El impacto de la escuela media sobre la desigualdad de resultados entre estudiantes argentinos en PISA 2009. Una aplicación multinivel en presencia de heterogeneidad

El estudio de la contribución relativa de las características escolares, personales y familiares a la explicación del rendimiento del alumno presenta dificultades metodológicas relacionadas al carácter anidado de los datos y a la presencia de heterogeneidad en las relaciones existentes entre los factores observables y el puntaje obtenido. Este trabajo utiliza los datos de la prueba de lectura de PISA 2009 para Argentina y aplica para su estudio el método multinivel por cuantiles recientemente propuesto en Geraci y Bottai. Los resultados confirman la diferente importancia que asume la escuela en la explicación de los resultados de la prueba de lectura a lo largo de la distribución de puntajes.http://www.aaep.org.arFil: Coseani, Guillermo A. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía y Finanzas; Argentina.Fil: Tolosa, Natalia S. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía y Finanzas; Argentina.Fil: Gertel, Héctor R. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía y Finanzas; Argentina.Economía, Econometrí

Participation ideologies in Israeli planning

The issue of public participation in the planning process can be examined from the vantage point of the general ideological antecedents of planning ideas. Unfortunately, participation studies usually avoid the issue of ideology and planners tend to be unaware of or unwilling to acknowledge the role of ideology in planning practice. Even though the importance of ideology in Israel's development is often mentioned, studies of Israeli planning seldom include ideology in their models. This is true even for studies looking in particular at participation. In this paper several orientations towards the theme of participation, set within the Israeli context, are looked at. The orientations suggested as characteristic of the Israeli pattern of development are: ad-hocism, clientelism, populism and kibbutz democracy. The ideological origins of these orientations are traced relative to the three major political camps. Next, these orientations are compared with the theoretical positions and prospects for ideological change. The aim in this paper is to help clarify some basic conceptual issues that may help in improving the professional contact between planner and public and perhaps provide the planner with some self-awareness and sense of responsibility.

Poor compliance with reporting research results-we know it's a problem..how do we fix it?

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Smoke and autoimmunity: The fire behind the disease

The association between smoke habit and autoimmunity has been hypothesized a long time ago. Smoke has been found to play a pathogenic role in certain autoimmune disease as it may trigger the development of autoantibodies and act on pathogenic mechanism possibly related with an imbalance of the immune system. Indeed, both epidemiological studies and animal models have showed the potential deleterious effect caused by smoke. For instance, smoke, by provoking oxidative stress, may contribute to lupus disease by dysregulating DNA demethylation, upregulating immune genes, thereby leading to autoreactivity. Moreover, it can alter the lung microenvironment, facilitating infections, which, in turn, may trigger the development of an autoimmune condition. This, in turn, may result in a dysregulation of immune system leading to autoimmune phenomena. Not only cigarette smoke but also air pollution has been reported as being responsible for the development of autoimmunity. Large epidemiological studies are needed to further explore the accountability of smoking effect in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. © 2016 Elsevier B.V

Smoke and Autoimmunity: The Fire Behind the Disease

The association between smoke habit and autoimmunity has been hypothesized a long time ago. Smoke has been found to play a pathogenic role in certain autoimmune diseases as it may trigger the development of autoantibodies and act on pathogenic mechanisms possibly related with an imbalance of the immune system. Indeed, both epidemiological studies and animal models have showed the potential deleterious effect caused by smoke. For instance, smoke, by provoking oxidative stress, may contribute to lupus disease by dysregulating DNA demethylation, upregulating immune genes, thereby leading to autoreactivity. Moreover, it can alter the lung microenvironment, facilitating infections, which, in turn, may trigger the development of an autoimmune condition. This, in turn, may result in a dysregulation of immune system leading to autoimmune phenomena. Not only cigarette smoke but also air pollution has been reported as being responsible for the development of autoimmunity. Large epidemiological studies are needed to further explore the accountability of smoking effect in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.