Now, computer software that helps tourists customize visits as per preferences

– Now, computer software that helps tourists customize visits as per preferences

Computer engineers at the University of Granada say that they have developed software that can enable tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences.

Luis Castillo Vidal, one of the computer engineers behind the SAMAP project, has revealed that they have incorporated Artificial Intelligence techniques in the software to design the customized visit plans.

The researcher says that Artificial Intelligence, a science that provides computers with abilities to solve problems that can only be solved by humans, is open and interoperable.

According to Vidal, this technology is very appropriate to be integrated in existing systems, such as Web sites.

Having a computer, mobile phone or a PDA with an internet connection is all that is required to be able to access a web where users can define their preferences and needs – such as their artistic, cultural and gastronomic preferences, their lifestyle and favourite hours, whether they are disabled or not, and their spending capacity.

The software compares a users personal requirements with the information available on a tourist database, and accordingly offers the client a visit plan that does not include details he is not interested in.

The system is available in the so-called Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), software design that allows interoperability between different platforms in an efficient way and with flexibility before changes.

Castillo has revealed that the technology developed to carry out the prototype has started to be transferred to a spin-off of the University of Granada called IActive Intelligent Solutions for its possible commercialisation.

The new adaptive user-focused system to plan tourist visits, as their authors describe it, means step forward in the current trend of tourist activities automation, such as the online payment of transport tickets and accommodation, or the use of audio-guides in the monuments tours.

Castillo believes that Artificial Intelligence can play an important role in future, as it combines computers capacities of memory and fast execution with faculties as human as common sense, intuition and imagination.
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Now, computer software that helps tourists customize visits as per preferences

– Now, computer software that helps tourists customize visits as per preferences

Computer engineers at the University of Granada say that they have developed software that can enable tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences.

Luis Castillo Vidal, one of the computer engineers behind the SAMAP project, has revealed that they have incorporated Artificial Intelligence techniques in the software to design the customized visit plans.

The researcher says that Artificial Intelligence, a science that provides computers with abilities to solve problems that can only be solved by humans, is open and interoperable.

According to Vidal, this technology is very appropriate to be integrated in existing systems, such as Web sites.

Having a computer, mobile phone or a PDA with an internet connection is all that is required to be able to access a web where users can define their preferences and needs – such as their artistic, cultural and gastronomic preferences, their lifestyle and favourite hours, whether they are disabled or not, and their spending capacity.

The software compares a users personal requirements with the information available on a tourist database, and accordingly offers the client a visit plan that does not include details he is not interested in.

The system is available in the so-called Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), software design that allows interoperability between different platforms in an efficient way and with flexibility before changes.

Castillo has revealed that the technology developed to carry out the prototype has started to be transferred to a spin-off of the University of Granada called IActive Intelligent Solutions for its possible commercialisation.

The new adaptive user-focused system to plan tourist visits, as their authors describe it, means step forward in the current trend of tourist activities automation, such as the online payment of transport tickets and accommodation, or the use of audio-guides in the monuments tours.

Castillo believes that Artificial Intelligence can play an important role in future, as it combines computers capacities of memory and fast execution with faculties as human as common sense, intuition and imagination.
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Now, computer software that helps tourists customize visits as per preferences

– Now, computer software that helps tourists customize visits as per preferences

Computer engineers at the University of Granada say that they have developed software that can enable tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences.

Luis Castillo Vidal, one of the computer engineers behind the SAMAP project, has revealed that they have incorporated Artificial Intelligence techniques in the software to design the customized visit plans.

The researcher says that Artificial Intelligence, a science that provides computers with abilities to solve problems that can only be solved by humans, is open and interoperable.

According to Vidal, this technology is very appropriate to be integrated in existing systems, such as Web sites.

Having a computer, mobile phone or a PDA with an internet connection is all that is required to be able to access a web where users can define their preferences and needs – such as their artistic, cultural and gastronomic preferences, their lifestyle and favourite hours, whether they are disabled or not, and their spending capacity.

The software compares a users personal requirements with the information available on a tourist database, and accordingly offers the client a visit plan that does not include details he is not interested in.

The system is available in the so-called Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), software design that allows interoperability between different platforms in an efficient way and with flexibility before changes.

Castillo has revealed that the technology developed to carry out the prototype has started to be transferred to a spin-off of the University of Granada called IActive Intelligent Solutions for its possible commercialisation.

The new adaptive user-focused system to plan tourist visits, as their authors describe it, means step forward in the current trend of tourist activities automation, such as the online payment of transport tickets and accommodation, or the use of audio-guides in the monuments tours.

Castillo believes that Artificial Intelligence can play an important role in future, as it combines computers capacities of memory and fast execution with faculties as human as common sense, intuition and imagination.
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– Now, computer software that helps tourists customize visits as per preferences

Computer engineers at the University of Granada say that they have developed software that can enable tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences.

Luis Castillo Vidal, one of the computer engineers behind the SAMAP project, has revealed that they have incorporated Artificial Intelligence techniques in the software to design the customized visit plans.

The researcher says that Artificial Intelligence, a science that provides computers with abilities to solve problems that can only be solved by humans, is open and interoperable.

According to Vidal, this technology is very appropriate to be integrated in existing systems, such as Web sites.

Having a computer, mobile phone or a PDA with an internet connection is all that is required to be able to access a web where users can define their preferences and needs – such as their artistic, cultural and gastronomic preferences, their lifestyle and favourite hours, whether they are disabled or not, and their spending capacity.

The software compares a users personal requirements with the information available on a tourist database, and accordingly offers the client a visit plan that does not include details he is not interested in.

The system is available in the so-called Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), software design that allows interoperability between different platforms in an efficient way and with flexibility before changes.

Castillo has revealed that the technology developed to carry out the prototype has started to be transferred to a spin-off of the University of Granada called IActive Intelligent Solutions for its possible commercialisation.

The new adaptive user-focused system to plan tourist visits, as their authors describe it, means step forward in the current trend of tourist activities automation, such as the online payment of transport tickets and accommodation, or the use of audio-guides in the monuments tours.

Castillo believes that Artificial Intelligence can play an important role in future, as it combines computers capacities of memory and fast execution with faculties as human as common sense, intuition and imagination.
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Scientists From Granada Drastically Reduce The Wait Time For New Teeth Implant

– Scientists From Granada Drastically Reduce The Wait Time For New Teeth Implant

A new odontological technique manages to reduce from six months to two weeks the wait time to implant new teeth. It is possible thanks to the use of the growth hormone in oral implantology, which allows bone regeneration and the hastening of the integration between bone base and dental implant.

The use of the growth hormone in oral implantology has managed to regenerate the bone and hasten the integration between the bone base and the dental implant. The process allows to reduce from six months to two weeks the wait time to place the crown which replaces the lost tooth on the oral implant.

This advance has been the resulto f the research of the doctoral thesis Growth hormone and osteointegration in the oral cavity by Cecilia Vander Worf Úbeda, supervised by Professors Antonio Cutando Soriano and Gerardo Gómez Moreno (School of Odontology of the University of Granada, Spain).

We must consider says Cutando- that a dental impant is successful when it is possible to get a firm, stable and lasting joint between the bone substratum and the crown constructed on it, in which we call prosthetic restoration. That was the goal of this research work, which has also managed to improve the patients quality of life reducing the wait period to receive a new tooth.

The Works were developed all through three years with a methodology applied to 13 dogs, with the authorization of the Ethical Committee of the University of Granada.

Hastened biointegration

The research carried out by Cecilia Vander Worf obtained a good and fast biointegration, which consists of the direct biochemical joint between the raw bone and the surface of the implant, demonstrable through electronic microscopy, irrespective of any mechanical joint mechanism. Osteointegration requires the formation of new bone around the implant, a process resulting from remodelling the interior of the bone tissue. The process says Vander Worf starts with the osteoclasts, the cells responsible for reabsorbing the necrotic area originated by bone milling during the preparation of the bone recipient bed. Together with them, vascular neoformation will provide the cell elements, the osteoblasts, which will create new bone able to interact with the titanium oxide layer f the implant for the biological integration of it.

The doctoral thesis has been carried out in the Framework of the Research Project tudy of the synergism between Melatonin and Growth Hormone (GH) on the processes of osteointegration in dental implants and bone regeneration in the oral cavity, financed by the Spanish Ministry of Health and Consumptiom, the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, the Carlos III Health Institute and the Andalusian Council.

The results of this work have been published in different papers in the last years; the most recent are: -Cutando A, Gómez Moreno G, Arana C, et al. Melatonin stimulates osteointegration of dental implants. J Pineal Res. 2008 Feb 19; Vol. 49.

-Cutando A, Gómez-Moreno G, Arana C, et al. Melatonin reduces oxidative stress because of tooth removal. J Pineal Res. 2007 Apr; 42(4):419-20.

Reference: Department of Stomatology of the School of Odontology of the UGR. Professors Cecilia Vander Worf Úbeda, Antonio Cutando Soriano and Gerardo Gómez Moreno.

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Computer software that permits tourists to customize their visits

– Computer software that permits tourists to customize their visits

Luis Castillo Vidal, computer engineer of the University of Granada and one of the authors of the study, points out that, in order to design the customized visit plans, they have used Artificial Intelligence techniques, a science that provides computers with abilities to solve problems which, in principle, can only be solved by humans.

This technology, researcher adds, is open and interoperable, and therefore it is very appropriate to be integrated in existing systems, such as web sites.

Users must have access to the internet, either through a computer, a mobile phone or a PDA, in order to be able to access a web where they can define their preferences and needs, such as their artistic, cultural and gastronomic preferences, their lifestyle and favourite hours, whether they are disabled or not and the spending capacity.

The software compares these personal requirements with information from a tourist database and offers the client a tailor-made visit plan excluding all those details he is not interested in. The system is available in the so-called Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), software design that allows interoperability between different platforms in an efficient way and with flexibility before changes.

Participation of five institutions
Researchers of the Universities of Granada, Technical College of Valencia, UNED (Spanish Open University), Carlos III of Madrid and the Research Institute on Artificial Intelligence of the CSIC have entirely financed the SAMAP project. Castillo states that the technology developed to carry out the prototype has started to be transferred to a spin-off of the University of Granada called IActive Intelligent Solutions for its possible commercialization.

The new adaptive user-focused system to plan tourist visits, as their authors describe it, means step forward in the current trend of tourist activities automation, such as the online payment of transport tickets and accommodation, or the use of audio-guides in the monuments tours .

Artificial Intelligence, says Castillo, can play an important role in future, as it combines computer’s capacities of memory and fast execution with faculties as human as common sense, intuition and imagination.-Universidad de Granada

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Scientific group develops computer software that permits tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences

– Scientific group develops computer software that permits tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences

– Through a computer, a mobile or a PDA, users can define their needs, their artistic, cultural and gastronomic preferences, their lifestyle and their favourite hours.
– Thanks to this project, called SAMAP, travellers can customize their visit, indicating whether if they are disabled or not and their spending capacity.

UGR News Luis Castillo Vidal, computer engineer of the University of Granada and one of the authors of the study, points out that, in order to design the customized visit plans, they have used Artificial Intelligence techniques, a science that provides computers with abilities to solve problems which, in principle, can only be solved by humans. This technology, researcher adds, is open and interoperable, and therefore it is very appropriate to be integrated in existing systems, such as web sites.

Users must have access to the internet, either through a computer, a mobile phone or a PDA, in order to be able to access a web where they can define their preferences and needs, such as their artistic, cultural and gastronomic preferences, their lifestyle and favourite hours, whether they are disabled or not and the spending capacity.

The software compares these personal requirements with information from a tourist database and offers the client a tailor-made visit plan excluding all those details he is not interested in. The system is available in the so-called Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), software design that allows interoperability between different platforms in an efficient way and with flexibility before changes.

Participation of five institutions
Researchers of the Universities of Granada, Technical College of Valencia, UNED (Spanish Open University), Carlos III of Madrid and the Research Institute on Artificial Intelligence of the CSIC have entirely financed the SAMAP project. Castillo states that the technology developed to carry out the prototype has started to be transferred to a spin-off of the University of Granada called IActive Intelligent Solutions for its possible commercialization.

The new adaptive user-focused system to plan tourist visits, as their authors describe it, means step forward in the current trend of tourist activities automation, such as the online payment of transport tickets and accommodation, or the use of audio-guides in the monuments tours .

Artificial Intelligence, says Castillo, can play an important role in future, as it combines computer’s capacities of memory and fast execution with faculties as human as common sense, intuition and imagination.

Reference
Prof Luis Castillo Vidal. Technical College of Computer Engineering and Telecommunication of the University of Granada.
Tel: 958240803. E-mail: L.Castillo@decsai.ugr.es
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Scientific group develops computer software that permits tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences

– Scientific group develops computer software that permits tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences

Luis Castillo Vidal, computer engineer of the University of Granada and one of the authors of the study, points out that, in order to design the customized visit plans, they have used Artificial Intelligence techniques, “a science that provides computers with abilities to solve problems which, in principle, can only be solved by humans”.

This technology, researcher adds, is open and interoperable, and therefore it is very appropriate to be integrated in existing systems, such as web sites.

Users must have access to the internet, either through a computer, a mobile phone or a PDA, in order to be able to access a web where they can define their preferences and needs, such as their artistic, cultural and gastronomic preferences, their lifestyle and favourite hours, whether they are disabled or not and the spending capacity.

The software compares these personal requirements with information from a tourist database and offers the client a tailor-made visit plan excluding all those details he is not interested in. The system is available in the so-called Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), software design that allows interoperability between different platforms in an efficient way and with flexibility before changes.

Participation of five institutions
Researchers of the Universities of University of Granada, Technical College of Valencia, UNED (Spanish Open University), Carlos III of Madrid and the Research Institute on Artificial Intelligence of the CSIC have entirely financed the SAMAP project. Castillo states that the technology developed to carry out the prototype has started to be transferred to a spin-off of the University of Granada called “IActive Intelligent Solutions” for its possible commercialization.

The new “adaptive user-focused system to plan tourist visits”, as their authors describe it, means “step forward” in the current trend of tourist activities automation, such as the online payment of transport tickets and accommodation, or the use of audio-guides in the monuments tours .

Artificial Intelligence, says Castillo, can play an important role in future, as it combines computer’s capacities of memory and fast execution with faculties as human as common sense, intuition and imagination.

Reference
Prof Luis Castillo Vidal. Technical College of Computer Engineering and Telecommunication of the University of Granada.
Tel: +34 958240803.
E-mail: L.Castillo@decsai.ugr.es
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Software that permits tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences

– Software that permits tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences

Luis Castillo Vidal, computer engineer of the University of Granada and one of the authors of the study, points out that, in order to design the customized visit plans, they have used Artificial Intelligence techniques, “a science that provides computers with abilities to solve problems which, in principle, can only be solved by humans”. This technology, researcher adds, is open and interoperable, and therefore it is very appropriate to be integrated in existing systems, such as web sites.

Users must have access to the internet, either through a computer, a mobile phone or a PDA, in order to be able to access a web where they can define their preferences and needs, such as their artistic, cultural and gastronomic preferences, their lifestyle and favourite hours, whether they are disabled or not and the spending capacity.

The software compares these personal requirements with information from a tourist database and offers the client a tailor-made visit plan excluding all those details he is not interested in. The system is available in the so-called Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), software design that allows interoperability between different platforms in an efficient way and with flexibility before changes.

Participation of five institutions
Researchers of the Universities of University of Granada, Technical College of Valencia, UNED (Spanish Open University), Carlos III of Madrid and the Research Institute on Artificial Intelligence of the CSIC have entirely financed the SAMAP project. Castillo states that the technology developed to carry out the prototype has started to be transferred to a spin-off of the University of Granada called “IActive Intelligent Solutions” for its possible commercialization.

The new “adaptive user-focused system to plan tourist visits”, as their authors describe it, means “step forward” in the current trend of tourist activities automation, such as the online payment of transport tickets and accommodation, or the use of audio-guides in the monuments tours .

Artificial Intelligence, says Castillo, can play an important role in future, as it combines computer’s capacities of memory and fast execution with faculties as human as common sense, intuition and imagination.

Source: Technical College of Computer Engineering and Telecommunication of the University of Granada
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El Parque de La Hoya esconde ‘tesoros’ domésticos e industriales de era nazarí

– El Parque de La Hoya esconde tesoros domésticos e industriales de era nazarí.

Un estudio encargado por Urbanismo ha concluido la existencia, a los pies de La Alcazaba, de estancias de la época y un complejo alfarero El objetivo municipal es, ahora, poner en valor los restos arqueológicos.

El entorno de La Hoya esconde en sus entrañas restos que, en los siglos XIV y XV, formaban parte de la ciudad originaria. El estudio arqueológico encargado por el área de Urbanismo del Ayuntamiento de Almería a la Universidad de Granada ha revelado que, en los pies mismos de La Alcazaba, existen todavía estructuras correspondientes a zonas de hábitat que, por el análisis preliminar realizado, se adscriben al periodo nazarí. Dispersos por todo el área de la superficie de La Hoya y de los niveles aterrados de la ladera Norte se han encontrado materiales constructivos y cerámicos.

En cuanto a los restos enterrados, los expertos han identificado estructuras contemporáneas consistentes en canalizaciones, antiguos riegos y saneamientos, así como «mucho material de derrumbe» relacionado con muros y pavimentos, estructuras lineales y estancias, explicó ayer el científico del Instituto Andaluz de Geofísica José Peña.

«Nos hemos aproximado mucho a lo que puede haber, aunque nunca se sabrá a ciencia cierta hasta que no se lleven a cabo excavaciones», reconoció la arqueóloga Elena Vera. No obstante, informó la científica de que los restos encontrados consisten, fundamentalmente, en cerámica de uso doméstico, como platos, jarras y demás utensilios utilizados en cualquier hogar; y cerámica industrial o artesanal.

Según lo analizado, en la zona había, por tanto, dos ámbitos diferenciados. Por un lado, viviendas y, por otro, un pequeño complejo alfarero con hornos y talleres. Para Vera, los elementos encontrados «son muy importantes para la ciudad» y para la puesta en valor tanto del complejo monumental de La Alcazaba como del Centro Histórico.

Eran muchas las expectativas puestas en el estudio llevado a cabo por los científicos del Instituto Andaluz de Geofísica. El hecho de que la ciudad de Almería surgiese precisamente del entorno donde se alza La Alcazaba y se encuentra el paraje de La Hoya alentaba cualquier hipótesis. «Puede haber cualquier cosa, desde algo de tipo industrial a alguna edificación», confiaba la coordinadora del proyecto, María del Mar Verdejo, durante los trabajos de campo realizados el pasado mes de marzo. La existencia a ras de suelo de una gran cantidad de cerámica doméstica de la época nazarí y restos de alfarería apoyaban esta hipótesis.

Durante varias semanas, un equipo de investigadores del Instituto Andaluz de Geofísica de la Universidad de Granada inspeccionó, centímetro a centímetro, lo que las entrañas de este paraje han guardado durante siglos. El objetivo no era otro que conocer con detalle cómo ha sido el paso de la historia por un enclave estratégico de la capital y cuyas conclusiones van a servir de base para el concurso de ideas que convocará el área de Urbanismo de cara a convertir La Hoya en un parque arqueológico y botánico que sirva para el disfrute de los almerienses y como un elemento dinamizador más del Centro Histórico de Almería.

El 7 de septiembre, ha comentado Verdejo, deberá entregarse toda la documentación para poder publicar, antes de final de año, el concurso internacional de ideas que dará origen al proyecto para convertir La Hoya en un parque botánico y arqueológico en el que los elementos estrella sean los restos encontrados en su subsuelo. «La intención es hacer un jardín árabe botánico, pero también arqueológico», recordó la coordinadora del proyecto, en un entorno presidido por La Alcazaba y la muralla del siglo XI. «Estar allí ya es un espectáculo que hay que potenciar con esta actuación. En realidad, el escenario es el mejor», defendió.

Previamente, los resultados del estudio se remitirán a la comisión de seguimiento de los planes concertados en la que participan, junto a los representantes municipales, un equipo técnico de la Delegación provincial de Obras Públicas.

La documentación se entregará, asimismo, a la Delegación provincial de Cultura para que emita el informe pertinente y, confió el edil de Urbanismo, Juan Megino, autorice la intervención en la zona. Una actuación para la que el representante municipal solicitará financiación por parte de la Junta de Andalucía que «aunque no lo tenga presupuestado, tiene partidas genéricas para espacios abiertos».

La intención de Verdejo es, asimismo, que los estudios que se han llevado a cabo «se publiquen y se difundan» para que todo el mundo conozca lo que esconde este espacio.
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El plagio

– El plagio

El plagio es una práctica que atenta no sólo contra la buena educación sino, más incisivamente, contra el amor propio de los autores, sea lo que sea lo que signifique esa expresión. El que escribe, el que pinta, incluso quien silba o acuña una frase de presunta brillantez tienen su orgullo: consideran, con diverso mérito, haber hecho una aportación de calado a la humanidad y exigen que su nombre sea preservado junto a su obra, en la esperanza de que el olvido, que a todos nos hunde más temprano que tarde, pacte con él un armisticio. La Universidad de Granada prepara una batería de medidas draconianas contra tan perverso hábito, entre las que se incluyen la detección de préstamos disfrazados en las tesis y ponencias de los congresos, así como castigos de mayor o menor rigor legal contra quienes no distinguen entre las ideas propias y las ajenas. Los promotores de dicha policía se quejan de topar con trabajos académicos en donde ni una sola frase es virgen, con páginas completas pertenecientes a otras autoridades y reproducidas con fidelidad de copistería sin la correspondiente reseña de la persona que las alumbró por primera vez. En realidad la universidad constituye un vivero de este tipo de desvergüenzas, como sabe cualquiera que haya obtenido un diploma, y quien más y quien menos ha oído a profesores montar cursos enteros sobre manuales saqueados sin rubor y presentar, en sucesivas mesas redondas y simposios, una misma conferencia que se repite hasta el infinito igual que un gazpacho mal aliñado. Aunque el crimen es antiguo, en los últimos tiempos cuenta con un cómplice de probada fuerza: la tecnología. Antes, al menos, el ladrón debía tomarse el trabajo de espulgar las bibliotecas, desbrozar ficheros, recorrer párrafos en una sala de consulta; ahora incluso la profesión de bandido ha perdido su aura romántica y bastan una miserable computadora y un procesador de texto en que delegar lo más sucio de la tarea.

A todos nos disgusta el plagio por cuanto supone de escasez de imaginación y de abuso de confianza, aun cuando su denuncia no resulta sencilla ni muchísimo menos. Un verso arrancado de un poema previo o un edificio levantado sobre planos que ya existían pueden desenmascararse con facilidad; en el terreno de las ideas, de los conceptos, de las cosas del entendimiento y la imaginación el suelo se vuelve notablemente más resbaladizo. Si nos atenemos a una definición estricta y consideramos latrocinio cualquier objeto, melodía, pensamiento o escena que evoque otro anterior, que se haya inspirado en él o se sirva de su precedencia para plasmarse sobre el medio que elija, entonces no queda más remedio que resignarse a que toda la historia de la literatura y del arte es un plagio de dimensiones apabullantes. Las vanguardias, en su euforia, nos han habituado a la superstición de la originalidad, a menudo confundida con el despropósito; a creer, en un arrebato de ingenuidad, que todavía restan argumentos sin usar y expresiones inauditas de las que el escritor debe servirse como una novia que estrena traje. No hace demasiado que tuve la oportunidad de escuchar cómo un poeta y novelista de mi generación defendía, en el absoluto convencimiento de estar descubriendo un continente, la necesidad de enterrar a Proust, con quien le enemistaba no sé qué cosa: pasaba de largo que antes de él muchos otros ya lo habían enviado a la fosa sin resultado ostensible, en compañía de más muertos venerables que cada cierto tiempo se inhuman y vuelven a resucitar, Joyce, Kafka, Kerouac, Rilke. Alrededor del siglo tercero antes de Cristo, el autor del Eclesiastés, que no se preocupaba de menudencias como dejar su nombre, avanzó que no hay nada nuevo bajo el sol; Sir Thomas Browne plagió su idea dos mil años más tarde y la matizó: toda novedad es un olvido.
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La UGR crea su Unidad de Igualdad

– La UGR crea su Unidad de Igualdad

La Universidad nombra a las tres mujeres que estarán al frente del órgano · Representan a los tres colectivos: alumnas, profesoras y el resto de trabajadoras · Velará para acabar con la discriminación.

Con mejores expedientes y mejor preparación, pero sin trabajo. Las universitarias se encuentran con mayores problemas para acceder al mercado laboral que sus compañeros, a pesar de que los resultados académicos en general hablan mejor de ellas. Ésta es una de las realidades que se propone cambiar la nueva Unidad de Igualdad de la Universidad, que ya está a punto de echar a andar. Las tres mujeres que estarán al frente de este órgano fueron nombradas ayer.

Los tres colectivos de la comunidad universitaria tendrán voz cantante en este órgano. La catedrática de Filología Latina Aurora López será quien represente a profesoras e investigadoras, Encarnación Molina defenderá los intereses de las trabajadoras del personal de administración y servicios, y la postura y opiniones de las estudiantes se harán oír a través de Victoria Eugenia Martínez, alumna de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación.

La Unidad de Igualdad tendrá relación directa con el equipo de gobierno de la Universidad, porque la intención es que tenga una función trasversal, para imprimir la igualdad en todos los ámbitos de la Universidad y acabar con cualquier tipo de discriminación por razón de sexo. Asesoradas por un comité de expertos, se encargarán, entre otros cometidos, de favorecer la promoción de las mujeres, revalorizar su trabajo, mejorar sus condiciones laborales y aumentar sus posibilidades de inserción laboral, apuntó ayer la secretaria de Coordinación Universitaria, María José Gálvez. A esta enumeración de funciones de la nueva unidad se suman, además, promocionar estudios e investigaciones de género y velar por la aplicación en la Universidad de las políticas de igualdad.

A pesar de ser la generación más formada, con más posibilidades y con unos currículums mejores que los masculinos, las mujeres de hoy siguen teniendo problemas de acceso al mundo laboral y les resulta más complicado encontrar trabajo que a sus compañeros, lamentó Carmen Solera, la coordinadora provincial del Instituto Andaluz de la Mujer, con el que también tendrá una estrecha relación la nueva Unidad de Igualdad, además de con el Instituto de Estudios de la Mujer de la propia Universidad.

El rector, Francisco González Lodeiro también señaló otras situaciones injustas que aún se detectan. Sólo hay que ver el número de doctores y doctoras y luego ver quién accede a las plazas de investigación, hizo notar ayer González Lodeiro, que se atrevió a afirmar incluso que hay mucho tonto que llega arriba. Haceos valer, animó el rector a las universitarias.
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