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Abstract The purpose of this essay is to investigate, from the points of view of the novels Nada (1944) by Carmen Laforet and Los girasoles ciegos (2004) by Alberto Méndez, the perspective of the future toward the Spanish postwar period. Both novels take place during the Spanish postwar but were written in two different eras. Considering both periods, it is possible to evaluate whether the elapsed
Abstract in Spanish Un enfoque adecuado para intentar una definición de las tecnologías nos las brinda el término “usabilidad”, es decir las propiedades de un artefacto que afectan a su interacción con el usuario. En ingeniería, la calidad de un artefacto está determinada por dos cualidades: su utilidad y su facilidad de uso o usabilidad. Desde nuestra perspectiva la utilidad depende de la relació
Introduction: The CVA24 antigenic variant is the causal agent of epidemics of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis that has prevailed to date. To study the transmission dynamics and evolution of this variant, we molecularly characterized Cuban isolates obtained in 5 epidemic periods between 1986 and 2009. Methods: Using the BEAST v1.8.4 program, it was performed the phylogenetic and phylodynamic analy
This is a study of the spatial structure in relation to female characters within video games with Nordic mythological themes. The understanding of space and its structure starts with an under-standing of the people who are creat-ing and constructing it. The study involves their beliefs, their social relations and their urban infrastructure and their correspondence to the Nordic mythology. When lo
The creation of prototypes for the design of new products is a fundamental activity in the metal-mechanic sector that contributes to Bolivia's socioeconomic development. The existence of a multitude of factors that positively or negatively affect the prototype, are encompassed in two approaches: i) prototyping engineering and ii) prototyping management. Research for the design of prototypes suitab
This study investigates the modal verbs must and should with deontic meaning in patient information leaflets (PILs), comparing them with their varying translations in the corresponding PILs in Spanish. The objective is to draw conclusions about whether and how the degree of obligation is modified in the translation. Modal verbs are known to pose translation challenges due to the absence of one-to-
Based on eleven months of engaged ethnographic research with the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (PAH) in Barcelona and Sabadell, this article proposes that the financialization of housing goes hand in glove with the financialization of life itself, which includes subjectivity and the body. The financialization of life occurs when life is subsumed into the mechanisms of rent extraction t
This paper focuses on the use of the Compound Past (CP) found in a set of epistolary letters from the 18th and 19th centuries' Uruguay. It is claimed that the CP already at this time encodes situations that are conceptualized within a temporal frame of indeterminacy. All the cases of CP in 66 letters are analyzed according to its contexts – with or without temporal determinants; in colocational en
Traditional economic growth measures have not taken into account the negative externalities of productive activities. In this context, the so-called natural resource curse should be redefined beyond positive, negative, slow or fast growth rates. This article, using the case of Chile as a reference, estimates the effect of mining exports on two fundamental indicators of economic development: the fo
Abstract in Spanish Este artículo, el primero en un proyecto de investigación recién iniciado sobre el uso de tabaco en la literatura latinoamericana, tiene dos partes. En la primera se discute el papel del cigarrillo en la producción cultural, y se afirma que el cigarrillo es algo como un significante vacío que tiene que llenarse con historias – desde ese sentido, un producto ideal para la public
This work is the result of an interest in realizing a study about the difficulties that Swedish students encounter when learning Spanish as a foreign language, levels A2, B1 and B2, when choosing between the tenses the imperfect and the preterit in state verbs and achievement verbs. To obtain material for this study, three different tasks were used. In the first one, the students received a story
