Snuff use of adolescents in the neighborhood of the Victory of Valladolid

El consumo de tabaco está ampliamente extendido y culturalmente aceptado en la mayoría de los países occidentales, constituyendo en la actualidad un importante problema de salud pública. Fumar cigarrillos es la principal causa de morbilidad y mortalidad prematura en los países donde su consumo esta extensamente difundido. El tabaco en la población juvenil constituye en la actualidad un importante problema de salud pública. El objetivo del estudio es conocer el consumo de tabaco de la población adolescente del barrio la Victoria de Valladolid. La metodología llevada a cabo, se trata un estudio descriptivo transversal sobre la población comprendida entre los 15 – 20 años. Se ha realizado un cuestionario de 10 preguntas, ocho de ellas relacionadas con el consumo de tabaco y dos referentes a aspectos socio-demográficos. Los resultados más significativos que se han obtenido han sido los siguientes: - La fuente principal de información del adolescente sobre este hábito son los medios de comunicación. - Las mujeres jóvenes fuman más que los hombres. - En cuanto al inicio de la adquisición de este hábito tiene una gran importancia el grupo en el que se desarrolla la persona. - Número elevado de adolescentes que asocian el tabaco con el alcohol. Como conclusión de este estudio, se deduce que la educación sanitaria y el consejo antitabaco sobre los hábitos tóxicos debemos dirigirlo cada vez a edades más tempranas, y tanto a varones como a mujeres, en un intento de promover la educación, promocionar la salud y prevenir la enfermedad.The consumption of snuff is widespread and culturally accepted in most Western countries, now constitute a major public health problem. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of morbidity and premature mortality in countries where its consumption is widely disseminated. The snuff in young people is now a major public health problem. The objective of the study was to determine the consumption of snuff in the adolescent population of the district's Victory Valladolid. The methodology carried out, is a cross-sectional study on the population aged 15 to 20 years. We performed a questionnaire of 10 questions, eight of them related to the consumption of snuff and two related to sociodemographic aspects. The most significant results that were obtained were as follows: - The main source of information on this habit are teen media. - Young women smoke more than men. - For the start of the acquisition of this habit is very important group which develops the person. - High number of adolescents who associate with alcohol snuff. In conclusion of this study, it appears that health education and counseling on smoking habits should direct toxic increasingly younger ages, and in both men and women in an effort to promote education, promote health and prevent disease

Autonomous Robotic Automation Systemwith Vision Feedback

In this thesis, a full design, development and application of an autonomous robotic automation system using vision feedback is performed. To realize this system, a cylindrical manipulator configuration is implemented, using a personal computer (PC) based PID controller from National Instruments. Full autonomous control will be achieved via a programmable human machine interface (HMI) developed on a PC using Borland C++ Builder. The vision feedback position control is accomplished using an ordinary off-the-shelf web camera. The manuscript is organized as follows; After Chapter 1, an introduction to automation history and its role in the manufacturing industry, Chapter 2 discusses and outlines the development of the robotic kinematics and dynamics of the system. A control strategy is also developed and simulated in this chapter. Chapter 3 discusses color image processing and shows the development of the algorithm used for the vision feedback position control. Chapter 4 outlines the system development, which includes the hardware and software. Chapter 5 concludes with a summary, and improvement section. The process used as a basis for the design and development of this thesis of this thesis topic was constructed from a manual capacitor orientation check test station. A more detailed definition and objective is presented in the introduction

Goytisolo con la poesía catalana

Publicat a Cármenes. Revista de poesía.Nota crítica a 'Veintiún poetas catalanes para el siglo XXI'

Multidimensional characteristics of complex chronic patients in emergency services in primary care

Background: In Spain, people between 65 and 74 years old have an average of 2.8 chronic problems or diseases, rising to 3.2 among people aged 75 and older. Aims: We aimed to describe the multidimensional characteristics of complex chronic patients who sought urgent care. Design: We conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective study, drawing on a large electronic health record database in primary care in Barcelona, Spain. Methods: We used health record data about subjects' clinical state, functional state, mental health state, social state, nutritional state, and movement. A descriptive analysis was carried out to determine percentages and means, given a standard deviation. Finding: In 2019, 3,732 complex chronic patients sought urgent care at the centres under study. Subjects had a mean age of 82.5 ± 9.8 years, and 58.7% (n = 2,189) were women. Frailty was present in 69.3% (n = 2,586), and 81.7% (n = 3,050) were adherent to therapy. There were 2,470 visits to hospital emergency rooms (66.2%) and 1,651 hospital admissions (44.2%). Malnutrition was evident in 46.5% (n = 1,623) and 27.9% (n = 1,042) had low risk of social exclusion. Discussion: Having such descriptive information can help health services from all areas and levels of care to use comprehensive, collaborative practices to care for complex chronic patients and their noninstitutional caregivers. Conclusion: We noted a high proportion of emergency room visits and hospital admissions among complex chronic patients. Low-level depression and malnutrition were detected. Proactive multidisciplinary interventions could improve the situation of these patients

A Modeling of the Super-Eddington Luminosity in Nova Outbursts: V1974 Cygni

We have modeled nova light curves exceeding the Eddington luminosity. It has been suggested that a porous structure develops in nova envelopes during the super Eddington phase and the effective opacity is much reduced for such a porous atmosphere. Based on this reduced opacity model, we have calculated envelope structures and light curves of novae. The optically thick wind model is used to simulate nova winds. We find that the photospheric luminosity and the wind mass-loss rate increase inversely proportional to the reducing factor of opacities, but the wind velocity hardly changes. We also reproduce the optical light curve of V1974 Cygni (Nova Cygni 1992) in the super-Eddington phase, which lasts 13 days from the optical peak 1.7 mag above the Eddington luminosity.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, to appear in ApJ

El dolor en la palabra

Publicat a Poiesis.Ressenya a l'edició de 'Elegías a Julia Gay', Visor, Madrid, 1993

El juicio de unidad del mercado nacional

El presente estudio pretende contribuir a la conformación en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico de un control jurisdiccional sobre las actuaciones públicas territoriales basado en la integridad del espacio económico nacional. El objetivo se estima conveniente para incrementar la seguridad jurídica de los operadores económicos y, por extensión, favorecer un mejor funcionamiento de la actividad económica. La historia, tradicionalmente centralista, de España ha dificultado el desarrollo hasta sus últimas consecuencias del principio de unidad de mercado –integridad del espacio económico nacional– como límite al ejercicio de las competencias territoriales. Quitando la esporádica experiencia del “estado integral”, las decisiones económicas de nuestro país han correspondido siempre a los órganos centrales del Estado. En este sentido, no puede resultar sorprendente que la aparición de una nueva instancia legislativa con competencias suficientes para afectar al funcionamiento económico, haya provocado inconsistencias y lagunas sobre el modo alcanzar un equilibrio adecuado entre la unidad económica, reclamada por cualquier estructura estatal, y la autonomía política, propia de la forma territorial definida en la Constitución de 1978..

Swift observations of the 2006 outburst of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi: III. X-ray spectral modelling

Following the Swift X-ray observations of the 2006 outburst of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi, we developed hydrodynamical models of mass ejection from which the forward shock velocities were used to estimate the ejecta mass and velocity. In order to further constrain our model parameters, here we present synthetic X-ray spectra from our hydrodynamical calculations which we compare to the Swift data. An extensive set of simulations was carried out to find a model which best fits the spectra up to 100 days after outburst. We find a good fit at high energies but require additional absorption to match the low energy emission. We estimate the ejecta mass to be in the range (2-5) x 10^{-7} solar masses and the ejection velocity to be greater than 6000 km/s (and probably closer to 10,000 km/s). We also find that estimates of shock velocity derived from gas temperatures via standard model fits to the X-ray spectra are much lower than the true shock velocities.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in Ap

Photometric study of two novae in M31

We report $R_cI_c$ light curves of 2 novae in the M31 galaxy which were detected in the four year Nainital Microlensing Survey. One of these novae has been tracked from the initial increase in flux while other has been observed during its descending phase of brightness. The photometry of the first nova during the outburst phase suggests its peak $R_c$ magnitude to be about 17.2 mag with a flux decline rate of 0.11 mag day$^{-1}$ which indicates that it was a fast nova. A month after its outburst, it shows reddening followed by a plateau in $I_c$ flux. The second nova exhibits a bump in $R_c$ and $I_c$, possibly about three weeks after the outburst.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figs, Accepted to A&A, replaced with revised version Fri, 16 Oct 200