Metodología LINK con un enfoque sensible a las necesidades de género

Aunque la Metodología LINK se centra en la inclusión de mujeres y hombres que producen a pequeña escala dentro de los modelos de negocio, las primeras versiones de LINK no prestaron especial atención al empoderamiento económico de la mujer, como sí lo hace este manual. Existe una tendencia en varios países y sociedades a que la mujer quede excluida de los mercados más rentables y lucrativos, en comparación con el hombre. Por eso es necesario efectuar análisis e intervenciones concretas para poder incluir a la mujer en mercados lucrativos. También es importante destacar que proyectos y programas que buscan aumentar el empoderamiento económico de la mujer deben trabajar tanto con mujeres como con hombres e incluirlos como socios

Novel Insights Into Negative Pressure Wound Healing From an in Situ Porcine Perspective

Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is used clinically to promote tissue formation and wound closure. In this study, a porcine wound model was used to further investigate the mechanisms as to how NPWT modulates wound healing via utilization of a form of NPWT called the vacuum-assisted closure. To observe the effect of NPWT more accurately, non-NPWT control wounds containing GranuFoam™ dressings, without vacuum exposure, were utilized. In situ histological analysis revealed that NPWT enhanced plasma protein adsorption throughout the GranuFoam™, resulting in increased cellular colonization and tissue ingrowth. Gram staining revealed that NPWT decreased bacterial dissemination to adjacent tissue with greater bacterial localization within the GranuFoam™. Genomic analysis demonstrated the significant changes in gene expression across a number of genes between wounds treated with non-NPWT and NPWT when compared against baseline tissue. However, minimal differences were noted between non-NPWT and NPWT wounds, including no significant differences in expression of collagen, angiogenic, or key inflammatory genes. Similarly, significant increases in immune cell populations were observed from day 0 to day 9 for both non-NPWT and NPWT wounds, though no differences were noted between non-NPWT and NPWT wounds. Furthermore, histological analysis demonstrated the presence of a foreign body response (FBR), with giant cell formation and encapsulation of GranuFoam™ particles. The unique in situ histological evaluation and genomic comparison of non-NPWT and NPWT wounds in this pilot study provided a never-before-shown perspective, offering novel insights into the physiological processes of NPWT and the potential role of a FBR in NPWT clinical outcomes

Systems Sensing and Systemic Constellation for Organizational Transformation

This paper examines how a systems sensing—or felt-sense—approach and orientation to inquiry and systemic constellation practice might help social change organizations cultivate capacities to better navigate complexity, both in their outer-facing work and internal dynamics as teams and as individuals. We present a pilot study of systemic constellation practice, sharing the experience of participants during and after the practice, as well as our own reflexive process. Currently an undertheorized and underutilized approach within systems thinking work, systems sensing and systemic constellation, can reveal less visible but nevertheless foundational dynamics at play in an organizational body, and can help create more awareness through widening ways of knowing in the organizational playground. We explore how the facilitated collective sense-making process of systemic constellation engages subtle ways of knowing specifically energetic, relational, and embodied knowing, building on what Heron and Reason (2008) have called an “extended epistemology.” As we suggest, these more subtle ways of knowing warrant further study, particularly as they may contribute to action research methods and foster a more participatory culture of transformation at both an organizational and societal level.</jats:p

A atividade da Polícia Militar: a importância do policial militar para a persecução criminal

O presente artigo tem por finalidade explorar a relevância da atuação do policial militar na persecução criminal, enfatizando seu papel fundamental na preservação da ordem pública e proteção dos direitos da sociedade. Com base na Constituição e na legislação brasileira, examina-se o monopólio estatal da segurança pública e a exclusividade da polícia militar na execução desses serviços. Além disso, é abordada a importância do Boletim de Ocorrência como o ponto de partida para a fase de persecução penal, apresentando estatísticas sobre a atuação dos policiais militares do Estado do Paraná. A presunção de legitimidade e veracidade dos policiais militares e a necessidade de garantir imparcialidade e transparência no processo de justiça criminal também são discutidas. O estudo destaca o papel crucial do policial militar na construção de toda fase da persecução criminal