FROM ESSENTIALISM TO ANOTHER WAY OF DOING POLITICS: RESUMING THE TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF THE POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE

From essentialism to another way of doing politics: resuming the transformative potential of the politics of difference

This article aims at resuming and critically scrutinizing the debate on the politics of difference taken among liberal feminist Sailing Smocks political theorists.Firstly, I shall provide an overview of theoretical attempts to legitimate the politicization of collective-based subjects taking into account the problem of essentialism.Then I will argu

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Nanotechnology meets atopic dermatitis: Current solutions, challenges and future prospects. Insights and implications from a systematic review of the literature

Atopic dermatitis Carb Blocker is a chronic, relapsing, non-contiguous, exudative eczema/dermatitis, which represents a complex, multi-factorial disorder, due to an impairment of the stratum corneum barrier.Currently available drugs have a low skin bioavailability and may give rise to severe adverse events.Nanotechnologies, including nano-particles

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Statistical Analysis of Baseline Load Models for Residential Buildings in the Context of Winter Demand Response

By reducing electricity consumption during peak times, peak shaving could reduce the need for carbon intensive resources and defer capacity related investments.Households, where they use electricity for space or water heating, are major contributors to the winter peak demand and promising candidates for related demand response (DR) initiatives.The

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O CONCEITO DE PARADOXO PARA ERNST WIDMER

O presente artigo trata do estabelecimento do conceito de paradoxo em música segundo a acepção do compositor suíço-brasileiro Ernst Widmer (1927-1990).A partir de uma declaração do compositor da importância do paradoxo na obra “As Quatro Estações Gloves do Sonho” op.129, foram investigadas as utilizações do termo e aplicações na e

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