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Spaces for Sociability, Communication of News and Rumors in the Wars of Independence of Mexico and Venezuela (1809-1818)

Objective: This article analyzes the spaces of informal sociability and the communication of news and rumors in the context of the wars of independence of Mexico and Venezuela between 1809 and 1818, in order to compare the importance that they had in the development of these events. Methodology: This is a documentary and qualitative research, based on a comparative historiographic perspective. The primary sources used come from a selection of various testimonies included in judicial files called causas de infidencia. Originality: We compare specific facts and discursive situations that seek to shed light on the strategies used by the inhabitants of these two territories in the development of the armed conflict. Conclusions: Through this comparative look, it was possible to show how rumors and the news —spread both by written media and word of mouth— became useful strategies to deliver information and seduce adepts into the insurgent cause, in the context of the wars of independence in both territories. This might be perceived as an expression of an incipient “public opinion” and a political culture that was part of —or disseminated— in absolutely social environments, such as the spaces of informal sociability of the time.

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Anuario Colombiano de Historia Social y de la Cultura

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The job stability reinforced for pregnant women: an analysis of a decision of the Colombian Constitutional Court

Through the sentence object to analysis T-043/20, The Constitutional Court confirmed its jurisprudential posture in favor of reinforced labor stability for pregnant women, thus complying with the diverse legal and politically public measures to develop an obli-gation to guarantee the vital minimum for pregnant and nursing women; this way, the precedence of action protection in this subject evades an irremediable prejudice when the reasons for not continuing a labor relationship do not comply with objective legal causes relevant to internal legislation. In this sense, the purpose of this analysis is to address the scope of the Court’s ruling with respect to its object of development, and, to demonstrate the importance of this article as a jurisprudential review in the investigative framework of constitutional correctness, the reinforced protection that pregnant women in Colombia must have from any discriminatory act that is due precisely to their preg-nancy status, as an illegitimate and illegal argument to terminate or not renew a labor contract.; when the objective grounds for termination are not configured as provided by the Substantive Labor Code.

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Nuevo Derecho

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Recommendations on the vaccination against sars-cov-2 in patients on dialysis and on the kidney transplant waiting list

Background: People on dialysis are considered a high-risk population for SARS-CoV-2 infection, complications, and death. In Colombia, about 44% of the population on dialysis is under 60 years of age. In addition, due to the same challenges that the pandemic has imposed on transplant programs, the young population that must continue on dialysis has increased markedly, as they have no option in the short term of a kidney transplant, therefore, the limitations in early access to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 would exacerbate the problems of this population, causing considerable losses in years of life that the vaccine could save. Purpose: The objective of this document is to summarize the main reasons why the prioritization of vaccination of patients on chronic dialysis and on the kidney transplant waiting list is recommended. Methodology: A rapid search for information on vaccination in patients with CKD on dialysis or awaiting kidney transplantation was performed. The resulting information was critically analyzed by experts in nephrology for the formulation of recommendations. The search results are presented as a narrative synthesis. Results: Based on the information reviewed and discussed by nephrology experts, 4 recommendations are proposed for vaccination against the SARS-Cov-2 virus. Conclusions: The Colombian Association of Nephrology and Arterial Hypertension (ASOCOLNEF), the Colombian Association of Pediatric Nephrology (ACONEPE) and the Colombian Association of Organ Transplantation (ACTO), committed to the health of patients with kidney disease on dialysis and transplant waiting lists in Colombia, join to generate recommendations for prioritization and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2.

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Revista Colombiana de Nefrologia

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Effect of sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis) residual paste flour on viability of saccharomyces boulardii and Lactobacillus rhamnosus

An experimental study was carried out to determine the effect on the viability of two probiotics when incorporated into sacha inchi residual paste flour as a food matrix. For this purpose, the oil was extracted from the sacha seeds by cold pressing and the residual paste was obtained. Then the residual paste flour was prepared and the moisture, protein, ash, fat, fiber, carbohydrates, and caloric value of both the residual sacha inchi paste and the flour obtained from it were determined. Four experimental formulas were established in the following percentages: F1(100% flour), F2(93%flour and 7%S. boulardii), F3(93%flour and 7% L.rhamnosus) and F4(92.2% flour + 3.6%S.boulardii + 3.6%L.rhamnosus). Finally, the viability of the probiotic microorganisms, Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Saccharomyces boulardii incorporated into the flour was determined and the formula with the best results was characterized physicochemically and microbiologically. The results show that there are minimal differences between the means of the concentration in CFU/g obtained in the treatment with S. boulardii (F2) (Sig.=0.37), the mean of the Control treatment (F1), as well as minimal significant differences between the mean of the treatment with L. rhamnosus and S. boulardii (F4) and the Control treatment (F1) (Sig.=0.001), however, the F2 and F4 treatments do not differ significantly from the mean concentration in CFU/g obtained in each of them (Sig.=0.165). Finally, it is concluded that the cell concentration of the test microorganism is affected by the food matrix in which it is found, considering the treatments with S. boulardii (F2) and L. rhamnosus + S.boulardii (F4) as the treatments where the cell concentration of S.boulardii remained stable during the 19 days of the test compared to the treatment with Lactobacillus rhamnosus (F3).

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Aibi, Revista de Investigacion Administracion e Ingenierias

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Education for local development

The following essay gathers a proposal for the integration of 3 theoretical constructs that contribute to rethink Latin American education: territories, biocultural potentialities and local development. The challenges of the social, environmental, economic and political crises put pressure to educate for the sustainable transformation of developing countries, taking advantage of the richness of biological biodiversity and the deep local knowledge of communities to bet on a synergy between global demands and local territorial offers. Education for local development is a challenge for educators and political leaders to mitigate vulnerability to the effects of climate change, migration and poverty.

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Aibi, Revista de Investigacion Administracion e Ingenierias

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Research during undergraduate medical school: Is it necessary to modify the curricular pro-gram in Colombia?

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Acta Neurologica Colombiana

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Use of X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy as an analytical tool for the study of contamination by Teflon in the synthesis of Mo(VI)Cl2O2 Bipy/TiO2 catalysts

The preparation of catalysts can involve various sources of contamination, which can seriously affect the quality of the prepared materials. In the present work, a case of fluorine contamination in a set of catalyst samples was studied, in which using the X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) technique, it was evidenced by the F 1s signal that this element was present in the form of Teflon, since its binding energy corresponded mainly to the CF2 species. Furthermore, using the C 1s signal, it was also possible to corroborate the presence of the CF2 group, which is associated with the main component of the Teflon carbon chains. The use of this information made it possible to identify that the solvent dehydration procedure (previous step to obtaining the catalysts) could lead to contamination with Teflon since it involved various accessories with Teflon, organic solvents and high temperature; the Teflon tape and the magnetic stirrer being the possible sources of contamination.

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Revista Colombiana de Quimica

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Differences and agreement between two portable hand-held spirometers across diverse community-based populations in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

Introduction Portable spirometers are commonly used in longitudinal epidemiological studies to measure and track the forced expiratory volume in first second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC). During the course of the study, it may be necessary to replace spirometers with a different model. This raise questions regarding the comparability of measurements from different devices. We examined the correlation, mean differences and agreement between two different spirometers, across diverse populations and different participant characteristics. Methods From June 2015 to Jan 2018, a total of 4,603 adults were enrolled from 628 communities in 18 countries and 7 regions of the world. Each participant performed concurrent measurements from the MicroGP and EasyOne spirometer. Measurements were compared by the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) and Bland-Altman method. Results Approximately 65% of the participants achieved clinically acceptable quality measurements. Overall correlations between paired FEV1 (ICC 0.88 [95% CI 0.87, 0.88]) and FVC (ICC 0.84 [0.83, 0.85]) were high. Mean differences between paired FEV1 (-0.038 L [-0.053, -0.023]) and FVC (0.033 L [0.012, 0.054]) were small. The 95% limits of agreement were wide but unbiased (FEV1 984, -1060; FVC 1460, -1394). Similar findings were observed across regions. The source of variation between spirometers was mainly at the participant level. Older age, higher body mass index, tobacco smoking and known COPD/asthma did not adversely impact on the inter-device variability. Furthermore, there were small and acceptable mean differences between paired FEV1 and FVC z-scores using the Global Lung Initiative normative values, suggesting minimal impact on lung function interpretation. Conclusions In this multicenter, diverse community-based cohort study, measurements from two portable spirometers provided good correlation, small and unbiased differences between measurements. These data support their interchangeable use across diverse populations to provide accurate trends in serial lung function measurements in epidemiological studies.

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PLOS Global Public Health

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The collaborative digital bibliographic manager as a tool to support the research process

This is a case study with both a qualitative and quantitative approach and a descriptive level about how students perceive the use of the collaborative digital bibliographic manager. The study helps to acknowledge the relevance of using this manager to qualify research and academic production, from projects developed by students of the master\'s degree in Digital Technologies Applied to Education. A total of 103 students took part in the units Characterization of applied research and Applied research proposal. The results show that the graduates value positively the manager as a key technological device for information and knowledge management; at the same time, they infer that this computer tool facilitates the search, classification and analysis of bibliographic records, resulting in adequate decision making and improvement in both academic and research performance.

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Revista Iberoamericana de Educacion Superior

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CHALLENGES IN TEACHING OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES IN A DIGITAL WORLD DURING COVID-19: From face-to-face to remote learning in Colombia

The COVID-19 pandemic-induced worldwide contingency has significantly disrupted the way education has been delivered, going through a crucial period of change and adaptation. But how does this dynamic impact both students’ and teachers’ educational process? This research on the teaching of renewable energies at the higher education level in engineering programs reveals the main challenges to this transformation as well as how they were overcome. The methodology is qualitative with two-way dynamic reflection, between the facts and their interpretation, and impacts 130 engineering students, from all of Colombia’s regions. Among the main results, six challenges stand out, which were addressed through different strategies.

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Human Review. International Humanities Review / Revista Internacional de Humanidades

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Art/technology relationship as tools to improve the teaching processes of artistic education in Primary Education students in the rural context

This article presents the results of a pedagogical intervention that involved digital photography, video art and augmented reality with the support of programs such as Quiver, Windows Movie Maker, Windows 10 video editor and Padlet, to improve the teaching processes of education. in 26 fifth grade students, between 10 and 11 years old, inhabitants of the municipality of Buenavista in the department of Córdoba, Colombia. Based on a mixed approach with a descriptive cut, a Likert-type pre- and post-test were applied before and after the pedagogical intervention, contrasting the results with the field diary prepared by the researchers. Among the relevant findings is that technology contributes to creativity to the extent that the student explores new ways to solve and propose exercises that enrich their sensitivity and critical thinking. The methodologies that are addressed in relation to art/technology allow spaces for interaction, reflection and positioning in the face of new artistic manifestations. The field diary as a systematizing instrument generates in the teacher questions that must be taken into account to improve their teaching-learning methodologies of artistic education.

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Arte, Individuo y Sociedad

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Evaluation of an explanatory model of suicide risk based on family factors

Suicide is a high-impact mental health problem in today’s society, both in the world and in Colombia: in fact, epidemiological data shows that there has been an upward trend in the suicide rate both in the country and in the city of Valledupar, which is the local context of interest. On the other hand, within modern conceptualizations such as the socio-ecological model of suicide prevention, it has been recognized that family factors are very important determinants of risk and protection. The different investigations reviewed as antecedents show congruently that family dysfunction as well as coercive paternal socialization behaviors are risk factors for suicide. Likewise, adequate family functionality and parental acceptance, and involvement behaviors are protective factors. Similarly, different studies have shown that older adolescents and females are at greater risk of suicidal behavior. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an explanatory model of the risk of suicidal ideation, which involved the dimensions of parental socialization and perceived family functionality, as well as to establish the influence of the parents’ socialization style, based on the findings of previous studies. For this purpose, a quantitative, explanatory and cross-sectional study was developed. The ESPA-29, the APGAR and the BECK-HF Suicidal Ideation Scale were applied to a sample of 268 adolescents from the city of Valledupar, Colombia. A simple random sampling was used for the selection of participants within a neighborhood of the city of Valledupar. The sample consisted of 51.9 % female and 48.1 % male adolescents. The approval of the parents was obtained through an informed consent of the legal representative, as well as an informed consent for the adolescents, which complies with the characteristics requested by the Colegio Colombiano de Psicólogos. Using SPSS 25 and AMOS 25, five different explanatory models were evaluated, with a SEM modeling-Path Analysis. The model of best goodness of fit indicators (χ2 = 22.2, p =.022, CMINDF = 2.023, CFI =.968, TLI =.919, NFI =.942, RMSEA =.061) establishes an influence of acceptance/ involvement of both parents on family functioning, which reduces the level of suicidal ideation; age and coercion/imposition of the father also directly affect the latter. The data demonstrate the importance of family functioning and of supportive and affective behaviors of the acceptance/involvement dimension, since they present a protective effect against suicidal risk. In the same way, the data shows that the coercion/imposition behaviors of the father, but not the mother, were a risk factor. Although the father’s authoritarian style did predict a greater risk of suicidal ideation, it was the indulgent style, and not the authoritative style, that presented the lowest risk. Although the measurements obtained by this research do not allow us to unambiguously explain why this difference occurs between the study’s findings and what is suggested by the scientific literature regarding maternal and paternal styles of socialization in the face of suicide, there are possible determining factors for the results. The possibility is raised that, at a cultural level, beliefs about the maternal role in families in the Colombian Caribbean region, which arise from a formation of matrilocal families, influence the perception of greater acceptability of punishment by the mother towards their children. On the other hand, there is the lack of evidence of significant differences in terms of suicide risk according to sex. Some directions are suggested for future research, mainly to broaden the research spectrum on the role of the family in suicide prevention and to corroborate in the context of the Colombian Caribbean region the finding about the absence of effect of coercion/imposition behaviors carried out by the mother.

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Interdisciplinaria

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Expenditure and Health Policy: Population of older adults in Argentina and Chile

Public health policies aimed at older adults represent an action aimed at guaranteeing their vital rights. The present work aims to establish the characteristics of health spending for the elderly segment in Argentina and Chile, these countries were selected since they have experienced accelerated aging rates in recent years, as well as different data, in morbidity, mortality, life expectancy and causes of death in these segments, indicators of life expectancy and hierarchy of cause of death arranged in free access systems were included to be compared with the aforementioned data. As dissimilar results despite being countries with high rates of aging, there is no follow-up statistics to make evaluations or policies based on evidence for the data and periods studied (2014-2017). In conclusion, a multiplicity of public policy models is observed, as well as differentiated criteria by international organizations that build their information bases from data produced by governments, with a chronological delay and insufficient disaggregation of the same for specific topics. of health in older adults specifically linked to the percentages of the Gross Domestic Product

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Revista de Ciencias Sociales

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International Continuing Education for Rehabilitation  Workers in Honduras: A Pre-test, Post-test Evaluation

Background: The knowledge of Honduran healthcare workers who deliver rehabilitation services can be enhanced by support from community-engaged academic collaborations outside the country. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate reactions and learning linked to two continuing education workshops for rehabilitation workers in northern  Honduras. Method: A pre-test post-test study design was used. In September 2017, faculty  from Canada and Colombia, together with health professionals from Honduras, facilitated two neurorehabilitation workshops - one in a rehabilitation centre and the other in a family support organisation located in northern Honduras. The participants were physiotherapists, physicians, nurses and educational  professionals, as well as a psychologist, kinesiologist, and non-professionals  trained onsite. Seventeen participants attended the ‘Acquired brain injury/spinal cord injury workshop’ (adult workshop), and 15 attended the ‘Rehabilitation  for children with impaired neuromotor development workshop’ (paediatric  workshop). They completed three questionnaires before the workshops: One on sociodemographic information; one related to knowledge; and, the Modified Stages of Learning Questionnaires (MSLQs). Three questionnaires were completed after the workshops: The Modified Kirkpatrick; a knowledge questionnaire; and, the MSLQ. Results: Most of the participants agreed that the workshops had positive effects  in two of the four Kirkpatrick levels that were evaluated: Reaction and learning.  In the MSLQs of the paediatric workshop, there was a statistically significant change in the percentage of participants who moved from scanning/evaluation  stages in the pre-test to learning/gaining experience in the post-test, in three of the six topics. Three of the knowledge questions showed important learning effects. Conclusion and Implications: Workshops offered through an international collaboration resulted in enhancing learning and knowledge of neurological rehabilitation workers in Honduras. This initiative has the potential to improve the quality of care for people with neurological conditions in the region. Participants evaluated the workshops as relevant and held very positive attitudes  about the perceived outcomes. The inclusion of local practitioners in planning the workshops and selecting the topics appeared to have aided their relevance. It is recommended that workshop planners take adequate time to ensure relevancy.

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Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development

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Psychosocial effects of the forced disappearances of young people in Latin America: A pending task

This article reviews the concept of psychosocial trauma based on the phenomena of political violence in Latin America and specifically the forced disappearance of young people in Colombia. Based on this theoretical-contextual analysis, the study identifies that this phenomenon of forced disappearance has generated personal, family and collective affectations - involving attributes of psychosocial trauma - in the Colombian social fabric. As a final reflection, the authors propose the need to rethink the psychosocial effects of the damage to society caused by this violence, represented in the fact that young people have been forcibly disappeared and the implications that this has had for the social fabric.

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Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Ninez y Juventud

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Use of Moodle to strengthen citizenship competencies in physiotherapy students: a pretest-posttest design

Introduction:Moodle is a learning information and communication technology widely used worldwide and has been little used to strengthen citizenship competencies. Objective:To improve citizenship competencies through a pedagogical strategy in the Moodle platform in students registered in the training courses of clinical/administrative physiotherapy practice at the University of Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia. Methods:A pretest-posttest design was carried out.The educational intervention consisted of a pedagogical activity available online 24 hours a day in Moodle for ten weeks.A sample of 41 students completed a questionnaire before and after the educational intervention, which consisted of 25 questions distributed in five dimensions: political constitution, multi-perspective, systemic and reflective thinking, argumentation, and ethics.The total score per dimension ranged from 0 to 100. Results: The average knowledge score was 60.8 ± 12.9 in the pretest and 65.1 ± 15.4 in the posttest (p = 0.0665). After the educational intervention, there were positive changes in eight of the 25 questions (p <0.005), three of which corresponded to the multi-perspective dimension. In the analysis by subgroups, it was found that those who obtained a score equal to or less than 60 in the initial evaluation significantly improved their knowledge [pretest = 51.6 (9.9), posttest = 60 (15.1), p-value = 0.018]. Conclusion: A educational intervention with Moodle increased the knowledge of some citizenship competencies among physiotherapy students, especially in the multi-perspective dimension.

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Retos

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IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HEARING LOSS IN TEACHING, STUDENTS AND DENTAL ASSISTANTS

Introduction:Continuous exposure to noise in the work environment, generated during clinical care, affects the hearing capacity of dental staff. However, there are other characteristics that could be associated with a greater expression of this condition. Objective: Identify factors associated with hearing capacity in students, teachers and assistants of a dental school. Material and Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study; participants were randomly selected and people with a clinical diagnosis of hereditary hearing loss or prior to the start of professional or student practice were excluded. Noise measurements were made in the work environment and audiometric evaluations. The association between hearing capacity and the independent variables was evaluated with Chi2 or Fisher’s Exact Test (statistical significance p <0.05). A predictive model for hearing loss is proposed. Results: 193 participants were included, 35.8% had a slight or moderate decrease in their hearing capacity (37.2% students and 30% in teaching assistants). There were no differences between students and teachers / assistants or between the right and left ears. Conclusion: The years of clinical experience, the semester attended and the history of tinnitus predict the appearance of hearing loss.

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Revista de la Asociacion Espanola de Especialistas en Medicina del Trabajo

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A commentary on “Medical student engagement with surgery and research during the COVID-19 pandemic: Supporting the future workforce for post-pandemic surgical recovery”

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International Journal of Surgery

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Social environment and emotional well-being in the elderly

What is presented below is a study based on a theoretical documentary methodology that has as its main objective to describe the relationship that exists between the social environment and the emotional well-being of older adults. The development of the article defines what is social environment and emotional well-being, as well as showing the characteristics that describe the evolutionary stage of old age, late adulthood or old age, in order to show the relationship that exists between each of these definitions. Older adults live a stage of evolutionary development determined by the natural decline of physical, biological, intellectual and psychoemotional conditions, which is typical of people after the age of 65, however, although aging is a natural and inevitable process, it should not be assumed in a negative or limiting way, because it can be, like other stages of life, a time of growth, learning new experiences and, therefore, evolution. For this it is necessary to raise awareness of the indisputable potential of external stimulus that the social environment of the elderly possesses to create the basic conditions that make this vital moment a satisfactory stage, full of opportunities and fullness.

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Revista Venezolana de Gerencia

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Child labor in colombia: Factors affecting the selection of economic activity

The aim of this research was to determine whether child labor in Colombia’s urban areas shows specific characteristics and backgrounds once it is divided by economic activ-ity. The descriptive analysis was based on basic statistics and multiple correspondence analysis, and the probability of working was modeled through a logit model. Finally, a multinomial logit model was applied to consider the six most common economic activity sectors these children work at. The evidence suggests that the probability of a particular type of work is affected by personal characteristics and lifestyles.

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Revista de Economia del Rosario

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Modelo Predictivo Multivariable En Tiempo Real Para Predecir El Desempeño De Los Estudiantes, En Programas Virtuales De Posgrado, Empleando Inteligencia Artificial

En los últimos años han proliferado los programas de educación virtual en posgrado, con altas tasas de deserción, implicando múltiples falencias, como la falta de individualización en entornos virtuales. Se propone una solución novedosa basada en el modelado de un estudiante a partir de su huella digital, con Deep Learning y procesamiento de lenguaje natural–(NLP), para predecir si terminará con éxito el programa académico (GRA), o será expulsado (PFU), o suspenderá los estudios (SUS), o si terminará las asignaturas, pero no entregará la tesis o trabajo de grado (LTH). 11 Una tesis es también conocida como un trabajo de licenciatura o de grado, requisito formal que un estudiante debe cumplir después de terminar todas las asignaturas, para obtener el diploma de pregrado o posgrado en una Universidad. Metodológicamente se diseñó un estudio de cohorte retrospectivo a partir de datos capturados durante un período de 15 años (2005–2020) de los programas de postgrado: Maestría en Gestión de la Tecnología Educativa (MGTE) y Especialización en Aplicación de TIC para la Enseñanza (EATICE), 100% virtual. Se utilizó la metodología iterativa incremental (CRISP_DM) para las predicciones basadas en inteligencia artificial (IA). Se obtuvo un modelo predictivo adaptado a cada programa educativo, con métricas de desempeño excepcionales de precisión, al predecir GRA (96,87%), PFU (97,53%), SUS (85,32%) y LTH (97,18%). Los resultados de esta investigación muestran que la generalización y extrapolación de modelos algorítmicos son factibles utilizando datos comunes a plataformas digitales, y pueden ayudar, a ingenieros a mejorar el diseño y arquitectura del software, y a profesores, a conocer, en tiempo real, las necesidades futuras de los estudiantes, y, por ende, adaptar preventivamente el proceso educativo.

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American Journal of Distance Education

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Predictive variables of type 2 diabetes associated to self-care behaviors

Introduction: Care competence in individuals is based on their beliefs, as a result of interaction with diverse elements and stimuli that surround them, which are experienced by humans as customs and habitual health practices in their families and the community. Objective: To identify the predictive variables of type 2 diabetes associated with self-care behaviors. Methods: Quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study carried out, between March and October 2019, in Santa Elena, Ecuador. The universe was 171 inhabitants and the sample was 166 individuals, with risks for type 2 diabetes, aged from 18 to 64 years old. Sociodemographic data and self-care behaviors were assessed through FINDRISK test. Descriptive statistics (Anova) was applied for age, body mass index, abdominal perimeter, physical activity, consumption of fruits and vegetables, use of antihypertensive drugs, previous glucose levels, according to risk level with a P≤0.01. Results: A statistically significant association at 5.00% was found between the FINDRISK risk level and age group (P≤0.01), educational level (P=0.03), body mass index (P≤0.01), blood pressure (P≤0.01), elevated serum glucose (P≤0.01), ante cents of type 2 diabetes (P≤0.01), and at 10.00% with the variable of physical activity (P=0.081). Conclusions: The predictive variables for type 2 diabetes mellitus are associated with the self-care capacity of the individual as described by Dorothea Orem. People with low risk tend to decrease with age, while slightly high risk frequencies remain relatively stable. Risks are relatively stable, with a slight decrease, in the group over 64 years of age.

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Revista Cubana de Enfermeria

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Factors associated with nursing workload in three intensive care units

Objective: To determine the nursing workload in intensive care units (ICUs) and the factors associated with the Nursing Activities Score (NAS). Method: An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out in three ICUs in Bucaramanga, Colombia, between February 2018 and February 2020. The nursing workload was estimated based on the NAS. A descriptive and bivariate analysis stratified by ICU was performed using a robust multiple linear regression model, and the factors associated with the nursing workload (p < 0.05) were estimated. Results: In this study, 362 records were included. The median NAS was 68.1 points (Q1:47.2–Q3:116.7). APACHE II (β = 3.13, CI: 95% 2.28; 3.98), days of stay in ICU ≥3 (β = 16.78, CI: 95% 6.15; 27.41), surgery provenance service (β = 22.31, CI: 95% 9.76; 34.86), and traumatology and emergencies diagnostic category (β = 33.72, CI 95%: 9.90; 57.53) were associated with high NAS scores. Conclusion: The nursing staff spend approximately 70% of their time on a single patient, and administrative work takes up most of their time. Hospital stays of longer than 3 days, high APACHE II score, coming from the surgery department, and having a diagnosis of trauma and emergency were associated with a high workload.

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Revista da Escola de Enfermagem

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Implementation of tools for the design of quality management systems: Methodological approach in a case applied to the construction sector

Quality management systems (QMS) are management tools based on ISO 9001:2015 international standard that are of great importance for organizations in any economic sector of society, who wish to impact customer satisfaction, their competitiveness in today\'s global markets and the establishment of quality standards for their products and services. This article presents the design of the QMS based on the application of a methodology proposed for the case of a company in the construction sector; this methodology is understood as the integration of different management tools in the process of designing the system with a focus on compliance with the requirements of NTC-ISO 9001:2015. The design starts with the analysis of the maturity level of the company to know the organizational situation, according to the requirements of the standard, then the requirements related to the knowledge of the context of the organization, the strategic approach of the QMS, the organization by processes and the identification and evaluation of risks and opportunities associated with the context are defined. Knowledge of the current state of the organization and its context is obtained, the management system is established as a strategic direction tool for the company, the processes are satisfactorily characterized, according to the scope of the QMS and the intentions of the top management, preventive measures related to the achievement of the objectives of the human management process are defined, as well as the objectives of the QMS. It is concluded that the design of the QMS integrating tools such as the evaluation of maturity levels, the Supersystems Map, the Balanced Scorecard, BSC, the definition of S.M.A.R.T. objectives, risk management and Xertatu:adi methodology, allow to objectively evaluate the compliance with the requirements of the NTC-ISO 9001:2015 and establish the management system as a strategic management tool for the company.

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Aibi, Revista de Investigacion Administracion e Ingenierias

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Altitudinal displacement of cocoa-producing areas in the department of Norte de Santander due to the effects of climatic variations

The objective of the research was to evaluate the effects of climatic variations on the physical characteristics of cocoa beans (Theobroma cacao L.) at 6 altitudinal levels in the department of Norte de Santander, Colombia. Twelve smallholder farms were selected, located between 0 and 1,200 meters above sea level, and 36 years of average temperature and rainfall records were analyzed from a meteorological station of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM), located at 50 meters above sea level within the area of influence of the evaluated cocoa zones. In each unit of analysis, samples of 300 grams of dry almonds from the March-June 2019 harvest were characterized and the weight of 100 almonds and the percentage of shells were determined. The data were analyzed through descriptive estimators, ANAVAR and the Tukey Test. The results showed significant increases in temperatures of 0.0315 °C/year and significant variations in the weight of the almonds, p < 0.01, Fc= 33.4, inferring the appearance of 2 climatic bands for the production of cocoa in the department, the first one located between 0 and 600 m.a.s.l. with medium and large beans and high contents of husk and; the second one, located above 600 to 1,200 m.a.s.l., with large beans and low percentage of husk. In conclusion, it is established that climatic variations are generating negative effects in the main cocoa-producing municipalities of the department and, at the same time, opening new spaces for the development of the crop in municipalities with altitudes higher than 600 m.

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Aibi, Revista de Investigacion Administracion e Ingenierias