Mobbing en el sistema universitario gallego. El personal de administración y servicios

Las Administraciones Públicas se muestran, lamentablemente, como un campo especialmente abonado para el desarrollo de nocivas y gravísimas patologías, vicios y conflictos laborales, contradiciendo de este modo los más elementales principios que, por imperativo, obligación y, sobre todo, lógica, han de inspirar la actividad de la Administración. El acoso psicológico se ha convertido en una lacra laboral que azota con enorme virulencia a la Administración Pública. La Universidad Pública puede convertirse en un entorno laboral altamente tóxico si no se adoptan las medidas para corregir y prevenir este tipo de procesos, lo que obliga necesariamente a identificar el problema, sus causas y sus consecuencias.Regrettably the civil services are particularly prone to the onset of pernicious deficiencies within the working environment that contravene the most fundamental principles governing its procedures. Psychological harassment is a disgrace to the workforce and one that puts enormous pressure on the civil service. The public university will become a noxious environment within which to work unless measures are taken in both the prevention and correction of abuses, all of which necessitates a thorough identification of the problem in question together with its likely causes and consequences

Estrategias didácticas innovadoras como detonante en el aprendizaje del idioma inglés en la carrera de Turismo del Centro Universitario UAEM Tenancingo

El aprendizaje efectivo y significativo de un segundo idioma por parte de los alumnos, de la carrera de Turismo, ha sido desde siempre, uno de los objetivos primordiales de la Academia de Inglés del Centro Universitario UAEM Tenancingo que, para alcanzar tal fin, ha puesto en marcha diversas acciones tendientes a mejorar el aprendizaje de los alumnos de la carrera de Turismo y hacer al mismo tiempo, significativo su aprendizaje. El presente trabajo de Intervención Docente comprende de manera medular, un plan de acción aplicado por el docente encargado de la Unidad de Aprendizaje de Inglés D2, con alumnos del quinto semestre de la carrera de Turismo, el cual involucra estrategias didácticas innovadoras, que al ser aplicadas en el salón de clase, promovieron el desarrollo de habilidades en los alumnos para interactuar en inglés así como hacer significativa la información a través de la práctica con sus pares y, como efecto colateral, el reducir el porcentaje de reprobación. El trabajo describe las diferentes etapas en las que se implementaron estrategias didácticas innovadoras de carácter preinstruccional, coinstruccional y posinstruccional para el desarrollo de habilidades de writing (escritura), listening (auditiva) y speaking (verbal) entre otras, que permitieran a los alumnos ser entes activos y producir. El diseño instruccional para la aplicación de estrategias se basó en el Modelo de Jerrold Kemp con el apoyo de un recurso tecnológico educativo innovador mediante el uso de un weblog. Las estrategias implementadas favorecieron el desarrollo de habilidades de comunicación entre los alumnos, ya que tuvieron una alternativa diferente en el desarrollo de las actividades de aprendizaje así como en el proceso de evaluación, el cual les permitió mejorar sus resultados escolares, y aunque existió cierta problemática entre la pericia del manejo de recursos informáticos, entre otros, se destaca la avidez que poseen los educandos por involucrarse en nuevas formas de trabajo en clase, en una relación más estrecha entre docentealumno y alumno-alumno. Esta experiencia abre la oportunidad de innovar en la práctica docente, al visualizar la continuidad del presente trabajo, ya sea engarzando otras unidades de aprendizaje en la misma carrera de Turismo o en otras carreras que el C.U. ofrece

Characterization and Di erentiation of Spanish Vinegars from Jerez and Condado de Huelva Protected Designations of Origin

Thirty one Jerez vinegar samples and 33 Huelva vinegar samples were analyzed for polyphenolic and volatile compound content in order to characterize them and attempt to di erentiate them. Sixteen polyphenolic compounds were quantified by means of ultraperformance liquid chromatography method with diode array detection (UPLC–DAD), and 37 volatile compounds were studied by means of stir bar sorptive extraction–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (SBSE–GC–MS). Spectrophotometric CIELab parameters were also measured for all the samples. The results obtained from the statistical multivariate treatment of the data evidenced a clear di erence between vinegars from the two geographical indications with regard to their polyphenolic content, with Jerez vinegars exhibiting a greater phenolic content. Di erentiation by the volatile compound content was, however, not so evident. Nevertheless, a considerable di erentiation between the two groups of vinegars based on their volatile fraction was achieved. This may bring to light the grape varieties and geographical factors that have a clear influence on such di erences

Prevalence, beliefs and impact of drug-drug interactions between antiretroviral therapy and illicit drugs among people living with HIV in Spain

Altres ajuts: ViiV Healthcare (grant 001/2016)Drug use implies important challenges related to HIV management, particularly due to an increased risk of potential interactions between antiretroviral therapy (ART) and illicit drugs (pDDIs). This study analyses the prevalence and severity of pDDIs among people living with HIV (PLHIV). It also explores their awareness of pDDIs and their beliefs about the toxicity that they may cause, as well as the impact of pDDIs on selected health variables. We conducted an on-line cross-sectional survey across 33 Spanish hospitals and NGOs to collect demographics and clinical data. pDDIs were checked against the Interaction Checker developed by Liverpool University. The sample of the present study was composed of 694 PLHIV who used illicit drugs. They represented 49.5% of the 1,401 PLHIV that participated in the survey. After excluding 38 participants due to lack of information on their ART or illicit drug use, 335 (51.1%) participants consuming drugs presented with some potentially significant pDDIs between their ART and illicit drugs, with a mean of 2.1±1.7 (1-10) pDDIs per patient. The drugs most frequently involved in pDDIs were cocaine, cannabis, MDMA and nitrates ("poppers"). The prevalence of pDDIs across ART regimens was: protease inhibitors (41.7%); integrase inhibitor-boosted regimens (32.1%), and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (26.3%). An awareness of pDDIs and beliefs about their potential toxicity correlated positively with intentional non-adherence (p<0.0001). Participants with pDDIs exhibited a higher prevalence of intentional non-adherence (2.19±1.04 vs. 1.93±0.94; p = 0.001). The presence of pDDIs was not associated with poorer results in the clinical variables analysed. A significant proportion of PLHIV who use drugs experience pDDIs, thereby requiring close monitoring. pDDIs should be considered in the clinical management of HIV patients. Adequate information about pDDIs and indicators about how to manage ART when PLHIV use drugs could improve ART non-adherence

Pilot-scale continuous flow granular reactor for the treatment of extremely low-strength recirculating aquaculture system wastewater

The authors would like to thank the EU and the Spanish Government (AEI) (PCIN-2017-047) and Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) (Water JPI/0003/2016) for funding, in the frame of the collaborative international Consortium AQUAVAL financed under the ERA-NET WaterWorks2015 Cofunded Call. This ERA-NET is an integral part of the 2016 Joint Activities developed by the Water Challenges for a Changing World Joint Programme Initiative (Water JPI) and the CDTI (Centro para Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial, E.P.E., Spain). Authors also thank the Spanish Government (AEI) for funding, in the frame of the project TREASURE (CTQ2017-83225-C2-1-R) and the FCT for funding in the frame of the project UIDB/50016/2020. S. Santorio, A. Val del Rio and A. Mosquera-Corral belong to the Galician Competitive Research Groups (GRC)_ED431C-2021/37 co-funded by FEDER (UE)To avoid toxic ammonium and nitrite concentrations in aquaculture systems is crucial to maintain the fish production. When recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) operate in freshwater farms during the dry seasons, the concentrations of these pollutants increase. The objective of the present study is the evaluation of a Continuous Flow Granular Reactor (CFGR) for the treatment of freshwater RAS stream at pilot-scale during two consecutive dry seasons. The CFGR was fed with a extremely low-strength recirculation stream of a trout farm (0.12–1.84 mg NH4+-N/L and 2.2–8.14 mg C/L). Two different configurations were evaluated. The first configuration consisted on a CFGR fed from the bottom, being the up-flow velocity the only shear force to mix the biomass. The second configuration incorporated a mechanical stirrer and a sieve to improve the biomass mixing and retention. The CFGR was operated at short hydraulic retention times (HRT) which ranged from 11 to 68 min. The configuration with a mechanical stirrer and sieve was optimal in terms of biomass retention and nitrogen removal performance. Despite the low nitrogen and organic matter concentrations, granulation was achieved in 55 days, with an average granule diameter up to 0.47 mm. Ammonium and nitrite removal percentages up to 81% and 100% were achieved, respectively. The ammonium and nitrite production rate in the trout farm were lower than the removal achieved by the CFGR, which makes the implementation of this system appropriated to maintain the concentration of these compounds below toxic levels for rainbow troutS

New cytotoxic neolignans from the cobalt crust fungus

Terana coerulea (Phanerochaetaceae family) is known as the cobalt crust fungus and it is used for its antibiotic properties at the Irati’s Forest (Navarra, Spain). Previous mycochemical investigations reported the isolation of corticins A-C,[1] p-terphenyl neolignans related to the antitumoural telephoric acid.[2] In this job, from powdered dry fungi, six extracts of increasing polarity were obtained and tested for cytotoxicity against four human tumour cell lines and one non-tumour primary cell culture with the sulforhodamine B assay. From the most cytotoxic one, the EtOAc extract, we isolated and identified three p-terphenyl neolignans. One of them was previously described as corticin A by Briggs et al.,[1] whose earlier structure has been revised in this work using one- and two-dimensional NMR, HRMS, positive and negative MS/MS and its peracetyl derivative in comparison with 4’’-deoxy and 4,5-dimethoxy candidusines A.[3] The other two neolignans are new natural products, named corticins D and E. These neolignans were less cytotoxic than the EtOAc extract itself, maybe due to an aerial oxidation and degradation produced when these neolignans, with catechol moieties, are definitively purified.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Predictors of adherence in three low-intensity intervention programs applied by ICTs for depression in primary care

Depression is one of the most common disorders in psychiatric and primary care settings, and is associated with disability, loss in quality of life, and economic costs. Internet-based psychological interventions have been shown to be effective in depression treatment but present problems with a low degree of adherence. The main aim of this study is to analyze the adherence predictors in three low-intensity interventions programs applied by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for depression. A multi-center, randomized, controlled clinical trial was conducted with 164 participants with depression, who were allocated to: Healthy Lifestyle Program, Positive Affect Promotion Program or Mindfulness Program. Sociodemographic characteristics, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Visual Analog Scale, Short Form Health Survey, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire, Pemberton Happiness Index and Treatment Expectancy Questionnaire were used to study adherence. Results showed that positive affect resulted in a predictor variable for Healthy Lifestyle Program and Positive Affect Promotion Program. Perceived health was also a negative adherence predictor for the Positive Affect Promotion Program. Our findings demonstrate that there are differences in clinical variables between treatment completers and non-completers and we provide adherence predictors in two intervention groups. Although new additional predictors have been examined, further research is essential in order to improve tailored interventions and increase adherence treatment