Fotogramas de lo intangible.El uso de la documentación pedagógica para la reconstrucción del pensamiento práctico docente en la formación inicial en el Practicum II en el Grado de Maestro/a en Educación Infantil. Un estudio de caso.

Trabajo fin de Máster en Políticas y Prácticas de Innovación Educativa.La presente investigación trata de comprender en qué sentido evoluciona el pensamiento práctico (emociones, conocimientos, habilidades, actitudes y valores) de los/las docentes en formación inicial (Grado de Educación Infantil de la Universidad de Málaga) cuando, en el contexto de su Practicum II conocen la documentación pedagógica como una herramienta de investigación en la práctica real y cotidiana. Ésta es entendida por Hoyuelos (2007) como "la recogida y exposición sistemática y estética (a través de escritos, imágenes, paneles, vídeos, palabras de los niños y niñas, productos gráficos) de los procesos educativos" (p. 5). Por tanto, supone una nueva manera de mirar y entender el aula; de ahí el interés por conocer el papel que juega en la construcción y reconstrucción de identidades profesionales. Para ello, en primer lugar se ofrece un recorrido teórico entre los conceptos de documentación pedagógica y pensamiento práctico buscando nexos de unión entre ellos, para luego explicar cuál es el diseño de la investigación y la descripción del caso que centra el trabajo. De ahí aflorarán los resultados del estudio, que desembocan en unas conclusiones que buscan abrir puertas a futuras investigaciones y a nuevos interrogantes. El principito de Saint-Exupéry nos guiará en ese camino de la mano. Un camino tan incierto como intangible

Hyperparameter-free losses for model-based monocular reconstruction

This work proposes novel hyperparameter-free losses for single view 3D reconstruction with morphable models (3DMM). We dispense with the hyperparameters used in other works by exploiting geometry, so that the shape of the object and the camera pose are jointly optimized in a sole term expression. This simplification reduces the optimization time and its complexity. Moreover, we propose a novel implicit regularization technique based on random virtual projections that does not require additional 2D or 3D annotations. Our experiments suggest that minimizing a shape reprojection error together with the proposed implicit regularization is especially suitable for applications that require precise alignment between geometry and image spaces, such as augmented reality. We evaluate our losses on a large scale dataset with 3D ground truth and publish our implementations to facilitate reproducibility and public benchmarking in this field.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Can the Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli colonize the gut of Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum)?

Ticks are obligate blood feeding ectoparasites and vectors of several mammalian pathogens (Williams-Newkirk et al, 2014). In addition to pathogens they also carry a bacterial community with commensal and symbiotic relationships (Bonnet et al, 2017). Using a culture-dependent approach we previously reported a high prevalence of Gram-positive bacteria in the gut of field collected lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum). These results suggested that epithelial immunity functions to control Gram-negative bacteria in A. americanum. In this study, we used a culturing and non-culturing approach to measure the outcome of E.coli (Gram-negative) when fed to female adult lone star ticks (n=16). Results showed a significant reduction of E.coli at Days 1, 3 and 7 post bacterial feeding. qPCR of 16S rDNA confirmed reduction of bacterial rDNA when compared to water fed ticks (n=16). Our results suggest that there is a midgut epithelial immune response in place, which mainly targets Gram-negative bacteria

Research and in situ conservation of owl monkeys enhances environmental law enforcement at the Colombian-Peruvian border

This study reports on impacts of illegal trade in owl monkeys (Aotus nancymaae, A. vociferans) for the biomedical research market in the Colombian-Peruvian Amazonian border. Through freedom of information requests and interviews with hunters we found that 912 owl monkeys, including A. nancymaae captured in Peru, were trapped over a 3-month period in 2012 to supply a malaria research facility based in Leticia, Colombia, which had trapping permits for the use of only 800 A. vociferans annually yet experimentation took place using A. nancymaae. High levels of extraction in Peru have had population-level impacts with significantly lower densities of Aotus spp. (3-24individuals/km2) compared to Colombian sites with low hunting pressure (26-44individuals/km2). Post-experimental release of this species in Colombian territory has created a new distribution whose status and impacts on resident populations of A. vociferans remain unknown. The trapping method has also had environmental impact, with loss of over 65,000 trees (including sleeping sites), annually. As Aotus species are registered under the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix II, international trade requires official permission and evidence that extraction does not impact wild populations. However, no official records exist and CITES legislation has failed, due principally to a lack of appropriate monitoring by national authorities responsible for compliance. Of further concern is that we had previously documented and reported the illegal trade to the appropriate governmental authorities yet still no action was taken-as demonstrated by the continuing trade in 2013. Enforcement eventually occurred when a non-governmental organization initiated legal action against organizations responsible. A successful second instance ruling by the Colombian State's Council in 2013 revoked trapping permits. Using the trade in owl monkeys as a case study we consider implementation, compliance, and enforcement of CITES in the border area to identify mechanisms to improve enforcement of environmental legislation. Am. J. Primatol. 76:658-669, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc

Contributions and challengues of the Lesson Study to the training of future teachers at the University East Anglia, Norwich

This research aims to answer two questions What helps a LS to be sustained in practice in initial teacher education? And what pedagogical potential does it offer? It is a case study with a qualitative approach based at the Lesson Study development at the University of East Anglia,NorwichUniversidad de Málaga Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Building The Research Disposition Of Teachers Through Pedagogical Documentation

This research, supported by the University of Malaga and Spanish Government (FPU 17/03577), incorporates the concept of practical knowledge to understand the complexity of the teaching profession and, therefore, its evolution (Pérez Gómez, 2012, 2017). We understand practical knowledge as the conglomerate of attitudes, emotions, values, skills and knowledge that are put into play, automatically and unconsciously, in action and educational analysis (the so-called theories in use by Argyris, 1982). Therefore, we need to incorporate experiences in teacher training that make visible, mobilize and make possible the reconstruction of this practical knowledge through reflective and inquiry processes. When this process takes place, we can affirm that teachers are reconstructing their knowledge and experiences through the development of practical thinking. This concept refers to the "conscious, reflective, contrasted and reposed reconstruction, of this same system of understanding and action that includes both knowledge in action and reflexive knowledge about the action" (Pérez Gómez, 2017, p.17). How can we design experiences that promote the development of practical thinking and incorporate research on one's own practice in teacher education? From this point of view, this paper shows part of an investigation that seeks to know in what sense, introducing pedagogical documentation as a methodological axis in the Degree in Early Childhood Education, makes visible and mobilizes pre-service teacher’s practical knowledge. We understand the pedagogical documentation as a systematic collection and exposition process (Hoyuelos, 2013) of photographs, recordings, materials, videos, conversations, etc. that enlighten "flashes in the complexity of learning and students" (Krechevsky, Mardell, Rivard, & Wilson, 2013, p.58)Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Physical activity on cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiovascular risk in premenopausal and postmenopausal women: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Importance: The apparent cardioprotective effects of endogenous estrogens to prevent cardiovascular disease in premenopausal women are reduced with the loss of estrogen post-menopause. Cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiovascular risk factors are closely related to physical activity levels. Objective: This study conducted a critical assessment of studies for health prevention that analyze the effects of physical activity programs on cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiovascular risk factors in women, comparing premenopausal and postmenopausal states, through a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Evidence review: A computerized literature search was performed to include articles up until December 2021 in the following online databases: PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, SportDiscus, and Web of Science. Regarding physical activity intervention, women of all ages were engaged. The PEDro scale and Oxford's evidence levels were used for the assessment of the risk of bias in the included articles. Findings: Fourteen scientific articles met the inclusion criteria. Great variability was found in physical activity variables. All the studies found an improvement in at least one variable. The risk of bias was high, with all the articles obtaining a low methodological quality, except two with high methodological quality. Only one article considered the differences in the menopausal state observing the effects of physical activity intervention and highlighting the importance of physical activity in both states. Conclusions and relevance: To strengthen the evidence for the benefits of physical activity programs in women and to observe the effects depending on their menopausal state, there is an ongoing need for more rigorous randomized controlled trials of appropriate length and dose, with individualized exercise intensity

An Iterative Algorithm for Approximating the Fixed Point of a Contractive Affine Operator

This research was partially supported by Junta de Andalucia, Project "Convex and numerical analysis", reference FQM359, and by the "Maria de Maeztu" Excellence Unit IMAG, reference CEX2020-001105-M, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/.First of all, in this paper we obtain a perturbed version of the geometric series theorem, which allows us to present an iterative numerical method to approximate the fixed point of a contractive affine operator. This result requires some approximations that we obtain using the projections associated with certain Schauder bases. Next, an algorithm is designed to approximate the solution of Fredholm’s linear integral equation, and we illustrate the behavior of the method with some numerical examples.Junta de Andalucia FQM359"Maria de Maeztu" Excellence Unit IMAG - MCIN/AEI CEX2020-001105-

Paisaje cultural y geográfico de la red vial comunitaria de la parroquia Chicán y comunidades aledañas

La parroquia Chicán se encuentra en un proceso de transformación cultural marcada debido a la influencia de la globalización y a fenómenos sociales, uno de ellos es la migración, que como ya es de conocimiento colectivo, dicho fenómeno ha golpeado duramente a la zona del austro ecuatoriano. Este fenómeno ha sido la causa de la desaparición de rasgos culturales en la parroquia, razón por la cual hemos intentado hacer una descripción de la cultura material e inmaterial, haciendo un estudio etnográfico, arqueológico y de comunicación de la comunidad. En cuanto a los datos etnográficos recogidos durante la investigación realizada, siendo esta la observación directa y las entrevistas y encuestas realizadas, nos muestra que aún siguen latentes los rasgos culturales y de la parroquia como por ejemplo la vestimenta, las festividades, tradición oral y gastronomía. Durante el trabajo fueron identificados dos sitios, uno en el Cerro “Huacarrumi” y otro en el cerro “María Auxiliadora”. Los fragmentos de cerámica recolectados fueron sometidos a un proceso de análisis; luego de dicho estudio se pudo determinar que tienen filiación Cashaloma (Periodo de Integración 500 d. C. - 1500 d. C.). La vialidad de la parroquia Chicán está conformada por antiguos ejes viales que conducían a las propiedades ganaderas en los cerros, que facilitaban la extracción de productos agrícolas hacia el centro de la comunidad como leche, granos, inclusive aguardiente en la época del contrabando; pero también existen nuevas carreteras que han facilitado en gran medida las actividades económicas y laborales de los Chicanences.The Chicán village is in a process of strong cultural transformation due to the influence of globalization and social phenomena, one of which is migration, which, as is collective knowledge, has hit southern Ecuadorian area. This has been the reason for the disappearance of cultural traces in the village, which is why we tried to make a description of the tangible and intangible culture, making an ethnographic, archaeological, and community communication study. According to the ethnographic data collected during the investigation through direct observation, interviews, and surveys, it can be seen that are still latent cultural traits and the parish such as clothing, festivities, oral tradition, and gastronomy. In recognition of the study area, it was found fortuitously pottery, which led us to devote a chapter of archaeological analysis in our research. Two sites were studied Cerro "Huacarrumi" and "Maria Auxiliadora". Pottery fragments collected were subjected to a process of analysis; course of this study it was determined that have affiliation Cashaloma (Integration Period AD 500 -. 1500 AD.). The viability of the parish Chicán consists of old roads that led to the cattle ranches in the hills, which facilitated the extraction of agricultural products to the community center as milk, grains, even in the era of liquor smuggling; but there are new roads that have greatly facilitated the economic and industrial activities chicanences.Licenciado en Ciencias de la Educación. Especialidad Historia y GeografíaCuenc