Factores sociales que obstaculizan la participacion e integracion de los padres de familia en los procesos educativos del gimnasio Legionario

El trabajo de intervención Factores sociales que obstaculizan la participación e integración de los padres de familia a los procesos educativos del Gimnasio Legionario, se desarrolló con la colaboración de padres y docentes. A través de la observación, diálogos y entrevistas, se pudo recolectar información que permitió identificar cuáles eran las razones o circunstancias por las que se estaba presentando dicha problemática. Una vez obtenida y analizada la información se concluyó que factores como el tiempo, mecanismos de motivación, nivel de participación, compromiso, liderazgo, estaban afectando el vínculo entre la familia y la escuela, ya que aunque la institución lleva a cabo algunas estrategias para vincular a los padres a sus programas, éstos se muestran en muchas ocasiones apáticos y poco dispuestos a colaborar. También se pudo constatar que cuando el colegio realiza una actividad con el fin de recaudar fondos, son pocas las familias que brindan respaldo, aunque afirmen lo contrario. A partir de esta situación, el grupo investigador propuso contribuir al fortalecimiento del vínculo escuela–familia a través de estrategias que permitieron a los padres, estudiantes y docentes compartir espacios y experiencias a través de charlas, capacitaciones, reflexiones, jornadas de integración y recreación, haciendo del proceso de formación de los niños un trabajo en equipo y equilibrado. La fundamentación o sustento de esta investigación gira en torno a la función educativa de la familia como núcleo fundamental de toda sociedad y primer ente formativo de los individuos, lógicamente sin perder de vista la relación recíproca familia-escuela frente a la educación de los niños. Las estrategias fueron dirigidas a la comunidad educativa en general, es decir, los docentes, estudiantes y 40 familias que constituían la muestra. La propuesta se llevó a cabo en cuatro fases: la 1ª. Hacia donde nos dirigimos, la 2ª. Actualización y proyección de conocimientos básicos, la 3ª. Somos una misma familia y la 4ª. Me educo para el cambio. Todas estas actividades buscaron proyectar la escuela a la familia y construir con el esfuerzo de todos una comunidad desde la cual se reflexiona sobre la realidad social, necesidades y problemas; de igual modo se idean estrategias a fin de nutrir la acción educativa, beneficiando a cada uno de sus miembros y como consecuencia a la sociedad.The work of intervention Social Factors that block the participation and integration of the family parents to the educational processes of the Gimnasio Legionario, was developed with the collaboration of parents and teachers. Through the observation, dialogues and interviews, we could gather information that allowed to identify which were the reasons or circumstances for which this problem was happening. Once obtained and analyzed the information we concluded that factors like time, mechanisms of motivation, participation level, commitment, leadership, were affecting the bond between family and school, since although the institution carries out some strategies to link the parents to its programs, these latter frequently show little or no interest in collaborating. We could also verify that when the school carries out an activity with the purpose of collecting funds, just a few families back up this activity, although they affirm the opposite. Starting from this situation, the investigating group intended to contribute to strength the bond school - family through strategies that allowed to parents, students and teachers to share spaces and experiences through chats, trainings, reflections, integration and recreation days, making of the process of children's formation a balanced teamwork. The foundation or sustenance of this research has to do with the educational function of the family as fundamental nucleus of all society and the individuals' first formative entity, logically without losing sight of the mutual relationship family - school in front of children education. The strategies were intended for the educational community in general, that is to say, for teachers, students and 40 families that constitute the sample. The proposal was carried out in 4 phases: the first one, where do we go to?; the second one; bringing up to date and projecting the basic knowledge; the third one, we belong to the same family; and the fourth one, I educate myself for the change. All these activities aimed at projecting the school to the family and contributing with the effort of all a community from which to reflect on the social reality, necessities and problems, as well as coming up with strategies in order to nurture the educational action, benefiting each one of its members and consequently the society

Quinones Facilitate the Self-Assembly of the Phosphorylated Tubulin Binding Region of Tau into Fibrillar Polymers.

The fragment of tau containing the first and third tubulin-binding motifs, involved in self- assembly of tau, was phosphorylated by protein kinase A (PKA). In the presence of hydroxynonenal (HNE) or in the presence of quinones such as juglone, 2,3-dimethoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (coenzyme Q0 or DMM), or menadione, the polymerization of this phosphorylated tau fragment is catalyzed, whereas polymerization of the unmodified fragment takes place in a lesser extent. The quinones coenzyme Q0 and menadione are found in every cell, including neural cells, and may interact with tau protein to facilitate its assembly into filamentous structures. These tau filaments, assembled in the presence of quinones, have a fibrillar morphology very similar to that of paired helical filaments present in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.pre-print862 K

Attentional development can help us understand the inattentional blindness effect in visual search

Introduction: Inattentional Blindness (IB) is the failure to notice an unexpected, usually salient stimulus while immersed in a different, often demanding attentional task. More than just a laboratory curiosity, IB is an important phenomenon to understand because it may be related to real-world errors such as missed “incidental findings” in medical image or security searches. Interest in individual differences in susceptibility to IB has produced a number of studies showing inconclusive results. Methods: Here, we tested IB in a sample of 277 participants, 4-25 years old performing a visual search task. On two critical trials, an unexpected letter and an unexpected word were presented among photorealistic objects. Results: There was a clear age effect with younger individuals showing higher IB levels. IB correlated with attentional control in visual search and with Continuous Performance Test-CPT for d-prime, response times and attentional shifting measures. These effects disappeared if age was controlled. There were no general effects of intelligence (IQ; RIST) or gender. Younger observers showed a negative correlation of IB for the word with the verbal components of the RIST IQ-proxy (no effect for the letter). Discussion: These results support a relationship between IB and cognitive-developmental changes, showing that maturation of attention and executive processes can help us understand the intriguing phenomenon of (sometimes) missing what is in front of our eyesThis work was supported by the Research Grant Project PSI2015-69358-R (MINECO/FEDER) Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) and the ongoing project PID2021-122621OBI00 (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de España) granted to BG-G. It was also supported by the Fulbright Commission, and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, FORAGEKID 793268, also granted to BG-G, as well as by the NIH EY017001 granted to J

Efficiency in Social Enterprises

[EN] The aim of this article is to offer a review of the impact the different methodologies of analysis have on social enterprises, focusing the study on processes that establish a greater universality based on the degree of success achieved in their social objectives, the social reinvestment of their benefits and their democratic organisation, parameters that should favour the creation of a clear and simple method, as well as adaptable to change. The systematics will allow to establish systems for the measurement of the efficiency of social enterprises, in order to both organise objective procedures of comparison and offer support when applying for public aid derived from European and national funds set up for this purpose. The quantification of the social impact of the companies that constitute the social economy is vital to assess and follow up on their social mission.Ballester-Miquel, JC.; Perez-Ruiz, P.; Hernandez-Gadea, J.; De Juan Jordán, H.; Guijarro García, M. (2017). Efficiency in Social Enterprises. Multidisciplinary Journal for Education, Social and Technological Sciences. 4(2):61-79. doi:10.4995/muse.2017.7329SWORD617942Chaves R. & Monzon, J.L. (2012): La economía social en la UE, CESE, BruselasComisión EUROPEA (2010): Comunicación Una estrategia para crecimiento inteligente, sostenible e integrador, COM (2010) 3/3/2010 Comisión Europea. BruselasComisión EUROPEA (2014): Comunicación Balance de la Estrategia Europa 2020 para un crecimiento inteligente, sostenible e integrador COM (2014) 130 Final, 5 de Marzo, Comisión Europea Bruselas.Comisión EUROPEA (2014): Comunicación relativa a un marco estratégico de la UE en materia de salud y seguridad en el trabajo, COM (2014) 332 Final, 6 de Junio, Comisión Europea Bruselas.Comisión EUROPEA (2015): Comunicación Programa de trabajo de 2016, COM (2015) 610 Final, 27 de Septiembre, Comisión Europea Bruselas.Comisión EUROPEA (2015): Comunicación Un sistema de imposición de las sociedades justo y eficaz en la Unión Europea: cinco ámbitos de actuación fundamentales, COM (2015) 302 Final, 17 de Junio, Comisión Europea Bruselas.Comisión EUROPEA (2016): Comunicación Iniciativa Europea de Computación en la Nube: construir en Europa una economía competitiva de los datos y del conocimiento, COM (2016) 178 Final, 19 de Abril, Comisión Europea Bruselas.Diaz, M., Marcuello, C. & Marcuello, Ch. (2012): "Empresas sociales y evaluación del impacto social", CIRIEC-Espa-a, revista de Economía Pública, Social y Cooperativa, 75, 179-198.Enciso, M., Gómez, L. & Mugarra, A. (2012): "La iniciativa comunitaria en favor del emprendimiento social y su vinculación con la economía social: una aproximación a su delimitación conceptual", CIRIEC-Espa-a, Revista de Economía Pública, Social y Cooperativa, 75, 55-80Freeman, R. (2010). "Does Inequality Increase Economic Output?" In Controversies about Inequality. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.Gómez Urquijo, L. (2014): "El encaje de la economía social en la nueva gobernanza económica y social de la UE", CIRIEC-Espa-a, Revista de Economía Pública, Social y Cooperativa, 82, 233-252.GUÍA PRÁCTICA PARA LA MEDICIÓN Y LA GESTIÓN DEL IMPACTO. Asociación Espa-ola de Fundaciones. EUROPEAN VENTURE PHILANTHROPY ASSOCIATION. 2015Narillos Roux, HUGO (2012): "Economía social: valoración y medición de la inversión social". Editorial ESIC

Cemetery tourism in southern Spain: an analysis of demand

Purpose – Cemetery tourism is a category of dark tourism that is increasingly gaining ground in Andalusia (southern Spain). This autonomous region is home to several cemeteries that, due to their singular characteristics and funerary monuments, form part of the European Cemeteries Route. Design/Methodology – In this study, a survey was performed on a sample of 532 tourists who engage in dark tourism (Andalusian Cemeteries Route) with the aim of determining a specific consumer profile. Univariate and bivariate analysis was used in order to describe the socioeconomic variables of cemetery tourism. Findings – The results show that this type of tourism primarily attracts young people with university studies who profess to be very satisfied with the route and who would be willing to visit other cemetery routes in various locations. Research originality – The originality of this paper is the identification of the socioeconomic characteristics of cemetery tourism in Southern Spain. The principal shortcomings detected were the lack of knowledge about Andalusian cemeteries among foreign tourists, and the lack of marketing dedicated to promoting the route in Andalusia

Tuning the electronic and magnetic properties of 2D g-GaN by H adsorption: An ab-initio study

We have theoretically studied the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of the hydrogen adsorption on a honeycomb gallium-nitride two-dimensional monolayer (2D g-GaN). Results indicate that the band gap energy can be systematically tuned by the hydrogen coverage on the 2D g-GaN in the diluted limit. In addition, a total magnetic moment can be induced in the 2D g-GaN by hydrogen adsorption due to s-p interaction and band structure effects. Although hydrogen adsorption on top of nitrogen atoms shows the most stable energy in the 2D g-GaN, the most stable ferromagnetism -with a nonzero magnetic moment-is obtained when hydrogen is adsorbed on top of Ga atoms. These results indicate that H adatoms on the 2D g-GaN systems could be a potential candidate for future spintronic applications

Twelve tips to make successful medical infographics

In the health sciences, professionals must keep up to date to conduct their evidence-based practise. Hence, there is a growing need to share medical knowledge efficiently among healthcare professionals, patients, and undergraduate health science students. Infographics (text and image) are a hybrid element that serves to represent information in an attractive and meaningful visual format. Actually, with the use of the Internet and social networks, infographics have become a popular format for sharing medical information around the world. On the basis of a published literature review, we provide 12 tips in this article to make a successfully health-related infographic with the aim of assisting clinicians, educators, and researchers in their task of communicating and transforming complex information into a visual, attractive, didactic and shareable format. By following these basic recommendations, it is possible to improve the dissemination of scientific and health-related knowledge to different audiences who can benefit from infographics

Electrophysiological and morphological heterogeneity of slow firing neurons in medial septal/diagonal band complex as revealed by cluster analysis

Slow firing septal neurons modulate hippocampal and neocortical functions. Electrophysiologically, it is unclear whether slow firing neurons belong to a homogeneous neuronal population. To address this issue, whole-cell patch recordings and neuronal reconstructions were performed on rat brain slices containing the medial septum/diagonal band complex (MS/DB). Slow firing neurons were identified by their low firing rate at threshold (\u3c 5Hz) and lack of time-dependent inward rectification (Ih). Unsupervised cluster analysis was used to investigate whether slow firing neurons could be further classified into different subtypes. The parameters used for the cluster analysis included latency for first spike, slow afterhyperpolarizing potential, maximal frequency and action potential (AP) decay slope. Neurons were grouped into three major subtypes. The majority of neurons (55%) were grouped as cluster I. Cluster II (17% of neurons) exhibited longer latency for generation of the first action potential (246.5±20.1 ms). Cluster III (28% of neurons) exhibited higher maximal firing frequency (25.3±1.7 Hz) when compared to cluster I (12.3±0.9 Hz) and cluster II (11.8±1.1 Hz) neurons. Additionally, cluster III neurons exhibited faster action potentials at suprathreshold. Interestingly, cluster II neurons were frequently located in the medial septum whereas neurons in cluster I and III appeared scattered throughout all MS/DB regions. Sholl’s analysis revealed a more complex dendritic arborization in cluster III neurons. Cluster I and II neurons exhibited characteristics of “true” slow firing neurons whereas cluster III neurons exhibited higher frequency firing patterns. Several neurons were labeled with a cholinergic marker, Cy3-conjugated 192 IgG (p75NTR), and cholinergic neurons were found to be distributed among the three clusters. Our findings indicate that slow firing medial septal neurons are heterogeneous and that soma location is an important determinant of their electrophysiological properties. Thus, slow firing neurons from different septal regions have distinct functional properties, most likely related to their diverse connectivity

Trade-SCAN 1.1 – A Tool for Trade Supply Chain Analysis

This document consists in a User Manual of the tool Trade-SCAN 1.1, which has been developed by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre to help users understanding how international trade flows affect employment and income in the EU. In particular, TRADE-SCAN 1.1 allows calculating "value added in trade" type of indicators (also for employment by skills, gender, sectors, age groups…) on the spot and with ad-hoc queries specified by the user. The main data source is the World Input-Output Database (WIOD), 2016 release, complemented with data on employment by age, skill and gender from other sources such as EUKLEMS. The geographical breakdown of the data includes the 28 EU Member States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, Taiwan, the United States, and an aggregate “Rest of the World” region. The industry breakdown consists of 56 sectors: agriculture and mining (4), manufacturing (22) and services (30).JRC.B.5-Circular Economy and Industrial Leadershi

Influence of the addition of exogenous xylanase with or without pre-incubation on the in vitro ruminal fermentation of three fibrous feeds

These by-products could be used as animal feedstuffs, but their use is limited by their high fibre content, which invariably lowers the efficiency of digestive utilization (Khattab et al. 2013; Kholif et al. 2014). Fibrous feeds are characterized by high lignocellulose content, low crude protein (CP) content, poor palatability, and low nutrient digestibility (Kholif et al. 2014; Togtokhbayar et al. 2015). The structural carbohydrates of the fibre are less digestible than other nutrients, and the cell wall (mainly the lignin) may be a physical barrier for the bacterial attachment and the access of ruminal enzymes resulting in limited ruminal degradability (Karunanandaa et al. 1995)The effects of the exogenous fibrolytic enzyme (ENZ) commercial preparation Dyadic® xylanase PLUS (Dyadic International, Inc., Jupiter, USA), containing endo-1,4-β-d-xylanase, on ruminal fermentation of maize stover, oat straw, and sugarcane bagasse were examined using the in vitro gas production (GP) technique. The ENZ commercial preparation was added at 0 (control), 60 (low), 120 (medium), and 240 (high) μg/g dry matter of substrate, and at two times of application (direct addition just before fermentation or with a 72-h pre-incubation before fermentation). Ruminal GP volumes were recorded at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 24, and 48 h of incubation, and substrate degradability and concentration of fermentation end-products (volatile fatty acids, ammonia, methane) in the cultures were determined at 48 h of incubation. Increased (P 0.05) by ENZ application in maize stover and oat straw. However, total and individual VFA concentrations, and CH4 and CO2 volumes were greater (P < 0.05) when sugarcane bagasse was incubated with 240 μg ENZ/g (P < 0.05). It can be concluded that the application of endo-1,4-β-d-xylanase enhances rumen fermentation of roughages, although the magnitude of the effects depends on the fibrous substrate fermented, the time of application, and the amount of enzyme added