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Relatório de atividade profissional de mestrado em Ensino de Educação Física nos Ensinos Básico e Secundário

Projecte AWITGV : aplicació web per a informes del treball en grups virtuals

Aquest projecte vol dissenyar i implementar una aplicació web que permeti omplir els informes d'autoavaluació als estudiants de les assignatures amb pràctiques amb grup de la UOC. Una de les solucions és treballar mitjançant un entorn virtual, com és el Basic Support for Collaborative Work (BSCW), en el qual cada grup té el seu lloc privat on només poden accedir ells i els seus consultors.

The role of palliative care in patients with neurological diseases.

Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of patients and their families affected by life-threatening illness. This approach applies to a large and growing proportion of neurological disorders, most prominently stroke and dementia. Challenges in the palliative care of patients with incurable neurological diseases include the broad spectrum of the rate of symptom progression, a lack of reliable prognostic markers, scarcity of evidence for efficacy of symptomatic treatments, and a high prevalence of difficulties with communication, cognitive impairment and behavioural disturbances. A genuinely multidisciplinary approach to neurological palliative care is, therefore, required. However, palliative care is not an integral part of neurological training in most countries. This Perspectives article aims to underscore the importance of integrating palliative care into daily clinical practice. The basic principles and challenges of neurological palliative care are also outlined in the light of relevant literature.

Genetic diversity and host plant preferences revealed by simple sequence repeat and mitochondrial markers in a population of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are important symbionts of plants that improve plant nutrient acquisition and promote plant diversity. Although within-species genetic differences among AMF have been shown to differentially affect plant growth, very little is actually known about the degree of genetic diversity in AMF populations. This is largely because of difficulties in isolation and cultivation of the fungi in a clean system allowing reliable genotyping to be performed. A population of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices growing in an in vitro cultivation system was studied using newly developed simple sequence repeat (SSR), nuclear gene intron and mitochondrial ribosomal gene intron markers. The markers revealed a strong differentiation at the nuclear and mitochondrial level among isolates. Genotypes were nonrandomly distributed among four plots showing genetic subdivisions in the field. Meanwhile, identical genotypes were found in geographically distant locations. AMF genotypes showed significant preferences to different host plant species (Glycine max, Helianthus annuus and Allium porrum) used before the fungal in vitro culture establishment. Host plants in a field could provide a heterogeneous environment favouring certain genotypes. Such preferences may partly explain within-population patterns of genetic diversity.

Que faire d'un stagiaire dans votre consultation [Tips for hosting a medical student in a PC consultation].

Hosting a medical student in one's primary care consultation challenges the practitioner to be a clinical teacher as well as providing high-quality patient care. A few tips can make this double task easier. Before the consultation it is possible to define the student's learning objectives and to plan the consultation. During the consultation itself some teaching models exist (One minute preceptor, SNAPP) that facilitate the teaching by maximising the teaching moments for each student-patient encounter. And finally after the consultation a time of reflection where both student and clinical teacher can think about what went well and what could be done better.

Political-ethical skill development in nursing undergraduates

This research aimed to identify political-ethical skills developed in a training process compatible with the expected profile set by the National Curriculum Guidelines for the Undergraduate Nursing Degree. A case study was conducted with units represented by 32 former students from a particular religious teaching institution who already were in the job market. The content of the interviews was analyzed using the thematic analysis technique, which resulted in the following categories: "Political-ethical skills in the formative process" and "Political-ethical skills as a product of the educational process." From the former students’ perspective, these categories reinforced the social role of the nurse and the need for students to be reflective, understanding and participative in the transformation of society.

Country effects in ISSP-1993 environmental data: Comparison of SEM approaches

Structural equation models (SEM) are commonly used to analyze the relationship between variables some of which may be latent, such as individual ``attitude'' to and ``behavior'' concerning specific issues. A number of difficulties arise when we want to compare a large number of groups, each with large sample size, and the manifest variables are distinctly non-normally distributed. Using an specific data set, we evaluate the appropriateness of the following alternative SEM approaches: multiple group versus MIMIC models, continuous versus ordinal variables estimation methods, and normal theory versus non-normal estimation methods. The approaches are applied to the ISSP-1993 Environmental data set, with the purpose of exploring variation in the mean level of variables of ``attitude'' to and ``behavior''concerning environmental issues and their mutual relationship across countries. Issues of both theoretical and practical relevance arise in the course of this application.

Alteritzar la singularitat: veus per a una pedagogia de l'experiència

Parte de la investigación en torno a la realidad educativa que se ha desarrollado durante los últimos años se caracteriza por intentar encontrar formas de interpretación orientadas a significar los procesos formativos centrados en las vivencias singulares de los agentes que participan de la educación así como en la posibilidad que éstas ofrecen de devenir experiencia, eso es,vivencia concienciada. A raíz de las mismas podemos observar como la biografía apunta a ser una de las más emblemáticas formalizaciones del proceso de narración de vivencias. Pero, aún cuando la misma se perfila como una de las narraciones que más promueven la interpretación e intercambio de vivencias, posibilitando la reflexión e, incluso, formación mediada, la biografía todavía presenta como forma teorética algunos escollos. Los cuales, pueden ser utilizados como preguntas base para formular una voz de las pedagogías de la experiencia. Justamente, interrogarse y repensar su factibilidad es el tema que se ensaya en el presente artículo.

Interstitial dendritic cell guidance by haptotactic chemokine gradients.

Directional guidance of cells via gradients of chemokines is considered crucial for embryonic development, cancer dissemination, and immune responses. Nevertheless, the concept still lacks direct experimental confirmation in vivo. Here, we identify endogenous gradients of the chemokine CCL21 within mouse skin and show that they guide dendritic cells toward lymphatic vessels. Quantitative imaging reveals depots of CCL21 within lymphatic endothelial cells and steeply decaying gradients within the perilymphatic interstitium. These gradients match the migratory patterns of the dendritic cells, which directionally approach vessels from a distance of up to 90-micrometers. Interstitial CCL21 is immobilized to heparan sulfates, and its experimental delocalization or swamping the endogenous gradients abolishes directed migration. These findings functionally establish the concept of haptotaxis, directed migration along immobilized gradients, in tissues.

Rockfall travel distance analysis by using empirical models (Solà d'Andorra la Vella, Central Pyrenees)

The prediction of rockfall travel distance below a rock cliff is an indispensable activity in rockfall susceptibility, hazard and risk assessment. Although the size of the detached rock mass may differ considerably at each specific rock cliff, small rockfall (<100 m3) is the most frequent process. Empirical models may provide us with suitable information for predicting the travel distance of small rockfalls over an extensive area at a medium scale (1:100 000¿1:25 000). "Solà d'Andorra la Vella" is a rocky slope located close to the town of Andorra la Vella, where the government has been documenting rockfalls since 1999. This documentation consists in mapping the release point and the individual fallen blocks immediately after the event. The documentation of historical rockfalls by morphological analysis, eye-witness accounts and historical images serve to increase available information. In total, data from twenty small rockfalls have been gathered which reveal an amount of a hundred individual fallen rock blocks. The data acquired has been used to check the reliability of the main empirical models widely adopted (reach and shadow angle models) and to analyse the influence of parameters which affecting the travel distance (rockfall size, height of fall along the rock cliff and volume of the individual fallen rock block). For predicting travel distances in maps with medium scales, a method has been proposed based on the "reach probability" concept. The accuracy of results has been tested from the line entailing the farthest fallen boulders which represents the maximum travel distance of past rockfalls. The paper concludes with a discussion of the application of both empirical models to other study areas.

Las TIC en el aula : Por un aprendizaje constructivo y significativo. Aplicación en alumnos de una USEE

Con este trabajo queremos demostrar que utilizando las TIC para el aprendizaje éste será más constructivo y significativo y con ello conseguiremos alumnos más motivados. Nos basaremos en las teorías construccionista y del aprendizaje significativo.

An approach to predicting bowing control parameter contours in violin performance

We present a machine learning approach to modeling bowing control parametercontours in violin performance. Using accurate sensing techniqueswe obtain relevant timbre-related bowing control parameters such as bowtransversal velocity, bow pressing force, and bow-bridge distance of eachperformed note. Each performed note is represented by a curve parametervector and a number of note classes are defined. The principal componentsof the data represented by the set of curve parameter vectors are obtainedfor each class. Once curve parameter vectors are expressed in the new spacedefined by the principal components, we train a model based on inductivelogic programming, able to predict curve parameter vectors used for renderingbowing controls. We evaluate the prediction results and show the potentialof the model by predicting bowing control parameter contours from anannotated input score.

Integrating defeasible argumentation with fuzzy ART neural networks for pattern classification

Many classification systems rely on clustering techniques in which a collection of training examples is provided as an input, and a number of clusters c1,...cm modelling some concept C results as an output, such that every cluster ci is labelled as positive or negative. Given a new, unlabelled instance enew, the above classification is used to determine to which particular cluster ci this new instance belongs. In such a setting clusters can overlap, and a new unlabelled instance can be assigned to more than one cluster with conflicting labels. In the literature, such a case is usually solved non-deterministically by making a random choice. This paper presents a novel, hybrid approach to solve this situation by combining a neural network for classification along with a defeasible argumentation framework which models preference criteria for performing clustering.

Sistemes d'informació en un centre educatiu de primària

El projecte ha consistit en la redacció d'una planificació d'actuacions necessàries per a la incorporació de sistemes d'informació en l'àmbit educatiu (TAC, Tecnologies per a l'Aprenentatge i el Coneixement), concretament en el centre educatiu Can Manent.

Cam-tekniikan opetusohjelma

Tässä työssä keskitytään rakentamaan opetusohjelma, jonka avulla pyritään kehittämään tietokoneavusteisten valmistusjärjestelmien käyttöä puutuotteiden valmistuksessa. Tavoitteena on cam-teknologian opetustyön ja oppimistapahtuman selkeyttäminen sekä järjestelmän opetuksessa tarvittavan koulutusaineiston luominen. Suunnittelussa pyritään vastaamaan puutuoteteollisuuden tämän hetken tarpeisiin, jotta koulutettavat pystyisivät toimimaan nykyaikaisten cam-järjestelmien parissa. Opetusohjelma sisältää opetuskokonaisuuksia cam-järjestelmän rakenteesta, sen toteuttamisesta ja käytöstä. Lisäksi työssä sovelletaan toteutettua opetusohjelmaa erilaisten kohderyhmien opetussuunnitelmissa ja tutkitaan verkkopohjaisen oppimisympäristön luonnetta ja sen mahdollista käyttöä cam-tekniikan opetuksessa.