SUMARIO Presentación Artículos Relación de la real audiencia de Caracas con el episcopado venezolano durante la colonia. The relationship between the real audiencia of Caracas and the venezuelan episcopate during the colonial period. González G., George La parroquia eclesiástica colonial. Bases constitutivas. El caso de San Buenaventura de Ejido. The colonial parish. Constituent bases. The case of San Buenaventura of Ejido. Suárez de Paredes, Niria Las actas del ayuntamiento de Valencia: la reapropiación del pasado por medios electrónicos. Municipal records of Valencia: recovering the past with electronic media. Talavera, María Eugenia Uso actual de elementos léxicos de un ritual colonial español en la Mérida de principios del siglo XX. Lexical items from a spanish colonial ritual still used in Mérida at the beginning of the 21st century. Ramos, Elvira; Rodríguez LorenZo, Miguel Ángel y Bianculli, Teresa Un capítulo de la historia merideña: el estado soberano del Zulia. A chapter in the history of Mérida: the sovereign state of Zulia. Guédez Yépez, Zoraida El proceso de transculturación actual en la comunidad de Toromo, etnia Yukpa, municipio Perijá estado Zulia, Venezuela. Ongoing acculturation in the Yukpa community of Toromo, Perijá municipality, Zulia state, Venezuela. Molina C., Magdi Raíces judeo-cristianas en la noción de "historia universal". Judeo-christian origins in the notion of universal history. Rodríguez LorenZo, Miguel Ángel; Bianculli, Teresa y Ramos, Elvira Palabras frágiles, fronteras borrosas. Una aproximación al problema de la moral en Nietzsche. Fragile words, undefined borders: an approach to the problem of morality in Nietzsche. Lantieri, Carlos E. Retos científicos y sociales en la enseñanza de la historia. Scientific and social challenges in history teaching. Aranguren R., Carmen El libro texto y la enseñanza de la historia. Text-books and history teaching. Santiago Rivera, José Armando Misceláneas Doña Oliva: una maestra signada por la franqueza. Mrs. Oliva: a teacher signed by frankness. Godoy, Deisy y Suárez de Paredes, Niria Documentos Los antiguos caminos de recuas en documentos merideños del siglo XIX (comentarios de Hernández Arena, Rubén A.). The old train roads in 19th century Mérida documents. Reseñas Venezuela en los 90. La crisis de la democracia. Reseñado por: Quintero Lugo, Gilberto López, Isaac: pueblo nuevo en la memoria de los siglos. Reseñado por: Rodríguez LorenZo, Miguel Ángel Briceño Monzón, Claudio: unidad y diversidad de América Reseñado por: González, Hancer ; 65-80 ; semestral ; Nivel analítico
The article is devoted to a comparison of different U.S. administrations' foreign policy in the beginning of the 21st century. This period was chosen because it appears to be a critical moment in American history. The analysis shows that, despite the differences in party adherence and other ideological affiliations, successive administrations tend to follow identical or similar guidelines while implementing foreign policy. The author suggests several possible reasons for this continuity. First, there is the stability of the institutional and decision-making systems and mechanisms, which, in turn, are based on a stable system of interest representation. More broadly, it is the persistent system of values and basic attitudes, political and philosophical traditions, ideology and long-term behavioral patterns - those phenomena forming the core of political culture - that are the most important non-institutional factors driving the continuity of American foreign policy. So, comparison of the foreign policy courses of the Bush and Obama administrations leads to the conclusion that the mechanism of U.S. foreign policy is impersonal to a great extent. The key biographical parameters of the politicians play an only limited role in defining their political course.
Relations between the Philippines and northern Australia date back to the early years of European settlement. Filipinos made a significant contribution to the development of north Australia throughout the nineteenth century, while a small number of Australians were involved in commerce in the Philippines. In north Australia, where some Filipinos intermarried with Aboriginal people and European settlers, this heritage is reflected in the incidence of Filipino names in present-day northern communities. In more recent years the Northern Territory, and to a lesser extent northern communities in Western Australia and Queensland, have come to see their futures inextricably linked to developments in the countries to their immediate north, particularly Indonesia and the Philippines, and have sought increasingly to strengthen social, cultural and sporting, as well as commercial, ties. For Australians, some commonalities of language, predominant religion, Western cultural experience, and democratic traditions have contributed to making the Philippines especially attractive as a place to visit and to do business with; for Filipinos, Australia has been seen since the 1970s as a desirable destination for migration and, increasingly, as a source of education and training. Over the past decade, trade between Australia and the Philippines has grown substantially, if from a low base, and the Philippines has become the fourth largest recipient of Australian. development assistance. For north Australia, trade with the Philippines is still small, and dominated by live cattle exports to the Philippines. This is in large part due to the small market and relatively low level of manufacturing activity which north Australia represents, but the infrequency and high cost of shipping and lack of direct air links are also major inhibiting factors. Nevertheless, the possibilities for expanded trade and investment flows, particularly through the provision of services and through joint ventures in small and medium-sized enterprises, appear to be considerable. With the issue of expanded commercial relations primarily in mind, and with a delegation from the Northern Territory about to visit the Philippines in conjunction with Australia's 'All the Best from Australia' presentation in Manila, a workshop on 'North Australia-Philippines Relations' was held at the Australian National University's North Australia Research Unit on 25 September 1998, in association with the Northern Territory University's Centre for Southeast Asian Studies and the NT International Business Council. The workshop followed an earlier conference on 'Government-Business Relations Between Eastern Indonesia and the Northern Territory'. This volume is an outcome of the September 1998 workshop. An opening chapter by Philippines Minister and Consul General in Australia, Edwin Bael, provides an overview of relations between Australia and the Philippines, with particular reference to north Australia and the southern Philippine island of Mindanao (regions which share an interest in the development of the Brunei/ Indonesia! Malaysia/Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA). Subsequent chapters by Dennis Shoesmith, R.J. May, and William Brummitt and Frances Perkins (the latter from the Department of Foreign Mfairs and Trade's East Asia Analytical Unit) review, respectively, the historical context of north Australia-Philippines relations and the political and economic contexts of the Philippines. Relations between the Northern Territory and the Philippines are surveyed in the chapter by Ian Watts, from the NT Department of Asian Relations, Trade and Industry (DART!). Darwin-resident businessman Pascual Tantengco then presents the viewpoint of a Filipino businessman operating in north Australia, while papers by Michael Kilgariff (of the NT International Business Council), William Cordingley, Steve Ellison, Chris Healey and Kym Handberg discuss various aspects of north Australian business and academic relations with the Philippines, including the live cattle trade, which has maintained its importance in the Australia-Philippines relationship notwithstanding the effects of the Asian financial crisis (which have severely affected the trade between Australia and Indonesia). Further chapters survey the role and functions of the Australia-Philippines Business Council, the principal features of trade relations between Australia and the Philipines, and the main components of Australia's development assistance programme in the Philippines. Finally, The Philippines Honorary Consul General for the Northern Territory, Robert Matthewson, provides an overview of the workshop proceedings and suggests some possible lines of future development. Collectively, the various papers give some indication of the extent and dynamics of north Australia-Philippines relations and point to the possibilities of a much more detailed study of the relationship. In organizing the workshop and bringing this volume to publication, I am indebted to my longstanding Filipinist NTU colleague, Dennis Shoesmith, and to the encouragement and support received from NARU director Christine Fletcher and NARU staff Janet Sincock, Melissa Sue and Paula Fennel; DARTI officers Ian Watts, Patrick Markwick-Smith, John McCue and Steve Sanderson; director of DFAT's Northern Territory office, Keith Gardiner(who presented the Brurmnitt and Perkins paper in the absence of the author) and Ross Ainsworth, of the Northern Territory Livestock Exporters Association, who was unable to attend the workshop due to commitments in the Philippines. Bill Cordingley, of Meat and Livestock Australia, though not present at the workshop, provided a paper at very short notice, and Aurora Quinn, of the Office of Ethnic Affairs, Department of the Chief Minister, Darwin, kindly agreed to the reproduction of sections of her 'Background on Philippines-born Territorians'. In Canberra, Claire Smith and Allison Ley carried the burden of converting a collection of written and recorded presentations into a publication, with characteristic efficiency.
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease, with multisystemic implications and genetic predisposition, characterized by the development of erythematous, scaling plaques on the skin. Management of moderate to severe psoriasis vulgaris may involve a biological treatment that suppresses the immune system. Because of this, the patients with psoriasis on an immunosuppressive treatment are theoretically at an increased risk of infections, including SARS-CoV2 infection. SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) is responsible for the current pandemic. In Romania, COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 19) was first reported on February 26, 2020, by confirming the first patient with SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR method. COVID-19 progression was divided into three phases: early infection, pulmonary phase, and hyperinflammatory phase. Although the inhibition of pro-inflammatory cytokines by biologic therapy is detrimental in the viral phase, it seems to be beneficial in the hyperinflammatory phase, by protecting the patients with psoriasis in progressing towards extra-pulmonary manifestations and death. Analyzing the evolution of the 8 cases of patients from our dermatology department – Colentina Clinical Hospital, with generalized psoriasis vulgaris on biologic immunosuppressive treatment and SARS-CoV-2 infection, we observed that they did not develop a more severe form of COVID-19 than the general population. Patients on biologic immunosuppressive treatment are more susceptible to the development of infections, including by SARS-CoV-2, but it was found that the biologic therapy can protect against a more severe type of COVID-19.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an important tool for computer-aided diagnosis of medical imaging. This review aims to provide an overview for clinicians, explaining the relevant aspects of artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) and presenting up-to-date applications of AI and ML techniques to medical imaging methods such as angiography, magnetic resonance, and echocardiography. For each imaging method, we present the acquisition process, the types of diagnostic test interpretation, and the challenges related to them, as well as how AI/ML techniques, have improved the process of decision making. A summary of selected works applying AI/ML techniques to medical imaging is organized into a table, which highlights the scope of the study, the dataset used, the details of each approach as well as the measured results, including objectives and criteria. The overall benefits of AI in medical imaging are extracted based on the diverse applications and high evaluation scores. In the end, cardiologists should have an advanced understanding of using AI to integrate clinical data and making the final decision in diagnosis.
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Revealed importance of cemeteries of World War I as a tourist resource for the development of "sentimental" tourism on example of Poland, at whose territory in the years 1914-1915 there were two major battles of the Eastern Front – Tannenberg's and Łódź's with a total death toll of more than 200 thousand each. Shown significance of military logistics as an important factor in winning these battles. Particularly that conserns the supply, transport, communications and other technical and logistical support to troops that played a key role for the winners in these battles. Among the dead soldiers were not only Germans and Russians but Ukrainian and Polish, as is evident from the inscriptions in cemeteries that are currently recovered through the efforts of the Polish authorities, German and Russian embassies. ; Раскрыто значение некрополей Первой Мировой войны как туристического ресурса для развития «сентиментального» туризма на примере Польши, на территории которой в 1914-1915 гг. произошли два крупнейших сражения Восточного фронта – Танненберское и Лодзинское с общим числом погибших более 200 тыс. в каждом. Раскрыто значение военной логистики как важного фактора победы в этих сражениях. В частности речь идет о поставках, транспорте, связи и другой технико-логистической поддержки войск, что сыграло ключевую роль для победителей в этих сражениях. Среди погибших солдат были не только немцы и россияне, а также украинцы и поляки, что видно из надписей на кладбищах, которые сейчас восстанавливаются стараниями польской власти, немецкого и российского посольств. ; Розкрито значення некрополів Першої Світової війни як туристичного ресурсу для розвитку «сентиментального» та військово-історичного туризму на прикладі Польщі, на території якої у 1914-1915 рр. відбулися дві найбільших битви Східного фронту – Таненберзька та Лодзька із загальним числом загиблих понад 200 тис. у кожній. Розкрито значення військової логістики як важливого чинника перемоги у цих битвах. Зокрема йдеться про постачання, транспорт, зв'язок та іншу техніко-логістичну підтримку військ, що відіграло ключову роль для переможців у цих битвах. Серед загиблих солдат були не тільки німці та росіяни, а також українці та поляки, що видно з написів на цвинтарях, які нині відновлюються стараннями польської влади, німецької та російської амбасад.
