Neuromodulation in headache and craniofacial neuralgia: Guidelines from the Spanish Society of Neurology and the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery

After the first wave of COVID-19, the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgeons (SECT) surveyed its members to assess the impact of the pandemic on thoracic oncology surgery in Spain. In May 2020, all SECT members were invited to complete an online, 40-item, multiple choice questionnaire. The questionnaire was developed by the SECT Scientific Committee and sent via email. The overall response rate was 19.2%. The respondents answered at least 91.5% of the items, with only one exception (a question about residents). Most respondents (89.3%) worked in public hospitals. The reported impact of the pandemic on routine clinical activity was considered extreme or severe by 75.5% of respondents (25.5% and 50%, respectively). Multidisciplinary tumour boards were held either with fewer members attending or through electronic platforms (44.6% and 35.9%, respectively). Surgical activity decreased by 95.7%, with 41.5% of centers performing surgery only on oncological patients and 11.7% only in emergencies. Nearly 60% of respondents reported modifying standard protocols for early-stage cancer and in the preoperative workup. Most centers (≈80%) reported using full personal protective equipment when operating on COVID-19 positive patients. The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected thoracic oncology surgery in Spain. The lack of common protocols led to a variable care delivery to lung cancer patients.

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Spanish society of laboratory medicine external quality assurance programmes: evolution of the analytical performance of clinical laboratories over 30 years and comparison with other programmes

Advances in Laboratory Medicine / Avances en Medicina de Laboratorio ◽

10.1515/almed-2020-0019 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Carmen Perich ◽

Carmen Ricós ◽

Fernando Marqués ◽

Joana Minchinela ◽

Angel Salas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Assurance ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Laboratory Medicine ◽

Analytical Performance ◽

External Quality Assurance ◽

Biological Variability ◽

External Quality ◽

Spanish Society ◽

Clinical Laboratories ◽

Quality Specifications

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to understand the evolution of the analytical performance of the laboratories participating in the Spanish society of laboratory medicine (SEQCML) external quality assurance (EQA) programmes during its 30 years of operation and to compare it with the performance of other EQA programmes to establish whether the results are similar. The results obtained during this period are evaluated by applying the biological variability (BV) and state of the art-derived quality specifications. In addition, the results are compared with those obtained by other EQA programme organisations. It is noted that the laboratories participating in the EQA–SEQCML programmes have improved their performance over 30 years of experience and that the specifications derived from biological variation are achievable. It is difficult to compare EQA programmes, due to lack of accessibility and the differences in the design of these programmes (control materials, calculations used and analytical specifications established). The data from this study show that for some biological magnitudes the results obtained by the programmes are not yet harmonised, although efforts are being made to achieve this. Organisers of EQA programmes should also join the harmonisation effort by providing information on their results to enable comparison.

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Identifying and preventing burnout in young oncologists, an overwhelming challenge in the COVID-19 era: a study of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM)

ESMO Open ◽

10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100215 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 100215

Author(s):

P. Jiménez-Labaig ◽

V. Pacheco-Barcia ◽

A. Cebrià ◽

F. Gálvez ◽

B. Obispo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Oncology ◽

Spanish Society

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Elites and Culture: Social Profiles in the Cultivated Population

Cultural Sociology ◽

10.1177/1749975521998303 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 174997552199830

Author(s):

Antonio Ariño Villarroya ◽

Ramon Llopis-Goig

Keyword(s):

Conceptual Framework ◽

Cultural Practices ◽

Pierre Bourdieu ◽

Cultural Practice ◽

Theoretical Frameworks ◽

Spanish Society ◽

Cultural Classification ◽

Social Profiles

Since the 1990s, the central references of the sociology of cultural practices have been the theoretical frameworks developed by Pierre Bourdieu and Richard A. Peterson around the concepts of distinction and omnivorousness. This article is based on these frameworks; it revises them together with those of Donnat and Lahire and postulates that the terms of cultural classification and especially those of the upper classes (distinguished and omnivorous) require revision. The article also claims that there are diverse socio-cultural profiles due to the fact that there is never a single logic of differentiation of tastes, and that the results of the present research demand a new conceptual framework capable of showing the operation of diverse logics of differentiation and hierarchy. In order to do this, an analysis of the socio-cultural profiles of the cultivated groups in Spanish society is carried out on the data obtained from the Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2018/19. This work proves the existence of three types of cultivated population – classical, modern and syncretic – with notable differences in their cultural interests and practices, as well as in their underlying sociodemographic features and aesthetic logics, and concludes by posing the need to delve into the latter in what it defines as the study of cultural practice regimes.

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La pluralidad denominativa de la Traducción e Interpretación en los Servicios Públicos a través de Twitter y YouTube

Lebende Sprachen ◽

10.1515/les-2021-0009 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 66 (1) ◽

pp. 180-192

Author(s):

Carmen Mª Cedillo Corrochano

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Public Service ◽

Professional Knowledge ◽

Spanish Society ◽

Society Today

Abstract Public Service Interpreting and Translation –PSIT– is a specialty of the studies of Translation and Interpreting that generates controversy in the specialized literature in its most basic defining aspects. For this reason, a reading of the literature will reveal a lack of consensus in its own conceptualisation; something essential for its social and professional knowledge/acknowledgment. Thus, this article will focus on the denominational plurality of the PSIT in Spain and will offer a quali-quantitative analysis of the names under which it is known in Spain and the use of these names in two of the most popular social media in Spanish society today: Twitter and YouTube.

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Generational Portrait of Spanish Society in the Face of Climate Change. A Question to Consider for the Green Economy under the Well-Being Approach

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14040807 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 807

Author(s):

María-José Foncubierta-Rodríguez ◽

Rafael Ravina-Ripoll ◽

José Antonio López-Sánchez

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Age Groups ◽

Well Being ◽

Human Action ◽

European Social Survey ◽

Green Economy ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Spanish Society ◽

The Face ◽

Two Phases

Climate change is emerging as an issue of progressive attention, and therefore awareness, in societies. In this work, the problem is addressed from a generational perspective in Spanish society and is carried out from the approaches of awareness, human action, and self-responsibility. All this from the search of the subjective well-being and the citizens’ happiness, as one of the bases of sustainable development initiatives. With data from the European Social Survey R8, from EUROSTAT, we work in two phases: (1) descriptive and inferential on possible associations of the items with the variable Age, and (2) calculation of probabilities between groups through logistic regression. The results confirm a general awareness, but with apparent statistical differences between age groups. In general, the youngest are the most aware, blame human activity most intensely, are the most concerned, and are the most willing to act. And it is the older people who are less aware of all these issues. Based on this finding, and from the approach mentioned above, it is recommended that leaders, both in the macroeconomic and microeconomic sectors, develop initiatives that sensitize and encourage older age groups.

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