Fostering preschool children’s social-emotional competence. Case Studies

El desarrollo de la competencia socioemocional constituye un objetivo central en la etapa escolar. Dada su importancia en todas las etapas educativas y, especialmente en Educación Infantil, el profesorado diseña programas con el fin de desarrollar estas habilidades en el alumnado. El estudio que se presenta persigue como objetivo conocer cómo el profesorado planifica e implementa programas que promueven la competencia socioemocional en la etapa infantil. La metodología empleada, de corte cualitativo, se ha apoyado en el estudio de casos, tomando como casos al profesorado participante de dos centros educativos públicos de Andalucía en los que se estaban llevando a cabo sendos programas dirigidos al desarrollo de la competencia socioemocional durante el curso 2018/2019. Las técnicas empleadas fueron la entrevista no estructurada, realizada en cada centro a la persona coordinadora del programa y a una tutora de Educación Infantil que lo estuviese implantando y el análisis de los programas implementados. Los resultados de la investigación muestran coincidencias en ambas propuestas de intervención: objetivos, contenidos, requisitos para su implantación e impacto percibido. Las diferencias se dieron en las limitaciones percibidas por el profesorado sobre las acciones ejecutadas.Social-emotional competence has been a central goal in school education. Given its importance in all educational stages and, especially in Early Childhood Education, teachers design programs for students to enhance or develop it. This research has been developed to offer an overview of the way teachers plan and implement programs fostering the emotional competence in early childhood. A literature review and a subsequent qualitative study of multiple cases were performed. Two public schools in Andalusia with an educational project aimed at developing social-emotional competence was being carried out during the academic year 2018/2019 participated. The techniques used were the unstructured interviews to the coordinator of the program and a Pre-school Education tutor w and the analysis of the programmes’ documentation. Results show coincidences between both intervention proposals regarding objectives, contents, requirements for their implementation and perceived impact.; however, there were differences in the perception of limitations perceived by the teaching staff on the actions implemented

Evaluación del crecimiento del hongo Lentinula edodes Pegler en residuos agroindustriales

El cultivo de shiitake se ha incrementado en los últimos años con el uso de bloques artificiales de aserrín y/o de residuos agrícolas suplementados con fuentes de carbono y nitrógeno. Estos ofrecen ventajas importantes con respecto a la producción en troncos naturales debido a que la producción se incrementa y es continua durante todo el año, y se disminuye el tiempo de cosecha (Royse et al., 1990). Este cultivo ha tomado gran importancia en la economía agrícola de países templados y subtropicales; puesto que valoriza los residuos agrícolas de cereales, café, cacao, algodón, cacahuete, uva entre otros (Philippoussis et al., 2003).132 p.Contenido parcial: Generalidades del Shiitake -- Producción y cultivo -- Componentes importantes en el sustrato -- Factores de contaminación -- Obtención de la semilla -- Producción de cuerpos fructíferos

Myopia and Other Visual Disorders in Children

Depto. de Optometría y VisiónFac. de Óptica y OptometríaTRUEpu

Prevalence of Dry Eyes Symptoms in Association with Contact Lenses and Refractive Status in Portugal

Background: Determine whether the presence of ocular symptoms in soft-contact-lens wearers changes depending on the refractive status. Methods: During the months of January to March 2022, the CLDEQ-8 questionnaire was administered to soft-contact-lens wearers. The statistical analysis was carried out using the SPSS 27.0 computer program (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Results: A total of 251 subjects participated in the study, with a higher percentage of myopes than hyperopes (82.1% versus 16.7%; p < 0.001). Out of all total participants, 21.5% suffered from dry-eye symptoms. It was noted that hyperopes presented a higher rate of dry-eye symptoms (p = 0.041). At the same time, the spherical equivalent was more positive in the participants with dry-eye symptoms (p = 0.014). Significant differences were found based on the symptoms present with contact lenses and the degree of myopia. The intensity of visual disturbances was higher in the participants with medium myopia (median [IQR]: 1/5 [2]) compared to those with low (median [IQR]: 0/5 [2]) and high myopia (median [IQR]: 0/5 [1]) (p = 0.009). Conclusions: Contact-lens wearers with hyperopia showed a higher rate of ocular dryness than those with myopia. In turn, wearing daily-replacement lenses could be one of the reasons for the lesser presence of ocular dryness compared to monthly-replacement lenses.Sección Deptal. de Óptica (Óptica)Fac. de Óptica y OptometríaTRUEpu

Microstrip Filters with Enhanced Stopband Based on Lumped Bisected Pi-Sections with Parasitics

[EN] A procedure for improving the stopband response of planar bandpass filters is presented in this letter. The technique is based on the introduction of transmission zeros by using lumpedelement bisected-pi sections at the filter input/output. As an example, a 3¿pole 10% FBW bandpass filter with Chebyshev response centered at 1 GHz, based on strongly loaded combline microstrip resonators has been designed, manufactured and measured. The proposed solution can be used on any planar topology in order to improve the stopband performance with a negligible additional footprint.This work was supported in part by MINECO (Spanish Government) under project TEC2013-48036-C3-3-R and TEC2013-47037-C5-1-R.Marín-Martínez, S.; Martínez Pérez, JD.; Valero, CI.; Boria Esbert, VE. (2017). Microstrip Filters with Enhanced Stopband Based on Lumped Bisected Pi-Sections with Parasitics. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. 27(1):19-21. https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWC.2016.2630841S192127

Citation Network Analysis on the Influence of Vision on Academic Performance

Background: Proper vision is absolutely critical to children’s academic performance, as vision problems can drastically affect learning ability. Currently, the existing literature in this field is somewhat inconsistent and carries several controversies about the influence of vision on academic performance. In this study, citation networks were utilized in order to analyze the relationship between publications and authors, the most-cited publication, and the different research areas. Additionally, the most commonly utilized publication sources along with the most common research areas were also pinpointed. Methods: The aforementioned search was executed in the Web of Science database, with a time range beginning in 1941 and ending in 2022. In order to scrutinize the publications, VOSviewer, CiteSpace software, and the Citation Network Explorer were utilized for analysis about the most-cited publication and the different research areas. Results: Overall, 1342 papers were found in all fields along with 2187 citation networks. Moreover, 2020 was the year with the most publications, including 127 publications and 4 citation networks. Bull et al., published in 2008, was the most-cited work, reaching a citation index of 975. The clustering function managed to identity four groups with the most engaging research topics from researchers: motor visual skills, visual memory, the influence of vision on the different learning styles, and abnormal development of the visual system. Conclusions: In the end, the topic with the greatest interest was the influence of visual motor skills on academic performance. Ideally, this paper will assist fellow researchers in quickly noting which topics are of greatest interest and how research in this area has evolved.Depto. de Optometría y VisiónFac. de Óptica y OptometríaTRUEpu

Un viaje a través de los poemas: acercamiento al tratamiento espacial en la poesía de Antonio Colinas

Antonio Colinas has already a solid poetic career that has been recognized with multiple awards. His poetic work is a journey not limited to a merely fictional geography, but rather it is inspired in his own personal experience. Thus, his poems are an invitation to travel, and bring the reader through the European geography, with special relevance of three spaces: Leon, Italy and Ibiza. This work studies and presents the geography of the Colinian poems through geolocation tools, showing and taking advantage of the possibilities of Digital Humanities to the study of poetry.Antonio Colinas ha trazado una sólida trayectoria poética que ha sido reconocida con múltiples premios. Este recorrido poético no está, sin embargo, limitado a una geografía meramente ficcional, sino que bebe y respira su propia experiencia personal. Así, sus composiciones nos invitan a que vivamos las mismas experiencias que el poeta a la vez que nos arrastran por parte de la geografía europea, entre los que destacan tres lugares fundamentales de su vida: León, Italia e Ibiza. Este trabajo estudia y presenta la geografía de las obras colinianas a través de herramientas de geolocalización, añadiendo así las posibilidades de estudio y visualización de las Humanidades Digitales al estudio de la poesía

Regional government access to market funding : international experience and recent developments

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Artificial intelligence applied to ophthalmology and optometry: A citation network analysis

Purpose: The objective of this study is to analyse co-authorship and co-citation networks of publications in the field of artificial intelligence in ophthalmology and optometry. As well as, identify the different areas of research and the most cited publication. Method: A search of publications was performed in the Web of Science database for the period from 1977 to December 2021, using the term “Artificial Intelligence AND (Ophthalmol* OR optometry)”. The analysis of the publication was carried out using the Citation Network Explorer, VOSviewer and CiteSpace software. Results: 1086 publications and 2348 citation networks were found. 2020 was the year with the highest number of publications, a total of 351 publications and 115 citation networks. The most cited publication was “Clinically applicable deep learning for diagnosis and referral in retinal disease” published by De Fauw et al. in 2018, with a citation index of 723. Through the clustering function, three groups were found that cover the main research areas in this field: retinal pathology, anterior segment and glaucoma. Conclusions: The citation network analysis offers an in-depth analysis of scientific publications and the adoption of new topics and fields of research. The results of an exhaustive analysis of citation networks in artificial intelligence in the field of ophthalmology and optometry are presented since the publication of the first article in 1977.Depto. de Optometría y VisiónFac. de Óptica y OptometríaTRUEpu

Response to fungal exudates of the rhizosphere isolate Pseudomonas sp. UMAF110 involves a GGDEF/EAL domain-containing protein

Pseudomonas sp. UMAF110, isolated from rhizosphere soil in Spain, display in vitro antagonism towards the pythopathogenic fungus Rosellinia necatrix and is able grow in fungal exudates (BM-RE medium). A transposon mutant library of this strain was constructed and several mutants were selected by their reduced competitiveness in BM-RE medium. Pseudomonas sp. UMAF110-G3, which contains the transposon into a gene encoding a putative REC/PAS/GGDEF/EAL protein, was selected for further characterization. Blastn searches using the sequence of the gene interrupted by the transposon in UMAF110-G3, here called cmpA (c-di-GMP Metabolizing Protein), yielded a single positive hit (98% cover, 78% identity) with a gene from a terpene-degrading Pseudomonas sp. strain isolated from soil. Context analysis of the cmpA gene in Pseudomonas sp. UMAF110 showed that this gene is located downstream from several genes involved in flagellar motility/chemotaxis. RT-PCR experiments further confirmed that cmpA form a transcriptional unit with the che gene cluster. Expression analysis of cmpA by qRT-PCR clearly showed upregulation of this gene after transfer of Pseudomonas sp. UMAF110 cells to BM-RE medium, suggesting a role for this operon in response to fungal exudates. Deletion of cmpA in Pseudomonas sp. UMAF110 did not affect the ability of the strain to form biofilms under the conditions tested. However, overexpression of wild type CmpA in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 negatively regulated biofilm formation in this strain. Together, these results suggest that CmpA could be involved in signal transduction pathways regulating flagellar motility/chemotaxis in response to fungal exudates.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech