Abstract--The usability test performed as part of the processes of biomedical equipment development has great importance for safety use of health care technology, between 50% and 70% of adverse events with medical devices are related with assembly mistakes, wrong connections and incorrect operation. Usability test requires detailed processes with rigorous methodologies that guarantee test to the user, who measures several aspects of the use, interface and process in the equipment. This article compares the usability of a prototype of vital signs monitor against a commercial product in terms of some aspects of the human factor engineering that were applied in order to test the usability of a Prototype, the commercial vital signs monitor is used as a reference. This paper integrates a methodology composed by 3 phases that allows an analysis of users` behavior interacting with medical devices. Time and steps were analyzed through statistics and heuristic analysis.
This article states the average cost per square meter in Colombia for the design and construction of third level complexity hospitals by comparing the design and construction square meter cost obtained in other countries and national projects. Due to the Colombian population and the number of beds there is a deficit of 42.3%, having 1.5 beds per thousand habitants. As recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) which is 2.6 beds per thousand inhabitants. Therefore, more hospital design and construction projects are required in years to come.
El propósito de la investigación fue generar conocimiento sobre cómo se reproduce la violencia contra las mujeres estudiantes en el espacio universitario. Se realizó con una muestra no probabilística conformada por 834 participantes de sexo femenino. La edad de las encuestadas osciló entre los 17 y 55 años (M = 21,9; SD = 3,60); y la mayoría, (84,8 %; n = 707) manifestó vivir con sus padres. La muestra contó con la participación de estudiantes a nivel pregrado, posgrado y ex alumnas de diversas facultades en cinco ciudades de Bolivia. Los hallazgos muestran que en el espacio universitario se identifican manifestaciones de violencia contra las mujeres, principalmente por parte de los docentes y estudiantes varones; que la prevalencia de su ocurrencia aumenta en los espacios concurridos de la Universidad y que la respuesta institucional a la reducción de la violencia aún no está claramente identificada. Los hallazgos orientan sobre la necesidad de una respuesta institucional más contundente y comunicada masivamente para poder convertir al contexto universitario en un entorno seguro y equitativo para las mujeres.
Celia Amorós es una filósofa e investigadora feminista, dedicada a incorporar la reflexión desde los estudios feministas en el mundo académico. En esta ardua labor, escribe en 1985 una de sus obras más reconocidas: Hacía una crítica de la razón patriarcal. Esta obra implica un interés por indagar en las implicaciones del encuentro entre la filosofía y el feminismo.
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