Estudios Filológicos: revisión de las Memorias de grado

El trabajo llevado a cabo por la Red Estudios Filológicos ha consistido en la revisión de las memorias de los siguientes grados: Español: lengua y literaturas; Estudios árabes e islámicos; Estudios franceses; Estudios ingleses y Filología Catalana. Se han corregido erratas evidentes, se han unificado criterios compartidos por todos los grados y se han subsanado yerros tanto de forma como de contenido con el objetivo de proceder a una solicitud de modificación de estas Memorias.

La enseñanza de contenidos en inglés en el proceso de internacionalización de la Universidad de Alicante

El objetivo principal de esta red fue determinar el estado de la cuestión de la enseñanza de contenidos en inglés en la Universidad de Alicante. Para ello, indagamos sobre las materias que se imparten en inglés, así como la competencia, actitud y preparación del PDI y del alumnado para la enseñanza y aprendizaje de contenidos en inglés. Este análisis nos permite identificar las necesidades y los problemas de los docentes y discentes en torno a la posible implantación y/o incremento de asignaturas con docencia en inglés. De esta forma, este estudio pretende ser un primer paso en el proceso de desarrollo de buenas prácticas para la internacionalización de la UA en su dimensión docente.

Mapas de actividades comunitarias y activos para la salud: ¿Cómo trabajar con ellos?

El modelo de activos para la salud tiene relaciones íntimas con el paradigma de la Promoción de la Salud, de modelos de Desarrollo Comunitario o de la Teoría Salutogénica de Antonovsky, siendo su punto de partida la Salud Positiva de una comunidad y de las personas que la integran.

Looking Forward to a Dynamic Third Age - Comparative Survey Report

BALL (Be Active Through Lifelong Learning) is an Erasmus + project of the European Union with the chief objective of analysing the degree of Preparation for Retirement among European citizens. The team working for this project, funded by the EU, is composed by organizations with broad experience at work with the third age from three European countries, Poland, Iceland and Spain, and the results obtained from these three contexts aim to provide a clear picture about the state of the art in preparation for retirement nowadays. The main objective of the project is to develop innovative guidelines and recommendations for use at lifelong learning centres; universities; companies; unions; associations; local and regional authorities who need and wish to prepare and encourage individuals under their auspices to prepare for the third age. The project defines the age group of 50 to 70 (the “baby boomer” generation) as the target group for such early preparations. The project and its outcomes will be used to raise awareness of these important issues and disseminate the results throughout the European Educational Area and the worldwide U3A network.

Dos lecturas de la vida de María: la Vita Christi de Isabel de Villena y la Vida de la sacratíssima verge Maria de Miquel Peres

La Vita Christi de Isabel de Villena y La vida de la sacratíssima verge Maria de Miquel Peres son dos obras devocionales surgidas en la Valencia de finales del siglo XV, y caracterizadas ambas por su temática mariana. Sin embargo, nunca se han analizado conjuntamente para ver posibles dependencias o divergencias. Este trabajo expondrá por primera vez cómo, pese a la proximidad temática, cada autor ofrece un texto diferente para abordar el protagonismo de la Virgen en los hechos evangélicos.

DISPOSITIVOS Y HERRAMIENTAS QUE PERMITAN ROMPER LA FRAGMENTACIÓN Y FACILITEN LA APROPIACIÓN ACTIVA DE LOS PROCESOS DE DESARROLLO LOCALES E INTEGRALES

La problemática central que se marca continuamente y que esta presentada en esta demanda es trabajar sobre la AMPLIA DISTANCIA QUE EXISTE ENTRE LOS DISTINTOS GRUPOS, ORGANIZACIONES, PROGRAMAS Y ACTORES SOCIALES; LA FRAGMENTACIÓN Y EL AISLAMIENTO entre los actores campesinos: entre ellos mismos, con miembros de las comunidades próximas, así como con sus representantes políticos y otros actores sociales. Así, la agrupación de mujeres de Tulumba, la Fundación Plurales y el Programa de Voluntariado de la Universidad Católica de Córdoba,que trabajan en terreno y, en el marco de procesos conversacionales que se fueron generando con distintos actores campesinos, fueron ordenando sus propias visiones sobre las realidades y contextos en los viven, señalando necesidades, intereses y problemas específicos. El siguiente diagnóstico surge de testimonios que se recuperan de encuentros y talleres participativos con distintos actores comunitarios (tanto de jóvenes, como de mujeres, y educadores rurales - formales y no formales-) en los que participaron comunidades del norte de córdoba, técnicos de las organizaciones que trabajan en terreno, miembros del equipo de investigación y estudiantes universitarios. Los problemas planteados generadores de esta demanda, se ven agravados con las pocas oportunidades de acceso a información sobre sus derechos, la escasa posibilidad de participación en la toma de decisiones sobre asuntos públicos, como en las estrategias de intervención que desarrollan agentes externos (gobiernos, organizaciones sociales, etc.); generando dependencia y pasividad ante los planes sociales (muchas veces inadecuados ante sus necesidades/problemas). Podemos decir que los problemas que enfrentan las comunidades rurales son múltiples y más complejos, incluyendo entre otros, cuestiones como la tenencia legal de la tierra en la que viven, acceso al agua y a servicios de salud, la falta de perspectivas de los jóvenes para quedarse en sus tierras, la falta de formación específica de los educadores para actuar en ámbitos rurales pobres. De este conjunto de problemáticas, la FRAGMENTACIÓN, el AISLAMIENTO y la NO PARTICIPACION REAL en temas que atañen al colectivo de las comunidade so el NUDO PROBLEMA que creemos pertinente abordar de un modo didacticamente adapatado, con herramientas de empoderamiento personal y colectivo que podrán generar un cambio en los restantes problemas y RESPUESTAS SOCIO-EDUCATIVAS APROPIADAS Y SIGNIFICATIVAS. Proponemos trabajar sobre las dificultades de comunicación y el aislamiento; EL FRAGIL EJERCICIO DEL USO DE PALABRA como herramienta de presión, consenso, disenso, poder: A partir de los resultados de las investigaciones realizadas, proponemos generar herramientas para apoyar la búsqueda de respuestas a necesidades e intereses, planteados por distintos sectores involucrados, creando capacidades para acompañar a campesinos, mujeres campesinas, jóvenes y educadores rurales formales y no formales en procesos conversacionales - pro-activos y de prevención de situaciones conflictivas para contribuir a la generación de opciones y elaborar sus propias respuestas a las problemáticas que atraviesan como organizaciones y comunidades. El ESPACIO TERRITORIAL,en el que se desarrollarán las actividades y serán receptores directos del proyecto, son distintas comunidades del Norte de Córdoba, tales como Ongamira, Todos los Santos, Agua de las Piedras, Costa del Rio Pinto, Tulumba, Socavones, La Dormida, así como habitantes y agentes comunales de pequeños parajes.DESTINATARIOS DIRECTOS: Mujeres, jóvenes, pequeños productores y sus comunidades, agentes comunales, organizaciones de base, escuelas, educadores no formales, organizaciones y técnicos de apoyo (se describen los beneficiarios en la sección técnica del proyecto).DESTINATARIOS INDIRECTOS: con el cd y la pag web se apunta a la transferencia de la herramienta d

Caucasus, ca. 1765-1800 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: General Charte der Laender Zwischen dem Schwarzen und Caspischen Meere : Circassien, Georgien, Armenien, W�ste von Astrachan und Caucasus hauptsoechlich die Grosse und Kleine Kabarda, Nach Russischen und and Handschriften entworsen Strasburg bey Joh. Georg Treuttel ; I. P. Kremer delin ; B. F. Leizelt sc. It was published by Joh. Georg Treuttel, ca. 1765-1800. Scale [ca. 1:1,750,000]. Covers a portion of the Caucasus region, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. Map in German and French.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the World Miller Cylindrical projection. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, fortification, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Includes notes.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Islamic Heritage Project. Maps selected for the project represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes. The Islamic Heritage Project consists of over 100,000 digitized pages from Harvard's collections of Islamic manuscripts and published materials. Supported by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and developed in association with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University.

General Charte der Laender Zwischen dem Schwarzen und Caspischen Meere: Circassien, Georgien, Armenien, Wüste von Astrachan und Caucasus hauptsoechlich die Grosse und Kleine Kabarda

Nach Russischen und and Handschriften entworsen Strasburg bey Joh. Georg Treuttel ; I. P. Kremer delin ; B. F. Leizelt sc.

Chemical Sensor Based on a Long-Period Fibre Grating Modified by a Functionalized Polydimethylsiloxane Coating

A chemical sensor based on a coated long-period grating has been prepared and characterized. Designer coatings based on polydimethylsiloxane were prepared by the incorporation of diphenylsiloxane and titanium cross-linker in order to provide enhanced sensitivity for a variety of key environmental pollutants and optimal refractive index of the coating. Upon microextraction of the analyte into the polymer matrix, an increase in the refractive index of the coating resulted in a change in the attenuation spectrum of the long-period grating. The grating was interrogated using ring-down detection as a means to amplify the optical loss and to gain stability against misalignment and power fluctuations. Chemical differentiation of cyclohexane and xylene was achieved and a detection limit of 300 ppm of xylene vapour was realized.

Challenges, Strengths and Opportunities Related to Implementing Comprehensive Evidence-Based Guidelines on Breast Cancer Survivorship Care by Primary Care Physicians and Nurse Practitioners in Southeastern Ontario

Background Many breast cancer survivors continue to have a broad range of physical and psychosocial problems after breast cancer treatment. As cancer centres move forward with earlier discharge of stable breast cancer survivors to primary care follow-up it is important that comprehensive evidence-based breast cancer survivorship care is implemented to effectively address these needs. Research suggests primary care providers are willing to provide breast cancer survivorship care but many lack the knowledge and confidence to provide evidence-based care. Purpose The overall purpose of this thesis was to determine the challenges, strengths and opportunities related to implementing comprehensive evidence-based breast cancer survivorship guidelines by primary care physicians and nurse practitioners in southeastern Ontario. Methods This mixed-methods research was conducted in three phases: (1) synthesis and appraisal of clinical practice guidelines relevant to provision of breast cancer survivorship care within the primary care practice setting; (2) a brief quantitative survey of primary care providers to determine actual practices related to provision of evidence-based breast cancer survivorship care; and (3) individual interviews with primary care providers about the challenges, strengths and opportunities related to provision of comprehensive evidence-based breast cancer survivorship care. Results and Conclusions In the first phase, a comprehensive clinical practice framework was created to guide provision of breast cancer survivorship care and consisted of a one-page checklist outlining breast cancer survivorship issues relevant to primary care, a three-page summary of key recommendations, and a one-page list of guideline sources. The second phase identified several knowledge and practice gaps, and it was determined that guideline implementation rates were higher for recommendations related to prevention and surveillance aspects of survivorship care and lowest related to screening for and management of long-term effects. The third phase identified three major challenges to providing breast cancer survivorship care: inconsistent educational preparation, provider anxieties, and primary care burden; and three major strengths or opportunities to facilitate implementation of survivorship care guidelines: tools and technology, empowering survivors, and optimizing nursing roles. A better understanding of these challenges, strengths and opportunities will inform development of targeted knowledge translation interventions to provide support and education to primary care providers.

Innovative Capabilities and Market Performance: The European Union in International Comparison. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Vol. 12, No. 7, September 2012

This paper investigates the EU’s international positioning in terms of innovative capabilities and global market performance by using most recent quantitative data on a wide branch of indicators. The EU’s performance is compared to the standings of its most important economic competitors and emerging economic powerhouses: the USA, Japan, China, Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa. By doing so, this paper offer insightful and deep information about the EU’s power to compete and rank in international economic affairs. It will be proofed that the European Union ranks in many of the indicators related to innovative capabilities in good position and the EU’s overall global market performance is excellent, whereas the BRICS are underachieving.

Land, Labour and Capital Markets in European Agriculture: Diversity under a Common Policy. CEPS Paperback. October 2013

Well-functioning factor markets are an essential condition for the competitiveness and sustainable development of agriculture and rural areas. At the same time, the functioning of the factor markets themselves is influenced by changes in agriculture and the rural economy. Such changes can be the result of progress in technology, globalisation and European market integration, changing consumer preferences and shifts in policy. Changes in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) over the last decade have particularly affected the rural factor markets. This book analyses the functioning of factor markets for agriculture in the EU-27 and several candidate countries. Written by leading academics and policy analysts from various European countries, these chapters compare the different markets, their institutional framework, their impact on agricultural development and structural change, and their interaction with the CAP. As the first comparative study to cover rural factor markets in Europe, highlighting their diversity − despite the Common Agricultural Policy and an integrated single market − Land, Labour & Capital Markets in European Agriculture provides a timely and valuable source of information at a time of further CAP reform and the continuing transformation of the EU's rural areas.

CAP Subsidies and the Productivity of EU Farms. Factor Markets Working Paper No. 37, March 2013

This paper investigates the impact of subsidies from the common agricultural policy on the total factor productivity of farms in the EU. We employ a structural, semi-parametric estimation algorithm, directly incorporating the effect of subsidies into a model of unobserved productivity. We empirically study the effects using samples from the Farm Accountancy Data Network for EU-15 countries. Our main findings are clear: subsidies had a negative impact on farm productivity in the period before the decoupling reform was implemented; after decoupling the effect of subsidies on productivity was more nuanced, as in several countries it turned positive.

The sutureless aortic valve at 1 year: A large multicenter cohort study

OBJECTIVE Sutureless aortic valve replacement (AVR) offers an alternative to standard AVR in aortic stenosis. This prospective, single-arm study aimed to demonstrate safety and effectiveness of a bovine pericardial sutureless aortic valve at 1 year. METHODS From February 2010 to September 2013, 658 patients (mean age 78.3 ± 5.6 years; 40.0% octogenarian; 64.4% female; mean Society of Thoracic Surgeons score 7.2 ± 7.4) underwent sutureless AVR in 25 European centers. Concomitant cardiac procedures were performed in 29.5% and minimally invasive cardiac surgery in 33.3%. RESULTS One-year site-reported event rates were 8.1% for all-cause mortality, 4.5% for cardiac mortality, 3.0% for stroke, 1.9% for valve-related reoperation, 1.4% for endocarditis, and 0.6% for major paravalvular leak. No valve thrombosis, migration, or structural valve deterioration occurred. New York Heart Association class improved at least 1 level in 77.5% and remained stable (70.4% New York Heart Association class I or II at 1 year). Mean effective orifice area was 1.5 ± 0.4 cm(2); pressure gradient was 9.2 ± 5.0 mm Hg. Left ventricular mass decreased from 138.5 g/m(2) before surgery to 115.3 g/m(2) at 1 year (P < .001). Echocardiographic core laboratory findings confirmed that paravalvular leak was rare and remained stable during follow-up. CONCLUSIONS The Perceval sutureless valve resulted in low 1-year event rates in intermediate-risk patients undergoing AVR. New York Heart Association class improved in more than three-quarters of patients and remained stable. These data support the safety and efficacy to 1 year of the Perceval sutureless valve in this intermediate-risk population.