La inclusión de la discapacidad en las empresas y su influencia en la reputación social corporativa.

Si bien es cierto que en la actualidad el desempleo es un problema que afecta a una gran parte de la sociedad, este capítulo se centra en la ventaja competitiva en términos de la reputación social que una empresa podría adquirir por el hecho de dar a conocer su compromiso con la inclusión laboral de las personas con discapacidad. Pese a la controversia que el imaginario colectivo priorice el empleo para los “normales”, cada vez son más empresas las que buscan dar a conocer su compromiso con la inclusión laboral de este colectivo, ya sea de manera informal o a través de procedimientos certificables. Sea como sea, parece evidente que las empresas que se embarcan en políticas de integración de este tipo de stakeholder en alguno de sus procesos de gestión empresarial (empleados, proveedores, clientes…) favorecen entornos laborables que enriquecen el Bien Común. La discapacidad forma parte de nuestra condición humana, ¿quién no la tiene o la conoce o la vive? Las empresas que se embarcan en la gestión inclusiva de este colectivo y en un estilo específico de comunicación interna y externa, promueven con sus prácticas y su comunicación los principios de igualdad social y del buen hacer en aquellos mercados donde desempeña su actividad, generando un valor intangible de incalculable valor: la confianza de la sociedad. Como consecuencia de este buen hacer social, la reputación social de la empresa es difícil de imitar por su competencia porque su posicionamiento de marca comprometida con la discapacidad no es fruto de acciones puntuales maquilladas bajo un marketing con causa, sino una filosofía corporativa basada en el Bien Común que beneficia a todo ciudadano que tenga la suerte de compartir una experiencia profesional con ellos/as. La comunicación generada en los diferentes ecosistemas digitales contempla las experiencias generadas de la relación profesional de estos colectivos con la empresa así como las recomendaciones de stakeholders afines. Estos diálogos influyen en la reputación social corporativa y en el posicionamiento global de la empresa no sólo como buena marca empleadora sino como buena marca social.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Dímelo más alto, que no te entiendo. La empresa ante la exclusión social de las personas con discapacidad

Este capítulo tiene por objetivo mostrar la incomunicación que se produce entre las actividades desarrolladas por la empresa para contribuir a solventar la exclusión social de las personas con discapacidad y las necesidades reales del colectivo. Se trata de una revisión teórica que presentará la discapacidad según el Modelo Social, es decir, como una manera de funcionar diferente a la de la mayoría de la población y no como un problema del que hay que ocuparse o deshacerse. Desde este enfoque, este colectivo busca que su diferencia sea aceptada e incluida en la sociedad, en vez de mera beneficencia. Sin embargo, veremos que este paradigma no está todavía extendido entre la sociedad en general, ni tampoco en las empresas, lo que produce un desencuentro entre lo que se da y la respuesta de quien lo recibe. Con el fin de solventar este problema plantearemos la conveniencia de incluir la discapacidad en la empresa a través de una gestión socialmente responsable, que busque dar respuesta a las necesidades y expectativas del colectivo afectado. Para lograr este objetivo, presentaremos diferentes iniciativas de certificación empresarial referidas a la inclusión de la discapacidad. Estas herramientas pueden resultar muy inspiradoras para aquellas empresas que decidan contribuir eficazmente a paliar la exclusión social que sufre el colectivo, además de hacerlo saber a la sociedad de una manera medible y comparable.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Novel Findings about Double-Loaded Curcumin-in-HPβcyclodextrin-in Liposomes: Effects on the Lipid Bilayer and Drug Release

In this study, the encapsulation of curcumin (Cur) in “drug-in-cyclodextrin-in-liposomes (DCL)” by following the double-loading technique (DL) was proposed, giving rise to DCL–DL. The aim was to analyze the effect of cyclodextrin (CD) on the physicochemical, stability, and drug-release properties of liposomes. After selecting didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) as the cationic lipid, DCL–DL was formulated by adding 2-hydroxypropyl-α/β/γ-CD (HPβCD)–Cur complexes into the aqueous phase. A competitive effect of cholesterol (Cho) for the CD cavity was found, so cholesteryl hemisuccinate (Chems) was used. The optimal composition of the DCL–DL bilayer was obtained by applying Taguchi methodology and regression analysis. Vesicles showed a lower drug encapsulation efficiency compared to conventional liposomes (CL) and CL containing HPβCD in the aqueous phase. However, the presence of HPβCD significantly increased vesicle deformability and Cur antioxidant activity over time. In addition, drug release profiles showed a sustained release after an initial burst effect, fitting to the Korsmeyer-Peppas kinetic model. Moreover, a direct correlation between the area under the curve (AUC) of dissolution profiles and flexibility of liposomes was obtained. It can be concluded that these “drug-in-cyclodextrin-in-deformable” liposomes in the presence of HPβCD may be a promising carrier for increasing the entrapment efficiency and stability of Cur without compromising the integrity of the liposome bilayer

Perineal Massage during Pregnancy for the Prevention of Postpartum Urinary Incontinence: Controlled Clinical Trial

[EN] Background and objectives: Urinary incontinence is any involuntary loss of urine. It may result in anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and social isolation. Perineal massage has spread as a prophylactic technique for treating complications during labor. Acknowledged effects of perineal massage are reduction of incidence and severity of perineal tear and use of equipment directly related to the intrapartum perineal trauma. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of massage in urinary incontinence prevention and identification of possible differences in its form of application (self-massage or by a physiotherapist), with the previous assumption that it is effective and that there are differences between the different forms of application. Materials and Methods: A controlled clinical trial with a sample of 81 pregnant women was conducted. The participants were divided into three groups: a group that received the massage applied by a specialized physiotherapist, another group that applied the massage to themselves, and a control group that only received ordinary obstetric care. Results: No differences were identified in the incidence or severity of urinary incontinence among the three groups. The severity of the incontinence was only affected by the body mass index and the weight of the baby at the time of delivery. Conclusions: A relationship between perineal massage interventions and development of urinary incontinence has not been observed.S

Prevalence of Perineal Tear Peripartum after Two Antepartum Perineal Massage Techniques: A Non-Randomised Controlled Trial

[EN] Perineal massage increases elasticity of myofascial perineal tissue and decreases the burn-ing and perineal pain during labour, thus optimising child birth, although an application protocol has not been standardised yet. The objective of this study is to determine the efficiency of massage in perineal tear prevention and identification of possible differences in massage application. Total of 90 pregnant participants were divided into three groups: perineal massage and EPI-NO® device group, applied by an expert physiotherapist, self-massage group, where women were instructed to apply perineal massage in domestic household, and a control group, which received ordinary obstetric attention. Results: The results showed significant differences among the control group and the two perineal massage groups in perineal postpartum pain. Correlations in perineal postpartum pain, labour duration and the baby’s weight were not statistically significant. Lithotomy posture was significantly less prevalent in the massage group than in the other two; this variable is known to have a direct effect on episiotomy incidence and could act as a causal covariate of the different incidence of episiotomy in the groups. Perineal massage reduces postpartum perineal pain, prevalence and severity of perineal tear during delivery.S

Extracting extremophilic lipases from aqueous streams by using biocompatible ionic liquids

Financiado para publicación en acceso aberto:Universidade de Vigo/CISUGIn this work, biocompatible ionic liquids based on aminoacids were employed as extractants to separate extremolipases from aqueous streams. First, the influence of aminoacid and dipeptide-based ionic liquids (cholinium glycinate, ChGly, and cholinium glycylglycinate, ChGlygly) on the lipolytic activity of a commercial lipase from Candida antarctica (CaLB) and in-house synthesized extremophilic lipases from Thermus thermophilus HB27 (TtHB27L) and Halomonas sp. LM1C (HL) was investigated. The combination of thermophilic enzyme with ChGly turned out to be the optimum combination for maximizing the biocatalytic performance, clearly improving the levels attained when water was exclusively employed as solvent and also surpassing the activity levels provided for the commercial enzyme CaLB. The salting out capacity of ChGly in aqueous solutions of biodegradable surfactants Tergitol 15S7 and Tergitol 15S9 was discussed, recording immiscibility areas almost covering all the ternary diagrams. The aqueous biphasic systems were experimentally characterized by determining both tie-lines and solubility curves at several temperatures and the data was modelled with relevant equations like Merchuk, Othmer-Tobias and Bancroft ones, as they are the most common ones to describe this kind of equilibrium data. So, ChGly was applied to extract thermophilic and commercial lipases from aqueous solutions at 313.15 K, achieving very high extraction levels (about 100 %) for TtHB27L, which clearly surpasses the maximum extraction values observed for the commercial enzyme (about 80 %). Finally, the process was simulated at real scale through SuperPro Designer v.8.5 for the production of 385 Kg/year of extremolipaseXunta de Galicia | Ref. ED481D-2019/017Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades | Ref. RTI2018-094702-B-I0

Control de acceso en redes sociales web

Proceeding of: XII Reunión Española sobre Criptología y Seguridad de la Información (RECSI 2012), Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, 4-7 sept. 2012Recientemente, motivados por la expansión de internet y la aparición de las Redes Sociales Web (RSW), han surgido gran cantidad de problemas y retos asociados con la privacidad. Uno de los problemas principales es el diseño y la implementación de sistemas que posibiliten a los usuarios la gestión del control de acceso. A este respecto, pero en el contexto de las RSW, se han identificado una serie de requisitos. Sin embargo, en la literatura, los trabajos existentes sólo satisfacen parcial o completamente algunos de ellos. En este artículo, se propone primero un modelo de control de acceso, SoNeUCONABC, el cual extiende el modelo UCONABC, junto con la especificación de un mecanismo que lo implementa. En segundo lugar, se proporcionan directrices para el establecimiento de mecanismos que, desplegados sobre SoNeUCONABC, satisfagan todos los requisitos. PalabrasNo publicad

Creating a new biocatalytic complex with extremolipases and biocompatible ionic liquids for improved transesterification reactions

The ongoing energy crisis has spurred increased research into sustainable and more competitive methods for producing biofuels, including biodiesel. In this context, the focus of the current study is to underscore the viability of investing in a novel biocatalytic complex. This complex incorporates extremophilic lipases and biocompatible ionic liquids with the aim of achieving exceptionally high conversions in transesterification reactions without generating glycerol. Through a meticulous screening process encompassing various amino acid and dipeptide-based ionic liquids from the ammonium family, cholinium glycinate turned out to be the optimal choice. This selection was driven not only by its enhanced compatibility with a commercially available Candida antarctica lipase B (CaLB) but also with extremophilic enzymes synthesized in-house, derived from halophilic (Halomonas spLM1C) and thermophilic (Thermus thermophilus HB27) strains. Following rigorous testing of both free and immobilized enzymes, the ideal concentration of the ionic liquid in transesterification reactions was determined to be 1% relative to the sunflower oil content. Comparative analysis of conversion rates between immobilized thermophilic lipase and immobilized CaLB revealed the efficacy of the proposed approach. Maximum conversions were found to increase by 20%, with specific conversion rates soaring by approximately 180% when utilizing the immobilized thermophilic lipase. In conclusion, this research ushers in new prospects for advancing the competitiveness of biocatalytic solutions in glycerol-free transesterification reactions, underscoring its potential to revolutionize the landscape of sustainable energy production.Agencia Estatal de Investigación | Ref. RTI2018-094702-B-I00Xunta de Galicia | Ref. ED481D-2019/017Universidade de Vigo/CISU

The relationship between inflation rates in advanced economies

Artículo de revistaThis article analyses the link between the changes in and the drivers of inflation in a broad range of advanced economies, with special emphasis on those of the euro area. Inflation rates are seen to be highly synchronised across countries, especially in the euro area economies, reflecting their close economic and financial links and the common monetary policy. Also, the comovement of inflation is found to be a phenomenon that tends to be more visible in the medium and long-term. At the same time, the synchronisation of core inflation, which is based on products with more stable prices, is seen to be limited. The interdependence of headline inflation, by contrast, is significantly higher and has increased considerably in recent years. The drivers of inflation, according to New Keynesian Phillips curve models, such as inflation expectations, the cyclical position and external prices, also help to explain the relationship between inflation rates in advanced economies and especially in those of the euro area