viernes, 29 de abril de 2011

The E-learning Daily Viernes, Abr. 29, 2011


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schoolsEDU
by Loreal Lynch | April 27, 2011 It's a known fact that students are Facebook-obsessed. But a new survey shows that teachers might rival their younger counterparts when it comes to social media use...
 schools.com
Educación

thehrgoddess
“And now, well,  I’m just a nobody.” Tears welled up in her eyes as a coaching client uttered those sad words. As with so many business people, her personal identity had been inextricably linked to...
 getyourleaders...
Gente

Dr_Samuel_Conn
The Web is going social. And now it seems that plagiarism might be heading that way, too. A new study found that social and user-generated Web sites are the most popular sources for student copying...
 chronicle.com
Educación

InspirationSW
April 28, 2011 Visual Learning Webinar: Develop Student Thinking Skills with VariQuest and Inspiration   Time:              12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CST/9 a.m. PT       Register Here > 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. C...
 variquest.com
Educación

WeejeeLearning
Two weeks ago I ran a webinar under this title for Citrix. At the start I posed the question “when you think about one great learning experience you’ve had, can you remember where it occurred? Wa...
 charles-jennin...

ashleydburleson
Published Online: April 28, 2011The proportion of schools failing to make adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act last school year rose to 38 percent, up 5 percentage points fro...
 edweek.org
Educación

edtechdigest
CDW-G just released its third annual 2011 Unified Communications Tracking Poll, which found that the percentage of organizations that have fully implemented unified communications (UC) has at least...
 edtechdigest.w...
Educación

edReformer
by Tom Vander ArkApril 16, 2011Todd Hitchcock & Bill Zobris wrote an article called Learning on the Run for SIIA.  It’s worth a read.  Here’s the intro: Seems strange, but less than a decade ago, s...
 edreformer.com
Educación

marciamarcia
(Photo by Michele Richinick)By Michele Richinick, Globe CorrespondentJillian York’s humble personality prevents her from boastfully speaking about her global impact as a digital activist. With the ...
 boston.com

thehrgoddess
8:04 AM Tuesday February 15, 2011 by Peter Guber  | Comments (View) In uncertain times, if leaders don't tell and sell a purposeful story that incites their employees, partners, investors, boards o...
 blogs.hbr.org
Educación

marciamarcia
Mechanisms are used to convert between one type of motion and another. Any machine can be looked on as a group of interconnected mechanisms which convert one type of motion to a variety of other mo...
 robives.com
Tecnología

thehrgoddess
Research and ongoing learning are in our bones. We're doing it nearly every day whether we're fact-finding for an article we're writing or creating content for a development or training session or ...
 getyourbigon.com
Gente

thehrgoddess
APRIL 26, 2011   |    9:47 AM ET   |    By Jeanette Mulvey, BusinessNewsDaily Managing Editor Small business owners and managers spend lots of time and money trying to change the way their employee...
 businessnewsda...

josiefraser
Submitted By: INVIGILATOR | less than a minute ago Anarchist threat to the royal wedding? They'd rather be down the pub Anarchists don't see the royals as a symbol of government or corporations but...
 allvoices.com
Política

ToddAHoffman
I just went to the iTunes App Store, and in one impulsive click, downloaded Al Gore's companion app to his book "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis." It's an immersive learning environm...
 peterpappas.bl...
Educación

edReformer
by Katherine Vander ArkApril 28, 2011The iLearn Project has helped many students in Washington State through online learning. Sandeep Thomas came from a broken home in Bangalore, India but was adop...
 edreformer.com
Educación

edReformer
  Simple 21C is focused on effective personalized learning that prepares all children for success in the 21C.  Simple introduces to education, new pedagogy in a blended school model of education ca...
 simpleschoolde...
Educación

edReformer
by Katherine Vander ArkApril 28, 2011Yesterday, edReformer attended the Florida School Choice Day in Tallahassee, FL, organized by the Florida Coalition for Public School Options. The day started o...
 edreformer.com
Educación

ToddAHoffman
I attended a very interesting workshop discussing successful schools and the “Four Paths” that they take in leadership.  As Ken Leithwood discusses these in “School Leaders’ Influences on Student L...
 georgecouros.ca
Educación

schoolsEDU
April 6, 2011 About a year ago, a link that read "the status update that got a highschool student REJECTED from Harvard!" swept through Facebook. While the link ended up being a hoax—those who clic...
 schools.com
Educación

Identificación de la parturienta con abuso de múltiples substancias; Reducción de la duración de analgesia con sufentanil intratecal en parturientas que usan cocaína; Madres adictas a cocaína: efectos potenciales en el cuidado materno y el desarrollo infantil; Sexo por comercio y el uso reciente de drogas inyectables entre mujeres embarazadas dependiente de opiáceos y cocaína bajo tratamiento: el significado de comorbilidad psiquiátrica.


Identificación de la parturienta con abuso de múltiples substancias
Identification of polysubstance abuse in the parturient.
Birnbach DJ, Browne IM, Kim A, Stein DJ, Thys DM.
Department of Anesthesiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 1000 Tenth Ave., New York, NY 10019, USA.
Br J Anaesth. 2001 Sep;87(3):488-90.
Abstract
Illicit drugs are widely used by inner city patients and their use by pregnant women has increased in recent years. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of polysubstance abuse among parturients at our institution who received no prenatal care ('unbooked') and to determine the accuracy of the Ontrak TesTcup an in vitro immunodiagnostic assay. We prospectively analysed urine from 50 'unbooked' parturients and found that 26 (52%) tested positive for cocaine. Of these, six patients (23%) were also positive for morphine. All TesTcup results were confirmed by the hospital laboratory using alternate chemical methods. When comparing TesTcup to the hospital laboratory, there were no false positive or negative results. Given the high frequency of concomitant opioid abuse in cocaine-abusing parturients, anyone suspected of cocaine abuse should be tested for other illicit substances. TesTcup is a clinically accurate test that allows the rapid assessment of several drugs of abuse, which may impact on anaesthetic care

http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/87/3/488.full.pdf+html  
Reducción de la duración de analgesia con sufentanil intratecal en parturientas que usan cocaína
Reduced duration of intrathecal sufentanil analgesia in laboring cocaine users.
Ross VH, Moore CH, Pan PH, Fragneto RY, James RL, Justis GB.
Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA. vhross@wfubmc.edu
Anesth Analg. 2003 Nov;97(5):1504-8.
Abstract
On the basis of our previous clinical experience, we hypothesized in this study that the duration and/or quality of labor analgesia produced by intrathecal sufentanil was less in cocaine-abusing parturients compared with nonabusing parturients. Ten micro g of sufentanil was given intrathecally as part of a combined spinal-epidural (CSE) technique to two groups of laboring parturients: 1). those whose urine tested positive for cocaine (cocaine group), and 2). those whose urine tested negative for cocaine (control group). The epidural catheter was not injected with local anesthetic until the patient requested additional pain relief. The time from injection of intrathecal sufentanil until patient request for additional pain relief was defined as duration of analgesia. Baseline visual analog pain score (VAPS) and cervical dilation were measured before the CSE was performed. After injection of intrathecal sufentanil, VAPS was recorded at specific intervals. Cervical dilation was again documented when the patient requested additional analgesia. We found that both groups reported high baseline VAPS and a marked decrease in VAPS after injection of sufentanil that did not differ between groups. Geometric mean duration of pain relief with adjustment for cervical dilation was 87 min in the cocaine group compared with 139 min in the control group (P = 0.019). All patients experienced itching. We conclude that intrathecal sufentanil produces a similar quality but shorter duration of analgesia in cocaine-abusing parturients compared with nonabusing parturients. IMPLICATIONS: Intrathecal sufentanil administered as part of a combined spinal-epidural technique produces similar quality but reduced duration of labor analgesia in cocaine-abusing parturients compared with nonabusing parturients.

Madres adictas a cocaína: efectos potenciales en el cuidado materno y el desarrollo infantil
Cocaine addiction in mothers: potential effects on maternal care and infant development.
Strathearn L, Mayes LC.
The Meyer Center for Developmental Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030-2399, USA. lanes@bcm.edu
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2010 Feb;1187:172-83.
Abstract
Maternal cocaine addiction is a significant public health issue particularly affecting children, with high rates of reported abuse, neglect, and foster care placement. This review examines both preclinical and clinical evidence for how cocaine abuse may affect maternal care and infant development, exploring brain, behavioral, and neuroendocrine mechanisms. There is evidence that cocaine affects infant development both directly, via in utero exposure, and indirectly via alterations in maternal care. Two neural systems known to play an important role in both maternal care and cocaine addiction are the oxytocin and dopamine systems, mediating social and reward-related behaviors and stress reactivity. These same neural mechanisms may also be involved in the infant's development of vulnerability to addiction. Understanding the neuroendocrine pathways involved in maternal behavior and addiction may help facilitate earlier, more effective interventions to help substance-abusing mothers provide adequate care for their infant and perhaps prevent the intergenerational transmission of risk.

Sexo por comercio y el uso reciente de drogas inyectables entre mujeres embarazadas dependiente de opiáceos y cocaína bajo tratamiento: el significado de comorbilidad psiquiátrica.
Recent sex trade and injection drug use among pregnant opiate and cocaine dependent women in treatment: The significance of psychiatric comorbidity.
Cavanaugh CE, Latimer WW.
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Addict Disord Their Treat. 2010 Mar;9(1):32-40.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study examined whether opioid and cocaine dependent pregnant women with psychiatric comorbidity were at elevated risk for infectious disease by virtue of recent sex trade and injection drug use that overlapped with pregnancy. We hypothesized that opioid and cocaine dependent women with psychiatric comorbidity would have greater odds for engaging in recent sex trade and injection drug use. METHODS: Eighty-one, HIV-seronegative pregnant women (59.3% African-American, 37% white, and 3.7% other) who were enrolled in drug treatment in Baltimore, Maryland were recruited into an HIV prevention intervention study, provided informed consent, and attended an in-person, baseline assessment administered by trained clinicians. Assessments included the The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR Axis I Disorders, the HIV Risk Behavior Interview, and a demographic questionnaire. The majority of women had lifetime histories of opioid and/or cocaine dependence (93.8%) and those with an additional lifetime non-substance-related Axis I disorder comprised the psychiatric comorbidity group. RESULTS: Thirty-percent reported recent sex trade and/or injection drug use that overlapped with pregnancy. While psychiatric comorbidity was associated with 6 times the odds of opioid and cocaine dependent pregnant women having recently traded sex it was not associated with recent injection drug use. CONCLUSIONS: Findings underscore the need to (1) treat comorbid psychiatric disorders among pregnant women in treatment for cocaine and opioid dependence and (2) integrate HIV prevention interventions into drug dependence treatment for pregnant women, particularly those with psychiatric comorbidity given their elevated risk for infectious disease.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909669/pdf/nihms117898.pdf 
Atentamente
Anestesiología y Medicina del Dolor

Book Review



On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'The Tragedy of Arthur'

By ARTHUR PHILLIPS
Reviewed by STEPHEN GREENBLATT
Arthur Phillips's splendidly devious novel consists of a Shakespearean play of his own virtuosic creation and an "introduction" that devastatingly reveals the psychological life of its author.




Also in the Book Review

Mazoltuv Borukhova in 2007.

'Iphigenia in Forest Hills: Anatomy of a Murder Trial'

By JANET MALCOLM
Reviewed by EMILY BAZELON
Janet Malcolm studies the case of a cultivated doctor convicted of hiring a hit man to kill her estranged husband in 2007.
Francine Prose

'My New American Life'

By FRANCINE PROSE
Reviewed by RON CARLSON
Francine Prose's wry novel of a young Albanian immigrant in New Jersey sets America in high relief, mordant and comic, light and dark.
Artists in revolt: Nina Simone, Woody Guthrie and Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day.

'33 Revolutions Per Minute'

By DORIAN LYNSKEY
Reviewed by SEAN WILENTZ
A British music critic explores the tradition of protest music through chapters centered on particular songs.

'The Summer Without Men'

By SIRI HUSTVEDT
Reviewed by MARIA RUSSO
While her husband pursues an affair, this sprightly novel's heroine becomes immersed in an all-female world.
Chika Unigwe

'On Black Sisters Street'

By CHIKA UNIGWE
Reviewed by FERNANDA EBERSTADT
Chika Unigwe tells the stories of four African sex workers sharing an apartment in a Belgian red-light district.

'Money and Power'

By WILLIAM D. COHAN
Reviewed by PAUL M. BARRETT
A definitive account of how Goldman Sachs became the most profitable and influential investment bank of the modern era.

'There Is No Year'

By BLAKE BUTLER
Reviewed by JOSEPH SALVATORE
Blake Butler's new novel is a family drama presented as a puzzle in diverse forms, from Whitmanesque to minimalist.
Nova Scotia-bound: British troops and loyalists evacuate Boston in 1776.

'Liberty's Exiles'

By MAYA JASANOFF
Reviewed by THOMAS BENDER
A Harvard historian considers those - rich and poor, white, black and red - who fled the American Revolution.

'In the Basement of the Ivory Tower'

By PROFESSOR X
Reviewed by CALEB CRAIN
Professor X, an adjunct instructor and self-described academic hit man, disputes the idea that college is for everyone.
Union engineers at the siege of Petersburg, August 1864.

'The Union War'

By GARY W. GALLAGHER
Reviewed by ERIC FONER
A Civil War historian argues that a commitment to national survival, much more than abolition, motivated the North to fight.
Going over the edge in
CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Picture Books About Fearless Women

By CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG and MARISSA MOSS
Reviewed by PAMELA PAUL
"Queen of the Falls" follows Annie Edson Taylor over Niagara Falls in a barrel; and "Nurse, Soldier, Spy" tells the story of the cross-dressing Civil War hero Sarah Emma Edmonds.

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