Recuerdo e identidad del desarraigo

El presente trabajo está constituido por una serie fotográfica que representa los recuerdos y sensaciones creadas a partir de un desarraigo. La inseguridad de no saber a qué lugar pertenece, altera su forma de mirar el mundo. Con su mirada doble, muestra como el pasado forma parte de nosotros y define nuestra forma de ser del presente.Lucrarea constă într-o serie de fotografii care descriu amintirile și senzațiile create dintr-o dezradacinare. Insecuritatea de a nu ști de unde aparții, schimba modul de a privi lumea. Cu privirea ei dubla, demostreaza cum trecutul este o parte din noi și defineste modul nostru de a fi în prezent.Universidad de Sevilla. Grado en Bellas Arte

Integrity in research – the integral dimension of excellence in academia

Topics of integrity in research are intensified in recent years as a result of denouncing numerous fraud cases in the field of science. The public found out, for the first time in history, about the existence of these behaviors and the consequences they produce, and rules were adopted for researchers

Therapeutic alternatives with CPAP in obstructive sleep apnea

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), characterized by airflow cessation (apnea) or reduction (hypopnea) due to repeated pharyngeal obstructions during sleep, causes frequent disruption of sleep and hypoxic events. The condition is linked to many adverse health related consequences, such as neurocognitive and cardiovascular disorders, and metabolic syndrome. OSA is a chronic condition requiring long-term treatment, so treatment using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has become the gold standard in cases of moderate or severe OSA. However, its effectiveness is influenced by patients’ adherence. Surgery for OSA or treatment with oral appliances can be successful in selected patients, but for the majority, lifestyle changes such as exercise and dietary control may prove useful. However, exercise training remains under-utilized by many clinicians as an alternative treatment for OSA. Other interventions such as oral appliance (OA), upper way stimulation, and oropharyngeal exercises are used in OSA. Because the benefit of all these techniques is heterogeneous, the major challenge is to associate specific OSA therapies with the maximum efficacy and the best patient compliance

Therapeutic alternatives with CPAP in obstructive sleep apnea

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), characterized by airflow cessation (apnea) or reduction (hypopnea) due to repeated pharyngeal obstructions during sleep, causes frequent disruption of sleep and hypoxic events. The condition is linked to many adverse health related consequences, such as neurocognitive and cardiovascular disorders, and metabolic syndrome. OSA is a chronic condition requiring long-term treatment, so treatment using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has become the gold standard in cases of moderate or severe OSA. However, its effectiveness is influenced by patients’ adherence. Surgery for OSA or treatment with oral appliances can be successful in selected patients, but for the majority, lifestyle changes such as exercise and dietary control may prove useful. However, exercise training remains under-utilized by many clinicians as an alternative treatment for OSA. Other interventions such as oral appliance (OA), upper way stimulation, and oropharyngeal exercises are used in OSA. Because the benefit of all these techniques is heterogeneous, the major challenge is to associate specific OSA therapies with the maximum efficacy and the best patient compliance

DISABILITY AND MEDICAL REHABILITATION. ANALYSIS OF BARRIERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PROPOSED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Disability is part of human condition. Anyone can suffer at a certain point in life a temporary or permanent disability. Disability refers to difficulties found in any of the three areas of functioning and is the term for impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions, which refer to the negative aspects of the interaction between an individual (with a certain health condition) and the contextual factors of that individual (personal factors – motivation, self-esteem, and environmental factors – products and technology, service systems, policies, relations with the others). The concept of disability is related to human rights because: people with disabilities are confronted with injustice when they are denied employment, education, political participation; they are subject to violence, abuse, prejudice, disrespect. Medical rehabilitation measures are aimed at functions and structures of the body, activities and social participation, environmental and personal factors. The results of rehabilitation are the benefits and changes in the functioning of an individual during the course of time, which can be attributed to a single measure or to a set of measures

Disability, human rights, and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health: systematic review

This literature review focuses on the literature on disability from the ethical and human rights perspective in the light of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health in the period from January 1, 2008, to June 30, 2010. This article identifies and examines studies that deal with the subject of disability with reference to rights, ethical issues, and justice. A total of 42 articles and 33 books were selected. The subject most frequently dealt with in studies on disability is that of human rights (76% of the articles and 79% of the books examined), followed by topics relating to welfare (52% of articles and 64% of books), International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (38% of articles and 45% of books), justice (24% of articles and 48% of books), education (21% of articles and 61% of books), and work (19% of articles and 39% of books). The subject of disability is dealt with in various fields of study and various disciplines. Most of the studies are based on the legal approach. It is to be hoped that there will be an increase in the philosophical and ethical study of disability, which has only recently entered the European debate.This literature review focuses on the literature on disability from the ethical and human rights perspective in the light of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health in the period from January 1, 2008, to June 30, 2010. This article identifies and examines studies that deal with the subject of disability with reference to rights, ethical issues, and justice. A total of 42 articles and 33 books were selected. The subject most frequently dealt with in studies on disability is that of human rights (76% of the articles and 79% of the books examined), followed by topics relating to welfare (52% of articles and 64% of books), International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (38% of articles and 45% of books), justice (24% of articles and 48% of books), education (21% of articles and 61% of books), and work (19% of articles and 39% of books). The subject of disability is dealt with in various fields of study and various disciplines. Most of the studies are based on the legal approach. It is to be hoped that there will be an increase in the philosophical and ethical study of disability, which has only recently entered the European debate

Revision of International Classification of Functioning,Disability and Health Ethical Guidelines

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is a classification instrument of the World Health Organization. It is the result of the revision of the concept of disability. Its aim is to classify health and functioning in the various domains of human life and to provide standard units of measurement for disability on a global basis. In the framework of the Multidisciplinary Research Network on Health and Disability in Europe (MURINET) project, a recent revision of the ICF ethical guidelines has been proposed by the Centre for Bioethics of the Universita`Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Although we are well aware that not everybody agrees with the ICF approach, in that they have objections concerning the biopsychosocial model on which it is founded, this commentary aims to illustrate the theoretical background on which this revision is based as well as to examine the ethical and practical implications of the perspective on disability which is at the basis of ICF