Integración de las ciencias y la música para conservar el ambiente por medio del pensamiento computacional

The article presents and describes the Code, Science & Music Remix project, an educational experience focused on problematization in learning. It was designed to develop computational thinking from a curricular integration approach in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The main purpose of the project was to promote the development of computational thinking in fifth grade students and future elementary level teachers. As part of the science classes, they learned about earth spheres and implemented programming workshops using the EarSketch platform. The platform aims for participants to learn to program, and develop computational thinking, while expressing their conceptualizations through music. This integration of science and music was applied in a musical composition with the purpose of raising awareness about the environment. Both the musical product and the process to achieve the project's objectives were presented to the school community to educate others about the need to conserve the environment and live in harmony with the SDGs for the benefit of the humanity.El artículo presenta y describe el Proyecto Code, Science & Music Remix, una experiencia educativa centrada en la problematización en el aprendizaje. El mismo fue diseñado para desarrollar el pensamiento computacional desde un enfoque de integración curricular en el contexto de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). El proyecto tuvo como propósito principal promover el desarrollo del pensamiento computacional en estudiantes de quinto grado y en futuros maestros del nivel elemental. Como parte de las clases de ciencias se aprendió de las esferas terrestres y se implementaron los talleres de programación utilizando la plataforma de EarSketch. La plataforma busca que los participantes aprendan a programar, y desarrollen el pensamiento computacional, a la vez que expresan sus conceptualizaciones a través de la música. Esta integración de las ciencias y la música lo aplicaron en una composición musical con el propósito de concienciar en torno al ambiente. Tanto el producto musical como el proceso para lograr los objetivos el proyecto, se presentó a la comunidad escolar con el fin de educar a otros acerca de la necesidad de conservar el ambiente y vivir de forma cónsona con los ODS en beneficio de los habitantes de la Tierra

Stem Cells, Self-Renewal, and Lineage Commitment in the Endocrine System

The endocrine system coordinates a wide array of body functions mainly through secretion of hormones and their actions on target tissues. Over the last decades, a collective effort between developmental biologists, geneticists, and stem cell biologists has generated a wealth of knowledge related to the contribution of stem/progenitor cells to both organogenesis and self-renewal of endocrine organs. This review provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the role of tissue stem cells in the development and self-renewal of endocrine organs. Pathways governing crucial steps in both development and stemness maintenance, and that are known to be frequently altered in a wide array of endocrine disorders, including cancer, are also described. Crucially, this plethora of information is being channeled into the development of potential new cell-based treatment modalities for endocrine-related illnesses, some of which have made it through clinical trials

Elective cancer surgery in COVID-19-free surgical pathways during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: An international, multicenter, comparative cohort study

PURPOSE As cancer surgery restarts after the first COVID-19 wave, health care providers urgently require data to determine where elective surgery is best performed. This study aimed to determine whether COVID-19–free surgical pathways were associated with lower postoperative pulmonary complication rates compared with hospitals with no defined pathway. PATIENTS AND METHODS This international, multicenter cohort study included patients who underwent elective surgery for 10 solid cancer types without preoperative suspicion of SARS-CoV-2. Participating hospitals included patients from local emergence of SARS-CoV-2 until April 19, 2020. At the time of surgery, hospitals were defined as having a COVID-19–free surgical pathway (complete segregation of the operating theater, critical care, and inpatient ward areas) or no defined pathway (incomplete or no segregation, areas shared with patients with COVID-19). The primary outcome was 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications (pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, unexpected ventilation). RESULTS Of 9,171 patients from 447 hospitals in 55 countries, 2,481 were operated on in COVID-19–free surgical pathways. Patients who underwent surgery within COVID-19–free surgical pathways were younger with fewer comorbidities than those in hospitals with no defined pathway but with similar proportions of major surgery. After adjustment, pulmonary complication rates were lower with COVID-19–free surgical pathways (2.2% v 4.9%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.62; 95% CI, 0.44 to 0.86). This was consistent in sensitivity analyses for low-risk patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 1/2), propensity score–matched models, and patients with negative SARS-CoV-2 preoperative tests. The postoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection rate was also lower in COVID-19–free surgical pathways (2.1% v 3.6%; aOR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.36 to 0.76). CONCLUSION Within available resources, dedicated COVID-19–free surgical pathways should be established to provide safe elective cancer surgery during current and before future SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

This study aimed to describe the change in surgical practice and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on mortality after surgical resection of colorectal cancer during the initial phases of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19-Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study.

PURPOSE: As cancer surgery restarts after the first COVID-19 wave, health care providers urgently require data to determine where elective surgery is best performed. This study aimed to determine whether COVID-19-free surgical pathways were associated with lower postoperative pulmonary complication rates compared with hospitals with no defined pathway. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This international, multicenter cohort study included patients who underwent elective surgery for 10 solid cancer types without preoperative suspicion of SARS-CoV-2. Participating hospitals included patients from local emergence of SARS-CoV-2 until April 19, 2020. At the time of surgery, hospitals were defined as having a COVID-19-free surgical pathway (complete segregation of the operating theater, critical care, and inpatient ward areas) or no defined pathway (incomplete or no segregation, areas shared with patients with COVID-19). The primary outcome was 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications (pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, unexpected ventilation). RESULTS: Of 9,171 patients from 447 hospitals in 55 countries, 2,481 were operated on in COVID-19-free surgical pathways. Patients who underwent surgery within COVID-19-free surgical pathways were younger with fewer comorbidities than those in hospitals with no defined pathway but with similar proportions of major surgery. After adjustment, pulmonary complication rates were lower with COVID-19-free surgical pathways (2.2% v 4.9%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.62; 95% CI, 0.44 to 0.86). This was consistent in sensitivity analyses for low-risk patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 1/2), propensity score-matched models, and patients with negative SARS-CoV-2 preoperative tests. The postoperative SARS-CoV-2 infection rate was also lower in COVID-19-free surgical pathways (2.1% v 3.6%; aOR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.36 to 0.76). CONCLUSION: Within available resources, dedicated COVID-19-free surgical pathways should be established to provide safe elective cancer surgery during current and before future SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

Websérie “Acesso Livre”: sensibilização dos docentes do ensino superior para a produção de conteúdos acessíveis

Quando pensamos em acessibilidade, associamo-la frequentemente a funcionalidades de plataformas, como técnicas text-to-speech, níveis de contraste, alternativas textuais ou auditivas para descrição de imagens. No entanto, o próprio conteúdo publicado nessas plataformas, por vezes, não está concebido da forma mais acessível possível. Aprender técnicas para tornar mais acessível o conteúdo criado pelos professores – em legibilidade, forma, informação, fonte usada, organização visual, entre outros parâmetros – é importante para garantir uma boa comunicação entre professores e estudantes. Esta dissertação (dando continuidade ao trabalho de Vilarinho (2021)) procura listar recomendações de design para a construção de conteúdos mais acessíveis, por parte dos docentes do ensino superior. O principal objetivo centra-se, portanto, na criação de uma websérie que reforce a sensibilização dos docentes do ensino superior para a importância da produção de conteúdo acessível. Para tal, o seu desenvolvimento é suportado na Developmental Research Methodology e dividido em três fases — Fase 1: pesquisa e análise de conceitos-chave, Fase 2: criação e produção da websérie “Acesso Livre”, e Fase 3: avaliação da prova de conceito e elaboração de um guia de formato para a websérie “Acesso Livre”. Desta dissertação resulta uma prova de conceito com episódios piloto para a websérie “Acesso Livre”, com o propósito de sensibilizar os docentes do ensino superior para questões de acessibilidade. Apresenta-se também um Guia de Formato para que esta websérie possa ser melhorada e expandida em trabalhos futuros.When thinking about accessibility, it is often associated with web page settings like text-to-speech tools, contrast level adjustments, text or audio alternatives for image descriptions. However, oftentimes the content itself shared on those platforms isn’t made in the most accessible way. This project thesis comes as a continuation of the proposed future work by Vilarinho (2021), seeking to showcase design guidelines to produce more accessible content by university teachers. To learn techniques to make content made by teachers more accessible – in readability, form, information, font used, visual organization, among other parameters – is important to guarantee good communication between teachers and students. This project has, hereby, as a main goal the creation of a webseries to raise university teachers’ awareness about the importance of producing accessible content. To do so, this investigation work is supported by Developmental Researched Methodology and conducted under three phases – Phase 1: research and analysis of key-concepts, Phase 2: creation and production of five pilot episodes of “Acesso Livre” webseries, Phase 3: evaluation of the proof of concept and formulation of a Format Guide for “Acesso Livre” webseries. This research results in a proof of concept with pilot episodes for a webseries directed to teachers, which goal is to raise awareness of accessibility. A Format Guide was also made so that this webseries could be improved and expanded in future work.Mestrado em Comunicação Audiovisual Para Novos Médi

Marketing - MP71 201801

Descripción: El curso de Marketing presenta al estudiante, un panorama general del proceso y de la gestión de actividades destinadas a satisfacer las necesidades y deseos del mercado, entregando valor, a cambio de un beneficio para la empresa u organización. Propósito: Marketing es un curso de especialidad de las carreras de Negocios EPE, de carácter teórico y está dirigido a los estudiantes del 1er. Ciclo. El curso busca desarrollar las competencias generales de Comunicación Oral y Pensamiento Innovador, así como la competencia específica de Gestión Comercial. A través del curso de Marketing el estudiante compartirá experiencias profesionales, descubrirá oportunidades I. INFORMACIÓN GENERAL CURSO : Marketing CÓDIGO : MP71 CICLO : 201801 CUERPO ACADÉMICO : Aller Morales, Christian Berdejo Chávez, Pedro Rubén Burriel Lobo, Miguel Cano Lanza, Ana Maria Flores Marin, Dario Enrique Inostroza Fernandez de Llanos, Silvia Patricia Kúnupaz Bambarén, Luis Miguel Muñiz Rothgiesser, Iván Natteri Miguel De Priego, Domingo Luis Alberto Olivieri Pace, Orlando Marco Peralta sánchez, Sonia Del Pilar Romero Sánchez, Carlo Mario Rosado Martínez, César Enrique Sánchez Martincich, Francisco Fernando Tupac Apaza, Ricardo Vigil Cornejo, Fernando Rafael Wong Kwok, Lucio CRÉDITOS : 5 SEMANAS : 10 HORAS : 10 H (Teoría) Semanal ÁREA O CARRERA : Marketing Epe II. MISIÓN Y VISIÓN DE LA UPC Misión: Formar líderes íntegros e innovadores con visión global para que transformen el Perú. Visión: Ser líder en la educación superior por su excelencia académica y su capacidad de innovación. 2 de mejora y será capaz de desarrollar un bosquejo de Plan de Marketing