Predictive Psychosocial Factors of Child-to-Parent Violence in a Sample of Mexican Adolescents

The aim of this study was to carry out a psychosocial analysis of child-to-parent violence (CPV) in a sample of school adolescents, considering a set of individual variables (psychological distress, problematic use of social networking sites, and perceived non-conformist social reputation) and family variables (open and problematic communication with parents) according to sex. The sample consisted of 3, 731 adolescents (54% boys), aged between 14 and 16 years (M = 14.6 years, SD = 0.567), from the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The scores of the boys and girls were analyzed to check for differences. Also, correlations between all the study variables were calculated. Finally, a multiple stepwise regression analysis was carried out for the total sample and also for boys and girls separately. Results confirmed the important role of individual variables as predictors of CPV in boys and girls. The main difference between boys and girls was observed in the predictive weight of problematic use of social networking sites, which was higher in girls than in boys. Open communication with the father was a significant factor for predicting the decrease of CPV levels in the case of boys, while open communication with the mother predicted the decrease of CPV in girls. Problematic communication with the mother showed similar values in boys and girls when predicting CPV, however, the predictive weight of problematic communication with the father was higher in girls than in boys. These results are interesting and have important implications for the prevention of CPV

Empleo de ajo morado fresco en la alimentación de corderos de aptitud cárnica

La adición de ZooAllium® moltura en el alimento favorece el aumento de peso de los animales así como una reducción del uso de medicamentos al controlar la presencia de coccidios

Adjoint fermion zero-modes for SU(N) calorons

We derive analytic formulas for the zero-modes of the Dirac equation in the adjoint representation in the background field of Q=1 SU(N) calorons. Solutions with various boundary conditions are obtained, including the physically most relevant cases of periodic and antiperiodic ones. The latter are essential ingredients in a semiclassical treatment of finite temperature supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. A detailed discussion of adjoint zero-modes in several other contexts is also presented.Comment: 40 latex pages and 5 eps figure

Event Shape/Energy Flow Correlations

We introduce a set of correlations between energy flow and event shapes that are sensitive to the flow of color at short distances in jet events. These correlations are formulated for a general set of event shapes, which includes jet broadening and thrust as special cases. We illustrate the method for electron-positron annihilation dijet events, and calculate the correlation at leading logarithm in the energy flow and at next-to-leading-logarithm in the event shape.Comment: 43 pages, eight eps figures; minor changes, references adde

Depresión del sistema mononuclear-fagocítico provocada por altas dosis de morfínico

We evaluated in human monocytes the effect of high doses of alfentanyl on the expression of vimentin filaments, the phagocytic activity and the membrane display of HLA-DR molecules in the subjects undergoing surgery. The study was performed on 30 patients, ASAI-II. The patients received 100 mcg/kg i.v. of Alfentanil and the maintenance of anaesthesia was made with Alfentanil (2-3 mcg/kg/min.). The patients were randomized in two groups. The patients were ventilated with N2O:O2 (1:1) (Group I) or air: O2 (1:1) (Group II). After surgery, all patients of the Group II received Naloxone (0.2-0.4 mg). Central venous blood samples were obtained before induction, one and two hours after induction of anaesthesia and at the end of surgery. Separation of monocytes was performed according to Boyum technique. CD35 and HLA-DR molecules and vimentin filaments were studied by indirect immunofluorescence method using monoclonal antibodies. Percentage of positive cells were read with a cytofluorometer. The phagocytic function of monocytes was determined by ingestion of latex particles. Cortisol and ACTH plasma levels were determined by RIA. High doses of Alfentanyl depress phagocytic function and membrane display of CD35 and HLA-DR molecules in monocyte and induce marked changes in the organization of vimentin filaments in these cells in patients undergoing surgery. This monocytic depression was more marked in the patients ventilated with N2O. In our results there was uninhibition of ACTH and cortisol plasma levels responses to surgical stress by Alfentanil administration. Since the effects of Alfentanil were reversed by Naloxone, an opioid receptor mechanism seems to mediate these event

The U(1)-Higgs Model: Critical Behaviour in the Confinig-Higgs region

We study numerically the critical properties of the U(1)-Higgs lattice model, with fixed Higgs modulus, in the region of small gauge coupling where the Higgs and Confining phases merge. We find evidence of a first order transition line that ends in a second order point. By means of a rotation in parameter space we introduce thermodynamic magnitudes and critical exponents in close resemblance with simple models that show analogous critical behaviour. The measured data allow us to fit the critical exponents finding values in agreement with the mean field prediction. The location of the critical point and the slope of the first order line are accurately given.Comment: 21 text pages. 12 postscript figures available on reques

Joint resummation in electroweak boson production

We present a phenomenological application of the joint resummation formalism to electroweak annihilation processes at measured boson momentum Q_T. This formalism simultaneously resums at next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy large threshold and recoil corrections to partonic scattering. We invert the impact parameter transform using a previously described analytic continuation procedure. This leads to a well-defined, resummed perturbative cross section for all nonzero Q_T, which can be compared to resummation carried out directly in Q_T space. From the structure of the resummed expressions, we also determine the form of nonperturbative corrections to the cross section and implement these into our analysis. We obtain a good description of the transverse momentum distribution of Z bosons produced at the Tevatron collider.Comment: 27 pages, LaTeX, 8 figures as eps files. Some additions to earlier version, this version as published in Phys. Rev. D66 (2002) 01401

Diez años de atención farmacéutica en España: explorando la realidad

Este trabajo pretende valorar el impacto, después de 10 años, de la implementación de la atención farmacéutica (AF) en la farmacia comunitaria. La investigación se realizó en tres regiones de España, escogidas por representar la variedad del país; registra la prevalencia de la AF practicada por los farmacéuticos comunitarios y explora el impacto que esa implementación ha tenido en las expectativas y actuaciones de pacientes y médicosde atención primaria. Se comienza analizando las diferencias en el número de farmacéuticos que practican AF entre las tres regiones y sus razones: localización, experiencia profesional y motivación. A continuación, se utilizan dos métodos para valorar el impacto de esa implementación en esas tres regiones. En primer lugar, se realizan grupos focales con pacientes que han recibido y que no han recibido AF, valorando el conocimiento del servicio de AF, las expectativas acerca de la AF (incluida su principal demanda) y la satisfacción con la AF recibida. En segundo lugar, se realizaron entrevistas a médicos de familia de cada región, en las áreas donde trabajaban farmacéuticos que practicaban AF, para evaluar la comprensión de la AF, la opinión sobre los farmacéuticos como profesionales sanitarios, la comunicación con ellos y la visión de sus competencias en la atención a los pacientes. Finalmente, se realizaron entrevistas a los farmacéuticos que ofrecen AF para conocer sus estrategias, con el fin de comunicar sus nuevas funciones a los pacientes y a los médicos de familia

Diez años de atención farmacéutica en España: explorando la realidad

Este trabajo pretende valorar el impacto, después de 10 años, de la implementación de la atención farmacéutica (AF) en la farmacia comunitaria. La investigación se realizó en tres regiones de España, escogidas por representar la variedad del país; registra la prevalencia de la AF practicada por los farmacéuticos comunitarios y explora el impacto que esa implementación ha tenido en las expectativas y actuaciones de pacientes y médicosde atención primaria. Se comienza analizando las diferencias en el número de farmacéuticos que practican AF entre las tres regiones y sus razones: localización, experiencia profesional y motivación. A continuación, se utilizan dos métodos para valorar el impacto de esa implementación en esas tres regiones. En primer lugar, se realizan grupos focales con pacientes que han recibido y que no han recibido AF, valorando el conocimiento del servicio de AF, las expectativas acerca de la AF (incluida su principal demanda) y la satisfacción con la AF recibida. En segundo lugar, se realizaron entrevistas a médicos de familia de cada región, en las áreas donde trabajaban farmacéuticos que practicaban AF, para evaluar la comprensión de la AF, la opinión sobre los farmacéuticos como profesionales sanitarios, la comunicación con ellos y la visión de sus competencias en la atención a los pacientes. Finalmente, se realizaron entrevistas a los farmacéuticos que ofrecen AF para conocer sus estrategias, con el fin de comunicar sus nuevas funciones a los pacientes y a los médicos de familia