Andalucía – Pág. 2: Un poeta acosado
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Granada Hoy
Pág. 10: MADOC y UGR presentan tres monográficos
Pág. 15 – Publicidad: Comedores Universitarios
Pág. 19: Degustación de té saharaui en el ciclo sobre el Sáhara
Pág. 43: El salmorejo elaborado con robot de cocina es más sano
Pág. 63: El \’genio maligno\’ de Lévy-Strauss, a debate en la Universidad
Contraportada: Botella analiza la violencia social
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La Opinión
Pág. 12: Triple presentación de libros universitarios en el MADOC
Pág. 15: Los empresarios apuestan por potenciar la relación con la UGR
Pág. 16 y 17: Economía del medio ambiente
Pág. 34: \»La violencia es el resultado de un proceso evolutivo\»
Pág. 39: Poemas con sabor a té|Video realidad
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Ideal
Pág. 8: \»El ser humano es tan complejo que es capaz de lo peor y de lo mejor\»
Pág. 13: Expertos proponen que la violencia en el deporte reciba un trato diferencial|Catorce especialistas en un libro
Pág. 20 – Publicidad: Comedores Universitarios
Pág. 52: Detectives en la red
Pág. 54: Espléndido Fernando Belda
Pág. 59: \’Rico: The Legacy\’, de Jep Jorba, en Sociología
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Biofuel In A Martini Glass?
Biofuel In A Martini Glass?
Researchers from the University of Jaén and the University of Granada in Spain have published a study in the new edition of the Society of Chemical Industry\’s (SCI) Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology that details how 100 kilograms of olive stones can yield 5.7 kilograms of biofuel. The research determines the potential for commercial manufacturing is strong, since an estimated 4 million tons of olive stones are thrown away each year.
«The low cost of transporting and transforming olives stones make them attractive for biofuels,» says researcher Sebastian Sanchez. «This research raises the possibility of using of olive stones, which would otherwise be wasted, in producing energy. In this way, we can make use of the whole food crop,” says Sanchez.
To date, however, the olive stone-into-biofuel process is still in the research phase.
Bipolar disorder involves a lower quality of both mental and physical life
A study carried out in the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Granada (Spain) and the Mental Health Unit of the Hospital Neurotraumatologico of Jaen (Spain) has evaluated the quality of life of patients suffering from bipolar disorder (BD), in comparison with the general population, and which variables are connected with patients with a lower quality of life. Part of the results of this research work has been included in a scientific paper of the August 2008 issue of the renowned international journal Bipolar Disorders. In addition, the Headlines review of the American Psychiatric Association has selected such article, among those published by the highest-impact psychiatric journal, as the relevant paper of the month as regards psychiatric disorders and their treatment.
To carry out this work, UGR researchers Luis Gutierrez Rojas and Manuel Gurpegui Fernandez de Legaria, together with other scientists, analysed 108 patients with BD, against a comparative group made up of 1,210 persons from a general population sample. Inside the group of patients, 48 of them were euthymic, this is, without active symptoms of the disease; the remaining 60 patients (non-euthymic) presented relevant symptoms during the evaluation.
BD, known in the past as manic-depressive psychosis, affects approximately 3 of every 100 persons and consists of suffering recurrent depression episodes (depressive phases) alternating with periods of euphoria (manic phases). The patients swing intensely (usually in weeks or months) from happiness to sadness, besides enjoying periods of normality (euthymia).
The scientists from Granada have found out that, as it was to be expected, patients with BD present a worse mental health than the general population; but, in addition, they have discovered that they have a poorer quality of life at a physical level. This could be due to a higher consumption of addictive substances such as alcohol and tobacco, the long-term secondary effects of the pharmacological treatment and a more sedentary way of life.
From this research we can also gather that BD patients who suffer a lower quality of mental life are those who started to suffer the disease before 20 years old, who have been suffering it for a longer time, who suffer the II subtype of the disease, who are dependent on tobacco and who are suffering depressive symptoms at present. In addition, the researchers from Granada have proved that having a high social support (such as that of the family) is connected with a better quality of life for the patient.
Besides it, their work has made clear that depressive symptoms (sadness, listlessness, tiredness, concentration difficulty, insomnia, poor appetite, etc.) have a higher impact in the quality of life than maniac symptoms (excessive self-esteem, lack on inhibition, verbosity, hyperactivity, increase of sexual appetite, etc.). And they also produce more disability or negative repercussion for working capacity and family and social life; this is probably due to that maniac symptoms are usually shorter in time and have a good response to medication, whereas depressive ones are usually more difficult to eliminate.
Luis Gutierrez Rojas insists that, at the sight of the results of this work, there should be a more active intervention to help those people who present depressive symptoms or a high tobacco dependence. However, other variables which could seem less relevant a priori, such as having a family history of the disease, having suffered many episodes of the disorder or having carried out suicide attempt, are not variables significantly connected with a bad quality of life.
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Spanier gewinnen Biosprit aus Olivenkernen
Spanier gewinnen Biosprit aus Olivenkernen
Madrid Aus Olivenkernen lässt sich Biosprit gewinnen. Ein entsprechendes Verfahren haben spanische Wissenschaftler der Universitäten in Jaén und Granada entwickelt.
Die Methode habe den Vorteil, dass keine Nahrungsmittel wie etwa Getreidekörner verarbeitet und keine zusätzlichen Anbauflächen in Anspruch genommen werden müssten, schreiben die Forscher im «Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology» (online veröffentlicht).
Bei der Verarbeitung von Oliven fielen im Jahr vier Millionen Tonnen Kerne als Abfall an, die für die Verarbeitung zu Bio-Ethanol verwendet werden könnten. «Die niedrigen Kosten, die beim Export und bei der Verarbeitung anfallen, machen die Olivenkerne zu einem attraktiven Rohstoff für die Gewinnung von Biosprit», betonte der Wissenschaftler Sebastián Sánchez. Aus 100 Kilogramm Olivenkernen ließen sich 5,7 Kilogramm Ethanol gewinnen.
Die Forscher räumten ein, dass die anfallende Gesamtmenge von Olivenkernen im Vergleich zu anderen Abfallstoffen in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft relativ gering sei. Wenn man jedoch für alle landwirtschaftlichen Abfälle ähnliche Verfahren entwickele wie für die Olivenkerne, könne man einen bedeutenden Energie-Gewinn erzielen.
Quality of Life With Bipolar Disorder
Quality of Life With Bipolar Disorder
New research evaluates the quality of life of patients suffering from bipolar disorder (BD) in comparison with the general population.
In the study, University of Granada scientists analyzed 108 patients with bipolar disorder against a comparative group made up of 1,210 persons from a general population sample.
Inside the group of patients, 48 of them were euthymic, this is, without active symptoms of the disease; the remaining 60 patients (non-euthymic) presented relevant symptoms during the evaluation.
Bipolar disorder, known in the past as manic-depressive disorder, affects approximately 3 of every 100 persons and consists of suffering recurrent depression episodes (depressive phases) alternating with periods of euphoria (manic phases). The patients swing intensely (usually in weeks or months) from happiness to sadness, besides enjoying periods of normality (euthymia).
Scientists discovered patients with BD present worse mental health than the general population; in addition, they found bipolar patients have a poorer quality of life at a physical level.
This could be due to a higher consumption of addictive substances such as alcohol and tobacco, the long-term secondary effects of the pharmacological treatment and a more sedentary way of life.
The research also suggests that people with bipolar disorder who suffer a lower quality of mental life are those who started to suffer the disease before 20 years old, who have been suffering it for a longer time, who suffer the II subtype of the disease, who are dependent on tobacco and who are suffering depressive symptoms at present.
However, Granada researchers found that having a high social support (such as that of the family) is connected with a better quality of life for the patient.
Furthermore, their work has made clear that depressive symptoms (sadness, listlessness, tiredness, concentration difficulty, insomnia, poor appetite, etc.) have a higher impact in the quality of life than maniac symptoms (excessive self-esteem, lack on inhibition, verbosity, hyperactivity, increase of sexual appetite, etc.).
Depressive symptoms also produce more disability or negative repercussions for work, family and social life; this observation reflects the fact that maniac symptoms are usually shorter in time and have a good response to medication, whereas depressive ones are usually more difficult to eliminate.
In conclusion, lead researcher Luis Gutiérrez Rojas insists that there should be a more active intervention to help those people who present depressive symptoms or a high tobacco dependence.
However, other variables which could seem less relevant a priori, such as having a family history of the disease, having suffered many episodes of the disorder or having carried out suicide attempt, are not variables significantly connected with a bad quality of life.
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Biosprit aus Olivenkernen
Biosprit aus Olivenkernen
Spanische Wissenschaftler der Universitäten in Jaén und Granada haben ein Verfahren entwickelt, um aus Olivenkernen Biosprit zu gewinnen. Der Vorteil dieses Verfahrens liegt vor allem darin, dass keine Nahrungsmittel verarbeitet und keine zusätzlichen Anbauflächen beansprucht werden, schreiben die Forscher im ?Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology? (online veröffentlicht).
Bei der Verarbeitung von Oliven fielen im Jahr vier Millionen Tonnen Kerne als Abfall an, die für die Herstellung von Bio-Ethanol verwendet werden könnten. ?Die niedrigen Kosten, die beim Export und bei der Verarbeitung anfallen, machen die Olivenkerne zu einem attraktiven Rohstoff für die Gewinnung von Biosprit?, betonte der Wissenschaftler Sebastián Sánchez. Aus 100 Kilogramm Olivenkernen ließen sich 5,7 Kilogramm Ethanol gewinnen.
Die Forscher räumten ein, dass die anfallende Gesamtmenge von Olivenkernen im Vergleich zu anderen Abfallstoffen in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft relativ gering sei. Wenn man jedoch für alle landwirtschaftlichen Abfälle ähnliche Verfahren entwickle, könne man einen bedeutenden Energie-Gewinn erzielen. gl ( EMFIS )
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Both Mental And Physical Quality Of Life Affected By Bipolar Disorder
Both Mental And Physical Quality Of Life Affected By Bipolar Disorder
A study carried out in the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Granada (Spain) and the Mental Health Unit of the Hospital Neurotraumatológico of Jaen (Spain) has evaluated the quality of life of patients suffering from bipolar disorder (BD), compared to the general population, and which variables are associated with a lower quality of life. Some of the results of this research have been included in a scientific paper in the renowned international journal Bipolar Disorders.
To carry out this work, UGR researchers Luis Gutiérrez Rojas and Manuel Gurpegui Fernández de Legaria, together with other scientists, analysed 108 patients with BD, against a comparative group made up of 1,210 persons from a general population sample. Among the group of patients, 48 were euthymic, that is, without active symptoms of the disease; the remaining 60 patients (non-euthymic) presented relevant symptoms during the evaluation.
BD, known in the past as manic-depressive psychosis, affects approximately 3 in every 100 people and consists of suffering recurrent depression episodes (depressive phases) alternating with periods of euphoria (manic phases). The patients swing intensely (usually in weeks or months) from happiness to sadness, besides enjoying periods of normality (euthymia).
A lower quality of physical life
The scientists from Granada have found out that, as expected, patients with BD present worse mental health than the general population; but, in addition, they have discovered that they have a poorer quality of life at a physical level. This could be due to a higher consumption of addictive substances such as alcohol and tobacco, the long-term secondary effects of the pharmacological treatment and a more sedentary way of life.
From this research we also gather that BD patients who suffer a lower quality of mental life are those who started suffering from the disease younger than 20 years old, who have been suffering it for a longer time, who suffer the II subtype of the disease, who are dependent on tobacco and who are suffering depressive symptoms at present. In addition, the researchers from Granada have proven that having good social support (such as that of the family) is connected with a better quality of life for the patient.
Their work has also made it clear that depressive symptoms (sadness, listlessness, tiredness, concentration difficulty, insomnia, poor appetite, etc.) have a higher impact on the quality of life than maniac symptoms (excessive self-esteem, lack on inhibition, verbosity, hyperactivity, increase of sexual appetite, etc.). And they also produce more disability or negative repercussion for working capacity and family and social life; this is probably because maniac symptoms are usually shorter in duration and have a good response to medication, whereas depressive ones are usually more difficult to eliminate.
A more active intervention
Luis Gutiérrez Rojas insists that there should be a more active intervention to help those people who present depressive symptoms or a high tobacco dependence. However, other variables which could seem less relevant, such as having a family history of the disease, having suffered many apisodes of the disorder or having carried out suicide attempts, are not variables significantly associated with a poor quality of life.
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Bipolar disorder involves lower quality of mental and physical life
Bipolar disorder involves lower quality of mental and physical life
A study carried out in the UGR shows that a higher use of addictive substances such as alcohol and tobacco, the long-term secondary effects of the pharmacological treatment and a more sedentary way of life could influence the poorer quality of life of such patients
The researchers analysed 108 patients with bipolar disorder in order to carry out this work, with a comparative group made up of 1,210 persons from a general population sample
A study carried out in the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Granada (Spain) and the Mental Health Unit of the Hospital Neurotraumatológico of Jaen (Spain) has evaluated the quality of life of patients suffering from bipolar disorder (BD), in comparison with the general population, and which variables are connected with patients with a lower quality of life. Part of the results of this research work has been included in a scientific paper of the August 2008 issue of the renowned international journal Bipolar Disorders. In addition, the Headlines review of the American Psychiatric Association has selected such article, among those published by the highest-impact psychiatric journal, as the relevant paper of the month as regards psychiatric disorders and their treatment.
To carry out this work, UGR researchers Luis Gutiérrez Rojas and Manuel Gurpegui Fernández de Legaria, together with other scientists, analysed 108 patients with BD, against a comparative group made up of 1,210 persons from a general population sample. Inside the group of patients, 48 of them were euthymic, this is, without active symptoms of the disease; the remaining 60 patients (non-euthymic) presented relevant symptoms during the evaluation.
BD, known in the past as manic-depressive psychosis, affects approximately 3 of every 100 persons and consists of suffering recurrent depression episodes (depressive phases) alternating with periods of euphoria (manic phases). The patients swing intensely (usually in weeks or months) from happiness to sadness, besides enjoying periods of normality (euthymia).
A lower quality of physical life
The scientists from Granada have found out that, as it was to be expected, patients with BD present a worse mental health than the general population; but, in addition, they have discovered that they have a poorer quality of life at a physical level. This could be due to a higher consumption of addictive substances such as alcohol and tobacco, the long-term secondary effects of the pharmacological treatment and a more sedentary way of life.
From this research we can also gather that BD patients who suffer a lower quality of mental life are those who started to suffer the disease before 20 years old, who have been suffering it for a longer time, who suffer the II subtype of the disease, who are dependent on tobacco and who are suffering depressive symptoms at present. In addition, the researchers from Granada have proved that having a high social support (such as that of the family) is connected with a better quality of life for the patient.
Besides it, their work has made clear that depressive symptoms (sadness, listlessness, tiredness, concentration difficulty, insomnia, poor appetite, etc.) have a higher impact in the quality of life than maniac symptoms (excessive self-esteem, lack on inhibition, verbosity, hyperactivity, increase of sexual appetite, etc.). And they also produce more disability or negative repercussion for working capacity andfamily and social life; this is probably due to that maniac symptoms are usually shorter in time and have a good response to medication, whereas depressive ones are usually more difficult to eliminate.
A more active intervention
Luis Gutiérrez Rojas insists that, at the sight of the results of this work, there should be a more active intervention to help those people who present depressive symptoms or a high tobacco dependence. However, other variables which could seem less relevant a priori, such as having a family history of the disease, having suffered many apisodes of the disorder or having carried out suicide attempt, are not variables significantly conected with a bad quality of life.-Universidad de Granada
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La violencia en el deporte se ha cobrado 1.500 víctimas en 30 años, según expertos reunidos en Granada
La violencia en el deporte se ha cobrado 1.500 víctimas en 30 años, según expertos reunidos en Granada
Expertos en derecho penal han abogado hoy por abrir el debate sobre la posibilidad de que los supuestos delictivos de mayor gravedad en el deporte, como la violencia o el dopaje, reciban un «tratamiento diferencial y autónomo» en el ámbito jurídico para ofrecer una respuesta penal más acorde a la realidad.
Así lo ha expuesto hoy el catedrático de Derecho Penal Lorenzo Morillas durante un congreso internacional sobre derecho penal y deporte que se celebra hoy y mañana en Granada.
Morillas ha precisado a Efe que no se trataría de que se introduzcan nuevos tipos penales, sino de unificar los delitos más «sobresalientes» en el ámbito deportivo, entre los que incluye la violencia (ya sea entre deportistas o aficionados), el dopaje y el fraude, «bajo la cobertura de un bien jurídico del deporte».
Eso se traduciría en unificar la respuesta penal que se da a esos hechos delictivos con «criterios autónomos y unitarios», posibilidad sobre la que, a su juicio, habría que reflexionar en el futuro.
Según el catedrático, la reflexión parte del hecho de que en la actualidad esos delitos están «diseminados en otros bienes jurídicos»: las lesiones por ejemplo en los delitos contra la integridad física y el dopaje, que puede llegar a poner en peligro la vida del deportista, en los de salud pública.
En cualquier caso, Morillas considera que en España hay un «equilibrio interesante» entre el deporte y su regulación, y no sólo desde la perspectiva disciplinaria federativa, sino desde los sectores del ordenamiento jurídico, entre ellos el derecho penal.
En el caso del dopaje, ha valorado que desde el punto de vista de la legislación administrativa el Consejo Superior de Deportes esté intensificando sus actuaciones contra esta práctica, como también está ocurriendo a su juicio desde el ámbito penal.
En lo que respecta a la violencia en el ámbito deportivo, entiende que en España está bien regulada y no cree que haya permisividad, aunque admite la dificultad de perseguir esas conductas porque suelen partir de «aficionados en masa» y porque en ella inciden «muchos parámetros», si bien ha resaltado el hecho de que cada vez hay más sentencias condenatorias contra los violentos.
El catedrático sí ha abogado por regular con «mayor intensidad» en España los fraudes de ley en el ámbito deportivo, del que puso como ejemplo el cometido en Italia, donde una asociación ilícita influyó en árbitros para que cambiaran los resultados.
Por su parte, el profesor de Derecho Penal de la Universidad de Granada y coordinador de las jornadas, José María Suárez, ha dicho a Efe que aunque cada vez se aplican con más «intensidad» los tipos penales tradicionales en el ámbito deportivo -antes, dice, se era más proclive a pensar que lo que ocurría en un estadio no era competencia del derecho-, hay alguna «incoherencia técnica importante» en el Código Penal.
Se refiere en concreto al hecho de que la imposición de una multa, medida más habitual y «racional» en el ámbito deportivo, no vaya aparejada en el Código Penal, por una cuestión técnica, de la prohibición de acudir a espectáculos deportivos durante un tiempo.
Esa prohibición sólo se establece cuando, en vez de una multa, la pena impuesta es de privación de libertad -la menos de las veces-.
Para Suárez, también vocal del comité andaluz de disciplina deportiva, que la imposición de una multa se acompañara de la prohibición de acudir por un tiempo a espectáculos deportivos sería «más acorde» con la idea de que la «protección de bienes jurídicos» se logre a través de la prevención.
Según este profesor de Derecho Penal, aunque cualquier índice de violencia, por bajo que sea, es «preocupante», en proporción a la media España no está en los niveles altos de países como Inglaterra o los sudamericanos.
En los últimos treinta años, los sucesos deportivos han generado 1.500 víctimas en todo el mundo, según Suárez.
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