Alternative Cinema by Young Cubans

In this lecture, Sisy G6mez Pena will reflect on her work as a director and scriptwriter of short fiction and documentary films, within the context of a new generation of filmmakers born in Cuba after the 1990s. She will share a sample of her works, among them: • Sombra de luz, depicting ordinary Cuban life • Reflejos, awarded the UNETE Prize of the United Nations and selected by UNICEF, as part of the campaign against symbolic violence • Cuando truena, addressing the issue of internal migration and awarded the Support Prize of the Norwegian Embassy in Cuba, and the GO-Cuba Award of the World Cinema Amsterdam Festival • Sisy\u27s Salvage, a short film that symbolically explores the power relationship between couples via sex, violence, and passion • The teaser of Habitacidn 7, her first feature film, a suspense thrillerhttps://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cri_events/1400/thumbnail.jp

Wind Speed Affects Pollination Success in Blackberries

Pollination of wild plants and agricultural crops is a vitally important ecosystem service. Many landscape and environmental factors influence the pollination success of crops, including distance from natural habitat, wind speed, and solar radiation. Although there is a general consensus that increasing distance from forest decreases pollination success, few studies have examined the influence of specific environmental factors. In this study, we examined which environmental factors influence the pollination success of blackberries (Rubus glaucus). We measured the number of fruitlets per berry, a proxy for pollination success, as well as the weight and sweetness of each berry. Our results indicate that number of fruitlets is positively correlated with wind speed, but number of unripe red berries per bush is negatively correlated with wind speed. In addition, sweetness increased with increasing numbers of red berries per bush but was lower when flowers and berries were present, though this result should be considered with caution due to methodological limitations. Our findings suggest that a little studied environmental factor, wind, has a large impact on the number of fruitlets in blackberries. Although our findings should be confirmed in other locations to draw broader conclusions, they suggest that producers should consider the effect of wind on blackberry yield to optimize blackberry production

Mortalidad por lesiones de tránsito en adultos mayores en la República de Ecuador entre los años 1990 y 2018: estudio descriptivo

The present study aimed to estimate the trend in road traffic injury mortality in older adults (60 years of age or older) and comparison with those <60 years of age in Ecuador (1990-2018). Official death records and population projections were used to calculate mortality rates per 100,000 population, rate ratios, years of potential life lost (YPLL), and trends. Those under 60 years of age had mortality rates of 16.7 (per 100,000) compared to 36.2 (per 100,000) for older adults, with an increasing trend in YPLL. Older adults recorded fewer deaths than the younger population. However, it is necessary to develop road safety strategies oriented to the progressive aging of the Ecuadorian population. Keywords: older adults, traffic accidents, mortality, trends, Ecuador. References [1]World Health Organization (2018, May 17). Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 [Online]. Available: https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2018/en/ [2]A. F. Algora-Buenafé, M. Russo-Puga, P. R. Suasnavas-Bermúdez, P. Merino-Salazar and A. R. Gómez-García,"Tendencias de los accidentes de tránsito en Ecuador: 2000-2015", Gerencia y Políticas de Salud, vol. 16, n.º 33, pp. 52–58, noviembre de 2017. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.rgps16-33.tate. [Last Access: September 2nd, 2021 ]. [3]Pan American Health Organization (2019, June 22). Status of Road Safety in the Region of the Americas [Online]. Available: http://iris.paho.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/51088. [4]S. J. Eun, "Trends in mortality from road traffic injuries in South Korea, 1983–2017: Joinpoint regression and age-period-cohort analyses", Accident Analysis &Prevention, vol. 134, p. 105325, January 2020. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2019.105325. [Last Access: September 2nd, 2021 ]. [5]S. Azami-Aghdash, M. H. Aghaei, and H. Sadeghi-Bazarghani, "Epidemiology of Road Traffic Injuries among Elderly People; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis", Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, vol. 6, n.º 4, pp. 279–291, October 2018. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.29252/beat-060403. [Last Access: September 7th, 2021 ]. [6]Y. Abolfathi Momtaz, R. Kargar, R. Hosseiny, and R. Sahaf, "Rate and pattern of road traffic accidents among older and younger drivers", Healthy Aging Research, vol. 7, n.º 2, June 2018, art. n.º e18. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1097/hxr.0000000000000018. [Last Access: October 13th, 2021 ]. [7]P. Martínez, D. Contreras and M. Moreno, "Safe mobility, socioeconomic inequalities, and aging: A 12-year multilevel interrupted time-series analysis of road traffic death rates in a Latin American country", PLOS ONE, vol. 15, n.º 1, enero de 2020, art. n.º e0224545. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224545. [Last Access: October 10th, 2021 ]. [8]G. Bergen et al., "How do older adult drivers self-regulate? Characteristics of self-regulation classes defined by latent class analysis", Journal of Safety Research, vol. 61, pp. 205–210, June 2017. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2017.01.002. [Last Access: October 9th, 2021 ] [9]Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (2018, February 2). Registros Estadísticos de Nacidos Vivos, Defunciones Fetales y Defunciones Generales [Online]. Available: https://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/nacimientos_y_defunciones. [10]Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (2017, August 2). Proyecciones Demográficas, 2010 – 2020. [Online]. Available: https://sni.gob.ec/proyecciones-y-estudios-demograficos. [11]W. Y. Yee, "Road traffic injuries in the elderly", Emergency Medicine Journal, vol. 23, n.º 1, pp. 42–46, January 2006. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2005.023754. [Last Access: October 21st, 2021] [12]L. McElroy, J. Juern, A. Bertleson, Q. Xiang, A. Szabo and J. Weigelt, "A single urban center experience with adult pedestrians struck by motor vehicles", WMJ:official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 112(3), pp. 117-122, 2013. [13]K. Bhalla, M. Naghavi, S. Shahraz, D. Bartels and C. J. L. Murray, "Building national estimates of the burden of road traffic injuries in developing countries from all available data sources: Iran", Injury Prevention, vol. 15, n.º 3, pp. 150–156, June 2009. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.2008.020826. [Last Access: October 1st, 2021]. [14]D. Bartels, K. Bhalla, S. Shahraz, J. Abraham, R. Lozano and C. J. L. Murray, "Incidence of road injuries in Mexico: country report", International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, vol. 17, n.º 3, pp. 169–176, September 2010. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300903564553. [Last Access: November 16th, 2021]. [15]W. R. Boot, C. Stothart and N. Charness, "Improving the Safety of Aging Road Users: A Mini-Review", Gerontology, vol. 60, n.º 1, pp. 90–96, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1159/000354212.  [Last Access: November 6th, 2021] [16]Y. L. Michael, E. P. Whitlock, J. S. Lin, R. Fu, E. A. O'Connor and R. Gold, "Primary Care–Relevant Interventions to Prevent Falling in Older Adults: A Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force", Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 153, n.º 12, p. 815, December 2010. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-153-12-201012210-00008.[Last Access: November 29th, 2021] [17]H. Etehad, S. Yousefzadeh-Chabok, A. Davoudi-Kiakalaye, D. A. Moghadam, H. Hemati and Z. Mohtasham-Amiri, "Impact of road traffic accidents on the elderly", Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol. 61, n.º 3, pp. 489–493, November de 2015. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2015.08.008. [Last Access: November 3th, 2021]. [18]B. H. Ang, W. S. Chen and S. W. H. Lee, "Global burden of road traffic accidents in older adults: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis", Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol. 72, pp. 32–38, September 2017. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2017.05.004. [Last Access: December 19th, 2021] [19]J. P. Thompson, M. R. J. Baldock and J. K. Dutschke, "Trends in the crash involvement of older drivers in Australia", Accident Analysis & Prevention, vol. 117, pp. 262–269, August 2018. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.04.027. [Last Access: December 16th, 2021].El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo estimar la tendencia de mortalidad por lesiones de tránsito en adultos mayores (igual o mayor a 60 años edad) y la comparación con los menores a 60 años edad en el Ecuador (1990-2018). Se emplearon los registros de defunción y proyecciones demográficas oficiales para el cálculo de tasas de mortalidad por 100 mil habitantes, razón de tasas, años de vida potencialmente perdidos (AVPP) y tendencias. Los menores a 60 años edad registraron tasas de mortalidad de 16,7 (por 100 mil) frente a 36,2 (por 100 mil) en los adultos mayores, con tendencia al aumento en los AVPP. Los adultos mayores registraron menor número de casos de fallecimientos con relación a la población más joven. Sin embargo, es necesario elaborar estrategias en seguridad vial orientadas al progresivo envejecimiento de la población ecuatoriana. Palabras Clave: Anciano, accidentes de tránsito, mortalidad, tendencias, Ecuador. Referencias [1]World Health Organization (2018, May 17). Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 [Online]. Available: https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2018/en/ [2]A. F. Algora-Buenafé, M. Russo-Puga, P. R. Suasnavas-Bermúdez, P. Merino-Salazar y A. R. Gómez-García,"Tendencias de los accidentes de tránsito en Ecuador: 2000-2015", Gerencia y Políticas de Salud, vol. 16, n.º 33, pp. 52–58, noviembre de 2017. Accedido el 2 deseptiembre de 2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.rgps16-33.tate [3]Pan American Health Organization (2019, June 22). Status of Road Safety in the Region of the Americas [Online]. Available: http://iris.paho.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/51088. [4]S. J. Eun, "Trends in mortality from road traffic injuries in South Korea, 1983–2017: Joinpoint regression and age-period-cohort analyses", Accident Analysis &Prevention, vol. 134, p. 105325, enero de 2020. Accedido el 2 de septiembre de 2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2019.105325. [5]S. Azami-Aghdash, M. H. Aghaei y H. Sadeghi-Bazarghani, "Epidemiology of Road Traffic Injuries among Elderly People; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis", Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, vol. 6, n.º 4, pp. 279–291, octubre de 2018. Accedido el 7 deseptiembre de 2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.29252/beat-060403 [6]Y. Abolfathi Momtaz, R. Kargar, R. Hosseiny y R. Sahaf, "Rate and pattern of road traffic accidents among older and younger drivers", Healthy Aging Research, vol. 7, n.º 2, junio de 2018, art. n.º e18. Accedido el 13 de octubre de 2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.1097/hxr.0000000000000018. [7]P. Martínez, D. Contreras y M. Moreno, "Safe mobility, socioeconomic inequalities, and aging: A 12-year multilevel interrupted time-series analysis of road traffic death rates in a Latin American country", PLOS ONE, vol. 15, n.º 1, enero de 2020, art. n.º e0224545. Accedido el 10 de octubre de 2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224545 [8]G. Bergen et al., "How do older adult drivers self-regulate? Characteristics of self-regulation classes defined by latent class analysis", Journal of Safety Research, vol. 61, pp. 205–210, junio de 2017. Accedido el 9 de octubre de 2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2017.01.002. [9]Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (2018, February 2). Registros Estadísticos de Nacidos Vivos, Defunciones Fetales y Defunciones Generales [Online].Available: https://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/nacimientos_y_defunciones. [10]Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (2017, August 2). Proyecciones Demográficas, 2010 – 2020. [Online]. Available: https://sni.gob.ec/proyecciones-y-estudios-demograficos. [11]W. Y. Yee, "Road traffic injuries in the elderly", Emergency Medicine Journal, vol. 23, n.º 1, pp. 42–46, enero de 2006. Accedido el 21 de octubre de2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2005.023754. [12]L. McElroy, J. Juern, A. Bertleson, Q. Xiang, A. Szabo and J. Weigelt, "A single urban center experience with adult pedestrians struck by motor vehicles", WMJ:official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 112(3), pp. 117-122, 2013. [13]K. Bhalla, M. Naghavi, S. Shahraz, D. Bartels y C. J. L. Murray, "Building national estimates of the burden of road traffic injuries in developing countries from all available data sources: Iran", Injury Prevention, vol. 15, n.º 3, pp. 150–156, junio de 2009. Accedido el 1 de octubre de 2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.2008.020826. [14]D. Bartels, K. Bhalla, S. Shahraz, J. Abraham, R. Lozano y C. J. L. Murray, "Incidence of road injuries in Mexico: country report", International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, vol. 17, n.º 3, pp. 169–176, septiembre de 2010. Accedido el 16 de noviembre de 2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300903564553. [15]W. R. Boot, C. Stothart y N. Charness, "Improving the Safety of Aging Road Users: A Mini-Review", Gerontology, vol. 60, n.º 1, pp. 90–96, 2014. Accedido el 6 de noviembre de 2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.1159/000354212. [16]Y. L. Michael, E. P. Whitlock, J. S. Lin, R. Fu, E. A. O'Connor y R. Gold, "Primary Care–Relevant Interventions to Prevent Falling in Older Adults: A Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force", Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 153, n.º 12, p. 815, diciembre de 2010. Accedido el 29 de noviembre de 2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-153-12-201012210-00008. [17]H. Etehad, S. Yousefzadeh-Chabok, A. Davoudi-Kiakalaye, D. A. Moghadam, H. Hemati y Z. Mohtasham-Amiri, "Impact of road traffic accidents on the elderly", Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol. 61, n.º 3, pp. 489–493, noviembre de 2015. Accedido el 3 de noviembre de 2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2015.08.008. [18]B. H. Ang, W. S. Chen y S. W. H. Lee, "Global burden of road traffic accidents in older adults: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis", Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol. 72, pp. 32–38, septiembre de 2017. Accedido el 19 de diciembre de 2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2017.05.004. [19]J. P. Thompson, M. R. J. Baldock y J. K. Dutschke, "Trends in the crash involvement of older drivers in Australia", Accident Analysis & Prevention, vol. 117, pp. 262–269, agosto de 2018. Accedido el 16 de diciembre de 2021. [En línea]. Disponible: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.04.027

Trichodoridae from southern Spain, with description of Trichodorus giennensis n.sp. (Nemata : Trichodoridae)

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Biochemical and hormonal changes associated with root growth restriction under cadmium stress during maize (Zea mays L.) pre-emergence

Cadmium (Cd) pollution of agricultural soils is a growing global concern. Plant growth restriction is the main visible symptom of Cd toxicity, and this metal may be particularly harmful to the preformed, seminal root during the pre-emergence stage. In the present study, we focused on Cd phytotoxicity in seminal root growth, nutrient composition, redox status, and hormone homeostasis during the pre-emergence stage of maize (Zea mays L) plants, distinguishing between the root apex and the remaining root tissue. After 72 h of metal exposure (50 and 100 µM CdCl2), root length and biomass, as well as Ca, Fe, Mg, and Mn contents, were diminished. A redox imbalance was evidenced by changes in peroxidase activities and the ascorbate–dehydroascorbate ratio decreased in both root parts. There were fewer carbonylated proteins in both root fractions after exposure to 50 µM Cd, compared to 100 µM Cd, which was related to increased 20S proteasome activities. Cd incremented ABA, IAA, and SA contents, but drastically reduced the biologically active gibberellin GA4 and the conjugate jasmonoyl-isoleucine (JA-Ile). We demonstrated that the whole root tissue is involved in the maize response to Cd stress, which entails redox and hormonal rearrangements, probably directed to widen the plant defense lines at the expense of root growth

PileLineGUI: a desktop environment for handling genome position files in next-generation sequencing studies

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are making sequence data available on an unprecedented scale. In this context, new catalogs of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and mutations generated by resequencing studies are usually stored in genome position files (e.g. Variant Call Format, SAMTools pileup, BED, GFF) comprising of large lists of genomic positions, which are difficult to handle by researchers. Here, we present PileLineGUI, a novel desktop application primarily designed for manipulating, browsing and analysing genome position files (GPF), with specific support to somatic mutation finding studies. The developed tool also integrates a new genome browser module specially designed for inspecting GPFs. PileLineGUI is free, multiplatform and designed to be intuitively used by biomedical researchers. PileLineGUI is available at: http://sing.ei.uvigo.es/pileline/pilelinegui.html

Premissas para a compreensão da saúde dos trabalhadores no setor serviço

At the present time the service sector is responsible for over two thirds of the GNP in developed countries and, in Brazil, it employs nearly 75% of the economically active population. Many authors view this phenomenon as a manifestation of the transition from industrial society to a service society. Yet, in spite of considering technological changes and the restructuring of production, studies on workers' health do not search far enough for a comprehension of the characteristics of the service sector, basically keeping to references to industrial processes. The present study analyzes specific concepts related to work processes in the service sector, which are considered important for an understanding of workers' health in this sector. This analysis puts forward the hypothesis that worker-consumer physical proximity is one of the main characteristics of work relations in that sector, leading to potential impacts on health and disease processes. From this perspective, the concepts of simultaneousness, co-presence, co-production, self-service and emotional management are incorporated. Such peculiarities, besides allowing a better understanding of workers' health/illness processes in the service sector, point to the need to create a new interface between workers' health and the emerging consumer health protection practices.O setor serviço ou terciário responde atualmente por mais de dois terços do PIB nos países desenvolvidos e, no Brasil, emprega cerca de três quartos da população economicamente ativa. Muitos autores consideram que esse fenômeno expressa uma transição da sociedade industrial para a sociedade de serviços. Entretanto, os estudos sobre a saúde do trabalhador, mesmo atentos às mutações tecnológicas e à reestruturação produtiva, não se aprofundam suficientemente no conhecimento das características do setor serviço, persistindo em referências aos processos industriais. O presente ensaio tem por objetivo analisar determinados conceitos sobre os processos de trabalho no setor serviço considerados importantes para compreensão da saúde dos trabalhadores desse setor. Formula-se a hipótese da proximidade entre trabalhador e consumidor como uma das principais características das relações de trabalho desse setor com possibilidades de repercussões específicas nos processos saúde e doença. Sob essa perspectiva de análise são incorporados os conceitos de simultaneidade, co-presença, co-produção, autosserviço e gestão emocional. Conclui-se que essas peculiaridades, além de permitirem uma compreensão mais adequada do processo saúde/doença dos trabalhadores no setor serviço, indicam a necessidade da construção de uma nova interface entre a saúde do trabalhador e as práticas emergentes de proteção à saúde do consumidor