A Prophet in Golconda: Bishop Gerardo Valencia Cano

The life and work of Bishop Gerardo Valencia Cano, was marked not only by his missionary work in the Vaupés and Buenaventura, beside the poor and needy, but by his active participation in the priestly movement Golconda, first visible expression of what would be the Theology of Liberation in Colombia. His leading role and the reactions of the Colombian episcopate are the central theme of this work

An Active Isodicentric X Chromosome in a Case of Refractory Anaemia with Ring Sideroblasts Associated with Marked Thrombocytosis

Refractory anaemia with ring sideroblasts and marked thrombocytosis (RARS-T) is a provisional entity in the World Health Organization (WHO) classification. It displays features characteristic of both myelodysplastic syndrome and myeloproliferative neoplasia plus ring sideroblasts ≥15% and marked thrombocytosis. Most patients with RARS-T show a normal karyotype. We report a 76-year-old woman diagnosed with RARS-T (76% of ring sideroblasts) with JAK2 (V617F) mutation and a load of 30-40%. Classical and molecular cytogenetic (FISH) studies of a bone marrow sample revealed the presence of isodicentric X chromosome [(idic(X)(q13)]. Moreover, HUMARA assay showed the idic(X)(q13) as the active X chromosome. This finding was correlated with the cytochemical finding of ring sideroblasts. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an active isodicentric X in a woman with RARS-T

Virtual reality to improve low-back pain and pelvic pain during pregnancy: a pilot RCT for a multicenter randomized controlled trial

A significant proportion of women experience low back and pelvic pain during and after pregnancy, which can negatively impact their daily lives. Various factors are attributed to these complaints, and many affected women do not receive adequate healthcare. However, there is evidence to support the use of different physiotherapeutic interventions to alleviate these conditions. Virtual reality is a promising complementary treatment to physiotherapy, particularly in improving pain perception and avoidance. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a four-week program combining VR and physiotherapy compared to standard physiotherapy in pregnant women with low back and pelvic pain, in terms of improving pain avoidance, intensity, disability, and functional level. The study also aims to investigate patient satisfaction with the VR intervention. This research will be conducted through a multi-center randomized controlled clinical trial involving pregnant patients residing in the provinces of Seville and Malaga with a diagnosis of low back and pelvic pain during pregnancy. The alternative hypothesis is that the implementation of a Virtual Reality program in combination with standard physiotherapy will result in better clinical outcomes compared to the current standard intervention, which could lead to the development of new policies and interventions for these pathologies and their consequence

The Effectiveness and Recommendation of Motor Imagery Techniques for Rehabilitation after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review

Motor imagery (MI) reported positive effects in some musculoskeletal rehabilitation processes. The main objective of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of MI interventions after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. A systematic review was conducted from November 2018 to December 2019 in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro). The methodological quality, degree of recommendation, and levels of evidence were analyzed. A total of six studies were included. Selected studies showed unequal results (positive and negative) regarding pain, anxiety, fear of re-injury, function, and activities of daily living. Regarding the range of motion, anthropometric measurements, and quality of life, the results were not conclusive. Muscle activation, strength, knee laxity, time to remove external support, and neurobiological factors showed some favorable results. Nevertheless, the results were based on a limited number of studies, small sample sizes, and a moderate-weak degree of recommendation. In conclusion, our review showed a broader view of the current evidence, including a qualitative assessment to implement MI after ACL surgery. There was no clear evidence that MI added to physiotherapy was an effective intervention after ACL surgery, although some studies showed positive results in clinical outcomes. More adequately-powered long-term randomized controlled trials are necessary

Towards a Semantic-Aware Collaborative Working Environment

Collaborative Working Environments (CWEs) enable an efficient collaboration between professionals, specially those settled in different locations of a company or stakeholders from different companies. This can be of great help for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as an effective way to share information. However, it can be difficult for SMEs to have access to a fully integrated CWE providing different tools (e.g., videoconferencing, instant messaging, etc.). Currently, they may define a CWE as a combination of heterogeneous and non-integrated tools which are not able to share information between them. An integrated CWE would provide SMEs with the necessary means to collaborate, making information exchange easier.&nbsp

Coupling to breakup channels using a transformed harmonic oscillator basis

The application of a recently proposed procedure for discretizing the continuum to collision processes involving weakly bound nuclei is studied. In particular, the coupling to breakup states in the collision of d+208Pb at 50 MeV is discussed. For illustrative purposes, only the s-wave component of the bound state of the deuteron is considered, and the study is restricted to the case of nuclear s-wave breakup. The continuum discretization procedure provides a basis of transformed harmonic oscillator wave functions to accomplish the necessary calculations. Appropriate convergence of the elastic and breakup cross sections with increasing dimension of the basis is reported. In addition, it is shown that the results obtained converge to those of a standard continuum discretized coupled channels calculation, with the advantage that the convergence of the method is determined by only one parameter, namely the dimension of the basis.Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología PB98- 1111 FP A2000-1592-C03-02Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation SAPIENS/36282/9

Desarrollo de una aplicación en Android para la estimación automática de carbohidratos mediante un análisis de imágenes y técnicas de Inteligencia Artificial

Este trabajo de fin de grado tiene como objetivo desarrollar una aplicación para dispositivos móviles, concretamente para aquellos dispositivos con sistema operativo Android. Esta aplicación, será capaz, mediante una fotografía tomada con el propio dispositivo, de reconocer los distintos alimentos presentes en la imagen a través de técnicas de visión por computador y de Inteligencia Artificial. La finalidad de esta aplicación es proporcionar una herramienta sencilla e intuitiva a las personas que sufren diabetes para ayudarles en la estimación y monitorización de nutrientes, consiguiendo así que puedan aplicar un plan de alimentación saludable que les ayude a controlar los síntomas de la enfermedad. En primer lugar, la aplicación segmentará la imagen proporcionada por el usuario mediante el algoritmo de agrupamiento KMeans. Los resultados proporcionados por este algoritmo serán usados por el clasificador que, mediante el algoritmo K-Nearest Neighbors, etiquetará los distintos alimentos. Una vez los alimentos han sido etiquetados en la categoría correcta, la aplicación hace uso de una base de datos externa USDA para conseguir los valores nutricionales de cada alimento haciendo especial énfasis en los carbohidratos. Toda la información recopilada es mostrada al usuario y después es guardada en su propio historial. Cada usuario cuenta con un historial de comidas donde se guarda información de las fotos de las comidas que ha subido y todos los valores nutricionales de éstas. De esta forma queda una aplicación capaz de identificar diferentes alimentos en una misma imagen usando técnicas de visión por computador y de Inteligencia Artificial facilitando la tarea a las personas que sufren de diabetes de estimar la cantidad de insulina diaria necesaria, logrando así un mejor control sobre la enfermedad y sus síntomas

Enolase in the intestinal helminth infections: the case of the echinostoma caproni-mice model

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