Nemesio Loaiza

Video interview with Nemesio Loaiza. Nemesio Loaiza was born in Colombia in 1934. He was a shoemaker in Colombia, and did not work in the textile industry until he came to the United States. In this oral history Nemesio tells of how he started in the textile industry in Greenville, SC, as a sweeper, but then moved up to other jobs and a long career in textiles. He details his career in the textile mill, how he came to the United States from Colombia, the working conditions for him, and the social life in Greenville. He speaks about his family, how he brought them to the United States, their life, and what they are all doing now. Nemesio dicusses the changes in Greenville over the years, immigration, and shares the good things, and the challenges of life as an immigrant, working and living in Greenville.https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/textile-workers/1004/thumbnail.jp

Freddy Pfleiderer

Video interview with Freddy Pfleiderer. Freddy begins his oral history talking about his life in the Colombian textile industry. He started at a very early age and worked many places, gaining valuable experience. He details his work history and tells of how he, and others, came to work in the United States textile industry. Freddy first worked in the U.S. in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and he tells of his extraordinary career trajectory as a loom mechanic, travelling first to Switzerland to live, train, and work, and then working all around the world. He moved to Greenville, SC, in 1969, to work for Milliken Mill. He talks about how more Colombians arrived in Greenville after him to work in the textile industry. He shares details about their work, social life, and leisure activities. Freddy closes the oral history discussing the fall of the textile industry in the U.S.https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/textile-workers/1008/thumbnail.jp

Elsie Alvarez

Video interview with Elsie Alvarez. Elsie Alvarez is from Medellín. Her father was recruited to work in the textile industry in the United States, and he brought Elsie and her family to Greenvile, SC, in 1975. In this oral history, Elsie describes how she came to the United States and her work in the textile mills. She talks about her family and work, as well as their social life, and leisure activities during her time in the textile industry. She speaks about her family ties to Colombia, and compares the textile industry in Colombia to the industry in Greenville, SC. Elsie also talks about the modernization of the textile industry over the years.https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/textile-workers/1000/thumbnail.jp

Rodrigo Valencia

Video interview with Rodrigo Valencia. Rodrigo Valencia began working in the Colombian textile industry at a very young age, and he came to the United States to work in the textile industry in Rhode Island in 1963. In his oral history Rodrigo tells of bringing his family to Greenville, SC, and working in the textile industry there. He speaks about the decline of textiles in the area, and tells how laid off workers received training in other trades. He talks about his work in Colombia, and how and why he came to the United States. Rodrigo compares the working conditions in Colombia to those in the U.S., the good things and bad things, and talks about being one of the first Hispanics in the Greenville area when he moved to South Carolina.https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/textile-workers/1013/thumbnail.jp

Sara Quintana

Video interview with Sara Quintana. Unlike many of the “pioneers,” Sara Quintana came to the U.S. in 1987, in a later wave of immigration from Colombia, propelled by the problems of insecurity and unemployment in the 1980 and 1990s in that country. She became a textile worker in Greenville, finding later employment in textile-related companies, mostly doing embroidery. Sara came to the U.S. to earn money for her daughter\u27s college tuition, and she details her journey, and the different jobs she had in the textile industry. She talks about her co-workers, the working conditions and pay, the social life for Hispanics in the area, and she shares some funny stories. Sara concludes comparing Colombia and life in Greenville, and she reflects on her overall positive experience in South Carolina.https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/textile-workers/1009/thumbnail.jp

Mercedes Gomez

Video interview with Mercedes Gomez. Mercedes Gomez came to the United States in 1969. She begins her oral history talking about her time working at Woodside Mill, in Greenville, SC. Mercedes shares the story of her time in Colombia before coming to the U.S., how she came to New York, and then later, Greenville. She speaks about the social life with other Colombians in the Greenville area, details her work in the mill, and talks about how Greenville has changed over the years since her arrival. She also compares her time in New York to her time in Greenville, shares some scary experiences, and tells how she lived in fear during some of those years before she got her visa.https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/textile-workers/1002/thumbnail.jp

Medicion y comparacion de la inteligencia emocional de alumnos de distintos niveles de la carrera de Ingeniería Comercial de la Universidad de Talca

114 p.La investigación consiste en la medición y comparación de la Inteligencia Emocional de alumnos de distintos anos de ingreso de la carrera de Ingeniería Comercial de la Universidad de Talca. El propósito de este estudio es aportar información que sirva para enfocar la formación de los alumnos de la carrera de Ingeniería Comercial de la Universidad de Talca tanto a los conocimientos como a las aptitudes emocionales. El trabajo se realiza a través de la aplicación del Cuadro de CE (Coeficiente Emocional), cuestionario que sirve para medir la Inteligencia Emocional, a una muestra de 166 alumnos matriculados en el primer semestre del ano 2002, de la carrera de Ingeniería Comercial de la Universidad de Talca, que cursen alguna asignatura de la Línea académica de Administración que corresponda a su ano de ingreso. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que la categoría de inteligencia o manejo emocional que poseen los alumnos de la carrera de Ingeniería Comercial de la Universidad de Talca corresponde a la categoría vulnerable o de insuficiencia de inteligencia emocional. Por otra parte, se observa que no existen diferencias significativas en la inteligencia emocional de los alumnos de cada año de la carrera, es decir, no hay una evolución en la inteligencia emocional a medida que los alumnos avanzan en la malla curricular, por lo tanto, bajo el supuesto de que no hay cambio en las características de ingreso de los alumnos de cada ano, se puede concluir que la carrera de Ingeniería Comercial de la Universidad de Talca no aporta al desarrollo de las habilidades emocionales de sus alumnos

La Familia Posada

Video interview with members of the Posada family, Luis Carlos Posada, Luz María Posada, and Myriam Posada. The three siblings begin their oral history talking about their father, who worked in the textile industry in Colombia, how he came to the United States to work in textiles, and later brought them in 1975. They speak about the discrimination they faced at work in the mills, and school, in Greenville. The Posadas decribe their work in the mill, the working conditions, and factory environment, then talk about how their father brought more family from Colombia. They compare Medellín and Greenville, and speak on the topics of work and school, social life, friendships with other Colombians in the area, and their relationship with their Dad. The Posada siblings conclude their oral history talking about the decline of textiles.https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/textile-workers/1001/thumbnail.jp

High-intensity interval training is safe, feasible and efficacious in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis : a randomized controlled trial

Background: High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) involves bursts of high-intensity exercise interspersed with lower-intensity exercise recovery. HIIT may benefit cardiometabolic health in people with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Aims: We aimed to examine the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of 12-weeks of supervised HIIT compared with a sham-exercise control (CON) for improving aerobic fitness and peripheral insulin sensitivity in biopsy-proven NASH. Methods: Participants based in the community [(n = 14, 56 ± 10 years, BMI 39.2 ± 6.7 kg/m2, 64% male), NAFLD Activity Score 5 (range 3–7)] were randomized to 12-weeks of supervised HIIT (n = 8, 4 × 4 min at 85–95% maximal heart rate, interspersed with 3 min active recovery; 3 days/week) or CON (n = 6, stretching; 3 days/week). Safety (adverse events) and feasibility determined a

The added value of H-2 antagonists in premedication regimens during paclitaxel treatment

BACKGROUND: Ranitidine, a histamine 2 blocker, is the standard of care to prevent hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) caused by paclitaxel infusion. However, the added value of ranitidine in this premedication regimen is controversial. Therefore, we compared the incidence of HSRs during paclitaxel treatment between a standard regimen including ranitidine and a regimen without ranitidine. METHODS: This prospective, pre-post interventional, non-inferiority study compared the standard premedication regimen (N = 183) with dexamethasone, clemastine and ranitidine with a premedication regimen without ranitidine (N = 183). The primary outcome was the incidence of HSR grade >= 3. Non-inferiority was determined by checking whether the upper bound of the twosided 90% confidence interval (CI) for the difference in HSR rates excluded the +6% non-inferiority margin. RESULTS: In both the pre-intervention (with ranitidine) and post-intervention (without ranitidine) group 183 patients were included. The incidence of HSR grade >= 3 was 4.4% (N = 8) in the pre-intervention group and 1.6% (N = 3) in the post-intervention group: difference -2.7% (90% CI: -6.2 to 0.1). CONCLUSIONS: As the upper boundary of the 90% CI does not exceed the predefined non-inferiority margin of +6%, it can be concluded that a premedication regimen without ranitidine is non-inferior to a premedication regimen with ranitidine