VANEDELA’s Test Screening, Comparison Low, Middle, and High Risk in Mexican Population

The neurodevelopment screening test Valoración Neuroconductual del Lactante (VANEDELA’s) allows the professional to follow the rapid and economic application development in which high- and moderate-risk children who do not reach their optimum development potential during the first 2 years of life can be detected in a timely manner. It also provides a tracking tool to follow-up the recommendations and interventions of children who had developmental delays to see how adaptive strategies work

Culicoides species communities associated with wild ruminant ecosystems in Spain: Tracking the way to determine potential bridge vectors for arboviruses

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.-- et al.The genus Culicoides Latreille 1809 is a well-known vector for protozoa, filarial worms and, above all, numerous viruses. The Bluetongue virus (BTV) and the recently emerged Schmallenberg virus (SBV) are responsible for important infectious, non-contagious, insect-borne viral diseases found in domestic ruminants and transmitted by Culicoides spp. Both of these diseases have been detected in wild ruminants, but their role as reservoirs during the vector-free season still remains relatively unknown. In fact, we tend to ignore the possibility of wild ruminants acting as a source of disease (BTV, SBV) and permitting its reintroduction to domestic ruminants during the following vector season. In this context, a knowledge of the composition of the Culicoides species communities that inhabit areas where there are wild ruminants is of major importance as the presence of a vector species is a prerequisite for disease transmission. In this study, samplings were conducted in areas inhabited by different wild ruminant species; samples were taken in both 2009 and 2010, on a monthly basis, during the peak season for midge activity (in summer and autumn). A total of 102,693 specimens of 40 different species of the genus Culicoides were trapped; these included major BTV and SBV vector species. The most abundant vector species were C. imicola and species of the Obsoletus group, which represented 15% and 11% of total numbers of specimens, respectively. At the local scale, the presence of major BTV and SBV vector species in areas with wild ruminants coincided with that of the nearest sentinel farms included in the Spanish Bluetongue Entomological Surveillance Programme, although their relative abundance varied. The data suggest that such species do not exhibit strong host specificity towards either domestic or wild ruminants and that they could consequently play a prominent role as bridge vectors for different pathogens between both types of ruminants. This finding would support the hypothesis that wild ruminants could act as reservoirs for such pathogens, and subsequently be involved in the reintroduction of disease to livestock on neighbouring farms.This study was supported by the project FAU 2008-0019 from Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias, and was partially funded by EU grant GOCE-2003-010284 EDENext and is cataloged by the EDENext Steering Committee as EDENext429 (http://www.edenext.eu). F. Ruiz-Fons is supported by the Spanish Ministry for the Economy and Competitiveness through a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral contract.Peer Reviewe

A structural model of the relationships between optimism and perceived emotional intelligence on bullying victimization and health.

Bullying is a relationship in which an individual, or a group of individuals, intentionally and repeatedly perpetrates aggressive behaviors towards someone unable to defend himself/herself. Traditional forms of bullying consist of physical, verbal and covert forms of aggressive behaviors. Recently, the new phenomenon of cyberbullying has emerged. This relatively new form of bullying is defined as a behavior displayed through electronic or digital media. Multiple variables have been related to bullying victimization including perceived emotional intelligence (PEI) and optimism. Both variables have implications on the manner in which people cope with stressful experiences as could be bullying, which in turn could affect the level of perceived health. However, there are no studies that have considered all these variables simultaneously. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to examine, via structural equation modelling, the independent contribution of EI and optimism on bullying victimization and perceived physical health in adolescents. A total of 650 secondary school students (317 boys and 333 girls, with ages ranged from 11 to 18) participated in the study. The participants completed measures of PIE (TMMS-24; Fernández-Berrocal et al., 2004), optimism (General Mood Subscale of the Emotional Quotient Inventory-Youth Version; Bar-On and Parker, 2000), bullying (School Victimization Scale; Cava et al., 2010), cyberbullying (Cyber-Victimization Scale; Buelga et al., 2012), and physical health (KIDSCREEN-10 Index; Raven-Sieberer et al., 2004). Results gave partial empirical support to the hypothesized model, and shows significant relationships between the variables: optimism on clarity and repair dimensions of IE (but not on the attention subscale), optimism and attention (but not clarity and repair dimensions) on bullying, and bullying on health. Together these findings shed light on those factors that should be considered when developing prophylactic strategies within adolescents to become more resilient to the adverse effects of bullying behavior.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

HD Diesel engine equipped with a bottoming Rankine cycle as a waste heat recovery system. Part 1: Study and analysis of the waste heat energy

This paper describes the study of different bottoming Rankine cycles with water-steam and/or ORC configurations in classical and innovative setups such as a waste heat recovery system in a Heavy Duty Diesel (HDD) Engine. This work has been divided in two parts. This first part describes the model of the studied HDD engine and the available waste energy sources in this HDD Engine. The waste energy sources are studied from the standpoint of energy analysis to determine which are the most appropriate for their application in bottoming cycles attending to minimizing external irreversibilities. Finally, two configurations are chosen as the most appropriate, in a balance between external irreversibilities and technological complexity, and they have been analyzed to determine global efficiencies, power increments and necessary modifications to implement these cycles in the HDD engine. The second part of this article will analyze additional innovative setups in the HDD engine to fit this engine with ORC cycles. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.This work was partially funded by "Programa de Apoyo a la Investigacion y Desarrollo de la Universidad Politecnica de Valencia" and "Programa de Formacion de Profesorado Universitario".Dolz Ruiz, V.; Novella Rosa, R.; García Martínez, A.; Sánchez Serrano, J. (2012). HD Diesel engine equipped with a bottoming Rankine cycle as a waste heat recovery system. Part 1: Study and analysis of the waste heat energy. Applied Thermal Engineering. 36:269-278. doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.10.025S2692783

Cooperative Learning and Perception in Future Graduates of Business Administration and Management

The objective of this paper is to analyze the perception of future graduates in Business Administration and Management on the conceptualization, constitution and regulation of the work groups in the university classrooms. To achieve this objective, the Questionnaire for the Analysis of Cooperative Work in Higher Education (ACOES) will be used. The results show that the respondents consider that cooperative learning helps them to develop their social skills and is as an opportunity to get to know their peers. In addition, cooperative learning gives them the ability to reach agreements with different opinions and the ability to understand the ideas of other colleagues. Likewise, the main problem is the lack of coordination between the different subjects. Regarding the formation of the groups, the respondents prefer to form them by applying friendship criteria. Finally, the respondents consider that the groups should be permanents and formed by 4 or 5 members

From Chronodisruption to Sarcopenia: The Therapeutic Potential of Melatonin

Sarcopenia is an age-related condition that involves a progressive decline inmusclemass and function, leading to increased risk of falls, frailty, andmortality. Although the exactmechanisms are not fully understood, aging-related processes like inflammation, oxidative stress, reduced mitochondrial capacity, and cell apoptosis contribute to this decline. Disruption of the circadian system with age may initiate these pathways in skeletal muscle, preceding the onset of sarcopenia. At present, there is no pharmacological treatment for sarcopenia, only resistance exercise and proper nutrition may delay its onset. Melatonin, derived from tryptophan, emerges as an exceptional candidate for treating sarcopenia due to its chronobiotic, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties. Its impact on mitochondria and organelle, where it is synthesized and crucial in aging skeletal muscle, further highlights its potential. In this review, we discuss the influence of clock genes in muscular aging, with special reference to peripheral clock genes in the skeletal muscle, as well as their relationship with melatonin, which is proposed as a potential therapy against sarcopenia.Instituto de Salud Carlos III, grant numbers PI19-01372 and CB/10/00238FPU fellowship from the Ministerio de Universidades, SpainPFIS fellowship from the Instituto de Salud Carlos II

Disconnected, yet in the spotlight: Emergency research on extreme energy poverty in the Cañada Real informal settlement, Spain

Cañada Real is a 15-km informal settlement located in Madrid, Spain. With over 8000 inhabitants most dwellers live below the poverty line in informal, low-quality housing. Due to the impossibility to have legal supply contracts with utility providers, Cañada Real settlers have relied on irregular connections to nearby electricity and water distribution networks for decades. However, in October 2020, technical changes implemented by the distribution system operator left some 4000 people without access to power, and more than two years later a large share of them remain in those conditions. Emergency research has been conducted to document the change in living conditions experienced by Cañada Real residents. Census data have been analysed together with primary data from a 39-household survey, data retrieved from electricity service continuity sensors and direct measurements of indoor thermal comfort in 12 households. This set of data provides unique evidence on the impact of a collective disconnection event of an unprecedented magnitude in an EU context. Results give evidence of a case of ‘extreme energy poverty" that existing datasets and indicators fail to capture. The collective adaptation response displayed by a group of residents, who agreed on an intermittent, predictable disconnection schedule, highlights social fabric, self-organization and local capacities as resilience factors that provide temporary relief. Still, collective reconnection appears as a necessary first step to secure a minimum level of material living conditions. Political action is needed to modify the existing framework that marginalizes vulnerable dwellers as non-compliant customers, without any provisions against supply disconnections.Sergio Tirado-Herrero acknowledges funding from the 'Ramón y Cajal' program supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (grant RYC2020-029750-I). Raúl Castaño-Rosa acknowledges for the support provided by Tampere University and The RESCUE-Real Estate and Sustainable Crisis management in Urban Environments-Academy of Finland funded project (number 339711). The article publishing charges were funded by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Read & Publish Agreement CRUE-CSIC 2023)

Organización y automatización de la sala de tesis de la universidad del atlántico, sede norte

Describe el proceso de organización y automatización de la Sala de Tesis de la Universidad del Atlántico, Sede Norte, para la recuperación de la Memoria Científica de la Institución, brindándole a los usuarios la recuperación rápida de la información contenida en las Memorias de Grado. Este proyecto partió de un inventario general de las tesis, para su posterior organización por Facultad y por año, detectando material bibliográfico que no formaba parte de esta colección. En el Formato Marc se realizó el proceso de descripción bibliográfica, apoyado en las herramientas de trabajo como las Reglas de Catalogación Angloamericana. En cuanto a la clasificación del material, éste se clasificó por Facultades asignándoles un número consecutivo y el año de publicación. La asignación de descriptores se efectuó con base en las Listas de Encabezamiento de Materias para Bibliotecas LEMB. Para concluir estas actividades, se implementó una base de datos en CDS/VVINISIS para la captura y recuperación de la información. En términos generales, se organizó y diseño para la Sala de Tesis, dos herramientas fundamentales para su buen funcionamiento, tales como la descripción bibliográfica y la automatización

Representantes no adscritos.

Los representantes no adscritos son una excepción a la regla de pertenencia de los representantes en un grupo político que rige en nuestro sistema parlamentario. Esta figura fue introducida tras un Acuerdo político que tenía como objetivo sancionar las conductas transfuguistas en tanto suponen una deslealtad política tanto para el partido por el que concurrió a las elecciones como para los electores. Es por ello, que el Tribunal Constitucional ha admitido esta figura atendiendo a la finalidad que pretende aunque respetando, tan solo, aquellos derechos que son inherentes a su función representativa estableciendo, de este modo, un status propio y diferenciado de aquellos representantes que sí están adscritos a un grupo, ocasionando no pocos problemas en la vida pública

Factores de riesgos y medidas de prevención asociados al Cáncer cervicouterino en mujeres en edad fértil en el Centro de Salud. “Alejandro Dávila Bolaños”. Masaya I, II semestre 2015

Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) indica que la tasa de mortalidad para el cáncer cervicouterino es mayor en mujeres que tienen menor accesibilidad a la detección precoz del cáncer, es importante la promoción y prevención en los centros asistenciales del cáncer cervicouterino en las mujeres en edad fértil. Nuestro estudio es cuantitativo retro prospectivo de corte transversal. El universo se realizó con 200 pacientes, la muestra fue constituida con 91 cumpliendo con los criterios de inclusión; los instrumentos utilizados fueron: Guía de encuesta, dirigida al personal de salud, Guía de entrevistas dirigida a las pacientes, a la vez se triangularon sometiéndose a prueba de campo y juicios de expertos, una vez obtenida a la información se procesó en paquete estadísticos spss versión 21 y se presenta con tablas simples y gráficas de barras. Las variables de estudio son: Características sociodemográficas, factores de riesgos y medidas de prevención que adopta el personal de salud sobre el cáncer cervicouterino, en nuestro estudio se obtuvo que la mayoría de las pacientes son de procedencia urbana entre las edades de 20 a 35 años de las pacientes entrevistadas una o más presentan factores de riesgos como antecedentes familiares ,inicio temprano de la vida sexual ,embarazos múltiples ,paridad ,tabaquismo, uso prolongado de anticonceptivo y la obesidad son factores de riesgos para padecer cáncer cervicouterino. Con respecto a las medidas de prevención el personal brinda la información sobre el Cáncer cervicouterino entre estas usar preservativo , realizarse el Papanicolaou , no fumar ,visitar al ginecólogo , tener una sola pareja. Según los resultados que se obtuvieron a través de la encuesta el personal de salud brinda consejería verbalmente pero no existen materiales que contienen información acerca del cáncer cervicouterin