The Perception and Restructuring of Emotion by Bi-Multilinguals in Spanish and English

[ES] The communication of emotions through verbal and non-verbal channels is a natural human process and a vital part of sociopragmatic competence in language. Learning to perceive and express them may pose an enormous challenge to bi-multilingual individuals due to, among other reasons, major cross-linguistic and cross-cultural differences in the understanding of emotion and its conceptualisation. The present research focuses on and explores the perception of emotion by bi- multilinguals with Spanish and English in their linguistic repertoire. It examines the complex variation that exists in this perceptual ability across bi-multilingual populations as a result of individual differences in their sociobiographical, linguistic, and acculturation-based profiles. In addition, this study addresses the semantic-conceptual representation of emotion lexical concepts in first (L1s) and additional languages (LXs) and the extent to which they restructure in the bi-multilinguals’ mind. For this purpose, a total sample of 384 bi-multilinguals around the world participated in an online bilingual questionnaire, designed to collect quantitative and qualitative information on the variables under study. Emotion, elicited through two different channels— verbal (emotion words) and visual (emotional video clips)—was specifically measured by a two-dimensional semantic map: valence and arousal. The results from the statistical analyses, which were supported by participants’ stories on emotional experiences in their various languages, show that the correct semantic-affective development of emotion words in LXs is linked mainly to linguistic factors like language proficiency level, frequency of use, context of acquisition, migrant condition, and therefore, having lived in the LX country. Nevertheless, the perception of purely visual and emotional stimuli proves to be independent of bi-multilinguals’ linguistic trajectories and much more cross-linguistically and cross-culturally similar. Keywords: Emotion, perception, lexicon, bi-multilinguals, Spanish, English, restructuring

Deposition patterns of atmospheric 7Be, 210Pb, 40K in cost of west Mediterranean sea, Málaga (Spain)

The deposition of radionuclides on the ground is an essential process to understand atmospheric transportation, sedimentation and geological process, being the major removal pathway for airborne particulates. To predict the long-term radiological consequences of an accidental deposition of the radionuclides to the ground, it is a prerequisite to know the environmental long-term behaviour of these radionuclides and a relatively large number of values are required for statistically meaningful conclusions. Nuclides of the natural decay chains, especially for 238U decay chain, are widely applied into atmospheric research, oceanography and marine geology. Atmospheric depositional fluxes of 7Be, 210Pb and 40K were simultaneously measured in monthly interval for eleven years (from January 2005 to December 2015 at Málaga (4 º28´ 8W; 36º 43´40N). Samples were collected monthly in an area of 1 m2 using a collector that is a slightly tilted stainless steel tray and filling 25 or 50 L polyethylene vessels with bulk deposition. The radionuclides present in all samples are 7Be, 210Pb and 40K appears approximately in 50% of the samples. The temporal variations of radionuclides in bulk deposition exhibit similar seasonal behaviour with low values in winter-autumn months and maximum values in spring-summer months. The time variations of the different radionuclides have been discussed in relation to various meteorological factors and the mean values have been compared to those published in recent literature for other sites located at different latitudes. Bulk depositional fluxes of 7Be, 210Pb and 40K have been evaluated for period of measurements. Bulk depositional fluxes of 7Be , 210Pb and 40K varied between 3 and 1779 Bq m-2 month-1 (annual mean = 1247 Bq m-2 year-1 ), and 1 to 102 Bq m-2 year-1 (annual mean = 140 Bq m-2 year-1) and 0,5 to 81 Bq m-2 year-1 ( annual mean = 65 Bq m-2 year-1). Data on the atmospheric depositions of radionuclides in Málaga show clear seasonal variations which can be attributed to the meteorological conditions affecting the transport and deposition processes. The amount of rainfall controls mainly the depositional fluxes. .There is a statistically relationship between 7Be and 210Pb fluxes indicating that removal behaviour from the atmosphere is relatively similar.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Biblioteques, arxius i centres de documentació en la premsa diària de Catalunya

Resultats d'un estudi sobre el tractament que fan l'Avui, El País, El Periódico i La Vanguardia, a nivell qualitatiu i quantitatiu, de les biblioteques, arxius i centres de documentado i altres temes relacionats, durant el període 1987-1993. S'hi inclouen dades numériques i comparatives

Analyses of long-term measurements (2005-2012) of 7Be concentrations in surface air aerosols

Studies of radionuclide activities in aerosol particles provide a mean for evaluating the integrated effects of transport and meteorology on the atmospheric loadings of substances with different sources. The aim of the present study is to explain the behaviour of aerosols associated with 7Be (T1/2=53.3 days) in the surface atmosphere using exploratory data analysis to obtain information on their possible mechanisms of transport and deposition. This naturally occurring radionuclide is an important isotope in studying atmospheric processes because of its convenient half-life and sufficiently detectable -radiation (E = 0.477 MeV), which has served for studying precipitation scavenging, vertical and horizontal removal of air masses, aerosol transit and residence times in the troposphere [1]

Variations of PM10 and its relationship with 7Be and 210Pb measurements at Malaga (Southeastern coast of Spain)

INTRODUCTION Levels of particulate matter fraction PM10 were monitored between 2009 and 2011 in Malaga (Spain) in one of the Atmospheric Pollution Monitoring network managed by the Environmental Health Service of the Andalusian Government. Long-term measurements of cosmogenic radionuclides such as 7Be provide important data in studying global atmospheric processes and comparing environmental impact of radioactivity from man-made sources to natural ones. 7Be is a natural radionuclide tracer of aerosols originated over a range of high altitudes in the atmosphere. On the other hand, 210Pb is produced by radioactive decay from its progenitor, 222Rn, which emanates primarily from land surface. Therefore, 210Pb in the air is an effective tracer of the continental surface air mass. The variation of the data with time was studied by time series analyses and seasonal patterns were identified. The study of air back-trajectories were computed by means of the Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectories (HYSPLIT) trajectory model (Draxler, 1994) using meteorological data supplied by the US National Climatic Data Centr