Preventing secondary traumatic stress in social workers: How to protect helping professionals

Social workers are often asked to put the needs of others above their own. This, coupled with a propensity for social workers to engage with clients’ trauma, can lead to secondary traumatic stress (STS) disorder. This thesis explores how to better support social workers at individual, environmental, and organizational levels to predict and prevent STS. Based on a review of the literature, recommendations are made to improve social work policy, practice, and research. This analysis suggests that combatting STS must begin with social work students and continue through an individual’s career. Further research is required to inform the implementation of specific protective factors against STS

Middle Ordovician conodonts and graptolites at Los Cauquenes range, central Precordillera of San Juan, Argentina

The Ordovician System is superbly represented in the Precordillera of western Argentina, at the Andean foothills. During the Middle Ordovician, an important paleogeographical rearrangement of depocenters and source areas took place associated with the demise of the Eopaleozoic carbonate platform of the Precordillera. This critical interval is recorded in the basin through widespread deposition of black shales over the fossiliferous limestones of the San Juan Formation, punctuated by local deposition of olistostromes, debris flows, conglomerates, and turbidites (e.g., Astini et al., 1995; Keller, 1999). Fossil dating of the lowest black shales and equivalent units indicates a diachronous deposition from north to south in the Precordillera basin (Hünicken, 1985; Albanesi et al., 1998).Fil: Voldman, Gustavo Gabriel. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Museo de Paleontología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra; ArgentinaFil: Ortega, Gladys del Carmen. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Museo de Paleontología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Albanesi, Guillermo Luis. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Museo de Paleontología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra; Argentin

Female representations through Hollywood musical cinema in the Spain of the 50’s

This article aims to approximate systems of representation of the feminine through the Hollywood musical films exhibited in Spain during the 50s, using tools such as cultural and gender history, considering that the musical numbers are vital importance as they are the pieces which primarily establish and symbolize power relationships between female and male characters. As it´s well known, the Francoism gave women a fundamental role. Women became a key element in the social and economical policy of dominance, as they were the main tool to reproduce and consolidate the social basis of the «New State». In this sense, keeping in mind that the meanings of masculinity and feminity have been historically and culturally constructed and starting from the hypothesis that cinema is a social influence, it´s interesting to look into the female examples presented to Spanish women during the age through Hollywood films, given that going to the cinema by that time was one of the most popular ways of entertainment.Este trabajo pretende aproximarse a los sistemas de representación de lo femenino a través del cine musical de Hollywood exhibido en España durante la década de los 50, utilizando para ello como herramientas la Historia cultural y de género, teniendo en cuenta que los números musicales tienen una importancia vital en el relato constituyéndose en las piezas que fundamentalmente establecen y simbolizan las relaciones de poder que se dan entre los personajes masculinos y femeninos. Como es sabido, el franquismo otorgó un papel fundamental a las mujeres, que se convirtieron en una pieza clave para su política de dominio social y económico pues ellas fueron el instrumento para reproducir y consolidar la base social del “Nuevo Estado”. En este sentido, teniendo en cuenta que los significados de la masculinidad y la feminidad han sido histórica y culturalmente construidos y partiendo de la hipótesis de que el cine influye socialmente, resulta interesante indagar cuáles eran los ejemplos femeninos que les eran presentados a las mujeres españolas de la época a través de la cinematografía de Hollywood, puesto que ir al cine en la España de aquellos años era una de las formas de ocio más popular

Cine y género en la posguerra española

En este artículo se exploran los modelos de feminidad en el cine exhibido en los primeros años de la posguerra española, tanto el que proviene de la cinematografía nacional como el que lo hace de la cinematografía hollywoodiense, puesto que ésta última era la que más aplauso de público suscitaba en España, a través del estudio de ambas cinematografías y del análisis de género en los filmes más exitosos de la época. Para ello se abordan las relaciones entre cine e historia como un modo renovado de acercarse al pasado, así como se explora el peso de los medios de comunicación de masas (concretamente el cinematográfico) a la hora de consolidar y reproducir los significados de la feminidad histórica y culturalmente construidos

The Improvement of Employability Among Higher Education Students: The use of Emotional Intelligence as an Educational Strategy

AbstractOne of the basic objectives of the implementation of the European Higher Education Area is the achievement of employability in students based on quality higher education focused on learning skills.More and more college students need to acquire, develop and update a solid background at different levels (theoretical, practical and emotional). Indeed, the emotional components relating to the skills demanded by the current labour market play an important role in the achievement of a better and productive personal and professional career for students.Interest in emotional intelligence in the world of education and organizations is growing. There is a slow but progressive trend to consider it as a determining factor in productivity and employability. The use of emotional intelligence facilitates the affective-behavioural balance essential to facing the needs required by the current society. Emotional intelligence as an educational strategy contributes to enhancing emotional skills and employability in the labour activity

Bioética, saúde mental e gênero

This paper focuses on the development of three main concepts, representing our time, whose definition and initial impact has changed in the last years: bioethics, mental health care and gender. It analyzes their interrelationship using data from the epidemiological research carried out in Lima, Peru, by the National Institute of Mental Health Care of Woman in "united women"Este artículo enfoca el desarrollo de tres importantes conceptos, propios de nuestra era, cuya definición y alcance inicial han cambiado en los últimos años: bioética, salud mental y género. Analiza su interrelación, utilizando datos del estudio epidemiológico hecho en Lima, Perú, por el Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental en "mujeres unidas".Este artigo enfoca o desenvolvimento de três importantes conceitos, próprios de nosso tempo, cuja definição e alcance inicial mudaram nos últimos anos: bioética, saúde mental e gênero. Analisa sua inter-relação, utilizando dados do estudo epidemiológico feito em Lima, Perú, pelo Instituto Ncional de Saúde Mental

Bioassays with terrestrial and aquatic species as monitoring tools of hydrocarbon degradation

In this study chemical analyses and ecotoxicity tests were applied for the assessment of a heavily hydrocarbon-contaminated soil prior and after the application of a remediation procedure that consisted in the stimulation of soil autochthonous populations of hydrocarbon degraders in static-ventilated biopiles. Terrestrial bioassays were applied in mixtures of test soils and artificial control soil and studied the survival and reproduction of Eisenia fetida and the avoidance response of E. fetida and Folsomia candida. Effects on aquatic organisms were studied by means of acute tests with Vibrio fischeri, Raphidocelis subcapitata, and Daphnia magna performed on aqueous elutriates from test soils. The bioremediation procedure led to a significant reduction in the concentration of hydrocarbons (from 34264 to 3074 mg kg-1, i.e., 91 % decrease) and toxicity although bioassays were not able to report a percentage decrease of toxicity as high as the percentage reduction. Sublethal tests proved the most sensitive terrestrial bioassays and avoidance tests with earthworms and springtails showed potential as monitoring tools of hydrocarbon remediation due to their high sensitivity and short duration. The concentrations of hydrocarbons in water extracts from test soils were 130 and 100 µg L-1 before and after remediation, respectively. Similarly to terrestrial tests, most aquatic bioassays detected a significant reduction in toxicity, which was almost negligible at the end of the treatment. D. magna survival was the most affected by soil elutriates although toxicity to the crustacean was associated to the salinity of the samples rather than to the concentration of hydrocarbons. Ecotoxicity tests with aqueous soil elutriates proved less relevant in the assessment of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils due to the low hydrosolubility of hydrocarbons and the influence of the physicochemical parameters of the aquatic mediumPostprint (author's final draft

Higiene y Seguridad del Trabajo en el Beneficio DON WIL en el Municipio de Matagalpa, Durante el II Semestre del 2015

En la investigación se analizaron las diferentes medidas de Higiene y Seguridad Laboral aplicada a los trabajadores del Beneficio de café Don Will, al segundo semestre del año 2015. Las variables que se evaluaron fueron las siguientes, Higiene y Seguridad Laboral en el Beneficio de café Don Will, se utilizó el método inductivo y deductivo para la recolección de información, a partir de consultas bibliográficas a libros e internet, así como el empírico haciendo uso de fuentes primarias mediante la aplicación de encuestas, entrevistas y observación. Los resultados obtenidos de toda esta labor investigativa se logró identificar con claridad que la empresa no tiene constituida la comisión mixta de higiene y seguridad laboral como lo establece la ley 618, (2007) ley de higiene y seguridad del trabajo, por otra parte se pudo constatarque en el área de producción la ventilación no es adecuada, además se hace necesaria la conformación de la comisión mixta para que elaboren el plan de higiene y seguridad, ya lo que se busca es darles mejores condiciones a los trabajadores. Para el logro de los objetivos trazados y mejoramiento continúo en materia de seguridad e higiene se deberá elaborar planes ajustados a la realidad de la empresa, así también es necesaria la capacitación continua para que el personal conozca todo lo necesaria para mantener un ambiente saludable y seguro

Anthropology and One Health: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Diseases Emergence

“One Health” is a holistic vision of health based on its study and management under a transdisciplinary approach of different sciences. While health is understood as the result of a balance between a set of factors that affect the interface human-animal-environment, the disease is the result of an imbalanced interface on which human activities are determinant. Health promotion and disease prevention strategies should be based on understanding the human role in this interface at the population level. An overview of the most important epidemics (pandemics) along with the history and their risk factors, most of them linked to human activities, suggests the weight of social determinants in disease emergence and evolution. Anthropology is presented not only as the science contributing to explaining these human activities that imbalance the human, animal, and environment interface in epidemics, but also as science involved in the design of strategies to solve those diseases. Medical Anthropology, a subfield of Anthropology, working together with Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine in a transdisciplinary approach, can contribute to analyzing cultural determinants and designing social education and risk communication strategies for health promotion and disease prevention from a “One Health” point of view