Importance of Visual aids in the English teaching process of fourth and fifth year at national autonomous institute “San Isidro, during II semester 2005

This is true, because we can listen something, but we can keep in our mind many things when we see it .Although we talk and talk, is more important when we see it. This work has been made at the national autonomous institute ―San Isidro‖, in this institute there are 1179 students in the following shifts: morning, afternoon and evening. This research is directed to students and teachers of the morning and afternoon shifts, with the purpose to contribute to English teaching –learning process. Taking the fundamental elements of curriculum for lesson plans and programs implementation like using visual aids to teach .the use of visual aids influence in the better development of English teaching –learning process. To carry out this work we made consultations in bibliographical resources, we have interviewed to qualify human resources and we also analyzed many materials. We applied instruments like: survey to English teachers and students to compile data, direct and indirect observations in the classrooms to verify what it is expressed in the survey. The use of visual aids have been very unlimited ,the most used are : whiteboard , picture textbooks ,real objects ,photos ,flashcards ,so on, but in this work we verify the misuse of some visual aids that are in this institute like : computers , overhead projector ,that is causing a problem in the student‘s learning ,because when they come to the university they don‘t know to use the computer and others visual aids. For next school year and it will also give teachers a new perspective in teachin

“Entonces, un día vamos a ser un montón de papás cargando a nuestros hijos juntos”: (re) construcciones de las masculinidades y las paternidades en la obra de teatro testimonial Padre nuestro de Mariana de Althaus

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo describir y analizar, desde una mirada psicológica y con enfoque de género, las construcciones y las reconstrucciones de las masculinidades y de las paternidades en el texto dramático de la obra de teatro testimonial Padre Nuestro (2013) escrita por la dramaturga peruana Mariana de Althaus, sobre la base de las historias de vida de cuatro actores/performers hombres peruanos de estrato socioeconómico medio alto, nacidos en Lima en la década de los años 70. Para ello, se crearon tres áreas y cada una de ellas consta de diferentes categorías a fin de responder a los objetivos planteados. La primera área de análisis es Haciéndose hombres, compuesta de dos niveles de análisis: Construcción psicosocial de la identidad masculina en las diferentes etapas del desarrollo; y, El espacio político y sociocultural como construcción de la identidad masculinidad. La segunda área de análisis es Las experiencias como hijos varones, con dos categorías: Significados hacia el ejercicio de la paternidad de sus padres; y, Significados hacia el ejercicio de la maternidad de sus madres. Y, la tercera área de análisis es Las experiencias como padres, con dos categorías: La reconstrucción de la relación afectiva-emocional con sus padres; y, Cambios y permanencias de la masculinidad hegemónica en el ejercicio de las paternidades.The purspose of the research is to describe and analyze, from a psychological perspective and with gender approach, the constructions and reconstructions of masculinities and paternities from the dramatic text of the testimony theater Padre Nuestro (2013) the playwright written by Mariana de Althaus, base on the life stories of four Peruvian male performers of upper-middle class, born in Lima in the 1970 ́s. To analyze the dramactic text, I elaborated three areas of analysis and each of them has different categories in order to respond to the proposed objectives. The first area of analysis is Becoming men, composed of two levels of analysis: Psychosocial construction of masculinity identity in the different stages of development; and The political and sociocultural space as construction of masculinity. The second área of analysis is The experiences as sons, with two categories: Meaning towards the exercises of paternity by their fathers; and, Meanings towards the exercises if motherhood of their mothers. The third área of analysis is Experiences as parents, with two categories: The affective-emotional ́s reconstructions in their parents relationships; and, Hegemonic masculinities changes and permaneces in their exercises of paternities

Differential in vitro and in vivo effect of barley cysteine and serine protease inhibitors on phytopathogenic microorganisms

Protease inhibitors from plants have been involved in defence mechanisms against pests and pathogens. Phytocystatins and trypsin/α-amylase inhibitors are two of the best characterized protease inhibitor families in plants. In barley, thirteen cystatins (HvCPI-1 to 13) and the BTI-CMe trypsin inhibitor have been previously studied. Their capacity to inhibit pest digestive proteases, and the negative in vivo effect caused by plants expressing these inhibitors on pests support the defence function of these proteins. Barley cystatins are also able to inhibit in vitro fungal growth. However, the antifungal effect of these inhibitors in vivo had not been previously tested. Moreover, their in vitro and in vivo effect on plant pathogenous bacteria is still unknown. In order to obtain new insights on this feature, in vitro assays were made against different bacterial and fungal pathogens of plants using the trypsin inhibitor BTI-CMe and the thirteen barley cystatins. Most barley cystatins and the BTI-CMe inhibitor were able to inhibit mycelial growth but no bacterial growth. Transgenic Arabidopsis plants independently expressing the BTI-CMe inhibitor and the cystatin HvCPI-6 were tested against the same bacterial and fungal pathogens. Neither the HvCPI-6 expressing transgenic plants nor the BTI-CMe ones were more resistant to plant pathogen fungi and bacteria than control Arabidopsis plants. The differences observed between the in vitro and in planta assays against phytopathogenic fungi are discusse

Radial shortening for the treatment of Kienböck's disease

Twelve patients with Kienbock's disease were treated by radial shortening. Eight patients were in stage II and four in stage III. After an average of 5 years, relief of pain was satisfactory in 10 patients; 8 were in stage II before operation and 2 in stage III. Two patients were dissatisfied because they had persistent pain; both were in stage III before surgery. The range of motion improved moderately. Nonunion at the site of radial osteotomy did not occur. Radiographs at follow up showed consolidation and healing of the lunate in 2 patients, nonprogression of the disease in 9 and increase of the carpal collapse in 1. The procedure helps to prevent further collapse of the lunate especially in stage II and in some patients in stage III

Aspectos de la información preoperatoria relacionada con la ansiedad del paciente programado para cirugía

Background: Preoperative anxiety is a frequent event that depends on multiple factors. One is the prior information to the patient, which must be simple, understandable and reliable. The aim of this study is to establish the relationship between the degree of information of the surgical procedure and the level of preoperative anxiety in patients scheduled for surgery.Material and methods: Cross-sectional study of 99 randomly selected patients scheduled for surgery at the Hospital Royo Villanova (sector I at Zaragoza). APAIS and STAI-AE scales were used to assess the preoperative anxiety level and the degree of prior information. The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS v.21.0, with the Chi-square test, ANOVA test and the nonparametric Kruskal Wallis to study the association between the different questions and the degree of anxiety. To assess the association of the two scales Pearson correlation test was used.Results: The educational level, type of surgery, previous surgery, specialty and previous surgery variables do not show statistical significance (p <0.05) compared to the anxiety level variable. It has been shown that there is an association between the degree of information and level of anxiety.Conclusions: The data shown in the present study support the hypothesis that patients who believe they need more knowledge about the surgical procedure have higher anxiety levels than patients who believe they need less.Introducción: La ansiedad preoperatoria es un evento frecuente que depende de múltiples factores. Uno de ellos es la información previa que recibe el paciente, que debe de ser sencilla, inteligible y fidedigna. El objetivo de este estudio es establecer la relación entre el grado de información del procedimiento quirúrgico y el nivel de ansiedad preoperatoria en los pacientes programados para cirugía.Material y métodos: Estudio descriptivo transversal de 99 pacientes seleccionados aleatoriamente, programados para intervención quirúrgica en el Hospital Royo Villanova, del sector I de Zaragoza. Se valoró el nivel de ansiedad preoperatoria y el grado de información previa mediante la escala APAIS y se utilizó la escala STAI-AE en algunos de los pacientes, para comprobar la veracidad de la escala APAIS. El análisis estadístico se realizó mediante el programa SPSS v.21.0,  aplicando la prueba de Chi-cuadrado, el test Anova y la prueba no paramétrica de Kruskal Wallis para estudiar  la asociación entre las distintas preguntas y el grado de ansiedad. Para valorar la asociación de las dos escalas se empleó el test de Correlación de Pearson.Resultados: Las variables de: nivel educativo, tipo de cirugía, especialidad e intervención quirúrgica previa, no muestran una  significación estadística (p<0,05) respecto a la variable de nivel de ansiedad. Se ha evidenciado que existe asociación entre el grado de información y el nivel de ansiedad.Conclusiones: Los datos que muestra el presente estudio refuerzan la hipótesis de que los pacientes que creen necesitar más conocimientos sobre el procedimiento quirúrgico presentan niveles de ansiedad mayores que los pacientes que creen  necesitar menos

Neoangiogenesis in early cervical cancer: Correlation between color Doppler findings and risk factors. A prospective observational study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The aim of the present article was to evaluate whether angiogenic parameters as assessed by transvaginal color Doppler ultrasound (TVCD) may predict those prognostic factors related to recurrence.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A total of 27 patients (mean age: 51.3 years, range: 29 to 85) with histologically proven early stage invasive cervical cancer were evaluated by TVCD prior to surgery. Subjective assessment of the amount of vessels within the tumor (scanty-moderate or abundant) and pulsatility index (PI) were recorded. All patients underwent radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection. Postoperative treatment (RT or chemoradiotherapy) was given according to risk factors (positive lymph nodes, parametrial and vaginal margin involvement, depth stromal invasion, lymph-vascular space involvement)</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Tumors with "abundant" vascularization were significantly associated with pelvic lymph node metastases, depth stromal invasion > 10 mm, lymph-vascular space involvement, tumor diameter > 17.5 mm, and parametrial involvement. Postoperative treatment was significantly more frequent in patients with "abundant" vascularization (OR: 20.8, 95% CIs: 2 to 211). The presence of scanty-moderate vascularization with a PI < 0.82 or abundant vascularization with either PI > 0.82 or PI < 0.82 was associated with high-risk group in 94.4% of the cases (OR: 21.2, 95% CI: 1.9 to 236.0)</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The results are consistent with a relationship between tumor angiogenesis and prognostic factors for recurrence in early cervical cancer. "Abundant" vascularization and PI < 0.82 may be related to postoperative treatment due to risk factors.</p

TAK1 mRNA Expression in the Tumor Tissue of Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Resistance to radio and chemotherapy is one of the major drawbacks in the progression of head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) patients, evidencing the importance of finding optimum molecular prognosis markers to develop personalized treatment schedules. TGF-β effector TAK1 activity has been related to a greater aggressiveness in several types of cancer (Kondo et al. 1998; Edlund et al. 2003; Kaur et al. 2005) and, although there has been described no significant implication of TAK1 in HNSCC development, we have further examined the role of its mRNA expression as a marker of prognosis in HNSCC. Fifty-nine advanced HNSCC patients were recruited for the study. The tumor expression of TAK1 mRNA was analyzed with RT-PCR using Taqman technology and its relationship with the clinical outcome of the patients studied. TAK1 mRNA expression was lower in patients that relapsed than in those that did not, but the difference was only significant between the patients that showed response to treatment (p < 0.001). ROC curve analyses pointed a 0.5 expression ratio TAK1/B2M value as an optimum cut-off point for relapse and response. Our data suggest the TAK1 mRNA analysis by Taqman RT-PCR can predict the risk of relapse in HNSCC patients

Entrepreneurship Education: Creating A Positive Adrenaline

A method to develop Entrepreneurship Education in any regular Engineering course is presented. The method is based in a team of students working on the description of the idea for the development of a real start-up using a structured approach trained by a business advisor and by the teacher. The team analyses the problem, the potential market, the solution, the development and the financing challenges of the start-up. The team works the Case development along an Engineering Course related with the technology of the start-up. The dedication of each student to the Case development is 25 hours, working along the different phases of the analysis and synthesis, mentored by the business advisor and the teacher. The added value of the experience is based on: first, the preparation and development of a 1 hour interview of the student team with one of the founders of the company, usually the CEO; second, a weekly validation of the technological value proposition with the business advisor, as part of the analysis. Along with the interview, the student team will consolidate their findings and debate with the CEO about their own ideas, being a process full of positive adrenaline and creating a very significant engagement along the whole course. The approach has been tested in two academic years, working 4 cases with the collaboration of 4 start-ups of EIT InnoEnergy. The results of the student surveys demonstrate the validity and engagement level of the approach