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Introduction: this study aims to analyze the relationship between non-immune jaundice and urinary tract infection (UTI) in full-term neonates. Additionally, it investigates the frequency of this association in jaundiced patients without fever but with evidence of UTI. The study seeks to determine if UTI is a contributing factor to neonatal jaundice and explore other potential associated factors. Methodology: a prospective cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted using medical records of neonates who developed idiopathic jaundice within the first 15 days of life, between January 2019 and July 2021. Parametric description of the variables was performed, along with an analysis of the medical records of neonates treated in a health institution in Barranquilla, Atlántico. Results: females showed a predominance in the association between non-immune jaundice and UTI, accounting for 54 %, compared to males at 46 %. The most common age range for detecting non-immune jaundice was between 4 to 8 days of life, with Escherichia coli being the most frequently identified causative microorganism for UTI. Conclusions: in neonates under 10 days of age diagnosed with jaundice requiring hospitalization for phototherapy based on Bhutani curves, UTI should be considered as part of the clinical picture or a predictive factor. Urine culture should be included in the diagnostic protocol for early detection of UTI in these neonates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Didactic Model of the Game Action Competences is part of the games-centered approaches and the player. The model promotes a horizontal relationship between the coach and the player for the construction of knowledge and development of technical-tactical skills of the athlete. This model has had empirical validation with children football players in extra-school sports and some strategies have been verified in women's football and university basketball. However, it has not inquired with respect to perceptions of the participants about the effects of the model. The aim is to analyze the perceptions of children's football players about the didactic model after 16 intervention sessions. This was qualitative study with an interpretive approach from dialectical hermeneutics; the technique used to collect the information was focus group. Fifteen children between the ages of nine and 11 participated in the study. The results show that the participants make positive assessment in the experience with the game-centered approach, they highlight the tactical skills taught through smallsided games with understandable and fun ways, the technical skills taught in the session and assigned as homework. Children have positive perceptions of the participants' interaction with each other and with the coach; participants perceive that the model facilitates learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Sporulation is part of a complex process of defense, reproduction, and resistance of some organisms, including bacteria and, more specifically, in some bacilli types. Different publications have recently been presented that show the possible production of spores in an unusual bacterial genus such as Mycobacteria, to which well-known species belong to including M. tuberculosis, M. leprae, and M. ulcerans. The most outstanding research about the subject is shown in this review and is discussed studies that shown and no shown endosporulation. Finally, a possible hypothesis related to the likely latency phenomenon of M. tuberculosis and its association with endospores is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to simulate the behavior of prefabricated ferrocement panels a homogenous model has been used. The behavior under in-plane lateral load has been evaluated. An experimental investigation was done to take into account the elastic and inelastic properties of the ferrocement considering it like a homogenous material. The numerical and experimental capacity curves are compared. The test results correspond well with the numerical model and show that the ferrocement is an excellent material to build dwelling housings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Raman scattering related with electrons in pyramidal quantum dots is theoretically investigated. The electron Raman differential cross section is calculated making use of analytically determined quantum states within the effective mass approximation. The features of the Raman differential cross section are discussed in terms of their dependence on the changes of the quantum dot geometry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The use of low dimensional structures is a key technological element in the creation of new quantum functional devices in the development of the next generation of the electronic, photonic, and spintronic integrated circuits and many other nanoscaled devices that are necessary for the information society of 21st century. One of the most important optical properties is the photoluminescence produced by agents as impurities and excitons in GaAs quantum wells, wires, and dots with nanometric dimensions under the influence of electric and magnetic fields and external pressures. The binding energy for the first three excitonic states in GaAs/GaI-x A1xAs quantum wells describing the system through quantum theory in the effective mass approximation and using the variational method is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]