Art and Eco Therapies: Benefits to Motor Development of Preschool-Age Children in the Screen Era

In the highly technological society we currently live in, children are spending more time in front of screens instead of engaging in play or spending time in nature. Screen time has increased significantly in the past year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Excess screen time poses a threat to the motor development of preschool-age children. The fields of art therapy and ecotherapy have theoretical and practical groundings that make them an alternative to traditional therapies in the area of skill development and deficit prevention for children’s motor skills. This study focuses on the benefits that art therapy and ecotherapy can have on the motor skill development of preschool-age children. A literature review was conducted to find the benefits of art therapy and ecotherapy concerning the motor development of preschool-age children. Existing research indicates that art therapy and ecotherapy individually and together (eco-art therapy) have benefits in the area of child motor development and well-being. These benefits can serve as protective factors and help mitigate the negative impact on motor development of preschool-age children that are associated with excessive screen time

Consumers' Perception of Milk Safety

Several times during the last decade consumers have been warned about different incidents concerning food safety, like, salmonella in eggs, cheese and poultry, and pesticides residues in tomatoes. The problem of food safety is still to be a largely latent concern for consumers. The main research goal of this paper is to investigate consumers' risk attitudes and risk perceptions concerning milk safety and to estimate their willingness to pay for extra-safe milk. The data was collected in the Netherlands using a mail survey. 211 usable questionnaires (26%) were returned. Results show that, in general, consumers are not concerned about the safety of milk. However, the results of consumers' perceptions of the "riskiness of milk contamination" for vulnerable groups of people show that babies are considered to be more sensitive to different sources of contamination than other groups. This study supports the results of previous food safety studies showed that consumers are willing to pay a price premium to the traditional purchase price to avoid some perceived risks. 58% of respondents are willing to pay an additional price for extra-safe milk. The conjoint experiment results indicate that the most important factors for consumers' preference are risk of contamination and presence of a label. Based on a conjoint analysis four segments of respondents were distinguished: "Balanced Shoppers"; "Safety-Seekers"; "Safety-Indifferent"; and "Extreme-Safety Seekers".food safety, questionnaire survey, risk attitudes, risk perceptions, willingness to pay, willingness to buy., Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

Planificación Estratégica : Implantación del cuadro de mando integral como herramienta de evaluación de la estratégia

La investigación documental tiene como tema planeación estratégica y como subtema implantación del cuadro de mando integral como herramienta de evaluación de la estrategia. Es importante resaltar que el cuadro de mando integral es un instrumento o metodología de gestión que facilita la implantación de la estrategia de la empresa de una forma eficiente e innovador que puede enriquecer el control de la gestión de cualquier organización. El objetivo de esta investigación es describir el proceso de implantación del cuadro de mando integral como herramienta de evaluación de la estrategia, definiendo los elementos claves para su implementación, el cuadro de mando integral y sus diferentes perspectivas. En el capítulo I se específica las conceptualizaciones elementales de la naturaleza de la evaluación de la estrategia, procesos y un marco de referencia que la componen, medición del desempeño de la organización y la toma de acciones correctivas para llevar a cabo un sistema de evaluación eficaz de la mano con la planeación de contingencia. En el capítulo II los beneficios, los problemas que trata de resolver el cuadro de mando integral, como actúa como motor del cambio estratégico y sus elementos de la confección. Finalmente en el capítulo III los modelos del cuadro de mando integral a través de sus cuatros perspectiva. Se realizó búsqueda de material bibliográfico extraída de diferentes autores dentro de ellos el más empleado fue el libro de Fred David, asimismo, aplicamos los criterios de las normas APA que se utilizaron son las orientadas por el Centro de Escritura Javeriano, Normas APA, Sexta Edición (2016). La implantación del cuadro de mando integral en la organización es una herramienta eficaz para mejorar las estrategias y su ventaja competitiva

Get On Board! Educational Design for Early Childhood, Approached as Interdisciplinary Participation

Museums continue to be communication centers serving as a channel for different societies to deliver and communicate their cultural traits to future generations. Education, museology and design teams are challenged to develop experiences that facilitate learning, often realizing that the parameters followed to design them do not match users’ expectations. Through a process of exploring various sources: exhibitions offered at museums, non-experts expectations, and the participation of designers, the design of educational materials for early childhood was developed to meet the needs of users and aiming to democratize the design process in order to achieve relevant results that respond to the context as well as create and structure a methodology which could be replicated in other centers

Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 como factor predictor del grado de diferenciación en neoplasia maligna de próstata

Determinar si la diabetes mellitus tipo 2 es un factor predictor del grado de diferenciación en neoplasia maligna de próstata. Material y Métodos: Se llevó a cabo un estudio retrospectivo observacional de casos y controles. La población de estudio estuvo constituida por 366 pacientes según criterios de inclusión y exclusión, establecidos y distribuidos en dos grupos: 122 con Neoplasia Maligna de Próstata indiferenciada y 244 con Neoplasia Maligna de Próstata no indiferenciada. Resultados: Se encontró en el análisis multivariado significancia estadística en las variables de diabetes mellitus con un OR = 2.45, con una p = 0.023, IC 95% (1.13 - 5.335) y edad ≥ 65 años con un OR = 2.37, con una p = 0.003, IC 95% (1.336 - 4.237); por otra parte, el promedio de PSA en pacientes con NMP indiferenciada fue de 40,7 ± 39,2 con respecto a los que no tienen NMP indiferenciada con 17,3 ± 9,7, P= 0.000. Mientras que la obesidad y el tratamiento de la diabetes no son estadísticamente significativos con un P > 0.05. Conclusiones: Existe una asociación estadísticamente significativa a favor de la diabetes mellitus tipo 2 como factor predictor del grado de diferenciación en neoplasia maligna de próstata.determined if type 2 diabetes mellitus is a predictor of the grade of differentiation in malignant prostate neoplasia. Material and Methods: A retrospective observational study of cases and controls was carried out. The study population consisted of 366 patients according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, established and distributed in two groups: 122 with undifferentiated Malignant Prostate Neoplasia and 244 with nonundifferentiated Malignant Prostate Neoplasia. Results: Statistical significance was found in the multivariate analysis in the diabetes mellitus variables with an OR = 2.45, with a p = 0.023, 95% CI (1.13 - 5.335) and age ≥ 65 years with an OR = 2.37, with a p = 0.003 , 95% CI (1,3364,237); on the other hand, the average PSA in patients with undifferentiated MPN was 40.7 ± 39.2 compared to those without undifferentiated MPN with 17.3 ± 9.7, P = 0.000. While obesity and diabetes treatment are not statistically significant with a P> 0.05. Conclusions: There is a statistically significant association in favor of type 2 diabetes mellitus as a predictor of the degree of differentiation in malignant prostate neoplasia.Tesi

Propuesta de un sistema de indicadores de la E.S.E Salud Pereira en el marco de su permanencia en la red global de hospitales verdes y saludables

La crisis ambiental producto de la desequilibrada relación del medio humano y todas sus representaciones evolutivas y adaptativas al medio natural, es foco en la actualidad de numerosos esfuerzos y a apuestas globales, naciones, regionales y locales, a partir de las cuales se pretende generar un esquema sistemático de análisis, estudio y actuación, con el fin de comprender, gestionar y manejar adecuadamente sus características propias de complejidad..

Polineuromiopatía del paciente críticamente enfermo

La miopatía del paciente crítico es una de las complicaciones más frecuentes en las unidades de cuidado intensivo, descrita por primera vez en 1977 por  MacFarlane y colaboradores. Se han utilizado diferentes nombres para describir el cuadro clínico que más que una entidad única corresponde a múltiples tipos de daño muscular. Entre los más utilizados están, la miopatía necrotizante, miopatía cuadripléjica,  síndrome post-parálisis y miopatía de filamentos gruesos; aunque algunos autores prefieren abarcar estos signos  clínicos bajo el nombre de polineuromiopatia. Sin embargo, no obstante la denominación más común de síndrome neuromuscular agudo, el objetivo  de  este  documento  es  analizar  las diferentes causas y manifestaciones de la debilidad muscular que desarrollan los pacientes críticamente enfermos, durante su estancia en unidad de cuidado intensivo, igual que el diagnóstico y evaluación, considerando que, la clínica, etiopatogenia en procesos de sepsis, utilización de fármacos como los bloqueantes neuromusculares, corticoides,  sedación, relajación, alteración de músculos respiratorios y estancia prolongada en cama, son los factores más comunes que desencadenan el desarrollo de dicha entidad

Tutorial support in higher education: building critical and interdisciplinary reflection based on the experience of four teachers

Tutoring in higher education has been adopted as an educational method to improve the quality of teaching, particularly in graduate studies. It is usually practiced at the end of the course and requires the tutor to provide descriptive feedback to their students about their academic path, or, in the case of internships, assist with the writing of the final thesis or dissertation. In a tutorial system, as learning takes place the tutor's feedback is usually customized to fit the specific needs of each student essentially through a one-to-one relationship, resulting in developmental benefits both for the student and the tutor. Still, although widely described in the education literature for nearly two decades [1]–[5], the analysis of tutorial support from an interdisciplinary point of view has not been deeply explored, nor the best practices described in this sense. Therefore, this study aimed to compare tutoring practice in different subject areas. As such, veterinary sciences, social work, pharmaceutical sciences, and education were the ecosystems in which tutoring was explored and applied, aiming to analyze common strategies, and ultimately detect and share good practices for pedagogical improvements. The present work results from a qualitative study, based on the analysis of interviews regarding the tutoring expectations of four higher education professors based on five major parameters: Learning Alliance, Mental availability, Disciplinary Specialization, Technical Expertise, and Institutional Context. The objective was to evaluate what kind of strategies were adopted by each teacher and if the pedagogical practices are effective in fulfilling the learning objectives. Overall, all four teachers agreed upon that mentoring experience is a fundamental path for the teacher's self-reflection while paving the way for the students' careers. Furthermore, it supports the notion that interdisciplinary differences, different methodologies, styles, contexts, and practices can be used to constructively inspire and improve tutoring and reinforce good teaching and the pedagogical practices of teachers.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Lessons, discoveries, challenges, and results in an interdisciplinary learning community of higher education teachers

The present study describes how a group of higher education teachers, from different disciplinary areas, came to constitute themselves as a learning community. Learning communities allow the exchange of information, tools, experiences, innovative practices, as well as knowledge transfer between colleagues in a faster and more relevant way. Despite the disciplinary diversity, the focus on university pedagogy grounded new practices. Teachers learned lessons through peer observation, discovered skills and competencies in the joint discussion, and accepted challenges to witness their experiences in professional forums foreign to their previous experience. It should be noted that the collaborative learning experience factor, which counts on another teacher as a reflective pair, allowed progressive social learning in this learning community that is ongoing for two years.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Sistematización de un programa de motivación para trabajadores de la industria de la construcción

92 p.El presente trabajo tiene por objetivo sistematizar un programa de motivación para trabajadores de la construcción. Con el fin de mejorar el desempeño de los trabajadores en los ámbitos de producción, calidad, aseo y seguridad, este programa se enmarca en un sistema de motivación que centra su campo de acción en la motivación a través de inventivos, trabajo en equipo y fijación de metas. El sistema propone que realizando evaluaciones diarias en los aspectos antes mencionados y premiando a las cuadrillas de trabajadores que logren un desempeño porcentual determinado se producirán mejoras sustanciales. Debido a que la aplicación del sistema en trabajadores de la construcción se encuentra en una etapa de gestación, no existen manuales ni procedimientos establecidos para implementar tal programa de forma sistemática a cualquier empresa constructora, así en las páginas posteriores se encuentra el desarrollo de una sistematización donde a través de una serie de procesos se establecen los pasos administrativos para implementar el programa; la conformación de cuadrillas; definición de metas; definición de parámetros de calidad, seguridad y aseo; definición de forma de medición de la producción, entre otros. Adicionalmente se expone la forma en que la sistematización fue aplicada en un caso real; obra edificio Doña Laura, Constructora Altius S.A., Santiago, Macul./ABSTRACT: This paper aims to systematize a motivational program for construction workers. In order to improve the performance of workers in the areas of production, quality, cleanliness and safety, this program is part of a motivation system that focuses its action on motivation through inventive, teamwork and fixing goals. This system proposes conducting daily assessments in the areas listed above and rewarding crew’s adequate performance, substantial improvements will be achieved. Due to the program implementation is in an early stage, there is a lack of procedures applying such a program systematically to any construction company. Subsequent pages expose a systematic approach development where through a series of processes is presented a setting of administrative steps for the program implementation, the gangs formation, goals, quality parameters, safety and cleanliness defining; production measurement defining, amongst others. Additionally it shows how the systematization was applied in a real case, building construction proyect Doña Laura, Constructora Altius SA, Santiago, Macul