Formative assessment of Bachelor and Master student’s supervision

One of the most challenging parts of student’s supervision is to have theability to formulate a good assessment. This one should help students torealize how much they have learned and, consequently, to the supervisorsto improve their teaching skills (1, 2, 3). In my research field, we interview students before we accept them in the laboratory under our supervision. During the interview we have the opportunity to know about students’ background, expectations and social environment. Based on this information, the supervisor can adapt the contract and intended learning outcomes (ILOs) in order to get the best alignment.The challenge pops up in the assessment of students. They are formallyassessed on a report and a defense of their thesis, but generally they missa formative evaluation while they are in the laboratory performing experiments. Consequently, I have found really interesting for my final project of the Universitetspedægogikum course to focus on activities that can improve this part of the supervision in a research group

Morphology of the larval stages of Macropodia czernjawskii (Brandt, 1880) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Inachidae) reared in the laboratory

The complete larval development of Macropodia czernjawskii (Brandt, 1880), is described and illustrated for the first time. Larvae were reared in the laboratory and development consisted of two zoeal stages and a megalopa. The main difference in the zoeal stages is the absence of lateral spines on the telson furcae, which allow it to be distinguished from the remaining species of Macropodia as well as from the zoeae of most majoids.This study was funded by the Spanish “Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Plan Nacional I+D” and the European FEDER funds through project MEGALOPADN (CGL2009–11225).Peer reviewe

Morfología de los estadios larvarios de una población Mediterránea del cangrejo alóctono, Dyspanopeus sayi (Decapoda: Brachyura: Panopeidae)

[EN] In this study the complete larval development (including four zoeal stages and a megalopa stage) of Dyspanopeus sayi is described and illustrated in detail based on larvae reared in the laboratory. Ovigerous females were collected in Alfacs Bay, Ebro Delta (NW Mediterranean) where the species was recently introduced. These larval stages were compared with others collected in the plankton from the same area, the larval stages described previously for this species and the larval stages of the two other Panopeidae that inhabit the Iberian Peninsula: Panopeus africanus and Rhithropanopeus harrisii. Differences were found in both zoeal and megalopal larval characters between D. sayi and the other two species, which could raise doubt about their placement in the same family.[ES] En este estudio se describe e ilustra en detalle el desarrollo larvario (4 estadios zoea y un estadio megalopa) de Dyspanopeus sayi , a partir de larvas cultivadas en el laboratorio. Las hembras ovígeras fueron capturadas en la Bahía de Alfacs (NO Mediterráneo), donde la especie ha sido recientemente introducida. Los estadios larvarios descritos han sido comparados con larvas del plancton capturadas en la misma zona, con descripciones previas de esta especie y con descripciones de los estadios larvarios de las otras dos especies de Panopeidae que habitan en la Península Ibérica: Panopeus africanus y Rhithropanopeus harrisii. Se han encontrado diferencias destacables en algunos caracteres de los estadios, zoea y megalopa, lo cual podría poner en duda la posición de estas especies dentro de la misma familia.This study was funded by the Spanish “Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Plan Nacional I+D” and the European FEDER funds through project MEGALO - PADN (CGL2009-11225). The “Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación” also supported a FPI PhD grant to EMH (BES-2010-033297); results here presented are part of her PhD thesis project. Financial support to GG (post-doctoral fellowship; INIA) was provided by the Ministry of Science and Research.Peer reviewe

Morphology of the larval stages of a Mediterranean population of the allochthonous Say’s mud crab, Dyspanopeus sayi (Decapoda: Brachyura: Panopeidae)

In this study the complete larval development (including four zoeal stages and a megalopa stage) of Dyspanopeus sayi is described and illustrated in detail based on larvae reared in the laboratory. Ovigerous females were collected in Alfacs Bay, Ebro Delta (NW Mediterranean) where the species was recently introduced. These larval stages were compared with others collected in the plankton from the same area, the larval stages described previously for this species and the larval stages of the two other Panopeidae that inhabit the Iberian Peninsula: Panopeus africanus and Rhithropanopeus harrisii. Differences were found in both zoeal and megalopal larval characters between D. sayi and the other two species, which could raise doubt about their placement in the same family

Propuesta de mejora de una programación didáctica al servicio de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

Este Trabajo de Fin del Máster de Cooperación Internacional de la Universidad de Valladolid presenta una programación didáctica para segundo curso de Educación Primaria, articulada por tres proyectos de aprendizaje al servicio de diecisiete objetivos de desarrollo sostenible, tomando siempre como referencia los tres principios del SUMAK KAWSAY para el bienestar, personal, el BUEN VIVIR, social, el BUEN CONVIVIR, y ambiental, el BUEN CUIDAR. Como tal, es un proyecto de Educación para el Desarrollo de la Ciudadanía Global dentro de las aulas que relaciona la realidad escolar con la realidad local, nacional e incluso internacional, actual, mediante su comprensión, concienciación y actuación en consecuencia para el cambio social.Máster en Cooperación Internacional para el Desarroll

Propuesta de intervención educativa en Canat, Piura: animación a la lectoescritura a través de la creación de un periódico, “Manitos noticias”

El actual documento presenta el Trabajo de Fin de Grado de una estudiante de la doble titulación de Educación Infantil y Primaria de la Universidad de Valladolid. La esencia del mismo responde al diseño, la puesta en práctica y la evaluación de una Propuesta de Intervención Educativa: un proyecto de Animación a la actividad lectora y escritora a través de la creación de un medio de comunicación: el periódico “Manitos Noticias”. La experiencia educativa expuesta en este TFG se contextualiza en un entorno social y educativo conflictivo, el centro de apoyo a niños y adolescentes trabajadores (CANAT) de Piura, Perú, donde su autora realizó sus segundas prácticas académicas en materia de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo, becada por el programa PACID.Grado en Educación Primari

Child and household deprivation: A Relationship beyond Household Socio-Demographic Characteristics

As recession and financial crisis spread across Europe an increasing number of people are at risk of poverty and social exclusion. Children are more exposed to the risk of poverty and social exclusion than the overall population of the EU. The current climate of economic downturn calls out for an urgent need to break the vicious circle of intergenerational transmission of poverty and social exclusion in order to improve the well-being of children in a systematic and integrated way. Using the EU-SILC 2009 module on deprivation, this paper aims to contribute to the literature on poverty and social exclusion by analysing the determinants of material deprivation among children. Special attention is given to the type of household children belong to, a characteristic that is strongly determined by adults’ behaviour. We find that the level of child deprivation varies among household types. Moreover, we confirm that even after controlling for the socio-economic characteristics of the household and parents, there still exist households with a lack of certain items that are strongly correlated to children with intense deprivation. Therefore, we can conclude that there exists an association between child deprivation and the household-deprivation profile that surpasses the socio-demographic characteristics of the household and parent

DNA barcoding allows identifcation of undescribed crab megalopas from the open sea

Megalopas of 15 brachyuran crab species collected in the open sea plankton, and unknown until now, were identified using DNA barcodes (COI and 16S rRNA). Specimens belonging to the families Portunidae, Pseudorhombilidae and Xanthidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), and corresponding to the species Achelous floridanus, Arenaeus mexicanus, Callinectes amnicola, C. arcuatus, C. ornatus, C. toxones, Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii, Portunus hastatus, Thalamita admete, Scopolius nuttingi, Etisus odhneri, Liomera cinctimanus, Neoliomera cerasinus, Pseudoliomera variolosa, and Williamstimpsonia stimpsoni, are described and illustrated, and compared with other congeneric species previously described. We also provide a new geographical record for N. cerasinus and the most remarkable features for each species.En prens

Fish granzymes and their role in the innate cell-mediated cytotoxicity against nodavirus-infected cells

Granzymes (Gzm) are granule-associated serine proteases, which are important effector molecules in cell-mediated cytotoxicity, classified by its proteolytic activity in: tryptase (GzmA and GzmK), Asp-ase (GzmB), Met-ase (GzmM) or chymase (others). In fish, even at gene level, very few studies have partially identified and characterize them. In this work we have identified the activity of these four granzymes, using colorimetric assays, in leucocytes from gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), and how they are increased upon cytotoxic activity against nodavirus-infected tumor cells. The results also showed that GzmA was the most abundant and GzmB the lowest. Deeper characterization of the GzmB led us to identify that seabream leucocytes under cytotoxic response against nodavirus-infected cells showed significantly increased GzmB activity whilst this pattern failed to do so in sea bass leucocytes. Moreover, flow cytometry studies also suggested the presence of GzmB into the cytoplasm of effector cells. At gene level, seabream GzmB gene was found to be up-regulated in leucocytes under cytotoxic activity, mainly if the target cells were infected with nodavirus. These data will through some light in the importance of granzymes in the cytotoxic response of fish and their defense against nodavirus infection

Shi drum (Umbrina cirrosa) juveniles are susceptible to all Nodavirus genotypes

Nervous necrosis virus (NNV; family Nodaviridae, genus Betanodavirus) is the causative agent of viral retinopathy and encephalopathy (VER) disease, which mainly affects the larval and juvenile stages of fish. The virus has an acute lethal effect in larval stages and juveniles. According to the RNA2 sequence, NNV are mainly divided into four genotypes: RGNNV, SJNNV, BFNNV and TPNNV. The shi drum (Umbrina cirrosa) is a serious candidate for the diversification of Mediterranean aquaculture. Although aspects related to nutrition or reproduction have been elucidated others related to pathology or immunity have been poorly studied. In this regard, the shi drum is a susceptible species for betanodavirus (RGNNV) infection, as several natural outbreaks have been reported. In order to expand the actual knowledge and understand the shi drum-NNV interactions we evaluated whether this fish species is susceptible to all the NNV genotypes. Our data demonstrate that the laboratory infections with all the NNV genotypes produced clinical signs of the VER disease and mortalities in shi drum juveniles. Interestingly, clinical signs and histopathological lesions in the brain and retina were different depending on the genotype used. Finally, viral capsid protein was immunodetected in the brain and retina from all infected fish whilst infective particles were only recovered from RGNNV-, BFNNV- and TPNNV-infected specimens. In conclusion, this work demonstrates that shi drum juveniles are susceptible to all four genotypes of NNV and represent the first step in studying host–NNV interactions and immune responses in this species, which should be further characterized