Footnotes January/February 2003, Vol.27, no. 1/2

Monthly newsletter for the State Library of Iowa

Implantació de les TIC en un institut d'educació secundària

El projecte consisteix en tot el procés d'anàlisi, disseny, implementació i implantació de les tic en un institut , des de la part de sistemes de xarxa i de servidors, fins a la web corporativa de centre, el portal de docència virtual i una eina que permet l'intercanvi de recursos didàctis entre tots els membres de la comunitat educativa d'un o diversos centres.

Spatial relationship between the atmospheric circulation and the precipitation measured in the western Swiss Alps by means of the analogue method

An adaptation technique based on the synoptic atmospheric circulation to forecast local precipitation, namely the analogue method, has been implemented for the western Swiss Alps. During the calibration procedure, relevance maps were established for the geopotential height data. These maps highlight the locations were the synoptic circulation was found of interest for the precipitation forecasting at two rain gauge stations (Binn and Les Marécottes) that are located both in the alpine Rhône catchment, at a distance of about 100 km from each other. These two stations are sensitive to different atmospheric circulations. We have observed that the most relevant data for the analogue method can be found where specific atmospheric circulation patterns appear concomitantly with heavy precipitation events. Those skilled regions are coherent with the atmospheric flows illustrated, for example, by means of the back trajectories of air masses. Indeed, the circulation recurrently diverges from the climatology during days with strong precipitation on the southern part of the alpine Rhône catchment. We have found that for over 152 days with precipitation amount above 50 mm at the Binn station, only 3 did not show a trajectory of a southerly flow, meaning that such a circulation was present for 98% of the events. Time evolution of the relevance maps confirms that the atmospheric circulation variables have significantly better forecasting skills close to the precipitation period, and that it seems pointless for the analogue method to consider circulation information days before a precipitation event as a primary predictor. Even though the occurrence of some critical circulation patterns leading to heavy precipitation events can be detected by precursors at remote locations and 1 week ahead (Grazzini, 2007; Martius et al., 2008), time extrapolation by the analogue method seems to be rather poor. This would suggest, in accordance with previous studies (Obled et al., 2002; Bontron and Obled, 2005), that time extrapolation should be done by the Global Circulation Model, which can process atmospheric variables that can be used by the adaptation method.

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Diseño e implementación de una aplicación de gestión para una empresa editorial

La empresa que se tiene que informatizar, está en funcionamiento desde hace algunos años y debido a su expansión, requiere un sistema informático para gestionar su actividad empresarial. Las funcionalidades que tiene que realizar son las siguientes: gestión del catálogo de libros, gestión de las tiendas, control de los movimientos de libros y facturar las ventas de libros.

Use of non-invasive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to screen for high-risk hypertensive patients.

Blood pressures measured casually by a doctor often differ considerably from those recorded during everyday activities away from the medical environment. In the present study, we compared office and ambulatory recorded pressures in 475 consecutive untreated patients diagnosed hypertensive by physicians. Blood pressure monitored non-invasively during the day was, on average 15/7 mmHg lower than the corresponding office pressures. The difference between office and ambulatory recorded pressure tended to be greatest in those patients with the highest office blood pressure levels, although the relationship between the two types of measurement was too weak (r = 0.50 and 0.38 for systolic and diastolic pressure, respectively) to have any predictive value in the individual patient. Office blood pressures were at least 10 mmHg higher than ambulatory pressures in 62% of patients for systolic and 42% for diastolic pressure. Blood pressure levels recorded during ambulatory monitoring were higher than in the doctor's office for 18% of patients for systolic and 22% for diastolic pressure. Among patients with systolic pressures of between 161 and 180 mmHg or diastolic pressures between 96 and 105 mmHg when facing a doctor, 27 and 37% respectively, showed markedly lower systolic (less than 140 mmHg) or diastolic (less than 90 mmHg) ambulatory recorded pressures. These data therefore indicate that ambulatory blood pressure monitoring may help to identify those truly hypertensive patients who are most likely to benefit from antihypertensive therapy.

Grupo Feliz Idade: cuidado de enfermagem para a promoção da saúde na terceira idade

Este artigo teve como objetivos relatar a experiência da formação do grupo de idosos Feliz Idade, desenvolvido por enfermeiras do Programa Saúde da Família em Fortaleza-CE, bem como conhecer a importância do cuidado de enfermagem para a promoção da saúde na vida dos idosos. A seleção inicial dos participantes do grupo ocorreu entre os 314 idosos pertencentes aos programas de Hipertensão Arterial e Diabetes Mellitus. Para formação do grupo, as enfermeiras contaram com a colaboração de médico, fisioterapeuta, educador físico e agente de saúde. As atividades desenvolvidas no grupo foram caminhadas, oficinas, passeios e terapia comunitária. O grupo final foi formado por 124 idosos. Após a inserção destes idosos no grupo, ocorreram melhorias no aspecto biológico, como maior flexibilidade e melhor mobilidade articular, além da ampliação das interações sociais. Observa-se que as atividades, assim realizadas, favoreceram a promoção da saúde na terceira idade.