Internacionalización e interculturalidad e la educación superior: un encuentro humano y digno con la diversidad

El presente ensayo tiene como objetivo considerar la pertinencia de las prácticas culturales dentro de la variedad de colectivos humanos con cosmovisiones y principios comunes. Metodológicamente la investigación tiene alcance explicativo de corte cualitativo. Como conclusión se estima que es posible construir nuevos horizontes dialógicos fundamentados en la diversidad de pensamiento, lenguaje y acción, pero sin olvidar el fin último y primordial de dignificar, cada vez más, la existencia humana

Educación superior e imaginarios de género

ABSTRACT: Higher education and the gender imaginaries. Robinson Restrepo García, Nora Eugenia Franco Muñoz, Ruth Elena Quiroz Posada. Gender imaginaries, the core analysis of this research, permeate actions, discourses, and relationships among people who interact in the different spaces of higher education institutions. It is there where these imaginaries are embodied in the organizational culture, which affects academic and scientific education. This study allows us to affirm this, where a discussion group was used as a working unit, and several interviews as tools for data collection. Although the topic of gender imaginaries is widely spread in much of the literature on gender, paradoxically, the information that makes specific reference to that subject in higher education, especially in the organizational culture is not very large. Such a finding, lead us to do a more generous bibliographic trace demonstrating that contrary to what it is believed, control and decision-making in higher education still remain in the hands of men. This becomes an important analysis input that challenges social researchers and administrators of higher education institutions, and calls them to think about the development of a more conscious and equitable process to be implemented this level of education.RESUMEN: Los imaginarios de género, unidad de análisis de esta investigación1, permean las acciones, los discursos y las relaciones de los sujetos que interactúan en los espacios de las instituciones de educación superior. Allí, estos imaginarios se ven tipificados en la cultura organizacional, lo cual afecta la formación académica y científica. Este estudio permite afirmar lo anterior, para lo cual se utilizó un grupo de discusión como unidad de trabajo y entrevistas semiestructuradas como herramientas de recolección de la información. Aunque el tema de imaginarios de género se trata diseminadamente en buena parte de la literatura sobre género, paradójicamente la información que hace referencia específica a dicho tema en educación superior, especialmente en la cultura organizacional, no es muy amplia, lo que demandó un generoso rastreo bibliográfico que permitió evidenciar, contrario a lo que pudiera pensarse, que el control y las decisiones en la educación superior permanecen en poder de los hombres, lo que constituye un insumo de análisis importante que reta a los investigadores sociales y a los administradores de las instituciones de educación superior a pensar en el desarrollo de procesos más conscientes y equitativos en este nivel de formación

The sense of smell, its signalling pathways, and the dichotomy of cilia and microvilli in olfactory sensory cells

Smell is often regarded as an ancillary perception in primates, who seem so dominated by their sense of vision. In this paper, we will portray some aspects of the significance of olfaction to human life and speculate on what evolutionary factors contribute to keeping it alive. We then outline the functional architecture of olfactory sensory neurons and their signal transduction pathways, which are the primary detectors that render olfactory perception possible. Throughout the phylogenetic tree, olfactory neurons, at their apical tip, are either decorated with cilia or with microvilli. The significance of this dichotomy is unknown. It is generally assumed that mammalian olfactory neurons are of the ciliary type only. The existance of so-called olfactory microvillar cells in mammals, however, is well documented, but their nature remains unclear and their function orphaned. This paper discusses the possibility, that in the main olfactory epithelium of mammals ciliated and microvillar sensory cells exist concurrently. We review evidence related to this hypothesis and ask, what function olfactory microvillar cells might have and what signalling mechanisms they use

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

Intercambios solidarios. Cuando la movilidad es solo un paso hacia la interculturalidad Robinson Restrepo García y Mariano Ameghino

Desde el año 2013 dos instituciones universitarias, una de Colombia y otraArgentina vienen desarrollando una experiencia de cooperación que ha afianzado la confianza, a través de flexibilidad y audacia. Ya medio centenar de personas han podido movilizarse entre Medellín y Florencio Varela. Estudiantes, Profesores, autoridades.Sujetos que han roto estigmas y estereotipos y que han estrechado lazosindestructibles entre las personas e instituciones. No son meras movilidades turísticas, son intercambios interculturales con responsabilidad social y académica, lejos de los modelos hegemónicos que se nos revelan como referentes.Es una experiencia de innovación social porque entendemos que la internacionalización de la educación superior no debe perseguir fines de lucro ni su prioridad la de escribir un renglón en la economía de los países. El factor intercultural es el que nos persigue, el equilibrio y la armonía, el diálogo de saberes, la construcción de una identidad latinoamericana que a partir de las diferencias, en la diversidad, se una, se disfrute. Una forma de ser y estar en el planeta.Fomentar la movilidad estudiantil, como parte central de la experiencia que estamos relatando, ha sido uno de los objetivos de esta relación. Pero lo estamos realizando de una manera solidaria. Movilidad Solidaria, donde los estudiantes se hospedan en casas de familia, donde no existe el fin de lucro, en la que se colabora entre todos y todas, movilidad que da lugar a este tipo de experiencias

Imaginarios de genero en la educacion superior: Un estudio de caso

Tesis (Maestría en Educación y Desarrollo Humano). Universidad de Manizales. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas. CINDE, 200

Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in children : an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study

Introduction Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). However, there is a lack of data available about SSI in children worldwide, especially from low-income and middle-income countries. This study aimed to estimate the incidence of SSI in children and associations between SSI and morbidity across human development settings. Methods A multicentre, international, prospective, validated cohort study of children aged under 16 years undergoing clean-contaminated, contaminated or dirty gastrointestinal surgery. Any hospital in the world providing paediatric surgery was eligible to contribute data between January and July 2016. The primary outcome was the incidence of SSI by 30 days. Relationships between explanatory variables and SSI were examined using multilevel logistic regression. Countries were stratified into high development, middle development and low development groups using the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI). Results Of 1159 children across 181 hospitals in 51 countries, 523 (45 center dot 1%) children were from high HDI, 397 (34 center dot 2%) from middle HDI and 239 (20 center dot 6%) from low HDI countries. The 30-day SSI rate was 6.3% (33/523) in high HDI, 12 center dot 8% (51/397) in middle HDI and 24 center dot 7% (59/239) in low HDI countries. SSI was associated with higher incidence of 30-day mortality, intervention, organ-space infection and other HAIs, with the highest rates seen in low HDI countries. Median length of stay in patients who had an SSI was longer (7.0 days), compared with 3.0 days in patients who did not have an SSI. Use of laparoscopy was associated with significantly lower SSI rates, even after accounting for HDI. Conclusion The odds of SSI in children is nearly four times greater in low HDI compared with high HDI countries. Policies to reduce SSI should be prioritised as part of the wider global agenda.Peer reviewe