Data quality oriented procedure, for detailed mapping of heavy metals in urban topsoil as an approach to human health risk assessment.

Urban soils' health is important to the community because of the soils' potential use for recreational activities. A data quality-oriented approach to sampling design is proposed for performing soil representative surveys that gives support to defensible and statistically-based decisions. Krowoderski park in Cracow (Poland) was selected as a study case to investigate heavy metals (HMs) accumulation and to assess human risk exposure according to simulated scenarios. Statistical power was computed for optimizing the number of samples to compare HMs concentration against legal upper tolerance levels (LUTL). The samples' location was iteratively designed as random spatial distribution throughout the study area, followed by K Ripley's test for selecting the best sampling scheme and avoiding points of clustering or dispersion at several ranges. The total content of Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn, coarse size particles fraction and fine size particles texture, bulk density, pH, total C and S were measured in topsoil at each location using composite sampling. The hydraulic properties were estimated using pedotransfer functions. Statistical analysis of topsoil data shows low correlation between heavy metals, whereas high correlation was found between total S with Cu and Pb as well as total C with Cu and Pb. The concentration of all the HMs analysed was found to be under LUTL in all locations in the park, except for one point that is an outlier for Pb, although the values of several indexes for pooled HMs categorize the park as medium to highly polluted. Spatial autocorrelation was explored for every heavy metal and for elaborated pollution indexes, then maps were drawn using geostatistics. A human health risk assessment (HHRA) was computed for several simulated scenarios finding that risk exists for children from Pb through high ingestion of soil particles.

Multi-sensor person following in low-visibility scenarios.

Person following with mobile robots has traditionally been an important research topic. It has been solved, in most cases, by the use of machine vision or laser rangefinders. In some special circumstances, such as a smoky environment, the use of optical sensors is not a good solution. This paper proposes and compares alternative sensors and methods to perform a person following in low visibility conditions, such as smoky environments in firefighting scenarios. The use of laser rangefinder and sonar sensors is proposed in combination with a vision system that can determine the amount of smoke in the environment. The smoke detection algorithm provides the robot with the ability to use a different combination of sensors to perform robot navigation and person following depending on the visibility in the environment.

El desgaste profesional o síndrome de estrés laboral asistencial (¶Bournot÷) entre los profesionales de la salud de la ciudad de Córdoba / The professional wearing down or syndrome of welfare labor stress (burnout) between professionals of the health of the city of Cordoba

Con el objeto de cuantificar lo que acontece, entre los integrantes del equipo de salud en el ámbito público y privado de la ciudad de Córdoba, se lleva a cabo la presente investigación. Diseño observacional transversal comparativo sobre muestra estratificada de médicos y fisioterapeutas. La recolección de datos se realizó mediante encuesta de auto-reporte de "Maslach Burnout Inventory" (MBI).Fueron estudiados 479 profesionales, el 22,3%( 107) eran Fisioterapeutas y Kinesiólogos y 77,7% (372) Médicos de diferentes especialidades. Se puede concluir que en el ámbito público, los valores de cansancio emocional se hallan en los rangos publicados, despersonalización y falta de realización personal son menores. Entre los hospitales no difieren significativamente. En el Hospital General del ámbito Provincial, el Burnout es similar al de otros países y superior al de los dos locales. En el ámbito privado los niveles de cansancio emocional son significativamente mayores que en el público, en el Servicio de Emergencia los valores exceden los rangos publicados. Entre los Pre-Residentes, los niveles de estrés son moderados y no parecen variar; el Burnout se hallaría por debajo de los niveles esperados. El estrés promedio de los fisioterapeutas y kinesiólogos se halla en niveles moderados y es menor al de médicos del ámbito público de la ciudad de Córdoba, pero comparable al de los residentes y clínicos. Los especialistas Medicina Legal del Ministerio Público Fiscal, presentan el más alto porcentaje de síndrome de Burnout completo.(AU)

With the intention of quantifying what occurs, between the members of the equipment of health in the public and deprived scope of the city of Cordoba, the present investigation is carried out. Comparative cross-sectional design observational on stratified sample of doctors and physiotherapeutic. The data collection was made by means of survey of car-reports of "Maslach Burnout Inventory" (MBI). 479 professionals were studied, 22,3%( 107) they were Physiotherapeutic and Kinesiólogos and 77.7% (372) Doctors of different specialties. It is possible to be concluded that in the public scope, the values of emotional fatigue are in the published ranks, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment is smaller. Between the hospitals they do not differ significantly. In the General Hospital of the Provincial scope, the Burnout is similar to the one of other countries and superior to the one of both local. In the private scope the levels of emotional fatigue are significantly greater than in the public, in the Service of Emergency the values exceed the published ranks. Between PreResidentes, the stress levels are moderate and they do not seem to vary; the Burnout would be below the awaited levels. Stress average of physiotherapeutic and kinesiólogos is in moderate levels and is smaller to the one of doctors of the public scope of the city of Cordova, but comparable to the one of the clinical residents and The specialists Legal Medicine of the Fiscal Public Ministry, present/display the highest percentage of syndrome complete Burnout.(AU)

El desgaste profesional o síndrome de estrés laboral asistencial (“Bournot”) entre los profesionales de la salud de la ciudad de Córdoba / The professional wearing down or syndrome of welfare labor stress (burnout) between professionals of the health of the city of Cordoba

Con el objeto de cuantificar lo que acontece, entre los integrantes del equipo de salud en el ámbito público y privado de la ciudad de Córdoba, se lleva a cabo la presente investigación. Diseño observacional transversal comparativo sobre muestra estratificada de médicos y fisioterapeutas. La recolección de datos se realizó mediante encuesta de auto-reporte de "Maslach Burnout Inventory" (MBI).Fueron estudiados 479 profesionales, el 22,3%( 107) eran Fisioterapeutas y Kinesiólogos y 77,7% (372) Médicos de diferentes especialidades. Se puede concluir que en el ámbito público, los valores de cansancio emocional se hallan en los rangos publicados, despersonalización y falta de realización personal son menores. Entre los hospitales no difieren significativamente. En el Hospital General del ámbito Provincial, el Burnout es similar al de otros países y superior al de los dos locales. En el ámbito privado los niveles de cansancio emocional son significativamente mayores que en el público, en el Servicio de Emergencia los valores exceden los rangos publicados. Entre los Pre-Residentes, los niveles de estrés son moderados y no parecen variar; el Burnout se hallaría por debajo de los niveles esperados. El estrés promedio de los fisioterapeutas y kinesiólogos se halla en niveles moderados y es menor al de médicos del ámbito público de la ciudad de Córdoba, pero comparable al de los residentes y clínicos. Los especialistas Medicina Legal del Ministerio Público Fiscal, presentan el más alto porcentaje de síndrome de Burnout completo.

With the intention of quantifying what occurs, between the members of the equipment of health in the public and deprived scope of the city of Cordoba, the present investigation is carried out. Comparative cross-sectional design observational on stratified sample of doctors and physiotherapeutic. The data collection was made by means of survey of car-reports of "Maslach Burnout Inventory" (MBI). 479 professionals were studied, 22,3%( 107) they were Physiotherapeutic and Kinesiólogos and 77.7% (372) Doctors of different specialties. It is possible to be concluded that in the public scope, the values of emotional fatigue are in the published ranks, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment is smaller. Between the hospitals they do not differ significantly. In the General Hospital of the Provincial scope, the Burnout is similar to the one of other countries and superior to the one of both local. In the private scope the levels of emotional fatigue are significantly greater than in the public, in the Service of Emergency the values exceed the published ranks. Between PreResidentes, the stress levels are moderate and they do not seem to vary; the Burnout would be below the awaited levels. Stress average of physiotherapeutic and kinesiólogos is in moderate levels and is smaller to the one of doctors of the public scope of the city of Cordova, but comparable to the one of the clinical residents and The specialists Legal Medicine of the Fiscal Public Ministry, present/display the highest percentage of syndrome complete Burnout.