Apex School of Theology

La experiencia realizada con personas mayores en la participación de la marcha del 8 de marzo (8M) conforma el disparador de una serie de lecturas y consideraciones vinculadas a vejez y género que interesa compartir. Este relato de experiencia se desarrolla en cuatro apartados. La introducción, donde se explicita la intencionalidad de poner en diálogo la vejez y el género desde una perspectiva de derechos. Un segundo espacio donde se comparten las conceptualizaciones de envejecimiento, vejez y género que dan sustento a la estrategia de trabajo en territorio con mujeres viejas. Luego, bajo el título de «La igualdad no tiene edad», se plantea la interrelación género y vejez y la transversalidad de la interdisciplina y la intersectorialidad en el trabajo con las personas mayores. Se analiza la influencia del territorio en las existentes heterogeneidades personales, familiares y sociales de las mujeres viejas y se relata la experiencia de participación colectiva de mujeres viejas de diferentes territorios de Montevideo en la Marcha del 8M. Por último, se comparten reflexiones acerca de obstáculos, facilitadores y resonancias de las participantes, y se pone en tensión la letra «fría» de los acuerdos internacionales en relación con los derechos de las mujeres y las vejeces con la imperiosa necesidad de colocar en la agenda política la situación de mujeres mayores de 65 años en el Uruguay.

Light of long wavelengths is absorbed almost immediately with depth, while remaining photons are scattered by suspended particles, producing images that are bright, color‑distorted, and structurally blurred. Underwater imaging is therefore a grand challenge across diverse marine environments. Existing enhancement methods fail to balance image fidelity and speed or depend on large, environment‑specific training sets that lack generalization. We propose a frequency‑based quantum‑classical pipeline that uses the Quantum Fourier Transform (QFT) to optimize underwater images without extensive data. The luminance and chroma channels are encoded into quantum states; QFT reveals the spectral content. In the quantum frequency domain, we suppress low‑frequency illumination artifacts and enhance high‑frequency edges and fine details. The modified spectrum is decoded back into classical space in a manner compatible with Noisy Intermediate‑Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices. Experiments on standard underwater datasets show significant improvements in visibility, color balance, and edge sharpness compared to traditional Fourier methods and deep‑learning models. This work demonstrates that quantum spectral processing is an efficient, multi‑productive tool for underwater image enhancement, providing substantial gains in underwater visual perception notably, and for marine navigation and research, in challenging visibility conditions for autonomous underwater vehicles.

<bold>Background:</bold> Durable clinical remission (CR) is a long-term asthma treatment goal. Depemokimab is the first ultra-long-acting biologic with enhanced IL-5 binding affinity, high potency, and extended half-life, enabling twice-yearly dosing in patients with asthma. In SWIFT-1/2, depemokimab significantly reduced exacerbations in patients with type 2 asthma (characterised by high blood eosinophils). <bold>Aim:</bold> To assess CR in SWIFT-1/2. <bold>Methods:</bold> CR was assessed for depemokimab (100 mg subcutaneous every 26 weeks) vs placebo at Week 52 in patients with asthma in SWIFT-1/2. CR was defined by 4 criteria: no exacerbations over 52 weeks; no maintenance OCS in last 90 days; ACQ-5 score ≤1.5 and change from baseline in FEV1 ≥0 mL among the pooled population (pre-specified) and asthma disease duration subgroups (post hoc). <bold>Results:</bold> The observed proportion of patients meeting CR criteria at Week 52 was greater with depemokimab (29%) vs placebo (23%). The largest proportion that achieved CR was the depemokimab subgroup with asthma <10 years (37%), with an odds ratio (depemokimab vs placebo) of 1.77 (0.84, 3.74; Figure). <bold>Conclusions:</bold> In patients with type 2 asthma, a greater proportion of patients achieved CR with depemokimab vs placebo, with the largest proportion seen in the disease duration <10 years subgroup, supporting earlier biologic initiation. <bold>Funding:</bold> GSK (206713/213744; <ext-link>NCT04719832</ext-link>/NCT04718103). <fig><object-id>erj;66/suppl_69/PA2478/F1</object-id><object-id>F1</object-id><object-id>F1</object-id><graphic></graphic></fig>

The adsorption performance of 2169 types of nanotubes for noble gas (Xe, Rn, Kr, and Ar) storage and separation (Kr/Ar, Rn/Xe, Xe/Ar, and Xe/Kr) was evaluated using grand canonical ensemble molecular simulations, through adsorption isotherms, adsorption heats, and selectivity analysis under varying pressures and nanotube types. Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) and silicon carbide nanotubes (SiCNTs) demonstrated the highest adsorption capacities and selectivity across most gas systems. For instance, the Xe adsorption capacity in BNNTs ranges from 5.7 to 8.8 mmol/g at 1.0 MPa, while Rn adsorption in SiNTs reaches 17-20 mmol/g. For Kr and Ar, BNNTs also perform exceptionally, with capacities of 3.3-6 and 1.8-4.1 mmol/g, respectively. Adsorption heat analysis shows Rn having the highest adsorption heat (17-33 kJ/mol), followed by Xe, Kr, and Ar. In binary gas separation systems, BNNTs and SiCNTs exhibit significantly higher selectivity for Xe/Ar and Xe/Kr systems compared to other nanotubes. Adsorption configuration analysis reveals capillary condensation in the Rn/Xe system at low pressures, while the Xe/Ar and Xe/Kr systems remain unsaturated, indicating room for further optimization. These findings offer valuable insights for improving nanotube designs in noble gas storage and separation applications.

Over the years, there has been tremendous progress in the software development industry coupled with rapid development cycles.Those days of lengthy release cycles which made it possible to have extensive manual QA processes are long gone.Companies now have to push their clients continuously to satisfy them and beat the competition, and for that reason, automated QA is more of a must than an advantage.QA automation promotes quality while speed, allowing problems to be detected and fixed within development.At the same time, traditional test automation frameworks, while useful, do not seem to keep up with the ever-changing complexity of today's applications.Modern applications can be defined as ever evolving due to ever changing interfaces, ever changing dependencies and active integrations that develop through iterations renders static test cases irrelevant very quickly.

– Green nanotechnology has widespread applications in various biomedical science fields. In this research paper, green-synthesized silver Nanoparticles, prepared by using Nicotiana rustica extract, were characterized using digital calorimeter, scanning electron microscopy and FTIR. This study thoroughly investigated the insecticidal efficacy of medicinal plants, Nicotiana rustica. Different extraction methods were used and their efficacy with and without nanoparticles was compared. FT-IR analysis indicated the involvement of carboxyl (-C=O), hydroxyl (-OH), C-N stretching of aromatic amines or NO2 symmetric stretching and amine (-NH) functional groups of tobacco leaf extract in the preparation of Silver Nanoparticles. SEM analysis showed that AgNPs is widely distributed in some areas and has irregular and circular shapes that have different diameters with average diameters of, for example, 54.79 nm and 66.05 nm. The focus of the study was on investigating various parameters such as mortality rates, insect survival rates, adult emergence and development stages after treatment periods of 24, 42 and 72 hours. The termite repellent efficacy was significantly higher in treatments with nanoparticles, but the differences were not significant (p&gt;0.05).

Transparency in governance is a cornerstone of a democratic society, ensuring accountability, reducing corruption, and fostering public trust in administrative processes. The Right to Information (RTI) Act, enacted in 2005 in India, has been a transformative tool in enhancing transparency within the public sector. This paper explores the role of the RTI Act in improving public sector governance, with a focus on its mechanisms for providing citizens access to information, fostering participatory governance, and promoting accountability among public officials. The discussion highlights significant success stories where RTI has exposed corruption and inefficiencies, as well as its broader impact on decision-making and resource allocation in the public sector.Despite its transformative potential, the implementation of the RTI Act is fraught with challenges, including bureaucratic resistance, lack of awareness among citizens, resource constraints, and the need to balance transparency with data privacy and confidentiality. Addressing these issues through technological innovation, capacity-building initiatives, and stronger legal frameworks is essential for realizing the full potential of the RTI Act in public governance.The paper concludes by emphasizing the importance of the RTI Act in fostering a culture of openness and accountability while proposing recommendations for overcoming the practical barriers to its effective implementation.

In this article, we examine the structural, electronic, and elastic characteristics of transition metal carbides ZnC and NbC as well as their ternary alloy ZnxNb1−xC (x =0, 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75, 1). Our analysis utilized a Generalized Gradient Approximation along with the modified Becke-Johnson potential (mBJ) using the Full Potential Linearized Augmented Plane Wave (FP-LAPW) approach. We calculated lattice parameters, bulk modulus, pressure derivative, and elastic constants. Additionally, we derived Young's modulus, shear modulus Poisson's ratio anisotropy factor from our obtained elastic constants. Furthermore, discussion is presented on total and partial densities of states as well as charge densities.