New Species Of Insect Discovered On Balearic Islands

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After 10 years of biochemical and molecular analysis of the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera that live in the Western Mediterranean, Spanish and Italian scientists have now demonstrated that one of the insect populations of this group is a distinct and, therefore, new species.

The researchers, including a team from the University of Granada (UGR), used biochemical and molecular techniques for a decade to detail the taxonomical and phylogenetic relationships of the insects of the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera genus that are spread across the Western Mediterranean (northern Africa, Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Isles, Corsica and Sardinia). The analyses included three species described using morphological characters as a basis.

«One of the results discovered and published in our studies is that the population of Tyrrhenoleuctra on the Balearic Islands is a clearly distinct taxon and demands acknowledgement of its status as an independent species», José Manuel Tierno de Figueroa, co-author of the study and a researcher in the Department of Animal Biology at the UGR explained SINC.

In order to demonstrate that the insect, called Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi, is really a species in its own right the team of scientists, comprising the Spanish researcher and Romolo Fochetti from the Tuscia University of Studies (Italy), wrote a scientific description in the journal Zootaxa, with biochemical (based on studies of enzymatic electrophoresis) and molecular characters (by means of mitochondrial DNA fragment sequencing).

Among the results of the study, Tierno de Figueroa and Fochetti highlighted the fact that insect was genetically distinct and «more closely related to populations on the southern Iberian peninsula and northern Africa than to those found on Corsica and Sardinia». The researchers also highlight that Tyrrhenoleuctra evolve molecularly at a «considerably slower rate than other insects distributed similarly in geographical terms.

Very Different Insects

Populations of insects belonging to the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera genus can be found in temporary fresh water streams, sometimes at sea level, «which is very unusual for this group of insects, which generally live in highly oxygenated water in the medium or high alps», Tierno de Figueroa clarified. The scientists performed biochemical and molecular analyses to also discern these insects\’ biogeographical implications.

A study carried out on a larger scale had already shown great variation in almost all the characters that experts use to separate species. «Thus, intra-specific variability was as high as inter-specific variability, rendering morphological characters useless for identification purposes», the biologist said.

The new species of plecoptera takes the name of Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi in honour of researcher Antonino Sánchez-Ortega, who died in 2002 after devoting the best part of his life to studying these insects on the Iberian Peninsula.
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New Insect On Balearic Islands

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New Insect On Balearic Islands

After 10 years of biochemical and molecular analysis of the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera that live in the Western Mediterranean, Spanish and Italian scientists have now demonstrated that one of the insect populations of this group is a distinct and, therefore, new species.

The researchers, including a team from the University of Granada (UGR), used biochemical and molecular techniques for a decade to detail the taxonomical and phylogenetic relationships of the insects of the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera genus that are spread across the Western Mediterranean (northern Africa, Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Isles, Corsica and Sardinia). The analyses included three species described using morphological characters as a basis.

«One of the results discovered and published in our studies is that the population of Tyrrhenoleuctra on the Balearic Islands is a clearly distinct taxon and demands acknowledgement of its status as an independent species», José Manuel Tierno de Figueroa, co-author of the study and a researcher in the Department of Animal Biology at the UGR explained SINC.

In order to demonstrate that the insect, called Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi, is really a species in its own right the team of scientists, comprising the Spanish researcher and Romolo Fochetti from the Tuscia University of Studies (Italy), wrote a scientific description in the journal Zootaxa, with biochemical (based on studies of enzymatic electrophoresis) and molecular characters (by means of mitochondrial DNA fragment sequencing).

Among the results of the study, Tierno de Figueroa and Fochetti highlighted the fact that insect was genetically distinct and «more closely related to populations on the southern Iberian peninsula and northern Africa than to those found on Corsica and Sardinia». The researchers also highlight that Tyrrhenoleuctra evolve molecularly at a «considerably slower rate than other insects distributed similarly in geographical terms.

Very Different Insects

Populations of insects belonging to the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera genus can be found in temporary fresh water streams, sometimes at sea level, «which is very unusual for this group of insects, which generally live in highly oxygenated water in the medium or high alps», Tierno de Figueroa clarified. The scientists performed biochemical and molecular analyses to also discern these insects\’ biogeographical implications.

A study carried out on a larger scale had already shown great variation in almost all the characters that experts use to separate species. «Thus, intra-specific variability was as high as inter-specific variability, rendering morphological characters useless for identification purposes», the biologist said.

The new species of plecoptera takes the name of Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi in honour of researcher Antonino Sánchez-Ortega, who died in 2002 after devoting the best part of his life to studying these insects on the Iberian Peninsula.
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New insect on Balearic Islands

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New insect on Balearic Islands

After 10 years of biochemical and molecular analysis of the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera that live in the Western Mediterranean, Spanish and Italian scientists have now demonstrated that one of the insect populations of this group is a distinct and, therefore, new species. The researchers, including a team from the University of Granada (UGR), used biochemical and molecular techniques for a decade to detail the taxonomical and phylogenetic relationships of the insects of the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera genus that are spread across the Western Mediterranean (northern Africa, Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Isles, Corsica and Sardinia). The analyses included three species described using morphological characters as a basis.

«One of the results discovered and published in our studies is that the population of Tyrrhenoleuctra on the Balearic Islands is a clearly distinct taxon and demands acknowledgement of its status as an independent species», José Manuel Tierno de Figueroa, co-author of the study and a researcher in the Department of Animal Biology at the UGR explained SINC.

In order to demonstrate that the insect, called Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi, is really a species in its own right the team of scientists, comprising the Spanish researcher and Romolo Fochetti from the Tuscia University of Studies (Italy), wrote a scientific description in the journal Zootaxa, with biochemical (based on studies of enzymatic electrophoresis) and molecular characters (by means of mitochondrial DNA fragment sequencing).

Among the results of the study, Tierno de Figueroa and Fochetti highlighted the fact that insect was genetically distinct and «more closely related to populations on the southern Iberian peninsula and northern Africa than to those found on Corsica and Sardinia». The researchers also highlight that Tyrrhenoleuctra evolve molecularly at a «considerably slower rate than other insects distributed similarly in geographical terms.

Very Different Insects

Populations of insects belonging to the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera genus can be found in temporary fresh water streams, sometimes at sea level, «which is very unusual for this group of insects, which generally live in highly oxygenated water in the medium or high alps», Tierno de Figueroa clarified. The scientists performed biochemical and molecular analyses to also discern these insects\’ biogeographical implications.

A study carried out on a larger scale had already shown great variation in almost all the characters that experts use to separate species. «Thus, intra-specific variability was as high as inter-specific variability, rendering morphological characters useless for identification purposes», the biologist said.

The new species of plecoptera takes the name of Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi in honour of researcher Antonino Sánchez-Ortega, who died in 2002 after devoting the best part of his life to studying these insects on the Iberian Peninsula.
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New insect on Balearic Islands

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New insect on Balearic Islands

After 10 years of biochemical and molecular analysis of the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera that live in the Western Mediterranean, Spanish and Italian scientists have now demonstrated that one of the insect populations of this group is a distinct and, therefore, new species.

The researchers, including a team from the University of Granada (UGR), used biochemical and molecular techniques for a decade to detail the taxonomical and phylogenetic relationships of the insects of the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera genus that are spread across the Western Mediterranean (northern Africa, Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Isles, Corsica and Sardinia). The analyses included three species described using morphological characters as a basis.

«One of the results discovered and published in our studies is that the population of Tyrrhenoleuctra on the Balearic Islands is a clearly distinct taxon and demands acknowledgement of its status as an independent species», José Manuel Tierno de Figueroa, co-author of the study and a researcher in the Department of Animal Biology at the UGR explained SINC.

In order to demonstrate that the insect, called Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi, is really a species in its own right the team of scientists, comprising the Spanish researcher and Romolo Fochetti from the Tuscia University of Studies (Italy), wrote a scientific description in the journal Zootaxa, with biochemical (based on studies of enzymatic electrophoresis) and molecular characters (by means of mitochondrial DNA fragment sequencing).

Among the results of the study, Tierno de Figueroa and Fochetti highlighted the fact that insect was genetically distinct and «more closely related to populations on the southern Iberian peninsula and northern Africa than to those found on Corsica and Sardinia». The researchers also highlight that Tyrrhenoleuctra evolve molecularly at a «considerably slower rate than other insects distributed similarly in geographical terms.

Very Different Insects

Populations of insects belonging to the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera genus can be found in temporary fresh water streams, sometimes at sea level, «which is very unusual for this group of insects, which generally live in highly oxygenated water in the medium or high alps», Tierno de Figueroa clarified. The scientists performed biochemical and molecular analyses to also discern these insects\’ biogeographical implications.

A study carried out on a larger scale had already shown great variation in almost all the characters that experts use to separate species. «Thus, intra-specific variability was as high as inter-specific variability, rendering morphological characters useless for identification purposes», the biologist said.

The new species of plecoptera takes the name of Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi in honour of researcher Antonino Sánchez-Ortega, who died in 2002 after devoting the best part of his life to studying these insects on the Iberian Peninsula.
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New Insect Found In Balearic Islands

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New Insect Found In Balearic Islands

After 10 years of biochemical and molecular analysis of the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera that live in the Western Mediterranean, Spanish and Italian scientists have now demonstrated that one of the insect populations of this group is a distinct and, therefore, new species.

The researchers, including a team from the University of Granada (UGR), used biochemical and molecular techniques for a decade to detail the taxonomical and phylogenetic relationships of the insects of the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera genus that are spread across the Western Mediterranean (northern Africa, Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Isles, Corsica and Sardinia). The analyses included three species described using morphological characters as a basis.

«One of the results discovered and published in our studies is that the population of Tyrrhenoleuctra on the Balearic Islands is a clearly distinct taxon and demands acknowledgement of its status as an independent species», José Manuel Tierno de Figueroa, co-author of the study and a researcher in the Department of Animal Biology at the UGR explained SINC.

In order to demonstrate that the insect, called Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi, is really a species in its own right the team of scientists, comprising the Spanish researcher and Romolo Fochetti from the Tuscia University of Studies (Italy), wrote a scientific description in the journal Zootaxa, with biochemical (based on studies of enzymatic electrophoresis) and molecular characters (by means of mitochondrial DNA fragment sequencing).

Among the results of the study, Tierno de Figueroa and Fochetti highlighted the fact that insect was genetically distinct and «more closely related to populations on the southern Iberian peninsula and northern Africa than to those found on Corsica and Sardinia»
. The researchers also highlight that Tyrrhenoleuctra evolve molecularly at a «considerably slower rate than other insects distributed similarly in geographical terms.

Very Different Insects

Populations of insects belonging to the Tyrrhenoleuctra plecoptera genus can be found in temporary fresh water streams, sometimes at sea level, «which is very unusual for this group of insects, which generally live in highly oxygenated water in the medium or high alps», Tierno de Figueroa clarified. The scientists performed biochemical and molecular analyses to also discern these insects\’ biogeographical implications.

A study carried out on a larger scale had already shown great variation in almost all the characters that experts use to separate species. «Thus, intra-specific variability was as high as inter-specific variability, rendering morphological characters useless for identification purposes», the biologist said.

The new species of plecoptera takes the name of Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi in honor of researcher Antonino Sánchez-Ortega, who died in 2002 after devoting the best part of his life to studying these insects on the Iberian Peninsula.
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La nota de corte de Medicina de la UGR supera el nueve y bate récord

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La nota de corte de Medicina de la UGR supera el nueve y bate récord
17.07.09 –
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Las carreras de Ciencias de la Salud superan el ocho en esta primera fase Para cursar una misma titulación en la UGR hace falta más nota que en el resto
La Universidad granadina recibe más solicitudes que plazas oferta
Las calificaciones de todas las carreras experimentan un ascenso
Sólo para alumnos con expedientes brillantes. Ese es el cartel que tendrán que poner en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Granada (UGR). La nota de corte de este año se ha quedado en un 9,04.
Eso significa que sus futuros alumnos serán de matrícula de honor. En los expedientes de estos estudiantes abundan los \’10\’ y no hay lugar para los notables. Es la carrera con la nota de corte más alta de Andalucía y bate récord. El año pasado en la primera adjudicación la calificación fue de 8,83. Desde el curso 2005/2006, que se quedó en un 8,30, la tendencia ha sido alza.
La Comisión del Distrito Único Andaluz ha aprobado los primeros listados de admitidos en las universidades de Andalucía en cada una de las titulaciones y centros y desvelado que la nota de corte es cada vez mayor. Eso significa que por lo general los estudiantes que llegan a la Universidad tienen cada vez mejores calificaciones. La carrera de Medicina de Granada junto a la Biotecnología de la Pablo Olavide de Sevilla son las titulaciones con mayor calificación: 9,04 las dos. No obstante, la granadina está a la cabeza.
Lo está porque para Biotecnología en Sevilla el número de plazas no es superior a sesenta y para Medicina son oficialmente 253. En el puesto número cincuenta, el alumno de Medicina que se ha quedado ronda el 9,7. Estos números que marean no están sólo en la carrera de Medicina, la UGR cuenta con un importante grupo de titulaciones con notas de corte que superan el siete. Las del área de Ciencias de la Salud, en todas. Por lo general, todas las carreras han experimentado en esta primera adjudicación una subida. Los expedientes son mejores que el año pasado.
Llamativo es el caso de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte que ha pasado de 5,70 a 7,31. Odontología también ha subido, de 8,31 ha pasado a 8,41; Enfermería también ha superado el ocho y el año pasado en esta misma fase se quedó en 7,84. En otra área, la Técnica concretamente, Caminos también ha superado este año el ocho y el pasado se quedó en un 7,70. En cambio las informáticas se quedan en el cinco y Telecomunicaciones sí \’pide nota\’, como se dice coloquialmente, hasta un 7,52.
Estos números suponen que muchos de los estudiantes que tenían como referencia la nota del año pasado ayer por la noche o esta mañana se han llevado un buen \’susto\’. En esta convocatoria hasta carreras que antes se quedaban con un cinco han subido algunas décimas. Así con un cinco sin más décimas sólo figuran titulaciones como Historia del Arte, Sociología, Ciencias Políticas y de la Administración y Derecho (doble titulación) y Relaciones Laborales.
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No obstante, hay que puntualizar que en la siguiente adjudicación es muy fácil que la nota de corte baje en estos casos y pueda acceder a estos estudios gente con una media de un cinco solamente. También se ha dado hasta ahora que en un número importante de carreras se han quedado plazas vacantes.
Este año en la Universidad granadina han subido las notas de corte y también el número de solicitudes. Mientras que el año pasado, la estadística en esta primera adjudicación se quedaba por debajo del número de plazas ofertadas en esta ocasión se ha superado. La institución universitaria granadina ofrece para el curso 2009/2010 uno total de 10.444 plazas y el número de solicitudes se ha elevado a casi 12.000, según los datos aportados ayer por la vicerrectora de Estudiantes de la UGR, Inmaculada Marrero.
La responsable universitaria valora el incremento de solicitudes y de jóvenes que quieren estudiar en la UGR como «positivo». Hay que recordar que en Granada hicieron la selectividad algo más de 4.300 alumnos y han solicitado una plaza en la Universidad granadina casi 12.000 estudiantes. En la segunda adjudicación también es muy probable que bajen estas cifras al igual que las notas de corte de muchas carreras, aunque en el área sanitaria un año más la lista de espera se moverá muy poco. Los que estén en los primeros puestos tendrán suerte, pero el resto no.

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Laughter is the best medicine

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Laughter is the best medicine

Some readers have told me they have enjoyed several of my humor efforts. Most of these Telegram weekly essays have concluded with such an attempt.

I’ve mentioned before about our 6 a.m. daily coffee clutch at Julie’s wherein enjoying many laughs is a major objective. We go there with an expectation of humor and are very rarely disappointed. The day may be dark and dreary; we may have a physical part hurting (my knee) but the world has brightened a great deal by the time we depart.

Was it Bob Dylan who is reported to have said, “You can fake an orgasm, but you can’t fake laughter.” Once the kidding, teasing and nonsense begins at the coffee clutch, the whole world looks brighter. When I leave at 7 to pick up my first volunteer drive, the day’s prospects look very much improved.

This year for the first time a one week international symposium was held in Spain (University of Granada) on humour (their spelling) and laughter. Our coffee clutch got the jump on them; we’ve been at this for over 30 years. Their symposium literature said that laughter reduces pain, benefits the immune system, lowers blood pressure, improves job performance and connects people emotionally. Hopefully. you aren’t allowing all this cost free medicine pass you by.

A few quotes on the value of laughter:

Norman Cousin, “Laughter is inner jogging.” (The benefits of an aerobic workout and is less work too)

Victor Borge, “Laughter is the closest distance between two people.:

E.E. Cummings, “The most wasted of all days is the one without laughter.”

Michael Pritchard, “You don’t stop laughing because you grown old; you grow old because you stop laughing.”

Some retirees get their laughter and fun in different ways. The following fellow tells his story. I close with it because it will bring a chuckle and I think it was a fictitious story made up for that purpose only:

Working people frequently ask retired people, like me, what they do to make life interesting. So for an example, I tell them about a day I went downtown and went into a store. I was only in there for about 5 minutes and when I came out there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. I said to him, “Come on officer, how about giving a person a break?” He ignored me and kept writing the ticket. I called him a fascist Nazi. He glared at me and starting writing another ticket for “having worn tires.” So I called him a “member of the Gestapo.” He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more I abused him, the more tickets he wrote. Personally I didn’t care; I came downtown on a bus, but I try to have a little fun each day now that I’m retired.

Bernie Hughes, Ed.D, is a retired educator who resides in Superior. He can be reached at Bernie1@cpinternet.com.
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Subject anxieties plague college students

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Subject anxieties plague college students

University students are constantly dealing with coursework and exam stress. Add this stress to a subject matter that a student does not feel particularly confident in, and you get subject-based anxiety. If you have ever felt nervous about a chemistry exam because your mind is not naturally suited to science, you are not alone. If that trigonometry requirement is causing you to squirm, you too are not alone.

Choosing to be an English major because you are not math or science oriented is a great decision, but with general education requirements, you cannot avoid all those unnerving courses. Come exam time, you are stressing more over courses that are completely unrelated to your major. This is something students have to learn to deal with, and obviously, some have to deal with it more than others.

According to a study by the University of Granada in Spain, six out of 10 students experience math anxiety. This study draws from a pool of all majors. The research was deepened by further deduction that men generally experience less math anxiety that women. To define what the university calls «math anxiety,» we assume that sufferers experience stress-related symptoms such as mental-blocks in the subject matter, tension, worry and impatience while dealing with course-related homework and examinations.

The study further goes on to say that students sometimes pick their degrees based more on the coursework than what they truly wish to study. For example, a student with math anxiety who would like to work in marketing may choose a psychology major instead, in order to avoid the math-related statistics course necessary to receive a business-related degree. Therefore, these anxieties often have a great impact upon students\’ life decisions.

Even though math is the most common anxiety-inducing subject, students often experience stress in other courses such as science or classes that involve a lot of memorization such as history.

Christina Hebert is a general studies senior studying music, international studies and English, who feels less at ease with science courses than other subjects.

«In preparing for a science-related exam, I often felt extreme anxiety,» said Hebert. «Obviously, as a science course is a Gen Ed requirement, it is a necessary course needed in order to graduate with a degree from LSU. The grade acquired in the science course, whether good or bad, carries equally as much weight as a grade acquired in any other course. In order to do remotely well in the science course, I had to study twice and even three times as hard as any other course in my major, which included being a part of several study groups.»

Of course, professors of general education courses should understand that not every student feels comfortable in their classrooms. There are things professors can do to make those who are suffering with a little subject-related anxiety feel less queasy.

«I actually enjoyed one semester of my science course,» said Hebert. «It was due to the professor being especially sensitive to students in the class who were not comfortable with the subject and making an extra effort to explain the material in a way that would make sense to the average, right-brained thinker.»

Students should understand that the majority of their peers experience some type of subject anxiety. They should also not feel embarrassed, for even a student who is naturally great at math can easily draw a blank during a stressful math exam. Study groups, regularly meeting with the professor and extra studying can all help to ease the stress.
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González analiza los derechos del trabajador en la era digital

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González analiza los derechos del trabajador en la era digital
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González analiza los derechos del trabajador en la era digital
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Será este viernes cuando en el Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos se clausuren las dos primeras ofertas formativas con las que arrancaron los XVIII Cursos Internacionales de Verano y, en el caso del programa titulado \’Informática y derechos fundamentales: un desafío a la sociedad y al derecho en el siglo XXI\’, lo hará con una mesa redonda en la que se analizará el honor y los medios de comunicación en la era digital, una puesta en común de planteamientos, ideas y conocimientos en la que intervendrán, además de Blas Jesús Imbroda, los abogados Antonio Zapata y Emilio Bosch Borrero, así como la periodista Irene Flores. Acto seguido, será Javier Gomá, letrado del Consejo de Estado, el que se encargue de la sesión de clausura pronunciando una conferencia titulada \’Nuevas tecnologías y sociedad en el siglo XXI\’.
En lo que se refiere a la sesión del jueves, fue Rosa María González de Patto, profesora de Derecho del Trabajo de la Universidad de Granada, la persona que ahondó en las nuevas tecnologías y derechos fundamentales en las relaciones laborales «tanto entre el empresario y el trabajador como entre el empresario y los representantes sindicales de los trabajadores».
Durante su intervención, González de Patto reconoció que el «centro de gravedad» de esta relación se sitúa en este escenario, planteando, «como punto de partida», que los sistemas informáticos «que facilitan la información y la comunicación» en la empresa son patrimonio empresarial, «por lo que el empresario tiene un poder de disposición sobre ellos», de ahí que su aplicación en el día a día debe limitarse a un fin eminentemente productivo, «nunca para fines personales del empleado o de cualquier otra naturaleza».

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Scientists have discovered a new species of insect which lives in the Western Mediterranean.

Well, they actually discovered «Tyrrhenoleuctra antoninoi» ten years ago, but it has taken them until now to prove that it is distinct from other insects.

In order to demonstrate that the insect was really a species in its own right, the team had to conduct biochemical and molecular tests.

After doing things like the complicated sounding mitochondrial DNA fragment sequencing, they have now published scientific description in the journal Zootaxa.

I don\’t know why they went to all that bother, I «discovered» four new species of insect this morning just by adding entries on Wikipedia for things I found in the garden.
«One of the results discovered in our studies is that the population of Tyrrhenoleuctra on the Balearic Islands is a clearly distinct taxon and demands acknowledgement of its status as an independent species,» said José Manuel Tierno de Figueroa of the University of Granada.
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El incremento de aspirantes dispara las notas de acceso a la UGR

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Las carreras de Humanidades de la UGR han recibido muchas solicitudes de estudiantes europeos

J.P. La Universidad de Granada (UGR) no entiende de crisis, al menos en lo que a ´clientela´ se refiere. Mientras a muchas empresas granadinas no le salen los números, a la Universidad, que pasa por ser el principal motor de desarrollo de la provincia, no dejan de salirle novios. Más de 15.000 jóvenes presentaron en el plazo previsto –hasta el 6 de julio– su preinscripción en la UGR, 2.000 más que el año anterior y demasiados para las 10.881 de primer curso ofertadas por la institución, según confirmaron fuentes universitarias. No es de extrañar, por tanto, que la notas de acceso a la UGR se hayan disparado este año de forma casi general.

Los estudios de Medicina no son los únicos protagonistas, a pesar de que el 9,04 que exigen para acceder a sus aulas brille con luz propia. El incremento de las notas de corte es destacable en todas las ramas, según indicó la vicerrectora de Estudiantes, Inmaculada Marrero. Entre los estudios que más han ´crecido´ figuran Arquitectura Técnica, Bellas Artes, Canales, Caminos y Puertos o Maestro de Educación Primaria. «Lo más destacable en esta ocasión es que el aumento ha sido generalizado, no se limita a la rama de Ciencias de la Salud, como ha ocurrido en otras ocasiones», destacó la vicerrectora.

Los límites pueden consultarse ya a través de la página web de la Consejería de Innovación. Seguro que habrá muchas decepciones entre los aspirantes, pero Marrero aconsejó ayer tener paciencia a quienes no les llegue la nota en esta primera adjudicación. «El listón ahora está muy alto, pero en las próximas semanas se van a producir con toda seguridad renuncias en determinadas carreras que provocarán un descenso de las notas de acceso», explicó.

El campus granadino ha recibido muchas solicitudes de estudiantes procedentes de fuera de Andalucía, tanto del resto de España como del extranjero, lo que sin duda encarece el acceso, según explicó la vicerrectora. «El incremento de las notas en Humanidades se debe, en parte, a que muchos estudiantes extranjeros han solicitado realizar este tipo de estudios en la Universidad de Granada, principalmente jóvenes de Francia, Bélgica u Holanda», comentó. Puede que el Espacio europeo de Educación Superior (EEES), que promueve la libertad de movimientos del alumno europeo, ya se esté empezando a sentir en Granada.

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La UGR ofrece atención bucodental gratis a mayores

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La iniciativa, que desarrollarán profesores y alumnos de posgrado de la Facultad de odontología, también se extenderá a colectivos desfavorecidos

EFE La Universidad de Granada proporcionará atención bucodental gratuita a mayores y colectivos sociales desfavorecidos con escasos recursos económicos de distintas edades de la provincia. La iniciativa de salud la llevan a cabo profesores y alumnos de postgrado de la Facultad de Odontología de la capital.

La UGR informó ayer en un comunicado que la parte de este programa de salud bucodental dirigida a personas mayores, que se puso en marcha hace cinco años, consiste en atención domiciliaria, tanto a vivienda particular como en residencia de mayores y unidades de estancia diurna.

Durante el curso 2008-2009 se atendieron a unas 50 personas mayores, cuyo grado de agradecimiento y satisfacción queda patente en el 100% de las personas atendidas, según aseguró la Universidad granadina.

La UGR considera que esta asistencia es de vital importancia, pues las dolencias bucodentales de las personas mayores, como caries y falta o desajuste de prótesis dentales, generan trastornos que contribuyen a devaluar su calidad de vida.

Desde la Facultad de Odontología también se desarrolla el programa de atención odontológica para niños y adultos con pocos recursos económicos, que se lleva desarrollando desde hace siete años por alumnos en prácticas bajo la supervisión de sus profesores.

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