El Paper de la biblioteca en els nous models de comunicació acadèmica (des del punt de vista d'un editor universitari)

Conferència emmarcada dins el IV Workshop BiblioUdG on s'analitzen els diferents canals de comunicació científica i acadèmica en la comunitat universitària i el rol que hi juga la biblioteca. Es plantegen també algunes estratègies per millorar i optimitzar els serveis universitaris

Institut de Llengua i Cultura Catalanes: 25 anys de recerca en filologia catalana

Article sobre l'Institut de llengua i Cultura Catalanes (ILCC) que parla sobre el per què de la creació d'un centre de recerca en filologia catalana, sobre les característiques i recursos, l' activitat investigadora del centre, la tasca docent de l'ILCC, les activitats de tranferència i les publicacions de l' ILCC amb motiu dels 25 anys d' existència de l' ILCC

Creativitat i subversió en les reescriptures de Joan Sales

Creativitat i subversió en les reescriptures de Joan Sales se centra en la figura de l’editor i novel•lista Joan Sales (1912-1983) i pretén ressituar l’autor d’Incerta glòria dins del panorama literari català a partir d’una diversificació dels punts de mira des dels quals esdevé possible realitzar-ne un estudi. Com a base, s’han utilitzat les teories traductològiques de finals del segle XX, elaborades per autors com André Lefevere i Susan Bassnett, que situen la traducció, l’edició, l’adaptació, la crítica literària i la historiografia dins del terreny de la reescriptura creativa i atorguen un poder subversiu a totes aquestes activitats. Així, doncs, s’ha intentat modificar la tendència que, històricament, havia dut a considerar de manera negativa les reescriptures de Sales. Sota el paraigua teòric de la reescriptura, les manipulacions, els canvis i les intervencions esdevenen una eina que contribueix a l’evolució literària d’una cultura.

Authors' response to letter to the editor

Letter to the editor relates to article Warwick, K. and Nasuto, S.J (2006). 'Historical and Current Machine Intelligence.' IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine 9 (6):20-26.

EDITOR'S CHOICE: REVIEW: Trait matching of flower visitors and crops predicts fruit set better than trait diversity

Understanding the relationships between trait diversity, species diversity and ecosystem functioning is essential for sustainable management. For functions comprising two trophic levels, trait matching between interacting partners should also drive functioning. However, the predictive ability of trait diversity and matching is unclear for most functions, particularly for crop pollination, where interacting partners did not necessarily co-evolve. World-wide, we collected data on traits of flower visitors and crops, visitation rates to crop flowers per insect species and fruit set in 469 fields of 33 crop systems. Through hierarchical mixed-effects models, we tested whether flower visitor trait diversity and/or trait matching between flower visitors and crops improve the prediction of crop fruit set (functioning) beyond flower visitor species diversity and abundance. Flower visitor trait diversity was positively related to fruit set, but surprisingly did not explain more variation than flower visitor species diversity. The best prediction of fruit set was obtained by matching traits of flower visitors (body size and mouthpart length) and crops (nectar accessibility of flowers) in addition to flower visitor abundance, species richness and species evenness. Fruit set increased with species richness, and more so in assemblages with high evenness, indicating that additional species of flower visitors contribute more to crop pollination when species abundances are similar. Synthesis and applications. Despite contrasting floral traits for crops world-wide, only the abundance of a few pollinator species is commonly managed for greater yield. Our results suggest that the identification and enhancement of pollinator species with traits matching those of the focal crop, as well as the enhancement of pollinator richness and evenness, will increase crop yield beyond current practices. Furthermore, we show that field practitioners can predict and manage agroecosystems for pollination services based on knowledge of just a few traits that are known for a wide range of flower visitor species.

Robert Cornell, Technical Editor, Electronic Technician Magazine

New York Trade School graduate Robert Cornell is pictured at his desk in his position of Technical Editor, Electronic Technician Magazine. Original caption reads "Robert Cornell - Advanced Television 1954, was appointed Technical Editor of Electronic Technician Magazine in 1956 and has served with distinction since. He is President of CETA (Certified Electronic Technicians Association), which consists of alumni of the New York Trade School who are graduates of the Advanced Television Course. He was recently invited to serve a a member of the Attorney General's Committee seeking to establish safeguards to protect the public in the field of television servicing." Black and white photograph with caption to glued to reverse.