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      Descripción y análisis del contenido biomédico en las películas de la saga Alien Translated title: Description and analysis of biomedical content in movies from the Alien saga

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          Resumen El cine de Ciencia-Ficción se ha convertido en un muestrario de los últimos avances tecnológicos y de la vanguardia y especulación científica. Puede, por ello, ser utilizado como herramienta de divulgación y como recurso formativo. Sin embargo, si se quiere diferenciar lo real y plausible de lo fantástico e imposible, se hace necesario tener una mirada rigurosa del material tecnocientífico que nos presenta. En el presente estudio se describe y analiza el contenido biomédico de las películas de la saga Alien. De las diferentes áreas de conocimiento catalogadas por el Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte de España, encontramos que al menos 37 de ellas, relacionadas con temas biosanitarios, se trataban con diferente profundidad en la saga, destacando especialmente la Microbiología y Parasitología Clínica o la Fisiología y Anatomía Humanas. Aun admitiendo las licencias artísticas del género fantástico al que pertece la saga, creemos que el contenido y tratamiento biomédico de estas obras podría ser utilizado como recurso docente para estudiantes de diferentes grados biosanitarios como Medicina, Enfermería, Farmacia u Odontología.

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          Abstract The Science-Fiction movies have become a showcase of the latest technological advances and vanguard and scientific speculation. It can, therefore, be used as a divulgation tool and as a training resource. However, if you want to differentiate the real and plausible from the fantastic and impossible, it is necessary to have a rigorous look of the techno-scientific material that presents us. In the present study, the biomedical content of the films of the Alien saga is described and analyzed. Of the different areas of knowledge cataloged by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Spain, we found that at least 37 of them, related to biosanitary issues, were treated with different depth in the saga, highlighting especially the Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology or the Human Physiology and Anatomy. Even admitting the artistic licenses of the fantastic genre to which the saga belongs, we believe that the content and biomedical treatment of these works could be used as a teaching resource for students of different biosanitary degrees such as Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy or Dentistry.

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          Who is the puppet master? Replication of a parasitic wasp-associated virus correlates with host behaviour manipulation.

          Many parasites modify their host behaviour to improve their own transmission and survival, but the proximate mechanisms remain poorly understood. An original model consists of the parasitoid Dinocampus coccinellae and its coccinellid host, Coleomegilla maculata; during the behaviour manipulation, the parasitoid is not in contact with its host anymore. We report herein the discovery and characterization of a new RNA virus of the parasitoid (D. coccinellae paralysis virus, DcPV). Using a combination of RT-qPCR and transmission electron microscopy, we demonstrate that DcPV is stored in the oviduct of parasitoid females, replicates in parasitoid larvae and is transmitted to the host during larval development. Next, DcPV replication in the host's nervous tissue induces a severe neuropathy and antiviral immune response that correlate with the paralytic symptoms characterizing the behaviour manipulation. Remarkably, virus clearance correlates with recovery of normal coccinellid behaviour. These results provide evidence that changes in ladybeetle behaviour most likely result from DcPV replication in the cerebral ganglia rather than by manipulation by the parasitoid. This offers stimulating prospects for research on parasitic manipulation by suggesting for the first time that behaviour manipulation could be symbiont-mediated.
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            Exploring the value of qualitative research films in clinical education

            Background Many healthcare professionals use both quantitative and qualitative research to inform their practice. The usual way to access research findings is through peer-reviewed publications. This study aimed to understand the impact on healthcare professionals of watching and discussing a short research based film. The film, ‘Struggling to be me’ portrays findings from a qualitative synthesis exploring people’s experiences of chronic pain, and was delivered as part of an inter-professional postgraduate e-learning module. The innovation of our study is to be the first to explore the impact of qualitative research portrayed through the medium of film in clinical education. Methods All nineteen healthcare professionals enrolled on the course in December 2013 took part in on-line interviews or focus groups. We recorded and transcribed the interviews verbatim and used the methods of Grounded Theory to analyse the interview transcripts. Results Watching and discussing the film became a stimulus for learning : (a) A glimpse beneath the surface explored a pro-active way of seeing the person behind the pain (b) Pitfalls of the Medical Model recognised the challenge, for both patient and clinician, of ‘sitting with’ rather than ‘fixing’ an ill person; (c) Feeling bombarded by despair acknowledged the intense emotions that the clinicians brings to the clinical encounter; (d) Reconstructing the clinical encounter as a shared journey reconstructed the time-constrained clinical encounter as a single step on a shared journey towards healing, rather than fixing. Conclusions Films portraying qualitative research findings can stimulate a pro-active and dialectic form of knowing. Research-based qualitative films can make qualitative findings accessible and can be a useful resource in clinical training. Our research presents, for the first time, specific learning themes for clinical education.
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                Journal
                rmc
                Revista de Medicina y Cine
                Rev Med Cine
                Universidad de Salamanca (Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain )
                1885-5210
                March 2020
                : 16
                : 1
                : 29-36
                Affiliations
                [1] Villaviciosa de Odón Madrid orgnameUniversidad Europea de Madrid orgdiv1Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas Básicas Spain
                [2] Villaviciosa de Odón Madrid orgnameUniversidad Europea de Madrid orgdiv1Departamento de Farmacia, Biotecnología y Nutrición Spain
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                S1885-52102020000100006 S1885-5210(20)01600100006
                10.14201/rmc20201612936
                b7b4f0d6-68f8-47d4-81eb-a97e536d546b

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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                : 11 July 2019
                : 16 September 2019
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                docencia,microbiology,anatomía,parasitology,science-fiction,parasitología,anatomy,microbiología,physiology,ciencia-ficción,teaching,fisiología

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