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Dividing up your holidays into several periods can help prevent post-holiday syndrome

Millions of workers will leave their working places and start their holidays in the next weeks. Daily routine will be part of the past and resting days, pictures at the seashore and summer memories will be back to stay – at least for some months. Experts estimate that 35 per cent of Spanish workers between… Seguir Leyendo Dividing up your holidays into several periods can help prevent post-holiday syndrome

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Research reveals that drug users usually make decisions without considering the context and their future consequences

Many researches have analysed psychological, physical, and even social effects of narcotics consumption. Nevertheless, drug addiction had never before been related to the decision-making capacity of the individual . The “Behavioural medicine and health psychology” research group of the Universidad de Granada, coordinated by Professor Miguel Pérez García and Professor Antonio Verdejo García, of the… Seguir Leyendo Research reveals that drug users usually make decisions without considering the context and their future consequences

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UGR scientists develop a technique to detect a streptococcus passed from mother to foetus during delivery

Micro-organism Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus transmitted vertically from mother to foetus) and the Universidad de Granada have been closely linked from more than twenty years. In the nineties, a research group of the University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves gave rise to Granada Medium (a technique to detect the presence of the streptococcus in… Seguir Leyendo UGR scientists develop a technique to detect a streptococcus passed from mother to foetus during delivery

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A thesis of the UGR analyses more than 20-million-year-old vegetation to study climatic evolution

The characteristics of the vegetation that inhabited Earth 21 million years ago can be vital to get to know climatic evolution in the last million years and the causes for these changes. A thesis of the University of Granada has analysed samples of the sedimentary bowls of the geographic section from the south of Spain… Seguir Leyendo A thesis of the UGR analyses more than 20-million-year-old vegetation to study climatic evolution

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The trophic chain in the Southern Ocean ecosystem, object of the last campaign of the University in the Antarctica

Sun radiation, proliferation of krill as a consequence of the impoverishment of whales’ population and, specially, the lack of iron, are some of the factors that could be controlling the phytoplankton of the sea ecosystem of the frozen continent. In the waters of the Southern Ocean, there is a low concentration of phytoplankton for the… Seguir Leyendo The trophic chain in the Southern Ocean ecosystem, object of the last campaign of the University in the Antarctica

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A thesis of the UGR validates a training system which improves visual sharpness of people who suffer from myopia

Efficacy of the program of training on visual sharpness 3axial VISUAL TRAINING.1® for the treatment of myopia. This is the title of Débora Godoy Izquierdo´s doctoral thesis, of the Department of Personality, Assesment and Psychological treatment of the University of Granada. This work tackles the efficacy of a sophisticated computer program to improve visual sharpness… Seguir Leyendo A thesis of the UGR validates a training system which improves visual sharpness of people who suffer from myopia

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A UGR study analyses the impact of climate warming on the increase of processionary caterpillar in Sierra Nevada

Pine processionary caterpillar is a pest that does not survive very low temperatures and that is spreading through our country and the Mediterranean. In an article published in the journal Biodiversity and Conservation by José Antonio Hódar Correa and Regino Zamora Rodríguez, teachers of the Department of Animal Biology and Ecology of the University of… Seguir Leyendo A UGR study analyses the impact of climate warming on the increase of processionary caterpillar in Sierra Nevada

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UGR lecturers analyse the effects of herbivorous mammals on Sierra Nevada invertebrates

The aim of this research work is to analyse the effect of ungulates, a sort of herbivorous mammals, such as the Spanich ibex, in the arthropod communities of high Sierra Nevada, within the limits of the Natural Reserve. In addition, the Department of Animal Biology and Ecology of the University of Granada is studying the… Seguir Leyendo UGR lecturers analyse the effects of herbivorous mammals on Sierra Nevada invertebrates

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The UGR coordinates a project to study the flora of Eastern Andalusia

This project systematizes the information available on vascular flora (plants which have conductor vessels, including brackens, conifers and plants with flowers). This way the study on Andalusian flora will get finished. Researchers are updating the already existing information in bibliography and herbariums, in besides compiling new data by fieldwork, especially in those areas which have… Seguir Leyendo The UGR coordinates a project to study the flora of Eastern Andalusia

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Experts from the Universidades de Granada and Extremadura warn about the risks of deer hunting for species genetic variability

Juan Gabriel Martínez Suárez (Department of Animal Biology and Ecology of the University of Granada) is carrying out a series of studies on management and conservation of the genetic characteristics of red deer in Spain. Two of the research lines analyse the problems between the management of the country places given over to deer hunting… Seguir Leyendo Experts from the Universidades de Granada and Extremadura warn about the risks of deer hunting for species genetic variability