La convivencia de los valores públicos y los valores de la nueva gestión pública: el caso de la Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP del Perú

El presente trabajo busca explorar empíricamente los valores organizacionales que comparten los empleados de la Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP (SBS) para aproximarnos a la magnitud e importancia con que los valores públicos tradicionales se manifiestan y han sido interiorizados, a la forma cómo éstos conviven –o no— con los valores impulsados por la NGP y a la percepción de compatibilidad o incompatibilidad entre ambos grupos de valores. Para ello, tomamos como punto de partida los resultados de un cuestionario de diez preguntas aplicado a veinte empleados de la SBS. En el diseño del cuestionario de usó como referencia el estudio Work Orientations II (1997) realizado por el International Social Survey Program y el cuestionario propuesto por Hofstede en 1983. Ambos planteamientos se orientan a la medición de la cultura organizacional y puesto que los valores organizacionales son una dimensión de la cultura, nos enfocamos sólo en los elementos del cuestionario relacionados con éstos. Si bien es cierto, el método empleado no permite realizar ninguna generalización válida para las organizaciones públicas, ni para toda la SBS, consideramos que constituye una fase inicial de exploración y de apertura de interrogantes para estudios posteriores

Uso da perfuração controlada na avaliação de degradação da madeira em edificações antigas : estudo de caso

Este trabalho apresenta uma aplicação da técnica experimental de perfuração controlada como ferramenta auxiliar na estimativa do estado de deterioração de peças antigas de madeira. A inspeção visual é sempre necessária, mas às vezes não conclusiva. Nestes casos, o uso de uma técnica complementar contribui para uma melhor avaliação da seção residual da peça de madeira. Um método que possa ser aplicado de forma rápida, precisa e sem provocar danos na madeira é valioso instrumento no estudo de edifícios que se constituem patrimônio histórico a ser preservado. Entre as técnicas não-destrutivas, que podem ser aplicadas na estimação das características mecânica da madeira e de seu estado de integridade, está o método de perfuração controlada. Este ensaio mede a resistência do material à perfuração por uma broca com velocidade constante ajustada ao estado de conservação da madeira. O equipamento utilizado pelo Grupo de Alvenaria e Construções Históricas do Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Universidade do Minho, Portugal, é o Resistograph® modelo 3450. O principal objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar o potencial de uso do equipamento Resistograph® e a aplicação da técnica a um estudo de avaliação da deterioração da madeira conduzido por pesquisadores da Universidade do Minho em parceria com a Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, durante um Projeto de Cooperação Internacional. Neste trabalho, a inspeção visual, por percussão e os ensaios de perfuração realizados são descritos, bem como o tratamento dos dados, e são apresentadas conclusões sobre a condição da madeira da estrutura e possível uso das peças avaliadas.This work presents the practical use of applying drilling testing in the estimate of decaying level in ancient timber pieces in service. The visual appraisal is always necessary but sometimes not conclusive. In this situation the aid of another technique allows to reduce the degree of uncertainty in an analysis of decay and residual sound section. A method that can evaluate the quality of the wood rapidly, accurately and without provoking damage is valuable in the case of historical building heritage. The non-destructive techniques that can be applied in the estimation of the mechanical characteristic of wood include the drilling resistance method. This test measures the resistance to the advance of a drill at an adjusted speed rate according the wood state. The equipment that the Masonry and Historical Constructions Group in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, has used is the Resistograph® Model 3450. The main objective of this work is to present a case study in evaluation of timber decay conducted by University of Minho research group with University of Santa Catarina as a partner during an International Cooperation Project. In this paper the visual, percussion and drilling tests affected are described, the data treatment and the attainment conclusions for the wood condition and possible safe use of timber pieces evaluated

Non-Destructive Global and Localized 2D T1/T2 NMR Relaxometry to Resolve Microstructure in Apples Affected by Watercore

Apples can be considered as having a complex system formed by several structures at different organization levels: macroscale (>100 μm) and microscale (>100 μm) and microscale (<100 μm). This work implements 2D T1/T2 global and localized relaxometry sequences on whole apples to be able to perform an intensive non-destructive and non-invasive microstructure study. The 2D T1/T2 cross-correlation spectroscopy allows the extraction of quantitative information about the water compartmentation in different subcellular organelles. A clear difference is found as sound apples show neat peaks for water in different subcellular compartments, such as vacuolar, cytoplasmatic and extracellular water, while in watercore-affected tissues such compartments appear merged. Localized relaxometry allows for the predefinition of slices in order to understand the microstructure of a particular region of the fruit, providing information that cannot be derived from global 2D T1/T2 relaxometry

Criteria-Referenced Formative Assessment in the Arts

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of criteria-referenced formative assessment on achievement in the arts. Seventy-five schools in New York City were assigned to either the treatment or control condition. The treatment involved 3195 elementary, middle, or high school students instructed by 43 music, visual arts, theater, or dance teachers. The teachers were involved in a professional development program focused on formative assessment practices, particularly criteria-referenced peer and self-assessment. The control group consisted of 2445 students in classes instructed by 32 teachers who did not receive the professional development. Discipline- specific, performance-based pre- and post-measures were used to evaluate student learning. Fidelity of implementation was examined before the analysis of the treatment effect. Propensity score matching analysis was used to examine group differences in performance on the post-assessment. Results based on a sample of 611 matched pairs of students showed that, overall, criteria-referenced formative assessment ha

Impact of biliary stent-related events in patients diagnosed with advanced pancreatobiliary tumours receiving palliative chemotherapy.

AIM: To determine the impact (morbidity/mortality) of biliary stent-related events (SRE) (cholangitis or stent obstruction) in chemotherapy-treated pancreatico-biliary patients. METHODS: All consecutive patients with advanced pancreatobiliary cancer and a biliary stent in-situ prior to starting palliative chemotherapy were identified retrospectively from local electronic case-note records (Jan 13 to Jan 15). The primary end-point was SRE rate and the time-to-SRE (defined as time from first stenting before chemotherapy to date of SRE). Progression-free survival and overall survival were measured from the time of starting chemotherapy. Kaplan-Meier, Cox and Fine-Gray regression (univariate and multivariable) analyses were employed, as appropriate. For the analysis of time-to-SRE, death was considered as a competing event. RESULTS: Ninety-six out of 693 screened patients were eligible; 89% had a metal stent (the remainder were plastic). The median time of follow-up was 9.6 mo (range 2.2 to 26.4). Forty-one patients (43%) developed a SRE during follow-up [cholangitis (39%), stent obstruction (29%), both (32%)]. There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics between the SRE group and no-SRE groups. Recorded SRE-consequences were: none (37%), chemotherapy delay (24%), discontinuation (17%) and death (22%). The median time-to-SRE was 4.4 mo (95%CI: 3.6-5.5). Patients with severe comorbidities (P < 0.001) and patients with ≥ 2 baseline stents/biliary procedures [HR = 2.3 (95%CI: 1.2-4.44), P = 0.010] had a shorter time-to-SRE on multivariable analysis. Stage was an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (P = 0.029) in the multivariable analysis adjusted for primary tumour site, performance status and development of SRE (SRE group vs no-SRE group). CONCLUSION: SREs are common and impact on patient’s morbidity. Our results highlight the need for prospective studies exploring the role of prophylactic strategies to prevent/delay SREs

The University Professor View from the Communitarian Perspective

The task of the university professor is a mission and not simply a profession and that is why higher education should be impregnated with values. Nowadays education is articulated into three areas: the State, the Market and the Volunteering, but no one of these three sectors by themselves has covered the needs of all the citizens, there have always been losers, therefore the conjunction of the three sectors became necessary. Communitarianism promotes an ethical-social pact that favors the progress of society without nullifying the individual dimension. It believes that the university is the space where a communitarian consciousness should be promoted to generate a social capital by means of education and it is a privilege place to substantiate the moral identity of the person beginning with the commitment of the professor with the university student.El quehacer del profesor universitario es misión y no simplemente profesión, por ello la educación superior debe estar impregnada de valores. En la actualidad la educación se articula en tres vertientes: el Estado, el mercado, el voluntariado, pero ninguno de estos tres sectores por separado ha cubierto nunca las necesidades de todos los ciudadanos, siempre ha habido perdedores, haciéndose necesaria la conjunción de los tres sectores. El comunitarismo promueve un pacto socialético que favorezca el progreso de la sociedad sin anular la dimensión individual. Entiende que la universidad es el espacio donde se debe propiciar una conciencia comunitaria para la generación del capital social a través de la docencia, lugar privilegiado para fundamentar la identidad moral de la persona partiendo del compromiso del docente con el universitario

MRI texture analysis as means for addressing rehydration and milk diffusion in cereals

Cereals microstructure is one of the primary quality attributes of cereals. Cereals rehydration and milk diffusion depends on such microstructure and thus, the crispiness and the texture, which will make it more palatable for the final consumer. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a very powerful tomographic tool since acquisition parameter leads to a wide possibility for identifying textures, structures and liquids mobility. It is suited for noninvasive imaging of water and fats. Rehydration and diffusion cereals processes were measured by MRI at different times and using two different kinds of milk, varying their fat level. Several images were obtained. A combination of textural analysis (based on the analysis of histograms) and segmentation methods (in order to understand the rehydration level of each variety of cereals) were performed. According to the rehydration level, no advisable clustering behaviour was found. Nevertheless, some differences were noticeable between the coating, the type of milk and the variety of cereals

Religião e espiritualidade: um olhar de profissionais de saúde

This study examined how health professionals signify the religiosity and faith of patients under cancer treatment and how they themselves experience such phenomena. This is a qualitative-descriptive study, using the phenomenological framework as set out by Stein and Ales Bello, as a way of understanding the human being in its totality - physical, mental and spiritual. Most professionals report they are spiritualists, two are Catholics, one physician is a Buddhist and another is a Spiritist. They believe that religion is inherent to all human beings. Professionals convicted of their religion (less than half) believe in divine protection and recognize religiosity as a support and comfort for patients and their families in coping with illness. They expect patients to live their faith with prudence, never losing sight of reality.Este estudio tuvo por objetivo comprender como los profesionales de la salud le dan significado a la religiosidad y a la fe de los pacientes en tratamiento de cáncer, y como ellos experimentan ese fenómeno. Se refiere a una investigación cualitativa-descriptiva, bajo el referencial del análisis fenomenológico de Stein y Ales Bello, un modo de comprender al ser humano en su totalidad - física, psíquica y espiritual. La mayoría de los profesionales de la salud se declaró Espiritualista, dos son Católicos, un médico se dice Budista y una médica Espírita. Creen que la religión es inherente a todo ser humano. Los convictos de sus religiones creen en la protección divina y reconocen la religiosidad como sustento y confort para el paciente y sus familiares, también para que puedan enfrentar la situación de enfermarse. Ellos esperan que esos enfermos vivan su fe con prudencia y siempre adhiriendo a la realidad.O estudo teve por objetivos compreender como profissionais de saúde significam religiosidade e fé dos pacientes em tratamento de câncer, e como experienciam esse fenômeno. Trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa-descritiva, sob o referencial de análise fenomenológica em Stein e Ales Bello, um modo de compreender o ser humano na sua totalidade - física, psíquica e espiritual. A maioria dos profissionais de saúde se diz espiritualista, dois são católicos, um médico se diz budista e uma médica espírita. Acreditam que a religião é inerente a todo ser humano. Os convictos de suas religiões creem na proteção divina e reconhecem a religiosidade como sustento e conforto para o paciente e seus familiares enfrentarem a situação de adoecimento. Eles esperam que esses enfermos vivam a sua fé com prudência e sempre aderindo à realidade