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To ensure the sustainability of pharmacy practice and provide health for all, pharmacy as a profession must embrace the digital transformation that has been changing healthcare at a rapid pace. The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has conducted a global study on digital health in pharmacy education to describe the readiness, adaptability, and responsiveness of pharmacy education programmes to train the current and future pharmaceutical workforce on digital health and to identify the knowledge and skill gaps of the existing pharmaceutical workforce with regard to digital health. An online survey was distributed to collect feedback from academics, pharmacy schools, pharmacists, and pharmacy students. The findings showed that a large proportion of pharmacy schools do not offer any digital health education, and the skillsets and knowledge of how to apply digital health technologies to solve existing clinical problems and improve care have been identified as a gap. The future of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences is digital and exciting. A digitally enabled and agile pharmaceutical workforce will capitalise on the benefits of digital health to serve the higher purpose of providing good health and wellbeing for all, leaving no one behind. Therefore, pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences education should act now.

El objetivo de esta investigación fue comprender la coherencia entre los discursos y las prácticas evaluativas de las autoridades universitarias y los docentes en la carrera de Ingeniería de Sistemas 2012-2017, en la Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI).Este estudio se realizó con base en el paradigma cualitativo, el enfoque del Interaccionismo Simbólico. Metodológicamente se utilizó el estudio de caso, los métodos de análisis de contenido y entrevistas. Las técnicas fueron el análisis documental y la entrevista individual semiestructurada. Para ello se analizaron los discursos institucional y oral de los informantes con base en las teorías de la evaluación de los aprendizajes. Uno de los hallazgos refiere que el discurso escrito oficial de la evaluación de los aprendizajes en la carrera se basa únicamente en la normatividad institucional y de la carrera. Los documentos existentes son complementarios, pero, no coincidentes en su contenido discursivo. Por otro lado, el discurso oral evidencia que los informantes, en su mayoría, tienen conocimiento de la evaluación de los aprendizajes basado en su propia experiencia.Los resultados identifican que no hay coherencia entre el discurso escrito institucional y el discurso oral de los informantes, sobre la evaluación de los aprendizajes en la carrera de Ingeniería de Sistemas, evidenciándose que ambos discursos tienen un significado compartido que se ubica en una perspectiva conductista de la evaluación.

A network of agronomists, researchers, and practitioners associated with cacao farming provided open access to their independent field trials across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). A centralized dataset was assembled using qualitative and quantitative data from 25 experimental field trials (hereafter referred to as “CacaoFIT”) spanning several LAC agroecosystems. This dataset was used to document the main traits and agroclimatic attributes of the cacao cultivation model being tested within the CacaoFIT network. By synthesizing data from an entire network of cacao trials, this study aimed to highlight specific design features and management practices that may contribute to better cacao farming sustainability. The CacaoFIT network comprises 200 ha of field trials testing over 150 cacao genotypes and set up under dierent shade canopy design, management, and research goals. Small-sized trials were common across Mesoamerica, whereas medium to large-size trials were distinct to South America. Cacao trials were 15 years old (on average) and ranged from 3 to 25 years of establishment. Most cacao trials were managed conventionally (i.e., 55%), while 20% were under organic practices, and the remaining 25% presented both conventional and organic management approaches. Most field trials (ca. 60%) planted an average of 10 international clones or national cultivars at high (1,230–1,500 plants ha−1 ) and medium density (833–1,111 plants ha−1 ). Mixed shade canopies were the dominant agroforestry model, while timber vs. leguminous shade canopies were also common. The diversity and depth of research domains examined across the CacaoFIT network varied widely. Agronomy and agroforestry topics dominated the research agenda across all trials, followed by environmental services domains. Cacao physiology and financial performance were researched to a lesser extent within the network. Five featured field trials from CacaoFIT oered technical guidelines to inform cacao farming within similar contexts. This collaborative work is a scaold to encourage public–private partnerships, capacity building, and data sharing amongst cacao researchers across the tropic [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An accumulated rainfall of around 100 mm favoured the productivity of the specialist Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon, but temperature had a negative effect. By contrast, temperature had a positive effect on the productivity of the generalist Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, whereas rainfall had almost no effect, although productivity also peaked when rainfall approached 100 mm. Understanding the extent to which climate and geography are driving the negative trend of Moustached Warbler productivity, and the stable trend of Reed Warbler productivity. Using data from a breeding bird monitoring ringing scheme in Spain (PASER; 1995 – 2021), we investigated the effects of seasonal rainfall and temperature patterns on the productivity of two sympatric warblers: the resident/short-distance migrant Moustached Warbler (occurring at nine ringing stations from a total of 129), and the generalist long-distance migrant Reed Warbler (57 out of 129 ringing stations). Analyses were performed using multi-adaptive regression splines (MARS). Between 1995 and 2021 geographical and site-specific factors drove annual productivity for both species, combined with rainfall and temperature. For the Moustached Warbler, geographical and site-related variables, together with the temporal changes (year), were more important than rainfall and temperature. For the Reed Warbler, temperature was more important than year but less than site and longitude. Warmer temperatures and a higher frequency of torrential rainfall events may compromise the conservation of the vulnerable Moustached Warbler in Spain due to the adverse effect on productivity. In contrast, increasing temperatures across Spain may benefit the widely distributed Reed Warbler. Thus, Moustached Warbler populations are likely to decrease, whereas Reed Warbler populations might increase. However, further research is needed to establish the impact of climate change on survival, and its implications for the population trends and dynamics of these two sympatric warblers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]