La Universidad de Granada busca a 40 mujeres con dolor menstrual

Científicos del Departamento de Fisioterapia de la Universidad de Granada (UGR), en colaboración con el Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, han iniciado un estudio sobre el tratamiento de mujeres que padecen dismenorrea primaria (dolor menstrual que acompaña a los ciclos ovulatorios sin datos de patología).

Para ello precisan 40 mujeres que residan en Granada, que sean dismenorreicas (con dolor menstrual), menores de 30 años, nulíparas (sin hijos), que no tomen ningún tratamiento hormonal, ni padezcan ninguna patología de base diagnosticada. Su ciclo no debe haber durado más de 35 días en el último año.

Las intervenciones se realizarán a lo largo de 5 meses, coincidiendo con 5 ciclos menstruales. El primero de ellos será únicamente exploratorio, y los 4 siguientes de tratamiento fisioterapéutico a través de técnicas analgésicas de electroterapia, que se aplicarán durante los 3 primeros días del sangrado, con una duración de 30 minutos cada intervención.

Este proyecto, subvencionado por el Vicerrectorado de Política Científica e Investigación de la UGR, tiene como objetivo la disminución del dolor menstrual a través de la fisioterapia. En él se realizarán tanto evaluaciones de fisioterapia, como ginecológicas.Los resultados obtenidos en el estudio serán utilizados de manera totalmente anónima. Las mujeres interesadas en participar pueden ponerse en contacto con Marina Pérez Martínez, responsable del proyecto de investigación, a través del correo electrónico mlinche3@hotmail.com.

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Más de doscientas personas optan a estudiar en la UGR gracias a su trayectoria laboral

Un total de 245 personas se han inscrito en las pruebas para mayores de 40 años de acceso a la Universidad de Granada. Del total, fuentes universitarias destacan que prácticamente la mitad (121) son mujeres, y la otra mitad (hasta 124), hombres. Este número puede aumentar cuando se contabilicen las solicitudes realizadas por correo certificado u otro medio legalmente admitido, aunque el plazo dado por la UGR se cerró el 28 de enero.

La particularidad de este sistema de acceso es que los solicitantes han esgrimido como mérito para acceder a los estudios universitarios su experiencia profesional. Así, únicamente podrán acceder a estudios relacionados con su trayectoria laboral, que deberán acreditar cuando formalicen la inscripción, además de pasar por una entrevista personal. Así, por ejemplo, una persona que haya trabajado como protésico dental podría optar a cursar los estudios de Medicina.

Por otro lado, el próximo 1 de marzo, y hasta el 21 de ese mismo mes, estará abierto el plazo para aquellas personas mayores de 45 años que quieran estudiar en la Universidad granadina. La diferencia con respecto a la anterior convocatoria, aparte de la edad de los solicitantes, es que en esa no es necesario acreditar experiencia laboral ninguna ni optar por una determinada familia profesional relacionada con la misma.

Quienes quieran presentarse a estas pruebas -que constarán de un comentario de texto, un examen de Lengua y una entrevista personal- deberán formalizar su inscripción mediante la presentación de la solicitud durante el mes de marzo.

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Educación insta a las universidades a ser más eficaces con sus gobiernos

Dos años después de iniciar la implantación del Plan Bolonia en las universidades españolas (meses en la granadina) llega el momento de reflexionar sobre la universidad que queremos y los pilares que la sustentan. Sobre qué es lo que se ha conseguido con las últimas reformas y cómo se puede continuar con su modernización a pesar de la crisis económica.

De ese punto de inflexión parten los máximos responsables de la educación superior en el país y así lo están debatiendo en las jornadas organizadas por la UGT en la Facultad de Derecho, que fueron inauguradas ayer por el secretario general de Universidades, Marius Rubiralta, y que continúan hoy con la presencia del rector de la Universidad de Granada, Francisco González Lodeiro.

Una vez concluida la reforma del sistema de financiación de las universidades en España, los agentes sociales están revisando ahora la gobernanza de las mismas, un debate que no está exento de polémica. Sindicatos como UGT han puesto la voz de alarma en un punto, la designación del rector y de los decanos, que se realiza desde hace años por elección, pero que en algunas universidades europeas se está cambiando por designación.

Para Rubiralta, «el sistema de gobernanza tiene que revisarse, tal y como ha hecho toda Europa, pero no todas las universidades europeas han centrado su modernización en este punto», advierte. En marzo, una comisión analizará los avances realizados hasta ahora. Europa aconseja que se de la máxima flexibilidad a las universidades para que cada una tenga su propio sistema.

«Vamos a procurar conseguir para la gobernanza el mismo nivel de consenso que hemos trabajado en la financiación, con objetivos a medio y largo plazo», advierte Marius Rubiralta, para quien es necesario que haya una mayor eficiencia y eficacia del sistema. La fórmula para conseguirlo, según él, es: incidir en la cooperación, en la colaboración, las alianzas estratégicas y la internacionalización. Es decir, el Gobierno quiere que se extienda el modelo de los Campus de Excelencia Internacional (CEI), donde colaboran universidades que nunca antes se hablaban, se coordinan territorios y universidades, empresas y universidades… «Si las universidades manifiestan un desconocimiento de esta realidad no ayudarán al propio proceso», dice el secretario.

La preocupación generalizada en las universidades españolas por la crisis económica es uno de los aspectos que más preocupa a Rubiralta. «El proceso de cambio se debe realizar en la línea que iniciamos hace dos años y que se está ya consolidando». Satisfecho de que éste no sea ya un tema habitual en los debates, el secretario General de Universidades lo único que quiere es que se la modernización llegue a todas las universidades, pero «con rigidez y honestidad para que, aquello que ya está aprobado, superado y analizado no vuelva a su origen. No es bueno que volvamos a destejer lo que ya se ha estado haciendo».

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T. Sejnowski habla en la UGR sobre inteligencia artificial

El prestigioso investigador Terry Sejnowski, considerado uno de los mejores científicos del mundo, participará en el Brain Panel Discussion, actividad que se celebrará en el salón de actos de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática y Telecomunicación de la Universidad de Granada.

Sejnowski es uno de los padres de la Inteligencia Artificial moderna. Investigador en el Salk Institute en California, miembro de la Academia Nacional de las Ciencias Americana , investigador HHMI y catedrático en varias instituciones y disciplinas, es el creador de la Máquina de Boltzmann (artículo con 1.400 citas en revistas científicas de impacto), el creador del algoritmo ICA (artículo con más de 4.400 citas) y el autor del libro The Computational Brain (con 1.600 citas).

Sejnowski dará una charlará sobre Convergencia y Divergencia entre Inteligencia Biológica y Artificial, y a continuación participará en una mesa redonda con nueve de los investigadores de mayor prestigio de la Universidad de Granada. Cada uno de ellos, experto en una disciplina distinta, tendrá cinco minutos para formular dos preguntas a las que Sejnowski deberá de contestar. Los profesores invitados a la mesa redonda son Pío Tudela (Neurociencia cognitiva), Joaquín Marro (Física del no-equilibrio), Miguel Angel Muñoz (Fenómenos críticos), Rafael Molina (visión artificial), Juan Lupiáñez (Mecanismos de la atención), Francisco Herrera (Inteligencia artificial), Sabine Hilfiker (Biomedicina), Eduardo Ros (Computación en hardware) y Joaquín Torres (Redes atractoras).

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Drug-abusers have difficulty to identify negative emotions

Scientists at the University of Granada have found that drug-abusers have difficulty to identify negative emotions by their facial expression: wrath, disgust, fear and sadness.

Further, regular abuse of alcohol, cannabis and cocaine usually affects abusers’ fluency and decision-making. Consuming cannabis and cocaine negatively affects work memory and reasoning. Similarly, cocaine abuse is associated to alterations in inhibition.

For the purpose of this study, researchers carried out a neuropsychological evaluation out of a total of 123 polysubstance abusers and 67 no-drug users with similar social and demographical variables (age and schooling).

The target population were individuals who consumed drugs as cocaine, cannabis, heroin, alcohol, MDMA and methamphetamine, and who were enrolled in two rehabilitation projects Proyecto Hombre and Cortijo Buenos Aires in the province of Granada.

The main author of this research was Maria Jose Fernandez Serrano ­­–supervised by professors Miguel Perez García and Antonio Javier Verdejo García– of the Department of Personality and Psychological Treatment and Evaluation, University of Granada.

The study revealed that 70 percent of drug abusers presented some type of neuropsychological deterioration, regardless the type of substance consumed. Deterioration was registered in major degree in the working memory, and in fluency, flexibility, planning, multitask ability and interference.

Fernandez Serrano thinks that the results obtained “should be employed to develop political and social policies aimed at promoting adequate rehab programs adapted to the neuropsychological profile of drug-abusers”.

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Drug-abusers find it difficult to identify negative emotions

Scientists at the University of Granada have found that drug-abusers have difficulty in identifying negative emotions by their facial expression: wrath, disgust, fear and sadness.

Further, regular abuse of alcohol, cannabis and cocaine usually affects abusers’ fluency and decision-making. Consuming cannabis and cocaine negatively affects work memory and reasoning. Similarly, cocaine abuse is associated to alterations in inhibition.

For the purpose of this study, researchers carried out a neuropsychological evaluation out of a total of 123 polysubstance abusers and 67 no-drug users with similar social and demographical variables (age and schooling).

The target population were individuals who consumed drugs as cocaine, cannabis, heroin, alcohol, MDMA and methamphetamine, and who were enrolled in two rehabilitation projects Proyecto Hombre and Cortijo Buenos Aires in the province of Granada.

The main author of this research was Maria Jose Fernandez Serrano ­­–supervised by professors Miguel Perez García and Antonio Javier Verdejo García– of the Department of Personality and Psychological Treatment and Evaluation, University of Granada.

The study revealed that 70 percent of drug abusers presented some type of neuropsychological deterioration, regardless the type of substance consumed. Deterioration was registered in major degree in the working memory, and in fluency, flexibility, planning, multitask ability and interference.

Fernandez Serrano thinks that the results obtained “should be employed to develop political and social policies aimed at promoting adequate rehab programs adapted to the neuropsychological profile of drug-abusers”.

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Drug-abusers have difficulty recognising negative emotions

University of Granada scientists have been the first to analyse the relation between drug abuse and recognition of basic emotions (happiness, surprise, wrath, fear, sadness and disgust) by drug-abusers. Thus, the study revealed that drug-abusers have difficulty to identify negative emotions by their facial expression: wrath, disgust, fear and sadness.

Further, regular abuse of alcohol, cannabis and cocaine usually affects abusers’ fluency and decision-making. Consuming cannabis and cocaine negatively affects work memory and reasoning. Similarly, cocaine abuse is associated to alterations in inhibition.

For the purpose of this study, researchers carried out a neuropsychological evaluation (with neurocognitive evaluation and emotional processing tests) out of a total of 123 polysubstance abusers and 67 no-drug users with similar social and demographical variables (age and schooling).

A sample including polysubstance-abusers
The target population were individuals who consumed drugs as cocaine, cannabis, heroin, alcohol, MDMA and methamphetamine, and who were enrolled in two rehabilitation projects Proyecto Hombre and Cortijo Buenos Aires in the province of Granada.
The main author of this research was María José Fernández Serrano ­­–supervised by professors Miguel Pérez García and Antonio Javier Verdejo García– of the Department of Personality and Psychological Treatment and Evaluation, University of Granada.

The study revealed that 70% of drug abusers presented some type of neuropsychological deterioration, regardless the type of substance consumed. Deterioration was registered in major degree in the working memory, and in fluency, flexibility, planning, multitask ability and interference.

Fernández Serrano thinks that the results obtained “should be employed to develop political and social policies aimed at promoting adequate rehab programs adapted to the neuropsychological profile of drug-abusers”.

The research conducted at the University of Granada has been the first to study the prevalence of psychological deterioration in drug-abusers enrolled in therapeutic communities. Further, although other studies have been conducted on emotional recognition by drug users, they were focused on recognition as a unit process.

However, the scientists from Granada have analysed for the first time the relation between drug abuse and recognition of basic emotions (happiness, surprise, wrath, fear, sadness and disgust).

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Drug-abusers have difficulty to recognize negative emotions as wrath, fear and sadness

University of Granada scientists have been the first to analyze the relation between drug abuse and recognition of basic emotions (happiness, surprise, wrath, fear, sadness and disgust) by drug-abusers. Thus, the study revealed that drug-abusers have difficulty to identify negative emotions by their facial expression: wrath, disgust, fear and sadness.

Further, regular abuse of alcohol, cannabis and cocaine usually affects abusers’ fluency and decision-making. Consuming cannabis and cocaine negatively affects work memory and reasoning. Similarly, cocaine abuse is associated to alterations in inhibition.

For the purpose of this study, researchers carried out a neuropsychological evaluation (with neurocognitive evaluation and emotional processing tests) out of a total of 123 polysubstance abusers and 67 no-drug users with similar social and demographical variables (age and schooling).

A Sample Including Polysubstance-Abusers

The target population were individuals who consumed drugs as cocaine, cannabis, heroin, alcohol, MDMA and methamphetamine, and who were enrolled in two rehabilitation projects Proyecto Hombre and Cortijo Buenos Aires in the province of Granada.

The main author of this research was María José Fernández Serrano -supervised by professors Miguel Pérez García and Antonio Javier Verdejo García- of the Department of Personality and Psychological Treatment and Evaluation, University of Granada.

The study revealed that 70% of drug abusers presented some type of neuropsychological deterioration, regardless the type of substance consumed. Deterioration was registered in major degree in the working memory, and in fluency, flexibility, planning, multitask ability and interference.

Fernández Serrano thinks that the results obtained «should be employed to develop political and social policies aimed at promoting adequate rehab programs adapted to the neuropsychological profile of drug-abusers».

The research conducted at the University of Granada has been the first to study the prevalence of psychological deterioration in drug-abusers enrolled in therapeutic communities. Further, although other studies have been conducted on emotional recognition by drug users, they were focused on recognition as a unit process. However, the scientists from Granada have analysed for the first time the relation between drug abuse and recognition of basic emotions (happiness, surprise, wrath, fear, sadness and disgust).

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Pág. 10: La Universidad ‘salva’ la Feria de Empleo

El Cevug retransmite la charla de Sejnowski

La UGR debate sobre su sistema de gobernanza y cómo elegir rector

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Pág. 56: La Universidad busca a 40 mujeres con dolor menstrual

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Drug-Abusers Have Difficulty to Recognize Negative Emotions as Wrath, Fear and Sadness, Study Finds

University of Granada scientists have analyzed the relation between drug abuse and recognition of basic emotions (happiness, surprise, wrath, fear, sadness and disgust) by drug-abusers. Thus, the study revealed that drug-abusers have difficulty to identify negative emotions by their facial expression: wrath, disgust, fear and sadness.

For the purpose of this study, researchers carried out a neuropsychological evaluation (with neurocognitive evaluation and emotional processing tests) out of a total of 123 polysubstance abusers and 67 no-drug users with similar social and demographical variables (age and schooling).

A Sample Including Polysubstance-Abusers

The target population were individuals who consumed drugs as cocaine, cannabis, heroin, alcohol, MDMA and methamphetamine, and who were enrolled in two rehabilitation projects Proyecto Hombre and Cortijo Buenos Aires in the province of Granada.

The main author of this research was María José Fernández Serrano ­­-supervised by professors Miguel Pérez García and Antonio Javier Verdejo García- of the Department of Personality and Psychological Treatment and Evaluation, University of Granada.

The study revealed that 70% of drug abusers presented some type of neuropsychological deterioration, regardless the type of substance consumed. Deterioration was registered in major degree in the working memory, and in fluency, flexibility, planning, multitask ability and interference.

Fernández Serrano thinks that the results obtained «should be employed to develop political and social policies aimed at promoting adequate rehab programs adapted to the neuropsychological profile of drug-abusers.»

The research conducted at the University of Granada has been the first to study the prevalence of psychological deterioration in drug-abusers enrolled in therapeutic communities. Further, although other studies have been conducted on emotional recognition by drug users, they were focused on recognition as a unit process. However, the scientists from Granada have analysed for the first time the relation between drug abuse and recognition of basic emotions (happiness, surprise, wrath, fear, sadness and disgust).

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Drug-abusers have difficulty to recognize negative emotions as wrath, fear and sadness

University of Granada scientists have been the first to analyze the relation between drug abuse and recognition of basic emotions (happiness, surprise, wrath, fear, sadness and disgust) by drug-abusers. Thus, the study revealed that drug-abusers have difficulty to identify negative emotions by their facial expression: wrath, disgust, fear and sadness. Further, regular abuse of alcohol, cannabis and cocaine usually affects abusers’ fluency and decision-making. Consuming cannabis and cocaine negatively affects work memory and reasoning. Similarly, cocaine abuse is associated to alterations in inhibition.

For the purpose of this study, researchers carried out a neuropsychological evaluation (with neurocognitive evaluation and emotional processing tests) out of a total of 123 polysubstance abusers and 67 no-drug users with similar social and demographical variables (age and schooling).

A Sample Including Polysubstance-Abusers

The target population were individuals who consumed drugs as cocaine, cannabis, heroin, alcohol, MDMA and methamphetamine, and who were enrolled in two rehabilitation projects Proyecto Hombre and Cortijo Buenos Aires in the province of Granada.

The main author of this research was María José Fernández Serrano ¬¬–supervised by professors Miguel Pérez García and Antonio Javier Verdejo García– of the Department of Personality and Psychological Treatment and Evaluation, University of Granada.

The study revealed that 70% of drug abusers presented some type of neuropsychological deterioration, regardless the type of substance consumed. Deterioration was registered in major degree in the working memory, and in fluency, flexibility, planning, multitask ability and interference.

Fernández Serrano thinks that the results obtained «should be employed to develop political and social policies aimed at promoting adequate rehab programs adapted to the neuropsychological profile of drug-abusers».

The research conducted at the University of Granada has been the first to study the prevalence of psychological deterioration in drug-abusers enrolled in therapeutic communities. Further, although other studies have been conducted on emotional recognition by drug users, they were focused on recognition as a unit process. However, the scientists from Granada have analysed for the first time the relation between drug abuse and recognition of basic emotions (happiness, surprise, wrath, fear, sadness and disgust).

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