A Method for Testing Object Localization as a Function of Eod Amplitude in the Weakly Electric Fish Brachyhypopomus Pinnicaudatus

I would like to thank Dr. Philip Stoddard for his patience and guidance throughout the past four years. He has not only taught me about behavior and electricity, but he has also taught me how to think scientifically. Vielka Salazar for making herself available to answer my questions and to help me with my projects. Montserrat Alfaro for providing me with support under times of frustration. Fabian A. Pal, who has often made himself available when I needed help to finish my projects, for being supportive, and for believing in me and my abilities. Most importantly, I would like to thank my parents who have shown tremendous support and patience during the past years. I would also like to thank the Honors Committee, specially Dr. Richards for taking the time to review my thesis and helping me modify it. Finally, I would like to thank the MARC program for providing me with financial assistance and the opportunity to perform this project.

Understanding Ten-Eleven Translocation-2 in Hematological and Nervous Systems

I proposed the study of two distinct aspects of Ten-Eleven Translocation 2 (TET2) protein for understanding specific functions in different body systems. In Part I, I characterized the molecular mechanisms of Tet2 in the hematological system. As the second member of Ten-Eleven Translocation protein family, TET2 is frequently mutated in leukemic patients. Previous studies have shown that the TET2 mutations frequently occur in 20% myelodysplastic syndrome/myeloproliferative neoplasm (MDS/MPN), 10% T-cell lymphoma leukemia and 2% B-cell lymphoma leukemia. Genetic mouse models also display distinct phenotypes of various types of hematological malignancies. I performed 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-Seq) and RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells to determine whether the deletion of Tet2 can affect the abundance of 5hmC at myeloid, T-cell and B-cell specific gene transcription start sites, which ultimately result in various hematological malignancies. Subsequent Exome sequencing (Exome-Seq) showed that disease-specific genes are mutated in different types of tumors, which suggests that TET2 may protect the genome from being mutated. The direct interaction between TET2 and Mutator S Homolog 6 (MSH6) protein suggests TET2 is involved in DNA mismatch repair. Finally, in vivo mismatch repair studies show that the loss of Tet2 causes a mutator phenotype. Taken together, my data indicate that TET2 binds to MSH6 to protect genome integrity. In Part II, I intended to better understand the role of Tet2 in the nervous system. 5-hydroxymethylcytosine regulates epigenetic modification during neurodevelopment and aging. Thus, Tet2 may play a critical role in regulating adult neurogenesis. To examine the physiological significance of Tet2 in the nervous system, I first showed that the deletion of Tet2 reduces the 5hmC levels in neural stem cells. Mice lacking Tet2 show abnormal hippocampal neurogenesis along with 5hmC alternations at different gene promoters and corresponding gene expression downregulation. Through the luciferase reporter assay, two neural factors Neurogenic differentiation 1 (NeuroD1) and Glial fibrillary acidic protein (Gfap) were down-regulated in Tet2 knockout cells. My results suggest that Tet2 regulates neural stem/progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation in adult brain.

Colonialism, political unconscious and cognitive mapping in the space of the film "Captain Phillips"

The purpose of this article has been made through a Marxist analysis of the US film "Captain Phillips" (PaulGreengrass, 2013), based on a true story. I have found how the evolution of capitalism in the West continuesto consolidate the belief reified in a historical and geographical superiority of the political and socioeconomicwestern models regarding Africa and Asia lowers models. At the same time, through categories like dialecticalmaterialism, criticism of diffusionist theory and application of cognitive mapping to large geopoliticalspaces located in most poor areas of the world, I have realized a remark about currently being articulatingthe political unconscious of working class in rich countries and the poor in poor countries, establishing arelationship between the ideological representation that takes an individual from his historical reality (ona scale that moves from local to global), and how he has developed a mental ability to escape of the responsibilityto make a critical review of what's happening around him in all areas. Finally, through physicalspace captured in the film, I have realized a materialist critique of globalized business process that takesplace through the carriage of goods, outlining spatial and cognitively limits of the mentality of our time, bothamong "winners"as among the "losers", based on the spatial movement of capital.

APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS

I utilized state the art remote sensing and GIS (Geographical Information System) techniques to study large scale biological, physical and ecological processes of coastal, nearshore, and offshore waters of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. These processes ranged from chlorophyll a and primary production time series analysies in Lake Michigan to coastal stamp sand threats on Buffalo Reef in Lake Superior. I used SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor) satellite imagery to trace various biological, chemical and optical water properties of Lake Michigan during the past decade and to investigate the collapse of early spring primary production. Using spatial analysis techniques, I was able to connect these changes to some important biological processes of the lake (quagga mussels filtration). In a separate study on Lake Superior, using LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and aerial photos, we examined natural coastal erosion in Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan, and discussed a variety of geological features that influence general sediment accumulation patterns and interactions with migrating tailings from legacy mining. These sediments are moving southwesterly towards Buffalo Reef, creating a threat to the lake trout and lake whitefish breeding ground.

Understanding ten-eleven translocation-2 in hematological and nervous systems

I proposed the study of two distinct aspects of Ten-Eleven Translocation 2 (TET2) protein for understanding specific functions in different body systems. ^ In Part I, I characterized the molecular mechanisms of Tet2 in the hematological system. As the second member of Ten-Eleven Translocation protein family, TET2 is frequently mutated in leukemic patients. Previous studies have shown that the TET2 mutations frequently occur in 20% myelodysplastic syndrome/myeloproliferative neoplasm (MDS/MPN), 10% T-cell lymphoma leukemia and 2% B-cell lymphoma leukemia. Genetic mouse models also display distinct phenotypes of various types of hematological malignancies. I performed 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-Seq) and RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells to determine whether the deletion of Tet2 can affect the abundance of 5hmC at myeloid, T-cell and B-cell specific gene transcription start sites, which ultimately result in various hematological malignancies. Subsequent Exome sequencing (Exome-Seq) showed that disease-specific genes are mutated in different types of tumors, which suggests that TET2 may protect the genome from being mutated. The direct interaction between TET2 and Mutator S Homolog 6 (MSH6) protein suggests TET2 is involved in DNA mismatch repair. Finally, in vivo mismatch repair studies show that the loss of Tet2 causes a mutator phenotype. Taken together, my data indicate that TET2 binds to MSH6 to protect genome integrity. ^ In Part II, I intended to better understand the role of Tet2 in the nervous system. 5-hydroxymethylcytosine regulates epigenetic modification during neurodevelopment and aging. Thus, Tet2 may play a critical role in regulating adult neurogenesis. To examine the physiological significance of Tet2 in the nervous system, I first showed that the deletion of Tet2 reduces the 5hmC levels in neural stem cells. Mice lacking Tet2 show abnormal hippocampal neurogenesis along with 5hmC alternations at different gene promoters and corresponding gene expression downregulation. Through the luciferase reporter assay, two neural factors Neurogenic differentiation 1 (NeuroD1) and Glial fibrillary acidic protein (Gfap) were down-regulated in Tet2 knockout cells. My results suggest that Tet2 regulates neural stem/progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation in adult brain.^

Transferència de coneixement en l'àmbit de les Humanitats

La projecció social dels resultats i procediments de les recerques dels professors i investigadors que desenvolupem la nostra activitat en qualsevol de les disciplines humanístiques és una constant que es reflecteix en un ampli llistat de suplements o revistes culturals dels diaris, televisions i cadenes de ràdio, etc

Quina ciència per a l'escola primària? Ensenyament i models de coneixement. '¿Qué ciencia para la escuela primaria? Enseñanza y modelos de conocimiento'.

Resumen basado en el de la revista

La dramatització i el teatre a l'educació secundària : recursos didáctics per a la integració i el coneixement de la llengua i la cultura catalanes. 'La dramatización y el teatro en la educación secundaria : recursos didácticos para la integración y el conocimiento de la lengua y la cultura catalanas'.

Resumen de la autora en catalán. Este artículo forma parte de la monografía 'Recerques i propostes del professorat'

Creativitat i ciència. 'Creatividad y ciencia'.

Reflexión sobre el concepto de creatividad en la ciencia. Se expone la importancia de esta creatividad para el desarrollo de la cultura de un país y el avance de la sociedad. Relacionados con la creatividad también se hace referencia a otros temas como la capacidad intelectual, la imaginación o la invención.

Des dels debats sobre l'objecte i el subjecte d'estudi de la ciència fins a l'adopció d'una metodologia feminista (Part 1 de 2)

Aquesta sessió introductòria del seminari vol situar a les participants en els debats epistemològics feministes. En primer lloc, s'abordaran diferents crítiques feministes a la construcció de la ciència heteropatriarcal i les propostes corresponents per a superar les seves limitacions. Seguidament, es reflexionarà sobre les conseqüències de la institucionalització dels estudis de les dones i/o de gènere que ha dut a posar èmfasi a l'objecte d'estudi en lloc dels processos de creació del coneixement. Finalment, s'argumentarà la proposta que dóna lloc al seminari: la necessitat de realitzar una reflexió profunda i feminista sobre les modalitats de producció dels sabers, amb la convicció de que per a què la ciència sigui menys heteropatricarcal és fonamental la manera com la produïm.

Des dels debats sobre l'objecte i el subjecte d'estudi de la ciència fins a l'adopció d'una metodologia feminista (Part 2 de 2)

Aquesta sessió introductòria del seminari vol situar a les participants en els debats epistemològics feministes. En primer lloc, s'abordaran diferents crítiques feministes a la construcció de la ciència heteropatriarcal i les propostes corresponents per a superar les seves limitacions. Seguidament, es reflexionarà sobre les conseqüències de la institucionalització dels estudis de les dones i/o de gènere que ha dut a posar èmfasi a l'objecte d'estudi en lloc dels processos de creació del coneixement. Finalment, s'argumentarà la proposta que dóna lloc al seminari: la necessitat de realitzar una reflexió profunda i feminista sobre les modalitats de producció dels sabers, amb la convicció de que per a què la ciència sigui menys heteropatricarcal és fonamental la manera com la produïm.

I Riflessi letterari dell’Unità d’Italia nella narrativa siciliana

El treball d'investigació té per objecte oferir un inventari raonat de novel•les i contes curts d’autors sicilians d’entre 1860 i 1898, de Giovanni Verga a la Simonetta Agnello Hornby, diferents en edat, cultura i condició social. Vol fer evident la persistència de la reflexió sobre el Risorgimento "traït", i ajudar a comprendre com hi havia un marc d’unitat política i institucional en el què no es donava cabuda a les diferències entre el Nord i el Sud d’Itàlia

Els mestres d'Educació Primària a Mallorca : característiques sociodemogràfiques i lingüístiques. 'Los maestros de Educación Primaria en Mallorca : características sociodemográficas y lingüísticas'.

Resumen tomado del autor

Parlar i escriure per aprendre Ciències Socials : les competències lingüístiques i la formació democràtica dels joves. 'Hablar y escribir para aprender Ciencias Sociales : las competencias lingüísticas y la formación democrática de los jóvenes'.

Resumen tomado de la publicación. Incluye gráficas y algunos textos interpretativos de los alumnos. Artículo basado en la investigación recogida en: CASAS, M. (coord.), BARCELÓ, V., BOSCH, D., CANALS, R., DOMÈNECH, A., FREIXENET, D., GONZÀLEZ, N. I ORIOL, M. Ensenyar a parlar i a escriure ciències socials. Col.lecció Premi de Pedagogia. Rosa Sensat. Barcelona, julio de 2005

Les fonts orals i la hist??ria de l'educaci?? : projecte d'investigaci??. 'Las fuentes orales y la historia de la educaci??n : proyecto de investigaci??n'

Resumen tomado del propio recurso