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Objective: An enormous need for pediatric palliative care (PPC) has been reported, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, the access to PPC is limited. This study identifies the current challenges in the provision of PPC and their severity from the perspective of healthcare professionals. Method: We conducted a web-based descriptive cross-sectional survey among healthcare professionals treating children in need of palliative care in Mexico in 2019. We used convenience sampling and snowball sampling to acquire participants. Results: Seventy healthcare professionals from Mexico participated. Participants were 64.3% female, on average 45.8 (SD = 10.9) years old, had an average of 15.84 (SD = 10.4) years of work experience and worked in 15 states. The three most severe barriers reported were: (1) Few teams and/or networks of out-of-hospital/domestic support; (2) Absence of training centres and continuing medical/paramedical education in PPC; and (3) Lack of legal, labor, and economic protection for parents who must stop working to be with their children. The barriers related to a lack of awareness and commitment, a lack of support, legal factors, and working conditions were rated highest. Participants considered increased awareness and better knowledge of PPC for all as the top priority, and particularly emphasized the need for better education and training of health professionals. Conclusion: We have identified several barriers to successful palliative care (PC) provision for children. Primarily, these are lack of awareness and commitment, especially of the health authorities and the medical professions, lack of personal and financial support, legal factors, and working conditions. The need to change and improve care exists at the policy level, the health professional level, and the public societal level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Inequality of opportunities for women in academic work, scientific research and technological development is a persistent problem. The objective of this article is to analyze the challenges and advances of women researchers in Mexico. The above was carried out through a mixed and cross-sectional study, using chi square and bivariate analysis. The results showed that nearly 80% of those surveyed have suffered some type of discrimination as researchers, with "inconsiderate comments" being the highest percentage. The chi square result showed that there is a relationship between access to an equitable remuneration system and membership in the National System of Researchers. Likewise, obtaining a stable job position is presented as the most significant challenge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This work adds to the mathematical proposition, which is aligned to the vision of the educational model at Tecnologico de Monterrey. It is a part of a set of situations that have been prepared to cover the mathematical training of students, these have been tested successfully at Campus State of Mexico. All these challenges have the same philosophy: propose situations of real context whose answers could be interesting by any sector of society. The controversy among economic specialists inspired the present challenge; at the beginning of 2018. they were deciding the possibility that Magna gasoline could reach an average price of 20 pesos in Mexico. This situation was proposed to the students of the second Semester of mathematics at the beginning of 2018, in order to analyze the problem under the model of Evans price adjustment. They had to generate a prediction based on the question of whether gasoline Magna would reach 20 pesos at the end of this year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Programming learning in college education is hard for students. Consequently, strategies are required to boost significant learning as well as sustained motivation during the delivery of the course. For this reason, the following investigation determines if the didactic strategy of gamification encourages engagement in a university level programming course. The article presents two interventions that took place during the period of January to April 2017 and January to April 2018 in a University of Mexico using the challenge-based gamification pedagogical strategy. This strategy supports the Werbach and Hunter methodology. The dynamics were emotional, social, and progressive and were conducted through challenge and opportunities mechanics. The components were points, badges, avatars, and a leaderboard. In both interventions, surveys were used to know the acceptance of the strategy on behalf of the students, and a meta-evaluation instrument was applied after the first intervention with the purpose of strengthening and improving the didactic strategy. The main conclusion of this work indicates that gamification in the classroom contributed to improve the engagement with the students to succeed in solving the challenges successfully; therefore, the pedagogical strategy under scrutiny can be applied to other subjects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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