Subtitling for Intercultural Communication in Foreign Language Learning/Teaching: the case of "Dhat", an Egyptian Series Subtitled in Spanish

El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar un nuevo recurso para la enseñanza del árabe como lengua extranjera. El trabajo se desarrolla dentro del marco de las actividades del proyecto E-LENGUA financiado por el programa europeo de Erasmus+. El objetivo del proyecto es desarrollar nuevos recursos y compartir buenas prácticas para la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras aplicando las tecnologías de información y comunicación. El recurso presentado aquí consiste en la subtitulación de un conjunto de 10 capítulos de una serie egipcia contemporánea titulada, Dhat. La serie refleja la historia egipcia contemporánea desde los cincuenta hasta la revolución del 2011 a través de la vida de la protagonista, Dhat, una chica egipcia de la clase media, nacida en El Cairo. El artículo consiste en cuatro partes. La introducción presenta el marco teórico. La segunda parte explica la metodología y el alcance de la tarea planteada. La tercera parte presenta las actividades desarrolladas utilizando este recurso y su evaluación en el aula. Finalmente en la última parte se resumen las conclusiones y los futuros trabajos.The objective of this paper is to present a teaching resource for Arabic as a foreign language, developed within the context of the European project ELENGUA. E-LENGUA is funded by Erasmus+ programme and it aims at developing new resources and sharing good practices in foreign language teaching using modern information and communication technologies. The resource consists of subtitling a set of ten episodes of the Egyptian TV series, Dhat. The subtitles are in Spanish and the series depicts the evolution of the Egyptian society, from the fifties until the Egyptian Revolution in 2011 through the biography of Dhat, an Egyptian middle class girl born in the fifties in Cairo. The paper is divided into four sections. The first is an introduction covering the theoretical framework. The second presents the methodology and the scope of work. The learning activities and its evaluation are addressed in the third section. Finally, the conclusions and future work are presente

Acaricidal and Antioxidant Activities of Anise Oil (<i>Pimpinella anisum</i>) and the Oil’s Effect on Protease and Acetylcholinesterase in the Two-Spotted Spider Mite (<i>Tetranychus urticae</i> Koch)

The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, also known as the red spider, is one of the most harmful pests in agriculture and causes large losses of many crops. These mites have rapidly developed a resistance to many chemical pesticides in recent years. In this study, the essential oil of seeds of the anise plant (Pimpinella anisum) was extracted by hydrodistillation, and the chemical composition of the oil was analyzed. The antioxidant activity of the volatile oil was determined by the DPPH radical scavenging assay. The acaricidal activity of the anise oil, a natural acaricide, was evaluated for its ability to protect green bean plants from mite injury. The two-spotted spiders were spread on green bean seedlings for 1 week; then, different plants were sprayed with different concentrations of anise oil (10, 20, 30, or 40 µL/L). Our results revealed that anethole was the major component of anise oil, at 53.23%. The acaricidal effect of the various concentrations on T. urticae was recorded after 24, 48, and 72 h of treatment. Our findings suggest that anise oil showed significant acaricidal activity against T. urticae in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Anise oil at a concentration of 40 µL/L killed 96.0% of the red spiders after 72 h. Also, all concentrations of anise oil inhibited acetylcholinesterase, and the spiders’ protease activity declined when the plants were treated with 30 or 40 µL/L of anise oil. The concentrations of 10 and 20 µL/L did not significantly affect the protease activity of T. urticae mites. We can conclude that anise oil exhibited acaricidal activity against T. urticae and that this was highly correlated with the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and protease activities in the mites

Insights into the Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Anti-SARS-CoV-2 and Cytotoxic Activities of Pistacia lentiscus Bark and Phytochemical Profile; In Silico and In Vitro Study

Foodborne infections and antibiotic resistance pose a serious threat to public health and must be addressed urgently. Pistacia lentiscus is a wild-growing shrub and has been utilized for medicinal applications as well as for culinary purposes. The antibacterial and antioxidant activities of P. lentiscus bark in vitro, as well as the phytochemical composition, are the focus of this inquiry. The bark extract of P. lentiscus showed significant antimicrobial activity in experiments on bacteria and yeast isolated from human and food sources. The exposure time for the complete inhibition of cell viability of P. aeruginosa in the extracts was found to be 5% at 15 min. Phytochemical inquiry of the methanol extract demonstrates the existence of carbohydrates, flavonoids, tannins, coumarins, triterpenes, and alkaloids. Deep phytochemical exploration led to the identification of methyl gallate, gallic acid, kaempferol, quercetin, kaempferol 3-O-&alpha;-rhamnoside, kaempferol 3-O-&beta;-glucoside, and Quercetin-3-O-&beta;-glucoside. When tested using the DPPH assay, the methanol extracts of P. lentiscus bark demonstrated a high free radical scavenging efficiency. Further, we have performed a molecular modelling study which revealed that the extract of P. lentiscus bark could be a beneficial source for novel flavonoid glycosides inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Taken together, this study highlights the Pistacia lentiscus bark methanol extract as a promising antimicrobial and antiviral agent