Comparison of changes in lean body mass with a strength- versus muscle endurance-based resistance training program.

Purpose The aim of this study was to compare the effects of resistance training (RT) with an emphasis on either muscular strength-type RT or muscular endurance-type RT on measures of body composition. Methods Twenty-five resistance-trained men (age 28.4 ± 6.4 years; body mass 75.9 ± 8.4 kg; height 176.9 ± 7.5 cm) were randomly assigned to either a strength-type RT group that performed three sets of 6–8 repetition maximum (RM) with 3-min rest (n = 10), an endurance-type RT group that performed three sets of 20–25 RM with a 60-s rest interval (n = 10), or a control group (n = 5, CG). All groups completed each set until muscular failure and were supervised to follow a hyperenergetic diet (39 kcal·kg−1·day−1). Body composition changes were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Results After 8 weeks, we found significant increases in total body mass (0.9 [0.3–1.5] kg; p < 0.05; ES = < 0.2) and lean body mass (LBM) (1.3 [0.5–2.2] kg; p < 0.05; ES = 0.31) only in the strength-type RT group; however, no significant interactions were noted between groups. Conclusions Although only strength-type RT showed statistically significant increases in LBM from baseline, no between-group differences were noted for any body composition outcome. These findings suggest that LBM gains in resistance trained are not significantly influenced by the type of training stimulus over an 8-week training period

Burnout syndrome and work engagement in nursing staff: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1125133/full#supplementary-materialBackground: A difficult and demanding work environment, such as that often experienced in healthcare, can provoke fatigue, anxiety, distress, and discomfort. This study considers factors that may influence levels of burnout and work engagement among nurses and seeks to determine the relationship between these conditions.Method: A systematic scoping review was performed, in accordance with the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews, based on data obtained from a search of the PubMed/MEDLINE and Scopus databases carried out in 2022 using the search equation: "work engagement AND nurs* AND burnout." This search identified nine quantitative primary studies suitable for inclusion in our analysis.Results: Work overload, type of shift worked, and/or area of hospital service, among other elements, are all relevant to the development of burnout. This syndrome can be countered by social support and appropriate personal resources and values, which are all positively associated with work engagement. Our analysis revealed a significant correlation between work engagement and the different domains of burnout. The correlation effect size between burnout and work engagement was -0.46 (95% CI -0.58, -0.31), with p < 0.001.Conclusion: Well-targeted interventions in the healthcare work environment can reduce burnout levels, strengthen work engagement, and enhance the quality of healthcare.FEDER/Consejeria de Universidad, Investigacion e Innovacion de la Junta de Andalucia P20-0062

Burnout syndrome and work engagement in nursing staff: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BackgroundA difficult and demanding work environment, such as that often experienced in healthcare, can provoke fatigue, anxiety, distress, and discomfort. This study considers factors that may influence levels of burnout and work engagement among nurses and seeks to determine the relationship between these conditions.MethodA systematic scoping review was performed, in accordance with the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews, based on data obtained from a search of the PubMed/MEDLINE and Scopus databases carried out in 2022 using the search equation: “work engagement AND nurs* AND burnout.” This search identified nine quantitative primary studies suitable for inclusion in our analysis.ResultsWork overload, type of shift worked, and/or area of hospital service, among other elements, are all relevant to the development of burnout. This syndrome can be countered by social support and appropriate personal resources and values, which are all positively associated with work engagement. Our analysis revealed a significant correlation between work engagement and the different domains of burnout. The correlation effect size between burnout and work engagement was −0.46 (95% CI −0.58, −0.31), with p &lt; 0.001.ConclusionWell-targeted interventions in the healthcare work environment can reduce burnout levels, strengthen work engagement, and enhance the quality of healthcare

Clonal chromosomal mosaicism and loss of chromosome Y in elderly men increase vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2

The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19) had an estimated overall case fatality ratio of 1.38% (pre-vaccination), being 53% higher in males and increasing exponentially with age. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, we found 133 cases (1.42%) with detectable clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations (mCA) and 226 males (5.08%) with acquired loss of chromosome Y (LOY). Individuals with clonal mosaic events (mCA and/or LOY) showed a 54% increase in the risk of COVID-19 lethality. LOY is associated with transcriptomic biomarkers of immune dysfunction, pro-coagulation activity and cardiovascular risk. Interferon-induced genes involved in the initial immune response to SARS-CoV-2 are also down-regulated in LOY. Thus, mCA and LOY underlie at least part of the sex-biased severity and mortality of COVID-19 in aging patients. Given its potential therapeutic and prognostic relevance, evaluation of clonal mosaicism should be implemented as biomarker of COVID-19 severity in elderly people. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, individuals with clonal mosaic events (clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations and/or loss of chromosome Y) showed an increased risk of COVID-19 lethality

Case report: gestational melioidosis through perinatal transmission

Burkholderia pseudomallei is an emerging pathogen in the Americas. Cases of mother-to-child transmission of B. pseudomallei are rare and probably occur by placental or perinatal infection. We report the first case of native gestational and neonatal melioidosis in the Western hemisphere. The isolated strains in the mother and newborn were confirmed by whole-genome sequencing and identified as a novel sequence type ST1748. The comparison of both genomes revealed a nucleotide similarity of 100%. Melioidosis should be considered within the differential diagnosis of febrile illness or pneumonia in pregnant women and newborns from endemic areas of the Americas.Burkholderia pseudomallei is an emerging pathogen in the Americas. Cases of mother-to-child transmission of B. pseudomallei are rare and probably occur by placental or perinatal infection. We report the first case of native gestational and neonatal melioidosis in the Western hemisphere. The isolated strains in the mother and newborn were confirmed by whole-genome sequencing and identified as a novel sequence type ST1748. The comparison of both genomes revealed a nucleotide similarity of 100%. Melioidosis should be considered within the differential diagnosis of febrile illness or pneumonia in pregnant women and newborns from endemic areas of the Americas

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BackgroundA difficult and demanding work environment, such as that often experienced in healthcare, can provoke fatigue, anxiety, distress, and discomfort. This study considers factors that may influence levels of burnout and work engagement among nurses and seeks to determine the relationship between these conditions.MethodA systematic scoping review was performed, in accordance with the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews, based on data obtained from a search of the PubMed/MEDLINE and Scopus databases carried out in 2022 using the search equation: “work engagement AND nurs* AND burnout.” This search identified nine quantitative primary studies suitable for inclusion in our analysis.ResultsWork overload, type of shift worked, and/or area of hospital service, among other elements, are all relevant to the development of burnout. This syndrome can be countered by social support and appropriate personal resources and values, which are all positively associated with work engagement. Our analysis revealed a significant correlation between work engagement and the different domains of burnout. The correlation effect size between burnout and work engagement was −0.46 (95% CI −0.58, −0.31), with p ConclusionWell-targeted interventions in the healthcare work environment can reduce burnout levels, strengthen work engagement, and enhance the quality of healthcare.</p

VIII Semana de la Facultad de Educación : Desafíos de las pedagogías, las prácticas y las perspectivas investigativas en el siglo XXI.

Estas memorias de la viii Semana de la Educación Desafíos de las pedagogías, las prácticas y las perspectivas investigativas en el siglo XXI, publicadas por la editorial de la Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (uniminuto), contienen las ponencias, los talleres y los foros sobre las tendencias actuales de la pedagogía, las prácticas y la investigación que desarrollan los maestros y estudiantes de licenciaturas en las instituciones educativas a nivel preescolar, básica, media y superior. Son ponencias con carácter innovador e incluyente, que responden a los retos actuales de la sociedad y que conducen a la mejora de las condiciones de formación de los ciudadanos que requiere el país, dadas las particularidades de pluralismo propias de nuestras regiones. Durante el encuentro, también se compartieron experiencias artísticas, culturales y deportivas

VIII Semana de la Facultad de Educación : Desafíos de las pedagogías, las prácticas y las perspectivas investigativas en el siglo XXI.

Estas memorias de la viii Semana de la Educación Desafíos de las pedagogías, las prácticas y las perspectivas investigativas en el siglo XXI, publicadas por la editorial de la Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (uniminuto), contienen las ponencias, los talleres y los foros sobre las tendencias actuales de la pedagogía, las prácticas y la investigación que desarrollan los maestros y estudiantes de licenciaturas en las instituciones educativas a nivel preescolar, básica, media y superior. Son ponencias con carácter innovador e incluyente, que responden a los retos actuales de la sociedad y que conducen a la mejora de las condiciones de formación de los ciudadanos que requiere el país, dadas las particularidades de pluralismo propias de nuestras regiones. Durante el encuentro, también se compartieron experiencias artísticas, culturales y deportivas

1er workshop nacional: de investigación en la formación inicial de profesores de ciencias “reflexiones de la investigación formativa en ciencias mediada por contextos tecnológicos”

La vereda el Pensil del municipio de la Argentina, Huila, Colombia se caracteriza por sus cultivos de café, sin embargo, en estos habitan organismos como las serpientes y los murciélagos de los cuales se desconoce el valor biológico que tienen estos individuos y como consecuencia de esto atentan contra ellos destruyendo el equilibrio ecológico del ecosistema. Teniendo en cuenta lo anterior se planteó como objetivo de investigación generar conciencia ambiental a través de una experiencia significativa sobre la importancia biológica de los quirópteros y serpientes El proyecto de investigación se desarrolló a partir de guías por parte los estudiantes los cuales indagaron concepciones en torno a las serpientes y murciélagos, donde se conoció la visión de la comunidad acerca del papel ecológico que cumplen. Se evidenció el desconocimiento por parte de la comunidad pues se observa que el mayor porcentaje de personas no conocen la función de controladores de plagas de ambos organismos o las funciones polinizadoras y dispersoras de semillas de los murciélagos. En conclusión, la falta de educación ambiental puede llevar a que la comunidad genere desequilibrio biológico y atente contra especies que les genera cierto temor y que están rodeadas de mitos productos del conocimiento popular

3er. Coloquio: Fortalecimiento de los Colectivos de Docencia

Las memorias del 3er. Coloquio de Fortalecimiento de Colectivos de Docencia deben ser entendidas como un esfuerzo colectivo de la comunidad de académicos de la División de Ciencias y Artes para el Diseño, en medio de la pandemia COVID-19, con el fin de: • Analizar y proponer acciones concretas que promuevan el mejoramiento de la calidad docente en la División. • Proponer acciones que permitan continuar fortaleciendo los cursos con modalidad a distancia (remotos). • Ante un escenario que probablemente demandará en el mediano plazo, transitar del modelo remoto a un modelo híbrido, proponer acciones a considerar para la transición de los cursos. • Planear y preparar cursos de nivelación de conocimientos, para cuando se transite a la impartición de la docencia de manera mixta o presencial, dirigidos a los alumnos que no hayan tenido oportunidad de desarrollar actividades relevantes para su formación, como prácticas de talleres y laboratorios, visitas, o alguna otra actividad relevante