Education as a Process and Result

Education is a process that happens at both the individual level of each human being and the global level of total humanity, which never ceases to participate in the educational process. Education is a social and historical category; no society has failed to have an educational system. Helmuth von Hentig outlines this in his text and, he reminds us that education is action, process and result. The paradigm shift brought about by the accelerated transformation of society also applies to the concept of education. New technologies and the irreversible digitalization of society have already greatly influenced educational practices and processes

Celiac patient satisfaction with nursing consultations in a gastroenterology department

The assessment of the personal care received is an indicator of the quality of the health care system. The diagnosis of celiac disease generates concern in the patient and limits the quality of life, and adherence to treatment determines symptomatic improvement. For this reason, a nursing consultation for health and nutritional education for celiac patients has been set up in our hospital. The objectives were to know the degree of patient´s satisfaction of this health program regarding technical and communicative aspects, as well as to assess the influence of adherence to the gluten-free diet (GFD) on health through clinical and analytical parameters. This is a descriptive cross-sectional observational study in patients diagnosed of celiac disease from January 2019 to June 2021 according to the Catassi criteria and who have attended the nursing consultation. Subsequently, the satisfaction survey was carried out and the clinical and analytical results were analyzed descriptively and statistically using the Student's t-test. The satisfaction of the nursing consultation was higher than 90%, highlighting aspects such as the clarity of the information, the interest and the kindness of the healthcare professionals. About 94.5% of the patients showed clinical improvement after the health education and the levels of hemoglobin, ferritin and vitamin B12 increased significantly in the analytical control after the GFD

Effect of skin temperature on skin endothelial function assessment

PURPOSE: Microcirculatory dysfunction plays a key role in the development of sepsis during which core temperature is often disturbed. Skin microvascular assessment using laser techniques has been suggested to evaluate microvascular dysfunction during sepsis, but skin microcirculation is also a major effector of human thermoregulation. Therefore we aimed to study the effect of skin temperature on endothelial- and non-endothelial microvascular responses.METHODS: Fifteen healthy participants were studied at different randomized ambient temperatures leading to low (28.0+/-2.0 degrees C), intermediate (31.6+/-2.1 degrees C), and high (34.1+/-1.3 degrees C) skin temperatures. We measured skin blood flow using laser speckle contrast imaging on the forearm in response to vasodilator microvascular tests: acetylcholine (ACh) iontophoresis, sodium nitroprussiate (SNP) iontophoresis, and post-occlusive reactive hyperemia (PORH). The results are expressed as absolute (laser speckle perfusion units, LSPU) or normalized values (cutaneous vascular conductance, CVC in LSPU/mmHg and multiple of baseline). RESULTS: Maximal vasodilation induced by these tests is modified by skin temperature. A low skin temperature induced a significant lower vasodilation for all microvascular tests when results are expressed either in absolute values or in CVC. For example, ACh peak was 57.6+/-19.6 LSPU, 66.8+/-22.2 LSPU and 88.5+/-13.0 LSPU for low, intermediate and high skin temperature respectively (p<0.05). When results are expressed in multiple of baseline, statistical difference disappeared. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that skin temperature has to be well controlled when performing microvascular assessments in order to avoid any bias. The effect of skin temperature can be corrected by expressing the results in multiple of baseline

Estudio del riesgo de hemorragia gastrointestinal asociada al tratamiento de agentes anticoagulantes y antiplaquetarios en prevención cardiovascular

El tratamiento con antiinflamatorios no esteroideos o ácido acetilsalicilíco a dosis bajas se asocia al aumento de riesgo de hemorragia digestiva alta. Existe menos evidencia sobre el riesgo asociado a otros antiplaquetarios y anticoagulantes orales. El objetivo principal del estudio es cuantificar el riesgo de hemorragia digestiva no varicosa asociada a la toma de AINEs, AAS a bajas dosis, otros antiplaquetarios o anticoagulantes orales y su relación potencial con factores que pueden modificar dicho riesgo

Parental Involvement on Child’s Education at Home during COVID-19 Pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic strikes, the Philippine educational system has been interrupted, with regular classrooms being replaced with distance learning. Parents are compelled to act as teachers or tutors in their children\u27s home education. This study aims to find out how parents participate in distance learning at the height of the pandemic. This research used a descriptive-correlational research design. Researcher-made questionnaires were used to collect data from 60 parents chosen through stratified intentional sampling. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Kendall’s Tau B for correlations. Findings revealed that family income and parental educational attainment are related to parental involvement. Parental educational attainment and barriers are quite important. Parental educational attainment and parental involvement with barriers are quite important. Family income with barriers is insignificant. The biggest difficulties that parents found were internet connectivity, lack of devices or gadgets, access to the internet, and difficulty instructing their children at home. It is suggested that the Department of Education adopt and stay current with distance learning education as a supplement to traditional methods of teaching-learning to ensure continuity during difficult times. In every situation, parents must accept the critical role of becoming involved in their child\u27s learning process

Wearable design requirements identification and evaluation

: Wearable electronics make it possible to monitor human activity and behavior. Most of these devices have not taken into account human factors and they have instead focused on technological issues. This fact could not only affect human–computer interaction and user experience but also the devices’ use cycle. Firstly, this paper presents a classification of wearable design requirements that have been carried out by combining a quantitative and a qualitative methodology. Secondly, we present some evaluation procedures based on design methodologies and human–computer interaction measurement tools. Thus, this contribution aims to provide a roadmap for wearable designers and researchers in order to help them to find more efficient processes by providing a classification of the design requirements and evaluation tools. These resources represent time and resource-saving contributions. Therefore designers and researchers do not have to review the literature. It will no be necessary to carry out exploratory studies for the purposes of identifying requirements or evaluation tools either

Cytomegalovirus associated rectal ulcer as manifestation of primary HIV infection

We present the case of a 40-year-old male sent for fatigue, mild weight loss and rectal bleeding for 2 months, neither fever nor diarrhea. He referred unprotected intercourse. Blood test revealed mild elevation of transaminases. We requested serologies, with positive CMV IgG and CMV plasma levels of 47UI/ml (PCR), and a negative result of the rest of hepatotropic viruses. Abdominal ultrasound was normal and during colonoscopy we observed an ulcer in lower rectum, with negative biopsies for malignancy and a positive immunohistochemistry (IHC) for CMV. We amplified the serologic analysis and detected positive antibodies for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with a viral load of 50500 copies/ml, negative p24 antigen and CD4+ cell count of 900 cells/mm3 (30%). Rest of serologies and triple-site testing were negative. We referred the patient to the infectious disease consultation and they started antiretroviral therapy (ART). We decided a watchful waiting approach for the rectal ulcer with close endoscopic follow-up, with early healing and complete resolution

The wearable co-design domino: A user-centered methodology to co-design and co-evaluate wearables

This paper presents a user-centered methodology to co-design and co-evaluate wearables that has been developed following a research-through design methodology. It has been based on the principles of human–computer interaction and on an empirical case entitled “Design and Development of a Low-Cost Wearable Glove to Track Forces Exerted by Workers in Car Assembly Lines” published in Sensors. Insights from both studies have been used to develop the wearable co-design domino presented in this study. The methodology consists of different design stages composed of an ideation stage, digital service development and test stages, hardware development and test stage, and a final test stage. The main conclusions state that it is necessary to maintain a close relationship between human factors and technical factors when designing wearable. Additionally, through the several studies, it has been concluded that there is need of different field experts that should co-design and co-evaluate wearable iteratively and involving users from the beginning of the process