Veronica jabalambrensis Pau y V. tenuifolia Asso, dos taxones independientes

Se argumenta la independencia de Veronica tenuifolia Asso y V. jabalambrensis Pau sobre datos taxonómicos, corológicos y ecológicos, incluyéndose una clave de determinación para ambos táxones, mapas de distribución y discusión de cuestiones nomenclaturales. Asimismo, se procede a lectotipificar V. jabalambrensis Pau.

Algunas crucíferas interesantes para la flora de Granada

Se estudian 24 taxones de la familia Brassicaceae pertenecientes a la flora de Granada, interesantes bajo distintos aspectos. De ellos se aportan datos ecológicos, biogeográficos y cromosómicos; dos constituyen primeras citas para la provincia y se propone elevar el rango a la categoría de subespecie para Alyssum diffusum Ten. var. corymbosum Pau. 

Piornales, enebrales y pinares oromediterráneos (Pino-Cytision oromediterranei) en el Sistema Central

Se revisan fitosociológicamente los bosques y matorrales oromediterráneos del Sistema Central pertenecientes a la alianza Pino-Cytision oromediterranei. Un suborden, una asociación y seis subasociaciones se proponen como nuevos: Juniperenalia nanae, Echinosparto pulviniformis-Cytisetum oromediterranei, Cytiso-Echinospartetum barnadesii ericetsoum arboreae, Junipero-Cytisetum oromediterranei adenocarpetosum hispanici, arctostaphylletosum crassifoliae, ericetosum aragonensis, genistetosum cinerascentis y populetosum tremulae. Asimismo, se proponen diversas correcciones nomenclaturales y se tipifican los principales sintáxones de la clase. Por último, se presenta un esquema sintaxonómico de la misma en la Península Ibérica hasta el nivel de asociación, con la diagnosis biogeográfica, ecológica y florística de los sintáxones de rango superior.Finalmente, en el apéndice florístico se proponen tres nuevas combinaciones nomenclaturales: Echinospartum ibericum Rivas-Martínez, Sánchez-Mata & Sancho, E. ibericum subsp. pulviniformis (Rivas-Martínez) Rivas-Martínez y Thymus praecox Opiz subsp. penyalarensis (Pau) Rivas-Martínez, Fernández-González & Sánchez-Mata.

Nueva aportación al estudio biosistemático del género Eryngium L.

En este trabajo se estudian seis diferentes táxones pertenecientes al g. Eryngium L.(Umbelliferae). Desde el punto de vista cromosómico, los resultados obtenidos son: E. campestre L. f. duriberum (Sennen et Pau) comb. nova 2n= 14; E. x chevalieri Sennen 2n= 15; E. ilicifolium Lam. 2n=18: E. triquetrum Vahl 2n= 16; E. corniculatum Lam. 2n=16 y E. galioides Lam. var. galioides 2n= 16. Se realiza asimismo un estudio morfológico y nomenclatural de las especies mas críticas y se dan dos lectotypus.

Citizens’ attitudes toward public services. Satisfaction in 2009-2011

The aim of this paper is to study the recent changes on citizens’ satisfaction with the performance ofpublic services, in the period 2009-2011 in Spain. Using data from the surveys on Quality of PublicServices, developed by the Sociological Research Center jointly with the National Agency for theEvaluation of Public Services and Quality of Services, our results show that the level of satisfactionhas slightly increased, which seems to display a greater tendency to positively value public servicesduring economic retrenchment. A major determinant of high satisfaction is self-reported ideology.Besides, immigrants display higher levels of satisfaction than Spaniards.

Analysis of the admissions tests for teacher training in Spain and Finland: knowledge or competences

One of the most decisive factors in the quality of education and academic performance of students is quality, preparation and dedication of the teachers. The exquisite system of selecting candidates for teacher training programs is one of the fundamentals of success of the Finnish Education System. The responsibility of choosing the best students to convert them into teachers is a challenge that involves a significant reform of university admission. Achieving this goal involves the choice of strategies and educational tools in accordance to the complexity of the demands presented by the teaching profession in the digital age. This study describes, analyzes and compares the admission tests in the University of Spain (PAU) and Finland (VAKAVA), for those who wish to become professional educators, in order to understand the possible influence of these tests to select the most suitable candidates to develop into future teaching professionals. The results showed that in Spain, the entrance test to universities is developed in a general way for all the students that aspire to any field of knowledge, while in Finland, the test is specific and particular for students aspiring to the field of education. The results of this study can guide and encourage the necessary changes that have to be done in the admission tests to Spanish university in general and to teacher education faculties in particular.