Projeto, desenvolvimento e avaliação do programa educativo-sociocomunitário global com pais “Sua educação, nossa prioridade” em um centro de ensino fundamental na Califórnia

El presente estudio analiza los resultados y beneficios de un programa educativo-socio-comunitario global con padres, clave en el proceso de formación de los alumnos aprendices de inglés, pretendiendo compensar carencias y dificultades y promover cambios profundos y esenciales en el seno de las instituciones educativas que los acogen. La metodología utilizada ha sido mixta, combinando técnicas cuantitativas y cualitativas tanto de recogida como de tratamiento y valoración de los datos obtenidos. Así se ha optado por el uso de instrumentos diversos como actas, controles de asistencia, test estandarizado de California (CST) y cuestionarios. El modelo, objeto de esta investigación empírica, se desarrolla con 613 padres latinos inmigrantes en un único centro de primaria y aporta datos relevantes en torno a la favorable influencia y la correlación directa existente entre el trabajo educativo y comunitario con padres y a) la adquisición de buenos hábitos, c) mejores niveles de rendimiento escolar de los educandos y de participación de las familias en la vida del centro y proceso educativo de sus hijos, y c) la calidad de comunicación, el conocimiento y respeto entre padres y profesores. Por último propone un cambio en el entendimiento del rol del educador en pro de políticas educativas abiertas, progresistas y sensibles a la realidad social presente y futura, preparando mejor al ciudadano para vivir en comunidades multiculturalmente diversasThe purpose of this research is to analyze the results and positive impact of a global socio-educational and community program, which is crucial in the learning process of English Learners, to eliminate barriers, compensate difficulties, and promote profound changes within the schools. A qualitative and quantitative methodology has been combined to collect and analyze data, using a variety of instruments as: The California Standard Test, questionnaires, informal observations, minutes, and attendance forms. The model proposed by this empirical research was developed with 613 Latino immigrant parents in one Elementary school. The case study provides relevant data to conclude that there is a significant correlation between the educational and community program, with important benefits like: a) the acquisition of good habits, b) higher levels of student achievement and parent involvement at school and in the learning process of their children, and c) the quality of communication, knowledge, and respect between parents and teachers. In addition, the research suggests a new way of understanding our own role as educators in favor of more realistic and sensitive educational policies, in order to better prepare citizens to live in multicultural societiesO presente estudo analisa os resultados e benefícios de um programa educativo-sociocomunitario global com pais, chave no processo de formação dos alunos aprendizes de inglês, pretendendo compensar carências e dificuldades e promover mudanças profundas e essenciais no seio das instituições educativas que os acolhem. A metodologia utilizada foi mista, combinando técnicas quantitativas e qualitativas tanto na coleta quanto no tratamento e avaliação dos dados obtidos. Assim, optou-se pelo uso de instrumentos diversos como atas, controles de frequência, teste estandartizado de California (CST) e questionários. O modelo, objeto desta investigação empírica, desenvolve-se com 613 pais latinos imigrantes em uma única escola de ensino fundamental e fornece dados relevantes em torno da favorável influência e a correlacão direta existente entre o trabalho educativo e comunitário com pais e a) a adquisição de bons hábitos, b) melhores níveis de rendimento escolar dos educandos e de participação das famílias na vida do centro e processo educativo de seus filhos, e c) a qualidade de comunicação, o conhecimento e respeito entre pais e professores. Por último, propõe uma mudança no entendimento do papel do educador em prol de políticas educativas abertas, progressistas e sensíveis à realidade social presente e futura, preparando melhor ao cidadão para viver em comunidades multiculturalmente diversa

Análisis de los modelos curriculares bilingüe y de inmersión en una sociedad multilingüe y multicultural

En este trabajo de investigación se realiza un estudio cualitativo y cuantitativo comparado de los niveles de eficacia de dos modelos básicos curriculares utilizados en California con población latina inmigrante: el bilingüe de transición a corto plazo (TBP) y el de inmersión estructurada al inglés (SEI). Para ello se utiliza una muestra de tres grupos de alumnos de segundo curso de primaria en el contexto de la ciudad de Santa Ana, California (USA) y como instrumentos de medida los test estandarizados de ámbito estatal CELDT y CST. En primer lugar, mediante un estudio longitudinal, se analiza el nivel de competencia lingüística adquirido por los alumnos de ambos programas en un periodo de 5 años consecutivos. En segundo lugar, se compara el nivel obtenido por los tres grupos en lenguaje y matemáticas en 2º curso de primaria. Para terminar se analiza el papel que ha jugado el uso de la lengua materna en el aprendizaje de los contenidos curriculares, la adquisición de destrezas y hábitos de trabajo y los aspectos emocionales y afectivos relacionados en dichos procesos. Los resultados y conclusiones de este estudio pretenden aportar nuevos datos de valor e interés a la comunidad científica y al permanente debate sobre la necesidad de implantación de programas bilingües en el trabajo con inmigrantes, a la vez que inspirar cambios que puedan dar una mejor respuesta educativa a las demandas lingüísticas, profesionales, sociales, políticas y culturales de nuestro tiempo y nuestro entorno multicultura

The voice of birth families to improve visits in foster care

In foster care, contact visits with birth families play an important role in relation to the child’s wellbeing, and they may impact on placement outcomes. However, the views of birth parents with respect to such visits have largely been unexplored. This research is part of a project financed by the regional government of Andalusia (SEJ-7106) regarding contact visits in foster care. This study aims to give voice to parents and gather their views about contact visits, including how they might be improved. Participants were 23 birth families who had contact visits with 35 children in non-kinship foster care. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted in order to explore two key aspects: the parents’ opinions regarding the contact visits and the main areas they felt needed improving. The interviews were transcribed and the transcripts were examined using an inductive method of open coding to identify themes among participants’ responses. The main themes to emerge concerned their general view of contact visits and the organization of visits. The paper discusses the study’s implications of the findings for practice.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Analysis of professionals and family foster care on advantages and difficulties of visits between foster children and their biological families

Contact between a foster child and birth parents play an important role in relation to the foster child’s wellbeing. The main aim of this study is to give voice to social workers and foster families about contact visits. This research is part of a project financed by the regional government of Andalusia (Spain) (SEJ-7106) regarding contact visits in foster care. Two focus groups were organized, one with 8 social workers from four foster care agencies and another with 8 foster carers (4 were recruited through the Association of Foster Families in Andalusia and 4 through fostering agencies). Access to foster care agencies and foster families was obtained through the official Andalusian Child Protective Services (SPM). The focal groups were audio-recorded. Transcripts (of the two focus groups gave rise to primary documents for the hermeneutic unit under study. All this information was exported from an Excel database to the ATLAS.ti v7.0 software. The transcripts were examined using an inductive method of open coding in order to identify themes among participants’ responses. Results show that both groups agreed on the utility of visits to maintain the children’s attachment to their birth family, to bring a greater sense of continuity to the children’s life story, to enhance the psychological wellbeing of the foster children and to know the real situation of their birth family. In relation to the difficulties remarked in the course of the visits, one of the issues mentioned by both groups refers to a lack in the coordination among the social workers, the SPM and the foster families involved. The other issue brings together several complaints to the SPM, such as the fact of not providing information about taking decisions regarding the future of the child; the lack of support and preparation of the foster carers, the children and the birth families about visits; as well as the shortage of social workers and economic aids provided by the SPM. The conclusions of this study highlight the need to improve contact visits by developing intervention strategies targeted at all those involved (foster children, family foster care, birth family and social workers). These findings have important implications for practice.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Caracterización actitudinal e intencional de la violencia juvenil exogrupal en la Comunidad de Madrid

Introducción. El presente artículo expone el proceso de construcción de un instrumento para medir e identificar las creencias relevantes que jóvenes integrados en grupos violentos poseen sobre la propia conducta violenta que realizan; una vez identificadas, se utilizan para explicar el desarrollo de la intención de llevar a cabo este tipo de conductas. Metodología. Se realizaron tres estudios independientes y complementarios. El primero (N=216) identifica las creencias salientes sobre violencia. El se-gundo (N=250) muestra el proceso de construcción del Cuestionario Piloto sobre Violencia Juvenil Exogrupal y se procede a la selección estadística de las creencias relevantes. El tercer estudio (N=243) muestra el diseño defini-tivo del Cuestionario de Investigación de la Conducta Violenta Exogrupal y presenta el modelo de regresión realizado para explicar la intención de realizar con-ductas violentas. Resultados. El modelo final obtenido explica el 61.5% de la varianza de la variable dependiente “Intención" e identifica las creencias más relevantes para explicar, tanto el desarrollo como la inhibición de la in-tención de realizar conductas violentas por parte de jóvenes pertenecientes a grupos. Discusión. Los resultados pueden contribuir en la fundamenta-ción del diseño, aplicación y evaluación de intervenciones que tengan como objetivo principal la prevención o el tratamiento del problemaPurpose. This article presents the process followed for the construction of an instrument to measure and identify the relevant beliefs owned by the youth belonging to violent groups about their own violent behaviour. Once identified, they are used as an explanation of the process of the intention to carry out this behaviour. Methodology. For that pur-pose, we conducted three independent but complementary. The first of them (N=216) identifies the salient beliefs about violence. The second (N=250) shows the process of construction of the Cuestionario Piloto so-bre Violencia Juvenil Exogrupal and proceeds to the statistical selection of the relevant beliefs about violence. The third study (N=243) shows the de-finitive design of the Cuestionario de Investigación de la Conducta Violenta Ex-ogrual (CINCOVE) and presents the regression model conducted to explain the intention of carrying out violent behaviour. Results. The final model obtained explains 61.5% of the variance of the dependent variable “Inten-tion” and identifies the main beliefs related to the intention to carry out vi-olent behaviour on the side of youth belonging to groups. Discussion. The results may contribute to the foundation of the design, implementation and evaluation of interventions that have as main objective the prevention or treatment of the proble

Quantitative and qualitative methods of evaluating response to biologics in severe asthma patients: Results from a real-world study

[EN] Asthma is a complex major noncommunicable disease affecting around 333 million people worldwide, both children and adults.New biological therapies for treating severe asthma have remarkably improved disease management. Notwith-standing, one remaining crucial problem is evaluating the response to these treatments. Therefore, adequate measurement of the response to biologics in a holistic manner that integrates clinical variables of interest and quality of life is needed, particularly in identifying super-responder patients (SR). Menzies-Gow et al went more profound in the concept and proposed a consensus to evaluate remission.Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII); European Union -Next Generation EU; Junta de Castilla y Leó

The power of weak ion-exchange resins assisted by amelogenin for natural remineralization of dental enamel : an in vitro study

Acord transformatiu CRUE-CSICAltres ajuts: Sandra Diez-García acknowledges the FI-2017 fellowship from Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (Generalitat de Catalunya).This study aims to develop an innovative dental product to remineralize dental enamel by a proper combination of ion-exchange resins as controlled release of mineral ions that form dental enamel, in the presence of amelogenin to guide the appropriate crystal growth. The novel product proposed consists of a combination of ion-exchange resins (weak acid and weak base) individually loaded with the remineralizing ions: Ca, PO and F, also including Zn in a minor amount as antibacterial, together with the protein amelogenin. Such cocktail provides onsite controlled release of the ions necessary for enamel remineralization due to the weak character of the resins and at the same time, a guiding tool for related crystal growth by the indicated protein. Amelogenin protein is involved in the structural development of natural enamel and takes a key role in controlling the crystal growth morphology and alignment at the enamel surface. Bovine teeth were treated by applying the resins and protein together with artificial saliva. Treated teeth were evaluated with nanoindentation, scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The innovative material induces the dental remineralization creating a fluorapatite layer with a hardness equivalent to sound enamel, with the appropriate alignment of corresponding nanocrystals, being the fluorapatite more acid resistant than the original mineral. Our results suggest that the new product shows potential for promoting long-term remineralization leading to the inhibition of caries and protection of dental structures

Scientists' motivation to communicate science and technology to the public: surveying participants at the Madrid Science Fair

This paper investigates what motivates scientists to communicate science and technology in a science event involving a direct relationship and interaction with the public. A structured questionnaire survey was administered through face-to-face interviews to 167 research practitioners (researchers, technicians, support staff and fellows) at the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) who participated in the Madrid Science Fair in the years 2001 to 2004. The motivations of members in each professional category are discussed. The most important motivations have to do with the desire to increase the public's interest in and enthusiasm for science, the public's scientific culture, and public awareness and appreciation of science and scientists. Senior researchers were also highly motivated by a sense of duty. Personal satisfaction and enjoyment were important motivations for younger scientists. This research will help to understand the mechanisms of scientists' motivation, and thus foster and encourage greater and better participation in events of this kind

Volatile organic compounds and consumer preference for meat from suckling goat kids raised with natural or replacers milk

Most of European Union goats are slaughtered with carcase weights between 5 kg and 11 kg. Some farmers rear kids with milk replacers to produce cheese with the dams’ milk. The aim of this experiment was to study the volatile compounds (VOCs) of meat of suckling light kids reared with natural milk or milk replacers and to study the influence of consumers’ psychographic characteristics on the sensory preference for meat. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was performed to identify the VOCs and consumers evaluated the flavour, juiciness and overall acceptability. Thirty-five VOCs were detected and 44.3%, 25.1%, 6.9% and 2.3%, were aldehydes, hydrocarbons, ketones and alcohols, respectively. The influence of the rearing system on VOCs clearly depended on the breed. The use of milk replacers did not affect the percentage of linear aldehydes compared to the use of natural milk. However, the major aldehyde, hexanal (34.8%), was related to the use of natural milk and correlated positively with both the flavour (r = 0.21) and overall acceptability (r = 0.24). On the other hand, hydrocarbons such as hexane were related to MR, and 2-methyl-pentane and 3-methyl pentane were correlated with the acceptability of flavour (r = −0.22 and −0.25, respectively) and with the overall acceptability (r = −0.21 and −0.24). The 2-penthyl furan and 2-ethyl-1-hexanol were correlated with the overall acceptability (r = −0.22 and −0.22, respectively). Therefore, the acceptability of meat from suckling kids fed natural milk was greater for older consumers and people with a moderate consumption of meat.Unión Europea, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). [RTA2012-0023-C03]; CYTED [116RT0503

Randomised clinical trial of a manual therapy programme to reduce the evolution time of axillary web syndrome in women affected by breast cancer: study protocol

Introduction Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumour in women, with more than 2 million new cases annually worldwide. One of the most frequent and well-known surgical and post-actinic sequelae is post-mastectomy lymphoedema. The axillary web syndrome is another sequela that limits the functionality of the patient and delays the protocol time of administering cancer treatments; and in many cases, this sequela is misdiagnosed. This surgical sequela usually disappears spontaneously after the third month of appearance, but this implies a long period of discomfort and limitations for the patient, at the same time, it may delay the application of radiotherapy within the indicated protocol deadline (due to a need for body posture). Methods and analysis With the present quasi-experimental study, we intend to show the application of physiotherapy and stretching from the beginning of the appearance of the axillary cord, in a controlled and scheduled way by the physiotherapist. It is possible to reduce the time in which the lymphatic thrombus is present and, therefore, recover functionality and mobility, reduce pain and be able to apply treatments within the established deadline. We intend to apply this therapy into the intervention group and compare thrombus evolution time with the control group. Ethics and dissemination This trial has the approval of the Andalucia Ethics Committee (PEIBA code 1909-N1-21, reg. number 171.21)