Teachers' presence and their influence on significant learning: Toward a mindfulness approach in education

Indexación: Scopus; Scielo.Este artículo realiza una revisión teórica de las últimas investigaciones en relación a mindfulness en educación, especialmente relacionada con los aportes de esta práctica para el cuidado docente y para el cultivo de una presencia más plena por parte de los profesores y su influencia en la totalidad del proceso formativo, poniendo especial énfasis en el cultivo de algunas actitudes: atencionales (no juicio, mente de principiante y esfuerzo justo) y relacionales (amabilidad, empatía y compasión). A partir de la revisión de importantes investigaciones recientes, este trabajo propone un modelo cuyo propósito es orientar distintas intervenciones basadas en lo que en este trabajo llamamos un “enfoque mindfulness”, enfatizando la necesidad de su carácter sistémico, más allá de eventos puntuales, con el propósito de influir en la totalidad del sistema educativo hacia una cultura del bienestar.This article presents a theoretical review of the recent research related to mindfulness in education, specifically that concerned with the contribution of this practice to the self-care of teachers and with how the cultivation of a fuller presence by teachers influences the formative process overall, putting special emphasis in the cultivation of certain attitudes: attentional (non-judgment, beginner’s mind, and right effort) and relational (kindness, empathy, and compassion) attitudes. In this way, the study carries out a rigorous review of pertinent research and proposes a guiding model for diverse interventions based on what we call “mindfulness focus,” emphasizing the need for a systemic view, beyond isolated events, with the purpose of influencing the education system overall toward a culture of well-being.https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-07052018000100241&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=e

Autonomous Satellite Recovery Vehicle (ASRV) Final Report

In collaboration with Embry-Riddle Future Space Explorers and Developers Society (ERFSEDS), we came up with the idea to build a quad-copter/sensor system that could be deployed from a rocket. The goal is to build a new chassis for the quad-copters electronic components that will allow the quad-copters arms to fold inwards to meet the required space constraints of a rocket. In addition to the critical components of the quad-copter, our design will integrate a number of other data collecting sub-systems currently being used in a weather balloon designed by Society 4 S.P.A.C.E. club members. After being jettisoned from the rocket, the sensor systems objective would be to collect atmospheric data as it descends. At the altitude of 2,000 feet the quad-copter would be programmed to deploy a parachute. Once it has reached a safe velocity the arms would extend, motors engage, and the quad would autonomously navigate to a prearranged location. Flight planning will be done using a preexisting flight planning application. Data gathered from the sensors will include pressure, temperature, humidity, wind, and video. This project will give us a better understanding of rocket propulsion systems and the effect of launch on the payload. It will also allow us to gain valuable research, data retrieval, team development and multi-club collaboration experience

CrimeBB: Enabling cybercrime research on underground forums at scale

Underground forums allow criminals to interact, exchange knowledge, and trade in products and services. They also provide a pathway into cybercrime, tempting the curious to join those already motivated to obtain easy money. Analysing these forums enables us to better understand the behaviours of offenders and pathways into crime. Prior research has been valuable, but limited by a reliance on datasets that are incomplete or outdated. More complete data, going back many years, allows for comprehensive research into the evolution of forums and their users. We describe CrimeBot, a crawler designed around the particular challenges of capturing data from underground forums. CrimeBot is used to update and maintain CrimeBB, a dataset of more than 48m posts made from 1m accounts in 4 different operational forums over a decade. This dataset presents a new opportunity for large-scale and longitudinal analysis using up-to-date information. We illustrate the potential by presenting a case study using CrimeBB, which analyses which activities lead new actors into engagement with cybercrime. CrimeBB is available to other academic researchers under a legal agreement, designed to prevent misuse and provide safeguards for ethical research

Sex-partitioning of the <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> stage V gametocyte proteome provides insight into <i>falciparum</i>-specific cell biology

One of the critical gaps in malaria transmission biology and surveillance is our lack of knowledge about Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte biology, especially sexual dimorphic development and how sex ratios that may influence transmission from the human to the mosquito. Dissecting this process has been hampered by the lack of sex-specific protein markers for the circulating, mature stage V gametocytes. The current evidence suggests a high degree of conservation in gametocyte gene complement across Plasmodium, and therefore presumably for sex-specific genes as well. To better our understanding of gametocyte development and subsequent infectiousness to mosquitoes, we undertook a Systematic Subtractive Bioinformatic analysis (filtering) approach to identify sex-specific P. falciparum NF54 protein markers based on a comparison with the Dd2 strain, which is defective in producing males, and with syntenic male and female proteins from the reanalyzed and updated P. berghei (related rodent malaria parasite) gametocyte proteomes. This produced a short list of 174 male- and 258 female-enriched P. falciparum stage V proteins, some of which appear to be under strong diversifying selection, suggesting ongoing adaptation to mosquito vector species. We generated antibodies against three putative female-specific gametocyte stage V proteins in P. falciparum and confirmed either conserved sex-specificity or the lack of cross-species sex-partitioning. Finally, our study provides not only an additional resource for mass spectrometry-derived evidence for gametocyte proteins but also lays down the foundation for rational screening and development of novel sex-partitioned protein biomarkers and transmission-blocking vaccine candidates

Picaduras y mordeduras de animales

Under the heading of this subject we deal with stings by arthropods, making reference to the differences that exist between the stings of wasps and bees, commenting on the composition of the poisons and the different local and general reactions that are caused by such stings. Also discussed are the stings/bites caused by scorpions, spiders, ticks, and marine animals, with the clinical picture they provoke and the treatment that must be administered. Finally, snakebites are considered, with reference to the most frequent types of ophidia to be found in Navarra, how to differentiate between the bites of snakes and vipers, the different clinical pictures they provoke and the treatment to be applie

Producción de lana en cinco razas ovinas a diferentes edades.

Con base en 8762 datos de esquila practicadas a ovinos de 5 razas durante 17 años contínuos en el Centro de Investigación de San Jorge del ICA en Soacha (Cundinamarca), se realizó este trabajo con el fin de determinar la producción promedia de raza de cada raza y en particular, de la criolla colombiana cuya producción de diferentes edades con información tomada sistemáticamente se desconoce. Igualmente, y de 8597 muestras de lana se determinó la finura y la longitud de la mecha para establecer su fin comercial. Se corrieron regresiones para predecir la producción de lana de diferentes edades. Respecto a producción promedia de lana por raza, hubo diferencias significativas (P menor que 0.01) resultando que la mayor (3.12 kg) correspondió a la Romney de origen americano y la menor, a la raza criolla (1.79 kg), por edades, la mayor producción promedia se dió a los 3,5 años de edad con 3,50 kg sin que difiriera estadísticamente de 3,46 kg, producción correspondiente a los 4,5 años de edad. Por sexo los machos lograron mayor producción (2,74 kg) sobre las hembras (2,53 kg), diferencia que resultó significativa (P menor que 0.01). Las regresiones fueron todas significativas (P menor que 0.01) y las estimaciones logradas con ellas, bastante satisfactorias, y, por ende, los máximos de producción teóricos muy cerca de los promedios reales. La raza con mayor finura del vellón fue la Rambouillet (62.6 pulgadas) y la menor la criolla (43.8 pulgadas), la longitud de la mecha fue más larga en la criolla (11.8 cm), seguida de la del Romney americano (10.7 cm)Ovinos-Ganado ovino - Ovis arie

EVALUACIÓN DE INHIBIDORES DE ETILENO PARA PROLONGAR LA VIDA DE FLORERO DE Gardenia jasminoides Ellis

Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides Ellis) is an ornamental plant highly appreciated for its fragrance and coloration; however, one of its disadvantages during its commercialization is its short post-harvest life marked by a change in the flower coloration. The action inhibition of ethylene has been taken advantage of as a strategy to extend the vase life of some ornamental plants, and thus, the application of two ethylene inhibitors was evaluated, with the purpose of extending the vase life of gardenia. The inhibitors were applied for 4, 12 and 24 h in flowers cut in different stages of development. As parameters of senescence the following were evaluated: fresh weight, color of petals, flower longevity, flower epinasty,and application of 1-MCP. The results showed that the 1-MCP delayed the senescence when applied on flowers in the phase known as “striped” during 24 h, increasing the life of the vase almost two days.La gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides Ellis), es una planta ornamental altamente apreciada por su fragancia y coloración blanca; sin embargo, una desventaja durante su comercialización es la corta vida poscosecha marcada por un cambio en la coloración de la flor. La inhibición de la acción del etileno se ha aprovechado como estrategia para prolongar la vida de florero de algunas plantas ornamentales, por ello, se evaluó la aplicación de dos inhibidores de etileno, con el propósito de prolongar la vida de florero de la gardenia. Los inhibidores se aplicaron durante 4, 12 y 24 h en flores cortadas en diferentes estadios de desarrollo. Se evaluó como parámetros de senescencia el peso fresco, color de pétalos, longevidad floral y en el tratamiento con 1-MCP, la epinastía floral. Los resultados demostraron que el 1-MCP retardó la senescencia aplicado en flores en la fase conocida como “rayada” durante 24 h, incrementó la vida de florero casi dos días

Cheese whey: a cost-effective alternative for hyaluronic acid production by Streptococcus zooepidemicus

This study focuses on the optimization of cheese whey formulated media for the production of hyaluronic acid HA by Streptococcus zooepidemicus. Culture media containing whey (W; 2.1 g/L) or whey hydrolysate (WH; 2.4 g/L) gave the highest HA productions. Both W and WH produced high yields on protein consumed, suggesting cheese whey is a good nitrogen source for S. zooepidemicus production of HA. Polysaccharide concentrations of 4.0 g/L and 3.2 g/L were produced in W and WH in a further scale-up to 5 L bioreactors, confirming the suitability of the low-cost nitrogen source. Cheese whey culture media provided high molecular weight (> 3000 kDa) HA products. This study revealed replacing the commercial peptone by the low-cost alternative could reduce HA production costs by up to a 70%compared to synthetic media.Isabel Rodriguez was funded by a postdoctoral contract from the Xunta de Galicia, Spain (Plan I2C, 2012). This research was financially supported by projects: MAT 2010-21509-C03-01 (Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, Spain) and FP7 Project BiValBi. Biotechnologies to Valorise the regional food Biodiversity in Latin America (PIRSES-GA-2013-611493). The authors want to thank Benigno Pereira, the manager of Queizuar S.L. (A Coruna, Spain) for providing the cheese whey utilised to conduct this research. We also wish to thank Ana Duran and Margarita Nogueira (IIM-CSIC) for their excellent technical assistance

Percepciones y valoración del sistema sucesional multiestrato de los productores cacaoteros del Alto Beni, Bolivia.

Avaliou-se a concepção e gestão de 50 sites de multicamadas sucessionais (MSSF), foram coletadas as percepções de produtores sobre as vantagens e desvantagens deste sistema, indicadores financeiros calculados para cinco áreas selecionadas e identificar os fatores que limitaram a adoção de este sistema de produção no Alto Beni, na Bolívia. O MSSF diversificada produção agrícola, satisfeitas as necessidades agregado familiar e desde grandes benefícios para a preservação do ecossistema natural. No entanto, não conseguiram expectativas comerciais e geração de renda produtores. A gestão global do MSSF era pobre. A pressão comercial para os produtores, caro e de germoplasma baixo de frutas e madeira de alta qualidade ea falta de formação e assistência técnica sobre este sistema complexo tem causado produtores simplificar a composição botânica estrutura e cobertura do solo em parcelas de MSSF incentivar o desenvolvimento ea produção de algumas culturas com potencial comercial local. Precisamos abrir os mercados para um conjunto apresentar fruta exótica no MSSF, como o mercado só aceita local cacau, frutas cítricas e bananas

ERAU\u27s First Suborbital Payload for Cell Research

Commercial Space Operations and Aerospace Engineering students from Embry-Riddle are working with students and faculty from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Medical University of South Carolina to launch a suborbital payload onboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket during the summer of 2017. This NanoLab experiment, exposed to microgravity, will consist of T-cells primed with different cytokines that may help us expand our understanding of future treatments for terminal diseases. The first team, Operations team, is conducting the physical testing of the NanoLab by measuring the survivability of the payload under extreme conditions of the suborbital flight. This team is developing operational procedures and data collection guidelines for the different mission phases. The data collected includes accelerations in the X, Y, and Z directions, temperature, and relative humidity. The Engineering team is in charge of the design, analysis and development of the 2U cube-structure that will house the experiment and will be capable of withstanding the forces experienced during the suborbital mission