Personality and the happiness of others : a study among 13- to 15-year-old adolescents

This study was designed to assess the level of concern for the happiness of others among a sample of 13- to 15-year-old adolescents in England (N=3,095) and to test the theory that concern for the happiness of others occupies a different psychological space (within Eysenck’s three dimensional model of personality) from the space occupied by personal happiness. The data demonstrated a high level of concern for the happiness of others, with 84% of the adolescents saying that, ‘It is important to me to make other people happy’. While high levels of personal happiness are generally shown to be associated with low neuroticism and high extraversion (stable extraversion), these data demonstrated high levels of concern for the happiness of others tend to be associated with high neuroticism, high extraversion, high social conformity, and low psychoticism

Abonos verdes de leguminosas: integración en sistemas agrícolas y ganaderas del trópico

En zonas secas donde predominan sistemas de ganado doble propósito, la producción de leche disminuye en forma significativa en época seca. Una alternativa para mantener la producción en la época seca es mediante el uso de cultivos anuales (maíz y sorgo) para ensilar. El objetivo de esta revisión bibliográfica fue compilar información sobre aspectos asociados a la tecnología de abonos verdes de leguminosas y cómo se podrían integrar a diferentes sistemas de producción agrícolas y pecuarios en zonas tropicales. Ya sea para la producción de cultivos, para alimentación animal o para uso como heno. Para que el uso de cultivos forrajeros sea sostenible se requiere de la aplicación de N, ya que es uno de los elementos más limitantes para la producción de biomasa de forrajes. El uso de fertilizantes nitrogenados sintéticos es limitado por altos costos, además tienen efectos adversos, como producción y lixiviación de nitratos que contaminan los mantos freáticos con efectos negativos en la salud humana y en la producción de óxido nitroso, que es un potente gas de efecto invernadero que tiene efectos negativos en el calentamiento global. Una alternativa al uso de nitrógeno químico es el uso de leguminosas forrajeras fijadoras de N, como abonos verdes para suplir el N requerido por los cultivos forrajeros, pero la adopción de los abonos verdes en sistemas ganaderos es muy baja, posiblemente debido a que, los beneficios que se obtienen con su uso no se reflejan en forma directa en producción de leche en épocas críticas del año, lo cual es importante para los productores. Es necesario seleccionar leguminosas fijadoras de N con alta producción de biomasa y tolerancia a sequía, y demostrar que tienen efectos positivos en forma directa en la época seca

Linking cognitive measures of response inhibition and reward sensitivity to trait impulsivity

Impulsivity is regarded as a multifaceted construct that comprises two dimensions: rapid-response impulsivity and reward-delay impulsivity. It is unclear, however, which aspects of trait impulsivity, as assessed by self-report measures are related to rapid-response impulsivity and/or to reward-delay impulsivity, as different results have been reported in studies using both self-report and cognitive measures. This study aimed to directly relate self-report measures of impulsivity to cognitive measures of impulsivity in individuals at low- or high-levels on two impulsivity dimensions, specifically rapid-response impulsivity and reward-delay impulsivity. Participants were classified into high- or low-impulsivity groups based on (1) level of rapid-response impulsivity (determined by BIS-11 Motor subscale scores); (2) level of reward-delay impulsivity (determined by BIS/BAS subscale scores); and (3) a combination of rapid-response impulsivity and reward-delay impulsivity levels. Impulsivity was assessed using Go/No-Go, Stop-Signal and Delay-Discounting tasks and self-report measures. The high rapid-response impulsivity group showed significantly higher reward-delay impulsivity on both, the Delay-Discounting tasks and on self-report measures assessing reward-delay impulsivity, than the low-risk group. Based on the level of reward-delay impulsivity, the high reward-delay impulsivity group scored significantly higher on task-based (cognitive) and self-report measures assessing rapid-response inhibition than the low reward-delay impulsivity group. Combining both dimensions of impulsivity showed that the high-impulsivity group performed significantly worse in rapid-response paradigms and temporally discounted significantly more impulsively than the low-impulsivity group. Thus, combined impulsivity factors provide better assessment of impulsivity than each dimension alone. In conclusion, robust differences in impulsivity can be identified in non-clinical young adults

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Adaptació CFGM TM11 Avions amb motor de pistó a la Llicència de Manteniment d'aeronaus segons Part 66, subcategoria A2

The current system of Catalan Vocational Training public education ensures quality education, advanced and continuously updated many professional families. This offers traditional professional families and some others concerning recent creation. A field not yet covered (or partially covered) by the system is the FP Aircraft Maintenance, given their inherent complexity and specificity regulations. Technical standards and procedures for maintaining the airworthiness of aircraft and aircraft components, as well as the approval of organizations and personnel involved in tasks, is established in the European Regulation (EC) No. 2042/2003 and modified by the (EU) No 1149/2011. Today there are several organizations providing the studies leading to the Aircraft Maintenance Licence (AML), among which is the Institute Banyols Island, El Prat de Llobregat, which is implanted license category B1.1 with great success. One of the keys to the success of the school is the synergy that occurs in a suit Formació Professional Training Cycle studies of AML in some facilities coordinated by professionals from both the Education and the Aeronautical Maintenance field, and supervised by the Education Department. The aim of this project is to adapt the rules concerning regulated studies TM11 "Aircraft piston engine" to those of Part 66 license subcategory A2 of the same name. This will fulfil several objectives: - Students who exceed the studies receive two degrees (TM11 from Department of Education and AML subcategory A2) - Use and intensifying the use of existing workshops for subcategory B1 - Generation of experts accredited to the demand for these professionals to companies contributor

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