Association of Infant Frontal EEG Asymmetry with prenatal maternal pregnancy-related anxiety

High levels of anxiety during pregnancy are associated with behaviour problems and increased risk of health difficulties in the offspring. Understanding how prenatal anxiety affects brain structure and function may help clarify its potential implications in neurodevelopment. Frontal electroencephalographic (EEG) alpha asymmetry has been used as an index for differences in approach/withdrawal tendencies and negative affect after birth. The data for this master thesis was collected from a sub-sample (n=105) of the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. The aim was to investigate the associations between frontal EEG asymmetry in newborns and prenatal maternal anxiety levels, measured with the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire (PRAQ-R2), during pregnancy. No significant associations were found between asymmetry scores and PRAQ-R2. Since this questionnaire measures only pregnancy-related anxiety, future studies should investigate potential effects of maternal prenatal anxiety in newborns considering more general aspects of maternal anxiety

Novalis, Die Christenheit oder Europa. Una lectura a la altura del tiempo

Die Christenheit oder Europa(1799) is a fundamental document in German Romanticism, a provocative essay in which Novalis calls for the restoration of a mystical Europe. The aim of this article is firstly to review the obscurantist legend that has dogged Novalis’ minor work since its origins, before embarking on a new reading of it and attempting to measure the objective importance of its propositions for the present.  Die Christenheit oder Europa(1799) es un documento fundacional del Romanticismo alemán, un provocador ensayo en el que Novalis desea la restauración de una Europa mística. El objeto del presente artículo será, en primer lugar, revisar la leyenda oscurantista que arrastra desde sus orígenes el opúsculo de Novalis, para, a continuación, emprender una nueva lectura del mismo intentando medir la importancia objetiva de sus propuestas en el presente. 

A discrete model of competing species sharing a parasite

In this work we develop a discrete model of competing species affected by a common parasite. We analyze the influence of the fast development of the shared disease on the community dynamics. The model is presented under the form of a two time scales discrete system with four variables. Thus, it becomes analytically tractable with the help of the appropriate reduction method. The 2-dimensional reduced system, that has the same the asymptotic behaviour of the full model, is a generalization of the Leslie-Gower competition model. It has the unfrequent property in this kind of models of including multiple equilibrium attractors of mixed type. The analysis of the reduced system shows that parasites can completely alter the outcome of competition depending on the parasite's basic reproductive number R0. In some cases, initial conditions decide among several exclusion or coexistence scenarios

Discrete-time staged progression epidemic models

In the Staged Progression (SP) epidemic models, infected individuals are classified into a suitable number of states. The goal of these models is to describe as closely as possible the effect of differences in infectiousness exhibited by individuals going through the different stages. The main objective of this work is to study, from the methodological point of view, the behavior of solutions of the discrete time SP models without reinfection and with a general incidence function. Besides calculating $\mathcal{R}_{0}$, we find bounds for the epidemic final size, characterize the asymptotic behavior of the infected classes, give results about the final monotonicity of the infected classes, and obtain results regarding the initial dynamics of the prevalence of the disease. Moreover, we incorporate into the model the probability distribution of the number of contacts in order to make the model amenable to study its effect in the dynamics of the disease

Discrete epidemic models with two time scales

The main aim of the work is to present a general class of two time scales discrete-time epidemic models. In the proposed framework the disease dynamics is considered to act on a slower time scale than a second different process that could represent movements between spatial locations, changes of individual activities or behaviours, or others. To include a sufficiently general disease model, we first build up from first principles a discrete-time Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered-Susceptible (SEIRS) model and characterize the eradication or endemicity of the disease with the help of its basic reproduction number R0. Then, we propose a general full model that includes sequentially the two processes at different time scales, and proceed to its analysis through a reduced model. The basic reproduction number R0 of the reduced system gives a good approximation of the R0 of the full model since it serves at analyzing its asymptotic behaviour. As an illustration of the proposed general framework, it is shown that there exist conditions under which a locally endemic disease, considering isolated patches in a metapopulation, can be eradicated globally by establishing the appropriate movements between patches

Emotional intelligence in the personality of the troop military that works in the air force group 8 in Callao, 2018

La inteligencia emocional es una capacidad que desarrollan las personas para relacionarse con los demás, de conectarse con emociones, de gestionarlas, de auto-motivarlas, de saber controlar y frenar los impulsos, de vencer frustraciones, Esto se vinculan directamente con la personalidad rasgos y caracteres sumados a los factores personales, familiares y laborales entre otras. El objetivo es determinar la influencia de la inteligencia emocional en la personalidad del militar de tropa. El estudio fue descriptivo de corte transversal, no experimental. La población estuvo conformada por 150 militares de tropa; Se utilizaron dos escalas: de inteligencia emocional y personalidad respetando las consideraciones éticas. Los resultados evidencian que existe influencia de la inteligencia emocional en la personalidad; con respecto a la Inteligencia emocional el 22 % no presentan optimismo, 6% no maneja control de impulsos y tolerancia al estrés, 11 % no tienen capacidad para solucionar problemas, el 22 % no se adaptan al medio en el que se encuentran y el 39 % no son asertivos (interpersonal y intrapersonal). En relación a la personalidad 34% poseen dominancia, 11% no poseen tolerancia, 22% no tienen tenacidad, 100% no tiene estabilidad emocional, 11% no tienen creatividad y 22% poseen distorsión. En conclusión, existe influencia entre la inteligencia emocional y personalidad; sin embargo los rasgos y características individuales de cada persona pueden variar en el manejo de emociones y fortalecer las relaciones personales y transpersonales con los demás en el ámbito laboral

Análisis de la calidad percibida del servicio prestado por las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito: una aplicación a Oriencoop Limitada basada en modelos de ecuaciones estructurales

115 p.Cada día existen más alternativas financieras, por lo tanto, todas las instituciones de este rubro, deben mantener y atraer al público, asegurando su sustentabilidad y rentabilidad, es decir, estableciendo una cartera consolidada de clientes. Una cartera envejecida puede causar la quiebra de la institución, de aquí se desprende la importancia de enfocar parte de los esfuerzos hacia el público joven. En esta memoria se utiliza la metodología de ecuaciones estructurales, identificando los factores que determinan la calidad percibida por los adultos jóvenes de una cooperativa de ahorro y crédito, de qué manera estos factores producen satisfacción en los clientes y la consecuente lealtad hacia una determinada institución financiera. Los datos se obtienen de un cuestionario aplicado a una muestra aleatoria de clientes, por medio de éste, se identifican los factores relevantes para el mercado de interés y consecuentemente es una línea de acción para tomar decisiones referentes a la mantención de la cartera. Los resultados obtenidos muestran las variables que afectan la calidad percibida en los servicios financieros, los factores de causalidad de la satisfacción y la lealtad de los clientes, entregando una guía de acción para las futuras decisiones de la cooperativa de ahorro y crédito. Palabras Claves: Calidad Percibida, Cooperativa, Lealtad, Satisfacción del Cliente./ABSTRACT: Each day there are more financial alternatives, therefore, all the institutions of this item, should keep and attract to the public, ensuring its sustainability and profitability, that means establishing a portfolio consolidated of customers. A portfolio aging can cause the collapse of the institution, it follows the importance of approaching part of efforts toward young audiences. In this memory is used the methodology of structural equations, identifying factors affecting the perceived quality for young adults of saving and credit cooperative, how these factors produce satisfaction on the clients and the consequent loyalty to a particular financial institution. The data is acquired by a questionnaire applied to a random sample of customers, through this the relevant factors for the market of interest are identified and thus it’s the line of action to make decisions on the maintenance of the portfolio. The results show the variables affecting the perceived quality in financial services, the causation factors of satisfaction and customer loyalty, delivering a guide for action for the future of the cooperative. Key words: perceived quality, cooperative, loyalty, customer satisfaction

Problemas sociales en el estudio del tratamiento de la preparación táctica en los deportes de combate

The issue addressed is related to the treatment of tactical preparation in combat sports. The objective that is formulated in this work is to identify some social problems that are related to the treatment of tactical preparation in combat sports, with emphasis on sports fighting. Methods and techniques such as documentary review, survey, interview, methodological triangulation are used. As a result of identifying some social problems, related to the application of science, the need for scientific methodological tools and identification of responsibilities in the process of tactical preparation in combat sports.El tema que se aborda está relacionado con el tratamiento de la preparación táctica en los deportes de combate. El objetivo que se formula en este trabajo, es identificar algunos problemas sociales que se relacionan con el tratamiento a la preparación táctica en los deportes de combate, con énfasis en la lucha deportiva. Se utilizan métodos y técnicas como la revisión documental, la encuesta, la entrevista, la triangulación metodológica. Como resultado de identifican algunos problemas sociales, relacionados con la aplicación de la ciencia, la necesidad de herramientas científico metodológicas y e identificación de responsabilidades en el proceso de preparación táctica en los deportes de combate