El IBV se consolida como centro de referencia en deporte

[ES] El Instituto de Biomecánica (IBV) sigue consolidando su posición como centro de referencia en deporte de la mano de las principales federaciones deportivas a nivel mundial. En 2019 se amplió el abanico de acreditaciones mediante el reconocimiento por parte de FIFA y WORLD RUGBY como laboratorio de ensayos de producto de hierba artificial, así como la acreditación de FIBA para ensayar la gran mayoría de elementos para el baloncesto, desde balones a videomarcadores, pavimentos, canastas, etc. El IBV se convierte así en el único laboratorio español y uno de los pocos del mundo que reúne estos reconocimientos.Alcantara Alcover, E.; Magraner Llavador, L.; Gomez Sendra, F.; Mengual Ortola, R.; Gimeno Peña, S.; Montaner Murgui, C. (2020). El IBV se consolida como centro de referencia en deporte. Revista de Biomecánica (Online). (67):1-6. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/171680S166

Distribution of alien tetrapods in the Iberian Peninsula

We present a dataset that assembles occurrence records of alien tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) in the Iberian Peninsula, a coherent biogeographically unit where introductions of alien species have occurred for millennia. These data have important potential applications for ecological research and management, including the assessment of invasion risks, formulation of preventive and management plans, and research at the biological community level on alien species. This dataset summarizes inventories and data sources on the taxonomy and distribution of alien tetrapods in the Iberia Peninsula, comprising known locations from published literature, expert knowledge and citizen science platforms. An expert-based assessment process allowed the identification of unreliable records (misclassification or natural dispersion from native range), and the classification of species according to their status of reproduction in the wild. Distributional data was harmonized into a common area unit, the 10 × 10 km Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) system (n = 6,152 cells). The year of observation and/or year of publication were also assigned to the records. In total, we assembled 35,940 unique distribution records (UTM × species × Year) for 253 species (6 amphibians, 16 reptiles, 218 birds and 13 mammals), spanning between 1912 and 2020. The species with highest number of distribution records were the Mediterranean painted frog Discoglossus pictus (n = 59 UTM), the pond slider Trachemys scripta (n = 471), the common waxbill Estrilda astrild (n = 1,275) and the house mouse Mus musculus (n = 4,043), for amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, respectively. Most alien species recorded are native to Africa (33%), followed by South America (21%), Asia (19%), North America (12%) and Oceania (10%). Thirty-six species are classified by IUCN as threatened in their native range, namely 2 Critically Endangered (CR), 6 Endangered (EN), 8 Vulnerable (VU), and 20 species Near Threatened (NT). Species maps are provided in DataSet1, as well R code and GIS layers to update them as new records are obtained.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Gorrión común – Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Aves - Orden Passeriformes - Familia Passeridae en la Enciclopedia Virtual de Vertebrados Españoles, http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/. Versiones anteriores: 1-08-2011A comprehensive review of the natural history of the House Sparrow Passer domesticus in Spain.Peer reviewe

Psychological adjustment and victim-blaming among intimate partner violence offenders: The role of social support and stressful life events

Intimate partner violence offenders often use victim-blaming attributions to explain their own violentbehavior. These attributions represent an important challenge for intervention programs for intimatepartnerviolence offenders. The main objectives of this study were to analyze both the influence of socialsupport and stressful life events on the psychological adjustment (self-esteem and depressivesymptomatology) of intimate partner violence offenders and the relationship between offenders’psychological adjustment and their victim-blaming attributions. The sample consists of 314 men convictedof intimate partner violence who were referred to a community-based intervention program. Results froma structural equation model showed that social support and stressful life events were related topsychological adjustment. Psychological adjustment also was related to victim-blaming attributions amongintimate partner violence offenders. A better understanding of the relationships between psychologicaladjustment of intimate partner violence offenders and its determinants, as well as its impact on victimblamingattributions, may provide support to new intervention strategies. Implications of these results forimproving the effectiveness of intervention programs are discussed