Éducation littéraire: une expérience didactique d'animation à la lecture promue par les étudiants

Este artículo describe y analiza una experiencia de aula promovida por el propio alumnado. Se trata de una propuesta didáctica de animación a la lectura, colaborativa e interdisciplinar, en la que participan todas las etapas: Bachillerato, ESO, Educación Primaria y Educación Infantil. El proyecto se desarrolla desde la asignatura de Lengua castellana y Literatura e incluye a las áreas de Educación Plástica, Música e Informática. Se muestran los criterios de diseño y análisis de secuencias y se concluye que el enfoque participativo e interdisciplinar promueve los hábitos de lectura entre los estudiantes.This article describes a classroom experience promoted by students themselves. This reading motivation proposal, which involves primary and secondary school. is based on a collaborative learning. The project is developed from Spanish Language and Literature subject including Plastic Education, Music and Computer Science areas. Project activities and schedule are included in the article and it is concluded that an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach forges reading habits among students.Cet article décrit et analyse une expérience de classe promue par les élèves eux-mêmes. Il s'agit d'une proposition didactique, collaborative et interdisciplinaire pour inciter à la lecture, à laquelle participent tous les niveaux d’enseignement: primaire, secondaire et supérieur. Le projet est développé à partir de la matière “Langue et Littérature espagnole” et comprend les domaines des arts plastiques, de l'éducation musicale et del'informatique. Les critères de conception et d'analyse des séquences sont présentés et l'on conclut que l'approche participative et interdisciplinaire favorise les habitudes de lecture chez les étudiants

Lectures in the classroom: proposals for inclusive education from a gender perspective

La educación literaria debe convertirse en la nueva estrategia desde la que abordar la enseñanza de la literatura. Más allá de la asimilación de conceptos teóricos, debe centrarse en la formación de lectores que sepan interpretar los textos e inculcar el hábito lector. El canon literario se hace eco de un repertorio de autores que obvia a las autoras y reproducen textos que necesitan de una revisión desde la perspectiva de género. El objetivo de este artículo es ofrecer una revisión y presentar una serie de propuestas que promulguen la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres a través de la literatura.Literary education must become the new strategy from which to approach the teaching of literature. Beyond the assimilation of theoretical concepts, it should focus on the training of readers who know how to interpret texts and instill the habit of reading. The literary canon echoes a repertoire of authors that obviate the authors and reproduce texts that need a revision from a gender perspective. The objective of this article is to offer a review and to present a series of proposals that promulgate equality between men and women through literature

Communicating for equality through education: didactic proposals for the spanish language and english language areas

Durante siglos el movimiento feminista ha luchado por conseguir la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres haciendo especial hincapié en el acceso a la educación y al conocimiento como formas de erradicar las desigualdades y la violencia contra las mujeres. Esta violencia se manifiesta de múltiples maneras. Además de la física y la verbal, existe una violencia simbólica basada en las relaciones de desigualdad y discriminación, representadas por la presencia del machismo y la normalización del rol de subordinación de la mujer. La educación sigue reproduciendo un discurso normativo que perpetúa la cultura patriarcal y sexista apoyada en mecanismos que legitiman las diferencias por cuestiones de género. Además del desarrollo de la capacidad crítica, la práctica docente tiene la responsabilidad de proporcionar códigos de comunicación alternativos que pasan por desmontar el tradicional modelo de representación femenina que perpetúa el sexismo. Junto a la educación formal, los medios de comunicación y las nuevas tecnologías se convierten en ámbitos de socialización entre los adolescentes, donde los roles de género siguen estando presentes. Los comportamientos en el entorno virtual tienen una proyección directa en el mundo real, erigidos en patrones de conductas que consolidan una cultura heredada. Bajo estas premisas presentamos una serie de experiencias didácticas, junto al análisis de sus resultados, destinadas al alumnado del Grado en Educación Primaria para concienciar y formar a los/as futuros docentes en la igualdad de género. Los resultados reflejan la necesidad de incluir en la didáctica la perspectiva de género, pues la cultura heredada normaliza comportamientos estereotipados que no resultan fáciles de identificar, y es fundamental reconocerlos para poder erradicarlos. Así, la coeducación se presenta como una herramienta clave para la construcción de una ciudadanía más justa e igualitaria.Over centuries the feminist movement has struggled to achieve equality between men and women emphasizing access to education and knowledge as ways to eradicate inequalities and violence against women. This violence is manifested in different ways. Apart from the physical and verbal violence, there is a symbolic violence based on the relations of inequality and discrimination, represented by the presence of male-chauvinism and the normalization of the subordination role of women. Education continues reproducing a normative discourse that perpetuates the patriarchal and sexist culture supported by mechanisms that legitimize differences based on gender. In addition to the development of critical capacity, the teaching practice has the responsibility to provide alternative communication codes that remove the traditional model of female representation that perpetuates sexism. Along with formal education, the media and new technologies become areas of socialization among adolescents, where gender roles are still present. The behaviours in the virtual environment have a direct projection in the real world, erected in behaviour patterns that consolidate an inherited culture. Under these premises we present some didactic experiences, together with the analysis of their results, addressed to the students of the Primary Education Degree to raise awareness and train future teachers in gender equality. The results reflect the need to include the gender perspective in the didactics, since the inherited culture normalizes stereotyped behaviours that are not easy to identify, and it is essential to recognize them in order to eradicate them. Thus, coeducation is presented as a key tool for building a fairer and more equal citizenship./n

Blood Biomarkers to Predict Long-Term Mortality after Ischemic Stroke

Altres ajuts: This work has been funded by La Fundació La Marató (Reg. 84/240 proj. 201702).Stroke is a major cause of disability and death globally, and prediction of mortality represents a crucial challenge. We aimed to identify blood biomarkers measured during acute ischemic stroke that could predict long-term mortality. Nine hundred and forty-one ischemic stroke patients were prospectively recruited in the Stroke-Chip study. Post-stroke mortality was evaluated during a median 4.8-year follow-up. A 14-biomarker panel was analyzed by immunoassays in blood samples obtained at hospital admission. Biomarkers were normalized and standardized using Z -scores. Multiple Cox regression models were used to identify clinical variables and biomarkers independently associated with long-term mortality and mortality due to stroke. In the multivariate analysis, the independent predictors of long-term mortality were age, female sex, hypertension, glycemia, and baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score. Independent blood biomarkers predictive of long-term mortality were endostatin > quartile 2, tumor necrosis factor receptor-1 (TNF-R1) > quartile 2, and interleukin (IL)-6 > quartile 2. The risk of mortality when these three biomarkers were combined increased up to 69%. The addition of the biomarkers to clinical predictors improved the discrimination (integrative discriminative improvement (IDI) 0.022 (0.007-0.048), p quartile 3 was an independent predictor of mortality due to stroke. Altogether, endostatin, TNF-R1, and IL-6 circulating levels may aid in long-term mortality prediction after stroke

Relationship among Streptococcus gallolyticus Subsp. gallolyticus, Enterococcus faecalis and Colorectal Neoplasms in Recurrent Endocarditis: A Historical Case Series.

Objectives: The role of colorectal neoplasms (CRN) as a common potential source of recurrent Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus (SGG) and Enterococcus faecalis (EF) endocarditis remains unstudied. We aimed to investigate what proportion of episodes of recurrent endocarditis are caused by a succession of SGG and EF, or vice versa, and to assess the role of a colonic source in such recurrent episodes. Methods: we conducted a retrospective analysis of two prospective endocarditis cohorts (1979-2019) from two Spanish hospitals, providing descriptive analyses of the major features of the endocarditis episodes, colonoscopy findings, and histologic results. Results: among 1552 IE episodes, 204 (13.1%) were caused by EF and 197 (12.7%) by SGG, respectively. There were 155 episodes (10%) of recurrent IE, 20 of which (12.9%) were due to a succession of SGG/EF IE in 10 patients (the first episode caused by SGG in eight cases, and by EF in two cases). The median follow-up was 86 (interquartile range 34-156) months. In 8/10 initial episodes, the causative microorganism was SGG, and all patients were diagnosed with CRN either during the initial episode or during follow-up. During the second episode of IE or follow-up, colonoscopies revealed CRN in six patients. Conclusions: There seems to be an association between SGG and EF in recurrent endocarditis that warrants further investigation. Our findings reinforce the need for systematically performing colonoscopy in the event of endocarditis caused by both microorganisms

A mutation in THREONINE SYNTHASE 1 uncouples proliferation and transition domains of the root apical meristem: experimental evidence and in silico proposed mechanism

A continuum from stem to transit-amplifying to a differentiated cell state is a common theme in multicellular organisms. In the plant root apical meristem (RAM), transit-amplifying cells are organized into two domains: cells from the proliferation domain (PD) are displaced to the transition domain (TD), suggesting that both domains are necessarily coupled. Here, we show that in the Arabidopsis thaliana mto2-2 mutant, in which threonine (Thr) synthesis is affected, the RAM lacks the PD. Through a combination of cell length profile analysis, mathematical modeling and molecular markers, we establish that the PD and TD can be uncoupled. Remarkably, although the RAM of mto2-2 is represented solely by the TD, the known factors of RAM maintenance and auxin signaling are expressed in the mutant. Mathematical modeling predicts that the stem cell niche depends on Thr metabolism and that, when disturbed, the normal continuum of cell states becomes aborted

The state of the Martian climate

60°N was +2.0°C, relative to the 1981–2010 average value (Fig. 5.1). This marks a new high for the record. The average annual surface air temperature (SAT) anomaly for 2016 for land stations north of starting in 1900, and is a significant increase over the previous highest value of +1.2°C, which was observed in 2007, 2011, and 2015. Average global annual temperatures also showed record values in 2015 and 2016. Currently, the Arctic is warming at more than twice the rate of lower latitudes

Healthcare workers hospitalized due to COVID-19 have no higher risk of death than general population. Data from the Spanish SEMI-COVID-19 Registry

Aim To determine whether healthcare workers (HCW) hospitalized in Spain due to COVID-19 have a worse prognosis than non-healthcare workers (NHCW). Methods Observational cohort study based on the SEMI-COVID-19 Registry, a nationwide registry that collects sociodemographic, clinical, laboratory, and treatment data on patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Spain. Patients aged 20-65 years were selected. A multivariate logistic regression model was performed to identify factors associated with mortality. Results As of 22 May 2020, 4393 patients were included, of whom 419 (9.5%) were HCW. Median (interquartile range) age of HCW was 52 (15) years and 62.4% were women. Prevalence of comorbidities and severe radiological findings upon admission were less frequent in HCW. There were no difference in need of respiratory support and admission to intensive care unit, but occurrence of sepsis and in-hospital mortality was lower in HCW (1.7% vs. 3.9%; p = 0.024 and 0.7% vs. 4.8%; p<0.001 respectively). Age, male sex and comorbidity, were independently associated with higher in-hospital mortality and healthcare working with lower mortality (OR 0.211, 95%CI 0.067-0.667, p = 0.008). 30-days survival was higher in HCW (0.968 vs. 0.851 p<0.001). Conclusions Hospitalized COVID-19 HCW had fewer comorbidities and a better prognosis than NHCW. Our results suggest that professional exposure to COVID-19 in HCW does not carry more clinical severity nor mortality

Role of age and comorbidities in mortality of patients with infective endocarditis

[Purpose]: The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics of patients with IE in three groups of age and to assess the ability of age and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict mortality. [Methods]: Prospective cohort study of all patients with IE included in the GAMES Spanish database between 2008 and 2015.Patients were stratified into three age groups:<65 years,65 to 80 years,and ≥ 80 years.The area under the receiver-operating characteristic (AUROC) curve was calculated to quantify the diagnostic accuracy of the CCI to predict mortality risk. [Results]: A total of 3120 patients with IE (1327 < 65 years;1291 65-80 years;502 ≥ 80 years) were enrolled.Fever and heart failure were the most common presentations of IE, with no differences among age groups.Patients ≥80 years who underwent surgery were significantly lower compared with other age groups (14.3%,65 years; 20.5%,65-79 years; 31.3%,≥80 years). In-hospital mortality was lower in the <65-year group (20.3%,<65 years;30.1%,65-79 years;34.7%,≥80 years;p < 0.001) as well as 1-year mortality (3.2%, <65 years; 5.5%, 65-80 years;7.6%,≥80 years; p = 0.003).Independent predictors of mortality were age ≥ 80 years (hazard ratio [HR]:2.78;95% confidence interval [CI]:2.32–3.34), CCI ≥ 3 (HR:1.62; 95% CI:1.39–1.88),and non-performed surgery (HR:1.64;95% CI:11.16–1.58).When the three age groups were compared,the AUROC curve for CCI was significantly larger for patients aged <65 years(p < 0.001) for both in-hospital and 1-year mortality. [Conclusion]: There were no differences in the clinical presentation of IE between the groups. Age ≥ 80 years, high comorbidity (measured by CCI),and non-performance of surgery were independent predictors of mortality in patients with IE.CCI could help to identify those patients with IE and surgical indication who present a lower risk of in-hospital and 1-year mortality after surgery, especially in the <65-year group

Volteando la tortilla. Género y maíz en la alimentación actual de México.

Ante escenarios complejos, patriarcales y desoladores que dejan ver el neoliberalismo, la globalización agroalimentaria, el calentamiento global y las contaminaciones de granos nativos por la imposición de transgénicos, nos cuestionamos si existen algunas alternativas para preservar el maíz nativo como un recurso multiestratégico (alimentario, económico, cultural, ecológico y tecnológico) tomando en cuenta las condiciones actuales de desigualdades sociales de género, etnia, clases y edad que predominan en el campo mexicano. Para responder a algunos cuestionamientos, este libro presenta algunas alternativas a través de diversas experiencias femeninas y de relaciones de género en torno al maíz y la alimentación. Todas ellas muestran que es posible construir una masa crítica para salvaguardar el maíz nativo bajo esas condiciones desoladoras, pero siempre y cuando se “voltee la tortilla”, metáfora que da pie al inicio de otra realidad humanizada y en sincronía con la naturaleza.Proyecto realizado con financiamiento Conacy