Exposed lives, suffering and moral injury: The case of workers in the psychosocial area in times of the COVID-19 pandemic

Se presentan los resultados de un estudio cualitativo, llevado a cabo en Santiago, Chile, que tuvo por objeto identificar las experiencias laborales de trabajadores del área psicosocial de los programas que componen el sistema de protección social Chile Crece Contigo y en el contexto de la pandemia, tomando como marco de referencia la teoría del reconocimiento de Axel Honneth. Se trata de un estudio cualitativo en el que se aplicó una entrevista semiestructurada a 15 profesionales de 8 comunas de la RM. Los resultados se estructuran en cuatro categorías: Trabajar en el aire; Ausencia de soportes de implementación: Vidas expuestas; Costos personales: trabajar sin condiciones y "En modo COVID": escenario para nuevas agencias. Se concluye, que los profesionales se han visto expuestos a formas de reconocimientos negativas y que se podrían explicar por las condiciones de precariedad del trabajo y la falta de soportes institucionales para la intervención y las nuevas demandas de asistencia provocada por la crisis sanitaria. Se destaca que este escenario de precariedad ha movilizado nuevas agencias laborales en que la creatividad y la crítica son claves.The results of a qualitative study, carried out in Santiago de Chile are presented, which aimed to identify the work experiences of workers in the psychosocial area of the programs that make up the Chile Crece Contigo social protection system and in the context of the pandemic, taking Axel Honneth's recognition theory as a frame of reference. This is a qualitative study in which a semi-structured interview was applied to 15 professionals from 8 districts of the RM. The results are structured in four categories: Work in the air; Lack of implementation supports: Exposed lives; Personal costs: working without conditions and "In COVID mode": scenario for new agencies. It is concluded that professionals have been exposed to negative forms of recognition and that could be explained by the precarious work conditions and the lack of institutional support for intervention and the new demands for assistance caused by the health crisis. It is highlighted that this precarious scenario has mobilized new labor agencies in which creativity and criticism are key.    

Fibrous Materials Made of Poly(ε-caprolactone)/Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-Poly(ε-caprolactone) Blends Support Neural Stem Cells Differentiation

In this work, we design and produce micron-sized fiber mats by blending poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) with small amounts of block copolymers poly(ethylene oxide)m-block-poly(ε-caprolactone)n (PEOm-b-PCLn) using electrospinning. Three different PEOm-b-PCLn block copolymers, with different molecular weights of PEO and PCL, were synthesized by ring opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone using PEO as initiator and stannous octoate as catalyst. The polymer blends were prepared by homogenous solvent mixing using dichloromethane for further electrospinning procedures. After electrospinning, it was found that the addition to PCL of the different block copolymers produced micron-fibers with smaller width, equal or higher hydrophilicity, lower Young modulus, and rougher surfaces, as compared with micron-fibers obtained only with PCL. Neural stem progenitor cells (NSPC), isolated from rat brains and grown as neurospheres, were cultured on the fibrous materials. Immunofluorescence assays showed that the NSPC are able to survive and even differentiate into astrocytes and neurons on the synthetic fibrous materials without any growth factor and using the fibers as guidance. Disassembling of the cells from the NSPC and acquisition of cell specific molecular markers and morphology progressed faster in the presence of the block copolymers, which suggests the role of the hydrophilic character and porous topology of the fiber mats

100 Cartas para Paulo Freire de quienes pretendemos Enseñar

Realizar un texto colectivo como “100 Cartas para Paule Freire de quienes pretendemos Enseñar”, es un desafío al reunir el aprehender desde el sentido profesional de la educación y con el espíritu de transformación, desde la educación como un espacio endógeno de revolución y exógeno a las comunidades y sociedades, en busca de un sentido de identidad. Hoy desde una crítica decolonial, antirracista, feminista y ecologica en la construcción de un sentido real que busque enfrentar el sistema hegemónico y destructivo que se ha impuesto con explotación, sangre y libertades de nuestro pueblo

International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Allergic Rhinitis

Critical examination of the quality and validity of available allergic rhinitis (AR) literature is necessary to improve understanding and to appropriately translate this knowledge to clinical care of the AR patient. To evaluate the existing AR literature, international multidisciplinary experts with an interest in AR have produced the International Consensus statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Allergic Rhinitis (ICAR:AR). Using previously described methodology, specific topics were developed relating to AR. Each topic was assigned a literature review, evidence-based review (EBR), or evidence-based review with recommendations (EBRR) format as dictated by available evidence and purpose within the ICAR:AR document. Following iterative reviews of each topic, the ICAR:AR document was synthesized and reviewed by all authors for consensus. The ICAR:AR document addresses over 100 individual topics related to AR, including diagnosis, pathophysiology, epidemiology, disease burden, risk factors for the development of AR, allergy testing modalities, treatment, and other conditions/comorbidities associated with AR. This critical review of the AR literature has identified several strengths; providers can be confident that treatment decisions are supported by rigorous studies. However, there are also substantial gaps in the AR literature. These knowledge gaps should be viewed as opportunities for improvement, as often the things that we teach and the medicine that we practice are not based on the best quality evidence. This document aims to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the AR literature to identify areas for future AR research and improved understandin

Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

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