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MARCO ANTONIO RETAMAL RIVAS studied for his biology licenciate at the University of Concepcion (UdeC) and obtained this grade in 1969 with a thesis entitled: " I Hemigrapsus crenulatus i (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) en el estero Lenga (Crustacea, Decapoda, Grapsidae)". About our personal interactions with Prof. Marco Antonio Retamal: the last year of my study in biology I knew about him, from his classical papers on decapod taxonomy that marked my beginning in carcinology 30 years ago. Hepatus chiliensis H. Milne Edwards, 1837 en Chile (Crustacea, Decapoda). Spatial distribution and abundance of Hemigrapsus crenulatus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) (Decapoda, Varunidae) in the Puerto Cisnes Estuary (44°S, Aysen region, Chile). [Extracted from the article]

This article presents a study on the care provided by 11 men from different ethnic, health, and socioeconomic backgrounds to two indigenous Rarámuri males with ankylosing spondylitis. This chronic muscular and bone disease is known to evolve progressively, causing disability and immense suffering to the affected individual. Through anthropological research involving ethnographic description and interviews conducted in an urban setting of the City of Chihuahua in the state of Chihuahua, caring practices performed by men that contest prior assumptions about how men relate to each other in relation to their health and masculinity were encountered. To interpret findings, a “caring of the self” framework, along with elements of the discussion of personhood and masculinities, was used; this led to an analysis made through the elaboration of meaningful coding of patterns of caring practices. The patterns identified in the ethnographic data were organized into four groups, all of which represented caring practices performed by these men. The first three groups involve access to food, money, and infrastructure goods, which have a material nature that holds a positive relation to the well-being of the two Rarámuri males in regard to the implications of their disease. The last group is unique in that it pertains to circumstantial factors that required improvisations in the forms of favors exchanged by these males that also positively related to their well-being [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a proposal for the regulation of attorneys' professional behavior in Puerto Rico. Topics related to the history of lawyer behavior and disciplinary procedures are presented, including certain suggestions addressed to the Supreme Court of Justice. The practice of law in this country has been influenced by the cultures of Spain and the United States.

The article presents an analysis of the rules of professional behavior of attorneys, adopted by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Regulations regarding attorneys' fees, contact with the person represented by the attorney, as well as the duty to inform the client on any eventuality of his trial are also discussed.