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    Examining Differences in HPV Awareness and Knowledge and HPV Vaccine Awareness and Acceptability between U.S. Hispanic and Island Puerto Rican women

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    Background: In 2015, only 42% of Puerto Rican (PR) girls aged 13-17 and 44% of U.S. Hispanic girls aged 13-17 were vaccinated with all three Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine doses. These percentages were far lower than the Healthy People 2020 goal of 80% of girls aged 13-15 completing the vaccine series. The purpose of this study was to examine potential differences in HPV awareness and knowledge and HPV vaccine awareness and acceptability between a population-based sample of U.S. Hispanic and island Puerto Rican women. Methods: We restricted our analyses to female respondents from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) 2007 (n=375; U.S. Hispanic) and HINTS Puerto Rico 2009 (n=417; PR). Using the Wald chi-square test, we assessed if there were significant differences in HPV awareness and knowledge and HPV vaccine awareness and acceptability between U.S. Hispanic and island PR women. We then utilized logistic or multinomial regression to control for covariates on significant outcomes. Results: Both groups of Hispanic women were highly knowledgeable that HPV causes cancer (89.2% in both samples) and that HPV is a sexually transmitted infection (78.1% [U.S. Hispanics] and 84.7% [PR]). Less than 10% of both groups recognized that HPV can clear on its own without treatment. Island PR women had significantly higher HPV vaccine awareness (66.9% vs. 61.0%; Wald X2 F(1, 97) = 16.03, p \u3c .001) and were more accepting of the HPV vaccine for a real or hypothetical daughter, compared to U.S. Hispanic women (74.8% vs. 56.1%; Wald X2 F(2, 96) = 7.18, p \u3c .001). However, after controlling for sociodemographic variables and survey group, there was no longer a difference between the two groups of women and HPV vaccine awareness (AOR = .53; 95% CI = .23, 1.24). Moreover, after controlled analysis, island PR women were significantly less likely to have their hypothetical daughter get the HPV vaccine, compared to U.S. Hispanic women (AOR = 0.26; 95% CI = .08, .81). Conclusions: Future research focused on factors contributing to differences and similarities in HPV knowledge and awareness and HPV vaccine awareness and acceptability between these two groups of Hispanic women is warranted. Findings may assist in developing health education programs and media to promote HPV vaccination among both groups

    Competencias docentes transversales, el método de selección MiZona-CDT

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    Se propone el mĂ©todo MiZona-CDT para seleccionar un conjunto mĂ­nimo de competencias docentes transversales en base a las competencias TIC, para facilitar el estudio de concordancias y la normalizaciĂłn del concepto entre las redes de instituciones de educaciĂłn superior, nacionales e internacionales y sentar las bases de un sustrato comĂșn para facilitar los estudios, investigaciones y manejos administrativos. El mĂ©todo MiZona-CDT plantea la derivaciĂłn de las competencias docentes bĂĄsicas o su conjunto mĂ­nimo equivalente, a partir de las competencias transversales del perfil profesional de una universidad para sus estudiantes, resaltando la situaciĂłn que el profesor debe de contar con las competencias docentes transversales, de igual o similar caracterĂ­sticas a las del estudiante al que pretende formar. A partir de las investigaciones realizadas para reforzar las competencias transversales de los estudiantes utilizando el contexto digital y la competencia Uso de TIC, y derivar las demĂĄs competencias transversales escogidas, se desprende el mĂ©todo MIZona-CDT que permite seleccionar el conjunto mĂ­nimoThe proposed method MiZona-CDT to select a minimum set of transversal teaching competences based on ICT skills, to facilitate the study of concordances and standardization of the concept between the networks of higher education institutions, national and international and lay the foundation a common substrate to facilitate the study, research and administrative handling. The MiZona-CDT method raises the derivation of the basic teaching competences or minimum set equivalent from transversal competences of the professional profile of a university for students, highlighting the situation that the teacher must have teaching transverse competences with the same or similar characteristics of the student who intends to form. From research to enhance the transversal competences of students using the digital environment competition and Use of ICT and other transversal competences derived chosen it follows MIZona-CDT method for selecting the minimum set of teaching competences transverse as a nexus to the necessary interventions

    Reseña de "Historia del estudio de la administraciĂłn pĂșblica en MĂ©xico" de JosĂ© Juan SĂĄnchez GonzĂĄlez

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    Inicio por decir que en los Ășltimos tiempos JosĂ© Juan SĂĄnchez GonzĂĄlez se ha destacado por ser uno de los autores que cuentan con mĂĄs obra derivada de la investigaciĂłn de administraciĂłn pĂșblica en MĂ©xico. Por eso se presenta a los lectores una obra fundamental, en virtud de que recupera no sĂłlo el desarrollo histĂłrico de la administraciĂłn pĂșblica en MĂ©xico del siglo XIX, sino que profundiza su estudio al siglo XX y ademĂĄs proyecta su obra a los Ășltimos trabajos realizados en esta disciplina en el siglo XXI

    El capital social y el valor pĂșblico como ejes de acciĂłn para el desarrollo social

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    El propĂłsito del presente ensayo es describir las teorĂ­as capital social y valor pĂșblico en tanto teorĂ­as que son susceptibles de estar integradas bajo la idea de explicaciĂłn de lo que pude ser recuperado de las organizaciones civiles, a fin de ser Ă©stas las representantes de la sociedad en general para conjugar con el gobierno y su administraciĂłn pĂșblica, polĂ­ticas pĂșblicas acordes a las necesidades de la sociedad, ademĂĄs de que el propio gobierno desde la Ăłptica del valor pĂșblico no sĂłlo debe conformarse con realizar sus funciones con eficiencia, sino buscar ademĂĄs, esquemas que posibiliten una mejor forma de satisfacer las demandas de la sociedad de manera directa y en tĂ©rminos complementarios generar innovaciones que produzcan un nuevo valor pĂșblico para el beneficio de la comunidad, asĂ­ de esta forma, tanto el capital social como el valor pĂșblico se constituyen como teorĂ­as innovadoras para hacer que la sociedad organizada participe con los gobiernos para lograr mejores condiciones de vida y Ă©stos actĂșen para satisfacer las demandas de la sociedad bajo esquemas de Ă­ndole estratĂ©gico que redundarĂĄn en la obtenciĂłn de los resultados planeados, mediante la participaciĂłn social.El propĂłsito del presente ensayo es describir las teorĂ­as capital social y valor pĂșblico en tanto teorĂ­as que son susceptibles de estar integradas bajo la idea de explicaciĂłn de lo que pude ser recuperado de las organizaciones civiles, a fin de ser Ă©stas las representantes de la sociedad en general para conjugar con el gobierno y su administraciĂłn pĂșblica, polĂ­ticas pĂșblicas acordes a las necesidades de la sociedad, ademĂĄs de que el propio gobierno desde la Ăłptica del valor pĂșblico no sĂłlo debe conformarse con realizar sus funciones con eficiencia, sino buscar ademĂĄs, esquemas que posibiliten una mejor forma de satisfacer las demandas de la sociedad de manera directa y en tĂ©rminos complementarios generar innovaciones que produzcan un nuevo valor pĂșblico para el beneficio de la comunidad, asĂ­ de esta forma, tanto el capital social como el valor pĂșblico se constituyen como teorĂ­as innovadoras para hacer que la sociedad organizada participe con los gobiernos para lograr mejores condiciones de vida y Ă©stos actĂșen para satisfacer las demandas de la sociedad bajo esquemas de Ă­ndole estratĂ©gico que redundarĂĄn en la obtenciĂłn de los resultados planeados, mediante la participaciĂłn social

    LĂ­mites y perspectivas de la profesionalizaciĂłn de los servidores pĂșblicos municipales del Estado de MĂ©xico

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    El propĂłsito del presente artĂ­culo es a partir de la concepciĂłn teĂłrica del municipio, asĂ­ como de la concepciĂłn del servicio civil y la carrera administrativa, realizar un anĂĄlisis sobre las condiciones, lĂ­mites y perspectivas por las que atraviesa la gestiĂłn pĂșblica de los municipios del Estado de MĂ©xico, en comparaciĂłn con los de los estados de Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Nuevo LeĂłn y Oaxaca ello con el fin de perfilar la profesionalizaciĂłn de sus servidores pĂșblicos

    Suppression of low-energy Andreev states by a supercurrent in YBa_2Cu_3O_7-delta

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    We report a coherence-length scale phenomenon related to how the high-Tc order parameter (OP) evolves under a directly-applied supercurrent. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy was performed on current-carrying YBa_2Cu_3O_7-delta thin-film strips at 4.2K. At current levels well below the theoretical depairing limit, the low-energy Andreev states are suppressed by the supercurrent, while the gap-like structures remain unchanged. We rule out the likelihood of various extrinsic effects, and propose instead a model based on phase fluctuations in the d-wave BTK formalism to explain the suppression. Our results suggest that a supercurrent could weaken the local phase coherence while preserving the pairing amplitude. Other possible scenarios which may cause the observed phenomenon are also discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Physical Review

    CIVIC LIFE: Evidence Base for the Triennial Review

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    This document forms part of the Equality and Human Rights Commission triennial review and covers equalities in civic life. It examines equality in political participation, freedom of language and freedom of worship. The primary aim is to map the various dimensions of equality and inequality in participation in civic and political life. We explore and review equalities, good relations and human rights in relation to civic life, and where possible we examine some of the driving forces behind the differences that we observe
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