Spanish society's perceptions about socially responsible investing

The debate surrounding the financial needs of investors and the impact on society of investment is considered to be an important research topic due to the growth of socially responsible financial markets. The objective of this research is to study the perception of the Spanish public about socially responsible investing (SRI) criteria and real-life investment needs. To examine the Spanish perception of SRI, we conducted a field survey. The results show that SRI is in an early stage and Spanish investors need more exact information regarding social, environmental, and governance criteria in order to invest in socially responsible companies and products

Changes in the influence of board characterisitcs on corporate results due to the recent global financial crisis

The main purpose of this study is to analyse the changes caused by the global financial crisis on the influence of board characteristics on corporate results, in terms of corporate performance, corporate risk-taking, and earnings management. Sample comprises S&P 500 listed firms during 2002-2008. This study reveals that the environmental conditions call for different behaviour from directors to fulfil their responsibilities and suggests changes in normative and voluntary guidelines for improving good practices in the boardroom

Responsabilidad social corporativa e internacionalización bancaria: el caso de la banca española en Argentina, Brasil y Chile

Este trabajo pretende dar a conocer la posición de labanca española en términos de responsabilidad socialcorporativa en Latinoamérica (Argentina, Brasil y Chile)a través del estudio de los casos de los dos gruposbancarios españoles con mayor presencia en estospaíses: el Banco Santander y el Banco Bilbao VizcayaArgentaria. Para este estudio se ha utilizado lainformación pública de estas dos entidades. Entre lasprincipales conclusiones cabe señalar que se observanevidencias de traslación de los estándares de gestión dela casa matriz a sus filiales en Latinoamérica, aunquecreemos que se necesita una mayor adaptación de estosa cada contexto geográfico concreto

Fotoeducación para cuidadores de niños y adolescentes cubanos con alto riesgo de cáncer cutáneo

Introducción: el cáncer de piel es considerado por expertos como una epidemia, constituye una es una de las patologías crónicas más frecuentes en el mundo, con reconocida influencia de factores ambientales, genéticos, infecciosos y sociales. Objetivo: evaluar la utilidad de fotoeducación para familiares cuidadores de niños y adolescentes con riesgo de cáncer cutáneo. Métodos: la Comisión Nacional de Xeroderma Pigmentoso desarrolló una estrategia de intervención educativa durante cinco años, destinada familiares cuidadores de niños y adolescentes cubanos con alto riesgo de cáncer cutáneo. Se realizó una evaluación de los hábitos y conocimientos de la población intervenida, mediante la realización de encuestas, comparándola con un grupo control. Resultados: el grupo cuidadores participantes en la escuela de verano y el grupo control presentaron características homogéneas,  pero los participantes en la intervención educativa presentaron mejores conocimientos y hábitos relacionados con la fotoprotección. La mayoría de los cuidadores opinan que la escuela de verano siempre ha influido en su conducta personal y que los conocimientos adquiridos son de utilidad para desempeñar el cuidado de sus familiares con alto riesgo de cáncer de piel. Conclusión: el estudio realizado permitió llegar a la conclusión de que la fotoeducación es un instrumento válido para la incorporación de conocimientos y hábitos positivos en los cuidadores, y facilita el manejo de los enfermos a su cuidado.

Impact of Activity-Oriented Propioceptive Antiedema Therapy on the Health-Related Quality of Life of Women with Upper-Limb Lymphedema Secondary to Breast Cancer—A Randomized Clinical Trial

Alterations derived from lymphedema in the upper-limb secondary to breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) decrease the health-related quality of life (HRQoL), but there is limited evidence of the impact of the different interventions on it. The aim of this research was to compare the effect of conventional treatment with another treatment based on Activity-Oriented Antiedema Proprioceptive Therapy (TAPA) on HRQoL in women diagnosed with BCRL.This research was funded by the Call for research and innovation projects in the field of primary care, regional hospitals and high-resolution hospital centres of the Public Health System of Andalusia in 2021 by the Progreso y Salud Foundation, of the Ministry of Health and Families of the Junta de Andalucía, with EXP. No.: AP-0160-2021-C2-F2. He has also been awarded a scholarship by the Professional Association of Occupational Therapists of Extremadura (COPTOEX) (Spain) call 2020 and awarded a financial contribution from the Research Group in Primary Health Care of Aragon (GAIAP-B21-17R group), recognized and financed by the Government of Aragón (Spain) and by Feder Funds “Another way of making Europe”

Impacto de la implementación del aprendizaje basado en problemas en combinación con las prácticas de laboratorio clínico y virtual de Fisiopatología para el desarrollo de competencias profesionales

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Atherosclerotic Pre-Conditioning Affects the Paracrine Role of Circulating Angiogenic Cells Ex-Vivo

In atherosclerosis, circulating angiogenic cells (CAC), also known as early endothelial progenitor cells (eEPC), are thought to participate mainly in a paracrine fashion by promoting the recruitment of other cell populations such as late EPC, or endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFC), to the injured areas. There, ECFC replace the damaged endothelium, promoting neovascularization. However, despite their regenerative role, the number and function of EPC are severely affected under pathological conditions, being essential to further understand how these cells react to such environments in order to implement their use in regenerative cell therapies. Herein, we evaluated the effect of direct incubation ex vivo of healthy CAC with the secretome of atherosclerotic arteries. By using a quantitative proteomics approach, 194 altered proteins were identified in the secretome of pre-conditioned CAC, many of them related to inhibition of angiogenesis (e.g., endostatin, thrombospondin-1, fibulins) and cell migration. Functional assays corroborated that healthy CAC released factors enhanced ECFC angiogenesis, but, after atherosclerotic pre-conditioning, the secretome of pre-stimulated CAC negatively affected ECFC migration, as well as their ability to form tubules on a basement membrane matrix assay. Overall, we have shown here, for the first time, the effect of atherosclerotic factors over the paracrine role of CAC ex vivo. The increased release of angiogenic inhibitors by CAC in response to atherosclerotic factors induced an angiogenic switch, by blocking ECFC ability to form tubules in response to pre-conditioned CAC. Thus, we confirmed here that the angiogenic role of CAC is highly affected by the atherosclerotic environment