Nauczanie oparte o wymagania kompetencyjne w naukach o komunikacji i jej zaburzeniach: propozycja nowego programu studiów

The aim of this paper is to describe the most relevant aspects of a competency-based curriculum in communication sciences and disorders education. Competences to be developed are associated to cognitive, technical, relational, affective, integrative and contextual dimensions. The new curriculum has duration of five years with 49% of the work-load assigned to supervised practice. This way, expected learning outcomes by the end of the first year involve the students knowing what they learned about the basic sciences of the area. By the end of the second year, the students should know what they learned about specific areas of the field. By the end of the third year, the students should know how to use what they learned. At the end of the fourth year, the students should be able to demonstrate how to use what they learned. Finally, at the end of the program, the students should perform professional activities with expertise, ethics and critical thinking. To sum up, the new curriculum proposed provides the student with general and specific knowledge about communication sciences and disorders and different scenarios of supervised practice. Its main objective is to develop the adequate competencies to professional practice.Celem niniejszego artykułu jest przedstawienie najbardziej istotnych aspektów nauczania opartego o wymogi kompetencyjne w naukach o ludzkiej komunikacji i edukacji specjalnej. Opracowano wymogi kompetencyjne w związku z uwarunkowaniami poznawczymi, technicznymi, relacyjnymi, emocjonalnymi i integracyjnymi pracy logopedy. Nowy program przewiduje okres 5 lat studiów z 49-procentowym udziałem nadzorowanej praktyki. W ten sposób, już przed końcem I roku studiów, studenci zaangażowani w pracę zdobywają wiedzę o podstawowych naukach wykorzystywanych na polu logopedii. Pod koniec II roku studenci powinni mieć bardziej szczegółową wiedzę o konkretnych obszarach tej dyscypliny. Pod koniec III roku powinni wiedzieć, jak wykorzystać to, czego się nauczyli. Pod koniec IV roku powinni być w stanie wykazać, jak korzystać z tego, co się nauczyli. Wreszcie, pod koniec programu, uczniowie powinni wykonywać czynności zawodowe z doświadczeniem, etyką i wykorzystaniem krytycznego myślenia. W podsumowaniu należy stwierdzić, że nowy program nauczania proponuje dostarczenie studentowi ogólnej i szczegółowej wiedzy na temat nauk o komunikacji i jej zaburzeniach oraz różnych rodzajach nadzorowanej praktyki. Jego głównym celem jest rozwijanie odpowiednich umiejętności, koniecznych do wykonywania praktyki zawodowej

Small aggregates can cause nitrite accumulation in one-stage partial nitritation and anammox

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Evidence for Speech Sound Disorder (SSD) Assessment

Comprehensive studies on aspects related to the assessment of different biomedical parameters (acoustic and laryngeal signs and oral airflow amplitude), as well as parameters for speech disorders, articulation rate, speech inconsistency, and speech stimulability, are essential for better professional practice and to understand misarticulations in children with speech sound disorders (SSDs). Different equipments that enable noninvasive collection and analysis of data have become more common in speech-language pathology practice. Studies recently conducted by our research group have emphasized the evaluation of auditory-perceptual processing by means of assessments of central auditory processing, electrophysiology of hearing—considering that pure-tone, speech audiometry, and tympanometry are routinely used with children during the diagnostic phase and motor speech production performed by acoustic analysis of speech, electroglottography, aerodynamic measures, and ultrasound tongue imaging. This chapter presents the recent advances observed in studies with Brazilian-Portuguese speakers aiming to improve the assessment of speech sound disorders and to understand better the relationship between the different processing mechanisms involved in speech

Visualización y detección cuantitativa del cáncer de piel utilizando sensores de temperatura por resistencia

FUNDACÁNCER indicates that skin cancer ranks fourth among the highest incidence in Panama. By investigating current diagnostic methods, it has been discovered that it is still a purely qualitative test, based solely on visual inspection. After a cooling effect on the epidermis, the benign lesions have a thermal recovery similar to normal skin, while the thermal recovery of the malignant lesion is thermoregulated in a shorter time interval. The main objective is to design a cost-effective device to add a quantitative value to current methods through physical contact on the skin.FUNDACÁNCER indica que el cáncer de piel ocupa el cuarto lugar entre los de mayor incidencia en Panamá. Alinvestigar los métodos de diagnóstico actuales, se ha descubierto que todavía es una prueba puramente cualitativa, basada únicamente en la inspección visual. Después de un efecto de enfriamiento sobre la epidermis, las lesiones benignas tienen una recuperación térmica similar a la piel normal, mientras que la recuperación térmica de la lesión maligna se termoregula en un intervalo de tiempo menor. El objetivo principal es diseñar un dispositivo costo efectivo para añadir un valor cuantitativo a los métodos actuales mediante el contacto físico sobre la piel

Deficiências minerais em bovinos de corte do Rio Grande do Sul

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Incentives and Implementation in Marriage Markets with Externalities

We study the implementability of stable correspondences in marriage markets with externalities. We prove that, contrary to what happens in markets without externalities, no stable revelation mechanism makes a dominant strategy for the agents on one side of the market to reveal their preferences. However, the stable correspondence is implementable in Nash equilibrium

SNAPSHOT USA 2019 : a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States

This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.With the accelerating pace of global change, it is imperative that we obtain rapid inventories of the status and distribution of wildlife for ecological inferences and conservation planning. To address this challenge, we launched the SNAPSHOT USA project, a collaborative survey of terrestrial wildlife populations using camera traps across the United States. For our first annual survey, we compiled data across all 50 states during a 14-week period (17 August - 24 November of 2019). We sampled wildlife at 1509 camera trap sites from 110 camera trap arrays covering 12 different ecoregions across four development zones. This effort resulted in 166,036 unique detections of 83 species of mammals and 17 species of birds. All images were processed through the Smithsonian's eMammal camera trap data repository and included an expert review phase to ensure taxonomic accuracy of data, resulting in each picture being reviewed at least twice. The results represent a timely and standardized camera trap survey of the USA. All of the 2019 survey data are made available herein. We are currently repeating surveys in fall 2020, opening up the opportunity to other institutions and cooperators to expand coverage of all the urban-wild gradients and ecophysiographic regions of the country. Future data will be available as the database is updated at eMammal.si.edu/snapshot-usa, as well as future data paper submissions. These data will be useful for local and macroecological research including the examination of community assembly, effects of environmental and anthropogenic landscape variables, effects of fragmentation and extinction debt dynamics, as well as species-specific population dynamics and conservation action plans. There are no copyright restrictions; please cite this paper when using the data for publication.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe

IMPACTO ECONÓMICO DE LA VARIACIÓN DEL PRECIO DE LECHE. CASO: UN CASO EN LA FINCA LECHERA DE SANTA BÁRBARA DE BARINAS, VENEZUELA

El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar el impacto económico de la variación del precio de leche en una finca lechera de Santa Bárbara de Barinas, estado Barinas, Venezuela. La metodología se basó en entrevistas, verificación de datos y revisión de informes. El período de estudio comprendió desde el 01 de enero al 31 de diciembre de 2011. El resultado económico consideró el valor y la estructura de costos de la producción y los indicadores de rentabilidad. Los resultados arrojaron que los costos de producción fueron distribuidos así: costos fijos (44%); costos variables (56%).  Los insumos de mayor impacto económico fueron: alimento concentrado (47,29%) y mano de obra (26,60%). El costo de producción unitario de 1 litro de leche en bolívares (Bs./L) pasó de 2,62 a 2,43 Bs./L, desde el período enero-septiembre a octubre-diciembre 2011, respectivamente, variando el precio de venta unitario de 2,50 a 3,60 Bs./L en los períodos señalados. En consecuencia, hubo pérdidas económicas en el primer período, las cuales fueron compensadas con los ingresos procedentes de la venta de leche durante el segundo período, alcanzando ingresos netos (IN) de 80,98 miles de Bs./año. Con la venta de becerros y algunos animales de descarte, el IN total alcanzó los 88,69 miles de Bs./año. Se concluye, que bajo este esquema de regulación de precios del sector lechero, el sistema de producción de ganadería no es sostenible, pues sólo permite generar una relación beneficio/costo de 1,10; con una rentabilidad en la inversión del 3,03%. Se recomienda que el Estado venezolano establezca las medidas correctivas en el sector ganadero, para recuperarse de la crisis económica actual. Finalmente, el productor debe mantener un registro actualizado de costos, que podría ser utilizado como información de base, para la toma de decisiones sobre el negocio ganadero.  (Palabras clave: Evaluación del impacto económico, análisis de costos y beneficios, leche, explotaciones agrarias,  ganadería, indicador económico, Barinas)   Abstract  The purpose of this research was to determine the economic impact of the variations in the price of milk in a dairy farm, located in Santa Bárbara de Barinas, the State of Barinas, in Venezuela. The methodology used was interviews, data verification and reports review. The study period comprised from January 1 to December 31, 2011. The financial analysis considered both the value and structure of production costs, and the profitability indicators. The results showed that the production costs were distributed, as follows: fixed costs (44%) and variable costs (56%); the inputs with the greatest economic impact were concentrated food (47.29%) and labor cost (26.60%). The unit cost of production of 1 L of milk (Bs/L) decreased from 2.62 Bs./L to 2.43 Bs./L from the periods January-September to October-December 2011, respectively, with an increase in the unit selling price from 2.50 to 3.60 Bs./L in the periods indicated. Consequently, there were economic losses in the first period, which were set off with the incomes from the milk sales in the second period, reaching a net income (NI) of up to 80.98 thousand Bs./year. Adding the revenue from the sale of calves and some discarded animals, the total NI was 88.69 thousand Bs./year. It is concluded that, under the current scheme of price regulation in the dairy sector, the livestock production system is not sustainable, as it only generates a benefit/cost ratio of 1.10, with a return on investment of 3.03%. It is recommended that the Venezuelan Government establish corrective measures in the livestock sector to recover from the current economic crisis. Finally, the producer must keep an updated cost structure that can be used as a baseline information for the decision-making of the cattle business.  (Key words: Economic impact assessment, cost benefit analysis, milk, farms, animal husbandry, economic indexes, Barinas