Measurement invariance of the driving inattention scale (ARDES) across 7 countries

The Attention-Related Driving Errors Scale (ARDES) is a self-report measure of individual differences in driving inattention. ARDES was originally developed in Spanish (Argentina), and later adapted to other countries and languages. Evidence supporting the reliability and validity of ARDES scores has been obtained in various different countries. However, no study has been conducted to specifically examine the measurement invariance of ARDES measures across countries, thus limiting their comparability. Can different language versions of ARDES provide comparable measures across countries with different traffic regulations and cultural norms? To what extent might cultural differences prevent researchers from making valid inferences based on ARDES measures? Using Alignment Analysis, the present study assessed the approximate invariance of ARDES measures in seven countries: Argentina (n = 603), Australia (n = 378), Brazil (n = 220), China (n = 308). Spain (n = 310), UK (n = 298), and USA (n = 278). The three-factor structure of ARDES scores (differentiating driving errors occurring at Navigation, Manoeuvring and Control levels) was used as the target theoretical model. A fixed alignment analysis was conducted to examine approximate measurement invariance. 12.3 % of the intercepts and 0.8 % of the item-factor loadings were identified as non-invariant, averaging 8.6 % of non-invariance. Despite substantial differences among the countries, sample recruitment or representativeness, study results support resorting to ARDES measures to make comparisons across the country samples. Thus, the range of cultures, laws and collision risk across these 7 countries provides a demanding assessment for a cultural-free inattention while-driving. The alignment analysis results suggest that ARDES measures reach near equivalence among the countries in the study. We hope this study will serve as a basis for future cross-cultural research on driving inattention using ARDES.Grant MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033State Research Agency (SRA) (MCIN/AEI/) (PID2020-113978RB-I00 and PDC2021-12944-I00)Spain and European Regional Fund “ERDF” A way of making Europe"European Union” or by the “European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR”Junta de Andalucía I + D + I Programa Operativo FEDER Andalucía (P20_00338, A-SEJ-114-UGR20 and PYC20 RE 022 UGR)Plan Nacional de Drogas (Ministerio de Sanidad) PND-020-019Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Granada / CBU

Parenting in the context of driving: Spanish adaptation of the Family Climate for Road Safety (FCRSS) for parents and children

The Family Climate for Road Safety Scale (FCRSS; Taubman – Ben-Ari & Katz – Ben-Ami, 2013) is a comprehensive measure originally developed in Israel to assess parent-children relations in the specific context of driving. The scale consists of seven dimensions: Modelling, Feedback, Communication, Monitoring, Messages, Limits, and Non-commitment to Safety. While the original FCRSS examines the young drivers’ perception across the seven domains, a version applicable to parents has also been developed by the same authors. The current study investigates the validity and reliability of the FCRSS-Spain for both parents and young drivers. A total of 377 parents (199 fathers and 178 mothers) and 243 of their children (143 daughters and 100 sons) responded to the FCRSS-Spain versions and provided sociodemographic data. In addition, the young drivers completed the Spanish version of the Multidimensional Driving Style Inventory (MDSI-Spain). Results from exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM) indicate that six out of the seven FCRSS domains were replicable among Spanish drivers. The Messages dimension did not emerge as a consistent factor in the FCRSS for either parents or young drivers. All six factors demonstrated good internal consistency reliability (ordinal alpha coefficients exceeding 0.70), except for Non-commitment to safety. Significant differences were found between mothers and fathers in various FCRSS dimensions in the predicted direction, whereas no significant differences in FCRSS scores were found between young men and young women. As expected, associations were found between parents’ scores in various FCRSS dimensions and the reckless, angry, dissociative, anxious, and careful driving styles reported by the young drivers, as well as between young drivers’ FCRSS scores and their self-reported reckless, angry, dissociative, anxious, and careful driving styles.State Research Agency (SRA) (MCIN/AEI/) (PID2020-113978RB-I00 and PDC2021-12944-I00)Spain and European Regional Fund “ERDF” A way of making Europe”Junta de Andalucía I + D + I Programa Operativo FEDER Andalucía (P20_00338, A-SEJ-114-UGR20 & PYC20 RE 022 UGR), Spai

Estudio sobre prótesis de mano controlada con señales EEG para discapacitados

The document summarizes in general terms the proposed work on the construction of a hand prosthesis controlled through EEG signals, justifying the fundamental elements of the choice of the subject, setting out the objectives, the progress achieved and the methodology carried out to achieve them. Within the materials and methods, some theoretical parameters of what is known as a Mindflex unit created by the Mattel® company are established and how a micro controller can be exposed to reverse engineering processes in order to know it in detail and expand the range of possible applications. Building a prosthesis on the platform developed for board games and based on signal analysis offers a great opportunity to reduce costs by up to 80% and provide adequate performance for efficient and timely response and easy task execution. The union of Physics and the study of the brain opens the way to new research on the total function of the brain, making optimal the creation of new comforts for the human being and its adaptation to these.El documento resume en términos generales la propuesta de trabajo en torno a la construcción de una prótesis de mano controlada a través de señales EEG, justificando los elementos fundamentales de la escogencia del tema, planteando los objetivos, los avances conseguidos y la metodología llevada a cabo para alcanzar los mismos. Dentro de los materiales y métodos se establecen algunos parámetros teóricos de lo que es conocido como una unidad Mindflex creada por la empresa Mattel® y como un microcontrolador puede ser expuesto a procesos de ingeniería inversa para conocerlo detalladamente y ampliar la gama de posibles aplicaciones. El construir una prótesis sobre la plataforma desarrollada para los juegos de mesa y basada en el análisis de señales, ofrece una gran oportunidad para reducir los costes hasta un 80% y ofrecer las prestaciones adecuadas para una respuesta eficaz y oportuna y una fácil ejecución de las tareas. La unión de la Física y el estudio del cerebro abre paso a nuevas investigaciones acerca de la función total de este último, haciendo óptimo la creación de nuevas comodidades para el ser humano y su adaptación a estas

Adaptation of the multidimensional driving styles inventory for Spanish drivers: Convergent and predictive validity evidence for detecting safe and unsafe driving styles

The Multidimensional Driving Style Inventory (MDSI; Taubman – Ben-Ari et al., 2004) is a well-known and useful instrument that allows us to identify not only “maladaptive” Driving Styles (DS) in order to modify them, but also “adaptive” DS to encourage safe driving. The aim of this study was to adapt the MDSI to the Spanish spoken in Spain and to the rules and driving habits of Spaniards. The Argentinian version of the MDSI was taken as the source version. The sample consisted of 1173 drivers, who completed the Spanish version of the MDSI. The factor structure was analysed by means of an Exploratory Factor Analysis (AFE) and a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (AFC). The 6-factor structure of the Argentinian version of the MDSI was replicated with higher internal consistency values for each of the DS. The original Argentinian and the Spanish versions share 23 items, indicating a relevant overlap in the construct. A cluster analysis grouped the DS into two groups: maladaptive and adaptive. Significant associations were found between DS measures and demographic variables (gender, age, and education level), driving history and theoretically related constructs like the Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale (DOSPERT); Lapses, Errors, Violations; Angry Driving; and Sensitivity to Rewards. The Spanish MDSI provides valid measures that could help us understand complex driving behaviours and promote safe driving.The Spanish Government: DGT, Dirección General de Tráfico, Ministerio del Interior (SPI2015-01782) and MICINN, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (PSI2016-75086) gave us financial support

The young male driving problem: Relationship between Safe Driving Climate among Friends, Peer Pressure and Driving Styles

Young people are almost twice as likely to die in traffic crashes than are middle aged people (ages 40 to 60). It remains crucial to assess what factors catalyse young people’s non-adaptive driving behaviours. In this study, we adapted the SDCaF (Safe Driving Climate among Friends) and RPI (Resistance to Peer Influence) scales to the driving context in Spain, and measured their relationship with the Driving Styles (DS) of young Spanish drivers (using the Spanish version of the Multidimensional Driving Styles Inventory, MDSI). A sample of young Spanish drivers (n = 459; age 18–25) completed an online questionnaire comprised of the Spanish versions of the SDCaF, RPI and MDSI scales, sociodemographic variables, driving habits and history. Evidence of the factorial structure of the Spanish version of the SDCaF scale coincides with those of the original version: the tetra-factorial model of the SDCaF scale obtained adequate values for the adjustment indices of the 4 factors; 2 are maladaptive (Peer pressure and Cost of driving with others) and 2 adaptive (Communication on traffic issues and Commitment to safe driving). The estimated reliability of the SDCaF scale reached acceptable values above (α ordinal greater than 0.80) except for the Communication factor (α = 0.76). Furthermore, evidence of the structure of the Spanish version of the RPI scale coincides with that of the original version, unifactorial model. The estimated reliability of the RPI scale reached acceptable values (α ordinal = 0.81). Most of the SDCaF’s relationships with RPI and MDSI measures were as theoretically expected. The MDSI’s maladaptive DS (Reckless, Aggressive and Distracted) correlated positively with the SDCaF’s factors of Peer Pressure and Cost for driving with friends. The opposite occurred for the MDSI’s adaptive DS (Careful and Stress Reduction). SDCaF Pressure and Cost factors correlated negatively with Resistance to Peer Pressure, whereas SDCaF Communication and Commitment factors correlated positively. We found clear differences by sex: Scores were higher on the Pressure factor when the driver was a man, when the passengers were men and when driving to a party. On the other hand, the scores were higher in the Communication and Commitment factors when the driver was a woman, the passengers were women and when driving somewhere other than a party. In conclusion, we obtained quality translated instruments and provided support for their connection with maladaptive driving to evaluate the reckless driving of young people.Grant MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033, State Research Agency (SRA) (MCIN/AEI/) (PID2020-113978RB-I00PDC2021-12944-I00)Spain and European Regional Fund “ERDF” A way of making EuropeEuropean UnionEuropean Union NextGenerationEU/PRTRJunta de Andalucía I + D + I Programa Operativo FEDER Andalucía (P20_00338, A-SEJ-114-UGR20PYC20 RE 022 UGR), SpainPlan Nacional de Drogas (Ministerio de Sanidad)PND-020-01

Motivational Climate in Youth Football Players

(1) Background: In recent decades, the psychology of sport has gained special relevance in this field, due to the influence of psychological variables on sports performance and the regularity of sports practice. The aim of this research is to analyse the motivational climate of footballers. (2) Methods: This study uses a descriptive cross-sectional design on a sample of 156 adolescent football players, using an ad-hoc questionnaire for the recording of socio-demographic variables and the PMCSQ-2 questionnaire on motivational climate in sport. (3) Results: The results of the present investigation indicate that footballers are more oriented towards task than ego, sportsmen who compete in Honor Division being the those who are more oriented towards ego and those of National Division being more oriented towards task. (4) Conclusions: The main conclusion of this research is those who are the motivational climate is related to the division in which the players compete

Noticias y frames de salud en la televisión en México. Enfoque sobre contenidos y perspectiva de género

Partiendo de aportes donde convergen comunicación, salud y género, se intenta esclarecer cómo se caracterizan las noticias y encuadres de salud en la televisión, atendiendo principalmente actores y acciones. El objetivo es observar la presencia institucional, la visibilidad y paridad según sexo y perspectiva de género. Mediante el análisis de contenido de 510 piezas de TV Azteca, Televisa y C7 -utilizando como herramienta el Análisis de Componentes Principales en SPSS- se encontró una presencia mayoritaria de actores políticos o del sistema sanitario, menor presencia de la mujer y la ausencia de perspectiva de género en las informaciones.Based on contributions where communication, health and gender converge, an attempt is made to clarify how news and health frames are characterized on television, mainly addressing actors and actions. The objective is to observe the institutional presence, visibility and gender parity and perspective. Through the content analysis of 510 pieces from TV Azteca, Televisa and C7 -using Principal Component Analysis in SPSS as a tool- a major presence of political actors or the health system was found, a lesser presence of women and the absence of gender perspective in the informatio

Differentiated adsorption of thiobenzoic acid and thiobenzamide on silver nanoparticles determined by SERS spectroscopy.

Política de acceso abierto tomada de: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/15140?template=romeo (Submitted version)Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of thiobenzoic acid and thiobenzamide have been recorded on three different silver colloids in order to find the chemical species responsible for the spectra and to detect differences in the adsorption with respect to their oxygen counterparts, benzoic acid and benzamide, respectively. Very significant and unexpected shifts of opposite sign between the Raman and SERS wavenumbers have been detected. By comparing the experimental and DFT calculated wavenumbers, it can be concluded that the acid is bonded to the metal as thiobenzoate through the sulfur atom with unidentate coordination. SERS spectra of thiobenzamide can be explained by assuming that it is adsorbed as azanion, like in the case of benzamide, linking to the metal through the sulfur and nitrogen atoms of the ionized thiocarboxamide group. In order to support these conclusions, B3LYP/LanL2DZ force field calculations for different complexes of silver cations with the thiobenzoate anion, the neutral thiobenzamide as well as its azanion have been carried out. Additionally, the 8a;nring mode is the most enhanced band in the SERS of both adsorbates pointing to the participation of a metal-to-molecule resonant charge transfer mechanism.Spanish MINECO/FEDER (CTQ2015-65816-R) Junta de Andalucía/FEDER (UMA18-FEDERJA-049 and P18-RT-4592) Ramón Areces Foundatio

Papel del gen TP53 en la oncogénesis

RESUMEN La oncogénesis comprende múltiples etapas que incluyen cambios dinámicos en el genoma ocasionados por diversos factores que afectan principalmente dos grandes grupos de genes: los genes supresores de tumores (GST) y los proto-oncogenes. Ambos intervienen en diferentes e importantes procesos biológicos como la proliferación y diferenciación celular. Dentro de los GST se destaca el gen TP53 que codifica para una fosfoproteína nuclear de 53kD, la cual actúa como factor de transcripción y regula positivamente la expresión de diferentes genes de vital importancia en varios mecanismos celulares: control del ciclo celular, apoptosis, replicación y reparación del ADN, como también en el proceso de envejecimiento. Este gen conocido como "guardián del genoma", ha sido ampliamente estudiado desde su identificación y se encuentra alterado en cerca del 60% de todos los tumores; además, tiene notable interés para el diagnóstico y pronóstico de pacientes con cáncer. Palabras claves: oncogénesis, gen TP53, genes supresores de tumores, terapia antineoplásica ABSTRACT Oncogenesis is a multistep process including genomic dynamic changes induced by diverse factors mainly affecting two gene great groups: the tumor suppressor genes and proto-oncogenes. Both take part in different and important biological processes as cell proliferation and differentiation. Among the tumor suppresor genes, the gene TP53 encodes for one 53kD nuclear phosphoprotein which acts as transcription factor regulating positively the expression of different and very important genes mediating several cell mechanisms, such as control cell cycle, apoptosis, DNA replication and repair. This gene, also known as "guardian of genomic integrity", has been extensively studied and has been found altered in near 60% of all the tumors; in addition, it has remarkable interest for the diagnosis and prognosis of cancer patients. Key words: oncogenesis, TP53 gen, tumour suppressor genes, antineoplasic therap

Cuando crear sinergia no siempre es Salud: Análisis y propuesta en la evolución del Sistema de Salud en Perú

Health systems, based on primary care principles, understood as first contact and continuous, comprehensive, integrated, and coordinated healthcare, achieve better results and greater equity in health than systems with a focus only on specialized care. The proposal of Integrated Health Networks (RIS) in Peru indicates that they will operate through a portfolio of comprehensive healthcare in networks, which meet the needs of the population. This review article recognizes that for this, a process of modifying the health system based on Primary Care should be promoted, acknowledging the lessons learned, identifying the values and principles that generate the foundations for the development of state health policies focused on national priorities so that social changes must respond to the needs and expectations of the population. This should promote changes in legislation, in evaluative criteria, in the generation and allocation of resources, in performance approach and in the operation of the health system through its organizational and functional components that allow an adequate organization of health policies, programs and services. The development of RIS in larger cities requires changing the focus on mother-child provision towards an integrated approach based on the epidemiological, risks and vulnerabilities profile, having as a driving engine, a robust integrated referral and counter-referral system (emergencies, outpatient, and hospitalization). A model of care must be updated and approved, modeling the structure, adapting the current infrastructure, human resources, equipment and operational processes (operations) within the certified and adequate health facilities of the RIS. Los sistemas de salud, basados en los principios de atención primaria, entendida como primer contacto y atención continua, integral, integrada, y coordinada, logran mejores resultados y mayor equidad en salud que los sistemas con orientación centrada sólo en la atención especializada. La propuesta de Redes Integradas de Salud (RIS) en Perú señala que operarán mediante una cartera de atención integral de salud en redes, que atiendan a las necesidades de la población. El presente artículo de revisión reconoce que para ello se debe impulsar un proceso de modificación del sistema de salud, basado en la Atención Primaria, reconociendo las lecciones aprendidas, debe identificar los valores y principios que generen los cimientos para el desarrollo de políticas de estado en salud centradas en las prioridades nacionales de manera que los cambios sociales respondan a las necesidades y expectativas de toda la población. Ello debe impulsar cambios en la legislación, en criterios evaluativos, en generación y asignación de los recursos, enfoque prestacional y en la operación del sistema sanitario a través de sus componentes organizacionales y funcionales que permiten organizar las políticas, programas y servicios. El desarrollo de RIS en grandes ciudades requiere cambiar la lógica de la prestación materno infantil, hacia un enfoque integrado basado en el perfil epidemiológico, de riesgos y vulnerabilidades, teniendo como motor impulsor, un robusto sistema de referencia y contrarreferencia integrado (emergencias, ambulatorio, hospitalización). Se debe actualizar y aprobar un modelo de atención, remodelar la estructura, adecuar la actual infraestructura, infoestructura, recurso humano, equipamiento y los procesos operativos (operaciones) al interior de los establecimientos de salud certificados y adecuados de la RIS.&nbsp