On Internal Characterizations of CompletelyL-Regular Spaces

AbstractCompleteL-regularity is internally characterized in terms of separating chains of openL-sets. A possible characterization in terms of normal and separating families of closedL-sets is discussed and it is shown that spaces admitting such families are completelyL-regular. The question of whether the converse holds true remains open. Some partial solutions are however given, e.g. in the class of countably compact spaces

Examining Retirement Housing Preferences Among International Retiree Migrants

Housing demand models based on individual consumers' utility function reflect preferences about the structure and lot, neighborhood, and location as related to socioeconomic characteristics of the occupants. As a growing proportion of aging residents in many countries are undertaking late life moves, their preferences will have an influence on destination housing markets. We examine the characteristics, attitudes and preferences about retirement housing among immigrant retirees currently living in traditional housing in a retirement destination in Alicante, Spain. Using results from a survey of German and British retirees living in the region, we find through logistic regression that preference for retirement housing is associated with aging and gaining access to in-home support services.Housing preferences; Demographic trends; Seniors housing

T-Cell Development in Early Partially Decapitated Chicken Embryos

We have evaluated the immunohistological and cytofluorometric changes that occur in the thymus of chicken embryos partially decapitated at 33-38 hr of incubation (DCx embryos) in an attempt to analyze possible neuroendocrinological influences on T-cell differentiation and, indirectly, the ontogeny of the so-called neuroendocrine-immune network. The thymus of DCx embryos shows important variations that profoundly and selectively affect different T-cell subsets, but not the nonlymphoid cell components of thymic stroma. These modifications include the accumulation of cell precursors, mainly DN (CD4- CD8-) cells and immature CD8high CD4- cells, which expand but do not differentiate, resulting in an extreme decline of both DP (CD4+ CD8+) cells and TcR c-expressing cells. Accordingly, both subcapsulary and outer cortex increase in size, whereas the deep cortex and principally the thymic medulla almost disappear in DCx embryos. In contrast, other T-cell subsets of DCx embryos, largely CDgglowCD4- cells and TcR γδ-expressing cells do not undergo significant variations throughout thymic ontogeny

Aplicativo Datamart y la agilización de la toma de decisiones en el Departamento de Farmacia del Hospital Eleazar Guzmán Barrón – Nuevo Chimbote

El aplicativo Datamart permitirá agilizar el proceso de toma de decisiones en del departamento de farmacia de dicho hospital, a través de herramientas y tecnologías de inteligencia de negocios, que convertirán datos en información útil. El aplicativo Datamart será desarrollado bajo la realización de cada uno de las etapas de la metodología de Ralph Kimball, siento ésta metodología la más ajustada para esta investigación. El aplicativo propuesto muestra todos los requerimientos y necesidades del área de farmacia, asegurándose que el proceso de toma de decisiones sea de manera oportuna y eficaz

Born in the Mediterranean: Comprehensive Taxonomic Revision of Biscutella ser. Biscutella (Brassicaceae) Based on Morphological and Phylogenetic Data

Biscutella L. ser. Biscutella (= Biscutella ser. Lyratae Malin.) comprises mostly annual or short-lived perennial plants occurring in the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East, which exhibit some diagnostic floral features. Taxa in the series have considerable morphological plasticity, which is not well correlated with clear geographic or ecologic patterns. Traditional taxonomic accounts have focused on a number of vegetative and floral characters that have proved to be highly variable, a fact that contributed to taxonomic inflation mostly in northern Africa. A detailed study and re-evaluation of morphological characters, together with recent phylogenetic data based on concatenation of two plastid and one nuclear region sequence data, yielded the basis for a taxonomic reappraisal of the series. In this respect, a new comprehensive integrative taxonomic arrangement for Biscutella ser. Biscutella is presented in which 10 taxa are accepted, namely seven species and three additional varieties. The name B. eriocarpa DC. is reinterpreted and suggested to include the highest morphological variation found in northern Morocco. Its treatment here accepts two varieties, one of which is described as new (B. eriocarpa var. riphaea A. Vicente, M. Á. Alonso & M. B. Crespo). In addition, the circumscriptions of several species, such as B. boetica Boiss. & Reut., B. didyma L., B. lyrata L., and B. maritima Ten., are revisited. Nomenclatural types, synonymy, brief descriptions, cytogenetic data, conservation status, distribution maps, and identification keys are included for the accepted taxa, with seven lectotypes and one epitype being designated here.The FPU grant program (Mº de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Spanish Government) is kindly thanked for supporting A. V. This research was partly supported by the I+D+i research project CGL2011-30140 from Dirección General de Investigación, MICINN (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spanish Government), and the grants ACIE13–08, ACIE14–01, ACIE17–01, ACIE18–03, and PPI-2015 from the University of Alicante

Características epidemiológicas, clínicas y hallazgos operatorios en adultos mayores sometidos a colecistectomía hospital II-2 EsSalud Jorge Reátegui, 2013-2017

Objetivo: Determinar las características epidemiológicas, clínicas y hallazgos operatorios en adultos mayores sometidos a Colecistectomía en el Hospital II-2 Essalud Jorge Reátegui, 2013 – 2017. Material y métodos: El diseño del estudio empleado, es, descriptivo, retrospectivo y corte transversal. La muestra final estuvo conformada por 248 historias de pacientes con edad igual o superior a 60 años sometidos a colecistectomía, la información se obtuvo de los reportes operatorios e historias clínicas. Los principales parámetros analizados fueron epidemiologia, tiempo de enfermedad, clínica y hallazgos operatorios. Resultados: La edad estuvo comprendida entre los 60 y 89 años, el promedio encontrado fue 67.3 años, el grupo etario que predomino fue de 65 a 69 años con un 34.3%, el sexo más frecuente fue el sexo femenino con un 63.3%. La hipertensión arterial constituye la comorbilidad más frecuente con un 30.2%, seguido del sobrepeso/obesidad y Diabetes Mellitus con un 24.2% y 19.8% respectivamente. El 47.6% de pacientes tienen antecedente de cirugía abdominal previa. Se encontró que el síntoma más frecuente es el dolor abdominal con un 33.9% seguido de dispepsia con un 21%. La colecistitis crónica calculosa se encontró en un 55.6, colelitiasis en un 17.3% y pólipos vesiculares en un 10.1%. La cirugía laparoscópica se realizó en el 73.8% de pacientes, el 81.9% fueron cirugías programadas. Conclusiones: Se recomienda la colecistectomía laparoscópica en pacientes adultos mayores con patología vesicular como tratamiento definitivo a su problema de base, por ser un procedimiento seguro.Objetics: To determine the epidemiological, clinical characteristics and operativative findings in ederly patients undergoing cholecystectomy in the Jorge Reategui Hospital, 2013 – 2017. Materials and Methods: The design of the study used is descriptive, retrospective and cross – sectional. The final simple consisted of 266 stories of patients aged 60 years or older who underwent cholecystectomy, the information was obtained from the operative repots and clinical histories. The main parameters analyzed werw epidemiology, time of illness, clinical and operative findings. Results: the age was between 60 and 89 years, the average was 67.3 years, the age group that predominated was 65 to 69 years with 34.3%, the most frequent sex was the female sex with 63.3%. Hypertension constitutes the most frequent comorbidity with 30.2%, followed by overweight / obesity and Diabetes Mellitus with 24.2% and 19.8% respectively. 47.6% of patients have a history of previous abdominal surgery. It was found that the most frequent symptom is abdominal pain with 33.9% followed by dyspepsia with 21%. Chronic calcic cholecystitis was found in 55.6, cholelithiasis in 17.3% and vesicular polyps in 10.1%. Laparoscopic surgery was performed in 73.8% of patients, 81.9% were scheduled surgeries. Conclusions: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is recommended in elderly patients with vesicular disease as a definitive treatment for their underlying problem, as it is a safe procedure.Tesi

Analysis Procedure of a Previous Planning Organization - The Area of the Seminary School of Corpus Christi in Valencia, Spain

The Seminary School of Corpus Christi is one of the most important buildings in the city of Valencia, Spain. The building has contributed with the University of Valencia to the urban transformation of the neighborhood in which they are located throughout its 4004-year history. In this study is proposed a five-phase methodology for the study of urban organization before its construction. We achieved to develop an original hypothesis of how seminary school block plots were organized through the study and analysis of their purchase contracts, which are dated between 1586 and 1601. It is interesting to note the plot acquisition sequence and its influence in the building construction process.Lerma Elvira, C.; Mas Tomas, MDLA.; Blasco García, V. (2013). Analysis Procedure of a Previous Planning Organization - The Area of the Seminary School of Corpus Christi in Valencia, Spain. International Journal of Architectural Heritage. 7(2):135-152. doi:10.1080/15583058.2011.624252S13515272Fuentes, J. M. (2010). Methodological bases for documenting and reusing vernacular farm architecture. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 11(2), 119-129. doi:10.1016/j.culher.2009.03.004Lourenço, P. B., Peña, F., & Amado, M. (2010). A Document Management System for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage Buildings. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 5(1), 101-121. doi:10.1080/15583050903318382Morrish, S. W., & Laefer, D. F. (2010). Web-Enabling of Architectural Heritage Inventories. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 4(1), 16-37. doi:10.1080/15583050902731056Radford, A. (2010). Urban design, ethics and responsive cohesion. Building Research & Information, 38(4), 379-389. doi:10.1080/09613218.2010.48143

Validación de un nombre en Biscutella (Brassicaceae) del este de la Península Ibérica

The name Biscutella marinae is applied to an endemic plant from co-astal sand-dune ecosystems of northern Alicante. It however was not published accor-ding to the Melbourne Code, and therefore it still remains nomenclaturally invalid. In the present contribution it is validated, and new data are reported that complete the available information on that endemic.El nombre Biscutella marinae se aplica a un endemismo de los ecosistemas de dunas costeras del norte de Alicante. Sin embargo, su publicación ini-cial no se hizo conforme al Codigo de Melbourne, por lo que dicho nombre no es váli-do nomenclaturalmente. Por ello, aquí se valida y se aportan datos que completan la in-formación existente sobre este endemismo.This work was partly supported by the I+D+i research project CGL2011–30140 from MICINN (Mº de Economía y Competitividad, Spanish Government). The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York, supported the type di-gitization for the Global Plant Initiative (GPI)

Caracterización arqueomética de azulejos sevillanos

El estudio e investigación que se presenta se corresponde a una caracteriza ción realizada sobre piezas cerámicas vidriadas que, procedentes de distintos edi ficios de Sevilla, se encuentran almacenadas en la actualidad, en los Reales Al cázares de Sevilla. La metodología seguida ha consistido en el estudio de propiedades físicas determinantes del estado de conservación, análisis químico y mineralógico de las pastas y estudio por microscopía electrónica de las caracte rísticas de los vidriados e interfases. El estudio ha permitido establecer diferen cias de acuerdo con la época de fabricación, así como con relación a la conser vación de las piezas

Cooperative learning and brainstorming as didactic strategies in conservation and restoration of cultural assets

[EN] This article exposes the tools of cooperative learning and brainstorming as a didactic strategy, in which teamwork, diversity, interaction between the students and feedback between them are promoted as the main source of learning. In professions related to the conservation and restoration of cultural assets, we work as a team, thus is fundamental that the students' training prepares them for this work reality and enables them to be part of and lead these teams, fostering cross-cutting skills such as communication effective, critical thinking, application and practical thinking among others. We will present the case of a teaching experience, in which cooperative learning is a fundamental tool to solve one of the practices of the subject “Introduction to the Conservation and Restoration of golds and polychromies” of the Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets in Universitat Politècnica de València. The practice consists in the identification of manufacturing techniques, and focuses on the subsequent professionalization and comprehensive training of students. The results obtained from it show how peer learning is an effective, dynamic strategy with infinite possibilities.Carabal Montagud, MA.; Santamarina Campos, V.; Esgueva López, MV.; Vicente Palomino, S. (2020). Cooperative learning and brainstorming as didactic strategies in conservation and restoration of cultural assets. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 63-70. https://doi.org/10.4995/INN2019.2019.10089OCS637