La particularitat rossellonesa a través de Carles Grandó

The Clara Vilarrasa Ruiz’s doctoral thesis entitled La particularitat rossellonesa a través de Carles Grandó is directed by Francesc Feliu Torrent. This thesis seeks to discover the essence of Roussillon world through the production and character of Carles Grandó, writer, playwright, poet, folklorist, grammar and cultural activist unknown in academic circles. This approach to Roussillon revolves around three main areas: inventory and classification of the Fons Grandó of Perpignan University Library, the publication of a grammar dialect unpublished El sota-dialecte català de Perpinyà i de la plana de Rosselló and, finally, presenting a documentation that will help contextualize and understand the society of the early twentieth century in Roussillon.

L'Escriptura en pergamí, el record d'una època [Ressenya del llibre El fons municipal en pergamí de l'antiga universitat de Lloret de Mar, de Margot Pons i Espo]

Sota els auspicis de la col·lecció Es Frares, l'Ajuntament de Lloret de Mar vol recopilar i salvaguardar els testimonis de la història de la vila amb la intenció de fer arribar aquest patrimoni cultural construit al llarg de generacions a la seva població. Prova d'aquest interés són les anteriors publicacions com "La bòbila romana de Fenals (Lloret de Mar)" o el que es presenta en aquesta ocasió, El fons municipal en pergamí de l'angiga universitat de Lloret de Mar

La Participació estudiantil a la universitat com a oferta docent. L'experiència pilot de la UPF en un context institucional de canvis

Aquesta ponència tracta sobre la baixa participació estudiantil a les universitats públiques catalanes i l’experiència d’una assignatura pilot sobre participació estudiantil a la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Primer, es fa una diagnosi de l’estat de la participació estudiantil per plantejar, entre algunes de les mesures per intentar incrementar la participació, la formació en aquest àmbit. En segon lloc, s’explica l’experiència pilot de la realització d’una assignatura de lliure elecció sobre participació estudiantil a la universitat des del procés d’elaboració del programa fins la implementació en dos cursos acadèmics. Es conclou amb una avaluació de l’experiència docent destacant els aspectes positius i les seves limitacions

Fons d'art

Dues aportacions artístiques a la UdG, una obra de Fita i una altra de Comadira

Fons d'art

Sis fragments universitaris. Carpeta de 6 serigrafies, 48 x 33,5 cm sobre paper. 75 exemplars numerats. Desembre 2008. Autor: Marc Vicens

UdG: una universitat transfronterera

El 5 d'octubre va tenir lloc la presentació del Pol de Recerca i Ensenyament Superior Pirineus Mediterrani (PRESPM), a la Sala de Graus de la Facultat de Lletres de la UdG. Cinc universitats formen part d’aquest projecte: Girona, Lleida, Illes Balears, Perpinyà i París VI (Observatori oceanogràfic de Banyuls)

"Biblioteques patrimonials : conservant el futur, construïnt el passat" (resum de curs) : presentació del nou portal de Fons Especials de la Biblioteca de la UdG

Resum de la Jornada 'Biblioteques patrimonials : conservant el futur, construïnt el passat' organitzat per l' Ateneu Barcelonès a l'octubre de 2010. S'incideix en el tractament de les col·leccions especials i els arxius personals i es presenta el nou portal de Fons Especials de la Biblioteca de la UdG

Die Frauenfrage in den Romanen von George Egerton, Mona Caird und Sarah Grand : Beitrage zur englischen Literatur neuester Zeit. I. Teil.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universitat Marburg.

Innovation in clinical learning for the acute hospital environment : nursing grand rounds

The literature reports that workload factors affect nurses' ability to fully engage in continuing professional development. Hence the work environment in acute care calls for innovative approaches to achieve continuous development of nursing practice and work satisfaction. This study employs a one group pre-test post-test design to test the effectiveness of nursing grand rounds on nursing worklife satisfaction and work environment in an acute surgical ward. The effect of nursing grand rounds was measured using the Nursing Worklife Satisfaction Scale and the Practice Environment Scale. There was no change between pre- and post-test on these measures but trends were evident in some component scores. Statistical results were inconclusive but observational data indicated that nursing grand rounds was found to be feasible, well attended with tested processes for implementation in an acute care environment.

Preparing citizens for a complex world : the grand challenge of teaching socio-scientific issues in science education

The dawn of the twenty-first century encouraged a number of scientific and technological organisations to identify what they saw as ‘Grand Challenges and Opportunities’. Issues of environment and health featured very prominently in these quite short lists, as can be seen from a sample of these challenges in Table 1. Indeed, the first two lists of challenges in Table 1 were identified as for the environment and for health, respectively.

A grand challenge : reflecting on university science curriculum design, collaborative partnerships and integration of information literacy skills

In 2012, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) committed to the massive project of revitalizing its Bachelor of Science (ST01) degree. Like most universities in Australia, QUT has begun work to align all courses by 2015 to the requirements of the updated Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) which is regulated by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). From the very start of the redesigned degree program, students approach scientific study with an exciting mix of theory and highly topical real world examples through their chosen “grand challenge.” These challenges, Fukushima and nuclear energy for example, are the lenses used to explore science and lead to 21st century learning outcomes for students. For the teaching and learning support staff, our grand challenge is to expose all science students to multidisciplinary content with a strong emphasis on embedding information literacies into the curriculum. With ST01, QUT is taking the initiative to rethink not only content but how units are delivered and even how we work together between the faculty, the library and learning and teaching support. This was the desired outcome but as we move from design to implementation, has this goal been achieved? A main component of the new degree is to ensure scaffolding of information literacy skills throughout the entirety of the three year course. However, with the strong focus on problem-based learning and group work skills, many issues arise both for students and lecturers. A move away from a traditional lecture style is necessary but impacts on academics’ workload and comfort levels. Therefore, academics in collaboration with librarians and other learning support staff must draw on each others’ expertise to work together to ensure pedagogy, assessments and targeted classroom activities are mapped within and between units. This partnership can counteract the tendency of isolated, unsupported academics to concentrate on day-to-day teaching at the expense of consistency between units and big picture objectives. Support staff may have a more holistic view of a course or degree than coordinators of individual units, making communication and truly collaborative planning even more critical. As well, due to staffing time pressures, design and delivery of new curriculum is generally done quickly with no option for the designers to stop and reflect on the experience and outcomes. It is vital we take this unique opportunity to closely examine what QUT has and hasn’t achieved to be able to recommend a better way forward. This presentation will discuss these important issues and stumbling blocks, to provide a set of best practice guidelines for QUT and other institutions. The aim is to help improve collaboration within the university, as well as to maximize students’ ability to put information literacy skills into action. As our students embark on their own grand challenges, we must challenge ourselves to honestly assess our own work.

Grand tours in the glare of the sun : harnessing digital media to develop cultural tourism in Queensland, Australia

It has been well established that highlighting the cultural attributes of a region through stories of place, local histories, and the creative arts boosts tourism income to a region. Cultural tourism also serves to promote the creative industries to visitors and residents alike and, by enhancing a region’s cultural identity, fosters new opportunities for the arts. It can therefore offer considerable potential benefit to the creative economy in Australia. However, in comparison with Europe, where cultural tourism can rely upon an established historical, artistic and literary cultural identity that stretches back to Grand Tours of the seventeenth century, in Queensland, Australia the relatively new enterprise of cultural tourism must compete with visitor expectations of sun, surf and the natural landscapes, which have become the mainstay of tourism advertising. Moreover, in Queensland, it is essential to connect vast distances, diverse communities and a variety of cultural experiences. We must also take account of the expectations of contemporary tourists, who anticipate a digitally mediated travel experience and increasingly seek to connect with local communities in authentic ways. In this paper we consider the unique considerations that must be taken into account in the Queensland context and propose approaches to developing an integrated identity that embraces both the ‘great outdoors’ and the region’s cultural attributes. We make recommendations for providing the types of digitally mediated ‘local’ experiences that cultural tourists now expect, and illustrate the design principles we propose through early, tentative approaches to smart phones, locative media and augmented reality applications for cultural tourism in the region. We conclude by proposing additional ways to formulate a digital strategy in line with the recommendations we make.

Plasma nanoscience : setting directions, tackling grand challenges

This review paper presents historical perspectives, recent advances and future directions in the multidisciplinary research field of plasma nanoscience. The current status and future challenges are presented using a three-dimensional framework. The first and the largest dimension covers the most important classes of nanoscale objects (nanostructures, nanofeatures and nanoassemblies/nanoarchitectures) and materials systems, namely carbon nanotubes, nanofibres, graphene, graphene nanoribbons, graphene nanoflakes, nanodiamond and related carbon-based nanostructures; metal, silicon and other inorganic nanoparticles and nanostructures; soft organic nanomaterials; nano-biomaterials; biological objects and nanoscale plasma etching. In the second dimension, we discuss the most common types of plasmas and plasma reactors used in nanoscale plasma synthesis and processing. These include low-temperature non-equilibrium plasmas at low and high pressures, thermal plasmas, high-pressure microplasmas, plasmas in liquids and plasma–liquid interactions, high-energy-density plasmas, and ionized physical vapour deposition as well as some other plasma-enhanced nanofabrication techniques. In the third dimension, we outline some of the 'Grand Science Challenges' and 'Grand Socio-economic Challenges' to which significant contributions from plasma nanoscience-related research can be expected in the near future. The urgent need for a stronger focus on practical, outcome-oriented research to tackle the grand challenges is emphasized and concisely formulated as from controlled complexity to practical simplicity in solving grand challenges.

Evidence of homing following translocation of long‐tailed bats (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) at Grand Canyon Cave, New Zealand

Homing behaviour in the New Zealand long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus), a temperate insectivorous species, was investigated at Grand Canyon Cave, central North Island. A pilot study of nine adult male bats was conducted to determine whether use of the cave was regular enough for a homing study. Eight bats returned to the cave over the 3 week monitoring period, six on the night of the following release. Nine additional bats carrying radio transmitters were then released at three sites (three at each site) c.5, 10 and 20km due east of the border of, and outside the population's known familiar area respectively. All but one of these nine was subsequently detected at the cave. Results suggest that adult long-tailed bats are able to return home following displacement both inside and outside their familiar area. Implications of these findings for translocations of bats and the possessions of a potential long distance navigation system by this species are discussed.

Positioning the nursing librarian on the wards: nursing grand rounds with a difference

The concept nursing grand rounds (NGR) has been reported in the nursing literature since the 1960s. Many of the reported initiatives are based on a presentation forum in the manner of medical grand rounds, as an approach to undergraduate education, or as a means to monitor patients. Among the points of difference in the design of the pilot project undertaken in a busy surgical ward to investigate the effectiveness of NGR in increasing nurses work satisfaction was the inclusion of the nursing librarian as an integral part of the NGR team and processes which previously has not reported in the literature. The nursing librarian’s role was to search the literature and find the best evidence on the predetermined patient topic prior to the NGR to enable the nurse presenting to integrate the research findings into the presentation of the patient. The nursing librarian attended each NGR and commented where appropriate on the level of evidence. Nurses discussed current practice and the impact the retrieved literature would have on patient care comparing best practice with current practice. Outcomes of this project include in some cases change in practice, change in culture where NGRs are now embedded into ward culture, NGR extended to other wards, enthusiasm for EBP, the initiation of a “super searcher” model where the nursing librarian is more of a consultant and develops the searching skills of nominated nurses who become the resource on the ward.