Reflexiones sobre un caso de rediseño organizacional (UNQ).

El presente trabajo aborda la experiencia de una universidad nueva emplazada en el conurbano de Buenos Aires. Trata de examinar en primer lugar la impronta que sobre su definición organizacional tuvo su atributo de institución de “reciente creación”. Intentará dar cuenta de cómo ha procesado la “tradición reformista” del sistema universitario argentino. Se analiza entonces el contexto de las universidades creadas en la década del ’90 y el nuevo marco legal consolidado con la sanción de la Ley de Educación Superior. Por otro lado se procede a reflexionar sobre un conjunto de “reformas” llevadas a cabo en la institución, desde el año 1995 al 2001, reformas que implican paradójicamente un doble impacto. Por cierto, la idea de reformar los que se está fundando es al menos confusa. En ese sentido creemos que en tanto institución inserta en el sistema, estos sucesivos “rediseños” son, por un lado un intento de “reformar” la tradición universitaria que se presenta ineludiblemente en formas organizativas, estilos de gestión, comportamientos de los actores fundamentales, etc., que la UNQ porta en su inconsciente organizacional. Por otro lado y desde una perspectiva de refundación, la UNQ se orientó fuertemente hacia un proceso de reclutamiento de personal docente- investigador joven con alto compromiso y a crear una carrera académica basada en criterios competitivos y meritocráticos, sometida a proceso de evaluación. Estructuró su oferta académica de manera flexible. El proceso de formación apunta, así, a centrarse en alumnos que, con niveles crecientes de autonomía intelectual, encuentran espacios curriculares de libre elección. Las carreras de grado acortaron la duración teórica y se encuentran en estado potencial de revisión. Se crearon, desde una lógica matricial, áreas disciplinarias que satisfacen las distintas demandas de los organizadores curriculares (carreras). Se creó un plan estratégico de investigación que consolidó a través de la evaluación externa un sistema de programas temporarios que aspiran y obtienen fondos en función de su mérito relativo al contexto nacional e internacional. Se creó un área de reingeniería permanente de los procesos administrativos y de gestión, al tiempo que comienza a implementarse un programa de capacitación permanente del PAS, una nueva estructura orgánico –funcional y un nuevo sistema de personal y remuneración del PAS con orientación de estructura plana, flexible y con evaluación permanente. Al mismo tiempo se está implementando un esquema de dirección estratégica para el cuerpo directivo. En lo que respecta al posgrado, se diseñó un programa de Doctorado con títulos generales y menciones, desestructurado y personalizado, con un soporte en los programas prioritarios de investigación. Por último se lanzó un programa de formación de grado y posgrado en entorno virtual que redundó en un crecimiento de casi un 60 % en la matrícula total de alumnos, y en el desarrollo de modelos tecnológicos y pedagógicos propios asumiendo el desafío de las TICs en la sociedad del conocimiento. El trabajo intentará privilegiar y explicitar una perspectiva, un punto de vista. A partir de una analítica retrospectiva desde la propia organización; poniendo el énfasis en indagar por las causas endógenas del proceso. Esto es, buscar en la propia institución las articulaciones causales y las “no necesarias” que están en la base de un modelo por lo menos implícito. Se busca de esta manera cuestionar aquellas hipótesis que demostraron el desarrollo de un nuevo modelo al compás de las nuevas condiciones del entorno; esto es verificar desde otra perspectiva rupturas allí donde se suponen continuidades y viceversa

Charm photoproduction via fragmentation

The next-to-leading open charm production in \gamma p collisions is calculated within the Perturbative Fragmentation Functions formalism, to allow resummation of \as\log(\pt^2/m^2) terms. In the large \pt region (\pt > m) the result is consistent with the fixed order NLO calculation, small discrepancies being found for very large \pt and at the edge of phase space. The two approaches differ in the definition and the relative contribution of the direct and resolved terms, but essentially agree on their sum. The resummation is found to lead to a reduced sensitivity to the choice of the renormalization/factorization scale

The pTp_{T} Spectrum in Heavy-Flavour Hadroproduction

We consider the transverse-momentum distribution of heavy flavours in hadronic collisions. We present a formalism in which large transverse-momentum logarithms are resummed at the next-to-leading level, and mass effects are included exactly up to order \alpha_strong^3, so as to retain predictivity at both small and large transverse momenta. As an example, we apply our formalism to b production at the Tevatron

ISR corrections to associated HZHZ production at future Higgs factories

We evaluate the QED corrections due to initial state radiation (ISR) to associated Higgs boson production in electron-positron ($e^+ e^-$) annihilation at typical energies of interest for the measurement of the Higgs properties at future $e^+ e^-$ colliders, such as CEPC and FCC-ee. We apply the QED Structure Function approach to the four-fermion production process $e^+ e^- \to \mu^+ \mu^- b \bar b$, including both signal and background contributions. We emphasize the relevance of the ISR corrections particularly near threshold and show that finite third order collinear contributions are mandatory to meet the expected experimental accuracy. We analyze in turn the r\^ole played by a full four-fermion calculation and beam energy spread in precision calculations for Higgs physics at future $e^+ e^-$ colliders.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure

Recovery of smell sense loss by mepolizumab in a patient allergic to dermatophagoides and affected by chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) frequently presents with dysfunction or loss of the sense of smell, resulting in a signifcant impairment in quality of life. The medical treatments currently available may improve the olfactory function in patients with CRSwNP, but such an outcome is generally only transitory. We report the case of a patient with CRSwNP who completely recovered from smell sense loss by treatment with mepolizumab. Case presentation: The patient was a 62-year-old female who has severe asthma induced by allergy to Dermatophagoides and concomitant CRSwNP. Any treatment for the latter, including oral and injective corticosteroids, was unsuccessful in the loss of smell. Due to the satisfaction of admission criteria to mepolizumab treatment for severe asthma, treatment was initiated on March 2018, resulting in good clinical control of both asthma and CRSwNP, and particularly in complete recovery of the smell loss after 4 months of treatment and still persisting. Conclusion: In this case report, the treatment with mepolizumab in a patient allergic to Dermatophagoides and afected by CRSwNP was associated with an improvement of anosmia. That fnding may be explained by a reduction of the nasal obstruction by nasal polyp

Quality of life in workers and stress: gender differences in exposure to psychosocial risks and perceived well-being

Background. Quality of working life is the result of many factors inherent in the workplace environment, especially in terms of exposure to psychosocial risks. Objectives. The purpose of this study is to assess the quality of life with special attention to gender differences. Methods. The HSE-IT questionnaire and the WHO-5 Well-Being Index were administered to a group of workers (74 males and 33 females). The authors also used Cronbach’s alpha test to assess the internal consistency of both questionnaires and the Mann–Whitney test to evaluate the significance of gender differences in both questionnaires. Results. The HSE-IT highlighted the existence of work-related stress in all the population with a critical perception regarding the domain “Relationships.” Furthermore, gender analysis highlighted the presence of two additional domains in the female population: “Demand” ( = 0,002) and “Support from Managers” ( = 0,287). The WHO-5 highlighted a well-being level below the standard cut-off point with a significant gender difference ( = 0.009) for males (18, SD = 6) as compared to females (14, SD = 6,4). Cronbach’s alpha values indicated a high level of internal consistency for both of our scales. Conclusions. The risk assessment of quality of working life should take into due account the individual characteristics of workers, with special attention to gender

Vestibular schwannoma and ipsilateral endolymphatic hydrops: an unusual association

Vestibular schwannoma and endolymphatic hydrops are two conditions that may present with similar audio-vestibular symptoms. The association of the two in the same patient represents an unusual nding that may lead clinicians to errors and delays in diagnosis and clinical management of affected subjects. We discuss the case of a patient with an intrameatal vestibular schwannoma reporting symptoms suggestive for ipsilateral endolymphatic hydrops. The patient presented with uctuating hearing loss, tinnitus, and acute rotatory vertigo episodes, and underwent a full audiological evaluation and imaging of the brain with contrast-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Clinical audio-vestibular and radiological examination con rmed the presence of coexisting vestibular schwannoma and endolymphatic hydrops. Hydrops was treated pharmacologically; vestibular schwannoma was monitored over time with a wait and scan protocol through conventional MRI. The association of vestibular schwannoma and endolymphatic hydrops is rare, but represents a possible nding in clinical practice. It is therefore recommended investigating the presence of inner ear disorders in patients with vestibular schwannoma and, similarly, to exclude the presence of this condition in patients with symptoms typical of inner ear disorders

Recovery from repeated sudden hearing loss in a patient with Takayasu’s arteritis treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy: the first report in the literature

Hearing loss has been rarely reported in Takayasu's arteritis, presents as sudden sensorineural hearing loss and usually responds well to corticosteroid therapy. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is commonly used as a supplementary treatment to corticosteroids for sudden hearing loss. We present the case of a woman with Takayasu's arteritis who had two episodes of hearing loss involving one ear at a time with a 11-month delay between each episode. During the first episode, the patient was treated with high-dose intramuscular corticosteroids with a temporary improvement of auditory threshold, that deteriorated close to previous level 14 days after cessation of therapy. In the second episode, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy was associated to corticosteroids, with a significant, longer term improvement in both ears, including the one that had shown to be unresponsive to previous pharmacologic therapy. Oxygen therapy could have played a role in hearing restoration in this patient, as it could have acted synergically with corticosteroids amplifying their effect