Capacidad de autocuidado en adultos mayores que radican en Morelia, Michoacán

Objective: To determine the level of self-care in older adults who live in Morelia, Michoacán.  Method: This research had a quantitative, descriptive approach, with a non-experimental design and a cross section. The sample was selected for convenience and was made up of 100 older adults. Main Results: The main findings indicate that 42% have a high self-care capacity, 27% high, 19% regular, 8% low and only 4% very low.  General Conclusion: These days, despite the fact that there is a lot of information about the needs of the elderly, there are few interventions that do not remain a mere utopia. For this reason, it is essential to develop programs where this age group is attended from their spaces, emphasizing in the self-care requirements necessary to guarantee a quality of life. Also, giving a call to all the nurses is made to provide an adequate, optimal and personalized service.Objetivo: Determinar el nivel de autocuidado en personas adultas mayores que radican en la ciudad de Morelia, Michoacán. Método: La presente investigación contó con un enfoque cuantitativo, de tipo descriptivo, con un diseño no experimental y un corte transversal. La muestra fue seleccionada por conveniencia y estuvo conformada por 100 adultos mayores. Resultados principales: Los principales hallazgos señalan que el 42% presenta una capacidad de autocuidado alta, el 27% alta, el 19% regular, el 8% baja y únicamente el 4% muy baja. Conclusión general: En la actualidad pese a que se habla sobre las necesidades de los adultos mayores son escazas las intervenciones que no se quedan en una mera utopía, por ello, es fundamental el desarrollo de programas donde se atienda a este grupo etario desde sus espacios, haciendo énfasis en los requisitos de autocuidado necesarios para garantizar una calidad de vida. Además, desde la Enfermería se hace un llamado para brindar un servicio adecuado, óptimo y personalizado

Effect of amylose:amylopectin ratio and rice bran addition on starchfilms properties

The influence of the amylose:amylopectin ratio on the properties of pea, potato and cassava starch films and the effect of the incorporation of rice bran of two different particle sizes were studied. The structural, mechanical, optical and barrier properties of the films were analyzed after 1 and 5 weeks. The high content of amylose gave rise to stiffer, more resistant to fracture, but less stretchable films, with lower oxygen permeability and greater water binding capacity. Although no changes in the water vapour permeability values of the films were observed during storage, their oxygen permeability decreased. Throughout storage, films became stiffer, more resistant to break, but less stretchable. Rice bran with the smallest particles improved the elastic modulus of the films, especially in high amylose content films, but reduced the film stretchability and its barrier properties, due to the enhancement of the water binding capacity and the introduction of discontinuities.The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad throughout the project AGL2010-20694, co-financed with FEDER founds. Amalia Cano also thanks Spanish Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte for the FPU grant.Cano Embuena, AI.; Jiménez Marco, A.; Cháfer Nácher, MT.; González Martínez, MC.; Chiralt Boix, MA. (2014). Effect of amylose:amylopectin ratio and rice bran addition on starchfilms properties. Carbohydrate Polymers. 111:543-555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.04.075S54355511

Twenty-Five Years of Convoluted Health Reforms in Mexico

Núria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde discuss 25 years of reform to the Mexican health care system and argue that although costs and accessibility have increased, health inequities, efficiency, productivity, and quality of care have not improved

Communication, development, and social change in Spain: A field between institutionalization and implosion

This paper renders an account of the rapid institutionalization of the academic field of Communication for Development and Social Change (CDCS) in Spain in recent years following a period of neglect and marginalization. The ongoing expansion of the field of CDSC in the Spanish context is understood as a process of implosion, i.e. a collapse inwards, which results from the inconsistencies and weaknesses of fast and late institutionalization. The methodological approach for this inquiry is a documental review of both academic literature and research and institutional reports produced in Spain between 1980 and 2010. Based on this review, the paper contrasts the trajectory of the field in Spain with the debates at the international level, establishing relevant continuities and differences.This article is part of the Research Project (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain) CSO2014-52005-R titled ‘Evaluation and Monitoring of Communication for Development and Social Change in Spain: design of indicators to measure its social impact’ (2015–2017)17 página

Retos actuales de la farmacia

Retos actuales de la farmacia es un proyecto que está coordinado por Leobargo Manuel Gómez Oliván y un equipo de investigadores que forman parte del claustro de la Facultad de Química en el área de posgrado, ellos han incentivado el espíritu investigador y científico de los estudiantes adscritos al programa para adentrarse en el ámbito farmacéutico. Los capítulos que conforman esta edición son el reflejo de la actividad académica desarrollada en este posgrado en las diferentes áreas de acentuación que lo conforman: farmacia molecular, farmacia social y tecnología farmacéutica

A survey of the cold molecular gas in gravitationally lensed star-forming galaxies at z \gt 2

Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array, we conducted a survey of CO J = 1 − 0 and J = 2 − 1 line emission towards strongly lensed high-redshift dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) previously discovered with the South Pole Telescope (SPT). Our sample comprises 17 sources that had CO-based spectroscopic redshifts obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array and the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment. We detect all sources with known redshifts in either CO J = 1 − 0 or J = 2 − 1. 12 sources are detected in the 7-mm continuum. The derived CO luminosities imply gas masses in the range (0.5–11) × 10^(10) M⊙ and gas depletion time-scales t_(dep) < 200 Myr, using a CO to gas mass conversion factor αCO = 0.8 M⊙ (K km s^(−1) pc^2)^(−1). Combining the CO luminosities and dust masses, along with a fixed gas-to-dust ratio, we derive α_(CO) factors in the range 0.4–1.8 M⊙ (K km s^(−1) pc^2)^(−1), similar to what is found in other starbursting systems. We find small scatter in αCO values within the sample, even though inherent variations in the spatial distribution of dust and gas in individual cases could bias the dust-based α_(CO) estimates. We find that lensing magnification factors based on the CO linewidth to luminosity relation (μCO) are highly unreliable, but particularly when μ < 5. Finally, comparison of the gas and dynamical masses suggest that the average molecular gas fraction stays relatively constant at z = 2–5 in the SPT DSFG sample