Career inhibitors and career enablers for executive women

This paper is intended to contribute to the study of career inhibitors and career enablers for women. The analysis is based on data obtained from a survey conducted by the International Center of Work and Family at IESE Business School. The main conclusions of the analysis are: - Women have readier access to general management posts in small companies. - The feeling of working a "double work day" is widespread among women managers, especially in large companies. - Lack of sympathy on the part of colleagues and superiors when women give priority to their family responsibilities undermines women managers' satisfaction with their professional life. - The main career inhibitor is corporate culture (the "glass ceiling"). - The importance that executive women ascribe to career inhibitors decreases with age and professional rank. - The average woman manager's main support is her husband, who in most cases is also a manager. - The principal career enablers are: motivation, training, mental strength and value system.top management; career; family; women;

Chronique d’une guerre annoncée. La violence au Mexique à six ans du début de la guerre contre le narcotrafic

Le Mexique contemporain est un cas illustratif d’un « nouveau contexte de violence », loin des cadres traditionnels de guerre, où il est difficile de distinguer les détonateurs du conflit des circonstances aggravantes et de ses conséquences. La violence au Mexique est plurielle et contradictoire. D’une part, l’exhibition de corps démembrés, les fusillades fortuites et les actes de terrorisme signalent l’arrivée de formes de violence intenses, imprévisibles et aveugles face aux victimes, dont beaucoup sont des civiles. L’ampleur du problème est difficile à saisir, car la violence échappe aux mesures fiables. Non seulement les sources officielles ne sont pas toujours crédibles, mais aussi le « chiffre noir », c’est-à-dire les crimes non dénoncés par les victimes par peur ou méfiance, est élevé. On sait que le taux d’homicides est passé de 9,7 pour 100 000 habitants (2006) à 23,7 (2011), égalant ainsi des statistiques propres à des pays vivant un conflit armé interne. Ciudad Juarez, située à la frontière mexicano-américaine, a déjà reçu le titre de la ville la plus meurtrière de la planète. Les 3000 homicides enregistrés en 2010 ont fait de cette municipalité de 1,3 million d’habitants un endroit plus dangereux que Bagdad, Caracas ou Kandahar. D’autre part, et malgré ce scenario, le Mexique restait en 2011 un endroit plus sécuritaire que des pays comme la Colombie, le Salvador, le Honduras ou le Venezuela. Clairement, des États comme Baja California, Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Michoacán et Sinaloa détenaient des taux très élevés d’homicides. Pourtant, la violence n’est pas répartie équitablement à travers le pays, si bien que les statistiques du Yucatán étaient comparables à celles de la Belgique. Cette chronique vise à dégager un raisonnement capable de relier diverses thèses dans une démarche moins morcelée, en se penchant sur les causes et les effets de cette violence. Deux hypothèses seront étudiées, l’une traitant la violence comme variable dépendante, l’autre comme indépendante : (a) la violence résulte de la transformation du marché international des drogues, de la guerre amorcée par le Président Calderón en 2006 et de l’érosion des pactes informels historiques entre acteurs légaux et illégaux ; (b) la violence au Mexique produit une détérioration du régime démocratique et l’affaiblissement du contrôle territorial de l’État

Teaching Style in Physical Education and Changes of Daily Physical Activity after One Academic Year in Adolescents: GEOS Study

Increased Moderate-Vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and reduced sedentary time (ST) are key factors for a healthy lifestyle during childhood and adolescence. Studies have suggested that schools may be effective resources to promote healthy habits (Sallis, McKenzie et al. 2012). Therefore, in PE, is important to assess how teachers use strategies and provide students tools to engage in PA with the purpose of reduce the risk of sedentary behavior and contribute to promotion MVPA habits for a healthy lifestyle (Lonsdale, C. et al., 2013). Many factors may be involved in the successful PE class to promote healthy out-school behaviors, as teaching styles (TS), learning styles, learning time, motivation and so on (Mosston, M. 1966). Regarding TS, there is a lack of knowledge about influence of the teaching style (TS) in the promotion of daily MVPA. It was our aim to observe the differences of total daily PA dimensions between two groups of adolescents who were taught during a whole academic year using reproducing (RK) or producing knowledge (PK) TSs.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

(S)-(1-Pyrrolidin-2-ylmethyl)quinuclidin-1-ium Bromide

(S)-(1-Pyrrolidin-2-ylmethyl)quinuclidine-1-ium bromide was synthesized in a six-step reaction process starting from l-proline and spectroscopically and thermally characterized.This research was funded by the Generalitat Valenciana (Project AICO 2021/013), the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICINN, Projects PGC2018-096616-B−I00 and PID2021-127332NB-I00) and the University of Alicante (Projects VIGROB-173 and grant UAUSTI 2021)

Paix soutenable : rapports de force et affaiblissement des extrémistes en Angola, en Colombie, au Salvador et au Mozambique de 1989 à 1999

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Pediatric Electrical Stimulation for Limb Lengthening: A Non-Invasive Approach

Leg Length Discrepancy (LLD) is a problematic ailment for children as the differences in limb lengths can lead to scoliosis, hip, knee, and ankle problems, and back pain. If LLD is untreated, the symptoms will worsen as the child matures. Today LLD is corrected by using the Ilizarov Method, which uses pins that are externally attached to the broken bone for extension over time using a fixator or by using internal plates that do not require externalization. In our project we aim to use external electrical stimulation to correct the limb discrepancies. Several companies, such as Zimmer Biomet, have created an external bone growth stimulator that uses capacitive coupled electrical stimulation to promote bone growth. However, these devices are not designed for use in children. We have designed a device that will also use capacitive coupling to electrically stimulate bone growth in children. We began by using a computational model to measure the optimal current to achieve our goal. Our device was designed to be simple, easy, and comfortable for pediatric patients. Our device consists of an integrated circuit with two portions, a power supply and an oscillator section to generate the square wave intended to deliver the voltage to the patient to stimulate growth at the epiphyseal plate. The device, meant to deliver therapy during the patient’s sleep, allows the patient to wear the device comfortably while not disrupting their everyday life, while simultaneously fixing the discrepancy

Visible light-promoted metal-free aerobic photooxidation of xanthenes, thioxanthenes and dihydroacridines in deep eutectic solvents

Benzylic systems such as 9H-xanthenes, 9H-thioxanthenes and 9,10-dihydroacridines can be easily oxidized to the corresponding xanthones, thioxanthones or acridones, respectively, in deep eutectic solvents by a visible blue light-promoted photooxidation procedure carried out using ambient air as oxidant in the presence of riboflavin tetraacetate as a metal-free photocatalyst. The obtained yields are high or almost quantitative, and the reaction media can be recovered and reused. The environmental friendliness of the protocol is demonstrated based on several green metrics.The authors acknowledge the financial support by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PID2021-127332NB-I00), the Generalitat Valenciana (AICO 2021/013) and the University of Alicante (VIGROB-173 and UAUSTI 2022)