La participación educativa de la mujer en su proceso de envejecimiento: retos y posibilidades

[Resumen] El estudio del proceso de envejecimiento desde parámetros educativos y/o pedagógicos es una realidad en creciente desarrollo. En este marco cobra cada día más fuerza la experiencia educativa de muchas mujeres mayores para las que la educación (formal o no formal) encierra un doble significado de reto, en ocasiones dificultoso, y de satisfacción personal. Partiendo de una experiencia concreta de intervención educativa e investigación llevada a cabo con mujeres mayores, el objetivo de este trabajo es reflexionar sobre la incidencia de la participación educativa en la vida y el proceso de envejecimiento de la mujer, sobre su percepción del aprendizaje y sobre las condiciones y elementos que contribuyen a optimizar los procesos instruccionales en los que participan[Abstract] The study of aging process from educative and/or pedagogic parameters is a reality in growing development. In this framework, a double meaning educative experience (formal and non formal) becomes more and more important for elderly women. These meanings are challenge, sometimes difficult, and personal satisfaction. We start from a concrete experience in educative intervention and research on elderly women. The main objective is to reflect on how the educative participation can affect women's life and aging process, as well as their leaming perception. A secondary objective is to analyse conditions and elements that contribute to optimise the educational process in which they take part

La educación de adultos en el marco universitario: los planes de formación de padres

[Resumen] El vertiginoso avance de la sociedad implica la necesidad de articular mecanismos que permitan una adaptación más adecuada de los ciudadanos a las nuevas exigencias sociales. Esto condiciona la labor de educar a las nuevas generaciones en la familia para posibilitar su incorporación a esta nueva dinámica social en continuo cambio. Ante esta situación, los padres manifiestan ciertas carencias formativas para afrontar la tarea de educar a sus hijos con criterios coherentes y eficaces. Desde el Área de Psicología Evolutiva de Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación de la UPSA se pretende dar respuesta a este tipo de necesidades formativas demandadas desarrollándose un Plan de Formación para Padres, que se contextualiza en la propia Universidad y tiene un carácter preventivo-educativo, siendo su núcleo fundamental la reflexión sobre las prácticas educativas en la familia. La finalidad de este proyecto ha sido ofrecer a los padres modelos adecuados en las prácticas educativas existentes y contribuir a la demanda de los centros escolares salmantinos para favorecer las relaciones familiaescuela. Además, con el fin de que los padres puedan asistir a las sesiones, el Plan se complementa con un Aula de Actividades Educativas Infantiles, donde se realizan diversas actividades lúdicas, contribuyendo a la socialización de los niños en un ambiente distendido[Abstract] The vertiginous advance of society involves the necessity to implement procedures that allow the citizens to able to adapt to the new social requirements. This fact determines the task of educating the new generations in the family to allow their inclusion to this new social dynamic which is constantly changing. In view of this situation, parents are showing certain lacks in their formation so as to face the task of educating their children with efficient and coherent criteria. In the Area of Evolutionary Psychology, belonging to the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the Pontifical University we try to provide a response to this kind or formative needs by developing a Plan for the Parents" Formation, which is set in the context of our University and which has a preventive-educational nature, being its basic aim to reflect on the educational practices in the family. " The purpose of this project is to offer the parents appropriate models in the existing educational practice and to contribute to the demand of the schools in Salamanca in order to favour the relation between the family and the school. Besides, so that parents can attend the sessions, this Plan is complemented with the establishment of a Classroom for Child Educational Activities, where varied ludic acti vities are carried out, contributing to the integration of children in society in the context of a relaxed environment

Modelling and Analysing Highly-Configurable Services

Since the emergence of XaaS and Cloud Computing paradigms, the number and complexity of available services have been increasing enormously. These services usually o er a plethora of con guration options, which can even include additional services provided as a bundled o er. In this scenario, usual tasks, such as description, discovery and selection, become increasingly complex due to the variability of the decision space. The notion of Highly-Con gurable Service (HCS) has been coined to identify such group of services that can be con gured and bundled together to perform demanding computing tasks. In this paper we characterize HCSs by means of an abstract model and a text-based, human-readable notation named SYNOPSIS that facilitates the execution of various service tasks. In particular, we validate the usefulness of our model when checking the validity of HCSs descriptions in SYNOPSIS, as well as selecting the optimal con guration with regards to user requirements and preferences by providing a prototype implementation.Junta de Andalucía P12-TIC-1867Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad TIN2015-70560-RScience Foundation Ireland Research. Centre grant 13/RC/2094ERC Advanced Grant no. 29165

Desempleo en Grecia y Chipre en el siglo XXI: un análisis desde una perspectiva europea

One of the main concerns facing societies today is unemployment, although its evolution is not the same in all economies. Moreover, it is one of the variables that can not only delay but also prevent real convergence between the Member States of the European Union. This is the reason why it is necessary to know the determinants of the evolution of the unemployment rate. The aim of this paper is to present an explanatory model of unemployment since the beginning of the 21st century in two Mediterranean economies, Greece and Cyprus, which have important historical, cultural and economic ties. The identification of variables that may influence unemployment makes it possible to determine whether the response of the Greek and Cypriot authorities to reduce it has been adequate.Una de las principales preocupaciones de las sociedades actuales es el desempleo. Sin embargo, su evolución en todas las economías no es la misma. Es necesario conocer los factores determinantes de la evolución de la tasa de desempleo porque es una de las variables que pueden retrasar e impedir la convergencia real con el resto de los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar un modelo explicativo, desde principios del siglo XXI, del desempleo en dos economías mediterráneas con importantes lazos históricos, culturales y económicos. La identificación de las variables explicativas del desempleo permite determinar si la respuesta de las autoridades griegas y chipriotas para reducir el paro ha sido adecuada

Scene‐Based Psychodramatic Family Therapy with troubled adolescents and parents: A pilot study

Scene‐Based Psychodramatic Family Therapy (SB‐PFT) is an innovative treatment used with troubled adolescents and their parents to improve family relationships and reduce adolescents’ problematic behavior. It integrates the principles of family therapy, psychodrama, and multiple‐family group methodology. This research is a pilot study to obtain empirical evidence on the SB‐PFT therapeutic process by gauging the perception of change of troubled adolescents and their parents, and assess the perceived helpfulness of its methodology and techniques. Ten multiple‐family intervention groups were drawn up, with 110 participants (63 adolescents and 47 parents), and we adopted a qualitative methodology with focus groups, using an inductive analysis of 290 active constructions of participant narratives. Concerning perception of change, the adolescents reported mainly gaining in social support, prosocial attitudes, keys to problem solving, and expression of emotions due to the treatment. The parents perceived improvement in social support, keys for educational practices, emotional well‐being, and expression of emotions due to the treatment. Regarding the perceived helpfulness of methodology and techniques, both adolescents and parents highlighted the usefulness of the group methodology for gaining social support, relativizing the problem, and expressing emotions. Additionally, participants referred to role‐playing and mirror techniques as the most useful techniques. In conclusion, this first study on SB‐PFT presents and describes its treatment for troubled adolescents and their parents. The participants’ positive perception of their personal and relational change after treatment should serve to promote further studies with quantitative methodology in order to verify the effectiveness of SB‐PFT treatment.Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad de España EDU2013‐41441‐PPONTE Associatio

Utilización de versiones de tablas en la docencia de SQL interactivo

La docencia de SQL en los cursos iniciales de un currículo en informática es una materia con una gran componente práctica. En este artículo se discute como plantear el esquema de base de datos sobre el que hacer prácticas en función de la metodología docente y contenidos a impartir, teniendo en cuenta la dicotomía entre dotar de privilegios al alumno para que experimente, o acotárselos para tenerlo más controlado. Finalmente, se discutirán las ventajas e inconvenientes de una aproximación basada en versiones de tablas que puede servir de punto de equilibrio en cuanto a permisos sobre el sistema para los alumnos

Neuralgia Occipital: uma abordagem terapêutica não invasiva

Objetivo: avaliar a aplicação de uma intervenção não invasiva que consiste em uma modificação postural usando modelos personalizados e osteopatia em pessoas com neuralgia occipital. Método: estudo retrospectivo da intervenção realizada em população adulta com neuralgia occipital que consiste de modificação postural empregando órteses plantares personalizadas e osteopatia, em um período de estudo de quatro anos. As variáveis observadas foram: persistência de cefaleia, alinhamento dos eixos, apoio plantar, centro de gravidade e centro de massa; dados da entrevista médica, escala visual analógica, sistema de análise de marcha Win-Track e o software Kinovea para análise de vídeo (instrumentos de avaliação clínica utilizados). Resultados: foram estudados no total 34 registros de pessoas com neuralgia occipital. Uma fração de 58,8% dos pacientes informou apresentar melhoria após a intervenção. Os dados da escala visual analógica foram fornecidos para 64,7% dos registros, encontrando diferenças significativas (p<0,001) entre as médias antes (8,4±1,7) e depois da intervenção (2,6±2,7). Conclusão: a modificação postural empregando órteses personalizadas e osteopatia melhora substancialmente a sintomatologia dos pacientes com neuralgia occipital.Objective: to evaluate the application of a noninvasive intervention consisting of a postural modification using personalized models and osteopathy in people with occipital neuralgia. Method: retrospective study of the intervention performed in adult population with occipital neuralgia, consisting of postural modification using personalized plantar orthoses and osteopathy, in a study period of four years. The observed variables were: persistence of headache, alignment of the axes, plantar support, center of gravity and center of mass; medical interview data, visual analogue scale, Win-Track gait analysis system and Kinovea software for video analysis (clinical assessment instruments used). Results: a total of 34 records of people with occipital neuralgia were studied. A fraction of 58.8% of the patients reported improvement after the intervention. The visual analogue scale data were provided for 64.7% of the records and significant differences (p <0.001) between the means before (8.4 ± 1.7) and after the intervention (2.6 ± 2.7) were found. Conclusion: postural modification using personalized orthoses and osteopathy substantially improves the symptomatology of patients with occipital neuralgia.Objetivo: evaluar la aplicación de una intervención no invasiva consistente en una modificación postural empleando plantillas personalizadas y osteopatía en personas con neuralgia occipital. Método: estudio retrospectivo de la intervención llevada a cabo en población adulta con neuralgia occipital, de modificación postural empleando órtesis plantares personalizadas y osteopatía, en un período de estudio de cuatro años. Las variables observadas fueron: persistencia de cefalea, alineación de los ejes, apoyo plantar, centro de gravedad y centro de masa; datos de la entrevista médica, la escala visual análoga, el sistema de análisis de la marcha Win-Track y el software Kinovea para análisis de vídeo (instrumentos de valoración clínica utilizados). Resultados: un total de 34 registros de personas con neuralgia occipital fueron estudiados. Un 58,8% refería presentar mejoría tras la intervención. Los datos de la escala visual análoga eran proporcionados un 64,7% de los registros, encontrándose diferencias significativas (p<0,001) entre las medias previas a la intervención (8,4±1,7) y aquellas posteriores (2,6±2,7). Conclusión: la modificación postural empleando órtesis personalizadas y osteopatía mejora sustancialmente la sintomatología de los pacientes con neuralgia occipital

Is contact lens discomfort related to meibomian gland morphology?

Purpose: To examine the relationship between contact lens (CL) discomfort and meibomian gland (MG) morphology assessed by a semi-objective software in subjects without an alteration of MG function (meibum quality and expressibility). Methods: Nineteen symptomatic (CLDEQ-8 ≥ 12) CL wearers, 19 asymptomatic (CLDEQ-8 < 12) wearers, and 22 non-wearers were recruited. Upper and lower eyelid meibography images were taken and the following parameters were analysed using a semi-objective software in the central 2/3 of each eyelid: number of MG, number of partial MG, percentage of MG loss and percentage of tortuosity. One-way ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis H test were used for comparisons among groups. The relationships between CLDEQ-8 and MG morphology parameters were analysed using the Spearman correlation coefficient and multivariable linear regression models. Results: No significant differences were found among groups in the MG morphology of the upper or lower eyelids. In all CL wearers, a significant correlation with CLDEQ-8 was found in the upper eyelid for the number of MG (rho = 0.47, p = 0.003). In symptomatic wearers, significant correlations with CLDEQ-8 were found in the lower eyelid for the number of partial MG (rho = 0.49, p = 0.03) and the percentage of partial MG (rho = 0.61, p = 0.005). In all CL wearers, multivariable models were fitted to explain CLDEQ-8 score including the number of MG, the number of partial MG and the percentage of MG loss from the lower eyelid (R2 = 0.19; p = 0.007), and the number of MG from the upper eyelid (R2 = 0.19; p = 0.001). In symptomatic wearers, a model was fitted including the percentage of MG loss from the lower eyelid (R2 = 0.30; p = 0.016). Conclusions: Alterations of MG morphology, without clinically apparent alteration of MG function, can be involved in causing CL discomfort and influence the degree of symptoms. The differences in findings between eyelids indicate the need to monitor both eyelids, especially the lower one, in CL wearers.Depto. de Optometría y VisiónFac. de Óptica y OptometríaTRUEpu