Early Functional Deficit and Microglial Disturbances in a Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

11 p.

Separación de células cultivables y no cultivables mediante gradiente de densidad

Poster presentado al XX Congreso Nacional de Microbiología celebrado en Cáceres los días 19 -22 septiembre de 2005

Aproximación fenomenológica al concepto de refugio temporal: anacronismos de una construcción inestable

Ponencia leída en el Foro de Comunicaciones IkasArt III (BEC Barakaldo, 2011.11.11)[por Skype]

El rito indígena en las máscaras de la artista Lygia Clark

Ponencia leída en el Foro de Comunicaciones IkasArt II (BEC Barakaldo, 2010.06.17)

Efecto del metopreno sobre la metamorfosis de la cucaracha, Blattella germanica

La alta resistencia a los insecticidas convencionales es un factor de gran importancia en el control de las plagas de cucarachas. Con el objetivo de encontrar un método de acción alternativo contra las mismas, se evaluó la efectividad de un análogo de la hormona juvenil, el cual, además, no era perjudicial para el medio ambiente. Se realizó un estudio con una colonia de Blattella germanica (Dyctyoptera: Blattellidae). Esta fue tratada con 5 concentraciones diferentes de metopreno y Frontline Combo® (insecticida convencional que contiene metopreno), suministradas a través de superficies de reposo a ninfas en V estadio larvario, con el objetivo de determinar su efecto sobre el fenotipo, porcentaje de esterilización y demora de la eclosión de la ooteca, así como el establecimiento de la dosis más apropiada para el uso comercial. Se observaron efectos morfogenéticos con las concentraciones más altas de metopreno y mediante una aproximación Probit se obtuvieron valores de EC50= 18,914 μg/cm2 y EC10= 1,947 μg/cm2. Además, se calcularon el NOEC= 1μg/cm2 y LOEC= 10 μg/cm2. Asimismo, se apreció una reducción altamente significativa en la fertilidad de los individuos tratados al aumentar la concentración del metopreno, obteniéndose un porcentaje de 100% de esterilidad con la concentración más alta (100 μg/cm2). La aplicación del producto Frontline Combo® sobre ninfas de Blattella germanica mostró su efecto letal a las 96 horas.

On the Selection of Non-Invasive Methods Based on Speech Analysis Oriented to Automatic Alzheimer Disease Diagnosis

The work presented here is part of a larger study to identify novel technologies and biomarkers for early Alzheimer disease (AD) detection and it focuses on evaluating the suitability of a new approach for early AD diagnosis by non-invasive methods. The purpose is to examine in a pilot study the potential of applying intelligent algorithms to speech features obtained from suspected patients in order to contribute to the improvement of diagnosis of AD and its degree of severity. In this sense, Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) have been used for the automatic classification of the two classes (AD and control subjects). Two human issues have been analyzed for feature selection: Spontaneous Speech and Emotional Response. Not only linear features but also non-linear ones, such as Fractal Dimension, have been explored. The approach is non invasive, low cost and without any side effects. Obtained experimental results were very satisfactory and promising for early diagnosis and classification of AD patients.

Clinical factors associated with a Candida albicans Germ Tube Antibody positive test in Intensive Care Unit patients

Background: Poor outcomes of invasive candidiasis (IC) are associated with the difficulty in establishing the microbiological diagnosis at an early stage. New scores and laboratory tests have been developed in order to make an early therapeutic intervention in an attempt to reduce the high mortality associated with invasive fungal infections. Candida albicans IFA IgG has been recently commercialized for germ tube antibody detection (CAGTA). This test provides a rapid and simple diagnosis of IC (84.4% sensitivity and 94.7% specificity). The aim of this study is to identify the patients who could be benefited by the use of CAGTA test in critical care setting. Methods: A prospective, cohort, observational multicentre study was carried out in six medical/surgical Intensive care units (ICU) of tertiary-care Spanish hospitals. Candida albicans Germ Tube Antibody test was performed twice a week if predetermined risk factors were present, and serologically demonstrated candidiasis was considered if the testing serum dilution was >= 1: 160 in at least one sample and no other microbiological evidence of invasive candidiasis was found. Results: Fifty-three critically ill non-neutropenic patients (37.7% post surgery) were included. Twenty-two patients (41.5%) had CAGTA-positive results, none of them with positive blood culture for Candida. Neither corrected colonization index nor antifungal treatment had influence on CAGTA results. This finding could corroborate that the CAGTA may be an important biomarker to distinguish between colonization and infection in these patients. The presence of acute renal failure at the beginning of the study was more frequent in CAGTA-negative patients. Previous surgery was statistically more frequent in CAGTA-positive patients. Conclusions: This study identified previous surgery as the principal clinical factor associated with CAGTA-positive results and emphasises the utility of this promising technique, which was not influenced by high Candida colonization or antifungal treatment. Our results suggest that detection of CAGTA may be important for the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis in surgical patients admitted in ICU.

A High Degree of LINE-1 Hypomethylation Is a Unique Feature of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

12 p.

An integrative view of aggressivenss in adolescence : development of a new measure and assessment of parenting and attachment effects

128 p. Retirada a solicitud de la autora 03/03/2016

Guia Trabajo Fin de Grado. Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería de Leioa. Curso 14/15

Guia docente de la asignatura Trabajo Fin de Grado (TFG) en la Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería de Leioa para el curso 14/15. realizado por la comisión de TFG.

Diseño del circuito neumático de una máquina conformadora

[ES]Este trabajo de fin de grado se basa en el diseño de un circuito neumático para una máquina conformadora. El diseño se efectúa con el programa Fluidsim. Primeramente se define un esquema de los movimientos básicos que se realiza en la conformación. Para el diseño del circuito se desarrollan dos posibles soluciones. Más tarde, se verifica su funcionamiento en el panel del Laboratorio de la Escuela de Ingenieros de Bilbao y se dimensionarán los elementos del circuito para un caso concreto. Por último, se extraerán las conclusiones pertinentes de cada circuito ensayado.

Publicidad digital: un análisis teórico

Es esencial saber cómo se ha creado internet para poder entender mejor los cambios que este medio ha propiciado. A pesar de que los cambios generados por la red han afectado a muchos sectores, este trabajo se centra en la comunicación. La publicidad digital es una vía que está en constante cambio debido a su juventud y al dinamismo de internet, además posee unas características singulares que la hacen única. Una de estas particularidades es su capacidad de segmentación, una capacidad esencial que permite a las empresas acercarse de una manera más específica y personalizada a su público objetivo. Otra singularidad de este tipo de publicidad son los soportes que utiliza como medio de comunicación, que han ido evolucionando junto con su gestión. Además, la gran cantidad de dispositivos que están a disposición de los usuarios, les permiten acceder a todo tipo de contenido de manera simultánea, pudiendo estar constantemente conectados a la red. Finalmente, hay que destacar la evolución de la inversión en publicidad digital mediante datos empíricos que permiten conocer mejor su desarrollo, desde sus comienzos hasta la actualidad.

El refugio migratorio. Una fenomenología al límite

662 p.

The body social: an enactive approach to the self

This paper takes a new look at an old question: what is the human self? It offers a proposal for theorizing the self from an enactive perspective as an autonomous system that is constituted through interpersonal relations. It addresses a prevalent issue in the philosophy of cognitive science: the body-social problem. Embodied and social approaches to cognitive identity are in mutual tension. On the one hand, embodied cognitive science risks a new form of methodological individualism, implying a dichotomy not between the outside world of objects and the brain-bound individual but rather between body-bound individuals and the outside social world. On the other hand, approaches that emphasize the constitutive relevance of social interaction processes for cognitive identity run the risk of losing the individual in the interaction dynamics and of downplaying the role of embodiment. This paper adopts a middle way and outlines an enactive approach to individuation that is neither individualistic nor disembodied but integrates both approaches. Elaborating on Jonas' notion of needful freedom it outlines an enactive proposal to understanding the self as co-generated in interactions and relations with others. I argue that the human self is a social existence that is organized in terms of a back and forth between social distinction and participation processes. On this view, the body, rather than being identical with the social self, becomes its mediator

An enactive and dynamical systems theory account of dyadic relationships

Many social relationships are a locus of struggle and suffering, either at the individual or interactional level. In this paper we explore why this is the case and suggest a modeling approach for dyadic interactions and the well-being of the participants. To this end we bring together an enactive approach to self with dynamical systems theory. Our basic assumption is that the quality of any social interaction or relationship fundamentally depends on the nature and constitution of the individuals engaged in these interactions. From an enactive perspective the self is conceived as an embodied and socially enacted autonomous system striving to maintain an identity. This striving involves a basic two-fold goal: the ability to exist as an individual in one's own right, while also being open to and affected by others. In terms of dynamical systems theory one can thus consider the individual self as a self-other organized system represented by a phase space spanned by the dimensions of distinction and participation, where attractors can be defined. Based on two everyday examples of dyadic relationship we propose a simple model of relationship dynamics, in which struggle or well-being in the dyad is analyzed in terms of movements of dyadic states that are in tension or in harmony with individually developed attractors. Our model predicts that relationships can be sustained when the dyad develops a new joint attractor toward which dyadic states tend to move, and well-being when this attractor is in balance with the individuals' attractors. We outline how this can inspire research on psychotherapy. The psychotherapy process itself provides a setting that supports clients to become aware how they fare with regards to the two-fold norm of distinction and participation and develop, through active engagement between client (or couple) and therapist, strategies to co-negotiate their self-organization.