«El idioma crece en Latinoamérica»

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ENTREVISTA: SIGNOS DANIEL RODRÍGUEZ MOYA Poeta
El idioma crece en Latinoamérica

FERNANDO VALVERDE – Granada – 02/03/2007

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El poeta Daniel Rodríguez Moya (Granada, 1976) ha obtenido el premio Vicente Núñez de la Diputación de Córdoba gracias a Cambio de planes. El galardón, además de los 6.000 euros de dotación, incluye la publicación de la obra en la prestigiosa editorial Visor, una de las más importantes del país. Antes de cambiar una y otra vez de planes, Rodríguez Moya ya recibió el premio Federico García Lorca de poesía de la Universidad de Granada por Oficina de sujetos perdidos. En la actualidad, el poeta trabaja como periodista y codirige el Festival Internacional de Poesía de Granada.

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Pregunta. ¿Qué supone la concesión del premio Vicente Núñez para un poeta joven?

Respuesta. Los premios siempre son relativos, no hacen mejor o peor un libro, pero hay galardones que tienen algo que marca la diferencia y son aquellos que te permiten publicar en una gran editorial. Es el caso del Vicente Núñez. La oportunidad de tener un libro en Visor es el mejor premio que se puede otorgar porque supone entrar en un catálogo impresionante y la garantía de estar presente en las estanterías de las principales librerías.

P. Con su libro anterior obtuvo el Premio García Lorca…

R. Es un premio que encierra un gran inconveniente: hace desaparecer un libro. La Universidad, incomprensiblemente, publica la obra premiada en una colección fantasma. El libro no llega más que a tus amigos y familiares. De cualquier forma, es un espaldarazo importante para un joven que empieza a hacer poemas.

P. ¿Cómo se gestó Cambio de planes?

R. He ido conformando el libro a lo largo de los últimos cinco años. El germen de Cambio de planes fueron unos poemas muy influenciados por el Eliot de La tierra baldía, también por Luis Rosales y algo por Claudio Rodríguez, uno de los poetas más interesantes del Grupo del 50. Después de estos poemas fui escribiendo otros algo más discursivos, pero a pesar de que formalmente tenían una factura distinta, mantenían una unidad.

P. ¿Cuál es el hilo conductor?

R. Bajo todo el libro subyace la idea de la provisionalidad. El personaje poético que protagoniza Cambio de planes se encuentra como un pasajero en constante tránsito, como si anduviera de un aeropuerto a otro, de escala en escala arrastrando siempre las mismas maletas pero cada vez más pesadas. Por eso el primer poema es una reflexión desde la infancia, que es un material muy delicado. La metáfora de unos juguetes rotos como si de los restos de un naufragio se tratase me sirven como punto de partida para tomar conciencia de la provisionalidad, pero no desde un punto de vista pesimista. No hay queja o llanto en el tono del libro, sí una aceptación de las reglas del juego para así poder llevar más lejos la partida.

P. ¿Cuáles son los poetas que más le interesan?

R. El abanico es amplio. La línea poética que une a Cernuda con algunos poetas del 50 como Ángel González o Gil de Biedma y que desemboca en poetas actuales como Luis García Montero es para mí una referencia fundamental, no exclusiva pero sí decisiva. Cierta poesía de posguerra, y en especial la de Luis Rosales, me parece también fundamental, dejando aparte ideologías políticas con las que no simpatizo. Luis Rosales fue falangista, de acuerdo, pero a pesar de eso es un poeta inmenso. Yo lo llevo en mi equipaje poético. Y cada vez me interesa más la poesía latinoamericana. El idioma crece en Latinoamérica. Es allá donde el lenguaje tiene unos matices y una sonoridad distinta de la poesía hecha en España. Leo muchísimo a Gioconda Belli, a Juan Gelman, a Pacheco…

P. ¿Cree que hay buena comunicación con los poetas latinoamericanos?

R. Una comunicación relativa. En la era de las comunicaciones, de Internet, creo que aún no se ha conseguido que exista una fluidez entre ambas orillas del idioma, y creo que puede deberse en parte a cierto ombliguismo de la poesía española. En América Latina existe un grandísimo interés por lo que se escribe en España, un interés a mi juicio poco correspondido.
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Nuevos enfoques en torno a viejos dilemas de la Alhambra

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En el marco de las actividades culturales organizadas en la Universidad de Granada, la Cátedra Emilio García Gómez ofrecerá durante la próxima semana el Ciclo “En torno a la Alhambra: nuevos enfoques, viejos dilemas”, que tendrá lugar del 5 al 8 de marzo. Las conferencias se celebrarán a las 19,30 h. en el Salón de Grados de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología.
El ciclo consiste en una serie de ocho conferencias, de entrada libre, impartidas por expertos arquitectos, arqueólogos, arabistas e historiadores del arte, que tratarán de acercar al público asistente al estado de la cuestión de uno de los monumentos más famosos del mundo.
El profesor Carmelo Pérez Beltrán, director de la Cátedra, señala que los expertos profundizarán en las necesidades arqueológicas de la ciudad palatina, la interculturalidad que la ha rodeado desde su creación, la tipología de sus distintos palacios y casas, o la epigrafía que la decora. En concreto, se hablará de un nuevo proyecto de investigación de la Escuela de Estudios Árabes de Granada para la elaboración de un catálogo con todas las inscripciones de la Alhambra.
El objetivo que la Cátedra “Emilio García Gómez” persigue con esta iniciativa, en la que colabora la Fundación Euroárabe de Altos Estudios, es abrir el abanico de perspectivas desde las que se puede ―y se debe― contemplar el conjunto arquitectónico y cultural de la Alhambra, no sólo como candidato a convertirse en una de las nuevas Siete Maravillas del Mundo, sino como el legado cultural de Al Andalus que más repercusión ha tenido y tiene, desde el punto de vista artístico y arquitectónico, pero también sociológico, cultural, patrimonial e histórico.

Programa
Día 5, lunes
La Alhambra: nuevas digresiones sobre antiguas realidades; Emilio de Santiago Simón, especialista en historia, cultura y pensamiento del Mundo Árabe durante la Edad Media y profesor de la Universidad de Granada.
Los jardines de la Alhambra: fantasías orientalistas y conocimiento científico; José Tito Rojo, paisajista y conservador del Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Granada y coordinador del módulo de jardinería del Master de Paisajismo, Jardinería y Espacio Público de la UGR.
Modera la sesión: Lola Ferre.
Día 6, martes
El Plan Director de la Alhambra;Pedro Salmerón, arquitecto especialista en centros históricos y director del Plan Director de la Alhambra.
Tipología de los palacios y casas de la Alhambra; Antonio Orihuela, especialista en arquitectura islámica y científico del CSIC en la Escuela de Estudios Árabes de Granada.
Modera la sesión: María Dolores Rodríguez Gómez.
Día 7, miércoles
La Alhambra y la arqueología: análisis del pasado y propuestas para el futuro; Antonio Malpica, especialista en Arqueología Medieval y el estudio de la organización del espacio y catedrático de Historia Medieval de la Universidad de Granada.
El corpus epigráfico de la Alhambra; Mariana Kalaitzidou, integrante del proyecto de Investigación Corpus Epigráfico de la Alhambra y Generalife y becaria de investigación en la Escuela de Estudios Árabes de Granada (CSIC).
Modera la sesión: José Miguel Puerta Vílchez.
Día 8, jueves
La Alhambra, objeto romántico;Pedro Galera, especialista en la Alhambra y su imagen romántica y catedrático del departamento de Patrimonio Histórico de la Universidad de Jaén.
Una lectura intercultural de la Alhambra; Elena Díez Jorge, especialista en los espacios femeninos y al carácter intercultural de la Alhambra, profesora de la Universidad de Granada y Vicerrectora de Patrimonio, Infraestructura y Equipamiento de esta misma Universidad.
Modera la sesión: Esther Galera Mendoza.

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Referencia: Prof. Carmelo Pérez Beltrán. Director de la Cátedra “Emilio García Gómez” de la Universidad de Granada. Tel.: 958 243574 / 650 436192. Correo e. carmelop@ugr.es.

Mobile phones may cause psychological problems

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London, Feb 28 (IANS) Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities (job or studies), drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

Torrecillas says these people can become totally upset when deprived of their mobile phones for sometime, regardless of the reason.

Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, she added.

However, Torrecillas said that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality.

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Mobile Phone Addiction may Cause Psychological Problems

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Mobile Phone Addiction may Cause Psychological Problems

Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities (job or studies), drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

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Calendola, ama il sole e fa bene alla pelle

di Roberto Suozzi

Sotto lazione dei raggi solari i fiori giallo-arancio della calendola si aprono lentamente e si volgono, man mano che questo si alza allorizzonte, verso il sole. Quando savvicina, invece, il tramonto questi si abbassano verso la terra, fin quasi a piegarsi. Chiamata dai Latini Solsequium, perché appunto i suoi fiori seguono il sole, il nome Calendola deriverebbe dal latino Calende (primo giorno del mese) in quanto fiorisce allinizio del mese per tutto lanno, anche dinverno, se non è troppo rigido.
Fino a qualche tempo fa i contadini, inoltre, traevano indicazioni meteo guardando i fiori di calendola: se rimanevano chiusi fin verso le otto del mattino, era attesa pioggia. Pianta lungamente adoperata per la cura di molti disturbi e in particolare come spasmolitico, diuretico, antinfiammatorio, antisettico, antivirale e per favorire ed accelerare, nelluso esterno la guarigione e cicatrizzazione di ferite, ulcere e piaghe la calendola (Calendola officinalis; Fam.: Asteracee) ha recentemente scientificamente confermato molte di queste proprietà.
A lungo usata come medicamento, la pianta è spasmolitica, diuretica, antinfiammatoria, antisettica, antivirale, cicatrizzante di ferite e ulcere degli arti inferiori che secondo una vecchia ricetta potevano essere trattate con lapplicazione di un unguento di succo della pianta fresca bollito in grasso di maiale. LInternational Journal of Tissue Reactions (2005) pubblica infatti uno studio (Clinica dermatologica, Novi Sad, Montenegro) sullefficacia terapeutica di un estratto di calendola sulla epitelializzazione, la parte finale del processo di riparazione della lesione e quindi di guarigione dove avviene la ricrescita dello strato cutaneo, di ulcere venose delle gambe.
Un campione di popolazione è stato suddiviso in 2 gruppi: uno trattato con una pomata contenente estratto di calendola, laltro con placebo. Dopo tre settimane, fu notato un significativo miglioramento nella guarigione delle ulcere venose (in 4 casi la completa epitelizzazione) nel gruppo trattato con la pomata di estratto di calendola. Buone notizie anche da ricercatori spagnoli (Servizio di Analisi cliniche e Immunologia, Ospedale Universitario Virgin de las Nieves, Università di Granada) che pubblica su BMC Cancer (2006) uno studio sperimentale sulla capacità antitumorale di un nuovo estratto di calendula. La ricerca ha dimostrato che lestratto acquoso di calendola possiede attività antitumorale attraverso unazione citotossica e unattivazione delle cellule linfocitarie.
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Spagna. Cornea artificiale con cellule staminali di coniglio

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Anno 2007 Numero 134 del 02-03-2007

Spagna. Cornea artificiale con cellule staminali di coniglio

Un gruppo di ricercatori di Ingenieria Tisular dellUniversita di Granada ha costruito il primo modello di cornea artificiale partendo da cellule staminali del limbo sclerocorneale di coniglio. E un grande progresso, considerata la scarsita di donatori di questa tunica trasparente della regione anteriore del globo oculare che rifrange la luce che entra nellocchio. Le cornee artificiali possono inoltre costituire uno strumento per lindagine in vitro della permeabilita dei farmaci, informa Andalucia Investiga.
Gli specialisti hanno ottenuto un sostituto completo della cornea utilizzando coltivazioni cellulari e vari protocolli dingegneria tessutale. Per farlo, hanno separato delle piccole biopsie del limbo sclerocorneale proveniente dal globulo oculare di coniglio; hanno dovuto separare le cellule staminali esistenti ed isolarle. (La biopsia e un procedimento diagnostico che consiste nellestrazione di un campione di tessuto per esaminarlo al microscopio). In parallelo, hanno preparato un supporto con diversi componenti, inclusi i polimeri, e hanno ricostruito gli strati della cornea. Essi ammettono che lapplicazione della cornea artificiale nelluomo richiedera ancora molto tempo. Ma ce da precisare che, allinterno della loro attivita di costruzione di tessuti artificiali ad uso terapeutico, stanno ampliando il campo dindagine per ottenere mucosa artificiale della bocca. Per questultimo materiale, molto richiesto per interventi odontologici e maxilofacciali, utilizzano una metodolgia analoga, partendo da biopsie della cavita orale. I tessuti ottenuti devono superare severe prove di vivibilita, ossia controlli di qualita che certifichino la loro non degenerazione futura. A questo scopo, i nuovi materiali biologici vengono sottoposti alla prova di microscopia elettronica analitica e ad analisi genetiche. Per portare avanti le loro ricerche, gli esperti del dipartimento dIstologia dellUniversita di Granada lavorano in stretta collaborazione con i servizi di Oftalmologia degli ospedali Virgen de las Nieves e San Cecilio, ed anche con il servizio di Chirurgia Maxilofacciale, il Centro regionale di trasfusione sanguigna e la Banca dei tessuti.

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Mobile-phone addiction in teenagers may cause severe psychological disorders

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Mobile-phone addiction in teenagers may cause severe psychological disorders
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Such a harmless and common object in our society represents a real problem for four in ten young adults in Spain, for whom their mobile phone has turned into an addiction that can lead them to consequences as dangerous as those caused by alcohol or drugs.

That is the conclusion reached by Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, lecturer at the department of Personality and Psychological Assessment and Treatment of the University of Granada (UGR) and an expert in psychological addictions, who carried out a fieldwork among several hundreds of 18 to 25-year-old young adults from the city of Granada.

UGR professor warns of the danger that 40 % of young adults admit using their mobile phones during more than four hours a day. Most of them state that they spend several hours a day, using their phones, be it talking, sending text messages or giving the so-called missed or drop calls. Many of these people take a real offence at not getting a missed call or a message answered, which makes them feel deeply upset and sad.

Lopez Torrecillas highlights that this addiction is the result of social changes occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug-addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects, but psychological ones. Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, says the UGR professor.

Mobile-addicts tend to neglect obligations of important activities (e.g. job or studies), drift apart from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about the mobile phone constantly when they do not have it with them. Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem and problems to develop social relations, who feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas says that these people can become totally upset when deprived from their mobile phones for some time, regardless of the reason. Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, points out the UGR professor.

Finding out whether your child is a mobile-addict is far from easy. Someone can spend eight hours a day at their computer, or permanently hooked to their phones, and not being an addict. In the case of young people, many parents see this use as something normal, but they should control misuse, warns the professor.

Lopez Torrecillas states that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality.

In fact, addiction to mobile phones should be included into a greater group – that of addiction to new technologies. This is the result of the dramatic change in values taking place in our times. Likewise the hippy movement, a new generation of teenagers is arising and they have grown up surrounded by mobile phones and the Internet, says the author of this work, who highlights that part of the blame is to be put on many parents who buy a mobile phone to their children and force them to have it constantly connected so as to always know where they are.

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Mobile phone addiction may cause psychological problems

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Mobile phone addiction may cause psychological problems

Feb 28, 2007, 6:15 GMT

London, Feb 28 (IANS) Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities (job or studies), drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

Torrecillas says these people can become totally upset when deprived of their mobile phones for sometime, regardless of the reason.

Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, she added.

However, Torrecillas said that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality.

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Mobile phone addiction may cause psychological problems

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Mobile phone addiction may cause psychological problems
From correspondents in London, England, 12:02 PM IST

Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities (job or studies), drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

Torrecillas says these people can become totally upset when deprived of their mobile phones for sometime, regardless of the reason.

Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, she added.

However, Torrecillas said that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)

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Four in ten young adults are mobile-phone addicts, a behaviour that can cause severe psychological disorders

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Four in ten young adults are mobile-phone addicts, a behaviour that can cause severe psychological disorders
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28.02.2007
Such a harmless and common object in our society represents a real problem for four in ten young adults in Spain, for whom their mobile phone has turned into an addiction that can lead them to consequences as dangerous as those caused by alcohol or drugs.

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That is the conclusion reached by Francisca López Torrecillas, lecturer at the department of Personality and Psychological Assessment and Treatment of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada [http://www.ugr.es]) and an expert in psychological addictions, who carried out a fieldwork among several hundreds of 18 to 25-year-old young adults from the city of Granada.

UGR [http://www.ugr.es] professor warns of the danger that 40 % of young adults admit using their mobile phones during more than four hours a day. Most of them state that they spend several hours a day”, using their phones, be it talking, sending text messages or giving the so-called missed or drop calls. Many of these people take a real offence at not getting a missed call or a message answered, which makes them feel deeply upset and sad.

López Torrecillas highlights that this addiction is the result of social changes occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug-addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects, but psychological ones. “Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they don’t show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others”, says the UGR professor.

Symptoms of mobile-addicts

Mobile-addicts tend to neglect obligations of important activities (e.g. job or studies), drift apart from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about the mobile phone constantly when they do not have it with them. “Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem and problems to develop social relations, who feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others.

Francisca López Torrecillas says that these people can become totally upset when deprived from their mobile phones for some time, regardless of the reason. “Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems”, points out the UGR professor.

Hard to spot

Finding out whether your child is a mobile-addict is far from easy. “Someone can spend eight hours a day at their computer, or permanently hooked to their phones, and not being an addict. In the case of young people, many parents see this use as something normal, but they should control misuse”, warns the professor.

López Torrecillas states that making “a reasonable use” of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, “since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers”, but misusing this device “can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality”.

In fact, addiction to mobile phones should be included into a greater group – that of addiction to new technologies. This is the result of the dramatic change in values taking place in our times. Likewise the hippy movement, a new generation of teenagers is arising and they have grown up surrounded by mobile phones and the Internet, says the author of this work, who highlights that part of the blame is to be put on many parents who buy a mobile phone to their children and force them to have it constantly connected so as to always know where they are.

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Spanish scientists point at climate changes as the cause of the Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula

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Spanish scientists point at climate changes as the cause of the Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula
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28.02.2007
Climate – and not modern humans – was the cause of the Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula. Such is the conclusion of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada) research group RNM 179 – Mineralogy and Geochemistry of sedimentary and metamorphic environments, headed by professor Miguel Ortega Huertas and whose members Francisco José Jiménez Espejo, Francisca Martínez Ruiz and David Gallego Torres work jointly at the department of Mineralogy and Petrology of the UGR [http://www.ugr.es] and the Andalusian Regional Institute of Earth Sciences (CSIC-UGR).

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Together with other scientists from the Gibraltar Museum, Stanford University and the Japan Marine Science & Technology Center (JAMSTEC), the Spanish scientists published in the scientific journal Quaternary Science Reviews an innovative work representing a considerable step forward in the knowledge of human ancestral history.

The results of this multidisciplinary research are an important contribution to the understanding of the Neanderthal extinction and the colonisation of the European continent by Homo Sapiens.

During the last Ice Age, the Iberian Peninsula was a refuge for Neanderthals, who had survived in local pockets during previous Ice Ages, bouncing back to Europe when weather conditions improved.

Climate reconstructions

The study is based upon climate reconstructions elaborated from marine records and using the experience of Spanish and international research groups on Western Mediterranean paleoceanography. The conclusions point out that Neanderthal populations did suffer fluctuations related to climate changes before the first Homo Sapiens arrived in the Iberian Peninsula. Cold, arid and highly variable climate was the least favourable weather for Neanderthals and 24,000 years ago they had to face the worst weather conditions in the last 250,000 years.

The most important about these data is that they differ from the current scientific paradigm which makes Homo Sapiens responsible for the Neanderthal extinction. This work is a contribution to a new scientific current – leaded by Dr. Clive Finlayson, from the Gibraltar Museum – according to which Neanderthal isolation and, possibly, extinction were due to environmental factors.

These studies on climate variability are part of the work of the group RNM 179, funded by the excellence project RNM 0432 of the Andalusian Regional Government’s Department for Innovation, Science and Business and by the MARCAL project of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, both linked to the Andalusian Environment Centre (CEAMA – Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente).

Antonio Marín Ruiz | Quelle: alphagalileo
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Mobile phone addiction may cause psychological problems

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Mobile phone addiction may cause psychological problems
Wednesday February 28 2007 15:28 IST

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LONDON: Teenagers who use mobile phones for many hours a day – talking and sending messages or missed calls – may develop psychological disorders, says a study that advices a reasonable use for positive effects.

Francisca Lopez Torrecillas, a lecturer at the department of personality and psychological assessment and treatment of the University of Granada, surveyed several 18 to 25-year-olds from the city of Granada in Spain, said the health portal News Medical.

Torrecillas said this addiction was the result of social changes that occurred in the last decade. The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug addiction is that mobile phones do not apparently cause physical effects – only psychological ones.

Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level but, as they dont show any physical symptoms, their disorder goes unnoticed to others, she said.

About 40 percent of young adults admit using their mobiles for more than four hours a day. Most of them say they spend several hours a day on their phones. Many of these people are deeply upset if their missed calls or messages do not elicit a response.

Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities (job or studies), drift away from friends and close family, deny the problem and think about their mobile constantly when they do not have it with them, the study says.

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem, have problems with developing social relations and feel the urge to be constantly connected and in contact with others, the study says.

Torrecillas says these people can become totally upset when deprived of their mobile phones for sometime, regardless of the reason.

Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems, she added.

However, Torrecillas said that making a reasonable use of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, since it enables them to keep their friends near and feel backed by their peers, but misusing this device can have irreversible effects on the development of teenagers personality.
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