Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition, which compromises the motor functions and causes the alteration of some executive brain functions. The presence of changes in cognitive symptoms in PD could be due to the procedure of deep brain stimulation (DBS). We searched in several databases for studies that compared performance in executive function tests before and after the DBS procedure in PE and then performed a meta-analysis. After the initial search, there were 15 articles that specifically evaluated the functions of verbal fluency, working memory, cognitive flexibility, abstract thinking, and inhibition. It was found that there were differences in the evaluation of the cognitive functions in terms of the protocols, which generated heterogeneity in the results of the meta-analysis. Likewise, a tendency to diminish functions like verbal fluency and inhibition was found, being this consistent with similar studies. In the other functions evaluated, no difference was found between pre- and postsurgery scores. Monitoring of this type of function is recommended after the procedure.
The objective of this article is to analyze the trend of Foreign Direct Investment (fdi) in the state of Guanajuato, in particular, that attracted by the automotive industry during the period 2000-2016. This study uses a quantitative methodology to describe the behavior and general trends of the total fdi flows, the data used were gathered from official statistics sources and the results from a research project carried out from 2014 to 2017. The main conclusions drawn are: fdi in the automotive industry Trends of automotive industry fdi in Guanajuato, México *
El proyecto Cartas al Maestro de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana es un espacio donde el estudiantado les escriben cartas a sus docentes. Precisamente, este artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación que buscó caracterizar las prácticas de enseñanza, trayectoria profesional y la formación del profesorado que más ha recibido cartas en los últimos años. Para ello, se efectuaron entrevistas semiestructuradas a los ocho docentes que han recibido más misivas del 2014 al 2018. Los resultados permiten afirmar que el profesorado es sujeto que ejerce su práctica como desarrollo situacional que involucra varias dimensiones de su ser y, al mismo tiempo, se enmarca en varias dimensiones de la realidad social, no solo la del aula y su reducción al éxito del aprendizaje. Se concluye que las maestras y los maestros coinciden en guardar una relación de gozo con el saber de su disciplina, pero no es un mero ejercicio de erudición, sino que se vincula a una acogida ética del otro, pues quieren compartir ese saber con sus estudiantes, incluso, quieren compartir ese goce que implica conocer. Se sugiere efectuar investigaciones sobre la práctica de enseñanza universitaria desde los elementos sociales y culturales subyacentes a esta, que no están presentes en los cuestionarios estandarizados de evaluación profesoral.
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