaciones Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. [Merlin, Ernesto Perez-Rincon] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Med, Program Serv Social Investigac, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Tapia, JAJ, Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Direcc Investigaciones Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Calz Mexico Xochimilco 101,Col Sn Lorenzo Huipulc, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. EM alberj@imp.edu.rnx TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 30 IS 6 BP 43 EP 48 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000252638600006 ER PT J AU Ortega-Legaspi, JM AF Ortega-Legaspi, J. Manuel TI The nightmare of a painful phantom SO SALUD MENTAL LA English DT Article AB Pain has a representation in the central nervous System within some of the most ancient structures developed over the phylogenetical history Also, it is the most important symptom for which patients seek medical attention. However, there are pathologies in which pain stops being the alarm and becomes a medical issue, perhaps the most dramatic example of this would be the presence of pain in a part of the body that is no longer present, this is known as 'phantom limb pain'. Over history, much attention has been given to pain understanding by well-known personalities and phantom limb itself was described first by Ambroise Pare in the 16(th) Century and later described by Silas Weir Mitchell in the 19(th) Century and thoroughly addressed by Livingston it) the first half of the 20(th) Century. The non-painful phantom limb phenomena are reported by almost all amputees and there is pain in 50 to 80%, no matter the nature of the amputation. We face a puzzling public health problem. The major cause of limb amputations comes from vascular and neuropathic complications provoked by diabetes, followed in frequency by trauma, all astonishingly prevalent in the general working population in productive ages. A worrying cause of trauma and the phantom limb in some developing countries is caused by anti-personnel mines leading people, a majority of civilians with a considerable amount of children, to a living hell accompanied by a painful phantom. Phantom limb pain represents a challenge that involves a huge scope of study related to both public health and neuroscience. It is an entity that involves peripheral, central and psychological factors. Neuroscientific research has studied the system from the amputated peripheral nerve, where a neuroma develops, to the cerebral cortex in which there are changes in the somatosensory cortex after limb amputations, related to a decreased activation of the area that would represent the missing limb. Besides, this problem has caused the development of theories such as the I neuromatrix' that is activated in the absence of peripheral sensory information. In this sense, the anterior cingulate cortex has been proposed as a key structure in the development of phantom nociception in animals. After a huge amount of research, only 30% of patients benefits for a good number of interventions. Phantom limb pain is a clear example that consciousness can indeed become ill and that the clinical frequency, importance and transcendence make research on the neuroscience of consciousness of vital importance. The painful phantom represents a tool and challenge in the neuroscientific field, opens the door for the study on consciousness, supports the need for improved healthcare and allows us to think about war and its consequences in the development of society. C1 Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Lab Neurofis Integrativa, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. RP Ortega-Legaspi, JM, Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Lab Neurofis Integrativa, Calz Mexico Xochimilco 101,Col Sn Lorenzo Huipulc, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. EM jmortegal@yahoo.com TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 30 IS 6 BP 49 EP 52 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000252638600007 ER PT J AU Bermudez, EC Romero Mendoza, MP Rodriguez Ruiz, EM Durand-Smith, AL Saldivar Hernandez, GJ AF Bermudez, Eduardo Colmenares Romero Mendoza, Martha Patricia Rodriguez Ruiz, Eva Maria Durand-Smith, Ana Lucia Saldivar Hernandez, Gabriela Josefina TI Female depression and substance dependence in the Mexico city penitentiary system SO SALUD MENTAL LA English DT Article AB The prevalence of mental disorders in people deprived of freedom has been estimated at between 40 and 15%. Acute or chronic mental illnesses provoke a major breakdown and maladjustment to prison conditions. The more frequent diagnose of mental disorders have been substance consumption, major depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and psychotic disorders. Objective To identify the frequency of major depressive episode in women in prison in Mexico City, its frequency of association with alcohol and substance dependence, and to describe the symptomatic and socio-demographic characteristics. Material and method A transversal, non-experimental, descriptive, ex post facto field study, in two prisons of Mexico City (Centro Preventivo Femenil Oriente [Preventivo Oriente] and the Feminine Center for Social Readaptation Tepepan CERESO), in a non- probabilistic sample of 213 women, selected by convenience. The instrument was designed ex profeso. For the evaluation of the major depressive episode, the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) and DSM-IV criteria were used for substance dependence. Field work lasted from August 2001 to March 2004. Interviews were carried out under previous informed consent; confidentiality and anonymity were guaranteed. In collaboration with the Center of Orientation and Classification (COC), each center elaborated a list of inmates with a history of substance abuse who met the inclusion criteria to take part in the research. Results The mean age of the interviewed population was 30.6 +/- 7.9 years; 45.5% belonged to the age group between 28 to 40 years; the school attainment more frequent was elementary school (41.3%), followed by secondary school. Single women represented 48.6% of the population and 50.2% referred having, at the moment of the interview, a partner relationship. The type of offense reported with major frequency was robbery (51.6%, in different modalities: unspecific, simple, aggravated, not-aggravated, unspecific, burglary, tentative of robbery and car theft). The researched population referred that 43.7% had previously done time in some penal institution. The frequency of depressive episodes was 62% (n = 132) in the interviewed population. The group between 18 to 27 years, with lower years of schooling, single mothers with children under 18 years presented the highest frequency of depression and substance abuse. Alcohol dependence and depression were more frequent in women with less than six months in prison. For depression and substance dependence, the more affected group was the one between one to four years of imprisonment. As to the length of the sentence, women with three to seven years were the most affected by the two diagnoses. Conclusions The interviewed population showed that the longer the imprisonment or the sentence, the higher the frequency of the depressive disorder. A possible explanation is that being imprisoned for a long time may have severe consequences in women's well-being due in part to the fact that in most of the cases women are abandoned by their relatives and loved ones, which intern increases their loss of social support networks. The problem of mental disorders becomes more evident when it is estimated that only 40% of the people who have a disorder had received treatment. Nearly half of the depressed women had not received support and care for their mental health problem. In the group of women with alcohol dependence, less than a quarter had asked for help, in contrast with the group with substance dependence where half of the women had asked for help. On the other hand, prison by itself generates depression and it is a normal reaction in the face of the new situation. There is also the erroneous belief that symptoms will fade away by themselves. In other studies it has been observed that being deprived of freedom causes the lose of emotional relationships, solitude and boredom, lack of services, heterosexual relationships, autonomy, security, a problematic cohabitation with other unpredictable prisoners, all of which cause fear and anxiety. All these deprivations may constitute serious threats to the personality and self-esteem. C1 [Bermudez, Eduardo Colmenares; Romero Mendoza, Martha Patricia; Rodriguez Ruiz, Eva Maria; Durand-Smith, Ana Lucia; Saldivar Hernandez, Gabriela Josefina] Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Direcc Investigaciones Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Romero Mendoza, MP, Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Direcc Investigaciones Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Calz Mexico Xochimilco 101,Col Sn Lorenzo Huipulc, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM romerom@imp.edu.mx TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 30 IS 6 BP 53 EP 61 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000252638600008 ER PT J AU Solis, L Cordero, M Cordero, R Martinez, M AF Solis, Luis Cordero, Martha Cordero, Roberto Martinez, Marcelo TI Characterization of level of alcohol dependence in Mexico City inhabitants SO SALUD MENTAL LA Spanish DT Article AB The dynamic and scope of the consumption of alcoholic beverages, in Mexico, have been known by household surveys, since the last third of the last century. Nowadays those surveys describe alcohol use as one of the main public health tasks nationwide, due not only to its consequences but also to the damage on the different areas of individual's everyday life. A number of indicators have been highlighted by the first survey on 1988, such as teetotalism rates, the alcohol consumers proportion, age of first use, and problems associated with alcohol consumption. As a public health problem, alcohol consumption represents high costs to health institutions because of the problems related to the consumption. So, it requires undertaking certain actions that would be deal with this problem on primary and structural attention, as well as in the individual susceptibility as prevention, or attention levels, diagnosis and treatment. All actions to face this problem are practically impossible in the absence of instruments to establish differential diagnosis between heavy drinking and alcohol dependence. Along the study of alcoholism, have been distinguished two issues to establish differential diagnosis. First is a traditional version of dependence diagnosis by DSM criterions, defined as disadaptative pattern of alcohol consumption that produces significant malaise, expressed trough one year long. The second diagnosis issue quantifies the individual differences of physical, psychological and social damage degrees, caused by the alcohol consumption. From this, appears the motion of Multiple Alcoholism Syndrome. From this last point of view, The Alcohol Use Inventary by Skinner, Horn and Wanberg (1983), is compose by 147 items self administrated, clusted in 24 scales. Time latter, as of many researches done by this research group, aroused The Multiple- syndrome Alcohol Model as The Alcohol Use Inventary simplified version, used as a useful differential diagnosis questionnaire in alcoholics. There for, last version has been done many researches that agree on characterize the alcohol use inventory as screening questionnaire useful to detect problematic drinking to implement primary intervention. Those authors suggest the use of this questionnaire at different stages and populations, with different cut points. Antecedent's use of the questionnaire in Mexico, by Ayala et al., made the adapted version, however, researches seems to be not enough to know the validity of diagnostic instruments on ethanol dependence. The Alcohol Dependence Scale (ADS) consider the dependence as a continuum of four levels, depending on the damage degree associated with alcohol consumption, on the different areas of physical, intellectual, social and psychiatric functioning. In the questionnaire 1 is the minimum cut point for dependence diagnostic and 48 as the highest point, this rank lets differentiate with respect to low dependence, moderate dependence, substantial dependence and severe dependence. This article pretends to diffuse the EDS's validity on inhabitants in Mexico City. As methodology, a case design and 1:1 paired controls were used by age and marital status. Through a not intentioned sampling by quotas were selected 240 men of 18 to 50 years old. The cases group was integrated by 120 individuals that voluntarily sought treatment at the Center of Assistance for the Alcoholic and Relatives (CAAF) from June, 1998 to June, 2000. All cases comply with DSM-IV alcohol dependence criterion; they reported the last consumption at one month before the beginning of the research and with basic school as scholar level. In the control group were 120 volunteers that request treatment to CAAF from June, 1998 to June, 2000. They did not comply with alcohol dependence criterion. As gold standard, was considered the DSM-IV criteria to sensibility, specificity and predictive values; the factorial structure and internal consistency of the scale are indicated. Socio-demographic data indicated 34 years old as sample average, just over the half had a partner at the time of the study; the predominant education level was secondary school (35%). In the cases the 86% covered 6 to 7 criteria for ethanol dependence in the DSM-IV, the predominant dependence level was moderate at 37%, while 53% of the control group had no evidence of dependence. The heterogeneity test showed significant statistics differences on dependence levels in cases and controls (t=23, df=238 and p=0.00). The ADS displays overall internal consistency of 0.96, based on the Cronbach Reliability Coefficient, a higher level of consistency than that reported in previous studies. With a factorial analysis by varimax rotation and maximum likelihood extraction, revealed the presence of three factors with 56.5% of variance explained: intoxication (48.3%), abstinence (5.6%) and delirium tremens. In the application manual, the authors specify 13/14 as values to use the DAS as a diagnosis questionnaire, and 9 for 2 screening instrument. While other authors suggest less cut points 13/14 to 2/3 to reduce the false-negative; however, on Mexico City inhabitants, such cut points were inappropriate. The most suitable cut point to detect a significant dependence on clinical was at 8 points, with 96% sensitivity, 98% specificity and a 94% likelihood of making correct diagnoses. These findings show that DAS is a suitable screening instrument for using on Mexico City inhabitants. We suggest including items to evaluate social area or any other scale to complement the ADS. C1 [Martinez, Marcelo] Inst Mexicano Seguro Social, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Cordero, Roberto] Inst Politecn Nacl, Mexico City 07738, DF, Mexico. [Cordero, Martha] Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon, Ctr Ayuda Alcohol & Familiares, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Cordero, M, CAAF, Altos Mercado A Rodriguez, Mexico City 06020, DF, Mexico. EM marthiux1403@hotmail.com TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 30 IS 6 BP 62 EP 68 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000252638600009 ER PT J AU Espinosa-Aguilar, A Caraveo-Anduaga, J Zamora-Olvera, M Arronte-Rosoles, A Krug-Llamas, E Olivares-Santos, R Reyes-Morales, H Tapia-Garcia, M Garcia-Gonzalez, J Doubova, S Pena-Valdovinos, A AF Espinosa-Aguilar, Amilcar Caraveo-Anduaga, Jorge Zamora-Olvera, Miguel Arronte-Rosoles, Alicia Krug-Llamas, Ernesto Olivares-Santos, Roberto Reyes-Morales, Hortensia Tapia-Garcia, Mario Garcia-Gonzalez, Jose Doubova, Svetlana Pena-Valdovinos, Abel TI Clinical guideline for diagnosis and treatment of depression in eldery SO SALUD MENTAL LA Spanish DT Article AB Introduction Depression is growing in importance every day. It is estimated that by the year 2020 it will be worldwide the second cause for the loss of healthy life years and the first in developed countries. Considering this, an adequate and opportune diagnosis will allow for a complete handling of the disorder. This should include adequate psychotherapy and medical treatment which will in turn improve significantly the prognosis and life quality of depressed individuals. In the primary care area, sub-diagnosis and delays to identify depression are common. These have a negative effect on the individuals' well-being, in public health and in the direct and indirect costs of health services. It is not uncommon for primary care practitioners to consider everyday complaints, the inability to cope with family stress, social isolation, role change and money problems as "causes" for depression. Thus, they deem depression "Justified" and fail to offer treatment when actually this very inability is often caused by depression. Depression is among the most frequent psycho-geriatric ailments. In Mexico, its overall prevalence is 9.5% in women and 5% in men age 60 or more. In most instances, it goes undiagnosed given its atypical expression or the false belief which considers it part of the normal aging process. In the elderly, depression may conceal somatic symptoms, be it as expressions of the depressive syndrome or because these same symptoms aggravate symptoms from other concomitant diseases. Secondary cognitive symptoms are more frequent among this age group. Objective To provide physicians at primary care a guideline with enough technical-medical elements to facilitate the timely diagnosis and integral treatment of elderly with depression. Method This study comprised two phases: design and validation of the guideline. Evidence selection 1. Key words for search: depression, elderly, clinical guidelines, prevalence, primary care, assessment, treatment, suicide risk. 2. Data bases used: Cochrane, Pub-Med and Medline for the 1990-2006 period. 3. Twenty-six references for major depression in the elderly were found: eight random meta-analysis, two random clinical, one cohort, twelve descriptive non-experimental, and three book articles (DSM-IV[HRM1] TR; CIE 10, Psycho-geriatrics Manual). 4. Evidence category and strength of recommendation. This indicates the user about the origin of recommendations issued. In the algorithm from the clinical guide, the concepts or support for each recommendation are identified. In this guide, the diagnosis of depression is based on the CIE-10 and its ranking may be comparable to that for major depression in the DSM-IV TR. Differential diagnosis; criteria for referring a patient to the psychiatrist ; guidelines for pharmacological, psychotherapeutic and psychosocial treatment; onset phase and maintenance phase are included. Thus, the clinical practice guide proposed is based on a strict methodology. It offers enough elements for the general practitioner to assess an opportune and complete treatment for elderly people with depression. In addition, it incorporates criteria based on scientific evidence, which will allow updating it, and evaluating its solidity in the face of new evidence, which will in turn maintain its validity. C1 [Caraveo-Anduaga, Jorge] Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Unidad Invest Estudios Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Zamora-Olvera, Miguel; Olivares-Santos, Roberto] Hosp Psiquiatria, Unidad Med Familiar 10, IMSS, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Arronte-Rosoles, Alicia] UNAM, Fac Estudios Super Zaragoza, Unidad Invest Gerontol, Zaragoza, Spain. [Krug-Llamas, Ernesto] IMSS, Unidad Salud Publ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Tapia-Garcia, Mario] IMSS, Unidad Med Familiar 78, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Garcia-Gonzalez, Jose] Hosp Gen Zona 1, IMSS, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Espinosa-Aguilar, Amilcar; Pena-Valdovinos, Abel] IMSS, Direcc Prestac Med, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Doubova, Svetlana] IMSS, Unidad Invest Epidemiol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Doubova, Svetlana] IMSS, Ctr Med Nacl Siglo 21, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Espinosa-Aguilar, A, Paseo Reforma 476,3er Piso,Colonia Juarez, Mexico City 06600, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 30 IS 6 BP 69 EP 80 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000252638600010 ER PT J AU Franco-Alvarez, N Avila-Funes, JA Ruiz-Arregui, L Gutierrez-Robledo, LM AF Franco-Alvarez, Nubia Alberto Avila-Funes, Jose Ruiz-Arregui, Liliana Miguel Gutierrez-Robledo, Luis TI Determinants of malnutrition risk among the older adult community: a secondary analysis of the health, wellbeing, and aging study (SABE) in Mexico SO REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA Spanish DT Article AB Objective. To determine the psychosocial and health determinants associated with malnutrition risk (MR) among older adults living in the community of Mexico City, Mexico. Methods. This was a cross-sectional study. Secondary analysis was performed on the data of adults who were 60 or more years of age, living in the metropolitan area of Mexico city, and had participated in the multi-city study on Health, Wellbeing, and Aging in 1999 and 2000. Information on 820 participants was analyzed (mean age 69.7 +/- 7.6 years; 62.9% female). In addition to the MR (dependent variable) that was established through a basic nutrition evaluation, the following variables were analyzed: sociodemographics, body mass index, comorbidity, symptoms of depression, oral health, mental function, functional capability, among others. Independent associations from among the variables and the MR were calculated by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were determined. Results. MR was present in 261 (31.8%) participants. The univariate logistic regression analysis adjusted for possible confounding variables showed that the following variables demonstrated significant and independent associations with MR among the study sample population: not having a pension (adjusted OR=1.45; 95%CI: 1.01 - 2.38); feeling that one did not have enough money to live on (adjusted OR=2.52; 95%CI: 1.69 - 3.74); having osteoarthritis (adjusted OR=2.34; 95%CI: 1.42 - 3.85); having a low body mass index (adjusted OR=0.89; 95%CI: 0.85 - 0.93); having symptoms of depression (adjusted OR=5.41; 95%CI: 1.90 - 15.34); eating only once daily (adjusted OR=12.95; 95%CI: 5.19 - 32.28) or twice daily (adjusted OR=3.27; 95%CI: 2.18 - 4.9); and having physical difficulty with getting to bed (adjusted OR=3.25; CI 95%: 1.58 - 6.68), going out alone (adjusted OR=2.70; CI 95%: 1.54 - 4.73), and using the telephone (adjusted OR=1.95; CI 95%: 1.10 - 3.43). Conclusions. There are multiple and various determinants of malnutrition risk. To determine MR, the older adult's financial and social situation must be carefully evaluated along with the more traditional health and anthropometric information. C1 [Franco-Alvarez, Nubia; Alberto Avila-Funes, Jose; Ruiz-Arregui, Liliana; Miguel Gutierrez-Robledo, Luis] Inst Nacl Ciencias Med & Nutr Salvador Zubiran, Clin Geriatria, Mexico City 14000, DF, Mexico. RP Franco-Alvarez, N, Inst Nacl Ciencias Med & Nutr Salvador Zubiran, Clin Geriatria, Vasco Quiroga 15, Mexico City 14000, DF, Mexico. EM nubia_franco_alvarez@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 1020-4989 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 22 IS 6 BP 369 EP 375 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000252594900001 ER PT J AU Kumar, A Kilaru, KR Forde, S Waterman, I AF Kumar, Alok Kilaru, Krishna R. Forde, Sheila Waterman, Ira TI Uptake of health care services and health status of HIV-infected women diagnosed through antenatal HIV screening in Barbados,1996-2004 SO REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA English DT Article AB Objectives. To study utilization of HIV-related health care services and to describe the health status of HIV-infected women diagnosed through antenatal voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) for HIV infection in Barbados. Methods. This is a descriptive study. The study population includes all HIV-infected women in Barbados diagnosed as HIV-infected through VCT for HIV infection during 1996 - 2004. Results. The median duration of HIV infection from time of diagnosis to the time of this report for the 163 women diagnosed during the study period was 72 months (low range, 9 months; high range, 117 months). Of the 163 women, 102 (62.6%) had attended the centralized HIV/AIDS clinic for follow-up (care, treatment, and monitoring), whereas 61 (37.4%) had never attended the clinic. The median time lag between diagnosis of HIV infection and first presentation to the HIV/AIDS clinic was 36 months (low range, I month; high range, 114 months). Of the HIV-infected women who attended the HIV/AIDS clinic, more than one-fourth had severe immunodeficiency at the time of their first follow-up visit. Of the 53 women undergoing highly active anti-refroviral therapy (HA-ART) at the time. of the study, 23 (43.4%) began the therapy within three months of their first follow-up visit. Conclusions. Early HIV diagnosis through antenatal VCT is not enough to ensure that women with HIV will get adequate and timely HIV-related health care. These women suffer significant premature mortality, largely related to inadequate follow-up. C1 [Kumar, Alok] Univ W Indies, Sch Clin Med & Res, Bridgetown, Barbados. [Kilaru, Krishna R.; Forde, Sheila; Waterman, Ira] Minist Hlth, Ladymeade HIV AIDS Reference Unit, Bridgetown, Barbados. RP Kumar, A, Univ W Indies, Sch Clin Med & Res, Cave Hill,Campus Univ Dr, Bridgetown, Barbados. EM alokkumar.uwichill@gmail.com TC 1 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 1020-4989 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 22 IS 6 BP 376 EP 382 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000252594900002 ER PT J AU Naves, AE Lapalma, F Ciancio, JIR AF Enrique Naves, Ariel Lapalma, Florencia Rodriguez Ciancio, Jose Ignacio TI Relative frequency of esophageal squamous carcinoma and adenocarcinoma in a series of endoscopic biopsies performed in Rosario, Argentina SO REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA Spanish DT Article AB Objectives. To determine the relative frequency of adenocarcinoma and squamous carcinoma in a series of endoscopic biopsies of the esophagus registered in consecutive order in a pathology laboratory in the city of Rosario, Argentina, during two time periods: 1992 - 1999 and 2000 - 2006. To determine if the relative frequency of esophageal adenocarcinoma has increased over that of squamous carcinoma, in keeping with the trends noted in other Western countries. methods. We studied the endoscopic esophageal biopsies diagnosed with infiltrating adenocarcinoma and squamous carcinoma and Barrett's esophagus (BE) between 1992 and 2006. The relative frequency of these cancers were compared for the periods 1992 - 1999 and 2000 - 2006 using the z-test. A distribution analysis for age and sex was performed by the chi-square test using a confidence level (alpha) of 0.05. Results. In all, 125 infiltrating squamous carcinomas and adenocarcinomas were found. The relative frequency of adenocarcinoma/squamous carcinoma for the entire series was 0.33/0.67; for the period from 1992 - 1990, 0.28/0.72; and from 2000 - 2006, 0.38/0.62. The differences were not statistically significant. Males constituted 75.6% of the cases of adenocarcinoma and 57.1% of the cases of squamous carcinomas; this difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The mean age of the patients at the time of diagnosis was 66.0 years of age for adenocarcinoma and 67.9 years for squamous carcinoma. The frequency of infiltrating carcinoma was greater among the men than among the women of the age group under 65 years (P < 0.025). BE was diagnosed at a rate of 6:1 relative to adenocarcinoma. Conclusions. Adenocarcinoma and squamous carcinoma were predominant among men, though adenocarcinoma was the major part of these. The relative frequency of adenocarcinoma rose 10% in the last 7 years of the series compared with the first 7 years. This difference was not significant, but it may signal a general trend similar to that described in other countries. C1 [Enrique Naves, Ariel] Inst Histopatol, RA-2000 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. [Lapalma, Florencia; Rodriguez Ciancio, Jose Ignacio] Inst Univ Italiano Rosario, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. RP Naves, AE, Inst Histopatol, Montevideo 1788, RA-2000 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. EM arielenaves@yahoo.com.ar TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 1020-4989 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 22 IS 6 BP 383 EP 388 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000252594900003 ER PT J AU Holst-Schumacher, I Monge-Rojas, R Barrantes-Santamaria, M AF Holst-Schumacher, Ileana Monge-Rojas, Rafael Barrantes-Santamaria, Mauro TI Prevalence of mild serum vitamin B-12 deficiency in rural and urban Costa Rican young adults SO REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA English DT Article AB Objective. Recent studies have shown an increase of mild serum cobalamin (vitamin B-12) deficiency in some Latin American countries; however, no data are available from Costa Rica. The purpose of this work was to establish the prevalence of serum vitamin B-12 deficiency among Costa Rican young adults and to study some factors that may help explain the serum cobalamin concentrations. Methods. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 400 adults aged 20 to 40 years old from urban and rural areas of the central valley of Costa Rica to determine serum vitamin B-12 levels. Additionally, cobalamin dietary intake and the detection of Helicobacter pylori IgG antibodies were studied as possible determinants of the serum vitamin B-12 concentrations. Results. The mean serum concentration of vitamin B-12 was 268 +/- 125 pmol/L, and no significant differences were found by gender or area. Study data indicate an overall prevalence of inadequate serum cobalamin levels of 42.4% (11.2% deficient and 31.2% marginal); more than 50% but less than 75% of individuals had an intake of vitamin 13,2 below the U.S. Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) and 61.2% had IgG antibodies to H. pylori. Conclusions. The prevalence of mild serum vitamin B-12 deficiency in young Costa Rican subjects is as high as in other Latin American countries. More investigation should be done to elucidate the etiological factors that are generating deficient and marginal serum cobalamin levels in Costa Rican adults in order to define appropriate public health actions. C1 [Holst-Schumacher, Ileana] Univ Costa Rica, Invest Ctr Abnormal Hemoglobins & Related Sicknes, CIHATA, San Jose, Costa Rica. [Monge-Rojas, Rafael] Costa Rican Univ Res & Educ Nutr & Hlth, Tres Rios, Cartago, Costa Rica. [Barrantes-Santamaria, Mauro] Univ Costa Rica, Hlth Off, San Jose, Costa Rica. RP Holst-Schumacher, I, Univ Costa Rica, Invest Ctr Abnormal Hemoglobins & Related Sicknes, CIHATA, Postal Code 2410-2050, San Jose, Costa Rica. EM iholst@cariari.ucr.ac.cr TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 1020-4989 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 22 IS 6 BP 396 EP 401 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000252594900005 ER PT J AU Petermann, A Guzman, JI Tilton, JE AF Petermann, Andrea Guzman, Juan Ignacio Tilton, John E. TI Mining and corruption SO RESOURCES POLICY LA English DT Article AB This study examines the links between mineral dependency and corruption. Specifically, it develops a cross-section econometric model that estimates the effects of per capita income, fuel exports, non-fuel exports, and average per unit value of mineral exports on corruption. The results indicate that fuel and non-fuel mineral exports affect corruption differently. Corruption increases with fuel exports in an unambiguous manner. Non-fuel mineral exports tend to increase corruption only in poor countries, particularly affecting those exporting high value mineral commodities such as diamonds and gold. In richer countries, non-fuel mineral exports actually reduce corruption. In addition, while economic development reflected by rising per capita income ultimately reduces corruption, the evidence indicates that at early stages of development, advances in per capita income are associated with greater corruption. These findings suggest that the links between corruption on the one hand and mineral dependency and per capita income on the other are far more complex than widely recognized. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. C1 [Tilton, John E.] Colorado Sch Mines, Div Econ & Business, Golden, CO 80401 USA. [Guzman, Juan Ignacio; Tilton, John E.] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Min Ctr, Sch Engn, Santiago, Chile. RP Tilton, JE, Colorado Sch Mines, Div Econ & Business, Golden, CO 80401 USA. EM Andrea.AF.Petermann@bhpbilliton.com jtilton@mines.edu TC 0 PU ELSEVIER SCI LTD PI OXFORD PA THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND SN 0301-4207 PD SEP PY 2007 VL 32 IS 3 BP 91 EP 103 DI 10.1016/j.resourpol.2007.08.003 SC Environmental Studies UT ISI:000252902000001 ER PT J AU Gomez, F Guzman, JI Tilton, JE AF Gomez, Fernando Guzman, Juan Ignacio Tilton, John E. TI Copper recycling and scrap availability SO RESOURCES POLICY LA English DT Article AB According to existing estimates, available old copper scrap has more than tripled over the past 40 years. Secondary production (that is, copper produced from recycling old scrap), however, has only doubled. Indeed, over the past 10 years, while copper consumption and primary production have continued to expand briskly, while available old scrap has increased by over 35%, secondary production has actually stagnated. For a world concerned with sustainable development and the quality of the earth's environment, this performance is disappointing and in need of explanation. Other things being equal, one would expect the amount of recycling to increase with the availability of scrap, as many econometric models of the world copper market developed over the past several decades explicitly assume. The key to understanding sluggish growth in secondary production, this paper argues, is distinguishing carefully between (1) the flow of old scrap that arrives each year from products reaching the end of their useful lives during the year and (2) the available stock of old scrap that was not recycled during earlier years presumably because it was too costly to do so. Using an econometric model, the paper shows that old scrap stocks, which have contributed most of the increase in available old copper scrap over the years, have a very modest impact on secondary production. Old scrap flows have a much greater effect, but they account for only about 4% of the available old scrap for any given year. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. C1 [Tilton, John E.] Colorado Sch Mines, Div Econ & Business, Golden, CO 80401 USA. [Guzman, Juan Ignacio; Tilton, John E.] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Sch Engn, Min Ctr, Santiago, Chile. RP Tilton, JE, Colorado Sch Mines, Div Econ & Business, Golden, CO 80401 USA. EM Fernando.J.Gomez@bhpbilliton.com jguzman@puc.cl jtilton@mines.edu TC 0 PU ELSEVIER SCI LTD PI OXFORD PA THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND SN 0301-4207 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 32 IS 4 BP 183 EP 190 DI 10.1016/j.resourpol.2007.08.002 SC Environmental Studies UT ISI:000252998400003 ER PT J AU Koch, E Romero, T Manriquez, L Paredes, M Ortuzar, E Taylor, A Roman, C Kirschbaum, A Diaz, C AF Koch, Elard Romero, Tomas Manriquez, Leopoldo Paredes, Mario Ortuzar, Esteban Taylor, Alan Roman, Carolinne Kirschbaum, Aida Diaz, Carlos TI Socioeconomic and educational inequities as independent predictors for mortality in a developing country. A cohort study in San Francisco, Chile SO REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE LA Spanish DT Article AB Background- The socioeconomic Position (SEP) and educational level of individuals have an inverse correlation with mortality in developed societies. Aim: To assess in a society undergoing a socioeconomic transition; the moratality risk associated to a low SEP (combination of education and income scale 0-25 points. reference >= 10 points) and low education (education years, reference >= 8 years), adjusting for other known risk factors. Material and methods. In this Prospectitv cohort study, a random sample of 920 subjects living in San Francisco, de Mostazal. Chile, aged more than 20 years (395 males) was examined for the first time in 1997-1999 and re-examined in 2005-2006. All bad information about economic household income and level of education. A Cox regression model was used to evaluate the association between mortality and socioeconomic measures. Results. The crude mortality hazard ratio (HR) was 3.34 (95% confidence interval (CI) 2.88-3.87) and 6.05 (95% CI 5.04-726) for low SEP and low educational level. respectively. After adjusting for age. gender, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, abdominal obesity. smoking, alcohol intake and family, history of cardiovascular disease. the figures were 1.23 (95% CI 1.04-1.43) and 1.54 (9596 CI 1.23-1.85) for low SFP and low educational level. respectively. Conclusions: In a society in socioeconomic transition. low SEP and especially low educational level are risk factors for mortality even after adjusting for known mortality risk factors (Rev Med Chile 2007: 135: 13 70-9). C1 [Koch, Elard; Ortuzar, Esteban; Kirschbaum, Aida; Diaz, Carlos] Univ Chile, Fac Med, Escuela Salud Publ, Program Doctorado, Santiago, Chile. [Romero, Tomas] Sharp CV Med Ctr, Serv Cardiol, San Diego, CA USA. [Romero, Tomas] Sharp CV Med Ctr, Cardiac Catheterizat Lab, San Diego, CA USA. RP Koch, E, Univ Chile, Fac Med, Escuela Salud Publ, Program Doctorado, Independencia 939,Casilla 70012, Santiago, Chile. EM ekoch@med.uchile.cl TC 0 PU SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO PI SANTIAGO 9 PA BERNARDA MORIN 488 PROVIDENCIA, CASILLA 168 CORREO 55, SANTIAGO 9, CHILE SN 0034-9887 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 135 IS 11 BP 1370 EP 1379 SC Medicine, General & Internal UT ISI:000252262200002 ER PT J AU Quintero, MM Pelaez, JC AF Quintero, Melchor Medina Pelaez, Julian Chaparro TI The impact of the human element in the information systems quality for Decision Making and User Satisfaction SO JOURNAL OF COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS LA English DT Article AB This research analyzes the influence degree of the human element in the development and the operation quality of the successful information systems for Decision Making and User Satisfaction, based on a designed model research for this purpose. The empirical study is carried out in six Higher Education Institutions in the northeast of Mexico (94 questionnaires) by statistical tool well known as Partial Least Squares. The results show that User Participation, Manager Support and Information Quality are the elements with the most impact, mainly on Satisfaction (81.7% explained variance). C1 [Quintero, Melchor Medina] Univ Autonoma Tamaulipas FCAT, Tampico, Mexico. [Pelaez, Julian Chaparro] Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSIT, Madrid, Spain. RP Quintero, MM, Univ Autonoma Tamaulipas FCAT, Tampico, Mexico. TC 0 PU INT ASSOC COMPUTER INFO SYSTEM PI STILLWATER PA OKLAHOMA ST UNIV COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, STILLWATER, OK 74078 USA SN 0887-4417 PD WIN PY 2007 VL 48 IS 2 BP 44 EP 52 SC Computer Science, Information Systems UT ISI:000252820800005 ER PT J AU Cuninghame, PG AF Cuninghame, Patrick Gun TI "A laughter that will bury you all": Irony as protest and language as struggle in the Italian 1977 movement SO INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SOCIAL HISTORY LA English DT Article AB Perhaps the most innovative aspect of the Italian "1977 Movement" in its conflict with the grey, humourless political system was its use of irony to ridicule its opponents. Irony was central to the identity of the movement and its cultural and political break with the institutional old and vanguardist new lefts. Its use, particularly by the "Metropolitan Indians", the transversalists and other "creatives", marked a social revolt by mainly marginalized young people, who invented a new political counter-culture based on linguistic experimentation in circumstances far from the optimism of 1968. The paper, based directly on primary sources from the movement and on interviews with former participants, reassesses a movement usually characterized as "violent" by Italianist social history. It concludes that the movement's "ironic praxis" contributed to a fundamental change in Italian society in the late seventies and has influenced the political style of contemporary alter-globalist and anti-capitalist movements. C1 Univ Autonoma Ciudad Juarez, Inst Ciencias Sociales & Adm, Ciudad Juarez 32300, Chihuahua, Mexico. RP Cuninghame, PG, Univ Autonoma Ciudad Juarez, Inst Ciencias Sociales & Adm, Av Univ & Heroico Colegio Militar S-N, Ciudad Juarez 32300, Chihuahua, Mexico. EM pgcuninghame@yahoo.co.uk TC 0 PU CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS PI NEW YORK PA 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10013-2473 USA SN 0020-8590 PY 2007 VL 52 SU Suppl. 15 BP 153 EP 168 DI 10.1017/S0020859007003173 SC History UT ISI:000252699800009 ER PT J AU Vasquez, F Mitrani, M Nicolas, Y Falconi, S Vite, V AF Vasquez, F. Mitrani, M. Nicolas, Y. Falconi, S. Vite, V. TI Designing a profile of suicide attempter in the National Institute of Mental Health, Lima, Peru, 2006 SO EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Vasquez, F.; Mitrani, M.; Nicolas, Y.; Falconi, S.; Vite, V.] Natl Inst Mental Hlth Honorio Delgado Hideyo N, Lima, Peru. TC 1 PU ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV PI AMSTERDAM PA PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS SN 0924-977X PD OCT PY 2007 VL 17 SU Suppl. 4 BP S590 EP S591 SC Clinical Neurology; Neurosciences; Pharmacology & Pharmacy; Psychiatry UT ISI:000251231901330 ER PT J AU Olfos, R Zulantay, H AF Olfos, Raimundo Zulantay, Hildaura TI Reliability and validity of authentic assessment in a web based course SO EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY LA English DT Article AB Web-based courses are promising in that they are effective and have the possibility of their instructional design being improved over time. However, the assessments of said courses are criticized in terms of their validity. This paper is an exploratory case study regarding the validity of the assessment system used in a semi presential web-based course. The course uses an authentic assessment system that includes online forums, online tests, self-evaluations, and the assessment of e-learner processes and products by a tutor, peers, and an expert. The validity of the system was checked using internal and external criteria. The results show that the authentic assessment system addresses technical problems, especially regarding reliability of instruments. Some suggestions are proposed to strengthen authentic assessment in web-based courses and to test it. C1 [Olfos, Raimundo] Pontificia Univ Catolica Valparaiso, Math Inst, Valparaiso, Chile. [Zulantay, Hildaura] Univ La Serena, Dept Math, La Serena, Chile. RP Olfos, R, Pontificia Univ Catolica Valparaiso, Math Inst, Valparaiso, Chile. EM Raimundo.olfos@userena.cl hzulantay@yahoo.com TC 0 PU IEEE COMPUTER SOC, LEARNING TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE PI PALMERSTON NORTH PA BAG 11-222, MASSEY UNIVERSITY, PALMERSTON NORTH, NEW ZEALAND SN 1436-4522 PY 2007 VL 10 IS 4 BP 156 EP 173 SC Education & Educational Research UT ISI:000252743900015 ER PT J AU Barrios, E AF Barrios, Edmundo TI Soil biota, ecosystem services and land productivity SO ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS LA English DT Review AB The soil environment is likely the most complex biological community. Soil organisms are extremely diverse and contribute to a wide range of ecosystem services that are essential to the sustainable function of natural and managed ecosystems. The soil organism community can have direct and indirect impacts on land productivity. Direct impacts are those where specific organisms affect crop yield immediately. Indirect effects include those provided by soil organisms participating in carbon and nutrient cycles, soil structure modification and food web interactions that generate ecosystem services that ultimately affect productivity. Recognizing the great biological and functional diversity in the soil and the complexity of ecological interactions it becomes necessary to focus in this paper on soil biota that have a strong linkage to functions which underpin 'soil based' ecosystem services. Selected organisms from different functional groups (i.e. microsymbionts, decomposers, elemental transformers, soil ecosystem engineers, soil-borne pest and diseases, and microregulators) are used to illustrate the linkages of soil biota and ecosystem services essential to life on earth as well as with those associated with the provision of goods and the regulation of ecosystem processes. These services are not only essential to ecosystem function but also a critical resource for the sustainable management of agricultural ecosystems. Research opportunities and gaps related to methodological, experimental and conceptual approaches that may be helpful to address the challenge of linking soil biodiversity and function to the provision of ecosystem services and land productivity are discussed. These include: 1) integration of spatial variability research in soil ecology and a focus on 'hot spots' of biological activity, 2) using a selective functional group approach to study soil biota and function, 3) combining new and existing methodological approaches that link selected soil organisms, the temporal and spatial dynamics of their function, and their contribution to the provision of selected 'soil based' ecosystem services, 4) using understanding about hierarchical relationships to manage soil biota and function in cropping systems, 5) using local knowledge about plants as indicators of soil quality, remote sensing and GIS technologies, and plant-soil biota interactions to help understand the impacts of soil biota at landscape scale, and 6) developing land quality monitoring systems that inform land users about their land's ecosystem service performance, improve capacities to predict and adapt to environmental changes, and support policy and decision-making. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. C1 Ctr Int Agr Trop, Trop Soil Biol & Fertil Inst, Cali, Colombia. RP Barrios, E, Ctr Int Agr Trop, Trop Soil Biol & Fertil Inst, Apartado Aereo 6713, Cali, Colombia. EM edmundo.barrios@gmail.com TC 4 PU ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV PI AMSTERDAM PA PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS SN 0921-8009 PD DEC 15 PY 2007 VL 64 IS 2 BP 269 EP 285 DI 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.03.004 SC Ecology; Economics; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies UT ISI:000252264600005 ER PT J AU Pagiola, S Ramirez, E Gobbi, J De Haan, C Ibrahim, M Murgueitio, E Ruiz, JP AF Pagiola, Stefano Ramirez, Elias Gobbi, Jose de Haan, Cees Ibrahim, Muhammad Murgueitio, Enrique Ruiz, Juan Pablo TI Paying for the environmental services of silvopastoral practices in Nicaragua SO ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS LA English DT Article AB Agricultural landscapes can provide many valuable ecosystem services, but many are externalities from the perspective of farmers and so tend to be under-produced. This paper examines an effort to make direct payments for ecosystem services (PES) in an agricultural landscape. The Regional Integrated Silvopastoral Ecosystem Management Project is piloting the use of PES to induce adoption of silvopastoral practices in the Matiguas-Rio Blanco area in Nicaragua. Silvopastoral practices could substantially improve service provision while retaining agricultural production, but they have found only limited acceptance among farmers. The Silvopastoral Project seeks to increase their adoption by paying farmers for the expected increase in biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration services that these practices would provide. The Project developed an 'environmental services index' (ESI) and pays participants for net increases in ESI points. Although the Silvopastoral Project is still underway, it already appears to have succeeded in inducing farmers to increase substantially the use of practices that generate higher levels of ecosystem services. In the project's first two years, over 24% of the total area experienced some form of land use change. The area of degraded pasture fell by two thirds, while pastures with high tree density increased substantially, as did fodder banks and live fences. On-going monitoring indicates that these land use changes are in fact generating the desired services. Questions remain about the long-term sustainability, of the approach, however. To ensure sustainability, long-term payments are likely to be needed, raising the question of how they will be financed. Payments by water users and by carbon buyers provide a partial answer to this challenge, but still leave many gaps. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. C1 [Pagiola, Stefano; de Haan, Cees; Ruiz, Juan Pablo] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA. [Ramirez, Elias] Univ Ctr Amer, Managua, Nicaragua. [Gobbi, Jose] CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica. [Murgueitio, Enrique] Fdn CIPAV, Cali, Colombia. RP Pagiola, S, World Bank, 1818 H Str NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA. EM spagiola@worldbank.org TC 7 PU ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV PI AMSTERDAM PA PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS SN 0921-8009 PD DEC 15 PY 2007 VL 64 IS 2 BP 374 EP 385 DI 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.04.014 SC Ecology; Economics; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies UT ISI:000252264600014 ER PT J AU Nicholas, PK Voss, JG Corless, IB Lindgren, TG Wantland, DJ Kemppainen, JK Canaval, GE Sefcik, EF Nokes, KM Bain, CA Kirksey, KM Eller, LS Dole, PJ Hamilton, MJ Coleman, CL Holzemer, WL Reynolds, NR Portillo, CJ Bunch, EH Tsai, YF Mendez, MR Davis, SM Gallagher, DM AF Nicholas, P. K. Voss, J. G. Corless, I. B. Lindgren, T. G. Wantland, D. J. Kemppainen, J. K. Canaval, G. E. Sefcik, E. F. Nokes, K. M. Bain, C. A. Kirksey, K. M. Eller, L. S. Dole, P. J. Hamilton, M. J. Coleman, C. L. Holzemer, W. L. Reynolds, N. R. Portillo, C. J. Bunch, E. H. Tsai, Y-F. Mendez, M. R. Davis, S. M. Gallagher, D. M. TI Unhealthy behaviours for self-management of HIV-related peripheral neuropathy SO AIDS CARE-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV LA English DT Article AB The prevalence of peripheral neuropathy is frequent in HIV disease and is often associated with antiretroviral therapy. Unhealthy behaviours, particularly substance-use behaviours, are utilized by many HIV-positive individuals to manage neuropathic symptoms. As part of a larger study on self-care for symptoms in HIV disease, this study analyzed the prevalence and characteristics of unhealthy behaviours to self-manage peripheral neuropathy in HIV disease. Socio-demographic and disease-related correlates and unhealthy behaviours were examined in a convenience sample of 1,217 respondents who were recruited from data collection sites in several US cities, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Taiwan. Results of the study indicated that respondents with peripheral neuropathy (n = 450) identified a variety of unhealthy self-care behaviours including injection drug use, oral drug use, smoking cigarettes and alcohol ingestion. Specific unhealthy behaviours that participants reported to alleviate peripheral neuropathy included use of marijuana (n = 67), smoking cigarettes (n = 139), drinking alcohol (n = 8 1) and street drugs (n = 30). A subset of those individuals (n = 160), who identified high levels of neuropathy (greater than five on a scale of 1-10), indicated significantly higher use of amphetamines and injection drug use in addition to alcohol use and cigarette smoking. For participants from Norway, substance use (using alcohol: 56%) was one of the most frequent self-management strategies. Implications for clinical practice include assessment and education of persons with HIV for self-care management of the complex symptom of peripheral neuropathy. C1 [Nicholas, P. K.; Corless, I. B.] MGH Inst Hlth Profess, Grad Program Nursing, Boston, MA 02129 USA. [Nicholas, P. K.] Brigham & Womens Hosp, Boston, MA 02115 USA. [Voss, J. G.] Univ Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA. [Lindgren, T. G.; Wantland, D. J.; Holzemer, W. L.; Portillo, C. J.] Univ Calif San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA. [Kemppainen, J. K.] Univ N Carolina, Wilmington, NC 28401 USA. [Canaval, G. E.; Bain, C. A.] Univ Valle, Cali, Colombia. [Sefcik, E. F.] Texas A&M Univ, Corpus Christi, TX USA. [Nokes, K. M.] CUNY Hunter Coll, New York, NY 10021 USA. [Kirksey, K. M.] Ben Taub Gen Hosp, Houston, TX 77030 USA. [Eller, L. S.] Rutgers State Univ, Newark, NJ 07102 USA. [Dole, P. J.] Greenwich House, New York, NY USA. [Coleman, C. L.] Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA. [Reynolds, N. R.] Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210 USA. [Bunch, E. H.] Univ Oslo, Oslo, Norway. [Tsai, Y-F.] Chang Gung Univ, Tao Yuan, Taiwan. [Mendez, M. R.] Univ Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00936 USA. [Davis, S. M.] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Boston, MA 02114 USA. [Gallagher, D. M.] New England AIDS Educ & Training Ctr, Boston, MA USA. RP Nicholas, PK, MGH Inst Hlth Profess, Grad Program Nursing, 36 1st Ave, Boston, MA 02129 USA. EM pnicholas@mghihp.edu TC 0 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0954-0121 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 19 IS 10 BP 1266 EP 1273 DI 10.1080/09540120701408928 SC Health Policy & Services; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Respiratory System; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000252593900011 ER PT J AU Palley, PD Parcero, ME AF Palley, Paul D. Parcero, Miriam E. TI Economics SO WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH LA English DT Article C1 [Palley, Paul D.] Utilities Accounting Div, Econ Anal Finance Dept, Phoenix, AZ 85003 USA. [Parcero, Miriam E.] Argentinean Uruguayan Assoc Ecol Econ, RA-1203 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Palley, PD, Utilities Accounting Div, Econ Anal Finance Dept, 305 W Washington St,2nd Floor,Suite 201, Phoenix, AZ 85003 USA. EM paul.palley@phoenix.gov miriamparcero@yahoo.com.ar TC 0 PU WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION PI ALEXANDRIA PA 601 WYTHE ST, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314-1994 USA SN 1061-4303 PY 2007 VL 79 IS 10 BP 2210 EP 2218 DI 10.2175/106143007X218728 SC Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences; Limnology; Water Resources UT ISI:000252301200038 ER PT J AU Sole, JP Ortega, GP Kielhorn, A AF Sole, J. P. Ortega, G. P. Kielhorn, A. TI Cost-benefit of rituximab for rheumatoid arthritis patients in Argentina SO VALUE IN HEALTH LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Sole, J. P.; Ortega, G. P.] Productos Roche SAQe I, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Kielhorn, A.] Hoffmann La Roche Ag, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland. TC 0 PU BLACKWELL PUBLISHING PI OXFORD PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND SN 1098-3015 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 6 BP A243 EP A244 SC Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services UT ISI:000251508900076 ER PT J AU Fon, F Celaya, JM Ayala, C Antunez, O Garcia-Contreras, F AF Fon, F. Celaya, J. M. Ayala, C. Antunez, O. Garcia-Contreras, F. TI A pharmacoeconomic evaluation for diabetes type 2 (DM 2) patients with inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) and thiazolidinediones (TZD) as add-on therapy SO VALUE IN HEALTH LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Fon, F.; Celaya, J. M.; Antunez, O.] Novartis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Ayala, C.] Epiecon Res, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Garcia-Contreras, F.] Mexican Inst Social Secur, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU BLACKWELL PUBLISHING PI OXFORD PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND SN 1098-3015 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 6 BP A254 EP A254 SC Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services UT ISI:000251508900108 ER PT J AU Celaya, JM Fon, F Ayala, C Antunez, O Garcia-Contreras, F AF Celaya, J. M. Fon, F. Ayala, C. Antunez, O. Garcia-Contreras, F. TI A pharmacoeconomic evaluation for diabetes type 2 (DM 2) with inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) and thiazolidinediones (TZD) in monotherapy SO VALUE IN HEALTH LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Celaya, J. M.; Fon, F.; Antunez, O.] Novartis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Ayala, C.] Epiecon, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Garcia-Contreras, F.] Mexican Inst Social Secur, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU BLACKWELL PUBLISHING PI OXFORD PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND SN 1098-3015 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 6 BP A254 EP A254 SC Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services UT ISI:000251508900110 ER PT J AU Einarson, TR Walker, J Gonzalez, JC AF Einarson, T. R. Walker, J. Gonzalez, J. C. TI Cost of illness study of type-2 diabetes in Colombia SO VALUE IN HEALTH LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Einarson, T. R.] Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. [Walker, J.] Brock Univ, Fac Business, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada. [Gonzalez, J. C.] Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd, Bogota, Colombia. TC 0 PU BLACKWELL PUBLISHING PI OXFORD PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND SN 1098-3015 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 6 BP A265 EP A266 SC Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services UT ISI:000251508900144 ER PT J AU Castaneda, RCL Sil, MJSA Acevedo, GAR Manterola, SOMC Ramirez, JR Rios, LRN Romero, SR Barquera, SB AF Castaneda, R. C. L. Sil, M. J. S. A. Acevedo, G. A. R. Manterola, S. O. M. C. Ramirez, J. R. Rios, L. R. N. Romero, S. R. Barquera, S. B. TI Impact of HBAIC in type 2 diabetes mellitus in Mexico: Simulation analysis, a pharmacoeconomic perspective SO VALUE IN HEALTH LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Castaneda, R. C. L.; Sil, M. J. S. A.; Acevedo, G. A. R.] Hosp Carlos Mc Gregor Sanchez Navarro, IMSS, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Manterola, S. O. M. C.] Sanofi Aventis Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Ramirez, J. R.; Rios, L. R. N.] Natl Inst Cardiol Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Romero, S. R.] Inst Mexicano Seguro Social, Zona Poniente, Toluca, Mexico. [Barquera, S. B.] Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. TC 0 PU BLACKWELL PUBLISHING PI OXFORD PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND SN 1098-3015 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 6 BP A266 EP A266 SC Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services UT ISI:000251508900145 ER PT J AU Walker, DR Paniagua, R DuChane, J Prieto, I Divino, J Blackburn, JC Bhattacharyya, SK AF Walker, D. R. Paniagua, R. DuChane, J. Prieto, I Divino, J. Blackburn, J. C. Bhattacharyya, S. K. TI The impact of icodextrin on quality of life in diabetic patients on peritoneal dialysis overtime: A regression analysis SO VALUE IN HEALTH LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Walker, D. R.] Baxter Healthcare Corp, McGaw Pk, IL USA. [Paniagua, R.] Unidad Invest Med & Enfermedades Nefrol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [DuChane, J.; Bhattacharyya, S. K.] Baxter Hlth Care, McGaw, IL USA. [Prieto, I] Baxter Int, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Divino, J.] Baxter Renal Div Intercontenintal, McGaw, IL USA. [Blackburn, J. C.] Baxter Export Corp, Ft Lauderdale, FL USA. TC 0 PU BLACKWELL PUBLISHING PI OXFORD PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND SN 1098-3015 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 6 BP A319 EP A319 SC Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services UT ISI:000251508900310 ER PT J AU Maceira, DA AF Maceira, D. A. TI Immunization program in Paraguay: Social and behavioral determinants and organizational impact SO VALUE IN HEALTH LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Maceira, D. A.] Ctr Study State Soc, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. TC 0 PU BLACKWELL PUBLISHING PI OXFORD PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND SN 1098-3015 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 6 BP A366 EP A366 SC Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services UT ISI:000251508900455 ER PT J AU Maceira, DA Kremer, P AF Maceira, D. A. Kremer, P. TI Provision of essential medicines and physicians quality perception of Argentina health care services SO VALUE IN HEALTH LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Maceira, D. A.] Ctr Study State & Soc, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Kremer, P.] Ctr Implementat Publ Policies Towards Equity & G, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. TC 0 PU BLACKWELL PUBLISHING PI OXFORD PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND SN 1098-3015 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 6 BP A372 EP A372 SC Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services UT ISI:000251508900475 ER PT J AU Martinez, M Vega, G Garcia, FM Rivas, R Fon, F Zapata, L AF Martinez, M. Vega, G. Garcia, F. M. Rivas, R. Fon, F. Zapata, L. TI Cost-effectiveness analysis of omalizumab vs standard therapy (st), in the management of severe ashtma SO VALUE IN HEALTH LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Martinez, M.; Fon, F.] Novartis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Vega, G.; Rivas, R.; Zapata, L.] Guia Mark, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Garcia, F. M.] IMSS, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU BLACKWELL PUBLISHING PI OXFORD PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND SN 1098-3015 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 6 BP A399 EP A399 SC Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services UT ISI:000251508900554 ER PT J AU Hernandez, H Lepe, L Gonzalez, A Lemus, A Reyes, A AF Hernandez, H. Lepe, L. Gonzalez, A. Lemus, A. Reyes, A. TI Cost-effectiveness of irbesartan in the treatment of patients with hypertension, type-2 diabetes and renal damage in Mexico SO VALUE IN HEALTH LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Hernandez, H.] IMSS, Natl Med Ctr, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. [Lepe, L.] Natl Med Ctr, La Raza, DF, Mexico. [Gonzalez, A.] Natl Med Ctr, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Lemus, A.] Sanofi Aventis Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Reyes, A.] Mexican Children Hosp, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU BLACKWELL PUBLISHING PI OXFORD PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND SN 1098-3015 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 6 BP A415 EP A415 SC Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services UT ISI:000251508900605 ER PT J AU Fresan, A Apiquian, R Garcia-Anaya, M de la Fuente-Sandoval, C Nicolini, H Graff-Guerrero, A AF Fresan, Ana Apiquian, Rogelio Garcia-Anaya, Maria de la Fuente-Sandoval, Camilo Nicolini, Humberto Graff-Guerrero, Ariel TI The P50 auditory evoked potential in violent and non-violent patients with schizophrenia SO SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH LA English DT Article AB Background: Emotionally driven violence is facilitated by increased arousal. It may be a consequence of an information-processing deficit and the cognitive attributions for the stimuli given by the subject. The aim of this study was to compare the P50 evoked potential responses of violent patients with schizophrenia with non-violent patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls. Method: Patients were classified into violent and non-violent in accordance to the Overt Aggression Scale. P50 auditory evoked potentials of 32 unmedicated patients with schizophrenia (violent= 14, non-violent= 18) and 17 healthy controls were recorded during five runs of 30 click pairs. Results: Healthy controls exhibited a lower S2/S1 ratio when compared to violent (p < 0.001) and non-violent (p=0.04) patients. Using a cutoff point of 0.50 for S2/S1 ratio to define abnormal gating a significant proportion of violent patients did not show P50 suppression (71.4%) in comparison to non-violent patients (38.9%) and healthy controls (23.5%) (p=0.02). Conclusions: Violent behavior in patients with schizophrenia could be associated with a disturbed information sensory gating. Violence in patients with schizophrenia may be facilitated by an increased arousal which may in turn be the result of an information-processing deficit. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. C1 [Graff-Guerrero, Ariel] PET Ctr, Ctr Addict & Mental Hlth, Schizophrenia Res Programme, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada. [Fresan, Ana; Garcia-Anaya, Maria] Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon de la Fuente, Subdirecc Invest Clin, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Apiquian, Rogelio; Nicolini, Humberto] Grp Med Carracci, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [de la Fuente-Sandoval, Camilo] Inst Nacl Neurol & Neurocirugia Manuel Velasco Su, Lab Psiquiatria Expt, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Nicolini, Humberto] Univ Ciudad Mexico, Dept Med Genom, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Graff-Guerrero, Ariel] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Juriquilla, Qro, Mexico. RP Graff-Guerrero, A, PET Ctr, Ctr Addict & Mental Hlth, Schizophrenia Res Programme, 250 Coll St, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada. EM ariel_graff@yahoo.com.mx TC 1 PU ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV PI AMSTERDAM PA PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS SN 0920-9964 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 97 IS 1-3 BP 128 EP 136 DI 10.1016/j.schres.2007.09-017 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000251742000016 ER PT J AU Lopez, JAP Montijo, SR Icedo, BMR AF Pina Lopez, Julio A. Robles Montijo, Susana Rivera Icedo, Blanca M. TI A survey instrument for evaluating psychological variables and risky sexual behavior among young adults at two university centers in Mexico SO REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA Portuguese DT Article AB Objectives. To measure the psychometric attributes of a survey instrument designed to evaluate historical and context variables that lead to high-risk sexual behaviors among a sample of university students in Mexico. Methods. Cross-sectional study of a sample of 1346 university students in Mexico: 784 from the Sonora State Center for Higher Education in Hermosillo, Sonora, or 33.2% of its total enrollment; and 562 from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, at Tlalnepantla campus in Mexico State, or 23.5% of its total enrollment. The study took place in Hermosillo during the month of October 2006 and in Tlalnepantla from January to March 2006. The survey had 11 questions on sociodemographics, 7 on risky sexual behaviors, 22 on related motives, 8 on social context, and 6 on physical status prior to sexual relations. The survey was evaluated in terms of how well the questions were understood, its conceptual validity, and reliability. Results. The final version of the survey instrument was composed of 44 questions. The reliability analysis produced an overall Cronbach a value of 0.821, taking into account all the variables combined and grouped by factor. Three factors were found that together accounted for 38.36% of the total variance: reasons for not using a condom in the first sexual relationship or throughout life, reasons for inconsistent use of a condom with a casual sex partner, and willingness to become sexually active and to engage in casual sex. Conclusions. The psychometric attributes of this survey instrument were found to be satisfactory. Those interested in using this instrument should become familiar with the theoretical model on which it is based, since understanding the results depends on properly defining the historical and context variables, and their interaction. C1 [Pina Lopez, Julio A.] Investigador Independiente, Hermosillo 83150, Sonora, Mexico. [Robles Montijo, Susana] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Estudios Super Iztacala, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. [Rivera Icedo, Blanca M.] Inst Mexicano Seguro Soc, Unidad Invest Epidemiol & Serv Salud, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. RP Lopez, JAP, Investigador Independiente, Guillermo Prieto 18, Hermosillo 83150, Sonora, Mexico. EM ja_pina@hotmail.com TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 1020-4989 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 22 IS 5 BP 295 EP 303 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000252220000001 ER PT J AU Gagliardino, JJ Gonzalez, C Caporale, JE AF Gagliardino, Juan J. Gonzalez, Claudio Caporale, Joaquin E. CA Diabet Educ Study Grp Argentina TI The diabetes-related attitudes of health care professionals and persons with diabetes in Argentina SO REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA English DT Article AB Objective. To test diabetes-related attitudes of health care team members (HCTMs) and people with diabetes in a developing country, in this case, Argentina. Methods. The third version of the Diabetes Attitudes Scale (DAS-3) was randomly administered, in person, to 252 HCTMs (nurses, nutritionists, physicians, podiatrists, and social workers) and 279 people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus in several provinces of Argentina in 2004. Data from 531 completed questionnaires were included in the study. The data were statistically analyzed using analysis of variance, covariance, chi-square, and t-tests. Results. Although few, the differences in attitudes of HCTMs and people with diabetes were significant. The two groups expressed only slight agreement on DAS-3 statements such as "seriousness of type 2 diabetes," "value of tight control," and "psychosocial impact of diabetes;" and disagreed completely on "patient autonomy." No significant differences were recorded between people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes regarding "seriousness of the disease," but from both groups, those individuals who had previously attended a diabetes education course assigned this statement a higher score (P < 0.01). Conclusions. The unfavorable trend among the participants, similar to that recorded in developed countries, would contribute to the poor treatment outcomes observed in people with type 2 diabetes. Changing these attitudes by means of education could contribute to improving the quality of care and of life for people with diabetes and to decreasing the cost of the disease. C1 [Gagliardino, Juan J.; Gonzalez, Claudio; Caporale, Joaquin E.] Natl Univ La Plata, CONICET, Natl Council Sci & Tech, La Plata, Argentina. RP Gagliardino, JJ, Natl Univ La Plata, CONICET, CENEXA, Fac Ciencias Med, Calles 60 & 120, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. EM direccion@cenexa.org.ar TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 1020-4989 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 22 IS 5 BP 304 EP 307 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000252220000002 ER PT J AU Rampersad, J Wang, XH Gayadeen, H Ramsewak, S Ammons, D AF Rampersad, Joanne Wang, Xiaohui Gayadeen, Helen Ramsewak, Samuel Ammons, David TI In-house polymerase chain reaction for affordable and sustainable Chlamydia trachomatis detection in Trinidad and Tobago SO REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA English DT Article AB Objectives. To provide a preliminary assessment of in-house polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as an alternative to the more costly commercial test for detection of asymptomatic infection by Chlamydia trachomatis and to provide much needed demographic data on infection indicators within the Trinidad and Tobago public health care system. Methods. An inexpensive in-house nested-PCR with an Internal Amplification Control was used to detect C. trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urine samples collected from 273 apparently healthy, pregnant women from March-September 2004 in Trinidad, West Indies. Demographic information on participants was collected and subjected to statistical analyses. Results. C. trachomatis was detected in 57/273 (21%) samples, of which 5 (2%) were also positive for N. gonorrhoeae. Infection correlated well with certain demographic parameters, with the highest incidence of C. trachomatis infection found among pregnant women that were single or of African descent. Conclusions. Given the lack of commercial tests in Trinidad, in-house PCR is an inexpensive alternative that can be used to detect asymptomatic infections of C. trachomatis and to provide demographic information needed for interventions by the public health care system. C1 [Rampersad, Joanne] Univ Texas Pan Amer, Dept Chem, Edinburg, TX 78539 USA. [Rampersad, Joanne] Univ W Indies, Dept Life Sci, St Augustine, Trinid & Tobago. [Wang, Xiaohui] Univ Texas Pan Amer, Dept Math, Edinburg, TX USA. [Gayadeen, Helen; Ramsewak, Samuel] Univ W Indies, Sch Med, Fac Med Sci, Mt Hope, Trinid & Tobago. [Ammons, David] Univ W Indies, Sch Vet, Fac Med Sci, Mt Hope, Trinid & Tobago. RP Rampersad, J, Univ Texas Pan Amer, Dept Chem, 1201 W Univ Dr, Edinburg, TX 78539 USA. EM ammonstt@hotmail.com TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 1020-4989 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 22 IS 5 BP 317 EP 322 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000252220000004 ER PT J AU Vasquez, M Ibarra, P Maldonado, M AF Vasquez, Marcela Ibarra, Patricia Maldonado, Monica TI Blood donation: knowledge and attitudes of a university population in Chile SO REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA Spanish DT Article AB Objectives. To evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of students, professors, and other staff at the University of Talca, Chile, regarding voluntary blood donation. Methods. From June to July 2002 a previously-validated survey was administered to 487 individuals in the university community. The survey sought to measure their understanding of blood donation i.e., motivators and reasons for becoming a blood donor and the myths and fears that might deter blood donation. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. Results. Only 14% of survey participants had donated blood in the past, and most of these (43.3%) were professors or other academics. Of the participants who were planning to donate blood in the future, students were the majority (88.1%). When the males in the group that was planning to donate were compared to the females, the difference was not statistically significant (90.0% vs. 84.2%, respectively). Of the deterrents to blood donation, 73.4% said the collection instruments might not be sterile. Conclusions. The university population represents a pool of desirable donors; an informative and motivating campaign could successfully convert the 87.3% potential donors into actual volunteer blood donors. C1 [Vasquez, Marcela; Ibarra, Patricia; Maldonado, Monica] Univ Talca, Fac Ciencias Salud, Dept Bioquim & Inmunohematol, Talca, Chile. RP Vasquez, M, Univ Talca, Fac Ciencias Salud, Dept Bioquim & Inmunohematol, 2 Norte 685, Talca, Chile. EM mvasquro@utalca.cl TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 1020-4989 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 22 IS 5 BP 323 EP 328 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000252220000005 ER PT J AU Milla, GR Flores, AL Umana, E Mayes, I Rosenthal, J AF Milla, Gayle R. Flores, Alina L. Umana, Edgardo Mayes, Ileana Rosenthal, Jorge TI Postpartum women in the Honduran health system: folic acid knowledge, attitudes, and practices SO REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA English DT Article AB Objectives. This study had two purposes: first, to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to folic acid and birth defects among a convenience sample of postpartum Honduran women; and second, to identify food consumption patterns in this population and determine high-consumption staples for potential folic acid fortification. Methods. Convenience sampling methodology was used to recruit potential study participants. Participants for this study were 2 619 postpartum Honduran women who had had a normal, in-hospital delivery in one of 16 public hospitals located throughout the country or the two social security hospitals that provide services to the Honduran working class population. Over a 10-month period, in-depth, face-to face oral interviews, supervised by the research coordinator and staff, were conducted in-hospital prior to discharge. Results. The majority of the women were between 16 and 29 years of age. Approximately half of the respondents (46.4%) had heard of folic acid and over one-third (37.6%) knew that it was a vitamin related to preventing birth defects. Birth defects were most often attributed to drug and alcohol use (20.6%) and lack of vitamin intake (18.1%), but 23.0% related defects to mystical, mythical, or religious causes. Aside from red beans, oranges, and natural, fruit juices, folate-rich foods are not widely consumed by this population. The highest consumption frequency of staple foods with the potential to be fortified with folic acid were rice, white flour, corn f our, and pasta. Conclusions. Results from this study provide potential avenues for food fortification, as well as underscore the need for further education about the role of folic acid in the prevention of neural tube defects. Results highlight that standardized health education for Honduran women of reproductive age is needed if folic acid consumption through fortification and supplementation is to be successful and sustainable. C1 [Flores, Alina L.; Rosenthal, Jorge] Natl Ctr Birth Defects & Dev Disabil, Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Atlanta, GA USA. RP Milla, GR, 5 Ave Entre 7&8 Calle 80, Barrio Guamilito, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. EM gmilla@projecthealthychildren.org TC 1 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 1020-4989 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 22 IS 5 BP 340 EP 347 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000252220000007 ER PT J AU Rodriguez, JJ Barrett, T Narvaez, S Caldas, JM Levav, I Saxena, S AF Rodriguez, Jorge Jacinto Barrett, Thomas Narvaez, Silvia Caldas, Jose Miguel Levav, Itzhak Saxena, Shekhar TI Mental health systems in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua: results of a WHO-AIMS evaluation SO REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA Spanish DT Article AB The authors evaluated the mental health systems of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, using a group of select indicators. The World Health Organization Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS) was used to collect data from the nations. The national mental systems of Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador have serious limitations, especially in primary care, and a marked lack of qualified human resources. Budget allocations for mental health care are barely 1% of the total health care budgets; and the psychiatric hospitals located in the national capitals consume at least 90% of those funds. The limited human and material resources available are concentrated in the respective country capital cities. National mental health policies and legislation have not been adopted; however, all three countries do have national plans in progress. Furthermore, all three have designed and implemented programs for mental health care in case of disaster. Agreements must be reached with offices for the defense of human rights to raise awareness and protection of rights for the mentally ill. In recent years, new experiences have been gained and these should be distributed more widely. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the WHO-AIMS project have contributed toward developing community models for mental health services. Lastly, priorities have been identified and action items recommended. C1 [Rodriguez, Jorge Jacinto; Levav, Itzhak] PAHO, Substance Abuse & Rehabil, Unit Chief, Org Panamer Salud,Unidad Salud Mental, Washington, DC 20037 USA. [Barrett, Thomas; Saxena, Shekhar] WHO, Noncommun Dis Mental Hlth Cluster, Mental Hlth & Substance Abuse Dept, Mental Hlth,Evidence & Res Team, Geneva, Switzerland. [Narvaez, Silvia] Org Pan Amer Salud, Org Mundial Salud, Oficina Reprentante Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua. [Caldas, Jose Miguel] Univ Nova Lisboa, P-1200 Lisbon, Portugal. RP Rodriguez, JJ, PAHO, Substance Abuse & Rehabil, Unit Chief, Org Panamer Salud,Unidad Salud Mental, 525 23rd St,NW, Washington, DC 20037 USA. EM rodrigjo@paho.org TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 1020-4989 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 22 IS 5 BP 348 EP 357 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000252220000008 ER PT J AU Lander, R AF Lander, Romulo TI The mechanisms of cure in psychoanalysis SO PSYCHOANALYTIC QUARTERLY LA English DT Article AB The author considers the theoretical contributions of Lacan and Bion in relation to therapeutic action or the mechanisms of the cure. Whereas Bion felt that the analysand should ultimately experience transformation in O, Lacan described the analysand's goal as not to give in to one's desire or to be one's self. The author distinguishes among various types of neurotic and psychotic structures in discussing the limits of the cure, noting that the analyst's acts-as well as his words-can function as analytic interpretations. Lacan's theories of jouissance, the sexual phantom, identification with the analytic function, and post-analytic effects are also discussed. C1 [Lander, Romulo] Caracas Psychoanalyt Inst, Caracas, Venezuela. RP Lander, R, Policlin Amer, Avenida Venezuela,Consultorio 4-D,Urb El Rosal, Caracas 1060, Venezuela. EM ralander@viptel.com TC 0 PU PSYCHOANALYTIC QUARTERLY,INC PI LOS ALTOS PA 670 BERRY AVE, LOS ALTOS, CA 94024 USA SN 0033-2828 PY 2007 VL 76 SU Suppl. S BP 1499 EP 1512 SC Psychology, Psychoanalysis UT ISI:000252436400006 ER PT J AU Bernardi, R AF Bernardi, Ricardo TI The concept of therapeutic action today: Lights and shadows of pluralism SO PSYCHOANALYTIC QUARTERLY LA English DT Editorial Material RP Bernardi, R, Santiago Vazquez 1142, Montevideo 11300, Uruguay. EM bernardi@chasque.net TC 0 PU PSYCHOANALYTIC QUARTERLY,INC PI LOS ALTOS PA 670 BERRY AVE, LOS ALTOS, CA 94024 USA SN 0033-2828 PY 2007 VL 76 SU Suppl. S BP 1585 EP 1599 SC Psychology, Psychoanalysis UT ISI:000252436400010 ER PT J AU Mahabir, K AF Mahabir, Kumar TI A Hindu/Indian male anthropologist works among multi-ethnic Caribbean women SO MAN IN INDIA LA English DT Article AB Anthropologists are trained to get an insider's perspective of "other cultures." This paper discusses the challenges of a native anthropologist of South Asian origin to study his own culture in a multi-ethnic society in the Caribbean. Equally challenging too, was the task of this Hindu/Indian male anthropologist to study women of all racial and religious groups in the privacy of their home during the period of postnatal care. The object of the field research was to understand and analyze "their" (and sometimes "his own") medical belief systems and worldviews, and how they constructed these in real-life situations. C1 Univ Trinidad & Tobago, Sch Studies Learning Cognit & Educ, San Juan, Trinid & Tobago. RP Mahabir, K, Univ Trinidad & Tobago, Sch Studies Learning Cognit & Educ, 10 Swami Ave,Don Miguel Rd, San Juan, Trinid & Tobago. EM mahab@tstt.net.tt TC 0 PU MAN INDIA PUB PI PATNA PA 18 CHURCH ROAD, PATNA RANCHI-834 0, INDIA SN 0025-1569 PD JAN-JUN PY 2007 VL 87 IS 1-2 BP 47 EP 56 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000252284100007 ER PT J AU Yam, EA Gordon-Strachan, G McIntyre, G Fletcher, H Garcia, SG Becker, D Ezcurra, E AF Yam, Eileen A. Gordon-Strachan, Georgiona McIntyre, Garth Fletcher, Horace Garcia, Sandra G. Becker, Davida Ezcurra, Enrique TI Jamaican and Barbadian health care providers' knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding emergency contraceptive pills SO INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES LA English DT Article AB CONTEXT. Little is known about health care providers' knowledge of, attitudes toward and provision of emergency contraceptive pills in the English-speaking Caribbean, where sexual violence and unplanned pregnoncies are persistent public health problems. METHODS. We conducted interviewer-administered surveys of 200 Barbadian and 228 Jamaican pharmacists, general practitioners, obstetricion-gynecologists and nurses in 2005-2006. For each country, Pearson's chi-square tests were used to assess differences in responses among the four provider groups. RESULTS: Nearly all respondents had heard of emergency contraceptive pills, and large majorities of Barbadian and Jamaican providers had dispensed the method. However, about half had ever refused to dispense it; frequently cited reasons were medical contraindications to use, recent use, method unavailability, safety concerns and being uncomfortable prescribing it. Only one in five providers knew that the method could be safely used as often as needed, and few knew that it was effective if taken within 120 hours of unprotected sexual intercourse. About a quarter of Barbadian and half of Jamaican providers thought the method should be available without a prescription, and half of all providers believed that its use encourages sexual risk-taking and leads to increased STI transmission. Nonetheless, most respondents believed the method was necessary to reduce rates of unintended pregnancy and were willing to dispense it to rape victims, women who had experienced condom failure and women who had not used a contraceptive. CONCLUSIONS: Future educational efforts among Jamaican and Barbadian health care providers should emphasize the safety and proper use of emergency contraceptive pills, as well as the need to increase the availability of the method. C1 [Yam, Eileen A.] ABT Associates Inc, Bethesda, MD USA. [Yam, Eileen A.; Garcia, Sandra G.] Populat Council, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Gordon-Strachan, Georgiona] Univ W Indies, Dept Epidemiol, Kingston 7, Jamaica. [Fletcher, Horace] Univ W Indies, Dept Obstet Gynaecol & Child Hlth, Kingston 7, Jamaica. [McIntyre, Garth] Univ W Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados. [Becker, Davida] Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Baltimore, MD USA. [Ezcurra, Enrique] WHO, Dept Reprod Hlth & Res, Geneva, NY USA. RP Yam, EA, ABT Associates Inc, Bethesda, MD USA. EM eileen_yam@abtassoc.com TC 0 PU ALAN GUTTMACHER INST PI NEW YORK PA 120 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10005 USA SN 0190-3187 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 33 IS 4 BP 160 EP 167 SC Demography; Family Studies; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000252339800002 ER PT J AU Lehrer, JA Lehrer, VL Lehrer, EL Oyarzun, PB AF Lehrer, Jocelyn A. Lehrer, Vivian L. Lehrer, Evelyn L. Oyarzun, Pamela B. TI Prevalence of and risk factors for sexual victimization in college women in Chile SO INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES LA English DT Article AB CONTEXT: To date, no quantitative studies have examined the prevalence or correlates of sexual violence among college students in Chile. METHODS:An anonymous survey with questions on gender-based violence, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, and childhood experiences with violence was administered to students at a major public university in Santiago. Descriptive statistics were generated to determine the prevalence and context of sexual victimization experienced by female students, and ordered logit models were used to identify associated risk factors. RESULTS. Nine percent of subjects reported that the most severe form of undesired sexual contact they hod experienced since age 14 was rope; 6% indicated attempted rape and 16% another form of sexual victimization. Seventeen percent of subjects reported having experienced some form of undesired sexual contact in the post 12 months alone. Alcohol or other drugs hod been used in most cases of rope or attempted rape, by the victim (6%), the perpetrator (9%) or both (56916). In four sequential models, factors associated with increased odds of victimization included low parental education (Model 1) and childhood sexual abuse (Models 3 and 4); the association between witnessing domestic violence and victimization attained marginal significance (Model2). Attending religious services during adolescence was associated with reduced odds of victimization (Models 1 and 2). Childhood sexual abuse was the only factor associated with victimization when oil variables were included. CONCLUSIONS: A substantial proportion of young women in the sample reported experiences of rape, attempted rope or other forms of forced sexual contact, indicating a need for further attention to this public health problem in Chile. C1 [Lehrer, Jocelyn A.] Univ Calif San Francisco, Bixby Ctr Reprod Hlth Res & Policy, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA. [Lehrer, Vivian L.] Domest Violence Project, Urban Justice Ctr, New York, NY USA. [Lehrer, Evelyn L.] Univ Illinois, Dept Econ, Chicago, IL 60680 USA. [Oyarzun, Pamela B.] Univ Chile, Sch Med, Ctr Reprod Med & Adolescent Hlth, Santiago, Chile. RP Lehrer, JA, Univ Calif San Francisco, Bixby Ctr Reprod Hlth Res & Policy, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA. EM jlehrerl@gmail.com TC 0 PU ALAN GUTTMACHER INST PI NEW YORK PA 120 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10005 USA SN 0190-3187 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 33 IS 4 BP 168 EP 175 SC Demography; Family Studies; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000252339800003 ER PT J AU Vemon, R Solorzano, J Munoz, B AF Vemon, Ricardo Solorzano, Jorge Munoz, Blanca TI Introducing sustainable vasectomy services in Guatemala SO INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES LA English DT Article C1 [Vemon, Ricardo] Populat Council, Reprod Hlth Program, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Solorzano, Jorge] Councils Representat, Guatemala City, Guatemala. [Munoz, Blanca] APROVIME, Guatemala City, Guatemala. RP Vemon, R, Populat Council, Reprod Hlth Program, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. EM rvernon@popcouncil.org.mx TC 0 PU ALAN GUTTMACHER INST PI NEW YORK PA 120 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10005 USA SN 0190-3187 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 33 IS 4 BP 182 EP 187 SC Demography; Family Studies; Social Sciences, Biomedical UT ISI:000252339800005 ER PT J AU Dillehay, TD Quivira, MP Bonzani, R Silva, C Wallner, J Le Quesne, C AF Dillehay, Tom D. Quivira, Mario Pino Bonzani, Renee Silva, Claudia Wallner, Johannes Le Quesne, Carlos TI Cultivated wetlands and emerging complexity in south-central Chile and long distance effects of climate change SO ANTIQUITY LA English DT Article AB Lands in south-central Chile, long thought to have been marginal until the Spanish conquest, are here shown to have been developing complex societies between at least AD 1000 and 1500. Part of the motor was provided by coastland cultivation on raised platforms, here identified and surveyed for the first time. The authors date the field systems and suggest that they were introduced by farmers from the north seeking wetlands in the face of increasing aridity in the central Andes and southern Amazon. C1 [Dillehay, Tom D.] Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Anthropol, Nashville, TN 37656 USA. [Dillehay, Tom D.] Univ Austral Chile, Inst Ciencias Sociales, Valdivia, Chile. [Quivira, Mario Pino] Univ Austral Chile, Inst Geociencias, Valdivia, Chile. [Bonzani, Renee] Univ Kentucky, Program Cultural Resource Assessment, Lexington, KY 40506 USA. [Silva, Claudia] Museo Concepcion, Dept Arqueol, Concepcion, Chile. [Wallner, Johannes] Univ Jena, Inst Geog, Jena, Germany. [Le Quesne, Carlos] Univ Austral Chile, Inst Silvacultura, Valdivia, Chile. [Quivira, Mario Pino] Univ Austral Chile, Nucl FORECOS Iniciat Cientif Milenio, Valdivia, Chile. RP Dillehay, TD, Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Anthropol, Nashville, TN 37656 USA. EM tom.d.dillehay@vanderbilt.edu TC 0 PU ANTIQUITY PI YORK PA KINGS MANOR, YORK YO1 7EP, ENGLAND SN 0003-598X PD DEC PY 2007 VL 81 IS 314 BP 949 EP 960 SC Anthropology; Archaeology UT ISI:000252302700011 ER PT J AU Herrera, A AF Herrera, Alexander TI Colombian archaeology consolidated SO ANTIQUITY LA English DT Review C1 Univ Los Andes, Dept Antropol, Bogota, Colombia. RP Herrera, A, Univ Los Andes, Dept Antropol, Bogota, Colombia. EM alherrer@uniandes.edu.co TC 0 PU ANTIQUITY PI YORK PA KINGS MANOR, YORK YO1 7EP, ENGLAND SN 0003-598X PD DEC PY 2007 VL 81 IS 314 BP 1096 EP 1097 SC Anthropology; Archaeology UT ISI:000252302700029 ER PT J AU Kessler, RC Angermeyer, M Anthony, JC de Graaf, R Demyttenaere, K Gasquet, I de Girolamo, G Gluzman, S Gureje, O Haro, JM Kawakami, N Karam, A Levinson, D Mora, MEM Browne, MAO Posada-Villa, J Stein, DJ Tsang, CHA Aguilar-Gaxiola, S Alonso, J Lee, S Heeringa, S Pennell, BE Berglund, P Gruber, MJ Petkhova, M Chatterji, S Ustun, TB AF Kessler, Ronald C. Angermeyer, Matthias Anthony, James C. de Graaf, Ron Demyttenaere, Koen Gasquet, Isabelle de Girolamo, Giovanni Gluzman, Semyon Gureje, Oye Maria Haro, Josep Kawakami, Norito Karam, Aimee Levinson, Daphna Elena Medina Mora, Maria Browne, Mark A. Oakley Posada-Villa, Jose Stein, Dan J. Tsang, Cheuk Him Adley Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio Alonso, Jordi Lee, Sing Heeringa, Steven Pennell, Beth-Ellen Berglund, Patricia Gruber, Michael J. Petkhova, Maria Chatterji, Somnath Uestuen, T. Bedirhan CA WHO World Mental Hlth Survey Conso TI Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of mental disorders in the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey Initiative SO WORLD PSYCHIATRY LA English DT Article AB Data are presented on the lifetime prevalence, projected lifetime risk, and age-of-onset distributions of mental disorders in the World Health Organization (WHO)'s World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. Face-to-face community surveys were conducted in seventeen countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. The combined numbers of respondents were 85,052. Lifetime prevalence, projected lifetime risk and age of onset of DSM-IV disorders were assessed with the WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), a fully-structured lay administered diagnostic interview. Survival analysis was used to estimate lifetime risk. Median and inter-quartile range (IQR) of age of onset is very early for some anxiety disorders (7-14, IQR: 8-11) and impulse control disorders (7-15, IQR: 11-12). The age-of-onset distribution is later for mood disorders (29-43, IQR: 35-40), other anxiety disorders (24-50, IQR: 31-41), and substance use disorders (18-29, IQR: 21-26). Median and IQR lifetime prevalence estimates are: anxiety disorders 4.8-31.0% (IQR: 9.9-16.7%), mood disorders 3.3-21.4% (IQR: 9.8-15.8%), impulse control disorders 0.3-25.0% (IQR: 3.1-5.7%), substance use disorders 1.3-15.0% (IQR: 4.8-9.6%), and any disorder 12.0-47.4% (IQR: 18.1-36.1%). Projected lifetime risk is proportionally between 17% and 69% higher than estimated lifetime prevalence (IQR: 28-44%), with the highest ratios in countries exposed to sectarian violence (Israel, Nigeria, and South Africa), and a general tendency for projected risk to be highest in recent cohorts in all countries. These results document clearly that mental disorders are commonly occurring. As many mental disorders begin in childhood or adolescents, interventions aimed at early detection and treatment might help reduce the persistence or severity of primary disorders and prevent the subsequent onset of secondary disorders. C1 [Kessler, Ronald C.; Gruber, Michael J.; Petkhova, Maria] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, Boston, MA 02115 USA. [Angermeyer, Matthias] Univ Leipzig, Dept Psychiat, Leipzig, Germany. [Anthony, James C.] Michigan State Univ, Dept Epidemiol, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA. [de Graaf, Ron] Netherlands Inst Mental Hlth & Addict, Utrecht, Netherlands. [Demyttenaere, Koen] Univ Hosp Gasthuisberg, Dept Neurosci & Psychiat, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium. [Gasquet, Isabelle] Hop Paris, Paris, France. [de Girolamo, Giovanni] Dept Mental Hlth, Local Hlth Unit, Bologna, Italy. [Gluzman, Semyon] Ukrainian Psychiat Assoc, Kiev, Ukraine. [Gureje, Oye] Univ Coll Ibadan Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Ibadan, Nigeria. [Maria Haro, Josep] Joan Deu Mental Hlth Serv, Barcelona, Spain. [Kawakami, Norito] Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Dept Mental Hlth, Tokyo, Japan. [Karam, Aimee] IDRAAC, Beirut, Lebanon. [Levinson, Daphna] Minist Hlth, Res & Planning Mental Hlth Serv, Jerusalem, Israel. [Elena Medina Mora, Maria] Natl Inst Psychiat, Dept Epidemiol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Browne, Mark A. Oakley] Monash Univ, Fac Med Nursing & Hlth Sci, Sch Rural Hlth, Dept Rural & Indigenous Hlth, Clayton, Vic 3168, Australia. [Posada-Villa, Jose] Colegio Mayor Cundinamarca Univ, Saldarriaga Concha Fdn, Bogota, Colombia. [Stein, Dan J.] Univ Cape Town, Dept Psychiat & Mental Hlth, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa. [Tsang, Cheuk Him Adley] Hong Kong Mood Disorders Ctr, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. [Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio] UC Davis Sch Med, Ctr Reducing Hlth Disparities, Sacramento, CA USA. [Alonso, Jordi] Inst Municipal Invest Med, Hlth Serv Res Unit, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain. [Lee, Sing] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Psychiat, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. [Heeringa, Steven; Pennell, Beth-Ellen; Berglund, Patricia] Univ Michigan, Inst Social Res, Ann Arbor, MI USA. [Chatterji, Somnath; Uestuen, T. Bedirhan] WHO, Global Programme Evidence Hlth Policy, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland. RP Kessler, RC, Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 USA. TC 10 PU ELSEVIER MASSON PI MILANO PA VIA PALEOCAPA 7, 20121 MILANO, ITALY SN 1723-8617 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 6 IS 3 BP 168 EP 176 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000252131300015 ER PT J AU Wang, PS Angermeyer, M Borges, G Bruffaerts, R Chiu, WT de Girolamo, G Fayyad, J Gureje, O Haro, JM Huang, YQ Kessler, RC Kovess, V Levinson, D Nakane, Y Browne, MAO Ormel, JH Posada-Villa, J Aguilar-Gaxiola, S Alonso, J Lee, S Heeringa, S Pennell, BE Chatterji, S Ustun, TB AF Wang, Philip S. Angermeyer, Matthias Borges, Guilherme Bruffaerts, Ronny Chiu, Wai Tat de Girolamo, Giovanni Fayyad, John Gureje, Oye Maria Haro, Josep Huang, Yueqin Kessler, Ronald C. Kovess, Viviane Levinson, Daphna Nakane, Yoshibumi Browne, Mark A. Oakley Ormel, Johan H. Posada-Villa, Jose Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio Alonso, Jordi Lee, Sing Heeringa, Steven Pennell, Beth-Ellen Chatterji, Somnatih Uestuen, T. Bedirhan CA WHO World Mental Hlth Survey Conso TI Delay and failure in treatment seeking after first onset of mental disorders in the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey Initiative SO WORLD PSYCHIATRY LA English DT Article AB Data are presented on patterns of failure and delay in making initial treatment contact after first onset of a mental disorder in 15 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO)'s World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. Representative face-to-face household surveys were conducted among 76,012 respondents aged 18 and older in Belgium, Colombia, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, People's Republic of China (Beijing and Shanghai), Spain, and the United States. The WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) was used to assess lifetime DSM-IV anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders. Ages of onset for individual disorders and ages of first treatment contact for each disorder were used to calculate the extent of failure and delay in initial help seeking. The proportion of lifetime cases making treatment contact in the year of disorder onset ranged from 0.8 to 36.4% for anxiety disorders, from 6.0 to 52.1 % for mood disorders, and from 0.9 to 18.6% for substance use disorders. By 50 years, the proportion of lifetime cases making treatment contact ranged from 15.2 to 95.0% for anxiety disorders, from 7.9 to 98.6% for mood disorders, and from 19.8 to 86.1% for substance use disorders. Median delays among cases eventually making contact ranged from 3.0 to 30.0 years for anxiety disorders, from 1.0 to 14.0 years for mood disorders, and from 6.0 to 18.0 years for substance use disorders. Failure and delays in treatment seeking were generally greater in developing countries, older cohorts, men, and cases with earlier ages of onset. These results show that failure and delays in initial help seeking are pervasive problems worldwide. Interventions to ensure prompt initial treatment contacts are needed to reduce the global burdens and hazards of untreated mental disorders. C1 [Wang, Philip S.] NIMH, Div Serv & Intervent Res, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA. [Angermeyer, Matthias] Univ Leipzig, Dept Psychiat, Leipzig, Germany. [Borges, Guilherme] Natl Inst Psychiat, Dept Epidemiol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Bruffaerts, Ronny] Univ Hosp Gasthuisberg, Dept Neurosci & Psychiat, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium. [Chiu, Wai Tat; Kessler, Ronald C.] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, Boston, MA 02115 USA. [de Girolamo, Giovanni] Dept Mental Hlth, Local Hlth Unit, Bologna, Italy. [Fayyad, John] IDRAAC, Beirut, Lebanon. [Gureje, Oye] Univ Coll Ibadan Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Ibadan, Nigeria. [Maria Haro, Josep] St Joan de Deu Mental Hlth Serv, Barcelona, Spain. [Huang, Yueqin] Peking Univ, Inst Mental Hlth, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. [Kovess, Viviane] MGEN Fdn Publ Hlth, Paris, France. [Levinson, Daphna] Minist Hlth, Res & Planning Mental Hlth Serv, Jerusalem, Israel. [Nakane, Yoshibumi] Nagasaki Int Univ Grad Sch, Div Human Sociol, Nagasaki, Japan. [Browne, Mark A. Oakley] Monash Univ, Fac Med Nursing & Hlth Sci, Sch Rural Hlth, Dept Rural & Indigenous Hlth, Clayton, Vic 3168, Australia. [Ormel, Johan H.] Netherlands Inst Mental Hlth & Addict, Utrecht, Netherlands. [Posada-Villa, Jose] Colegio Mayor Cundinamarca Univ, Saldiarraga Concha Fdn, Bogota, Colombia. [Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio] UC Davis Sch Med, Ctr Reducing Hlth Disparities, Sacramento, CA USA. [Alonso, Jordi] Inst Municipal Invest Med, Hlth Serv Res Unit, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain. [Lee, Sing] Univ Hong Kong, Dept Psychiat, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. [Heeringa, Steven; Pennell, Beth-Ellen] Univ Michigan, Inst Social Res, Ann Arbor, MI USA. [Chatterji, Somnatih; Uestuen, T. Bedirhan] WHO, Global Programme Evidence Hlth Policy, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland. RP Wang, PS, NIMH, Div Serv & Intervent Res, 6001 Execut Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA. TC 6 PU ELSEVIER MASSON PI MILANO PA VIA PALEOCAPA 7, 20121 MILANO, ITALY SN 1723-8617 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 6 IS 3 BP 177 EP 185 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000252131300016 ER PT J AU Aguirre, RC Barraza, J Colombo, E AF Aguirre, R. C. Barraza, J. Colombo, E. TI The effect of glare on reaction times on peripheral vision SO PERCEPTION LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Aguirre, R. C.; Barraza, J.; Colombo, E.] Univ Nacl Tucuman, Dept Luminotecn, RA-4000 San Miguel De Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina. EM raguirre@herrera.unt.edu.ar TC 0 PU PION LTD PI LONDON PA 207 BRONDESBURY PARK, LONDON NW2 5JN, ENGLAND SN 0301-0066 PY 2007 VL 36 SU Suppl. S BP 37 EP 37 SC Psychology; Psychology, Experimental UT ISI:000250594600131 ER PT J AU Colombo, EM Aguirre, RC Barraza, JF AF Colombo, E. M. Aguirre, R. C. Barraza, J. F. TI Visual performance derived from reaction times at low luminance levels: The effect of eccentricity SO PERCEPTION LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Colombo, E. M.; Aguirre, R. C.; Barraza, J. F.] Univ Nacl Tucuman, Dept Luminotecn, RA-4000 San Miguel De Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina. EM ecolombo@herrera.unt.edu.ar TC 0 PU PION LTD PI LONDON PA 207 BRONDESBURY PARK, LONDON NW2 5JN, ENGLAND SN 0301-0066 PY 2007 VL 36 SU Suppl. S BP 39 EP 39 SC Psychology; Psychology, Experimental UT ISI:000250594600139 ER PT J AU Issolio, LA Barrionuevo, P Colombo, E AF Issolio, L. A. Barrionuevo, P. Colombo, E. TI Adaptation to glare restores lightness constancy SO PERCEPTION LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Issolio, L. A.; Barrionuevo, P.; Colombo, E.] Univ Nacl Tucuman, Dept Luminoctecnia, RA-4000 San Miguel De Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina. EM lissolio@herrera.unt.edu.ar TC 0 PU PION LTD PI LONDON PA 207 BRONDESBURY PARK, LONDON NW2 5JN, ENGLAND SN 0301-0066 PY 2007 VL 36 SU Suppl. S BP 80 EP 81 SC Psychology; Psychology, Experimental UT ISI:000250594600287 ER PT J AU Martin, A Barraza, JF Colombo, EM AF Martin, A. Barraza, J. F. Colombo, E. M. TI The effect of spatial layout on motion transparency SO PERCEPTION LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Martin, A.; Barraza, J. F.; Colombo, E. M.] Univ Nacl Tucuman, Dept Luminotecn Luz & Vis, CONICET, RA-4000 San Miguel De Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina. EM amartin@herrera.unt.edu.ar TC 0 PU PION LTD PI LONDON PA 207 BRONDESBURY PARK, LONDON NW2 5JN, ENGLAND SN 0301-0066 PY 2007 VL 36 SU Suppl. S BP 93 EP 93 SC Psychology; Psychology, Experimental UT ISI:000250594600334 ER PT J AU Colombo, E AF Colombo, E. TI Lighting and vision in real environments SO PERCEPTION LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Colombo, E.] Natl Univ Tucumian, Dept Lighting Light & Vis, San Miguel De Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina. EM ecolombo@herrera.unt.edu.ar TC 0 PU PION LTD PI LONDON PA 207 BRONDESBURY PARK, LONDON NW2 5JN, ENGLAND SN 0301-0066 PY 2007 VL 36 SU Suppl. S BP 122 EP 122 SC Psychology; Psychology, Experimental UT ISI:000250594600437 ER PT J AU Jaen, M AF Jaen, M. TI Electronic ballasts, lighting temporal modulation and visual performance SO PERCEPTION LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Jaen, M.] Natl Univ Tucuman, Dept Lighting Light & Vis, San Miguel De Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina. EM MJaen@herrera.unt.edu.ar TC 0 PU PION LTD PI LONDON PA 207 BRONDESBURY PARK, LONDON NW2 5JN, ENGLAND SN 0301-0066 PY 2007 VL 36 SU Suppl. S BP 123 EP 123 SC Psychology; Psychology, Experimental UT ISI:000250594600440 ER PT J AU Kurtev, AD Saad, M AF Kurtev, A. D. Saad, M. TI Discomfort glare in myopic and emmetropic subjects SO PERCEPTION LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Kurtev, A. D.; Saad, M.] Saba Univ, Sch Med, The Bottom, Neth Antilles. EM akurtev@hotmail.com TC 0 PU PION LTD PI LONDON PA 207 BRONDESBURY PARK, LONDON NW2 5JN, ENGLAND SN 0301-0066 PY 2007 VL 36 SU Suppl. S BP 140 EP 141 SC Psychology; Psychology, Experimental UT ISI:000250594600504 ER PT J AU Jaen, ME AF Jaen, M. E. TI Temporal lighting modulation and visual information coding mechanisms SO PERCEPTION LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Jaen, M. E.] Univ Nacl Tucuman, Dept Luz & Vis, San Miguel De Tucuman, Argentina. EM mjaen@herrera.unt.edu.ar TC 0 PU PION LTD PI LONDON PA 207 BRONDESBURY PARK, LONDON NW2 5JN, ENGLAND SN 0301-0066 PY 2007 VL 36 SU Suppl. S BP 162 EP 162 SC Psychology; Psychology, Experimental UT ISI:000250594600582 ER PT J AU Rosas, P Wagemans, J Wichmann, FA AF Rosas, P. Wagemans, J. Wichmann, F. A. TI Depth-cue combination within and across modalities reflects the reliability of texture information but not in a statistically optimal way SO PERCEPTION LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 Ctr Neurociencias Integradas, Santiago, Chile. [Wagemans, J.] Univ Louvain, Louvain, Belgium. Max Planck Inst Biol Cybernet, Tubingen, Germany. EM prosas@neuro.med.uchile.cl TC 0 PU PION LTD PI LONDON PA 207 BRONDESBURY PARK, LONDON NW2 5JN, ENGLAND SN 0301-0066 PY 2007 VL 36 SU Suppl. S BP 205 EP 205 SC Psychology; Psychology, Experimental UT ISI:000250594600733 ER PT J AU Alvardo, RG Trebilcock, M Ascui, H AF Alvardo, Rodrigo Garcia Trebilcock, Maureen Ascui, Hernan TI Experiencing the flows of nature SO OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL LA English DT Article AB This article reviews a hot spring spa located in the south of Chile and discusses the contribution of this project to the development of a particular route to sustainability that is highly grounded in a poetic sensitivity to nature and culture. Termas Geometricas, the work of architect German del Sol, is an interesting example of an architectural intervention that overlays subtle ecological design principles in a place of outstanding beauty, where the result not only respects, but also celebrates nature. The architect's first concern in the design process was "to discover what is in the place", above and beyond the geographical or. cultural aspects. Principles of environmental design included the use of locol materials and local labor, low energy strategies and a general approach to favoring the crude experience of nature towards the limits of comfort. Buildings are barely heated and naturally ventilated, while there is limited provision of electricity, which encourages the experience of the wind, sun, rain and the magnificent beauty of nature. The conclusions stress the fact that there is a new wave of tourism facility in Chile, which has achieved a surprising commercial success by combining careful design, sound environmental principles and natural potential oriented to exalting the experience of place. C1 [Alvardo, Rodrigo Garcia; Trebilcock, Maureen; Ascui, Hernan] Univ Bio Bio, Dept Diseno Teoria Arquitectura, Concepcion, Chile. RP Alvardo, RG, Univ Bio Bio, Dept Diseno Teoria Arquitectura, Concepcion, Chile. EM rgarcia@ubiobio.cl TC 0 PU OPEN HOUSE INT ASSOC PI GREAT BRITAIN PA URBAN INTERNATIONAL PRESS, PO BOX 74, GATESHEAD, TYNE & WEAR, GREAT BRITAIN, NE9 5UZ, ENGLAND SN 0168-2601 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 32 IS 4 BP 33 EP 41 SC Architecture; Environmental Studies; Urban Studies UT ISI:000252036300004 ER PT J AU Repiso, LI Ravegnini, N Sleive, EP AF Repiso, Luciano Ines Ravegnini, Natalia Sleive, Emma Puch TI Sustainable design in heritage sites: An archeological park in Argentina SO OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL LA English DT Article AB Keeping the spirit of each place is the greatest challenge posed by interventions in heritage sites. The delicacy of the environments that host these sites entails that the adaptations required to serve tourism be conceived in full harmony with the surrounding context. This paper starts from the recognition that sustainable design, linked to the principles of sustainable tourism and particularly of ecotourism, is an operative and instrumental basis for the physical planning of sustainable tourism projects. The paper presents an application of sustainability criteria to the planning and design of an archaeological park, located in Quebrada de Humahuaca (a World Heritage Site in, Argentina). Its aim is thus to expose the planning and sustainable design process that was carried out at different projecting scales, from the general zoning to the technological resolution of the park's facilities. It communicates the results obtained from the design experimentation and exploration, which were generated from the very local resources. As a conclusion, it is found that sustainable design allows the transfer of ecotourism principles to the physical planning level of the tourist activity. In this case, it is demonstrated that the setting out of sustainable criteria in terms of context, function, formality and technology is essential to help a sustainable tourist product comes to fruition. Success in conservation, protection and valuation of the existing resources in heritage destinations will depend on the degree of suitability of sustainable design measures at each intervention scale. C1 Natl Univ Cordoba, Fac Architecture Urbanism & Design, Cordoba, Argentina. RP Repiso, LI, Natl Univ Cordoba, Fac Architecture Urbanism & Design, Cordoba, Argentina. EM lucianarepiso@yahoo.com notiravegnini@yahoo.com.ar emmy_psleive@gyahoo.com.ar TC 0 PU OPEN HOUSE INT ASSOC PI GREAT BRITAIN PA URBAN INTERNATIONAL PRESS, PO BOX 74, GATESHEAD, TYNE & WEAR, GREAT BRITAIN, NE9 5UZ, ENGLAND SN 0168-2601 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 32 IS 4 BP 83 EP 97 SC Architecture; Environmental Studies; Urban Studies UT ISI:000252036300009 ER PT J AU Husted, BW Allen, DB AF Husted, Bryan W. Allen, David B. TI Strategic corporate social responsibility and value creation among large firms - Lessons from the Spanish experience SO LONG RANGE PLANNING LA English DT Article AB Can corporate social responsibility (CSR) be a source of good and a wellspring of innovation, competitive advantage and value creation for the firm? Although CEOs and government leaders insist in public that CSR projects create value for the firm, privately they admit that they do not know if CSR pays off. To address this question and drawing on experience for the Spanish context, we test one of the few efforts to model how the strategic management of CSR may contribute to improving firm profitability (Burke and Logsdon, 1996). To do this, we examine the impact of three strategic CSR variables - visibility, appropriability, and voluntarism - on value creation among large Spanish corporations. The conclusions from these findings suggest that managers need to understand how CSR is similar to and different from other traditional corporate market activities if they are to pursue value creation through CSR. We also suggest avenues for future research to explain how CSR may be integrated into firm processes to create resources (assets) and capabilities (routines) that may lead to competitive advantage and superior economic performance. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. C1 [Husted, Bryan W.] Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA. [Husted, Bryan W.] Tecnol Monterrey, EGADE Business Sch, Monterrey, Mexico. [Husted, Bryan W.] Inst Empresa, Madrid, Spain. [Allen, David B.] Univ Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA. [Allen, David B.] IE Business Sch, Madrid, Spain. RP Husted, BW, Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA. TC 1 PU PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD PI OXFORD PA THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND SN 0024-6301 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 40 IS 6 BP 594 EP 610 DI 10.1016/j.lrp.2007.07.001 SC Business; Management; Planning & Development UT ISI:000252113200005 ER PT J AU Luna, JP AF Luna, Juan Pablo TI Frente Amplio and the crafting of a social democratic alternative in Uruguay SO LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY LA English DT Article AB This study of Uruguay's Frente Amplio, explores four central questions for the analysis of the "new Latin American left." How did a leftist alternative emerge and grow inside an institutionalized party system? How do the socioeconomic and political factors that enabled the rise of the left in Uruguay differ from those observed in other Latin American cases? How did Frente Amplio adapt itself to profit from the opportunities that arose during the 1990s? What are the implications of the previous factors for governmental action by the FA? In answering these questions, this study integrates an analysis of the sociological and political-institutional opportunity structures consolidated during the 1990s with one of strategic partisan adaptation processes. This perspective is useful for explaining how, by 2004, Frente Amplio had built a dual support base from its historical constituency and a socially heterogeneous group alienated from traditional parties due to economic and political discontent. C1 Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Ciencia Polit, Santiago, Chile. RP Luna, JP, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Ciencia Polit, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU UNIV MIAMI PI CORAL GABLES PA LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS & SOCIETY, PO BOX 248282, CORAL GABLES, FL 33124-2302 USA SN 1531-426X PD WIN PY 2007 VL 49 IS 4 BP 1 EP 30 SC Area Studies; International Relations; Political Science UT ISI:000252201900001 ER PT J AU Penfold-Becerra, M AF Penfold-Becerra, Michael TI Clientelism and social funds: Evidence from Chavez's misiones SO LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY LA English DT Article AB The latest president in Latin America to adopt social funds on a large scale as an integral part of his government program has been Hugo Chavez Frias of Venezuela. Based on the literature on clientelism and social funds in Latin America, this article finds that Venezuela's latest experiments with social funds were influenced by political variables. It uses empirical data from the distribution of resources for some of the subnational misiones programs to show how, given increased levels of electoral competition and weak institutional constraints, the government used these funds clientelistically, even while distributing oil income to the very poor. Chavez's misiones served two very different purposes: to manipulate the political context and to distribute funds directly to the low-income population. C1 Adv Inst Adm Studies, Caracas, Venezuela. RP Penfold-Becerra, M, Adv Inst Adm Studies, Caracas, Venezuela. TC 1 PU UNIV MIAMI PI CORAL GABLES PA LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS & SOCIETY, PO BOX 248282, CORAL GABLES, FL 33124-2302 USA SN 1531-426X PD WIN PY 2007 VL 49 IS 4 BP 63 EP 84 SC Area Studies; International Relations; Political Science UT ISI:000252201900003 ER PT J AU Wilson, KS Silberberg, MR Brown, AJ Yaggy, SD AF Wilson, Kate S. Silberberg, Mina R. Brown, Ann J. Yaggy, Susan D. TI Health needs and barriers to healthcare of women who have experienced intimate partner violence SO JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH LA English DT Article AB Background: This study assessed the health needs and barriers to healthcare among women with a history of intimate partner violence (IPV) as told by women themselves. Methods: Qualitative interviews were conducted with 25 women clients and 10 staff members at a crisis center in metropolitan North Carolina. Clients also completed a structured survey. Results: Eleven shelter clients and 14 walk-ins completed the survey and interview. Client participants were demographically mixed, and 20% were Spanish-speaking immigrants. Most clients were unemployed and uninsured. Women reported worse health in the interviews than on the surveys; clients' major health needs were chronic pain, chronic diseases, and mental illness. Reported barriers to healthcare were cost, psychological control by the abuser, and low self-esteem and self-efficacy. Staff's perceptions of clients health needs differed from clients,' focusing on reproductive health, HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI), mental illness, and inadequate preventive healthcare. Staff and clients' perceptions of barriers to healthcare were more congruent. Suggestions for improving the center's response were to offer more health education groups and more health-related staff trainings. Agency barriers to implementing these changes were limited funding, focus on crisis management, and perceived disconnect with the healthcare system. Conclusions: Health needs of women who have experienced IPV are significant and include physical and mental concerns. IPV creates unique barriers to accessing healthcare, which can be addressed only partially by a crisis center. Greater coordination with the healthcare system is needed to respond more appropriately to the health needs of women who have experienced IPV. C1 [Wilson, Kate S.; Silberberg, Mina R.; Yaggy, Susan D.] Duke Univ, Div Community Hlth, Dept Community & Family Med, Durham, NC USA. [Brown, Ann J.] Duke Univ, Dept Med, Div Endocrinol, Durham, NC USA. [Brown, Ann J.] Duke Univ, Acad Program Womens Hlth, Durham, NC USA. RP Wilson, KS, Populat Council, Mexico Escondita 110 Delegac Coyoacan, Mexico City 0400, DF, Mexico. EM weisiting@hotmail.com TC 0 PU MARY ANN LIEBERT INC PI NEW ROCHELLE PA 140 HUGUENOT STREET, 3RD FL, NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 USA SN 1540-9996 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 16 IS 10 BP 1485 EP 1498 DI 10.1089/jwh.2007.0385 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Medicine, General & Internal; Obstetrics & Gynecology; Women's Studies UT ISI:000252158400012 ER PT J AU Murray, D AF Murray, Deryck TI Three worships, an old warlock and many lawless forces: The court trial of an African doctor who practised 'obeah to cure', in early nineteenth century Jamaica SO JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN STUDIES LA English DT Proceedings Paper AB 'Tukontology' is an approach to studying the process of creolisation (termed 'hybridity' or 'partnerships' by other scholars) that is grounded in the findings of Science Studies generally and Actor-Network- Theory in particular. A musical metaphor, based on the Barbadian triune Tuk Band orchestra, is used to help elaborate how encounters between groups can be studied symmetrically without resorting to the knowledge of any hegemonic group as a privileged resource for explaining other groups. In the tukontological orchestra, the Penny Whistle represents creativity; the Kettle Drum serves as ways of knowing; and the Boom Drum composes ontologies. In this article, the approach is used to describe the report of an obeah trial that occurred in the slave-courts of Jamaica in 1824. The testimony of the trial provides an excellent text for understanding an encounter between the force of African obeah and English forces. It is argued that the English court as an auditorium - with its forces of science, medicine, and law arrayed against a single accused African and his force - was able to isolate and weaken obeah, a force that was ordinarily held in awe by Africans in their own communities and by some English outside of the court. The article also explains why it was inevitable, though not inherently truthful, that the court would view the work involving obeah as irrational, and in the end deem the African sage, referred to as an 'old warlock' by The Times, to be fraudulent. C1 Univ W Indies, Dept Hist & Philosophy, Bridgetown, Barbados. RP Murray, D, Univ W Indies, Dept Hist & Philosophy, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown, Barbados. EM dmurray@barbados.gov.bb TC 0 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0305-7070 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 33 IS 4 BP 811 EP 828 DI 10.1080/03057070701646928 SC Area Studies UT ISI:000252091200008 ER PT J AU Reyes-Jedlicki, L AF Reyes-Jedlicki, Leonora TI The crisis of the Estado docente and the critical education movement: the Escuelas Obreras Federales Racionalistas in Chile (1921-1926) SO JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES LA English DT Article AB Inspired by recent critical pedagogic and social movement theory, this article explores the cultural production of social movements in Chile at the beginning of the twentieth century. Questioning the belief that the Estado docente was the sole mechanism of social democratisation, it explores the pedagogic proposals developed by workers and their associations during what is referred to as the period of the 'Social Question'. The article concludes by analyzing the factors which led to the demise of these alternative pedagogic experiments. C1 Univ Chile, Fac Philosophy & Humanities, Ctr Pedag Studies, Santiago, Chile. RP Reyes-Jedlicki, L, Univ Chile, Fac Philosophy & Humanities, Ctr Pedag Studies, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS PI NEW YORK PA 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10013-2473 USA SN 0022-216X PD NOV PY 2007 VL 39 PN Part 4 BP 827 EP 855 DI 10.1017/S0022216X07003240 SC Area Studies; Humanities, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000252146400005 ER PT J AU Acevedo-Rodrigo, A AF Acevedo-Rodrigo, Ariadna TI The eagle and the virgin: Nation and cultural revolution in Mexico, 1920-1940 SO JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES LA English DT Book Review C1 [Acevedo-Rodrigo, Ariadna] Cinvestav, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Acevedo-Rodrigo, A, Cinvestav, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS PI NEW YORK PA 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10013-2473 USA SN 0022-216X PD NOV PY 2007 VL 39 PN Part 4 BP 863 EP 865 SC Area Studies; Humanities, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000252146400009 ER PT J AU Palacios, M AF Palacios, Margarita TI The politics of moral sin: Abortion and divorce in Spain, Chile and Argentina SO JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES LA English DT Book Review C1 [Palacios, Margarita] Univ Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile. RP Palacios, M, Free Univ Berlin, Latin Amer Inst, D-1000 Berlin, Germany. TC 0 PU CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS PI NEW YORK PA 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10013-2473 USA SN 0022-216X PD NOV PY 2007 VL 39 PN Part 4 BP 892 EP 894 SC Area Studies; Humanities, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000252146400025 ER PT J AU Ellner, S AF Ellner, Steve TI Democracy and revolution: Latin America and socialism today SO JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES LA English DT Book Review C1 [Ellner, Steve] Univ Oriente, Oriente, Venezuela. RP Ellner, S, Univ Oriente, Oriente, Venezuela. TC 0 PU CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS PI NEW YORK PA 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10013-2473 USA SN 0022-216X PD NOV PY 2007 VL 39 PN Part 4 BP 896 EP 897 DI 10.1017/S00zz216X07003343 SC Area Studies; Humanities, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000252146400027 ER PT J AU Couso, JA AF Couso, Javier A. TI Chile: Politics and democratic modernization SO JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES LA English DT Book Review C1 [Couso, Javier A.] Univ Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile. RP Couso, JA, Univ Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS PI NEW YORK PA 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10013-2473 USA SN 0022-216X PD NOV PY 2007 VL 39 PN Part 4 BP 907 EP 909 DI 10.1017/S0022216X07003409 SC Area Studies; Humanities, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000252146400033 ER PT J AU Vallejo, A AF Vallejo, Andres TI The politics of sentiment: Imagining and remembering Guayaquil SO JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES LA English DT Book Review C1 [Vallejo, Andres] Ecuador Terra Incognita Magazine, Quito, Ecuador. RP Vallejo, A, Ecuador Terra Incognita Magazine, Quito, Ecuador. TC 0 PU CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS PI NEW YORK PA 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10013-2473 USA SN 0022-216X PD NOV PY 2007 VL 39 PN Part 4 BP 911 EP 913 DI 10.1017/S00222I6XO7003422 SC Area Studies; Humanities, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000252146400035 ER PT J AU Mertz, E Jain, R Breckler, J Chen, E Grumbach, K AF Mertz, Elizabeth Jain, Ruby Breckler, Jennifer Chen, Eric Grumbach, Kevin TI Foreign versus domestic education of physicians for the United States: A case study of South Asian physicians in California SO JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE FOR THE POOR AND UNDERSERVED LA English DT Article AB Physician supply in the U.S. is again on the national health policy agenda. A central issue in this debate is the availability of physicians willing to work in underserved and disadvantaged communities-an issue closely linked to the number of minority and international medical graduate (IMG) physicians working in the U.S. In California, South Asian IMGs, but not South Asian U.S. medical graduates, are more likely to work in underserved communities. Incorporation of strong policy levers aimed at an equitable geographic distribution of physicians will be critical as the U.S. moves toward greater self-sufficiency of physician supply. More specifically, the authors note the continuing central importance to addressing the needs of medically underserved populations of training physicians from under-represented minority groups (African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanic Americans) in U.S. medical schools. C1 [Mertz, Elizabeth] Univ Calif San Francisco, Ctr Hlth Profess, San Francisco, CA 94118 USA. [Jain, Ruby] Ross Univ, Portsmouth, Dominica. [Breckler, Jennifer] San Francisco State Univ, San Francisco, CA 94132 USA. [Chen, Eric; Grumbach, Kevin] Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Family & Community Med, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA. [Grumbach, Kevin] Univ Calif San Francisco, Ctr Calif Hlth Workforce Studies, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA. RP Mertz, E, Univ Calif San Francisco, Ctr Hlth Profess, 3333 Calif St,Ste 410, San Francisco, CA 94118 USA. EM bmertz@thecenter.ucsf.edu TC 1 PU JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS PI BALTIMORE PA JOURNALS PUBLISHING DIVISION, 2715 NORTH CHARLES ST, BALTIMORE, MD 21218-4363 USA SN 1049-2089 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 18 IS 4 BP 984 EP 993 SC Health Policy & Services; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000252211100020 ER PT J AU Lindstrom, DP Saucedo, SG AF Lindstrom, David P. Saucedo, Silvia Giorguli TI The interrelationship between fertility, family maintenance, and Mexico-US migration SO DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH LA English DT Article AB This study examines the interrelationship between migration and marital fertility, using a bi-national sample of retrospective life histories collected in Mexican origin communities and U. S. destination areas. We treat couples as the unit of analysis and use discrete-time hazard models to examine: (1) how the timing and parity of births influence the occurrence of migration (to the U. S. or return to Mexico) and the type of migration (solo or couple), and (2) how current migration status and cumulative migration experience influence the likelihood of a birth. Examining the effects of fertility on migration, and the effects of migration on the timing of births, we are able to address how couples integrate migration opportunities and fertility goals into family building strategies in a context where international circular migration is pervasive. C1 [Lindstrom, David P.] Brown Univ, Populat Studies & Training Ctr, Providence, RI 02912 USA. [Saucedo, Silvia Giorguli] Ctr Estud Demog Urbanos & Ambientale El Colegi, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Lindstrom, DP, Brown Univ, Populat Studies & Training Ctr, Providence, RI 02912 USA. EM David_Lindstrom@brown.edu TC 4 PU MAX PLANCK INST DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PI ROSTOCK PA KONRAD-ZUSE-STR1, ROSTOCK, 18057, GERMANY SN 1435-9871 PD DEC 20 PY 2007 VL 17 BP 821 EP 857 AR 28 SC Demography UT ISI:000252132000010 ER PT J AU Wilson, MA Martinez-Cuitino, M Defior, S Weekes, BS AF Wilson, Maximiliano A. Martinez-Cuitino, Macarena Defior, Sylvia Weekes, Brendan S. TI Dissociable effects of grammatical class in acquired dysgraphia: Evidence from Spanish SO BRAIN AND LANGUAGE LA English DT Meeting Abstract C1 [Wilson, Maximiliano A.] Univ Buenos Aires, CONICET, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Martinez-Cuitino, Macarena] Univ Buenos Aires, INECO, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Defior, Sylvia] Univ Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain. [Weekes, Brendan S.] Univ Sussex, Dept Psychol, Brighton BN1 9RH, E Sussex, England. EM B.S.Weekes@sussex.ac.uk TC 0 PU ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE PI SAN DIEGO PA 525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA SN 0093-934X PD OCT-NOV PY 2007 VL 103 IS 1-2 BP 103 EP 104 DI 10.1016/j.bandl.2007.07.065 SC Linguistics; Neurosciences; Psychology, Experimental UT ISI:000250660100048 ER PT J AU Atzeni, M Ghigliani, P AF Atzeni, Maurizio Ghigliani, Pablo TI Labour process and decision-making in factories under workers' self-management: empirical evidence from Argentina SO WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY LA English DT Article AB This article focuses on the process of workers' self-management brought about by a wave of factory occupations, which has taken place in Argentina in the last few years, with the support of preliminary evidence from qualitative fieldwork conducted in four factories. The aim of the article is to explore the dynamics of the decision-making and the re-organization of the labour process in the light of the constraints imposed on self-management by market mediations. The act of occupying a factory gives room to workers' control of the labour process and to a more democratic, collective decision-making, but workers' need to compete in the market reduces the sphere of collective decision, leading to centralization of power and divisions between directive and productive workers, hampering the possibility for workers to enrich their job and avoid self-exploitation. C1 [Atzeni, Maurizio] Univ Loughborough, Sch Business, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leics, England. [Ghigliani, Pablo] Natl Univ La Plata, CISH, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. RP Atzeni, M, Univ Loughborough, Sch Business, Ashby Rd, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leics, England. EM m.atzeni@lboro.ac.uk pablo.ghigliani@gmail.com TC 0 PU SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD PI LONDON PA 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND SN 0950-0170 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 21 IS 4 BP 653 EP 671 DI 10.1177/0950017007082875 SC Economics; Industrial Relations & Labor; Sociology UT ISI:000251996500005 ER PT J AU Thumala Olave, MA AF Thumala Olave, Maria Angelica TI Notions of evil, the Devil and sin among Chilean businessmen SO SOCIAL COMPASS LA English DT Article AB On the basis of interview material with businessmen and managers from the 13 largest economic conglomerates in Chile, the author presents the conceptions of evil, the Devil and sin among modern individuals. The evidence of beliefs in the supernatural (in miracles and the existence of a personified Devil) alongside rationalized and non-traditional understandings of sin is used to criticize secularization theory and its assumption that religious belief and modern rationality are incompatible. The argument is made that changes in the language utilized to refer to the sacred and the supernatural (such as the abandoning of traditional imagery to speak of the Devil and Hell), which are proper to the religious parlance of contemporary educated individuals, do not imply the end of belief. Most important, rather than concentrate on the degrees of secularization found in a society the focus should be placed on the specific shapes adopted by religious belief. C1 Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Sociol, Santiago, Chile. RP Thumala Olave, MA, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Sociol, Av Vicuna Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD PI LONDON PA 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND SN 0037-7686 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 54 IS 4 BP 613 EP 632 DI 10.1177/0037768607083860 SC Sociology; Religion UT ISI:000251941000007 ER PT J AU Schnettler, B Sepulveda, N AF Schnettler, Berta Sepulveda, Nestor TI Commercial margins of the cattle meat in chile SO REVISTA CIENTIFICA-FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS LA French DT Article AB Considering the importance of the production and the consumption of cattle meat in Chile, there was studied the behavior of the margins of marketing and its effect in the price paid to the producer and, the impact that the changes in the prices paid to the producer and in the magnitude of the demand exercise on the temporary dynamics of the commercial margins of cattle meat in Chile between 1990 and 2005. There decided an increase of the commercial margins of the cattle meat close to a decrease of the participation of the producer in the final price of the product. The major proportion of the commercial total margin corresponds to the agents retailers, but they are the wholesalers whom have increased relatively more its participation. Using monthly series of prices and margins of marketing between 1990 and 2005, there was thought the equation of multiple regression that relates the prices paid to the producer as dependent variable and the margins wholesaler and retailer as explanatory variables. There was obtained a negative effect of both margins, expressed in absolute and relative value, in the prices paid to the producer of bovine meat. By means of the estimation of a dynamical model of commercial margins using monthly series of prices and quantities produced of meat in rod between 1998 and 2005, there was verified the inverse relationship between the changes in the prices paid to the producer and the evolution of the commercial margins in the distributions channels of bovine meat. There is not evidence that endorses that temporary increases in the quantities demanded of meat provoke reductions in the commercial margins of this food product. C1 [Schnettler, Berta; Sepulveda, Nestor] Univ La Frontera, Fac Ciencias Agropecuarias & Forestales, Temuco, Chile. RP Schnettler, B, Univ La Frontera, Fac Ciencias Agropecuarias & Forestales, Av Francisco Salazar 01145,Casilla 54-D, Temuco, Chile. EM bschnett@ufro.cl TC 0 PU UNIV ZULIA, FACULTAD CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS PI MARACAIBO PA UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA, MARACAIBO, VENEZUELA SN 0798-2259 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 17 IS 6 BP 606 EP 613 SC Veterinary Sciences UT ISI:000251925800008 ER PT J AU Muga, A AF Muga, Alfonso TI Signs review: A review for the world SO REVISTA SIGNOS LA Spanish DT Article C1 Pontificia Univ Catolica Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile. RP Muga, A, Pontificia Univ Catolica Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile. TC 0 PU EDICIONES UNIV VALPARAISO PI VALPARAISO PA CASILLA 1415, VALPARAISO, 00000, CHILE SN 0035-0451 PY 2007 VL 40 IS 65 BP 485 EP 487 SC Linguistics; Language & Linguistics UT ISI:000251945000004 ER PT J AU Peronard, M AF Peronard, Marianne TI Valparaiso's school of linguistics: Some founding principles SO REVISTA SIGNOS LA Spanish DT Article C1 Pontificia Univ Catolica Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile. RP Peronard, M, Pontificia Univ Catolica Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile. TC 1 PU EDICIONES UNIV VALPARAISO PI VALPARAISO PA CASILLA 1415, VALPARAISO, 00000, CHILE SN 0035-0451 PY 2007 VL 40 IS 65 BP 489 EP 494 SC Linguistics; Language & Linguistics UT ISI:000251945000005 ER PT J AU Fernandez, S de Cabeza, LM AF Fernandez, Sylvia Molero de Cabeza, Lourdes TI Ideology and press in Venezuela - Discursive construction of the politics section's news SO REVISTA SIGNOS LA Spanish DT Article AB The objective of this paper is to analyze the discursive construction of the news of the Politics Section of the Venezuelan papers Panorama and El Nacional during the civic strike occurred between, December of 2002 and February of 2003, in order to identify the strategic functions of the press discourse in Venezuela. To achieve this goal, we study the news organization, the discourse sequences, its graphic elements and strategic functions. The analysis is supported by the works of van Dijk (1980, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2000), Molero (1985, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003a, 2003b), Adam (1992), Chilton and Shaffner (2000) and Franco (2000). The results of the analysis of the journalistic structure, the organization of the discursive sequences,. the headlines and the selective presentation of photographies demonstrate that these only give the readers a biased version of the facts, which prevents them to reconstruct the reality from the displayed data. We conclude that both newspapers show a specific communicative purpose according to the strategic functions of the ideological discourse: to legitimate a particular sector and illegitimate the other one. C1 [Fernandez, Sylvia; Molero de Cabeza, Lourdes] Univ Zulia, Fac Humanidades & Educ, Div Estudios Graduados, Maestria Ciencias Comunicac & Informac, Maracaibo 4001A, Venezuela. RP Fernandez, S, Univ Zulia, Fac Humanidades & Educ, Div Estudios Graduados, Maestria Ciencias Comunicac & Informac, Apdo 526, Maracaibo 4001A, Venezuela. EM sylviaf@cantv.net TC 1 PU EDICIONES UNIV VALPARAISO PI VALPARAISO PA CASILLA 1415, VALPARAISO, 00000, CHILE SN 0035-0451 PY 2007 VL 40 IS 65 BP 497 EP 519 SC Linguistics; Language & Linguistics UT ISI:000251945000006 ER PT J AU Ferreira, A AF Ferreira, Anita TI Effective corrective feedback strategies for Intelligent Computer Assisted Language Learning (ICALL) SO REVISTA SIGNOS LA Spanish DT Article AB A major focus of research in Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) has been the identification and implementation of feedback Strategies that facilitate student learning. Much of this research has been carried out on systems teaching procedural skills in domains such as algebra, physics or computer programming. There has been little effort devoted to ITS for Foreign Language or Intelligent Computer Assisted Language Learning (ICALL). This paper aims to inform the design of feedback strategies in ITS systems. In order to provide guidelines for researchers developing feedback strategies for these systems, we explore empirical evidence about effectiveness of feedback strategies used in an experimental study in which students interacted with a web-based tutoring program. The results show that prompting strategies are more effective for dealing with grammatical errors. We suggest that a Intelligent Tutorial Systems for Spanish as a foreign language should implement feedback which prompts students for answers with grammar errors. C1 Univ Concepcion, Fac Humanidades & Arte, Dept Espanol, Concepcion, Chile. RP Ferreira, A, Univ Concepcion, Fac Humanidades & Arte, Dept Espanol, Casilla 160-C,Correo 3, Concepcion, Chile. EM aferreir@udec.cl TC 0 PU EDICIONES UNIV VALPARAISO PI VALPARAISO PA CASILLA 1415, VALPARAISO, 00000, CHILE SN 0035-0451 PY 2007 VL 40 IS 65 BP 521 EP 544 SC Linguistics; Language & Linguistics UT ISI:000251945000007 ER PT J AU Moyano, E AF Moyano, Estela TI Discourse abilities in Spanish in pre-universitary context: A SFL approach SO REVISTA SIGNOS LA Spanish DT Article AB This paper outlines a theoretical and pedagogical proposal for teaching literacy in Spanish L1, contextualized in a freshman course, which is obligatory for entering to the university. As well, the proposal is exemplified by an application to two groups of students working with a genre family. This work was inspired in the educational linguistics based on Sydney School's genre and register theory developed in the frame of Systemic Functional Linguistics. The proposal was designed as one of the activities in an action-research project. The results in terms of student's literacy development was constructed by measuring average of progress and by qualitative observation of the texts produced in the teaching and learning processes. Results show significant student's development in the abilities taking in account. As conclusion, it's possible to consider that the application of this pedagogical proposal and the students' engagement in the process have had incidence in the evolution of student's literacy. C1 Univ Gen Sarmiento, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Moyano, E, Univ Gen Sarmiento, Juan M Gutierrez Entre Jose L Suarez & Verdi 1613, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM eim@fibertel.com.ar TC 0 PU EDICIONES UNIV VALPARAISO PI VALPARAISO PA CASILLA 1415, VALPARAISO, 00000, CHILE SN 0035-0451 PY 2007 VL 40 IS 65 BP 573 EP 608 SC Linguistics; Language & Linguistics UT ISI:000251945000009 ER PT J AU Paris, L AF Paris, Luis TI Events and times in the preterit, imperfect, and progressive SO REVISTA SIGNOS LA Spanish DT Article AB Spanish encompasses an elaborated grammatical assembly of morphemes in order to build temporal representations. This grammatical subsystem has not been properly described. On the one hand, descriptive grammars provide epistemologically fragile characterizations (Bello, 1970; Rojo y Veiga, 1999). On the other hand, formal grammars offer well-defined categories that have poor empirical coverage (de Swart, 1998). Couched in formal semantics, my proposal aims at overcoming both of these shortcomings with two strategies. First, it claims that certain meaning properties of temporal morphemes are semantic whereas others are pragmatic. Second, it represents the semantic knowledge needed to manipulate temporal expressions in Spanish in terms of an event structure and an interval structure. Both structures are systematically connected but they consist each of their own individuals and relations. This theory is able to define in terms of event properties the categories pertaining to Lexical Aspect (Aktionarten). In contrast, Grammatical Aspect ((im)perfectivity) as well as Tense (temporal location) are described as interval properties. This distinction between semantic structures neatly captures the opposition 'Preterito-imperfecto' as well as that one 'imperfecto-progresivo'. The presence of each morpheme in the system is, thus, justified on their unique contribution to the Spanish semantic system. C1 Incihusa CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina. RP Paris, L, Incihusa CONICET, Argentina Cricyt Me Av Dr Ruiz Leal S-N,Parque Gr, Mendoza, Argentina. EM paris@lab.cricyt.edu.ar TC 0 PU EDICIONES UNIV VALPARAISO PI VALPARAISO PA CASILLA 1415, VALPARAISO, 00000, CHILE SN 0035-0451 PY 2007 VL 40 IS 65 BP 609 EP 632 SC Linguistics; Language & Linguistics UT ISI:000251945000010 ER PT J AU Zea, JR Mejia, AM Arredondo, MV Acevedo, LT Zapata, WS AF Restrepo Zea, Jairo Mejia Mejia, Aurelio Valencia Arredondo, Marleny Tamayo Acevedo, Lucia Salas Zapata, Walter TI Access to cervical cytology in Medellin, Colombia during 2006 SO REVISTA ESPANOLA DE SALUD PUBLICA LA Spanish DT Article AB Background: The burden of illness of cervical cancer has not decreased enough in developing countries. For that reason is important to improve coverage, access and effectiveness of cervical cancer screening programs. The objective of this paper is to analyze women's access to the cervical cytology programme of the Secretary of Health of Medellin (Colombia). Methods: An analysis was made of 1.519 records of women from a cross-sectional study conducted in an. urban area of Medellin (Colombia). Descriptive analysis was conducted and a Logit model was estimated for analysing recent cervical cytology (cytology performed less than 36 months prior to the survey). Results: 68,7% of women had a recent cytology, 17,2% did not have recent cytology and 14,2% of women attended for the first time to the service. The probability of having a recent cytology increased with age, women with family history of cervical cancer, women with personal history of sexually transmitted infections, women with some education and women who are (or were) married or in a stable union. Conclusions: The. demand for, cytology appears to be concentrated; a limited number of women assist frequently while others don't practice it or stop assisting. C1 [Restrepo Zea, Jairo; Mejia Mejia, Aurelio] Univ Antioquia, Fac Ciencias Econ, Medellin, Colombia. [Valencia Arredondo, Marleny; Tamayo Acevedo, Lucia; Salas Zapata, Walter] Univ Antioquia, Escuela Microbiol, Medellin, Croatia. RP Zea, JR, Univ Antioquia, Fac Ciencias Econ, Calle 67 53-108 13-121, Medellin, Colombia. EM jairo@udea.edu.co TC 0 PU MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD Y CONSUMO PI MADRID PA PASEO DEL PRADO 18-20, MADRID, 28071, SPAIN SN 1135-5727 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 81 IS 6 BP 657 EP 666 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000251944700009 ER PT J AU Ackerman, JM AF Ackerman, John M. TI Presidential secrecy and the law SO POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY LA English DT Book Review C1 [Ackerman, John M.] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Ackerman, JM, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU ACAD POLITICAL SCIENCE PI NEW YORK PA 475 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, SUITE 1274, NEW YORK, NY 10115-1274 USA SN 0032-3195 PD WIN PY 2007 VL 122 IS 4 BP 657 EP 658 SC Political Science UT ISI:000251890600006 ER PT J AU Fernandez, T Tuset, AM AF Fernandez, T. Tuset, A. M. TI Bender performance and socioeconomic status in Mexican children: A cross-cultural study SO PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS LA English DT Article AB Normative data are presented for Bender test performance, following the system of Koppitz. of 695 Mexican Students between 5.0 and 12.1 yr. old (M = 8.7, SD=2.01) and belonging to different socioeconomic status. The data are compared, with the normative group of U.S. students used by Koppitz and with a representative sample of children from Barcelona, Spain. The results indicate that the total number of Bender errors decreased with increasing age of the children and that significant differences existed with respect to socioeconomic status. The comparison of these data with U.S. and Spanish children shows significant differences in all age groups, with the Mexican children scoring lowest. Differences in quality of schooling and in other aspects of education could explain the variability in Bender test performance. C1 [Tuset, A. M.] Inst Tecnol Sonora, Sonora, Mexico. [Fernandez, T.] Univ Barcelona, E-08007 Barcelona, Spain. RP Tuset, AM, Paseo Valle Hebron 171, Barcelona 08035, Spain. EM atuset@psi.ub.es atuset@psi.ub.es TC 0 PU AMMONS SCIENTIFIC, LTD PI MISSOULA PA PO BOX 9229, MISSOULA, MT 59807-9229 USA SN 0031-5125 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 105 IS 3 PN Part 1 BP 906 EP 914 DI 10.2466/PMS.105.3.906-914 SC Psychology, Experimental UT ISI:000251890400020 ER PT J AU Chisholm, D Flisher, AJ Lund, C Patel, V Saxena, S Thornicroft, G Tomlinson, M AF Chisholm, D. Flisher, A. J. Lund, C. Patel, V. Saxena, S. Thornicroft, G. Tomlinson, M. TI Global mental health 6 - Scale up services for mental disorders: a call for action SO LANCET LA English DT Article AB We call for the global health community, governments, donors, multilateral agencies, and other mental health stakeholders, such as professional bodies and consumer groups, to scale up the coverage of services for mental disorders in all countries, but especially in low-income and middle-income countries. We argue that a basic, evidence-based package of services for core mental disorders should be scaled up, and that protection of the human rights of people with mental disorders and their families should be strengthened. Three questions are critical to the scaling-up process. What resources are needed? How can progress towards these goals be monitored? What should be the priorities for mental health research? To address these questions, we first estimated that the amount needed to provide services on the necessary scale would be US $2 per person per year in low-income countries and $3-4 in lower middle-income countries, which is modest compared with the requirements for scaling-up of services for other major contributors to the global burden of disease. Second, we identified a series of core and secondary indicators to track the progress that countries make toward achievement of mental health goals; many of these indicators are already routinely monitored in many countries. Third, we did a priority-setting exercise to identify gaps in the evidence base in global mental health for four categories of mental disorders. We show that funding should be given to research that develops and assesses interventions that can be delivered by people who are not mental health professionals, and that assesses how health systems can scale up such interventions across all routine-care settings. We discuss strategies to overcome the five main barriers to scaling-up of services for mental disorders; one major strategy will be sustained advocacy by diverse stakeholders, especially to target multilateral agencies, donors, and governments. This Series has provided the evidence for advocacy. Now we need political will and solidarity above all from the global health community, to translate this evidence into action. The time to act is now. C1 WHO, Dept Hlth Syst Financing, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland. Univ Cape Town, Div Child & Adolescent Psychiat, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa. Univ Cape Town, Adolescent Hlth Res Inst, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa. Univ Bergen, Res Ctr Hlth Promot, N-5020 Bergen, Norway. Univ Cape Town, Dept Psychiat & Mental Hlth, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa. London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Dept Epidemiol & Populat Hlth, London WC1, England. Sangath Ctr, Alto Porvorim 403521, Goa, India. WHO, Dept Mental Hlth & Subst Abuse, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland. Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat, London, England. S African MRC, Hlth Syst Res Unit, Pretoria, South Africa. Univ Stellenbosch, Dept Psychol, ZA-7600 Stellenbosch, South Africa. Univ Addis Ababa, Fac Med, Dept Psychiat, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Univ Bristol, Div Community Based Med, Bristol, Avon, England. Emory Univ, Carter Ctr, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA. WHO, Dept Hlth Syst Financing, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland. Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Social Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA. Univ London London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Dept Epidemiol & Populat Hlth, London WC1E 7HT, England. Univ Cape Town, Div Child & Adolescent Psychiat, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa. Univ Cape Town, Adolescent Hlth Res Inst, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa. Univ Bergen, Res Ctr Hlth Promot, Bergen, Norway. Univ Ibadan, Univ Coll Ibadan Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Ibadan, Nigeria. Univ Oslo, Fac Med, Inst Psychiat, N-0316 Oslo, Norway. Ullevaal Univ Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Oslo, Norway. Univ Melbourne, Australian Int Hlth Inst, Melbourne, Vic, Australia. Christian Med Coll & Hosp, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. Vrije Univ Med Ctr, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Boston Univ, Sch Med, Boston, MA 02118 USA. Univ Naples 2, Dept Psychiat, Naples, Italy. Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Psychiat, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Temple Univ, Coll Hlth Profess, Dept Publ Hlth, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA. Ramon de la Fuente Muniz Natl Inst Psychiat, Dept Epidemiol & Psychosocial Res, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. Univ Melbourne, Ctr Int Mental Hlth, Melbourne, Vic, Australia. Univ Hlth Sci, Rawalpindi Med Coll, Inst Psychiat, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Beijing Hui Long Guan Hosp, Beijing Suicide Res & Prevent Ctr, Beijing, Peoples R China. Columbia Univ, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY 10027 USA. Columbia Univ, Dept Epidemiol, New York, NY 10027 USA. Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat, Dept Hlth Serv Res, London WC2R 2LS, England. Univ Manchester, Div Psychiat, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England. Univ Chile, Clin Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Santiago, Chile. Assoc Improvement Mental Hlth Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland. Univ Stellenbosch, Dept Psychiat, Bellville, South Africa. Univ Cape Town, Dept Social Dev, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa. Schizophrenia Res Fdn, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. Univ Stellenbosch, Dept Psychol, Bellville, South Africa. Univ Queensland, Sch Populat Hlth, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. RP Patel, V, Sangath Ctr, Alto Porvorim 403521, Goa, India. EM Vikram.patel@lshtm.ac.uk TC 20 PU ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC PI NEW YORK PA 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA SN 0140-6736 PD OCT 6 PY 2007 VL 370 IS 9594 BP 1241 EP 1252 DI 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61242-2 SC Medicine, General & Internal UT ISI:000250091900025 ER PT J AU del Prado, AM Church, T Katigbak, MS Miramontes, LG Whitty, MT Curtis, GJ Vargas-Flores, JD Ibanez-Reyes, J Ortiz, FA Reyes, JAS AF del Prado, Alicia M. Church, A. Timothy Katigbak, Marcia S. Miramontes, Lilia G. Whitty, Monica T. Curtis, Guy J. Vargas-Flores, Jose de Jesus Ibanez-Reyes, Joselina Ortiz, Fernando A. Reyes, Jose Alberto S. TI Culture, method and the content of self-concepts: Testing trait, individual-self-primacy, and cultural psychology perspectives SO JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY LA English DT Article AB Three theoretical perspectives on cultural universals and differences in the content of self-concepts were tested in individualistic (United States, n = 178; Australia, n = 112) and collectivistic (Mexico, n = 157; Philippines, n = 138) cultures, using three methods of self-concept assessment. Support was found for both trait perspectives and the individual-self-primacy hypothesis. In contrast, support for cultural psychology hypotheses was limited because traits and other personal attributes were not more salient, or social attributes less salient, in individualistic cultures than collectivistic cultures. The salience of some aspects of self-concept depended on the method of assessment, calling into question conclusions based on monomethod studies. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. C1 [del Prado, Alicia M.; Church, A. Timothy; Katigbak, Marcia S.; Miramontes, Lilia G.; Ortiz, Fernando A.] Washington State Univ, Dept Educ Leadership & Counseling Psychol, Pullman, WA 99164 USA. [Whitty, Monica T.] Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Psychol, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland. [Curtis, Guy J.] Univ Western Sydney, Sch Psychol, Sydney, NSW, Australia. [Vargas-Flores, Jose de Jesus; Ibanez-Reyes, Joselina] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Iztacala Natl Sch Profess Studies, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Reyes, Jose Alberto S.] La Salle Univ, Counseling Educ Dept, Manila, Philippines. RP Church, T, Washington State Univ, Dept Educ Leadership & Counseling Psychol, Cleveland Hall, Pullman, WA 99164 USA. EM church@mail.wsu.edu TC 0 PU ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE PI SAN DIEGO PA 525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA SN 0092-6566 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 41 IS 6 BP 1119 EP 1160 DI 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.02.002 SC Psychology, Social UT ISI:000252039700001 ER PT J AU Lunazzi, HA Urrutia, MI de La Fuente, MG Elias, D Fernandez, F de La Fuente, S AF Lunazzi, Helena Ana Urrutia, Maria Ines de La Fuente, Marta Garcia Elias, Diana Fernandez, Favia de La Fuente, Soledad TI Rorschach Comprehensive System data for a sample of 506 adult nonpatients from Argentina SO JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT LA English DT Article AB This study is composed of 506 nonpatient adults, ages 18 to 65, all from Argentina. The data were gathered by five examiners, who tested most of the participants at their work site. Inclusion and exclusion criteria are described and interrater reliability statistics at the response level are presented along with findings for the Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS; Exner, 1994). C1 [Lunazzi, Helena Ana; Urrutia, Maria Ines; de La Fuente, Marta Garcia; Elias, Diana; Fernandez, Favia; de La Fuente, Soledad] Univ Nacl La Plata, Fac Psicol, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. RP Lunazzi, HA, Fac Humanities, Dept Psychol, Calle 48 Entre 6y7 7, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. EM hlunazzi@ciudad.com.ar TC 1 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0022-3891 PY 2007 VL 89 SU Suppl. 1 BP S7 EP S12 DI 10.1080/00223890701582806 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology, Social UT ISI:000251938600003 ER PT J AU Sanz, IAE AF Sanz, Isidro A. E. TI Rorschach Comprehensive System data for a sample of 90 adult nonpatients from Argentina SO JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT LA English DT Article AB This study is composed of 90 nonpatient adults, ages 16 to 65, all from Buenos Aires and its suburban area. All of the data were gathered by the author. Inclusion and exclusion criteria are described and interrater reliability statistics at the response level are presented along with findings for the Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS; Exner, 2003). Results show that several variables yield values that deviated from the nonpatient ranges proposed by Exner, and these findings suggest the need for further exploration. C1 [Sanz, Isidro A. E.] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Psychol, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Sanz, IAE, Independencia 3065 3 Piso Box 8,Capital Fed C1225, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM sanzisid@psi.uba.ar TC 1 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0022-3891 PY 2007 VL 89 SU Suppl. 1 BP S13 EP S19 DI 10.1080/00223890701582822 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology, Social UT ISI:000251938600004 ER PT J AU Raez, M AF Raez, Matilde TI Rorschach Comprehensive System data for a sample of 233 adult nonpatients from Peru SO JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT LA English DT Article AB This study is composed of 233 adult nonpatients, all from Peru. Inclusion/exclusion criteria are described. Interrater reliability statistics at the response level are presented along with scores for the Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS; Exner & Erdberg, 2005). Considering the results of this investigation, the researcher suggests a line of multicultural research. The differences between the United States and Peru strengthen the psychometric and qualitative value of this line of investigation. C1 Pontificia Univ Catolica Peru, Dept Psicol, Lima, Peru. RP Raez, M, Pontificia Univ Catolica Peru, Dept Psicol, Lima, Peru. EM mraez@infonegocio.net.pe TC 1 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0022-3891 PY 2007 VL 89 SU Suppl. 1 BP S119 EP S123 DI 10.1080/00223890701583382 SC Psychology, Clinical; Psychology, Social UT ISI:000251938600020 ER PT J AU Espino, E AF Espino, Emilio TI Equilibrium portfolios in the neoclassical growth model SO JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY LA English DT Article AB This paper studies equilibrium portfolios in the standard neoclassical growth model under uncertainty with heterogeneous agents and dynamically complete markets. Preferences are purposely restricted to be quasi-homothetic. The main source of heterogeneity across agents is due to different endowments of shares of the representative firm at date 0. Fixing portfolios is the optimal equilibrium strategy in stationary endowment economies with dynamically complete markets. However, when the environment displays changing degrees of heterogeneity across agents, the trading strategy of fixed portfolios cannot be optimal in equilibrium. Very importantly, our framework can generate changing heterogeneity if and only if either minimum consumption requirements are not zero or labor income is not zero and the value of human and non-human wealth are linearly independent. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. C1 Univ Torcuato Di Tella, Dept Econ, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Espino, E, Univ Torcuato Di Tella, Dept Econ, Saenz Valiente 1010,C1428BIJ, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM eespino@utdt.edu TC 0 PU ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE PI SAN DIEGO PA 525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA SN 0022-0531 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 137 IS 1 BP 673 EP 687 DI 10.1016/j.jet.2007.02.003 SC Economics UT ISI:000252020200030 ER PT J AU Arango-Lasprilia, JC Cuetos, F Valencia, C Uribe, C Lopera, F AF Arango-Lasprilia, Juan Carlos Cuetos, Fernando Valencia, Claudia Uribe, Claramonika Lopera, Francisco TI Cognitive changes in the preclinical phase of familial Alzheimer's disease SO JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY LA English DT Article AB Few studies have examined the presence of linguistic deficits in the preclinical phase of Alzheimer's disease (AD). A total of 19 healthy carriers of the E280A presenilin-1 gene mutation in chromosome 14 and 21 noncarrier family members from Antioquia, Colombia, were administered a neurolinguistic evaluation of lexical-semantic processes. Both groups were similar in age, educational level, and gender. Carriers scored significantly lower than noncarriers on naming of famous faces. Cognitive changes in lexical-semantic tasks can be detected before the clinical diagnosis of probable familial AD, and a neurolinguistic evaluation may be a useful tool in the early clinical diagnosis of sporadic AD as well. C1 [Arango-Lasprilia, Juan Carlos; Valencia, Claudia; Uribe, Claramonika; Lopera, Francisco] Univ Antioquia, Neurosci Grp, Medellin, Colombia. [Cuetos, Fernando] Univ Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain. [Valencia, Claudia] Univ Antioquia, Cognit Psychol Grp, Medellin, Colombia. RP Arango-Lasprilia, JC, Virginia Commonwealth Univ, VCU West Hosp, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, 3rd Floor Room 3-102,1200 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23298 USA. EM jcarangolasp@vcu.edu TC 1 PU TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC PI PHILADELPHIA PA 325 CHESTNUT ST, SUITE 800, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 USA SN 1380-3395 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 29 IS 8 BP 892 EP 900 DI 10.1080/13803390601174151 SC Psychology, Clinical; Clinical Neurology; Psychology UT ISI:000251931900011 ER PT J AU Baker, MC McFarland, DA Gonzales, M Diaz, MJ Molyneux, DH AF Baker, Margaret C. McFarland, Deborah A. Gonzales, Manuel Diaz, Mary Janet Molyneux, David H. TI The impact of integrating the elimination programme for lymphatic filariasis into primary health care in the Dominican Republic SO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT LA English DT Article AB Integration of disease-specific programmes into existing health care delivery systems is a challenge for many countries, made more salient as the scope and scale of disease-specific programmes increases. This paper reports on the programmatic outcomes of 2 years of integrating the lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination programme into primary health care (PHC) in the Dominican Republic during a period of national health care reform and decentralization. Data were collected retrospectively from community volunteers, PHC staff and LF programme staff using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods. Benefits of integration for LF elimination included increasing the extent of the geographic coverage of mass drug administration (MDA) and a 21% increase in municipalities achieving the MDA target coverage rate of 80%. Benefits which accrued to PHC included improved information systems and strengthened relationships between the health services and the community. This study also identified challenges to implementing integration and the solutions found. These include the importance of focusing on the professional development of disease-specific program staff as their roles change, strengthening specific weakness in the general health system and finding alternative solutions where these are not easily solved, actively engaging senior management at an early stage, continually evaluating the impact of integration and not pushing integration for the sake of integration. Copyright (c) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. C1 [Baker, Margaret C.; Molyneux, David H.] Univ Liverpool Liverpool Sch Trop Med, Lymphatic Filariasis Support Ctr, Liverpool L3 5QA, Merseyside, England. [McFarland, Deborah A.] Emory Univ, Rollins Sch Publ Hlth, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA. [Gonzales, Manuel; Diaz, Mary Janet] Ctr Control Enfermedades Tropicales, Barahona, Dominican Rep. RP Baker, MC, Univ Liverpool Liverpool Sch Trop Med, Lymphatic Filariasis Support Ctr, Liverpool L3 5QA, Merseyside, England. EM Margaret.fraser@liv.ac.uk TC 1 PU JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD PI CHICHESTER PA THE ATRIUM, SOUTHERN GATE, CHICHESTER PO19 8SQ, W SUSSEX, ENGLAND SN 0749-6753 PD OCT-DEC PY 2007 VL 22 IS 4 BP 337 EP 352 DI 10.1002/hpm.900 SC Health Policy & Services; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000251945600006 ER PT J AU Rodriguez-Ponce, ER AF Rodriguez-Ponce, Emilio R. TI Knowledge management and organizational performance: An empirical study in public institutions SO INTERCIENCIA LA Spanish DT Article AB With the purpose of studying the relationship between knowledge management, strategy design and implementation, and performance, a sample of 56 top and medium managers of public organizations from north region of Chile was analyzed. The results show that to create and to share knowledge influence the quality of the strategy design, but do not influence strategy implementation. The use of knowledge did not show a statistically significant influence on the design nor the implementation of the strategy. Finally, it was found that de strategy design is a highly significant determinant of the performance and that strategy implementation has a moderate effect on organizational effectiveness in public organizations. C1 [Rodriguez-Ponce, Emilio R.] Univ Tarapaca, Arica, Chile. [Rodriguez-Ponce, Emilio R.] Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile. [Rodriguez-Ponce, Emilio R.] Univ Complutense Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. RP Rodriguez-Ponce, ER, Univ Tarapaca, Casilla 7-D, Arica, Chile. EM erodrigu@uta.cl TC 2 PU INTERCIENCIA PI CARACAS PA APARTADO 51842, CARACAS 1050A, VENEZUELA SN 0378-1844 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 32 IS 12 BP 820 EP 826 SC Ecology UT ISI:000251975400004 ER PT J AU Porto, M AF Porto, Melina TI Learning diaries in the English as a foreign language classroom: A tool for accessing learners' perceptions of lessons and developing learner autonomy and reflection SO FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANNALS LA English DT Article AB The aim of this study was to learn from students' frame of reference how they experience foreign language classes. Data include learning diaries written during 2005 for more than 35 weeks (March to November). Subjects were 95 Argentine, Caucasian, mostly female, middle-class, Spanish-speaking college students between 19 and 21 years of age who were enrolled in English Language It at the National University of La Plata in Argentina. The results of this study stress 1) the value of systematic learner introspection over time as a vehicle for reflection and autonomy in foreign and second language learning contexts; 2) uncovering learners' thoughts and beliefs in an effort to understand how these affect their engagement with language activities; and 3) using this information to make instructional decisions and monitor their adequacy and effectiveness. C1 Natl Univ La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. RP Porto, M, Natl Univ La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. TC 0 PU AMER COUNCIL TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES PI ALEXANDRIA PA 700 SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET, STE 210, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314 USA SN 0015-718X PD WIN PY 2007 VL 40 IS 4 BP 672 EP 696 SC Education & Educational Research; Linguistics UT ISI:000251927800009 ER PT J AU Gorenstein, S Napal, M Olea, M AF Gorenstein, Silvia Napal, Martin Olea, Mariana TI Agrarian territories and ruturban realities. Reflections on rural development in the light of the pampeano bonaerense case SO EURE-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ESTUDIOS URBANO REGIONALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The debate on rural development has undergone a strong renewal due to transformations in agriculture and in rural economies and societies. In this context, a broader vision of the rural medium has been observed which includes rururban spaces where services and supply chains relating to local and regional production and consume are located. Of particular importance are non-agricultural occupations as additional income sources for rural homes. This paper explores these issues in the province of Buenos Aires -the main area of agricultural production in the pampeana region of Argentina-. Some of the features analyzed here are population trends and the rural-urban configuration; the characteristics of the territories that are potential or real bases for pluriactive strategies by the rural population; and the characteristics of the institutional webs that accompany redefinitions of territorial governance. In light of these elements, some issues for reflection are introduced in terms of the formulation of rural development policies. C1 [Gorenstein, Silvia; Olea, Mariana] Univ Nacl Sur, Dept Econ, CONICET, RA-8000 Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. RP Gorenstein, S, Univ Nacl Sur, Dept Econ, CONICET, RA-8000 Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. EM sgoren@criba.edu.ar mjnapal@yahoo.com.ar molea@uns.edu.ar TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIV CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA EL COMENDADOR 1916, CASILLA 16002, CORREO 9, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0250-7161 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 33 IS 100 BP 91 EP 113 SC Urban Studies UT ISI:000252031500005 ER PT J AU Figueroa, O Orellana, A AF Figueroa, Oscar Orellana, Arturo TI Transantiago: governability and institutionality SO EURE-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ESTUDIOS URBANO REGIONALES LA Spanish DT Editorial Material C1 [Orellana, Arturo] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Estudios Urbanos & Tereitorials, Santiago, Chile. RP Figueroa, O, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Estudios Urbanos & Tereitorials, Santiago, Chile. EM ofiguero@uc.cl amorella@uc.cl TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIV CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA EL COMENDADOR 1916, CASILLA 16002, CORREO 9, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0250-7161 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 33 IS 100 BP 165 EP 171 SC Urban Studies UT ISI:000252031500009 ER PT J AU Quintana, GR AF Raposo Quintana, Gabriela TI From the city to networks: conversations with Manuel Castells SO EURE-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ESTUDIOS URBANO REGIONALES LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Santiago, Chile. RP Quintana, GR, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Santiago, Chile. EM lraposo@uc.cl TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIV CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA EL COMENDADOR 1916, CASILLA 16002, CORREO 9, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0250-7161 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 33 IS 100 BP 173 EP 176 SC Urban Studies UT ISI:000252031500010 ER PT J AU Perez, F AF Perez, Francisca TI Santiago de Chile. Spatial mobility and metropolitan reconfiguration SO EURE-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ESTUDIOS URBANO REGIONALES LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Perez, Francisca] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Univ Aca Humanismo Cristiano, Programa Doctorado & Arquitectura & Estudios Urba, Urbanos, Chile. RP Perez, F, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Univ Aca Humanismo Cristiano, Programa Doctorado & Arquitectura & Estudios Urba, Urbanos, Chile. EM fperez1@uc.cl TC 0 PU PONTIFICIA UNIV CATOLICA CHILE PI SANTIAGO PA EL COMENDADOR 1916, CASILLA 16002, CORREO 9, SANTIAGO 00000, CHILE SN 0250-7161 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 33 IS 100 BP 177 EP 181 SC Urban Studies UT ISI:000252031500011 ER PT J AU Espinoza, O AF Espinoza, Oscar TI Solving the equity-equality conceptual dilemma: a new model for analysis of the educational process SO EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH LA English DT Article AB Background Over the past four decades there have been a number of controversies arising from the discussion of 'equity' and 'equality'. These concepts are often invoked by policy analysts, policy-makers, government officials and scholars in order to justify or critique resource allocation to different levels of the educational system. Purpose By creating a new equality-equity goal-oriented model, which allows the combination of different dimensions for each concept with different stages of the educational process, this paper aims to achieve two purposes: (1) to clarify among researchers, educators, evaluators, policy analysts, and policy-makers the notions of 'equality' and 'equity'; and (2) to encourage researchers and evaluators to critically examine and synthesize equality/equity-based research. Sources of evidence A review of the literature concerning the meaning, goals and assumptions of the concepts 'equity' and 'equality', and their implications for social and public policy, is presented. Main argument A survey of recent and earlier debates on 'equity' and 'equality' among scholars and researchers reveals disagreement and confusion about what those concepts really mean and what they involve in terms of goals and results. It is debatable whether we can have 'equity' and 'equality' in a society that prioritizes efficiency in resource management over social justice. Certainly, such questions have shaped and guided many discussions and theoretical debates among scholars, policy analysts and policy-makers. Conclusions Most of the definitions of 'equity' and 'equality' are frequently used by many researchers, evaluators, policy-makers, policy analysts, scholars and educators as if they were interchangeable. Instead of arguing for a unique or simple conception of 'equity' and 'equality', a set of definitions of those concepts as well as a discussion related to theoretical and policy issues associated are presented. In order to avoid that confusion, the equality-equity model developed in this paper suggests several new directions for analysis and research. It provides some ideas about how 'equity' (i.e. 'equity for equal needs', 'equity for equal potential' and 'equity for equal achievement') and 'equality' (i.e. 'equality of opportunity', 'equality for all' and 'equality on average across social groups') could be treated and measured in future research in relation to different features of the educational process (availability of resources, access, survival, output and outcome). C1 Univ Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile. RP Espinoza, O, Univ Diego Portales, Manuel Rodriguez Sur 415, Santiago, Chile. EM pirata14@hotmail.com TC 0 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0013-1881 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 49 IS 4 BP 343 EP 363 DI 10.1080/00131880701717198 SC Education & Educational Research UT ISI:000251757400002 ER PT J AU Recabarren, M Nussbaum, M Leiva, C AF Recabarren, Matias Nussbaum, Miguel Leiva, Claudia TI Cultural illiteracy and the Internet SO CYBERPSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIOR LA English DT Article AB The Internet has created different expectations regarding its possibilities as a tool for including groups that have heretofore been excluded from the modern world. But mere access to information does not necessarily imply correct and effective use of it. Despite the great increase in Internet access in previously excluded areas, expectations of inclusion have not been fulfilled. Research suggests that the effectiveness of Internet use varies among cultures, but all such studies analyze countries as a whole with no further breakdown. Yet it is known that within a given country there co-exist subcultures that differ both in language and social context. This paper presents a study that shows the correlation between different social subcultures and their Internet knowledge. C1 [Recabarren, Matias; Nussbaum, Miguel; Leiva, Claudia] Univ Catolica Chile, Sch Engn, Dept Comp Sci, Santiago, Chile. RP Recabarren, M, Univ Catolica Chile, Sch Engn, Dept Comp Sci, Vicuna Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile. EM myrecaba@uc.cl TC 0 PU MARY ANN LIEBERT INC PI NEW ROCHELLE PA 140 HUGUENOT STREET, 3RD FL, NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 USA SN 1094-9313 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 10 IS 6 BP 853 EP 856 DI 10.1089/cpb.2007.9940 SC Communication; Psychology, Applied UT ISI:000251909700019 ER PT J AU Munoz, I Paredes, M Thorp, R AF Munoz, Ismael Paredes, Maritza Thorp, Rosemary TI Group inequalities and the nature and power of collective action: Case studies from Peru SO WORLD DEVELOPMENT LA English DT Article AB The paper explores collective action in Peru through community level case studies. It asks why extreme inequality between groups has persisted for so long and whether a weak propensity to collective action is part of the answer. Significant evidence of constructive meso-level collective action is found; but it is restricted by a corrupt, self-seeking political system. The analysis shows how in relatively fragile institutional systems, the poor find collective action more difficult and costly while the relatively well endowed with capabilities can manage it better, shedding light on why inequality is often long lasting. When only modest gains are achieved, frustration is to be expected. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. C1 [Munoz, Ismael] Pontificia Univ Catolica Peru, Lima, Peru. [Paredes, Maritza; Thorp, Rosemary] Univ Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, England. RP Munoz, I, Pontificia Univ Catolica Peru, Lima, Peru. TC 0 PU PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD PI OXFORD PA THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND SN 0305-750X PD NOV PY 2007 VL 35 IS 11 BP 1929 EP + DI 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.01.002 SC Economics; Planning & Development UT ISI:000251659800007 ER PT J AU Laszlo, KC Laszlo, A AF Laszlo, Kathia Castro Laszlo, Alexander TI Fostering a sustainable learning society through knowledge-based development SO SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE LA English DT Proceedings Paper AB According to convention, there appears to be two main purposes of knowledge-based development: economic prosperity and human development. This paper emphasizes the importance of the balance between these two purposes and suggests that they need to be complemented with an axiological framework grounded in, a systemic and evolutionary perspective. Such a contextualization of development brings sustainability into focus and gives direction and meaning to related knowledge strategies. The notion of the knowledge economy has long been embraced as an attractive next stage of post-industrial society. However, it remains grounded in an economic model that treats society and the biosphere as externalities. As a result, the knowledge economy appears as an improved but essentially unchanged paradigm of value exchange that continues to increase the gap between rich and poor, ignores the intrinsic value of living and life-supporting systems and undermines the viability of the biosphere-as if human systems could live without it. A new framework for understanding development in a systemic and interconnected way-evolutionary development-is presented as the larger container within which knowledge strategies could make a significant difference in terms of the creation of value-not only financial, but also human, social and ecosystemic. The case of Monterrey, Mexico, as the host of the Universal Forum of Cultures in 2007 and as a place with the intention of becoming a knowledge city, is used to highlight the concrete opportunities to link the economic and human dimensions of knowledge-based development for the creation of a sustainable learning society. Copyright (c) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. C1 [Laszlo, Kathia Castro] EGADE, ITESM, Garza Garcia 66269, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. [Laszlo, Alexander] Presidio Sch Management, San Francisco, CA 94129 USA. RP Laszlo, KC, Syntony Quest, 810 A Quarry Rd, San Francisco, CA 94129 USA. EM laszlo@syntonyquest.org TC 0 PU JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD PI CHICHESTER PA THE ATRIUM, SOUTHERN GATE, CHICHESTER PO19 8SQ, W SUSSEX, ENGLAND SN 1092-7026 PD SEP-OCT PY 2007 VL 24 IS 5 BP 493 EP 503 DI 10.1002/sres.850 SC Management; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary UT ISI:000251825100004 ER PT J AU Borges, G Nock, MK Medina-Mora, ME Benjet, C Lara, C Chiu, WT Kessler, RC AF Borges, Guilherme Nock, Mathew K. Medina-Mora, Maria Elena Benjet, Corina Lara, Carmen Chiu, Wai Tat Kessler, Ronald C. TI The epidemiology of suicide-related outcomes in Mexico SO SUICIDE AND LIFE-THREATENING BEHAVIOR LA English DT Article AB Nationally representative data from the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey are presented on the lifetime prevalence and age-of-onsct (AOO) distributions of suicide ideation, plan and attempt and on temporally prior demographic and DSM-IV psychiatric risk factors. Lifetime ideation was reported by 8.1% of respondents, while 3.2% reported a lifetime plan and 2.7% a lifetime suicide attempt. Onset of all outcomes was highest in adolescence and early adulthood. The risk of transition from suicide ideation to plan and attempt was highest within the first year of onset of ideation. The presence of one or more temporally prior DSM-IV/CIDI (Composite International Diagnostic Instrument) disorder was strongly related to each suicide-related outcome. Suicidal outcomes are prevalent, have an early AOO, and are strongly related to temporally prior mental disorders in Mexico. Given the early AOO, intervention efforts need to focus more than currently on children and adolescents with mental disorders to be effective in prevention. C1 [Borges, Guilherme; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Benjet, Corina; Lara, Carmen] Inst Nacl Psiquiatria, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. [Borges, Guilherme] Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Chiu, Wai Tat; Kessler, Ronald C.] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA. [Nock, Mathew K.] Harvard Univ, Dept Psychol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA. RP Borges, G, Inst Nacl Psiquiatria, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101,Col San Lorenzo Hui, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. EM guibor@imp.edu.mx TC 0 PU GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS INC PI NEW YORK PA 72 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10012 USA SN 0363-0234 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 37 IS 6 BP 627 EP 640 SC Psychiatry; Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251823500004 ER PT J AU Gotuzzo, E Moody, J Verdonck, K Cabada, MM Gonzalez, E Van Dooren, S Vandamme, AM Terashima, A Vermund, SH AF Gotuzzo, Eduardo Moody, Joel Verdonck, Kristien Cabada, Miguel M. Gonzalez, Elsa Van Dooren, Sonia Vandamme, Anne-Mieke Terashima, Angelica Vermund, Sten H. TI Frequent HTLV-1 infection in the offspring of Peruvian women with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis or strongyloidiasis SO REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA English DT Article AB Objectives. To describe the frequency of HTLV-1 infection among offspring of mothers who had presented with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), strongyloidiasis, or asymptomatic HTLV-1 infection, and to identify factors associated with HTLV-1 infection. Methods. In a descriptive study, records were reviewed of HTLV-1-positive women and their offspring who had been tested for HTLV infection at a public hospital in Lima, Peru, from 1989 to 2003. Sons and daughters of women who had presented with strongyloidiasis, HAM/TSP, or asymptomatic infection were eligible for this study. Results. Three hundred seventy subjects were included: 279 were the offspring of 104 mothers presenting with HAM/TSP, 58 were the offspring of 22 mothers with strongyloidiasis, and 33 were the offspring of 26 asymptomatic mothers. Mean age of the offspring at the time of testing was 26 years (standard deviation 12). Nineteen percent of the offspring tested positive for HTLV-1: 6% (2/33) of those with asymptomatic mothers, 19% (521279) among the offspring of mothers with HAM/TSP, and 31% (18/58) among the offspring of mothers presenting with strongyloidiasis On multiple logistic regression analysis, three factors were significantly associated with HTLV-1: (a) duration of breast-feeding (odds ratio [OR] = 15.1; [4.2-54.1] for 12 to 24 months versus less than 6 months breast-feeding); (b) clinical condition of the mother (OR = 8.3 [1.0-65.3] for HAM/TSP and OR = 11.5 [1.4-98.4] for strongyloidiasis in comparison with offspring of asymptomatic mothers); and Q transfusion history (OR = 5.5 [2.0-15.2]). Conclusions. In addition to known risk factors for HTLV-1 transmission (duration of breast-feeding and history of blood transfusion), maternal HAM/TSP and strongyloidiasis were associated with seropositivity among offspring of HTLV-1-infected mothers. C1 Univ Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Inst Med Trop Alexander von Humboldt, Lima 31, Peru. Univ Alabama, Div Geog Med, Birmingham, AL USA. Inst Trop Med, Dept Microbiol, Virol Unit, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Katholieke Univ Leuven, REGA Inst Med Res, Louvain, Belgium. Vanderbilt Univ, Sch Med, Inst Global Hlth, Nashville, TN 37212 USA. RP Gotuzzo, E, Univ Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Inst Med Trop Alexander von Humboldt, Av Honorio Delgado 430, Lima 31, Peru. EM egh@upch.edu.pe TC 1 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 1020-4989 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 22 IS 4 BP 223 EP 230 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000251448500001 ER PT J AU Cendales, R Vanegas, C Fierro, M Cordoba, R Olarte, A AF Cendales, Ricardo Vanegas, Claudia Fierro, Marco Cordoba, Rodrigo Olarte, Ana TI Suicide trends in Colombia, 1985-2002 SO REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA English DT Article AB Objectives. To report trends in mortality from suicide in Colombia from 1985 to 2002 by sex, age group, and method, and determine the number of Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) to suicide during this period. Method A Age- and sex-specific and age-adjusted crude mortality rates were calculated based on mortality and population information available from the official database of the Department of National Statistics Administration, Colombia. YPLL were estimated and adjusted for societal impact, age, and poor quality of mortality records. The results were tabulated according to codes X600-X849 and Y870 from the International Statistical Classification of Disease and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), and codes E950-E959 from the 9th revision (ICD-9). Results. Suicide rates have been climbing in Colombia since 1998, particularly among young adults and males. The highest rates among males were in the age groups 20-29 years of age and over 70 years of age, and rates increased over time. Among females, the highest rates were recorded for the group 10-19 years of age. The YPLL rose in proportion with the increase in suicides, from 0.81% in 1981 to 2.20% in 2002. Among males, the most common methods used were firearms and explosives, hanging, and poison, with a relative increase in hanging; whereas among females, poison was most common. Conclusions. A rising trend in suicide rates in Colombia was confirmed, especially among the productive segment of the population, which has resulted in a marked increase in YPLL. C1 Ctr Invest Sistema Nervioso, Dept Invest, Cundinamarca, Colombia. RP Cendales, R, CISNE Invest, Carrera 69 170-40, Bogota, Colombia. EM acardocen@yahoo.com TC 1 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 1020-4989 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 22 IS 4 BP 231 EP 238 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000251448500002 ER PT J AU Rodriguez, RMR Mendoza, KS AF Ramos Rodriguez, Rosa Maria Sandoval Mendoza, Karla TI Nutritional status of the poor, marginalized adults of the Triqui ethnic group in Oaxaca, Mexico SO REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LA Spanish DT Article AB Objectives. To further understanding of the nutritional transition process by studying possible changes over time in the nutritional status of the Triqui ethnic group in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Methods. A retrospective study was conducted using anthropometric data available from three prior studies (end of the 19th century, 1940, and 2002). Means and z scores for height, weight, and body mass index of Triqui adults were calculated using Frih St d i f uw t orme sancho reference data. Statistical analyses of the results were per h interd th ll t roug ec e dent's t and chi-square tests. Sociocultural information was co views and direct observations, as well as from the available literature. Results. The height of Triqui adults has remained very low. A majority of Triqui women were found to be short or very short; this, coupled with the low level of education and high rates of illiteracy and monolingualism, is indicative of a culture that does not favor females. The appearance of overweight and obesity among the men studied in 2002, relative to those studied in 1940, is cause for concern. Overweight was also recorded among the women in 2002. Conclusions. Despite the limitations shared by all retrospective studies, these results confirm that the nutritional status of the Triquis is different now from what it was 60 years ago and that these changes are related to the cultural changes the group is experiencing. To further understand this epiderniologic phenomenon, where Malnutrition and obesity coexist, cross-disciplinary studies are needed to analyze the biological, social, and cultural factors involved, so that culturally-appropriate measures can be adopted. C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Antropol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. Univ Pompeu Fabra, Unidad Biol Evolut, Barcelona, Spain. RP Rodriguez, RMR, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Antropol, Circuito Exterior S-N,Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM rmrr@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION PI WASHINGTON PA 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA SN 1020-4989 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 22 IS 4 BP 260 EP 267 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000251448500006 ER PT J AU Gomez-Maquet, Y AF Gomez-Maquet, Yvonne TI Cognition, emotion, and depressive symptoms in school adolescents SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB A characterisation of adolescents is presented in terms of positive and negative affect, automatic negative and positive thoughts and depressive symptomatology. An aleatory sample of 1096 adolescents 12 to 16 years old, from public and private schools from the city of Medellin (Colombia) was selected. 55.7% of the sample were male. The results show that male and female adolescents differ on the three evaluated variables. At the cognitive level, female adolescents showed more automatic negative thoughts; at an emotional level they showed higher levels of negative affect and more depressive symptoms. Male adolescents showed more positive thoughts, higher levels of positive affect and fewer depressive symptoms. This profile was more clear in the subgroup of adolescents with scores over the 75 percentile in the scale of depressive symptoms excepting negative affect. C1 Univ Antioquia, Dept Psicol, Medellin, Colombia. RP Gomez-Maquet, Y, Univ Antioquia, Dept Psicol, Medellin, Colombia. EM csgipc@antares.udea.edu.co TC 1 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 435 EP 447 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600001 ER PT J AU Tapia-Balladares, N Castro-Castro, R Monestel-Mora, N AF Tapia-Balladares, Napoleon Castro-Castro, Ricardo Monestel-Mora, Natalia TI Socio-moral development among Costa Rican adolescents according to the Gibbs' model SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This study examines the reliability of the Questionnaire of Sociomoral Reflection in Costa Rican version, elaborated originally by John C. Gibbs and adapted by the author. The questionnaire is applied in short form. By means of three studies, with different samples, interindividual differences are evaluated, in age and gender variables, in sociomoral development of Costa Rican adolescents. The results show appropriate reliability coefficients in three studies. Also, it is carried out a preliminary validity analysis of questionnaire. Results allow to verify clear tendencies informed in the literature about the topic in gender individual differences. For variable age, there are results evidencing a clear developmental trend according to which the sociomoral development seems to show a narrow dependence of the influence of educational level of those who participate in this research. C1 [Tapia-Balladares, Napoleon; Castro-Castro, Ricardo; Monestel-Mora, Natalia] Univ Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica. RP Tapia-Balladares, N, Univ Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica. EM ntapiab@cariari.ucr.ac.cr TC 1 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 449 EP 471 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600002 ER PT J AU Caso-Niebla, J Hernandez-Guzman, L AF Caso-Niebla, Joaquin Hernandez-Guzman, Laura TI Variables that influence academic achievement in Mexican adolescents SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The aim of the present study was to explore to what extent personal variables contribute to academic achievement of preparatory school students. 1581 students, between 15 and 23 years of age, attending 9 campuses of a public preparatory school in Mexico City, participated in the study. They responded to several self-report questionnaires on self-esteem, assertiveness, school adjustment, motivation, study behavior and substance use. Regression analysis provided information on the relative contribution of motivation, study skills and substance use on academic achievement, which was based on the students' GPA. Also, gender differences were found on several dimensions, showing girls better academic achievement, school adjustment, motivation, study skills and poorer self-esteem than boys. C1 [Caso-Niebla, Joaquin] Univ Autonoma Baja California, Fac Psicol, Mexicali 21100, Baja California, Mexico. [Hernandez-Guzman, Laura] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Caso-Niebla, J, Univ Autonoma Baja California, Fac Psicol, Mexicali 21100, Baja California, Mexico. EM jcaso@uabc.mx TC 1 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 487 EP 501 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600004 ER PT J AU Perez, A Gutierrez, G Segura, A AF Perez, Aristobulo Gutierrez, German Segura, Alejandro TI Behavioral observations in Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Although Darwin's writings have been analyzed in detail by science historians, the role of behavior in the development of the theory of evolution has not been properly addressed. In this study we select, describe and analyze behavioral observations by Darwin during the Voyage of the Beagle. The context of the voyage, its route, objectives, and characteristics are presented. A classification of different types of observations on diverse types of behavior in multiple species is proposed. C1 [Perez, Aristobulo; Gutierrez, German; Segura, Alejandro] Univ Nacl Colombia, Dept Psicol, Bogota, Colombia. RP Perez, A, Univ Nacl Colombia, Dept Psicol, Ciudad Univ, Bogota, Colombia. EM aperezgo41@hotmail.com gagutieffezd@unal.edu.co asegurab@unal.edu.co TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 503 EP 521 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600005 ER PT J AU Winkler, MI Pasmanik, D Wolff, X Reyes, MI Vargas, H AF Winkler, Maria Ines Pasmanik, Diana Wolff, Ximena Reyes, Maria Isabel Vargas, Helia TI Ethics and gender in the writings of psychology pioneers in the United States and Chile SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB This study seeks the presence of contents related to gender and ethics in the writings of 12 pioneers in psychology, both from United States and Chile: William James, Stanley Hall, James Baldwin, Mary Calkins, Margaret Washburn, Helen Thompson, Hernan Larrain, Salvador Cifuentes, Sergio Yulis, Lola Hoffmann, Heliette Saint Jean, and Leyla Holmberg. We confirmed our central hypothesis, that a prevalence of an ''ethics of justice'' for male writers and an ''ethics of care'' for female writers of the United States was found. The same was not observed in Chilean writers. Characteristics of the of the discipline and sociohistorial context of each country, more than gender of the author, seem to influence the way the selected authors approached the studied dimensions. C1 [Winkler, Maria Ines; Pasmanik, Diana; Wolff, Ximena; Reyes, Maria Isabel; Vargas, Helia] Univ Santiago Chile, Escuela Psicol, Santiago, Chile. RP Winkler, MI, Univ Santiago Chile, Escuela Psicol, Ecuador 3650,3 Piso, Santiago, Chile. EM mwinkler@lauca.usach.cl TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 523 EP 535 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600006 ER PT J AU Vega, VC AF Vega, Veronica C. TI Argentine adaptation of an inventory to measure gender-role identity SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The aim of the work was to adapt the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (Bem, 1974) to an argentine adolescent population. The original version was translated to Spanish, and was self-administered to 434 adolescents (both sexes, 13-20 years old), pupils of Public High Schools of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Scores were obtained and each subject was classified according Bern's methods. Nearly 40% of the sample identified themselves with stereotypes for their own gender. Boys integrated their feminine modalities easier than girls their masculine behaviors. When comparing results with Bem's, I corroborated cross-cultural studies indicating that Latin-American countries privilege stereotypically feminine behaviors. Results may suggest a better interpersonal harmony and greater caring for others over individual benefits in Latin-American countries. C1 [Vega, Veronica C.] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Psicol, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Vega, VC, Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Psicol, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM vvega@psi.uba.ar TC 1 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 537 EP 546 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600007 ER PT J AU Ruiz, JI AF Ruiz, Jose Ignacio TI Psychological symptoms, emotional climate, culture, and psychosocial factors in prisons SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The aim of this paper was to know the levels of emotional disturbance -anxiety, depression and post-traumatic disorder symptoms-, emotional climate and culture in several inmate samples. Also, relationships between these indicators with social support, external locus, coping, climate, and traumatic/daily events were studied. The,sample was composed by 416 inmates (21.6% women), from five prisons of Bogota, Colombia. Results showed high internal fiability of scales and concurrent validity between variables. Higher emotional disturbance was associated with more negative emotional climate evaluation, more external locus, lower age and imprisonment stage, more traumatic events, and higher negation coping. C1 Univ Nacl Colombia, Dept Psicol, Bogota, Colombia. RP Ruiz, JI, Univ Nacl Colombia, Dept Psicol, Ciudad Univ, Bogota, Colombia. EM jinuizp@unal.edu.co TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 547 EP 561 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600008 ER PT J AU Anaya, HQ Sosa, JJS Icaza, MEM Naranjo, CFA AF Anaya, Horacio Quiroga Sosa, Juan Jose Sanchez Medina-Mora Icaza, Ma. Elena Aparicio Naranjo, Carlos F. TI Development of a stepped-care cognitive-behavioral motivational model for college students with alcohol problems SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Outcome deta research from international surveys, on college students report that alcohol problems in colleges are an emergent health concern. This paper describes the development and evaluation of a stepped-care cognitive-behavioral motivational model for college students with alcohol problems, that includes three specific treatment programs, ''BASICS'', ''GSC'', and ''SRP'', which are part of the state-of-the-art cognitive-behavioral motivational treatments to address a broad spectrum of drinking problems available in centers for alcohol problems at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. A modified version of the stepped-care approach and strategies of treatment-client matching were used-to. select patients for the treatment programs. This article describes the model and its programs and the initial outcome data from a study designed to evaluate its efficacy on a group of college students that address a broad spectrum of alcohol problems and its future perspectives. C1 [Anaya, Horacio Quiroga; Sosa, Juan Jose Sanchez] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. [Medina-Mora Icaza, Ma. Elena] Inst Nacl Psiquiatria, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Aparicio Naranjo, Carlos F.] Univ Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain. RP Anaya, HQ, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM quiroga@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 563 EP 577 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600009 ER PT J AU Navarro-Saldana, G Perez-Villalobos, C Gonzalez-Cid, A Mora-Mardones, O Jimenez-Espinoza, J AF Navarro-Saldana, Gracia Perez-Villalobos, Crisman Gonzalez-Cid, Angelica Mora-Mardones, Olga Jimenez-Espinoza, Jorge TI Teacher's values and parents' involvement in the teaching-learning process SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB In order to describe values of teachers and their relation with parents' perception about how much teachers facilitate their involvement in the teaching - learning process of children, 32 primary school teachers and 628 parents were surveyed, The Schwartz Value Survey was used with teachers, and a survey on perception about teachers, was, applied to parents. Significant differences in the parents' perception were found related with six motivational values (hedonism, power, benevolence, tradition, universalism and security). Outcomes suggest the influence of traditional practices, responsibility distribution and expected and effective teacher-parent relation types in the parent's involvement facilitation. C1 [Navarro-Saldana, Gracia; Perez-Villalobos, Crisman; Gonzalez-Cid, Angelica; Mora-Mardones, Olga; Jimenez-Espinoza, Jorge] Univ Concepcion, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Dept Psicol, Concepcion, Chile. RP Navarro-Saldana, G, Univ Concepcion, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Dept Psicol, Victor Lamas 1290, Concepcion, Chile. EM gnavarro@udec.cl TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 579 EP 592 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600010 ER PT J AU Villalobos-Galvis, F Puertas-Campanario, R AF Villalobos-Galvis, Fredy Puertas-Campanario, Raquel TI Impact of three Iberian-American journals of psychology in Spain SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The aim of this research was to identify the impact factor of three iberian-american journals on several spanish journals, through a bibliometric study. The study considered 20 journals that were multidisciplinary or represented any area of Psychology. The chosen journals were edited in Spanish, registered in Spain or in the Journal of Citation Reports, are currently edited and started their publication at least in 2001, the last issue of the year was edited before the deadline, had ISSN, were edited in paper and were available at a established date. The data showed the high impact of IJCHP and an absence of reciprocal interactions among the chosen journals. The internationality index, from which the RLAP and IJCHP stand out., and the relevance of the impact index are discussed. C1 [Villalobos-Galvis, Fredy] Univ Narino, Fac Psicol, Pasto, Colombia. [Puertas-Campanario, Raquel] Univ La Laguna, E-38207 San Cristobal la Laguna, Spain. RP Villalobos-Galvis, F, Univ Narino, Fac Psicol, Pasto, Colombia. EM thvillalobos@udenar.edu.co TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 593 EP 608 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600011 ER PT J AU Loaiza, BM AF Montoya Loaiza, Bibiana TI Preparing the new psychology professoriate: Helping graduate students become competent teachers SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. RP Loaiza, BM, Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 625 EP 627 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600013 ER PT J AU Forigua, JC AF Forigua, Juan Carlos TI Approximations of neuroscience and behaviour SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. RP Forigua, JC, Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 627 EP 628 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600014 ER PT J AU Bautista, LR AF Bautista, L. Rene TI The quest for consciousness: A neurobiological approach SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. RP Bautista, LR, Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 634 EP 636 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600018 ER PT J AU Puentes-Escamilla, MA AF Puentes-Escamilla, Miguel A. TI Sex, time and power: How women's sexuality shaped human evolution SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Puentes-Escamilla, Miguel A.] Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. RP Puentes-Escamilla, MA, Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 645 EP 647 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600022 ER PT J AU Pena-Correall, TE Robayo-Castro, BH AF Pena-Correall, Telmo E. Robayo-Castro, Beatriz H. TI B.F. Skinner's verbal behavior: 1957-2007 SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Editorial Material AB On the 50th anniversary of the publication of Skinner's Verbal Behavior, we analyse the main contents of this book in which language phenomena are presented from an operant conditioning viewpoint. Some of the reasons why the Skinnerian analysis of language has been neglected among behavior analysts and other scholars of linguistic phenomena are discussed. They include Chomsky's criticism of Verbal Behavior, difficulties to develop an empirical research program based on Skinnerian categories of verbal behavior, and conceptual difficulties implied in the interpretation of verbal behavior as a special class of operant behavior. The Skinnerian analysis of verbal behaviour is a fundamental background to analyse linguistic phenomena from a non mentalistic and functional perspective. Recent Behavior Analysis proposals such as Relational Frames Theory (Hayes y cols, 2001), or the analysis of language from a interbehavioral framework (Ribes, 1990, 1999) use Skinner's proposal as the reference point. C1 [Pena-Correall, Telmo E.; Robayo-Castro, Beatriz H.] Univ Nacl Colombia, Dept Psicol, Bogota, Colombia. RP Pena-Correall, TE, Univ Nacl Colombia, Dept Psicol, Ciudad Univ, Bogota, Colombia. EM tepenac@unal.edu.co TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 653 EP 661 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600023 ER PT J AU Baquero, A Gutierrez, G AF Baquero, Alejandro Gutierrez, German TI Abram Amsel. Frustration theory and dispositional learning SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Editorial Material C1 [Baquero, Alejandro; Gutierrez, German] Univ Nacl Colombia, Dept Psicol, Bogota, Colombia. EM mjbaqueros@unal.edu.co gagutierrezd@unal.edu.co TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 663 EP 667 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600024 ER PT J AU Perez-Acosta, AM AF Perez-Acosta, Andres M. TI APA awar for contributions to the International Advance of Psychology SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Biographical-Item C1 Univ Rosario, Fac Med, Program Psicol, Bogota, Colombia. RP Perez-Acosta, AM, Univ Rosario, Fac Med, Program Psicol, Carrera 24 63 C 69, Bogota, Colombia. EM andres.perez15@urosario.edu.co TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 669 EP 671 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600025 ER PT J AU Pena-Correal, TE AF Eduardo Pena-Correal, Telmo TI 60 years of the psychology in Colombia SO REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Editorial Material C1 Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. RP Pena-Correal, TE, Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. TC 0 PU FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT PSYCHOLOGY PI BOGOTA D C PA APARTADO AEREO 92621, BOGOTA D C, COLOMBIA SN 0120-0534 PY 2007 VL 39 IS 3 BP 675 EP 676 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251681600026 ER PT J AU Pallares, ME Bernasconi, PAS Feleder, C Cutrera, RA AF Pallares, Maria E. Bernasconi, Pablo A. Scacchi Feleder, Carlos Cutrera, Rodolfo A. TI Effects of prenatal stress on motor performance and anxiety behavior in Swiss mice SO PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR LA English DT Article AB Stressor presence during the last weeks of gestation has been associated with behavioral disorders in later life. In this study we support further research on the long term effects of prenatal stress on Swiss mice descendant's behavior. Prenatal stress procedure consisted on restraining the dams under bright light for 45 min, three times per day from the 15th day of pregnancy, until birth. After weaning, offspring's motor performance and spontaneous exploratory behavior were measured by the tight-rope and T-maze tests, respectively. We also evaluated anxiety behavior using elevated plus maze test. We found that maternal stress improves the performance of the animals in the tight rope test and that this effect was sex and age dependent: prenatal stressed males obtained the best scores during the first month of life, while in females the same was achieved at the second month. Spontaneous exploratory behavior analysis revealed that it was elevated in prenatal stressed males and that this effect persisted on time. However, we did not find significant differences on this behavioral response among both females groups. Finally, differences on anxiety behavior were found only in females: prenatally stressed animals showed a higher proportion of entries into the open arms of a plus maze (reduced anxiety) compared to the control group. Our results show that prenatal stress modifies the normal behavior of the progeny: prenatal stressed animals have a better performance in the carried out test. These notably results suggest the existence of an adaptive response to prenatal stress. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. C1 [Pallares, Maria E.; Bernasconi, Pablo A. Scacchi; Cutrera, Rodolfo A.] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Med, Dept Fisiol, Lab Neurobiol & Ritmos, RA-1121 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Feleder, Carlos] Albany Med Coll Union Univ, Albany Coll Pharm, Dept Pharmaceut Sci, Albany, NY 12208 USA. RP Cutrera, RA, Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Med, Dept Fisiol, Lab Neurobiol & Ritmos, Paraguay 2155, RA-1121 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM rcutrera@fmed.uba.ar TC 2 PU PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD PI OXFORD PA THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND SN 0031-9384 PD DEC 5 PY 2007 VL 92 IS 5 BP 951 EP 956 DI 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.06.021 SC Psychology, Biological; Behavioral Sciences UT ISI:000251698400022 ER PT J AU Garcia-Frapolli, E Ayala-Orozco, B Bonilla-Moheno, M Espadas-Manrique, C Ramos-Fernandez, G AF Garcia-Frapolli, Eduardo Ayala-Orozco, Barbara Bonilla-Moheno, Martha Espadas-Manrique, Celene Ramos-Fernandez, Gabriel TI Biodiversity conservation, traditional agriculture and ecotourism: Land cover/land use change projections for a natural protected area in the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico SO LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING LA English DT Article AB In addition to preserving ecosystems and biodiversity, natural protected areas (NPAs) in Mexico are homelands for people, largely indigenous, who traditionally base their resource management on a multiple use strategy. We analyzed land use and land cover changes in the Otoch Ma'ax Yetel Koch NPA in the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, where Yucatec Maya recently incorporated ecotourism to their set of economic activities. We evaluated changes in land use using vegetation maps from 1999 to 2003 and predicted vegetation cover in 2011 by developing a cellular automata and Markovian chains model. We observed slight increases in the area covered by medium stages of secondary succession, while new milpa plots appeared in areas of all succession stages. We used three scenarios to predict land cover in 2011: (a) milpa agriculture implemented at the same rate; (b) milpa agriculture decreases due to the growing demand of ecotourism; and (c) milpa agriculture disappears due to parceling of communally owned land. All scenarios predict slight increases in the area covered by secondary succession at the expense of milpas or younger stages of succession, with no major differences between the three predictive scenarios. Our results provide guidelines for managing the NPA, suggesting that biodiversity conservation, traditional agriculture and ecotourism are compatible activities. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. C1 [Garcia-Frapolli, Eduardo] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest & Ecosist, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico. [Ayala-Orozco, Barbara; Bonilla-Moheno, Martha] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Environm Studies, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA. [Espadas-Manrique, Celene] Ctr Invest Cient Yucatan, Yucatan 97200, Mexico. [Ramos-Fernandez, Gabriel] Inst Politecn Nacl, Ctr Interdisciplinario Invest Desarrollo Integral, Unidad Oaxaca, Xoxocotlan 71230, Oaxaca, Mexico. RP Garcia-Frapolli, E, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest & Ecosist, Campus Morelia,Antigua Carretera Patzcuaro 8701, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico. EM garcia.frapolli@gmail.com bayala@ucsc.edu mbonilla@ucsc.edu uhkin@cicy.mx ramosfer@sas.upenn.edu TC 2 PU ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV PI AMSTERDAM PA PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS SN 0169-2046 PD NOV 19 PY 2007 VL 83 IS 2-3 BP 137 EP 153 DI 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.03.007 SC Ecology; Environmental Studies; Geography; Geography, Physical; Urban Studies UT ISI:000251814200005 ER PT J AU Cremer, H De Donder, P Maldonado, D Pestieau, P AF Cremer, Helmuth De Donder, Philippe Maldonado, Dario Pestieau, Pierre TI Voting over type and generosity of a pension system when some individuals are myopic SO JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS LA English DT Proceedings Paper AB This paper studies the determination through majority voting of a pension scheme when society consists of far-sighted and myopic individuals. All individuals have the same basic preferences but myopics tend to adopt a short-term view (instant gratification) when dealing with retirement saving and labor supply. Consequently, they will find themselves with low consumption after retirement and regret their insufficient savings decisions. Henceforth, when voting they tend to commit themselves into forced saving. We consider a pension scheme that is characterized by two parameters: the payroll tax rate (that determines the size or generosity of the system) and the "Bismarckian factor" that determines its redistiibutiveness. Individuals vote sequentially. We examine how the introduction of myopic agents affects the generosity and the redistributiveness of the pension system. Our main result is that a flat pension system is always chosen when all individuals are of one kind (all far-sighted or all myopic), while a less redistributive system may be chosen if society is composed of both myopic and far-sighted agents. Furthermore, while myopic individuals tend to prefer larger payroll taxes than their far-sighted counterparts, the generosity of the system does not always increase with the proportion of myopics. (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier B.V. C1 [De Donder, Philippe] Toulouse Sch Econ, GREMAQ, CNRS, Toulouse, France. [Cremer, Helmuth; De Donder, Philippe] Univ Toulouse, GREMAQ, Toulouse, France. [Cremer, Helmuth] Univ Rosario, Bogota, Colombia. [Maldonado, Dario] Univ Liege, CORE, PSE & CEPR, B-4000 Liege, Belgium. RP De Donder, P, Toulouse Sch Econ, GREMAQ, CNRS, Toulouse, France. EM dedonder@cict.fr TC 1 PU ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA PI LAUSANNE PA PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND SN 0047-2727 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 91 IS 10 BP 2041 EP 2061 DI 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.06.001 SC Economics UT ISI:000251624900009 ER PT J AU Duran, G Guajardo, M Miranda, J Saure, D Souyris, S Weintraub, A Wolf, R AF Duran, Guillermo Guajardo, Mario Miranda, Jaime Saure, Denis Souyris, Sebastian Weintraub, Andres Wolf, Rodrigo TI Scheduling the Chilean soccer league by integer programming SO INTERFACES LA English DT Article AB Since 2005, Chile's professional soccer league has used a game-scheduling system that is based on an integer linear programming model. The Chilean league managers considered several operational, economic, and sporting criteria for the final tournaments' scheduling. Thus, they created a highly constrained problem that had been, in practice, unsolvable using their previous methodology. This led to the adoption of a model that used some techniques that were new in soccer-league sports scheduling. The schedules they generated provided the teams with benefits such as lower costs, higher incomes, and fairer seasons. In addition, the tournaments were more attractive to sports fans. The success of the new scheduling system has completely fulfilled the expectations of the Asociacion Nacional de Futbol Profesional (ANFP), the organization for Chilean professional soccer. C1 [Duran, Guillermo; Guajardo, Mario; Miranda, Jaime; Saure, Denis; Souyris, Sebastian; Weintraub, Andres; Wolf, Rodrigo] Univ Chile, Dept Ind Engn, Santiago, Chile. RP Duran, G, Univ Chile, Dept Ind Engn, Santiago, Chile. EM gduran@dii.uchile.cl maguajar@dii.uchile.cl jmiranda@dii.uchile.cl dsaure@dii.uchile.cl ssouyris@dii.uchile.cl aweintra@dii.uchile.cl rwolf@dii.uchile.cl TC 1 PU INFORMS PI HANOVER PA 7240 PARKWAY DR, STE 310, HANOVER, MD 21076-1344 USA SN 0092-2102 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 37 IS 6 BP 539 EP 552 DI 10.1287/inte.1070.0318 SC Management; Operations Research & Management Science UT ISI:000251841200004 ER PT J AU Sabatini, F Salcedo, R AF Sabatini, Francisco Salcedo, Rodrigo TI Gated communities and the poor in Santiago, Chile: Functional and symbolic integration in a context of aggressive capitalist colonization of lower-class areas SO HOUSING POLICY DEBATE LA English DT Article AB In Santiago, Chile, the number of gated communities has increased significantly during the past few years. Although these communities are aimed at the elite, they are often located on the fringes of low-income neighborhoods and thus change traditional segregation patterns in the city. In many cases, gated housing communities for the upper classes are accompanied by nonresidential development, such as shopping centers and office complexes, which bring jobs into the neighborhood. We analyze case studies of lower-class neighborhoods located near upper-class gated communities to study the effect on the poor. We find that the spatial dispersion of real estate developments for the elite promotes some forms of social integration and provides advantages to poorer residents by bringing jobs into the neighborhood, triggering improved public services, and even sparking a renewed sense of pride among lower-class residents. C1 [Sabatini, Francisco; Salcedo, Rodrigo] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Urban & Territorial Studies, Santiago, Chile. RP Sabatini, F, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Inst Urban & Territorial Studies, Santiago, Chile. TC 0 PU FANNIE MAE FOUNDATION PI WASHINGTON PA 4000 WISCONSIN AVE, NW, NORTH TOWER, STE ONE, WASHINGTON, DC 20016-2804 USA SN 1051-1482 PY 2007 VL 18 IS 3 BP 577 EP 606 SC Planning & Development; Urban Studies UT ISI:000251706800006 ER PT J AU Zunino, L Tabak, BM Perez, DG Garavaglia, M Rosso, OA AF Zunino, L. Tabak, B. M. Perez, D. G. Garavaglia, M. Rosso, O. A. TI Inefficiency in Latin-American market indices SO EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B LA English DT Article AB We explore the deviations from efficiency in the returns and volatility returns of Latin-American market indices. Two different approaches are considered. The dynamics of the Hurst exponent is obtained via a wavelet rolling sample approach, quantifying the degree of long memory exhibited by the stock market indices under analysis. On the other hand, the Tsallis q entropic index is measured in order to take into account the deviations from the Gaussian hypothesis. Different dynamic rankings of inefficieny are obtained, each of them contemplates a different source of inefficiency. Comparing with the results obtained for a developed country (US), we confirm a similar degree of long-range dependence for our emerging markets. Moreover, we show that the inefficiency in the Latin-American countries comes principally from the non-Gaussian form of the probability distributions. C1 [Zunino, L.; Garavaglia, M.] Ctr Invest Opt, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. [Zunino, L.] Natl Univ La Plata, Dept Ciencias Basicas, Fac Ingn, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. [Zunino, L.; Garavaglia, M.] Natl Univ La Plata, Dept Fis, Fac Ciencias Exactas, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. [Perez, D. G.] Pontificia Univ Catolica Valparaiso, Inst Fis, Valparaiso 2340025, Chile. [Rosso, O. A.] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas & Nat, Chaos & Biol Grp, Inst Calculo, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Rosso, O. A.] Univ Newcastle, Sch Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Ctr Bioinformat Biomaker Discovery & Informat Bas, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. RP Zunino, L, Ctr Invest Opt, CC 124 Correo Cent, RA-1900 La Plata, Argentina. EM lucianoz@ciop.unlp.edu.ar TC 1 PU SPRINGER PI NEW YORK PA 233 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA SN 1434-6028 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 60 IS 1 BP 111 EP 121 DI 10.1140/epjb/e2007-00316-y SC Physics, Condensed Matter UT ISI:000251731700014 ER PT J AU Wahbe, TR Jovel, EM Garcia, DRS Llagcha, VEP Point, NR AF Wahbe, Tanya R. Jovel, Eduardo M. Garcia, David R. Silva Llagcha, Vicente E. Pilco Point, N. Rose TI Building international Indigenous people's partnerships for community-driven health initiatives SO ECOHEALTH LA English DT Article AB In this article we present an international Indigenous people's partnership project co-led by two Indigenous communities, Musqueam (Coast Salish, Canada) and Totoras (Quichua, Ecuador), as a community-driven health initiative. The Musqueam-Totoras partnership includes Indigenous organizations, universities, international agencies, government, and nongovernmental organizations to address Indigenous health concerns in both communities. Our collaborative approach provides a framework to (a) increase the development expertise of Indigenous people internationally, (b) increase skills among all participants, and (c) facilitate Indigenous knowledge mobilization and translation to promote cultural continuity. This international Indigenous people's partnership between north and south reflects the diversity and commonalities of Indigenous knowledge, contributes to cultural revitalization, and minimizes the impact of assimilation, technology, and globalization. Indigenous people's partnerships contribute to self-determination, which is a prerequisite to the building and maintenance of healthy communities and the promotion of social justice. The exchange of Indigenous knowledge upholds Indigenous values of respect, reciprocity, relevance, and responsibility. Given the history of colonization and the negligence of governments in the exercising of these values with respect to Indigenous communities, this contemporary exchange among Indigenous people in the Americas serves to reclaim these values and practices. International cooperation empowering Indigenous people and other marginalized groups has become fundamental for their advancement and participation in globalized economies. An international Indigenous people's partnership provides opportunities for sharing cultural, historical, social, environmental, and economic factors impacting Indigenous health. These partnerships also create beneficial learning experiences in community-based participatory research and community-driven health initiatives, provide culturally sensitive research ethics frameworks, increase capacity building, and address basic human needs identified by participating communities. C1 [Wahbe, Tanya R.; Jovel, Eduardo M.] Univ British Columbia, Coll Hlth Discipline, Inst Aboriginal Hlth & BC ACADRE, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada. [Wahbe, Tanya R.; Jovel, Eduardo M.] Univ British Columbia, Fac Land & Food Syst, Aboriginal Hlth & Nat Prod Chem Lab, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. [Garcia, David R. Silva] Univ Estadual Bolivar, Dept Invest, Bolivar, Ecuador. [Llagcha, Vicente E. Pilco] Comuna Santa Rosa Totoras, Bolivar, Ecuador. [Point, N. Rose] Musqueam First Nation, Vancouver, BC, Canada. [Point, N. Rose] British Columbia Inst Technol, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2, Canada. RP Wahbe, TR, Univ British Columbia, Coll Hlth Discipline, Inst Aboriginal Hlth & BC ACADRE, 2194 Hlth Sci Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada. EM wahbe@interchange.ubc.ca TC 1 PU SPRINGER PI NEW YORK PA 233 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA SN 1612-9202 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 4 IS 4 BP 472 EP 488 DI 10.1007/s10393-007-0137-x SC Biodiversity Conservation; Ecology; Environmental Sciences UT ISI:000251770100010 ER PT J AU Napolitano, DA AF Napolitano, Dora A. TI Towards understanding the health vulnerability of Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation in the Amazon rainforest: Experiences from the Kugapakori Nahua Reserve, Peru SO ECOHEALTH LA English DT Article AB The remote headwater areas of the Amazon rainforest are home to many Indigenous groups who prefer not to encounter and establish relationships with outsiders. These people have not been exposed to many everyday, infectious, Old World diseases and are therefore particularly susceptible to them, with extremely high morbidity and mortality rates. Recent Peruvian governments have encouraged the large-scale exploitation of timber, gas, and petrol in the Amazon. These economic interests have greatly increased pressure on previously remote areas, many of which are home to Indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation. The Nahua and Nanti established direct relations with outsiders in the last 20 years and have experienced major changes in health status, social disruption, and bereavement as a consequence. The description of some of their epidemics highlights these populations' vulnerability to introduced diseases. Understood as the result of both "internal" and "external" factors, this vulnerability is a combination of their high susceptibility and of social changes resulting from increased resource pressure on their lands. The experiences of the peoples in the Kugapakori Nahua Reserve demonstrate the effects that resource extraction activities (both surface and subsoil) can have on local populations, not only when conducted in their lands (as in the case of the Nahua) but also when they take place downstream of their territories (as in the case of the Nanti). Because their susceptibility cannot be significantly altered immediately or without affecting their rights, the responsibility lies with local and national governments to limit exploitation on their lands. Not to do so constitutes a violation of isolated peoples' rights to life and health. C1 [Napolitano, Dora A.] Shinai, C Islas Canarias, Lima, Peru. RP Napolitano, DA, Shinai, C Islas Canarias, Mza J-6 Lote 20 Los Cedros, Lima, Peru. EM dorashta@yahoo.co.uk TC 0 PU SPRINGER PI NEW YORK PA 233 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA SN 1612-9202 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 4 IS 4 BP 515 EP 531 DI 10.1007/s10393-007-0145-x SC Biodiversity Conservation; Ecology; Environmental Sciences UT ISI:000251770100014 ER PT J AU Cornejo, C AF Cornejo, Carlos TI Metaphor in culture: Universality and variation. SO CULTURE & PSYCHOLOGY LA English DT Book Review AB The paper presents a review of Kovecses's book Metaphor in Culture: Universality and Variation (2005) advancing a more general critique to the cognitive linguistic view of metaphor. kovecses addresses a pending problem for the cognitive linguistic approach, namely the observed variation both cross-culturally and within cultures in the use of metaphors, 11, as predicted by cognitive linguistics, metaphorical expressions are bodily motivated, conceptual metaphors should be universals. Variation is also a problem for this theory. I argue that the problem reflects the incapacity of the theory to integrate bodily and social meanings. To solve this dilemma, three tenets of cognitive linguistics should be changed: the necessity to hypothesize conceptual structures between body and meaning; the framing of metaphor as a logical device rather than a psychological process; and the omission of the phenomenological experience when using metaphors. I conclude with a brief sketch of how a metaphor theory should work when changing those tenets. C1 [Cornejo, Carlos] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Escuela Psicol, Santiago, Chile. RP Cornejo, C, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Escuela Psicol, Vicuna Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile. EM cca@puc.cl TC 0 PU SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD PI LONDON PA 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND SN 1354-067X PD DEC PY 2007 VL 13 IS 4 BP 474 EP 487 DI 10.1177/1354067X07082806 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251881700006 ER PT J AU Binford, L Churchill, N AF Binford, Leigh Churchill, Nancy TI Stoneworkers, masons and maids SO CRITIQUE OF ANTHROPOLOGY LA English DT Article AB Following William Roseberry, this article treats 'local facts as world historical facts' in order to discuss the contours of a conflictive and contradictory process of proletarianization among stoneworkers, masons and maids in one peri-urban community of central Mexico. We analyze the dialectic of internal and external relationships that, over time, shaped social struggles on an uneven field of power in Santo Tomas Chautla (Puebla) before and after the 1994 peso devaluation. Proletarianization in Chautla is uneven, but has in every instance entailed a wider and deeper involvement with commodity production. C1 [Binford, Leigh; Churchill, Nancy] Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. RP Binford, L, Univ Autonoma Puebla, Social Sci & Humanities Res Inst, Postgrad Sociol Program, Puebla, Mexico. EM avocados48@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD PI LONDON PA 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND SN 0308-275X PD DEC PY 2007 VL 27 IS 4 BP 359 EP 375 DI 10.1177/0308275X07084232 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000251875800002 ER PT J AU Roth-Seneff, A AF Roth-Seneff, Andrew TI Occidentalism and the realism of empire SO CRITIQUE OF ANTHROPOLOGY LA English DT Article AB In the last two decades, the problem of the realism of empire and its relation. to occidentalism has been addressed in many different and contradictory ways. These conflicting arguments and approaches raise the issue of the need for a method in anthropology that can reveal the cultural and historical dimensions operating in the production and reproduction of the relationship between realism in its scholastic Thomistic sense and occidentalism as a category of representation intimately tied to modern empire. That the anthropological method developed by William Roseberry is an important contribution to this problem can be illustrated through a critical contrast between the historian David Cannadine and Roseberry (anthropologist turned historian). Both scholars reflected on the meaning and experience of coming of age during a major shift in modern empire. The contrasts between their reflexive ways are relevant to the examination of their very different modes of inquiry into the relations between culture and history. C1 El Coll Michoacan, Ctr Estudios Antropol, Michoacan, Mexico. RP Roth-Seneff, A, El Coll Michoacan, Ctr Estudios Antropol, Michoacan, Mexico. EM aroth@colmich.edu.mx TC 0 PU SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD PI LONDON PA 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND SN 0308-275X PD DEC PY 2007 VL 27 IS 4 BP 449 EP 462 DI 10.1177/0308275X07084238 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000251875800007 ER PT J AU Agostoni, C AF Agostoni, Claudia TI The sausage rebellion: Public health, private enterprise, and meat in Mexico City, 1890-1917 SO BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE LA English DT Book Review C1 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Histor, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Agostoni, C, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Histor, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS PI BALTIMORE PA JOURNALS PUBLISHING DIVISION, 2715 NORTH CHARLES ST, BALTIMORE, MD 21218-4363 USA SN 0007-5140 PD WIN PY 2007 VL 81 IS 4 BP 891 EP 892 SC Health Care Sciences & Services; History & Philosophy Of Science UT ISI:000251664000027 ER PT J AU Obregon, D AF Obregon, Diana TI Avatars of medicalization in Latin America 1870-1970 SO BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. RP Obregon, D, Univ Nacl Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. TC 0 PU JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS PI BALTIMORE PA JOURNALS PUBLISHING DIVISION, 2715 NORTH CHARLES ST, BALTIMORE, MD 21218-4363 USA SN 0007-5140 PD WIN PY 2007 VL 81 IS 4 BP 892 EP 894 SC Health Care Sciences & Services; History & Philosophy Of Science UT ISI:000251664000028 ER PT J AU Morgan, KD Dazzan, P Orr, KG Hutchinson, G Chitnis, X Suckling, J Lythgoe, D Pollock, SJ Rossell, S Shapleske, J Fearon, P Morgan, C David, A McGuire, PK Jones, PB Leff, J Murray, RM AF Morgan, Kevin D. Dazzan, Paola Orr, Kenneth G. Hutchinson, Gerard Chitnis, Xavier Suckling, John Lythgoe, David Pollock, Sarah-Jayne Rossell, Susan Shapleske, Jane Fearon, Paul Morgan, Craig David, Anthony McGuire, Philip K. Jones, Peter B. Leff, Julian Murray, Robin M. TI Grey matter abnormalities in first-episode schizophrenia and affective psychosis SO BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY LA English DT Article AB Background Grey matter and other structural brain abnormalities are consistently reported in first-onset schizophrenia, but less is known about the extent of neuroanatomical changes in first-onset affective psychosis. Aims To determine which brain abnormalities are specific to (a) schizophrenia and (b) affective psychosis. Method We obtained dual -echo (proton density/T2-weighted) magnetic resonance images and carried out voxel-based analysis on the images of 73 patients with first-episode psychosis (schizophrenia n=44, affective psychosis n=29) and 58 healthy controls. Results Both patients with schizophrenia and patients with affective psychosis had enlarged lateral and third ventricle volumes, Regional cortical grey matter reductions (including bilateral anterior cingulate gyrus, left insula and left fusiform gyrus) were evident in affective psychosis but not in schizophrenia, although patients with schizophrenia displayed decreased hippocampal grey matter and increased striatal grey matter at a more liberal statistical threshold. Conclusions Both schizophrenia and affective psychosis are associated with volumetric abnormalities at the onset of frank psychosis, with some of these evident in common brain areas. Declaration of interests None. Funding is detailed in Acknowledgements. C1 [Morgan, Kevin D.] Univ Westminster, Dept Psychol, London W1B 2UW, England. [Dazzan, Paola; Fearon, Paul; Morgan, Craig; David, Anthony; McGuire, Philip K.; Leff, Julian; Murray, Robin M.] Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat, Div Psychol Med, London WC2R 2LS, England. [Orr, Kenneth G.] Sir Charles Gairdner Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Perth, WA 6000, Australia. [Hutchinson, Gerard] Univ W Indies, Dept Psychiat, St Augustine, Trinid & Tobago. [Chitnis, Xavier; Lythgoe, David] Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat, Dept Neurol, London WC2R 2LS, England. [Suckling, John; Jones, Peter B.] Univ Cambridge, Addenbrookes Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, England. [Pollock, Sarah-Jayne; Rossell, Susan; Shapleske, Jane] Fulbourne Hosp, Cambridge CB1 5EF, England. RP Morgan, KD, Univ Westminster, Dept Psychol, 309 Regent St, London W1B 2UW, England. EM k.d.morgan@wmin.ac.uk TC 0 PU ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS PI LONDON PA BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 17 BELGRAVE SQUARE, LONDON SW1X 8PG, ENGLAND SN 0007-1250 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 191 SU Suppl. 51 BP S111 EP S116 DI 10.1192/bjp.191.51.s111 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000251939300019 ER PT J AU Silva-Pereyra, JF Carreiras, M AF Silva-Pereyra, Juan F. Carreiras, Manuel TI An ERP study of agreement features in Spanish SO BRAIN RESEARCH LA English DT Article AB The goal of the present study was to investigate whether two morphological agreement features, Person and Number, play a different role in the agreement process. According to the Feature Hierarchy hypothesis, different nominal agreement features have different degrees of cognitive strength (e.g., Person>Number). Event-related potentials (ERPs) were collected from Spanish speakers while they read sentences in which either Person Disagreement (PD; e.g., Tu salto en el patio [YOU (2ndPerSing) jump (1stPerSing) in the backyard]), Number Disagreement (ND; e.g., Nosotros salto en el patio [We (1stPerPI) jump 1(stPerSing) in the backyard]) or both Person and Number Disagreement (NPD; e.g., Ustedes salto en el patio [You (2ndperPI) jump (1stPerSing) in the backyard]) relationships were manipulated. ND, PD and NPD all elicited an anterior negativity (AN) and P600 pattern. An AN effect was only found in the NPD with a different topography from the classic LAN effect as it was lateralized to right and central sites. The P600 effect elicited by the NPD condition was larger than the agreement condition and that of ND and PD in the first window 500-700, while the three disagreement conditions elicited larger P600 amplitudes than the agreement condition in the second window 700-900. There were no differences between the processing of person and number. Thus, the combination of number and person disagreement could be solved in parallel through an additive mechanism of the two features. These results do not support the Feature Hierarchy hypothesis. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. C1 [Silva-Pereyra, Juan F.] Univ La Laguna, Dept Psicol Cognit Social & Org, San Cristobal la Laguna 38205, Santacruz Tener, Spain. [Carreiras, Manuel] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, FES Iztacala, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Silva-Pereyra, JF, Univ La Laguna, Dept Psicol Cognit Social & Org, Campus Guajara S-N, San Cristobal la Laguna 38205, Santacruz Tener, Spain. EM jpereyra@ull.es TC 1 PU ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV PI AMSTERDAM PA PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS SN 0006-8993 PD DEC 14 PY 2007 VL 1185 BP 201 EP 211 DI 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.09.029 SC Neurosciences UT ISI:000252064400021 ER PT J AU Martinez-Maldonado, MDLL Correa-Munoz, E Mendoza-Nunez, VM AF de la Luz Martinez-Maldonado, Maria Correa-Munoz, Elsa Manuel Mendoza-Nunez, Victor TI Program of active aging in a rural Mexican community: a qualitative approach SO BMC PUBLIC HEALTH LA English DT Article AB Background: Education is one of the key elements in the promotion of a thorough paradigm for active aging. The aim of this study is to analyze factors that contribute the empowerment of older adults in a rural Mexican community and, thus, promote active aging. Methods: The study was conducted in a rural Mexican community (Valle del Mezquital), based on an action-research paradigm. One hundred and fifty-five elderly subjects with elementary school education participated in a formal training program promoting gerontological development and health education. Participants in turn became coordinators of mutual-help groups ( gerontological nucleus) in Mexico. In-depth interviews were carried out to assess the empowerment after training for active aging. Results: It was found that there was an increasing feeling of empowerment, creativity and self-fulfillment among participants. Among the main factors that positively influenced training of the elderly toward active aging were the teaching of gerontology topics themselves; besides, their motivation, the self-esteem, the increased undertaking of responsibility, the feeling of belonging to the group, and the sharing of information based on personal experience and on gerontological knowledge. Conclusion: The main factors that contribute to empowerment of older adults in a rural Mexican community for participate in active aging programs are the training and teaching of gerontology topics themselves; besides, their interest, experience and involvement. C1 [de la Luz Martinez-Maldonado, Maria; Correa-Munoz, Elsa; Manuel Mendoza-Nunez, Victor] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Unidad Invest & Greontol FES ZARAGOZA, Mexico City 09230, DF, Mexico. [Correa-Munoz, Elsa] Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Mendoza-Nunez, VM, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Unidad Invest & Greontol FES ZARAGOZA, Batalla 5 mayo S-N,esq Fuerte Loreto,Col Ejercito, Mexico City 09230, DF, Mexico. EM marilumtz05@yahoo.com.mx elcomm@terra.com.mx mendovic@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU BIOMED CENTRAL LTD PI LONDON PA CURRENT SCIENCE GROUP, MIDDLESEX HOUSE, 34-42 CLEVELAND ST, LONDON W1T 4LB, ENGLAND SN 1471-2458 PD OCT 3 PY 2007 VL 7 AR 276 DI 10.1186/1471-2458-7-276 SC Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000251819400001 ER PT J AU Albores-Gallo, L Lara-Munoz, C Zetina, JAC Soriano, AMP Colin, GV AF Albores-Gallo, L. Lara-Munoz, C. Zetina, J. A. Cardenas Soriano, A. M. Perez Colin, G. Villanueva TI Validity and reability of the CBCL/6-18. Includes DSM scales SO ACTAS ESPANOLAS DE PSIQUIATRIA LA English DT Article AB Introduction. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL/6-18) is the most commonly used parent-completed instrument that assesses child and adolescent psychopathology. It has been used in epidemiology and clinical studies. The last version contains DSM-oriented subscales. Objective. Investigate the psychometric properties of the CBCL/6-18 and develops a valid and reliable Mexican version. Method. Psychologists and child psychiatrists adapted the Spanish version of CBCL/6-18, and a back translation was done by a native English speaker. Discrepancies in the adaptation were solved by consensus. The checklist was applied to children in the community and to outpatients from a psychiatric children hospital. Reliability was evaluated by estimating internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) on all scales: retest at one week was evaluated with intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). A ROC curve was performed to estimate a cut-off which correctly identified children from the clinically referred patients and children recruited in the community (non-referred). Mean differences for the groups were calculated with the Student's t test. Results. The Mexican version of the CBCL/6-18 showed that the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.90 for internalizing problems, 0.94 for externalizing problems and 0.97 for the total problem scale. The ICC was 0.97 for the total problem scale. Significant differences were found between the mean score in broad band, narrow and the new DSM/oriented scales. Conclusions. The Mexican version of CBCL/6-1 8 is a reliable and valid screening instrument for clinical and epidemiologic use. C1 [Albores-Gallo, L.; Lara-Munoz, C.; Zetina, J. A. Cardenas; Soriano, A. M. Perez; Colin, G. Villanueva] Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Med, Hosp Psiquiatrico Infantil, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Albores-Gallo, L, Hosp Psiquiatrico Infantil, Secretaria Salud, San Buenaventura, B6, Mexico City 14080, DF, Mexico. EM lilialbores@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU S T M EDITORES, S A PI BARCELONA PA PASEO DE GRACIA 25, 3, 08007 BARCELONA, SPAIN SN 1139-9287 PD NOV-DEC PY 2007 VL 35 IS 6 BP 393 EP 399 SC Neurosciences; Psychiatry UT ISI:000251783800007 ER PT J AU Guevara, CA Thomas, A AF Guevara, Cristian Angelo Thomas, Alan TI Multiple classification analysis in trip production models SO TRANSPORT POLICY LA English DT Article AB We analyse various Multiple Classification Analysis (MCA) methods to model trip production (generation). We first show that the MCA version most widely used in transport engineering implies a rarely feasible assumption, the transgression of which may drive a significant overestimation of the future number of trips and a systematic bias in its socio-economic composition. To illustrate this effect, we use Monte Carlo simulation and real data from Santiago, Chile to compare the various MCA approaches, concluding that the aforementioned form should be discarded. Our analysis also shows that the MCA method which is more robust to the structure of the underlying model, is the simple calculation of trip rates as averages for each category. Finally, we hint at the need to use more sophisticated formulations than MCA to model trip production. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. C1 [Guevara, Cristian Angelo] Univ Los Andes, Santiago, Chile. [Thomas, Alan] SECTRA, Santiago, Chile. RP Guevara, CA, Univ Los Andes, San Carlos Apoquindo 2200, Santiago, Chile. EM aguevara@uandes.cl athomas@sectra.cl TC 0 PU ELSEVIER SCI LTD PI OXFORD PA THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND SN 0967-070X PD NOV PY 2007 VL 14 IS 6 BP 514 EP 522 DI 10.1016/j.tranpol.2007.08.001 SC Transportation UT ISI:000251721200007 ER PT J AU Araya, R Gaete, J Rojas, G Fritsch, R Lewis, G AF Araya, Ricardo Gaete, Jorge Rojas, Graciela Fritsch, Rosemarie Lewis, Glyn TI Smoking and common mental disorders: a population-based survey in Santiago, Chile SO SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY LA English DT Article AB Backround Smoking and common mental disorders (CMD), anxiety and depression, tend to co-exist and are important public health challenges for countries at all levels of development. We aimed to study the association between smoking and common mental disorders after adjusting for alcohol, illicit drug use and other confounders. Methods cross-sectional household survey. CMD were assessed with a detailed psychiatric interview and smoking, alcohol, and illicit drug use with self-reported questionnaires. Results About 3,870 randomly selected adults were interviewed of whom 12.9% (95% CI 12-15) met criteria for ICD-10 CMD diagnoses. 38% (36-40) of the respondents were current smokers and 11% (10-13) ex-smokers. There was a robust association between heavier smoking and the presence and severity of CMD. However there were no major differences between non-smokers, ex-smokers and light smokers. In the fully adjusted models those individuals with ICD-10 CMD were significantly more likely to be current smokers [OR 1.6 (1.1-2.2)]. Smoking was also strongly associated with drinking heavily [OR 5.4 (4.0-7.3)] and illicit drug use [(OR 2.1 (1.1-4.1)] but there were no significant interactions. Conclusions Smoking is highly prevalent and associated with CMD and other addictive behaviours in Chile. These are major public health problems in need of urgent action. C1 [Araya, Ricardo; Gaete, Jorge; Rojas, Graciela] Univ Bristol, Acad Unit Psychiat, Bristol BS6 6JL, Avon, England. [Rojas, Graciela; Fritsch, Rosemarie] Univ Chile, Hosp Clin, Fac Med, Santiago, Chile. [Gaete, Jorge] Univ Los Andes, Sch Psychol, Santiago, Chile. RP Gaete, J, Univ Bristol, Acad Unit Psychiat, Cotham House,Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6JL, Avon, England. EM j.gaete@bristol.ac.uk TC 1 PU DR DIETRICH STEINKOPFF VERLAG PI DARMSTADT PA PO BOX 10 04 62, D-64204 DARMSTADT, GERMANY SN 0933-7954 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 42 IS 11 BP 874 EP 880 DI 10.1007/s00127-007-0238-4 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000251645200003 ER PT J AU Munoz, MCL Medina-Mora, ME Borges, G Zambrano, J AF Munoz, Maria Carmen Lara Medina-Mora, Ma. Elena Borges, Guilherme Zambrano, Joaquin TI Social cost of mental disorders: Disability and work days lost. Results from the Mexican survey of psychiatric epidemiology SO SALUD MENTAL LA English DT Article AB Introduction When the impact of illness is evaluated by indicators like mortality, mental illness has a less significant impact than other illnesses. As a result, the impact of mental disorders was underestimated until the last two decades of the previous century This perception began to change as a result of two factors: On the one hand, the study of the Global Burden of Disease reported by Murray and Lopez, and, on the other hand, the definition of mental disorders by the American Psychiatric Association. The common element shared by these two factors is the inclusion of the concept of disability. Disability is the deterioration of the expected functioning of a subject of a particular age and sex in a social context. It is a part of the social cost of illness. Objective To assess the disability burden associated with depression, mania, agoraphobia, social phobia, general anxiety, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) according to the Mexican Psychiatric Survey and to compare results with the disability produced by some chronic non-psychiatric conditions. Method This survey is based on a stratified, multistage area, probabilistic sample of adults living in urban areas of Mexico. The instrument used was the third version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. We report the 12-month prevalence of psychiatric disorders as defined by DSM-IV criteria. We also evaluated non-psychiatric chronic conditions like diabetes, arthritis, hypertension, backache, and other painful illnesses, identified in general as "chronic conditions". Indicators of disability were Sheehan's scale and number of work days lost. This is an easy and fast self reporting scale, which can be used both in the clinic or research. The sub-scales can be added or averaged to obtain a total score. The scale of responses is a horizontal fine with numerals from 0 to 10 and five verbal descriptions, with the description "Not at all" corresponding to a value of 0; "Mild" rangimg from I to 3; "Moderate" from 4 to 6; "Severe" from 7 to 9; and "Very severe" corresponding to 10. Results Close relationships and social life were the areas most deeply affected. The disorders found to produce the highest levels of disability were depression, social phobia, and PTSD. The lowest disability levels were observed in chronic conditions. On the total score of Sheehan's scale, disorders with the highest level of disability were PTSD (mean 5.35 +/- 0.307) and depression (mean 4.72 +/- 0.167). Depression and panic attacks were the disorders by which most days were lost on average in the previous year (25.51, CI95:16.53-34.5; 20, CI95: 3.02-36.97). Days lost were lower in chronic conditions than in the seven mental disorders studied (6.89, CI95: 3.04-10.74). Discussion This is the first paper to demonstrate the impact of mental disorders in Latin America evaluating the association of disability with common mental disorders. We have shown that mental disorders, especially depression, are associated with deficits in functioning and result in the loss of work days. We have also shown that persons with common mental disorders have, on average, higher levels of disability than those observed among persons with a wide range of chronic physical conditions. These results are consistent with prior studies in North America and Europe that have found that persons with common mental disorders experience substantial disability in social role functioning. C1 [Munoz, Maria Carmen Lara] B Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Med, Dept Psiquiatria, Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente Muniz, Puebla 72000, Pue, Mexico. [Medina-Mora, Ma. Elena] Inst Nacl Psiquiat Ramon Fuente Muniz, Direcc Invest Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Borges, Guilherme] Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente Muniz, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Munoz, MCL, B Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Med, Dept Psiquiatria, Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente Muniz, 13 Sur 2702,Col Volcanes, Puebla 72000, Pue, Mexico. EM carmen_lara_2001@yahoo.com TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD SEP-OCT PY 2007 VL 30 IS 5 BP 4 EP 11 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000251601000002 ER PT J AU Caballero, F Fresan, A Palacios, JJ Rodriguez-Verdugo, S AF Caballero, Francisco Fresan, Ana Palacios, Juan Jorge Rodriguez-Verdugo, Soledad TI Minor physical anomalies and schizophrenia SO SALUD MENTAL LA Spanish DT Article AB The neurodevelopment hypothesis in schizophrenia is a theoretic construction that tries to explain, at least partially, the etiopathogeny of this disease. Since Kraepelin's early descriptions it has been suggested that schizophrenia is a disease linked to the Central Nervous System structure, and vast efforts have been made to prove the existence of the biological markers of schizophrenia that include clinically distinguishable features (like dermatoglyphs and neuropsychological tests), electrophysiological, endocrine, immunologic and genetic tests, and neuroimaging studies. The Minor Physical Anomalies (MPAs) are slight anatomical deviations of an individual's external physical features, which imply neither a serious medical consequence nor an aesthetic problem. MPAs could be considered a valid biological marker in the evaluation of schizophrenia if we interpret this disease as a disorder originating in the early months of intrauterine life during the first stages of neurodevelopment. Like dermatoglyphs, the MPAs may be seen as "fossil" signs that reflect the intrauterine environment. They could be useful as an indirect measurement of an alteration of structures related to the Central Nervous System in its embryologic origin, or in nervous structures and non-neuronal epidermic and other superficial tissues derived from ectoderm, especially in skin, eyes and ears, or else with those that belong to embrionary developmental fields adjacent to brain structures, that may induce cranial-facial alterations. This developmental fields theory explains the existence of a relationship between tissues or structures that do not have a common embryologic origin. After embryogenesis, they determine topographic zones of development, and the presence of a defect could affect a single structure (monotopic defect), but those that appear earlier would promote several areas in the body (polytopic field defects). Due to these complex interactions, it is not easy to correlate the intensity of the damage with the moment in which this occurred. A minor malformation could even have been generated in blastogenesis and could therefore be related to associated defects. It is not always a 'benign' abnormality. This observation is important if we consider that several generic syndromes exist that present specific malformations. These are strongly associated with a high risk to develop schizophrenia (around 25 fold), such as the 22q11.2 deletion (velocardio facial syndrome, DiGeorge syndrome and other variations). There has been speculation around a so-called "congenital" schizophrenia subtype on the basis of an association with several clinical features such as gender, age of onset, positive or negative symptoms, brain abnormalities that show up in MRI scans, additional cognitive impairment and a worse evolution and prognosis in which the neurodevelopmental disturbances factor would have a,widespread significance in the etiopathogeny of the disease. The Waldrop's Scale for Minor Physical Anomalies has been the most used tool to measure these abnormalities and has been subject to numerous modifications. Even though it is considered a reliable instrument, with a good internal consistence, numerous limitations in results interpretation have been noted, most of them derived of limited inter-evaluator reliability, lack of consensus about the relative importance of each item and the extensive interracial variability in the presentation of MPAs. In the 1980's, the neurodevelopmental theory emerged as an explanation of the origin of schizophrenia and a number of investigations have been carried out, to measure MPAs and other biologic markers of neurodevelopment (Eke dermatoglyphs). Most studies have shown a greater prevalence of MPAs in schizophrenic patients compared to control groups, as it has been observed in other disorders like mental retardation, autism, attention-deficit disorder and violent behavior in adolescence. Nevertheless, there are only a few consistent data sets that correlate with an increased number of MPAs, and amongst them we can point out a positive correlation with male gender, neuroimaging brain alterations, genetic charge for schizophrenia, more frequent obstetric complications and a more perceptible cognitive impairment. Additionally, other investigations draw attention to a positive correlation with a lower premorbid adjustment, an earlier beginning of the disease, a predominance of negative symptoms and a larger tendency to develop late dyskinesia, although these data show contradictory results. Even though the diverse ethnic groups' phenotypic variants tend to limit the interpretation of each minor physical anomaly, most investigations have found a prevalence of these abnormalities in the cranial-facial area, most of them in ears and mouth, although the peripheral zones are not unaffected. When we consider those studies, we notice that the diversity of data is predominant. We can explain this if we bear in mind that some of the MPAs can be normal phenotypic features in some ethnic groups, or frequent enough to be a normal variant without discriminative meaning. We must also take into account that different scales have been used for the measurements. For this specific problem it has been suggested to use anthropometric scales, similar to those used by cranial-facial surgeons. The variability of the presentation of MPAs and the phenotypic variations compel us to conduct local investigations focused on determining which variants are outstanding or not in any ethnic group in relation to neurodevelopment deviations. We can conclude than MPAs might be a biological marker that can help us to characterize at least a subgroup of clinically recognizable schizophrenic patients, or those that have predisposition to present some clinical features, but it is necessary to develop an objective evaluation tool that ideally would incorporate anthropometric measurements in order to compare these MPAs with the phenotypic variants in each ethnic group. It is necessary to design and carry out genetic studies (first among first and second-degree relatives and afterwards in bigger populations and also comparative studies with the general population) with the aim to distinguish between genetically determined variants and those resulting from environmental factors, as well as establishing the interaction of both types of variants. The existence of a clinically recognizable subtype of. schizophrenia on which we can rely on as an etiopathogeny hypothesis is an appreciable area that is still under discussion and which deserves further investigation efforts. This could have implications on our approach to nosologic, diagnostic and even prognostic features of this heterogeneous disorder. Such investigation could help us to reformulate the schizophrenia notion itself. C1 [Caballero, Francisco] Hosp Salud Mental Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Subdirecc Invest Clin, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Gen Med Serv, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Jefa Clin Esquizofrenia, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Caballero, F, Hosp Salud Mental Villahermosa, Ramon Mendoza S-N Col Jose Maria Pino Suarez Vill, Tabasco, Mexico. EM cabaflerofco@gmail.com TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD SEP-OCT PY 2007 VL 30 IS 5 BP 12 EP 19 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000251601000003 ER PT J AU Tapia, AJ Barrios, LM Gonzalez-Forteza, C AF Tapia, Alberto Jimenez Barrios, Liliana Mondragon Gonzalez-Forteza, Catalina TI Self-esteem, depressive symptomatology, and suicidal ideation in adolescents: Results of three studies SO SALUD MENTAL LA English DT Article AB Suicidal behavior has different levels: ideation, contemplation, planning and preparation, attempt, and consummation. Likewise, suicidal behavior comprises all the actions aimed at achieving suicide. During adolescence there is a tendency to a reduction of emotional well-being. Thus, adolescents may engage in dangerous behavior, extreme narcissism and individualization, exclusion and social isolation. Another element playing an important role during adolescence is self-esteem. Low self-esteem could lead to apathy, isolation, and passivity. Conversely, high self-esteem is associated with more active lives, a greater control over circumstances, less anxiety and greater capacity to cope with internal and external stress. Although there are other factors that could predispose adolescents towards suicidal behavior, certain studies have identified depressive symptomatology as the most powerful and independent risk factor in suicidal ideation and it has been argued that it should be regarded as an expression of severe depression. The purpose of this study is to explore the existence of a relationship between low self-esteem and depressive symptomatology with suicidal ideation and to explore if gender has an effect in this interaction. Data were obtained from three different samples of Mexican adolescent students. The instruments used were the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the CESD, and the Roberts Suicidal Ideation Scale. Women showed a higher frequency of low self-esteem than men in two studies. In another, men had a significantly higher frequency of low self-esteem. Regarding depressive symptomatology, women obtained higher scores than men. No significant differences were found in one study. The percentages of high suicidal ideation displayed greater variability by gender and by study. Among the subjects who reported high suicide ideation, a greater proportion of women tended to have low self-esteem, though these differences were not significant in any study. Over half of the women in each study reported higher suicidal ideation and depressive symptomatology than men, with significant differences only among junior high students in two studies. The exploration of the link between depressive symptomatology and high suicidal ideation showed significant differences by gender, a finding which might be linked to the fact that women are more allowed to express their depressive or fatalistic feelings and thoughts or death wishes, whereas among men this type of ideas are perceived as a sign of weakness. Gender-related differences in low self-esteem were only found in one study; men had a higher percentage than women. The comparison of low self-esteem in subjects with high suicidal ideation did not reveal any statistical difference by gender, despite it has been identified as a risk factor for suicidal behavior. In the other hand, results of depressive symptomatology concurred with international literature about this being a determinant factor in the presence of suicidal ideation in women. Considering the objective of this study, three main conclusions can be suggested. First, low self-esteem is not significantly linked to suicidal ideation, perhaps because it is a risk factor more associated with suicidal behavior. Second, depressive symptomatology was related to suicidal ideation, and although this relationship and the one between depressive symptomatology and self-esteem have been reported before, it is important to note that there seems to be a domino effect among these problems. This effect could begin with depressive symptoms linked to suicidal ideation, which in turn could affect self-esteem, and subsequently trigger suicidal behavior. And third, differences between men and women raise the question of whether these are caused by intrinsic characteristics in a biological-genetic substrate inherent to each gender or whether they are determined by the cultural context and the formative patterns existing in the groups to which the subjects belong. C1 [Gonzalez-Forteza, Catalina] Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Dept Epidemiol & Pyschosocial Res, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Gonzalez-Forteza, C, Mexico Xochimilco,101 Col San Lorenzo Huipulco, Tlalpan 14370, DF, Mexico. EM gonzac@imp.edu.mx TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD SEP-OCT PY 2007 VL 30 IS 5 BP 20 EP 26 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000251601000004 ER PT J AU Garcia, RR Davalos, RM Reynoso, SF Agraz, FP AF Garcia, Rebeca Robles Davalos, Rafael Medina Reynoso, Samantha Flores Agraz, Francisco Paez TI Work-related social skills evaluation among schizophrenia patients: Validity and reliability 27 of self-administered scales and role playing SO SALUD MENTAL LA Spanish DT Article AB Introduction Only 20 to 30% of psychiatric disorders patients have a full-time competitive job. These figures might dramatically drop to 15% for those with more severe and persistent mental disorders, like schizophrenia, and could be obviously much lower in patients from developing countries. Lack of social competence and social skills necessary in the workplace have been suggested as an individual variable that explain the frequent difficulty in acquiring and maintaining a job among people with schizophrenia. Therefore, social skills' training has been widely used as an effective treatment modality to counteract those deficits. In order to develop cultural sensitive treatments, it is generally accepted that it is necessary to have valid and reliable methods to evaluate this construct in every particular population. Tsang and Pearson (2000) proposed a work-related social skills evaluation specifically designed for people with schizophrenia. This measure is composed of two parts: 1. A self-administered scale that evaluates subjective perception about social competence related to obtaining and maintaining a job. In this instance, patients rate a ten-item scale according to the degree of difficulty they experience in handling the situation. 2. A simple role playing exercise in which an expert evaluates the patient's work-related social skills by the simulation of two situations: participating in a job interview, and requesting one day of leave at short notice from a supervisor. Here, the kinds of behaviour rated include basic social survival skills, basic social skills related to voice quality and nonverbal communication, and overall performance. The expert evaluator uses a five point scale in which 4 indicates a normal performance and 0 a poor one. This kind of evaluation offers advantages compared to general social skills measures that were not designed to evaluate people with persistent and severe mental disorders, and specifically over the ones that consist merely in check lists. The aim of the present study was to translate into Spanish and to evaluate the reliability and validity of Tsang and Pearson's both self-administered scale (SA) and expert evaluation (EE) of work-related social skills among Mexican patients with schizophrenia. Method A non-random sample of male and female Mexican adults with a confirmed diagnosis of schizophrenia by the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN), completed SA and EE evaluations. Additionally, a psychiatrist recorded their global functioning based on the evaluation proposed by American Psychiatric Association (GAF), and all relevant socio-demographic and clinical variables (gender, age, educational level, previous work experience, and type of service required, between ambulatory and hospitalized patients). Fifteen days later, a sub-sample participated in a second evaluation with both work-related social skills measures. Cronbach's alphas were calculated for SA and EE measures to obtain internal consistencies. Pearson's correlations were performed to determine the relationship between these measures and first and fifteen day after applications, to have the data of split-half reliability and short temporally stability, respectively. Then, convergent validity was evaluated with Pearson correlations between GAF scores and both SA and EE work-related social skills measures. Finally, the expected relationship between global functioning and type of mental health service employed (ambulatory service vs. hospitalization) was evaluated comparing both patient groups with independent samples t-Student test. EE and SA scores between these groups were then compared using another t-test. In all cases, predetermined alpha value was 95%. Results A total of 54 schizophrenia patients was recruited; 64.8% were males (n=35) and 35.2% (n=19) females. Overall mean age was 36.6 +/- 9 years old (range = 19-57). Years of formal education mean was 7.6 +/- 3.8 (range 1-17); and 77.8% reported some kind of previous work experience (non-competitive job; n = 42). Practically half of them were attending external consultation services (53.7% ambulatory patients, n = 29) and the rest of them were hospitalized (theoretically with more severe disorders). Reliability data. Cronbach's alphas coefficients were SA=0.69, EE=0.85. A sub-sample of 36 patients completed initial and fifteen day work-related social skills evaluations. Correlations between them were SA=0.66 and EE=0.73, p <=.01. Validity data. For all the sample, high, positive and significant correlations between GAF and EE was obtained (r= 0.71, p <= .01). No statistical relationship among GAF and AA was observed. EE total scores, but not SA ones, were clinically and statistically higher among outpatients in contrast to those who were hospitalized (12.9 +/- 2.5 vs. 10.72 +/- 3.4; t=-2.77, gl=52, p=.008). In congruence, outpatients had a better global functioning (59.79 +/- 8.5 vs. 52.12 +/- 8.5; t=2.97, gl=52, p=.004). Similarly, higher EE scores were obtained by patients with previous job experience (12.76 +/- 2.55 vs. 8.91 +/- 3.53; t=4.11, gl=51, p:<=.0001). No gender differences were observed. Conclusions Evidence of internal consistency, temporal stability and construct validity of EE format to measure work-related social skills among Mexican patients with schizophrenia were documented. Still, the self-administered scale did not show enough reliability coefficients :nor validity indicators. This is congruent with data offered for the original version in English: Expert evaluation Cronbach's alphas were higher than the self-reported ones (.96 vs .80, respectively). However, for both SA and EE evaluations, the original English versions internal consistencies were higher than the Spanish ones evaluated in the present study. This could be explained by years of education and work status disparities among the samples. The expert evaluation by role playing showed a better short-temporal stability than the self-administered scale. Additionally, the EE scores, but not the SA ones, correlated in a high, positive and statistical fashion with the general functioning of the patients, and were higher in ambulatory than in hospitalized patients. Similarly, the original English EE, but not the SA evaluation, demonstrated better validity indicators by comparing people with and without schizophrenia. These data suggest that the evaluation of this construct among Mexican patients with a low educational level has to be performed by an expert using role playing exercises, instead of self-administered scales. Further studies are necessary in order to generalize the use of these measures among other populations. C1 [Garcia, Rebeca Robles; Agraz, Francisco Paez] Univ Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. RP Garcia, RR, FOCUS Salud Mexico, Inst Fortalecimiento Capacidades Salud, Convento San Juan Lagos 97 Colonia Jardines Santa, Tlalnepantla 54050, Mexico. EM reberobles@hotmail.com TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD SEP-OCT PY 2007 VL 30 IS 5 BP 27 EP 32 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000251601000005 ER PT J AU Castro-Sierra, E de Len, FCP Dominguez, LFG Rivera, AP AF Castro-Sierra, Eduardo de Len, Fernando Chico Ponce Dominguez, Luis Felipe Gordillo Rivera, Alison Portugal TI Neurotransmitters of the limbic system. Hippocampus. GABA and memory. Part II SO SALUD MENTAL LA Spanish DT Article AB Action of GABA agonists and antagonists on memory. The theta rhythm. Muscimol may directly alter memory. Recently, a modified matching to position (MTP) paradigm was employed aimed at influencing the type of associations a rat may use to solve the task. The main behavioral manipulation was the application of a differential outcomes procedure (DOP). DOP implies correlating each event to be remembered with a different reward condition. This procedure will result in the development of specific reward expectations which will in turn increase and guide choice behavior. Such different reward expectations will not be present when the reward assignation used is either common or random (non-differential outcomes procedure, NOP). Intraventricular infusion of muscimol or CSF in rats carrying out a delayed MTP using either a MOP or an NOP protocol will affect both groups of rats, but the nature of the deficit will differ depending on the reinforcement contingencies. Rats trained in DOP will show general non-mnemonic damage independent of delay, i.e., performance will be affected at all delay intervals employed. On the contrary, rats trained in NOP will show delay-dependent damage. This appears to demonstrate that muscimol may also have untoward memory effects, which further indicates that activation of GABA receptors will affect a set of memory associations and functions. Difficulties experienced in the past regarding LTP induction at the level of the CA3-CA1 synapse using time-based spike presentation protocols have been disconcerting given the preeminence of these synapses as a model system for the study of synaptic plasticity. Results previously discussed in experiments using picrotoxin as a GABA inhibitor have suggested that such difficulties arise from the requirement that, for LTP to be induced, CA1 dendrites must be persistently and totally activated. Doublets used in this case represent a minimal burst, or level of post-synaptic stimulation for LTP induction that subsumes greater depolarizations. In vitro, synaptically induced bursts would correspond to regenerative electrical events in apical dendrites of pyramidal neurons. The same requirements for dendritic activation would be satisfied in vivo during the theta rhythm, which is present during active exploration. Therefore, GABA might serve as an engram modulator through the activation of the hippocampal theta rhythm. Effect of mu-opioid receptors on hippocampal memory activity. Hippocampal mu-opioid receptors (MOR) have been involved in the formation of memory associated with the abuse of opioid drugs. When chronically activated, and during programmed drug abstinence, MORs acutely modulate hippocampal synaptic plasticity. At the level of neuronal networks, MORs increase excitability of area CA1 by means of a disinhibition of pyramidal cells. The specific inhibitory interneuronal subtypes which become affected by activation of MORs are not known. Nevertheless, not all subtypes are inhibited and some subtypes preferentially express these receptors. In one study, the effect of activation of MORs on inhibitory patterns and propagation of excitatory activity in CA1 of rat hippocampus was investigated through cortical images created using voltage-sensitive dyes. MOR activation increased excitatory activity originated by the increased stimulating input to stratum ofiens (i.e., Schaffer collateral and commissural [SCC] fibers, as well as the retrograde pathway), to stratum radiatum (i.e., SCC fibers) and to stratum lacunosum-moleculare (i.e., the perforant pathway and the thalamus). Increased excitatory activity was additionally facilitated by propagation through the neural network of area CA1. This was observed as a proportionally greater increment of amplitudes of excitatory activity in sites distant from the originally evoked activity. Such facilitation was noted in excitatory activity propagating from three sites of stimulation. The increment and facilitation were prevented with GABA(A) receptor antagonists (bicuculline, 30 mu M), but not with GABA(B) receptor antagonists (CGP, 10 mu M). Besides, MOR activation inhibited inhibitory post-synaptic potentials (IPSPs) in every layer of area CAI. These findings suggest that MOR-originated suppression of GABA release to GABA, receptors increases every type of input to pyramidal CA1 neurons and facilitates propagation of excitatory activity through the neural network of area CA1. Cannabis indica and memory. Cannabinoids (derived from Cannabis indica, or marihuana) disturb memory processes in mammalians. In spite of the fact that the neuronal cannabinoid CB1 receptor was identified several years ago, the neuronal network mechanisms mediating these effects are still controversial. Tritium-labeled GABA-releasing experiments have been used to test for the localization of this receptor at a cellular and subcellular level in the human hippocampus. CB1 expression detected with technique is limited to hippocampal interneurons, most of which, it could be determined, are cholecystokinin-containing basket neurons. The CB1-positive neuronal somata show immune staining of their cytoplasm, but not of their somatodendritic plasma membrane. CB1-immunoreactive axonic terminals densely cover the entire hippocampus and form symmetrical synapses, characteristic of GABAergic neuronal boutons. It could thus be observed that WIN 55,212-2, a CB1-receptor agonist, considerably reduces the release of tritium-labeled GABA, and that this effect is preventable using the receptor antagonist, SR 141716A. This single pattern of expression and pre-synaptic modulation of GABA release suggests the existence of a preserved role of CB1 receptors in the control of inhibitory hippocampal networks responsible for the generation and maintenance of fast and slow oscillation patterns. Therefore, a probable mechanism whereby cannabinoids could affect associational processes in memory might be a disturbance of synchrony of rhythmical events in distinct neuronal populations. GABA effects against aging. Certain components which stimulate GABAergic neurotrans mission might prevent the hippocampal and striatal degeneration which typically appears with old age and causes memory deterioration. On using a 4-vessel occlusion model in animals to study the effect of ischemia on expression of GABA(A) receptor subunits, which are vulnerable in region CA1 and resistant in region CA3 of Ammon's horn, an increment in expression of GABA(A2), GABA(B2), GABA(G2) units and a decrement in expression of GABA(A1) and GABA(A3) subunits in region CA3 were obtained. On the contrary, there was no change in region CA1 or the dentate gyrus under the same conditions. These data speak in favor of the stimulation of type 2 receptor GABAergic subunits which might protect certain hippocampal areas against a harmful neurodegenerative effect, for example, of memory activities during old age. C1 [Castro-Sierra, Eduardo] Hosp Infantil Mexico Dr Federico Gomez, Lab Psicoacust & Fisiol Auditiva, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [de Len, Fernando Chico Ponce; Dominguez, Luis Felipe Gordillo] Hosp Infantil Mexico Dr Federico Gomez, Dept Neurocirugia, Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Lab Neuromorfol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Rivera, Alison Portugal] Hosp Infantil Mexico Dr Federico Gomez, Subdirecc Ensenanza, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Castro-Sierra, E, Hosp Infantil Mexico Dr Federico Gomez, Lab Psicoacust & Fisiol Auditiva, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD SEP-OCT PY 2007 VL 30 IS 5 BP 47 EP 54 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000251601000008 ER PT J AU Olan, RJA AF Olan, Raul Jose Alcazar TI Patients expectations, perceptions of their therapists and reasons for attending two or 55 more sessions SO SALUD MENTAL LA Spanish DT Article AB In Mexico, patients who seek psychological therapy attend on average only three sessions, which are not enough to truly benefit from therapy. One variable that might be related with dropping out is the patient's expectations. When the patient attends the first session and does not find what he expected he might not return for additional sessions. Unfortunately, contradictory evidence prevents us from fully understanding the role,of patients' expectations in determining whether patients will attend additional sessions after their first interview. In addition, if the patient perceives unfavorable qualities in his therapist he may choose not to return for more sessions. This was the case in some studies but in some others the patients' perceptions of their therapists' qualities were not useful predictors of which patients would return after the first interview. In any case, every time that a patient does not return without warning his therapist the question may remain: why didn't the patient return? Thus, the aims of this study were: 1. To document the expectations subjects had before their first interview, 2. To identify whether these expectations were met, 3. To determine if there is a relationship between having one's expectations met and attending a second session, 4. To document subjects' reasons for attending two or more sessions, and 5. To compare the perceptions of the therapists' personal qualities among patients who did return or not for a second session. Method Thirty-nine subjects who attended a psychotherapy session at any time were contacted. The average age was 32.05 years (range from 20 to 63 years), 26 were single and 13 were married. Since this was an exploratory study, an open questions interview was used. Questions included: what expectations did you have before your therapeutic interview? Were your expectations met? Did you return after your first interview? Why did you attend two or more sessions? What qualities did you perceive in your therapist? All of the answers subjects gave were encoded and frequencies were computed. The responses of subjects who attended two or more sessions were compared with answers of subjects who did not. Results Before the first interview, subjects expected therapists would be attentive, supportive, friendly, and honest. Second, subjects expected concrete results from the first interview: they expected solutions to their problems and doubts, and to feel better in general. They also expected they would be able to confide in their therapists. Last, subjects expected that their pain would be eased, that they would be able to talk about their problems, and that they would not be afraid. When patients' expectations were met they explained that their therapists were attentive listeners. They described their therapists as kind, objective and reliable. They also felt that their therapists were able to help them, often by offering another perspective on their problems. These subjects felt better after the session. On the contrary, when patients' expectations were not met they explained that their therapists did not listen, were critical, acted as if conducting a test, and arrived late to the session. Also, subjects did not feel that they could confide in their therapists and were disappointed that they did not help them to solve their problems. After the first interview, 19 subjects returned for a second session and eight did not. Twelve of these subjects reported having their expectations met on the first interview, while 27 subjects reported that their expectations were not met. Having one's expectations met was significantly correlated with attending a second session (r = +.34, p < .05). The main reasons subjects reported when asked why they attended two or more sessions were the following: I had to continue the treatment, I wanted to feel better, I wanted to overcome my problems, I needed help, I thought the therapist would improve in the next session, and the therapist helped me. Reasons subjects gave for not attending were: the therapist did not listen to me, the therapist was not friendly, I did not like the therapist, the therapist criticized me, I learned that the best way to solve my problems is by my self, the therapy was expensive, I had to study, and I had to work. Subjects who attended a second session perceived more positive qualities in their therapists (e.g. the therapist was kind, reliable, punctual, intelligent, respectful, understanding) than negative (e.g. arrived late, unkind, authoritarian, aggressive, impulsive, incompetent). Subjects who did not attend a second session perceived more negative qualifies in their therapists. Finally, those who attended a second session perceived that their therapists were more experienced than subjects who did not attend a second session. Conclusions Having one's expectations met was significantly correlated with attending a second session, a finding that contradicts other studies. In addition, when patients perceived therapists did not listen to them, they were less likely to attend additional sessions, a finding that is consistent with other research. Finally, also in agreement with other studies, subjects who attended a second session perceived more positive qualities in their therapists than those who did not attend a second session for these perceived more negative qualities in their therapists. One problem that sometimes arises when drop out subjects are interviewed, is that they may he because they do not want to have any problems with the institution providing them the service or because they do not want to meet their therapists again. However, it is likely that this was not the case for this research. Since interviews were not conducted in a consulting room or a psychological services setting, it is also likely that the "social desirability" was reduced. That is, subjects had the opportunity to speak the truth because the researcher did not know the therapists or institutions they were talking about. One important limitation to this study was that subjects were asked retrospectively about events that took place prior to the interview. So, it is possible that subjects' answers were distorted due to the effect of time on memory. Clearly, more research is needed in prospective studies to explore the relationship between the attendance of more than one session and patient's expectations of therapy sessions and their perceptions about therapists. C1 [Olan, Raul Jose Alcazar] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Olan, RJA, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Av Univ 3004,Col Copilco Univ Del Coyoacan, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM rulet7@gmail.com TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD SEP-OCT PY 2007 VL 30 IS 5 BP 55 EP 62 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000251601000009 ER PT J AU Fleiz, C Borges, G Rojas, E Benjet, C Medina-Mora, ME AF Fleiz, Clara Borges, Guilherme Rojas, Estela Benjet, Corina Medina-Mora, Maria Elena TI Alcohol, tobacco and drug use in the Mexican population, a cohort study SO SALUD MENTAL LA Spanish DT Article AB Introduction The availability of drugs and its impact upon our society is undeniably a public concern; the question that remains is to what extent is the population affected. Different sources of information suggest that drug use in Mexico is increasing, especially among the adolescent population. As it has been thirty years since the first epidemiological study of drug use was conducted in Mexico in the 1970's, this is an opportune moment to evaluate the problem by age cohort. This research addresses the question of whether changes in substance use have differentially affected the younger population in terms of the evolution of ages of onset and the socio-demographic determinants of lifetime consumption. Method This study is a part of the World Mental Health Surveys Initiative from the WHO which was undertaken simultaneously in 30 countries. The target population was taken from uninstitutionalized persons with a fixed residence, between 18 and 65 years of age, and living in urban areas (as defined by more than 2500 inhabitants). The survey is based on a probabilistic, multistage design, stratified by six geographic areas at the national level. Eligible respondents were defined as persons, aged 18 to 65 at the time of the survey, who normally eat, sleep and prepare meals in the household and limited to those that speak Spanish. A total of 5826 individuals were interviewed with a weighted individual response rate of 76.6%. The computer assisted version of the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WMH-CIDI)was administered. The interview length varied from a minimum of 20 minutes to a maximum of nine hours in four sessions. Fieldwork was carried out by 34 lay interviewers with prior experience in survey data collection and trained by professionals certified by the WHO in the use and training of the CIDI. Standard errors of the estimated prevalences were calculated by the Taylor linearization method using the SUDAAN 2002 statistical package. Kaplan Meir survival curves were generated for the ages of onset using the SAS 2001 software. Logistic regressions were performed to study the demographic correlates of substance use. Estimates of standard errors of odds ratio (ORs) from logistic regression coefficients were also obtained by SUDAAN, and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) have been adjusted to design effects. Results Alcohol is the most used substance with less variation by age; 86% of those interviewed report alcohol consumption at some time in their life. The prevalence of alcohol use is followed by tobacco use. Sixty percent of the population report having used tobacco, reaching the greatest proportion of the population in the 45 to 54 year old age group (63%). The non-medical use of drugs, including illicit drugs and legal drugs without a medical prescription, reaches 10% of the population. The illegal use of drugs, including the nonmedical use of legal drugs and illicit drugs, in particular marijuana and cocaine, is more frequent among the young and prevalence diminishes with age. Beginning in adolescence, there is a growing prevalence of those reporting the use of these substances, stabilizing shortly before the age of 30. A discrete time survival analysis to estimate the variation in the lifetime prevalence by cohort showed variations in drug use by cohort for all the substances studied, even for alcohol consumption. In all cases, compared to the oldest cohort, the younger cohort are at greater risk of substance use and the greatest risks are concentrated always in the youngest cohort. The cohort differences in probability of substance use is greatest for cocaine, with increases of up to 100 times the risk for those between 18 and 29 years of age. Results of a logistic regression model demonstrate that age continues to be an important risk. factor for non-prescription medical substance use, marijuana and cocaine, but not for alcohol and tobacco. For all substances, use is substantially lower for females as well as for the homemaker category of employment. There are no consistent differences for the other demographic variables across the five types of substances. Discussion This report documents an increase in the risk for substance abuse problems among today's youth, greater than the risk faced by their parents or grandparents at the same age. Use begins increasing during adolescence and stabilizes shortly before the age of 30. There are variations by type of drug such that marijuana has maintained an early age of onset in the different age cohorts while for the use of other substances new cases of onset are found after this age; the substance that shows the greatest proportion of new onset at later ages is cocaine. Even so, the risk of cocaine use is considerably greater in younger cohorts. Survival analysis confirms that compared to older cohorts, the younger have greater risk of substance use and these risks are particularly striking for cocaine use, with as much as 100 times the risk for those between 18 and 29 years of age. These findings coincide with those reported in previous studies in that alcohol and tobacco use surpass by far the use of other substances, with greater use of alcohol than tobacco and both above any other substance. The rate of tobacco and alcohol use is similar throughout the lifespan signifying that this is an endemic problem in our country. On the other hand, findings regarding the use of illegal drugs, in particular marijuana and cocaine, and non-prescription medical drugs show a preponderance of use in the young. These findings reflect the tendencies already reported in other studies. Marijuana use is not new, and has a long tradition throughout the country for which it is not surprising that these results show cases of consumption in all age groups and that the age of onset is similar in all age cohorts, around 17 years of age. However, the growth of marijuana use is reflected by greater lifetime prevalence in the young, three times greater among those now currently 18 to 29 years of age than those of the same age in the 1970's. The use of cocaine before that decade was limited to isolated groups as a socially sophisticated diversion; there is a resurgence in the 1990's when an important increase in use is reflected in all the available surveillance systems. This is reflected in our results by the lower exposure to this drug in the older cohorts. While the risk of marijuana use is 16 times lower in the older cohort than the younger, the risk of cocaine use is 100 times lower in the older cohort than the younger. Our findings suggest that age continues to be an important risk factor for the use of illegal drugs and medical drugs without a prescription, but not for alcohol or tobacco. For all substances, use is lower for females as well as for homemakers indicating that double standards between the genders are still applied. For alcohol there are slightly lower risks for those with lesser educational attainment. This is consistent with other studies which have documented that alcohol consumption increases with buying power which is in turn associated with increased education. These results suggest the need to undertake further research which would allow us a more in depth understanding of the role that social position, including marital status, plays in substance use and abuse. Conclusions These findings support the hypothesis that the younger generation of today has a greater risk of substance use when compared to their parents when they were young. This point out to the need of increasing actions aimed at reducing the negative impact of this phenomena upon health and society. C1 [Borges, Guilherme; Rojas, Estela; Benjet, Corina] Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Invest Ciencias Med & Direcc, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Borges, Guilherme; Rojas, Estela; Benjet, Corina] Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Invest Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Fleiz, Clara] Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Medina-Mora, Maria Elena] Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente, Invest Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Directora Direcc, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. RP Medina-Mora, ME, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101,San Lorenzo Huipulc, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. EM medinam@imp.edu.mx TC 0 PU INST MEX PSIQUIATRIA PI MEXICO CITY PA CALZ MEXICO-XOCHIMILCO #101, MEXICO CITY 22 DF, MEXICO SN 0185-3325 PD SEP-OCT PY 2007 VL 30 IS 5 BP 63 EP 73 SC Psychiatry UT ISI:000251601000010 ER PT J AU Rey, GN Garcia, FJ Icaza, MEM Sainz, MT AF Natera Rey, Guillermina Juarez Garcia, Francisco Medina-Mora Icaza, Maria Elena Tiburcio Sainz, Marcela TI Depression, partner violence, and alcohol consumption by women in Mexico SO REVISTA MEXICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB In various studies it was found that depression is a reliable predictor of both the frequency and intensity of alcohol consumption, particularly among women. Depression is related to partner violence and alcohol intake is related to an increase in violence. Both of these are prevalent in Mexico, yet it is not known how this trilogy of factors interrelates in this country. The purpose of this study was to develop a model that could predict the relationship between women's depression, partner violence and the risk that alcohol consumption poses for partners, the presence of alcohol in the act of violence as well as antecedents of violence in the family of origin and socio-demographic variables. Data were drawn from the Third National Addictions Survey on urban population between 18 and 65 years of age. This study included women who reported having a husband or partner at the time of the survey and answered the CES-D Depression Scale and the Couple Violence Scale, and provided data about their alcohol consumption and socio-demographic variables. Interviews were also conduced. The weighted sample size was of 5,788,670 women. Results showed that neither age nor socio-economic level, nor educational levels were predictors of depression. The reliable predictors were a) women's alcohol consumption and problems with their partners, b) antecedents of violence in the family of origin, and c) violence from their partners, either physical or verbal, coupled with the presence of alcohol. C1 [Natera Rey, Guillermina; Juarez Garcia, Francisco; Medina-Mora Icaza, Maria Elena; Tiburcio Sainz, Marcela] Inst Nacl Psiquiat Ramon Fuente Muniz, Jefa Dept Invest Psicosociales, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. RP Rey, GN, Inst Nacl Psiquiat Ramon Fuente Muniz, Jefa Dept Invest Psicosociales, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101,Col San Lorenzo Hui, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico. EM naterar@imp.edu.mx TC 0 PU SOC MEXICANA PSICOLOGIA PI TLALPAN PA APARTADO POSTAL 22-211, TLALPAN 14000, MEXICO SN 0185-6073 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 24 IS 2 BP 165 EP 173 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251581500002 ER PT J AU Solar, FC Paulina, RG Roberto, MA AF Cova Solar, Felix Paulina, Rincon G. Roberto, Melipillan A. TI Rumination, anxiety and symptoms of depression in adolescents SO REVISTA MEXICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Rumination has been described in terms of the tendency to focus attention on distressed emotions. The construct of rumination has usually been measured with the RRS Ruminative Responses Scale (Nolen-Hoeksema & Morrow, 1991). In the present research, the psychometric properties of the last version of the Spanish-translated RRS were assessed using a sample of 871 Chilean adolescents (Treynor, Gonzalez, & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2003). The present study examined the relationship between rumination and its two sub factors, reflection and chewing, with depressive and anxious symptoms. The alpha index was. 75 and test-retest correlation was 80. Confirmatory factor analysis showed a satisfactory fit of the two-factor model. There was a moderate positive correlation between rumination and sub factors with emotional symptoms. Rumination appears to be a mediating factor for the higher degree of emotional symptoms in female adolescents. C1 [Cova Solar, Felix; Paulina, Rincon G.] Univ Concepcion, Dipartimento Psicol, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Concepcion, Chile. RP Solar, FC, Univ Concepcion, Dipartimento Psicol, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Casilla 160-C,Correo 3, Concepcion, Chile. EM fecova@udec.cl TC 0 PU SOC MEXICANA PSICOLOGIA PI TLALPAN PA APARTADO POSTAL 22-211, TLALPAN 14000, MEXICO SN 0185-6073 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 24 IS 2 BP 175 EP 183 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251581500003 ER PT J AU Roca, A Bruner, CA AF Roca, Alicia Bruner, Carlos A. TI Psychogenic polydipsia reduces to a procedural artifact SO REVISTA MEXICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB It has been reported that if food is restricted within the rats' home cage and afterwards food is delivered at intervals within the experimental chamber, the rats drink excessive amounts of water. This phenomenon was called psychogenic polydipsia and even when it has remained unexplained, has been used as a model for studying alcoholism in humans. Previous studies only recorded water intake during experimental sessions; in the present study, however, water intake was recorded continuously. Four daily I-hour sessions were scheduled in which different amounts of food were delivered. In successive conditions, rats were not food deprived or remained at 70% of ad lib weight. Without food deprivation, rats drank throughout the day regardless of the polydipsia sessions. Food deprivation increased drinking during sessions and decreased drinking between sessions. During sessions, increasing the amount of food produced more drinking. We concluded that food deprivation and periodic food delivery do not control excessive water intake, but rather that rats daily drinking concentrates during the experimental sessions. C1 [Roca, Alicia; Bruner, Carlos A.] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Roca, A, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM alroc1@yahoo.com TC 0 PU SOC MEXICANA PSICOLOGIA PI TLALPAN PA APARTADO POSTAL 22-211, TLALPAN 14000, MEXICO SN 0185-6073 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 24 IS 2 BP 209 EP 218 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251581500006 ER PT J AU Tena, RO Icaza, MEM Sosa, JJS AF Oropeza Tena, Roberto Medina-Mora Icaza, Maria Elena Sanchez Sosa, Juan Jose TI Evaluation of a brief treatment for cocaine users SO REVISTA MEXICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB Consumption of cocaine in Mexico has increased dramatically in the last 2 decades. Effective programs to treat behavioral aspects of cocaine use are needed to address this problem. The present paper describes the development, application, and evaluation of a brief cognitive-behavioral treatment program for cocaine users (TBUC). A total of 19 cocaine-dependent users (defined by DSM-IV criteria), 18 men and I woman, completed the intervention. The TBUC employed 10, 90-minute weekly sessions aimed at achieving abstinence. Participants engaged in cognitive and behavioral tasks related to reduced consumption. In a 6-month follow up, results indicated that participants reached the cocaine abstinence criterion. The program's brevity, low cost and effectiveness suggest that it is especially appropriate for developing countries such as Mexico, where scarcity of resources impedes programs requiring individualized attention. C1 [Oropeza Tena, Roberto] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico & Tecnol Monterrey, Mexico City, DF, Mexico. [Medina-Mora Icaza, Maria Elena] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Tena, RO, 2A Cda Rio San Buenaventura,Mz 51,Lt 24,Col Ejido, Mexico City 14640, DF, Mexico. EM scherzo2112@yahoo.com TC 0 PU SOC MEXICANA PSICOLOGIA PI TLALPAN PA APARTADO POSTAL 22-211, TLALPAN 14000, MEXICO SN 0185-6073 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 24 IS 2 BP 219 EP 231 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251581500007 ER PT J AU Gutierrez, E Bacha, G AF Gutierrez, Erika Bacha Gustavo, Gustavo TI Behavioral sequence formation through response cost SO REVISTA MEXICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The present study compared the effect of the positive reinforcement with and without response cost in the acquisition and the modification of simple response sequences. Subjects were 30 psychology students between 19 and 25 years of age. They were randomly assigned to 6 groups with 5 students. The task required executing response sequences with computer mouse buttons in accordance with 2 rules. In the first, different numbers of responses were required (2-4) of responses, and in the second positive reinforcement was used (points obtained for correct sequences), or the combination of this with response cost (point loss for incorrect sequences). Results show that as the number of elements increases in the sequence, reinforcement plus response cost is more effective in the maintenance of the task in comparison with reinforcement alone. Upon conclusion of the study, points were exchanged for academic credits and subjects were asked to describe the strategy they used to solve the problem. Only half of the subjects showed correspondence between self reports and performance. C1 [Gutierrez, Erika; Bacha Gustavo, Gustavo] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Gutierrez, E, Av Univ 3004,Edificio D,ler Piso,Cub 22 & 21,Col, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM erikagm@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU SOC MEXICANA PSICOLOGIA PI TLALPAN PA APARTADO POSTAL 22-211, TLALPAN 14000, MEXICO SN 0185-6073 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 24 IS 2 BP 233 EP 242 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251581500008 ER PT J AU Mendoza, AM Flores, SM AF Mata Mendoza, Angeles Macotela Flores, Silvia TI Effectiveness of an educational support program on the academic trajectory of undergraduate college students SO REVISTA MEXICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB The present study evaluated an instructional program designed to improve the achievement of undergraduate students at a public university (UNAM). The program included a 1 semester preparation period which covered 3 curricular courses and 3 meta-curricular courses. The experimental group was composed of 4 subgroups of students that participated in the program (n=132) and a non-equivalent control group (n=61). The groups were similar in gender, age, family income, and scholastic average, but different in the origin of their school. Instructors in the study were trained to use specially developed teaching materials. Students in the experimental group showed a main effect in better grades and reduced probability of dropping out of school during the first 3 semesters. Results demonstrate the importance of courses related to career development and courses designed to train learning strategies. C1 [Mata Mendoza, Angeles; Macotela Flores, Silvia] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. RP Mendoza, AM, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM mma@servidor.unam.mx TC 0 PU SOC MEXICANA PSICOLOGIA PI TLALPAN PA APARTADO POSTAL 22-211, TLALPAN 14000, MEXICO SN 0185-6073 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 24 IS 2 BP 243 EP 257 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251581500009 ER PT J AU Padilla, E AF Hernandez Padilla, Eduardo TI A connectionist model of Broca's aphasia in Spanish language SO REVISTA MEXICANA DE PSICOLOGIA LA Spanish DT Article AB A connectionist model was generated to simulate learning and plasticity that can occur in Broca's Aphasia in Spanish language speakers. A task that required the recognition of thematic roles in active sentences was tested. Two types of lesions were studied: a) specific nodes, and b) connection constraints. Results show that the model utilized thematic regularities of the task materials, with the preposition being the element most frequently used. These results agree with previous published reports of Spanish speaking patients with Broca's aphasia. The findings suggest that Broca's Aphasia involves an interruption in the decision process due to a limited capacity in the processing of the individual components of a sentence, as demonstrated in tests where specific nodes were injured. C1 [Hernandez Padilla, Eduardo] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. EM eduhpa@prodigy.net.mx TC 0 PU SOC MEXICANA PSICOLOGIA PI TLALPAN PA APARTADO POSTAL 22-211, TLALPAN 14000, MEXICO SN 0185-6073 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 24 IS 2 BP 273 EP 287 SC Psychology, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251581500011 ER PT J AU de Leon, L AF de Leon, Lourdes TI Parallelism, metalinguistic play, and the interactive emergence of Zinacantec Mayan siblings' culture SO RESEARCH ON LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION LA English DT Review AB In this article, I investigate how 2 young Tzotzil Mayan siblings playfully manipulate the sequential structure of adjacency pairs to align, to confront each other, and to challenge family roles and hierarchies. The young learners' intentional disruption reveals the early control of dialogic repetition typical of Mayan languages. More important, it illustrates the children's development of communicative competence as they reorganize greeting structures or reauthorize messages through frame shifts. In the case of a greeting game, the siblings disrupt its inherent sequential structure using semantic counterpointing with different address terms. When conveying a question sent by an adult, the 4-year old playfully repeats it and recycles it across several turns in alignment with his younger brother and his grandfather. The subversion of the social organization of talk shows how the children interactively construct an emergent sibling culture that contests the social organization of the age-graded structure of the extended family. C1 CIESAS, Mexico City 14000, DF, Mexico. RP de Leon, L, CIESAS, Juarez 87, Mexico City 14000, DF, Mexico. EM lourdesdeleon@gmail.com TC 4 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0835-1813 PY 2007 VL 40 IS 4 BP 405 EP 436 SC Communication; Linguistics; Psychology, Social UT ISI:000251691900006 ER PT J AU Krause, M De la Parra, G Aristegui, R Dagnino, P Tomicic, A Valdes, N Echavarri, O Strasser, K Reyes, L Altimir, C Ramirez, I Vilches, O Ben-Dov, P AF Krause, Mariane De la Parra, Guillermo Aristegui, Roberto Dagnino, Paula Tomicic, Alemka Valdes, Nelson Echavarri, Orietta Strasser, Katherine Reyes, Lucia Altimir, Carolina Ramirez, Ivonne Vilches, Oriana Ben-Dov, Perla TI The evolution of therapeutic change studied through generic change indicators SO PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH LA English DT Article AB Ongoing change and therapeutic outcome were studied in five psychotherapeutic processes: three brief psychodynamic therapies, one social constructionist family therapy, and one group therapy of a comprehensive nature for drug abuse patients. Using qualitative methodology, in-session and extrasession change moments were identified and classified in a hierarchy of generic change indicators. Additionally, all patients were administered Lambert's Outcome Questionnaire. Results show that (a) extrasession change moments are more frequent toward the end of therapy, (b) therapy types differ in the frequency of some change indicators but not others, and (c) change indicators observed at the beginning of therapy are of lower level than those occurring at the end. C1 [Krause, Mariane; Aristegui, Roberto; Tomicic, Alemka; Valdes, Nelson; Strasser, Katherine; Altimir, Carolina; Ramirez, Ivonne; Vilches, Oriana; Ben-Dov, Perla] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Dept Psychol, Santiago, Chile. [De la Parra, Guillermo; Dagnino, Paula; Echavarri, Orietta; Reyes, Lucia] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Dept Psychiat, Santiago, Chile. RP Krause, M, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Dept Psychol, Vicuna Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile. EM mkrause@uc.cl TC 1 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 1050-3307 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 17 IS 6 BP 673 EP 689 DI 10.1080/10503300601158814 SC Psychology, Clinical UT ISI:000251645600004 ER PT J AU Herrera, MC AF Herrera, Martha Cecilia TI Political culture, school texts and Latin American societies: Introduction SO PAEDAGOGICA HISTORICA LA English DT Article C1 Univ Pedag Nacl, Dept Postgrad Studies, Bogota, Colombia. RP Herrera, MC, Avenida 13 94-07 Apto 501, Bogota, Colombia. TC 0 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0030-9230 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 43 IS 5 BP 627 EP 631 DI 10.1080/00309230701587116 SC Education & Educational Research; History Of Social Sciences UT ISI:000251633300001 ER PT J AU Pineau, P AF Pineau, Pablo TI The teaching of reading and writing, scholastic books and political culture in Argentina: the saddest years (1976-1983) SO PAEDAGOGICA HISTORICA LA French DT Article AB Argentine society underwent one of its most traumatic periods when a new Military Dictatorship took over power between 1976 and 1983. The military groups claimed that they would end a crisis that resulted from a society that ran out of control. The instruments to correct and discipline the population were part of a political project based on the state of siege, generalized repression, power abuse, the submission of judicial power and State terrorism. Of course, the educational field was not exempted from these movements. This paper analyzes the impact of its political tenets on school textbooks. In particular, it deals with two aspects: the censorship on books and other writings that could be used in schools, and the methods for teaching literacy in the first grades of elementary schools. It concludes by linking these policies to the formation of political cultures. C1 [Pineau, Pablo] Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Pineau, P, 29 Rue Paysandu, RA-1406 Ciudad De Buenos Aires, Argentina. EM polpino@yahoo.com TC 0 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0030-9230 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 43 IS 5 BP 653 EP 667 SC Education & Educational Research; History Of Social Sciences UT ISI:000251633300003 ER PT J AU de Amezola, G AF de Amezola, Gonzalo TI A 'necessary' dictatorship: The 'age of Rosas' in Argentine history textbooks published between 1956 and 1983 and the defence of authoritarianism SO PAEDAGOGICA HISTORICA LA English DT Article AB This paper aims to demonstrate that two traditionallv opposed approaches-the official view and a revisionist approach-conflate in defence of authoritarianism in the teaching of History. The main focus is on school textbooks published between 1956, the year when an educational reform was introduced following P resident Peron's overthrow, and 1983, which saw the fall of the last military dictatorship. There is a comparison of the two main approaches, followed by an analysis of the arguments found in textbooks. These in turn are analysed and compared with those of classic revisionism, which in the 1930s brought about much debate in Argentine history, especially through a reappraisal of Fuan Manuel de Rosas's government. C1 [de Amezola, Gonzalo] Natl Univ La Plata, La Plata, Argentina. [de Amezola, Gonzalo] UNLP, Res Incent Programme, Natl Minist Educ, La Plata, Argentina. RP de Amezola, G, Calle 16 N 2680,CP 1897, Gonnet, Buenos Aires, Argentina. EM gonzalodeamezola@speedy.com.ar TC 0 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0030-9230 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 43 IS 5 BP 669 EP 684 DI 10.1080/00309230701587157 SC Education & Educational Research; History Of Social Sciences UT ISI:000251633300004 ER PT J AU Cucuzza, HR Spregelburd, RP AF Ruben Cucuzza, Hector Paula Spregelburd, Roberta TI Average, transgression and anomie: three moments in the history of reading in Argentina SO PAEDAGOGICA HISTORICA LA French DT Article AB This paper is a review of the first stage of the project on the Social History of the Teaching of Reading and Writing in Argentina (HISTELEA), carried out by the Social History of Education research group at the National University of Lujan. The category 'reading scenes', defined as the place where writing is realized/ materialized as a social practice in the transmission of knowledge, is applied in three projects that represent paradigmatic models of Argentina: the agricultural export model, the Welfare State model, and the neoliberal model, with their corresponding political culture and subject formation practices. The chronological framework is dictated as follows: (1) the 'normal' reading scene in the foundational education system (end of the nneteenth century); (2) the 'transgressive' reading scene during the first Peronist administration (middle of the twentieth century); (3) the 'anomic' reading scene in a country in the midst of a crisis (end of the twentieth century to date). The teachers' statement that 'they read anything, common at the turn of the twentieth century under the rule of the written word, gave way to 'they don't read anything' during the second half of the century with the triumph of television, and was finally substituted by 'they don't know how to read' at the turn of the twenty-first century with the dawn of the new Internet reading scene. RP Cucuzza, HR, 1095 Rue Argerich,2E Etage Appartement F, RA-1406 Ciudad De Buenos Aires, Argentina. EM cucuzza@fibertel.com.ar TC 0 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0030-9230 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 43 IS 5 BP 685 EP 699 DI 10.1080/00309230701587173 SC Education & Educational Research; History Of Social Sciences UT ISI:000251633300005 ER PT J AU Meneses, LA Calderon, JC AF Meneses, Luis Alarcon Calderon, Jorge Conde TI Social representations of national territory and citizenship in nineteenth-century history and geography textbooks of the Colombian Caribbean region SO PAEDAGOGICA HISTORICA LA English DT Article AB This article shows how the legitimization of the territory of a national community was going through a territorial and citizen-oriented pedagogy in which geography and history texts contributed to the elaboration of certain social representations that were part of the new Latin American nations' development process. Therefore, this paper reviews social representations of territory and citizenship that appeared in some geography and history school handbooks used by nineteenth-century Colombian Caribbean region schools. These texts played an important role in the education of Colombian citizens. The paper is divided into two parts: first, it focuses on the representation of the national territory to which former republican governments attached great value promoting a number of geographical studies and the exploration of the country by foreign travelers and geographers who produced various works that influenced greatly geography handbooks used in the school. The second part refers to the representation of a citizenship drawn through History, Civic and Urbanity handbooks. These publications became cultural tools used not only to educate people but also to describe and to teach about the territory of this young republic. C1 [Meneses, Luis Alarcon; Calderon, Jorge Conde] Univ Atlantico Barranquilla, Barranquilla, Colombia. RP Meneses, LA, Kra 69 78-06, Barranquilla, Colombia. EM lalarcon@telecom.com.co TC 0 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0030-9230 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 43 IS 5 BP 701 EP 713 DI 10.1080/00309230701587181 SC Education & Educational Research; History Of Social Sciences UT ISI:000251633300006 ER PT J AU Herrera, MC Diaz, AVP Suaza, LM AF Herrera, Martha Cecilia Diaz, Alexis V. Pinilla Suaza, Luz Marina TI Between god and country: School manuals in social sciences and images of the nation SO PAEDAGOGICA HISTORICA LA English DT Article AB A review of how the history of education in Colombia has been analyzed shows that the privileged sources for this task have been educational policies and legislation, along with the ideas and the works of teachers and masters, official statistics on coverage and growth of the educational system, as well as the school texts from the different areas that have formed school curricula. These texts can be considered to be devices that link together the world of social and cultural production with the academic disciplines and the complexity of school culture. In the case of social sciences texts, it is worth noting that it was through these disciplines that several strategies were created for the creation, promotion and dissemination of ideas on the notion of nation-states by the national elites in the nineteenth century. The objective of this article is to present an analysis of the text Manual de instruccion moral y civica, written by Francisco Jose Urrutia in 1907, showing how the policies of the Catholic Church and the policies of the leaders of the traditional parties created a conception of social order and disseminated it through school texts which, as in the case of the above-mentioned text, were official texts, mandatory in the schools throughout the country, thus in one way or another contributing to the construction of visions of political culture. C1 [Herrera, Martha Cecilia; Suaza, Luz Marina] Univ Pedag Nacl, Dept Postgrad Studies, Bogota, Colombia. RP Herrera, MC, Avenida 13 94-07,Apto 501, Bogota, Colombia. EM acuaria2004@yahoo.com.mx TC 0 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0030-9230 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 43 IS 5 BP 715 EP 722 DI 10.1080/00309230701587199 SC Education & Educational Research; History Of Social Sciences UT ISI:000251633300007 ER PT J AU Guidotti, PE AF Guidotti, Pablo E. TI Global finance, macroeconomic performance, and policy response in Latin America: Lessons from the 1990s SO JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS LA English DT Article AB In the 1990s globalization brought to most countries in Latin America unprecedented challenges for policymakers. This paper examines the interaction between the changing economic environment and the response of policymakers to the volatility experienced by international capital markets. In doing so, a number of lessons regarding the design of economic policy, and in particular fiscal policy are presented. The analysis focuses on issues such as fiscal sustainability in the presence of liquidity constraints, debt management strategies in emerging markets, the design of policy in response to sudden stops in capital flows, and the role of the International Monetary Fund. C1 [Guidotti, Pablo E.] Univ Torcuato Tella, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Guidotti, PE, Univ Torcuato Tella, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM pguidotti@utdt.edu TC 0 PU UNIV CEMA PI BUENOS AIRES PA AV CORDOBA 374, BUENOS AIRES, C1054AAP, ARGENTINA SN 1514-0326 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 10 IS 2 BP 279 EP 308 SC Economics UT ISI:000251643200003 ER PT J AU Dixon-Mueller, R AF Dixon-Mueller, Ruth TI The sexual ethics of HIV testing and the rights and responsibilities of partners SO STUDIES IN FAMILY PLANNING LA English DT Article AB The discourse of much of the international AIDS community champions the rights of individuals in low-income countries to "just say no" to routine HIV testing in health-care settings and, if tested and found positive, not to inform their sexual partner(s) if such disclosure could result in substantial personal harm. This study contends that the right of individuals to refuse testing ignores the right of their sexual partners-male or female, regular or casual-to be informed of the health risks to which they may be exposed on entering or continuing a sexual relationship or engaging in particular sexual acts. If, as the UN has declared, all persons have the right to decide freely and responsibly on matters relating to their sexuality, including their sexual and reproductive health, free from coercion, discrimination, and violence, then all persons have the right and the responsibility to know their own and their partner's serostatus and to protect themselves and their partner(s) from sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Support by AIDS activists for policies of routine STI/HIV testing, counseling, and disclosure between both partners in a sexual relationship would help to promote an ethic of equal rights and shared responsibility for sexual behavior and its consequences. RP Dixon-Mueller, R, Apartado 110-4100, Grecia, Costa Rica. EM dixonmueller@yahoo.com TC 0 PU BLACKWELL PUBLISHING PI OXFORD PA 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND SN 0039-3665 PD DEC PY 2007 VL 38 IS 4 BP 284 EP 296 SC Demography; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health UT ISI:000251435600007 ER PT J AU Gonzalez, EA Molina, TG Montero, A Martinez, VN Leyton, CM AF Gonzalez, Electra A. Molina, Temistocles G. Montero, Adela Martinez, Vania N. Leyton, Carolina M. TI Sexual behavior and gender differences among adolescents consulting at a university public health system SO REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE LA Spanish DT Article AB Background: The predetermined gender roles and the emphasis on reproductive responsibility on women, excluding men, have negative consequences on their sexual reproductive health and satisfactory sexual practices. Aim: To describe and analyze changes in sexual practices and gender differences in adolescents of the lower-middle socioeconomic level, users of public health system who started their sexual activity. Material and methods. We studied 4,971 adolescents (of both sexes aged between 12 and 19 years, who consulted in a clinic for adolescents between the years 1990 and 2005. Several variables related to adolescent sexuality were considered. Uni and bivariate analysis were candied out and a model of stratified lineal regression per sex was fixed to explain the following variables: age at which sexual activity is initiated number of sexual partners, time period between start of dating and the start of sexual activity along time. Results. The average age when men and women start their sexual activity was 15.7 and 15.5 years, respectively. Along years and among women but not men, there was a reduction in the age of start of sexual activity and an increase in the number of sexual partners. The mean lapse between start of dating and the start of sexual activity in men and women was 62 and 75 months, respectively. This figure had an 11.6% and 13.9% reduction per year of study in females and males, respectively. Conclusions: There is an increasing expansion of sexual roles in adolescents, but certain patterns of contradictory conservative reasoning are maintained (Rev Med Chile 2007; 135:1261-9). C1 Univ Chile, Fac Med, Ctr Med Reprod & Desarrollo Integral Adolescenia, Santiago, Chile. RP Gonzalez, EA, Univ Chile, Fac Med, Ctr Med Reprod & Desarrollo Integral Adolescenia, Prof Zanartu 1030, Santiago, Chile. EM cemera@med.uchile.cl TC 0 PU SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO PI SANTIAGO 9 PA BERNARDA MORIN 488 PROVIDENCIA, CASILLA 168 CORREO 55, SANTIAGO 9, CHILE SN 0034-9887 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 135 IS 10 BP 1261 EP 1269 SC Medicine, General & Internal UT ISI:000251518500005 ER PT J AU Pantoja, T Strain, H Valenzuela, L AF Pantoja, Tomas Strain, Heather Valenzuela, Lorena TI Clinical practice guidelines in primary health care: A critical appraisal SO REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE LA Spanish DT Article AB Background: There are doubts about the real usefulness of clinical guidelines to induce changes in practice, specially in primary health care. Those guidelines with inconsistent recommendations can even be misleading. Aim: To assess the quality of Chilean primary health care guidelines and to identify factors associated with high quality guidelines. Material and methods: Chilean primary care guidelines published and disseminated using any strategy 1999 and 2004 were analyzed. Each selected guideline was assessed independently by two evaluators using the Appraisal of Guidelines, Research and Evaluation (AGREE) instrument following standardized instructions. Descriptive statistics for each dimension of the AGREE instrument were calculated for each guideline. Results: A total of 33 guidelines were retrieved. Fifteen were located using a manual search and 18 from electronic sources. Twenty four did not match our definition of guidelines, therefore only nine were included in the final assessment. There were important differences in the scores obtained by each guideline in different dimensions, with relevant methodological shortcomings. However, no significant differences in scores were found when guidelines were compared by year of elaboration. Conclusions. Our results suggest that previous efforts in primary health care guideline development were misdirected and that important changes are necessary to generate high quality guidelines (Rev Med Chile 2007; 135:1282-90). C1 Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Med, Dept Med Familiar, Santiago, Chile. RP Pantoja, T, Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Med, Dept Med Familiar, Lira 44, Santiago, Chile. EM tpantoja@med.puc.d TC 0 PU SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO PI SANTIAGO 9 PA BERNARDA MORIN 488 PROVIDENCIA, CASILLA 168 CORREO 55, SANTIAGO 9, CHILE SN 0034-9887 PD OCT PY 2007 VL 135 IS 10 BP 1282 EP 1290 SC Medicine, General & Internal UT ISI:000251518500008 ER PT J AU Fernandez, V AF Fernandez, Viviana TI A postcard from the past: The behavior of US stock markets during 1871-1938 SO PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS LA English DT Article AB In this article, we study the behavior of the stock prices of a subset of eight U.S. industries from the late 1800's to the Great Depression. In particular, we focus on the potential presence of volatility shifts, the persistence of volatility, and on the degree of co-movement of stock returns prior to and during the Great Depression. Our findings show that stock markets became particularly volatile toward the mid 1930's, but that the persistence of volatility tended to decrease around the same time period. In that regard, we find little evidence that such behavior is driven by trading volume. In addition, we conclude that the overall correlation across the different industries was relatively more significant in statistical terms from 1921 to part of the Great Depression (1929-1931; 1933-1934 and 1936). (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. C1 Univ Chile, Santiago, Chile. RP Fernandez, V, Univ Chile, Ave Repl 701,4th Fl, Santiago, Chile. EM vfernand@dii.uchile.cl TC 0 PU ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV PI AMSTERDAM PA PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS SN 0378-4371 PD DEC 1 PY 2007 VL 386 IS 1 BP 267 EP 282 DI 10.1016/j.physa.2007.08.037 SC Physics, Multidisciplinary UT ISI:000251438800027 ER PT J AU Daneri, MF Papini, MR Muzio, RN AF Daneri, M. Florencia Papini, Mauricio R. Muzio, Ruben N. TI Common toads (Bufo arenarum) learn to anticipate and avoid hypertonic saline solutions SO JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY LA English DT Article AB Toads (Bufo arenarum) were exposed to pairings between immersion in a neutral saline solution (i.e., one that caused no significant variation in fluid balance), followed by immersion in a highly hypertonic saline solution (i.e., one that caused water loss). In Experiment 1, solutions were presented in a Pavlovian conditioning arrangement. A group receiving a single neutral-highly hypertonic pairing per day exhibited a greater conditioned increase in heart rate than groups receiving either the same solutions in an explicitly impaired fashion, or just the neutral solution. Paired toads also showed a greater ability to compensate for water loss across trials than that of the explicitly impaired group. Using the same reinforcers and a similar apparatus, Experiment 2 demonstrated that toads learn a one-way avoidance response motivated by immersion in the highly hypertonic solution. Cardiac and avoidance conditioning are elements of an adaptive system for confronting aversive situations involving loss of water balance. C1 [Daneri, M. Florencia; Muzio, Ruben N.] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, IBYME, Lab Biol Comportamiento, RA-1428 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Daneri, M. Florencia; Muzio, Ruben N.] Univ Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. [Papini, Mauricio R.] Texas Christian Univ, Ft Worth, TX 76129 USA. RP Muzio, RN, Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, IBYME, Lab Biol Comportamiento, Obligado 2490, RA-1428 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM rmuzio@dna.uba.ar TC 0 PU AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC PI WASHINGTON PA 750 FIRST ST NE, WASHINGTON, DC 20002-4242 USA SN 0735-7036 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 121 IS 4 BP 419 EP 427 DI 10.1037/0735-7036.121.4.419 SC Behavioral Sciences; Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Zoology UT ISI:000251556700010 ER PT J AU Vera, JF Heiser, WJ Murillo, A AF Vera, J. Fernando Heiser, Willem J. Murillo, Alex TI Global optimization in any minkowski metric: A permutation-translation simulated annealing algorithm for multidimensional scaling SO JOURNAL OF CLASSIFICATION LA English DT Article AB It is well known that considering a non-Euclidean Minkowski metric in Multidimensional Scaling, either for the distance model or for the loss function, increases the computational problem of local minima considerably. In this paper, we propose an algorithm in which both the loss function and the composition rule can be considered in any Minkowski metric, using a multivariate randomly alternating Simulated Annealing procedure with permutation and translation phases. The algorithm has been implemented in Fortran and tested over classical and simulated data matrices with sizes up to 200 objects. A study has been carried out with some of the common loss functions to determine the most suitable values for the main parameters. The experimental results confirm the theoretical expectation that Simulated Annealing is a suitable strategy to deal by itself with the optimization problems in Multidimensional Scaling, in particular for City-Block, Euclidean and Infinity metrics. C1 Univ Granada, Fac Sci, Dept Stat & OR, E-18071 Granada, Spain. Leiden Univ, Fac Social & Behav Sci, Dept Psychol, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands. Univ Costa Rica, Atlantic Branch, Turrialba, Costa Rica. RP Vera, JF, Univ Granada, Fac Sci, Dept Stat & OR, E-18071 Granada, Spain. EM jfvera@ugr.es heiser@fsw.leidenuniv.nl murillof@cariari.ucr.ac.cr TC 2 PU SPRINGER PI NEW YORK PA 233 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA SN 0176-4268 PD SEP PY 2007 VL 24 IS 2 BP 277 EP 301 DI 10.1007/s00357-007-0020-1 SC Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications; Psychology, Mathematical UT ISI:000251426000008 ER PT J AU Zuleta, H AF Zuleta, Hernando TI Why labor income shares seem to be constant? SO JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LA English DT Article AB The common assumptions that labor income share does not change over time or across countries and that factor income shares are equal to the elasticity of output with respect to factors have had important implications for economic theory. However, there are several theoretical reasons for why the elasticity of output with respect to reproducible factors should be correlated with the stage of development. In particular, the behavior of international trade and capital. flows and the existence of factor saving innovations imply such a correlation. If this correlation exists and if factor income shares are equal to the elasticity of output with respect to factors then the labor income share must be negatively correlated with the stage of development. The existence of a labor intensive sector that produces non-tradable goods would explain why labor income share has no correlation with income per capita. C1 Univ Rosario, Bogota, Colombia. RP Zuleta, H, Univ Rosario, Bogota, Colombia. EM hernando.zuleta84@urosario.edu.co TC 1 PU ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD PI ABINGDON PA 4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND SN 0963-8199 PY 2007 VL 16 IS 4 BP 551 EP 557 DI 10.1080/09638190701600280 SC Economics UT ISI:000251420000005 ER PT J AU Parada, H Moffatt, K Duval, M AF Parada, Henry Moffatt, Ken Duval, Marisela TI Emerging practices of social work in the Dominican Republic - The protection of women's and children's safety SO INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK LA English DT Article AB This study is based on consultation with governmental institutions working with women and children in the Dominican Republic and the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, which is part of a six-year project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency. We report on some of the preliminary findings and the conceptualization of social work interventions within the Dominican Republic. C1 [Parada, Henry; Moffatt, Ken] Ryerson Univ, Sch Social Work, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada. [Duval, Marisela] Autonomous Univ Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. RP Parada, H, Ryerson Univ, Sch Social Work, 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada. TC 0 PU SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD PI LONDON PA 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND SN 0020-8728 PD NOV PY 2007 VL 50 IS 6 BP 755 EP + DI 10.1177/0020872807081902 SC Social Work UT ISI:000251538000004 ER PT J AU Bekerman, M Rodriguez, YS AF Bekerman, Marta Santiago Rodriguez, Y. TI Productive policies regarding inadequate sectors: Microcredit in Argentina SO DESARROLLO ECONOMICO-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article AB The present paper is oriented to analyze the recent experience and the potential of microfinance programs as instruments of social inclusion in Argentina, to introduce some important debates developed in that field, and to evaluate the role the State should play to strengthen those programs. With that purpose, the dimension and characteristics of the supply and demand of microfinance in Argentina were observed, focusing on the achievements, impacts and limitations of those programs, as we as the differences that can be identified between public and private behavior in these matters. The analysis was based on a fieldwork that combined surveys to 43 Microfinance Institutions (MI) and to 56 beneficiaries of microcredit programs, and interviews in depth to 4 MI and 2 public programs. The study concludes, among other things, that the sector shows an incipient development, characterized by different type of weaknesses, and with remarkable differences, in terms of management and results, between the experiences of big and small MI, on the one hand, and between private and public programs, by the other. A positive impact in terms of improvements in the quality of life of the borrowers was also observed. Finally different recommendations are introduced regarding action lines that allow the improvement of these programs and their social impact, as well as the role the State should play in the promotion of the microfinancial sector. C1 [Bekerman, Marta; Santiago Rodriguez, Y.] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Econ, CENES, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. RP Bekerman, M, Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Econ, CENES, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina. EM bekerman@econ.uba.ar santiago@econ.uba.ar TC 0 PU INST DESAROLLO ECON SOCIAL PI BUENOS AIRES PA AROAZ 2838, 1425 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA SN 0046-001X PD APR-JUN PY 2007 VL 47 IS 185 BP 95 EP 118 SC Economics UT ISI:000251539800004 ER PT J AU Tokatlian, JG AF Gabriel Tokatlian, Juan TI Latin American and Chinese relations: A focus for approximation SO DESARROLLO ECONOMICO-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Article C1 [Gabriel Tokatlian, Juan] Univ San Andres, Victoria, Argentina. RP Tokatlian, JG, Univ San Andres, Victoria, Argentina. TC 0 PU INST DESAROLLO ECON SOCIAL PI BUENOS AIRES PA AROAZ 2838, 1425 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA SN 0046-001X PD APR-JUN PY 2007 VL 47 IS 185 BP 119 EP 129 SC Economics UT ISI:000251539800005 ER PT J AU Leiras, M AF Leiras, Marcelo TI The transformation of justicialism. From the trade union party to clientelism SO DESARROLLO ECONOMICO-REVISTA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES LA Spanish DT Book Review C1 [Leiras, Marcelo] Univ San Andres, Victoria, Argentina. RP Leiras, M, Univ San Andres, Victoria, Argentina. TC 0 PU INST DESAROLLO ECON SOCIAL PI BUENOS AIRES PA AROAZ 2838, 1425 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA SN 0046-001X PD APR-JUN PY 2007 VL 47 IS 185 BP 131 EP 139 SC Economics UT ISI:000251539800006 ER PT J AU Uribe, M Sanhueza, L Bahamondes, F AF Uribe, Mauricio Sanhueza, Lorena Bahamondes, Francisco TI Late prehispanic pottery of the inland valleys and desert coast of tarapaca, northern chile (CAAD900-1,450): A typological and chronological proposal SO CHUNGARA-REVISTA DE ANTROPOLOGIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Article AB In this paper we study the ceramic material from the archaeological villages of the Tarapaca region, located in the high ravines, the low valleys, and the coast to the west and east of Pampa del Tamarugal. Our objective is to do a systematic review of earlier studies by ourselves and by other investigators of domestic pottery in the region, to update knowledge about the culture history and social processes related to the still poorly known Pica Tarapaca cultural complex of northen Chile. We propose that this cultural complex developed during the Late Intermediate Period in at least two phases, initial and classic, that we have named Tarapaca Phase (ca. A.D. 900-1,250) and Camina Phase (ca. A.D. 1,250-1,450), respectively. We propose a local pottery tradition that began toward the end of the Formative Period and then, in the absence of Tiwanaku stylistic influences, incorporated new elements from the southern altiplano. This was the panorama that dominated the region when the Inka arrived. This work is intended to contribute with greater empirical evidence to the discussion about social dynamics and economic interaction between lowlands and highlands of this part of the South Central Andes during the Regional Developments of the Late Intermediate Period. C1 Univ Chile, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Dept Antropol, Santiago, Chile. RP Uribe, M, Univ Chile, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Dept Antropol, Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1045, Santiago, Chile. EM Santiago.mur@uchile.cl loresan@uchile.cl fjabm@yahoo.com TC 1 PU UNIV TARAPACA PI ARICA PA CASILLA 6-D, ARICA, 1775, CHILE SN 0716-1182 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 VL 39 IS 2 BP 143 EP 170 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000251519600001 ER PT J AU Silva, CZ AF Zapata Silva, Claudia TI Memory and history the search for a collective identity among the aymara in chile SO CHUNGARA-REVISTA DE ANTROPOLOGIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Article AB The emergence of an Aymara identity among the indigenous population in the northern part of Chile is a recent phenomenon, as some researchers have shown in the last few years. This paper discusses the difficult link between identity and memory as apart of a new phenomenon, where the concerned individuals, mainly urban Aymara,feel the necessity of articulating a memory that would represent this broad collective group, the Aymara people. At the same time, they assume the challenge to build this memory, or, in their own words, to "know" and "discover" it. The analysis focuses on the tensions that exist in this effort and on the way in which these tensions appear in the writings of different ethnic organizations since the nineties. Our interest centers on what the subjects say about Aymara memory (the level of metamemory), as well as on the efforts they put on its construction, and the resources they use. C1 Univ Chile, Fac Filosofia & Humanidades, Ctr Estudios Culturales Latinoamericanos, Santiago, Chile. RP Silva, CZ, Univ Chile, Fac Filosofia & Humanidades, Ctr Estudios Culturales Latinoamericanos, Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1025, Santiago, Chile. EM clzapata@uchile.cl TC 0 PU UNIV TARAPACA PI ARICA PA CASILLA 6-D, ARICA, 1775, CHILE SN 0716-1182 PD JUL-DEC PY 2007 VL 39 IS 2 BP 171 EP 183 SC Anthropology UT ISI:000251519600002 ER PT J AU Boccara, GB AF Bruno Boccara, Guillaume TI Ethno-governmentality. The making of the intercultural health field in Chile SO CHUNGARA-REVISTA DE ANTROPOLOGIA CHILENA LA Spanish DT Article AB In 2001, the Chilean State began to implement an ethnodevelopment program directed at the indigenous communities of its national territory. Called Origins, this unprecedented political initiative aims at establishing a new deal between the State and rural ethnic groups bind claims to be based on the respect of cultural difference. This paper offers an interpretation of the nature of this new kind of indigenism through the analysis of the state-produced knowledge on indigenous peoples, on the one hand, and by focusing on the new power relations and subjectifying effects created by state agents in specific localities, on the other. I shall show, using c! discourse and socio-ethnographic analysis of its intercultural health component, that Origenes represents a powerful device of subject-making and ethnification. I shall focus on the classifying, spatializing and hegemonizing effects produced by what I ball, taking up on Foucault's approach on biopower and drawing on recent ethnographies of the neoliberal state, the multicultural governmentality. I shall finally contend that, closely intertwined with this new social engineering, indigenous counterhegemonic discourses, knowledges and practices are starting to emerge that fully contribute to the shaping of this new intercultural battle field. Therefore, this paper deals with th