Social and educational exclusion as failures. Framework for your understanding and research

La exclusión social es un concepto que trata de explicar teóricamente una serie de fenómenos fundamentalmente sociales y económicos, que se relacionan con la pérdida, o la negación, de derechos esenciales que definen la ciudadanía social. Listas de factores que provocan exclusión, paradigmas explicativos, ámbitos causales, etc., son las propuestas que los analistas sociales ofrecen para aprehender este complejo fenómeno, mencionando con insistencia su carácter procesual y multidimensional. Pero es necesario dar un paso más y comprender las causas, la génesis y la historia que hay detrás de cada caso, para captar cabalmente el verdadero significado de la exclusión social. La educación institucionalizada, con las embestidas neoliberales y mercantilistas, aparece en este debate como un ámbito esencial para su determinación, ya que la falta de ésta, o si ha sido inadecuada, producirá en los sujetos una serie de acontecimientos en su devenir académico, en su biografía personal, en sus relaciones, en sus apoyos afectivos y sociales, etc., que lo harán vulnerable, como analfabeto, como sujeto sin la titulación básica o falto de competencias esenciales para desenvolverse como ciudadano activo en las sociedades plurales de este siglo. La equidad, la formación integral de todos, el aprecio por lo social, son principios pedagógicos que deben aparecer en las agendas políticas para que la educación no se alinee con la exclusión socialSocial exclusion is a concept that aims to explain theoretically a series of facts, generally social and economic, related to the lost or denial of those main rights that define social citizenship. Social analysts offer a list of factors causing exclusion, explanatory paradigms, etc., in order to explain this complex phenomenon, mentioning insistently its character as a multidimensional process. But it is necessary to go one step further and understand the causes, genesis and history of every single case, to grasp the real meaning of social exclusion. Institutionalized education, specially in a neoliberal and mercantilist context, appears in this debate as an essential dimension for its definition, given the fact that the lack of it produces in every individual a series of facts related to their academic career, their personal biographies, their relationships and the existence of emotional and social support, etc., that would make them vulnerable, as illiterates, as individual without the basic qualifications or the main competences that are necessary to cope with as an active citizen in the plural societies of this century. Equity, education in all aspects and dimensions, and the preoccupation for and sensitivity to social problems, are pedagogical principles that should be part of the political agendas so as to avoid the alignment of both concepts: education and social exclusion. Key words: Social exclusion, citizenship, globalization, vulnerability, welfare state, neoliberalism, self-exclusion, educational governanc

L’atenció de la cronicitat a les Illes Balears, una oportunitat

Els canvis en el patró poblacional representat per l’envelliment, en el patró epidemiològic evidenciat per la presència de les malalties cròniques, la discapacitat o la dependència i les dificultats econòmiques actuals, condicionen el model d’atenció sanitària i social tal com el coneixem actualment i orienta el conjunt a un nou paradigma assistencial —l’atenció de la cronicitat. Des de diferents àmbits, es manifesta que si es manté el sistema actual poden sorgir dificultats per sostenir-lo, i es proposen canvis tant en l’organització sanitària (molt orientada als pacients aguts) com en la social per tal d’adaptar-lo al nou model en què l’atenció primària i la gestió de pacients crònics assumeixin més protagonisme sense necessitar més recursos, i en què els usuaris adoptin un paper més proactiu envers la salut i l’autonomia pròpies.Changes in the demographic and epidemiologic pattern due to aging, pattern –evidenced by the presence of chronic illnesses, disability or dependence– in combination with the present economic hardship are affecting the health and social care system as we know it, and point to the need for a new attention paradigm focusing on chronicity., The claim is being made from different angles and if the present system is kept, its sustainability may be difficult. Thus, changes have been proposed both in health —highly oriented to acute care today— and social organization, to adapt it to the new model where primary care and chronic patients’ management play a major role —without demanding extra resources— and where users become more involved in their own health and autonomy

How should we ‘care’ for LGBT+ students within higher education?

This article draws on a recent U.K. research project about lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) perspectives on university to examine the implications for pastoral care and other service provision on campus. In a departure from previous scholarship that has tended to understand LGBT+ students as ‘vulnerable’ and/or needing ‘support’, it argues that university spaces should be (re)framed in a way that moves beyond (only) personal or individual ‘care’. The article outlines some of the issues that LGBT+ students may face under the following headings: Curriculum and course content; Discrimination, prejudice and bullying; Facilities and service provision on campus; A continuum of experiences. Following these, a final section draws some conclusions and implications for practice in higher education

Systolic ventricular filling

The evidence of the ventricular myocardial band (VMB) has revealed unavoidable coherence and mutual coupling of form and function in the ventricular myocardium, making it possible to understand the principles governing electrical, mechanical and energetical events within the human heart. From the earliest Erasistratus' observations, principal mechanisms responsible for the ventricular filling have still remained obscured. Contemporary experimental and clinical investigations unequivocally support the attitude that only powerful suction force, developed by the normal ventricles, would be able to produce an efficient filling of the ventricular cavities. The true origin and the precise time frame for generating such force are still controversial. Elastic recoil and muscular contraction were the most commonly mentioned, but yet, still not clearly explained mechanisms involved in the ventricular suction. Classical concepts about timing of successive mechanical events during the cardiac cycle, also do not offer understandable insight into the mechanism of the ventricular filling. The net result is the current state of insufficient knowledge of systolic and particularly diastolic function of normal and diseased heart. Here we summarize experimental evidence and theoretical backgrounds, which could be useful in understanding the phenomenon of the ventricular filling. Anatomy of the VMB, and recent proofs for its segmental electrical and mechanical activation, undoubtedly indicates that ventricular filling is the consequence of an active muscular contraction. Contraction of the ascendent segment of the VMB, with simultaneous shortening and rectifying of its fibers, produces the paradoxical increase of the ventricular volume and lengthening of its long axis. Specific spatial arrangement of the ascendent segment fibers, their interaction with adjacent descendent segment fibers, elastic elements and intra-cavitary blood volume (hemoskeleton), explain the physical principles involved in this action. This contraction occurs during the last part of classical systole and the first part of diastole. Therefore, the most important part of ventricular diastole (i.e. the rapid filling phase), in which it receives >70% of the stroke volume, belongs to the active muscular contraction of the ascendent segment. We hope that these facts will give rise to new understanding of the principal mechanisms involved in normal and abnormal diastolic heart functio

Advances in Electrical Machine, Power Electronic, and Drive Condition Monitoring and Fault Detection: State of the Art

© 2015 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permissíon from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertisíng or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.[EN] Recently, research concerning electrical machines and drives condition monitoring and fault diagnosis has experienced extraordinarily dynamic activity. The increasing importance of these energy conversion devices and their widespread use in uncountable applications have motivated significant research efforts. This paper presents an analysis of the state of the art in this field. The analyzed contributions were published in most relevant journals and magazines or presented in either specific conferences in the area or more broadly scoped events.Riera-Guasp, M.; Antonino-Daviu, J.; Capolino, G. (2015). Advances in Electrical Machine, Power Electronic, and Drive Condition Monitoring and Fault Detection: State of the Art. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 62(3):1746-1759. doi:10.1109/TIE.2014.2375853S1746175962