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    Fortalezas positivas: el sentido del humor en alumnos universitarios

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    En este trabajo presentamos el análisis del sentido del humor como una variable esencial para el desarrollo de la convivencia escolar dentro del aula y como una de las principales fortalezas que propone la Psicología Positiva (Seligman, 2003). Además de promover una atmósfera positiva y agradable, el humor ayuda y motiva a un mejor aprendizaje, y a una mejor retención de los contenidos. Está comprobado (Martin, 2008) que se produce una emoción positiva, que promueve una actitud también positiva por parte de los alumnos, incrementando a su vez la motivación por aprender. Pretendemos investigar el nivel del sentido del humar en estudiantes de Magisterio de Educación Infantil, Educación Física y Musical, de la Universidad de Murcia, para su futuro uso en la educación de sus alumnos. La investigación se llevó a cabo a través de un enfoque descriptivo transversal, ya que se hace una medida específica en un momento sin dar seguimiento. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que la media de sentido del humor es alta, con lo que podemos predecir, que estos alumnos universitarios poseen esa característica para llevar a cabo a través de ella y dentro de sus aulas una metodología educativa basada en la promoción de una convivencia escolar positiva y prevención de conductas de riesgo social y desarrollo de la satisfacción vital.In this work we present the analysis of the sense of humour as essential for the development of school coexistence within the classroom and as one of the main strengths which proposes positive psychology (Seligman 2003) variable. To promote an atmosphere positive and pleasant, humour helps and encourages a better learning and better retention of content. (Martin 2008) is proven produces a positive emotion, which promotes also positive for students, increasing to turn the motivation to learn. We aim to investigate the level of the meaning for students of the kindergarten teacher, musical, and physical education of the University of Murcia, for future use in the education of pupils school students. Research carried out on a transverse, descriptive approach since it makes a specific measure at a time without follow-up. The results show that the sense of humour average is high, so we can predict, that these University students have that feature to perform through and within their classrooms based on the promotion of a school coexistence positive educational methodology and risk behaviour prevention partner and development of life satisfaction

    Predicting of excess body fat in children

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    Purpose of reviewApproximately 370 million children and adolescents worldwide showed overweight or obesity in 2016. The risk of developing severe comorbidities depends on the age of onset and the duration of obesity. This review discusses available methodologies to detect excess body fat in children as well as the early life factors that predict excess body fat and its development.Recent findingsFactors, such as parental nutritional status, maternal weight gain during pregnancy, maternal malnutrition, maternal smoking during pregnancy, low and high birth weight, rapid weight gain, and short infant sleep duration have been independently and positively associated with neonatal, infant, and children adiposity. Early detection of excess body fat in children through the use of various tools is the first step in preventing nutrition-related diseases in adulthood.SummaryThe early detection of excess body fat and the implementation of efficient interventions to normalize the weight of children and adolescents at obesity risk are essential to prevent diseases in adult life. © 2022 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved

    E-cadherin expression is associated with somatostatin analogue response in acromegaly

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    Acromegaly is a rare disease resulting from hypersecretion of growth hormone (GH) and insulin‐like growth factor 1 (IGF1) typically caused by pituitary adenomas, which is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Somatostatin analogues (SSAs) represent the primary medical therapy for acromegaly and are currently used as first‐line treatment or as second‐line therapy after unsuccessful pituitary surgery. However, a considerable proportion of patients do not adequately respond to SSAs treatment, and therefore, there is an urgent need to identify biomarkers predictors of response to SSAs. The aim of this study was to examine E‐cadherin expression by immunohistochemistry in fifty‐five GH‐producing pituitary tumours and determine the potential association with response to SSAs as well as other clinical and histopathological features. Acromegaly patients with tumours expressing low E‐cadherin levels exhibit a worse response to SSAs. E‐cadherin levels are associated with GH‐producing tumour histological subtypes. Our results indicate that the immunohistochemical detection of E‐cadherin might be useful in categorizing acromegaly patients based on the response to SSAs.ISCIII‐Subdirección General de Evaluación y Fomento de la Investigación PI13/02043 PI16/00175FEDER PI13/02043 PI16/00175Junta de Andalucía A‐0023‐2015 A‐0003‐2016 CTS‐1406 BIO‐0139Andalusian Ministry of Health C‐0015‐2014CIBERobn PI13/ 02043 PI16/0017

    Relativistically extended Blanchard recurrence relation for hydrogenic matrix elements

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    General recurrence relations for arbitrary non-diagonal, radial hydrogenic matrix elements are derived in Dirac relativistic quantum mechanics. Our approach is based on a generalization of the second hypervirial method previously employed in the non-relativistic Schr\"odinger case. A relativistic version of the Pasternack-Sternheimer relation is thence obtained in the diagonal (i.e. total angular momentum and parity the same) case, from such relation an expression for the relativistic virial theorem is deduced. To contribute to the utility of the relations, explicit expressions for the radial matrix elements of functions of the form rλr^\lambda and βrλ\beta r^\lambda ---where β\beta is a Dirac matrix--- are presented.Comment: 21 pages, to be published in J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. in Apri

    Solar Flux Emergence Simulations

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    We simulate the rise through the upper convection zone and emergence through the solar surface of initially uniform, untwisted, horizontal magnetic flux with the same entropy as the non-magnetic plasma that is advected into a domain 48 Mm wide from from 20 Mm deep. The magnetic field is advected upward by the diverging upflows and pulled down in the downdrafts, which produces a hierarchy of loop like structures of increasingly smaller scale as the surface is approached. There are significant differences between the behavior of fields of 10 kG and 20 or 40 kG strength at 20 Mm depth. The 10 kG fields have little effect on the convective flows and show little magnetic buoyancy effects, reaching the surface in the typical fluid rise time from 20 Mm depth of 32 hours. 20 and 40 kG fields significantly modify the convective flows, leading to long thin cells of ascending fluid aligned with the magnetic field and their magnetic buoyancy makes them rise to the surface faster than the fluid rise time. The 20 kG field produces a large scale magnetic loop that as it emerges through the surface leads to the formation of a bipolar pore-like structure.Comment: Solar Physics (in press), 12 pages, 13 figur

    Evaluation of European Deposit Insurance Scheme Funding based on risk analysis

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    We carry out a quantitative analysis of the financing measures proposed for the European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS) regarding the target level of the fund and the contribution scheme of member entities. We estimate the loss distribution of the EDIS considering different sources of systemic risk associated with the correlations between bank assets and we analyse the sensitivity of the results to bank portfolio risk. Our findings show how the interconnection between banks of different countries has an important influence on accumulated losses in the tail of the distribution. Likewise deterioration in the quality of bank portfolios produces a significant reduction in the fund’s loss-absorbing capacity, which calls into question its soundness in times of economic recession. Finally, the contribution scheme provides more equitable risk measures and may be an appropriate incentive to reduce moral hazard in the Banking Union

    HINODE Observations of Chromospheric Brightenings in the Ca II H Line during small-scale Flux Emergence Events

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    \ion{Ca}{2} H emission is a well-known indicator of magnetic activity in the Sun and other stars. It is also viewed as an important signature of chromospheric heating. However, the \ion{Ca}{2} H line has not been used as a diagnostic of magnetic flux emergence from the solar interior. Here we report on Hinode observations of chromospheric \ion{Ca}{2} H brightenings associated with a repeated, small-scale flux emergence event. We describe this process and investigate the evolution of the magnetic flux, G-band brightness, and \ion{Ca}{2} H intensity in the emerging region. Our results suggest that energy is released in the chromosphere as a consequence of interactions between the emerging flux and the pre-existing magnetic field, in agreement with recent 3D numerical simulations.Comment: 12 Pages, 6 Figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ Letter

    Improved faulted phase selection algorithm for distance protection under high penetration of renewable energies

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    The high penetration of renewable energies will affect the performance of present protection algorithms due to fault current injection from generators based on power electronics. This paper explains the process followed for analyzing this effect on distance protection and the development of a new algorithm that improves its performance in such a scenario. First of all, four commercial protection relays were tested before fault current contribution from photovoltaic system and full converter wind turbines using the hardware in the loop technique. The analysis of results obtained, jointly with a theoretical analysis based on commonly used protection strategy of superimposed quantities, lead to a conclusion about the cause of observed wrong behaviors of present protection algorithms under a high penetration of renewables. According to these conclusions, a new algorithm has been developed to improve the detection of faulted phase selection and directionality on distance protection under a short circuit current fed by renewable energy sources. © 2020 by the author
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