Natural Incidence of Egg Parasitoids of Edessa meditabunda (F.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on Crotalaria spectabilis in Campo Novo do Parecis, MT, Brazil

Egg parasitoids of the stink bug Edessa meditabunda (F) were studied on rattlepod Crotalaria spectabilis used in soybean crop rotation in Campo Novo do Parecis, Mato Grosso state, central western Brazil. Seven species of parasitoids were found: two Encyrtidae, one Eurytomidae, and four Platygastridae. The occurrence of Trissolcus euchisti (Ashmead) and Trissolcus elimatus Johnson (Platygastridae) on eggs of E. meditabunda is recorded for the first time. Moreover, this is the first record of T. elimatus and T. euchisti from Brazil.Fil: Golin, Vanessa. Universidade Federal do Paraná; BrasilFil: Loiacono, Marta Susana. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Entomología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Margaría, Cecilia B.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Entomología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Aquino, Daniel Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Entomología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentin

Development of boldness and docility in yellow-bellied marmots

Peer reviewedPostprin

MEASURING POVERTY IN AN ULTRAPERIPHERAL REGION - THE CASE OF THE CANARY ISLANDS

The Canary Islands (one of Spain's 17 autonomous communities) is considered in the EC Treaty "ultra-peripheral region" which means: i) differences in the development processes and integration that justify certain specific policies (six out of the seven regions involved are among the poorest in the EU). This is related with remoteness, insularity, small size, difficult topography and climate, and the dependence on a small number of products; ii) the remoteness from the mainland countries and climatic conditions (tropical or subtropical) and, iii) the role of EU frontier and the geographical structure characterized by size and distance. With data of the Survey of Social Conditions (2001) we study the income inequality of individuals in The Canary Islands. Individuals are divided into various subgroups along several dimensions, such as island of residence, age, employment status etc. The difference in inequality between and within the various subgroups is studied using absolute-relative poverty line. We estimate poverty using a subjective approach too, where the level of the poverty line is derived using the opinion of the individual, rich or poor, on poverty. The subjective poverty line used is the Leyden Poverty Line based on subjective questions regarding income and economic welfare.

Research trends in the field of organisational management: A bibliometric analysis

Purpose: Studies into organisational management are considered key to understanding the characteristics of the organisational fabric in general, and administrative managers’ capacity for reflection is particularly relevant to achieving a more intricate and in-depth comprehension of the organisational context. Nonetheless, despite the importance of such studies, there is a lack of alignment in the specialised literature and no review articles that allow us to identify research trends in the field. The purpose of this paper is, thus, to identify the main research trends in the literature on organisational management. Design/Methodology: We conducted a bibliometric analysis with 457 articles following the PRISMA Statement guidelines, which is why we specified the inclusion and exclusion criteria, data sources, search strategy, and the data collection and selection processes we employed. Findings: The increasingly growing amount of research done on the topic is evidence of its significance. Using quality and quantity indicators, we were able to identify the most productive authors, journals, and countries in the field. Also, by means of a keyword analysis, we identified the most relevant research trends and classified them per year. According to the results of such analysis, organisational performance and organisational culture are currently the most influential topics, and themes related to transformational leadership are likely to be increasingly used in future research. Originality: This study identifies the concepts that have been most prominent and that are outlined as crucial for the research agenda or future work in the field, which would allow organisations to be aligned with the Industry 4.0 trendsPeer Reviewe

Análisis del proceso de adherencia a la guía de la práctica clínica de sífilis gestacional y congénita en las pacientes diagnosticas en el segundo semestre de 2017 en la ESE Red Salud Armenia

Este proyecto consiste en un análisis del proceso de adherencia de la guía de práctica clínica (GPC) de sífilis gestacional y congénita en el equipo interdisciplinario de la Ese Red Salud Armenia, en pacientes diagnosticadas en el segundo semestre de 2017. El mismo siendo avalado por la Secretaría de Salud Municipal, servirá de apoyo y retroalimentación al mismo y a la ESE con el fin de realizar un proceso integral de intervención y fortalecimiento de estrategias para mejorar los procesos de calidad en la atención de las gestantes. Se establece un marco normativo, el estado actual del evento a nivel mundial, nacional, regional, departamental y local con el fin de contextualizar el panorama actual del evento de sífilis gestacional y congénita. Con el fin de identificar factores atribuibles que influyen en la adherencia de la Guía de Práctica Clínica de Sífilis Gestacional y Congénita, se diseña un plan de auditoria el cual exige un estudio retrospectivo de historias clínicas basado en las recomendaciones de la Guía. Finalmente se analiza el impacto de los factores asociados a la adherencia de la GPC desde la institución y los factores asociados desde las características de la población en relación al acceso potencial real de los servicios de salud a la gestante con diagnóstico de sífilis. De acuerdo a lo anterior el proyecto de investigación se desarrolla a partir de un enfoque cuantitativo el cual comprende 4 fases, las cuales en secuencia responden a los objetivos específicos. La primera fase se denomina preparatoria, la segunda cómo fase operativa o ejecución al plan de auditoría, la tercera desarrolla el proceso analítico y finalmente la fase final correspondiente al resultado y análisis de los mismos ligados a la adherencia a la guía desde la institución de acuerdo a las recomendaciones de la misma.This project consists of an analysis of the adherence process of the clinical practice guideline (GPC) of gestational and congenital syphilis in the interdisciplinary team of the Ese Red Salud Armenia, in patients diagnosed in the second semester of 2017. This proyect is supported by the Municipal Health Secretariat which will provide support and feedback to the same and the ESE. In order to carry out a comprehensive process of intervention and strengthening of strategies to improve quality processes in the care of pregnant women,a normative framework is established, the current state of the event at a global, national, regional, departmental and local level in order to contextualize the current scenario of the gestational and congenital syphilis event. In order to identify attributable factors that influence the adherence of the Clinical Practice Guide of Gestational and Congenital Syphilis, an audit plan is designed to allow the identification of indicators to the adherence of the CPG which corresponds to facilitate a retrospective study of clinical histories. Finally, the impact of the factors associated with the adherence of the CPG from the institution and the associated factors from the characteristics of the population is analyzed. According to the above, the research project is developed from a quantitative approach which includes 4 phases, which in sequence respond to specific objectives. The first phase is called preparatory, the second as operational phase or execution to the audit plan, the third the analytical process and finally the final phase corresponding to the result and analysis thereof linked to the adherence to the guide.Título de la Investigación -- Autores -- Palabras Clave -- Introducción -- Metodología -- Resultados -- Antecedentes -- Conclusiones -- Bibliografía -- Anexos

Multi-view hierarchical Variational AutoEncoders with Factor Analysis latent space

Real-world databases are complex, they usually present redundancy and shared correlations between heterogeneous and multiple representations of the same data. Thus, exploiting and disentangling shared information between views is critical. For this purpose, recent studies often fuse all views into a shared nonlinear complex latent space but they lose the interpretability. To overcome this limitation, here we propose a novel method to combine multiple Variational AutoEncoders (VAE) architectures with a Factor Analysis latent space (FA-VAE). Concretely, we use a VAE to learn a private representation of each heterogeneous view in a continuous latent space. Then, we model the shared latent space by projecting every private variable to a low-dimensional latent space using a linear projection matrix. Thus, we create an interpretable hierarchical dependency between private and shared information. This way, the novel model is able to simultaneously: (i) learn from multiple heterogeneous views, (ii) obtain an interpretable hierarchical shared space, and, (iii) perform transfer learning between generative models.Comment: 20 pages main work, 2 pages supplementary, 14 figure

Diet quality, food groups and nutrients associated with the gut microbiota in a nonwestern population

Diet plays an important role in shaping gut microbiota. However, much remains to be learned regarding this association. We analyzed dietary intake and gut microbiota in a community-dwelling cohort of 441 Colombians. Diet quality, intake of food groups and nutrient consumption were paired with microbial diversity and composition using linear regressions, Procrustes analyses and a random-forest machine-learning algorithm. Analyses were adjusted for potential confounders, including the five cities from where the participants originated, sex (male, female), age group (18-40 and 41-62 years), BMI (lean, overweight, obese) and socioeconomic status. Microbial diversity was higher in individuals with increased intake of nutrients obtained from plant-food sources, whereas the intake of food groups and nutrients correlated with microbiota structure. Random-forest regressions identified microbial communities associated with different diet components. Two remarkable results confirmed previous expectations regarding the link between diet and microbiota: communities composed of short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) producers were more prevalent in the microbiota of individuals consuming diets rich in fiber and plant-food sources, such as fruits, vegetables and beans. In contrast, an inflammatory microbiota composed of bile-tolerant and putrefactive microorganisms along with opportunistic pathogens thrived in individuals consuming diets enriched in animal-food sources and of low quality, i.e., enriched in ultraprocessed foods and depleted in dietary fiber. This study expands our understanding of the relationship between dietary intake and gut microbiota. We provide evidence that diet is strongly associated with the gut microbial community and highlight generalizable connections between them

Eficacia de un programa terapéutico de expresión plástica en la depresión de los adultos mayores del Centro de Bienestar de Ancianos San José Pereira

Liseth Vanessa Torres, Luisa Fernanda Castaño y Julián Alejandro Cardona como aspirantes al título de Profesional en Ciencias del Deporte y La Recreación, lideraron este proceso basados en los fundamentos recreativos con el fin de verificar la eficacia de un programa de expresión plástica para disminuir la depresión de 30 adultos mayores de ambos géneros del Asilo CBA San José del Municipio de Pereira (Colombia). Se les aplicó la Escala Geriátrica De Depresión (Yesavage J. Y Col), con el diseño original de 30 preguntas, que cuentan con 2 alternativas de respuesta, valoradas con un número asignado previamente, permitiendo de este modo clasificar según el valor total de todas las 30 respuestas el nivel depresivo de los adultos mayores entre normal, depresión leve y depresión establecida. En la evaluación global de la pre prueba, el 47% de las respuestas arrojaron un estado normal (con algunos síntomas), el 13% para depresión leve y el 40% para depresión establecida o grave. Se dividieron en grupos experimental y control mediante azar. Al primer grupo se le brindó un programa de expresión plástica utilizando 4 modalidades que fueron: pintura, coloreo, plastilina y foamy, durante 24 sesiones de 2 horas, 5 veces por semana. A contrario de la pre prueba, en la post prueba se encontraron diferencias significativas (prueba t; p= 0.011). Los adultos mayores del grupo experimental disminuyeron significativamente su nivel depresivo, su estado anímico y su percepción mejoraron. Además, manifestaron que la metodología lúdica fue muy agradable para ellos y que habían mejorado sus habilidades motrices, aportando asi una mayor funcionalidad para las labores cotidianas, al igual que una mejora en la relación con sus compañeros tales como, mayor tolerancia para realizar actividades con ellos, compartir ideas, ayudar a resolver pequeños problemas, además de aumentar su autoestima

El gasto social de los ayuntamientos en la isla de Tenerife. Años 2015-2017

This work is aimed at the study of social spending on the island of Tenerife for a period between 2015 and 2017. For this purpose, the term budget is introduced, as well as a broad description of it, ranging from basic principles to settlement of it at the end of each exercise. In addition, various graphs and tables are shown in which important data about the social expenditure approved and executed by local authorities can be observed, both at an aggregate level and at a particular level. Also, an analysis of ratios such as budget execution and expenditure per capita is carried out, for which the political factor is taken into account. Finally, reference is made to other concepts related to society, especially the term poverty, and also to others such as unemployment or pensions. All of them are studied at the autonomous level.Este trabajo tiene como objeto el estudio del gasto social en la isla de Tenerife para un periodo comprendido entre los años 2015 y 2017. Para ello se introduce el término presupuesto, así como una amplia descripción del mismo, abarcando desde los principios básicos hasta la liquidación al final de cada ejercicio. Además, se muestran diversos gráficos y tablas en las que se pueden observar datos importantes acerca del gasto social aprobado y ejecutado por los entes locales, tanto a nivel agregado como a nivel particular. También, se lleva a cabo un análisis de ratios como el de ejecución presupuestaria y el de gasto por habitante, para los que se tiene en cuenta el factor político. Finalmente, se hace referencia a otros conceptos relacionados con la sociedad, especialmente al término pobreza, y también a otros como el desempleo o las pensiones. Todos ellos se estudian a nivel autonómico