Educación y cultura ambiental, binomio trascendente para el desarrollo local

El principal objetivo de este documento es hacer una revisión de la literatura sobre las investigaciones más recientes acerca de la importancia de la educación ambiental para la transformación de la cultura y su trascendencia para lograr un desarrollo local sustentable.Se concluyó que la educación ambiental juega un papel importante como instrumento de transformación social, generando cambios de actitud, creencias y valores de la sociedad respecto al medio ambiente, sin embargo, se requiere del apoyo interdisciplinar para lograr la resolución de los problemas ambientales, así como la participación de todos los actores sociales.Palabras clave: educación, cultura, sustentabilida

Cultura ambiental para el consumo sostenible de aparatos electrónicos y eléctricos en la ciudad de Tepic, Nayarit, México

Background: The growing massification of ICTs in Mexico generates large amounts of solid waste resulting from electronic devices. Hence, the consumption and disposal of these devices becomes a serious pollution problem, as there are no effective regulations in this regard. Objective: Determine the environmental culture for the consumption and disposal of electronic devices in the city of Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. Methods: A questionnaire divided into four sections was used: sociodemographic data, attitudes, behaviors and knowledge; the sample was selected using the random probability sampling technique. Results: Congruent data are expressed between the favorable levels of awareness of the citizens, regarding the problem and the level of knowledge about them, which are opposed to the real, inadequate behaviors, before the management of electronic waste. Conclusions: It was found that citizens have a favorable environmental culture, however; they have a low participation in the collection and recycling campaigns of these devices, which can be attributed to the lack of time and information. The joint action of the different social factors is required to strengthen the proper management of electronic waste in the region.Contexto: La creciente masificación de las TIC’s en México, genera grandes cantidades de residuos sólidos resultantes de los aparatos electrónicos. De aquí que el consumo y desecho de estos aparatos se convierta en un serio problema de contaminación, al no contarse con normativas efectivas al respecto. Objetivo: Determinar la cultura ambiental para el consumo y desecho de aparatos electrónicos en la ciudad de Tepic, Nayarit, México. Métodos: Se utilizó un cuestionario dividido en cuatro secciones: datos sociodemográficos, actitudes, comportamientos y conocimientos; la muestra fue seleccionada mediante la técnica de muestreo probabilístico aleatorio. Resultados: Se expresan datos congruentes entre los niveles favorables de conciencia de los ciudadanos, respecto a la problemática y el nivel de conocimiento sobre estos, que se contraponen a los comportamientos reales, poco adecuados, ante el manejo de los desechos electrónicos. Conclusiones: Se encontró que los ciudadanos cuentan con una cultura ambiental favorable, sin embargo; tienen una baja participación en las campañas de acopio y reciclaje de estos aparatos, lo que puede atribuirse a la falta de tiempo y de información. Se precisa la acción conjunta de los distintos factores sociales, para fortalecer el manejo adecuado de los desechos electrónicos en la región

The risk of COVID-19 death is much greater and age dependent with type I IFN autoantibodies

International audienceSignificance There is growing evidence that preexisting autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons (IFNs) are strong determinants of life-threatening COVID-19 pneumonia. It is important to estimate their quantitative impact on COVID-19 mortality upon SARS-CoV-2 infection, by age and sex, as both the prevalence of these autoantibodies and the risk of COVID-19 death increase with age and are higher in men. Using an unvaccinated sample of 1,261 deceased patients and 34,159 individuals from the general population, we found that autoantibodies against type I IFNs strongly increased the SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rate at all ages, in both men and women. Autoantibodies against type I IFNs are strong and common predictors of life-threatening COVID-19. Testing for these autoantibodies should be considered in the general population

The risk of COVID-19 death is much greater and age dependent with type I IFN autoantibodies

International audienceSignificance There is growing evidence that preexisting autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons (IFNs) are strong determinants of life-threatening COVID-19 pneumonia. It is important to estimate their quantitative impact on COVID-19 mortality upon SARS-CoV-2 infection, by age and sex, as both the prevalence of these autoantibodies and the risk of COVID-19 death increase with age and are higher in men. Using an unvaccinated sample of 1,261 deceased patients and 34,159 individuals from the general population, we found that autoantibodies against type I IFNs strongly increased the SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rate at all ages, in both men and women. Autoantibodies against type I IFNs are strong and common predictors of life-threatening COVID-19. Testing for these autoantibodies should be considered in the general population