Increase in private financing schemes to secure retirement in Spain

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Most people at some stage start thinking about securing their retirement. The Government guarantees quality of life and a set regular income by means of social benefits for old people. However, an increasing number of people seek additional savings plans to complement state pensions. This is due to the fact that payments from state pensions are normally lower than income earned during a person’s working life. This idea will be developed this Thursday, in Granada, during the course ‘Previsión Social complementaria en España’, (Complementary Pension Schemes in Spain), organised by the Centro Mediterráneo of the Universidad de Granada. This course will be given by Jesús Martínez Castellanos – Commercial and Marketing Deputy General Director of the Spanish insurance company MAPFRE VIDA.

According to Jesús Martínez Castellanos, this increase of interest in pension and life insurance plans is due to two factors. Firstly, more and more Spaniards have started to think about guaranteeing the welfare and financial security for the last part of their lives. Secondly, these pension and life insurance plans offer tax incentives. However, and despite the fact that younger Spaniards are also starting to enter these private schemes, Spain is still far behind neighbouring countries: it is a common practice in Europe to start saving for retirement upon entering the labour market.

New models
During the above-mentioned course, Jesús Martínez Castellanos will explain the characteristics of complementary pension schemes offered to employees by their employers as well as pensions obtained through personal savings. In addition to this he will also talk about other models: reverse mortgage, home income and lifetime mortgage equity release plans. The objective of these latter models is to make it possible for old people to receive an income from their home.

Another of the new complementary pension schemes is directly related to the increase in the number of dependent people. In view of this, and in order to guarantee old people’s quality of life, private institutions will start to offer economic solutions or personal assistance.

Increased life expectancy has encouraged the development and implementation of complementary pension schemes. Jesús Martínez Castellanos stated that: “According to demographic studies, Spain might become, together with Japan and Italy, the country with the oldest population in the world. In Spain, people used to look after their parents when they reached old-age and became dependent. This is now changing, and in the future, as can be seen in other countries, it will be necessary for old people to have the economic means to deal with this situation.”

Reference: Jesús Martínez Castellanos, Commercial and Marketing Deputy General Director of the Spanish insurance company MAPFRE VIDA.
Telephone: (+34) 91 5811574. E-mail address: jmarti6@mapfre.com

Investigadores de toda Andalucía se reúnen en la UGR en el Primer Seminario de Investigadores para la Paz

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Mañana viernes, 21 de septiembre, a partir de las 10 horas, en el Salón de Actos del Centro de Documentación Científica de la Universidad de Granada, se iniciará el Primer Seminario de Investigadores para la Paz de Andalucía: Una Paz Compleja y Conflictiva, coordinado por la Red Andaluza de Investigación para la Paz y los Derechos Humanos (RAIPAD) .

El encuentro supone un primer balance del estudio realizado en el proyecto La investigación para la Paz en la Universidades Andaluzas e Iberoamericanas, proyecto auspiciado por la Junta de Andalucía a través de la Dirección General de Universidades de la Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa.

El objetivo central del Seminario es reconstruir teorías de la Paz desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar, ya que ésta es la mejor manera de prevenir el avance de las distintas formas de la violencia que se manifiestan cada vez de forma más patente en el mundo actual. Según explica el Prof. Francisco Adolfo Muñoz Muñoz, coordinador de RAIPAD, se pretende «fortalecer los lazos entre los investigadores andaluces para la paz y conocer las coincidencias y debates que existen con otros centros de investigación de Latinoamérica».

Las ponencias correrán a cargo de investigadores de diversas Universidades andaluzas pertenecientes a la RAIPAD, entre ellos Joaquín Herrera Flores, de Filosofía y Derecho de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, con el tema Paz y Derechos Humanos; Juan Torres López, catedrático de Economía de la Universidad Pablo de Málaga y Alfredo Witschi Cestari, del International Consultant, Conflict & Natural Disasters Management y colaborador del Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos de la UGR, con el tema Paz y Desarrollo Humano. Además participarán Fernando Martínez López, del departamento de Historia Contemporánea de la Universidad Pablo de Almería, quien expondrá el tema: «El poder de la Paz. La presencia social y política de la Paz. (Paz y Democracia)», acompañado por los profesores Gregorio Cámara, del departamento de Derecho Constitucional y Miguel Gómez Oliver, del departamento de Historia Contemporánea, ambos de la Universidad Pablo de Granada.

La inauguración del acto estará presidida por el rector de la Universidad de Granada, prof. David Aguilar Peña; el Director General de Universidades de la Junta de Andalucía, Francisco Trigueros, y por la Directora del Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos, Beatriz Molina Rueda. La presentación del Seminario estará a cargo de Francisco Adolfo Muñoz Muñoz, coordinador de RAIPAD. Posteriormente, se presentarán los centros e Investigadores del proyecto La investigación para la Paz en la Universidades Andaluzas e Iberoamericanas.

Programa:
Viernes 21 de Septiembre
10 h. Inauguración a cargo de D. Francisco Trigueros, Director General de Universidades de la Junta de Andalucía, D. David Aguilar, Excmo. Rector de la Universidad de Granada y Dª. Beatriz Molina, Directora del Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos de la UGR. Presentación del seminario a cargo de Francisco Adolfo Muñoz Muñoz, coordinador de RAIPAD. Posterior presentación de centros e investigadores del proyecto.

11 h. Una Paz compleja, conflictiva e imperfecta, por Francisco A. Muñoz y Beatriz Molina Rueda (Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos de la Universidad de Granada).

11.50 h. Manifiesto inflexivo: 10 Ideas para construir una Cultura radical de Paz y Derechos humanos, por Joaquín Herrera Flores (Universidad Pablo Olavide de Sevilla).

12.40 h. Otra Economía para hacer posible la Paz, por Juan Torres López (Catedrático de Economía de la Universidad de Málaga).

13.30 h. Los Procesos de Cooperación y Conflicto en las Relaciones Internacionales: Continuidad y Cambio. Inmaculada Marrero Rocha (Dpto. Derecho Internacional Público y Relaciones Internacionales. Universidad de Granada).

16.15 h. Un Binomio imperfecto: Debates y Coincidencias en los Estudios de la Paz y los Estudios de Género. Elena Díez Jorge (Instituto Universitario de la Paz y los Conflictos de la Universidad de Granada) y María Dolores Mirón Pérez (Instituto Universitario de Estudios de la Mujer de la Universidad de Granada).

17 h. Gestión de Conflictos. M. Jorge Bolaños Carmona y Alberto Acosta Mesas (Instituto Universitario de Investigación de la Paz y los Conflictos de la Universidad de Granada).

17.50 h. La Educación, un Espacio complejo y conflictivo de Investigación para la Paz y los Derechos humanos. Sebastián Sánchez Fernández y José Tuvilla Rayo (Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos de la Universidad de Granada).

18.40 h. El Poder de la Paz. La Presencia social y política de la Paz. Fernando Martínez López (Dpto. de Historia contemporánea de la Universidad de Almería), Gregorio Cámara Villar (Dpto. de Derecho Constitucional de la Universidad de Granada) y Miguel Gómez Oliver (Dpto. de Historia contemporánea de la Universidad de Granada).

19.30 h. Guerra, Propaganda y Periodismo para la Paz. Miguel Vázquez Liñán, profesor de Ciencias de la Información, Universidad de Sevilla.

Sábado 22 de Septiembre
9 h. Derechos humanos, Interculturalidad y Racionalidad de Resistencia. Joaquín Herrera Flores (Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla).

9.50 h. Religiones y Paz. Beatriz Molina Rueda y María José Cano Pérez (Instituto Universitario de Investigación de la Paz y los Conflictos de la Universidad de Granada).

10.40 h. La Concordancia Laica. Octavio Salazar Benítez (Cátedra UNESCO de Resolución de Conflictos, Universidad de Córdoba).

11.30 h. Paz y los Conflictos en las Universidades Andaluzas e Iberoamericanas: Una primera Evaluación.. Francisco A. Muñoz, Beatriz Molina Rueda, Luis Sánchez Vázquez y Juan Codorniú Solé (Instituto Universitario de Investigación de la Paz y los Conflictos de la Universidad de Granada).

12.20 h. Presentación de los libros El Derecho humano de la Paz, a cargo de Ana Salado y Cultura de Paz y Publicidad Institucional, a cargo de Alfonso Cortés. 13 h. Paz y Conflictos en la Universidades andaluzas e iberoamericanas: un primer Balance.

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Referencia
Prof. Francisco Adolfo Muñoz Muñoz. Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos de la Universidad de Granada.
Tel.: 958 248 354 / 670 618 315.
Correo e: fmunoz@ugr.es

Web:
http://cicodegcubo.ugr.es/raipad/Proyectos_y_grupos_de_investigacion/Paz_y_Conflictos_en_Universidades_Andaluzas_e_Iberoamericanas/Una_Paz_Compleja_y_Conflictiva

Exposición “El jardín de la Victoria” de María Teresa Martín-Vivaldi

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Mañana, viernes, 21 de septiembre a las 20 horas, en el Carmen de la Victoria, se celebrará el acto de inauguración de la exposición “El jardín de la Victoria” de la artista granadina María Teresa Martín Vivaldi, organizada por la Universidad de Granada coincidiendo con las conmemoraciones del Centenario de Elena Martín Vivaldi y de la creación del Carmen de la Victoria, actual residencia de invitados de la institución académica.

La exposición que se inaugura mañana viernes, 21 de septiembre, estará abierta al público hasta finales del mes de octubre. La muestra reúne una treintena de obras entre óleos y dibujos, todos ellos referentes al jardín del Carmen de la Victoria.

Convocatoria:
DÍA: viernes, 21 de septiembre.
HORA: 20 horas.
LUGAR: Carmen de la Victoria, Cuesta del Chapiz, 9.

Shaking may cause brain damage and serious long-term effects to infants.

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– Shaking may cause brain damage and serious long-term effects to infants.

Crying is the only way a baby can express its feelings and needs. If the parents or caregivers cannot find the cause of the inconsolable crying of the infant, they might react sharply and shake the baby.

The violent shake of the infants head causes brain damage and, as a result, the infant stops crying. For this reason, this behaviour may be repeated in similar situations. This is one of the serious consequences extracted from the bibliographic review carried out by a group of interns of the Teaching Maternity Unit of the University College of Health Care [http://]
of the University of Granada (UGR) published by the Nursing Journal Rol.

Concepción Ruiz Rodríguez, lecturer of the Department of Nursing [http://www.ugr.es/~enfermer/] of the UGR [http://www.ugr.es] and head of the research group, explains that the “shaken baby syndrome” is not well-known and may cause several injuries which, in most cases, have no outward physical signs. Although the seriousness of the brain damage depends on the frequency, intensity and duration of the shake, there are other minor injuries observed due to this syndrome, such as irritability, lethargy, convulsions, vomiting or lack of appetite, and others that are more serious such as eye injury and broken bones.

The father, the main aggressor

Most victims are under two years old, and the most vulnerable victims include premature babies, low-weight babies, babies with excessive colic, disabled babies, twins and stepchildren. The aggressors are chiefly men, frequently the father (44%) followed by the mothers boyfriend living in the family home (20%). The most frequent aggressors among women are the babysitters (18%) and the mothers (7%).

According to the information collected from the scientific articles published over the last five years, the researcher assures that “in most of the cases diagnosed, the cause is abuse or mistreatment. For this reason, early detection and especially appropriate prevention by health professionals is essential, because this syndrome may cause serious long-term effects on the infant. In fact, a poor assessment could lead to serious consequences or even the death of the victim. 20% of victims die during the days following the aggression, and of those who survive, 50% suffer from a wide variety of disabilities and only 30% recover fully.

Prevention

Concepción Ruiz points out “the importance of establishing prevention and early detection programmes in which experts in early childhood healthcare are involved.

It is necessary to offer educational courses for parents and health professionals where they can learn about the characteristics of this syndrome and some strategies to deal with stressful situations. However, the researcher wants to make it clear that the aim is to educate and inform without alarming parents, to prevent parents who have not mistreated their children from feeling guilty, and to clarify misconceptions.
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Shaking may cause brain damage and serious long-term effects to infants

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– Shaking may cause brain damage and serious long-term effects to infants.

A group of interns of the Teaching Maternity Unit of the University College of Health Care of the UGR has carried out a bibliographic review of the shaken baby syndrome. Many of the diagnosed cases which produce internal damage to the infant have been caused by mistreatment or abuse.
Crying is the only way a baby can express its feelings and needs. If the parents or caregivers cannot find the cause of the inconsolable crying of the infant, they might react sharply and shake the baby. The violent shake of the infants head causes brain damage and, as a result, the infant stops crying. For this reason, this behaviour may be repeated in similar situations. This is one of the serious consequences extracted from the bibliographic review carried out by a group of interns of the Teaching Maternity Unit of the University College of Health Care (http://www.ugr.es/~ccsalud/)
of the University of Granada (UGR) (http://www.ugr.es) published by the Nursing Journal Rol.

Concepción Ruiz Rodríguez, lecturer of the Department of Nursing (http://www.ugr.es/~enfermer/) of the UGR (http://www.ugr.es) and head of the research group, explains that the “shaken baby syndrome” is not well-known and may cause several injuries which, in most cases, have no outward physical signs. Although the seriousness of the brain damage depends on the frequency, intensity and duration of the shake, there are other minor injuries observed due to this syndrome, such as irritability, lethargy, convulsions, vomiting or lack of appetite, and others that are more serious such as eye injury and broken bones.

The father, the main aggressor

Most victims are under two years old, and the most vulnerable victims include premature babies, low-weight babies, babies with excessive colic, disabled babies, twins and stepchildren. The aggressors are chiefly men, frequently the father (44%) followed by the mothers boyfriend living in the family home (20%). The most frequent aggressors among women are the babysitters (18%) and the mothers (7%).

According to the information collected from the scientific articles published over the last five years, the researcher assures that “in most of the cases diagnosed, the cause is abuse or mistreatment. For this reason, early detection and especially appropriate prevention by health professionals is essential, because this syndrome may cause serious long-term effects on the infant. In fact, a poor assessment could lead to serious consequences or even the death of the victim. 20% of victims die during the days following the aggression, and of those who survive, 50% suffer from a wide variety of disabilities and only 30% recover fully.

Prevention

Concepción Ruiz points out “the importance of establishing prevention and early detection programmes in which experts in early childhood healthcare are involved.
It is necessary to offer educational courses for parents and health professionals where they can learn about the characteristics of this syndrome and some strategies to deal with stressful situations. However, the researcher wants to make it clear that the aim is to educate and inform without alarming parents, to prevent parents who have not mistreated their children from feeling guilty, and to clarify misconceptions.
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Study looks at shaken baby syndrome

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– Study looks at shaken baby syndrome.

Crying is the only way a baby can express its feelings and needs. If the parents or caregivers cannot find the cause of the inconsolable crying of the infant, they might react sharply and shake the baby.

The violent shake of the infants head causes brain damage and, as a result, the infant stops crying. For this reason, this behaviour may be repeated in similar situations. This is one of the serious consequences extracted from the bibliographic review carried out by a group of interns of the Teaching Maternity Unit of the University College of Health Care of the University of Granada (UGR) published by the Nursing Journal Rol.

Concepci?uiz Rodr?ez, lecturer of the Department of Nursing of the UGR and head of the research group, explains that the shaken baby syndrome is not well-known and may cause several injuries which, in most cases, have no outward physical signs. Although the seriousness of the brain damage depends on the frequency, intensity and duration of the shake, there are other minor injuries observed due to this syndrome, such as irritability, lethargy, convulsions, vomiting or lack of appetite, and others that are more serious such as eye injury and broken bones.

Most victims are under two years old, and the most vulnerable victims include premature babies, low-weight babies, babies with excessive colic, disabled babies, twins and stepchildren. The aggressors are chiefly men, frequently the father (44%) followed by the mothers boyfriend living in the family home (20%). The most frequent aggressors among women are the babysitters (18%) and the mothers (7%).

According to the information collected from the scientific articles published over the last five years, the researcher assures that in most of the cases diagnosed, the cause is abuse or mistreatment. For this reason, early detection and especially appropriate prevention by health professionals is essential, because this syndrome may cause serious long-term effects on the infant. In fact, a poor assessment could lead to serious consequences or even the death of the victim. 20% of victims die during the days following the aggression, and of those who survive, 50% suffer from a wide variety of disabilities and only 30% recover fully.

Concepci?uiz points out the importance of establishing prevention and early detection programmes in which experts in early childhood healthcare are involved.

It is necessary to offer educational courses for parents and health professionals where they can learn about the characteristics of this syndrome and some strategies to deal with stressful situations. However, the researcher wants to make it clear that the aim is to educate and inform without alarming parents, to prevent parents who have not mistreated their children from feeling guilty, and to clarify misconceptions.
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Alternative methods to detect pesticides, antibiotics in water, natural food

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– Alternative methods to detect pesticides, antibiotics in water, natural food

Water or food of natural origins (from plants or animals) that we consume on a daily basis can contain unwanted ‘supplies’ for our organism, such as pesticides or antibiotics.

A doctoral thesis carried out by Jorge Juan Soto Chinchilla, from the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada), and directed by professors Ana María García Campaña and Laura Gámiz Gracia, proposes new analysis methods for the detection of pesticide residue (carbamates) and antibiotic residue (sulfonamides) in water, plant foods and food of animal origin (milk and meats from varied sources). These new methods constitute a routine analysis alternative to the analysis used until now.

Research forms part of several projects financed by the Spanish National Institute for Agrarian and Alimentary Research (INIA) and the Ministry of Education and Science, in collaboration with the company Puleva Biotech.

The main goal of the work “New analytical methodologies, under quality criteria, for the determination of pharmaceutical residues in waters and food”, carried out by the research group “Quality in Food, Environmental and Clinical Analytical Chemistry (FQM-302)”, has been to develop new methods to detect residues in food of these contaminants below the Maximum Residue Levels (MRL) established by the European Union, in order to guarantee the quality of the product and permit its distribution and consumption. Researchers point out, regarding water, that “the interest caused by control of residue levels of pesticides, which can be found in water as a result of treatment of crops with such compounds, is widely known. ”However, concern on detecting pharmaceutical residue, specifically antibiotic, is quite recent. The presence of these contaminants in fresh waters can cause a certain bacterial resistance or allergic reactions in the consuming population.

Innovative techniques
In order to achieve this, the study carried out by the UGR used techniques that have not been much explored in these fields. Cathodoluminiscence detection (CL) connected to Flow Injection Analysis (FIA) and High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPCL), or Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) with UV/Vis detection using an online preconcentration technique in the capillary itself, or detection via Mass Spectometry (MS). MS can also unequivocally identify the analysed compounds. Research has been specifically based on carbamates, a widely used pesticide family, and on sulfonamides, a group of wide-spectrum antibiotics commonly used in medicine and veterinary science.

Researchers point out that methods developed in this work could be applied in the future to routine analysis for this kind of residue control in plant foods and foods of animal origin, in Quality and Alimentary Safety laboratories, or in the detection of such contaminants in waters of varied sources. “These methods definitely constitute interesting alternatives to the already established and less sensitive methods which imply a greater consumption of organic solvents and generate more contaminant residues,” the author of the thesis points out.

FQM-302 research group has been working on the proposal of methods of detecting contaminant residues in foods and in the environment for several years. Currently work is being carried out in different doctoral theses which looks at the study of other pesticide families and their degradation products, as well as the study of other antibiotics such as quinolones and beta-lactams using the methods mentioned above.-Universidad de Granada

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Brain damage and serious long-term effects to infants from shaking

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– Brain damage and serious long-term effects to infants from shaking
Crying is the only way a baby can express its feelings and needs. If the parents or caregivers cannot find the cause of the inconsolable crying of the infant, they might react sharply and shake the baby. The violent shake of the infants head causes brain damage and, as a result, the infant stops crying. For this reason, this behaviour may be repeated in similar situations.

(Media-Newswire.com) – Crying is the only way a baby can express its feelings and needs. If the parents or caregivers cannot find the cause of the inconsolable crying of the infant, they might react sharply and shake the baby. The violent shake of the infants head causes brain damage and, as a result, the infant stops crying. For this reason, this behaviour may be repeated in similar situations. This is one of the serious consequences extracted from the bibliographic review carried out by a group of interns of the Teaching Maternity Unit of the University College of Health Care of the University of Granada ( UGR ) published by the Nursing Journal Rol.

Concepción Ruiz Rodríguez, lecturer of the Department of Nursing of the UGR and head of the research group, explains that the “shaken baby syndrome” is not well-known and may cause several injuries which, in most cases, have no outward physical signs. Although the seriousness of the brain damage depends on the frequency, intensity and duration of the shake, there are other minor injuries observed due to this syndrome, such as irritability, lethargy, convulsions, vomiting or lack of appetite, and others that are more serious such as eye injury and broken bones.

The father, the main aggressor

Most victims are under two years old, and the most vulnerable victims include premature babies, low-weight babies, babies with excessive colic, disabled babies, twins and stepchildren. The aggressors are chiefly men, frequently the father ( 44% ) followed by the mothers boyfriend living in the family home ( 20% ). The most frequent aggressors among women are the babysitters ( 18% ) and the mothers ( 7% ).

According to the information collected from the scientific articles published over the last five years, the researcher assures that “in most of the cases diagnosed, the cause is abuse or mistreatment. For this reason, early detection and especially appropriate prevention by health professionals is essential, because this syndrome may cause serious long-term effects on the infant. In fact, a poor assessment could lead to serious consequences or even the death of the victim. 20% of victims die during the days following the aggression, and of those who survive, 50% suffer from a wide variety of disabilities and only 30% recover fully.

Prevention

Concepción Ruiz points out “the importance of establishing prevention and early detection programmes in which experts in early childhood healthcare are involved.
It is necessary to offer educational courses for parents and health professionals where they can learn about the characteristics of this syndrome and some strategies to deal with stressful situations. However, the researcher wants to make it clear that the aim is to educate and inform without alarming parents, to prevent parents who have not mistreated their children from feeling guilty, and to clarify misconceptions.

Reference: Lecturer Concepción Ruiz Rodríguez. Department of Nursing of the University of Granada. Phone: 958- 242 359 / 248 029. Email: crr@ugr.es
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Alternative Methods Proposed To Detect Pesticides And Antibiotics In Water And Natural Food

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– lternative Methods Proposed To Detect Pesticides And Antibiotics In Water And Natural Food.

Science Daily — Water or food of natural origins (from plants or animals) that we consume on a daily basis can contain unwanted ‘supplies’ for our organism, such as pesticides or antibiotics.

Research forms part of several projects financed by the Spanish National Institute for Agrarian and Alimentary Research (INIA) and the Ministry of Education and Science, in collaboration with the company Puleva Biotech.

A doctoral thesis carried out by Jorge Juan Soto Chinchilla, from the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada), and directed by professors Ana María García Campaña and Laura Gámiz Gracia, proposes new analysis methods for the detection of pesticide residue (carbamates) and antibiotic residue (sulfonamides) in water, plant foods and food of animal origin (milk and meats from varied sources). These new methods constitute a routine analysis alternative to the analysis used until now.

The main goal of the work “New analytical methodologies, under quality criteria, for the determination of pharmaceutical residues in waters and food”, carried out by the research group “Quality in Food, Environmental and Clinical Analytical Chemistry (FQM-302)”, has been to develop new methods to detect residues in food of these contaminants below the Maximum Residue Levels (MRL) established by the European Union, in order to guarantee the quality of the product and permit its distribution and consumption.

Researchers point out, regarding water, that “the interest caused by control of residue levels of pesticides, which can be found in water as a result of treatment of crops with such compounds, is widely known. ”However, concern on detecting pharmaceutical residue, specifically antibiotic, is quite recent. The presence of these contaminants in fresh waters can cause a certain bacterial resistance or allergic reactions in the consuming population.

Innovative techniques

In order to achieve this, the study carried out by the UGR used techniques that have not been much explored in these fields. Cathodoluminiscence detection (CL) connected to Flow Injection Analysis (FIA) and High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPCL), or Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) with UV/Vis detection using an online preconcentration technique in the capillary itself, or detection via Mass Spectometry (MS). MS can also unequivocally identify the analysed compounds. Research has been specifically based on carbamates, a widely used pesticide family, and on sulfonamides, a group of wide-spectrum antibiotics commonly used in medicine and veterinary science.

Researchers point out that methods developed in this work could be applied in the future to routine analysis for this kind of residue control in plant foods and foods of animal origin, in Quality and Alimentary Safety laboratories, or in the detection of such contaminants in waters of varied sources. “These methods definitely constitute interesting alternatives to the already established and less sensitive methods which imply a greater consumption of organic solvents and generate more contaminant residues,” the author of the thesis points out.

FQM-302 research group has been working on the proposal of methods of detecting contaminant residues in foods and in the environment for several years. Currently work is being carried out in different doctoral theses which looks at the study of other pesticide families and their degradation products, as well as the study of other antibiotics such as quinolones and beta-lactams using the methods mentioned above.

Results of this work have been published in the following journals: ‘Analytica Chimica Acta’, ‘Journal of Chromatography’, ‘Trends in Analytical Chemistry’ and ‘Electrophoresis’.

Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Universidad de Granada.

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Shaking baby may cause brain damage

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– Shaking baby may cause brain damage.

Shaken baby syndrome, from shaking a baby to have it stop crying, may cause several injuries with no outward physical signs, says a Spanish study.

If parents or caregivers cannot find the cause of the inconsolable crying of an infant, they might react sharply and shake the baby, causing brain damage and, as a result, the infant stops crying, explained study leader Concepcion Ruiz Rodriguez of the University of Granada.

Although the seriousness of the brain damage depends on the frequency, intensity and duration of the shake, there are other minor injuries observed due to this syndrome, such as irritability, lethargy, convulsions, vomiting or lack of appetite, and others that are more serious such as eye injury and broken bones.

Most victims are under age 2, and the most vulnerable victims include premature babies, low-weight babies, babies with excessive colic, disabled babies, twins and stepchildren. The aggressors are chiefly men; 44 percent are the father, 20 percent the mothers boyfriend living in the home, 18 percent are babysitters and 7 percent are the mothers, reported the study published in Nursing Journal Rol.
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Shaking may Cause Serious Long-term Effects to Infants

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– Shaking may Cause Serious Long-term Effects to Infants

A group of interns of the Teaching Maternity Unit of “The University College of Health Care of the UGR” has carried out a bibliographic review of the ‘shaken baby syndrome’.

According to them many of the diagnosed cases, which produce internal damage to the infant, have been caused by mistreatment or abuse of infants.

Crying is the only way a baby can express its feelings and needs. If the parents or caregivers cannot find the cause of the inconsolable crying of the infant, they might react sharply and shake the baby. The violent shake of the infants head causes brain damage and, as a result, the infant stops crying. For this reason, this behaviour may be repeated in similar situations. This is one of the serious consequences extracted from the bibliographic review carried out by a group of interns of the Teaching Maternity Unit of the University College of Health Care of the University of Granada (UGR) published by the Nursing Journal Rol.

Concepción Ruiz Rodríguez, lecturer of the Department of Nursing of the UGR and head of the research group, explains that the “shaken baby syndrome” is not well-known and may cause several injuries which, in most cases, have no outward physical signs. Although the seriousness of the brain damage depends on the frequency, intensity and duration of the shake, there are other minor injuries observed due to this syndrome, such as irritability, lethargy, convulsions, vomiting or lack of appetite, and others that are more serious such as eye injury and broken bones.
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EL APRENDIZAJE DEL ESPAÑOL EN LENGUAS ESLAVAS

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– EL APRENDIZAJE DEL ESPAÑOL EN LENGUAS ESLAVAS

Investigadores de la Universidad de Granada desarrollarán un proyecto en el que pretenden encontrar las dificultades más significativas con las que se encuentran los estudiantes rusos y ucranianos en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje del español, para así solventarlas mediante la elaboración de aplicaciones metodológicas e instrumentos didácticos. El estudio ha sido financiado por la Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa de la Junta de Andalucía con 26.100 euros.

En España, la presencia de ciudadanos emigrantes se ha incrementado de una manera notable en los últimos años. Es ya un hecho real encontrar en las aulas de los colegios, institutos, universidades y centros de enseñanza, estudiantes que provienen de países eslavos como Rusia o Ucrania, y que se encuentran con grandes dificultades y obstáculos significativos cuando aprenden nuestra lengua. Hasta ahora no había sido necesario el desarrollo de investigaciones dirigidas a la búsqueda de dichas dificultades y elaboración de material didáctico que permitan solventarlas, pero en la actualidad es algo urgente.

En esta línea, el grupo de investigación Eslavística, Caucasología y Tipología Lingüística del Área de Filología Eslava de la Universidad de Granada, abordará un proyecto de excelencia. El objetivo principal del estudio es establecer las dificultades con las que los alumnos de origen ruso y ucraniano que aprenden español, y los profesores que lo enseñan, pueden encontrarse en los diferentes niveles de la lengua, así como en el ámbito cultural, y que afectan, por tanto, al proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje. Y es que esta investigación se hace muy especial y particular al combinar el estudio de las dificultades del aprendizaje del español por hablantes de estas lenguas con una aproximación, además, a los problemas culturales, ya que nunca antes se había planteado algo similar.

El proyecto titulado Estudio de las particularidades de la enseñanza de la lengua española a estudiantes de origen ruso y ucraniano, dirigido por el profesor Rafael Guzmán, ha sido financiado por la Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa de la Junta de Andalucía con 26.100 euros.

Influencia de la lengua materna
Así pues, para realizar el estudio, el equipo de investigadores granadinos partirá del principio teórico de la influencia que, durante el aprendizaje de una lengua extranjera, tiene la lengua materna del propio estudiante. Tal y como asegura el responsable del proyecto, Rafael Guzmán, las semejanzas existentes entre la lengua materna y la extranjera pueden facilitar el aprendizaje de esta última. Pero también, por el contrario, las ‘falsas semejanzas’ entre las dos lenguas lo hacen más difícil, y en la mente del estudiante nace lo que podríamos llamar un tercer sistema lingüístico intermedio entre la lengua materna y la extranjera, por simplificación, en el que se mezclan rasgos de ambas.

Por tanto, para poder detectar los problemas y obstáculos con los que se encuentran los estudiantes rusos y ucranianos durante el proceso de aprendizaje del español en sus distintos niveles, y que pueden ser debidos a la información errónea que se adquiere por ‘semejanzas falsas’, los científicos realizarán un estudio contrastivo de las particularidades de estas lenguas y del español.

Aplicaciones metodológicas
Una vez que sean detectadas, clasificadas y estudiadas las informaciones incorrectas motivadas por la lengua materna que se transfieren en el aprendizaje de la lengua española en los hablantes rusos y ucranianos, los expertos de la Universidad de Granada elaborarán las aplicaciones metodológicas que permitan ayudar al estudiante a vencerlas. Además, con la ejecución de este proyecto, los docentes también se verán beneficiados, ya que podrán desarrollar la metodología adecuada y los materiales didácticos que faciliten su superación y les proporcionen la ayuda necesaria en la organización del proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje.

Por último, hay que destacar que debido a la proximidad que mantienen los miembros de la familia lingüística eslava, las conclusiones y resultados que se deriven de esta investigación de excelencia no sólo se aplicarán a hablantes de origen ruso y ucraniano, sino también a los hablantes de la mayoría de las lenguas eslavas.

Más información:
Rafael Guzmán Tirado
Universidad de Granada.
Departamento de Filología Griega y Filología Eslava.
Campus Universitario Cartuja.
Teléfono: 958 243 694
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