Rostros detrás del fusil : una mirada a las mujeres de la guerra desde las narrativas publicitarias

La investigación pretende dar un rostro a aquellas mujeres que están detrás del fusil. Aquellas mujeres de armas tomar que decidieron emprender el camino armado como forma de vida. Aquellas mujeres que fueron obligadas a entrar a estos grupos, muchas de ellas víctimas de diversos abusos; pero sobretodo guerreras y valientes. Es una invitación a analizar el conflicto desde otra perspectiva, desde las mujeres que hicieron parte de los grupos armados. Es una iniciativa para otorgarles un rostro y, así permitir que la sociedad conozca más acerca de ellas, que las reconozca como mujeres resilientes. Asimismo, la investigación sirve de pretexto para mostrar la relación entre la representación social de la mujer desmovilizada y cómo esta se refleja en las narrativas publicitarias, analizando a su vez, cómo el conflicto armado colombiano ha cambiado la imagen de la mujer excombatiente y cómo la publicidad influye en transmisión de los estereotipos y prejuicios que llevan a re-victimizar a estas mujeres.The investigation wants to give a face to those women who are behind the rifle. Those women who decided to take the armed path as a way of life. Those women who were forced to enter these groups, many of them as victims of abuses; but above all, that are warriors and brave subjects. It is an invitation to analyze the conflict from another perspective, from the women who were part of the armed groups. It is an initiative to give them a face and, thus, allow society to know more about them and to recognize them as resilient women. Likewise, the research serves as a pretext to show the relationship between the social representation of the demobilized women and how this is reflected in the advertising narratives. Analyzing how the Colombian armed conflict has changed the image of the ex-combatant woman and how advertising influences the transmission of stereotypes and prejudices that lead to re-victimization of these women.Comunicador (a) SocialPregrad

SARS-CoV-2 viral load in nasopharyngeal swabs is not an independent predictor of unfavorable outcome

The aim was to assess the ability of nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral load at first patient’s hospital evaluation to predict unfavorable outcomes. We conducted a prospective cohort study including 321 adult patients with confirmed COVID-19 through RT-PCR in nasopharyngeal swabs. Quantitative Synthetic SARS-CoV-2 RNA cycle threshold values were used to calculate the viral load in log10 copies/mL. Disease severity at the end of follow up was categorized into mild, moderate, and severe. Primary endpoint was a composite of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and/or death (n = 85, 26.4%). Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed. Nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral load over the second quartile (≥ 7.35 log10 copies/mL, p = 0.003) and second tertile (≥ 8.27 log10 copies/mL, p = 0.01) were associated to unfavorable outcome in the unadjusted logistic regression analysis. However, in the final multivariable analysis, viral load was not independently associated with an unfavorable outcome. Five predictors were independently associated with increased odds of ICU admission and/or death: age ≥ 70 years, SpO2, neutrophils > 7.5 × 103/µL, lactate dehydrogenase ≥ 300 U/L, and C-reactive protein ≥ 100 mg/L. In summary, nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral load on admission is generally high in patients with COVID-19, regardless of illness severity, but it cannot be used as an independent predictor of unfavorable clinical outcome

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

Canagliflozin and renal outcomes in type 2 diabetes and nephropathy

BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the leading cause of kidney failure worldwide, but few effective long-term treatments are available. In cardiovascular trials of inhibitors of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2), exploratory results have suggested that such drugs may improve renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS In this double-blind, randomized trial, we assigned patients with type 2 diabetes and albuminuric chronic kidney disease to receive canagliflozin, an oral SGLT2 inhibitor, at a dose of 100 mg daily or placebo. All the patients had an estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of 30 to <90 ml per minute per 1.73 m2 of body-surface area and albuminuria (ratio of albumin [mg] to creatinine [g], >300 to 5000) and were treated with renin–angiotensin system blockade. The primary outcome was a composite of end-stage kidney disease (dialysis, transplantation, or a sustained estimated GFR of <15 ml per minute per 1.73 m2), a doubling of the serum creatinine level, or death from renal or cardiovascular causes. Prespecified secondary outcomes were tested hierarchically. RESULTS The trial was stopped early after a planned interim analysis on the recommendation of the data and safety monitoring committee. At that time, 4401 patients had undergone randomization, with a median follow-up of 2.62 years. The relative risk of the primary outcome was 30% lower in the canagliflozin group than in the placebo group, with event rates of 43.2 and 61.2 per 1000 patient-years, respectively (hazard ratio, 0.70; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.59 to 0.82; P=0.00001). The relative risk of the renal-specific composite of end-stage kidney disease, a doubling of the creatinine level, or death from renal causes was lower by 34% (hazard ratio, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.53 to 0.81; P<0.001), and the relative risk of end-stage kidney disease was lower by 32% (hazard ratio, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.54 to 0.86; P=0.002). The canagliflozin group also had a lower risk of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke (hazard ratio, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.67 to 0.95; P=0.01) and hospitalization for heart failure (hazard ratio, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.47 to 0.80; P<0.001). There were no significant differences in rates of amputation or fracture. CONCLUSIONS In patients with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease, the risk of kidney failure and cardiovascular events was lower in the canagliflozin group than in the placebo group at a median follow-up of 2.62 years

XIV Jornada de Investigación 2023

Eje temático I: derecho, cultura y sociedad: En este eje tamático, se presentan ponencias que tienen como propósito analizar y explicar críticamente, a través de la investigación científica y desde el enfoque interdisciplinar, los derechos humanos, el proceso de estructuración de La convivencia y la equidad en la vivencia de los derechos; los valores, las costumbres, las normas, los estilos de vida, el uso de artefactos y la organización social; los procesos de desarrollo espiritual, de conocimiento científico, de desarrollo tecnológico y estético, y la convivencia y sus implicaciones en lo público y lo privado. Eje temático II: desarrollo humano y sostenible. El segundo eje temático que abordó la XII Jornada de Investigación fue desarrollo humano y sostenible, con ponencias que abarcaron todos aquellos aspectos que van, desde el desarrollo y bienestar individual, pasando por los estudios de las comunidades, para llegar a una comprensión global de la sostenibilidad como un factor determinante de existencia de las sociedades. Eje temático III: gestión y tecnología al servicio de la sociedad. Finalmente, en la XII Jornada de Investigación, se trabajóel eje temático gestión y tecnología al servicio de la sociedad, en el cual se presentaron, desde las diferentes disciplinas, ponencias que aportaron al campo del desarrollo productivo y a la solución de los problemas de la sociedad a través de las oportunidades que una buena gestión y un apropiado uso de la tecnología ofrece. (Tomado de la Fuente)EJE TEMÁTICO I: DERECHO, CULTURA Y SOCIEDAD La respuesta económica a la pandemia dentro del Estado social de derecho colombiano. Los espacios intermediarios como contenedores de experiencias significativas. Análisis del estilo lingüístico aplicado a la psicología jurídica. ¿Dejar o transformar? Cinco puntos para entender la ciudad contemporánea. Studiositas y verdad en la educación centrada en la persona. Los derechos de autor en el contrato de trabajo y de prestación de servicios. Afectación de los derechos sexuales reproductivos femeninos durante el conflicto armado en Colombia. Problemas del acceso a la justicia del campesinado de los páramos de Sumapaz y Santurbán. Vulneración del derecho al agua potable en La Guajira: una falta de garantías. Derechos humanos e inteligencia militar: el dilema de la primacía del interés general sobre el particular. Cuantificación del dolor humano por parte de la justicia colombiana. Retos tecnológicos en el derecho vs. Limitaciones en Colombia en las poblaciones más vulnerables. Construir identidad territorial a través del corredor socioambiental Los Nevados. La naturaleza en la arquitectura: una mirada a la arquitectura del siglo XX. Contrato de trabajo del futbolista profesional. La baja educación en las zonas rurales por consecuencia del conflicto armado y la corrupción en el Estado colombiano. Incidentes de la migración venezolana en el ámbito normativo nacional colombiano e internacional. Legalización definitiva del consumo adulto del cannabis en Colombia: un debate jurídico y constitucional. Wawamia jai, síndrome propio de la cultura: una caracterización de los signos y síntomas de una enfermedad cultural del pueblo indígena emberá-katío. La cruda realidad del reclutamiento de niños, niñas y adolescentes en el conflicto armado en Colombia: una visión nacional e internacional. EJE TEMÁTICO II: DESARROLLO HUMANO Y SOSTENIBLE Migración venezolana en Colombia: perspectiva crítica sobre el derecho de acceso a la salud. El estrés laboral. Una imagen no es tradición: la actualidad de la vivienda raizal en el Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina. Aprendizajes del proceso de diseño basado en la investigación: caso de estudio barrio Concepción Norte, Bogotá, Colombia. Sumapaz como territorio potencial hídrico y patrimonio paisajístico y cultural: modelo de región sostenible. Revisión sistemática del liderazgo digital desde las competencias digitales. Intervenciones psicológicas basadas en evidencia: tendencias actuales. Herramientas pedagógicas para la concientización de la comunidad a partir del reconocimiento de la memoria histórica en el barrio San Benito, Bogotá, Colombia. Diseño sostenible como factor diferencial en la reconversión industrial de las curtiembres en el barrio San Benito, Bogotá, Colombia. Motivación escolar como factor relacionado con el rendimiento académico en estudiantes en extraedad en la Institución Educativa Distrital República de México, sede B, jornada mañana. La realidad de los objetos artificiales. Performance en nuestro diario vivir. ¿Es necesario la modificación del lugar para satisfacer las necesidades del ser humano? ¿Es necesario hacer modificaciones al espacio natural para generar cultura? La arquitectura como síntesis entre los objetos con propósito o sin él. La creación de los objetos y sus impactos en el mundo. ¿Cuáles son los determinantes de las brechas de competencia laboral en el departamento de Cundinamarca, Colombia? Buenas prácticas de habitabilidad. Reconocimiento de la arquitectura doméstica tradicional en Colombia como una pauta de identidad para el diseño de nuevas viviendas. Validación de un instrumento para evaluar la procrastinación académica. Escala de medición de la soledad BATAN. Contraste entre el instrumento para medir la resiliencia en adultos jóvenes de Colombia (CLANP) con CD-RISC 10. Finlandia y naturaleza: país modelo en ratificación de normas y tratados para la protección de los derechos de la naturaleza. EJE TEMÁTICO III: GESTIÓN Y TECNOLOGÍA AL SERVICIO DE LA SOCIEDAD Aplicación de una tecnología limpia desde el diseño resiliente: simulación de un módulo básico de vivienda social en la ciudad de Tunja, Colombia. Recorrido virtual de la Universidad Católica de Colombia Sede Claustro para la inducción de estudiantes y docentes. Evaluación de eficiencia de un prototipo de un sistema de atrapanieblas tipo NRP 3.0 para la vereda Gaunza Arriba, municipio de Guateque, departamento de Boyacá, Colombia. Sistema de Información para la Coordinación de Trabajos de Grado del Programa de Ingeniería de Sistemas de la Universidad Católica de Colombia (SIGETG). Estrategias de sostenibilidad para la reducción de la huella hídrica en la vivienda de la Costa Caribe. Sistema de evaluación de resultados de aprendizaje de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad Católica de Colombia. Identificación de tendencias en la implementación de DevOps a partir de una revisión sistemática. Desarrollo de un algoritmo de trading para operar el mercado de divisas a través de ondas de Elliott y números de Fibonacci. Los derechos humanos en el espacio de la inteligencia artificial. Construcción de paz a través del ciberactivismo en redes sociales de cuatro organizaciones juveniles de Bogotá. Las redes sociales digitales como herramienta educativa: una propuesta de investigación-innovación. Videojuego de realidad virtual sobre la extracción y el tráfico ilegal de la fauna silvestre en Colombia. Arquitectura de la información de la plataforma de inteligencia artificial para el estudio neurocognitivo y el apoyo a la salud mental. Inmersión sobre la innovación: perspectivas sobre el derecho al trabajo y la inteligencia artificial en el servicio de justicia. El ciberterrorismo en la legislación colombiana: un análisis desde la criminología. Modelo de fabricación digital de diseño sostenible para vivienda social. Uso de los videojuegos en el campo educativo: ventajas y desventajas. Resolución electrónica de controversias en procesos civiles de mínima cuantía en Colombia. Estrategia de evaluación y promoción de la salud mental en el contexto universitario. Caracterización de técnicas y herramientas de inteligencia artificial utilizadas para el perfilamiento de clientes por las mipymes en Colombia. Transformar el casco urbano del municipio de Líbano, departamento del Tolima, Colombia: un proyecto parque industrial para el intercambio de saberes y revitalización ambiental. Aplicación tecnológica en agricultura urbana para promover la seguridad alimentaria en poblaciones vulnerables. CONCLUSIONE

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy. Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered the field. Our knowledge base and relevant new technologies have also been expanding. Thus, it is important to formulate on a regular basis updated guidelines for monitoring autophagy in different organisms. Despite numerous reviews, there continues to be confusion regarding acceptable methods to evaluate autophagy, especially in multicellular eukaryotes. Here, we present a set of guidelines for investigators to select and interpret methods to examine autophagy and related processes, and for reviewers to provide realistic and reasonable critiques of reports that are focused on these processes. These guidelines are not meant to be a dogmatic set of rules, because the appropriateness of any assay largely depends on the question being asked and the system being used. Moreover, no individual assay is perfect for every situation, calling for the use of multiple techniques to properly monitor autophagy in each experimental setting. Finally, several core components of the autophagy machinery have been implicated in distinct autophagic processes (canonical and noncanonical autophagy), implying that genetic approaches to block autophagy should rely on targeting two or more autophagy-related genes that ideally participate in distinct steps of the pathway. Along similar lines, because multiple proteins involved in autophagy also regulate other cellular pathways including apoptosis, not all of them can be used as a specific marker for bona fide autophagic responses. Here, we critically discuss current methods of assessing autophagy and the information they can, or cannot, provide. Our ultimate goal is to encourage intellectual and technical innovation in the field

Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries

© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licenseBackground: 80% of individuals with cancer will require a surgical procedure, yet little comparative data exist on early outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). We compared postoperative outcomes in breast, colorectal, and gastric cancer surgery in hospitals worldwide, focusing on the effect of disease stage and complications on postoperative mortality. Methods: This was a multicentre, international prospective cohort study of consecutive adult patients undergoing surgery for primary breast, colorectal, or gastric cancer requiring a skin incision done under general or neuraxial anaesthesia. The primary outcome was death or major complication within 30 days of surgery. Multilevel logistic regression determined relationships within three-level nested models of patients within hospitals and countries. Hospital-level infrastructure effects were explored with three-way mediation analyses. This study was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03471494. Findings: Between April 1, 2018, and Jan 31, 2019, we enrolled 15 958 patients from 428 hospitals in 82 countries (high income 9106 patients, 31 countries; upper-middle income 2721 patients, 23 countries; or lower-middle income 4131 patients, 28 countries). Patients in LMICs presented with more advanced disease compared with patients in high-income countries. 30-day mortality was higher for gastric cancer in low-income or lower-middle-income countries (adjusted odds ratio 3·72, 95% CI 1·70–8·16) and for colorectal cancer in low-income or lower-middle-income countries (4·59, 2·39–8·80) and upper-middle-income countries (2·06, 1·11–3·83). No difference in 30-day mortality was seen in breast cancer. The proportion of patients who died after a major complication was greatest in low-income or lower-middle-income countries (6·15, 3·26–11·59) and upper-middle-income countries (3·89, 2·08–7·29). Postoperative death after complications was partly explained by patient factors (60%) and partly by hospital or country (40%). The absence of consistently available postoperative care facilities was associated with seven to 10 more deaths per 100 major complications in LMICs. Cancer stage alone explained little of the early variation in mortality or postoperative complications. Interpretation: Higher levels of mortality after cancer surgery in LMICs was not fully explained by later presentation of disease. The capacity to rescue patients from surgical complications is a tangible opportunity for meaningful intervention. Early death after cancer surgery might be reduced by policies focusing on strengthening perioperative care systems to detect and intervene in common complications. Funding: National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research Unit

Effects of hospital facilities on patient outcomes after cancer surgery: an international, prospective, observational study

© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 licenseBackground: Early death after cancer surgery is higher in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared with in high-income countries, yet the impact of facility characteristics on early postoperative outcomes is unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the association between hospital infrastructure, resource availability, and processes on early outcomes after cancer surgery worldwide. Methods: A multimethods analysis was performed as part of the GlobalSurg 3 study—a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study of patients who had surgery for breast, colorectal, or gastric cancer. The primary outcomes were 30-day mortality and 30-day major complication rates. Potentially beneficial hospital facilities were identified by variable selection to select those associated with 30-day mortality. Adjusted outcomes were determined using generalised estimating equations to account for patient characteristics and country-income group, with population stratification by hospital. Findings: Between April 1, 2018, and April 23, 2019, facility-level data were collected for 9685 patients across 238 hospitals in 66 countries (91 hospitals in 20 high-income countries; 57 hospitals in 19 upper-middle-income countries; and 90 hospitals in 27 low-income to lower-middle-income countries). The availability of five hospital facilities was inversely associated with mortality: ultrasound, CT scanner, critical care unit, opioid analgesia, and oncologist. After adjustment for case-mix and country income group, hospitals with three or fewer of these facilities (62 hospitals, 1294 patients) had higher mortality compared with those with four or five (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 3·85 [95% CI 2·58–5·75]; p<0·0001), with excess mortality predominantly explained by a limited capacity to rescue following the development of major complications (63·0% vs 82·7%; OR 0·35 [0·23–0·53]; p<0·0001). Across LMICs, improvements in hospital facilities would prevent one to three deaths for every 100 patients undergoing surgery for cancer. Interpretation: Hospitals with higher levels of infrastructure and resources have better outcomes after cancer surgery, independent of country income. Without urgent strengthening of hospital infrastructure and resources, the reductions in cancer-associated mortality associated with improved access will not be realised. Funding: National Institute for Health and Care Research