Learning as a MerPerson

Ana Leandro is a graduate student at California State University, Los Angeles. In her poem, she describes herself as a supernatural being in order to demonstrate that traditional labels are not enough to describe the multiple identities she ascribes to. She also expresses how education has empowered her to embrace her multiple identities and advocate for resources tailored to help first-generation students succeed and develop a sense of belonging. With this spoken word poem, Leandro hopes to increase awareness of experiences unique to first-generation students and address institutions that lack support and resources to help them succeed

Implicancias del déficit de comunicación en la hora dorada

Se conoce como la hora dorada (Golden Hour) al momento principal donde se pueden salvar las vidas de los pacientes lesionados y en donde se debe recibir atención rápida, oportuna, eficaz dentro de la primera hora de la lesión. El Centro Estratégico de Operaciones (C.E.O) es el encargado de recepcionar todos los llamados y dar respuesta al mismo, activando a los diferentes efectores según corresponda. En la actualidad cuando un llamado ingresa al 911 debido a un accidente de tránsito, lo recepciona la policía, estos toma los datos necesarios para ellos y luego lo deriva al Servicio de Emergencia Coordinado (S.E.C.), de aquí se deriva a un radio operador el cual también registra datos como son: número de teléfono, dirección, y alguna referencia del lugar. Después el llamado se pasa al médico radio operador, el cual evalúa la gravedad del hecho, disponiendo la cantidad de los recursos necesarios (ambulancias, bomberos, policías, etc.) y finalmente el llamado es pasado al despachador, el cual ejecuta las órdenes del médico radio operador y coordinada todo el desplazamiento y el operativo. Dentro de la hora dorada, los primeros minutos son de vital importancia porque desde que ingresa el llamado al 911 hasta que se decide cual será el operativo necesario, está en juego la vida de la víctima del accidente. Todos estos pasos consumen minutos valiosos los cuales deben tratar de acortarse y a su vez aprovecharlos al máximo. Una adecuada recepción de un llamado debe facilitar datos para la ambulancia y haciendo una correcta evaluación de la situación se sabrá si se debe pedir la intervención de otras instituciones o la presencia de más de una ambulancia en el lugar del siniestro. Este trabajo de investigación tiene como objetivo determinar las implicancias que trae al paciente el déficit de comunicación en la hora dorada, en el Servicio Coordinado de Emergencia, Mendoza, en el primer semestre de 2012.Fil: Ramos, Leandro. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Escuela de Enfermería..Fil: Mezzatesta, Sergio. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Escuela de Enfermería.

Anticipating the duration of public administration employees' future absences

Absenteeism aff ects state-owned companies who are obliged to undertake strategies to prevent it, be efficient and conduct eff ective human resource (HR) management. This paper aims to understand the reasons for Public Administration Employees’ (PAE) absenteeism and predict future employee absences. Data from 17,600 PAE from seven public databases regarding their 2016 absences was collected, and the Recency, Frequency and Monetary (RFM) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm was used for modeling the absence duration, backed up with a 10-fold cross-validation scheme. Results revealed that the worker profi le is less relevant than the absence characteristics. The most concerning employee profi le was uncovered, and a set of scenarios is provided regarding the expected days of absence in the future for each scenario. The veracity of the absence motives could not be proven and thus are totally reliable. In addition, the number of records of one absence day was disproportionate to the other records. The findings are of value to the Human Capital Management department in order to support their decisions regarding the allocation of workers and productivity management and use these valuable insights in the recruitment process. Until now, little has been known concerning the characteristics that aff ect PAE absenteeism, therefore enriching the necessity for further understanding of this matter in this particular.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

PUBLIC VALUE AND IT CAPACITY IN AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT: CASE STUDY IN GOVERNMENT AGENCY

This study addresses, in a qualitative method, the explanation of how technical artifacts are socially constructed, providing IT flexibility, allowing operational capacity to generate public value. One of the premises of the Public Value Operational Capacity points out that flexibility is a fundamental aspect for success in government agencies. The study consists of a qualitative analysis of the revealing single-case study method. A preliminary analysis indicates a deficiency in the social constructions of IT artifacts, considering that the objectives in government organization are constantly changing due to changes in public policy. As a result, this study helps bridge the gap through a theoretical perspective on IT flexibility by providing an intuitive approach to IT management and public value management. From a practical point of view, we believe the results of this study will offer several management implications for IT and public policy managers

Release kinetics of multi-nutrients from volcanic rock mining by-products: evidences for their use as a soil remineralizer

Great quantities of stone by-products are stored alongside different exploiting mines in south Brazil, which are becoming an unsustainable environmental issue. Powder materials of andesite and dacite rocks were obtained from two mining companies of Southern Brazil. The particle size classification of the materials was determined by sieving. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique was used to identify the mineral phases of the by-products and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) was applied to determine their chemical compositions. The concentrations of calcium (Ca), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), phosphorus (P) and silicon (Si) released by the by-products were determined by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). Dissolution rates of andesite and dacite rocks were measured in Milli-Q water, and in solutions of 0.1 mol L−1 citric acid, and Milli-Q water acidified with 0.5 mol L−1 acetic acid, as a function of reaction times at 24–96 h (short-term), and at 96–5760 h (long-term). The solutions were agitated continuously on a mechanical rotatory shaker at room temperature. The parabolic diffusion, simplified Elovich, and power function models were applied at both time slots of solid-solution reaction. The results indicated that the relationships of quantity of released multi-nutrients were well described by power equation: ln qt = ln a + b ln t. Dissolution rates were obtained based on the release of Ca, K, Mg, P and Si at a steady state under far from equilibrium conditions. Dissolution rates of both by-products were not affected, within the experimental uncertainty, by Milli-Q water. Although the by-products dissolution rates were unaffected by Milli-Q water, its rates are increased along the time. The dissolution of the by-products minerals was significantly affected by the pH of the solutions. The multi-elements release by both by-products in 0.1 mol L−1 citric acid solution was significantly larger than another solutions, indicating that exchangeable cations were readily available in citric acid solution. The results obtained from power function model in two reaction time intervals can contribute to estimate the multi-nutrients-supplying power of by-products to soil. The present study provides both to solving an environmental issue associated with Brazilian rock exploitation and to create an alternative for soil fertilization and a more sustainable agriculture

Two inbred rat strains contrasting for anxiety-related behaviors show similar levels of defensive responses to cat odor

Rodents are known to display fear-related responses when exposed to the odor of natural predators, such as cats, even when they are totally naïve to these stimuli. Based on that, a behavioral test in which rats are exposed to cat odor has been developed and proposed to model some forms of anxiety. The objective of the present study was thus to compare the LEW (Lewis) and SHR (spontaneously hypertensive rats) inbred rat strains, which display genetic differences in other classical models of anxiety, in the cat odor test. As expected, cat odor produced an increase in fear-related behaviors. However, no clear differences were found between the two strains tested. These results suggest that the type of stress experienced by LEW and SHR strains exposed to cat odor is different from that elicited by exposure to classical models of anxiety such as the elevated plus-maze, black/white box and open-field tests