Aprenentatge i desenvolupament motor I. 'Aprendizaje y desarrollo motor I'.

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Educació física i la seva didà ctica I. 'Educación física y su didáctica I'.

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Estudi del comportament sísmic d'una estructura de formigó armat amb forjats de llosa massissa i dissipadors d'energia

Anàlisi de la resposta estructural d’un edifici d’oficines de formigó armat amb pilars i forjats de llosa massissa situat en una zona de sismicitat elevada segons diferents variants constructives. L’emplaçament teòric de l’obra és la ciutat de Granada, per tant, li serà d’aplicació la normativa española vigent. L’estudi es basa especialment en la Normativa Sismorresistent Espanyola (NCSE-02) i el Codi Tècnic de l’Edificació (CTE), entre d’altres

L'Avaluació de la cooperació i la responsabilitat individual en els treballs autogestionats a través de rúbriques

En el present treball, membres de la Xarxa d'Innovació Docent sobre Aprenentatge Cooperatiu de la UdG analitzen els requisits de les rúbriques que garanteixen la seva eficàcia a l'hora d'avaluar el treball cooperatiu, i com aquesta eina pot ser usades per a fomentar la responsabilitat individual en els treballs autogestionats per estudiants. També es fa una proposta de rúbrica i es debaten les opcions que planteja la possibilitat que no sigui el professorat qui decideixi els elements que ha de contenir una rúbrica, sinó que aquesta sigui pactada amb l'alumnat en funció dels objectius del treball

Estat de la qüestió sobre la romanització en l'à mbit rural de l'illa de Menorca : revisió crítica de les investigacions

Estat de la qüestió de les investigacions que s'han portat a terme sobre la continuïtat d'ocupació en els poblats talaiòtics durant l'època romana a Menorca. S'estudia la continuïtat en relació al procés de romanització que va patir l'illa

El medi està androcentrat. Qui el desandrocentritzarà ?... Experiència femenina, coneixement ecològic i canvi cultural

The article is the result of an attempt to define universal categories which permit a nonandrocentric conceptualization of the natural environment, in which femenine experience in environmental topics is unveiled and emphatized as a collective heritage. The theoretic content concentrates on defining and outlining the characteristics of two basic concepts: the femenine model of conscience and environmental actionr and ccwomen's ecologismn. The potential of both concepts for structuring research in genderlenvironment relations is demostrated. Finally, the article offers reasoned criticism of the androcentric nature of the guide-lines which predominate in environmental management and proposes, as the basis of an alternative model, the recognition of the legitimacy and authority of feminine experience in environmental affairs

Hypoxic modulation of ca(2+) signaling in human venous and arterial endothelial cells

Our understanding of vascular endothelial cell physiology is based on studies of endothelial cells cultured from various vascular beds of different species for varying periods of time. Systematic analysis of the properties of endothelial cells from different parts of the vasculature is lacking. Here, we compare Ca(2+) homeostasis in primary cultures of endothelial cells from human internal mammary artery and saphenous vein and how this is modified by hypoxia, an inevitable consequence of bypass grafting (2.5% O(2), 24 h). Basal [Ca(2+)]( i ) and store depletion-mediated Ca(2+) entry were significantly different between the two cell types, yet agonist (ATP)-mediated mobilization from endoplasmic reticulum stores was similar. Hypoxia potentiated agonist-evoked responses in arterial, but not venous, cells but augmented store depletion-mediated Ca(2+) entry only in venous cells. Clearly, Ca(2+) signaling and its remodeling by hypoxia are strikingly different in arterial vs. venous endothelial cells. Our data have important implications for the interpretation of data obtained from endothelial cells of varying sources.

The role of plasma membrane STIM1 and Ca(2+)entry in platelet aggregation. STIM1 binds to novel proteins in human platelets.

Ca(2+) elevation is essential to platelet activation. STIM1 senses Ca(2+) in the endoplasmic reticulum and activates Orai channels allowing store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE). STIM1 has also been reported to be present in the plasma membrane (PM) with its N-terminal region exposed to the outside medium but its role is not fully understood. We have examined the effects of the antibody GOK/STIM1, which recognises the N-terminal region of STIM1, on SOCE, agonist-stimulated Ca(2+) entry, surface exposure, in vitro thrombus formation and aggregation in human platelets. We also determined novel binding partners of STIM1 using proteomics. The dialysed GOK/STIM1 antibody failed to reduced thapsigargin- and agonist-mediated Ca(2+) entry in Fura2-labelled cells. Using flow cytometry we detect a portion of STIM1 to be surface-exposed. The dialysed GOK/STIM1 antibody reduced thrombus formation by whole blood on collagen-coated capillaries under flow and platelet aggregation induced by collagen. In immunoprecipitation experiments followed by proteomic analysis, STIM1 was found to extract a number of proteins including myosin, DOCK10, thrombospondin-1 and actin. These studies suggest that PM STIM1 may facilitate platelet activation by collagen through novel interactions at the plasma membrane while the essential Ca(2+)-sensing role of STIM1 is served by the protein in the ER.

In vivo blockade of Ca(+2)-dependent nitric oxide synthases impairs expressions of L-selectin and PECAM-1

Interactions of leukocytes with endothelium play a role for the immune system modulated by endogenous agents, such as glucocorticoids and nitric oxide (NO). Glucocorticoids inhibit leukocyte-endothelial interactions whereas the role of NO is still controversial. In this study, the activity of Ca(+2)-dependent nitric oxide synthases was in vivo blocked in male Wistar rats by given L-NAME, 20 mg kg(-1) for 14 days dissolved in drinking water and expression of adhesion molecules involved in leukocyte-endothelial interactions was investigated. Expressions of L-selectin and PECAM-I in peripheral leukocytes and PECAM-1 in endothelial cells were reduced by L-NAME treatment. Only L-selectin expression was controlled at transcriptional levels. These effects were not dependent on endogenous glucocorticoids, as corticosterone levels were not altered in NAME-treated rats. Our results show that NO, produced at physiological levels, controls expression of constitutive adhesion molecules expressions in cell membranes by different mechanisms of action. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Progression of Diet-Induced Diabetes in C57BL6J Mice Involves Functional Dissociation of Ca(2+) Channels From Secretory Vesicles

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to elucidate the cellular mechanism underlying the suppression of glucose-induced insulin secretion in mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) for 15 weeks. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-C57BL6J mice were fed a HFD or a normal diet (ND) for 3 or 15 weeks. Plasma insulin and glucose levels in vivo were assessed by intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test. Insulin secretion in vitro was studied using static incubations and a perfused pancreas preparation. Membrane currents, electrical activity, and exocytosis were examined by patch-clamp technique measurements. Intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) was measured by microfluorimetry. Total internal reflection fluorescence microscope (TIRFM) was used for optical imaging of exocytosis and submembrane depolarization-evoked [Ca(2+)](i). The functional data were complemented by analyses of histology and gene transcription. RESULTS After 15 weeks, but not 3 weeks, mice on HFD exhibited hyperglycemia and hypoinsulinemia. Pancreatic islet content and beta-cell area increased 2- and 1.5-fold, respectively. These changes correlated with a 20-50% reduction of glucose-induced insulin secretion (normalized to insulin content). The latter effect was not associated with impaired electrical activity or [Ca(2+)](i) signaling. Single-cell capacitance and TIRFM measurements of exocytosis revealed a selective suppression (>70%) of exocytosis elicited by short (50 ms) depolarization, whereas the responses to longer depolarizations were (500 ms) less affected. The loss of rapid exocytosis correlated with dispersion of Ca(2+) entry in HFD beta-cells. No changes in gene transcription of key exocytotic protein were observed. CONCLUSIONS HFD results in reduced insulin secretion by causing the functional dissociation of voltage-gated Ca(2+) entry from exocytosis. These observations suggest a novel explanation to the well-established link between obesity and diabetes. Diabetes 59:1192-1201, 2010

Temperature Dependence of the Intergranular Critical Current Density in Uniaxially Pressed Bi(1.65)Pb(0.35)Sr(2)Ca(2)Cu(3)O(10+delta) Samples

We have studied the normal and superconducting transport properties of Bi(1.65)Pb(0.35)Sr(2)Ca(2)Cu(3)O(10+delta) (Bi-2223) ceramic samples. Four samples, from the same batch, were prepared by the solid-state reaction method and pressed uniaxially at different compacting pressures, ranging from 90 to 250 MPa before the last heat treatment. From the temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity, combined with current conduction models for cuprates, we were able to separate contributions arising from both the grain misalignment and microstructural defects. The behavior of the critical current density as a function of temperature at zero applied magnetic field, J (c) (T), was fitted to the relationship J (c) (T)ae(1-T/T (c) ) (n) , with na parts per thousand 2 in all samples. We have also investigated the behavior of the product J (c) rho (sr) , where rho (sr) is the specific resistance of the grain-boundary. The results were interpreted by considering the relation between these parameters and the grain-boundary angle, theta, with increasing the uniaxial compacting pressure. We have found that the above type of mechanical deformation improves the alignment of the grains. Consequently the samples exhibit an enhance in the intergranular properties, resulting in a decrease of the specific resistance of the grain-boundary and an increase in the critical current density.

Global perturbation of the marine Ca isotopic composition in the aftermath of the Marinoan global glaciation

Ca isotopic compositions of Marinoan post-glacial carbonate successions in Brazil and NW Canada were measured Both basal dolostones display delta(44/40)Ca values between 1 and 0 7 parts per thousand overlying limestones show a negative Ca isotope excursion to values around 0 1 parts per thousand and delta(44/40)Ca values rapidly increase up-section to near 2 0 parts per thousand In the Brazilian successions those high delta(44/40)Ca values rapidly decrease and stabilize to values between 0 6 and 0 9 parts per thousand These Ca isotope secular variation trends are unlike those of Sturtian post-glacial carbonate successions but similar to those of Marinoan post-glacial carbonate successions in Namibia suggesting that the perturbation of the marine Ca cycle was global This recommends Ca isotope stratigraphy as a tool to correlate Neoproterozoic post-glacial carbonate successions worldwide While the lowermost and uppermost strata have delta(44/40)Ca values typical of Phanerozoic carbonates the extremes 0 1 and 2 0 parts per thousand have not been thus far reported for other marine carbonates These extreme values suggest a short-lived non-actualistic perturbation in the marine Ca cycle Simple box modelling of the Marinoan post-glacial marine Ca cycle can reproduce the extreme values only by postulating a two-step process with Ca input initially exceeding Ca removal trough carbonate precipitation followed by precipitation overtaking a decreased Ca Input (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved

Monitoramento do impacto de dejetos industriais em amostras de água do Rio Caí através do teste SMART em Dorsophila melanogaster

O presente estudo teve como objetivos (i) avaliar a validade do emprego do teste SMART, em Drosophila melanogaster, como indicador da contaminação de amostras de água superficial associada a misturas complexas, (ii) detectar a atividade tóxico-genética de dejetos industriais, lançados no rio Caí, empregando o cruzamento aprimorado. Dentro desta perspectiva, pretendeu também (iii) comparar os dados obtidos para as amostras sob influência de despejos industriais com aqueles previamente observados para amostras sob influência de dejetos de origem urbana, provenientes das cidades de Montenegro e São Sebastião do Caí (Silva., 1999). Na tentativa de avaliar a genotoxicidade, associada ao curso final do rio Caí, foram selecionados os seguintes pontos de coleta de despejos industriais: Km 18,6 - situado na foz do arroio Bom Jardim, próximo à área de disposição do efluente final líquido e da drenagem das áreas de disposição dos resíduos sólidos do complexo industrial – e Km 13,6 - no canal da bacia de acumulação e segurança 7 do pólo industrial Neste ensaio genético, cada amostra industrial foi administrada às larvas de terceiro estágio em duas diluições (25% e 50%), bem como na sua forma crua (100%) - sendo avaliados um total de 40 indivíduos por amostra por concentração, totalizando a análise de 11.712.000 células por amostra. Foram utilizados dois controles negativos, o controle de campo – representado pela nascente de um riacho localizada em uma área conservada com fraca ação antrópica e próxima aos pontos do rio – assim como o diluente água destilada. Uma vez que as freqüências das diferentes categorias de manchas não foram significantemente superiores àquelas observadas nos controles negativos (água destilada), os pontos Km 18,6 e Km 13,6 foram caracterizados como destituídos de ação genotóxica nos três meses de coleta : março, junho e setembro. Estes achados sugerem que, nas condições experimentais empregadas, os dejetos de origem industrial não foram capazes de induzir lesões do tipo mutação gênica, cromossômica, assim como eventos relacionados com recombinação mitótica. Por outro lado, a comparação dos dados obtidos no presente estudo com os observados por Silva (1999) para dejetos urbanos, revelou a validade do emprego do teste SMART como uma ferramenta para detecção de contaminação ambiental. De fato, as amostras urbanas referentes aos meses de março (Km 52, 78 e 80) e setembro (Km 52) – coletadas concomitantemente com as de origem industrial – foram diagnosticadas como indutoras de aneuploidias e/ou de grandes deleções cromossômicas. As potências genotóxicas médias estimadas mostraram que o Km 80 foi o local com o maior grau de genotoxicidade – seguido pelos Km 78 e 52 – que apresentaram potências semelhantes Considerando os resultados obtidos, em cinco pontos situados ao longo do curso final do rio Caí, conclui-se que os prejuízos causados pelos dejetos urbanos podem ser tão ou mais nocivos que os impostos pelos de origem industrial – especialmente em função de seu grande volume de lançamento.

Evaluation of the effect of the stoichiometric ratio of Ca/Cu on the electrical and microstructural properties of the CaCu3Ti4O12 polycrystalline system

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