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Análisis de instrumentos de investigación para medir la competencia digital del alumnado de Educación Primaria
Authors: García Marchán Alba 
Published: December 2023

Se presenta una investigación cuyo objetivo es analizar instrumentos que midan el nivel de competencia digital del alumnado de la etapa de Educación Primaria. Se ha seguido una metodología cualitativa y un método exploratorio y analítico. Tras una búsqueda de artículos en revistas científicas atendiendo a diversos criterios, se han seleccionado un total de 13 artículos, de los cuales serán analizados los instrumentos que utilizan para medir la competencia digital de los estudiantes. Los resultados obtenidos han permitido analizar dichos instrumentos en función de su validez, el número de ítems que contienen, el estándar de competencia digital utilizado, la fecha de realización, la fiabilidad que presenta (medida a través de Alfa de Chronbach o el juicio de expertos) y si, en dicho artículo, se dispone del instrumento en su totalidad. Después de este análisis y de comparar los instrumentos entre sí, se concluye cual es el mejor atendiendo a los criterios establecidos. Conocer el nivel de competencia digital de los alumnos en la etapa de Educación Primaria es esencial para dar una mayor respuesta en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje vinculado a las Nuevas Tecnologías.
Data ecosystems in education: opportunities and challenges
Authors: Castañeda Linda , Gourlay Lesley 
Published: December 2023

The integration of ecosystems that promote the massive use of data and the large-scale processing of this data into educational processes represent an unprecedented social challenge. This change, which we could consider paradigmatic, has been promoted by various factors which mutually magnify each other's effects.
In recent years the massive collection and storage of data has intensified through ubiquitous technologies, which co-exist with human actors. In addition, we have witnessed an increase in the intentional processing power of this data at a speed unimaginable a few years ago (through the application of Artificial Intelligence, hereafter AI) . This has turned many aspects of our lives into data, from which value is extracted by third parties through processes of datafication. Concurrently, the public at large - including the educational sector - has been promised educational ‘personalisation’, a concept derived directly from other industrial production scenarios where AI is already in use, and every experience is datafied. In addition, a rapidly growing economic sector - the EdTech industry - has emerged with a capacity to monetise the educational sphere at a global level, extracting not only profits from its present and future actions with private or institutional clients, but also generating income based on capturing the motivation of their users and achieving significant levels of social and political influence. All of the above is magnified by the proliferation of the use of online platforms and tools in educational spaces (such as learning analytics and online exam proctoring), accelerated by the demand for online educaiton resulting from ‘lockdowns’ during the CoVid-19 pandemic.
This special issue aims to bring together articles that problematise the challenges and unintended effects that new mechanisms and dynamics fuelled by these data-driven technologies have introduced into education. This call aims to encourage researchers and practitioners to share studies, research, debates and academically well-founded reflections that propose critical visions. This aims to provide those who are interested in education (either as teachers, academic faculty, researchers or managers ) deeper analyses, to allow us to understand the current educational and technological landscape, and to foster a revaluation of relevant educational issues that should be part of our work in the coming years.
Modeling of re-aeration coefficient For Nkisa River, Egbema, Rivers State, Nigeria
Authors: Chukwuma Amarachi Nneka , Ugbebor John , Ugwoha Ejikeme 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

This study aimed at developing a model for a coefficient of re-aeration, K2, that may be utilized in conjunction with a de-oxygenation coefficient, K1, to calculate the self-purification capacity, f, of the Nkisa River. The SOLVER function of the Microsoft Excel software employed an iterative least squares fitting routine to produce the optimal goodness of fit between Nkisa data and function. Thus, Nkisa re-aeration models; K22DRY (dry season model), K22RAINY (rainy season model), and K22all-seasons (combined model) were developed and validated statistically as well as graphically resulting in the output with the least error (dry season: sum of square error (SSE) = 0.0005, coefficient of determination (R2) = 0.948, adjusted R2 = 0.937, and root mean square error (RMSE) = 0.009; rainy season: SSE = 0.0483, R2 = 0.81, adjusted R2 = 0.77, and RMSE = 0.08; all seasons: SSE = 0.1004, R2 = 0.93, adjusted R2 = 0.92, and RMSE = 0.08). Its performance was verified by comparing the model with nine previously existing models and Nkisa re-aeration models gave the best interpretation of the conditions of the Nkisa River. The self-purification capacity of the studied river was found to be greater than unity during all studied periods except in March which implies that re-aeration is greater than de-oxygenation.
Gastrointestinal manifestations, spectrum and frequency of sensitization to food allergens in Kyiv’s adult citizens with allergic rhinitis: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Tsaryk V.V. , Neverovskyi A.V. , Shypulin V.Р. 
Published: December 2023

Background. Food allergy affects 1–3 % of adults worldwide. More than 160 foods can cause allergic reactions. Food allergy may precede and stimulate allergic rhinitis. Aim of the study was to assess the spectrum and frequency of sensitization to food allergens in patients with allergic rhinitis from Kyiv, Ukraine. Materials and me­thods. The investigation was conducted as a cross-sectional study. One hundred and seventy-five Kyiv adult patients with allergic rhinitis were enrolled in the trial. Sensitization to allergens and their components was determined by skin prick tests and in vitro detection of allergen specific IgE by ELISA in blood serum — a multicomponent Allergy Explorer2 ALEX2 test. Results. It was shown that sensitization to following inhalant allergens was predominant: to timothy grass — in 50.3 %, to ragweed — in 48.6 %, to birch — in 44 %, to wormwood — in 24 %, to Alternaria alternata mold — in 15.4 % of patients. One hundred and thirty-one (74.9 %) participants have co-sensitization to at least one food allergen, among them 77 (58.8 %) had gastrointestinal symptoms. Sensitization to following food allergens was predominant: to hazelnut — 27.5 %, apple — 26.3 %, peanut — 21.7 %, celery — 14.3 %, soy — 13.1 %, carp — 11.4 %, kiwi — 9.1 %, crab — 9.1 %, codfish — 8.6 %, oyster — 8.6 %, peach — 8 %, lobster — 8 %, carrot — 7.4 %, anisakis — 6.3 %, prawn — 6.3 %, tiger prawn — 5.7 %, to beef — 5.1 % of cases. It was found that the frequency of sensitization to cross-reactive proteins PR-10 was 20.5 % (95% confidence interval (CI); 9.7–33.9 %) in patients with allergic rhinitis without food co-sensitization comparing to 51.1 % (95% CI; 42.5–59.7 %) in participants with both allergic rhinitis and food co-sensitization, p < 0.001; to nsLTP — 2.3 % (95% CI; 0–8.9 %) and 19.8 % (95% CI; 13.4–27.2 %), respectively, p = 0.011. Conclusions. Among Kyiv adult patients with allergic rhinitis, approximately three quarters have food co-sensitization that may be the cause of gastrointestinal symptoms and exacerbations of allergic rhinitis after consuming vegetables, fruits and nuts due to cross-reactivity with inhalant allergens. This should be considered when manage such patients.
Assessment and comparative analysis of renal function parameters in patients with liver cirrhosis and atrial fibrillation
Authors: Baylo A.E. , Cherniavskyi V.V. , Hvozdetska L.S. , Tishchenko V.V. , Reshotko D.O. 
Published: December 2023

Background. Currently, there is insufficient scientific data on renal function in patients with comorbid course of liver cirrhosis (LC) and atrial fibrillation (AF), as well as the effect of anticoagulant treatment on kidney function in these patients. The aim of the study is assessment and comparison of renal function parameters in patients with liver cirrhosis and atrial fibrillation before and after warfarin and dabigatran treatment during three months. Materials and methods. A randomized clinical trial with a 2-stage design was conducted. At the I stage, 106 patients took part in the study: 70 of them with a comorbid course of LC and AF, 36 with LC alone. At the II stage, 56 people with LC and AF received warfarin and dabigatran for three months. A comparative assessment of creatinine, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), glomerular filtration rate (GFR) before and after treatment was carried out. Results and discussion. In patients with LC and AF, renal dysfunction is more severe due to deterioration of creatinine, BUN and GFR compared to those with LC alone (p < 0.05). Warfarin treatment of patients with LC and AF is characterized by a statistically significant worsening of creatinine, BUN and GFR (р < 0.05). On the other hand, in the group of patients with LC and AF treated with dabigatran, these paraments do not differ significantly from the baseline values (р > 0.05). Conclusions. Patients with the comorbid pathology of LC and AF have statistically worse renal function parameters compared to individuals with LC alone. After treatment of patients with LC and AF with anticoagulant drugs for three months, functional kidney parameters significantly worsened compared to those before treatment. Warfarin treatment of patients with LC and AF is characterized by a statistically significant worsening of creatinine, BUN and GFR compared to dabigatran-treated patients.
Serum levels of neurokinin B in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and intestinal lesions after COVID-19
Authors: Sirchak Ye.S. , Stehura A.V. 
Published: December 2023

Background. The study of neuropeptides, including substance P, neurokinins, may reveal possible mechanisms of the progression of gastrointestinal lesions with the formation of motility disorders in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), especially in metabolically associated diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus. Aim of the research: to determine the peculiarities of changes in serum neurokinin B (NK-B) levels in patients with NAFLD after COVID-19. Materials and me­thods. The study included 104 patients with NAFLD and intestinal lesions at the outpatient stage of follow-up after COVID-19 (they formed the main group of those being treated (group I)). Group II (comparison one) included 78 patients with NAFLD who did not have neither COVID-19, nor complaints indicating intestinal lesions. All examined patients were tested for NK-B levels in blood serum. Results. Complaints indicating intestinal lesions in patients with NAFLD after COVID-19 were more often manifested by changes in the act of defecation, namely constipation was diagnosed in 51.0 % of cases (р < 0.001), a tendency to diarrhea — in 26.9 %, and in 22.1 % of patients in group I, constipation followed by diarrhea was diagnosed. Among NAFLD patients, a significant increase in serum NK-B levels with minimal deviations from the norm was found in group II (1.1-fold; р < 0.05), while in group I, significant deviations from the norm were diagnosed (3.0-fold; р < 0.001). The lowest levels of NK-B were detected in intestinal damage manifested by constipation. In patients with diarrhea in NAFLD after COVID-19, the level of NK-B was maximal and 6.2 times (р < 0.001) higher than that of the control group. Conclusions. Among patients with NAFLD, intestinal damage after COVID-19 is more often manifested by constipation (in 51.0 % of cases). In patients with NAFLD after COVID-19, changes in the level of neurokinin B in the blood serum were found, with its minimum in constipation ((0.173 ± 0.009) pg/ml; р < 0.01), and maximum values in patients with diarrhea (an increase to (1.782 ± 0.023) pg/ml; р < 0.001).
The relationship between morphological manifestations, clinical and hematological indicators and lymphocyte indices in ulcerative colitis
Authors: Stoikevych M.V. , Gaydar Yu.A. , Mylostуva D.F. , Tarasova T.S. , Petishko O.P. 
Published: December 2023

Background. The purpose of the study was to identify correlational parallels between morphological manifestations, clinical and hematological indicators and lymphocyte indices in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). Materials and methods. Ninety patients with UC were examined. Morphologically, the degree of damage to the intestinal mucosa, the presence of crypt abscesses, atrophic changes, and changes in crypt architectonics were determined. The number of cells of the inflammatory infiltrate, linear measurements of the mucosa were assessed by morphometric method. Clinical blood parameters were evaluated in the inpatients of the department of intestinal diseases at the Institute of Gastroenterology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine. The severity of the disease was assessed according to the Mayo score. Statistical processing of the results was carried out using the Statistica 6.1 program. Results. In patients with UC, histological changes in the intestinal mucosa were found. The activity of the disease was evaluated by the presence of an increased number of inflammatory cells in the infiltrate of the mucosa: neutrophils (212.20 ± 20.93), lymphocytes (2922.80 ± 76.63), eosinophils (332.50 ± 17.24), macrophages (369.70 ± 16.21). Multiple crypt abscesses, deformation of the musocal epithelium in the form of erosions and ulcers were also noted. Clinical indicators of peripheral blood also confirmed the exacerbation of the disease (anemic state, increased inflammatory markers). An increased depth of the crypts correlated with such a morphometric indicator as mucosal thickness (r = 0.46; p < 0.01). At the same time, correlations were found between mucosal thickness and the height of the surface epithelium (r = 0.35; p < 0.01). There was a relationship between the morphological and clinical and hematological indicators of UC: mucosal thickness and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (r = 0.38; р < 0.01), band cells (r = 0.37; р < 0.01) and blood neutrophils (r = 0.21; p < 0.05). The Mayo core, as an indicator of the severity of the disease, correlated with the height of the epithelium (r = 0.37; p < 0.05); neutrophils (r = 0.49; p < 0.01) and basophils (r = 0.28; p < 0.05) of the intestinal mucosa; N/L tissue index (r = 0.50; p < 0.01). Conclusions. Correlative parallels were found, which confirm our assumption regarding the connection between morphological manifestations and clinical and hematological indicators of UC. The use of T/L and N/L indices in both tissue and peripheral blood can be used as a marker of the activity of inflammatory processes in UC.
A systematic review of studies on the effectiveness of biosuggestive therapy in the correction of psychosomatic disorders: focus on disorders of the gut-brain interaction
Authors: Gubska O.Yu. , Alekseeva V.V. , Dudko O.V. , Kuzminets A.A. , Bozhitska O.M. , Maftychuk B.R. 
Published: December 2023

Background. The increasing pace of modern life, the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the presence of somatic pathology and mental states are interconnected and have a direct cause and effect relationship. Psychological distress is often experienced as physical symptoms. Psychotherapeutic and psychocorrective methods recommended by the Rome Committee have become the standard of therapy for patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders or, according to modern terminology, disorders of the gut-brain interaction (DGBI). In adjustment disorders and many neurotic disorders against the background of chronic distress, psychocorrection, cognitive behavioral and other types of psychotherapy play an important role in addition to pharmacological correction. The method of biosuggestive therapy (BST) is the successor of hypnotherapy in Ukraine and, as an effective non-pharmacological psychocorrective approach, has recently gained considerable popularity in the correction of psychological disorders. The goal of our research was to analyze all publications available in 2023 on the experience of using and the results of the effectiveness of the BST as a method of intestinal-directed therapy, and in other clinical situations researched and published in the scientific literature. Discussion. As a result of our analysis, 21 works were selected that were presented in Ukrainian and foreign publications regarding the effectiveness of the biosuggestive therapy. When BST is used in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders or DGBI, a decrease in the manifestations of the disease was noted in addition to a decrease in the severity of mental disorders. In forcibly displaced persons from the ATO zone and during military operations in Ukraine, the use of BST in chronic pain led to a decrease in symptoms of anxiety and depression, the level of stress and an increase in general well-being in stress-related conditions. The BST showed a reduction in behavioral disorders in children and adults. Conclusions. The BST method can be used to correct various psychosomatic and stress-related disorders, combined with functional and chronic diseases, endocrine pathology, behavioral problems of childhood and adolescence. The use of BST as a branch of gut-directed hypnotherapy needs further research with regard to different manifestations of DGBI, which will be presented in the near future.
Prevalence and risk factors related to intestinal parasitosis in children under 18 years of age in four populations of Colombia: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Bravo-González Andrés , Villa-Tamayo Daniel , Giraldo-Hinestroza Tomás , Manjarrés-Sierra Nicolás , Córdoba-Alzate Diego , Buitrago-Salazar Carolina , Carvajal-Restrepo Hernán , Romero-Montoya Marcela Romero-Montoya , Sánchez-Jiménez Miryam , Cardona-Castro Nora 
Published: December 2023

Objective: To identify the profile of intestinal parasitosis in children of four populations in the municipalities of Quibdó, Apartadó, Guachené, and Granada, Colombia, in 2012.
Material and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a secondary source of information, in which sociodemographic factors associated with the presence of parasites were analyzed in a univariate and bivariate manner.
Results: A total of 240 individuals were analyzed. Two thirds of them were parasitized. The most frequent species were Entamoeba histolytica/dispar (22.9%), Endolimax nana (19.2%), Blastocystis hominins (19.2%), and Giardia intestinalis (20.8%). An association between inadequate excreta disposal (latrine or septic tank) and the presence of parasitic colonization was found with a prevalence ratio (PR) of 1.34 [1.14, 1.59] (p=0.005). Similarly, housing construction with wood or baharequewas 1.31 times more frequent in subjects with parasitic forms in their stool samples than those with brick houses.Discussion: A higher frequency of intestinal parasites was found for the different age groups compared to several reports worldwide and in Latin America. The most frequent species of parasites were similar to those reported in the literature.Conclusions: Isolated populations in Colombia, such as those studied, have a higher frequency of intestinal parasites than other populations.
Dobbel identitet og kommunikativt overskudd
Authors: Husevåg Margit 
Published: December 2023

In this article I attempt to illuminate and discuss elements of the role and identity of healthcare chaplains employed at Norwegian hospitals. I explore how we can understand theologically educated personnel, represented by the healthcare chaplains (mainly from Church of Norway), as a resource in meeting people in public hospitals in a multifaith society. My approach is via a constructed case of a suicidal event in a psychiatric hospital. I formed the case so that I got three groups to explore; the leaders, the nexts of kin and the staff involved. Through two central notions describing aspect of the hospital chaplain, I discuss how the chaplain might be experienced. The first notion is the double identity of the role of the healthcare chaplain, as simultaneously sent from the Church of Norway and employed by the hospital. The second notion is the communicative surplus of the same role.
These notions I use analyzing whether the three groups involved could experience the hospital chaplain as a resource or not. I found that in the secular context of a public hospital, the hospital chaplain can be a resource to people by being sensitive regarding the needs and preferences of each person and being aware of her own role in the context as well as what the role as such might communicate to people. Carrying the tradition and applying on new knowledge, hospital chaplains might contribute to the development of the Norwegian multifaith society together with others.
«Og så er pårørendestøtten på vei, sykehuspresten». Krisehåndtering i det livssynsåpne rom: gjennomtenkning av en praksis
Authors: Hansen Helge 
Published: December 2023

In many Norwegian hospitals, the chaplain provides support for next-of-kin in acute and emergency situations, such as following a car-accident or a heart-attack. In this chapter the author discusses whether the chaplain’s relation to a particular denomination offers a way, or gets in the way, for providing best care for next of kin in acute emergencies? Is such a bond a hindrance for the hospital chaplain in how they can inhabit their role as support for next-of-kin in the emergency room, where he or she will meet a plethora of faiths and worldviews? The chapter pursues this question and also discusses a related and more fundamental one, namely which type of competencies are required to meet people in crisis. The author concludes that it is not the hospital chaplain’s confessionsal bonds which are primarily called for in this context, but his or her relational competence and ability to provide existential care regardless of the faith of those the chaplain is to support during an emergency situation.
An open understanding of the role such as this, gives the hospital chaplain particular prerequisites to be emergency contact support and to have legitimacy also in a plurality of worldviews.
La función de los héroes troyanos en la Elegía III, 1. 25-32 de Propercio
Authors: Zarza Mariano G. 
Published: December 2023

Luego de hacer un comentario general de la Elegía 3, 1 de Propercio, nos detenemos en el pasaje casi final del texto (que, por cierto, presenta varias dificultades textuales que analizamos oportunamente) en el que el poeta enumera una serie de héroes troyanos. Nuestra hipótesis es que la elección de esos héroes, en particular los nombrados en los versos 29 y 30, Deífobo, Héleno, Polidamante y Paris, se fundamenta en que el poeta se identifica con ellos y de ese modo enfatiza su programa poético.
Algunas reflexiones sobre las metodologías usadas en la enseñanza universitaria en contextos de pandemia y post-pandemia COVID-19
Authors: Arnal Nathalie , Álvarez M. Fernanda , Mancini Veónica 
Published: December 2023

La pandemia por COVID-19 impuso muchos cambios en la vida cotidiana, y las actividades docentes universitarias no se vieron exentas de esta situación. Su tránsito y el de la post-pandemia fue un despertar abrupto y perturbador para muchos/as de los/as docentes de facultades ligadas fuertemente a la investigación y la ciencia. La falta de formación profesional, las tradiciones institucionales, la carencia de estrategias y metodologías precisas para la enseñanza, fue unarealidad en la que muchos/as nos vimos inmersos. Revertir esa situación fue motor para acercarnos hacia nuevos campos y disciplinas, buscando aprender nuevas estrategias didácticas para la enseñanza, sabiendo que el camino iniciado de repensar la práctica es constante, largo, difícil, con cambios y ajustes permanentes, de avances y retrocesos, pero continuos y coherentes con una práctica situada y en contexto.