Left atrial appendage occlusion modifies BNP levels. These levels decrease after left atrial appendage occlusion. The clinical consequences of these findings need to be evaluated in further studies. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Los mapas conceptuales, además de ser unas herramientas que nos permiten representar el conocimiento de manera gráfica y fomentar los aprendizajes, también pueden desarrollar la creatividad. En este trabajo mostramos diferentes relaciones existentes entre el proceso de construcción de mapas conceptuales y la creatividad humana. También se resalta la importancia del aprendizaje significativo y se profundiza en los diferentes principios que guían la creación de mapas conceptuales. Finalmente se presenta el software Cmaptools como una herramienta a tener en cuenta en los centros educativos ya que su utilización planificada puede tener resultados significativos en la mejora de los aprendizajes. </span></p>

Cosmic rays are ubiquitous and readily available, making them a good teaching tool for particle and astrophysics by young students. Tan-Q is an inclusive outreach and educational project, providing students in Japanese junior-high or high schools with research opportunities to join cosmic-ray and particle physics. In the Tan-Q framework, the students in each school conduct their research with help from mentors who are mainly undergraduate students. Researchers are also extensively involved through regular Zoom meetings and continuous communication on Slack. Some cases are inter-school, and some are international. This paper presents one of the Tan-Q activities of joint research between high schools in Japan and Argentina to observe cosmic-ray muons using CosmicWatches. Our primary goal is to investigate the muon flux differences due to the differences in circumstances like altitudes and geomagnetic field strengths. Those involved learn not only particle physics but also statistical data analysis methods.

Cosmic rays are ubiquitous and readily available, making them a good teaching tool for particle and astrophysics by young students. Tan-Q is an inclusive outreach and educational project, providing students in Japanese junior-high or high schools with research opportunities to join cosmic-ray and particle physics. In the Tan-Q framework, the students in each school conduct their research with help from mentors who are mainly undergraduate students. Researchers are also extensively involved through regular Zoom meetings and continuous communication on Slack. Some cases are inter-school, and some are international. This paper presents one of the Tan-Q activities of joint research between high schools in Japan and Argentina to observe cosmic-ray muons using CosmicWatches. Our primary goal is to investigate the muon flux differences due to the differences in circumstances like altitudes and geomagnetic field strengths. Those involved learn not only particle physics but also statistical data analysis methods.