The Use of Constructed Wetlands to Treat Effluents for Water Reuse

[Abstract]: Constructed wetland systems (CWs) are technologies based on natural processes for pollutant removal and have been more and more accepted in the treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater. This study selected and reviewed articles published in the last six years involving the use of different CW conceptions and their association with other technologies to treat different effluents and evaluated the quality of the effluents for reuse. From a total of 81 articles reviewed, 41 presented quantitative data on the quality of the treated effluent in relation to the requirements of the reuse regulations in different countries of the world. CWs can be used to treat gray water and runoff water, as well as domestic and industrial effluents with the purpose of reusing them. While studies on the removal of new chemical and biological substances have increased, challenges are associated with the optimization of CWs to improve the removal of pathogens and new contaminants that have appeared more recently. The potential for the improved removal of those pollutants lies in the association of CWs with conventional and advanced technologies in new configurations. We concluded that studies related to the reuse of effluents using CWs are in constant evolution, with experiments at different scales. The perspectives are promising since CWs are an economic, environmentally friendly, and efficient technology to help in the mitigation of water scarcity problems imposed by climate changes.Sandro Xavier de Campos thanks the University of A Coruña for the research stay there and the CNPq for the scholarships granted for this stay

Beneficios del alta precoz en pacientes intervenidas de cáncer de mama

[Resumen] Introducción: El cáncer de mama (CM) constituye la primera causa de muerte por cáncer en las mujeres en nuestro país y afecta cada vez más a un mayor número de mujeres jóvenes. Este cambio en el perfil de las pacientes responde a una sociedad en continua evolución, cuyas necesidades difieren de las generaciones anteriores. En este contexto, el alta precoz tras la cirugía ha surgido como una alternativa segura y eficaz que supone múltiples beneficios frente a la hospitalización convencional. Objetivos: Determinar los beneficios del alta precoz frente a la hospitalización convencional en pacientes intervenidas de cáncer de mama e identificar las intervenciones de enfermería necesarias para su éxito. Metodología: Se realizó una búsqueda bibliográfica en las bases de datos PubMed, Scopus y Dialnet. Se evaluó la calidad de los estudios mediante la escala “Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) Levels of Evidence”. Finalmente se analizaron las limitaciones de la revisión. Discusión: El alta precoz supone un menor riesgo de infecciones nosocomiales, menores tasas de ansiedad y depresión y una recuperación más rápida en el hogar. Conclusiones: En conclusión, el alta precoz tras la cirugía de cáncer de mama ofrece múltiples beneficios, no solo a nivel físico sino también a nivel psicológico. Para lograrlo, la intervención de enfermería resulta crucial en el perioperatorio.[Resumo] Introducción: O cancro de mama é a primeira causa de morte por cancro en mulleres no noso país e afecta cada vez máis a un maior número de mulleres novas. Este cambio no perfil das pacientes responde a unha sociedade en continua evolución, cuxas necesidades difiren das xeracións anteriores. Neste contexto, a alta precoz despois da cirurxía emerxeu como unha alternativa segura e eficaz que ofrece múltiples beneficios fronte á hospitalización convencional. Obxectivo: Determinar os beneficios do alta precoz en comparación coa hospitalización convencional en pacientes sometidas a cirurxía de cancro de mama e identificar as intervencións de enfermería necesarias para o seu éxito. Metodoloxía: Realizouse unha busca bibliográfica nas bases de datos PubMed, Scopus e Dialnet. A calidade dos estudos foi avaliada mediante a escala "Oxford Center for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) Levels of Evidence". Finalmente, analizáronse as limitacións da revisión. Discusión: A alta precoz supón un menor risco de infeccións nosocomiais, menores taxas de ansiedade e depresión e unha recuperación máis rápida na casa. Conclusións: En conclusión, a alta precoz despois da cirurxía de cancro de mama ofrece múltiples beneficios, non só físicos senón tamén psicolóxicos. Para conseguilo, a intervención de enfermería é fundamental no período perioperatorio.[Abstract] Introduction: Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer death in women in our country and increasingly affects more and more young women. This change in the profile of patients responds to a society in continuous evolution, whose needs differ from previous generations. In this context, early discharge after surgery has emerged as a safe and effective alternative to conventional hospitalization, improving patients' quality of life and facilitating a faster return to daily and professional activities. Objective: To determine the benefits of early discharge compared to conventional hospitalisation in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery and to identify the nursing interventions necessary for their success. Methodology: A literature search was conducted in the PubMed, Scopus and Dialnet databases. We assessed study quality using the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) Levels of Evidence scale. Finally, we analysed the limitations of the review. Discussion: Early discharge means a lower risk of nosocomial infections, lower rates of anxiety and depression, and faster recovery at home. Conclusions: In conclusion, early discharge after breast cancer surgery offers multiple benefits, not only physically but also psychologically. To achieve this, nursing intervention is crucial in the perioperative period.Traballo fin de grao (UDC.ENFC). Enfermaría. Curso 2023/2024

Ecologías de Aprendizaje e Identidad Profesional del profesorado de Educación Secundaria

Programa Oficial de Doutoramento en Equidade e Innovación en Educación. 5016V01[Resumen]: La presente investigación tiene como objetivo identificar cómo se configuran las Ecologías de Aprendizaje y las Identidades Profesionales de los Docentes de Educación Secundaria en la Sociedad del Conocimiento, y tras analizar la relación entre ambos constructos, valorar su contribución al desarrollo profesional del docente de Educación Secundaria.A tal fin, se ha llevado a cabo una investigación con un diseño mixto secuencial-exploratorio. Se desarrolló una primera fase de corte cualitativo, basado en la tradición de investigación de Estudio de Caso mediante la realización de dos entrevistas a cada uno de los cinco docentes participantes. Posteriormente, se abordó una segunda fase de corte cuantitativo y de carácter descriptivo correlacional, a través de la aplicación de un cuestionario a 311 docentes de Educación Secundaria en la ciudad de A Coruña.Los resultados caracterizan, de forma global, a un profesorado motivado intrínsecamente, con una identidad profesional definida y una ecología de aprendizaje en desarrollo. Además, desvelan un avance hacia la inclusión de los recursos digitales en los procesos de aprendizaje y actualización del profesorado, apuntando hacia la necesidad de ampliar la formación de carácter formal y no formal ofrecida por instituciones como los Centros de Formación y Recursos y las Universidades.[Resumo]: A presente investigación ten como obxectivo identificar como se configuran as Ecoloxías de Aprendizaxe e as Identidades Profesionais dos Docentes de Educación Secundaria na Sociedade do Coñecemento, e tras analizar a relación entre ambos constructos, valorar a súa contribución ao desenvolvemento profesional do docente de Educación Secundaria.A tal fin, levouse a cabo unha investigación baseada cun deseño mixto secuencial-exploratorio. Desenvolveuse unha primeira fase de corte cualitativo, baseado na tradición de investigación de Estudo de Caso mediante a realización de dúas entrevistas a cada un dos cinco docentes participantes. Posteriormente, abordouse unha segunda fase de corte cuantitativo e de carácter descriptivo correlacional, a través da aplicación dun cuestionario a 311 docentes de Educación Secundaria na cidade de A Coruña.Os resultados caracterizan, de forma global, a un profesorado motivado intrinsecamente, cunha identidade profesional definida e unha ecoloxía de aprendizaxe en desenvolvemento. Ademais, desvelan un avance cara á inclusión dos recursos dixitais nos procesos de aprendizaxe e actualización do profesorado, apuntando cara á necesidade de ampliar a formación de carácter formal e non formal ofrecida por institucións como os Centros de Formación e Recursos e as Universidades.[Abstract]: The aim of this research was to identify how learning ecologies and secondary education teachers´ professional identities are configured in the knowledge society. After analysing the relationship between these two constructs, the goal was to assess their contribution to secondary-school teachers’ professional development.To that end, a study was performed following a sequential exploratory mixed design. The first phase was qualitative, based on the case study research tradition, involving two interviews with each of the five participating teachers. The second phase, which was quantitative and descriptive-correlational, was done by applying a questionnaire to 311 secondary school teachers in the city of A Coruña.The results overall characterise a teaching staff that is intrinsically motivated, with a defined professional identity and a developing learning ecology. They also demonstrate progress towards including digital resources in teachers’ learning and continuing professional development processes, highlighting the need to expand both formal and non-formal training offered by training and resource centres and universities

Analysis of Tourism as a Functional Transformer in San Andrés de Teixido (Cedeira)

[Resumen] El turismo en San Andrés de Teixido ha cambiado su estructura funcional y la forma de vida de su población local a lo largo de las últimas décadas. La llegada de visitantes y los requerimientos administrativos para el cuidado de animales han motivado que los actores del destino dediquen sus recursos, principalmente, a la actividad turística en lugar de al sector primario, como era habitual. En este artículo se muestra el cambio funcional de las infraestructuras de la aldea y se reflexiona sobre loselementos, tales como la carretera, que han supuesto un revulsivo en las necesidades tanto del visitante como de la población local.[Abstract] Tourism in San Andrés de Teixido has changed the functional structure of the town and the way of life of the local population in recent decades. The influx of visitors into the area combined with growing administrative requirements in relation to animal care has led many people within the community to abandon their traditional primary sector activities and focus their resources on tourism instead. This article examines the functional change in the infrastructure of the village and reflects on elements, such as the road, which have transformed the needs of both locals and visitors

Analysis of Tourism Projects in Colombia and their Contribution To Reducing Income Inequality and Poverty

[Resumen] En los últimos años, el turismo ha demostrado su potencial para generarcrecimiento económico. Sin embargo, su efectoen la reducción de la desigualdad económicahagenerado resultados mixtosentre los investigadores. No obstante, un consenso común es que el impactodel turismo en la desigualdad económicadepende del país y del modelo econométrico utilizado para su estimación. En algunospaíses en desarrollo, como en Colombia, se ha priorizado eldesarrollo del turismo para alcanzarun desarrollo sostenible y para contribuir ala estrategia de consolidación depaz. El Fondo Nacional de Turismo [FONTUR] es responsable de recaudarlos impuestos generados de las actividades turísticas y de aprobarla inversión de estos ingresos para promover proyectos de desarrollo turístico que estén alineados con la política turística nacional. Este estudio utiliza un modelo de efectos fijos para estimar el impacto de estos proyectos entre 2013 y 2019 sobre la desigualdad económicay la pobreza de 24 departamentos colombianos. Nuestros hallazgos muestran que los proyectos orientados al turismo contribuyen adisminuir la pobreza,pero no tienen un impacto sobre la desigualdad económica.Los resultados del estudio muestran que los proyectos turísticosturismo tienen un mayor efecto en la reducción de la pobreza y la desigualdad económicaen los destinos en fase inicial de desarrollo turístico. Además, la reducción de la pobreza y la desigualdad se produce en los departamentosmenos afectados históricamente por la violencia y la pobreza.[Abstract] In recent years, tourism has demonstrated its potential to generate economic growth; however, its impact on reducing income inequality is less clear. This study examines the consensus view that the impact of tourism on income inequality depends on the country and the econometric method used to measure it. In developing countries such as Colombia, tourism development has been prioritised as a peacebuilding strategy and a way of achieving sustainable development. The collection of corporate tax from active tourism providers is overseen by the National Tourism Fund (FONTUR), which is also responsible for approving investmentof this revenue to promote tourism projects that are aligned with national tourism policy. The study uses a panel fixed effect model to measure the impact of these projects on the income inequality and poverty of 24 Colombian states between 2013 and 2019.The results show that tourism projects have a greater effect on reducing poverty and income inequality in early-stage tourism destinations, and in states which have historically been less affected by violence and poverty

Severity and progression of structural hand OA is not associated with progression of structural knee OA: the IMI-APPROACH cohort

[Abstract]. Objective. To investigate whether structural hand OA or its progression is associated with structural knee OA progression after two years in a population with symptomatic knee OA. Methods. We used baseline and two-year follow-up data from the IMI-APPROACH cohort. Symptomatic hand and knee OA were defined using ACR criteria. Radiographs of hands and knees were scored semi-quantitatively for osteophytes and joint space narrowing (JSN) following the OARSI atlas, and Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) scale. Knee images were also scored quantitatively with the Knee Image Digital Analysis (KIDA). Progression was defined as change above the minimal detectable change on patient level, except for KIDA (most affected knee compartment level). With logistic regression analyses the severity or progression of hand OA was associated with knee OA progression. Results. In 221 participants (mean age 66, 77% women, mean BMI 27.7, 19% hand OA), OA progression occurred in 18%–28%, and 9%–38% in hands and knees respectively, depending on features. Baseline structural hand OA features were not significantly associated with knee OA progression, except for hand osteophytes with KIDA osteophytes progression (odds ratio (OR) 1.03, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01–1.06). Progression of structural hand OA features was not significantly associated with knee OA progression, except for hand osteophyte or JSN progression, which was significantly associated with knee osteophyte progression (OR 0.44, 95%CI 0.22–0.84 and OR 0.43, 95%CI 0.18–0.94, respectively), and hand osteophyte progression for knee JSN (OR 2.51, 95%CI 1.15–5.48). Conclusions. In patients with symptomatic knee OA, no consistent associations between baseline structural hand OA or hand OA progression and knee OA progression were shown.The research leading to these results have received support from the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking under Grant Agreement no 115770, resources of which are composed of financial contribution from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) and EFPIA companies in-kind contribution

Gaia Focused Product Release: A catalogue of sources around quasars to search for strongly lensed quasars

[Abstract]: Context. Strongly lensed quasars are fundamental sources for cosmology. The Gaia space mission covers the entire sky with the unprecedented resolution of 0.18″ in the optical, making it an ideal instrument to search for gravitational lenses down to the limiting magnitude of 21. Nevertheless, the previous Gaia Data Releases are known to be incomplete for small angular separations such as those expected for most lenses. Aims. We present the Data Processing and Analysis Consortium GravLens pipeline, which was built to analyse all Gaia detections around quasars and to cluster them into sources, thus producing a catalogue of secondary sources around each quasar. We analysed the resulting catalogue to produce scores that indicate source configurations that are compatible with strongly lensed quasars. Methods. GravLens uses the DBSCAN unsupervised clustering algorithm to detect sources around quasars. The resulting catalogue of multiplets is then analysed with several methods to identify potential gravitational lenses. We developed and applied an outlier scoring method, a comparison between the average BP and RP spectra of the components, and we also used an extremely randomised tree algorithm. These methods produce scores to identify the most probable configurations and to establish a list of lens candidates. Results. We analysed the environment of 3 760 032 quasars. A total of 4 760 920 sources, including the quasars, were found within 6″ of the quasar positions. This list is given in the Gaia archive. In 87% of cases, the quasar remains a single source, and in 501 385 cases neighbouring sources were detected. We propose a list of 381 lensed candidates, of which we identified 49 as the most promising ones. Beyond these candidates, the associate tables in this Focused Product Release allow the entire community to explore the unique Gaia data for strong lensing studies further.The Gaia mission and data processing have financially been supported by, in alphabetical order by country: – the Algerian Centre de Recherche en Astronomie, Astrophysique et Géophysique of Bouzareah Observatory; – the Austrian Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF) Hertha Firnberg Programme through grants T359, P20046, and P23737; – the BELgian federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) through various PROgramme de Développement d’Expériences scientifiques (PRODEX) grants, the Research Foundation Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) through grant VS.091.16N, the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), and the Research Council of Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven through grant C16/18/005 (Pushing AsteRoseismology to the next level with TESS, GaiA, and the Sloan DIgital Sky SurvEy – PARADISE); – the Brazil-France exchange programmes Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) and Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) - Comité Français d’Evaluation de la Coopération Universitaire et Scientifique avec le Brésil (COFECUB); – the Chilean Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID) through Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (FONDECYT) Regular Project 1210992 (L. Chemin); – the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) through grants 11573054, 11703065, and 12173069, the China Scholarship Council through grant 201806040200, and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai through grant 21ZR1474100; – the Tenure Track Pilot Programme of the Croatian Science Foundation and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and the project TTP-2018-07-1171 ‘Mining the Variable Sky’, with the funds of the Croatian-Swiss Research Programme; – the Czech-Republic Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports through grant LG 15010 and INTER-EXCELLENCE grant LTAUSA18093, and the Czech Space Office through ESA PECS contract 98058; – the Danish Ministry of Science; – the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research through grant IUT40-1; – the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme through the European Leadership in Space Astrometry (ELSA) Marie Curie Research Training Network (MRTN-CT-2006-033481), through Marie Curie project PIOF-GA-2009-255267 (Space AsteroSeismology & RR Lyrae stars, SAS-RRL), and through a Marie Curie Transfer-of-Knowledge (ToK) fellowship (MTKD-CT-2004-014188); the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme through grant FP7-606740 (FP7-SPACE-2013-1) for the Gaia European Network for Improved data User Services (GENIUS) and through grant 264895 for the Gaia Research for European Astronomy Training (GREAT-ITN) network; – the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) through COST Action CA18104 ‘Revealing the Milky Way with Gaia (MW-Gaia)’; – the European Research Council (ERC) through grants 320360, 647208, and 834148 and through the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation and excellent science programmes through Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant 745617 (Our Galaxy at full HD – Gal-HD) and 895174 (The build-up and fate of self-gravitating systems in the Universe) as well as grants 687378 (Small Bodies: Near and Far), 682115 (Using the Magellanic Clouds to Understand the Interaction of Galaxies), 695099 (A sub-percent distance scale from binaries and Cepheids – CepBin), 716155 (Structured ACCREtion Disks – SACCRED), 951549 (Sub-percent calibration of the extragalactic distance scale in the era of big surveys – UniverScale), and 101004214 (Innovative Scientific Data Exploration and Exploitation Applications for Space Sciences – EXPLORE); – the European Science Foundation (ESF), in the framework of the Gaia Research for European Astronomy Training Research Network Programme (GREAT-ESF); – the European Space Agency (ESA) in the framework of the Gaia project, through the Plan for European Cooperating States (PECS) programme through contracts C98090 and 4000106398/12/NL/KML for Hungary, through contract 4000115263/15/NL/IB for Germany, and through PROgramme de Développement d’Expériences scientifiques (PRODEX) grant 4000127986 for Slovenia; – the Academy of Finland through grants 299543, 307157, 325805, 328654, 336546, and 345115 and the Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation; – the French Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) through grant ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02 for the ‘Investissements d’avenir’ programme, through grant ANR-15-CE31-0007 for project ‘Modelling the Milky Way in the Gaia era’ (MOD4Gaia), through grant ANR-14-CE33-0014-01 for project ‘The Milky Way disc formation in the Gaia era’ (ARCHEOGAL), through grant ANR-15-CE31-0012-01 for project ‘Unlocking the potential of Cepheids as primary distance calibrators’ (UnlockCepheids), through grant ANR-19-CE31-0017 for project ‘Secular evolution of galaxies’ (SEGAL), and through grant ANR-18-CE31-0006 for project ‘Galactic Dark Matter’ (GaDaMa), the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and its SNO Gaia of the Institut des Sciences de l’Univers (INSU), its Programmes Nationaux: Cosmologie et Galaxies (PNCG), Gravitation Références Astronomie Métrologie (PNGRAM), Planétologie (PNP), Physique et Chimie du Milieu Interstellaire (PCMI), and Physique Stellaire (PNPS), the ‘Action Fédératrice Gaia ’ of the Observatoire de Paris, the Région de Franche-Comté, the Institut National Polytechnique (INP) and the Institut National de Physique nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (IN2P3) co-funded by CNES; – the German Aerospace Agency (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., DLR) through grants 50QG0501, 50QG0601, 50QG0602, 50QG0701, 50QG0901, 50QG1001, 50QG1101, 50QG1401, 50QG1402, 50QG1403, 50QG1404, 50QG1904, 50QG2101, 50QG2102, and 50QG2202, and the Centre for Information Services and High Performance Computing (ZIH) at the Technische Universität Dresden for generous allocations of computer time; – the Hungarian Academy of Sciences through the Lendület Programme grants LP2014-17 and LP2018-7 and the Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office (NKFIH) through grant KKP-137523 (‘SeismoLab’); – the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) through a Royal Society - SFI University Research Fellowship (M. Fraser); – the Israel Ministry of Science and Technology through grant 3-18143 and the Tel Aviv University Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (TAD) through a grant; – the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) through contracts I/037/08/0, I/058/10/0, 2014-025-R.0, 2014-025-R.1.2015, and 2018-24-HH.0 to the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), contract 2014-049-R.0/1/2 to INAF for the Space Science Data Centre (SSDC, formerly known as the ASI Science Data Center, ASDC), contracts I/008/10/0, 2013/030/I.0, 2013-030-I.0.1-2015, and 2016-17-I.0 to the Aerospace Logistics Technology Engineering Company (ALTEC S.p.A.), INAF, and the Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research (Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca) through the Premiale project ‘MIning The Cosmos Big Data and Innovative Italian Technology for Frontier Astrophysics and Cosmology’ (MITiC); – the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) through grant NWO-M-614.061.414, through a VICI grant (A. Helmi), and through a Spinoza prize (A. Helmi), and the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA); – the Polish National Science Centre through HARMONIA grant 2018/30/M/ST9/00311 and DAINA grant 2017/27/L/ST9/03221 and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) through grant DIR/WK/2018/12; – the Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) through national funds, grants SFRH/BD/128840/2017 and PTDC/FIS-AST/30389/2017, and work contract DL 57/2016/CP1364/CT0006, the Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) through grant POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030389 and its Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (COMPETE2020) through grants UIDB/04434/2020 and UIDP/04434/2020, and the Strategic Programme UIDB/00099/2020 for the Centro de Astrofísica e Gravitação (CENTRA); – the Slovenian Research Agency through grant P1-0188; – the Spanish Ministry of Economy (MINECO/FEDER, UE), the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICIN), the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports, and the Spanish Government through grants BES-2016-078499, BES-2017-083126, BES-C-2017-0085, ESP2016-80079-C2-1-R, ESP2016-80079-C2-2-R, FPU16/03827, PDC2021-121059-C22, RTI2018-095076-B-C22, and TIN2015-65316-P (‘Computación de Altas Prestaciones VII’), the Juan de la Cierva Incorporación Programme (FJCI-2015-2671 and IJC2019-04862-I for F. Anders), the Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence Programme (SEV2015-0493), and MICIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (and the European Union through European Regional Development Fund ‘A way of making Europe’) through grant RTI2018-095076-B-C21, the Institute of Cosmos Sciences University of Barcelona (ICCUB, Unidad de Excelencia ‘María de Maeztu’) through grant CEX2019-000918-M, the University of Barcelona’s official doctoral programme for the development of an R+D+i project through an Ajuts de Personal Investigador en Formació (APIF) grant, the Spanish Virtual Observatory through project AyA2017-84089, the Galician Regional Government, Xunta de Galicia, through grants ED431B-2021/36, ED481A-2019/155, and ED481A-2021/296, the Centro de Investigación en Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (CITIC), funded by the Xunta de Galicia and the European Union (European Regional Development Fund – Galicia 2014-2020 Programme), through grant ED431G-2019/01, the Red Española de Supercomputación (RES) computer resources at MareNostrum, the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) through activities AECT-2017-2-0002, AECT-2017-3-0006, AECT-2018-1-0017, AECT-2018-2-0013, AECT-2018-3-0011, AECT-2019-1-0010, AECT-2019-2-0014, AECT-2019-3-0003, AECT-2020-1-0004, and DATA-2020-1-0010, the Departament d’Innovació, Universitats i Empresa de la Generalitat de Catalunya through grant 2014-SGR-1051 for project ‘Models de Programació i Entorns d’Execució Parallels’ (MPEXPAR), and Ramon y Cajal Fellowship RYC2018-025968-I funded by MICIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the European Science Foundation (‘Investing in your future’); – the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA/Rymdstyrelsen); – the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation through the Swiss Activités Nationales Complémentaires and the Swiss National Science Foundation through an Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship (award PCEFP2_194638 for R. Anderson); – the United Kingdom Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC), the United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), and the United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) through the following grants to the University of Bristol, the University of Cambridge, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Leicester, the Mullard Space Sciences Laboratory of University College London, and the United Kingdom Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL): PP/D006511/1, PP/D006546/1, PP/D006570/1, ST/I000852/1, ST/J005045/1, ST/K00056X/1, ST/K000209/1, ST/K000756/1, ST/L006561/1, ST/N000595/1, ST/N000641/1, ST/N000978/1, ST/N001117/1, ST/S000089/1, ST/S000976/1, ST/S000984/1, ST/S001123/1, ST/S001948/1, ST/S001980/1, ST/S002103/1, ST/V000969/1, ST/W002469/1, ST/W002493/1, ST/W002671/1, ST/W002809/1, and EP/V520342/1. The GBOT programme uses observations collected at (i) the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO) with the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), under ESO programmes 092.B-0165, 093.B-0236, 094.B-0181, 095.B-0046, 096.B-0162, 097.B-0304, 098.B-0030, 099.B-0034, 0100.B-0131, 0101.B-0156, 0102.B-0174, and 0103.B-0165; and (ii) the Liverpool Telescope, which is operated on the island of La Palma by Liverpool John Moores University in the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias with financial support from the United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council, and (iii) telescopes of the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network

Implementation of a teledermatology electronic consultation program to improve the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

[Abstract] Introduction: Skin lesions are a common extraintestinal manifestation associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), although they may also appear as a complication of IBD treatment. Prompt referral to the dermatologist can be very helpful in practice. Teledermatology complements the traditional in-person health care modality, improving access to dermatological care. Objective: To evaluate the impact of a store-and-forward teledermatology electronic consultation (e-consult) program on the care of IBD patients. Methods: A retrospective study assessing the outcomes of our teledermatology program over its first 2 years of implementation. Results: A total of 39 consultations involving 33 patients (69.2% women, mean age 39.6 years [12–63]) were conducted. The mean number of teleconsultations was 2.8 per month in the initial implementation stage: 33 consultations were carried out in patients with Crohn's disease and 6 in ulcerative colitis. Only 18% of the patients had an active flare-up. The most frequent reason for the e-consult was paradoxical psoriasiform lesions (n = 13, 33.3%), commonly related with anti-tumor necrosis factor agents (70% of the patients) and hidradenitis suppurativa (n = 4, 10.3%). Resolution was achieved in 87% of patients, with a mean waiting time of 4.7 days (0–14). Almost all patients (97%) were satisfied with our program, and considered the referral through the program to be appropriate (92%). Best valued features were the reduced waiting time and the coordinated approach between the two departments involved. Conclusions: Dermatology e-consult is an efficient and useful means of optimizing IBD patient care

Vinted in the midst of an environnmental crisis: a tool to perpetuate or to break fast fashion consumption?

[Resumen] En un momento histórico en el que la moda es un eje central en la cultura de nuestras sociedades occidentales actuales y las tecnologías han adquirido un punto de desarrollo, accesibilidad y alcance puntero, existe paralelamente la problemática del cambio climático, que acoge bajo su paraguas dinámicas dañinas para el planeta como el sobre-consumo de recursos naturales, la contaminación de ríos o del aire, o la generación inmensurable de residuos no orgánicos que perdurarán en nuestros ecosistemas durante años. Aparece en este contexto la plataforma online de compra-venta Vinted, sobre la que trataré de conocer las motivaciones diferenciadas o no de personas compradoras y vendedoras para determinar si esta plataforma es una nueva forma de consumo consciente y responsable o una forma de alimentar el consumo de fast fashion favoreciendo que el individuo pueda recuperar parte de ese dinero para nuevamente invertirlo en renovar su armario.[Resumo] Nun momento histórico no que a moda é un eixo central na cultura das nosas actuáis sociedades occidentais e as tecnoloxías adquiriron un punto de desenvolvemento, accesibilidade e alcance de vangarda, dáse paralelamente a problemática do cambio climático, que acolle baixo o seu paraugas dinámicas dañinas para o planeta como o sobre-consumo de recursos naturais, a contaminación de ríos ou do aire, ou a xeración inconmesurable de residuos non orgánicos que perdurarán nos nosos ecosistemas durante anos. Aparece neste contexto a plataforma online de compra-venda Vinted, sobre a que tentarei coñecer as motivacións diferenciadas ou non de persoas compradoras e vendedoras para determinar se esta plataforma é unha nova forma de consumo consciente e responsable ou unha forma de alimentar o consumo do fast fashion favorecendo que o individuo poida recuperar parte dese diñeiro para novamente invertilo na renovación do seu armario.[Abstract] At a historical moment in which fashion is a central axis in the culture of our current Western societies and technologies have acquired a point of development, accessibility and cutting-edge reach, there is in parallel the problem of climate change, which it embraces under its umbrella harmful dynamics to the planet such as the overconsumption of natural resources, the pollution of rivers or the air, or the immeasurable generation of non-organic waste that will persist in our ecosystems for years. In this context, the online buying and selling platform Vinted appears, on which I will try to know the differentiated or undifferentiated motivations of buyers and sellers to determine if this platform is a new form of conscious and responsible consumption or a way to feed consumption of fast fashion, allowing the individual to recover part of that money to invest it again in renewing their wardrobe.Traballo fin de grao (UDC.SOC). Socioloxía. Curso 2023/202

Current experience with obstetrical events: characteristics and the effects of nocturnal periods

[Abstract] Background: The object is to analyze the influence of the nocturnal period and lunar phases on the frequency of obstetrical events in pregnant women. Methods: This was a retrospective, transversal observational study of 1409 births in a hospital from northwest Spain (α = 0.05; precision = ±2.65%). A review of patients’ clinical records was performed recording the following data: labor onset type, date of last menstrual period, parity, gestational age, duration of pre-labor and labor, type of delivery, the hour, work shift, and lunar phase pattern of events. Statistical evaluation included descriptive and inferential analysis. Results: Labor was spontaneous in 58.3% of all cases; spontaneous deliveries accounted for 54.2% of the total and 19.2% were instrumental. In the cases of spontaneous labor onset, 48.5% began during the nocturnal period. The early labor phase was less than 6 hours in 62.7% of cases (44.8% during the full moon phase). During the nocturnal period, rupture of membranes and dilation periods of less than 3 hours were more common, with 32% of spontaneous membrane rupture occurring during a full moon. A significant dependence was observed between the labor type and nocturnal period, as 40.8% of all spontaneous births, 36.2% of instrumental births and 46.9% of emergency cesarean sections occurred during the night shift. Furthermore, 66.3% of precipitous deliveries (<3 hours) took place during this period. Conclusions: The nocturnal period is related to a higher number of spontaneous rupture of the membranes, non-intervention in the onset of labor, shorter early labor phases, faster deliveries, spontaneous births and emergency caesarean sections. A higher frequency of spontaneous rupture of the membranes, a full labor, early labor phases of less than 3 hours and emergency caesarean sections was observed during full moon phases