LiDAR applications to the archaeological topography: The Irueña Hillfort (Fuenteguinaldo, Salamanca)

Este trabajo pretende demostrar la utilidad de las nuevas tecnologías de Información Geográfica (TIC) aplicadas a las prospecciones extensivas en Arqueología. Sobre un caso concreto, el llamado castro de Irueña, los autores han realizado un estudio de campo combinando las prospecciones sobre el terreno con la aplicación de tecnologías LiDAR y SIG, para ofrecer una planta topográfica totalmente novedosa que permite, junto a algunos posibles hallazgos externos, interpretar mejor los restos arqueológicos conocidos previamenteIn this paper, the authors try to defend the utilities that they have obteined from new geographical information technologies to the Archaeological surveys. They have applied LiDAR system and GIS software, besides a ground survey, over a study case, the so-called “castro de Irueña” (Salamanca, Spain) and they managed a new mapping of the site, with new inside and outside findings that allow to explain much better archaeological remains from older excavationsTrabajo realizado dentro del proyecto HAR2016-77739-P “La Arquitectura Protohistórica en el Occidente de la Meseta. Arqueotectura y Arqueometría aplicada al patrimonio construido de los castros vettones.” del MINECO y de la Unidad Asociada IAM – UAM “ANTA” del CSI

Desafíos en ciencia, tecnología e innovación en tiempo de Coronavirus Covid-19

El objetivo del presente estudio consistió en determinar el impacto de actividad física en la percepción de bienestar y salud en adolescentes, durante el periodo de confinamiento condicionado por la pandemia COVID-19. Se realizó un estudio observacional-longitudinal. N = 50 participantes (28 mujeres, 22 hombres; edad X = 15.12), quienes llevaron a cabo un programa de actividad física diseñado para espacios pequeños, además de realizar un pre y post-test. Los resultados muestran que hubo una mejora en la percepción de bienestar y salud después del periodo de actividad física (p=.05). Se concluye que, en la población de estudio, el programa de actividad física en espacios pequeños fue efectivo en la mejora de la percepción del bienestar y la salud

Treatment with tocilizumab or corticosteroids for COVID-19 patients with hyperinflammatory state: a multicentre cohort study (SAM-COVID-19)

Objectives: The objective of this study was to estimate the association between tocilizumab or corticosteroids and the risk of intubation or death in patients with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) with a hyperinflammatory state according to clinical and laboratory parameters. Methods: A cohort study was performed in 60 Spanish hospitals including 778 patients with COVID-19 and clinical and laboratory data indicative of a hyperinflammatory state. Treatment was mainly with tocilizumab, an intermediate-high dose of corticosteroids (IHDC), a pulse dose of corticosteroids (PDC), combination therapy, or no treatment. Primary outcome was intubation or death; follow-up was 21 days. Propensity score-adjusted estimations using Cox regression (logistic regression if needed) were calculated. Propensity scores were used as confounders, matching variables and for the inverse probability of treatment weights (IPTWs). Results: In all, 88, 117, 78 and 151 patients treated with tocilizumab, IHDC, PDC, and combination therapy, respectively, were compared with 344 untreated patients. The primary endpoint occurred in 10 (11.4%), 27 (23.1%), 12 (15.4%), 40 (25.6%) and 69 (21.1%), respectively. The IPTW-based hazard ratios (odds ratio for combination therapy) for the primary endpoint were 0.32 (95%CI 0.22-0.47; p < 0.001) for tocilizumab, 0.82 (0.71-1.30; p 0.82) for IHDC, 0.61 (0.43-0.86; p 0.006) for PDC, and 1.17 (0.86-1.58; p 0.30) for combination therapy. Other applications of the propensity score provided similar results, but were not significant for PDC. Tocilizumab was also associated with lower hazard of death alone in IPTW analysis (0.07; 0.02-0.17; p < 0.001). Conclusions: Tocilizumab might be useful in COVID-19 patients with a hyperinflammatory state and should be prioritized for randomized trials in this situatio

Atlantic-zone hillforts with up-rigt stone rows and their relationship with coastal routes

Maritime contacts between Atlantic territories have existed since the 3rd millennium BC. There have been several archaeological finds dating from the Early Bronze Age onwards across these coasts that support this idea, such as the boats of Ferriby (Yorkshire), Brigg (Lincolshire), Dover (Kent), Broighter (Northern Ireland) or Oia (Galicia). These discoveries suggest the possible marine routes that would connect the Atlantic Arc from Scotland to the Iberian Peninsula, favouring similar developments within very distant regions.Peer reviewe

Atlantic-zone Hillforts with up-right stone rows and their relationship with coastal routes

Maritime contacts between Atlantic territories have existed since the 3rd millennium BC. There have been several archaeological finds dating from the Early Bronze Age onwards across these coasts that support this idea, such as the boats of Ferriby (Yorkshire), Brigg (Lincolshire), Dover (Kent), Broighter (Northern Ireland) or Oia (Galicia). These discoveries suggest the possible marine routes that would connect the Atlantic Arc from Scotland to the Iberian Peninsula, favouring similar developments within very distant regions. Among other aspects, these similarities can be seen in certain types of defensive architecture, like hillforts with up-right stone rows, a feature commonly known as...This research was part od the Spanish Governmental Projet "Law Prhistoric Architecture in the Western Spanish platau. Architecture and Archaeometry of the built heritage o teh Vettones hillforts" (HAR201677739-P

PROCESSOS CONTABILÍSTICOS DAS PEQUENAS E MÉDIAS EMPRESAS DO SECTOR DO TURISMO

This paper aims to reflect the reality of the Tuquerreña company immersed in the tourism sector in accordance with the incipient accounting and financial processes that are applied today to record the different economic operations. There is no database that allows structuring an X-ray of the current situation of the companies that are dedicated to providing tourist services in the municipality of Túquerres in accounting and financial matters. It’s seeks to identify the accounting processes that are being applied in small and medium-sized companies in the tourism sector in the municipality of Túquerres (N). A survey was applied to a sample made up of 94 people from whom valuable knowledge was obtained to understand the phenomenon under study. The absence of well-defined accounting processes that generate certain shortcomings in the finances of the tourism company in the municipality of Túquerres is identified. It is necessary that improvement and improvement actions be carried out in the accounting and financial processes of this type of organization in order to promote the growth and sustainability of this economic sector.This paper aims to reflect the reality of the Tuquerreña company immersed in the tourism sector in accordance with the incipient accounting and financial processes that are applied today to record the different economic operations. There is no database that allows structuring an X-ray of the current situation of the companies that are dedicated to providing tourist services in the municipality of Túquerres in accounting and financial matters. It’s seeks to identify the accounting processes that are being applied in small and medium-sized companies in the tourism sector in the municipality of Túquerres (N). A survey was applied to a sample made up of 94 people from whom valuable knowledge was obtained to understand the phenomenon under study. The absence of well-defined accounting processes that generate certain shortcomings in the finances of the tourism company in the municipality of Túquerres is identified. It is necessary that improvement and improvement actions be carried out in the accounting and financial processes of this type of organization in order to promote the growth and sustainability of this economic sector.Este artigo pretende refletir a realidade vivida pelas empresas do sector do turismo em Túquerres, de acordo com os incipientes processos contabilísticos e financeiros que hoje são aplicados para registar as diferentes operações económicas, uma vez que não existe uma base de dados que estruture uma radiografia da situação atual das empresas dedicadas à prestação de serviços turísticos no município de Túquerres em matéria contabilística e financeira. O objetivo é identificar os processos contabilísticos que estão a ser aplicados nas pequenas e médias empresas do sector do turismo no município de Túquerres (N). Foi aplicado um inquérito a uma amostra de 94 pessoas, a partir do qual se obtiveram conhecimentos valiosos para a compreensão do fenómeno em estudo. Identifica-se a ausência de processos contabilísticos bem definidos, o que gera certas deficiências nas finanças da empresa turística do município de Túquerres. É necessário melhorar e aperfeiçoar os processos contabilísticos e financeiros deste tipo de organização, de forma a promover o crescimento e a sustentabilidade deste sector económico

Recent epidemiological trends in extrapulmonary TB in Galicia, Spain

OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiological trends and characteristics of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in Galicia, Spain, from 2000 to 2019.METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study based on data from the Galician TB information system.RESULTS: Of the total number of TB cases (n = 15,871), 5,428 (34.2%) had EPTB. The absolute number of cases and incidence of EPTB decreased dramatically (from 480 cases and 17.8 cases/100,000 in 2000, to 172 and 6.4 cases/100,000 in 2019, respectively), with a mean annual decrease of respectively 64% and 4.7% for absolute cases and incidence rates. The risk for EPTB was higher in men than in women (RR 3.86, 95% CI 3.66-4.07). The most frequent age group was 15-44 years (2,234 patients, 41.2%); overall reductions per age group were 82% (0-14 years), 75% (15-44 years), 44% (45-64 years) and 63% (≥65 years), with statistically significant differences. The most frequently locations were the pleura (1,916 cases; 35.3%) and the lymph nodes (1,504; 27.7%).CONCLUSION: The incidence of EPTB in Galicia has decreased significantly in the last 20 years. The epidemiological characteristics have not changed, except for the number of patients with risk factors. This improvement of EPTB epidemiological trends coincides with the implementation of the programme for the prevention and control of TB, which suggests that it has been very effective in the control of the EPTB

Discovering HIV related information by means of association rules and machine learning

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is still one of the main health problems worldwide. It is therefore essential to keep making progress in improving the prognosis and quality of life of affected patients. One way to advance along this pathway is to uncover connections between other disorders associated with HIV/AIDS-so that they can be anticipated and possibly mitigated. We propose to achieve this by using Association Rules (ARs). They allow us to represent the dependencies between a number of diseases and other specific diseases. However, classical techniques systematically generate every AR meeting some minimal conditions on data frequency, hence generating a vast amount of uninteresting ARs, which need to be filtered out. The lack of manually annotated ARs has favored unsupervised filtering, even though they produce limited results. In this paper, we propose a semi-supervised system, able to identify relevant ARs among HIV-related diseases with a minimal amount of annotated training data. Our system has been able to extract a good number of relationships between HIV-related diseases that have been previously detected in the literature but are scattered and are often little known. Furthermore, a number of plausible new relationships have shown up which deserve further investigation by qualified medical experts