La publicidad : poderosa arma de la sociedad consumista.

Se propone que se abra un espacio en el curriculum para el análisis de la publicidad. El objetivo es que los niños aprendan a enfrentar críticamente los anuncios, para contrarrestar su influencia. Se parte de la premisa de que la publicidad influye en el comportamiento y la psicología de los compradores. Crea modas, hábitos y necesidades y utiliza sin ética valores condenados en la enseñanza escolar, como el machismo.

La entrevista al trabajador hispanohablante como ejercicio preparatorio para la defensa oral de un proyecto de empresa

Título del congreso : El español, lengua del futuro. Anexo con intrucciones entrevista y cuestionario

La más bella ciudad universitaria del mundo, inaugurada.

Se adjuntan 9 grabados ilustrativos de diferentes momentos de los actos de inauguración

Transferencia de prácticas al extranjero : un proyecto piloto alemán.

En el artículo se definen las características de la estancia práctica y sus diversas modalidades, los desafíos que supone una estancia en el extranjero en comparación con la tradicional así como las condiciones que permitirían institucionarlas con éxito. Convalidar una estancia práctica en una empresa en el extranjero dentro de la formación inicial es lo que están a punto de conseguir algunas instancias en la Baja Sajonia. El autor de este artículo sostiene que este proyecto piloto quizá abra nuevas vías históricas a la formación profesional alemana e incluso europea.

Los gitanos en Murcia hoy : 1980.

Analizar el aspecto educativo (nivel de estudios, problemas de escolarización y relación nivel de estudios-empleo) de los gitanos en el municipio de Murcia. La muestra sobre la que se basa esta investigación es de 184 familias sobre un total de 331 existentes en el municipio de Murcia. Los miembros que componen las familias encuestadas son 1.053 de un total de 1.883 de que consta la comunidad gitana de la capital, distribuída en nueve nucleos. Se pasó una encuesta al colectivo gitano y se consideraron las opiniones aportadas por 'expertos' que por su contacto con la realidad gitana podrían ofrecer información suficiente, sobre todo, en lo referido a aspectos cualitativos. Encuesta donde se contemplan entre otros los aspectos siguientes: nivel de estudios según edad, nivel de estudios en relación con el sexo, nivel de escolarización, nivel de estudios-ocupaciones, etc.. Análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo. El 85 por ciento de la población gitana es analfabeta, no encontrándose ningún miembro de la comunidad gitana que haya o esté realizando estudios de Bachillerato, estudios Medios o Superiores, sólo un titulado en FP aparece, encontrándose entre los 21-25 años. En relación con el sexo, aparece un dato constante: el nivel de estudios alcanzado por la mujer gitana es inferior al del hombre. Es destacable en cuanto al nivel de escolarización el desfase entre la población escolarizada y aquella que alcanza el nivel Primario. Existe un alto grado de fracaso escolar motivado por: el entorno familiar, las características propias del escolar gitano y las debidas a la estructura de la escuela actual, eso unido a la consideración de los hijos como elementos productivos, precipita la deserción escolar prematura. Se pone de manifiesto la necesidad de una atención especializada a esta parte de la población donde los organismos regionales y centrales deberían realizar un decidido esfuerzo de erradicación del analfabetismo. Debe haber una decidida actuación en educación compensatoria, es decir, proporcionar una mejora de los medios materiales (mejor número de alumnos por aula, más medios didacticos, higiene escolar, etc.) y personales (profesores especializados preparados para el trabajo con esta comunidad). Una educación abierta, que conservando las peculiaridades culturales del pueblo gitano les abra unas nuevas vías de cambio y de progreso será un vehículo apropiado para sacar al pueblo gitano de su marginación.

Excelencia y calidad para la carrera universitaria más en forma.

Castilla-La Mancha cuenta con su primera promoción de licenciados en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte. El Plan de Estudios se orienta a formar profesionales de alto nivel que conecten con el tejido deportivo-social con el fin de proporcionarles una formación especializada y de calidad que les abra las puertas al mercado laboral.

The Granada ignimbrite: A compound pyroclastic unit and its relationship with Upper Miocene caldera volcanism in the northern Puna

The Granada ignimbrite, an Upper Miocene volcanic unit from the northern Puna, previously has been interpreted as an extensive ignimbrite (>2300 km(2)) associated with eruptions from the Vilama caldera (trap-door event). On the basis of new data, we revise its correlation and redefine the unit as a compound, high aspect ratio ignimbrite, erupted at approximately 9.8 Ma. Calculated volumes (similar to 100 km(3)) are only moderate in comparison with other large volume (>1000 km(3)) ignimbrites that erupted approximately 2-6 m.y. later in the region (e.g. Vilama, Panizos, Atana). Six new volcanic units are recognized from sequences previously correlated with Granada (only one sourced from the same center). Consequently, the area ascribed to the Granada ignimbrite is substantially reduced (630 km(2)), and links to the Vilama caldera are not supported. Transport directions suggest the volcanic source for the Granada ignimbrite corresponds to vents buried under younger (>= 7.9-5 Ma) volcanic rocks of the Abra Granada volcanic complex. Episodes of caldera collapse at some stage of eruption are likely, though their nature and timing cannot be defined from available data. The eruption of the Granada ignimbrite marks the onset of a phase of large volume (caldera-sourced) volcanism in the northern Puna. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Lessons in hypnotism

A review of I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons.

The regulation and function of the striated muscle activator of rho signaling (STARS) protein

Healthy living throughout the lifespan requires continual growth and repair of cardiac, smooth, and skeletal muscle. To effectively maintain these processes muscle cells detect extracellular stress signals and efficiently transmit them to activate appropriate intracellular transcriptional programs. The striated muscle activator of Rho signaling (STARS) protein, also known as Myocyte Stress-1 (MS1) protein and Actin-binding Rho-activating protein (ABRA) is highly enriched in cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscle. STARS binds actin, co-localizes to the sarcomere and is able to stabilize the actin cytoskeleton. By regulating actin polymerization, STARS also controls an intracellular signaling cascade that stimulates the serum response factor (SRF) transcriptional pathway; a pathway controlling genes involved in muscle cell proliferation, differentiation, and growth. Understanding the activation, transcriptional control and biological roles of STARS in cardiac, smooth, and skeletal muscle, will improve our understanding of physiological and pathophysiological muscle development and function.

The STARS signaling pathway: a key regulator of skeletal muscle function

During the last decade, the striated muscle activator of Rho signaling (STARS), a muscle-specific protein, has been proposed to play an increasingly important role in skeletal muscle growth, metabolism, regeneration and stress adaptation. STARS influences actin dynamics and, as a consequence, regulates the myocardin-related transcription factor A/serum response factor (MRTF-A/SRF) transcriptional program, a well-known pathway controlling skeletal muscle development and function. Muscle-specific stress conditions, such as exercise, positively regulates, while disuse and degenerative muscle diseases are associated with a downregulation of STARS and its downstream partners, suggesting a pivotal role for STARS in skeletal muscle health. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the known role and regulation of STARS and the members of its signaling pathway, RhoA, MRTF-A and SRF, in skeletal muscle.

Regulation of the STARS signaling pathway in response to endurance and resistance exercise and training

The striated muscle activator of Rho signaling (STARS) protein and members of its downstream signaling pathway, including myocardin-related transcription factor-A (MRTF-A) and SRF, are increased in response to prolonged resistance exercise training but also following a single bout of endurance cycling. The aim of the present study was to measure and compare the regulation of STARS, MRTF-A and SRF mRNA and protein following 10 weeks of endurance training (ET) versus resistance training (RT), as well as before and following a single bout of endurance (EE) versus resistance exercise (RE). Following prolonged training, STARS, MRTF-A and SRF mRNA levels were all increased by similar magnitude, irrespective of training type. In the training-habituated state, STARS mRNA increased following a single-bout RE when measured 2.5 and 5 h post-exercise and had returned to resting level by 22 h following exercise. MRTF-A and SRF mRNA levels were decreased by 2.5, 5, and 22 h following a single bout of RE and EE exercise when compared to their respective basal levels, with no significant difference seen between the groups at any of the time points. No changes in protein levels were observed following the two modes of exercise training or a single bout of exercise. This study demonstrates that the stress signals elicited by ET and RT result in a comparable regulation of members of the STARS pathway. In contrast, a single bout of EE and RE, performed in the trained state, elicit different responses. These observations suggest that in the trained state, the acute regulation of the STARS pathway following EE or RE may be responsible for exercise-specific muscle adaptations.

Os jurados "leigos" : uma antropologia do tribunal do júri

Nesse estudo busco apresentar uma perspectiva além da retórica “a favor” ou “contra” o Júri. A partir da minha pesquisa de campo no Foro de Porto Alegre, trabalho com a hipótese de que apesar de ser pautado como instrumento amplamente democrático e participativo, e que abra um espaço para o sentimento de justiça do leigo, o Tribunal do Júri é estruturado de tal forma a deixar relativamente pouco espaço a qualquer lógica que não seja a do sistema institucional legal. Desse modo, os jurados, que deveriam representar a perspectiva leiga, acabam reproduzindo e reforçando a lógica jurídica. Uma lógica que, por sinal, longe de pender pela absolvição, parece pesar contra o réu. Examino a hierarquia do campo jurídico, buscando, numa visão de dentro para fora, perceber qual a noção de justiça dos jurados e como o fato de existir jurados veteranos interfere no resultado dos julgamentos. Não se trata de encontrar um culpado pelo fato de a lógica do sistema se impor aos jurados leigos, posto que tal situação decorre mais da composição de forças que está presente no campo jurídico, do que da perpetuação na função de jurado. Entretanto, percebe-se que essa longevidade submete os leigos a uma super exposição à hierarquia vigente no Júri, favorecendo, nas palavras de Pierre Bourdieu, a “adesão dos profanos” à lógica jurídica.

Plankton richness and abundance in several different hydrological situations in lakes lateral to a river: a case study in the mouth zone of a tributary into a tropical reservoir.

A descriptive analysis of the responses of plankton from lakes lateral to a river in its mouth zone into a tropical reservoir to water level variations is presented. Three situations were reported: 1) a comparison of species richness and diversity and of algae population abundance in prolonged drought and in periods of connection of lakes to the river, 2) the spatial distribution of abundance and richness of Rotifera species in four isolated water bodies formed by fragmentation of a lateral lake during a period of prolonged drought and in the same areas during a period of integrity as an ecosystem, 3) the variability of total zooplankton and Cladocera densities at the end of the isolation period of a lateral lake and after the recovery of connection with the river and in a year of continuous connection with the lotic ecosystem. Various idiosyncrasies were observed in connected lateral lakes, like the surface hydrologic connectivity, a primary factor in species richness modifcations and a secondary controlling factor of plankton abundance. Underground hydrologic connectivity, through the river[forward arrow] lake water fux during the high-water period and lake [forward arrow] river during drought period, appears to have an important role in richness and abundance variations of planktonic populations in the lake isolated from the river.

Identification of bradykinins in solitary wasp venoms

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

La estructura agraria y el campesinado en El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras

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