I am from Epifania and Tomas : an autoethnography and bi-literacy narrative of a Mexican American orchard workers\u27 daughter

This is an autoethnography and bi-literacy narrative of a first-generation Mexican American woman whose parents work in the orchards around Mattawa, Washington. It is a collection of 44 written artifacts dating back to high school Spanish class and moving forward to the graduate papers written in the master\u27s program at Eastern Washington University as well as concurrent and retrospective journal entries documenting her infancy years through her graduate studies. A close and interactive reading of works by Mexican Americans, Richard Rodriguez and Gloria Anzaldua, is offered by the author who connects her own experiences growing up bilingually and biculturally in the United States with their experiences. She also reviews literature about the role of the bi-literacy narrative and value of autoethnography in the lives of first-generation college students like herself. Providing both emic and etic views of the orchard community and cultural practices, the author highlights the values of respect, hard work, and responsibility taught to her and her three siblings by her Mexican-born parents who have worked for the same company in the orchards for 25 years --Leaf iv

El modelo Mondragón desde la perspectiva de los determinantes de la ventaja competitiva nacional

Una importante pregunta que actualmente los economistas, políticos y académicos se hacen, es cómo promover el crecimiento económico en las regiones, ciudades y naciones, en un clima de intensa competencia global. El presente artículo tiene como objetivo configurar el Modelo Mondragón, desde la perspectiva de los determinantes de la ventaja competitiva nacional, con base en la identificación de los factores clave que han propiciado la generación de empleo, sustentabilidad y crecimiento en dicho sistema. La información empleada fue obtenida en artículos científicos, libros de investigación, entrevistas y etnografía realizada en una estancia de investigación en el País Vasco, España. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que el Diamante de Porter resulta útil para plantear las estrategias elementales del cooperativismo de Mondragón. Sin embargo, el modelo muestra que existen, además, elementos como la autogestión, la inter e intra cooperación, la solidaridad retributiva, la gestión democrática, los principios cooperativos y la identidad cultural, los cuales son clave e intervienen en el funcionamiento del Modelo Mondragón, y que el Diamante de Porter no presenta explícitamente.One important question that economists, politicians, and academics point out today is how to promote economic growth in regions, cities, and nations, all immersed in an environment of intense global competition. The purpose of this article is to set out the Mondragón Model, a cooperative system, from the perspective of the determinants of the national competitive advantage based on Porter´s Diamond. The main goal is to identify the key factors that have led Mondragón to achieve job generation, sustainability and growth. The used information was obtained from scientific articles, research books, interviews, and ethnography, as a visiting scholar at the Basque Country, in Spain. The results analysis shows that the Porter´s Diamond is useful to configure the basic strategies of the Mondragón cooperative. This diamond also showed that there are some significant elements, such as: self-management, inter-and intra-cooperation, retributive solidarity, democratic management, cooperative principles and cultural identity, that shape the operation of the Mondragón model. It is important to state that Porter´s diamond is not explicitly intended to do so, and that’s a contribution of this research

In utero DDT and DDE exposure and obesity status of 7-year-old Mexican-American children in the CHAMACOS cohort.

BackgroundIn utero exposure to endocrine disrupting compounds including dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) has been hypothesized to increase risk of obesity later in life.ObjectivesThe Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS) study is a longitudinal birth cohort of low-income Latinas living in a California agricultural community. We examined the relation of in utero DDT and DDE exposure to child obesity at 7 years of age. We also examined the trend with age (2, 3.5, 5, and 7 years) in the exposure-obesity relation.MethodsWe included 270 children with o,p´-DDT, p,p´-DDT, and p,p´-DDE concentrations measured in maternal serum during pregnancy (nanograms per gram lipid) and complete 7-year follow-up data including weight (kilograms) and height (centimeters). Body mass index (BMI; kilograms per meter squared) was calculated and obesity was defined as ≥ 95th percentile on the sex-specific BMI-for-age Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 growth charts.ResultsAt 7 years, 96 (35.6%) children were obese. A 10-fold increase in o,p´-DDT, p,p´-DDT, or p,p´-DDE, was nonsignificantly associated with increased odds (OR) of obesity [o,p´-DDT adjusted (adj-) OR = 1.17, 95% CI: 0.75, 1.82; p,p´-DDT adj-OR = 1.19, 95% CI: 0.81, 1.74; p,p´-DDE adj-OR = 1.22, 95% CI: 0.72, 2.06]. With increasing age at follow-up, we observed a significant trend toward a positive association between DDT and DDE exposure and odds of obesity.ConclusionWe did not find a significant positive relation between in utero DDT and DDE exposure and obesity status of 7-year-old children. However, given the observed trend with age, continued follow-up will be informative

School Program Planning to Increase Active Transport to School

Studies have shown that active transport is known to increase physical activity of children, decrease traffic congestion and the production of greenhouse gasses. This study examines active transport to school (ATS) [walking, biking, or other self-powered wheels to school] among elementary students. Through the Nevada Moves Day program an increase proportion of elementary students who use ATS was expected. This study was done at two elementary schools, one being the intervention school that participated in the Nevada Moves Day, and a control school, which did not participate. Data was collected over a three week period. Students using active transport and the number of motor vehicles were counted before the intervention day, the intervention day, and one week post intervention. The number of students who used ATS increased on intervention day, but the ATS rates dropped to baseline levels the next week. To increase ATS rates for the long term, interventions will likely need to be more comprehensive than a one day program promotions

LA PERCEPCIÓN DE LA CRIANZA EN PADRES, MADRES E HIJOS ADOLESCENTES PERTENECIENTES AL MISMO NÚCLEO FAMILIAR

Se investigó la percepción de la crianza en padres, madres e hijos adolescentes del mismo núcleo familiar, para detectar las similitudes y diferencias que presentan en su perspectiva acerca de la socialización familiar. Se trabajó con una muestra no probabilística intencional de 180 participantes (60 padres, 60 madres y 60 hijos) del municipio de Toluca, México. Se aplicó la Escala de Percepción de Crianza de Oudhof, González Arratia, Rodríguez y Unikel (2008), que consta de 32 ítems agrupados en tres factores: interés en las actividades del hijo, apoyo y orientación. Se encontraron medias altas en los tres grupos, indicando que tanto los padres como los hijos consideran que las actividades de crianza se realizan con frecuencia. Se concluye que predomina un alto grado de acuerdo entre los integrantes de las familias del estudio acerca de las características del proceso de socialización en el hogar

El Circuito Cultural Barracas y su vínculo con el desarrollo cultural del barrio : un análisis de sus procesos de gestión desde la dimensión relacional del Desarrollo Local

Tesis de maestríaLa investigación hace referencia a un fenómeno teatral particular: el teatro comunitario argentino, que surge como necesidad de un grupo de personas de determinada región, barrio o población, de agruparse y comunicarse a través del mismo con una actitud de criticidad hacia el modelo hegemónico de desarrollo fortaleciendo las prácticas capaces de confrontar el proceso de globalización y con el fin de mitigar la ausencia de un discurso acorde al contexto y a las necesidades sociales. Un teatro donde los vecinos son los propios actores en calidad de amateurs. El Circuito Cultural Barracas (CCB), en tanto teatro comunitario, tiene como finalidad promover, desde el barrio donde está inmerso, el arte como una herramienta de transformación social y como un derecho de todos.Fil:Campos Aguilera, Brenda. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Escuela de Política y Gobiern

Teacher Perspectives of Professional Development and the Implementation of Instructional Practice for English Language Learners

An increasing number of U.S. teachers of English Language Learners (ELL) across the nation are not receiving adequate in-service training to provide instruction within students’ Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Vygotsky’s ZPD is the difference between what a person can achieve when acting alone and what the same person can achieve when acting with support from someone else. ELL instructional practices should be implemented in ELL students’ ZPD to ensure adequate academic performance. A lack of training is a local problem for a school district in the state of Florida. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the perspectives of ELL teachers regarding the professional development trainings they received to teach ELL students within their ZPD. The two research questions focused on: (a) how elementary teachers implement instructional practices and resources to teach ELL students within their ZPD and (b) what their perspectives are of the professional development they were provided to teach ELL students. A purposeful sample of eight teachers of ELL students in the first through fifth grades participated in individual interview sessions. Using thematic analysis, data were analyzed using open coding and axial coding. The findings revealed participants’ concerns regarding their knowledge and preparation, as well as the professional development they were offered for teaching the ELL students. An in-service training project was created to provide teachers of ELL students with more information regarding strategies, accommodations, and instructional implementation. This study may contribute to positive social change by highlighting areas of concern for further research. Providing in-service training may equip teachers with the skills and knowledge that they need to teach ELL students within their ZPD, which may result in better educational outcomes

Influencia del estrés en la preeclampsia en gestantes atendidas en el hospital San Juan de Lurigancho, 2020

Objetivo: Determinar la influencia del estrés en la preeclampsia en gestantes atendidas en el Hospital San Juan de Lurigancho, 2020. Metodología: Estudio con enfoque cuantitativa, descriptiva no experimental, prospectiva de corte transversal, realizado a 150 gestantes con diagnóstico de preeclampsia atendidas en el servicio de hospitalización – emergencia en el Hospital de San Juan de Lurigancho en el periodo de enero – junio en el 2020, se empleó la ficha de recolección de datos para la recolección de información, de igual manera se empleó el instrumento de escala de estrés de Beck (1998), para determinar el grado de estrés, previamente validados. Resultados: Con respecto al tipo de preeclampsia se evidenció que el 70,4% de gestantes presentó preeclampsia severa y un 29,6% presento preeclampsia leve respectivamente. La agremiación entre el nivel de estrés dimensión cognitivo-psicológico y la preeclampsia en gestantes, se evidenció el 68,5% de gestantes con preeclampsia severa presentaron un nivel de estrés cognitivo-psicológico alto y el 1,9% de mujeres embarazadas con preeclamsia severa presentaron estrés cognitivo-psicológico moderado. Además se constató que el 14,8% gestantes con preeclampsia leve presentaron un nivel de estrés cognitivo-psicológico moderado, seguido del 13,9% de gestantes preeclampticas sin signos de severidad presentaron un nivel de estrés cognitivo-psicológico bajo y por último el 0,9% de gestantes con preeclampsia leve presentó un nivel de estrés cognitivo-psicológico alto. Conclusiones: El nivel de dimensión de estrés en gestantes preeclampticas con criterios de severidad, se determinó el predominio del estrés de dimensión cognitivo-psicológico alto, con el 68,5% sobre el moderado y en el fisiológico predomino el alto con un 50,9% sobre el moderado, concluyendo así la influencia del estrés en la preeclampsia