El valor público de la acreditación en el mejoramiento continuo de las Carreras de Educación en Costa Rica. Un estudio de caso : a case study

The different accreditation processes of undergraduate degrees are the object of research due to the value of international recognition based on their accreditation. Thus, accreditation has become the preferred means of monitoring and evaluating the quality of higher education and observing universities' impact on society. The present study is part of a broader research focused on developing a doctoral thesis. It is framed in the qualitative interpretative paradigm of an emergent exploratory type. The main objective is to identify the public value generated by accreditation in the continuous improvement of undergraduate programs accredited by SINAES (an anagram of Sistema Nacional de Acreditación de la Educación Superior, National System of Higher Education Acceditation), in the field of education in Costa Rica. Five in-depth interviews were conducted to learn the perceptions of the key informants who participated in the accreditation process of the six selected degree programs. The results show the public value that accreditation produces in the continuous improvement of Education Degree Programs through ten categories that cover the achievements, benefits, results and effects of the contribution of SINAES in the continuous improvement processes of higher education. In conclusion, accreditation has become one of the determining factors when selecting an Education Degree Program in Costa Rica. The processes carried out by SINAES are perceived as legitimate and of excellence in developing these types of quality certifications.  Los diferentes procesos de acreditación por los que pasan los Grados universitarios son objeto de investigación debido al reconocimiento internacional que han adquirido por el valor asociado a la acreditación. De esta manera, la acreditación se ha convertido en el medio predilecto para supervisar y evaluar la calidad de la educación superior y observar el impacto que tienen las universidades en la sociedad. El estudio que se muestra forma parte de una investigación más amplia focalizada en el desarrollo de una tesis doctoral. Se enmarca en el paradigma cualitativo interpretativo de tipo exploratorio emergente. El objetivo principal se centra en identificar el valor público que genera la acreditación en el mejoramiento continuo de las carreras de grado acreditadas por el SINAES (Sistema Nacional de Acreditación de la Educación Superior) en el área de Educación en Costa Rica. Se ha llevaron a cabo cinco entrevistas a profundidad para conocer las percepciones de los informantes clave que participaron en el proceso de acreditación de las seis carreras seleccionadas. Los resultados muestran el valor público que produce la acreditación en el mejoramiento continuo de las Carreras de Educación por medio de 10 categorías que abarcan los logros, beneficios, resultados y efectos de la contribución del SINAES en el proceso de mejora continua de la Educación Superior. En conclusión, se observa como la acreditación se han convertido en uno de los factores determinantes a la hora de seleccionar una Carrera de Educación en Costa Rica. Los procesos llevados a cabo por el SINAES se perciben como legítimos y de excelencia en el desarrollo de este tipo de certificaciones de calidad

The Socio-Educational Adaptation of Secondary School Migrant Students in Sicily: Migrant Generation, School Linguistic Mediation and Teacher Proactivity Factors

This study aims to analyze the implications of linguistic mediation processes and educational proactivity in schools for the socio-educational adaptation of immigrant students. The study is based on empirical research and the perspectives of the main actors: the immigrant students themselves. To this end, a non-experimental and descriptive quantitative methodology was used. The sample consisted of 100 students of foreign origin enrolled in an Italian school located in a typical socio-cultural environment. The results show significant differences in linguistic mediation and socio-educational variables and differences in expectations of progress and social adaptation of students born outside Italy vis-a-vis students who, although born in Italy, are still considered foreigners. It will also analyze teaching proactivity as a communication facilitator for first-generation immigrant pupils born outside Italy. In conclusion, it is noted that, to favor multicultural environments where all students, regardless of their origin, feel accepted, integrated, and welcomed, it is necessary to utilize all available resources to promote improvements in teaching-learning processes and strengthen social relation

La eficiencia en el sector de las agencias de publicidad

El principal objetivo de este trabajo es estudiar la eficiencia de las agencias de publicidad en España, para lo cual hemos estimado una frontera de producción estocástica Translog con los datos proporcionados por la base de datos SABI (Sistema de Análisis de Balances Ibéricos). Hemos observado que el sector se compone, principalmente, de microempresas y está muy concentrado en Madrid y Cataluña, comunidades en las que están registradas más de la mitad de las agencias de la muestra. Con respecto a la eficiencia del sector, encontramos que, en media, es relativamente elevada, siendo las empresas pertenecientes a La Rioja y Navarra las más eficientes, frente a las de Castilla y León, Comunidad Valenciana y País Vasco, comunidades con una eficiencia por debajo de la media. Por último, destacar que los resultados obtenidos sugieren que el tamaño de las empresas ejerce una influencia negativa sobre las eficiencias en las agencias de publicidad. <br /

Eficiencia de la industria textil española y crisis económica.

El objetivo principal de este trabajo es estudiar el impacto de la crisis económica de 2008 sobre la eficiencia técnica de las empresas españolas pertenecientes al sector de fabricación de tejidos textiles. En la primera parte, tras describir su contexto histórico mundial, se aportan los principales datos económicos de la industria textil española: su localización geográfica, las empresas más destacadas y los factores que influyen sobre los hábitos de consumo. Posteriormente, con información extraída de la base de datos SABI y utilizando el modelo Translog de frontera estocástica, hemos obtenido los índices de eficiencia de las empresas del sector para los años 2006, 2011 y 2017. Obtenemos así una panorámica sobre el sector, analizando las siguientes cuestiones: i) el grado de eficiencia de las empresas en las distintas Comunidades Autónomas, con especial referencia a las de Aragón, ii) cómo el tamaño de las empresas afecta a su grado de eficiencia, y iii) cuáles han sido los efectos de la crisis. Los resultados obtenidos reflejan el fuerte impacto negativo de la crisis sobre el sector, traduciéndose en una disminución en el número de empleados, de empresas, y en una caída en los niveles de eficiencia

Family and School Relationship during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Education systems worldwide have been affected by a sudden interruption in classroom learning because the coronavirus pandemic forced both the closure of all schools in March 2020 and the beginning of distance learning from home, thus compelling families, schools, and students to work together in a more coordinated fashion. The present systematic review was carried out following PRISMA guidelines. The main objective was to present critical information on the relationship between the family and the school in the face of the imposed distance learning scenario caused by COVID-19. A total of 25 articles dealing with the relationships established during the pandemic of any of the three agents involved (family, students, and school) were analysed. The results showed that the relationships between the three groups involved must be improved to some extent to meet the needs that have arisen as a result of distance learning. In conclusion, the educational scenario during the pandemic has been one of the most significant challenges experienced in the recent history of education

Emissions of polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PBDD/Fs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from a cement kiln using a continuous monitoring system

Resumen de la comunicación presentada en PIC2015 – the 14th International Congress on Combustion By-Products and Their Health Effects, Umeå, Sweden, 14-17 June 2015.The aim of the present study was to assess the emission of di2erent persistent organic pollutants from a cement plant over a period of one year, under normal operating conditions. In this way, a Dioxin Monitoring System (a long-term sampling device manufactured by Monitoring Systems) was installed in the clinker kiln stack of the cement plant, located in the vicinity of the University of Alicante. The factory has a production capacity of 150 t/h of clinker and uses petroleum coke as primary fuel, but also alternative fuels such as SRF (solid recovered fuel), ASR (automotive shredder residue), sewage sludge, waste tires, and meat and bone meal wastes, with an enerKy substitution level of about 40 %. The study consisted of a total of 13 samples, namely: • Ten samples collected in 3Q4 week periods, for the determination of brominated dioxins and furans (PBDD/Fs). • Three samples collected during one-week periods, for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).Support for this work was provided by the following projects: • Ministry of Science and Innovation (Spain): CTQ2011Q23618. • Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain): CTQ2013Q41006QR. • Valencian Community Government (Spain): PROMETEOII/2014/007

Observational study of lipid profile and LDL particle size in patients with metabolic syndrome

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype is characterized by an increase in plasma triglycerides, a decrease in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc), and the prevalence of small, dense-low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc) particles. The aim of this study was to establish the importance of LDL particle size measurement by gender in a group of patients with Metabolic Syndrome (MS) attending at a Cardiovascular Risk Unit in Primary Care and their classification into phenotypes.</p> <p>Subjects and methods</p> <p>One hundred eighty-five patients (93 men and 92 women) from several areas in the South of Spain, for a period of one year in a health centre were studied. Laboratory parameters included plasma lipids, lipoproteins, low-density lipoprotein size and several atherogenic rates were determinated.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We found differences by gender between anthropometric parameters, blood pressure and glucose measures by MS status. Lipid profile was different in our two study groups, and gender differences in these parameters within each group were also remarkable, in HDLc and Apo A-I values. According to LDL particle size, we found males had smaller size than females, and patients with MS had also smaller than those without MS. We observed inverse relationship between LDL particle size and triglycerides in patients with and without MS, and the same relationship between all atherogenic rates in non-MS patients. When we considered our population in two classes of phenotypes, lipid profile was worse in phenotype B.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>In conclusion, we consider worthy the measurement of LDL particle size due to its relationship with lipid profile and cardiovascular risk.</p

An analysis and proposal for the work of social workers in psychopedagogical services in schools in the Valencian Autonomous Community

Los Trabajadores Sociales de Educación de la provincia de Alicante nos planteamos la necesidad de actualizar las funciones que la normativa de la, denominada en su día, Conselleria de Educación y Ciencia nos marca, dentro de los Servicios Psicopedagógicos Escolares (SPE) y Gabinetes Psicopedagógicos Municipales (GPM) de la Comunidad Autónoma Valenciana. Los motivos vienen determinados por considerar una normativa obsoleta (Orden 10 de marzo de 1995), una realidad social y educativa cambiante que determinan nuevas demandas hacia el trabajador social de educación, y la configuración de un perfil profesional que nos diferencie de otros profesionales que también intervienen en el ámbito socio-educativo. Este documento es el resultado del trabajo realizado inicialmente por un grupo de trabajadores sociales de educación (a partir de ahora TRASO) de la Provincia de Alicante y consensuado, finalmente, en el I Encuentro de Trabajadores Sociales de Educación de la Comunidad Autónoma Valenciana en diciembre de 2016.As social workers in education in the province of Alicante we consider it necessary to update our roles as described in the regulations of the Regional Council of Education and Science, within the School Psychopedagogical Services and the Municipal Educational Psychopedagogical Services of the Autonomous Community of Valencia. We propose these changes because the regulations are outdated (1995), and because of the need to reflect the changing educational and social reality. In addition, the work of social workers in the educational field has changed, and social workers need their own professional profile that is differentiated from that of other professionals who work in the field of education. This document is the result of the work of a group of social workers in the educational field in the province of Alicante. It was approved by the first meeting of social workers in the educational field in the Autonomous Community of Valencia in December of 2016

An imported case of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2, Spain in the context of the ongoing polio Public Health Emergency of International Concern, September 2021

The monthly retrospective search for unreported acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases conducted as a complementary component of the Spanish AFP surveillance system identified a case of AFP in a child admitted in Spain from Senegal during August 2021. Vaccine-derived poliovirus 2 was identified in the stool in September 2021. We present public health implications and response undertaken within the framework of the National Action Plan for Polio Eradication and the Public Health Emergency of International Concern.S