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The objective of this research is to analyze the impact that global civil society organizations (CSOs) have in the prevention, care and fight against human trafficking. The research was carried out using the multi-case study method. Six CSOs were analyzed: The A21 Campaign; Coalition to abolish slavery & trafficking; Stop the traffic: people shouldn't be bought or sold; International Justice Mission: End Slavery in Our Lifetime; Polaris Project; and Free the slaves. In the first phase, a documentary methodology was used, based on the use of annual reports of the CSOs investigated, academic articles, data and information existing on the official portals of the CSOs, international organizations and government pages. The second phase was qualitative, through semi-structured interviews with CSO managers and academic experts. The main direct actions carried out by CSOs have to do with: medical, psychological support and accompaniment to victims; social reintegration and settlement programs for surviving victims; operation of shelters, shelters and homes for protection and rehabilitation for victims; legal advice to victims; training, identification and prevention campaigns; education through social platforms; public talks and testimonials; awareness workshops; national and international attention and complaint lines; technological applications for anonymous reporting; and digital georeferencing of human trafficking routes for the use of authorities. While advocacy actions are related to: legislative advocacy: co-sponsorship of laws, review and support for the creation or modifications of laws; collaboration with international organizations, private institutions and other CSOs; participation in government councils and committees; participation in intergovernmental and inter-institutional meetings; participation in regional forums; creation of work groups; and peaceful marches and protests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tala, poemas de la guerra indiferente (1967), by the Spanish poet in Canada Manuel Betanzos Santos (1933–1995), poses an irresolute dichotomy: the denunciation of war (developed mainly with strategies of the war poetry of the Republican side) and the indifference to that same war (developed mainly with a deixis that distances the war from the self's hic et nunc). The collection of poems shows that the discourse on war and peace was still subject to different tensions and dialectics in the 1960s, and reveals a hitherto unknown facet of the role of the poetry of the Republican exile in the cultural history of Francoism and, in particular, of the celebrations of the XXV Years of Peace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: acrylamide is formed by the Maillard reaction and is found in many food products subjected to thermal processes, generating genotoxicity and DNA damage. Studies have reported that lactobacilli have the ability to generate compounds with antioxidant, antigenotoxic and antimutagenic activity, which is why the present work aims to evaluate the effect of Lactobacillus strains and their intra and extracellular extracts against genotoxicity and oxidative stress as caused by acrylamide. Methods: a strain of Lactobacillus casei Shirota and a strain of Lactobacillus reuteri NRRL B-14171 were used, both were cultured in MRS broth and subjected to mechanical and enzymatic treatments to obtain extra and intracellular extracts. Lymphocytes were cultured in RPMI medium. Lipid peroxidation was evaluated by TBARS and the antioxidant capacity was measured in the extra and intracellular extracts with the ABTS technique, also using a strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae RC 212 as a model. The reduction of lipid peroxidation in lymphocytes was measured by TBARS and the reduction of genotoxicity by reducing the formation of micronuclei in lymphocytes. Results: both strains evaluated, as well as their intra and extracellular extracts, showed the ability to counteract oxidative stress and genotoxicity caused by acrylamide. Conclusion: the results found suggest that the use of intra and extracellular extracts of both strains could be an alternative to reduce the effects of genotoxicity and oxidative stress caused by acrylamide without the need for a viable structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study shows the design and validation of the set of questionnaires called IKasGral, the aim of which is to explore students' perceptions of the development of crossskills deployed in the Final Degree Project (Bachelor Thesis) in Education degrees (Pedagogy, Social Education, Early Childhood Education and Primary Education). The article describes (i) the validation process, which was carried out with five experts in the field and a doctoral student related to the subject; and (ii) the reliability of the instrument by 48 students from four Education degrees of the University of the Basque Country at its three campuses. Results were positive with respect to the index of content validity (0.81) and an internal consistency of over 0.6, according to Cronbach's alpha coefficient of reliability. This study concludes by pointing out that these questionnaires can be transferred to other contexts that share the same or similar aims and open up the possibility of monitoring cross-skills in the Final Degree Project subject for the Degrees in Education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: The Division of Educational Innovation offers open courses training, updating and training courses that promote self-taught learning. It is important to take the user's perspective into account in the evaluation to improve educational quality. Objective: Analyze the perception of family doctors about the online courses of the platform of The Division of Educational Innovation. Method: Qualitative study, descriptive. Included family doctors who took at least one online course. Their opinion on online courses was asked and the questionnaire MOOC (Massive Online Open Courses) was applied. An analysis of the content of the open questions was carried out, the questionnaire was evaluated globally and by sections. Results: 19 doctors included, 58% women, the majority have taken the online course for updating and professional and personal interest, the main limitation is the lack of time. Registration restrictions, platform failure, course duration time and disinterest are also mentioned. The quality of the courses was measured as regular by 36.8% and low quality by 26.3%, with adaptation to the user and didactic planning being the lowest scores. Conclusions: The perception of online courses is good, considering the to be of regular quality, with time being the main limiting factor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The establishment of text typologies helps recognise the dominant text type in a particular text genre. It is particularly helpful in contrastive studies dealing with a genre in two different languages, or with two different genres in the same language. In spite of its usefulness, there is no consensus regarding the establishment of text typologies. In this work, the most relevant specialised text typologies will be commented on, with special emphasis on the medical field. The main contributions and the aspects that could be improved will also be discussed, highlighting research gaps. Finally, our own proposal of text typology for the medical field is presented, from which a clear frame where medical genres can be classified is created. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The torus palatinus and mandibularis are bony outgrowths, not neoplastic that habitually manifest on before the age of 30. These out growths may cause problems with the preparation of the dental prothesis process. The main objetive of this study is to report the cases of torus palatinus and mandibularis in patients that go to a dentistry service consultation at the Military Reginal Hospital of Acapulco, Guerrero. Given that the tarus affects 10% of the world population between the ages of 35-65 years of age. During the exploration on the oral cavity of the before mentioned patients, it was observed that the more predominant is the torus mandibularis, nodular and multiple-bilateral, is having a predilection for the male sex between the ages of 20-50 years of age and in the majority of cases it is not required to be surgically removed. For the present study, a total of 3180 patients were examinated while they attended a service consultation at the M.R.H office of dentistry of Acapulco, Guerrero in the period of time on the date of the 1st of January of 2013 to the 15th of June of the same year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article we first focus on some of the most important classification systems of linguistic corpora and discuss both the strengths and weaknesses. We pay close attention to the work of Sara Laviosa (1997), Joan Torruella y Joaquim Llisterri (1999), Gloria Corpas Pastor (2001) and Sylviane Granger (2003), not forgetting the contributions by Mona Baker (1995), Stig Johansson (1998 and 2003), Rosa Rabadán y Purificaciôn Fernández Nistal (2002), Maeve Olohan (2004) and Paul Baker (2006). However, despite great advantage of all previous work, our study identified gaps for which we would respectfully suggest some solutions. Finally, we present our classification system in which we attempt to reflect clearly the hierarchical relationships that exist between different types of corpora. The ultimate goal is to offer a wide, comprehensive and flexible classification, which can be easily adapted to the needs of each research work and meet the requirements of linguistic corpora analysis, particularly in the field of Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article analyzes the volume of poetry Jardín cerrado (1946), by the Spanish exile Emilio Prados, as a reelaboration of the motif of the pre-modern hortus conclusus. Reading the book through the current critical trend that emphasizes the role of the bodily senses in cultural history (particularly smell and hearing), it shows that this book condemns what happens when the relationship between man and nature is mediated solely by the sense of sight (as privileged by modernity) and the orientation in space proposed by modern geometry and geography. In a secondary way, this reading allows us to question the view of exile that Jardín cerrado offers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. Objective: To determine the growth intrauterine curves at the sea level. Material and methods. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study performed in 1 626 newborns in Veracruz, Mexico. A somatometric evaluation was achieved in relation to gestational age and sex. Results. The largest frequency group was from 38 to 40 gestation weeks (65%), and the fewer frequency group was from 41 to 43 weeks (9%). Half of them were male. No significant difference (P >0.05) was found between both sexes in accordance to weight, size, and cephalic perimeter. Results were presented by percentile graphics and average value boards with means of dispersion. Conclusion. The intrauterine growth curves at the sea level behave differently from reference standards used in our hospital, which justifies the elaboration and use of local reference standards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo habla de lo esotérico y lo simbólico en el libro "Primero sueño," de la poeta sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Aunque era monja, sor Juana siempre vivía en el mundo exterior. Su poesía es una obra de asombro a los objetos del mundo, algo que se refleja en su época: el México colonial de la Nueva España. Su obra "Primero sueño" defiende las preguntas filosóficas sobre el lugar del ser humano en el mundo.

Introducción: en los últimos años la importancia de identificar la resistencia a la insulina (RI) en pacientes con enfermedades cardiovasculares isquémicas viene siendo debatida. Métodos alternativos, como los indicadores antropométricos y de composición corporal, han sido señalados como una buena opción y contribuyen para identificar anomalías metabólicas y prevenir complicaciones.Objetivo: asociar indicadores antropométricos y de composición corporal como predictores de la resistencia a la insulina (RI) en pacientes con enfermedad de las arterias coronarias.Métodos: estudio transversal realizado en el hospital de referencia cardiológica de Pernambuco, en el periodo de junio a septiembre de 2014, con pacientes adultos y ancianos hospitalizados, de ambos sexos. Se verificaron los siguientes parámetros: estilo de vida, la presencia del síndrome metabólico (SM) y otras comorbilidades. Se analizó la RI por el cálculo del HOMA-IR. Los pacientes se sometieron a la impedancia bioeléctrica (BIA) y a las verificaciones antropométricas.Resultados: la muestra fue constituida por 75 pacientes con edad media de 63,75 ± 12,43 años, con un 64% de ancianos. Se encontró el diagnóstico de SM en el 65,3% de los pacientes, el 81,3% de sedentarios y el 37,4% con exceso de peso. Se diagnosticó la RI en el 28% de los pacientes. Se observó correlación entre el HOMA-IR y el diámetro abdominal sagital (DAS) (r = 0,476; p = 0,016), el índice de masa corporal (r = 0,233; p = 0,040) y el porcentual de grasa corporal (r = 0,276; p = 0,016).Conclusión: el DAS fue el indicador antropométrico que presentó mejor correlación con la RI en pacientes con enfermedad de las arterias coronarias hospitalizados. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) with probiotic function have become in recent years into a possibility for human nutrition, since they promote digestion and intestinal immune response, in addition to its antagonist capacity against various pathogens. Objectives: To isolate and identify bacteria with probiotic potential obtained from wastewater from the benefit of coffee of the regions of Huila and Cundinamarca. Methods: 10 water samples were analyzed with a total of 34 water isolation of coffee benefit; they were seeded by plate counting on MRS agar under aerobic and microaerophilic conditions incubated at 37 ° C for 72 hours. After the incubation time, the count was performed and strains with typical characteristics of acid bacteria were selected. Using The Gram´s stain the presence of Gram (+) bacilli, catalase (-), non-sporulating were evidenced. Then, resistance testing to gastrointestinal conditions were performed: tolerance to different concentrations of pHs (3, 4 and 5) and bile salts (0.1%, 0.3%, 0.5%). Results: BAL macroscopic and microscopic morphologies similar in both regions were observed, white colonies, small of whole edge, bright, creamy, Gram positive bacilli sharp pointed, thick and thin, curved, spiral of short chains and long chains. 34 isolation were obtained, 4 for biochemical identification, obtaining 3 strains of Lactobacillus paracasei 1 with a confidence percentage (ID) 99.1% 98.3% and 98.1%, and one strain of Lactobacillus paracasei 2 with an ID of 99.3%, this strain tolerated different pHs (3, 4, 5) and bile salts (0.1 0.3 and 0.5%). Conclusions: Out of the 4 selected strains just the Lactobacillus paracasei 2 meets with the profile of resistance to gastrointestinal conditions. Lactobacillus paracasei predominates in the two regions but with different microscopic morphologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Introduction: sarcopenia and cachexia are syndromes that result in a reduction of skeletal muscle mass, being associated with the aging process and many chronic diseases. Objective: to assess the frequency of sarcopenia as well as of cachexia and their associated factors in patients in dialysis treatment. Methodology: a cross-sectional study conducted in two dialysis treatment centers in Recife between March and September 2016. The diagnosis of sarcopenia was made according to the criteria issued by the Sarcopenia European Consensus, while that of cachexia was made in consonance with the Society for Cachexia and Wasting Disorders (SCWD). The association variables were demographic (age and sex), laboratory (C-reactive protein, serum albumin, hemoglobin, parathyroid hormone, serum creatinine), and anthropometric indicators (body mass index BMI, arm circumference AC, midarm muscular circumference MMC, triceps skinfold thickness TST). Results: the study involved 66 patients, 43.9 % men, 56.1 % women, with a mean age of 53.15 ± 15.24 years; 43.9 % were elderly subjects. Sarcopenia occurred in 59.1 % of patients; of these, 15.2 % presented with severe sarcopenia. Pre-sarcopenia was found in 4.5 %. With regard to cachexia, 15.2 % were diagnosed with this syndrome. The variables associated with sarcopenia were reduced serum albumin (p = 0.013) and cachexia (p = 0.039), and those associated with cachexia were female gender (p = 0.036) and BMI (p < 0.001). Conclusion: the main finding of the present study was the high frequency of sarcopenia found in patients on treatment with dialysis. In the patients studied, sarcopenia was significantly associated with a decrease in serum albumin. Reduced serum albumin is a predictor of mortality in patients on renal replacement therapy. A high frequency of sarcopenia has been observed among study patients. Thus, the tools currently available to assess muscle mass and muscle strength should be implemented as much as possible in clinical practice to enable the incorporation of appropriate preventive and therapeutic interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]