Portrayal of 20th-century European totalitarian regimes in Spanish secondary education textbooks

This paper intends to give a first impression of how XX-century European totalitarian regimes have been seen and presented by analysing a selection of Spanish History textbooks used in secondary education (ESO). Nowadays, both in our country and in the rest of Europe, a study of this type of manuals demands a reference to the debates which, in the last few decades, have focused on the didactic rethinking of the teaching of History. And, in the case of Spain, this issue has been the object of the attention of experts, who, in different ways and from different perspectives, have analysed the three main ingredients of education: the official curricula, the books used in schools and the teaching itsel

HM 8: The Fraternity of the Blue Uniform

Admiral Richard G. Colbert\u27s particular approach to U.S. naval strategy, placing as it did great emphasis on the need to enhance cooperation between the U.S. Navy and friendly maritime forces, was not entirely different from the maritime strategy of the 1980s.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/usnwc-historical-monographs/1007/thumbnail.jp

Anaí, una forma de publicación en la web

El presente artículo presenta la estrategia de creación de contenidos para la web desarrollada en la Universidad de Navarra. El objetivo de esta estrategia es lograr un sistema de creación de contenidos descentralizado, gracias al cual un profesor o una persona de administración o servicios, con conocimientos informáticos medios e incluso escasos pueda desarrollar contenidos de calidad

Repensar la enseñanza universitaria desde las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación. Algunas experiencias de universidades de los Estados Unidos

Se ofrecen aquí algunas experiencias de Universidades de los Estados Unidos que puedan ayudar a repensar la enseñanza universitaria desde las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación

Displaced genital arch in a Drosophila melanogaster male

Drosophila melanogaster mutant ebony (e) is characterized by its pigmentation defects in the adult cuticle (Bridges and Morgan, 1923); eyegone (eyg) has been described as having head and eyes much smaller than normal (Ives, 1942); and the vestigial (vg) locus seems to be only involved in wing development (Bridges and Morgan, 1919). While analyzing the F1 offspring from the parental cross between the D. melanogaster strains e eyg and vg, a particular fly was observed. It was a male, with no extended wings and normal color (although slightly darker because it was heterozygote for e). Interestingly, its genital arch was displaced from its normal position. It was not located in the ventral tip of the abdomen, instead it was displaced almost 90 degrees towards the end of the abdomen (Figures 1 and 2). The abdominal area where the genital arch should be was covered with a thin tegument (Figures 3 and 4). Sex combs were properly located. The animal died by accident nine days after emerging and left no progeny (he was caught in the culture medium) [...]

Study of the Bcl-2 Interactome by BiFC reveals differences in the activation mechanism of Bax and Bak

Evasion of apoptosis is one of the hallmarks of cancer cells. Proteins of the Bcl-2 family are key regulators of the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis, and alterations in some of these proteins are frequently found in cancer cells. Permeabilization of the outer mitochondrial membrane, regulated by pro- and antiapoptotic members of the Bcl-2 family of proteins, is essential for the release of apoptogenic factors leading to caspase activation, cell dismantlement, and death. Mitochondrial permeabilization depends on the formation of oligomers of the effector proteins Bax and Bak after an activation event mediated by BH3-only proteins and regulated by antiapoptotic members of the Bcl-2 family. In the present work, we have studied interactions between different members of the Bcl-2 family in living cells via the BiFC technique. Despite the limitations of this technique, present data suggest that native proteins of the Bcl-2 family acting inside living cells establish a complex network of interactions, which would fit nicely into “mixed” models recently proposed by others. Furthermore, our results point to differences in the regulation of Bax and Bak activation by proteins of the antiapoptotic and BH3-only subfamilies. We have also applied the BiFC technique to explore the different molecular models proposed for Bax and Bak oligomerization. Bax and Bak’s mutants lacking the BH3 domain were still able to associate and give BiFC signals, suggesting the existence of alternative surfaces of interaction between two Bax or Bak molecules. These results agree with the widely accepted symmetric model for the dimerization of these proteins and also suggest that other regions, different from the α6 helix, could be involved in the oligomerization of BH3-in groove dimers

La formación ético-cívica y el compromiso social de los estudiantes universitarios

Estamos siendo testigos en estas últimas décadas de una creciente preocupación internacional por el escaso compromiso social de los jóvenes, que se manifiesta en su baja participación social, el exiguo interés que muestran por la política formal y la insignificante participación electoral que ejercen. El esquema que seguimos es, en primer lugar, dibujar el marco internacional en que nos movemos. Después se indaga en la formación ético-cívica del alumnado universitario en el marco de la tercera misión de la universidad y del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior. Posteriormente tratamos de una de las iniciativas más fructíferas en este ámbito: el service learning. Finalizamos haciendo una propuesta de algunas sugerencias para la educación superior. Está latente a lo largo del artículo la necesidad de la suscitación de una formación ético-cívica como clave para la promoción del compromiso social de los jóvenes

Good character at college: the combined role of second-order character strength factors and phronesis motivation in undergraduate academic outcomes

A renewed interest in the study of character and virtue has recently emerged in the fields of Education and Psychology. The latest research has confirmed the association between virtuous consistent behaviours and academic positive outcomes. However, the motivational dimension of character (the intentions underlying the patterns of observed behaviours) has received little attention. This research aims to extend the knowledge on this topic by examining the predictive relationships between the behavioural and motivational dimensions of character, with reference to academic engagement, career self-doubt and performance of Spanish university students. A total of 183 under- graduates aged 18–30 (142 of whom were women) from the north of Spain completed specific parts of self-report questionnaires, including the Values in Action VIA-72, a Spanish translated and validated version of the Moral Self-Relevance Measure MSR, and the Utrecht Work Engagement Student Scale UWES-S9. The collected data were analysed using Structural Equation Modelling. The behavioural dimension of character (character strength factors of caring, self-control and inquisitiveness) showed positive associations with academic engagement and performance. The motivational dimension of character (phronesis motivation), was negatively related to career self-doubt. For the first time, the present study has provided support for the contribution of both dimensions of character to undergraduate academic outcomes

Future prospects for mitosis-targeted antitumor therapies

Dysregulation of cell cycle progression is a hallmark of cancer cells. In recent years, efforts have been devoted to the development of new therapies that target proteins involved in cell cycle regulation and mitosis. Novel targeted antimitotic drugs include inhibitors of aurora kinase family, polo-like kinase 1, Mps1, Eg5, CENP-5 and the APC/cyclosome complex. While certain new inhibitors reached the clinical trial stage, most were discontinued due to negative results. However, these therapies should not be readily dismissed. Based on recent advances concerning their mechanisms of action, new strategies could be devised to increase their efficacy and promote further clinical trials. Here we discuss three main lines of action to empower these therapeutic approaches: increasing cell death signals during mitotic arrest, targeting senescent cells and facilitating antitumor immune response through immunogenic cell death (ICD). © 2021 The Author(s