Análisis de islas de calor urbano y sus variables en el sur de Quito mediante técnicas de termografía desde vehículos areos no tripulados

El presente estudio se realizó en Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, en el cual mediante imágenes multiespectrales Landsat 8 se obtuvieron índices de vegetación (NDVI), construcciones (NDBI) y la temperatura superficial terrestre (LST), para establecer una relación entre estas y así conseguir datos acerca de la generación y existencia de las islas de calor urbano, además de conocer la problemática que estas generan. Obteniendo resultados que indican una relación directa entre el aumento de la temperatura y el NDBI y por el contrario una relación inversa con el NDVI. Mientras que se observó que no existe una correlación entre la temperatura que se obtuvo de las estaciones meteorológicas con la obtenida de las imágenes satelitales. En general mediante mapas de calor se logra observar en todo el DMQ la distribución de los índices y de la temperatura superficial y como esta ha ido en aumento. La investigación no se realizó con imágenes obtenidas con drones debido a que por fallas mecánicas en el tiempo de investigación no se realizaron vuelos con el dron designado, sin embargo, el trabajo con imágenes satelitales nos permite obtener resultados similares.The present study was carried out in the Metropolitan District of Quito, in which Landsat 8 multispectral images obtained vegetation indices (NDVI), constructions (NDBI) and the earth's surface temperature (LST), to establish a relationship between them and thus achieve data about the generation and existence of urban heat islands, in addition to knowing the problems they generate. Obtaining results that indicate a direct relationship between the increase in temperature and the NDBI and on the contrary an inverse relationship with the NDVI. While it was observed that there is no correlation between the temperature obtained from the meteorological stations with that obtained from the satellite images. In general, heat maps show the distribution of the indices and surface temperature throughout the DMQ and how it has been increasing. The research was not carried out with images obtained with drones because mechanical failures in the time of investigation did not make flights with the designated drone, however working with satellite images allows us to obtain similar results

Factores relacionados con la desnutrición infantil en pre-escolares de la parroquia de Santa Rosa provincia de Santa Elena. Estudio basado en la desviación positiva, 2021

La desnutrición infantil en la actualidad se ha convertido en un problema de la salud pública, la misma que se presenta en diferentes frecuencias, pero está presente a nivel mundial, pues según la OMS se estima que alrededor del mundo existen 155 millones de niños con desnutrición cuya edad es menor a los 5 años, evidenciando un retraso en su crecimiento. Por otra parte, la UNICEF menciona que las muertes anuales de niños con desnutrición presentan un valor de 7000. Es bajo este contexto que nace el desarrollo del presente estudio que tuvo el objetivo de determinar los factores que influyen en el desarrollo de desnutrición infantil en preescolares de la provincia de Santa Elena, en el año 2021. Para lo cual, fue necesario la aplicación de una metodología no experimental de diseño transversal, la cual permitió la recolección de información real de la población de estudio que estuvo conformada por niños de preescolar de la provincia de Santa Elena que cumplieron con criterios de inclusión, para que se de recolección por medio de la aplicación de la técnica de encuesta que incluyó un instrumento de 15 preguntas. Logrando de esta manera que los resultados se enfocan en los datos sociodemográficos, datos socioeconómicos y datos nutricionales de los infantes. Concluyendo de esta manera que los infantes en estudio no presentan condiciones de desnutrición de impacto en su mayoría, pues la influencia del IMC al igual que su influencia del peso sobre la edad la cual también es normal, a pesar que la influencia de la talla sobre la edad es baja para la mayoría poblacional.Currently, child malnutrition has become a public health problem. This occurs at different frequencies, but is present worldwide. According to the WHO, there are 155 million children with malnutrition around the world, and they are under five years of age. It evidences a delay in their growth. On the other hand, UNICEF mentions that seven thousand children die from malnutrition annually. This is how the development of this research work took place. Its main objective was to development of child malnutrition in preschoolers of the province of Santa Elena in 2021. For this, it was necessary to apply a non-experimental methodology of cross-sectional design, which allowed the collection of real information from the study population that was made up of preschool children from the province of Santa Elena. They met the inclusion criteria, and was collected through the application of the survey technique that included an instrument of 15 closed questions. This way, the results focus on the sociodemographic, socioeconomic and nutritional data of the infants. AS a conclusion, it can be said that that the infants under study do not present conditions of malnutrition for the most part. The influence of the BMI as well as its influence of age over weight is also normal; however, the influence of height on age It is low, but this is true for the majority of the population

Procrastinación académica y género en estudiantes de cursos virtuales de la carrera de Psicología de una universidad privada de Lima, 2020

El presente trabajo de investigación tuvo como finalidad determinar la relación que existe entre la procrastinación académica y el género de los estudiantes de cursos virtuales de la carrera de psicología de una Universidad Privada de Lima, 2020. Este es un estudio de enfoque cuantitativo, diseño no experimental, transversal, de nivel descriptivo correlacional. La muestra estuvo conformada por 200 estudiantes, la misma que fue seleccionada mediante muestreo no probabilístico por conveniencia, siendo 75% mujeres y 25% hombres. Como instrumento se utilizó la adaptación al contexto peruano de la escala de Procrastinación Académica (EPA), que consta de 16 ítems y dos dimensiones: Autorregulación académica (9 ítems) y Postergación de actividades (7 ítems). Como resultado se encontró una relación directa de 0.245 de Rho de Spearman entre la procrastinación académica y el género de los evaluados de cursos virtuales de la carrera de psicología de una Universidad Privada de Lima, 2020. Determinándose que el género femenino tiende a procrastinar más que el género masculino, donde se señala que el 29% del género femenino tiene un nivel alto de procrastinación, mientras que en el género masculino predominan los niveles bajos de procrastinación.The purpose of this research work was to determine the relationship that exists between academic procrastination and the gender of students of virtual courses of the psychology career of a Private University of Lima, 2020. This is a study with a quantitative approach, design not experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational level. The sample consisted of 200 students, which was selected by non-probabilistic convenience sampling, being 75% women and 25% men. The instrument used was the adaptation to the Peruvian context of the Academic Procrastination scale (EPA), which consists of 16 items and two dimensions: academic self-regulation (9 items) and Postponement of activities (7 items). As a result, a direct relationship of 0.245 of Spearman's Rho was found between academic procrastination and the gender of those evaluated from virtual courses of the psychology career of a Private University of Lima, 2020. Determining that the female gender tends to procrastinate more than the male gender, where it is noted that 29% of the female gender has a high level of procrastination, while in the male gender low levels of procrastination predominate

The role of rehabilitation in the management of late-onset Pompe disease: a narrative review of the level of evidence

Late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) is characterized by progressive muscle weakness, respiratory muscle dysfunction, and minor cardiac involvement. Although in LOPD, as in other neuromuscular diseases, controlled low impact sub-maximal aerobic exercise and functional ability exercise can improve general functioning and quality of life, as well as respiratory rehabilitation, the bulk of evidence on that is weak and guidelines are lacking. To date, there is no specific focus on rehabilitation issues in clinical recommendations for the care of patients with Pompe disease, and standard practice predominantly follows general recommendation guidelines for neuromuscular diseases. The Italian Association of Myology, the Italian Association of Pulmonologists, the Italian Society of Neurorehabilitation, and the Italian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, have endorsed a project to formulate recommendations on practical, technical, and, whenever possible, disease-specific guidance on rehabilitation procedures in LOPD, with specific reference to the Italian scenario. In this first paper, we review available evidence on the role of rehabilitation in LOPD patients, particularly addressing the unmet needs in the management of motor and respiratory function for these patients

GEN-O-MA project: an Italian network studying clinical course and pathogenic pathways of moyamoya disease—study protocol and preliminary results

Background: GENetics of mOyaMoyA (GEN-O-MA) project is a multicenter observational study implemented in Italy aimed at creating a network of centers involved in moyamoya angiopathy (MA) care and research and at collecting a large series and bio-repository of MA patients, finally aimed at describing the disease phenotype and clinical course as well as at identifying biological or cellular markers for disease progression. The present paper resumes the most important study methodological issues and preliminary results. Methods: Nineteen centers are participating to the study. Patients with both bilateral and unilateral radiologically defined MA are included in the study. For each patient, detailed demographic and clinical as well as neuroimaging data are being collected. When available, biological samples (blood, DNA, CSF, middle cerebral artery samples) are being also collected for biological and cellular studies. Results: Ninety-eight patients (age of onset mean ± SD 35.5 ± 19.6 years; 68.4% females) have been collected so far. 65.3% of patients presented ischemic (50%) and haemorrhagic (15.3%) stroke. A higher female predominance concomitantly with a similar age of onset and clinical features to what was reported in previous studies on Western patients has been confirmed. Conclusion: An accurate and detailed clinical and neuroimaging classification represents the best strategy to provide the characterization of the disease phenotype and clinical course. The collection of a large number of biological samples will permit the identification of biological markers and genetic factors associated with the disease susceptibility in Italy

Noções de precaução e isolamento da equipe de enfermagem:: relato de experiência.

Objetivo: O presente relato busca descreveruma atividade de educação em saúderealizada em um hospital universitário do Distrito Federal. Metodologia: Trata-se de um relato deexperiência, que discorre sobre o trabalho final da disciplina “AdministraçãoAplicada à Enfermagem e Estágio”, ofertada pelo Departamento de Enfermagem, daFaculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Brasíliasobre a estratégia de orientação da equipe de enfermagem de um hospital universitárioquanto aos tipos de precaução e formas de isolamentos os quais os pacientes sãosubmetidos, diante da observação das estudantes da disciplina acerca das açõesdescuidadas dos profissionais das equipes de enfermagem frente a casos depacientes em isolamentos ou que necessitavam de cuidados utilizando as devidas precauções.Resultados: Frente ao exposto, asestudantes realizaram a estratégia de orientação com a finalidade de evitartransmissão de patógenos ou bactérias multirresistentes entre os pacientes e tambémentre os profissionais, com o objetivo de promover uma diminuição incidência deinfecções hospitalares. Conclusão: Entende-se a validade da aulaexpositiva realizada, em detrimento de estudos científicos que ressaltam anecessidade de atividades de educação em saúde que tratem da prevenção deinfecções entre pacientes e profissionais da saúde

Control of intestinal inflammation by glycosylation-dependent lectin-driven immunoregulatory circuits

Diverse immunoregulatory circuits operate to preserve intestinal homeostasis and prevent inflammation. Galectin-1 (Gal1), a β-galactoside-binding protein, promotes homeostasis by reprogramming innate and adaptive immunity. Here, we identify a glycosylation-dependent "on-off"circuit driven by Gal1 and its glycosylated ligands that controls intestinal immunopathology by targeting activated CD8+ T cells and shaping the cytokine profile. In patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), augmented Gal1 was associated with dysregulated expression of core 2 β6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 1 (C2GNT1) and α(2,6)-sialyltransferase 1 (ST6GAL1), glycosyltransferases responsible for creating or masking Gal1 ligands. Mice lacking Gal1 exhibited exacerbated colitis and augmented mucosal CD8+ T cell activation in response to 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid; this phenotype was partially ameliorated by treatment with recombinant Gal1. While C2gnt1-/- mice exhibited aggravated colitis, St6gal1-/- mice showed attenuated inflammation. These effects were associated with intrinsic T cell glycosylation. Thus, Gal1 and its glycosylated ligands act to preserve intestinal homeostasis by recalibrating T cell immunity.Fil: Morosi, Luciano Gastón. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Cutine, Anabela María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Cagnoni, Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Manselle Cocco, Montana Nicolle. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Croci Russo, Diego Omar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Histología y Embriología de Mendoza Dr. Mario H. Burgos. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Instituto de Histología y Embriología de Mendoza Dr. Mario H. Burgos; ArgentinaFil: Merlo, Joaquín Pedro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Morales, Rosa María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: May, María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas; ArgentinaFil: Pérez Sáez, Juan Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Girotti, Maria Romina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Mendez Huergo, Santiago Patricio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Pucci, Betiana. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Hospital de Gastroenterología "Dr. Carlos B. Udaondo"; ArgentinaFil: Gil, Aníbal H.. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Hospital de Gastroenterología "Dr. Carlos B. Udaondo"; ArgentinaFil: Huernos, Sergio P.. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Hospital de Gastroenterología "Dr. Carlos B. Udaondo"; ArgentinaFil: Docena, Guillermo H.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Estudios Inmunológicos y Fisiopatológicos. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. 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Brazilian recommendations on the safety and effectiveness of the yellow fever vaccination in patients with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases

Background: In Brazil, we are facing an alarming epidemic scenario of Yellow fever (YF), which is reaching the most populous areas of the country in unvaccinated people. Vaccination is the only effective tool to prevent YF. In special situations, such as patients with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (CIMID), undergoing immunosuppressive therapy, as a higher risk of severe adverse events may occur, assessment of the risk-benefit ratio of the yellow fever vaccine (YFV) should be performed on an individual level. Main body of the abstract: Faced with the scarcity of specific orientation on YFV for this special group of patients, the Brazilian Rheumatology Society (BRS) endorsed a project aiming the development of individualized YFV recommendations for patients with CIMID, guided by questions addressed by both medical professionals and patients, followed an internationally validated methodology (GIN-McMaster Guideline Development). Firstly, a systematic review was carried out and an expert panel formed to take part of the decision process, comprising BRS clinical practitioners, as well as individuals from the Brazilian Dermatology Society (BDS), Brazilian Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Study Group (GEDIIB), and specialists on infectious diseases and vaccination (from Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Immunizations National Societies); in addition, two representatives of patient groups were included as members of the panel. When the quality of the evidence was low or there was a lack of evidence to determine the recommendations, the decisions were based on the expert opinion panel and a Delphi approach was performed. A recommendation was accepted upon achieving ≥80% agreement among the panel, including the patient representatives. As a result, eight recommendations were developed regarding the safety of YFV in patients with CIMID, considering the immunosuppression degree conferred by the treatment used. It was not possible to establish recommendations on the effectiveness of YFV in these patients as there is no consistent evidence to support these recommendations. Conclusion: This paper approaches a real need, assessed by clinicians and patient care groups, to address specific questions on the management of YFV in patients with CIMID living or traveling to YF endemic areas, involving specialists from many areas together with patients, and might have global applicability, contributing to and supporting vaccination practices. We recommended a shared decision-making approach on taking or not the YFV