El diluvio universal de la Biblia y de la tradición demostrada porla geología y la prehistoria

UANL

[La narración del diluvio universal hecha en el Génesis, está conforme con los descubrimientos de las ciencias naturales] : Discurso leído ante el Claustro de la Universidad Central en el solemne acto de recibir la investidura de Doctor en la Facultad de Sagrada Teología /

Tesis doctoral Universidad Central (Madrid), 1866.

Elementos de la historia general de España desde el diluvio universal hasta el años de 1826 ó sea Resumen Cronológico de todos los principales sucesos ocurridos en nuestra nacion desde su fundacion hasta el día /

Mode of access: Internet.

Discurso pronunciado por el Pbro. D. Antolín Meléndez y Uria, Licenciado en la Facultad de Teología, en la recepción del grado de Doctor en la misma Facultad.

Tesis doctoral Universidad Central (Madrid), 1864.

Política y propaganda durante el reinado de Felipe IV

La presente exposición hace un recorrido por los fondos de la Biblioteca Histórica “Marqués de Valdecilla” de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid correspondientes al siglo XVII, dedicados a temas políticos y, más especialmente, a cuestiones de propaganda. El riquísimo material existente entre los alrededor de 100.000 volúmenes totales permite hacerse una idea bastante aproximada de la producción cultural hispánica dedicada a la exaltación del poder Habsburgo en todas sus dimensiones, tanto pretéritas como coetáneas, así como a la defenestración del adversario o la ejecución de proyectos o disposiciones administrativas, hechas por personajes notables o modestos,vinculados a la Corte, la Iglesia o la literatura, entre otros.La variedad de tipologías pertinentes para elaborar una exposición de estas características es verdaderamente extensa. Resulta bastante sencillo apuntar hacia libelos en los que se declara de manera explícita el odio a lo francés, se hace un canto a las excelencias de alguno de sus territorios, se responde a este o aquel manifiesto o se relata la forma en que los ejércitos aliados consiguieron someter a la tropa enemiga,pero no es menos interesante adentrarse en los entresijos de tratados de historia donde se relata la Guerra de Flandes o la propia de España desde el Diluvio Universal.

Lustri Ravennati dall'anno seicento doppo l'universal diluvio sino all'anno 1689.

Mode of access: Internet.

A review of the economic consequences of a policy of universal leucodepletion as compared to existing practices

Leucodepletion, the removal of leucocytes from blood products improves the safety of blood transfusion by reducing adverse events associated with the incidental non-therapeutic transfusion of leucocytes. Leucodepletion has been shown to have clinical benefit for immuno-suppressed patients who require transfusion. The selective leucodepletion of blood products by bed side filtration for these patients has been widely practiced. This study investigated the economic consequences in Queensland of moving from a policy of selective leucodepletion to one of universal leucodepletion, that is providing all transfused patients with blood products leucodepleted during the manufacturing process. Using an analytic decision model a cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted. An ICER of $16.3M per life year gained was derived. Sensitivity analysis found this result to be robust to uncertainty in the parameters used in the model. This result argues against moving to a policy of universal leucodepletion. However during the course of the study the policy decision for universal leucodepletion was made and implemented in Queensland in October 2008. This study has concluded that cost-effectiveness is not an influential factor in policy decisions regarding quality and safety initiatives in the Australian blood sector.

Towards universal high quality early childhood education

The Australian Government has committed $970 million over 5 years to fund the expansion of preschool education and has established a National Early Childhood Education Partnership Agreement with States and Territories to achieve universal preschool access by 2013. The Partnership Agreement acknowledges the role of State and Territory Government in preschool education, and different approaches to preschool provision. It also recognises differences in current preschool participation rates across states and territories. This paper offers snapshots of a number of different models of preschool provision, spanning traditional sessional approaches to some integrated and innovative approaches within the long day care context. The paper explores the newer long day care model and offers recommendations for the delivery of preschool education within this different context.

Universal online interventions might engage psychologically distressed university students who are unlikely to seek formal help

University students are a high risk population for mental health problems, yet few seek professional help when experiencing problems. This study explored the potential role of an online intervention for promoting wellbeing in university students, by investigating students' help-seeking behaviour, intention to use online interventions and student content preference for such interventions; 254 university students responded to an online survey designed for this study. As predicted, students were less likely to seek help as levels of psychological distress increased. Conversely, intention to use an online intervention increased at higher levels of distress, with 39.1%, 49.4% and 57.7% of low, moderate and severely distressed students respectively indicating they would use an online program supporting student well-being. Results suggest that online interventions may be a useful way to provide help to students in need who otherwise may not seek formal help.

Inclusive universal design practice and activism : a case study

This paper reports on a unique approach to inclusive practice that responds to several critical issues highlighted in the first Universal Design (UD) Conference in Yokohama as well as in more recent literature on universal design. The approach, as explained in the paper, involves a not-for-profit community organization, university researchers, and a design action group comprising practitioners from across the design disciplines, together with other specialist consultants, developing a voluntary capacity an independent housing model for people with disabilities and their families or caretakers. With a focus on relationships and "a system that places human beings at the centre in all respects", this paper presents the approach and the ermerging theoretical framework which addresses three issues that afacan and Erbug (2009) propose hinder the integration of universal design with design practice, namely: theory-practice inconsistency involving the lack of flow-on of universal design awareness into design practice; a way of thinking that exhibits very little empathy with and understanding of the requirements of diverse users; and poorly implemented and coordinated collaboration and communication involving designers and other professionals (pp. 731 - 732).

The Tension between a constructed self and universal reason in considerations of elective death

Review of Coping with Choices to Die, by C. G. Prado. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.