Therapeutic Patient Education in Transgender Care

This communication visits the concept of therapeutic patient education (TPE), and explores its relevance to transgender health care. It suggests a novel term, therapeutic education (TE), and defines it as “educational activities essential to the optimization of health, offered by health care providers duly trained in the field of education, designed to help a transgender individual (or a group of individuals and their families) to manage their treatment and prevent avoidable complications, while maintaining or improving their quality of life. It describes the soft and hard skills required for TE, and suggests a classification that can help in structuring TE programs

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Perspectiva Temporal y direccionalidad: Ventaja Competitiva para las Empresas Familiares sostenibles

Firms seeking to embed sustainability into their core business strategy face inherent tensions of managing conflicting goals of performing on economic, social, and environmental dimensions, in the short- and long-term. Hahn et al., (2014) argue that managers that view these tensions as a paradox may consider radical strategies but end up adopting prudent strategies because they are unable to implement workable solutions due to higher awareness of uncertainty and risks. We argue that subjective interpretation of temporal depth and directionality influences the adoption of sustainable development strategies. Firms with long-term orientation that adopt an overarching vision, structures to incorporate diverse perspectives, and guardrails to prevent tunnel vision, are better positioned to balance financial and non-financial goals. Multi-generational family enterprises with aspirations for transgenerational continuity draw selectively upon their historic past to prepare for success in distant future. When focused on balancing wealth creation for their families and communities, they have the potential to unleash creativity and innovation for a sustainable competitive advantage.Las empresas que tratan de integrar la sostenibilidad en el núcleo de su estrategia empresarial, se enfrentan a tensiones inherentes a la gestión de objetivos contrapuestos en lo referente a las dimensiones económica, social y medioambiental, a corto y largo plazo. Hahn et al. (2014) afirman que los directivos que ven estas tensiones como una paradoja pueden plantearse estrategias radicales, pero acaban adoptando estrategias prudentes ya que no pueden aplicar soluciones viables debido a una mayor concienciación en términos de incertidumbre y riesgos. Nosotros sostenemos que la interpretación subjetiva de la profundidad temporal y la direccionalidad influye en la adopción de estrategias de desarrollo sostenible. Las empresas con una orientación a largo plazo, que adoptan una visión global, estructuras para incorporar diversas perspectivas y barreras de seguridad para evitar la visión de túnel, están mejor posicionadas para equilibrar los objetivos financieros y no financieros. Las empresas familiares multigeneracionales, con aspiraciones de continuidad transgeneracional, recurren selectivamente a su pasado histórico para prepararse para el éxito en un futuro lejano. Cuando se centran en equilibrar la creación de riqueza para sus familias y comunidades, tienen el potencial de dar rienda suelta a la creatividad y la innovación para lograr una ventaja competitiva sostenible

Hand wasting in the Calumny of Apelles

Renaissance painting from the early 15th to the mid-16th centuries originated in the area of present-day Italy. Inspired by the works of ancient Greece and Rome, artists produced painting based on topographic observation and the idealistic body proportion. Most of the paintings depict the human figure in perfect shape

Role of Public Sector Undertakings and Corporate Firms in Identifying and Grooming Sports Talent in India

Sports are a worldwide phenomenon today. In no period of the world history sports was so popular, organized and important as it is today. Considering the importance of sports competitions, one can say that it has become a social need of the present civilization, which must be met by the societies and the government. Although talent identification and development programmes have gained popularity in the recent decades, there remains a lack of consensus in relation to talent identification and there is no uniformly accepted theoretical framework to guide current practice. The success rates of talent identification and development programmes have rarely been assessed and the validity of the models applied remains highly debated. A conceptual framework that acknowledges both genetic and environmental influences and considers the dynamic and multidimensional nature of sport talent needs to be developed and set in action

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