scholarly journals El hombre híbrido

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-178
Author(s):  
Patricia Bernal
Keyword(s):  

El mundo contemporáneo lleva a la incapacidad absoluta para describir, en términos ontológicamente adecuados, fenómenos culturales tales como obras de arte, herramientas, signos, máquinas y todo otro tipo de artefactos, ya que son por su propia constitución,híbridos. El mundo se ha convertido en el no lugar de la existencia humana: es el lugar artificial de la existencia, de la cohabitación y de la posibilidad de transformación del cuerpo. Por ello, el objeto de análisis del artículo responde al estudio del cuerpo, la subjetividad y su relación con la tecnología. Lo mencionado se aborda a partir de la observación de la narrativa del audiovisual Señorita María, la falda de la montaña, dirigido por Rubén Mendoza (2017), desde la perspectiva homeotecnológicaplanteada por Sloterdijk (2006). Y, por otro lado, a partir de la observación de la narrativa publicitaria de los comerciales de Red Bull entre 2010 y 2020, se aborda el cuerpo-envejecimiento y su  relación con la tecnología desde la perspectiva de Le Bretón (2002) y Redeker (2014). El artículo presenta algunos resultados preliminares que se discuten en los siguientes apartados: 1- La homeotecnología en el ámbito de la subjetividad, el yo que piensa y siente, que vive y muere en la narrativa audiovisual. 2- El fantasma de la inmortalidad y la soledad. Las narrativas publicitarias de la seducción.

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 2198
Author(s):  
Marcos Mateo-Fernández ◽  
Fernando Valenzuela-Gómez ◽  
Rafael Font ◽  
Mercedes Del Río-Celestino ◽  
Tania Merinas-Amo ◽  
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Taurine is one of the main ingredients used in energy drinks which are highly consumed in adolescents for their sugary taste and stimulating effect. With energy drinks becoming a worldwide phenomenon, the biological effects of these beverages must be evaluated in order to fully comprehend the potential impact of these products on the health due to the fact nutrition is closely related to science since the population consumes food to prevent certain diseases. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the biological effects of taurine, glucose, classic Red Bull® and sugar-free Red Bull® in order to check the food safety and the nutraceutical potential of these compounds, characterising different endpoints: (i) Toxicology, antitoxicology, genotoxicology and life expectancy assays were performed in the Drosophila melanogaster model organism; (ii) The in vitro chemopreventive activity of testing compounds was determined by assessing their cytotoxicity, the proapoptotic DNA-damage capability to induce internucleosomal fragmentation, the strand breaks activity and the modulator role on the methylation status of genomic repetitive sequences of HL-60 promyelocytic cells. Whereas none tested compounds showed toxic or genotoxic effect, all tested compounds exerted antitoxic and antigenotoxic activity in Drosophila. Glucose, classic Red Bull® and sugar-free Red Bull® were cytotoxic in HL-60 cell line. Classic Red Bull® induced DNA internucleosomal fragmentation although none of them exhibited DNA damage on human leukaemia cells. In conclusion, the tested compounds are safe on Drosophila melanogaster and classic Red Bull® could overall possess nutraceutical potential in the in vivo and in vitro model used in this study. Besides, taurine could holistically be one of the bioactive compounds responsible for the biological activity of classic Red Bull®.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Christian Leitner ◽  
Fabio Richlan

During the COVID-19 pandemic the “Austrian Bundesliga” – as in many other European football leagues – resumed the season around the end of May 2020 without supporters in the stadiums. These so-called “ghost games” represent a unique and unprecedented opportunity to study the effects of the (missing) audience on the behavior and experience of sports professionals. The present study is the first of its kind, aimed at addressing the psychological effects of these “ghost games” on football players, staff, and officials.The newly developed “Analysis System for Emotional Behavior in Football” (ASEB-F) was used to video analyze and compare the behavior of players, staff, and officials in – in sum – 20 games of FC Red Bull Salzburg in the “Championship Groups” of season 2018/19 (“regular games”) and season 2019/20 (“ghost games”). Additionally, the two seasons were compared based on official matchday statistics.Overall, there were 19.5% fewer emotional situations in “ghost games” than in “regular games”. The results further show a relative increase in the number of emotional behaviors “Self-Adaptor” (+0.8%), “Protest” (+4.2%) and “Fair-Play-Behavior” (+3.1%) in “ghost games”, whereas “Words fight” (-5.1%) and “Discussion” (-5.1%) decreased in “ghost games”. In “regular games” referees were actively involved in 39.4% of all documented emotional situations, whereas in “ghost games” referees were actively involved in only 25.2% of all documented emotional situations (-14.2%). Chronological analysis within games – from kick-on to kick-off – further shows substantial differences in the temporal occurrence of emotional behavior between “regular games” and “ghost games”.The study provides unprecedented insights into the effects of missing supporters in the football games during the COVID-19 pandemic on emotional behavior on the pitch. Without the external factor of supporters, players and staff acted more factually and got less carried away with longer lasting and extensive “Words fights” and “Discussion”. The evidence from this study indicates that – from a sport psychological perspective – the absence of supporters has a substantial influence on the experience and behavior of players, staff, and officials alike.


2012 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 226-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Cooper ◽  
Mark Stanford ◽  
Kevin A. Kibble ◽  
Gregory J. Gibbons

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