Off to a Good Start: A Practical Tool for Sexual Health Education

The Off to a Good Start: Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Development of Youth Grades 5–8 (OTAGS) curriculum provides students with a foundation for future sex education. The curriculum consists of three modules covering puberty, healthful relationships, and HIV and sexually transmitted infections. University of Illinois Extension educators taught OTAGS at 15 schools in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Evaluation results were favorable, indicating knowledge improvement. OTAGS complements other Extension programs, lays a foundation for future sex education, and provides others in Extension with the opportunity to play a role in making timely and accurate sex education accessible to youths

Problematización de la responsabilidad social o colectiva

Se pretende contribuir a la problematización del concepto de Responsabilidad Social o Colectiva, no sólo en términos de un deber ser incuestionable y una forma de actuación plural e inclusiva, sino además de una intervención vigilante y cooperativa de los ciudadanos. Para ello, se argumenta a favor de elaborar el pensamiento de ese concepto desde una doble perspectiva: con Giles Deleuze, quien exige un verdadero pensamiento como condición de cualquier problematización; y con Hannah Arendt, quien demuestra la necesidad de asumir la responsabilidad colectiva como una cuestión moral para la supervivencia de la humanidad. Esto supone mover el objeto del pensamiento en torno al vacío del mal, cuando no se actúa a favor de la vida

Frecuencia de factores de riesgo y de la respuesta al tratamiento de constipación funcional en pacientes mayores de 4 años atendidos en consultorios de gastroenterología pediátrica de la ciudad de Chiclayo durante enero - junio del año 2016

Objetivos: estimar la frecuencia de los factores de riesgo y de la respuesta al tratamiento en pacientes mayores de 4 años atendidos en el consultorio de gastroenterología pediátrica. Material y métodos: se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo y prospectivo utilizando los datos de los pacientes con diagnóstico de constipación funcional, definido por los criterios de Roma III, en el Hospital Regional Lambayeque y una clínica privada de enero a junio del 2016. Se utilizó una ficha de recolección de datos y se realizó el análisis estadístico descriptivo. Resultados: el 90,8% de los pacientes no tuvo un horario defecatorio definido. La respuesta al tratamiento se dio en el 100,0% de los pacientes pero fue mayor a las 2 semanas (80,0%). Conclusiones: la ausencia de un horario defecatorio definido y el consumo inadecuado de agua fueron los factores de riesgo más frecuentes en nuestro medio. La respuesta al tratamiento fue completa en todos los pacientes y fue mayor en las primeras 2 semanas

Social Knowledge Management From The Social Responsibility Of The University For The Promotion Of Sustainable Development

The aim is to present approaches on social knowledge management from the perspective of the social responsibility of the University to propose strategies aimed at the promotion of sustainable local development. The social management of the knowledge (GSC) should be one of the central functions of the institutions of education (IE), because the attribute work with and on the knowledge is precisely the raison to be and what distinguishes them from other forms of social organization. The development of cognitive abilities, the search for novel approach problems, participation in the resolution of social problems, the development of collective forms of work and, in a Word, become agencies that manage knowledge responsibly is probably one of the ways that has been lost in the IE for internal and external reasons. In the first sense, dominated two options in dispute: the pursuit of knowledge in itself or knowledge subject to results. On the outside, between the subordination to a technical job market and contribution to innovations that meet probable social background. The above, recognizing that around knowledge of power for personal interest reasons and/or group, confrontations occur on political and economic affairs. But, in sum, these disputes in societies like ours - underdeveloped and lagging - in knowledge may be a veil to not move in directions that combine knowledge with problem solving through responsible for knowledge management forms

Strategies towards sustainability environmental from the local areas and the University

El propósito del presente trabajo es explorar un posible arreglo socioambiental pensado desde lo local que propicie el desarrollo sustentable, por medio del privilegio de la articulación de lo social (ciudadanía y educación) con el medio ambiente (capacidad de renovación). El planteamiento central es que ante un modelo social dominante que es insustentable, en el sentido que refuerza la desigualdad socioeconómica y el deterioro ambiental; se demanda pensar y actuar en formas novedosas e integradoras de lo social con la natural y del presente con el futuro para hacer posible sentar bases para un desarrollo sustentable de largo plazo. Para tal fin, se formula un arreglo que articule lo social (ciudadanía y educación) con el medio ambiente (capacidad de renovación) desde ámbitos locales, por medio de estrategias de acción gestionadas socialmente

El recurso de proteccion como garante de los derechos de contribuyentes en Chile, analisis de jurisprudencia reciente en Talca y Santiago.

54 p.En nuestro país es frecuente que la autoridad incurra en actos arbítrales e ilegales en perjuicio de las personas, cuando estas acciones producen una vulneración de los derechos garantizados por la Constitución, se puede recurrir por la vía del Recurso de Protección para que los derechos sean restablecidos, en la presente memoria se verá esto enfocado desde el ámbito tributario, donde la Autoridad la representa el Servicio de Impuestos Internos y quien se ve vulnerado en sus derechos es el Contribuyente. Este trabajo trata de una forma sencilla, clara y precisa lo que sucede en la práctica, analizando los Recursos presentados y sus respectivos fallos lo que tiene como objetivo principal, descubrir cual es la verdadera aplicación que tiene la Acción de protección en el área del derecho Tributario

Effect of valproate on renal metabolism in the intact dog

Effect of valproate on renal metabolism in the intact dog. Valproate is an antiepileptic drug known to induce hyperammonemia in humans. This hyperammonemia might result from a reduced detoxification of ammonium in the liver and/or from an accelerated renal ammoniagenesis. Six dogs with normal acid-base equilibrium and eight dogs with chronic metabolic acidosis were infused with valproate directly into their left renal artery in order to obtain arterial concentrations around 3 to 4mM. The arterial ammonium concentration rose only in chronically acido tic dogs, whereas the lactate concentration and the lactate/pyruvate ratio increased in both groups. The urinary excretion of lactate and pyruvate increased markedly but the urinary excretion of other relevant metabolites remained minimal. Renal glutamine utilization and ammonium production were not changed by valproate administration in normal dogs but increased modestly in acidotic dogs. However, renal lactate utilization was drastically reduced and in fact, changed into a net production of lactate. Valproate strikingly reduced the renal cortical concentrations of glutamine, glutamate, alphaketoglutarate and citrate, and more modestly those of malate, oxaloacetate, aspartate, alanine and ATP. By contrast, the tissue lactate concentration and the lactate/pyruvate ratio were markedly increased. In experiments with brush border membrane vesicles, valproate inhibited the lactate transporter. These results suggest that high concentrations of valproate drastically inhibited the proximal reabsorption and the proximal and distal oxidation of lactate and pyruvate. Valproate probably became itself a significant energetic substrate for the kidney

Association between playing tactics and creating scoring opportunities in elite football. A case study in Spanish Football National Team

The aim of this study was to examine the association between playing tactics, situational variables and creating scoring opportunities according to the type of start-up possession in a case-study. All team possessions (n=857) developed by the Spanish Football national team during the World Cup 2010 were analysed and grouped into “strategic set-plays” (n=90), “recoveries” (n=451) and “restarts” (n=316). Fourteen categorical variables which describe offensive playing tactics, opponent situation as well as situational variables and their associations with creating scoring opportunities were examined using chi-square analysis and bivariate logistic regressions. Chi-square analysis showed that “strategic set-plays” were more effective to produce scoring opportunities (29.2%) than recoveries (15.4%) and restarts (8.9%) (P<0.001). Within the strategic set-plays, no differences were found between corners kicks and free kicks to produce scoring opportunities. In recoveries, the variables “field starting zone” (P=0.001), “initial penetration” (P<0.001), “initial opponent number” (P=0.004), “initial opponent position” (P=0.014), “initial penetration zone” (P<0.001), and “type of progression” (P=0.049), and for restarts “pass number” (P=0.049) and “duration” (P=0.006) were associated with the likelihood of creating scoring opportunities. More scoring opportunities were created in the second half (P=0.022). The type of start-up possession and the match half may modify the playing tactics developed during the offensive process and influence the creation of scoring opportunities in Football

Caloric restriction, physical exercise, and CB1 receptor blockade as an efficient combined strategy for bodyweight control and cardiometabolic status improvement in male rats

Obesity is critically associated with the development of insulin resistance and related cardiovascular and kidney diseases. Several strategies for weight loss have been developed but most of them exhibit a post-intervention rebound effect. Here, we aimed to design combined weight-loss strategies of caloric restriction, physical exercise, and administration of a CB1 receptor blocker to inhibit food intake that also accomplish the objectives of lost-weight maintenance and improvement of cardiovascular and renal function. Diet-induced obesity (DIO) was generated in Sprague Dawley rats for 12 weeks to test the effects of single or combined strategies (i.e. caloric restriction, mixed training protocol, and/or administration of appetite suppressant) on caloric intake, body weight, cardiovascular and renal functionality resulting from a weight-loss intervention period of 3 weeks followed by 6 weeks of weight maintenance. Consumption of a high-fat diet (HFD) caused a significant increase in body weight (5th week of the experimental period) and led to the development of insulin resistance, cardiovascular, and renal alterations. The different interventions tested, resulted in a significant body weight loss and improved glucose metabolism, aerobic capacity, electrocardiographic parameters, vascular expression of adhesion molecules and inflammatory mediators, and renal functionality, reaching values similar to the control normocaloric group or even improving them. Successful maintenance of lost weight was achieved along a 6-week maintenance period in addition to adequate health status. In conclusion, the weight-loss and maintenance intervention strategies tested were efficient at reversing the obesity-related alterations in body weight, glucose metabolism, aerobic capacity, cardiovascular and renal functionality. The beneficial action was very consistent for caloric restriction and physical exercise, whereas administration of a CB1 receptor blocker complemented the effects of the prior interventions in some parameters like body weight or aerobic capacity, and showed specific actions in renal status, increasing glomerular filtration rate and diuresis. Overall, the novelty of our study relies on the easy implementation of combined strategies for effective weight management that resulted in significant health benefits.Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and UniversitiesEuropean Commission DEP2014-58296-R RTC-2017-6540-1 RTI2018-100934-B-I00European Commissio

Evaluación precoz de la resistencia a la sequía inducida con polietilénglicol en cultivos hidropónicos de especies forestales

El estadio juvenil supone una de las fases más críticas para todas las plantas. Uno de los factores que inciden de manera determinante en la supervivencia durante las primeras etapas de desarrollo en áreas con clima mediterráneo es la sequía. Con objeto de profundizar en el conocimiento del comportamiento adaptativo de los distintos materiales de base de pinos mediterráneos, se han puesto a punto técnicas para la evaluación precoz bajo condiciones de estrés hídrico en cultivo hidropónico utilizando PEG-8000. En el presente estudio se evaluó la respuesta de dos procedencias de Pinus canariensis y una de Pinus pinaster a tres tratamientos: control, estrés moderado (-1 MPa) y estrés fuerte (-2 Mpa). Se encontraron diferencias significativas en el reparto de biomasa entre las plantas no sometidas a estrés y las plantas estresadas, destinando estas últimas mayor porcentaje de biomasa a las raíces que al sistema aéreo. El potencial osmótico de Pinus pinaster se mantuvo más elevado durante todo el tratamiento que en las dos procedencias de Pinus canariensis, indicando mayor capacidad de ajuste osmótico de las procedencias canarias en condiciones prolongadas de estrés hídrico. Las diferencias en contenido hídrico relativo se detectaron sólo los últimos días del ensayo. Las plántulas de pino canario de ambas procedencias sometidas al mayor nivel de estrés absorbieron su médula, presentando tallos huecos en la cosecha final