bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Dynamic GnRH and hCG testing: establishment of new diagnostic reference levels
Authors: Bang A Kirstine , Nordkap Loa , Almstrup Kristian , Priskorn Lærke , Petersen Jørgen Holm , Rajpert-De Meyts Ewa , Andersson Anna-Maria , Juul Anders , Jørgensen Niels 
Published: January 2017

Objective
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) stimulation tests may be used to evaluate the pituitary and testicular capacity. Our aim was to evaluate changes in follicular-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone after GnRH and hCG stimulation in healthy men and assess the impact of six single nucleotide polymorphisms on the responses.

Design
GnRH and hCG stimulation tests were performed on 77 healthy men, 18–40 years (reference group) at a specialized andrology referral center at a university hospital. The potential influence of the tests was illustrated by results from 45 patients suspected of disordered hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis.

Methods
Baseline, stimulated, relative and absolute changes in serum FSH and LH were determined by ultrasensitive TRIFMA, and testosterone was determined by LC–MS/MS.

Results
For the reference group, LH and FSH increased almost 400% and 40% during GnRH testing, stimulated levels varied from 4.4 to 58.8 U/L and 0.2 to 11.8 U/L and FSH decreased in nine men. Testosterone increased approximately 110% (range: 18.7–67.6 nmol/L) during hCG testing. None of the polymorphisms had any major impact on the test results. Results from GnRH and hCG tests in patients compared with the reference group showed that the stimulated level and absolute increase in LH showed superior identification of patients compared with the relative increase, and the absolute change in testosterone was superior in identifying men with Leydig cell insufficiency, compared with the relative increase.

Conclusions
We provide novel reference ranges for GnRH and hCG test in healthy men, which allows future diagnostic evaluation of hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal disorders in men.
Sus cuerpos, nuestras vidas: torso desnudo y mandil en la historia mixteca de la costa
Authors: Gómez-Montes Liliana María 
Published: January 2017

En la región costera de Oaxaca, en México, hay diversos pueblos mixtecos que nos cuentan algo de su historia a través de sus formas de vestir. Hoy en día podemos encontrar en algunas de sus comunidades que las mujeres usan su pozahuanco (falda de algodón local, a rayas). Unas llevan el torso desnudo, otras lo han cubierto con un mandil de tela de algodón industrial. A través de entrevistas con las mujeres mayores del lugar he ido reconstruyendo su memoria colectiva acerca del proceso de taparse el torso con el mandil. ¿Cómo, cuándo, por qué, quiénes fueron los primeros en llegar a mediados del siglo XX generando evidentes cambios en las formas de expresar su vestir y su desnudez? Haré una lectura historiográfica acerca del proceso de cambio en sus expresiones corporales.
ESTRATEGIAS DE RESOLUCIÓN DE CONFLICTOS EN LA PAREJA: NEGOCIANDO EN LO COTIDIANO
Authors: Correa Rodríguez Nieves , Rodríguez Hernández Juan A. 
Published: January 2017

Abstract.STRATEGIES FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN COUPLES: EVERYDAY NEGOTIATINGConflicts are normal situations in family life wich offer opportunities for personal growth and strengthening family relationships when constructive strategies are provided like negotiation, commitments and agreements. The frequent use of destructive strategies in everyday conflicts is associated with a growing unease in the family and a discontinuity in the family project. Couples show difficulties to implement courses of action culminating in agreements and commitments. This is a logical issue considering that the conflicts and the resolution strategies are complex situations. This work provides an analysis of daily conflict in couples contemplating conflict variables that mediate the use of resolution strategies and transactional processes that characterize these episodes. Finally, some guidelines are suggested to direct research and intervention in the field of conflict and family life.Keywords: Marital Conflict; Conflict Resolution Strategies; Negotiation; Situational Variables; Emotional Variables; Cognitive Variables.Resumen.Los conflictos son situaciones normales en la vida familiar. Suponen oportunidades para el crecimiento personal y el fortalecimiento de las relaciones familiares, siempre que se aborden con estrategias constructivas en las que prime la negociación, los compromisos y los acuerdos. El empleo frecuente de estrategias destructivas en los conflictos cotidianos se asocia a un creciente malestar en la familia poniendo en peligro la continuidad del proyecto familiar. Las parejas muestran dificultades para poner en marcha cursos de acción que culminen en acuerdos y compromisos. Lo que resulta comprensible si consideramos que los conflictos y las estrategias de resolución son situaciones complejas. Este trabajo ofrece un análisis del conflicto cotidiano en la pareja los conflictos contemplando las variables que mediatizan el uso de las estrategias de resolución y los procesos transaccionales que caracterizan estos episodios. Finalmente, se sugieren ciertas orientaciones para encauzar la investigación e intervención en el campo de los conflictos y la convivencia familiar.Palabras clave: Conflicto Marital; Estrategias de Resolución de Conflictos; Negociación; Variables emocionales; Variables Cognitivas, Variables Situacionales.
AGING OF THE HOMOSEXUAL INDIVIDUAL: TRAINING PROPOSAL FOR CAREGIVERS
Authors: Mónica dos Santos Carmina da Conceiçao , Santos Mendes Monico Lisete 
Published: January 2017

Abstract.In current times, issues about sexual minorities are increasingly debated. Nonetheless, research about aging homosexuals is scarce, which reveals how neglected this subject is and how pressing it is to address it. Prejudice in contemporary society is felt by elderly homosexuals, who are aware that they are being discriminated against, something that has violent consequences and induces fear and anxiety about being outspoken about their sexual orientation. Thus, elderly homosexuals have a difficult time feeling free and fulfilled, which is damaging to their aging process. This paper intends to present a training proposal aimed at professional care providers of elderly homosexuals in institutions. It is urgent to conceive social responses that follow a multidisciplinary approach and that institutions would adopt with regard to their homosexual population.Key-words: Aging; Homosexuality; Caregivers; Institutional responsesResumo.Na atualidade, as questões sobre as minorias sexuais são cada vez mais discutidas. No entanto, há um grande défice na investigação acerca do envelhecimento da população homossexual, o que revela a negligiência com que o tema está a ser tratado e a urgência em ser abordado. A existência de preconceitos da sociedade contemporânea leva a que o idoso homossexual sinta a discriminação com que é tratado, reflectindo-se de uma forma violenta num sentimento de medo e angústia em manifestar a sua orientação sexual. O idoso homossexual vê-se desta forma impedido de ser livre, plena e integralmente, o que prejudica o seu processo de envelhecimento. O presente artigo pretende dar a conhecer uma proposta de formação ao nível de cuidadores formais de idosos homossexuais institucionalizados. Urge pensar de forma transdiciplinar nas respostas sociais que as instituições devem adoptar face à sua população homossexual.Palavras-chave: envelhecimento, homossexualidade, cuidadores, respostas institucionais
LAS ALUMNAS UNIVERSITARIAS: MODELO DE RESILIENCIA
Authors: Vera Gil Sara 
Published: January 2017

Abstract.Educational reports in recent years have been warning a progressive increase of women in college. Universities today are widely feminized in most degree programs. A historical approach to women´s education tell us that this situation previous mentioned is a significant achievement for this group, especially because from their official access to education women have had to overcome serious difficulties. These difficulties which come from both institutional barriers and the limitations of gender roles and stereotypes, seem to have been overcome by women not only in a quantitative way but also in a qualitative because they have a higher academic performance than their male peers, those for which the education system was created . These difficulties from both institutional barriers and the limitations of gender roles and stereotypes have been overcome not only a quantitative but also qualitative, which seems to indicate the presence of resilient behaviors among students, behaviors that relate to successful coping with the adversities of the environment, leaving them empowered and ready to face new challenges.Keywords: resilience, college women, academic performance, resistance to difficulties, adaptation.Resumen.Los informes educativos de los últimos años vienen advirtiendo un aumento progresivo de las mujeres en los estudios universitarios. Las Universidades a día de hoy se encuentran ampliamente feminizadas en la mayoría de titulaciones. Acercándonos a la historia de la educación de las mujeres, lo anteriormente señalado supone un importante logro para este colectivo, ya que, desde su acceso oficial al sistema educativo, han debido sortear serias dificultades. Estas dificultades provenientes tanto de barreras institucionales como de las limitaciones de los roles y estereotipos de género han sido superadas no sólo de una forma cuantitativa sino también cualitativamente, lo que parece apuntar a la presencia de comportamientos resilientes entre las estudiantes, comportamientos que se relacionan con el afrontamiento exitoso de las adversidades del entorno, saliendo fortalecidas de ellas y preparadas para enfrentarse a nuevos retos.Palabras clave: resiliencia, mujeres universitarias, rendimiento académico, resistencia a las dificultades, adaptación.
LOS AMIGOS DE LOS NIÑOS Y NIÑAS RECHAZADOS. UN ANÁLISIS DE LA SIMILITUD CONDUCTUAL.
Authors: Muñoz-Tinoco Victoria , Jiménez Lagares Irene , García Bacete Francisco J. , Marande Perrin Ghisialne , Martín Antón Luis J. 
Published: January 2017

Abstract.FRIENDS OF THE REJECTED GIRLS AND BOYS. AN ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIORAL SIMILARITY.This work carries out a first approach to analyzing the relations of reciprocal friendship of children in situations of rejection at the beginning of primary education. The focus is to verify the hypothesis of behavioral similarity among friends, by contrasting a sample of 111 sociometrical average children with 111 rejected children. The variables of social behavior that are used to study the behavioral similarity are social skills, direct aggression, social aggression, hyperactivity and withdrawal. Nearly a third of the rejected children have no one single mutual friendship. The scores of the friends of the rejected children are lower at social skills and higher at all the behavioral difficulties. Among the average children used for the comparison, some correlations between one’s own behavior and that of friends were also found, but not in all the variables. There is a significant correlation between the negative social behavior of the rejected children and that of their friends. The hypothesis of behavioral homophily is verified, but not the second stated hypothesis which refers to a greater behavioral similarity between the rejected children and their friends.Keywords: Peer rejection, friendship, behavioral similarity, homophily, social skills, aggression, hyperactivity, withdrawal.Resumen.En este trabajo se presenta una primera aproximación al análisis de las relaciones de amistad recíprocas de niños y niñas en situación de rechazo al comienzo de la escolarización primaria. El eje central del trabajo es confirmar la hipótesis de la similitud conductual de las amistades contrastando una muestra de 111 niños rechazados y 111 niños promedios. Las variables de conducta social que se utilizan para estudiar la similitud en la conducta son habilidades sociales, agresión directa, agresión social, hiperactividad y retraimiento. Casi una tercera parte de los niños rechazados no tienen relación recíproca de amistad. Los amigos de los rechazados tienen puntuaciones más bajas en habilidades sociales y más altas en todas las dificultades conductuales. Entre los promedios de contraste también se encuentra relación entre la propia conducta y la de los amigos, aunque no para todas las variables. Existe una relación significativa entre la conducta social negativa de los niños y niñas rechazados y sus amigos. La hipótesis de la homofilia conductual se confirma, no así la segunda hipótesis formulada que hace referencia a una mayor similitud conductual entre los rechazados y sus amigos.Palabras Clave Rechazo entre iguales, amistad, similitud conductual, homofilia, habilidades sociales, agresión, hiperactividad, retraimiento.
MEDIACIÓN FAMILIAR Y ADOLESCENCIA
Authors: Pérez Rodríguez Verónica , Rodríguez Mateo Heriberto 
Published: January 2017

Abstract.This research attempts to reflect whether the mediators know, understand and appreciate the characteristics of the adolescent personality and if it is taken into account the teenager in the process of family mediation similarly by mediators , through a questionnaire “ad hoc “ completed by a sample of mediators, and comparing the mediation professionals with other professionals not mediators without a priori knowledge about evolutionary development. The results indicate that it is not clear whether or not teens should participate in mediation processes. Furthermore, there is doubt about the performance of the mediator. It also follows that the characteristics of the adolescent should be taken into consideration , although a significant percentage having no clear characteristics , influencing the experience of thinking in terms of the implementation and monitoring process. Finally, there are differences with respect to knowledge of the characteristics of the adolescent between mediators and other professionals who have no training in developmental psychology.Keywords: family mediation, adolescence.Resumen.Esta investigación intenta reflexionar si los mediadores conocen, comprenden y valoran lascaracterísticas de la personalidad adolescente, y si es tenido en cuenta el adolescente en el proceso de mediación familiar de forma similar por los mediadores y mediadoras, a través de un cuestionario “ad hoc” cumplimentados por una muestra de mediadores, y comparando a los profesionales de la mediación con otros profesionales no mediadores sin conocimientos a priori sobre desarrollo evolutivo. Los resultados indican que no se tiene claro si deben o no deben participar los adolescentes en los procesos de mediación. Además, existe dudas sobre la actuación de la persona mediadora. También se deduce que las características del adolescente deben ser tenidas en consideración, aunque existe un porcentaje significativo que no tiene claro sus características, influyendo la experiencia en la forma de pensar en cuanto a la puesta en marcha y seguimiento del proceso. Por último, existen diferencias con respecto al conocimiento de las características del adolescente entre los mediadores y otros profesionales que no tienen formación en psicología del desarrollo.Palabras Clave: mediación familiar, adolescencia.
VALIDEZ PREDICTIVA DEL PENSAMIENTO CONSTRUCTIVO EN LA EFICACIA NEGOCIADORA
Authors: Rodríguez Trueba José Carlos , Rodríguez Mateo Heriberto , Luján Henríquez Isabel 
Published: January 2017

Abstract.The objective of the present study is to analyze the predictive value of a measuring instrument of Constructive Thinking (CTI), in relation to Negotiating Effectiveness, measured by CEN II. From a conceptual approach, the concept of negotiating effectiveness is operationalized through a quantitative score, and the concept of Constructive Thinking is also delimited. Empirical research was carried out through a sample of 304 subjects, divided into different groups according to the degree and type of negotiating experience. The results confirm, among other things, that people who score higher on Global Constructive Thinking, are those with greater negotiating effectiveness as score through CEN II.Keywords: Effective Negotiating, Constructive ThoughtsResumen.El presente estudio tiene como finalidad analizar el valor predictivo de un instrumento de medición del Pensamiento Constructivo (CTI) en relación a la Eficacia Negociadora, medido a través del CEN II. Desde una aproximación conceptual se operativiza, a través de una puntuación cuantitativa, el concepto de eficacia negociadora y se delimita el concepto de Pensamiento Constructivo. Se realiza una investigación empírica a través de una muestra de 304 sujetos, distribuidos en diferentes grupos, según el grado y tipo de experiencia negociadora. Los resultados obtenidos confirman, entre otras cosas, que las personas que obtienen mayor puntuación en Pensamiento Constructivo Global, son las que tienen mayor eficacia negociadora, según puntuación obtenida a través del CEN II.Palabras Clave: Eficacia Negociadora, Pensamientos Constructivo
ESTUDIO DE FACTORES RESILIENTES EN FAMILIARES DE PERSONAS CON DISCAPACIDAD
Authors: Ponce Espino Jordi Eusebio , Torrecillas Martín Ana Mª 
Published: January 2017

Abstract.This paper presents an investigation whose objective was to conduct a descriptive analysis of the resilience of a group of 100 relatives of people with disabilities. We used a short questionnaire which focused on sociodemographic aspects, and the Spanish version of the Young and Wagnild Resilience Scale (1993) translated and adapted by Heilemann, Lee, and Kury (2003). Some results indicate that brothers are those who show a higher rate of cases with a higher level of resilience, followed by mothers and then fathers; resilience levels are higher in younger relatives and lower in older ones; mothers bear the burden of care for the dependent member, and there is a significant correlation between the educational level and the level of resilience.Key words: family, disability, resilience, vulnerability, risk, protection.Resumen.El presente trabajo recoge una investigación cuyo objetivo fue realizar un análisis descriptivo de la resiliencia de un grupo de 100 familiares de personas con discapacidad. Se utilizó, un breve cuestionario centrado en aspectos sociodemográficos, y se empleó la Escala de Resiliencia de Wagnild y Young (1993), adaptada en versión española por Heilemann, Lee y Kury (2003). Algunos resultados indican que son los hermanos los que muestran un mayor índice de casos con un alto nivel de resiliencia, seguido de las madres y luego, de los padres; que la resiliencia es mayor en los familiares más jóvenes y menor en los familiares de más edad; que son las madres las que llevan la carga de la atención al familiar dependiente y que existe una correlación significativa entre el nivel formativo y el nivel de resiliencia.Palabras claves: familiares, discapacidad, resiliencia, vulnerabilidad, riesgo, protección.
A prospective randomized comparative study on fractures of lower third of both bones of the leg treated by interlock nailing of tibia with or without fixation of fibula
Authors: Devatheya Deepak Kumar , Assat Rajendra Prasad , Dayama Ratanlal , Meena Kanta Prasad 
Published: January 2017

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> In the treatment of fractures of the distal third of tibia and fibula treated by interlocking nail of tibia, the role of fixing the fibular fracture is not clearly defined. This study was conducted to assess the benefits of fixation of fibular fracture in distal third leg bones fractures<span lang="EN-IN">.</span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> 95 patients were enrolled into study and divided randomly into two groups based on whether fibula fixed or not with interlock intramedullary nailing tibia. Patients were followed for an average period of 11 months both radiologically and clinically.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> We observed that the average valgus angulation was significantly less<strong> </strong>(P =0.001) in the group where fibula was fixed. The outcome of the two groups for clinical ankle score, time of union and complication showed no difference (P ≥0.05)<span lang="EN-IN">. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> We concluded that fixation of fibula decrease the malalignment of tibia in distal third fractures of tibia and fibula treated with interlocking nail of tibia<span lang="EN-IN">.</span></p><p class="abstract"> </p>
Categorias de análise de políticas públicas e gestão complexa e sistêmica de políticas públicas
Authors: Reck Janriê Rodrigues , Bitencourt Caroline Müller 
Published: January 2017

O trabalho tem por objeto as contribuições da matriz complexo/sistêmica à gestão de políticas públicas, dividindo sua abordagem em dois pontos centrais: primeiramente, buscar-se-á as contribuições do paradigma da teoria sistêmica para uma releitura, conceituação e caracterização das políticas públicas; para, posteriormente, compreender a partir do paradigma da complexidade os princípios norteadores dessa gestão de políticas públicas formatada a partir dos conceitos e categorias revistos com as contribuições da matriz sistêmica. A pergunta reitora do trabalho científico, desdobra-se em dois momentos a partir das matrizes eleitas: quais contribuições que a matriz sistêmica pode trazer para uma nova observação das políticas públicas? Que contribuições o paradigma da complexidade nos apresenta para a gestão dessa nova definição de políticas públicas? A hipótese é a de que há uma riqueza de conceitos e concepções que podem ser exploradas, e que este trabalho faz tangencialmente, contribuindo assim tanto para a análise das políticas públicas como para sua gestão. Em termos de método, pode-se dizer que não há um método sistêmico, mas sim uma abordagem peculiar, a qual permite uma leitura mais complexa da realidade, motivo pelo qual não será estanque a utilização da teoria sistêmica e a complexidade na forma de enfrentamento do problema de definição e gestão de políticas públicas.