Evaluation of the training of early Chilhood Education teachers in Psychomotricity

Con nuestra investigación queremos conocer aspectos relacionados con la formación de los docentes de Educación Infantil sobre Psicomotricidad. La muestra con la que hemos trabajado ha sido de n= 76 sujetos, a los que se les ha pasado un cuestionario del que destacamos los siguientes resultados: más de la mitad de la muestra ha recibido tanto formación inicial como formación continua en Psicomotricidad. El 92 % la realiza en sus clases, al sentirse capacitado para ello. Podemos concluir afirmando que el profesorado que imparte docencia en la etapa de infantil considera importante el trabajo de psicomotricidad en sus clases y como consecuencia lo realizan

Nuevas organizaciones ¿viejas tradiciones? : La conformación de la CELAC en un escenario complejo

El agotamiento del modelo de regionalismo abierto que primó en la década del ’90 en América Latina y el Caribe, ha llevado a la conformación de una nueva etapa en lo referente a integración regional, caracterizada por la exclusión explícita de Estados Unidos y el resurgimiento de las ideas panamericanistas. La CELAC se anuncia como la organización que pretende desplazar a la ineficaz OEA y dar respuestas a las situaciones que se presentan en la región. El objeto del siguiente trabajo es analizar la viabilidad del proyecto, teniendo en cuenta tanto los conflictos y asimetrías que subsisten, como la multiplicidad y superposición de procesos integracionistas vigentes en el continente.Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales (IRI

Nuevas organizaciones ¿viejas tradiciones? : La conformación de la CELAC en un escenario complejo

El agotamiento del modelo de regionalismo abierto que primó en la década del ’90 en América Latina y el Caribe, ha llevado a la conformación de una nueva etapa en lo referente a integración regional, caracterizada por la exclusión explícita de Estados Unidos y el resurgimiento de las ideas panamericanistas. La CELAC se anuncia como la organización que pretende desplazar a la ineficaz OEA y dar respuestas a las situaciones que se presentan en la región. El objeto del siguiente trabajo es analizar la viabilidad del proyecto, teniendo en cuenta tanto los conflictos y asimetrías que subsisten, como la multiplicidad y superposición de procesos integracionistas vigentes en el continente.Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales (IRI

Nuevas organizaciones ¿viejas tradiciones? : La conformación de la CELAC en un escenario complejo

El agotamiento del modelo de regionalismo abierto que primó en la década del ’90 en América Latina y el Caribe, ha llevado a la conformación de una nueva etapa en lo referente a integración regional, caracterizada por la exclusión explícita de Estados Unidos y el resurgimiento de las ideas panamericanistas. La CELAC se anuncia como la organización que pretende desplazar a la ineficaz OEA y dar respuestas a las situaciones que se presentan en la región. El objeto del siguiente trabajo es analizar la viabilidad del proyecto, teniendo en cuenta tanto los conflictos y asimetrías que subsisten, como la multiplicidad y superposición de procesos integracionistas vigentes en el continente.Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales (IRI

Patients with periodontitis and erectile dysfunction suffer a greater incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events: A prospective study in a Spanish population

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available because of privacy or ethical restrictions.Background Periodontitis and erectile dysfunction (ED) have been linked with cardiovascular disease. The association of periodontitis and ED with the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events has not been previously assessed. The aim of this study was to determine if the presence of periodontitis and ED has any effect on the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events. Methods Male patients that attended the Urology service were enrolled in a prospective study. Erectile dysfunction was diagnosed according to the International Index of Erectile Function. Sociodemographic data and periodontal clinical parameters were gathered (pocket probing depth, clinical attachment loss, bleeding on probing (BoP), plaque index and number of teeth) at baseline. Major adverse cardiovascular events occurred both before and during the follow-up time were registered. Bivariate analyses, as well as a multivariate analysis were performed, adjusting for potential confounders. Results A total of 158 patients were included, with a mean follow-up of 4.2 years. A greater number of major adverse cardiovascular events occurred in the group that presented periodontitis and ED (P = 0.038). After adjusting by age and previous cardiovascular disease in the multivariate analysis, the annual major adverse cardiovascular event rate was estimated to be 3.7 times higher in the same group (P = 0.049). Other periodontal clinical variables together with ED supported these results and were close to statistical significance. Conclusions Patients with periodontitis and ED, adjusted by age and a cardiovascular disease, showed 3.7 times more risk of suffering major adverse cardiovascular events after mean follow-up of 4.2 years.Research Group #CTS-583 (Junta de Andalucía, Granada, Spain

Low peripheral blood chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 5 and tumor necrosis factor α gene expression is associated with unfavorable progression of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis in infants

Objectives: We aimed to analyze whether the expression of inflammatory and antiviral genes in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-infected infants' peripheral blood is associated with bronchiolitis progression. Methods: We conducted a prospective study on 117 infants between 2015 and 2023. The expression levels of nine genes were quantified by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Infants were classified according to their clinical evolution during hospital admission: (i) non-progression (n = 74), when the RSV bronchiolitis severity remained stable or improved; (ii) unfavorable progression (n = 43), when the RSV bronchiolitis severity increased. The association analysis was performed by logistic regression, adjusted by age, gender, prematurity, and RSV bronchiolitis severity in the emergency room. Results: Infants were 57.3% male, and the median age of the study population was 61 days. Thirty-five infants (30.7%) were admitted to the intensive care unit after hospital admission. Univariate logistic models showed that tumor necrosis factor (TNFα) and chemokine (C-C motif) ligand (CCL5) gene expression at baseline were inversely associated with unfavorable progression, which was confirmed by multivariate analyses: TNFα (adjusted odds ratio = 0.8 [95% confidence interval = 0.64-0.99], P-value = 0.038) and CCL5 (adjusted odds ratio = 0.76 [95% confidence interval = 0.62-0.93], P-value = 0.007). Conclusions: An inadequate immune response to RSV, characterized by reduced gene expression levels of CCL5 and TNFα in peripheral blood, was associated with an unfavorable progression of RSV bronchiolitis.The study was funded by the CIBER -Consorcio Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red- (CB 2021), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and Unión Europea – NextGenerationEU (grant # CB21/13/00044 to SR)S

The Castilian Spanish version of the Juvenile Arthritis Multidimensional Assessment Report (JAMAR)

The Juvenile Arthritis Multidimensional Assessment Report (JAMAR) is a new parent/patient reported outcome measure that enables a thorough assessment of the disease status in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). We report the results of the cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the parent and patient versions of the JAMAR in the Castilian Spanish language. The reading comprehension of the questionnaire was tested in 10 JIA parents and patients. Each participating centre was asked to collect demographic, clinical data and the JAMAR in 100 consecutive JIA patients or all consecutive patients seen in a 6-month period and to administer the JAMAR to 100 healthy children and their parents. The statistical validation phase explored descriptive statistics and the psychometric issues of the JAMAR: the three Likert assumptions, floor/ceiling effects, internal consistency, Cronbach\u2019s alpha, interscale correlations, test\u2013retest reliability and construct validity (convergent and discriminant validity). A total of 526 JIA patients (8.6% systemic, 49.4% oligoarticular, 18.2% RF negative polyarthritis, 23.8% other categories) and 78 healthy children, were enrolled in six centres. The JAMAR components discriminated well healthy subjects from JIA patients. All JAMAR components revealed good psychometric performances. In conclusion, the Castilian Spanish version of the JAMAR is a valid tool for the assessment of children with JIA and is suitable for use both in routine clinical practise and clinical research

Adquisición de competencias profesionales en los estudiantes del Grado de Trabajo Social. La argumentación y elaboración en el diagnóstico social a través de diferentes instrumentos

Se presentan los resultados obtenidos en el Proyecto Nº 21 Adquisición de competencias profesionales en los estudiantes del Grado de Trabajo Social. La argumentación y elaboración en el diagnóstico social a través de diferentes instrumentos, acerca de reforzar la argumentación en el alumnado del Grado de Trabajo Social a través de instrumentos, que refuercen su aprendizaje en la elaboración del diagnóstico social, donde se visualiza la calidad y eficacia de la intervención profesional

Risk factors for infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales: an international matched case-control-control study (EURECA)

Cases were patients with complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI), complicated intraabdominal (cIAI), pneumonia or bacteraemia from other sources (BSI-OS) due to CRE; control groups were patients with infection caused by carbapenem-susceptible Enterobacterales (CSE), and by non-infected patients, respectively. Matching criteria included type of infection for CSE group, ward and duration of hospital admission. Conditional logistic regression was used to identify risk factors. Findings Overall, 235 CRE case patients, 235 CSE controls and 705 non-infected controls were included. The CRE infections were cUTI (133, 56.7%), pneumonia (44, 18.7%), cIAI and BSI-OS (29, 12.3% each). Carbapenemase genes were found in 228 isolates: OXA-48/like, 112 (47.6%), KPC, 84 (35.7%), and metallo-beta-lactamases, 44 (18.7%); 13 produced two. The risk factors for CRE infection in both type of controls were (adjusted OR for CSE controls; 95% CI; p value) previous colonisation/infection by CRE (6.94; 2.74-15.53; <0.001), urinary catheter (1.78; 1.03-3.07; 0.038) and exposure to broad spectrum antibiotics, as categorical (2.20; 1.25-3.88; 0.006) and time-dependent (1.04 per day; 1.00-1.07; 0.014); chronic renal failure (2.81; 1.40-5.64; 0.004) and admission from home (0.44; 0.23-0.85; 0.014) were significant only for CSE controls. Subgroup analyses provided similar results. Interpretation The main risk factors for CRE infections in hospitals with high incidence included previous coloni-zation, urinary catheter and exposure to broad spectrum antibiotics