LEX-BADAT: Language EXperience in Bilinguals With and Without Aphasia DATaset

Bilingualism is a gradient of experiences that show significant variation across individuals who speak more than one language (DeLuca et al., 2019). This inter-individual variation is evident along several axes between first- (L1) and second-acquired (L2) languages, including proficiency and daily usage, especially when considering unbalanced bilinguals. As the incidence of acquired brain injury (ABI), e.g., stroke, increases (Katan and Luft, 2018) leading to language impairment in aging bilingual populations, it can be expected that bilingual people with aphasia (BPWA) will comprise a greater share of caseloads in forthcoming years (Centeno et al., 2020)

Rainbow polygons for colored point sets in the plane

Given a colored point set in the plane, a perfect rainbow polygon is a simple polygon that contains exactly one point of each color, either in its interior or on its boundary. Let rb-index(S) denote the smallest size of a perfect rainbow polygon for a colored point set S, and let rb-index(k) be the maximum of rb-index(S) over all k-colored point sets in general position; that is, every k-colored point set S has a perfect rainbow polygon with at most rb-index(k) vertices. In this paper, we determine the values of rb-index(k) up to k=7, which is the first case where rb-index(k)¿k, and we prove that for k=5, [Formula presented] Furthermore, for a k-colored set of n points in the plane in general position, a perfect rainbow polygon with at most [Formula presented] vertices can be computed in O(nlogn) time. © 2021 Elsevier B.V

Developing markets? Understanding the role of markets and development at the intersection of macromarketing and transformative consumer research (TCR)

Situated at the intersection of markets and development, this commentary aims to promote a cross-fertilization of macromarketing and Transformative Consumer Research (TCR) that directs attention to the sociocultural context and situational embeddedness of consumer experience and well-being, while acknowledging complex, systemic interdependencies between markets, marketing, and society. Based on a critical review of the meaning of development and an interrogation of various developmental discourses, the authors develop a conceptual framework that brings together issues of development, well-being, and social inequalities. We suggest that these issues are better understood and addressed when examined via grounded investigations of the role of markets in shaping the management of resources, consumer agency, power inequalities and ethics. The use of markets as units of analysis may lead to further cross-fertilizations of TCR and macromarketing and to more comprehensive theorizing and transformational impact. Two empirical cases are provided to illustrate our framework

Genetic parameters of fillet fatty acids and fat deposition in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) using the novel 30 k Medfish SNP array

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Harvest of Endangered Sideneck River Turtles (Podocnemis spp.) in the Middle Orinoco, Venezuela

We quantified illegal and unmonitored harvest of three endangered sideneck turtles (Podocnemis spp.) by examining discarded turtle shells in 29 riverine communities both up-and down-river from the Arrau Turtle Wildlife Refuge in the Middle Orinoco, Venezuela. We compared harvested turtle sizes to those captured during in-water research surveys to determine harvest selectivity. We found fresh sideneck turtle shells in most communities visited; carapaces and plastrons from P. expansa were the most abundant despite their protected status. Turtle harvest was skewed toward females in all species, and toward juvenile P. expansa and adult P. unifilis and P. vogli. Considering historical accounts of widespread turtle husbandry in the area, Podocnemis spp. life history, and population recovery for these species in community-based conservation programs elsewhere in South America, we recommend community-managed captive breeding of faster-maturing P. unifilis and P. vogli to satisfy turtle consumption needs. These measures, along with improved nesting-beach protection, may allow recovery of populations of P. expansa and make possible their legal subsistence harvest in the future. P ROPER management of exploited wildlife for sustained harvest, maintenance, or recovery requires not only knowledge of the demography and life history of a species but also a detailed understanding of the type of harvest they are experiencing Turtles have long been an important food resource for humans, but human population growth, enhanced harvest methods, and cultural merging have led to overexploitation of many turtle specie

Design of a management control program for the surgical area of the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Clinic

Los cambios generados desde la Constitución Política de 1991, las leyes, resoluciones y decretos que se han dictado, no han sido ajenos a los servicios de salud; al contrario, la compleja organización hospitalaria no solo desde la perspectiva de sus propios objetivos, sino por los elementos que lo conforman: trabajo interdisciplinario, oportunidad, alta tecnología, diversidad de insumos y procesos y alto nivel de exigencia por parte de los usuarios, han hecho que las instituciones inicien un cambio donde el cliente externo, el talento humano, los procesos internos, el manejo de recursos y el aprendizaje sean el punto alrededor del cual se centre la gestión. El análisis sistemático considerado como una de las formas más completas de evaluación de una institución o servicio, fue el que se aplicó en el área quirúrgica de la Clínica Metropolitana de Bucaramanga. A partir de ahí, se identificaron los problemas en cada una de las fases: entradas, procesos y salidas. Posterior a este análisis se estudió la situación actual del área, producto de la cual se plantea a la institución el uso de indicadores como las herramientas que van a permitir visualizar el comportamiento de los atributos que se espera que cumplan los diferentes elementos del sistema, para evaluar y hacer seguimiento de cada uno de los procesos.INTRODUCCION 9 JUSTIFICACION 10 1. OBJETIVOS 11 1.1 GENERALES 11 1.2 ESPECIFICOS 11 2. MARCO DE REFERENCIA 12 2.1 SOPORTE LEGAL 12 2.2 MARCO CONCEPTUAL 14 2.2.1 El control de gestión y las organizaciones de salud 14 2.2.1.1 Generalidades 14 2.2.1.2 Fundamentos de control de gestión 16 2.2.1.3 La evaluación como componente del control de gestión 16 2.2.1.4 Los indicadores como instrumentos para el control de la gestión .17 2.3 MARCO INSTITUCIONAL 18 2.3.1 Reseña histórica 18 2.3.2 Filosofía institucional 19 2.3.2.1 Misión 19 2.3.2.2 Visión 19 2.3.2.3 Valores 19 2.3.3 Descripción del área quirúrgica de la Clínica Metropolitana de Bucaramanga 20 2.3.3.1 Planta física 20 2.3.3.2 Dependencia administrativa 21 2.3.3.3 Coordinación del personal 21 2.3.4 Situación actual del área de cirugía de la Clínica Metropolitana de 22 Bucaramanga 3. METODOLOGIA 24 4. ANALISIS DEL AREA QUIRURGICA DE LA CLINICA METROPOLITANA DE BUCARAMANGA 25 4.1 ANALISIS SISTEMATICO 25 4.2 ANALISIS DE LA SITUACION ACTUAL 26 4.3 IDENTIFICACION DE PROBLEMAS 28 4.3.1 Problemas administrativos relacionados con el paciente 28 4.3.2 Problemas médicos 28 4.3.3 Problemas de talento humano 29 4.3.4 Problemas de suministros 30 4.3.5 Problemas de información 30 5. MODELO DE CONTROL DE GESTION PARA EL AREA QUIRURGICA 31 DE LA CLINICA METROPOLITANA DE BUCARAMANGA 5.1 TABLERO INTEGRADO DE GESTION PARA EL AREA QUIRURGICA 31 DE LA CLINICA METROPOLITANA DE BUCARAMANGA 6. CONCLUSIONES 42 7. RECOMENDACIONES 43 7.1 STANDARIZACION DE PROCESOS 43 7.1.2 Administrativos 43 7.1.3 Asistenciales 44 7.2 INFORMES DE CONTROL INTERNO 44 7.3 ORGANIZACION DEL AREA 45 7.4 CULTURA DE AUTOCONTROL 45 7.5 GESTION DE TALENTO HUMANO 45 7.6 AUDITORIA DEL SERVICIO Y DE LA CALIDAD 46EspecializaciónThe changes generated since the Political Constitution of 1991, the laws, resolutions and decrees that have been issued, have not been alien to health services; On the contrary, the complex hospital organization, not only from the perspective of its own objectives, but also because of the elements that make it up: interdisciplinary work, opportunity, high technology, diversity of supplies and processes, and a high level of demand on the part of users, have made that the institutions initiate a change where the external client, human talent, internal processes, resource management and learning are the point around which management is centered. The systematic analysis considered as one of the most complete forms of evaluation of an institution or service, was the one that was applied in the surgical area of ​​the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Clinic. From there, we identified problems in each of the phases: inputs, processes and outputs. After this analysis, the current situation of the area was studied, as a result of which the use of indicators is proposed to the institution as tools that will allow visualizing the behavior of the attributes that the different elements of the system are expected to fulfill, in order to Evaluate and monitor each of the processes

Phagocytosis is a primary determinant of pulmonary clearance of clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates

INTRODUCTION: METHODS: We screened 19 clinical respiratory RESULTS: The respiratory CONCLUSION: Altogether, these findings show that phagocytosis is a primary determinant of pulmonary clearance of clinica

Consumer mobility and well-being among changing places and shifting ethnicities

International audience(Market)places are spatial entities which individuals and groups might experience as meaningful. By highlighting the role of place in ethnic consumer research, this article argues that increased mobility and changing places render relatively stable notions of ethnicity outdated. We identify three main trajectories to revitalize future research on ethnicity. First, we demonstrate the need for research on ethnic identity to be underpinned by a better understanding of the role of place in identity processes. Second, we contend that the established migration/acculturation paradigm should be replaced by the mobility/adaptiveness paradigm. Third, we consider the profound effects of interethnic contact among mobile and immobile populations within shared places on individual and societal well-being

Lower respiratory tract myeloid cells harbor SARS-CoV-2 and display an inflammatory phenotype

SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia may induce an aberrant immune response with brisk recruitment of myeloid cells into the airspaces. Although the clinical implications are unclear, others have suggested that infiltrating myeloid cells may contribute to morbidity and mortality during SARS-CoV-2 infection.1–3 However, few reports have characterized myeloid cells from the lower respiratory tract, which appears to be the primary site of viral-induced pathology, during severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia