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Entre los diferentes aspectos de la Cultura Clásica que el cine ha transmitidodesde 1895, se halla una nada desdeñable filmografía que relata las relaciones entre elcristianismo y el Imperio Romano. Inspiradas sobre todo en las novelas que nacen entorno al florecimiento de la arqueología, oscilan entre la piedad religiosa cristiana y la interpretaciónpolítica. En cualquier caso, forman ciclos épicos específicos dentro del amplioespectro filmográfico que expande una tradición clásica propia del siglo XX, que cerróun ciclo importante hacia principios de los años 1970; resurgió en forma de seriestelevisivas en los ochenta y parece haber dejado paso a las epopeyas políticas en los alboresdel tercer milenio. ; Among the different aspects of the Classic Culture that the cinema has transmittedfrom 1895, there is a not contemptible amount of movies that reports the relationshipbetween the Christianism and the Roman Empire. Inspired especially in the novelswritten in the years following the bloom of the archaeology, they range between theChristian piety and a political interpretation. In any case, they form specific epic cyclesinside the wide filmographic spectrum that expands a genuine classical tradition of theXXth century, which closed an important cycle at the beginning of the 1970's; it raisesagain in the shape of television series in the eighties and it seems to have given way tothe political epics in the dawn of the third millenium.

With the ubiquity and anonymity of the Internet, the spread of hate speech has been a growing concern for many years now. The language used for the purpose of dehumanizing, defaming or threatening individuals and marginalized groups not only threatens the mental health of its targets, as well as their democratic access to the Internet, but also the fabric of our society. Because of this, much effort has been devoted to manual moderation. The amount of data generated each day, particularly on social media platforms such as Facebook and twitter, however makes this a Sisyphean task. This has led to an increased demand for automatic methods of hate speech detection. Here, to contribute towards solving the task of hate speech detection, we worked with a simple ensemble of transformer models on a twitter-based hate speech benchmark. Using this method, we attained a weighted F1-score of 0.8426, which we managed to further improve by leveraging more training data, achieving a weighted F1-score of 0.8504. Thus markedly outperforming the best performing system in the literature. ; ISBN för värdpublikation: 978-3-030-60275-8, 978-3-030-60276-5

In this work we present two parallel algorithms for the solution of a given least squares problem with structured matrices. This problem arises in many applications most related to digital signal processing, an example is given. Both parallel algorithms have been designed to speed–up the sequential one in a heterogeneous network of computers. They differ from the approximation followed to implement parallel algorithms on heterogeneous networks of computers known as HeHo and HoHe strategies. However, our study goes beyond the practical usefulness of our heterogeneous parallel application. One one hand, the results obtained validates the recent developed HeteroMPI as a very useful tool for programming heterogeneous parallel algorithms. On the other hand, although HeteroMPI has initially been designed to apply the HeHo strategy, we propose a way this tool can be used in the HoHe strategy. Pros and cons of the use of HeteroMPI for both strategies will be deeply study through the application example. ; Spanish Government

Convexity is a deeply studied concept since it is very useful in many fields of mathematics, like optimization. When we deal with imprecision, the convexity is required as well and some important applications can be found fuzzy optimization, in particular convexity of fuzzy sets. In this paper we have extended the notion of convexity for interval-valued fuzzy sets in order to be able to cover some wider area of imprecision. We show some of its interesting properties, and study the preservation under the intersection and the cutworthy property. Finally, we applied convexity to decision-making problems. ; Slovak grant agency VEGAVedecka grantova agentura MSVVaS SR a SAV (VEGA) [1/0150/21]; Spanish Ministry of Science and TechnologySpanish Government [TIN-201787600-P, PGC2018-098623-B-I00]; FICYT [IDI/2018/000176] ; Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, MICYT: PGC2018-098623-B-I00, TIN-2017-87600-P; Fundación para el Fomento en Asturias de la Investigación Científica Aplicada y la Tecnología, FICYT: IDI/2018/000176

Los cibermedios tienen hoy, desde la perspectiva empresarial, cuatro grandes retos: definir un modelo de negocio, adecuarse a los nuevos estándares en la adquisición y transmisión de los conocimientos, captar a los lectores que abandonan los medios convencionales y conseguir un nuevo y eficaz tratamiento formal del producto. También el ciberdiseño se enfrenta al reto de futuro que suponen los nuevos soportes móviles para acceder a sus contenidos, lo que plantea dos complicaciones adicionales: unas dimensiones mucho menores y una interfaz notablemente más complicada. Esto va a suponer el desarrollo de una nueva generación de familias tipográficas adaptadas a esta nueva realidad, la apuesta por la flexibilidad, en línea con la extraordinaria versatilidad del ciberperiódico móvil y, por último, la profundización en la noción de la interactividad como fórmula estratégica para rentabilizar la extensa gama de servicios que soporta este modelo de negocio.

Abstract Background Referral is a critical part of appropriate primary care and of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy. We set out to study referrals from the aspect both of primary level facilities and the referral hospital in Kilombero District, southern Tanzania. Through record review and a separate prospective study we estimate referral rates, report on delays in reaching referral care and summarise the appropriateness of pediatric referral cases in terms of admission to the pediatric ward at a district hospital Methods A sample of patient records from primary level government health facilities throughout 1993 were summarised by age, diagnosis, whether a new case or a reattendance, and whether or not they were referred. From August 1994 to July 1995, mothers or carers of all sick children less than five years old attending the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) clinic or outpatient department (OPD) of SFDDH were interviewed using a standard questionnaire recording age, sex, diagnosis, place of residence, whether the child was admitted to the paediatric ward, and whether the child was referred. Results From record review, only 0.6% of children from primary level government facilities were referred to a higher level of care. At the referral hospital, 7.8 cases per thousand under five catchment population had been referred annually. The hospital MCH clinic and OPD were generally used by children who lived nearby: 91% (n = 7,166) of sick children and 75% (n = 607) of admissions came from within 10 km. Of 235 referred children, the majority (62%) had come from dispensaries. Almost half of the referrals (48%) took 2 or more days to arrive at the hospital. Severe malaria and anaemia were the leading diagnoses in referred children, together accounting for a total of 70% of all the referrals. Most referred children (167/235, 71%) were admitted to the hospital paediatric ward. Conclusions The high admission rate among referrals suggests that the decision to refer is generally appropriate, but the low referral rate suggests that too few children are referred. Our findings suggest that the IMCI strategy may need to be adapted in sparsely-populated areas with limited transport, so that more children may be managed at peripheral level and fewer children need referral.

BACKGROUND: Referral is a critical part of appropriate primary care and of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy. We set out to study referrals from the aspect both of primary level facilities and the referral hospital in Kilombero District, southern Tanzania. Through record review and a separate prospective study we estimate referral rates, report on delays in reaching referral care and summarise the appropriateness of pediatric referral cases in terms of admission to the pediatric ward at a district hospital METHODS: A sample of patient records from primary level government health facilities throughout 1993 were summarised by age, diagnosis, whether a new case or a reattendance, and whether or not they were referred. From August 1994 to July 1995, mothers or carers of all sick children less than five years old attending the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) clinic or outpatient department (OPD) of SFDDH were interviewed using a standard questionnaire recording age, sex, diagnosis, place of residence, whether the child was admitted to the paediatric ward, and whether the child was referred. RESULTS: From record review, only 0.6% of children from primary level government facilities were referred to a higher level of care. At the referral hospital, 7.8 cases per thousand under five catchment population had been referred annually. The hospital MCH clinic and OPD were generally used by children who lived nearby: 91% (n = 7,166) of sick children and 75% (n = 607) of admissions came from within 10 km. Of 235 referred children, the majority (62%) had come from dispensaries. Almost half of the referrals (48%) took 2 or more days to arrive at the hospital. Severe malaria and anaemia were the leading diagnoses in referred children, together accounting for a total of 70% of all the referrals. Most referred children (167/235, 71%) were admitted to the hospital paediatric ward. CONCLUSIONS: The high admission rate among referrals suggests that the decision to refer is generally appropriate, but the low referral rate suggests that too few children are referred. Our findings suggest that the IMCI strategy may need to be adapted in sparsely-populated areas with limited transport, so that more children may be managed at peripheral level and fewer children need referral.

AbstractInterventions including social scaffolding and metacognitive strategies have been used in educational settings to promote cognition. In addition, increasing evidence shows that computerized process‐based training enhances cognitive skills. However, no prior studies have examined the effect of combining these two training strategies. The goal of this study was to test the combined effect of metacognitive scaffolding and computer‐based training of executive attention in a sample of typically developing preschoolers at the cognitive and brain levels. Compared to children in the regular training protocol and an untrained active control group, children in the metacognitive group showed larger gains on intelligence and significant increases on an electrophysiological index associated with conflict processing. Moreover, changes in the conflict‐related brain activity predicted gains in intelligence in the metacognitive scaffolding group. These results suggest that metacognitive scaffolding boosts the influence of process‐based training on cognitive efficiency and brain plasticity related to executive attention.

Giardia duodenalis is an enteric parasite commonly detected in children. Exposure to this organism may lead to asymptomatic or symptomatic infection. Additionally, early-life infections by this protozoan have been associated with impaired growth and cognitive function in poor resource settings. The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) in Mozambique demonstrated that G. duodenalis was more frequent among controls than in diarrhoeal cases (≥3 loosing stools in the previous 24 hours). However, no molecular investigation was conducted to ascertain the molecular variability of the parasite. Therefore, we describe here the frequency and genetic diversity of G. duodenalis infections in children younger than five years of age with and without diarrhoea from the Manhiça district in southern Mozambique enrolled in the context of GEMS. Genomic DNA from 757 G. duodenalis-positive stool samples by immunoassay collected between 2007-2012, were reanalysed by multiplex PCR targeting the E1-HP and C1-P21 genes for the differentiation of assemblages A and B. Overall, 47% (353) of the samples were successfully amplified in at least one locus. Assemblage B accounted for 90% (319/353) of all positives, followed by assemblage A (8%, 29/353) and mixed A+B infections (1%, 5/353). No association between the presence of a given assemblage and the occurrence of diarrhoea could be demonstrated. A total of 351 samples were further analysed by a multi-locus sequence genotyping (MLSG) approach at the glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh), ß-giardin (bg) and triose phosphate isomerase (tpi) genes. Overall, 63% (222/351) of samples were genotyped and/or sub-genotyped in at least one of the three markers. Sequence analysis revealed the presence of assemblages A (10%; 23/222) and B (90%; 199/222) with high molecular diversity at the nucleotide level within the latter; no mixed infections were identified under the MLSG scheme. Assemblage A sequences were assigned to sub-assemblages AI (0.5%, 1/222), AII (7%, 15/222) or ambiguous AII/AIII (3%, 7/222). Within assemblage B, sequences were assigned to sub-assemblages BIII (13%, 28/222), BIV (14%, 31/222) and ambiguous BIII/BIV (59%, 132/222). BIII/BIV sequences accumulated the majority of the single nucleotide polymorphisms detected, particularly in the form of double peaks at chromatogram inspection. This study demonstrated that the occurrence of gastrointestinal illness (diarrhoea) was not associated to a given genotype of G. duodenalis in Mozambican children younger than five years of age. The assemblage B of the parasite was responsible for nine out of ten infections detected in this paediatric population. The extremely high genetic diversity observed within assemblage B isolates was compatible with an hyperendemic epidemiological scenario where infections and reinfections were common. The obtained molecular data may be indicative of high coinfection rates by different G. duodenalis assemblages/sub-assemblages and/or genetic recombination events, although the exact contribution of both mechanisms to the genetic diversity of the parasite remains unknown. ; GEMS was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine who coordinated GEMS-1 and GEMS-1A, with grant number 38874 (MML) and OPP1033572 (MML), respectively. DC received funding from the Health Institute Carlos III, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain), under project PI16CIII/00024.TN received funding from the Fundo Nacional de Investigacão, Ministry of Science and Technology (Mozambique) under project 245-INV. Additional funding was obtained from the USAID Country Office of Mozambique under the Fixed Amount Award Grant No. AID-656-F-16-00002 (IM). CISM is supported by the Government of Mozambique and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. ; Sí