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This research aims to test a flipped classroom model to improve students' English proficiency. To achieve this goal, two research questions were posed: RQ1 "Does the suggested model of flipped classroom teaching strategy increase the learners' accuracy in the use of grammar in the target language more than the non-flipped active-learning strategy used?" and RQ2 "Does the suggested model of Flipped Classroom teaching strategy increase learners' listening skills in the target language more than the non-flipped active-learning strategy used?" The participants involved in the study were 55 students from the Faculty of Education, University of Trnava (Slovakia), comprising 45 females and 10 males. All participants were pre-service teachers of English language and literature in their first year of undergraduate studies. The research had a semi-experimental pre-test/post-test design which was given to the control and the experimental group. The results show that students in the flipped classroom had a statistically significant positive effect on the participants' listening skills. As for grammar, both the control and the research group improved, but the results were not statistically significant. These findings partially match former studies, where language accuracy was also an indicator of flipped classroom success. The implications of this research are high since listening, often referred to as the "Cinderella" of language skills, has frequently been overlooked in EFL classes, leading to students not reaching expected proficiency levels.

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Background: In the absence of antiviral alternatives, interventions under research for COVID-19 might be offered following guidelines from WHO for monitored emergency use of unregistered and experimental interventions (MEURI). Ivermectin is among several drugs explored for its role against SARS-CoV-2, with a well-known safety profile but conflicting data regarding clinical utility for COVID-19. The aim of this report is to inform on the results of a MEURI Program of high-dose ivermectin in COVID-19 carried out by the Ministry of Health of the Province of La Pampa, Argentina. Methods: COVID-19 subjects, within 5 days of symptoms onset were invited to participate in the program, which consisted in the administration of ivermectin 0.6 mg/kg/day for 5 days plus standard of care. Active pharmacosurveillance was performed for 21 days, and hepatic laboratory assessments were performed in a subset of patients. Frequency of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission and COVID-19-related mortality of subjects in the ivermectin intention to treat group were compared with that observed in inhabitants of the same province during the same period not participating in the program. Results: From 21,232 subjects with COVID-19, 3,266 were offered and agreed to participate in the ivermectin program and 17,966 did not and were considered as controls. A total of 567 participants reported 819 adverse events (AEs); 3.13% discontinued ivermectin due to adverse events. ICU admission was significantly lower in the ivermectin group compared to controls among participants ≥40 year-old (1.2 vs. 2.0%, odds ratio 0.608; p = 0.024). Similarly, mortality was lower in the ivermectin group in the full group analysis (1.5 vs. 2.1%, odds ratio 0.720; p = 0.029), as well as in subjects ≥ 40 year- old (2.7 vs. 4.1%, odds ratio 0.655; p = 0.005). Conclusions: This report highlights the safety and possible efficacy of high dose ivermectin as a potentially useful intervention deserving public health-based consideration for COVID-19 patients.

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Oftentimes, teachers who identify themselves as LGTBIQ+ may feel unsafe at work, which may upset their wellbeing and destabilize their key psychological traits. Hence, feelings such as insecurity, lack of self-confidence, anxiety, and fear are on loop in their everyday lives. Thus, in this study we pursued an examination of the interplay between sexual orientation and teacher wellbeing in a cohort of seven university foreign language teacher trainers in a Spanish context. To gain insight into this issue, a qualitative study in line with the ecological paradigm was designed for the elaboration of semi-structured in-depth interviews and for the analysis of results. The main findings display teacher wellbeing as a complex interwoven system in which sexual orientation had played a core role in their identities, competences, private and professional relationships, and in the cultural and political spheres. We conclude by stating that although homophobic discrimination was a hard trial to overcome, the psychosocial capital of the participants allowed them to transform this negativity into positive assets such as queer activism in their private and political lives and in their profession as foreign language teacher trainers.

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OBJECTIVE: Show that the surgical release of the coalition area and the Grice subtalar arthrodesis are useful for the treatment of tarsal coalition, and describe the surgical techniques used. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a prospective, longitudinal, non-randomized clinical trial conducted from January 2001 to December 2007. Patients of both genders were selected, ages 10-15 years of age, with a diagnosis of tarsal coalition without any other type of orthopedic or neurologic comorbid condition. The Harris classification of tarsal coalition was used. AP, lateral and oblique X-rays of both feet were ordered, as well as a CAT scan; the Costa-Bertani angles were measured. Central trend and scatter measurements were performed for the statistical analysis, as well as the comparison of means Z test, the relative risk (RR) and the linear correlation. RESULTS: Twenty-six patients, 20 males and 6 females, were included in the study; 12 of them had fibrous talocalcaneal coalitions, 12 had bone coalitions and 2 had calcaneonavicular coalitions. COMPLICATIONS: one reflex sympathetic dystrophy, 4 superficial infections, 4 graft resorptions, and 4 patients with persistent pain. In the Z test for the Costa-Bertani angles the p value was 0.0020. The RR for obesity was 4.5, the linear correlation coefficient r for valgus hindfoot and pain was 78. DISCUSSION: The clinical results indicate an improvement in pain and gait. Overweight was found to be a risk factor for persistent pain.

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