Book V on RAJMANDALA-Mandala of the Oriental Kingdoms

Taking the two meanings of the term chullpa (a sepulcher and mythical pre-solar beings) as a point of departure, I try an archaeological approach to practices based on a conception of active materiality and non-linear time. Firstly, I argue that the equation chullpa=sepulcher, common in the discipline, is a miss-translation of the references that Andean informants made to certain assemblages which associated the dead, towers or chambers, and forces of the inside-world under logics of ancestrality, references which eventually found mythological expression in the chullpa of the presolar world. Then I focus on the chullpas (towers and chambers) of Lipez (Potosí, Bolivia) to explore the powers which these features deployed in their interactions with humans (runakuna), taking into consideration their materiality, their contexts, and the activities in which they participated during the Late Intermediate and Late periods. Lastly, I present current versions of the chullpa myth recorded in Lipez and some practices which relate them with the towers and chambers, concluding that the power of these assemblages is alive.

El artículo expone algunos modelos usos y aplicaciones de las habilidades no cognitivas que pueden ser aplicados en ámbitos académicos y laborales, con la intención que los nuevos profesionales de la educación las asuman como recursos que den al perfil de egreso un plus en sus relaciones laborales y habilidades para hacer frente a la incertidumbre.

ABSTRACTEnergy efficiency is one of the seventeen sustainable developmentgoals defined by the UN in the 2030 agenda. Therefore, to achievethis goal, the amount of information accessible to consumers isan important factor in the management of energy resources. It ismandatory that homes are equipped with energy meters, however,in Brazil, almost all users only have information on the total energyconsumption available - often estimated at the end of each month.This article proposes a prototype for electric energy monitoring ofthe Smart Meter type, with the IoT concept. In the current version,the system implements the following features: measurement ofvoltage, current, frequency, calculation of active, reactive, apparentpower, power factor, energy consumption, real-time total cost andrecording of this data in memory and in the cloud. The developedsystem uses WiFi communication technology, so that data can betransmitted and interpreted by devices that work with this standard,through a rem...

Raquel Macciuci. En prensa: “Una lectura de El lugar de la literatura española (Capítulo IV) de Fernando Cabo Aseguinolaza, con una extrapolación latinoamericana”. En VV.AA. Los nortes del hispanismo. Asociación Argentina de Hispanistas- Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina.

PURPOSE: To evaluate liver alterations caused by biliary obstruction and drainage. METHODS: Thirty-nine male Wistar rats were randomly distributed in 4 groups: BO (n=18) bile duct ligation for 20 days, with a periodic evaluation of liver histological alterations, Doppler echography portal flow and measurements of NO and malondialdehyde (MDA); BO/DB (n=13) bile duct occlusion for 20 days followed by biliary drainage by choledochoduodenal anastomosis, 5 days follow-up, same BO group parameters evaluations; group CED (n=4) sham operation and portal flow evaluation trough 20 days; CHB (n=4) sham operation, with hepatic biopsy on 25th day and followed-up trough 25 days, by the same parameters of group BO, with exception of portal flow. Direct bilirubin (DB) and alkaline phosphatase (AP) were evaluated in the group BO, BO/DB and CHB. RESULTS: The bile duct ligation led to an increase of DB and AP, development of liver histological alterations, reduction of portal flow and increase of plas...