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Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a psychiatric disorder that causes serious impairments in the functioning and quality of life of affected women. Until recently, research efforts were somewhat hampered by the lack of formal diagnostic criteria, which have now been codified as a category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Better characterization of deficits in socioemotional functioning caused by PMDD may aid in improving treatment efforts. In this investigation, prospective symptom ratings, based on DSM-5 criteria, were used to measure PMDD symptoms in 36 women (18 with PMDD and 18 healthy controls). Two self-report inventories, the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, were used to measure ability to regulate emotions, and socioemotional functioning was measured by inventories of social connectedness, perceived stress, and affect. Potential relationships between ability to regulate emotion and PMDD symptom severity, as well as other measures of socioemotional functioning and affective state, were tested. Women with PMDD reported significantly more behavioral impulsivity and greater difficulties in regulating emotion and in socioemotional functioning. Cognitive or behavioral strategies to improve these problems may benefit women with PMDD and help to alleviate distress caused by this disorder.

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a psychiatric disorder that causes serious impairments in the functioning and quality of life of affected women. Until recently, research efforts were somewhat hampered by the lack of formal diagnostic criteria, which have now been codified as a category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Better characterization of deficits in socioemotional functioning caused by PMDD may aid in improving treatment efforts. In this investigation, prospective symptom ratings, based on DSM-5 criteria, were used to measure PMDD symptoms in 36 women (18 with PMDD and 18 healthy controls). Two self-report inventories, the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, were used to measure ability to regulate emotions, and socioemotional functioning was measured by inventories of social connectedness, perceived stress, and affect. Potential relationships between ability to regulate emotion and PMDD symptom severity, as well as other measures of socioemotional functioning and affective state, were tested. Women with PMDD reported significantly more behavioral impulsivity and greater difficulties in regulating emotion and in socioemotional functioning. Cognitive or behavioral strategies to improve these problems may benefit women with PMDD and help to alleviate distress caused by this disorder.

This paper reflects upon the development, design, and results of a questionnaire distributed to professors of science education concerning the processes involved in a national accreditation of teacher education programs in science. After a pilot study, five professors/administrators from public and private institutions designed a questionnaire and distributed it nationally. This paper discusses the research and the results.

El desarrollo del estudio, tuvo como objetivo general; establecer mecanismos para efectivizar el sinceramiento contable en una entidad pública de la Región Norte – Piura 2020, utilizando como metodología descriptiva, no experimental, siendo su población 25 colaboradores, siendo así una muestra no aleatoria, entre las técnicas de recolección de datos se toma la encuesta con la finalidad de analizar el problema. Siendo sus principales conclusiones, que algunas veces con un 72% se forma el comité técnico y con respecto a las políticas consideran tener conocimiento de esta algunas veces con un 48% lo cual se refleja que el cumplimiento del sinceramiento contable se lleva de manera incorrecta, y que por lo tanto se debe de tomar en cuenta cada uno de los lineamientos que se establecen para su inicio de esta. Palabras clave: Eficiencia, transparencia, acciones administrativas, razonabilidad. ABSTRACT The development of the study had as general objective; establish mechanisms to make accounting accounting effective in a public entity in the North Region - Piura 2020, using a descriptive, non-experimental methodology, its population being 25 collaborators, thus being a non-random sample, among the data collection techniques the They surveyed the purpose of analyzing the problem. Being its main conclusions that sometimes with 72% the technical committee is formed and with regard to policies they consider having knowledge of it sometimes with 48% which reflects that compliance with the accounting sincere is carried out incorrectly, and therefore, each of the guidelines established for its initiation must be taken into account. Keywords: Efficiency, transparency, administrative actions, reasonableness.

The purpose this research is to describe Arabic learning based on linguistic intelligence, use of methods on kinesthetic intelligence, and use media on visual and musical intelligence in learning Arabic in "Markaz Arabiyah" course institute in the I'dad and Syarqi awal programs. This research apply a qualitatif design using case study methods. Data collection techniques include interviews, observations and documentation. Then the data analysis technique in this study used the concept of Miles and Huberman who stated that activities in the analysis include data reduction, data display and data verification. The results of this study indicate that: (1) learning Arabic at the Pare Kediri Arabiyah Markaz Course Institute based on linguistic intelligence is speaking, debate, developing vocabulary, istima ’, telling stories, brainstorming, weekly speaking, weekly speeches, compulsory boarding speeches, daily expressions, weekly brainstorming, vocabulary development and language improvement. (2) demonstration as a method of learning Arabic has been used in learning Muhadatsah on the map chapter, playing eat bulaga, playing puppets, on extracurricular activities in dhomir material. (3) pictures and music become a learning media that is suitable for students who have visual intelligence and musical. The media image is used during ta'birat learning, speaking extracurricular activities, eat bulaga games in ta’birat learning and in the drama liqa 'usbu'. While music is used as a learning medium in speaking learning in the syarqi awal program and joint singing activities when liqa'usbu '.

Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo demostrar la efectividad del software Open Journal Systems en la gestión de revistas y congresos. Se realizó un análisis comparativo desde antes y después del año 2016 hasta la actualidad, tomando como ejemplares revistas de Ecuador donde se utilizó la versión 3.0 de este software de acceso libre, que contaban con la versión antigua 2.4.8.1. Esto constituye actualmente el “boom” donde las revistas digitales se encuentran en las redes de navegación y búsqueda. Este servicio gratuito permite que el proceso de flujo editorial utilizado por los gestores y editores de revistas en línea se lleve a cabo con calidad y optimiza los recursos y el tiempo dedicados a la producción editorial, y brinda a los usuarios facilidades para obtener la información necesaria para que puedan presentar su propuesta, así como leer las publicaciones que se han realizado, independientemente del continente en el que se encuentren. La metodología utilizada fue un análisis documental retrospectivo de carácter experimental, práctico, demostrativo y analítico que permitió interpretar los resultados obtenidos de la aplicación del software para la gestión de publicaciones científicas. Como resultado, es evidente que estas plataformas de acceso abierto ayudan a las revistas a llevar a cabo un proceso de publicación arbitrado e incluso indexación en línea. Concluyendo que en la actualidad la publicación en revistas digitales da visibilidad a los resultados de las investigaciones científicas que se publican, aspecto muy importante para el desarrollo de la ciencia.

En el Refugio de Vida Silvestre Pantanos de Villa se analizó la preferencia de hábitat de las aves residentes y migratorias en función a la estacionalidad de 211 especies de aves, de las cuales 97 son residentes, 82 migratorias y 32 visitantes ocasionales. De acuerdo con el uso de los hábitats: 80.1% de especies habitan en cualquiera de los hábitats de pantanos, 40.8% en el litoral marino, 37.9% en parques y jardines, 33.2% en pantanos y la playa marina, 34.1% en pantanos y los parques y jardines y 1.0% en la playa arenosa marina y los parques y jardines. La mayor similitud de especies se encuentra entre las que habitan en la zona arbustiva y parques y jardines con 82.3%. La intensidad de las fluctuaciones de la riqueza de especies varía según el hábitat que ocupan con los mayores valores entre marzo y mayo en los espejos de agua (25) y en el litoral marino (24). La gestión de Pantanos de Villa debe priorizar el mantenimiento de la heterogeneidad de hábitats debido a la baja similitud entre varios de ellos y exclusividad de especies para los mismos. La comparación entre las preferencias de hábitat de las aves y las plantas muestra que es necesario tener en cuenta más de un taxón en la toma de decisiones para el manejo y conservación de la biodiversidad de los humedales costeros.

Invasive plants can adversely affect ecosystems and economic costs. Here, the authors quantify the impact of the invasive plant Ambrosia artemisiifolia on seasonal allergies and health costs across Europe, finding that the costs are considerably higher than what previously reported, and estimate also the reduction in the number of patients and health costs that may be obtained with biological control

La investigación que sintetiza este artículo tuvo como objetivo diseñar una estrategia didáctica basada en el diálogo y la narración para mejorar la expresión oral en niñas y niños del nivel preescolar de la Escuela de Educación Fiscal Básica “Dr. Rómulo Romeo Santana Delgado”. Metodológicamente, la investigación se enmarcó en un enfoque cualitativo, con un diseño de investigación acción participativa con base en los principios de Elliot, a través de la acción metódica de comprensión, planeación e implementación. El grupo de estudio fue de veinticinco (25) niños, niñas y una (01) docente de la etapa inicial. Las técnicas de recolección de datos fueron la observación participante y la entrevista no estructurada aplicada a docentes de la institución. Los resultados de la fase de comprensión develan debilidades en la expresión oral de los niños en relación con el léxico, la verbalización, tono de voz y congruencia de ideas; además, se evidenció un marcado miedo escénico al interactuar en el aula. Durante la planeación se reflexionó colectivamente sobre el valor didáctico del dialogo y la narración para la promoción del lenguaje oral, lo que se comprobó con la aplicación de la estrategia. Se concluye que los niños presentaron cierto nivel de retraso en la adquisición de destrezas para la oratoria y que existen fallas en el proceso de socialización de los párvulos tanto en el hogar como en la escuela. Finalmente, se corroboró en la fase de implementación la efectividad de la estrategia y actividades planificadas.

The Wasur National Park (WNP) includes the Ramsar Site, an important area for global conservation efforts in wetlands. This coastal area also supports the socio-economic activities of local and non-local communities who are highly dependent on natural resources. Conservation efforts in the area are sometimes at odds with the sustainability of local livelihoods and poverty alleviation initiatives for the community. The aim of this study is to describe the sources of community livelihoods in the Wasur Naukenjerai National Park area, specifically around agricultural, fisheries, and sand mining dynamics. Using a qualitative research design, this study uses a field survey to collect primary data sourced from key informants with in-depth interviews from 15 community respondents in three sample villages on the coast, and seven key informants from relevant government agencies. The results show that the main livelihood source for people in the protected area are as fishermen and farmers. Sand mining has emerged as an alternative source of livelihood but has caused degradation of beaches and land in the Wasur National Park area. In addition, there are activities of buying and selling agricultural land in protected areas. The protection of the rights of the community in the area and government support programs have been unable to guarantee the welfare of the community. For this reason, it is necessary to strengthen and further support local institutions livelihoods to ensure the sustainability of Wasur National Park area management.

Having a growth mindset has been hailed as one of the most critical advancements in understanding students’ motivation in recent years. The attention on the growth mindset indicates an increased surge in the public’s interest in using evidence-based intervention models to facilitate learning. Because the positive benefits of growth mindsets are apparent, changing ones’ mindset becomes the core focus of growth mindset literature. But aside from “changing” students’ mindsets, finding the right kind of psychological interventions that leverage student’s growth or fixed mindset with sustainable improvement for students can be as, if not more important. The current study seeks to fill this research gap. Our first study indicated that learners with a relatively high growth mindset benefit from a self-reflection learning strategy. However, this very same self-reflection strategy can harm the learning benefits for those learners with a fixed mindset. The second study used experimental manipulation to show that learners with a growth mindset can enhance their learning process and outcomes from self-reflection strategies. In contrast, learners with a fixed mindset can improve their learning process and result from self-compassion strategies. The current study identified two distinct psychological mechanisms – self-reflection and self-compassion and linked them with mindsets with the learning process and learning outcomes. It also demonstrates how learners with growth and fixed mindsets can directly benefit from these two psychological mechanisms in an experimental design.

Since the inception of the L2 motivational self system (Dörnyei, 2005), which operationalises motivation as a function of learners' future identities, the field of L2 motivation has seen a growing interest in mental imagery. Numerous studies have examined the role of a future self-guide, that is, the ideal L2 self, and have confirmed it to be powerful for explaining learner motivation (e.g., Csizér & Lukács, 2010; Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2009); however, few studies have explored how mental imagery, a key dimension of the ideal L2 self (Dörnyei & Chan, 2013), can manifest itself in actual motivated behaviour. Using in-depth interviews, the present study aims to explore the motivational capacity of the natural use of mental imagery in three doctoral candidates studying at a British university. The main research focuses on examining how imagery was employed to stimulate the participants' L2 learning and their doctoral research as well as career choice. This paper proposes a conceptual framework of types, functions, and conditions of imagery in academic and professional achievements based on the data obtained. It reveals an intriguing array of imagery types, functions, and conditions, which shape the achievement of the individuals' desired goals. Recommendations and implications for future research on imagery use in SLA are also discussed.

BackgroundNeurocognitive impairment (NCI) remains an important complication in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Ancestry-related mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups have been associated with outcomes of HIV infection and combination antiretroviral therapy (CART), and with neurodegenerative diseases. We hypothesize that mtDNA haplogroups are associated with NCI in HIV-infected adults and performed a genetic association study in the CNS HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Effects Research (CHARTER) cohort.MethodsCHARTER is an observational study of ambulatory HIV-infected adults. Haplogroups were assigned using mtDNA sequence, and principal components were derived from ancestry-informative nuclear DNA variants. Outcomes were cross-sectional global deficit score (GDS) as a continuous measure, GDS impairment (GDS ≥ 0.50), and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) using international criteria. Multivariable models were adjusted for comorbidity status (incidental vs contributing), current CART, plasma HIV RNA, reading ability, and CD4 cell nadir.ResultsHaplogroups were available from 1027 persons; median age 43 years, median CD4 nadir 178 cells/mm(3), 72% on CART, and 46% with HAND. The 102 (9.9%) persons of genetically determined admixed Hispanic ancestry had more impairment by GDS or HAND than persons of European or African ancestry (P < .001 for all). In multivariate models including persons of admixed Hispanic ancestry, those with haplogroup B had lower GDS (β = -0.34; P = .008) and less GDS impairment (odds ratio = 0.16; 95% confidence interval, .04, .63; P = .009) than other haplogroups. There were no significant haplogroup associations among persons of European or African ancestry.ConclusionsIn these mostly CART-treated persons, mtDNA haplogroup B was associated with less NCI among persons of genetically determined Hispanic ancestry. mtDNA variation may represent an ancestry-specific factor influencing NCI in HIV-infected persons.

Presentamos una lista actualizada de las especies de aves del departamento de Loreto. La lista está basada en la revisión de ejemplares de colecciones científicas, registros históricos, publicaciones y observaciones de campo. Reportamos 1040 especies de aves para Loreto, 72 de ellas en alguna categoría de amenaza, 72 migratorias y 13 endémicas de Perú. Percnostola arenarum, Pithys castaneus y Polioptila clementsi son endémicas de Loreto. Las familias con mayor número de especies son Tyrannidae, Thamnophilidae y Thraupidae. La lista presentada tiene alta confiabilidad debido al respaldo de cerca del 81% de las especies en especímenes de colecciones científicas y apenas el 1.5% solo por reportes de avistamientos realizados por ornitólogos. Las especies de aves de Loreto representan alrededor del 55% del total reportado para el Perú y en Passeriformes el 52% de los estimado para la Amazonía. La distribución de los registros muestra que es necesario explorar áreas cercanas a las fronteras con Colombia y Brasil, así como las cordilleras que comparten con Amazonas y San Martín. En base a la distribución de la avifauna amenazada y endémica se propone priorizar el estudio y protección de áreas montanas y de bosques de arena blanca en particular.

En 1542 Orellana llega al Amazonas e inicia una historia de exploración continua de Loreto. Sin embargo, los estudios de las aves de este departamento recién empiezan en el siglo XIX con las exploraciones de Johann Baptist von Spix, Johann Jakob Von Tschudi, Francis-Louis de Castelnau, Emile Deville, Edward Bartlett, John Hauxwell y Henry Walter Bates quienes colectan para museos europeos y estadounidenses. En 1850 llega Antonio Raimondi al Perú incorporándose a la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos e iniciando los estudios nacionales de aves loretanas en 1859 y 1869. Raimondi colaboró activamente con Władysław Taczanowski, asistidos por Konstanty Jelski y Jan Stolzmann, cuyas colectas en Loreto fueran usadas en Ornithologie du Pérou, primer tratado de la avifauna peruana, conservándose algunos especímenes en el Museo de Historia Natural de la UNMSM (MHN). A inicios del siglo XX, Malcolm Anderson y Wilfred Osgood y posteriormente los hermanos Olalla colectaron para museos estadounidenses, marcando el inicio del predominio norteamericano en la ornitología en Perú. El investigador peruano Javier Ortiz de la Puente, primer jefe de la Sección Aves del MHN, realizó colectas en Loreto en 1948 y 1952, antes de su prematura muerte. María Koepcke, siguiente responsable de la Sección Aves del MHN, colecta en Pacaya-Samiria en 1967. John Patton O’Neill visita Loreto en 1963, iniciándose un interés que lo llevaría a impulsar la ornitología en Perú por varias décadas. La investigación continua de la avifauna loretana convirtió a esta región en un punto clave para entender los patrones de diversificación de las aves amazónicas.

BackgroundHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) can show variable clinical trajectories. Previous longitudinal studies of HAND typically have been brief, did not use adequate normative standards, or were conducted in the context of a clinical trial, thereby limiting our understanding of incident neurocognitive (NC) decline and recovery.MethodsWe investigated the incidence and predictors of NC change over 16-72 (mean, 35) months in 436 HIV-infected participants in the CNS HIV Anti-Retroviral Therapy Effects Research cohort. Comprehensive laboratory, neuromedical, and NC assessments were obtained every 6 months. Published, regression-based norms for NC change were used to generate overall change status (decline vs stable vs improved) at each study visit. Survival analysis was used to examine the predictors of time to NC change.ResultsNinety-nine participants (22.7%) declined, 265 (60.8%) remained stable, and 72 (16.5%) improved. In multivariable analyses, predictors of NC improvements or declines included time-dependent treatment status and indicators of disease severity (current hematocrit, albumin, total protein, aspartate aminotransferase), and baseline demographics and estimated premorbid intelligence quotient, non-HIV-related comorbidities, current depressive symptoms, and lifetime psychiatric diagnoses (overall model P < .0001).ConclusionsNC change is common in HIV infection and appears to be driven by a complex set of risk factors involving HIV disease, its treatment, and comorbid conditions.

ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of hepatitis C virus (HCV) on neurocognitive performance in chronically HIV-infected patients enrolled in the CNS HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Effects Research (CHARTER) study.MethodsA total of 1,582 participants in CHARTER who were tested for HCV antibody underwent neurocognitive testing; serum HCV RNA was available for 346 seropositive patients. Neurocognitive performance was compared in 408 HCV-seropositive and 1,174 HCV-seronegative participants and in a subset of 160 seropositive and 707 seronegative participants without serious comorbid neurologic conditions that might impair neurocognitive performance, using linear regression and taking into account HIV-associated and demographic factors (including IV drug use) and liver function.ResultsNeurocognitive performance characterized by global deficit scores and the proportion of individuals who were impaired were the same in the HCV-seropositive and HCV-seronegative groups. In univariable analyses in the entire sample, only verbal domain scores showed small statistically different superior performance in the HCV+ group that was not evident in multivariable analysis. In the subgroup without significant comorbidities, scores in all 7 domains of neurocognitive functioning did not differ by HCV serostatus. Among the HCV-seropositive participants, there was no association between neurocognitive performance and serum HCV RNA concentration.ConclusionIn HIV-infected patients, HCV coinfection does not contribute to neurocognitive impairment, at least in the absence of substantial HCV-associated liver damage, which was not evident in our cohort.