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Durante las últimas décadas, en las legislaciones de América Latina, se han tipificado infracciones electorales, que pueden llegar hasta la destitución de una autoridad de elección popular. Estas competencias han sido atribuidas a los tribunales electorales, lo que ha despertado un intenso debate respecto a la facultad de los jueces para destituir a dignatarios de elección popular, en virtud de su legitimidad democrática de origen. En el trabajo, se analizan conceptualmente figuras como la representación política y el alcance de sus competencias y responsabilidades en el contexto de un sistema republicano y constitucional de derecho que debe equilibrar la defensa de los principios intrínsecos a la democracia, el ejercicio de los derechos políticos y la voluntad general del pueblo.
Higher education institutions are facing a growing challenge: to train professionals who are not only technically competent, but also aware of their responsibility towards environmental sustainability. Despite the urgency of the global climate crisis and the commitments set out in the United Nations 2030 Agenda, sustainability education in universities remains fragmented and rarely integrated as a cross-disciplinary competence. This article examines the pedagogical potential of music videos with explicit environmental messages as digital narratives to foster sustainability awareness among university students, regardless of their field of study. Three video clips were selected from a corpus of twelve candidates, through explicit criteria that include cultural reach, centrality of the environmental message, and pedagogical suitability for higher education. Each case is analyzed through a narrative-environmental-SDG matrix that articulates audiovisual resources, environmental problems represented, responsible agents, scale of impact and links with the Sustainable Development Goals. From the analysis, a conceptual proposal for didactic application is derived in three phases such as pre-visualization, guided audiovisual analysis and professional transfer, based on the theory of significant learning and the pedagogy of digital narratives. The proposal is applicable transversally to university curricula and contributes to the intersection between digital narrative pedagogy and Education for Sustainable Development, identifying a culturally powerful and systematically underutilized resource for sustainability training in higher education.
Computer vision and related technologies have proven effective for the remote monitoring and diagnosis of patients. This article presents ongoing research through a feasibility analysis and a functional prototype that demonstrates the use of computer vision for human posture recognition. The primary goal is to evaluate its application in physical therapy to support diagnosis, follow-up, and monitoring when in-person consultations with a therapist are not possible. The system is designed to be accessible to both patients and physiotherapists. The developed prototype generates results in both graphical and numerical formats, enabling measurement analysis and comparison with traditional tools like the goniometer. It quantifies the accuracy of each repetition and logs movement data for historical analysis and progress tracking. This solution is particularly viable for use in remote areas, provided its implementation follows clear protocols and incorporates secure technologies to ensure both effectiveness and data privacy.
Background/Objectives: Hypertension remains one of the leading modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease worldwide. Although exercise is widely recommended as a first-line non-pharmacological intervention, adherence to conventional exercise programs is often limited. Isometric training, particularly wall squat exercise, has emerged as a promising alternative for blood pressure (BP) management. This study evaluated blood pressure changes following a 12-week isometric wall squat training program in adults with hypertension and explored whether these changes differed according to subsequent antihypertensive medication initiation. Methods: A quasi-experimental longitudinal study was conducted in 119 adults with medically diagnosed hypertension. Participants completed a 12-week isometric wall squat training program consisting of three weekly sessions, each including four 2 min contractions separated by 2 min recovery periods. Blood pressure was assessed at baseline, week 8, and week 12 using standardized procedures. Mixed repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to assess changes over time in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), with antihypertensive medication initiation included as a between-subject factor. Results: Mean blood pressure progressively decreased throughout the intervention. Mean SBP decreased from 148.0 ± 7.1 mmHg at baseline to 132.0 ± 10.7 mmHg at week 12 (Δ = −16.0 mmHg), whereas mean DBP decreased from 94.4 ± 4.9 mmHg to 85.1 ± 5.6 mmHg (Δ = −9.3 mmHg). Significant main effects of time were observed for both SBP (F = 321.61, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.733) and DBP (F = 191.60, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.621). No significant time × antihypertensive medication initiation interaction was observed for either SBP (p = 0.526) or DBP (p = 0.126). Conclusions: A 12-week isometric wall squat training program was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure in adults with hypertension. These findings suggest that isometric wall squat exercise may represent a feasible, low-cost, and time-efficient complementary strategy for non-pharmacological blood pressure management. However, because of the quasi-experimental design and the absence of a control group, randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm these findings and establish the effectiveness of this intervention.
Background: Dating violence and emotional dependence are consistently associated with mental health problems among university students. However, less is known about how these associations operate indirectly and whether they differ by gender, particularly in Latin American contexts. Objective: To evaluate a model examining the association between dating violence (X) and mental health problems (Y) among university students, with emotional dependence (M) as an intervening variable and gender (W) as a moderator. Methods: A quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted with 3202 university students. Participants completed the Dating Violence Questionnaire (CUVINO), the Emotional Dependence Questionnaire (CDE), and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-Cas). Conditional process analyses were performed using Hayes' PROCESS macro (Model 14) with bootstrapping procedures. Results: Dating violence and emotional dependence were significantly associated with internalizing mental health problems. Emotional dependence showed a significant indirect association between dating violence and internalizing problems. This indirect association varied by gender, as indicated by a significant index of moderated mediation. Conclusions: The findings support a conditional indirect association between dating violence and internalizing mental health problems through emotional dependence, moderated by gender. These results highlight the importance of considering relational and gender-related factors when examining the mental health correlates of dating violence among university students.
