The increasingly multicultural fabric of modern societies has given rise to many new issues and conflicts, as ethnic and national minorities demand recognition and support for their cultural identity. This book presents a new conception of the rights and status of minority cultures. It argues that certain sorts of 'collective rights' for minority cultures are consistent with liberal democratic principles, and that standard liberal objections to recognizing such rights on grounds of individual freedom, social justice, and national unity, can be answered. However, Professor Kymlicka emphasises that no single formula can be applied to all groups and that the needs and aspirations of immigrants are very different from those of indigenous peoples and national minorities. The book discusses issues such as language rights, group representation, religious education, federalism, and secession - issues which are central to understanding multicultural politics, but which have been surprisingly neglected in contemporary liberal theory.

Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights

Reciprocal crosstalk between endocrine and immune systems has been well-documented both in physiological and pathological conditions, although the connection between the immune system and thyroid hormones (THs) remains largely unclear. Inflammation and infection are two important processes modulated by the immune system, which have profound effects on both central and peripheral THs metabolism. Conversely, optimal levels of THs are necessary for the maintenance of immune function and response. Although some effects of THs are mediated by their binding to cell membrane integrin receptors, triggering a non-genomic response, most of the actions of these hormones involve their binding to specific nuclear thyroid receptors (TRs), which generate a genomic response by modulating the activity of a great variety of transcription factors. In this special review on THs role in health and disease, we highlight the relevance of these hormones in the molecular mechanisms linked to inflammation upon their binding to specific nuclear receptors. In particular, we focus on THs effects on different signaling pathways involved in the inflammation associated with various infectious and/or pathological processes, emphasizing those mediated by NF-kB, p38MAPK and JAK/STAT. The findings showed in this review suggest new opportunities to improve current therapeutic strategies for the treatment of inflammation associated with several infections and/or diseases, such as cancer, sepsis or Covid-19 infection.

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Thyroid hormones act as modulators of inflammation through their nuclear receptors

Trabajo presentado a las XXIV Jornadas de la Asociacion de Economia de la Educacion celebradas en Madrid (Espana) del 25 al 26 de junio de 2015.

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Competencias vs. capacidades: ¿enfoques complementarios o excluyentes?

espanolRevista Policia y Seguridad Publica 5(2) 2015: 515-516 EnglishRevista Policia y Seguridad Publica 5(2) 2015: 515-516

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Libros: Inteligencia cultural. Habilidades interpersonales para triunfar en la empresa global

Spatial distribution of medusae (Cnidaria) assemblages in the southern Gulf of Mexico (dry season)

Uno de los efectos beneficiosos de la globalizacion es la interconexion entre distintas culturas, asi como su convivencia en un mismo espacio. Los cambios demograficos y culturales hacen de esto un reto: como gestionar esa diversidad cultural para no caer en el asimilacionismo, lo que conduce, claramente, a la discriminacion, ni caer en el otro extremo del aislacionismo que genera ghetos y marginacion. El objetivo de este paper es exponer que medidas se han tomado, tanto a nivel europeo como a nivel estatal en materia de gestion de la diversidad en la ensenanza publica y, en concreto, en las ensenanzas universitarias. Empezaremos por comparar los tres grandes modelos de gestion de la diversidad social (asimilacionismo, melting pot y pluralismo cultural) con los intentos que se estan dando en las universidades por gestionar la cada vez mayor diversidad que se da en su seno. No es un objetivo facil y para eso nos apoyaremos en dos conceptos: respeto y tolerancia, para ver cual es mas coherente con el modelo de gestion de la diversidad que se defendera en las siguientes paginas: el modelo de gestion intercultural. Para ello se presentaran ejemplos de como se esta gestionando esta diversidad en las instituciones publicas de educacion, en concreto en la universidades. Se trata de describir las estrategias de gestion de la diversidad o la ausencia de estas y comprobar, mediante su discusion, que consecuencias tienen. Por ultimo, en base a la discusion sobre los modelos de gestion de la diversidad se realizaran propuestas concretas sobre que camino se deberia seguir con el fin de conseguir una universidad publica basada en la interculturalidad que promueva y valore los tres principios basicos que se derivan de este modelo: principio de igualdad, principio de la diferencia y principio de interaccion positiva.

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Escrich Gallardo

Papers

Diversidad cultural en las universidades: aproximación y enfoques para su gestión