The International Child Health Nursing Network (Red ENSI): A collaboration strategy

The purpose of this article is to present the use of networks as a strategy of work and collaboration to improve the health of the population, which, in our case, is the health of children and adolescents. The International Child Health Nursing Network (ENSI Network; www.redensi.com), in Spanish, Red Internacional de Enfermería en Salud Infantil (Red ENSI), is the strategy for cooperation among institutions involved in training nurses and is aimed at enhancing national health system

Managing Industrial Simulator Visual Databases Using Geographic Information Systems

Geographic Information Systems are developed to handle enormous volumes of data and are equipped with numerous functionalities intended to capture, store, edit, organise, process and analyse or represent the geographically referenced information. On the other hand, industrial simulators for driver training are real-time applications that require a virtual environment, either geospecific, geogeneric or a combination of the two, over which the simulation programs will be run. In the final instance, this environment constitutes a geographic location with its specific characteristics of geometry, appearance, functionality, topography, etc. The set of elements that enables the virtual simulation environment to be created and in which the simulator user can move, is usually called the Visual Database (VDB). The main idea behind the work being developed approaches a topic that is of major interest in the field of industrial training simulators, which is the problem of analysing, structuring and describing the virtual environments to be used in large driving simulators. This paper sets out a methodology that uses the capabilities and benefits of Geographic Information Systems for organising, optimising and managing the visual Database of the simulator and for generally enhancing the quality and performance of the simulator

Valoración de las asignaturas de Expresión Gráfica dentro de los planos de los proyectos fin de carrera

En la ETSII-UPM las asignaturas troncales de Dibujo Técnico bajo diferentes denominaciones se imparten en el primer curso de las titulaciones de Ingeniería Industrial e Ingeniería Química. Dado que suele ser el PFC el primer documento en el que generalmente los alumnos incluyen planos, se pretende conocer y valorar el empleo que hacen de los conocimientos adquiridos en las asignaturas de Dibujo Técnico en la elaboración de los planos de los PFC. A través del análisis de los planos incluidos en los PFC se pretende conocer el grado de aplicación de estos conocimientos específicos en las distintas intensificaciones, la temática de los proyectos, tipo de información que contienen, empleo adecuado de las normas, herramientas empleadas en su elaboración, normativas empleadas, etc., con el fin detectar deficiencias, errores en conocimientos, malas prácticas en su ejecución, etc. y así disponer de información adicional que permita ajustar los contenidos, evaluación y metodología de las materias impartidas con el fin de mejorar la docencia. El estudio se ha realizado tomando como referencia los PFC de los últimos 4 años, para todas las especialidades y convocatorias

Ayuda al aprendizaje: La inyectora virtual

Esta comunicación se enmarca dentro de un proyecto para desarrollar una herramienta informática enfocada a mejorar la calidad de la enseñanza mediante técnicas de realidad virtual. Esta herramienta se presenta como complemento para ampliar y reforzar la gama de recursos que el alumno dispone para adquirir conocimientos prácticos en inyección de plásticos, y así poder utilizarlos con éxito en el marco del diseño, selección y parametrizacióndel proceso de inyección en la fabricación de piezas. El presente trabajo describe algunos aspectos sobre la aplicación desarrollada como resultado del proyecto de innovación educativa IE06 0525-049 financiado por la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. En el diseño y desarrollo de la herramienta se tuvo muy en cuenta el interfaz visual, que se ha encomendado a dos visuales que se comunican con una ventana de introducción de datos. En esta ventana, el alumno puede interactuar con la máquina virtual decidiendo los parámetros más adecuados para el ejercicio elegido, así como detectar y corregir los errores cometidos gracias a la ayuda de la visualización de la pieza defectuosa. Se ha desarrollado el modelo virtual en 3D de una inyectora y de un panel de control similar al de las máquinas de inyección reales, que es operable por los estudiantes, y cuya respuesta varía de acuerdo a un modelo incorporado basado en lógica borrosa y a los parámetros introducidos por el usuario

Evaluation and use of the standards in of the technical drawings in the Final Year Project

In the Industrial Engineering and Chemical Engineering courses of Madrid Polytechnic University the core subjects of Technical Design are taught on the first course but under different names in the first and second four month periods of this degree. The Final Year Project (FYP) is usually the first work in which engineers do a complete engineering project that includes different parts, such as a memory, measuring, budgets and technical drawings. This work sets out to learn and assess the use students make of the knowledge acquired in Technical Drawing subjects when preparing their FYP technical drawings. By analyzing different aspects of 1996 technical drawings included in the FYP about different scopes, it is hoped to be able to see how this specific knowledge is applied to the different specialties (mechanical, electrical, chemistry, etc.) of the degree, as well as the project topics, the type of information contained, the correct use of standards, the tools used to prepare them, etc. The paper has been conducted taking the FYPs of the last 4 years as reference for all the specializations. The purpose of this work was to detect any deficiencies, errors in knowledge, malpractice in execution, etc, in order to have additional information that will enable course content, assessment, and the teaching methodology of the subjects to be adjusted in order to improve teaching. The results of this work are implemented in the contents and practices of the subjects of the technical drawing and a new subject was also purposed

Gamificación en Educación Física: un análisis sistemático de fuentes documentales

A quality Physical Education must offer authentic, valuable and relevant motor experiences for people's lives. This requires that the teaching-learning processes be progressive and significant, with a clear formative orientation, supported by methodological strategies of a playful nature. It is necessary that these processes are connected to the current needs of young people and that it entails the creation of a broad and diverse motor baggage, transferable to their daily life and with positive effects on their health. Achieving these challenges requires reviewing the procedures with which you teach and learn. This article focuses on reviewing the state of the question on learning strategies in Physical Education, in particular on gamification, in order to understand their meaning and possible applications in school PE, as well as the impact on the process teaching-learning. In order to achieve this objective, a bibliometric analysis was carried out on the state of the matter, through the revision of different databases of restricted access and free access. The results show the consideration of new methodologies for the teaching of Physical Education, in which the game appears as an axis of interest in all educational areas. The study reveals the emergence of new or "reformed" ludic-motor methodological strategies such as gamification, being considered as a powerful tool for learning competencies.Una Educación Física de calidad debe ofrecer experiencias motrices auténticas, valiosas y relevantes para la vida de las personas. Esto exige que los procesos de enseñanza aprendizaje sean progresivos y significativos, con una orientación formativa clara, apoyados en estrategias metodológicas de carácter lúdico. Es necesario que estos procesos estén conectados con las necesidades actuales de los jóvenes y que conlleve la creación de un bagaje motriz amplio y diverso, transferible a su vida cotidiana y con efectos positivos sobre su salud. Conseguir estos retos exige revisar los procedimientos con los que se enseña y aprende. El presente artículo se centra en revisar el estado de la cuestión sobre las estrategias de aprendizaje en Educación Física, en particular sobre la gamificación, con la finalidad de comprender su significado y sus posibles aplicaciones en la EF escolar, así como la repercusión en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Para alcanzar este objetivo se ha procedido a hacer un análisis bibliométrico sobre el estado de la cuestión, mediante la revisión de diferentes bases de datos de acceso restringido y de libre acceso. Los resultados muestran la consideración de nuevas metodologías para la enseñanza de la Educación Física, en las que el juego aparece como un eje de interés en todos los ámbitos educativos. El estudio realizado revela la emergencia de nuevas o “reformadas” estrategias metodológicas lúdico-motrices como es la de gamificación, siendo considerada como una potente herramienta para aprender competencias

Alkylsiloxane/alkoxysilane sols as hydrophobic treatments for concrete: A comparative study of bulk vs surface application

Water and waterborne decay agents (e.g. salts, microorganisms) are commonly associated with undesired alterations and damages on concrete elements. A strategy to mitigate their impact is to decrease water retention in the material either by surface treatments or admixtures. In this work, hydrophobic concretes were developed by the addition of a hydrophobic sol containing TEOS and PDMS oligomers, synthetized by a surfactant-assisted sol-gel route, either as an admixture or as a surface treatment. The hydrophobic performance was similar for both application modes (>70% capillary absorption reduction) and higher than concrete containing a commercial (calcium stearate) admixture or a nanosilica-based hydrophobic coating. Addition as an admixture led to a higher durability in the rain and abrasion tests. The hydrophobic sol as an admixture promotes an increase of surface roughness and porosity, as well as the formation of C–S–H like reaction products with the cement matrix components, as evidenced by AFM, MIP, SEM and FTIR. Despite the higher porosity, impact resistance and material cohesion were not negatively affected respect to the plain concrete. Application as a surface treatment decreased porosity and led to a higher amorphous SiO2 content. The material cohesion and impact resistance was increased by this application, although penetration was limited to the first 4 mm and the hydrophobic properties were more susceptible to mechanical damages to the surface. © 2021 The AuthorsThis project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme under grant agreement No 760858; This work has been financed by the Spanish State Research Agency R&D program 2020 (Project reference: PID2020-115843RB-I00); This work has been co-financed by the European Union under the 2014-2020 ERDF Operational Programme and by the Department of Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge, and Universities of the Regional Government of Andalusia (Project reference: FEDER- UCA18-106613)

Oxidative stress influence on renal dysfunction in patients with obstructive jaundice: A case and control prospective study

Obstructive Jaundice (OJ) is associated with a significant risk of developing acute renal failure (ARF). The involvement of oxidative stress in the development of cholestasis has been demonstrated in different experimental models. However, its role in the morbidity of human cholestasis is far to be elucidated. The aim of the study was the evaluation of oxidative stress markers in blood from patients with OJ and its relation to complications and benign/malignant evolution of cholestasis. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study of 105 patients with OJ and 34 control subjects were included. Several markers of liver function and oxidative stress, such as lipoperoxides (LPO), as well as reduced glutathione (GSH), catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activities were assessed. Results: The patients with OJ showed a marked increase in plasma levels of LPO, SOD and GSH, while GSH-Px levels were decreased. The increase in lipid peroxidation products and the depletion of SOD activity in blood were also related to renal dysfunction. The highest level of LPO was associated with malignant etiology of the disease. The logistic regression analysis showed that the age of the patient and the levels of LPO in blood were predictors of renal dysfunction in OJ patients. Conclusions: This study demonstrates a correlation between oxidative stress and renal dysfunction patients with OJ.Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI02/015