New trends in education: the use of ICT in different ways

In the 21st century and due to the exponential growth of the Internet and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), people live in a technological age, in all areas and in all contexts, we have daily contact with technology, with access to Information. This dynamic requires a constant update of the services and technological tools that change the method that we study, work, communicate and socialize on an unprecedented scale. These constant changes force everyone, regardless of age, gender or profession, to possess a range of functional and critical thinking skills, such as information literacy, media literacy and technological literacy. The evolution of technologies, forces the promoters of education, to always be aware of the changes that society is introducing outside the classroom. Today, students don't have the same pattern as before, regardless of age, they are very active and are no longer the same introverted child who studied a few years ago in the classroom. According to this, students are eager for different forms of motivation inside and outside the classroom, they need the learning and teaching process to move along with changes in society and ICT. To ensure the success of today's students, it is important to provide them with the technological skills to make the correct use of ICTs, to perform tasks essential to their learning process, such as researching and selecting information, creating content, information sharing, use of collaboration tools or environment simulation tools. The main objective of this chapter is to show how ICT tools that can be used in educational environments to help students, helping them develop key skills in their training process, is also relevant to show how these tools can help teachers achieve these goals in daily activities with their students

Amorphization induced by pressure: results for zeolites and general implications

We report an {\sl ab initio} study of pressure-induced amorphization (PIA) in zeolites, which are model systems for this phenomenon. We confirm the occurrence of low-density amorphous phases like the one reported by Greaves {\sl et al.} [Science {\bf 308}, 1299 (2005)], which preserves the crystalline topology and might constitute a new type of glass. The role of the zeolite composition regarding PIA is explained. Our results support the correctness of existing models for the basic PIA mechanim, but suggest that energetic, rather than kinetic, factors determine the irreversibility of the transition.Comment: 4 pages with 3 figures embedded. More information at http://www.icmab.es/dmmis/leem/jorg

IZAZOVI U IDENTIFICIRANJU RANJIVOSTI MIGRATNTICA NA JUŽNOJ GRANICI EUROPE: DOPRINOSI IZ BIOGRAFSKIH NARATIVA

In the 1980s, the Southern Frontier of Spain became one of the southern borders of the European Union after Spain entered into the European Economic Community (EEC). On the African continent, the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla that border with Morocco are physically separated from Spain by the Mediterranean Sea. Those two cities became a privileged enclave for immigration control, but also for the detection of vulnerable conditions of the migrant population. This paper has a double objective: to describe the action research developed in the Center for the Temporary Residence of Immigrants in Ceuta and to analyze 49 biographical interviews with women residents of the Center within the framework of said action research. The results show the diversity of situations of vulnerability in which migrant women can find themselves in this border context. Hence, it is important to rethink the intervention to avoid secondary victimization within critical and humanistic models of intervention. This work, precisely, addresses the design of a tool for biographical narratives from the perspectives of integral health and care.U 1980-tima južna granica Španjolske postala je jedna od južnih granica Europske Unije nakon što je Španjolska ušla u Europsku ekonomsku zajednicu (EEZ). Na afričkom kontinentu španjolski gradovi Ceuta i Melilla koji graniče s Marokom fizički su odvojeni od Španjolske Sredozemnim morem. Ta su dva grada postala povlaštene enklave za imigracijsku kontrolu, ali i za otkrivanje ranjivih uvjeta migrantske populacije. Rad ima dvostruki cilj: opisati akcijsko istraživanje koje je razvio Centar za privremeni smještaj migranata u Ceuti i analizirati 49 biografskih intervjua sa ženama koje borave u Centru u okviru spomenutog akcijskog istraživanja. Rezultati pokazuju različitost situacija ranjivosti u kojima se migrantice mogu naći u kontekstu granice. Stoga je važno preispitati intervencije kako bi se izbjegla sekundarna viktimizacija u sklopu kritičkih i humanističkih modela intervencije. Rad se bavi kreiranjem instrumenta za biografske narative iz perspektive integralnog zdravlja i skrbi

Relationship between the presence of the invasive macroalgae Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Sonder) Verlaque, Huisman et Boudouresque and substrate typology at the bay of Palma (Mallorca)

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Challenges to identify the vulnerability of migrant women on the southern border of europe: Contributions from biographical narratives

In the 1980s, the Southern Frontier of Spain became one of the southern borders of the European Union after Spain entered into the European Economic Community (EEC). On the African continent, the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla that border with Morocco are physically separated from Spain by the Mediterranean Sea. Those two cities became a privileged enclave for immigration control, but also for the detection of vulnerable conditions of the migrant population. This paper has a double objective: to describe the action research developed in the Center for the Temporary Residence of Immigrants in Ceuta and to analyze 49 biographical interviews with women residents of the Center within the framework of said action research. The results show the diversity of situations of vulnerability in which migrant women can find themselves in this border context. Hence, it is important to rethink the intervention to avoid secondary victimization within critical and humanistic models of intervention. This work, precisely, addresses the design of a tool for biographical narratives from the perspectives of integral health and care

Covering point sets with two disjoint disks or squares

Open archive-ElsevierWe study the following problem: Given a set of red points and a set of blue points on the plane, find two unit disks CR and CB with disjoint interiors such that the number of red points covered by CR plus the number of blue points covered by CB is maximized. We give an algorithm to solve this problem in O(n8/3 log2 n) time, where n denotes the total number of points. We also show that the analogous problem of finding two axis-aligned unit squares SR and SB instead of unit disks can be solved in O(nlog n) time, which is optimal. If we do not restrict ourselves to axis-aligned squares, but require that both squares have a common orientation, we give a solution using O(n3 log n) time

Trabajo Social con poblaciones receptoras de inmigrantes: un modelo cuasi-experimental para fomentar actitudes multiculturales.

Este artículo forma parte de un proyecto transnacional entre España, Portugal, Italia y Grecia, subvencionado por el Programa de Desarrollo Tecnológico del Gobierno Autonómico Valenciano, que tiene como objetivo el fomento de actitudes tolerantes hacia inmigrantes en el sistema educativo. Se ha diseñado un modelo llamado EUROSUR que, puesto a prueba a través de experimentación, obtiene resultados satístactorios. La hipótesis principal es que el factor conocimiento (información a través de tres vías: audiovisual, escrita y oral) es una variable independiente determinante para atenuar e incluso modificar en los jóvenes la configuración de prejuicios racistas ante los inmigrantes. Los resultados evidencian cambios desde actitudes reaccionarias hacia otras más tolerantes, en los grupos experimentale

Registro de redes diente de sierra en fotopolímeros: efecto del sellante

Los fotopolímeros son unos materiales fotosensibles interesantes para el registro de elementos ópticos difractivos. No obstante el registro de perfiles de fase abruptos, como las redes de diente de sierra, presenta problemas por los rápidos cambios que tienen lugar en la superficie de estos materiales. En este trabajo se propone la utilización de sellantes con un índice de refracción promedio del fotopolímero para mejorar el registro de elementos difractivos abruptos.Financiado por Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (FIS2011-29803-C02-01 y FIS2011-29803-C02-02), Generalitat Valenciana (PROMETEO/2011/021, ISIC/2012/013 y GV/2014/076), y Universidad de Alicante (GRE12-14)

Undiagnosed mood disorders and sleep disturbances in primary care patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Objective. The study aims to determine the prevalence of undiagnosed comorbid mood disorders in patients suffering chronic musculoskeletal pain in a primary care setting and to identify sleep disturbances and other associated factors in these patients, and to compare the use of health services by chronic musculoskeletal pain patients with and without comorbid mood disorders. Design. Cross-sectional study. Subjects. A total of 1,006 patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain from a representative sample of primary care centers were evaluated. Outcome Measures. Pain was measured using a visual analog scale and the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders questionnaire was used to measure mood disorders. Results. We observed a high prevalence of undiagnosed mood disorders in chronic musculoskeletal pain patients (74.7%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 71.9–77.4%), with greater comorbidity in women (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 1.91, 95% CI 1.37–2.66%) and widow(er)s (adjusted OR = 1.87, 95% CI 1.19–2.91%). Both sleep disturbances (adjusted OR = 1.60, 95% CI 1.17–2.19%) and pain intensity (adjusted OR = 1.02, 95% CI 1.01–1.02%) displayed a direct relationship with mood disorders. Moreover, we found that chronic musculoskeletal pain patients with comorbid mood disorders availed of health care services more frequently than those without (P < 0.001). Conclusions. The prevalence of undiagnosed mood disorders in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain is very high in primary care settings. Our findings suggest that greater attention should be paid to this condition in general practice and that sleep disorders should be evaluated in greater detail to achieve accurate diagnoses and select the most appropriate treatment