Month: December 2011

Technological entrepreneurs are more optimistic.

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Technological entrepreneurs are more optimistic.

-potential technology-based entrepreneurs are more optimistic than the rest of the population, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Almería. One of the objectives of this study is to serve as a basis in the design of training programmes for future entrepreneurs, since, according to the authors, an excess of optimism can lead to a business management bound to fail

– the study is published in the magazine ‘ Psicothema ’

Spain, December of 2011- the results of a study conducted by researchers from the Faculty of psychology of the University Almeria, they point out that technological potential entrepreneurs are more optimistic than persons classified as potentially not entrepreneurial. Another conclusion is that this type of entrepreneur does not show higher levels of realism when compared with other groups of people studied.

As he explained to SINC Jorge López Puga, one of the authors of the work that has been published in the journal Psicothema, there is enough consensus among the scientific community about the role of optimism in the welfare. “ In general, the more optimistic is a person considered that copes better with the problems will be more clever about taking decisions, social relations will be strengthened, will get better results from difficult tasks and, ultimately, will enjoy a better psychological health ”.

If this idea is moved to the field of management and entrepreneurship, conclusions can be similar, believes López Puga. With this theory, could reach the conclusion that the entrepreneurs more optimistic may better to address the problems, will optimize its decision-making, its links with other individuals and businesses will tend to be strengthened, and his entrepreneurial adventures will therefore be more viable.

in the business field an unjustified optimism could lead to many failures.

However, adds the investigator, are increasingly more evidence showing that an unwarranted optimism can lead to a business management too risky that blatantly violates the temporary business sustainability. In fact, he says, many start-ups fail in their first five years of life, although their initial ideas were good.

Consequences

“ There are situations in life, and more in the enterprise space, where unwarranted optimism can be harmful to individual and collective interests. In the context of the creation of enterprises excessive optimism may have negative consequences and could be at the base of numerous failures in the new company. For this reason, in our work raise the suitability of introducing the consideration of this fact in the programmes of empowerment or training of future entrepreneurs of technological base with the objective that such problems are foreseen and overcome airy manner ”, says the researcher.

The authors of the study have used a scale of measurement, designed to assess the degree of subjective optimism displayed persons Life Orientation Test-Revised call which has begun to be used in research on entrepreneurship only three or four years ago. “ In addition to obtain measures of optimism and pessimism from this instrument, have introduced a novel method for estimating the degree in which people feel to be realistic about its future ”, notes Jorge López Puga.

Bibliographic reference:

Lopez Puga, Jorge; Garcia Garcia, Juan. “ Dispositional optimism, pessimism and realism in technological potential entrepreneurs ”. Psicothema 23 (4): 611-616, November 2011.

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The new socio health centre of Calahorra pioneered thermal use of the subsoil to generate energy.

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The new socio-health centre of Calahorra pioneered thermal use of the subsoil to generate energy.

-the new Viamed our Lady Virgin of the Carmen de Calahorra socio-health centre will open its doors in 2012 with 75 beds capacity for chronic patients, elderly or long recovery

-Viamed group made an investment of 5.3 million euros in the construction of this new Centre which incorporates an innovative system of geothermal energy

– as part of the energy project of the CenterIt has designed a geothermal installation that will take advantage of the stable temperature of the soil to provide warmth in winter and cool in summer.

Calahorra, 2011-December The new Viamed our Lady Virgin of the Carmen de Calahorra socio-health center, which will open in 2012, will be pioneered the use of geothermal energy, from the stable temperature of the subsoil to generate energy to provide the new Center heat in summer and cold in winter.

The project aims to reduce the energy cost of the Centre through the use of geothermal permanently. The system has been developed and implemented by the GEOTER company, within the framework of the Geotcasa programme, promotion of geothermal energy that drives the IDAE (Institute for diversification and energy savings).

According to sources from the direction of the Centre, the geothermal project of Viamed to Calahorra relies on 25 110 m deep boreholes. Each one of them introduces two pipes of drive and two return are filled with water in order to create a circuit that allows to take advantage of the stable subsurface temperature.

The “geothermal response test” conducted on the ground have been validated capacity termofísica of the plot for a period of 25 years, for which the energy sustainability of the project is guaranteed.

About three kilometres of pipes under the ground be channelled in two collectors which communicated with the building, where the key element of the whole process will be installed: a geothermal pump that will take advantage of the stable temperature of the water from underground to generate heat in winter and cool in summer.

In addition, an extensive network of pipelines within the socio-health center channelled hot water, cooling and sanitary water. On the other hand, the provision of floor heating in the entire building will ensure an adequate air conditioning, additional installation geothermal to work in low temperature without radiators.

New Centre partner-sanitary in Calahorra

The new socio-health centre Viamed our Lady Virgin of Carmen of Calahorra La Rioja open in 2012, after an investment of more than EUR 5 million and will result in the creation of new 70 jobs.

With this new Centre Viamed will culminate the network of socio-health centres of the group in La Rioja, complementing those they already manages in Haro, Los Jasmine; and in Logroño, with the Valvanera clinic.

The new Center, located next to the Hospital Calahorra, will serve 75 patients requiring socio-health care; so it should not necessarily require hospital care, but that does require attention and care specific.

Group Viamed has 10 hospitals and partner health in all Spain, in La Rioja, Aragon, Andalusia, Murcia and Madrid; with over 1,000 beds and the creation of more than 2,000 jobs in recent years.

The private health care group is led by highly qualified professionals and with great experience and knowledge of the health care sector and management also boasts solvent funding, supported by some of the main investment deprived in the country.

The expansion of group Viamed has allowed to have in any Spain with surgical hospitals, hospitals of medium and long stay of internal medicine and Geriatrics, units of biomedical research and technology, Monográficas units of Alzheimer’s disease, socio-health centers for dependents, outpatient centers, transportation health and services.

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Refractive, more secure and more precise surgery.

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Refractive surgery, increasingly safe and precise.

-el doctor Félix González, Director Médico de Clínica Bavaria Madrid, presented the new model V4C VISIAN ICL lens that corrects the refractive problems (myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism) surgically, reversibly,

Madrid, 2011-December intraocular refractive surgery is evolving rapidly and is being consolidated as a safe optionprecise and reversible for the correction of refractive and also provides a great visual quality solution patients who for various reasons are not candidates for laser surgery.

In this regard, last Thursday 15 December, coinciding with Congress annual of the society Madrileña of Ophthalmology, Dr. Felix Gonzalez, Director Médico de Clínica Bavaria Madrid, presented the new model of lens VISIAN ICL V4C, representing a qualitative step forward for the patient, to win in comfort, since that reduces the hassle and time of surgery, and in security.

“ This is a great novelty in the world of refractive surgery, as this model, an update of which has been using successfully for over 10 years, uses technology CentralFLOW with KS-Aquaport, which facilitates an important technique ”, points out Dr. Félix González.

The Visian ICL, manufactured by the Swiss firm Staar Surgical and marketed in Spain by Bloss Group, is a phakic lens (respected lens) posterior Chamber (is located behind the iris) and presents an orifico central that it provides a flow of aqueous from behind forward of the lenseliminating the need to create this connection in a surgical manner through the iridectomía or laser YAG (iridotomía), as it has hitherto.

“ This model represents a very innovative and creative approach to facilitate the surgical technique ”, concludes Dr. González, specialist clinic Bavaria.

Bloss Group

Bloss Group is a Spanish company which provides specialists in ophthalmology and optics equipment and surgical material, bringing the latest techniques and high-tech International. It was founded in 1953 by Wolfgang M. Bloss with committed to providing access to the latest technological advances and high-quality products backed by the prestige and recognition of international manufacturers to professionals of the sector in Spain.

Currently, Bloss Group, certified with ISO 9001, remains faithful to its original philosophy, and thanks to a long professional experience, in-depth knowledge of technologies and a distribution structure and independent of the manufacturers service, continues leading the rapid technological advancement of Spanish ophthalmology.

Clínica Baviera

Clínica Baviera is a Spanish medical institution specializing in ophthalmology, who, with 66 points, is present in several European countries (Spain, Germany, Austria, Holland, Italy). Founded more than 25 years ago, the quality of care, the permanent improvement of results and the incorporation of innovative and solvent techniques have been its raison d ’ être. Clínica Baviera activity has been recognized with the award for the best service to the customer of the year 2011 by Sotto Tempo consultants.

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The Social Council of the University of Granada rewards to the Centre of San Rafael in the category of institutions active in the social sphere or good social practices.

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The Council Social at the Universidad de Granada rewards the Centre of San Rafael in the category of institutions active in the social sector or of good practical social

the award ceremony is scheduled for the end of the first quarter of 2012.

Spain, 2011-December The Social Council of the University of Granada, in its plenary session held on 22 December, has agreed to grant the award in the category of enterprises, institutions and social organizations who are especially distinguished performances in social environments or good social practices, call 2011, to the San Rafael Granada Centre, belonging to the Of St. John of God hospitaller order .

Thus it is reported the President of the Social Council of the University of Granada, Gregorio Vicente Jiménez López, the managing director of the Centre, José Luis Salcedo Lagullón, where is also expressed that the call has enjoyed a high level of quality in the nominations.

The objective of this award is to recognize companies, institutions and social organizations that stand out on good practice in areas of particular social sensitivity, as the of corporate social responsibility, environment, safety at work, etc., all this trying, on such issues, they can influence the research groups of the University of Granada and taking into account the framework of its Strategic Plan.

These awards are an annual basis and honorary in nature. This prize is awarded by the plenary session of the Social Council, to evaluating specific Commission proposal. The award ceremony is scheduled for end of the first quarter of 2012, an act that each year symbolizes what represents the institution, which is not but bridge between the academic community and Granada society.

Downtown San Rafael belonging to the hospitaller order of St. John of God, that with 500 years of history, is present in five continents of the world carrying out various social projects, attending different intervention areas ranging from surgical medical hospitals, care for the disabledmental health, social exclusion and the comprehensive care for the elderly. Always on the cutting edge adapted to new needs and demands, being the hospitality the main value and focused on the dignity of persons, which characterized the work provided in the centres have the hospitaller order.

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Health leads the project Futur Clinic which will study the genome of the patient and designing more effective treatments.

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Health leads the project Futur Clinic which will study the genome of the patient and design treatments more effective.

the Minister of health has introduced this medicine custom.

– will allow to search more effective treatments in diseases such as breast cancer

– genetic data will be integrated into the Agency of health information systems

– involves the creation of the first Office strategy of Bioinformatics of the Conselleria

-the project has a consortium of entities in the sector of technologies

Valencia, 2011-December the Minister of health, Luis Rosado, has presented last Tuesday in the center of research Prince Philip project “ Future Clinic ”. This project, led by the Catalan Government, through the Ministry of health and economy, industry and commerce, aims to investigate in methodologies and techniques necessary to incorporate genomic data from the patient that will make possible the application of genomic medicine personalised in the health system to the Valencian Agency of health information systems.

In this way, the data obtained allow diagnosis and identification of the most effective treatment for each patient and will be integrated in current clinical information systems of the Valencian Agency for health. This work also aims to enhance the performance of the public health network in implementing projects based on information technologies, such as the electronic medical history, telemedicine, the appointment by internet or electronic recipe.

The Future Clinic project also envisages the creation of the first strategic Office in Bioinformatics that will allow the study of the genome of patients with the purpose of subsequently design a personalized and adapted to the patient medical treatment. At the base of this purpose is the relevance of the genome in determining susceptibility to disease, tolerance to drugs, and response to treatment.

The Minister of health has highlighted “ the relevance of a project which is a step in the introduction of the personalized medicine in healthcare provision at all stages: prevention, identification and treatment ”.

As pilot disease breast cancer

The development of the project, breast cancer has been the disease chosen in function of studies farmacoeconómicos and morbidity. Cancer includes a set of 200 diseases of great impact, and is one of the leading causes of death in the Western world and also in Spain, so it represents a priority health problem.

Early detection is one of the key factors to bring forward the time of diagnosis and the application of treatment in detectable preclinical stage, fact that in certain tumor locations may have clear benefits in terms of survival, quality of life and health and social costs.

In addition, Future Clinic responds to the need to define and implement in Spain programs for early detection of breast cancer and develop strategic coordination mechanisms to achieve a more efficient use of resources and health information systems.

Among the objectives, the project will undertake a study of technologies needed for the integration of genomic data from patients, including both the computational components and communications which will be necessary for its interface with existing health systems.

This project will study technologies and solutions to help the diagnosis to incorporate the genome of the patient and the genome of the disease, clinical analysis.

As pointed out Luis Rosado, “ Future Clinic aims to advance the knowledge and experience on the genomic information in the entire process, from the collection of samples and their sequencing to clinical decision-making ”.

The project envisages the application of Genomic sequencing in real clinical cases with clinical groups of Valencia. The objective is to develop a comprehensive system that allows to use genomic data for diagnosis and prognosis. Clinical groups will collaborate in the definition of data needed in the clinic and the most appropriate interface so that the doctor see this information.

A project pioneer

The Future Clinic project is a pioneer in the preparation of the scenario for the implementation of the genomic personalized medicine through the incorporation of genomic data from patients. The project has been funded by the Ministry of health and the Ministry of economy, industry and trade; and its development has been established a consortium in which the sector of information technologies in the biotechnology sector and various technology centres are involved.

Partners such as Indra Sistemas, Bull Spain, and Iprocuratio management consultants are among the sector of information technologies. The partners in the field of biotechnology are the Institute for genomic medicine (when), GEM BioSoft and VeraTech for Health. The research of the project is funded by technology centres in the ICT sector both in the field of biotechnology: the technological Institute of computer science (ITI), the Foundation for health and biomedical research of the Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO), the Centro de Investigación Prince Felipe (CIPF)the Centre for research in Software production methods (PRoS), and the Group of Grid and high performance computing (I3M-GryCAp).

The Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics Research Center Prince Philip, led by researcher Joaquin Dopazo, collaborates as project partner in the provision of knowledge on the analysis of genomic data and capacities related to the application in clinic and medicine custom of these new technologies.

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Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips

Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips