Alice in Wonderland and Postmodernism: retellings of the original story

Nowadays, one of the most extended resources utilized by novelists are the socalled retellings. The retellings are adaptations of original fairy tales into modernized novels which aim to attract the attention of a different audience. As this term has been recently developed, there is not a unique methodology to follow in order to distinguish which characteristics it should contain. The purpose of this dissertation is, once the recurrent features from different analysis about retellings and adaptations have been selected, analyze three of them about Alice in Wonderland (1865). The novels are studied and compared with the original tale by Lewis Carroll with the emphasis on some elements such as the development and peculiarities of the story, the psychological and physical appearance of the characters, and the narrative style of the author.Hoy en día, uno de los recursos más extendidos y utilizados por los novelistas son los denominados retellings. Los retellings son adaptaciones de cuentos de hadas originales a novelas modernizadas, que pretenden atraer la atención de una audiencia diferente. Dado que este término ha sido desarrollado recientemente, no existe una única metodología a seguir para distinguir las características que debe contener. El propósito de esta tesis es, una vez seleccionados los rasgos recurrentes de diferentes análisis sobre los retellings y adaptaciones, analizar tres de ellos sobre Alicia en el País de las Maravillas. Las novelas son estudiadas y comparadas con la historia original de Lewis Carroll poniendo énfasis en algunos elementos como son el desarrollo y las peculiaridades de la historia, la apariencia psicológica y física de los personajes y el estilo narrativo del autor.Departamento de Filología InglesaGrado en Estudios Inglese

Estudio de la superficie ocular en población pediátrica

Las alteraciones de la superficie ocular afectan a una gran parte de la población, en particular la enfermedad de ojo seco (EOS) que es una de las primeras causas de consulta oftalmológica. Estas alteraciones han sido objeto de una amplia investigación en la población adulta que no se extiende a la población pediátrica. Las modificaciones de la superficie ocular alteran la composición lagrimal y los tejidos oculares, reducen la calidad de la visión y producen sintomatología que afecta a la calidad de vida de los pacientes. Hay factores ambientales a los que también están expuestos los niños como la contaminación, el porte de lentes de contacto y el uso de pantallas digitales que influyen negativamente en el estado de la superficie ocular. Adicionalmente, se ha descrito una falta de asociación entre la sintomatología y la afectación de la superficie ocular, detectándose en ocasiones signos de alteración ocular sin manifestar síntomas y viceversa. Si a esto se añade, que para los niños y adolescentes puede ser más difícil identificar y manifestar estos síntomas cabe la posibilidad de que exista una parte de la población con alteraciones de la superficie ocular sin detectar. Los escasos estudios en población pediátrica hasta la fecha están realizados en distintas poblaciones (bebés, niños, adolescentes) utilizan distintos protocolos y criterios diagnósticos establecidos para poblaciones adultas..

Estrategia de comunicación y marketing aplicada a la empresa Nelybel

El objetivo principal del proyecto es plantear una estrategia de comunicación y marketing útil para aplicarla a la empresa de regalos Nelybel. Los objetivos secundarios son aprender a llevar a cabo una estrategia de comunicación y marketing partiendo casi de cero, realizar una investigación de mercado provincial y un análisis de la competencia y ayudar con la publicidad y promoción de la empresa.García Martín, B. (2012). Estrategia de comunicación y marketing aplicada a la empresa Nelybel. Universitat Politècnica de València. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/18150Archivo delegad

Bioconversion of Cheese Whey and Food By-Products by Phaeodactylum tricornutum into Fucoxanthin and n-3 Lc-PUFA through a Biorefinery Approach

This study investigates the potential of utilizing three food wastes: cheese whey (CW), beet molasses (BM), and corn steep liquor (CSL) as alternative nutrient sources for the cultivation of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, a promising source of polyunsaturated eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and the carotenoid fucoxanthin. The CW media tested did not significantly impact the growth rate of P. tricornutum; however, CW hydrolysate significantly enhances cell growth. BM in cultivation medium enhances biomass production and fucoxanthin yield. The optimization of the new food waste medium was conducted through the application of a response surface methodology (RSM) using hydrolyzed CW, BM, and CSL as factors. The results showed a significant positive impact of these factors (p < 0.005), with an optimized biomass yield of 2.35 g L-1 and a fucoxanthin yield of 3.64 mg L-1 using a medium composed of 33 mL L-1 of CW, 2.3 g L-1 of BM, and 2.24 g L-1 of CSL. The experimental results reported in this study showed that some food by-products from a biorefinery perspective could be utilized for the efficient production of fucoxanthin and other high-added-value products such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA).Italian Ministry of Education, Universities, and Research (MIUR)The Spanish Ministry of Science, Education, and Universities/Spanish State Research Agency (PCI2018-093178)Co-funding by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation progra

Formulation of New Media from Dairy and Brewery Wastes for a Sustainable Production of DHA-Rich Oil by Aurantiochytrium mangrovei

This research was funded by the SUSPUFA project, ID 145, as part of the ERA-Net SUSFOOD2, with funding provided by national and regional sources (Ministero dellIstruzione dellUniversita e della Ricerca, MIUR and Spanish Ministry of Science, Education and Universities/Spanish State Research Agency-PCI2018-093178) and was co-funded by the European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.SUSPUFA project, ERA-Net SUSFOOD2 145Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR)Spanish Ministry of Science, Education and Universities/Spanish State Research Agency PCI2018-093178European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programm

Philopatry and natal dispersal of Montagu's harriers (Circus pygargus) breeding in Spain: a review of existing data

et al.Natal dispersal is an important component of bird ecology, plays a key role in many ecological and evolutionary processes, and has important conservation implications. Nevertheless, detailed knowledge on natal dispersal is still lacking in many bird species, especially raptors. We review and compile existing information from five tagging programmes of juvenile Montagu's harriers (Circus pygargus) in different Spanish regions, with PVC rings or wing tags, to provide an assessment of philopatry and natal dispersal of the species in Spain. Only 7% of all tagged harriers were observed as breeders in subsequent years. The percentage of philopatric (i. e. breeding within 10 km of the natal site) males and females was lower that 5%. Overall, there were no sexual differences in percentage of philopatric birds or dispersal distances, but we found study area differences. The low philopatry observed suggests a high capacity for natal dispersal in this species, for both sexes, and therefore high genetic mixing between populations. Differences in philopatry between study areas may be influenced by the different observation effort or detectability, or else reflect different philopatric strategies among populations. Finally, we found no significant differences in philopatry rate or dispersal distances related to tagging method, suggesting that tagging technique has a smaller effect than monitoring effort or observation ease on observation probability. Developing tagging programmes at a small scale and without procuring very large-scale and intensive subsequent monitoring is not worthwhile for evaluating philopatry and natal dispersal in this species.We are grateful to the Servicio de Biodiversidad from Conselleria de Medio Ambiente, Agua, Urbanismo y Vivienda (Generalitat Valenciana) for providing data from the Castellón area. In Tarifa, the population study was funded by Fundación Migres through a collaboration project with the Asociación Eólica de Tarifa, and theringing programme was carried out by Milvus-GOES and Cigüeña Negra ringing groups. R. L. has a postdoctoral grant (reference 10/12-C) co-funded by the Consejería de Educación y Ciencia (Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha) and the European Social Fund.Peer Reviewe

Revisiting the anion framework conservation in cation exchange processes

We investigated the effect of cation exchange on the anionic framework of lightly doped CdSe:Te/CdS nanorods. In contrast with previously studied core/shell systems, the Te dopant, located in the center of the CdSe core, provides an extremely sensitive indicator for any structural changes of the anionic framework that may occur as a result of the cation exchange process. We first optimized the cation exchange procedure in order to retain the fluorescence properties of the CdSe:Te/CdS nanorods after exchange of Cd2+ for Cu+ and back to Cd2+. Next, using multiexciton spectroscopy, we were able to probe the magnitude of the exciton exciton repulsion interaction and use that to assess the degree of crystal structure conservation. Our findings provide a much stronger proof that the anion framework is indeed rigid, showing no evidence of significant migration of the anionic dopant

Efficient charge transfer in solution-processed PbS quantum dot–reduced graphene oxide hybrid materials

We developed a general approach to couple silane-functionalized rGO with colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals, which show efficient and tunable charge transfer

Incorporating poverty in society into strategic human resource management

In developed societies, the cultural value of social trust and cooperative behavior decreases when levels of poverty increase. Based on the contextual social exchange perspective, we argue that these societal traits can be transmitted to companies located within such societies, resulting in a reduction of human resource (HR) investment and a decrease in the effect of these HR investments on workforce performance. Therefore, poverty in society has a dual role in its connection with HR investment, acting both as an antecedent and as a moderator. The employment relationship is dependent on the deprivation and poor quality of life of people in the region. We arrive at this conclusion from a study conducted on a sample of 2192 companies during a period of six years and applying longitudinal structural equation modeling. Findings indicate the importance of placing HR practices within their socioeconomic environment, specifically living conditions, to understand their implementation and return over time