CUERPOS COLEGIADOS UNIVERSITARIOS: ¿FUNCIONALES A LOS ÓRGANOS PERSONALES DE GOBIERNO DE LAS UNSE?

El Estatuto de nuestra Institución menciona dentro de sus órganos de gobierno a: La Asamblea Universitaria (órgano máximo); el Honorable Consejo Superior; El Rector; los Consejos Directivos de las Facultades y Los Decanos. El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar crítica y reflexivamente el funcionamiento de los órganos de gobierno colegiados (Asamblea, Consejo Superior y Consejos Directivos), teniendo presente sus misiones y funciones según las normativas vigentes. El estudio de la temática se apoya en una metodología exploratoria de corte cualitativo a partir del análisis de normativas, observaciones y experiencias de los autores del presente trabajo que participan o participaron en los órganos de gobierno colegiados mencionados, desde los claustros docentes y no docentes. Los resultados nos permitirían profundizar el conocimiento del funcionamiento de estos órganos colegiados muchas veces sospechados de ser ¿funcionales a los órganos de gobierno personales (entiéndase Rector y Decanos)

Morphology of Stamens and Staminodia of Echinocystis Lobata (Michx.) T. & G.

The number and nature of stamens in flowers of the Curcurbitaceae has long been a controversial problem among students of floral morphology. Naudin 1885, according to Chakvarty (2), thought that 3 was the basic number of stamens in this family. Naudin imagined a 2-2-1 stamen arrangement where 2 is a complete stamen (tetrasporangiate), and 1 is a half-stamen (bisporangiate). In the few species of this family which have five stamens, he believed that the two complete stamens split resulting in what he called four half-stamens. These, together with the normal half-stamen, would account for the total of five, each bearing two sporangia. Payer 1857, according to Miller (10), “presented the opposing view, that the small bisporangiate stamen was normal, while the large tetrasporangiate stamen had resulted from the union of two normal ones”. Miller cites other investigators through the latter half of the nineteenth century, whose papers were not available to this writer. These workers, however, sided either with Naudin or Payer in their interpretations. More recently Heimlich (6), in his study of the flowers of cucumber, agreed with Naudin’s earlier work, calling one stamen of the flower a half-stamen. In 1928 Miller (10) investigated the staminate flower of Echinocysitis lobate, and he came to close agreement with Payer. Miller found that there are only two stamens in the staminate flower of this species; one tetrasporangiate and one bisporangiate. But he showed the evidence that there are fundamentally three stamens, each bisporangiate; but that two of them become united during their early development, appearing finally as one tetrasporangiate stamen. Chakvarty (2) who has most recently worked on the stamen situation in Cucurbitaceae, agreed with Miller’s interpretation, and suggested further that reduction from pentamery to trimary in the family was due to fusion. He did not accept the half-stamen idea either. In the foregoing investigations of cucurbitaceous stamens, little attention has been given to the staminodia in the pistillate flowers. With a suspicion that the staminodium situation might reveal some primitive relationships among stamens, this present investigation of staminodia was undertaken. Once the matter is cleared up, it should contribute to the working knowledge of both taxonomists and morphologists. Moreover, study of the nature and degree of development of staminodia in Echinocystis lobate may prove helpful to our understanding of the separate sexes among many flowering plants. Literature does not mention that the pistillate flower of Echinocystis lobate may produce pollen grains, but it should be mentioned that in some pistillate flowers the author did find functioning “stamens” with apparently normal pollen. In his studies on sex balance in squesh, Nitsch (11) found that more pistillate flowers were produced at low temperatures than at high temperatures; and that artificially increasing the length of day, consistently retarded production of pistillate flowers, so that the sex balance swayed toward maleness. Since the flower specimens for the present investigation of Echinocystis lobate were collected in early September, when days were still long and temperatures still high, the occurrence of occasional functioning stamens in pistillate flowers may well be another instance of the trend toward maleness which Nitsch describes. A study of the effect of light and temperature on the development of stamens in the pistillate flower of Echinocystis lobate, would be a promising problem for physiologists

Development of Generalized Correlation for Electrical Conductivity Prediction of Pure Ionic Liquid

Ionic liquids are salts in liquid form that are composed of short-lived ion pairs. They are the new trend of solvent because of their very low vapor pressure, good chemical and thermal stability, and melting temperatures lower than 100°C. Pure ionic liquids contain ions that can conduct electricity or serve as electrolytes. But experimentation using ionic liquids would be expensive. This study aims to develop a generalized correlation for the electrical conductivity prediction of pure ionic liquids. The researchers gathered data of pure ionic liquids that involved the electrical conductivity property from the ThermoIL Database. The collected data were then trimmed based on a developed scheme and classifications. After trimming the data, the researchers evaluated the data using MATLAB software. The residual value was calculated, and a parity plot was constructed to test the models’ accuracy. The researchers gathered 2,425 data points from 310 references and were trimmed to 220 data points from 21 references. The parity plot and graph of the residuals plotted against pressure showed that the experimental and calculated values were close. Results showed that the electrical conductivity of pure ionic liquids could be predicted using a model patterned to Pitzer correlation with reduced temperature and reduced pressure as variables. Data with two or more references and low uncertainty made a good result on the models to create a generalized correlation via curve fitting

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria in systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is an acquired disorder of hemopoiesis and is characterized by recurrent episodes of intravascular hemolysis due to an increased sensitivity to complement-mediated hemolysis. Systemic lupus erythematosus with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is very rare. We report a case of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria that developed in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A 29-year-old Mongolian woman had systemic lupus erythematosus, which manifested only as skin lesions when she was 12 years old. She had leg edema and proteinuria when she was 23 years old, and a renal biopsy revealed lupus nephritis (World Health Organization type IV). She had been treated with steroids and immunosuppressant therapy. At 29, she had headaches, nausea, general fatigue, and severe pancytopenia and was admitted to our hospital. A laboratory evaluation showed hemolytic anemia. Further examination showed a neutrophil alkaline phosphatase score of 46 points, a CD55 value of 18%, and a CD59 value of 78.6%. The results of Ham test and sugar water tests were positive. The constellation of symptoms throughout the clinical course and the laboratory findings suggested paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>To the best of our knowledge, systemic lupus erythematosus with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is very rare. Clinicians should be aware of the association between autoimmune and hematological diseases.</p

Small but crucial : the novel small heat shock protein Hsp21 mediates stress adaptation and virulence in Candida albicans

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Integration of the practice of mindfulness within action learning as an added component within a post graduate leadership programme: an account of practice

This account of practice provides a practical example of the use of mindfulness practice within action learning which was a component of a bespoke UK Business School post-graduate leadership development programme commissioned by an English NHS Mental Health Trust aimed at improving the leadership capacity of mid-level managers through work-based learning. The article discusses background and context of the programme followed by how application of mindfulness exercises was integrated within the action learning process to encourage participants to be ‘in the moment’ as an added component of their leadership development. The aim of the paper is to share examples of practice applied within action learning. Finally, the paper asserts that the application of mindfulness exercises helped to enhance the action learning process by creating a calm, focused space for individual and collective reflections, enhancing the quality of engagement and enabling action learning members to take a more pragmatic approach to addressing the work issues raised within the action learning sets

Light Sterile Neutrinos: A White Paper

This white paper addresses the hypothesis of light sterile neutrinos based on recent anomalies observed in neutrino experiments and the latest astrophysical data