Cap a una Nova Educació d'Adults. 'Hacia una Nueva Educación de Adultos'.

En esta obra, fruto de las jornadas municipales que sobre educación de adultos se celebraron en Palma de Mallorca, con el lema: 'Cap a una nove educació d'adults', recoge los discursos, ponencias y documentos en los que se analiza la relación entre educación de adultos y participación social, la situación actual de la educación de adultos, en Palma y propuestas de cambio, las tendencias de programación de educación de adultos en grandes areas urbans y, por último, se exponen las conclusiones elaboradas por las comisiones de trabajo creados durante las jornadas.

Material didàctic i llibres de text autoritzats (febrer 1991) : pre-escolar, EGB, BUP, FP i educació d'adults. 'Material didáctico y libros de texto autorizados (febrero 1991) : preescolar, EGB, BUP, FP y educación de adultos'.

Recopila las referencias bibliográficas autorizadas como material didáctico y libros de texto en la comunidad autónoma de las Islas Baleares. El documento se estructura en cinco apartados: preescolar, EGB, BUP, FP y educación de adultos. Se incluyen libros por materias, guías didácticas, libros de biblioteca y lectura.

Assessment of construct validity and reliability of the inventory of masculinity and femininity in adolescents and young adults Colombian

This study evaluated the construct validity and reliability of Femininity and Masculinity Inventory-Imafe (Lara, 1993), and calculated standardized punctuations for Colombian teenagers and young adults. Participants were 1527 male and female, between 15 and 42. The general and scale reliability was evaluated through Alfa and Guttmann coefficients, and the factor analysis was used to estimate the construct validity. Standardized punctuations were obtained for gender, since there were statistically significant differences for sex in the six scales of the instrument. The inventory presented reliability values that oscillated between .76 and .88, and the factorial analysis showed three factors coherent with the factors found in its original validation. Correlacional inter-scales analysis and sex-differences were theoretically consistent.

Brief neuropsychological assessment of adults post-stroke in the left hemisphere

The neuropsychological assessment investigates cognitive deficits to improve the diagnosis, the prognosis and the rehabilitation of patients. In Brazil, stroke is a major cause of hospitalization and the leading cause of mortality and disability. The stroke in the left hemisphere (LH) is associated with different degrees of loss of language and other cognitive impairments, for example, in the memory. We compared the performance in brief neuropsychological tasks of the left hemisphere poststroke patients, without moderate or severe aphasia, with healthy controls. A list of 135 patients was selected based on inclusion criteria. The study included 15 patients with left stroke, paired by sex, age and education to 30 neurologically healthy adults. The data resulting from application of the Neupsilin Brief Neuropsychological Assessment Instrument were analyzed with the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U. Adults with LH stroke showed a significant reduction in performance when compared to healthy controls on language, working memory and ideomotor praxis, results also found in other studies of patients with left hemisphere stroke

Visual processing of concentric sine-wave gratings in adolescents and adults

The aim of this study was to compare the contrast visual processing of concentric sinusoidal gratings stimuli between adolescents and adults. The study included 20 volunteers divided into two groups: 10 adolescents aged 13-19 years (M=16.5, SD=1.65) and 10 adults aged 20-26 years (M=21.8, SD=2.04). In order to measure the contrast sensitivity at spatial frequencies of 0.6, 2.5, 5 and 20 degrees of visual angle (cpd), it was used the psychophysical method of two alternative forced choice (2AFC). A One Way ANOVA performance showed a significant difference in the comparison between groups: F [(4, 237)=3.74, p<.05]. The post-hoc Tukey HSD showed a significant difference between the frequencies of 0.6 (p <.05) and 20 cpd (p<.05). Thus, the results showed that the visual perception behaves differently with regard to the sensory mechanisms that render the contrast towards adolescents and adults. These results are useful to better characterize and comprehend human vision development.

A prediction model for establishing the disability degree in adults with spinal cord injury: results based on WHO-DAS II perspective

Objective: To establish a prediction model of the degree of disability in adults with Spinal CordInjury (SCI ) based on the use of the WHO-DAS II . Methods: The disability degree was correlatedwith three variable groups: clinical, sociodemographic and those related with rehabilitation services.A model of multiple linear regression was built to predict disability. 45 people with sci exhibitingdiverse etiology, neurological level and completeness participated. Patients were older than 18 andthey had more than a six-month post-injury. The WHO-DAS II and the ASIA impairment scale(AIS ) were used. Results: Variables that evidenced a significant relationship with disability were thefollowing: occupational situation, type of affiliation to the public health care system, injury evolutiontime, neurological level, partial preservation zone, ais motor and sensory scores and number ofclinical complications during the last year. Complications significantly associated to disability werejoint pain, urinary infections, intestinal problems and autonomic disreflexia. None of the variablesrelated to rehabilitation services showed significant association with disability. The disability degreeexhibited significant differences in favor of the groups that received the following services: assistivedevices supply and vocational, job or educational counseling. Conclusions: The best predictiondisability model in adults with sci with more than six months post-injury was built with variablesof injury evolution time, AIS sensory score and injury-related unemployment.

Les famílies, els adults i altres personatges que eduquen. 'Las familias, los adultos y otros personajes que educan'.

Resumen de la revista en catalán

Poesia per aprendre llengua a les classes d'adults. 'Poesía para aprender en las clases de adultos'.

Resumen de la revista en catalán

Aproximació a l'actuació lingüística en les tasques comunicatives dels aprenents de segona llengua adults. 'Aproximación a la actuación lingüística en las tareas comunicativas de los aprendices de segunda lengua adultos'.

Resumen en catalán de la autora

La formació lingüística d'adults avui. 'La formación lingüística de adultos hoy'.

Este artículo forma parte de la monografía 'Noves necessitats de formació lingüística en els adults'

Organitzaci?? i ??s de materials d'autoaprenentatge per a la millora de la compet??ncia ling????stica d'aprenents adults. 'Organizaci??n y uso de materiales de autoaprendizaje para la mejora de la competencia ling????stica de aprendices adultos'

Resumen en catal??n de las autoras. Este art??culo forma parte de la monograf??a 'Noves necessitats de formaci?? ling????stica en els adults'

Taller de competències socials per a adults. 'Taller de competencias sociales para adultos'.

Resumen basado en el de los autores

Reference values for handgrip strength in among healthy young adults

Background: Isometric grip strength, evaluated with a handgrip dynamometer, is a marker of current nutritional status and cardiometabolic risk and future morbidity and mortality. We present reference values for handgrip strength in healthy young Colombian adults (aged 18 to 29 years). Methods: The sample comprised 5.647 (2.330 men and 3.317 women) apparently healthy young university students (mean age, 20.6±2.7 years) attending public and private institutions in the cities of Bogota and Cali (Colombia). Handgrip strength was measured two times with a TKK analogue dynamometer in both hands and the highest value used in the analysis. Sex- and age-specific normative values for handgrip strength were calculated using the LMS method and expressed as tabulated percentiles from 3 to 97 and as smoothed centile curves (P3, P10, P25, P50, P75, P90 and P97). Results: Mean values for right and left handgrip strength were 38.1±8.9 and 35.9±8.6 kg for men, and 25.1±8.7 and 23.3±8.2 kg for women, respectively. Handgrip strength increased with age in both sexes and was significantly higher in men in all age categories. The results were generally more homogeneous amongst men than women. Conclusions: Sex- and age-specific handgrip strength normative values among healthy young Colombian adults are defined. This information may be helpful in future studies of secular trends in handgrip strength and to identify clinically relevant cut points for poor nutritional and elevated cardiometabolic risk in a Latin American population. Evidence of decline in handgrip strength before the end of the third decade is of concern and warrants further investigation

Aprenentatge i ús del català en els adults : de persona a persona, d'entitat a entitat. 'Aprendizaje y uso del catalán en los adultos : de persona a persona, de entidad a entidad'.

Se expone la situación del catalán ante la llegada de la inmigración y la posición de esta lengua frente al castellano. Además se enfatiza la importancia del catalán como factor de cohesión en la sociedad catalana.

Actitudes hacia el VIH/SIDA, el cáncer y la enfermedad de Alzheimer

Esta revisión de la literatura tuvo como objetivo describir las actitudes hacia el VIH/SIDA, el cáncer y la Enfermedad de Alzheimer desde el modelo tripartito. Se revisaron 109 artículos publicados entre 2005 y 2015 en algunas bases de datos especializadas y herramientas de análisis de impacto. También se incluyeron fuentes secundarias ampliándose la búsqueda a los últimos 20 años (1995-2015). Los resultados mostraron que la mayoría de los estudios realizados sobre las actitudes hacia estas tres enfermedades son de tipo cuantitativo y la información se analizó con base en los componentes del modelo tripartito. Algunos aspectos sociodemográficos como el sexo y la edad están asociados con las actitudes hacia las tres enfermedades y predominan las creencias erróneas sobre ellas respecto a sus causas, curso y tratamiento. También predominan actitudes negativas hacia las tres enfermedades y las conductas e intenciones conductuales son diversas hacia cada una de ellas. No se hallaron antecedentes empíricos del estudio de la estructura de las actitudes propuesta por el modelo tripartito hacia las tres enfermedades. La Salud Pública ha liderado la investigación con base en el modelo de conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas propuesto por la OMS.