El uso de webquest en la docencia universitaria: el aprendizaje colaborativo en red – Entorno WQ.

En este artículo se presenta una experiencia de utilización de las Nuevas Tecnologías en el contexto de formación inicial de la Universidad de León del futuro profesorado de educación no universitaria. La experiencia desarrollada se ha basado en la utilización de la modalidad denominada “Webquest” como estrategia docente y de aprendizaje. Se han diseñado todos los temas de una asignatura de la carrera de formación del profesorado a través de webquest. De esta forma se ha facilitado su utilización como metodología docente de enseñanza a la vez que como estrategia de aprendizaje de su utilización y aplicación a la práctica profesional futura del alumnado de esta asignatura. La experiencia ha sido un éxito rotundo. Se ha denominado a este espacio virtual de enseñanza y aprendizaje: “ABRE-WQ”. Consiste en una serie de Webquest (WQ), cada una de las cuales desarrollan un tema específico de la asignatura optativa de Educación y Diversidad Sociocultural que se imparte a alumnado de todo el campus de la Universidad de León, pero especialmente a alumnado de todas las especialidades de Magisterio y de Psicopedagogía de esta Universidad. Dicho espacio virtual se encuentra en la web http://www3.unileon.es/dp/ado/ENRIQUE/Diversid.htm.This article presents details of experiences of using new technologies in the context of the pre‐service training of school teachers at the University of Leon. The trial undertaken was based on the use of the approach termed ʺWebQuestʺ as a teaching and learning strategy. All of the topics to be covered in one course in the teacher‐training degree were designed to be taught through webquests. In this way, their use as a teaching methodology was facilitated simultaneously with their being made available as a learning strategy so that they could be used and applied in the future professional practice of the students following the course. The trial was a resounding success. This virtual teaching and learning space was named: ʺABRE‐WQʺ. It consists of a series of webquests (WQ), each one of which covers a specific topic within the optional course in Education and Sociocultural Diversity taught to students from many departments of the University of Leon, but primarily aimed at the students following various degree courses for primary teachers and in Educational Psychology at this University. The virtual space created is to be found on the web at http://www3.unileon.es/dp/ado/ENRIQUE/Diversid.ht

Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in √s = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

A search for weakly interacting massive particle dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks is presented. Final states containing third-generation quarks and miss- ing transverse momentum are considered. The analysis uses 36.1 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at √s = 13 TeV in 2015 and 2016. No significant excess of events above the estimated backgrounds is observed. The results are in- terpreted in the framework of simplified models of spin-0 dark-matter mediators. For colour- neutral spin-0 mediators produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a pair of dark-matter particles, mediator masses below 50 GeV are excluded assuming a dark-matter candidate mass of 1 GeV and unitary couplings. For scalar and pseudoscalar mediators produced in association with bottom quarks, the search sets limits on the production cross- section of 300 times the predicted rate for mediators with masses between 10 and 50 GeV and assuming a dark-matter mass of 1 GeV and unitary coupling. Constraints on colour- charged scalar simplified models are also presented. Assuming a dark-matter particle mass of 35 GeV, mediator particles with mass below 1.1 TeV are excluded for couplings yielding a dark-matter relic density consistent with measurements

El uso de webquest en la docencia universitaria: el aprendizaje colaborativo en red – Entorno WQ.

En este artículo se presenta una experiencia de utilización de las Nuevas Tecnologías en el contexto de formación inicial de la Universidad de León del futuro profesorado de educación no universitaria. La experiencia desarrollada se ha basado en la utilización de la modalidad denominada “Webquest” como estrategia docente y de aprendizaje. Se han diseñado todos los temas de una asignatura de la carrera de formación del profesorado a través de webquest. De esta forma se ha facilitado su utilización como metodología docente de enseñanza a la vez que como estrategia de aprendizaje de su utilización y aplicación a la práctica profesional futura del alumnado de esta asignatura. La experiencia ha sido un éxito rotundo. Se ha denominado a este espacio virtual de enseñanza y aprendizaje: “ABRE-WQ”. Consiste en una serie de Webquest (WQ), cada una de las cuales desarrollan un tema específico de la asignatura optativa de Educación y Diversidad Sociocultural que se imparte a alumnado de todo el campus de la Universidad de León, pero especialmente a alumnado de todas las especialidades de Magisterio y de Psicopedagogía de esta Universidad. Dicho espacio virtual se encuentra en la web http://www3.unileon.es/dp/ado/ENRIQUE/Diversid.htm.This article presents details of experiences of using new technologies in the context of the pre‐service training of school teachers at the University of Leon. The trial undertaken was based on the use of the approach termed ʺWebQuestʺ as a teaching and learning strategy. All of the topics to be covered in one course in the teacher‐training degree were designed to be taught through webquests. In this way, their use as a teaching methodology was facilitated simultaneously with their being made available as a learning strategy so that they could be used and applied in the future professional practice of the students following the course. The trial was a resounding success. This virtual teaching and learning space was named: ʺABRE‐WQʺ. It consists of a series of webquests (WQ), each one of which covers a specific topic within the optional course in Education and Sociocultural Diversity taught to students from many departments of the University of Leon, but primarily aimed at the students following various degree courses for primary teachers and in Educational Psychology at this University. The virtual space created is to be found on the web at http://www3.unileon.es/dp/ado/ENRIQUE/Diversid.ht

What is the impact of post‐radical prostatectomy urinary incontinence on everyday quality of life? Linking Pad usage and International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short‐Form (ICIQ‐SF) for a COMBined definition (PICOMB definition)

Aims: To identify the definition for urinary continence (UC) after radical prostatectomy (RP) which reflects best patients' perception of quality of life (QoL). Methods: Continence was prospectively assessed in 634 patients, 12 months after RP using the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short‐Form (ICIQ‐SF) and the number of pads employed in a 24‐hour period (pad usage). We used the one‐way ANOVA technique with posthoc pairwise comparisons according to Scheffé's method (homogeneous subsets) for assessing the degree of QoL deficit related to urinary incontinence (UI). Results: The continence prevalence is 64.4%, 74.1%, 88.3%, and 35.8% using “0 pads,” “1 safety pad,” “1 pad,” and “ICIQ score 0” definitions, respectively. Pad usage is moderately strongly associated with ICIQ 1, 2, and 3 (ρ = 0.744, 0.677, and 0.711, respectively; p < 0.001). Concordance between classical UC definitions is acceptable between “0 pads—ICIQ score 0” (K = 0.466), but poor for “1 safety pad” and “1 pad” (K = 0.326 and 0.137, respectively). Patients with “0 pad usage” have better QoL related to urine leakage than patients with “1 safety pad” or “1 pad” (1.41 vs. 2.44 and 3.11, respectively; p < 0.05). There were no significant differences found regarding QoL between patients with ICIQ score 0 and ICIQ score 2 (1.01 vs. 1.63; p = 0.63).Conclusions: Pad usage and the ICIQ‐SF's answers provide useful information. We propose a combined definition (0 pads and ICIQ score ≤2) as it is the definition with the least impact on daily QoL

Impact of diabetes in patients waiting for invasive cardiac procedures during COVID-19 pandemic

Background: During COVID-19 pandemic, elective invasive cardiac procedures (ICP) have been frequently cancelled or postponed. Consequences may be more evident in patients with diabetes. Objectives: The objective was to identify the peculiarities of patients with DM among those in whom ICP were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to identify subgroups in which the influence of DM has higher impact on the clinical outcome. Methods: We included 2,158 patients in whom an elective ICP was cancelled or postponed during COVID-19 pandemic in 37 hospitals in Spain. Among them, 700 (32.4%) were diabetics. Patients with and without diabetes were compared. Results: Patients with diabetes were older and had a higher prevalence of other cardiovascular risk factors, previous cardiovascular history and co-morbidities. Diabetics had a higher mortality (3.0% vs. 1.0%; p = 0.001) and cardiovascular mortality (1.9% vs. 0.4%; p = 0.001). Differences were especially important in patients with valvular heart disease (mortality 6.9% vs 1.7% [p < 0.001] and cardiovascular mortality 4.9% vs 0.9% [p = 0.002] in patients with and without diabetes, respectively). In the multivariable analysis, diabetes remained as an independent risk factor both for overall and cardiovascular mortality. No significant interaction was found with other clinical variables. Conclusion: Among patients in whom an elective invasive cardiac procedure is cancelled or postponed during COVID-19 pandemic, mortality and cardiovascular mortality is higher in patients with diabetes, irrespectively on other clinical conditions. These procedures should not be cancelled in patients with diabetes

Consequences of canceling elective invasive cardiac procedures during Covid-19 outbreak.

During COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, elective procedures were canceled or postponed, mainly due to health care systems overwhelming. The objective of this study was to evaluate the consequences of interrupting invasive procedures in patients with chronic cardiac diseases due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain. The study population is comprised of 2,158 patients that were pending on elective cardiac invasive procedures in 37 hospitals in Spain on the 14th of March 2020, when a state of alarm and subsequent lockdown was declared in Spain due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These patients were followed-up until April 31th. Out of the 2,158 patients, 36 (1.7%) died. Mortality was significantly higher in patients pending on structural procedures (4.5% vs. 0.8%, respectively; p 80 year-old (5.1% vs. 0.7%, p II (3.8% vs. 1.2%, p = .001), and CCS > II (4.2% vs. 1.4%, p = .013), whereas was it was significantly lower in smokers (0.5% vs. 1.9%, p = .013). Multivariable analysis identified age > 80, diabetes, renal failure and CCS > II as independent predictors for mortality. Mortality at 45 days during COVID-19 outbreak in patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases included in a waiting list due to cancellation of invasive elective procedures was 1.7%. Some clinical characteristics may be of help in patient selection for being promptly treated when similar situations happen in the future