La importancia de la inteligencia emocional en la expresión y comunicación de las emociones

La Inteligencia Emocional hoy en día en el ámbito psicológico y educativo es un concepto muy relevante puesto que en él está inmerso todas las áreas que influyen en el desarrollo social y cognitivo de las personas. El objetivo de este artículo es una breve recapitulación de la importancia de la Inteligencia Emocional en la expresión y comunicación de las emociones, de las diversas investigaciones realizadas hasta el momento y de los numerosos instrumentos de evaluación diseñados, con la finalidad de recopilar la influencia de la Inteligencia Emocional en nuestras vidas

Integração da Geomorfologia e do Geoprocessamento para a Compartimentação do Relevo da República do Panamá

Diante da importância dos estudos que contribuem para melhor compreensão do meio físico de modo a buscar melhores alternativas de se agir sobre o mesmo, é imprescindível a compreensão do arranjo espacial do relevo e das relações nele envolvidas que ocorrem em diferentes escalas no espaço geográfico. A representação cartográfica desses estudos, através das novas tecnologias, contribui nas pesquisas e representações do espaço geográfico, trazendo benefícios para os estudos ambientais. Assim, foi realizada a compartimentação do relevo do território da República do Panamá com o auxílio de técnicas de Geoprocessamento e análise do arranjo espacial e das características do seu relevo atual. A compartimentação foi realizada a partir do cruzamento dos dados de classe de rochas, morfocronologia e elementos estruturais, e dos de hipsometria e relevo sombreado. O mapeamento realizado permitiu identificar os compartimentos litoestruturais de rochas vulcânicas e sedimentares e as unidades de relevo de planalto, depressão, planície, relevo residual, domos e vulcões, com suas respectivas características. Esse estudo mostra-se importante tanto para o melhor conhecimento do relevo da região quanto para a verificação de possibilidades e limites que as técnicas de Geoprocessamento trazem na elaboração de estudos dessa natureza

Microbial systems for conversion of syngas to biobased products

Microbiology Centennial Symposium 2017 - Exploring Microbes for the Quality of Life (Book of Abstracts)Synthesis gas, a mixture of CO, H2, and CO2, can be created via gasification of any carbohydrate material. Fermentation of syngas by carboxydotrophic microbes allows for it to be converted into interesting bio-chemicals. Organisms involved in the fermentation of syngas use the CO or H2 in the gas as electron donor, fixating CO2 into the final end products. Currently acetate and ethanol are relatively well established products from syngas fermentation and there is interest to broaden the scope towards production of more complex products. However, genetic engineering of carboxydotrophic organisms and the knowledge of their metabolism is rather limited, making it difficult to create strains producing these products. A possible way to broaden the scope of products is via co-cultivation of microbes which can make use of each others products. We established a co-cultivation of Clostridium autoethanogenum, a well-known carboxydotrophic acetogen, together with Clostridium kluyveri, a well characterized organism employing the reverse -oxidation pathway. C. autoethanogenum uses the syngas to produce a mixture of acetate and ethanol. C. kluyveri subsequently uses these products to perform chain elongation. This results in a co-culture producing a mixture of C4 and C6 acids and alcohols using carbon monoxide as a sole substrate. This co-culture poses an interesting way for production of more complex and valuable products from syngas. Basic characterization of these co-cultures has been done and currently the research focus lies on how the species interact with each other and how environmental factors influence their production patterns and metabolism.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Los Libros de Dimensión Empresarial.

Este libro, bajo el título Competitividad y Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual, corresponde al número 2 de la serie los Libros de Dimensión Empresarial, recoge los trabajos de autores y de temáticas afines al área administrativa-económica en sintonía con lo correspondiente a la Revista Dimensión de la cual origina su nombre.Los derechos de propiedad intelectual son importantes en todos los mercados del mundo, tanto de los globalizados, como los de aquellos que operan fundamentalmente en los espacios nacionales o regionales. La razón fundamental de ello son las grandes interrelaciones a partir de las tecnologías de comunicación y las velocidades de transmisión de la información. Esta realidad del mundo de hoy hace que se requieran nuevas formas de transformar el conocimiento, con expresiones tecnológicas como el big data en think data, y no esperar el lento transcurrir del azar darwiniano. Igualmente se puede lograr cambiar comportamientos y necesidades de manera mucho más veloz a la prevista en los rudimentarios esquemas del mercadeo, o crear empresas con un riesgo e incertidumbres novedosos. Con ello se puede contribuir a dotar de mayor peso científico a expresiones como las capacidades dinámicas de Teece (2011) o la innovación abierta (Chesbrough, 2009), pudiéndose señalar alternativas claras para las regiones que, como las que se verán en este libro, llegan tarde al progreso y el desarrollo. Se presentan cinco capítulos en este libro. El primero, una reflexión teórica acerca de hacia y desde donde se pueden entender los derechos de propiedad intelectual en relación con unas formas alternativas de comprender las realidades sociales a partir de esquemas científicos de transformación, con un más allá del paradigma darwinista de adaptación al contexto, resolviéndolo sobre la evolución dirigida, finalizando la reflexión con una propuesta de hipótesis que sirven de marco para nuevos trabajos de este mismo corte. El segundo, correspondiente a un análisis macro de la decisión de abrir la economía en el período 1990-2013 y su impacto en la productividad, buscando razonar por qué no funcionó lo previsto a partir del ejemplo coreano y de los llamados Tigres Asiáticos. El tercero corresponde a un estudio en el Departamento del Atlántico, Colombia, donde se tocan las relaciones económico-administrativas, algunos detalles de su productividad y sus mercados, así como de los derechos de propiedad intelectual. El cuarto capítulo presenta el estado sobre los temas de los derechos de propiedad en Santander del Sur, haciendo énfasis en la ley Bayth-Dole. Y, finalmente, un quinto capítulo de conclusiones en el cual mostramos de conjunto el resultado de hipótesis y proposiciones

Phylogenetic diversity and the structure of host-epiphyte interactions across the Neotropics

Understanding the mechanisms driving community assembly has been a major focus of ecological research for nearly a century, yet little is known about these mechanisms in commensal communities, particularly with respect to their historical/evolutionary components. Here, we use a large-scale dataset of 4,440 vascular plant species to explore the relationship between the evolutionary distinctiveness (ED) (as measured by the 'species evolutionary history' (SEH)) of host species and the phylogenetic diversity (PD) of their associated epiphyte species. Although there was considerable variation across hosts and their associated epiphyte species, they were largely unrelated to host SEH. Our results mostly support the idea that the determinants of epiphyte colonization success might involve host characteristics that are unrelated to host SEH (e.g., architectural differences between hosts). While determinants of PD of epiphyte assemblages are poorly known, they do not appear to be related to the evolutionary history of host species. Instead, they might be better explained by neutral processes of colonization and extinction. However, the high level of phylogenetic signal in epiphyte PD (independent of SEH) suggests it might still be influenced by yet unrecognized evolutionary determinants. This study highlights how little is still known about the phylogenetic determinants of epiphyte communities

What is the outcome 5 years after cervicoplasty?

INTRODUCTION: An approach based on multiple anatomical structures and the use of different surgical strategies seems to achieve more lasting results in cervical rejuvenation surgery. Thus, extended cervicoplasty is an option with favorable results and low complication rates. However, little has been published regarding the durability of the results. This study aimed to objectively evaluate the long-term results obtained with extended cervicoplasty in difficult cases. METHODS: Twenty patients, classified as having a "difficult neck," underwent extended cervicoplasty and were followed for 5 years. The results at 1- and 5-year post-operative follow-up were evaluated by eight plastic surgeons, using six objective criteria based on a theoretically ideal neck. The comparison of the results obtained at these time points was performed using a paired Student's t-test, with a level of significance of 5%. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in five of the six items evaluated (p-value ranging from 0.137 to 1.000), in the comparison between the first and fifth postoperative years. Subhyoid depression displayed a significantly better mean score in the fifth evaluation year than that observed in the first year after surgery (p = 0.039): from 5.80 ± 0.25 points (mean ± standard error of the mean) in the first year, to 6.45 ± 0.30 points in the fifth postoperative year. CONCLUSION: Extended cervicoplasty is an important alternative in the treatment of the neck region, and even provides lasting results in difficult cases

Bambu: Caminhos para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável

publicação de livroEste livro foi produzido a partir da iniciativa de construção de uma rede de pesquisa em bambu. Desta forma, colaboraram na construção coletiva do material, pesquisadores da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Universidade Tecnológica do Paraná (UTFPR), Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), UNESP (Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho) e Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Em uma linguagem acessível apresenta o conteúdo voltado ao entendimento das características biológicas do bambu, suas propriedades e etapas da cadeia produtiva como forma de estimular o desenvolvimento produtivo sustentável no Brasil.Sem financiamento

Hispanic Latin America, Spain and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean: A rich source of reference material for public health, epidemiology and tropical medicine

There is a multiplicity of journals originating in Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (SSLAC) in the health sciences of relevance to the fields of epidemiology and public health. While the subject matter of epidemiology in Spain shares many features with its neighbours in Western Europe, many aspects of epidemiology in Latin America are particular to that region. There are also distinctive theoretical and philosophical approaches to the study of epidemiology and public health arising from traditions such as the Latin American social medicine movement, of which there may be limited awareness. A number of online bibliographic databases are available which focus primarily on health sciences literature arising in Spain and Latin America, the most prominent being Literatura Latinoamericana en Ciencias de la Salud (LILACS) and LATINDEX. Some such as LILACS also extensively index grey literature. As well as in Spanish, interfaces are provided in English and Portuguese. Abstracts of articles may also be provided in English with an increasing number of journals beginning to publish entire articles written in English. Free full text articles are becoming accessible, one of the most comprehensive sources being the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). There is thus an extensive range of literature originating in Spain and SSLAC freely identifiable and often accessible online, and with the potential to provide useful inputs to the study of epidemiology and public health provided that any reluctance to explore these resources can be overcome. In this article we provide an introduction to such resources

EpIG‐DB: A database of vascular epiphyte assemblages in the Neotropics

Vascular epiphytes are a diverse and conspicuous component of biodiversity in tropical and subtropical forests. Yet, the patterns and drivers of epiphyte assemblages are poorly studied in comparison with soil‐rooted plants. Current knowledge about diversity patterns of epiphytes mainly stems from local studies or floristic inventories, but this information has not yet been integrated to allow a better understanding of large‐scale distribution patterns. EpIG‐DB, the first database on epiphyte assemblages at the continental scale, resulted from an exhaustive compilation of published and unpublished inventory data from the Neotropics. The current version of EpIG‐DB consists of 463,196 individual epiphytes from 3,005 species, which were collected from a total of 18,148 relevés (host trees and ‘understory’ plots). EpIG‐DB reports the occurrence of ‘true’ epiphytes, hemiepiphytes and nomadic vines, including information on their cover, abundance, frequency and biomass. Most records (97%) correspond to sampled host trees, 76% of them aggregated in forest plots. The data is stored in a TURBOVEG database using the most up‐to‐date checklist of vascular epiphytes. A total of 18 additional fields were created for the standardization of associated data commonly used in epiphyte ecology (e.g. by considering different sampling methods). EpIG‐DB currently covers six major biomes across the whole latitudinal range of epiphytes in the Neotropics but welcomes data globally. This novel database provides, for the first time, unique biodiversity data on epiphytes for the Neotropics and unified guidelines for future collection of epiphyte data. EpIG‐DB will allow exploration of new ways to study the community ecology and biogeography of vascular epiphytes