Impact of a mindfulness and self-care program on the psychological flexibility and well-being of parents with children diagnosed with ADHD

Producción CientíficaFamilies with children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) tend to display unpleasant psychological reactions arising from the pressure exerted by the social and school context, and from experiences linked to difficulties their children have. The present research seeks to examine the effectiveness of a mindfulness program on various dimensions related to well-being and psychological flexibility in parents of children with ADHD. The program is based on protocols of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), enhanced through the specific inclusion of relational keys, self-compassion exercises and framed within self-care. Participants were 22 fathers and mothers of children and teenagers diagnosed with ADHD. Psychological flexibility (AAQ II), cognitive fusion (CFQ), mindfulness (FFMQ), coping (COPE), and self-compassion (SCS) measures were used. Results showed a significant increase in mindfulness skills, psychological flexibility, self-compassion, and in the use of humor (COPE) as a strategy for coping with personal problematic events. We discuss the results which emerged, the limitations of the study, as well as proposals for improvement

Lumped-Element Balun for UHF UWB Printed Balanced Antennas

A semi-lumped balun transformer for UHF and ultrawideband (UWB) dipole antennas is presented in this paper. The proposed structure is based on two asymmetric filters that also transform the variable antenna impedance into the desired source impedance. These asymmetric filters make use of a binomial impedance transformer in each filter section. The asymmetric filters (one low pass filter, LPF, and other high pass filter, HPF) allow the balun bandwidth to be increased while the binomial transformer matches the variable balanced dipole impedance. In this way the ripple in the balun response due to the variation of the UWB dipole impedance is reduced. A balun for a UHF and UWB dipole antenna working from 220 to 820 MHz (bandwidth of 4:1) has been achieved with losses lower than 1 dB. These types of baluns are particularly useful in the low microwave frequency band

The Pedagogical Knowledge Deployed by a Primary Mathematics Teacher Educator in Teaching Symmetry

Although the knowledge required by mathematics teacher educators is a relatively recent area of research, there has been significant progress in the field over the last few years. The classic distinction of a teacher’s knowledge into content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge prompts us to reflect in this regard on what should constitute the content of primary teacher education programmes, and how the educator might mediate this content to make it accessible to their prospective teachers. This paper aims to contribute to this progress through a study into the work of Lucas, a teacher educator, during the course of a training session with prospective primary teachers. Critical observation of the video recording brought to the fore salient teaching situations on the topic of symmetry, which led us to explore the pedagogical content knowledge deployed in the session through a guided interview with the educator. Analysis of extracts from this interview enabled us to identify three main categories of this PCK: knowledge about how to teach programme content; knowledge about the characteristics of prospective primary teachers’ learning; and knowledge about the standards and norms of primary teacher education programmesThis research was financed by the COIDESO research centre at the University of Huelva, the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of the Government of Spain (project: RTI2018-096547-B-I00), and the research group DESYM (HUM-168)

A framework for user adaptation and profiling for social robotics in rehabilitation

Physical rehabilitation therapies for children present a challenge, and its success—the improvement of the patient’s condition—depends on many factors, such as the patient’s attitude and motivation, the correct execution of the exercises prescribed by the specialist or his progressive recovery during the therapy. With the aim to increase the benefits of these therapies, social humanoid robots with a friendly aspect represent a promising tool not only to boost the interaction with the pediatric patient, but also to assist physicians in their work. To achieve both goals, it is essential to monitor in detail the patient’s condition, trying to generate user profile models which enhance the feedback with both the system and the specialist. This paper describes how the project NAOTherapist—a robotic architecture for rehabilitation with social robots—has been upgraded in order to include a monitoring system able to generate user profile models through the interaction with the patient, performing user-adapted therapies. Furthermore, the system has been improved by integrating a machine learning algorithm which recognizes the pose adopted by the patient and by adding a clinical reports generation system based on the QUEST metricThis work is partially funded by grant RTI2018-099522-B-C43 of FEDER/Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación - Ministerio de Universidades - Agencia Estatal de Investigació

Reflexiones desde los Encuentros Restaurativos entre Víctimas y Condenados por Delitos de Terrorismo : = Reflections on Restorative Encounters between Victims and Convicted Persons in Terrorism Crimes

This paper offers a brief reflection on the results and consequences of the restorative encounters that took place between victims and former ETA members. It describes their origin and content. Finally it offers an analysis with respect to the effects on all participants and on Basque and Spanish societies. Este artículo se centra en hacer una breve reflexión sobre lo que han sido y lo que han supuesto los encuentros restaurativos entre víctimas y ex miembros de ETA. Describe como se originaron y en que han consistido, para finalizar con un análisis sobre el alcance que han desplegado en todas las personas intervinientes y lo que pueden llegar a suponer para la sociedad vasca y española

Observational Δν\Delta\nu-ρˉ\bar\rho relation for δ\delta Sct stars using eclipsing binaries and space photometry

Delta Scuti ($\delta$ Sct) stars are intermediate-mass pulsators, whose intrinsic oscillations have been studied for decades. However, modelling their pulsations remains a real theoretical challenge, thereby even hampering the precise determination of global stellar parameters. In this work, we used space photometry observations of eclipsing binaries with a $\delta$ Sct component to obtain reliable physical parameters and oscillation frequencies. Using that information, we derived an observational scaling relation between the stellar mean density and a frequency pattern in the oscillation spectrum. This pattern is analogous to the solar-like large separation but in the low order regime. We also show that this relation is independent of the rotation rate. These findings open the possibility of accurately characterizing this type of pulsator and validate the frequency pattern as a new observable for $\delta$ Sct stars.Comment: 11 pages, including 2 pages of appendix, 2 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ

Automóvil, ciudad y diseño: un fermento estilístico en el paisaje urbano.

Universidad Pablo de OlavideMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación CSO2009-06819-EUniversidad de Granada 1975-200

Sociologizando la resiliencia. El papel de la participación socio-comunitaria y política en las estrategias de afrontamiento de la crisis

Partiendo de una definición multidimensional, gradual y procesual del concepto de resiliencia que implica el desarrollo de diversas estrategias , el artículo propone que, en cada posición en el espacio de interacción socio político, la participación socio-comunitaria y/o política promueve la articulación sinérgica de varias dimensiones de la resiliencia (individual, familiar, socio-comunitaria restrictiva, socio-comunitaria inclusiva y política) posibilitando una salida de la crisis con un mayor grado de bienestar. Así pues, basándonos en el material empírico del caso español obtenido en el marco de un proyecto europeo realizado entre 2014 y 2016, este trabajo pone de manifiesto que la participación socio-comunitaria y política constituye un elemento fundamental para impulsar modalidades sinérgicas de resiliencia, potenciando el capital social y el bienestar de sujetos y familias; no obstante, se observa que, precisamente las personas que soportan situaciones de mayor vulnerabilidad, encuentran más obstáculos y menos herramientas para articular estas beneficiosas sinergias

Un instrumento para el análisis de los ejemplos matemáticos para la enseñanza

Los ejemplos matemáticos son uno de los principales recursos docentes para la enseñanza de la disciplina escolar. Existe cierta tendencia a usar ejemplos como herramienta de comunicación y diferentes estudios avalan la importancia del mismo en el aprendizaje de contenidos matemáticos. Ambas consideraciones justifican que deban ser analizados sistemáticamente con el fin de optimizar su uso. Para ello, presentamos una herramienta de análisis que permite clasificar los ejemplos y que ha sido puesta en uso en investigaciones sobre ejemplificación que hemos desarrollad