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    Work Team Effectiveness: Importance of Organizational Culture, Work Climate, Leadership, Creative Synergy, and Emotional Intelligence in University Employees
    (1) Background: In university contexts, the effectiveness of work teams is vital for institutional success and the personal development of an institution’s members. Objective: Our aim is to understand the relationships between emotional intelligence, team leadership, organizational culture, work climate, and creative synergy with team effectiveness. (2) Methods: We used a cross-sectional predictive design study using structural equation modeling (SEM), in which 512 surveys of employees of a private Peruvian university were analyzed. (3) Results: Leadership and emotional intelligence were found to significantly improve team effectiveness. In addition, organizational culture, work climate, and creative synergy act as mediators in these relationships, enhancing team effectiveness. The adjusted model presented adequate incremental (x2=9452.498, gl=3391, p<0.001) and comparative (TLI=0.998, CFI=0.998, RMSEA=0.017 y SRMR=0.033) goodness-of-fit indices. (4) Conclusions: The results showed that the development of emotional competencies and leadership skills is essential to optimize the effectiveness of work teams in universities. This integrated model not only provides a solid theoretical framework for future research, but also offers practical recommendations for improving the management and performance of work teams.
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    Sociodemographic Aspects and Healthy Behaviors Associated With Perceived Life Satisfaction in Health Professionals
    (2023-01-01)
    Durand-Sanchez, Esther
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    Ruiz-Alvarado, Carlos
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    Contreras-Valderrama, Ricardo
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    Background: Life satisfaction is a determining factor for the improvement of mental and physical health. Health care workers are a vulnerable population to suffer alterations in the factors that affect life satisfaction. Determining the influence of these factors on quality of life is important for their proper management. Objective: To examine sociodemographic factors and healthy behaviors influencing life satisfaction in Peruvian professionals. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 506 health care workers, who had a mean age of 40.34 years (SD = 10.39). A sociodemographic questionnaire, sleep quality, physical activity, eating habits, and life satisfaction were used. A regression model was fitted with the life satisfaction variable as the dependent variable. Results: In multivariable analysis, age (β = −.938, P < .01) and perception of poor health status (β = −4.743, P < .001) were found to be associated with lower life satisfaction. On the other hand, higher university education level (β = 1.667, P < .001), absence of smoking (β = 3.202, P < .01), absence of depressive symptoms (β = 3.390, P < .001), interest in daily activities (β = 3.503, P < .05), good sleep quality (β = 1.027, P < .01), a high frequency of physical activity (β = 1.056, P < .01), and healthy eating are variables associated with higher life satisfaction. Conclusion: Sociodemographic aspects such as age and the perception of poor health are associated with lower life satisfaction. On the other hand, healthy behaviors such as absence of smoking, absence of depressive symptoms, interest in daily activities, good quality of sleep, high frequency of physical activity, and a healthy diet were associated with higher life satisfaction.
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    Health-Related Quality of Life, Blood Pressure, and Biochemical and Anthropometric Profile in Vegetarians and Nonvegetarians
    Several studies have been carried out which mainly focus on the analysis of the lipid profile in vegetarians and nonvegetarians. However, few studies have been undertaken in this population oriented to quality of life and health. This study aimed to compare health-related quality of life, blood pressure, and biochemical and anthropometric profile in vegetarians and nonvegetarians. The study included 149 participants out of an initial sample of 162: 62 vegetarians and 87 nonvegetarians. Health-related quality of life was assessed with the SF-12 Health Questionnaire version 2 and was related with the lipid profile, glucose, blood pressure, anthropometric measures, and sociodemographic characteristics. Vegetarians presented better Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), as well as higher LDL levels. No significant differences in HDL and TG concentrations were found. Serum glucose concentrations were significantly lower among vegetarians. Nonvegetarian males had higher diastolic pressure levels. Vegetarian women had significantly higher levels of systolic pressure. As for the physical health and mental health components of quality of life, no significant differences were found in vegetarian and nonvegetarian women and men. In conclusion, vegetarians presented a better anthropometric profile, lower glycaemia, and higher LDL levels but no significant differences in health-related quality of life compared with nonvegetarians.
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    Online academic satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic in medical students: role of sleep, psychological issues, college adjustment, and digital skills
    Background: The measures taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, led to significant changes in university education, resulting in the new normal standard of virtual teaching in many undergraduate medical schools worldwide. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to determine the factors related to academic satisfaction with virtual teaching in medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional-analytical study was conducted on medical students at a private university in Peru, through self-reported questionnaires divided into sociodemographic data and variables of interest that could influence academic satisfaction during the pandemic. To evaluate possible factors related to academic satisfaction, stepwise regression models were performed for both sexes. Results: In total, data from 310 medical students, 117 males and 193 females, were analyzed. Academic satisfaction reached a score of 11.2 ± 2.9, which was similar in both sexes. The best regression model for males (AIC: 544.32; RMSE: 2.42; R 2 : 0.30) showed that adaptation to university life (favorable change) and depression (unfavorable change) explained 30% of changes in students' academic satisfaction. While in females (AIC: 907.59; RMSE: 2.49; R 2 : 0.22) the model integrated favorable factors such as adjustment to college life and anxiety; while depression and poor sleep quality were unfavorable factors. Conclusion: Factors that contributed to academic satisfaction in medical students were determined in this study, which differed by gender. Thus, it is important to take into account the particularities of male and female medical students in order to improve their academic satisfaction during their university careers.
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    A Novel Fast and Efficient Approach to Purify the Thrombin-like Enzyme from Two Bothrops-genus Snake Venoms
    (2021-01-01)
    Aurelio Gomes Heleno, Mauricio
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    Seabra Ferreira Júnior, Rui
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    Barraviera, Benedito
    Snake venoms are important sources of complex substances with a variety of pharmacological activities. Among them serine proteinases (SVSPs) have important effects on the hemostatic system influencing the hemodynamic of human or animal blood. Bothrops genus-snake venoms are rich in the thrombin-like enzyme, a type of SVSPs, with great interest to produce medicine. Therefore, the aim of this work was to describe a rapid, only two-step chromatographic-procedure developed to perform a faster purification of SVSPs from Bothrops alternatus and Bothrops moojeni venoms. As a result, two groups of serine proteinases respectively BaIII-4 - 8 and BmIII-2 - 5, were isolated and their molecular masses estimated by mass spectrometry and SDS-PAGE under denaturing conditions. The SVTLEs isolated from B. alternatus (BaIII-3 - 8) and B. moojeni (BmIII-2 - 5) fractions displayed apparent molecular mass around 30-40 kDa which closely relates to SVTLEs from other Bothrops species, as well their amino acid partial sequence triptych ions. Analysis of the alignment of the amino acid residue sequences of the N-terminal of the isolated proteins revealed a high level of identity with other SVTLEs. These enzymes coagulated plasma and showed fibrinogenolytic activity in blood. These SVTLEs isolated can be considered α-fibrinogenase mainly due to the fact that they hydrolyze the Aα chain fibrinogen. B. moojeni SVTLE showed greater activity than those from B. alternatus isolated. This new purification alternative approach developed was faster and more economical than the traditional process currently used. Faster purification and improved extraction yield can provide new insights into these enzymes including the use as a candidate molecule in the production of new drugs.
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    Association between lifestyles, anthropometric measurements and peripheral arterial disease in public sector health workers.
    : There is an association between lifestyles, waist-hip ratio, and body fat percentage with PAD in health workers.
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    Sociodemographic Factors, Mental Health, and Emotional Eating Associated With Concern for COVID-19 Contagion in Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study
    OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between sociodemographic factors, stress, depression and anxiety, emotional eating, and concern about COVID-19 contagion in first and second-line Peruvian nurses. METHODOLOGY: The study was cross-sectional and conducted with 500 Peruvian nurses of both sexes, over 18 years of age. Validated questionnaires were used to measure sociodemographic aspects, concern about COVID-19, generalized anxiety, depression, self-perceived stress, and emotional eating. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to analyze the factors affecting concern about COVID-19 contagion. RESULTS: The multiple linear regression analysis showed that stress, being between the ages of 18 and 29 years, being male, being from the coastal region or the jungle region, having a bachelor's degree, severe anxiety, and severe depression were associated with higher concern about COVID-19. On the other hand, having more than 5 to 10 years of experience and more than 10 years of experience, low emotional eating, and non-emotional eating were negatively associated with concern. This model explained 44.05% of the variability among the participating nurses. CONCLUSION: These findings provide resources for future research on the comprehensive well-being of nursing staff by exploring various sociodemographic aspects and mental conditions associated with greater concern about COVID-19. Meanwhile, years of experience and emotional eating behavior were associated with lower concern about COVID-19. Future studies could incorporate this information to preserve the mental and physical health of nurses in the face of potential occupational threats.
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    Association Between Keeping Sabbath and Life Satisfaction Among Adult Seventh-day Adventists in Peru: A Cross-Sectional Study
    (2026-03-03) ; ;
    Del Carmen Gálvez-Díaz, Norma
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    Casas-Gálvez, Christian
    Numerous studies have documented the association between religiosity and life satisfaction; few have examined the role of specific religious practices such as Sabbath-keeping. This gap is particularly evident in Latin American contexts, where religious practices may take on distinctive cultural meanings. This study examined the association between Sabbath-keeping and life satisfaction in a sample of adults in Peru. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted between October and December 2023 using an online survey among adult members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Peru, recruited through Adventist institutional and community networks. A total of 1,976 participants aged 18 to 65 were included. Sabbath-keeping was assessed using the secular activities subscale of the Sabbatical Beliefs and Activities Scale, and life satisfaction was measured using the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). Descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and Poisson regression analyses with robust standard errors were performed to explore associations between the variables. Participants with higher levels of Sabbath-keeping—defined as refraining from secular activities such as shopping, reading nonreligious materials, watching news or sports, and attending secular events—reported significantly greater life satisfaction (PR = 1.25; 95% CI: 1.17–1.33; p < 0.001). These associations remained significant after adjusting for sociodemographic variables. Sabbath-keeping is positively associated with greater life satisfaction among adult Seventh-day Adventists in Peru. These findings suggest that specific religious practices, when aligned with personal beliefs and values, may contribute meaningfully to subjective well-being. Further research is needed to explore the mechanisms underlying this relationship in culturally diverse settings.
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