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LA PROFESIONALIZACIÓN DEL DOCENTE SIN PERFIL PEDAGÓGICO: UNA VISIÓN DEL PROBLEMA DESDE LA REALIDAD ANGOLANA
Angola has lived in peace for 12 years, after an extended civil war that paralysed its development. At present, the country is involved in an increasing movement towards educational transformationsthat require the formation of human resources in order to answer these demands. Practice has shown that teachers without a pedagogical profile have difficulties to address efficiently the teaching learning process, what brings insufficiencies in the formation of the graduates and consequently, their professional behavior does not correspond with the increasing needs of the productive process and society in general. These reasons demand research actions that can contribute to the improvement of Angolan reality, what is also a world tendency since many university specialists have to teach without having a basic formation for this. To propose a solution for this problem that can contribute to the transformation of these professionals is a task the Pedagogical Science has to face in general and it is part of this article where emphasis is given on contents of Pedagogical Science that can promote a better professional behavior.Angola solo hace 13 años que vive en paz, después de una prolongada guerra civil que produjo una paralización en su desarrollo, está envuelto en crecientes transformaciones educacionales que requieren de la formación de recursos humanos que pueda responder a las exigencias. La práctica ha demostrado que docentes sin perfil pedagógico presentan dificultades para dirigir adecuadamente el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje, lo que trae aparejado insuficiencias en la formación del egresado que dirigen, y que el desempeño profesional de los mismos no se corresponda con las necesidades crecientes del proceso productivo y de la sociedad en general. Estas razones demandan que en el plano investigativo se desplieguen acciones que puedan contribuir a la mejora de la realidad angolana, que es, a la vez, una tendencia a nivel mundial, muchos especialistas universitarios se dedican al magisterio sin tener una formación de base para ello. Proponer una solución a este problema que contribuya a la transformación de estos profesionales es una tarea de la ciencia pedagógica en general y es parte de este trabajo donde se hace énfasis en contenidos de la ciencia pedagógica que pueden potenciar un mejor desempeño profesional
Effects of Ewe’s Diet Supplementation with Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Meat Lipid Profile of Suckling Lambs
[EN] Polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) deposition in lambs’ muscles could be influenced by their mothers’ diet. The aim was to study the profile of fatty acids in the muscle of lambs from ewes supplemented with different sources of PUFA to achieve a healthier meat for the consumer. On day 100 of gestation, pregnant ewes grazed on natural grass were divided into three groups (n = 20) and supplemented with PUFA: Group A: 700 g of a ration rich in PUFA, Group B: 700 g of a ration for sheep + 20 mL of fish oil and Group C: 700 g of the same ration. After parturition, each group was subdivided: ten ewes continued with the same diet until the end of lactation; the other ten were fed only natural grass. The values of n-3 and n-6 PUFA and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), linoleic acid (LA) and arachidonic acid (AA) were analyzed in Longissimus lumborum muscles of lambs at 90 and 120 days of life. The feeding of ewes during lactation favorably influenced the lipid profile of the lamb muscle, increasing the concentration of n-3 and n-6 PUFA, ALA, LA, AA, DHA and EPA. The supplementation of ewes with fish oil and/or a ration rich in PUFA improved the LA/ALA ratio in lambs’ meatSIThis research was funded by the CSIC-UdelaR (Comisión Sectorial de Investigación Científica, Universidad de la República), project “Metabolic, behavioral parameters and concentration of fatty acids in carcass of lambs born to mothers supplemented with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids”. 201
Subclinical ovine gestational toxaemia at parturition: Influence on determinant variables in lamb survival
[EN] - The objective of this study was to determine the impact of metabolic
changes occurring in induced subclinical gestation toxaemia in ewes on metabolic
parameters and vigour in the first 72 h of their lambs’ life. Fifty-one adult Corriedale
ewes of known gestation date and fed on a natural pasture were randomly divided
into four groups at day 145 of gestation. Group A (ewes with single pregnancies) and
group C (ewes with twin pregnancies) were fed on a natural pasture throughout the
trial; group B (ewes with single pregnancies) and group D (ewes with twin pregnancies)
were subjected to 75% feed restriction for three days until they reached glycaemia
and β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) values indicative of subclinical gestational toxaemia.
The birth-to-first station and birth-to-first suckling times of the born lambs were
studied. Within the first hour after parturition and at 24, 48, and 72 h, glycaemia and
BHB concentrations were determined in the blood of lambs, and body temperature
and body weight were assessed at the same time. Relative weight gain at 72 h of age
was calculated for all lambs. The BHB concentration determined at all times studied
showed no difference among the groups. Subclinical gestation toxaemia induced in
ewes subjected to feed restriction causes a decrease in the glycaemia of their lambs
in the first hour of life; however, it does not cause an increase in ketone bodies. The
metabolic changes induced in the mothers do not have negative effects on the vigour of
the lambs at birth, as the weight, temperature, and the time it took for lambs to stand
and suckle are not affected. However, they have a negative effect on relative weight gain
in the critical period of the first 72 h of life.This work was made possible thanks to funding from the Comisión Sectorial de Investigación Científica (CSIC) of the Universidad de la República. We would also like to thank the director of Experimental Field Nº2, Dr. Elena de Torres, as well as the staff working at this research facility of the Facultad de Veterinaria, especially Mr. Gustavo Cazard, for their support. We also thank the training program of the Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación (ANII), for having provided a Master’s scholarship to carry out this work
Data-driven estimation of the invisible energy of cosmic ray showers with the Pierre Auger Observatory
The determination of the primary energy of extensive air showers using the fluorescence detection technique requires an estimation of the energy carried away by particles that do not deposit all their energy in the atmosphere. This estimation is typically made using Monte Carlo simulations and thus depends on the assumed primary particle mass and on model predictions for neutrino and muon production. In this work we present a new method to obtain the invisible energy from events detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory. The method uses measurements of the muon number at ground level, and it allows us to significantly reduce the systematic uncertainties related to the mass composition and the high energy hadronic interaction models, and consequently to improve the estimation of the energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory.Fil: Aab, A.. Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen; Países BajosFil: Abreu, P.. Universidade de Lisboa; PortugalFil: Aglietta, M.. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare; Italia. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica; ItaliaFil: Albuquerque, I. F. M.. Universidade de Sao Paulo; BrasilFil: Albury, J. M.. University of Adelaide; AustraliaFil: Gobbi, Fabián Jesús. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Itedam - Subsede del Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas Mendoza | Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas. Itedam - Subsede del Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas Mendoza | Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas. Itedam - Subsede del Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas Mendoza; ArgentinaFil: Bertou, Xavier Pierre Louis. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Area Investigación y Aplicaciones No Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Bariloche). Grupo de Partículas y Campos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Etchegoyen, Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; ArgentinaFil: Garcia, Beatriz Elena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Itedam - Subsede del Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas Mendoza | Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas. Itedam - Subsede del Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas Mendoza | Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas. Itedam - Subsede del Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas Mendoza; ArgentinaFil: Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Ferreyro, Luciano Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; ArgentinaFil: González, Nicolás Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; ArgentinaFil: Dasso, Sergio Ricardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; ArgentinaFil: Sarmiento Cano, Christian Andres. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; ArgentinaFil: Tueros, Matias Jorge. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; ArgentinaFil: Platino, Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; ArgentinaFil: Sanchez, Federico Andrés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; ArgentinaFil: Roulet, Esteban. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica. Gerencia D/area Invest y Aplicaciones No Nucleares. Gerencia de Fisica (cab). Centro Integral de Medicina Nuclear y Radioterapia de Bariloche.; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Gomez Berisso, Mariano. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica. Gerencia D/area Invest y Aplicaciones No Nucleares. Gerencia de Fisica (cab). Centro Integral de Medicina Nuclear y Radioterapia de Bariloche.; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Perlin, Matias. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; ArgentinaFil: Mollerach, Maria Silvia. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica. Gerencia D/area Invest y Aplicaciones No Nucleares. Gerencia de Fisica (cab). Centro Integral de Medicina Nuclear y Radioterapia de Bariloche.; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Golup, Geraldina Tamara. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Area Investigación y Aplicaciones No Nucleares. Gerencia de Física (Centro Atómico Bariloche). Grupo de Partículas y Campos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Micheletti, Maria Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Física de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Instituto de Física de Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Almela, Daniel Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Tecnología en Detección y Astropartículas; ArgentinaFil: Lucero, Luis Agustin. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica. Gerencia de Area de Investigaciones y Aplicaciones No Nucleares (cac). Departamento Administracion del Proyecto Laboratorio Haces de Neutrones Ra-10 (cac).; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Sciutto, Sergio Juan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Rovero, Adrian Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; ArgentinaFil: Asorey, Hernán Gonzalo. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica. Gerencia D/area de Energia Nuclear. Gerencia de Ingenieria Nuclear (cab). Departamento de Reactores de Investigacion.; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Vergara Quispe, Indira Dajhana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Física La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Bonifazi, Carla Brenda. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología. Centro Internacional de Estudios Avanzados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin
The significance of cephalopod beaks as a research tool: An update
The use of cephalopod beaks in ecological and population dynamics studies has allowed major advances of our knowledge on the role of cephalopods in marine ecosystems in the last 60 years. Since the 1960's, with the pioneering research by Malcolm Clarke and colleagues, cephalopod beaks (also named jaws or mandibles) have been described to species level and their measurements have been shown to be related to cephalopod body size and mass, which permitted important information to be obtained on numerous biological and ecological aspects of cephalopods in marine ecosystems. In the last decade, a range of new techniques has been applied to cephalopod beaks, permitting new kinds of insight into cephalopod biology and ecology. The workshop on cephalopod beaks of the Cephalopod International Advisory Council Conference (Sesimbra, Portugal) in 2022 aimed to review the most recent scientific developments in this field and to identify future challenges, particularly in relation to taxonomy, age, growth, chemical composition (i.e., DNA, proteomics, stable isotopes, trace elements) and physical (i.e., structural) analyses. In terms of taxonomy, new techniques (e.g., 3D geometric morphometrics) for identifying cephalopods from their beaks are being developed with promising results, although the need for experts and reference collections of cephalopod beaks will continue. The use of beak microstructure for age and growth studies has been validated. Stable isotope analyses on beaks have proven to be an excellent technique to get valuable information on the ecology of cephalopods (namely habitat and trophic position). Trace element analyses is also possible using beaks, where concentrations are significantly lower than in other tissues (e.g., muscle, digestive gland, gills). Extracting DNA from beaks was only possible in one study so far. Protein analyses can also be made using cephalopod beaks. Future challenges in research using cephalopod beaks are also discussed.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Assessment of a New ROS1 Immunohistochemistry Clone (SP384) for the Identification of ROS1 Rearrangements in Patients with Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: the ROSING Study
Introduction: The ROS1 gene rearrangement has become an important biomarker in NSCLC. The College of American Pathologists/International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/Association for Molecular Pathology testing guidelines support the use of ROS1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) as a screening test, followed by confirmation with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) or a molecular test in all positive results. We have evaluated a novel anti-ROS1 IHC antibody (SP384) in a large multicenter series to obtain real-world data.
Methods: A total of 43 ROS1 FISH-positive and 193 ROS1 FISH-negative NSCLC samples were studied. All specimens were screened by using two antibodies (clone D4D6 from Cell Signaling Technology and clone SP384 from Ventana Medical Systems), and the different interpretation criteria were compared with break-apart FISH (Vysis). FISH-positive samples were also analyzed with next-generation sequencing (Oncomine Dx Target Test Panel, Thermo Fisher Scientific).
Results: An H-score of 150 or higher or the presence of at least 70% of tumor cells with an intensity of staining of 2+ or higher by the SP384 clone was the optimal cutoff value (both with 93% sensitivity and 100% specificity). The D4D6 clone showed similar results, with an H-score of at least 100 (91% sensitivity and 100% specificity). ROS1 expression in normal lung was more frequent with use of the SP384 clone (p < 0.0001). The ezrin gene (EZR)-ROS1 variant was associated with membranous staining and an isolated green signal FISH pattern (p = 0.001 and p = 0.017, respectively).
Conclusions: The new SP384 ROS1 IHC clone showed excellent sensitivity without compromising specificity, so it is another excellent analytical option for the proposed testing algorithm
Energy Estimation of Cosmic Rays with the Engineering Radio Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) is part of the Pierre Auger
Observatory and is used to detect the radio emission of cosmic-ray air showers.
These observations are compared to the data of the surface detector stations of
the Observatory, which provide well-calibrated information on the cosmic-ray
energies and arrival directions. The response of the radio stations in the 30
to 80 MHz regime has been thoroughly calibrated to enable the reconstruction of
the incoming electric field. For the latter, the energy deposit per area is
determined from the radio pulses at each observer position and is interpolated
using a two-dimensional function that takes into account signal asymmetries due
to interference between the geomagnetic and charge-excess emission components.
The spatial integral over the signal distribution gives a direct measurement of
the energy transferred from the primary cosmic ray into radio emission in the
AERA frequency range. We measure 15.8 MeV of radiation energy for a 1 EeV air
shower arriving perpendicularly to the geomagnetic field. This radiation energy
-- corrected for geometrical effects -- is used as a cosmic-ray energy
estimator. Performing an absolute energy calibration against the
surface-detector information, we observe that this radio-energy estimator
scales quadratically with the cosmic-ray energy as expected for coherent
emission. We find an energy resolution of the radio reconstruction of 22% for
the data set and 17% for a high-quality subset containing only events with at
least five radio stations with signal.Comment: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference and DO
Measurement of the Radiation Energy in the Radio Signal of Extensive Air Showers as a Universal Estimator of Cosmic-Ray Energy
We measure the energy emitted by extensive air showers in the form of radio
emission in the frequency range from 30 to 80 MHz. Exploiting the accurate
energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we obtain a radiation energy of
15.8 \pm 0.7 (stat) \pm 6.7 (sys) MeV for cosmic rays with an energy of 1 EeV
arriving perpendicularly to a geomagnetic field of 0.24 G, scaling
quadratically with the cosmic-ray energy. A comparison with predictions from
state-of-the-art first-principle calculations shows agreement with our
measurement. The radiation energy provides direct access to the calorimetric
energy in the electromagnetic cascade of extensive air showers. Comparison with
our result thus allows the direct calibration of any cosmic-ray radio detector
against the well-established energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory.Comment: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference and DOI.
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Measurement of the cosmic ray spectrum above eV using inclined events detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory
A measurement of the cosmic-ray spectrum for energies exceeding
eV is presented, which is based on the analysis of showers
with zenith angles greater than detected with the Pierre Auger
Observatory between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2013. The measured spectrum
confirms a flux suppression at the highest energies. Above
eV, the "ankle", the flux can be described by a power law with
index followed by
a smooth suppression region. For the energy () at which the
spectral flux has fallen to one-half of its extrapolated value in the absence
of suppression, we find
eV.Comment: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference and DO
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