History of personal development of teachers in the province of Granada in the rural context. Study of cases

Una ventana con vistas a la escuela rural. Este artículo trata de plasmar la realidad de la educación en el contexto rural, de las personas que trabajan en esta escuela y qué experiencias personales y profesionales les han llevado a impartir docencia en ellas. En base a la problemática y dificultades relacionadas con la escuela rural y el profesorado que en ella trabaja, se realiza un estudio de casos cuya finalidad es conocer, en la medida de lo posible, qué aspectos de la vida de estos tres sujetos son los que más les han influido y condicionado para desempeñar su labor docente en el contexto rural. Para dicho trabajo, se utiliza la técnica de historia de vida y desarrollo personal para la cual se han seguido los siguientes pasos: elaboración de un protocolo de entrevistas, transcripción de las entrevistas, análisis cualitativo de las respuestas mediante el diseño de un sistema de categorías y, por último, un inventario de valores. Mediante las entrevistas y su análisis, se conoce, también, la visión que estos docentes tienen acerca del lugar en que desempeñan su práctica educativa. Todo el material utilizado ha sido elaborado teniendo en cuenta el protocolo diseñado por Atkinson (1997), llevando a cabo las adaptaciones oportunas para la información que se pretende recoger y analizar. Así como, el protocolo de entrevistas fue revisado exhaustivamente por tres profesionales de la materia.A window overlooking the rural school. This article tries to capture the reality of education in the rural context, of the people who work in this school and what personal an professional experiences have led them to teach there. Based on the problems and difficulties related to the rural school and the teachers who work in it, a case study is carried out whose purpose is to know, as far as possible, what aspects of the lives of these three subjects are those that more they have influenced and conditioned them to carry out their teaching work in the rural context. For this work, the life history and personal development technique is used, for which the following steps have been followed: preparation of an interview protocol, transcription of the interviews, qualitative analysis of the responses through the design of category system and finally, an inventory of values. Through the interviews and their analysis, it is also known the vision that these teachers have about the place in which they carry out their educational practice. All the material used has been prepared taking into account the protocol designed by Atkinson (1997), carrying out the appropriate adaptations for the information to be collected and analysed. Likewise, the interview protocol was exhaustively reviewed by three professionals in the field

RICORS2040 : The need for collaborative research in chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a silent and poorly known killer. The current concept of CKD is relatively young and uptake by the public, physicians and health authorities is not widespread. Physicians still confuse CKD with chronic kidney insufficiency or failure. For the wider public and health authorities, CKD evokes kidney replacement therapy (KRT). In Spain, the prevalence of KRT is 0.13%. Thus health authorities may consider CKD a non-issue: very few persons eventually need KRT and, for those in whom kidneys fail, the problem is 'solved' by dialysis or kidney transplantation. However, KRT is the tip of the iceberg in the burden of CKD. The main burden of CKD is accelerated ageing and premature death. The cut-off points for kidney function and kidney damage indexes that define CKD also mark an increased risk for all-cause premature death. CKD is the most prevalent risk factor for lethal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the factor that most increases the risk of death in COVID-19, after old age. Men and women undergoing KRT still have an annual mortality that is 10- to 100-fold higher than similar-age peers, and life expectancy is shortened by ~40 years for young persons on dialysis and by 15 years for young persons with a functioning kidney graft. CKD is expected to become the fifth greatest global cause of death by 2040 and the second greatest cause of death in Spain before the end of the century, a time when one in four Spaniards will have CKD. However, by 2022, CKD will become the only top-15 global predicted cause of death that is not supported by a dedicated well-funded Centres for Biomedical Research (CIBER) network structure in Spain. Realizing the underestimation of the CKD burden of disease by health authorities, the Decade of the Kidney initiative for 2020-2030 was launched by the American Association of Kidney Patients and the European Kidney Health Alliance. Leading Spanish kidney researchers grouped in the kidney collaborative research network Red de Investigación Renal have now applied for the Redes de Investigación Cooperativa Orientadas a Resultados en Salud (RICORS) call for collaborative research in Spain with the support of the Spanish Society of Nephrology, Federación Nacional de Asociaciones para la Lucha Contra las Enfermedades del Riñón and ONT: RICORS2040 aims to prevent the dire predictions for the global 2040 burden of CKD from becoming true

MEG Network Differences between Low- and High-Grade Glioma Related to Epilepsy and Cognition

OBJECTIVE: To reveal possible differences in whole brain topology of epileptic glioma patients, being low-grade glioma (LGG) and high-grade glioma (HGG) patients. We studied functional networks in these patients and compared them to those in epilepsy patients with non-glial lesions (NGL) and healthy controls. Finally, we related network characteristics to seizure frequency and cognitive performance within patient groups. METHODS: We constructed functional networks from pre-surgical resting-state magnetoencephalography (MEG) recordings of 13 LGG patients, 12 HGG patients, 10 NGL patients, and 36 healthy controls. Normalized clustering coefficient and average shortest path length as well as modular structure and network synchronizability were computed for each group. Cognitive performance was assessed in a subset of 11 LGG and 10 HGG patients. RESULTS: LGG patients showed decreased network synchronizability and decreased global integration compared to healthy controls in the theta frequency range (4-8 Hz), similar to NGL patients. HGG patients' networks did not significantly differ from those in controls. Network characteristics correlated with clinical presentation regarding seizure frequency in LGG patients, and with poorer cognitive performance in both LGG and HGG glioma patients. CONCLUSION: Lesion histology partly determines differences in functional networks in glioma patients suffering from epilepsy. We suggest that differences between LGG and HGG patients' networks are explained by differences in plasticity, guided by the particular lesional growth pattern. Interestingly, decreased synchronizability and decreased global integration in the theta band seem to make LGG and NGL patients more prone to the occurrence of seizures and cognitive decline

El mindfulness como terapia emocional para el alumnado con TDAH en la etapa de primaria

Este trabajo se va a centrar en como a través del mindfulness, el alumnado con TDAH del tercer ciclo de la etapa de Primaria, puede adquirir numerosos beneficios para la mejora de sus funciones ejecutivas, emociones y relaciones sociales. Para ello, se va a establecer una conexión teórica y práctica de cómo esta terapia, es idónea para el trastorno mencionado. Se va a adaptar y contextualizar el Programa de Mindfulness “Aulas Felices” ya que está dirigido a reducir los síntomas como la hiperactividad/impulsividad, inatención y canalización de las emociones a través de una metodología expositiva y observacional. Por último, se va adjuntar una rúbrica de evaluación pre/post y un registro observacional para su posible puesta en práctica.This work will be focused on how high school-stage ADHD students could gain the benefits of mindfulness, such as improving their executive functions, emotions, and social relationships. In order to do that, it has been established a theoretical and practical connection to show how this therapy is suitable for the aforementioned disorder. The Mindfulness’ Program "Happy Classrooms" will be adapted and contextualized, and its main aim is reducing symptoms such as hyperactivity/impulsivity, inattention, and channeling of emotions through an expositional and observational methodology. Finally, a pre/post evaluation heading and an observational record will be attached for possible implementation