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Ethnobotanical study of the sages used in traditional Valencian medicine and as essential oil: Characterization of an endemic Salvia and its contribution to local development
Get PDFSet espècies de Salvia i dues de Phlomis, emprades en la medicina tradicional valenciana en preparats d’ús intern i extern per a tractar diferents malalties, han sigut estudiades. S’aporten noves dades etnobotàniques obtingudes mitjançant la realització d’entrevistes semiestructurades a trentaquatre informants. Es presenta la caracterització estacional de l’oli essencial d’una sàlvia silvestre Salvia blancoana Webb & Heldr. subsp. mariolensis Figuerola, per GCFID i GCMS, com una eina per a assegurar un control de qualitat a les espècies endèmiques d’ús tradicional com aquesta, que eventualment són comercialitzades per indústries locals. La comparació del seu oli essencial amb el de la Salvia lavandulifolia Vahl subsp. lavandulifolia permet la seua comercialització sota el nom de sàlvia espanyola.Seven wild and cultivated Salvia species and two
Phlomis species, used traditionally in Valencian medicine to
treat a variety of external and internal ailments, were studied.
New ethnobotanical data are provided, obtained from semistructured interviews with 34 people in the Valencian area. A
seasonal characterization of the essential oil of a wild sage,
Salvia blancoana Webb & Heldr. subsp. mariolensis Figuerola,
by GC-FID and GC-MS was carried out as a means to ensure
quality control of endemic traditional species such as this one,
which has been commercialized by local industries. A comparison with the essential oil of Salvia lavandulifolia Vahl subsp.
lavandulifolia allowed inclusion of the wild sage within the commercial ‘Spanish sage’ oil.The authors are grateful to the Institute for Catalan Studies for financial support through the Borsa d’estudi Països CatalansEmeline Hahn acknowledges financial support from an ERASMUS Internship (FsTRASBO48).Ciencias Experimentale
Beef Nutritional Characteristics, Fat Profile and Blood Metabolic Markers from Purebred Wagyu, Crossbred Wagyu and Crossbred European Steers Raised on a Fattening Farm in Spain
Get PDFA high intramuscular fat content characterizes Wagyu (WY) cattle breed. Our objective
was to compare beef from WY, WY-by-Angus, or Wangus (WN) steers with European, Angus-by-
Charolais-Limousine crossbred steers (ACL), considering metabolic biomarkers pre-slaughtering and
nutritional characteristics, including health-related indexes of the lipid fraction. The fattening system with olein-rich diets and no exercise restriction included 82 steers, 24 WY, 29 WN, and 29 ACL. The
slaughter ages and weights were (median and interquartile range) 38.4 mo.-old (34.9–40.3 mo.) and
840 kg (785–895 kg) for WY; for WN, 30.6 mo. (26.9–36.5 mo.) and 832 kg (802–875 kg), and for ACL
steers, 20.3 mo.-old (19.0–22.7 mo.) and 780 kg (715–852 kg). Blood lipid-related metabolites, except
for non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) and low-density level cholesterol (LDL), were higher in WY
and WN than in ACL, while glucose was lower in WY and WN. Leptin was higher in WN than in
ACL. Pre-slaughtering values of plasma HDL underscored as a possible metabolic biomarker directly
related to beef quality. The amino-acid content in beef did not differ among experimental groups,
except for more crude protein in ACL. Compared to ACL, WY steers showed higher intramuscular
fat in sirloin (51.5 vs. 21.9%) and entrecote (59.6 vs. 27.6%), more unsaturated fatty acids in entrecote
(55.8 vs. 53.0%), and more oleic acid in sirloin (46 vs. 41.3%) and entrecote (47.5 vs. 43.3%). Compared
to ACL entrecote, WY and WN showed better atherogenic (0.6 and 0.55 vs. 0.69), thrombogenicity
(0.82 and 0.92 vs. 1.1), and hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic index (1.9 and 2.1 vs. 1.7).
Therefore, beef’s nutritional characteristics depend on breed/crossbred, slaughtering age and cut,
with WY and WN entrecote samples showing a healthier lipid fraction.This research was funded by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology fromthe Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, grant number CDTI-IDI-20180254.Veterinari
The development of critical thinking as an attitude in higher education: the literary text as educative resource
Get PDFEl pensamiento crítico es una capacidad muy demandada entre el alumnado universitario, pero en esta etapa educativa disponemos de escasas herramientas para llevarla a cabo. Postulamos que parte del problema puede deberse al enfoque industriotecnológico de los actuales currículos educativos. En segundo lugar, analizamos el manejo general del concepto de pensamiento crítico entre el profesorado universitario. Si bien el concepto se ha dividido clásicamente entre habilidades y actitudes, los docentes parecen centrase más en las habilidades cognitivas. Proponemos una recuperación del hábito moral en el concepto que también forma parte del ejercicio crítico sin negar la importancia de las habilidades cognitivas, que desarrollaremos a través de dos capacidades cuya tradición filosófica se remonta a la tesis de Arendt sobre el agente moral capaz de colaborar con el mal: aquel que no puede intuir las condiciones morales de sus acciones debido a la pura y simple irreflexión. Estas capacidades son la crítica a la autoridad y la imaginación moral. Finalmente, a través de la última capacidad justificaremos la propuesta del recurso a los textos literarios como formación del pensamiento crítico en la universidad, aunque no excluye otras etapas formativas. La actitud que se desprende del ejercicio constante del pensamiento crítico colabora activamente con una democracia sana que no puede dejar atrás la tradición cultural.Critical thinking is a much demanded capacity among university students, but at this stage of education we have few tools
to carry it out. We postulate that part of the problem may be due to the industrial-technological approach of the current educational
curricula. Secondly, we analyze the general management of the concept of critical thinking among university professors that is
commonly handled. While the concept has been classically divided between skills and attitudes, teachers seem to focus more on
cognitive skills. We propose a recovery of the moral habit and attitude in the concept that are also part of the critical exercise without
denying the importance of skills. The recovery of habit will be developed through two capacities whose philosophical tradition dates
back to Hanna Arendt’s thesis on the agent who collaborates with evil: the one who cannot intuit the moral conditions of his actions due
to pure and simple thoughtlessness. Namely, there are two capacities to develop: critique of authority and moral imagination. Finally,
through the last capacity we will justify the proposal of the use of literary texts as a formation of critical thinking in the university,
although it does not exclude other formative stages. The attitude that emerges from the constant exercise of critical thinking actively
collaborates with a healthy democracy that cannot leave cultural tradition behind.Filosofí
From admiration to envy. Some problems in role-modelling and character education
Get PDFEn este artículo indagaremos algunos de los puntos de partida que podría exigir una mímesis positiva en el terreno de la educación moral desde una postura esencialmente filosófica. Girard aparece como un gran desconocido para el mundo de la teoría de la educación y, sin embargo, su potente visión sobre el carácter del deseo nos ayuda a comprender algunos de los problemas que surgen en la visión educativa del role-modelling y que se convierten en el objetivo de nuestra investigación: las razones por las que alguien deja de admirar a una persona virtuosa y transita hacia deseos de tipo posesivo dominados por la envidia. Esta transición supone un reto para los que sostienen que el modelaje moral es una parte fundamental de la educación moral. Para tratar este problema necesitaremos conocer, asimismo, tanto el automatismo mimético y la rivalidad que surgen a menudo como consecuencia del deseo mimético, como el funcionamiento de la emoción de la admiración, cuya dirección intencional es opuesta a la envidia. El contexto de la investigación se realiza en función de lo ya obtenido al respecto en otras corrientes filosóficas, como los teóricos de la educación del carácter o de la teoría de las virtudes y cuyo recorrido académico no parece haber sido puesto en común con la filosofía de René Girard.In this article we will explore some of the starting points that positive mimesis might require in the field of moral education from an essentially philosophical stance. Girard appears to be largely unknown to the world of educational theory, yet his powerful insights into the character of desire help us to understand some of the problems that arise in the educational vision of role-modelling and which become the focus of our research: the reasons why someone stops admiring a virtuous person and transitions to possessive desires dominated by envy. This transition poses a challenge to those who argue that moral modelling is a fundamental part of moral education. To address this problem, we will also need to understand both the mimetic automatism and rivalry that often arise as a consequence of mimetic desire, and the functioning of the emotion of admiration, whose intentional direction is the opposite of envy. The context of the research is based on certain conclusions already reached on this subject in other philosophical currents, such as the theory of character education or the theory of virtues, which do not seem to have been brought into line with the philosophy of René Girard.Filosofí
Desde la antropología cinematográfica de Julián Marías y la comedia de lo ordinario de Stanley Cavell hasta el personalismo fílmico de Mccarey, Capra
No full text¿Cómo se puede transitar desde la antropología cinematográfica de Julián
Marías o desde la comedia de lo originario de Stanley Cavell hasta el personalismo fílmico de directores como McCarey, Capra, Ford, Leisen, La Cava o
Borzage, entre otros? La pregunta sólo tiene sentido si aceptamos dos consideraciones previas: a) que cada vez está más difundida una práctica filosófica que busca la lectura de películas y b) que los directores de cine realizan
una escritura en la que pueden reconocer contenidos filosóficos. Aceptada la
aproximación entre filosofía y cine comprobamos cómo en la obra de Stanley
Cavell y en la de Julián Marías las películas son elementos estratégicos de su
reflexión filosófica. Ambos coinciden en considerar que algunas de las convicciones que han ido acompañando su producción filosófica se han gestado
mediante el visionado y el análisis de filmes, de los que se estrenan en las
salas comerciales. Ambos también coinciden en derribar las barreras que
pueden separar las películas entre grandes y pequeñas, intelectuales y populares. Coinciden en considerar que el cine de entretenimiento, en la medida
en que refleja el mundo ordinario (Cavell) o la vida humana (Marías), ayuda
a desarrollar una filosofía de lo cotidiano más detallada y penetrante. Por su
parte directores como los referidos, que tuvieron sus raíces de aprendizaje en
las silent movies, apreciaron que el nuevo arte propiciaba una oportunidad
igualmente sin precedentes para proponer los mejores imaginarios sobre el
valor de las personas comunes y sencillas, así como sobre sus luchas cotidianas en el seno de la familia, el trabajo, la solidaridad vecinal, la preocupación
por los más vulnerables, la alegría y la fiesta… El personalismo fílmico que
practicaron es la categoría que permite expresar cómo sus autores aunaban
su afán de entretener de modo inteligente, su estilo cinematográfico y su
compromiso ético con la dignidad de todas las personas, sin exclusiones.Filosofí
Unraveling the Molecular Determinants of Manual Therapy: An Approach to Integrative Therapeutics for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Get PDFApplication of protocols without parameter standardization and appropriate controls has led manual therapy (MT) and other physiotherapy-based approaches to controversial outcomes. Thus, there is an urgency to carefully define standard protocols that elevate physiotherapy treatments to rigorous scientific demands. One way in which this can be achieved is by studying gene expression and physiological changes that associate to particular, parameter-controlled, treatments in animal models, and translating this knowledge to properly designed, objective, quantitatively-monitored clinical trials (CTs). Here, we propose a molecular physiotherapy approach (MPTA) requiring multidisciplinary teams, to uncover the scientific reasons behind the numerous reports that historically attribute health benefits to MT-treatments. The review focuses on the identification of MT-induced physiological and molecular responses that could be used for the treatment of fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). The systemic effects associated to mechanical-load responses are considered of particular relevance, as they suggest that defined, low-pain anatomic areas can be selected for MT treatment and yet yield overall benefits, an aspect that might result in it being essential to treat FM. Additionally, MT can provide muscle conditioning to sedentary patients without demanding strenuous physical effort, which is particularly detrimental for CFS/ME patients, placing MT as a real option for integrative medicine programs to improve FM and CFS/ME.This research was funded by the Fundación Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir (UCV) Research Grant Program grant number 2018-121-001.Fisioterapi
Autoantibodies to selenoprotein P in chronic fatigue syndrome suggest selenium transport impairment and acquired resistance to thyroid hormone
Get PDFQian Sun: Methodology, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Data Curation, Visualization, Writing – Original Draft. Elisa Oltra: Resources,
Formal analysis, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Writing –
Review & Editing. Janneke Dijck-Brouwer: Resources, Validation,
Formal analysis, Writing – Review & Editing. Thilo Samson Chillon:
Methodology, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Data Curation,
Visualization, Writing – Review & Editing. Petra Seemann: Methodology,
Formal analysis, Resources, Investigation, Writing – Review &
Editing. Sabrina Asaad: Methodology, Formal analysis, Investigation,
Writing – Review & Editing. Kamil Demircan: Methodology, Formal
analysis, Investigation, Writing – Review & Editing. Jos´e Andr´es Espejo-
Oltra: Resources, Writing – Review & Editing. Teresa S´anchez-Fito:
Resources, Writing – Review & Editing. Eva Martín-Martínez: Resources,
Writing – Review & Editing. Waldemar B Minich: Methodology, Formal
analysis, Investigation, Writing – Review & Editing. Frits Muskiet:
Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – Original Draft.
Lutz Schomburg: Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Funding
acquisition, Project administration, Writing – Original Draft.Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) presents with symptoms of hypothyroidism, including mental and physical
fatigue, poor sleep, depression, and anxiety. However, thyroid hormone (TH) profiles of elevated thyrotropin and
low thyroxine (T4) are not consistently observed. Recently, autoantibodies to the Se transporter SELENOP
(SELENOP-aAb) have been identified in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and shown to impair selenoprotein expression.
We hypothesized that SELENOP-aAb are prevalent in CFS, and associate with reduced selenoprotein expression
and impaired TH deiodination.
Se status and SELENOP-aAb prevalence was compared by combining European CFS patients (n = 167) and
healthy controls (n = 545) from different sources. The biomarkers total Se, glutathione peroxidase (GPx3) and
SELENOP showed linear correlations across the samples without reaching saturation, indicative of Se deficiency.
SELENOP-aAb prevalence was 9.6–15.6% in CFS versus 0.9–2.0% in controls, depending on cut-off for positivity.
The linear correlation between Se and GPx3 activity was absent in SELENOP-aAb positive patients, suggesting
impaired Se supply of kidney. A subgroup of paired control (n = 119) and CSF (n = 111) patients had been
characterized for TH and biochemical parameters before. Within this subgroup, SELENOP-aAb positive patients
displayed particularly low deiodinase activity (SPINA-GD index), free T3 levels, total T3 to total T4 (TT3/TT4)
and free T3 to free T4 (FT3/FT4) ratios. In 24 h urine, iodine concentrations were significantly lower in
SELENOP-aAb positive than in SELENOP-aAb negative patients or controls (median (IQR); 43.2 (16.0) vs. 58.9
(45.2) vs. 89.0 (54.9) μg/L). The data indicate that SELENOP-aAb associate with low deiodination rate and
reduced activation of TH to active T3.
We conclude that a subset of CFS patients express SELENOP-aAb that disturb Se transport and reduce selenoprotein
expression in target tissues. Hereby, TH activation decreases as an acquired condition not reflected by
thyrotropin and T4 in blood. This hypothesis opens new diagnostic and therapeutic options for SELENOP-aAb
positive CFS, but requires clinical evidence from intervention trials.The research in the lab of LS was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG Research Unit 2558 “TraceAge”, Scho 849/
6–2, and CRC/TR 296 “Local control of TH action”, LocoTact, P17).
Research in the lab of EO was supported by a grant from Generalitat
valenciana; CIAICO/2021/103. None of the funding sources had any
involvement in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation
of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to
submit the article for publication.Medicin
Vivir, reír y aprender a morir. Propuesta de intervención en 5º de Educación Primaria
Get PDFEl presente TFG ahonda en la importancia de la educación para la muerte en el contexto social,
familiar y, sobre todo, educativo. En la actualidad, la muerte es vivenciada como un suceso
tétrico, triste y angustioso. Además, esta realidad es protegida y vetada en muchas de las
conversaciones de los adultos transmitiendo actitudes, creencias y comportamientos variados
a los niños, los cuales nacen abrazando la vida en todos los sentidos. Así, es considerada un
tabú social y educativo existiendo un vacío curricular respecto a la muerte.
Por ello, el fin último de este trabajo es diseñar una propuesta de intervención para determinar
la presencia de la educación para la muerte en la normativa educativa y curricular en la
Educación Primaria con el fin de naturalizar esta realidad, y detectar posibles actitudes que
influyan en la comprensión de la muerte. Este objetivo será alcanzado a través de una revisión
bibliográfica de documentos y autores más relevantes y el diseño de actividades a través de los
recursos TIC para determinar el desarrollo cognitivo, emocional y social de los alumnos
garantizando un eficiente soporte didáctico.
En definitiva, nuestro paso por la vida es efímero, por lo que es importante incluir en la escuela
la conciencia de la muerte y enseñar la finitud como condición humana para aceptar y
prepararnos para nuestras venideras muertes. Además, saber que vamos a morir es lo que hace
que la vida sea única e irrepetible.El present TFG aprofundeix en la importància de l'educació per a la mort en el context social,
familiar i, sobretot, educatiu. En l'actualitat, la mort és vivenciada com un succés tètric, trist i
angoixant. A més, aquesta realitat és protegida i vetada en moltes de les converses dels adults
transmetent actituds, creences i comportaments variats als xiquets, els quals neixen abraçant la
vida en tots els sentits. Així, és considerada un tabú social i educatiu existint un buit curricular
respecte a la mort.
Per això, la fi última d'aquest treball és dissenyar una proposta d'intervenció per a determinar
la presència de l'educació per a la mort en la normativa educativa i curricular en l'Educació
Primària amb la finalitat de naturalitzar aquesta realitat, i detectar possibles actituds que
influeixen en la comprensió de la mort. Aquest objectiu serà aconseguit a través d'una revisió
bibliogràfica de documents i autors més rellevants i el disseny d'activitats a través dels recursos
TIC per a determinar el desenvolupament cognitiu, emocional i social dels alumnes garantint
un eficient suport didàctic.
En definitiva, el nostre pas per la vida és efímer, per la qual cosa és important incloure en
l'escola la consciència de la mort i ensenyar la finitud com a condició humana per a acceptar i
preparar-nos per a les nostres esdevenidores morts. A més, saber que morirem és el que fa que
la vida siga única i irrepetible.This dissertation explores the importance of death education in the social, family and, above
all, educational context. Nowadays, death is experienced as a gloomy, sad, and distressing
event. Moreover, this reality is protected and vetoed in many adult conversations, transmitting
various attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours to children, who are born embracing life in every
sense. Thus, it is considered a social and educational taboo and there is a curricular vacuum
regarding death.
Therefore, the ultimate aim of this work is to design an intervention proposal to determine the
presence of death education in educational and curricular regulations in Primary Education in
order to naturalise this reality, and to detect possible attitudes that influence the understanding
of death. This objective will be achieved through a bibliographical review of the most relevant
documents and authors and the design of activities using ICT resources to determine the
cognitive, emotional, and social development of pupils, guaranteeing efficient didactic support.
In short, our passage through life is ephemeral, so it is important to include in school the
awareness of death and to teach finiteness as a human condition in order to accept and prepare
ourselves for our coming deaths. Moreover, knowing that we are going to die is what makes
life unique and unrepeatable.Educació
Evaluating the complete (44‑item), short (20‑item) and ultra‑short (10‑item) versions of the Big Five Inventory (BFI) in the Brazilian population
Get PDFThe Big Five Inventory (BFI) is an instrument designed to assess the personality of individuals aged 18 and above. The original version consists of 44 items divided into five sub-scales representing each of the five personality factors: agreeableness, neuroticism, conscientiousness, openness, and extraversion. The main purpose of this study was to assess the factorial structure of the 44-item BFI and the reliability of two shorter versions with 20 and 10 items. The study also aimed to present normative data for interpreting scores from the short and ultrashort versions of the BFI for the Brazilian population. A total of 3565 individuals with a mean age of 33.3 years (SD = 13.0) from all Brazilian states participated in the study, with 44.2% from the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Participants completed a sociodemographic questionnaire and the BFI. Confirmatory factor analysis showed poor adaptation of the original 44-item model, but the short and ultrashort versions with 20 and 10 items respectively had good adaptation indexes and reliability, with Omega coefficients above 0.70. Normative data for the shorter versions were presented using mean, standard deviation, and percentiles (lower, medium, and higher). The study concluded that the short and ultrashort versions of the BFI have good reliability and can be used in surveys requiring a brief personality assessment.Psicologí
Away but connected: from the mountains of Babia to the plains of Cáceres. A study of Spanish transhumance at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries
Get PDFOne of the most important systems of sheep transhumance since the Middle Ages in Spain occurred between the mountains of northern Leon and the Extremadura Meadow lands – a 500-kilometre journey on foot. We analyse here an interesting collection of thirty letters, written at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century, and sent by the shepherds responsible for the flock from the wintering land to the owner of the animals. The only connection with the owner for seven long months but also with their villages and families, were these letters.Antropologí