Special Olympics un medio para la justicia social en la India rural

El siguiente Poster muestra el trabajo realizado por la Fundación Vicente Ferrer en su proyecto de deporte y discapacidad, en el Estado de Andhra Pradesh (India), donde las personas con diversidad funcional están totalmente estigmatizadas socialmente. Este programa desarrollado desde 2010 de Special Olympics (SO) ha contribuido a promover la igualdad de condiciones, derechos y oportunidades de las personas con discapacidad intelectual. El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar y confirmar que el deporte es una herramienta de integración social en la india rural. El estudio del caso de Kullaymma, es representativo del conjunto de niños y niñas con discapacidad intelectual integrantes del programa y que participaron en los Special Olympics World Games 2015 en Los Ángeles. La metodología utilizada en esta investigación es mayoritariamente cualitativa, haciendo uso de entrevistas semiestructuradas, además de extraer datos cuantitativos de su evolución deportiva en sus entrenamientos diarios y, de las medallas obtenidas en los campeonatos nacionales e internacionales. Los resultados nos demuestran que el deporte es una herramienta clave para el desarrollo, la mejora de sus capacidades físicas y de su autoestima, el empoderamiento y la integración social de las personas más vulnerables. Concluyendo así que el deporte es una vía para la integración social y, en consecuencia, para la mejora de su calidad de vidaPóster presentado al I Simposium internacional sobre Actividad Física, Salud y Justicia Social: Poblaciones Vulnerada

From social stigma to family referent, boccia for a change on the way of thinking

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the practice of Boccia (adapted sport) with children aged between 4 and 14 years old with cerebral palsy in rural India and the changes that this implies in social recognition and quality of family life. This study took place between January 2015 and February 2016. The research aims to fill the knowledge gap given the little information that exists on the importance of the context, specifically in the case of a family with a disabled person. This project is part of the "Family Centred Program" and is based on the use of a structured interview called Family Quality of Life McWilliams (FaQuOL). A statistical analysis using SPSS was conducted to evaluate the difference between the participants who had participated in the championship Boccia with the consequent social recognition and those who did not. The results show that this sport has helped improving the quality of family life and ultimately the social acceptance of the participants. The conclusions we reached are not only quantitative where these children have won awards, there is also a qualitative result showing improvement in their quality of life through sport.The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the practice of Boccia (adapted sport) with children aged between 4 and 14 years old with cerebral palsy in rural India and the changes that this implies in social recognition and quality of family life. This study took place between January 2015 and February 2016. The research aims to fill the knowledge gap given the little information that exists on the importance of the context, specifically in the case of a family with a disabled person. This project is part of the "Family Centred Program" and is based on the use of a structured interview called Family Quality of Life McWilliams (FaQuOL). A statistical analysis using SPSS was conducted to evaluate the difference between the participants who had participated in the championship Boccia with the consequent social recognition and those who did not. The results show that this sport has helped improving the quality of family life and ultimately the social acceptance of the participants. The conclusions we reached are not only quantitative where these children have won awards, there is also a qualitative result showing improvement in their quality of life through sport.Póster presentado al I Simposium de Actividad Física, Salud y Justicia Social: Poblaciones Vulnerada

IMPACT OF BOARD DIVERSITY ON FIRM PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM SRI LANKA

Purpose of the study: The study is focused to investigate the impact of board diversity on firm performance through board meetings based on listed manufacturing companies listed at the Colombo Stock Exchange in Sri Lanka. Methodology: Bio-demographic diversity of Board measured by gender, age and race, and job-related diversity measured on functional, education and organizational tenure. Firm performance measured through Tobin Q and Return on Sales. The number of board meetings conducted per year was taken as a mediating variable. Listed manufacturing companies at Colombo Stock Exchange from 1985 to 2019 were the population from which twenty-eight firms that have been operating from 2013 to 2017 were filtered as the sample. Required data was collected by annual reports, published financial documents, and on which gender index, age index, race index, functional index, education index, and organization tenure index were calculated separately. Multiple regression analysis was used to measure the direct and indirect impact of board diversities on firm performance. Main findings: The regression result indicated a significant positive impact of gender diversity on firm performance; however age and race diversities had an insignificant impact. Further, the impacts of functional, education and organizational tenure diversities to firm performance were negative. Finally, the study found a significant indirect impact of bio-demographic and job-related diversities on firm performance through board meetings confirming the mediating effect of the board meeting. Implications: Policymakers and authorizes listed manufacturing firms should identify the escalating trend of women participation, educational improvement in the director board and ought to take necessary actions to maintain appropriate diversity levels in terms of bio demographic and job-related to enhance the firm performance. The novelty of the study: There is a lack of research literature discussing the impact of board diversity on firm performance with the mediating effect of the board meeting

Experimental investigation of woody and non-woody biomass combustion in a bubbling fluidised bed combustor focusing on gaseous emissions and temperature profiles

Air staging is a well-known effective method to control NOx emissions from solid fuel combustion boilers. However, further research is still needed to clarify the effect of air staging at different injection locations on the gaseous emissions of Fluidised Bed Combustion (FBC) boilers that fire 100% biomass fuels, particularly non-woody biomass fuels. The main objective of this work is to investigate the effect of the staging air injection location on the gaseous emissions (NOx and CO) and temperature profiles of a 20 kWth bubbling fluidised bed combustor firing three non-woody (straw, miscanthus and peanuts) and two woody biomass fuels. The experimental results showed that injecting the secondary air at the higher location could lead to a greater NOx reduction due to the fact that the biomass combustion reaction mainly took place in the splash zone and/or beginning of the freeboard. Up to 30% of NOx reduction, compared with no air staging, was achieved for the non-woody fuels when the staging air was injected at the higher position. Air staging also significantly reduced the CO emissions as a result of the higher temperatures in the freeboard and longer residence time in the primary combustion zone

Enfermería y el Código Ictus, " Tiempo es cerebro"

Introducción y objetivos: El Ictus es el periodo agudo de la enfermedad cerebrovascular siendo éste un trastorno brusco del flujo sanguíneo cerebral. Los Ictus se clasifican en dos subtipos: isquémicos y hemorrágicos. Las manifestaciones clínicas de los mismos dependerán del lugar donde se produce el Ictus pero son de aparición brusca. También hay de factores de riesgo que hacen a las personas más susceptibles de padecer un Ictus. Para el tratamiento de esta patología se establecen estrategias terapéuticas como es el Código Ictus y el funcionamiento adecuado de la cadena asistencial para lograr una eficiente atención al Ictus agudo. El objetivo de este protocolo pretende ser claro y útil en todas las comunidades autónomas. Metodología: Se realizaron dos estrategias de búsqueda. La primera fue en diferentes bases de datos mediante la aplicación de filtros y la segunda fue una búsqueda de protocolos sobre el Código Ictus implantados en España. Desarrollo: Se desarrolla el protocolo correspondiente al Código Ictus en el cual se diferencian sus dos fases: extrahospitalaria e intrahospitalaria y sus diferentes vías de acceso, así como los cuidados y actuaciones correspondientes en cada fase del equipo multidisciplinar. Conclusiones: La actuación de enfermería es fundamental en la prevención y en el proceso de Ictus agudo. Es importante que los equipos de urgencias conozcan a la perfección el funcionamiento del Código Ictus para aumentar la eficacia del mismo, así como que la población general reconozca los síntomas comunes del Ictus agudo.Introduction and objectives: The Stroke is the acute period of the cerebrovascular disease being this an abrupt disorder in the cerebral circulation. The Strokes are classified in two subtypes: ischemics and hemorrhagics. The clinical manifestations of these depen on the place where the Stroke has been produced, but their appearance is abrupt. It exists risk factors and them cause to people more susceptibility of suffer a Stroke. For the treatment of this pathology are established therapeutic strategies as the Stroke Code and the proper functioning of the healthcare supply chain for efficient care to acute Stroke. The aim of this protocol intented to be clear and useful in all regions. Methodology: It was done two search strategies. The first one was done in diferent data bases applying filters and the second one was a research of Stroke Code protocols implanted in Spain. Development: The Stroke Code protocol is developed and their parths are differentiated: prehospital and intrahospital and their differents ways to access, also the cares and actuations in each phase of the multidisciplinar team. Conclusions: Nursing performance is critical in the prevention and in all process of the acute Stroke. It is important that the emergency teams know perfectly the operation of the Stroke Code to increase the effectiveness of it, as well as the the general population have to recognize the common symptoms of the acute Stroke

Producción de H2 con captura de CO2 por reformado de CH4 integrado con un sistema chemical-looping combustion

Leída el 28-03-2014.--Calificación sobresaliente "Cum Laude"El proceso Steam Reforming (SR) es la tecnología más usada hoy en día para producir H2 a partir de CH4 a gran escala, y parece ser que lo seguirá siendo en los próximos años. El principal inconveniente de este proceso es la emisión de CO2 procedente de la combustión de gases combustibles en un horno con el fin de suministrar calor a las reacciones endotérmicas de reformado. Con el fin de mejorar este proceso debería buscarse una forma de proporcionar calor a las reacciones de reformado sin la necesidad de incorporar un sistema de separación de CO2 externo, es decir, buscar una forma de quemar combustible con separación de CO2 inherente. Por ello se ha propuesto en la presente tesis doctoral la integración del sistema convencional SR con un sistema Chemical Looping Combustion, (CLC) actuando esta último como fuente de calor para las reacciones endotérmicas de reformado. En esta tesis se desarrollaron, caracterizaron y evaluaron en una planta en continuo de CLC diferentes transportadores de oxígeno (TO) basados en Fe, tanto sintéticos como naturales de bajo coste, para su uso en un proceso SR-CLC. A su vez, también se llevó a cabo la optimización energética del proceso SR-CLC, con el fin de maximizar la producción de H2, usando TOs de hierro. Inicialmente se desarrolló un transportador sintético de base Fe, La preparación del mismo tuvo lugar por impregnación húmeda incipiente sobre un soporte comercial de alúmina y posterior calcinación. El transportador fue caracterizado textural y estructuralmente, así como por termogravimetría (TGA) y en lecho fluidizado discontinuo. Por último se estudió su comportamiento en la planta CLC en continuo para la combustión de CH4 y PSA-offgas. Los resultados obtenidos con el transportador de hierro se compararon con los obtenidos con mezclas físicas y químicas de óxidos de Fe y Ni. Primero se desarrollaron y caracterizaron transportadores bimetálicos Fe-Ni, obtenidos por impregnación húmeda incipiente, con ambos metales soportados sobre la misma partícula de alúmina (mezcla química). Los transportadores fueron caracterizados textural y estructuralmente, así como en TGA y en lecho fluidizado discontinuo. Una vez caracterizados, aquel transportador bimetálico que mostró mejores resultados fue probado en la instalación 2 semipiloto CLC en continuo. La adición física de níquel se llevó a cabo añadiendo un transportador de níquel sobre un lecho de partículas del transportador sintético de hierro, quedando ambos metales soportados sobre partículas distintas. La mezcla física se probó en la planta semipiloto CLC en continuo de 500 Wt.Por último se determinaron las condiciones óptimas de funcionamiento del proceso SRCLC con el fin de maximizar la producción de H2, trabajando con un TO de hierro. Para ello se realizaron balances de masa y energía al sistema SR-CLC. En primer lugar se realizó un estudio variando dos parámetros externos al sistema CLC. Una vez determinadas las mejores condiciones de operación, es decir, aquellas que maximizaban la producción de hidrógeno, se procedió al estudio del efecto de dos variables internas del proceso CLC. Además, se estudió el efecto de utilizar Al2O3 como soporte, que permite la formación del compuesto FeO·Al2O3 como producto en la reducción del TO. Finalmente se estudió también la influencia de colocar los tubos de reformado en el reactor de reducción o situarlos en el reactor de oxidación. Las principales conclusiones que se obtuvieron fueron las siguientes: Los resultados obtenidos muestran que el TO de hierro, obtenido por impregnación húmeda incipiente sobre Al2O3, es un transportador adecuado para usarse en un sistema SR-CLC. El inventario de sólidos requerido por este TO para quemar completamente una corriente PSA-offgas o CH4 en la planta en continuo, a 880ºC, es mucho menor que los obtenidos en la literatura hasta la fecha para transportadores de hierro.Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)Peer reviewe

Life satisfaction in university students with disabilities: Differences by sociodemographic variables and associations with physical activity and athletic identity

People with disabilities tend to have lower subjective well-being than their peers without disability. This study examined differences in the life satisfaction (LS) of Spanish university students with disabilities according to sociodemographic variables, and its associations with physical activity (PA) and athletic identity (AI). A crosssectional study was conducted with 1,227 participants (624 Female - 598 Male) from state and private Spanish universities. The participants completed an electronic survey on LS, PA and AI after which a descriptive analysis, pairwise comparisons (Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis tests), and Spearman's correlations were performed on the data. Instruments used for data gathering were the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS). The results showed that university students with disabilities in Spain were slightly dissatisfied with their lives. The cross-sectional comparisons according to the origin of disability found that University students with congenital disability reported higher levels of LS than those with acquired disability. Those students with multiple disabilities and chronic illness reported lower levels of LS than students with physical or sensory disabilities. Furthermore, LS seemed not to be affected by gender while significatively affected by age since the youngest group of participants reported higher levels of LS than the middle and oldest groups. Both AI and PA were positively correlated with LS. The findings offered in this study point out that the satisfaction levels observed among students with disabilities suggest that universities and society at large were still disabling agents with an inherent need for improving their healthy lifestyles. This study provides insights that may be helpful for enhancing LS among university students with disabilities through promotion of PA

Activitat física i salut a l’alumnat universitari amb discapacitat // Physical activity and health in university students with disabilities

L’activitat física (AF) és una activitat que ha demostrat tindre nombrosos efectes positius en la salut, el benestar i la qualitat de vida de les persones amb discapacitat. No obstant açò, l'evidència empírica ens diu que les persones amb discapacitat realitzen menys AF que els seus parells sense discapacitat. Amb la finalitat de contribuir al coneixement i la conseqüent aplicació de polítiques públiques de salut pública en la promoció de l’AF, aquesta present tesi doctoral té com objectiu estudiar a l’AF de l’alumnat universitari de l’Estat espanyol amb discapacitat. Específicament, a través d’un estudi de seguiment de la cohort 3 anys després, juntament amb el compliment (o no) de les recomanacions d’activitat física de l’Organització Mundial de la Salut (OMS); a més de relacionant-la amb diferents variables com són la identitat esportiva (IE), la satisfacció en la vida (SV) i el temps d’ús de mitjans tecnològics de pantalla sedentaris (UMTP). Una validació, un estudi longitudinal, un estudi transversal i un estudi no-lineal composen aquesta tesi. L’alumnat universitari amb discapacitat de l’Estat espanyol va ser reclutat a través dels serveis d’atenció a la discapacitat de les universitats espanyoles. Les persones participants d'aquests estudis han variat des de 355 a l’estudi longitudinal, fins a 1,227 a l’estudi transversal. Per a la recollida de dades es van utilitzar els instruments International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS), Adolescent Sedentary Activity Questionnaire (ASAQ) i Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS). Les dades recollides es van tractar utilitzant les proves corresponents per a cada tipus de dades, tenint en compte la no normalitat d’aquestes. Anàlisi factorial confirmatori, correlacions de Spearman, proves U de Mann-Whitney, proves de Kruskal-Wallis, proves de Wilcoxon i Mapes autoorganitzats (SOM) foren utilitzades per a l’anàlisi de les dades. Els principals resultats obtinguts indiquen que l’AF realitzada per l’alumnat universitari amb discapacitat encara és molt baix. Tot i que no es van trobar diferències significatives en les comparacions longitudinals als dominis d’AF (i.e., total, vigorosa, moderada, lleugera), l’AF vigorosa va patir una reducció més gran al transcurs dels tres any, sobretot a les dones. Alhora, l’AF moderada pareix que siga la més accessible per a l’alumnat amb discapacitat, sobretot per aquelles persones amb discapacitats múltiples. L’alumnat amb infrapès-normopès presentaren valors més alts d’AF general, vigorosa i moderada. A més, al transcurs de 3 anys es va reduir el percentatge d’alumnat que acomplia les recomanacions d’AF de l’OMS. Un 0.6% va disminuir del 41.4% a l’Onada I al 40.8% de l’Onada II. També hi hagué un augment del 5.3% de les persones classificades com sobrepès-obesitat al transcurs dels 3 anys. Per altra banda, es va validar l’AIMS per a la població d’alumnat universitària amb discapacitat, i trobat que hi existeixen correlacions significatives positives entre la IE i el temps de pràctica d’activitats físiques moderades i vigoroses. Així mateix, es va estudiar la SV de l’alumnat i es va trobar que està ‘lleugerament insatisfet’ amb la seua SV. L’alumnat més jove, i aquell amb discapacitats congènites, obtingueren millor SV que els grups més majors i amb discapacitats adquirides. També es van identificar correlacions positives de la SV i l’AF i la IE. I per últim, trobarem un elevat UMTP sedentaris, entre l’alumnat universitari amb discapacitat corresponent a un total de 5.45 hores per dia, on l’ordinador és el mitjà més utilitzat. A més, vàrem trobar que el grau de discapacitat juga un paper moderador en aquest ús, ja que l’alumnat amb grau de discapacitat superior obtingueren menys UMTP que aquell alumnat amb graus inferiors. En conclusió, la present tesi doctoral aporta i amplia el coneixement en l’àrea de l’activitat física i la discapacitat. Més concretament, a l’entorn universitari, on els resultats obtinguts poden ajudar a millorar les polítiques d’intervenció fisico-esportives i per a la salut, dels serveis d’esports i els serveis d’atenció a la discapacitat espanyol. D’aquesta manera, les universitats poden millorar el seu paper d’agent social promotor de la salut, enfortir les estratègies i les intervencions de promoció als estils de vida saludables i l’activitat física, i així, millorar la vida de l’alumnat amb discapacitat. Tot açò, ajudant a assolir els Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible de l’Agenda 2030.Physical activity (PA) has been shown to have many positive effects on the health, well-being and quality of life people with disabilities. However, empirical evidence tells us that these people perform less PA than their non-disabled peers. In order to contribute to knowledge and the consequent application of public health policies to promote PA, the present doctoral thesis aims to study Spanish university students with disabilities PA, through a 3-year follow-up study, along with whether or not they complied with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) physical activity recommendations and relating it to different variables such as athletic identity (AI), life satisfaction (LS) and screen time (ST). A validation, longitudinal study, cross-sectional study, and a nonlinear study make up this thesis. Spanish university students with disabilities were recruited through the universities’ disability care services. The participants ranged from 355 in the longitudinal study to 1,227 in the cross-sectional study. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS), Adolescent Sedentary Activity Questionnaire (ASAQ) and Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) were the instruments used for data collection. The data collected were treated using the corresponding tests for each type of non-normal data. Confirmatory factor analysis, Spearman corrections, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis tests, Wilcoxon tests and Self-Organized Maps (SOM) were used for data analysis. The main results obtained indicate that the PA performed by university students with disabilities is still very low. Although no significant differences were found in longitudinal comparisons across PA domains (i.e., total, vigorous, moderate, walking), vigorous PA suffered a greater reduction over the three-year course, especially in women. At the same time, moderate PA seems to be the most accessible for students with disabilities, especially for those with multiple disabilities. Underweight and normal weight students had higher values of general, vigorous and moderate PA. Over the course of 3 years, the percentage of students who complied with the WHO’s PA recommendations was reduced, with a 0.6% decrease from 41.4% in Wave I to 40.8% in Wave II. There was also a 5.3% increase in people classified as overweight-obese over the course of 3 years. On the other hand, the AIMS was validated for the population of university students with disabilities and found significant positive correlations between AI and the time of practice of moderate and vigorous physical activities. The students’ LS was also studied and they were found to be ‘slightly dissatisfied’ with their LS. The youngest students, and those with congenital disabilities, obtained better LS than the older groups and those with acquired disabilities. Positive correlations of LS and PA and AI were also identified. Finally, we found a high use of sedentary ST among the participants, with a total of 5.45 hours per day, in which computers were the most frequently used medium. We also found that the degree of disability plays a moderating role in this use, as students with a higher degree of disability obtained less ST than those with lower degrees. In conclusion, this doctoral thesis provides and expands knowledge in the area of physical activity and disability in the university environment. The results obtained can help to improve the policies used in physical-sports and health intervention, sports services and services of attention to these students. In this way, universities can improve their role as social agents and promote health, strengthen strategies and interventions for the promotion of healthy lifestyles and physical activity and thus improve the students’ lives while helping to meet the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda

Screen time among Spanish university students with disabilities: a self-organizing maps analysis

Abstract Background:Screen time can play a significant role in the health and quality of life of people with disabilities.However, there is a lack of studies on this issue among people with disabilities, and even fewer in the universitysetting. Thus, the aim of our study was to explore the relationships between screen time, disability grade, bodymass index (BMI), physical activity and sociodemographic variables (gender and socioeconomic status) in universitystudents with different disabilities. Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 1091 students with disabilities from 55 Spanishuniversities. Instruments used for data gathering were the Adolescent Sedentary Activity Questionnaire (ASAQ) andthe International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF). A Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) analysis wascarried out to explore the relationships between the variables under study. Results:Participants reported high values in overall screen time (5.45 h per day/week), with computers being themedia most used (2.45 h per day/week). The SOM analysis showed slightly higher screen time values in womenthan men. People with a high disability grade spent less screen time than those with lower disability grade.Contradictory results exist when a group of men with the highest BMI had the highest screen time and the lowestphysical activity (PA) while women with low BMI show the highest screen time and PA. Conclusions:Gender and disability grade played a moderating role in screen time among people with disabilitieswhile BMI and PA do not play such a role. Keywords:Screen, Media, Disability, Adults, SO