Terapia familiar y de pareja de ancianos

La revisión bibliográfica que presentamos en este trabajo muestra el creciente interés en relación con la participación de las personas mayores en la terapia familiar y de pareja. Se ponen de relieve las peculiaridades de esta población por los estresores que habitualmente experimentan pero, especial y significativamente, por la capacidad o potencial de cambio que tienen las personas de edad avanzada. Por ello, es preciso que la terapia se ajuste a sus características y los profesionales superen los prejuicios acerca de la inmovilidad y deterioro de la vejez para poder desarrollarla de forma efectiva.Ibis bibliography reuieto íllustrates the increasíng interest related to the elderly share in fa mily and marital therapy. Tbe peculiar way that this popu lation suffers with stressors, and specially, their potencial for changing are emphasized. In consequence, so as to acbieue an effective tberdpeuticat deuelopment, there are two conditions. first, the tberapy needs to fit into the characteristics of the elderly, and second, the professionals need to overcome their prejudices against old age immobility and deterioration

Parathyroid hormone-related protein as a renal regulating factor: From Vessels to Glomeruli and Tubular Epithelium

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and PTH-related protein (PTHrP) produce similar biological effects through the PTH/PTHrP receptor. Less is known about the physiological role of PTHrP, which was first identified as the agent of the humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy. Despite the widespread production of PTHrP in healthy individuals, the concentration of the protein is below the detectable limit of current assays, suggesting that PTHrP normally functions locally in an autocrine or paracrine manner. Thus, some differences in their biological activities have been described and they may be related to the presence of different receptors. In this regard, a second receptor that binds selectively to PTH has also been found. Recent studies have demonstrated the expression of both PTH/PTHrP receptor and protein in the renal glomeruli. Moreover, there are convincing data that support a direct role of PTH and PTHrP in modulating renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate. This multifunctional protein, PSHrP, also has a proliferative effect on both glomerular mesangial cells and tubular epithelial cells. Increases in the expression of PTHrP have been observed in several experimental models of nephropathies, suggesting that PTHrP upregulation is a common event associated with the mechanism of renal injury and repair

Breakdown of anomalous channeling with ion energy for accurate strain determination in gan-based heterostructures

The influence of the beam energy on the determination of strain state with ion channeling in GaN-based heterostructures (HSs) is addressed. Experimental results show that anomalous channeling may hinder an accurate analysis due to the steering effects at the HS interface, which are more intense at lower ion energies. The experimental angular scans have been well reproduced by Monte Carlo simulations, correlating the steering effects with the close encounter probability at the interface. Consequently, limitations in the determination of the strain state by ion channeling can be overcome by selecting the adequate beam energy

Tratamiento de salmueras de fermentación de aceitunas verdes

The paper studies the characteristics of the several procedures that might be used to regenerate green table olive fermentation brines with the aim of reusing them in other stages of the elaboration process and specially for the final packaging of these fruits. The reuse may considerably reduce the waste water pollution of the canning industry as brines make up about 80% of the organic pollutant lead of its waste waters. The two most interesting methods are: adsorption with activated carbon, followed by a cross filtration to separate the adsorbent; and ultrafiltration. The former, should be GA activated carbon, which is the most efficient, in a proportion ranging between 5 and 10 g per litre. For the second, a polysulphone 1.000 daltons molecular weight cut membrane at 18 bars pressure should be used. A previous treatment of brines with bentonite (2 g/l), a range of temperatures between 30 and 45°C as well as low suspended solids and polyphenol contents, increases efficiency notably. In principle, an approximate study of costs shows that regenerated brines are obtained, using either of the two procedures, at slightly lower prices than fresh brines prepared from their ingredients.El trabajo compara las características de los diversos tratamientos de regeneración aplicables a las salmueras de fermentación de aceitunas verdes estilo sevillano para poderlas reutilizar en otras operaciones dentro del proceso productivo, en especial en el envasado final de los frutos. Con ello, se reduciría el vertido de estas soluciones que son las responsables de la carga contaminante del efluente de estas industrias. Los dos métodos más interesantes son: adsorción con carbón activo, seguido de una filtración tangencial para separar el absorbente; y la ultrafiltración. En el primer caso, el tipo de carbón activo más eficaz es el denominado GA, que necesita ser utilizado en una proporción entre 5 y 10 g por litro. En el segundo una membrana de polisulfona de 1.000 daltons de corte molecular es lo más adecuado, trabajando a una presión de 18 bars. Un pretratamiento con bentonita (2 g/l), temperatura entre 30 y 45°G y la menor concentración inicial de polifenoles y sólidos en suspensión aumentan el rendimiento de forma considerable. En principio, un estudio económico aproximado de costes indica que la regeneración por cualquiera de los dos sistemas daría una salmuera regenerada a un precio algo inferior al obtenido al preparar el líquido de gobierno para envasar a partir de sus componentes

Absence of quantum-confined Stark effect in GaN quantum disks embedded in (Al,Ga)N nanowires grown by molecular beam epitaxy

Several of the key issues of planar (Al,Ga)N-based deep-ultraviolet light emitting diodes could potentially be overcome by utilizing nanowire heterostructures, exhibiting high structural perfection and improved light extraction. Here, we study the spontaneous emission of GaN/(Al,Ga)N nanowire ensembles grown on Si(111) by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. The nanowires contain single GaN quantum disks embedded in long (Al,Ga)N nanowire segments essential for efficient light extraction. These quantum disks are found to exhibit intense emission at unexpectedly high energies, namely, significantly above the GaN bandgap, and almost independent of the disk thickness. An in-depth investigation of the actual structure and composition of the nanowires reveals a spontaneously formed Al gradient both along and across the nanowire, resulting in a complex core/shell structure with an Al deficient core and an Al rich shell with continuously varying Al content along the entire length of the (Al,Ga)N segment. This compositional change along the nanowire growth axis induces a polarization doping of the shell that results in a degenerate electron gas in the disk, thus screening the built-in electric fields. The high carrier density not only results in the unexpectedly high transition energies, but also in radiative lifetimes depending only weakly on temperature, leading to a comparatively high internal quantum efficiency of the GaN quantum disks up to room temperature.Comment: This document is the unedited Author's version of a Submitted Work that was subsequently accepted for publication in Nano Letters (2019), copyright (C) American Chemical Society after peer review. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01521, the supporting information is available (free of charge) under the same lin

The validity and reliability of a novel app for the measurement of change of direction performance

The aim of the present investigation was to analyze the validity and reliability of a novel iPhone app (CODTimer) for the measurement of total time and interlimb asymmetry in the 5 + 5 change of direction test (COD). To do so, twenty physically active adolescent athletes (age = 13.85 ± 1.34 years) performed six repetitions in the COD test while being measured with a pair of timing gates and CODTimer. A total of 120 COD times measured both with the timing gates and the app were then compared for validity and reliability purposes. There was an almost perfect correlation between the timing gates and the CODTimer app for the measurement of total time (r = 0.964; 95% Confidence interval (CI) = 0.95-1.00; Standard error of the estimate = 0.03 s.; p  0.05). Similar levels of reliability were observed between the timing gates and the app for the measurement of the 6 different trials of each participant (Timing gates: Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.651-0.747, Coefficient of variation (CV) = 2.6-3.5%; CODTimer: ICC = 0.671-0.840, CV = 2.2-3.2%). The results of the present study show that change of direction performance can be measured in a valid, reliable way using a novel iPhone app

Características del crecimiento de levaduras de aceitunas de mesa a bajas temperaturas

The behaviour of Picchia anomala, Picchia membranaefaciens, Pichia minuta, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida diddensii, Candida famata y Debaryomyces hansenii, isolated form olive fermentations at low temperature was studied. The response, growth rate, at increasing time intervals, was studied by means of a General Linear Model (GLM) repeated measures, paying special attention to interactions. The most vigorous yeasts in YMGP were P. anomala, C. diddensii, y Deb. hansenii, who were able to grow at 7ºC and 8% salt. In brine, in addition to the main effects, the interactions salt-yeast, time-pH, time-yeast-species were also significant. P. membranaefaciens showed greater salt tolerance in brine than in YMPG. S. cerevisiae, P. minuta and C. famata were inhibited of both pH 3,5 and pH 4 at 7ºC. A sinergistic effect of salt and pH can inhibit yeast growth at 7ºC.Se ha estudiado el comportamiento dePicchia anomala, Picchia membranaefaciens, Pichia minuta, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida diddensii, Candida famata y Debaryomyces Hansenii a bajas temperaturas. La respuesta, crecimiento relativo determinado a diferentes intervalos de tiempo, se ha estudiado mediante el modelo lineal general (GLM) con medidas repetidas, prestándose especial atención a las interacciones. Las levaduras más resistentes en medio YMGP fueron P. anomala, C. diddensii, y Deb. hansenii que crecieron a 7 ºC incluso al 8% de sal. En salmueras, además de los efectos principales, fueron también significativas las interacciones, concentración de sal-especie de levadura, tiempo-pH, tiempo-especie de levadura, tiempo-sal-pH y tiempo-sal-especie de levadura. P. membranaefaciens mostró mayor tolerancia a la sal en la salmuera que en YMGP. S. cerevisiae, P. membranaefaciens y C. famata se inhibieron a 7ºC tanto a pH 3,5 como 4, con independencia de los niveles de sal. Combinaciones adecuadas de pH y sal pueden inhibir el crecimiento a 7ºC