La importancia de la comunicación participativa para el fortalecimiento de la cultura organizacional de Undeco - Santa Marta

En el presente ensayo, se plantea el análisis de la comunicación participativa y su influencia sobre la cultura organizacional, establecida en la Organización Social Participativa (OSP) - Unión Nacional de Comerciantes (Undeco) de la ciudad de Santa Marta. El estudio fue desarrollado en dos fases determinadas como; fase de interacción y fase de socialización. Para la construcción de la propuesta del plan de comunicación interna, se logró interactuar con un grupo de colaboradores de la OSP, para analizar y evaluar sus ideas sobre el trabajo en equipo y las relaciones interpersonales dentro del campo laboral. Durante el desarrollo de la etapa de interacción, se detectan dificultades en la comunicación interna. Posteriormente la segunda etapa permitió resaltar la importancia de la comunicación participativa, a través de la implementación de diferentes medios de comunicación, tales como redes sociales, para compartir un mensaje de comunicación efectiva entre los colaboradores, promoviendo el compromiso, el trabajo en equipo, el intercambio de conocimiento, y la confianza en los grupos de interés; lo que se traduce como productividad empresarial.In this essay, the analysis of participatory communication and its influence on organizational culture, established in the Participatory Social Organization (OSP) - National Union of Merchants (Undeco) of the city of Santa Marta, is proposed. The study was developed in two phases determined as; interaction phase and socialization phase. For the construction of the internal communication plan proposal, it was possible to interact with a group of PASB collaborators, to analyze and evaluate their ideas about teamwork and interpersonal relationships within the labor field. During the development of the interaction stage, difficulties in internal communication are detected. Subsequently, the second stage made it possible to highlight the importance of participatory communication, through the implementation of different means of communication, such as social networks, to share an effective communication message among collaborators, promoting commitment, teamwork, exchange of knowledge, and trust in interest groups; which translates as business productivity

Risk Factors for Lower-Extremity Injuries Among Contemporary Dance Students

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether student characteristics, lower-extremity kinematics, and strength are risk factors for sustaining lower-extremity injuries in preprofessional contemporary dancers. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Codarts University of the Arts. PATIENTS: Forty-five first-year students of Bachelor Dance and Bachelor Dance Teacher. ASSESSMENT OF RISK FACTORS: At the beginning of the academic year, the injury history (only lower-extremity) and student characteristics (age, sex, educational program) were assessed using a questionnaire. Besides, lower-extremity kinematics [single-leg squat (SLS)], strength (countermovement jump) and height and weight (body mass index) were measured during a physical performance test. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Substantial lower-extremity injuries during the academic year were defined as any problems leading to moderate or severe reductions in training volume or in performance, or complete inability to participate in dance at least once during follow-up as measured with the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Questionnaire on Health Problems. Injuries were recorded on a monthly basis using a questionnaire. Analyses on leg-level were performed using generalized estimating equations to test the associations between substantial lower-extremity injuries and potential risk factors. RESULTS: The 1-year incidence of lower-extremity injuries was 82.2%. Of these, 51.4% was a substantial lower-extremity injury. Multivariate analyses identified that ankle dorsiflexion during the SLS (OR 1.25; 95% confidence interval, 1.03-1.52) was a risk factor for a substantial lower-extremity injury. CONCLUSIONS: The findings indicate that contemporary dance students are at high risk for lower-extremity injuries. Therefore, the identified risk factor (ankle dorsiflexion) should be considered for prevention purposes

Genome-wide association analysis identifies six new loci associated with forced vital capacity

Forced vital capacity (FVC), a spirometric measure of pulmonary function, reflects lung volume and is used to diagnose and monitor lung diseases. We performed genome-wide association study meta-analysis of FVC in 52,253 individuals from 26 studies and followed up the top associations in 32,917 additional individuals of European ancestry. We found six new regions associated at genome-wide significance (P < 5 × 10−8) with FVC in or near EFEMP1, BMP6, MIR129-2–HSD17B12, PRDM11, WWOX and KCNJ2. Two loci previously associated with spirometric measures (GSTCD and PTCH1) were related to FVC. Newly implicated regions were followed up in samples from African-American, Korean, Chinese and Hispanic individuals. We detected transcripts for all six newly implicated genes in human lung tissue. The new loci may inform mechanisms involved in lung development and the pathogenesis of restrictive lung disease

Elucidation of pathways driving asthma pathogenesis: development of a systems-level analytic strategy.

Asthma is a genetically complex, chronic lung disease defined clinically as episodic airflow limitation and breathlessness that is at least partially reversible, either spontaneously or in response to therapy. Whereas asthma was rare in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the marked increase in its incidence and prevalence since the 1960s points to substantial gene × environment interactions occurring over a period of years, but these interactions are very poorly understood (1-6). It is widely believed that the majority of asthma begins during childhood and manifests first as intermittent wheeze. However, wheeze is also very common in infancy and only a subset of wheezy children progress to persistent asthma for reasons that are largely obscure. Here, we review the current literature regarding causal pathways leading to early asthma development and chronicity. Given the complex interactions of many risk factors over time eventually leading to apparently multiple asthma phenotypes, we suggest that deeply phenotyped cohort studies combined with sophisticated network models will be required to derive the next generation of biological and clinical insights in asthma pathogenesis

Estrategias lúdico-didácticas: una alternativa para estimular el pensamiento lógico-matemático (Estudio de caso)

Esta investigación llevó por título “estrategias lúdico-didácticas: una alternativa para estimular el pensamiento lógico-matemático” El pensamiento lógico-matemático durante la primera infancia, les permite a los niños centrar las nociones matemáticas básicas, necesarias para la transición a los procesos abstractos que serán presentados en la etapa escolar; estas bases deben ser establecidas a través de estrategias lúdicas y didácticas, para que el niño pueda explorar y manipular los objetos de su entorno a través de materiales concretos. Es por ello, que esta investigación tenía como propósitos, determinar las estrategias lúdicas-didácticas que estimulen el pensamiento lógico-matemático de los informantes, examinando las habilidades presentes en los niños con 3 evaluaciones del desarrollo y explorar las estrategias lúdica-didácticas que estimulen su pensamiento lógico-matemático. El diseño de la investigación tiene un enfoque cualitativo y corte de estudio de caso escogiendo como participantes a tres niños con un rango de edad de 2 ½ a 4 ½ años. Los resultados obtenidos de esta investigación develan que las actividades didácticas, el juego libre y la metodología de aprendizaje natural aplicadas al entorno con materiales concretos, son estrategias que deben ser utilizadas para estimular el pensamiento lógico-matemático en los niños y así consolidar las bases preparándolo para los conceptos o nociones abstractas