La violencia digital como amenaza a un ambiente laboral seguro

The main objective of this article is to make human resources managers aware of the danger of what the lack of knowledge of digital violence represents within the employment area and its consequences. It aims to highlight the influence of this practice on the emotional aspect and its effect on job performance. Communication and anticipation may be the key strategies to prevent this situation. is important to stay informed and create awareness that violence, whether physical or digital, is detrimental to the work environment since it affects both employees and the goals and objectives of the firm.Este artículo tiene como objetivo principal concienciar a los gerentes de Recursos Humanos el peligro de la falta de conocimiento que representa la violencia digital en el área laboral y sus consecuencias. Se resalta la influencia de esta práctica en el aspecto emocional y su efecto en el desempeño laboral. La comunicación y la prevención pueden ser las estrategias claves para evitar esta situación. Es importante mantenerse informado y crear conciencia que la violencia sea física o digital es detrimental para el ambiente laboral ya que afecta tanto a los empleados como a las metas y objetivos de la firma

A recurrent, de novo pathogenic variant in ARPC4 disrupts actin filament formation and causes microcephaly and speech delay

We report seven affected individuals from six families with a recurrent, de novo variant in the ARPC4 gene (c.472C>T [p.Arg158Cys (GenBank: NM_005718.4)]). Core features in affected individuals include microcephaly, mild motor delays, and significant speech impairment. ARPC4 is a core subunit of the actin-related protein (ARP2/3) complex, which catalyzes the formation of F-actin networks. We show that the recurrent ARPC4 missense change is associated with a decreased amount of F-actin in cells from two affected individuals. Taken together, our results implicate heterozygous ARPC4 missense variants as a cause of neurodevelopmental disorders and microcephaly

Adolescent pregnancies and girls' sexual and reproductive rights in the amazon basin of Ecuador: an analysis of providers' and policy makers' discourses

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Adolescent pregnancies are a common phenomenon that can have both positive and negative consequences. The rights framework allows us to explore adolescent pregnancies not just as isolated events, but in relation to girls' sexual and reproductive freedom and their entitlement to a system of health protection that includes both health services and the so called social determinants of health. The aim of this study was to explore policy makers' and service providers' discourses concerning adolescent pregnancies, and discuss the consequences that those discourses have for the exercise of girls' sexual and reproductive rights' in the province of Orellana, located in the amazon basin of Ecuador.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We held six focus-group discussions and eleven in-depth interviews with 41 Orellana's service providers and policy makers. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed using discourse analysis, specifically looking for interpretative repertoires.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Four interpretative repertoires emerged from the interviews. The first repertoire identified was "sex is not for fun" and reflected a moralistic construction of girls' sexual and reproductive health that emphasized abstinence, and sent contradictory messages regarding contraceptive use. The second repertoire -"gendered sexuality and parenthood"-constructed women as sexually uninterested and responsible mothers, while men were constructed as sexually driven and unreliable. The third repertoire was "professionalizing adolescent pregnancies" and lead to patronizing attitudes towards adolescents and disregard of the importance of non-medical expertise. The final repertoire -"idealization of traditional family"-constructed family as the proper space for the raising of adolescents while at the same time acknowledging that sexual abuse and violence within families was common.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Providers' and policy makers' repertoires determined the areas that the array of sexual and reproductive health services should include, leaving out the ones more prone to cause conflict and opposition, such as gender equality, abortion provision and welfare services for pregnant adolescents. Moralistic attitudes and sexism were present - even if divergences were also found-, limiting services' capability to promote girls' sexual and reproductive health and rights.</p

La violencia digital como amenaza a un ambiente laboral seguro

Este artículo tiene como objetivo principal concienciar a los gerentes de Recursos Humanos el peligro de la falta de conocimiento que representa la violencia digital en el área laboral y sus consecuencias. Se resalta la influencia de esta práctica en el aspecto emocional y su efecto en el desempeño laboral. La comunicación y la prevención pueden ser las estrategias claves para evitar esta situación. Es importante mantenerse informado y crear conciencia que la violencia sea física o digital es detrimental para el ambiente laboral ya que afecta tanto a los empleados como a las metas y objetivos de la firma.</jats:p

La violencia digital como amenaza a un ambiente laboral seguro

The main objective of this article is to make human resources managers aware of the danger of what the lack of knowledge of digital violence represents within the employment area and its consequences. It aims to highlight the influence of this practice on the emotional aspect and its effect on job performance. Communication and anticipation may be the key strategies to prevent this situation. is important to stay informed and create awareness that violence, whether physical or digital, is detrimental to the work environment since it affects both employees and the goals and objectives of the firm.Este artículo tiene como objetivo principal concienciar a los gerentes de Recursos Humanos el peligro de la falta de conocimiento que representa la violencia digital en el área laboral y sus consecuencias. Se resalta la influencia de esta práctica en el aspecto emocional y su efecto en el desempeño laboral. La comunicación y la prevención pueden ser las estrategias claves para evitar esta situación. Es importante mantenerse informado y crear conciencia que la violencia sea física o digital es detrimental para el ambiente laboral ya que afecta tanto a los empleados como a las metas y objetivos de la firma

Students’ Perceptions of Oral Screencast Responses to Their Writing

This study explores the intersections between facework, feedback interventions, and digitally mediated modes of response to student writing. Specifically, the study explores one particular mode of feedback intervention—screencast response to written work—through students’ perceptions of its affordances and through dimensions of its role in the mediation of face and construction of identities. Students found screencast technologies to be helpful to their learning and their interpretation of positive affect from their teachers by facilitating personal connections, creating transparency about the teacher’s evaluative process and identity, revealing the teacher’s feelings, providing visual affirmation, and establishing a conversational tone. The screencast technologies seemed to create an evaluative space in which teachers and students could perform digitally mediated pedagogical identities that were relational, affective, and distinct, allowing students to perceive an individualized instructional process enabled by the response mode. These results suggest that exploring the concept of digitally mediated pedagogical identity, especially through alternative modes of response, can be a useful lens for theoretical and empirical exploration. </jats:p

Prevention and Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia: What Is Available and What Is Coming?

Millions of new cancer patients receive chemotherapy each year. In addition to killing cancer cells, chemotherapy is likely to damage rapidly proliferating healthy cells, including the hair follicle keratinocytes. Chemotherapy causes substantial thinning or loss of hair, termed chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA), in approximately 65% of patients. CIA is often ranked as one of the most distressing adverse effects of chemotherapy, but interventional options have been limited. To date, only scalp cooling has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prevent CIA. However, several factors, including the high costs not always covered by insurance, preclude its broader use. Here we review the current options for CIA prevention and treatment and discuss new approaches being tested. CIA interventions include scalp cooling systems (both non-portable and portable) and topical agents to prevent hair loss, versus topical and oral minoxidil, photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT), and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections, among others, to stimulate hair regrowth after hair loss. Evidence-based studies are needed to develop and validate methods to prevent hair loss and/or accelerate hair regrowth in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, which could significantly improve cancer patients’ quality of life and may help improve compliance and consequently the outcome of cancer treatment.</jats:p

Prevention and Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia: What Is Available and What Is Coming?

Millions of new cancer patients receive chemotherapy each year. In addition to killing cancer cells, chemotherapy is likely to damage rapidly proliferating healthy cells, including the hair follicle keratinocytes. Chemotherapy causes substantial thinning or loss of hair, termed chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA), in approximately 65% of patients. CIA is often ranked as one of the most distressing adverse effects of chemotherapy, but interventional options have been limited. To date, only scalp cooling has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prevent CIA. However, several factors, including the high costs not always covered by insurance, preclude its broader use. Here we review the current options for CIA prevention and treatment and discuss new approaches being tested. CIA interventions include scalp cooling systems (both non-portable and portable) and topical agents to prevent hair loss, versus topical and oral minoxidil, photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT), and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections, among others, to stimulate hair regrowth after hair loss. Evidence-based studies are needed to develop and validate methods to prevent hair loss and/or accelerate hair regrowth in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, which could significantly improve cancer patients’ quality of life and may help improve compliance and consequently the outcome of cancer treatment

Correlates of HIV and STI testing among Latino men who have sex with men in New York City

We assessed the extent to which sociodemographic, personal, and behavioral factors are associated with human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted infection (HIV/STI) testing among a diverse group of Latino men who have sex with men (MSM) in New York City. The triangulation approach was used to synthesize data from 176 MSM who completed an in-person or phone questionnaire about substance use, alcohol consumption, sexual behaviors and HIV/STI testing history and 40 participants who participated in focus groups. Correlates of testing significant in univariable analyses (p< 0.05) were entered into multivariable logistic regression models. Over half (57.9%) of study subjects tested for HIV in the previous 12 months and 60.2% tested for STIs in the previous 12 months. Age and education were positively correlated with HIV testing in multivariable analysis. No significant correlates of STI testing were identified. Spanish-speaking only subjects were less likely to get tested for HIV and STI, however this association was not significant. Our study demonstrates the need for further study of predictors of STI testing as well as the potential role of language barriers and education in routine testing for HIV. Social and behavioral factors may intensify these obstacles. Future research and interventions should address the role of language barriers and perceived issues of immigration status in the decision to get tested