El Parlament de Catalunya. 'El Parlamento de Cataluña'.

Tres volúmenes sobre el Parlamento de Cataluña para Primaria y Secundaria: 1. Guía para el profesorado, 2. Materiales para Enseñanza Primaria, 3. Actividades de aprendizaje para la Enseñanza Secundaria. Pretende dar a conocer el Parlamento, valorar positivamente sus funciones, identificar los conceptos de la historia que le dan sentido y comprender su importancia para nuestra vida cotidiana y para la representación soberana. Se siguen tres secuencias básicas: trabajo previo a la visita al Parlamento, actividades durante la visita y posteriores. La guía se organiza alrededor de la visita.

60 anys d'escola normal de la Generalitat. '60 años de escuela normal de la Generalitat'.

El vídeo explica las funciones de la Asociación de Amigos de la Escuela Normal de la Generalitat, preocupados por dotar a Cataluña de maestros bien capacitados, de visión amplia y humana, y que respondan a las exigencias de los tiempos modernos.

Els boscos de Catalunya. 'Los bosques de Cataluña'.

Se describen las agrupaciones boscosas más típicas del país y su distribución geográfica. Se muestran los principales tipos de árboles y las plantas que los rodean. Se analizan las condiciones económicas y sociales que influyen en el desarrolo de la masa forestal del país.

La prehistòria a Catalunya. 'La prehistoria en Cataluña'.

El vídeo contiene la explicación de la evaluación del paisaje y del ser humano (caza, arte y uso de metales y piedras) durante dos períodos de la prehistoria: el paleolítico y el neolítico.

El Parlament de Catalunya.

El Parlament de Catalunya es la máxima expresión de la soberanía del pueblo. Esta institución tiene como funciones la aprobación de leyes y los presupuestos y el control democrático de su aplicación y ejecución. El Parlament impulsa y controla a través de la acción del gobierno. Es este vídeo se describe su organización, sus órganos, sus competencias y su funcionamiento.

L'emprempta romana a Catalunya. 'La huella romana en Cataluña'.

La cinta escenifica la historia de un alumno que encuentra un personaje romano. Utilizando imágenes actuales y secuencias de películas históricas, narra los enfrentamientos entre Roma y Cartago. Estos enfrentamientos llevaron a los romanos a ocupar la Península Ibérica y a colonizarla. A través de los vestigios arqueológicos que han llegado a nuestros días explica el proceso de romanización y la estructura de las ciudades romanas: los conceptos urbanísticos, los principales edificios y la vida de los ciudadanos en la ciudad y los pueblos.

Història de Catalunya. 'Historia de Cataluña'.

Desarrolla un guión de la historia de Catalunya en la Edad Media y Moderna. Plantea dos módulos, uno para cada periodo, en los que incide, en el primero, en las raíces históricas de Catalunya, desarrollo de los condados, consolidación feudal, periodo de expansión imperial y la crisis bajomedieval. En el segundo trata el reinado de los Austrias, guerras de Segadors y Sucesión, y el boom económico del XVIII. Incluye orientaciones didácticas, bibliografías específicas y una unidad didáctica desarrollada.

La matemàtica i el medi ambient a Catalunya. 'La matemática y el medio ambiente en Cataluña'.

Contiene: Guía del taller para el profesores, 16 fichas temáticas, 10 fichas de campo con informaciones y propuestas de actividades, un juego Mat-Med y una ficha de evaluación. Uno de los ejemplares no está encuadernado sino en carpeta y formato fichas. Premios Educación y Sociedad del CIDE, 1995, mención honorífica

Flora de Catalunya. 'Flora de Cataluña'.

Fecha finalización tomada del Código del Documento

La incorporación y acogida en la escuela infantil y primaria en Catalunya : percepciones de maestros, tutores y directores.

Monográfico con el título: 'Profesorado principiante e inserción profesional a la docencia'. Resumen basado en el de la publicación

Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode

Background: Major depression is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, yet epidemiologic data are not available for many countries, particularly low- to middle-income countries. In this paper, we present data on the prevalence, impairment and demographic correlates of depression from 18 high and low-to middle-income countries in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Methods: Major depressive episodes (MDE) as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DMS-IV) were evaluated in face-to-face interviews using the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). Data from 18 countries were analyzed in this report (n = 89,037). All countries surveyed representative, population-based samples of adults. Results: The average lifetime and 12-month prevalence estimates of DSM-IV MDE were 14.6% and 5.5% in the ten high-income and 11.1% and 5.9% in the eight low- to middle-income countries. The average age of onset ascertained retrospectively was 25.7 in the high-income and 24.0 in low- to middle-income countries. Functional impairment was associated with recency of MDE. The female: male ratio was about 2: 1. In high-income countries, younger age was associated with higher 12-month prevalence; by contrast, in several low-to middle-income countries, older age was associated with greater likelihood of MDE. The strongest demographic correlate in high-income countries was being separated from a partner, and in low- to middle-income countries, was being divorced or widowed. Conclusions: MDE is a significant public-health concern across all regions of the world and is strongly linked to social conditions. Future research is needed to investigate the combination of demographic risk factors that are most strongly associated with MDE in the specific countries included in the WMH.

Cross-National Analysis of the Associations between Traumatic Events and Suicidal Behavior: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Background: Community and clinical data have suggested there is an association between trauma exposure and suicidal behavior (i.e., suicide ideation, plans and attempts). However, few studies have assessed which traumas are uniquely predictive of: the first onset of suicidal behavior, the progression from suicide ideation to plans and attempts, or the persistence of each form of suicidal behavior over time. Moreover, few data are available on such associations in developing countries. The current study addresses each of these issues. Methodology/Principal Findings: Data on trauma exposure and subsequent first onset of suicidal behavior were collected via structured interviews conducted in the households of 102,245 (age 18+) respondents from 21 countries participating in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Bivariate and multivariate survival models tested the relationship between the type and number of traumatic events and subsequent suicidal behavior. A range of traumatic events are associated with suicidal behavior, with sexual and interpersonal violence consistently showing the strongest effects. There is a dose-response relationship between the number of traumatic events and suicide ideation/attempt; however, there is decay in the strength of the association with more events. Although a range of traumatic events are associated with the onset of suicide ideation, fewer events predict which people with suicide ideation progress to suicide plan and attempt, or the persistence of suicidal behavior over time. Associations generally are consistent across high-, middle-, and low-income countries. Conclusions/Significance: This study provides more detailed information than previously available on the relationship between traumatic events and suicidal behavior and indicates that this association is fairly consistent across developed and developing countries. These data reinforce the importance of psychological trauma as a major public health problem, and highlight the significance of screening for the presence and accumulation of traumatic exposures as a risk factor for suicide ideation and attempt.

Cross-National Analysis of the Associations among Mental Disorders and Suicidal Behavior: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide. Mental disorders are among the strongest predictors of suicide; however, little is known about which disorders are uniquely predictive of suicidal behavior, the extent to which disorders predict suicide attempts beyond their association with suicidal thoughts, and whether these associations are similar across developed and developing countries. This study was designed to test each of these questions with a focus on nonfatal suicide attempts. Methods and Findings: Data on the lifetime presence and age-of-onset of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) mental disorders and nonfatal suicidal behaviors were collected via structured face-to-face interviews with 108,664 respondents from 21 countries participating in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. The results show that each lifetime disorder examined significantly predicts the subsequent first onset of suicide attempt (odds ratios [ORs] = 2.9-8.9). After controlling for comorbidity, these associations decreased substantially (ORs = 1.5-5.6) but remained significant in most cases. Overall, mental disorders were equally predictive in developed and developing countries, with a key difference being that the strongest predictors of suicide attempts in developed countries were mood disorders, whereas in developing countries impulse-control, substance use, and post-traumatic stress disorders were most predictive. Disaggregation of the associations between mental disorders and nonfatal suicide attempts showed that these associations are largely due to disorders predicting the onset of suicidal thoughts rather than predicting progression from thoughts to attempts. In the few instances where mental disorders predicted the transition from suicidal thoughts to attempts, the significant disorders are characterized by anxiety and poor impulse-control. The limitations of this study include the use of retrospective self-reports of lifetime occurrence and age-of-onset of mental disorders and suicidal behaviors, as well as the narrow focus on mental disorders as predictors of nonfatal suicidal behaviors, each of which must be addressed in future studies. Conclusions: This study found that a wide range of mental disorders increased the odds of experiencing suicide ideation. However, after controlling for psychiatric comorbidity, only disorders characterized by anxiety and poor impulse-control predict which people with suicide ideation act on such thoughts. These findings provide a more fine-grained understanding of the associations between mental disorders and subsequent suicidal behavior than previously available and indicate that mental disorders predict suicidal behaviors similarly in both developed and developing countries. Future research is needed to delineate the mechanisms through which people come to think about suicide and subsequently progress from ideation to attempts.

Determination of the spin of new resonances in electroweak gauge boson pair production at the LHC

The appearance of spin-1 resonances associated with the electroweak symmetry breaking sector is expected in many extensions of the standard model. We analyze the CERN Large Hadron Collider potential to probe the spin of possible new charged and neutral vector resonances through the purely leptonic processes pp -> Z' -> l(+) l'(-) E(T), and pp -> W' -> l'(+/-) l(+) l(-) E(T), with l, l' = e or mu. We perform a model-independent analysis and demonstrate that the spin of the new states can be determined with 99% C. L. in a large fraction of the parameter space where these resonances can be observed with 100 fb(-1). We show that the best sensitivity to the spin is obtained by directly studying correlations between the final state leptons, without the need of reconstructing the events in their center-of-mass frames.

Land planarians (Platyhelminthes) as a model organism for fine-scale phylogeographic studies: understanding patterns of biodiversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest hotspot

The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is one of the richest biodiversity hotspots of the world. Paleoclimatic models have predicted two large stability regions in its northern and central parts, whereas southern regions might have suffered strong instability during Pleistocene glaciations. Molecular phylogeographic and endemism studies show, nevertheless, contradictory results: although some results validate these predictions, other data suggest that paleoclimatic models fail to predict stable rainforest areas in the south. Most studies, however, have surveyed species with relatively high dispersal rates whereas taxa with lower dispersion capabilities should be better predictors of habitat stability. Here, we have used two land planarian species as model organisms to analyse the patterns and levels of nucleotide diversity on a locality within the Southern Atlantic Forest. We find that both species harbour high levels of genetic variability without exhibiting the molecular footprint of recent colonization or population expansions, suggesting a long-term stability scenario. The results reflect, therefore, that paleoclimatic models may fail to detect refugia in the Southern Atlantic Forest, and that model organisms with low dispersal capability can improve the resolution of these models.