Formación de los docentes de Educación Artística en Educación Primaria del municipio de Chihuahua (México)

Scientific literature analyzes the areas in which Art Education has an impact and stresses the importance in the academic, psychological, social and cultural development of people (Hargreaves; Marshall; North, 2005; Hargreaves; North, 2001); the social values which are revealed (Gardner, 1994, 2000); the relationship between cultural aspects and the teaching methodology and evaluation of  various artistic expressions (Gardner, 1995); and its important role in education from the earliest years of life (Lowenfeld; Lambert, 2008).In Mexico, Art Education at primary school comprises two main areas: Musical Education and Visual Arts. This paper aims to determine the university training of teachers takes place in both areas as well as in the specific area.In order to do this,  91 teachers took part (48 in Music Education and 43 in Visual Arts) from the borough of Chihuahua (Mexico).As a data collection instrument, two questionnaires were designed and implemented, each directed at an area of Art Education.La literatura científica analiza los ámbitos en los que incide la Educación Artística y destaca la importancia en el desarrollo académico, psicológico, social y cultural de las personas (Hargreaves; Marshall; North, 2005; Hargreaves; North, 2001); los valores sociales que a través de ella se ponen de manifiesto (Gardner, 1994; 2000); el establecimiento relacional entre los aspectos culturales y los medios para la enseñanza y la evaluación de las diversas expresiones artísticas (Gardner, 1995); y su función relevante en la educación, desde los primeros años de vida (Lowenfeld; Lambert, 2008). En México, la Educación Artística comprende en educación primaria dos grandes áreas: Educación musical y Artes plásticas. El presente trabajo pretende determinar la formación universitaria de los docentes de ambas áreas así como la formación específica. Para ello, participaron 91 docentes (48 de Educación musical y 43 de Artes plásticas) del municipio de Chihuahua (México). Como instrumento de recogida de información, se diseñaron y aplicaron dos cuestionarios, cada uno dirigido a un área de Educación Artística

Prácticas académicas inclusivas en el aula universitaria: un aprendizaje intercambiable

En las aulas universitarias se hace necesario llevar a cabo prácticas educativas que permitan a todos los estudiantes participar activa y equitativamente del proceso educativo. Se necesita un cambio en la metodología de enseñanza- aprendizaje tradicional para hacer de este proceso uno más cooperativo, inclusivo, dinámico y justo, el cual se base en un aprendizaje solidario que busque el trabajo en equipo y ayuda entre pares con tutorías realizadas por los mismos estudiantes para sus propios compañeros. Esta práctica beneficia no solo al estudiante con dificultades que aprende con el apoyo directo de uno de sus compañeros, sino que trae ventajas también al estudiante que enseña, pues con esta acción, está reafirmando conocimiento y entonces, cuando enseña, aprende. Se promueve así valores como la solidaridad, la cooperación, la responsabilidad, la armonía y la amistad entre todos los actores del proceso. En este documento se establece el aprendizaje cooperativo a través de la práctica de actividades que conlleven el trabajo en equipo y las tutorías entre estudiantes o pares, con el propósito de lograr un aprendizaje significativo, efectivo e interactivo que contribuya a una formación más integral del aprendiz

Biodesign Exhibition Catalog

Catalogue created on the occasion of Biodesign: From Inspiration to Integration, August 24 to September 27, 2018, an exhibition organized as part of RISD Nature Lab’s 80th anniversary celebrations at the Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island. Curated by William Myers, Lucia Monge, David Kim, Neal Overstrom, Julia van den Hout, and Peter Rogers

Multimodality approach in extra cervical locally advanced cervical cancer: Chemoradiation, surgery and intra-operative radiation therapy. A phase II trial

International audienceThe goal of this study was to determine the rational of radical surgery with intraoperative high-dose radiotherapy after chemoradiation (RT-CT) in extra cervical locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) patients

Addressing climate change with behavioral science: a global intervention tournament in 63 countries

Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interventions’ effectiveness was small, largely limited to nonclimate skeptics, and differed across outcomes: Beliefs were strengthened mostly by decreasing psychological distance (by 2.3%), policy support by writing a letter to a future-generation member (2.6%), information sharing by negative emotion induction (12.1%), and no intervention increased the more effortful behavior—several interventions even reduced tree planting. Last, the effects of each intervention differed depending on people’s initial climate beliefs. These findings suggest that the impact of behavioral climate interventions varies across audiences and target behaviors

The evolution of the ventilatory ratio is a prognostic factor in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 ARDS patients

Background: Mortality due to COVID-19 is high, especially in patients requiring mechanical ventilation. The purpose of the study is to investigate associations between mortality and variables measured during the first three days of mechanical ventilation in patients with COVID-19 intubated at ICU admission. Methods: Multicenter, observational, cohort study includes consecutive patients with COVID-19 admitted to 44 Spanish ICUs between February 25 and July 31, 2020, who required intubation at ICU admission and mechanical ventilation for more than three days. We collected demographic and clinical data prior to admission; information about clinical evolution at days 1 and 3 of mechanical ventilation; and outcomes. Results: Of the 2,095 patients with COVID-19 admitted to the ICU, 1,118 (53.3%) were intubated at day 1 and remained under mechanical ventilation at day three. From days 1 to 3, PaO2/FiO2 increased from 115.6 [80.0-171.2] to 180.0 [135.4-227.9] mmHg and the ventilatory ratio from 1.73 [1.33-2.25] to 1.96 [1.61-2.40]. In-hospital mortality was 38.7%. A higher increase between ICU admission and day 3 in the ventilatory ratio (OR 1.04 [CI 1.01-1.07], p = 0.030) and creatinine levels (OR 1.05 [CI 1.01-1.09], p = 0.005) and a lower increase in platelet counts (OR 0.96 [CI 0.93-1.00], p = 0.037) were independently associated with a higher risk of death. No association between mortality and the PaO2/FiO2 variation was observed (OR 0.99 [CI 0.95 to 1.02], p = 0.47). Conclusions: Higher ventilatory ratio and its increase at day 3 is associated with mortality in patients with COVID-19 receiving mechanical ventilation at ICU admission. No association was found in the PaO2/FiO2 variation

Measurements of the leptonic branching fractions of the τ\tau

Data collected with the DELPHI detector from 1993 to 1995 combined with previous DELPHI results for data from 1991 and 1992 yield the branching fractions B({\tau \rightarrow \mbox{\rm e} \nu \bar{\nu}}) = (17.877 \pm 0.109_{stat} \pm 0.110_{sys} )\% and $B({\tau \rightarrow \mu \nu \bar{\nu}}) = (17.325 \pm 0.095_{stat} \pm 0.077_{sys} )\%$

Measurement of inclusive π0\pi^{0} production in hadronic Z0Z^{0} decays

An analysis is presented of inclusive \pi^0 production in Z^0 decays measured with the DELPHI detector. At low energies, \pi^0 decays are reconstructed by \linebreak using pairs of converted photons and combinations of converted photons and photons reconstructed in the barrel electromagnetic calorimeter (HPC). At high energies (up to x_p = 2 \cdot p_{\pi}/\sqrt{s} = 0.75) the excellent granularity of the HPC is exploited to search for two-photon substructures in single showers. The inclusive differential cross section is measured as a function of energy for {q\overline q} and {b \bar b} events. The number of \pi^0's per hadronic Z^0 event is N(\pi^0)/ Z_{had}^0 = 9.2 \pm 0.2 \mbox{(stat)} \pm 1.0 \mbox{(syst)} and for {b \bar b}~events the number of \pi^0's is {\mathrm N(\pi^0)/ b \overline b} = 10.1 \pm 0.4 \mbox{(stat)} \pm 1.1 \mbox{(syst)} . The ratio of the number of \pi^0's in b \overline b events to hadronic Z^0 events is less affected by the systematic errors and is found to be 1.09 \pm 0.05 \pm 0.01. The measured \pi^0 cross sections are compared with the predictions of different parton shower models. For hadronic events, the peak position in the \mathrm \xi_p = \ln(1/x_p) distribution is \xi_p^{\star} = 3.90^{+0.24}_{-0.14}. The average number of \pi^0's from the decay of primary \mathrm B hadrons is found to be {\mathrm N} (B \rightarrow \pi^0 \, X)/\mbox{B hadron} = 2.78 \pm 0.15 \mbox{(stat)} \pm 0.60 \mbox{(syst)}