Los efectos éticos de la escritura creativa: un modelo de implementación crítica de ejercicios literarios para estímulo de la empatía

Concerning the ethical effects of literature, the work coming from literary studies, both in its traditional theoretical bent as well as in its attempt at empirical validation, has privileged the processes of reception on the readers side, making it a focal point of its interest, and has concentrated less on the consequences that the act of writing itself has on its actors. It is worth stating that the pole of production has been an object of inquiry of special interest to the subgenre of poetics, autobiographical writings and authorial roles and has been overlooked as a space of individual ethical transformation. This space has instead been the object of interest of disciplines such as psychology, pedagogy and memory studies. The present methodological article aims to offer elements of theoretical rumination and information compiled with qualitative research tools that allows a deepening in the comprehension of the nexus between creative writing and the increase of empathy. Strictly speaking, it corroborates the thesis that creative writing can in fact contribute to the development of empathy of its actors, at least in what pertains to (with its limitation, of course) their self-perception; and it postulates that in the vast catalog of writing tools that stimulate its practice, there are a kind of exercises that are more effective than others. This article also ventures in a model of critical implementation of the aforementioned writing exercises that may be used as a didactic sequence in formative spaces

“Commerce clause”, elemento caracterizador del federalismo

The federal state model has multiple substantial differences that distinguish it from other traditional state models, mainly because it has a dual structure based on the division of political power, in order to provide greater sovereignty to the states that comprise it, especially with regard to the electoral system and its legislative exclusivity. In this context, the trade clause stands out, which, failing that, does limit the autonomy of said States, in terms of commercial relations, because it subjects them to federal control. Therefore, the objective of this work was to analyze the dual structure of federalism, especially with respect to the trade clause, in order to determine that the autonomy of the States is subject to federal control. The methodology used was: Deductive method, descriptive scope, through a qualitative approach due to being post-positivist, due to the hermeneutical interpretation of the documents examined. It is concluded that the “commerce clause” is a characterizing element of federalism, however, it constitutes a limitation to the autonomy of the Federated States, since it subjects commercial relations to federal control, for this reason, it restricts the principle of sovereignty.El modelo de Estado federal, posee múltiples diferencias sustanciales que le distinguen de otros modelos de Estado tradicionales, principalmente porque posee una estructura dual basada en la división del poder político, con la finalidad de dotar de mayor soberanía a los Estados que lo conforman, especialmente en lo que respecta al sistema electoral y su exclusividad legislativa. En este contexto, se destaca la cláusula de comercio, que, en su defecto, sí limita la autonomía de dichos Estados, en cuanto a las relaciones mercantiles, porque las somete a un control federal. Por lo cual, el objetivo del presente trabajo fue analizar la estructura dual del federalismo, especialmente con respecto de la cláusula de comercio, para poder determinar que la autonomía de los Estados, se ve supeditada a un control federal. La metodología que se empleó fue: Método deductivo, alcance descriptivo, a través de un enfoque cualitativo por ser de tipo post-positivista, por la interpretación hermenéutica de los documentos examinados. Se concluye que, la “commerce clause”, es un elemento caracterizador del federalismo, no obstante, constituye una limitación a la autonomía de los Estados Federados, puesto que somete las relaciones mercantiles a un control federal, por tal motivo, restringe el principio de soberanía

La Imagen y la Narrativa Como Herramienta para el Abordaje Psicosocial en Escenarios de Violencia de Dosquebradas Risaralda, Sevilla Valle, Puerto Rico Caquetá, Corozal Sucre y Nashville Tennessee.

El objetivo del Diplomado en Acompañamiento Psicosocial en Escenarios de Violencia tiene como finalidad que el estudiante en formación, a través de relatos pueda identificar las herramientas aplicadas para escenarios y contextos que han sido marcados por la violencia a raíz del conflicto armado, en procura de que pueda analizar los diferentes riesgos a nivel psicológico que sufren las víctimas del conflicto armado. En el presente informe presenta el análisis del Relato 4 “Ana Ligia”, cuya vida se vio marcada por el rigor de la violencia, sufriendo ella y su familia desplazamiento y siendo víctima de una serie de situaciones asociadas a acoso, chantaje y viendo involucrado su estado de salud. El análisis está basado en la presentación de nueve preguntas, tres estratégicas, tres circulares y tres reflexiva con el fin de realizar un abordaje a los eventos psicosociales causantes de traumas psicológicos e identificar recursos de afrontamiento. Se realiza análisis del caso “Peñas Coloradas”, donde una población ubicada al norte del departamento de Caquetá, es víctima de desplazamiento masivo, hostigamiento y son marcados como colaboradores de grupos armados, a través del análisis se identifican cuáles son los emergentes psicosociales, impactos generados en la población y se desarrollan 2 acciones de apoyo y tres estrategias psicosociales para la potenciación de los recursos como afrontamiento al conflicto. Finalmente se presenta informe analito y reflexivo a partir de la experiencia de la foto voz, realizada en cinco contextos diferentes, que abarcan territorios a nivel nacional e internacional en zonas rurales y urbanas, y que dan cuenta de la reflexión a nivel subjetivo de escenarios que han sido marcados por la violencia.The objective of the diploma in psychosocial support in scenarios of violence is intended that the student in training, through stories, can identify the tools applied for scenarios and contexts that have been marked by violence as a result of the armed conflict, in order that can analyze the different psychological risks suffered by the victims of the armed conflict. This report presents the analysis of Story 4 “Ana Ligia”, whose life was marked by the severity of violence, she and her family suffered displacement and being the victim of a series of situations associated with harassment, blackmail and seeing her involvement involved. health condition. The analysis is based on the presentation of nine questions, three strategic, three circular, and three reflective in order to approach the psychosocial events that cause psychological trauma and identify coping resources. An analysis of the case "Peñas Coloradas" is carried out, where a population located north of the department of Caquetá, is a victim of massive displacement, harassment and is marked as collaborators of armed groups. Through the analysis, the emerging psychosocial impacts are identified. generated in the population and 2 support actions and three psychosocial strategies are developed for the empowerment of resources to cope with the conflict. Finally, an analytical and reflective report is presented based on the experience of the photo voice, carried out in five different contexts, which cover territories at a national and international level in rural and urban areas, and which account for the reflection at a subjective level of scenarios that they have been marked by violence

Clonal chromosomal mosaicism and loss of chromosome Y in elderly men increase vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2

The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19) had an estimated overall case fatality ratio of 1.38% (pre-vaccination), being 53% higher in males and increasing exponentially with age. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, we found 133 cases (1.42%) with detectable clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations (mCA) and 226 males (5.08%) with acquired loss of chromosome Y (LOY). Individuals with clonal mosaic events (mCA and/or LOY) showed a 54% increase in the risk of COVID-19 lethality. LOY is associated with transcriptomic biomarkers of immune dysfunction, pro-coagulation activity and cardiovascular risk. Interferon-induced genes involved in the initial immune response to SARS-CoV-2 are also down-regulated in LOY. Thus, mCA and LOY underlie at least part of the sex-biased severity and mortality of COVID-19 in aging patients. Given its potential therapeutic and prognostic relevance, evaluation of clonal mosaicism should be implemented as biomarker of COVID-19 severity in elderly people. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, individuals with clonal mosaic events (clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations and/or loss of chromosome Y) showed an increased risk of COVID-19 lethality

CIBERER : Spanish national network for research on rare diseases: A highly productive collaborative initiative

Altres ajuts: Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII); Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.CIBER (Center for Biomedical Network Research; Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red) is a public national consortium created in 2006 under the umbrella of the Spanish National Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII). This innovative research structure comprises 11 different specific areas dedicated to the main public health priorities in the National Health System. CIBERER, the thematic area of CIBER focused on rare diseases (RDs) currently consists of 75 research groups belonging to universities, research centers, and hospitals of the entire country. CIBERER's mission is to be a center prioritizing and favoring collaboration and cooperation between biomedical and clinical research groups, with special emphasis on the aspects of genetic, molecular, biochemical, and cellular research of RDs. This research is the basis for providing new tools for the diagnosis and therapy of low-prevalence diseases, in line with the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC) objectives, thus favoring translational research between the scientific environment of the laboratory and the clinical setting of health centers. In this article, we intend to review CIBERER's 15-year journey and summarize the main results obtained in terms of internationalization, scientific production, contributions toward the discovery of new therapies and novel genes associated to diseases, cooperation with patients' associations and many other topics related to RD research

Vulneración a la libertad de expresión: caso los jinetes del apocalipsis

The present is a study about the pronouncement issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in front of the expressions expressed by the former president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, who in use of his office, qualified the officials of the Radio Caracas channel Television, as “horsemen of the apocalypse”, disqualifying them as terrorists. The reason of these epithets was that the aforementioned channel, resisted to present the false news of Venezuela, that the regime sought to impose with the clear object of confusing the population, instead, presented real news, which at the request of the ex-leader It was harmful. The objective of this paper is to contrast with doctrines the opinions of the exleader, to show how dangerous this media lynching is to the media. The methodology used in the research is deductive, exploratory and descriptive, using a qualitative approach. Among the results highlights that the expressions of the ex-president, transgress the theory that supports the freedom of expression, as it tries to silence the opinion of people in the social environment, also violating the theory of self-government of a democratic society. It is concluded that the expressions expressed by the former president, have no foundation whatsoever.El presente es un estudio acerca del pronunciamiento emitido por la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, frente a las expresiones vertidas por el expresidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, quién en uso de su cargo, calificó a los funcionarios del canal Radio Caracas Televisión, como “jinetes del apocalipsis”, descalificándolos como terroristas. La razón de estos epítetos fue que el mencionado canal, se resistió a presentar las noticias falsas de Venezuela, que el régimen buscaba imponer con el claro objeto de confundir a la población, en su lugar, presentó noticias reales, lo cual a criterio del exmandatario era nocivo. El objetivo del presente trabajo consiste en contrastar con doctrinas las opiniones del exmandatario, para evidenciar lo peligroso que resulta este linchamiento mediático a los medios de comunicación. La metodología utilizada en la investigación es deductiva, exploratoria y descriptiva, utilizando un enfoque cualitativo. Entre los resultados destaca que las expresiones del ex-presidente, transgreden la teoría que soporta la libertad de expresión, por cuanto se intenta acallar la opinión de las personas en el medio social, vulnerando asimismo la teoría del autogobierno de una sociedad democrática. Se concluye que las expresiones vertidas por el expresidente, no poseen fundamento alguno

Self-perceived health and quality of life by activity status in community-dwelling older adults

Geriatrics & Gerontology International, VOLUMEN: 14, Nº 2, Pág. inicial: 464 Pág. final: 473 FECHA: 2014Aim: The present study aimed at analyzing whether activity status is associated with self-perceived health status and quality of life (QoL) in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: We used a cross-sectional design based on a semi-structured QoL questionnaire in a representative sample of 1106 community-dwelling adults aged 60 years and older in Spain. Logistic regression models were used to explain the association of activity status with self-perceived health status and QoL, assessed by means of the EQ-5D-3L index, controlling for the influence of sociodemographic, social and support network variables, and health indicators. Results: The mean age ± standard deviation was 72.1 ± 7.8 years. For the activity status, 8.5% were working people, 53.7% retirees, 30.6% homemakers and 7.2% pensioners. All homemakers and 93.6% pensioners were women. In the model to assess perceived health status, when controlling for sociodemographic, social and support network variables, we found that working people rated their health better than the retired group. In this model, pensioners rated their health status worst, whereas homemakers did not show any significant difference compared with the retired group. However, there were no differences in the model of QoL by activity status. Conclusion: Activity status was associated with self-perceived health status, but not with QoL. This study draws attention to the need of considering the activity of older adults for actions aimed at maintaining and improving their health.Peer reviewe

Self-perceived health status, gender, and work status

This study analyzes the relationship between gender and self-perceived health status in Spanish retirees and housewives from a sample of 1,106 community-dwelling older adults. A multivariate linear regression model was used in which self-perceived health status was measured by the EQ-5D visual analogue scale and gender according to work status (retired men and women and housewives). Retired males reported a significantly better health status than housewives. Self-perceived health status was closely associated with physical, mental, and functional health and leisure activities. Finally, being a woman with complete dedication to domestic work is associated with a worse state of self-perceived health.This study was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (National R&D&I Plan [grant numbers ref. SEJ2006-15122-C02-00]). Dr. Forjaz had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysi

Gamification for the Acquisition of Leadership Skills and Formation of Efficient Work Teams: An Interactive Workshop Based on an Analysis of the Film “The Seven Samurai”

In this work, we present a teaching experience based on emerging pedagogies and gamification to improve leadership skills and achieve efficient teamwork in scientific-technical areas of Engineering Projects. We designed the contents of a workshop and a virtual tool to create emotional contexts that improved the acquisition of soft skills. The combination of multi-sensory pedagogical strategies and hybrid inductive-deductive methodologies based on tests and team games, inspired by the story line of the classic film "The Seven Samurai" (Kurosawa, 1954), allowed us both to carry out, over a period of two academic years, an “on-the-ground” workshop-game, and a virtual tool to interact in the workshop, while under the COVID-19 restrictions.  Despite the different formats and gamification elements used over the two academic years, the metrics for evaluating the efficiency of acquiring these soft skills produced very positive results and, on the whole, did not show significant differences. The cinematographic language and empathy with the story and the characters led the students to identify with and internalize the elements of efficient teamwork and leadership. Movies can provide simple but effective narrative lines on which to build games. Here, we present the contents and details of both workshops as a transferable experience, as well as making the open virtual tool available for the educative community

Integrating morphological and genetic data at different spatial scales in a cosmopolitan marine turtle species: Challenges for management and conservation

Patterns of genetic structure in highly mobile marine vertebrates may be accompanied by phenotypic variation. Most studies in marine turtles focused on population genetic structure have been performed at rookeries. We studied whether genetic and morphological variation of the endangered green turtle (Chelonia mydas) is consistent geographically, focusing on foraging grounds. An association between population genetic structure and body shape variation at broad (inter-lineage) and fine (foraging grounds) scales was predicted and analysed using mitochondrial DNA and geometric morphometrics. Although genetic and phenotypic differentiation patterns were congruent between lineages, no fine-scale association was found, suggesting adaptive divergence. Connectivity among Pacific foraging grounds found here suggests that temperatures of ocean surface currents may influence the genetic structure of C. mydas on a broad scale. Our results suggest that vicariance, dispersal, life-history traits and ecological conditions operating in foraging grounds have shaped the intraspecific morphology and genetic diversity of this species. Considering a range of geographic and temporal scales is useful when management strategies are required for cosmopolitan species. Integrating morphological and genetic tools at different spatial scales, conservation management is proposed based on protection of neutral and adaptive diversity. This approach opens new questions and challenges, especially regarding conservation genetics in cosmopolitan species.Financial support for this study was provided by the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research of Chile (CONICYT), Núcleo Milenio de Ecología y Manejo Sustentable de Islas Oceánicas (ESMOI), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), RUFFORD Small Grant, IDEA WILD, Chilean Government Environmental Protection Fund (FPA), the Vice-Rectory of Research of the University of Costa Rica through the Integral Network of Marine Turtles in the Eastern Pacific (RITMA), The Leatherback Trust, Veritas University, Surfari del Mar, Centro de Rescate de Especies Marinas Amenazadas (CREMA), Turner Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, DEFRA Darwin Initiative, Sea Life Trust and the Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University. Data collection and sampling in Fiji were performed within a project that received funding under award NA17NMF4540081 from NOAA Fisheries PIRO