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Manual de Derecho financiero y tributario: parte general
No full textEl presente Manual de Derecho Financiero y Tributario: Parte General recoge aquellos aspectos fundamentales de la materia jurídico-tributaria, incorporando el rigor y la claridad necesarios para su análisis, por lo que permitirá a los estudiantes poder contar con un libro que pueden llevar de manera habitual a clase y les ahorrará la necesidad de tomar apuntes; lo que supone una mejora de la calidad docente, pues para conseguir una mayor claridad en la exposición de la materia, cada uno de los temas incorporan preguntas para su reflexión acerca de cuestiones de gran actualidad o que tradicionalmente han resultado objeto de investigación, con el fin de aportar ideas a debatir en los seminarios que pudieran realizar los alumnos, al tiempo que sirve de autoevaluación de los conocimientos adquiridos
Water consumption, body composition and cardiometabolic parameters in children
Get PDFIntroduction: Beverage consumption and its possible association with the current obesity epidemic and metabolic syndrome is under investigation in recent years, but water intake is probably the most underestimated or poorly measured of all beverages. Water is essential for life and plain water instead of other caloric beverages is one approach to decrease energy intake and therefore could play an important role to fight against obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Method: A cross sectional study was conducted in 366 schoolchildren aged 9 to 11 years from Cuenca′s province in Spain. Body composition and cardiometabolic parameters were measured and averaged 24h recalls to obtain water and beverage consumption. Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) was assessed by the 20m shuttle run test.
Results: In linear multiple regression (adjusted by sex, aged and CRF) we found an inverse association between water (ml) /Kg weight with BMI, Fat mass, Fat free mass, Waist circumference, insulin levels, MetS index, HOMA-IR (p<0.000), and with arterial pressure parameters, SBP (p<0.010), DBP (p<0.028) and Mean Arterial Pressure (p<0.012) and also, direct associations with HDL cholesterol (p<0.001).
Conclusions: Higher consumption of water/kg weight was negatively associated with BMI, Fat mass, Fat free mass, Waist circumference, insulin levels, MetS index, HOMA-IR, DBP, SBP, MAP and positively with HDL cholesterol in children. Water consumption is associated with numerous health benefits and an adequate intake of water could contribute to obesity and cardiovascular disease prevention in children and consequently in adulthood
Selected micronutrients in cognitive decline prevention and therapy
Get PDFPopulation aging is a worldwide demographic trend. Consequently, the prevalence of chronic age-related conditions such as clinically diagnosed neurological diseases, cognitive decline, and dementia will significantly increase in the near future. The important role of diets and healthy lifestyle as preventative of neurodegenerative diseases is widely accepted nowadays, and it may provide preventive strategies in very early, non-symptomatic phases of dementia well, especially because there are still no effective treatments for it. In this article, we review the known effects of selected micronutrients on the aging brain and we propose strategies for dietary improvements
Evaluación de la satisfacción con el tratamiento en pacientes que consumen fármacos antidepresivos. Validación del cuestionario "ESTA".
Get PDFLa medición de la satisfacción con el tratamiento se ha mostrado útil para conocer las características de los tratamientos que son más importantes para los pacientes y para explicar un aumento en la adhesión con el tratamiento. Todavía existen pocos estudios que relacionen la satisfacción con otros indicadores clínicos o de salud percibida.
En el presente estudio se ha desarrollado y validado un nuevo instrumento, el cuestionario ESTA, con el objeto de medir la satisfacción con el tratamiento antidepresivo. Esta tesis doctoral está elaborada a partir de un estudio observacional, con dos fases en su diseño para poder alcanzar los objetivos propuestos: una primera de carácter longitudinal que ha permitido realizar la validación del cuestionario ESTA, y una segunda de carácter transversal, para evaluar los factores que influyen en la satisfacción de los pacientes con el tratamiento antidepresivo prescrito.
La validación del cuestionario ESTA se ha realizado administrando el mismo a pacientes que iniciaron un nuevo tratamiento antidepresivo, prescrito por el médico de Atención Primaria, psiquiatra u otro especialista,en catorce consultas de medicina de familia de las áreas sanitarias de Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca y Guadalajara y en los servicios de salud mental del Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete y del Hospital Comarcal de Hellín (Castilla La Mancha). El cuestionario para la Evaluación de la Satisfacción con el Tratamiento Antidepresivo (ESTA), consta de 11 ítems que son respondidos mediante una escala Likert. Se han evaluado, mediante un seguimiento prolongado, los cambios producidos en distintas variables relacionadas con el constructo evaluado, a lo largo de las sucesivas visitas que tuvieron lugar al cabo de quince días y uno, tres, seis, nueve y doce meses después del inicio del tratamiento. En dichas variables se incluyen la duración y el tipo de tratamiento antidepresivo, la efectividad clínica del mismo, el nivel de incumplimiento terapéutico, la tolerancia al tratamiento en función de la aparición de efectos adversos, el grado de cumplimiento de las expectativas que expresaron los pacientes sobre el tratamiento antidepresivo y sus creencias sobre la medicación en general. La efectividad clínica del tratamiento antidepresivo fue valorada mediante instrumentos estandarizados como son la Escala de Depresión de Montgomery-Asberg y la Escala de Depresión de Hamilton, las cuales permitieron medir la gravedad y la remisión de los síntomas depresivos. El cuestionario, una vez validado, ha permitido analizar los factores que influyen en la satisfacción con el tratamiento en una amplia muestra de pacientes consumidores de fármacos antidepresivos por presentar un trastorno mental definido, clasificado según el DSM-IV-TR.
Como conclusiones del presente estudio cabe destacar que el cuestionario ESTA es apropiado para evaluar la satisfacción con el tratamiento antidepresivo; su diseño permite que sea fácilmente respondido por los pacientes y presenta elevados índices de fiabilidad, homogeneidad entre ítems y coherencia interna. El cuestionario genera una única puntuación que expresa el nivel de satisfacción global del paciente con dicho tratamiento, lo cual permite interpretar fácilmente el resultado obtenido. Representa una novedad en el contexto de la práctica clínica y es útil para proporcionar información sobre la importancia que los pacientes asignan a los aspectos relacionados con la satisfacción del tratamiento antidepresivo. Así mismo, constituye una de las medidas de resultado centradas en el paciente que permite complementar la valoración clínica de los trastornos depresivos. Los pacientes están satisfechos con el tratamiento, pero el nivel de satisfacción guarda relación con el estado de los síntomas depresivos, la duración del tratamiento y las creencias de los pacientes respecto a cualquier tratamiento médico
Una reflexión actual del principio de interpretación in ambiguitas contra stipulationem
Get PDFEn el presente trabajo se efectúa una reflexión sobre la vigencia actual de la regla in ambiguis contra stipulatorem, creada en derecho romano para la interpretación de los contratos, que ha adquirido una relevancia específica en el ámbito de la protección a los clientes en el ámbito bancarioThis work presents a reflection on the current validity of the rule in ambiguis contra stipulatorem, created in Roman law for the interpretation of the contracts, which has acquired a specific relevance in protecting customers in contracts with bank
Irradiated electrochemical processes for the removal of persistent organic pollutants from waters
Get PDFRecently, regulations for the control of occurrence of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) on wastewater are considered as an important topic. These compounds have been found in surface, ground and drinking waters, because conventional treatments of wastewater treatment plants are not able to remove them completely. Thus, it is necessary to look for a suitable technology for the removal of POPs from waters and wastewaters efficiently. In the recent years, many works have demonstrated the efficiency and robustness of the application of Conductive-Diamond Electrochemical Oxidation (CDEO) for the treatment of wastewaters contained refractory organic compounds (Brillas et al., 2004, Boye et al., 2006, Cañizares et al., 2006, Cañizares et al., 2008, Brillas et al., 2010, Wang and Li, 2012, Abdessamad et al., 2013, Daskalaki et al., 2013). However, in the treatment of diluted wastewaters (below 1,500 mg COD dm-3), electrolyses may be controlled by the mass transfer rate of pollutant from the bulk to the anode surface and thus, the current efficiency decreases linearly with COD concentration (Comminellis and Pulgarin, 1991). This is what used to be observed in the treatment of wastewaters polluted with POPs (Robles-Molina et al., 2012, Martín de Vidales et al., 2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2013, Indermuhle et al., 2013), in which these species are typically found at very low concentrations because of their low solubility
Sperm Flagellum Volume Determines Freezability in Red Deer Spermatozoa
Get PDFThe factors affecting the inter-individual differences in sperm freezability is a major line of research in spermatology. Poor
sperm freezability is mainly characterised by a low sperm velocity, which in turn is associated with low fertility rates in most
animal species. Studies concerning the implications of sperm morphometry on freezability are quite limited, and most of
them are based on sperm head size regardless of the structural parts of the flagellum, which provides sperm motility. Here,
for the first time, we determined the volumes of the flagellum structures in fresh epididymal red deer spermatozoa using a
stereological method under phase contrast microscopy. Sperm samples from thirty-three stags were frozen and classified as
good freezers (GF) or bad freezers (BF) at two hours post-thawing using three sperm kinetic parameters which are strongly
correlated with fertility in this species. Fourteen stags were clearly identified as GF, whereas nineteen were BF. No significant
difference in sperm head size between the two groups was found. On the contrary, the GF exhibited a lower principal piece
volume than the BF (6.13 mm3 vs 6.61 mm3, respectively, p = 0.006). The volume of the flagellum structures showed a strong
negative relationship with post-thawing sperm velocity. For instance, the volume of the sperm principal piece was
negatively correlated with sperm velocity at two hours post-thawing (r =20.60; p,0.001). Our results clearly show that a
higher volume of the sperm principal piece results in poor freezability, and highlights the key role of flagellum size in sperm
cryopreservation success
Aproximación al Estado de Bienestar nórdico: La experiencia de una trabajadora social española en Finlandia
No full textIn April of 2013 I participated in a professional and cultural exchange programme in
Finland, through the Council of International Fellowship (CIF), more specifically through this international
organisation’s Finnish office. Participating in this programme gave me the opportunity to
learn about how the social services in Finland work, and also to learn about their cultural system,
by living with Finnish families. The experiences I had and the knowledge I acquired through this
programme are extremely valuable. I believe this type of programme is very worthwhile and that
my colleagues in the social work profession should be encouraged to participate in such programmes,
as a means of both professional and personal enrichment
Un concierto didáctico diferente: el pequeño San Julián Rock
Get PDFResumen: El presente artículo aborda la génesis y realización de un concierto didáctico
dirigido a escolares: ?El pequeño san Julián Rock. Truenos, baladas y riffs: el rock en
los 80, 90 y comienzos del siglo XXI?. El grupo protagonista de este recital es
O?Killeds, un jovencísimo conjunto formado por chicos con edades entre quince
y veinte años. Partiendo de un guión previamente consensuado entre el
presentador y los músicos, tratamos de exponer diferentes características
de las músicas populares urbanas y sus instrumentos de una forma
activa, lúdica, motivadora y adaptada a la edad de los asistentes.
Palabras clave: concierto didáctico, rock, músicas populares urbanas, educación primaria
A different educational concert:
The little Saint Julian Rock
Abstract: This article addresses the genesis and achievement of an educa tional concert for
schoolchildren: ?The little St. Julian Rock. Thunder, ballads and riffs: the rock in the 80s,
90s and early twenty-first century?. The protagonist group of this recital is O?Killeds,
an ensemble made up of very young boys aged between fifteen and twenty years
old. Based on a script previously agreed upon between the presenter
and the musicians, we try to show different characteristics of urban
popular music and its instruments in an active, playful,
motivating and age-appropriate way.
Keywords: didactic concert, rock, urban popular music, Primary School
Selection of a visible-light vs. Thermal infrared sensor in dynamic environments based on confidence measures
Get PDFThis paper introduces a confidence measure scheme in a bimodal camera setup for automatically selecting visible-light or a thermal infrared in response to natural environmental changes. The purpose of the setup is to robustly detect people in dynamic outdoor scenarios under very different conditions. For this purpose, two efficient segmentation algorithms, one dedicated to the visible-light spectrum and another one to the thermal infrared spectrum, are implemented. The segmentation algorithms are applied to five different video sequences recorded under very different environmental conditions. The
results of the segmentation in both spectra allow one to establish the best-suited confidence interval thresholds and to validate the overall approach. Indeed, the confidence measures take linguistic values LOW, MEDIUM and HIGH, depending on the reliability of the results obtained in visible-light, as well as in thermal infrared video