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Processes and experiences of Portugal's international recruitment scheme of Colombian physicians: Did it work?
2017
Abstract The Portuguese Ministry of Health performed five international recruitment rounds of Latin American physicians due to the need for physicians in certain geographic areas of the country and in some specialties, as a temporary solution to shortages. Among these recruitments is that of Colombian physicians in 2011 that was the largest of the five groups. This paper presents an evaluation of the international recruitment procedure of Colombian physicians based on the criteria of procedural outcomes and health system outcomes. The methodology used is qualitative, based on semi-structured interviews with key informants and Colombian physicians recruited in Portugal and also on documentar…
How local conditions affect global banking: the case of BBVA and Santander
2021
This paper explores why Spanish banks internationalize and why Latin America has been the main region for the international expansion of BBVA and Santander. It shows that prior to 1986 Spanish banks had a limited presence abroad, and analyses the main drivers of this initial expansion (remittances and trade connections). However, from 1986 on, there was a confluence of domestic and external factors (economic and regulatory changes in Latin America) that encouraged the international forays of BBVA and Santander. The fact that changes in the Spanish and Latin American financial sectors occurred just when other transnational banks were turning their attention to other regions created the optim…
Adolescent Brain Development and Progressive Legal Responsibility in the Latin American Context
2020
In this article, we analyze the contributions of neuroscience to the development of the adolescent brain and shed additional light on the minimum age of criminal responsibility in the context of Latin America. In neurobiology, maturity is perceived to be complex because the brain’s temporal development process is not uniform across all its regions. This has important consequences for adolescents’ behavior; in their search for the acceptance of their peers, they are more vulnerable to pressure and more sensitive to stress than adults. Their affectivity is more unstable, and they show signs of low tolerance to frustration and important emotional reactivity, with a decrease in the capacity to …
La adaptación del código de procedimiento civil venezolano al paradigma del nuevo constitucionalismo latinoamericano: una reforma necesaria
2015
La Constitución venezolana de 1999, ubicada conjuntamente con las Constituciones de Bolivia y Ecuador dentro de lo que se ha llamado el nuevo constitucionalismo latinoamericano, supuso la implementación en el país de un nuevo modelo constitucional. Quince años después de su entrada en vigor todavía hay leyes que no ha sido adaptadas al nuevo modelo, una de ellas es el Código de Procedimiento Civil. Actualmente, y con la intención de solventar este desajuste, se está tramitando en la Asamblea Nacional una reforma del Código que se espera sea aprobada antes de terminar el año 2015. El presente trabajo lleva a cabo un análisis de cuales son aquellos elementos que permiten adaptar esta norma de…
Concienciación juvenil frente al COVID-19 en España y Latinoamérica: análisis de spots en YouTube
2021
Introducción. Las consecuencias socio-sanitarias y económicas del COVID-19 llevó a los países a adoptar estrategias comunicativas de carácter preventivo, que difundieron en medios sociales para amplificar su difusión. Esta investigación analiza spots del contexto español y latinoamericano (N=100) orientados a concienciar a los jóvenes frente al COVID-19 publicados durante el periodo de 1 septiembre 2020 a 10 enero 2021 y accesibles en YouTube. Metodología. La metodología es mixta: cualitativa, se analizan variables comunicativas, técnico-narrativas y afectivo-emocionales; y cuantitativa, con análisis descriptivo de los datos y posterior análisis de varianza para identificar las diferencias …
COVID-19 Prevention Measures Implemented by Tennis Coaches: The Role of Continent, Experience, and Type of Facility
2021
The prevention strategies used by tennis coaches when delivering tennis lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed in this study. An ad hoc questionnaire collected data from 655 Spanish and Portuguese speaking tennis coaches working in Latin America and Europe. Differences in the prevention measures were analyzed according to the continent, the coaches’ experience, and the type of facility they worked in. Results showed that coaches used information provided from local and national organizations more than from international ones. Hand hygiene, communication of preventive strategies, and changes in the coaching methodology were the most used prevention measures. Latin American coache…
Exploring the Relationship Between Business Elite Networks and Income Inequality in Latin American Countries
2018
Although the cohesion of business elites has been associated with income concentration, few studies have in-depth investigated the role of business elite networks in macro-social issues such as economic inequality. This research explores the relationship between business elite networks and income inequality in several Latin American countries. To do so, this paper 1) examine business elite networks applying a network analysis of interlocking directorates, and 2) establishes the link and complementarities between the level of cohesion of business elite networks and income inequality. Results show that where business elite formed cohesive networks and economy was export-oriented, social prote…
Revista electrónica de investigación y evaluación educativa
2016
En el texto se plantea la necesidad de revisar el contexto de la evaluación del trabajo académico para poder entender las dificultades que tienen las revistas académicas latinoamericanas para cumplir con su evaluación a través del índice de impacto y la interacción con las empresas que lo emplean. De igual manera se describe la influencia que ejercen las editoriales comerciales sobre la producción y difusión del conocimiento. Se revisan algunas de las estrategias seguidas por las revistas latinoamericanas para hacer visible el conocimiento producido, al tiempo que se presenta la situación de las revistas mexicanas de investigación educativa en las bases de datos internacionales y regionales…
Socio-Demographic Variables, Fear of COVID-19, Anxiety, and Depression: Prevalence, Relationships and Explanatory Model in the General Population of …
2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has gravely impacted Latin America. A model was tested that evaluated the contribution of socio-demographic factors and fear of COVID-19 on anxiety and depression in samples of residents in seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay, Colombia, and El Salvador). A total of 4,881 individuals, selected by convenience sampling, participated in the study. Moderate and severe levels of depressive symptoms and anxiety were identified, as well as a moderate average level of fear of COVID-19. In addition, it was observed that about a quarter of the participants presented symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder and a major depressive episode. …
Las identidades de la crónica. Hibridez, polisemia y ecos históricos en un género entre la literatura y el periodismo
2017
28 Páginas Como todos los conceptos de frontera, el de crónica no resulta precisamente cristalino, en particular a la hora de encontrar una definición que despierte consenso o adquiera una cierta universalidad. Tratar de definir sus contornos constituye el objetivo de este artículo, que plantea un recorrido histórico para tratar de entender los diferentes matices que encierra. Bajo el paraguas de un término entre la literatura y el periodismo, híbrido y polisémico como crónica, se identifican tres tipos producciones. El análisis de las variedades periodísticas permite reconocer, en primer lugar, una modalidad ligada a la actualidad, de carácter más breve; en segundo lugar, producciones de l…