442 research outputs found

    La gestión del capital intelectual en una institución educativa pública del distrito de Cartagena de Indias: casó institución educativa Fernando de la Vega.

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    El objetivo general fue analizar el capital intelectual en el personal docente y directivo docente de la Institución Educativa Fernando de la Vega, ubicada en el distrito de Cartagena de indias al Norte de Colombia. El Enfoque epistemológico del estudio es positivista, con un tipo de investigación descriptiva, el diseño de investigación no experimental, asimismo, se identificaron 40 docentes y 2 directivos docentes que cumplieron con los criterios de inclusión, de los cuales 28 se seleccionaron como la muestra final. Como instrumento metodológico se aplicó el cuestionario ya validado basado en el modelo Intellectus y el tratamiento de los datos fue por medio del Paquete Estadístico para Ciencias Sociales (SPSS). Se evidencia que existe una presencia favorable del capital humano, los docentes muestran sentido de pertenencia, desde el punto de vista del saber hacer, el conocimiento adquirido para la ejecución de sus actividades ha sido transmitida a los nuevos docentes. En el capital estructural se ha identificado como fortaleza el capital organizativo, se encontró que las normas, valores y metas están orientadas a al proceso de enseñanza dando coherencia a los objetivos planteados, por otra parte, debe existir fortalecimiento del capital tecnológico ya que existe presencia desfavorable en sus elementos asociados a la investigación y desarrollo y la dotación tecnológica. El capital relacional existente en la institución muestra presencia favorable ya que los encuestados consideran que existen alianzas y acuerdos para la elaboración de proyectos que impactan directamente e

    Museo regional y servicios complementarios para el desarrollo cultural y turístico de la región Amazonas-Perú.

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    El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo principal contribuir en el planteamiento de una infraestructura adecuada para un Museo Regional y Servicios Complementarios para el desarrollo cultural y turístico de la Región Amazonas, el cual pueda contar con instalaciones adecuadas que permitan la investigación, exhibición, conservación e investigación de piezas arqueológicas de la cultura Chachapoyas que se desarrolló en la zona. El diagnóstico situacional nos permite evaluar la oferta en equipamientos culturales de ámbito regional, ya que actualmente no se cuenta con la infraestructura adecuada que logre cumplir con los requerimientos mínimos de funcionalidad, seguridad y antropometría, que garantice la investigación y preservación de las riquezas culturales de la región. En base a la investigación se obtuvo como resultado la propuesta de un proyecto arquitectónico de un Museo Regional y Servicios Complementarios, que forme parte del circuito de corredor turístico del Valle de Utcubamba, el cual se logra potenciar gracias al aprovechamiento del gran flujo turístico y a la diversidad cultural y natural de la región. El equipamiento tiene como fin, convertirse en un escenario que cumpla la función de educar, comunicar y poner en valor la culturas y prácticas ancestrales que ayuden a recuperar la identidad cultural de la sociedad, donde los beneficiarios son la población en general.The main objective of this work is to contribute to the proposal of an adequate infrastructure for a Regional Museum and Complementary Services for the cultural and tourist development of the Amazon Region, which can have adequate facilities that allow the research, exhibition, conservation and investigation of archaeological pieces of the Chachapoyas culture that developed in the area. The situational diagnosis allows us to evaluate the supply of cultural facilities at the regional level, since there is currently no adequate infrastructure to meet the minimum requirements of functionality, safety and anthropometry, to ensure research and preservation of the cultural wealth of the region. The research resulted in the proposal of an architectural project for a Regional Museum and Complementary Services, which is part of the tourist corridor circuit of the Utcubamba Valley, which can be enhanced by taking advantage of the large tourist flow and the cultural and natural diversity of the region. The purpose of the equipment is to become a scenario that fulfills the function of educating, communicating and valuing ancestral cultures and practices that help to recover the cultural identity of society, where the beneficiaries are the general population.Tesi

    REQUITE: A prospective multicentre cohort study of patients undergoing radiotherapy for breast, lung or prostate cancer

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    Purpose: REQUITE aimed to establish a resource for multi-national validation of models and biomarkers that predict risk of late toxicity following radiotherapy. The purpose of this article is to provide summary descriptive data. Methods: An international, prospective cohort study recruited cancer patients in 26 hospitals in eight countries between April 2014 and March 2017. Target recruitment was 5300 patients. Eligible patients had breast, prostate or lung cancer and planned potentially curable radiotherapy. Radiotherapy was prescribed according to local regimens, but centres used standardised data collection forms. Pre-treatment blood samples were collected. Patients were followed for a minimum of 12 (lung) or 24 (breast/prostate) months and summary descriptive statistics were generated. Results: The study recruited 2069 breast (99% of target), 1808 prostate (86%) and 561 lung (51%) cancer patients. The centralised, accessible database includes: physician-(47,025 forms) and patient-(54,901) reported outcomes; 11,563 breast photos; 17,107 DICOMs and 12,684 DVHs. Imputed genotype data are available for 4223 patients with European ancestry (1948 breast, 1728 prostate, 547 lung). Radiation-induced lymphocyte apoptosis (RILA) assay data are available for 1319 patients. DNA (n = 4409) and PAXgene tubes (n = 3039) are stored in the centralised biobank. Example prevalences of 2-year (1-year for lung) grade >= 2 CTCAE toxicities are 13% atrophy (breast), 3% rectal bleeding (prostate) and 27% dyspnoea (lung). Conclusion: The comprehensive centralised database and linked biobank is a valuable resource for the radiotherapy community for validating predictive models and biomarkers. Patient summary: Up to half of cancer patients undergo radiation therapy and irradiation of surrounding healthy tissue is unavoidable. Damage to healthy tissue can affect short-and long-term quality-of-life. Not all patients are equally sensitive to radiation "damage" but it is not possible at the moment to identify those who are. REQUITE was established with the aim of trying to understand more about how we could predict radiation sensitivity. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview and summary of the data and material available. In the REQUITE study 4400 breast, prostate and lung cancer patients filled out questionnaires and donated blood. A large amount of data was collected in the same way. With all these data and samples a database and biobank were created that showed it is possible to collect this kind of information in a standardised way across countries. In the future, our database and linked biobank will be a resource for research and validation of clinical predictors and models of radiation sensitivity. REQUITE will also enable a better understanding of how many people suffer with radiotherapy toxicity

    Predictive Power of the "Trigger Tool" for the detection of adverse events in general surgery: a multicenter observational validation study

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    Background In spite of the global implementation of standardized surgical safety checklists and evidence-based practices, general surgery remains associated with a high residual risk of preventable perioperative complications and adverse events. This study was designed to validate the hypothesis that a new “Trigger Tool” represents a sensitive predictor of adverse events in general surgery. Methods An observational multicenter validation study was performed among 31 hospitals in Spain. The previously described “Trigger Tool” based on 40 specific triggers was applied to validate the predictive power of predicting adverse events in the perioperative care of surgical patients. A prediction model was used by means of a binary logistic regression analysis. Results The prevalence of adverse events among a total of 1,132 surgical cases included in this study was 31.53%. The “Trigger Tool” had a sensitivity and specificity of 86.27% and 79.55% respectively for predicting these adverse events. A total of 12 selected triggers of overall 40 triggers were identified for optimizing the predictive power of the “Trigger Tool”. Conclusions The “Trigger Tool” has a high predictive capacity for predicting adverse events in surgical procedures. We recommend a revision of the original 40 triggers to 12 selected triggers to optimize the predictive power of this tool, which will have to be validated in future studies

    Differential cross section measurements for the production of a W boson in association with jets in proton–proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV

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    Measurements are reported of differential cross sections for the production of a W boson, which decays into a muon and a neutrino, in association with jets, as a function of several variables, including the transverse momenta (pT) and pseudorapidities of the four leading jets, the scalar sum of jet transverse momenta (HT), and the difference in azimuthal angle between the directions of each jet and the muon. The data sample of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV was collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb[superscript −1]. The measured cross sections are compared to predictions from Monte Carlo generators, MadGraph + pythia and sherpa, and to next-to-leading-order calculations from BlackHat + sherpa. The differential cross sections are found to be in agreement with the predictions, apart from the pT distributions of the leading jets at high pT values, the distributions of the HT at high-HT and low jet multiplicity, and the distribution of the difference in azimuthal angle between the leading jet and the muon at low values.United States. Dept. of EnergyNational Science Foundation (U.S.)Alfred P. Sloan Foundatio

    Impacts of the Tropical Pacific/Indian Oceans on the Seasonal Cycle of the West African Monsoon

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    The current consensus is that drought has developed in the Sahel during the second half of the twentieth century as a result of remote effects of oceanic anomalies amplified by local land–atmosphere interactions. This paper focuses on the impacts of oceanic anomalies upon West African climate and specifically aims to identify those from SST anomalies in the Pacific/Indian Oceans during spring and summer seasons, when they were significant. Idealized sensitivity experiments are performed with four atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs). The prescribed SST patterns used in the AGCMs are based on the leading mode of covariability between SST anomalies over the Pacific/Indian Oceans and summer rainfall over West Africa. The results show that such oceanic anomalies in the Pacific/Indian Ocean lead to a northward shift of an anomalous dry belt from the Gulf of Guinea to the Sahel as the season advances. In the Sahel, the magnitude of rainfall anomalies is comparable to that obtained by other authors using SST anomalies confined to the proximity of the Atlantic Ocean. The mechanism connecting the Pacific/Indian SST anomalies with West African rainfall has a strong seasonal cycle. In spring (May and June), anomalous subsidence develops over both the Maritime Continent and the equatorial Atlantic in response to the enhanced equatorial heating. Precipitation increases over continental West Africa in association with stronger zonal convergence of moisture. In addition, precipitation decreases over the Gulf of Guinea. During the monsoon peak (July and August), the SST anomalies move westward over the equatorial Pacific and the two regions where subsidence occurred earlier in the seasons merge over West Africa. The monsoon weakens and rainfall decreases over the Sahel, especially in August.Peer reviewe

    Penilaian Kinerja Keuangan Koperasi di Kabupaten Pelalawan

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    This paper describe development and financial performance of cooperative in District Pelalawan among 2007 - 2008. Studies on primary and secondary cooperative in 12 sub-districts. Method in this stady use performance measuring of productivity, efficiency, growth, liquidity, and solvability of cooperative. Productivity of cooperative in Pelalawan was highly but efficiency still low. Profit and income were highly, even liquidity of cooperative very high, and solvability was good

    Juxtaposing BTE and ATE – on the role of the European insurance industry in funding civil litigation

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    One of the ways in which legal services are financed, and indeed shaped, is through private insurance arrangement. Two contrasting types of legal expenses insurance contracts (LEI) seem to dominate in Europe: before the event (BTE) and after the event (ATE) legal expenses insurance. Notwithstanding institutional differences between different legal systems, BTE and ATE insurance arrangements may be instrumental if government policy is geared towards strengthening a market-oriented system of financing access to justice for individuals and business. At the same time, emphasizing the role of a private industry as a keeper of the gates to justice raises issues of accountability and transparency, not readily reconcilable with demands of competition. Moreover, multiple actors (clients, lawyers, courts, insurers) are involved, causing behavioural dynamics which are not easily predicted or influenced. Against this background, this paper looks into BTE and ATE arrangements by analysing the particularities of BTE and ATE arrangements currently available in some European jurisdictions and by painting a picture of their respective markets and legal contexts. This allows for some reflection on the performance of BTE and ATE providers as both financiers and keepers. Two issues emerge from the analysis that are worthy of some further reflection. Firstly, there is the problematic long-term sustainability of some ATE products. Secondly, the challenges faced by policymakers that would like to nudge consumers into voluntarily taking out BTE LEI

    Search for stop and higgsino production using diphoton Higgs boson decays

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    Results are presented of a search for a "natural" supersymmetry scenario with gauge mediated symmetry breaking. It is assumed that only the supersymmetric partners of the top-quark (stop) and the Higgs boson (higgsino) are accessible. Events are examined in which there are two photons forming a Higgs boson candidate, and at least two b-quark jets. In 19.7 inverse femtobarns of proton-proton collision data at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV, recorded in the CMS experiment, no evidence of a signal is found and lower limits at the 95% confidence level are set, excluding the stop mass below 360 to 410 GeV, depending on the higgsino mass
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