THE LOVE THAT FRIGHTENS. CLINICAL-PEDAGOGICAL REFLECTIONS

The experience of love is common to all human beings, of all ages, social classes and geographical origins (Bettetini, 2012; Passerini, 2008). Contemporary society has typically dragged love out of the intimate sphere, partly as a result of technological advances in the mass communication media, especially Internet. The media constantly dwell on the themes of love and sex, honing in on people’s love lives and making gossip about them a global affair, exposing the most intimate details of the love affairs of the famous and not so famous, and shamelessly flaunting nudity

Riflessioni clinico-pedagogiche sulle soft skills nei percorsi formativi per le professioni educative

The topic of the transversal competences and soft skills needed for professions, required both by Europe and by the productive world, has exploded. In 2016, the European Commission issued a new Skills Agenda for Europe, which stresses the centrality of competences, especially digital and entrepreneurship competences, conceived as presuppositions for employment and innovation in the digital economy and society. Nowadays, in Italy a specific law dedicated to the competences of educators and pedagogists has been proposed. The great risk that can be glimpsed in the European model, on a critical and clinical perspective, is in the presumption of engineering existential flows and processes that, with this rationalizing operation, they can really be controlled and governed.The specificity of transversal competences and soft skills of the education professions, which manage with pedagogical intentionality and educational design all the areas of the course of human existence, from birth to old age, in multiple contexts, has to be stressed. Therefore, the formative pathways for the education of these professions require even more urgently a transformation of the pedagogical device, of the learning setting, of the educational models and didactic practices proposed to the students by the teachers and university organizations.La questione delle competenze trasversali e delle soft skills per le professioni, richieste sia dall’Europa sia dal mondo produttivo, è esplosa. Nel 2016, la Commissione Europea ha emanato una nuova Skills Agenda for Europe, che enfatizza la centralità delle competenze, specialmente quelle digitali e connesse alla imprenditorialità, intese come precondizioni per l’occupazione e l’innovazione nella società e nell’economia digitale.In Italia, è stata proposta una specifica legge relativa alle competenze dell’educatore e del pedagogista. Il grande rischio che si può vedere nel modello europeo, da un punto di vista critico e clinico, risiede nell’ingegnerizzazione dei flussi e dei processi esistenziali che si pretende di controllare con la razionalità. La specificità delle competenze trasversali e delle soft skills delle professioni educative, che approcciano con intenzionalità pedagogica e progettazione educativa tutte le età e i contesti del corso dell’esistenza umana, deve essere sottolineata. Pertanto, i percorsi formativi per la formazione di queste professioni richiede una urgente trasformazione del dispositivo pedagogico, del setting di apprendimento, dei modelli educativi e delle pratiche didattiche proposteagli studenti dai docenti e dalle organizzazioni universitarie

LOVE IN TRANSITION TIMES . THE EDUCATORS OF ADOLESCENTS AMONG CARE , LOVE AND POWER

By this paper, I want to develop the analysis and the reflection on the problems the educators meet, working with difficult adolescents into the socio-educational services, managing the emotional and love relationships of the young. Authoritarian or punitive interventions, when applied to matters that are highly delicate and complex, are bound to generate consequences that are not always positive or under the control of the educators. If educators are not open to exploring the affective dimensions, they may inadvertently reiterate the abuse that their clients have already undergone. It is necessary to give the right space to the expression of the emotional needs and difficulties of adults, educators, youngsters

Supervision as a Kind of Qualitative Evaluation

The contribution presents a reflection on supervision as one of the possible forms of qualitative evaluation, in the field of work with adult educators. Supervision structures a context where theory and practice, emotions and cognitions, values, representations and fears, anxieties and conflicts can be made to dialogue in continuation. The supervisor continuously offers feedback and interpretations to the educators, thanks to attentive listening and decodes what they express. The constructivist approach to Evaluation, on the one hand, gives full value to the subjectivity of the actors involved in the evaluation process and aims to interpret and understand. So, we can call it hermeneutic evaluation (Perla, 2004). Hermeneutic evaluation sets the problem of finding the meaning of the points of view of the participants. This is where the meeting point with the supervision activity, which consists precisely of a practice guided by a leader who helps the educators to better understand their theoretical frameworks of reference and their basic educational models, lies. Supervision and Evaluation therefore represent two important tools for developing the professionalism of the operators, as shown by the case-study analyzed. The practice of supervision is part of a path of  lifelong learning and education (Oggionni, 2013; Zannini, 2005), which passes through experimentation, evaluation and redesigning, in the face of constant monitoring of the needs and learning of the individual and of the team.

The socio-educational role of non-profit entities

¿Estamos en tiempos de cambio social? ¿Son las entidades sin ánimo de lucro motores de ese cambio? Esta investigación analiza algunos de los factores que pueden darnos algunas claves sobre cuál es la situación actual de las asociaciones y el papel que están jugando en nuestra sociedad. El trabajo se centra en dos estudios de casos cuya información es recabada con técnicas como la entrevista, la observación y el análisis documental. Entre las conclusiones se analiza exhaustivamente el impacto social, político y educativo que tienen las entidades en nuestra sociedad. El artículo profundiza en base a los tres niveles de incidencia de las asociaciones; asistencial, promocional y estructural. A partir de aquí se configura un nivel socio-educativo que incide en la formación del voluntariado, la educación formal, los contenidos, la metodología y la relación que establecen con los centros educativos. Por último, reflexionamos sobre cuáles son los retos que se generan del análisis de la situación actual.Are we in times of social change? Are the non-profit entities drivers of that change? This research analyzes some of the factors that can give us some clues about the current situation of associations and the role they are playing in our society. The work focuses on two case studies whose information is gathered with techniques such as interviewing, observation and documentary analysis. Among the conclusions, the social, political and educational impact of the entities in our society is analyzed exhaustively. The article deepens on the basis of the three levels of incidence of the associations; welfare, promotional and structural. From here, a socio-educational level is formed that affects the formation of volunteers, formal education, content, methodology and the relationship they establish with educational centers. Finally, we reflect on the challenges that arise from the analysis of the current situation

Calidad de las compresiones torácicas en resucitación cardiopulmonar practicada en condiciones extremas de temperatura ambiental

Under the care of a team of health professionals in an out-of-hospital cardiorespiratory arrest (PCREH), they can be found in conditions in extreme conditions of ambient temperature, depending on the area where they are located, the time of the year, and even the time of day.Objective: The objective of this study was to verify whether the efficacy of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) was affected by extreme heat (40ºC) and cold (0ºC) temperature environments, compared to a CPR in ambient temperature (22ºC).Method: 2 minutes of uninterrupted external chest compressions (ECC) were performed under ambient temperature conditions of 40ºC, 0ºC and 22ºC, in a realistic mannequin Resusci Anne QCPR with SIMPAD.Results: 30 participants, both people with prior training in CPR (86.7%) and without it (13.3%), were part of the sample, 26 women (86.7%) and 4 men (13.3%), with a mean age of 27.37 ± 8.88 years. No statistically significant differences were found in the efficacy of CPR; but there were differences between the total number of CT (p = 0.042), the average depth of the ECC (p = 0.015) and the average frequency (p = 0.034). The Borg scale of perceived exertion (RPE) showed an average of 4.4 ± 1.303 at 22° C, 4.97 ± 1.402 at 40° C and 4.87 ± 2.08 at 0° C (p> 0.05). There were no significant differences in hair lactate.Conclusions: It is concluded that there are no significant differences between the three conditions, although it seems that the cold and room temperatures resemble results and that the heat temperature offers a slight disadvantage of the others.En la atención del equipo de profesionales de la salud en una parada cardiorrespiratoria extrahospitalaria (PCREH), se pueden encontrar en condiciones extremas de temperatura ambiental, según la zona donde se encuentren, la época del año, e incluso la franja horaria. Objetivo: El objetivo de este trabajo fue comprobar si la eficacia de la Reanimación Cardiopulmonar (RCP) se veía afectada en ambientes de temperatura calor (40ºC) y frío (0ºC) extremos, en comparación con una RCP en temperatura ambiental (22ºC).Método: Se realizaron 2 minutos de compresiones torácicas (CT) ininterrumpidas en las condiciones de temperatura de 40ºC, 0ºC y 22ºC, en un maniquí realista Resusci Anne QCPR con SIMPAD. Resultados: 30 participantes, tanto con formación previa en RCP (86,7%) o sin ella (13,3%), formaron parte de la muestra, 26 mujeres (86,7%) y 4 hombres (13,3%), con una media de edad de 27,37±8,88 años. No se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en la eficacia de la RCP; pero sí que hubo diferencias entre el número total de CT (p=0,042), la profundidad media de las CT (p=0,015) y en la frecuencia media (p=0,034). La escala de Borg de esfuerzo percibido (RPE) mostró una media de 4,4±1,303 a 22ºC, 4,97±1,402 a 40ºC y 4,87±2,08 a 0ºC (p>0,05). No hubo diferencias significativas en el lactato capilar.Conclusiones: Se concluye que no existen diferencias significativas entre las tres condiciones, aunque parece que la temperatura ambiental y la fría se asemejan en los resultados y la temperatura calor ofrece una ligera desventaja al respecto

Effect of antibiotics against Mycoplasma sp. on human embryonic stem cells undifferentiated status, pluripotency, cell viability and growth

Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are self-renewing pluripotent cells that can differentiate into specialized cells and hold great promise as models for human development and disease studies, cell-replacement therapies, drug discovery and in vitro cytotoxicity tests. The culture and differentiation of these cells are both complex and expensive, so it is essential to extreme aseptic conditions. hESCs are susceptible to Mycoplasma sp. infection, which is hard to detect and alters stem cell-associated properties. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the efficacy and cytotoxic effect of PlasmocinTM and ciprofloxacin (specific antibiotics used for Mycoplasma sp. eradication) on hESCs. Mycoplasma sp. infected HUES-5 884 (H5 884, stable hESCs H5-brachyury promoter-GFP line) cells were effectively cured with a 14 days PlasmocinTM 25 µg/ml treatment (curative treatment) while maintaining stemness characteristic features. Furthermore, cured H5 884 cells exhibit the same karyotype as the parental H5 line and expressed GFP, through up-regulation of brachyury promoter, at day 4 of differentiation onset. Moreover, H5 cells treated with ciprofloxacin 10 µg/ml for 14 days (mimic of curative treatment) and H5 and WA09 (H9) hESCs treated with PlasmocinTM 5 µg/ml (prophylactic treatment) for 5 passages retained hESCs features, as judged by the expression of stemness-related genes (TRA1-60, TRA1-81, SSEA-4, Oct-4, Nanog) at mRNA and protein levels. In addition, the presence of specific markers of the three germ layers (brachyury, Nkx2.5 and cTnT: mesoderm; AFP: endoderm; nestin and Pax-6: ectoderm) was verified in in vitro differentiated antibiotic-treated hESCs. In conclusion, we found that PlasmocinTM and ciprofloxacin do not affect hESCs stemness and pluripotency nor cell viability. However, curative treatments slightly diminished cell growth rate. This cytotoxic effect was reversible as cells regained normal growth rate upon antibiotic withdrawal.Fil: Romorini, Leonardo. Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia. Laboratorio de Biología del Desarrollo Celular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Riva, Diego Ariel. Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia. Laboratorio de Biología del Desarrollo Celular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Bluguermann, Carolina. Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia. Laboratorio de Biología del Desarrollo Celular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Videla Guillermo, Richardson. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia. Laboratorio de Biología del Desarrollo Celular; ArgentinaFil: Scassa, Maria Elida. Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia. Laboratorio de Biología del Desarrollo Celular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Sevlever, Gustavo. Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia. Laboratorio de Biología del Desarrollo Celular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Miriuka, Santiago Gabriel. Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia. Laboratorio de Biología del Desarrollo Celular; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Gravitational bremsstrahlung from spinning binaries in the post-Minkowskian expansion

We present a novel calculation of the four-momentum that is radiated into gravitational waves during the scattering of two arbitrarily spinning bodies. Our result, which is accurate to leading order in $G$, to quadratic order in the spins, and to all orders in the velocity, is derived by using a Routhian-based worldline effective field theory formalism in concert with a battery of analytic techniques for evaluating loop integrals. While nonspinning binaries radiate momentum only along the direction of their relative velocity, we show that the inclusion of spins generically allows for momentum loss in all three spatial directions. We also verify that our expression for the radiated energy agrees with the overlapping terms from state-of-the-art calculations in post-Newtonian theory.Comment: Version accepted for publication. 5 pages, 2 figures, 1 table + supplemental material. Some minor typos corrected and a few references added relative to v