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The Cultural Landscape of the Ricote Valley (Murcia): Analysis and Evaluation of the Current Protection Tools
No full textEl Valle de Ricote, en la Región de Murcia (España), constituye una comarca histórica de gran valor cultural y paisajístico, que aspira al reconocimiento de su sistema agrario como Sistema Importante del Patrimonio Agrícola Mundial (SIPAM) de la FAO. Este artículo documenta y analiza el modelo de protección, gestión y ordenación vigente en este territorio, con el objetivo de valorar su adecuación a la preservación de sus valores y su desarrollo sostenible. Como resultado, se avanza una propuesta de actuación que reconoce el papel preponderante que debe jugar el ámbito de la protección patrimonial en la ordenación y tutela de este paisaje cultural.The Ricote Valley, located in the Region of Murcia (Spain), is a historic area of great cultural and landscape value, currently seeking recognition for its agricultural system as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) by the FAO. This paper documents and analyzes the current model of protection, management, and territorial planning in the area, with the aim of assessing its suitability to preserve the territory’s values and promoting its sustainable development. As a result, the paper presents a proposed course of action that acknowledges the key role that cultural heritage protection must play in the planning and stewardship of this cultural landscape
Validation of a Digital Service-Learning Toolkit for Higher Education
No full textEste trabajo ha sido financiado con el proyecto “SRIC_UE_ERASMUS21-
27_Intergenerational Digital Service Learning (IDOL). cp-22-148” Proyecto Erasmus +: 2021-1-
DE01-KA220-HED-000031186-IDOL (Intergenerational Digital Service Learning) que tiene como
objetivo diseñar y desarrollar un nuevo enfoque de enseñanza que capacite al personal y a las
y los profesores de las IES para implementar el aprendizaje de servicios digitales
intergeneracional a través de modos innovadores de colaboración, mejores habilidades
digitales y una mejor comprensión del papel del aprendizaje-servicio no solo como una
actividad de la “tercera misión” sino como una parte esencial de la misión educativa de la
educación superior. Web del proyecto: https://digitalservicelearning.eu/about/Este estudio parte del diseño de un Toolkit o manual dirigido al profesorado de las Instituciones de Educación Superior y que contiene una guía de la utilización de 16 herramientas digitales divididas en fases para estandarizar la aplicación de la metodología Aprendizaje-Servicio (ApS) digital. Por ello, se busca digitalizar la metodología ApS en la educación, considerando que, desde la irrupción del Covid-19, el paradigma educativo ha evolucionado significativamente debido al uso intensivo de herramientas digitales, las cuales han permitido reducir las barreras de espacio y tiempo. Uno de los objetivos de este estudio es validar el Toolkit, a través del método Delphi de dos rondas y la participación de 6 expertos/as (profesorado universitario calificado). Este método asegura la fiabilidad del con el objetivo de fortalecer el instrumento para el uso en el profesorado universitario. El resultado de la validación Delphi del Toolkit muestra que, en cuanto a la parte cuantitativa, los resultados generales son positivos y se valida el instrumento. Mientras que, en la parte cualitativa, se aprecia que supone una herramienta muy potente para poner en valor el ApS y el aprendizaje comunitario como las tecnologías digitales en el ámbito universitario y social.This study begins with the design of a Toolkit or manual aimed at higher education faculty,
containing a guide for the use of 16 digital tools organized into phases to standardize the
application of the digital Service-Learning (SL) methodology. The objective is to digitalize the SL
methodology in education, considering that since the onset of Covid-19, the educational paradigm
has significantly transformed due to the intensive use of digital tools, which have helped overcome
spatial and temporal barriers. One of the goals of this study is to validate the Toolkit through the
two-round Delphi method, involving the participation of six qualified university faculty experts.
This method ensures the instrument’s reliability by collecting both quantitative and qualitative
data. The process is divided into stages to enhance comprehension and is based on expert
evaluations using the questionnaire titled “The Delphi Method for Toolkit Validation.” The purpose
of the Delphi method is to ensure that the outcome aligns with the objective of strengthening the
instrument for use by university faculty. The results of the Delphi validation of the Toolkit reveal
that, regarding the quantitative aspect, the overall results are positive, confirming the validity of
the instrument. Meanwhile, the qualitative findings highlight that the Toolkit represents a highly
effective tool for promoting the value of SL, community learning, and digital technologies in the
university and social contexts.Erasmus convocatoria 2021-1-DE01-KA220-HED-00003118
Estudio de clase en la formación inicial de profesores: ¿Qué puede fallar?
No full textEste trabalho foi apoiado por Fundos Nacionais através da FCT-Fundação para a
Ciência e Tecnologia, no âmbito de uma bolsa (UI/BD/150763/2020) concedida
pela UIDEF Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Educação e
Formação, UIDB/04107/2020, https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/04107/2020O nosso objetivo é compreender de que forma os desafios durante um estudo de aula influenciam o desenvolvimento de conhecimento didático e matemático de futuros professores dos primeiros anos. Apresentamos dois estudos de aula, realizados na mesma instituição, com pequenas alterações na sua estrutura. Em um deles, os desafios foram ultrapassados, enquanto no outro influenciaram o desenvolvimento do processo e do conhecimento dos futuros professores. Os resultados sugerem que o envolvimento da professora do ensino superior e o número e organização das sessões são desafios que influenciam o desenvolvimento de conhecimento didático e matemático.Our aim is to understand how challenges during a lesson study influence the development of didactic and mathematical knowledge of future primary teachers. In this research, we present two lesson studies, carried out in the same institution, with small changes in their structure. In one of the lesson studies the challenges that arose were overcome, while in the other they influenced the development of the lesson study and the knowledge of future teachers. The results suggest that the involvement of the higher institution teacher and the number of sessions and their organization are challenges that influence the development of didactic and mathematical knowledge.Nuestro objetivo es comprender cómo los desafíos durante el estudio de clase influyen en el desarrollo de los conocimientos didácticos y matemáticos de los futuros profesores de primaria. Presentamos dos estudios de clase, realizados en la misma institución, con pequeños cambios en su estructura. En uno de los estudios de clase se superaron los desafíos, mientras que en el otro influyeron el desarrollo del proceso y en el conocimiento de los futuros profesores. Los resultados sugieren que la implicación del profesor y el número y la organización de las sesiones son desafíos que influyen en el desarrollo del conocimiento didáctico y matemático.Fundos Nacionais através da FCT (UI/BD/150763/2020)UIDEF Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Educação e Formação, UIDB/04107/202
Comparing in situ and satellite-derived primary production estimates in the Canary Current upwelling region
No full textSatellite-based Net Primary Production (NPP) estimates are arguably the best way to improve our understanding
of large-scale ocean productivity and to validate Earth System Models. Despite significant progress over recent
decades, satellite-derived NPP estimates still suffer from large uncertainties, primarily due to the limited number
of in situ primary production (PP) measurements available for their validation. In addition, the most widely used
algorithms lead to different, sometimes even contradictory, results. Along with measurements of chlorophyll a
concentration (Chla) and phytoplankton biomass (Cphyto), here we present in situ measurements of PP using 14C
uptake and 13C isotope tracing, as well as O2 and 18O2 evolution inside incubation bottles, across the transition
zone from the coastal Canary Eastern Boundary Upwelling System (CanEBUS) to the open ocean waters of the
Cape Verde Frontal Zone (17–23◦N; 16–26◦W). We also calculate assimilation numbers (Pb
opt)
and growth rates
(μ) from in situ measurements. First, we compared in situ PP estimates measured concurrently using the four
abovementioned techniques. We then tested the performance of four widely-used models including the Vertically
Generalized Production Model (VGPM) and its variant based on Eppley’s description of the growth function
(Eppley), the Carbon-based Productivity Model (CbPM), and the Carbon, Absorption and Fluorescence Euphoticresolving model (CAFE), along with the satellite-derived input variables that feed these algorithms. We found
that the Chla-based VGPM and Eppley models were significantly correlated with in situ estimates, regardless of
the satellite source used as input data. As for models based on Cphyto, only the CbPM from the Visible Infrared
Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) data demonstrated performance comparable to that of the Chla-based models.
In all other cases, Cphyto-based models were uncorrelated with in situ PP estimates. Our results indicate that the
bias associated with the VGPM and Eppley models is primarily due to the algorithms’ inability to accurately
assess Popt
b . Meanwhile, the retrieval of both satellite-derived Cphyto and μ leads to a poor estimate of NPP by the
CbPM. Our findings suggest that enhancing the accuracy of NPP estimates derived from satellite-based models necessitates the refinement of the methodology employed in deriving the input data and their subsequent
validation, rather than developing increasingly complex models.Spanish National Plan for Scientific and
Technical Research and Innovation research grant FLUXES - FEDER (CTM2015-
69392-C3)project e-IMPACT (PID2019-109084RB-C21)project ESA
4DAtlantic EBUS PRIMUS (ESA Contract No. 4000135025/21/I-NB)project OceanICU (HORIZON-CL6-2022-CLIMATE-01-02; 101083922)US National Science Foundation (grant OCE-1840868)Agencia Canaria de
Investigación, Innovación, y Sociedad de la Información (ACIISI) - (TESIS2015010036
Musical legacies between women in early modern Barcelonan convents
No full textLos cuadernos personales con canto llano manuscrito para cantar en procesiones son un tipo
de libro de música que se conserva en algunos archivos conventuales en Barcelona. La principal
característica de estos cuadernos es el hecho de que fueron creados para el uso individual de una
monja en particular. Algunos de ellos pueden ser datados aproximadamente identificando a sus
propietarias, la mayoría de las cuales fueron monjas en el siglo xviii. Sin embargo, el uso de estos
cuadernos personales de música puede extrapolarse a periodos más tempranos, puesto que numerosos testamentos de monjas indican que estas libretas para cantar en procesiones ya se usaban en el
siglo xv y que eran parte de una tradición de legados entre mujeres y, en particular, entre tía y sobrina.
Por tanto, estos documentos archivísticos ofrecen una oportunidad para estudiar la distribución de
artefactos musicales entre mujeres en los conventos de monjas de la Barcelona de la temprana Edad
Moderna. Este artículo presenta un análisis conjunto de cuadernos personales que contienen cantos
procesionales en notación cuadrada y de una variedad de documentos archivísticos que incluyen
legados de monjas en sus testamentos, con el propósito de descubrir una tradición de siglos de duración consistente en la posesión y uso de pequeños cuadernos de canto llano para uso individual y
de legarlos a otras mujeres.Personal handwritten plainchant books for singing in cloister processions are a type of music book preserved in certain convent archives in Barcelona. The main characteristic of these notebooks is the fact that they were created for a particular nun’s individual use. Some of them can be dated approximately by identifying their owners. Most of them were nuns in the eighteenth century. However, the use of these individual notebooks can be extrapolated to earlier periods, as nuns’ wills indicate that these personal booklets for singing in processions were being used as early as the fifteenth century and that they were part of a tradition of legacies between women, and in particular between aunt and niece. Therefore, these documents offer us an opportunity to study the distribution of musical artefacts among women in early modern Barcelonan nunneries. This paper presents a joint analysis both of personal booklets containing notated processional chants and of a variety of archival documents including nuns’ legacies in their wills, with the purpose of discovering a centuries-long tradition of having individual plainchant notebooks, and of bequeathing them to other women
El impacto de la covid-19 sobre la conciliación familiar y laboral y su relación con la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en enfermeros españoles
No full textLa pandemia de COVID-19 supuso una alteración profunda en las condiciones
laborales del personal de enfermería, al someterlo a exigencias profesionales
excepcionales y a un notable desgaste físico y emocional. Estos profesionales
enfrentaron una sobrecarga asistencial prolongada, turnos extensos, cambios
organizativos continuos y una fuerte presión psicológica. En este marco, la
conciliación entre la vida laboral y familiar, así como su relación con la calidad de
vida relacionada con la salud, ha cobrado una importancia crucial dentro del
ámbito de la salud ocupacional, a pesar de haber recibido escasa atención desde
un enfoque integral respaldado por evidencia empírica específica.
Esta tesis doctoral, presentada en formato de compendio de publicaciones, ha
analizado la relación entre la conciliación de la vida laboral y familiar y la calidad
de vida relacionada con la salud del personal de enfermería en España durante la
pandemia de COVID-19. Para ello, se estructuró en tres estudios
complementarios: una revisión sistemática de alcance y dos estudios de corte
transversal, que permitieron examinar los factores laborales, familiares,
sociodemográficos y psicosociales que afectaron el bienestar de este colectivo
durante un periodo de elevada demanda asistencial.
El primero de estos estudios, la revisión sistemática de alcance permitió identificar
que, aunque las investigaciones sobre el equilibrio entre la vida laboral y familiar
del personal de enfermería durante la pandemia son limitados y concentrados
geográficamente, existe un consenso claro sobre su influencia negativa en la
calidad de vida cuando este equilibrio se ve deteriorado. Este marco teórico sirvió
como base para orientar el análisis empírico posterior.
A partir del trabajo de campo realizado, los resultados evidenciaron que la CVRS
del personal de enfermería se vio significativamente afectada por las dinámicas
del equilibrio entre la vida laboral y familiar. En especial, se destacó que los
conflictos bidireccionales entre trabajo y familia, más intensos en mujeres, personas con hijos, y profesionales sometidos a turnos rotatorios o con baja
estabilidad laboral, se asociaron con una percepción de la CVRS más deteriorada.
Por el contrario, las interacciones positivas desde el entorno familiar hacia el
trabajo emergieron como factores protectores clave.
Asimismo, los resultados permitieron identificar aquellos factores individuales y
contextuales que actuaron como elementos moduladores del equilibrio vidatrabajo
y, por ende, en la calidad de vida cuya influencia fue variable y no siempre
lineal.
Estos resultados refuerzan la necesidad de diseñar políticas organizacionales más
sensibles, flexibles y adaptadas a las múltiples realidades del personal de
enfermería. Fomentar un entorno laboral más humano, predecible y conciliador no
debe ser una medida exclusiva para situaciones de crisis, sino una prioridad
estructural y sostenida que garantice el bienestar y la sostenibilidad del sistema
sanitario.Tesis Univ. Granada
Windmill droplets: optically induced rotation of biphasic oil-in-water droplets
No full textIn the field of microdroplet manipulation, optical tweezers have been used to form and grow droplets,
to transport them, or to measure forces between droplet pairs. However, the exploration of out-ofequilibrium phenomena in optically trapped droplets remains largely uncharted. Here, we report the
rotation of biphasic droplets fabricated by co-emulsifying two immiscible liquids (i.e., hydrocarbon
and fluorocarbon oils) with a refractive index mismatch in water. When trapped, droplets of a specific
geometry rotate around the axis of the laser beam, in what appears to be a dissipative, out-ofequilibrium phenomenon. The rotational frequency, obtained from image analysis, is stable and
proportional to the beam power. Remarkably, droplets that do not interact with the trapping beam can
also be rotated indirectly. This is achieved by positioning the droplets at the center of a circular
arrangement of multiple, sequentially activated traps, so that the droplet orients towards the location of
the active trap. Altogether, our results demonstrate out-of-equilibrium phenomenology in optically
trapped biphasic droplets, which would inspire the development of devices based on them (e.g.,
optically induced mixing, etc.). In addition, they may shed light on fundamental principles of optical
manipulation of asymmetric particles.FEDER/Junta de Andalucía - Conserjería de Transformación Económica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades (grant P20_00340)European Social Fund - Ministry of Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge and Universities of the Junta de Andalucía
(PAIDI 2020)MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 - Universidad de Granada (IJC2018-037951-I)MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 - ERDF/EU (PID2021-127427NB-I00
Achieving CEFR Competency by Reducing Message Abandonment Among TESL Trainees in Sabah
No full textSoft skills represent a very subjective business item that has been utilised as a
strategic competence in the form of communication strategy. Communication
strategies involve the vast range of linguistic and paralinguistic techniques such as
the use of both achievement and reduction strategies. Despite being highly human
based, the use of communication strategies needs to be learned and developed.
Although one of the primary factors of communication strategy is the independence
from linguistic rules, a rampant use of strategies such as topic fronting and
message abandonment strategy among ESL learners might affect them adversely
especially in academic discourse. This study looked into this strategy among the
TESL trainees from Universiti Malaysia Sabah and how this affected their
microteaching. It further analysed the relationship of the microteaching practice
with the attainment of Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
(CEFR) in rural classrooms taught by the TESL trainees during their practicum.
This study used descriptive statistics analysis and a one-sample t-test to determine
if TESL trainees’ microteaching performance has a statistically significant impact
on their practicum performance. The t-value of 32.010 indicates that the sample
mean (83.78) is significantly higher than the population mean (76.68). These
results are validated with 5 themes obtained from an interview among 11 TESL
trainees after the microteaching that revealed that they would use alternative
communication strategies to replace message abandonment. This quantifies the
improvement, showing that students who underwent microteaching performed
significantly better during practicum observations
Chemical and bio-hazard assessment of swine manure valorisation: Antibiotic and antibiotic-resistant bacteria screening
No full textThis research was part of the project entitled “Combined anaerobic digestion and composting system for swine manure: removal of antibiotics and their resistance” (Ref. TED2021-129599B-I00), funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the European Union “NextGenerationEU”/PRTR. Dr. Antonio Serrano is grateful to the Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge, and Universities Department of the Andalucia Autonomous Government for his Emergia fellowship (EMERGIA20_00114).MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 TED2021-129599B-I00European Union “NextGenerationEU”/PRTRAndalucia Autonomous Government EMERGIA20_0011
Experimental study on the hydraulic performance and stability of a homogeneous overtopped rubble mound breakwater
No full textThis work presents an analysis of the hydraulic performance of a rubble mound breakwater by simultaneously considering stability and overtopping. For this purpose, experimental tests have been conducted over a 2D small-scale homogeneous breakwater in a wave flume located at the Andalusian Inter-University Institute for Earth System Research IISTA-CEAMA (University of Granada). Tests have been performed under regular waves in order to give a holistic overview of the phenomena investigated and by highlighting links between overtopping and hydraulic stability and their correlation with multiple variables (energy balance coefficients, geometry of the structure). Moreover, the paper addresses the influence of the dimensionless alternative similarity parameter on the stability and hydraulic behaviour of an overtopped breakwater. Finally, an analysis of the conditions under which the tests were carried out highlights differences between the various techniques. This may mean that the results are not comparable and cannot be extrapolated to other cases. The results of the investigation encourage further progress in reducing the uncertainty associated with the experimental technique.MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 - ERDF (TED2021-131717B-I00)Spanish State Research AgencyS (PID2019-107508GB