Starting over through different learning areas

This paper aims to present a pilot study, with an action research methodology, in a campus recently created by a public university where an UpSkill: Digital Skills & Jobs program has been developed. This vocational training program is funded by the Institute of Employment and Vocational Training and is aimed at unemployed people who have at least secondary education and English language skills and who wish to obtain qualifications in the area of digital technologies. It integrates six months of intensive training in areas such as programming in several languages, cloud platform management, or low-code platform programming. However, this is a very diverse public, they can be individuals with master's, doctorate, or no higher education and even people who emigrated and now return to their country and have difficulties integrating into the labor market. Thus, two modules of transversal skills were developed, one for preparing the entry into the labor market and another for training interpersonal competencies when they are already in the organization that employed them. The two-course modules were based on an in-depth analysis and deconstruction of the concept of decent work (ILO 2019), with the purpose of developing the main axes that should be present in the active job search. The first-course module general orientation is to promote self-knowledge and skills assessment, the resources and abilities that each person possesses and that can be mobilized in the search for a job. This can enable students to make informed choices that enhance their knowledge and abilities, reconciling these guidelines with the opportunities. The second-course module invests in the development of interpersonal skills that enable students to enhance their individual abilities such as social skills (social interaction and cooperation, managing conflicts, teamwork, and communication skills). We know that any organization wants to have a team of employees that can work in full harmony, promoting a pleasant and healthy corporate space. However, the reality of teamwork and conflict management does not always correspond to such an expectation. In this context, applying conflict management strategies in the workplace becomes essential. From this experience, students evaluate their progress and we can share positive results of the evaluation of the seven groups (25 students each) formed so far and also their inclusion in the labor market that allowed them the possibility of starting over.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Degradação de compostos fenólicos por estirpes de Lactobacillus isoladas de águas russas

Comunicação apresentada no III Simpósio Nacional de Olvicultura que decorreu em Castelo Branco, na Escola Superior Agrária do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, de 289 a 31 de Outubro de 2003.As águas russas, principal resíduo da indústria de extracção do azeite, são caracterizadas por uma elevada carga orgânica poluente constituindo, por esta razão, um dos mais graves problemas ambientais dos países da bacia mediterrânea. São particularmente ricas em compostos fenólicos, lípidos e açúcares e apresentam teores mínimos de compostos azotados. O seu potencial biológico e energético é importante, pelo que se estudou a possibilidade de serem usadas como meio de cultura para produção de inóculos lácticos para a indústria de preparação de azeitona de mesa. Foram estudadas várias fontes de compensação de azoto, bem como vários tipos de meio, líquido ou sistema bifásico, com vista à maximização da capacidade de degradação de compostos fenólicos por bactérias lácticas (BL). Foram também estudados alguns dos factores de adaptação das BL às condições de stress fenólico. Concluiu-se que a degradação dos compostos fenólicos e a produção de ácido láctico depende do tipo e da concentração de azoto. Verificou-se que as BL possuem um mecanismo de adaptação ao stress fenólico, baseado em alterações dos seus componentes celulares

Sevoflurane: Its action on heme metabolism and phase I drug metabolizing system

Acute attacks of porphyria are most commonly precipitated by events that decrease heme concentrations. Enzyme inducing-drugs are the most important triggering factors, particularly in relation to anaesthesia. We have reported previously that Enflurane and Isoflurane produced significant heme metabolism alterations, indicating that the use of these anaesthetics in porphyric patients should be avoided. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of the anaesthetic Sevoflurane on heme pathway and drug metabolizing Phase I system in mice. To this end, animals received different doses of the anaesthetic (1-2 ml/kg) and were sacrificed at different times (5-60 min). Data revealed important alterations in the enzymes involved in Acute Intermittent Porphyria, such as an induction in hepatic 5-Aminolevulinic acid synthetase activity and a diminished Porphobilinogen deaminase activity in liver and blood 20 minutes after Sevoflurane administration to mice in a dose of 1.5 ml/kg. Heme oxygenase activity was also induced, indicating the onset of oxidative stress. Total CYP levels and CYP2E1 expression were enhanced. As a consequence of these events, heme free pool would be depleted. In conclusion, our results in mice would suggest that Sevoflurane should be used with caution and very careful control in porphyric patients.Fil: Sampayo, Rocío Guadalupe. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Porfirinas y Porfirias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Porfirinas y Porfirias; ArgentinaFil: Lavandera, Jimena Veronica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Porfirinas y Porfirias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Porfirinas y Porfirias; ArgentinaFil: Batlle, Alcira María del C.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Porfirinas y Porfirias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Porfirinas y Porfirias; ArgentinaFil: Buzaleh, Ana Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Porfirinas y Porfirias. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Porfirinas y Porfirias; Argentin

A new dihydroxysterol from the marine phytoplankton Diacronema sp.

Diacronema sp. was cultured and its sterols were separated by column chromatography on silica gel. The new sterol 24-ethyl-4α-methyl-cholestane-3,20-diol (1) was characterised by NMR and MS spectrometry, as well as (22E)-24-ethyl-4α-methyl-5α-cholest-22-en-3β-ol (2) and β-sitosterol, the major components of the sterol fractions. Neither the biosynthetic origin of the new dihydroxysterol nor its role in the biochemistry of Diacronema is known.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Bacterial Communities of Two Ubiquitous Great Barrier Reef Corals Reveals Both Site- and Species-Specificity of Common Bacterial Associates

Background: Coral-associated bacteria are increasingly considered to be important in coral health, and altered bacterial community structures have been linked to both coral disease and bleaching. Despite this, assessments of bacterial communities on corals rarely apply sufficient replication to adequately describe the natural variability. Replicated data such as these are crucial in determining potential roles of bacteria on coral

Measurable properties of the standard Z0 in a SU(2)L* × SU(2)L × U(1)y scenario

The low-energy limit of ourSU(2)L*×SU(2)L×U(1)Y electroweak model is analysed in order to fix the parameters. Bounds coming from the electron and muon magnetic anomaly are also considered. The resulting predictions for the standard Z-boson are presented. They are compatible with the recent SLC and LEP data.Facultad de Ciencias Exacta

Limits on excited tau leptons masses from leptonic tau decays

We study the effects induced by excited leptons on the leptonic tau decay at one loop level. Using a general effective lagrangian approach to describe the couplings of the excited leptons, we compute their contributions to the leptonic decays and use the current experimental values of the branching ratios to put limits on the mass of excited states and the substructure scale.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev.

Simulating nutrient release from parental carcasses increases the growth, biomass and genetic diversity of juvenile Atlantic salmon

The net transport of nutrients by migratory fish from oceans to inland spawning areas has decreased due to population declines and migration barriers. Restoration of nutrients to increasingly oligotrophic upland streams (that were historically salmon spawning areas) have shown short‐term benefits for juvenile salmon, but the longer term consequences are little known. Here we simulated the deposition of a small number of adult Atlantic salmon Salmo salar carcasses at the end of the spawning period in five Scottish upland streams (‘high parental nutrient’ treatment), while leaving five reference streams without carcasses (‘low parental nutrient’ treatment). All streams received exactly the same number of salmon eggs (n = 3,000) drawn in equal number from the same 30 wild‐origin families, thereby controlling for initial egg density and genetic composition. We then monitored the resulting juvenile salmon and their macroinvertebrate prey, repeating the carcass addition treatment in the next spawning season. Macroinvertebrate biomass and abundance were five times higher in the high parental nutrient streams, even 1 year after the carcass addition, and led to faster growth of juvenile salmon over the next 2 years (but with no change in population density). This faster growth led to more fish exceeding the size threshold that would trigger emigration to sea at 2 rather than 3 years of age. There was also higher genetic diversity among surviving salmon in high parental nutrient streams; genotyping showed that these effects were not due to immigration but to differential survival. Synthesis and applications. This 2‐year field experiment shows that adding nutrients that simulate the presence of small numbers of adult salmon carcasses can have long‐term effects on the growth rate of juvenile salmon, likely increasing the number that will migrate to sea early and also increasing their genetic diversity. However, the feasibility of adding nutrients to spawning streams as a management tool to boost salmon populations will depend on whether the benefits at this stage are maintained over the entire life cycle

Simulating nutrient release from parental carcasses increases the growth, biomass and genetic diversity of juvenile Atlantic salmon

The net transport of nutrients by migratory fish from oceans to inland spawning areas has decreased due to population declines and migration barriers. Restoration of nutrients to increasingly oligotrophic upland streams (that were historically salmon spawning areas) have shown short‐term benefits for juvenile salmon, but the longer term consequences are little known. Here we simulated the deposition of a small number of adult Atlantic salmon Salmo salar carcasses at the end of the spawning period in five Scottish upland streams (‘high parental nutrient’ treatment), while leaving five reference streams without carcasses (‘low parental nutrient’ treatment). All streams received exactly the same number of salmon eggs (n = 3,000) drawn in equal number from the same 30 wild‐origin families, thereby controlling for initial egg density and genetic composition. We then monitored the resulting juvenile salmon and their macroinvertebrate prey, repeating the carcass addition treatment in the next spawning season. Macroinvertebrate biomass and abundance were five times higher in the high parental nutrient streams, even 1 year after the carcass addition, and led to faster growth of juvenile salmon over the next 2 years (but with no change in population density). This faster growth led to more fish exceeding the size threshold that would trigger emigration to sea at 2 rather than 3 years of age. There was also higher genetic diversity among surviving salmon in high parental nutrient streams; genotyping showed that these effects were not due to immigration but to differential survival. Synthesis and applications. This 2‐year field experiment shows that adding nutrients that simulate the presence of small numbers of adult salmon carcasses can have long‐term effects on the growth rate of juvenile salmon, likely increasing the number that will migrate to sea early and also increasing their genetic diversity. However, the feasibility of adding nutrients to spawning streams as a management tool to boost salmon populations will depend on whether the benefits at this stage are maintained over the entire life cycle