Relación entre actitudes hacia la actividad física y el deporte y rendimiento académico de los estudiantes universitarios españoles y portugueses

[ES] El presente estudio trata de analizar la existencia de relaciones entre las actitudes hacia la actividad físico-deportiva y el rendimiento académico universitario desde una perspectiva transcultural. Este estudio se ha basado en dos muestras de estudiantes universitarios españoles y portugueses matriculados en estudios de Turismo.

El mar como frontera en la época de los descubrimientos: la Baja Andalucía y Canarias

[ES]Este artículo aborda la noción de frontera en las sociedades marítimas de la Baja Andalucía y Canarias en el tránsito del siglo XV al XVI, caracterizándola a partir de tres grandes líneas de relación. La primera gira en torno a su conformación espacial; la segunda en las relaciones económicas que se desarrollan en su seno; la tercera en la configuración de las sociedades que habitaron esos espacios, prestando a su vez atención a las culturas transfronterizas conformadas en esas sociedades. Todo ello con el objetivo de definir semejanzas y diferencias entre ambos contextos, y entre la frontera marítima y la terrestre. [EN] This article deals with the notion of boundary in maritime societies along Atlantic Andalusia and the Canary Islands at the turn of the 16th century, which is defined by three main axes of relationship. The first one focuses on its spatial distribution; the second one, the economic relations developed within it; and the third one, in the shaping of their societies, taking into account cross-border cultures shaped within them. All of this aimed at defining similarities and differences between both contexts, and also between sea and land borders.

Twelve new polymorphic microsatellite markers from the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) and cross-species amplification on other marine turtle species

[EN] We describe 12 new polymorphic dinucleotide microsatellite loci and multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction conditions from the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta. Levels of polymorphism were assessed in 50 individuals from the nesting population of the Cape Verde Islands.

Potential adverse health effects of persistent organic pollutants on sea turtles: Evidences from a cross-sectional study on Cape Verde loggerhead sea turtles

[EN] The Cape Verde nesting population of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) is the third largest population of this species in the world. For conservation purposes, it is essential to determine how these reptiles respond to different types of anthropogenic contaminants. We evaluated the presence of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the plasma of adult nesting loggerheads from Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde, and studied the effects of the contaminants on the health status of the turtles using hematological and biochemical parameters. All turtles had detectable levels of non-dioxin like PCBs, whereas dioxin-like congeners (DL-PCBs) were detected in only 30% of the turtles.