Plan de liderazgo estratégico para mejorar la comunicación en el área académica de la Unidad Educativa Mariscal Antonio José de Sucre

The present research project was focused on determining a strategic leadership plan to improve communication within the academic area of the “Unidad Educativa Mariscal Antonio José de Sucre”, belonging to the canton Saquisilí, this campus is a public institution in which different problems have been found that cover the dimension of leadership focused on communication. So, this research paper is about strategic leadership and how it helps improve communication, therefore, it increases the skills and abilities used when leading a group of people. It is so that this was approached from a quantitative descriptive approach, not exploratory, from this was developed through a survey and an interview where several flaws were found on leadership, making this influence communication, from the rector to the teachers, influencing most of the activities carried out within this educational establishment. Once these results were obtained, a proposal for a strategic leadership plan was developed to improve communication, within this has been developed specific strategies in which is broken down a hiring of a coach who talks about the managerial tools and even give adequate recognition to teachers of the unit already mentioned.El presente proyecto investigativo fue enfocado en determinar un plan de liderazgo estratégico para mejorar la comunicación dentro del área académica de la “Unidad Educativa Mariscal Antonio José de Sucre”, perteneciente al cantón Saquisilí, este plantel es una institución pública en la cual se ha encontrado diferentes problemáticas que abarcan la dimensión del liderazgo enfocadas a la comunicación. De tal este documento investigativo trata sobre el liderazgo estratégico y de cómo este ayuda a mejorar la comunicación, por lo tanto, aumenta las habilidades y destrezas utilizadas a la hora de dirigir un grupo de personas. Es así que esta fue abordada desde un enfoque cuantitativo descriptivo, no exploratorio, a partir de esto se desarrolló una encuesta y una entrevista donde se encontraron varias falencias sobre el liderazgo, haciendo que este influya en la comunicación, desde el rector hacia los docentes incidiendo en la mayor parte de las actividades que se desarrollan dentro de este plantel educativo. Una vez obtenido estos resultados se elaboró una propuesta de plan de liderazgo estratégico para mejorar la comunicación, dentro de este se ha desarrollado estrategias puntuales en las cuales se desglosa una contratación de un coach que hable a cerca de las herramientas gerenciales he incluso dar el reconocimiento adecuado a los docentes de la unidad ya mencionad

Reference values for areal bone mineral density among a healthy Mexican population

Objective. Compare the influence of ethnicity in the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in various Mexican populations using two normal dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) reference databases: manufacturer¿s incorporating US Hispanic population and a normal mestizo Mexican population. Material and Methods. MMP included 9 946 subjects participating in an ongoing long-term cohort study focusing on lifestyle and chronic diseases, of which 6 487 MMP males and females aged 7 to 80 years were the normal subjects used to determine bone density T- and Z-scores, following WHO criteria, and peak bone mass values. Abnormal bone mass density values estimated by the manufacturer's and peak bone mass reference values were compared. Results and Conclusions. Our results show that by using the manufacturer´s T-score values in the mestizo Mexican population we are underestimating the number of abnormal bone mass BMD populations

El cargo de botones, descripción de peligros, riesgos y controles. Estudio de Caso

Prevenir los riesgos de seguridad y salud en el trabajo inherentes al desempeño de las funciones para el cargo botones de hotelEl presente trabajo de grado consiste en describir las condiciones de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (SST) para el cargo Botones de Hotel, enmarcados en la legislación colombiana vigente en materia de Riesgos Laborales, el National Safety Council y las normas de la OSHA que están compiladas y publicadas en el código de reglamentos federales 29CFR. Este trabajo está dirigido a identificar los peligros, evaluar los riesgos y generar recomendaciones de controles a los mismos. La identificación de peligros incluye la descripción de la labor y la posible afectación sobre la persona; la evaluación de los riesgos es la aplicación del método de inventario crítico a cada uno de los riesgos descritos y la generación de recomendaciones es encontrar medidas de control en la fuente, en el medio y en el individuo. Adicional a lo anterior, al unir las observaciones de los realizadores del trabajo con el aporte de la experiencia del personal del hotel se pudieron lograr resultados y hallazgos en seguridad que pueden ser un insumo para la cadena hotelera para mejorar la productividad, el bienestar, la motivación y la cultura de prevención y promoción de todos los trabajadores y partes interesados de la organización.This degree work consists of describing the conditions of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) for the position Botones de Hotel, framed in the current Colombian legislation on Occupational Risks, the National Safety Council and OSHA standards that are compiled and published in the Federal Regulations Code 29CFR. This work is aimed at identifying the hazards, evaluating the risks and generating control recommendations to them. Hazard identification includes a description of the work and the potential impact on the person; risk assessment is the application of the critical inventory method to each of the risks described and the generation of recommendations is to find control measures at source, in the environment, and in the individual. In addition to the above, by combining the observations of the autors of the work with the contribution of the experience of the hotel staff, it was possible to achieve results and findings in safety that can be an input for the hotel chain to improve productivity, the well-being, motivation and culture of prevention and promotion of all workers and stakeholders in the organization

El cargo de botones, descripción de peligros, riesgos y controles. Estudio de caso.

Prevenir los riesgos de seguridad y salud en el trabajo inherentes al desempeño de las funciones para el cargo botones de hotelEl presente trabajo de grado consiste en describir las condiciones de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (SST) para el cargo Botones de Hotel, enmarcados en la legislación colombiana vigente en materia de Riesgos Laborales, el National Safety Council y las normas de la OSHA que están compiladas y publicadas en el código de reglamentos federales 29CFR. Este trabajo está dirigido a identificar los peligros, evaluar los riesgos y generar recomendaciones de controles a los mismos. La identificación de peligros incluye la descripción de la labor y la posible afectación sobre la persona; la evaluación de los riesgos es la aplicación del método de inventario crítico a cada uno de los riesgos descritos y la generación de recomendaciones es encontrar medidas de control en la fuente, en el medio y en el individuo. Adicional a lo anterior, al unir las observaciones de los realizadores del trabajo con el aporte de la experiencia del personal del hotel se pudieron lograr resultados y hallazgos en seguridad que pueden ser un insumo para la cadena hotelera para mejorar la productividad, el bienestar, la motivación y la cultura de prevención y promoción de todos los trabajadores y partes interesados de la organización.This degree work consists of describing the conditions of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) for the position Botones de Hotel, framed in the current Colombian legislation on Occupational Risks, the National Safety Council and OSHA standards that are compiled and published in the Federal Regulations Code 29CFR. This work is aimed at identifying the hazards, evaluating the risks and generating control recommendations to them. Hazard identification includes a description of the work and the potential impact on the person; risk assessment is the application of the critical inventory method to each of the risks described and the generation of recommendations is to find control measures at source, in the environment, and in the individual. In addition to the above, by combining the observations of the autors of the work with the contribution of the experience of the hotel staff, it was possible to achieve results and findings in safety that can be an input for the hotel chain to improve productivity, the well-being, motivation and culture of prevention and promotion of all workers and stakeholders in the organization

The IDENTIFY study: the investigation and detection of urological neoplasia in patients referred with suspected urinary tract cancer - a multicentre observational study

Objective To evaluate the contemporary prevalence of urinary tract cancer (bladder cancer, upper tract urothelial cancer [UTUC] and renal cancer) in patients referred to secondary care with haematuria, adjusted for established patient risk markers and geographical variation. Patients and Methods This was an international multicentre prospective observational study. We included patients aged ≥16 years, referred to secondary care with suspected urinary tract cancer. Patients with a known or previous urological malignancy were excluded. We estimated the prevalence of bladder cancer, UTUC, renal cancer and prostate cancer; stratified by age, type of haematuria, sex, and smoking. We used a multivariable mixed-effects logistic regression to adjust cancer prevalence for age, type of haematuria, sex, smoking, hospitals, and countries. Results Of the 11 059 patients assessed for eligibility, 10 896 were included from 110 hospitals across 26 countries. The overall adjusted cancer prevalence (n = 2257) was 28.2% (95% confidence interval [CI] 22.3–34.1), bladder cancer (n = 1951) 24.7% (95% CI 19.1–30.2), UTUC (n = 128) 1.14% (95% CI 0.77–1.52), renal cancer (n = 107) 1.05% (95% CI 0.80–1.29), and prostate cancer (n = 124) 1.75% (95% CI 1.32–2.18). The odds ratios for patient risk markers in the model for all cancers were: age 1.04 (95% CI 1.03–1.05; P < 0.001), visible haematuria 3.47 (95% CI 2.90–4.15; P < 0.001), male sex 1.30 (95% CI 1.14–1.50; P < 0.001), and smoking 2.70 (95% CI 2.30–3.18; P < 0.001). Conclusions A better understanding of cancer prevalence across an international population is required to inform clinical guidelines. We are the first to report urinary tract cancer prevalence across an international population in patients referred to secondary care, adjusted for patient risk markers and geographical variation. Bladder cancer was the most prevalent disease. Visible haematuria was the strongest predictor for urinary tract cancer

A comparison of amplification methods to detect Avian Influenza viruses in California wetlands targeted via remote sensing of waterfowl.

Migratory waterfowl, including geese and ducks, are indicated as the primary reservoir of avian influenza viruses (AIv) which can be subsequently spread to commercial poultry. The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) surveillance efforts of waterfowl for AIv have been largely discontinued in the contiguous United States. Consequently, the use of technologies to identify areas of high waterfowl density and detect the presence of AIv in habitat such as wetlands has become imperative. Here we identified two high waterfowl density areas in California using processed NEXt generation RADar (NEXRAD) and collected water samples to test the efficacy of two tangential flow ultrafiltration methods and two nucleic acid based AIv detection assays. Whole-segment amplification and long-read sequencing yielded more positive samples than standard M-segment qPCR methods (57.6% versus 3.0%, p&nbsp;&lt;&nbsp;.0001). We determined that this difference in positivity was due to mismatches in published primers to our samples and that these mismatches would result in failing to detect in the vast majority of currently sequenced AIv genomes in public databases. The whole segment sequences were subsequently used to provide subtype and potential host information of the AIv environmental reservoir. There was no statistically significant difference in sequencing reads recovered from the RexeedTM filtration compared to the unfiltered surface water. This overall approach combining remote sensing, filtration and sequencing provides a novel and potentially more effective, surveillance approach for AIv

Reference values for areal bone mineral density among a healthy Mexican population

Objective. Compare the influence of ethnicity in the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in various Mexican populations using two normal dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) reference databases: manufacturer¿s incorporating US Hispanic population and a normal mestizo Mexican population. Material and Methods. MMP included 9 946 subjects participating in an ongoing long-term cohort study focusing on lifestyle and chronic diseases, of which 6 487 MMP males and females aged 7 to 80 years were the normal subjects used to determine bone density T- and Z-scores, following WHO criteria, and peak bone mass values. Abnormal bone mass density values estimated by the manufacturer's and peak bone mass reference values were compared. Results and Conclusions. Our results show that by using the manufacturer´s T-score values in the mestizo Mexican population we are underestimating the number of abnormal bone mass BMD populations

Where are the Water Worlds?: Self-Consistent Models of Water-Rich Exoplanet Atmospheres

It remains to be ascertained whether sub-Neptune exoplanets primarily possess hydrogen-rich atmospheres or whether a population of H$_2$O-rich "water worlds" lurks in their midst. Addressing this question requires improved modeling of water-rich exoplanetary atmospheres, both to predict and interpret spectroscopic observations and to serve as upper boundary conditions on interior structure calculations. Here we present new models of hydrogen-helium-water atmospheres with water abundances ranging from solar to 100% water vapor. We improve upon previous models of high water content atmospheres by incorporating updated prescriptions for water self-broadening and a non-ideal gas equation of state. Our model grid (https://umd.box.com/v/water-worlds) includes temperature-pressure profiles in radiative-convective equilibrium, along with their associated transmission and thermal emission spectra. We find that our model updates primarily act at high pressures, significantly impacting bottom-of-atmosphere temperatures, with implications for the accuracy of interior structure calculations. Upper atmosphere conditions and spectroscopic observables are less impacted by our model updates, and we find that under most conditions, retrieval codes built for hot Jupiters should also perform well on water-rich planets. We additionally quantify the observational degeneracies among both thermal emission and transmission spectra. We recover standard degeneracies with clouds and mean molecular weight for transmission spectra, and we find thermal emission spectra to be more readily distinguishable from one another in the water-poor (i.e. near-solar) regime.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ. Full model grid is available at https://umd.box.com/v/water-world