Espiritualidad y filosofía en Jung

Resumen: Este trabajo tiene como intención expresa acercar el foco de nuestra atención hacia dos elementos que habitan en el pensamiento junguiano: La dimensión espiritual que se deriva de la forma en que Jung concibe su propia labor terapéutica, así como de su comprensión del significado de la vida y del valor que en ella tiene el sufrimiento y la aflicción que le son asociados. La “cura de almas” como algo que, en definitiva, desborda necesariamente el marco de la medicina y la psicología científicas.El complejo entramado de los presupuestos metafísicos y de las filiaciones filosóficas que, de forma sucesiva, va a  ir adoptando el discurso junguiano a lo largo de su gestación. Palabras clave: arquetipo- proceso de individuación- sí-mismo- enantiodromía- persona- sombra- animus- anima- imaginación activa- wu-wei- proyección psicológica- pleroma- metanoia- hierogamia.Abstract: This work aims to express approach the focus of our attention to two elements that inhabit the Jungian thought:The spiritual dimension which is derived form that Jung conceives its own therapeutic work, as well as their understanding of the meaning of life and the value that it has suffering and grief that are associated with it. “Cure of souls” as something that, ultimately, necessarily goes beyond the framework of scientific medicine and psychology.The complex network of metaphysicians budgets and the philosophical affiliations which, successively, will go by adopting the Jungian thought along its gestation speech.Key words: archetype, individuation process, self, enantiodromia, persona, shadow, animus, anima, active imagination, wu-wei, psychological projection, pleroma, metanoia, hierogamy

Gestión de cobranza y su influencia en la recuperación de cartera castigada en las empresas de provincia del Banco Falabella Perú, 2019

El objetivo del estudio fue analizar la influencia de la gestión de cobranza de las empresas de cobranza encargadas de recuperar la cartera castigada del Banco Falabella Perú, en el año 2019. El diseño del estudio fue de tipo correlacional causal, enfoque mixto y de diseño no experimental transversal. La población estuvo conformada por los trabajadores que tienen incidencia directa en la administración de cartera y la muestra ascendió a 33 trabajadores. Se utilizó como técnica la encuesta y el análisis documental, como instrumentos se utilizó el cuestionario, ficha de registro de datos y la ficha de análisis documental. Los resultados indican que con, respecto a la recuperación de la cartera castigada, la dimensión fijación de metas presenta una correlación positiva media (r=0,488) y significativa (p=0,004); el control documentario tiene una correlación positiva considerable (r=0,731) y significativa (p=0,000); y el proceso de cobranza presenta una correlación positiva muy fuerte (p=0,844) incidiendo de manera significativa (p=0,000). Sin embargo, la gestión del personal y el seguimiento y control resultaron no significativas. En general, la gestión de cobranza presenta una correlación positiva considerable (r=0,668) e influye de manera significativa (p=0,000) en la recuperación de cartera castigada. Se concluye que la fijación de metas, el control documentario y el proceso de cobranza incidente significativamente en la recuperación de cartera de las empresas de cobranza encargadas de recuperar la cartera castigada del Banco Falabella en el año 2019

Enhanced Understanding of Infectious Diseases by Fusing Multiple Datasets: A Case Study on Malaria in the Western Brazilian Amazon Region

BACKGROUND: A common challenge to the study of several infectious diseases consists in combining limited cross-sectional survey data, collected with a more sensitive detection method, with a more extensive (but biased) syndromic sentinel surveillance data, collected with a less sensitive method. Our article describes a novel modeling framework that overcomes this challenge, resulting in enhanced understanding of malaria in the Western Brazilian Amazon. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A cohort of 486 individuals was monitored using four cross-sectional surveys, where all participants were sampled regardless of symptoms (aggressive-active case detection), resulting in 1,383 microscopy and 1,400 polymerase chain reaction tests. Data on the same individuals were also obtained from the local surveillance facility (i.e., passive and active case detection), totaling 1,694 microscopy tests. Our model accommodates these multiple pathogen and case detection methods. This model is shown to outperform logistic regression in terms of interpretability of its parameters, ability to recover the true parameter values, and predictive performance. We reveal that the main infection determinant was the extent of forest, particularly during the rainy season and in close proximity to water bodies, and participation on forest activities. We find that time residing in Acrelandia (as a proxy for past malaria exposure) decreases infection risk but surprisingly increases the likelihood of reporting symptoms once infected, possibly because non-naïve settlers are only susceptible to more virulent Plasmodium strains. We suggest that the search for asymptomatic carriers should focus on those at greater risk of being infected but lower risk of reporting symptoms once infected. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The modeling framework presented here combines cross-sectional survey data and syndromic sentinel surveillance data to shed light on several aspects of malaria that are critical for public health policy. This framework can be adapted to enhance inference on infectious diseases whenever asymptomatic carriers are important and multiple datasets are available

Previsiones para España según los últimos estudios de cambio climático

En este capítulo se describen las perspectivas de evolución de los recursos hídricos en España según los últimos estudios realizados sobre cambio climático. Se analizan los resultados del proyecto PRUDENCE, que es un proyecto europeo reciente, dedicado a la elaboración de proyecciones regionalizadas de cambio climático en Europa para finales del siglo XXI, basadas en los escenarios de emisiones A2 y B2 del Informe Especial de Escenarios de Emisiones del Panel Intergubernamental para el Cambio Climático (IPCC). Se ha procedido al análisis de datos de escorrentía media mensual resultantes del citado proyecto relativos a la España peninsular, comparándolos con los datos de aportaciones medias mensuales del estudio de recursos recogido en el Libro Blanco del Agua en España, con la doble finalidad de evaluar la capacidad de los modelos para reproducir la hidrología española y de analizar sus proyecciones sobre el impacto global del cambio climático en los recursos hídricos de España. Los resultados obtenidos indican que, a pesar del alto grado de incertidumbre que tienen las proyecciones climáticas, la mayor parte de los modelos regionales de clima utilizados en el proyecto Prudence coinciden en señalar disminuciones muy significativas de las aportaciones en régimen natural, lo que tendrá indudables impactos sobre la futura gestión de nuestros recursos hídrico

Respuestas de adecuación ante los escenarios de cambio climático

La perspectiva del cambio climático abre numerosos interrogantes sobre las políticas de adaptación que resultarán más apropiadas a medio y largo plazo en el sector de la gestión de recursos hídricos. A pesar de que existe un amplio consenso en el mundo científico sobre la posible evolución de las temperaturas y precipitaciones a escala regional, resulta todavía muy difícil cuantificar el impacto que éstas tendrán sobre la disponibilidad de recursos hídricos a escala local. Los últimos estudios realizados en España concluyen que el cambio climático supondrá una presión adicional a las muchas que ya se ejercen sobre los sistemas de explotación de recursos hídricos. En esta ponencia se pasa revista a un abanico de medidas de adaptación que se consideran apropiadas para reaccionar a la nueva situación creada por el cambio climático. Estas políticas pueden verse como una colección de buenas prácticas o principios generales, cuya aplicación en el tiempo dependerá en gran medida de la iniciativa de los poderes públicos, de la evolución de la situación climática y de su percepción por parte de los usuarios

Caracterización morfométrica de la cuenca del río Pudio (El Aljarafe, Sevilla). Análisis comparado de los último cincuenta años (1956-2006)

Morphometric caracterization of Pudio River basin (El Aljarafe, Sevilla). Compared analysis during the last fifty years (1956-2006). We analyzed the main morphometric features of the basin and drainage network of Pudio river (El Aljarafe, Sevilla) for the years 1956 and 2006. We compare both situations and show the experienced trend in the basin in the last fifty years. A significant loss of torrencial capacity has been observed , with channel disappearance, more significant at the basin top, and in connection with the above, a decline in the ability of erosive channels

Hydroxyapatite biobased materials for treatment and diagnosis of cancer

Great advances in cancer treatment have been undertaken in the last years as a consequence of the development of new antitumoral drugs able to target cancer cells with decreasing side effects and a better understanding of the behavior of neoplastic cells during invasion and metastasis. Specifically, drug delivery systems (DDS) based on the use of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (HAp NPs) are gaining attention and merit a comprehensive review focused on their potential applications. These are derived from the intrinsic properties of HAp (e.g., biocompatibility and biodegradability), together with the easy functionalization and easy control of porosity, crystallinity and morphology of HAp NPs. The capacity to tailor the properties of DLS based on HAp NPs has well-recognized advantages for the control of both drug loading and release. Furthermore, the functionalization of NPs allows a targeted uptake in tumoral cells while their rapid elimination by the reticuloendothelial system (RES) can be avoided. Advances in HAp NPs involve not only their use as drug nanocarriers but also their employment as nanosystems for magnetic hyperthermia therapy, gene delivery systems, adjuvants for cancer immunotherapy and nanoparticles for cell imaging.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

The Risk of Stable Partnerships: Associations between Partnership Characteristics and Unprotected Anal Intercourse among ...

Background Partnership type is an important factor associated with unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) and subsequent risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI). We examined the association of partnership type with UAI among men who have sex with men (MSM) and male-to-female transgender women (TGW) in Lima, Peru, recently diagnosed with HIV and/or STI. Methods We report data from a cross-sectional analysis of MSM and TGW recently diagnosed with HIV and/or STI in Lima, Peru between 2011 and 2012. We surveyed participants regarding UAI with up to their three most recent sexual partners according to partner type. Multivariable Generalized Estimate Equating (GEE) models with Poisson distribution were used to estimate prevalence ratios (PR) for UAI according to partner type. Results Among 339 MSM and TGW recently diagnosed with HIV and/or STI (mean age: 30.6 years, SD 9.0), 65.5% self-identified as homosexual/gay, 16.0% as bisexual, 15.2% as male-to-female transgender, and 3.3% as heterosexual. Participants provided information on 893 recent male or TGW partners with whom they had engaged in insertive or receptive anal intercourse: 28.9% stable partners, 56.4% non-stable/non-transactional partners (i.e. casual or anonymous), and 14.7% transactional partners (i.e. transactional sex client or sex worker). Unprotected anal intercourse was reported with 41.3% of all partners. In multivariable analysis, factors associated with UAI included partnership type (non-stable/non-transactional partner APR 0.73, [95% CI 0.59–0.91], transactional partner APR 0.53 [0.36–0.78], p 10 encounters APR 1.43 [1.06–1.92], p < 0.05. Conclusion UAI was more commonly reported for stable partners and in partnerships with > 10 sexual encounters, suggesting UAI is more prevalent in partnerships with a greater degree of interpersonal commitment. Further research assessing partner-level factors and behavior is critical for improving HIV and/or STI prevention efforts among Peruvian MSM and TGW

Lanthanides-substituted hydroxyapatite for biomedical applications

Lately, there has been an increasing demand for materials that could improve tissue regenerative therapies and provide antimicrobial effects. Similarly, there is a growing need to develop or modify biomaterials for the diagnosis and treatment of different pathologies. In this scenario, hydroxyapatite (HAp) appears as a bioceramic with extended functionalities. Nevertheless, there are certain disadvantages related to the mechanical properties and lack of antimicrobial capacity. To circumvent them, the doping of HAp with a variety of cationic ions is emerging as a good alterative due to the different biological roles of each ion. Among many elements, lanthanides are understudied despite their great potential in the biomedical field. For this reason, the present review focuses on the biological benefits of lanthanides and how their incorporation into HAp can alter its morphology and physical properties. A comprehensive section of the applications of lanthanides-substituted HAp nanoparticles (HAp NPs) is presented to unveil the potential biomedical uses of these systems. Finally, the need to study the tolerable and non-toxic percentages of substitution with these elements is highlighted.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version

Factores determinantes del rendimiento económico de los sistemas de producción de caprinos para carne en pastizales naturales áridos de Mendoza, Argentina

This study identified and quantified the relevance of the variables affecting the annual incomeof meat goat production systems in arid rangelands of north-eastern Mendoza plain. It washypothesized that the number of kid produced per year is the main factor that influences theeconomic performance of production systems. Ordinary linear, semi-log and Cobb-Douglasfunctions were estimated based on data from a cross section of 20 representative producers ofthe study area. Dependent variable was farm income and independent variables were number ofkids and calves produced, manure sold, off-farm income, labor used for animal management (allthe previous variables expressed at annual terms), farm available infrastructure, and distanceof the farm to the main path. Producer size, on the basis of the number of goats and cows thatthey had, was divided into two categories: C1 with no more than 130 animals and C2 with morethan this amount. Linear equation was a good one because it had the highest R2 (0.99). Productionelasticity was higher for off-farm income than that of kid production in C1 producers. Thecontrary was verified for C2 producers. Optimal policy for incrementing significantly the farmannual income would be to increase the producer size when the available natural resources andothers farm characteristics would permit it.Fil: Guevara, Juan Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Tonolli, Alejandro Javier. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Paez Lama, Sebastián Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Allegretti, Liliana Inés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Estevez, Oscar Roberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentin