The effect of wordtype in the first stages of foreign language acquisition

Treballs Finals del Màster en Ciència Cognitiva i Llenguatge, Facultat de Filosofia, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2015-2016, Tutora: Pilar Ferré RomeuThe aim of the present study was to investigate whether wordtype influenced the first stages of the acquisition of novel words in a foreign language. Specifically, if emotional content produced any facilitatory effect when learning new words and if this effect was modulated by concreteness. We also aimed to test whether the newly acquired words had the same affective properties and behaved as the emotional words in the first language or the words in proficient bilinguals’ second language. We also investigated if these newly acquired words had become integrated in the bilingual semantic system. Finally, we also studied whether individual differences in terms of anxiety levels could have affected the acquisition of emotional words. Using a paired-associate learning paradigm, participants had to learn 48 pseudowords by associating them to their Spanish translations. We used a Translation Production task to assess whether emotional content and concreteness affected the acquisition of the novel words. Furthermore, Pleasantness Rating tasks were administered before and after the acquisition to study if the pseudowords had acquired affective properties. In addition, Free Recall tasks were used to investigate whether the newly acquired pseudowords behaved as words in the first language. Finally, to assess the semantic integration of these novel words, a Translation Recognition task was conducted. All these tasks were done immediately after the acquisition and one week later. Lastly, the effect of individual differences was explored by analyzing the relationship between the results of a questionnaire of anxiety and the performance in the Translation Production and the Free Recall tasks. Overall, the results showed a better performance for concrete words over abstract words in the different tasks. Concerning emotional content, no facilitatory effect of this variable was found in the acquisition of the novel words. However, the affective properties of emotional words seemed to have been acquired and to remain over time. The Free Recall tasks showed that although there were no effects of emotional content, there was a tendency for emotional pseudowords to behave as words in the native language. Furthermore, the overall results of the Translation Recognition task showed that the novel words had been successfully integrated in the semantic system of the bilinguals. The analysis of the errors in this task also showed that the interference produced by associates was bigger for emotional words what it would indicate a better integration of those emotional pseudowords that had been successfully learnt. Finally, the analysis of individual differences showed no correlation at all

Analytical Characterization and Sensory Analysis of Distillates of Di erent Varieties of Grapes Aged by an Accelerated Method

The wine spirits used for the elaboration of Brandy de Jerez are mainly obtained from wines produced from the Airen type of grape, which comes from the vineyards located in the region of La Mancha (Central Spain). This entails a limitation when achieving a product classified as "protected geographic designation". For that purpose, it is necessary that the grape used for the wine spirit comes from the area and not from Castile la Mancha, as has happened until now. Due to this fact, it is necessary to search for a possible alternative grape variety which allows the produced brandy to be eligible for a "protected geographic designation". For that purpose, an accelerated ageing process has been implemented with a method previously optimized to distillates obtained from wines from different varieties of grapes (Airen, Colombard, Corredera, Doradilla, Garrido Fino, Jaen blanco, Moscatel de Alejandria, Palomino Fino, Ugni Blanc, and Zalema) grown in the Jerez Area. They were evaluated, both from the analytical and sensory points of view. The distillates made from Jaen Blanco and Zalema have properties that make them interesting for future development and incorporation into oenological practice

Performance of Green Solvents in the Extraction of Sunflower Oil from Enzyme-Treated Collets

The main goal of this work is to evaluate the extraction of sunflower oil from enzyme-treated collets using ethanol and isopropanol (IPA) as solvents. The sunflower collets are pretreated with the multienzyme complex Viscozyme L prior to solvent extraction by the Soxhlet method. The influence of the moisture content of the collets, pretreatment, processing time, and solvent type on the amount of total extracted material and the oil extraction efficiency is studied. Some quality parameters such as phospholipid content of the oil and chlorogenic acid content of the residual meal are also analyzed. At low moisture content (7%) the solvents exhibit similar oil extraction ability (98–99%), but with increasing moisture the extraction efficiency of ethanol decreases to about 85%, while no significant differences are observed for IPA. The enzymatic treatment increases the extraction efficiency for all times, especially for ethanol. It is observed that IPA is more efficient in the extraction compared to ethanol, and the amount of nonlipid material is reduced by ≈70%. In addition, the oil extracted with IPA have lower phospholipid content and the residual meal presents a higher chlorogenic acid content. Practical Applications:This work would contribute toward the use of green solvents in the extraction of sunflower oil from collets. Ethanol and isopropanol, used as solvents, present attractive advantages, including low toxicity, good operational security, as well as being obtained from a renewable source. The obtained data provide up-to-date information on the use of these alcohols in the extraction of sunflower oil from collets and the influence of operating conditions, such as moisture content, enzymatic pretreatment of the collets, and the extraction time. Information about oil and meal quality is also reported.Fil: Rodriguez, Luciana Marcela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Ingeniería Química; ArgentinaFil: Fernández, María Belén. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ingeniería Olavarría. Grupo Tecnologías de Semillas; ArgentinaFil: Perez, Ethel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Ingeniería Química; ArgentinaFil: Crapiste, Guillermo Hector. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Ingeniería Química; Argentin

Multidecadal variability of ENSO in a recharge oscillator framework

We use a conceptual recharge oscillator model to identify changes in El Niño and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO) statistics and dynamics during the observational record. The variability of ENSO has increased during the 20th century. The cross-correlation between sea surface temperature (SST) and warm water volume (WWV) has also changed during the observational record. From the 1970s onwards, the SST drives WWV anomalies with a lead-time of ten months and the WWV feedbacks onto the SST with a lead-time of eight months. This is reminiscent of a recharge-discharge mechanism of the upper ocean heat content. The full recharge-discharge mechanism is only observed from the 1970s onwards. This could be the result of the degradation of the quality of observations in the early part of the 20th century. However, it may also be a consequence of decadal changes in the coupling between WWV and SST. Additional analysis fitting the recharge oscillator model to the coupled state-of-the-art climate models indicates that ENSO properties show little decadal changes in the climate models. The disagreement in changes in ENSO properties between the reanalysis and the climate models can be due to errors in the available observational data or due to the models missing the low frequency variability and decadal wind trends. Longer and more reliable observational records would be required to validate our results.publishedVersio

¿Vivimos una simulación? Las formas animadas entre lo presencial y lo virtual

The article presents the experience of Tormenta de Lagartos, in relation to the creation of its latest show "La Chupósfera", which navigated the state prior to the health emergency, traveling through virtual space, isolation, relationship with restrictions and how we got to the present. Questions and reflections are formulated, in addition to sharing our theater of dolls, masks and animated shapes and our method of writing and recording through the so-called "logbook" (Bitácoras)El artículo plantea la experiencia de Tormenta de Lagartos, en relación a la creación de su último espectáculo La Chupósfera, que navegó del estado previo a la emergencia sanitaria transitando el espacio virtual, el aislamiento, la relación con las restricciones y cómo llegamos a la actualidad. Se formulan preguntas y reflexiones, además de compartir nuestro teatro de muñecos, máscaras y formas animadas y nuestro método de escritura y registro a través de las llamadas: “bitácoras”.El artículo plantea la experiencia de Tormenta de Lagartos, en relación a la creación de su último espectáculo La Chupósfera, que navegó del estado previo a la emergencia sanitaria transitando el espacio virtual, el aislamiento, la relación con las restricciones y cómo llegamos a la actualidad. Se formulan preguntas y reflexiones, además de compartir nuestro teatro de muñecos, máscaras y formas animadas y nuestro método de escritura y registro a través de las llamadas: “bitácoras”

A geospatial analysis of cardiometabolic diseases and their risk factors considering environmental features in a midsized city in Argentina

New approaches to the study of cardiometabolic disease (CMD) distribution include analysis of built environment (BE), with spatial tools as suitable instruments. We aimed to characterize the spatial dissemination of CMD and the associated risk factors considering the BE for people attending the Non-Invasive Cardiology Service of Hospital Nacional de Clinicas in Córdoba City, Argentina during the period 2015-2020. We carried out an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study performing non-probabilistic convenience sampling. The final sample included 345 people of both sexes older than 35 years. The CMD data were collected from medical records and validated techniques and BE information was extracted from Landsat-8 satellite products. A geographic information system (GIS) was constructed to assess the distribution of CMD and its risk factors in the area. Out of the people sampled, 41% showed the full metabolic syndrome and 22.6% only type-2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), a cluster of which was evidenced in north-western Córdoba. The risk of DM2 showed an association with high values of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) (OR= 0.81; 95% CI:-0.30 to 1.66; p=0.05) and low normalized difference built index (NDBI) values that reduced the probability of occurrence of DM2 (OR=-1.39; 95% CI:-2.62 to-0.17; p=0.03). Considering that the results were found to be linked to the environmental indexes, the study of BE should include investigation of physical space as a fundamental part of the context in which people develop medically within society. The novel collection of satellite-generated information on BE proved efficient.Fil: Campero, Micaela Natalia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Medicina. Escuela de Nutrición; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Scavuzzo, Carlos Matias. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales. Instituto de Altos Estudios Espaciales "Mario Gulich"; ArgentinaFil: Andreoli, Veronica. Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales. Instituto de Altos Estudios Espaciales "Mario Gulich"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunología; ArgentinaFil: Mileo, María Sol. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Medicina. Escuela de Nutrición; ArgentinaFil: Franzois, Micaela Belén. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Medicina. Escuela de Nutrición; ArgentinaFil: Oberto, María Georgina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Medicina. Escuela de Nutrición; ArgentinaFil: Gonzalez Rodriguez, Carla. Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales. Instituto de Altos Estudios Espaciales "Mario Gulich"; ArgentinaFil: Defagó, María Daniela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud; Argentin

A model of increased impulsivity in rats with bilateral parkinsonism treated with Pramipexole

Impulse control disorders (ICD) is a common side effect of the dopaminergic treatment in patients with Parkinson's disease, which is more associated with dopamine agonists than with levodopa. To understand its pathophysiology, reliable animal models are essential. Using the variable delay-to-signal (VDS) paradigm, impulsivity was evaluated in bilateral parkinsonian rats treated with pramipexole (PPX). In this test, rats have to introduce the snout into a nose poke that is signaled by a light (presented at variable delays) triggering the delivery of a food reward after a correct response. Reaching a stable baseline performance, a partial bilateral dopaminergic lesion with 6-OHDA was induced in the dorsolateral striatum (AP: +1mm, L: ±3.4mm, V:-4.7 mm, Bregma). Rats undertook the VDS test under 5 conditions: basal state, 6-OHDA-induced lesion, the effect of two doses of PPX (0,25mg/kg and 3mg/kg; Latin-square design), and the day after the last dose of PPX. Only the acute administration of 3 mg/kg of PPX significantly rised the number of premature responses, indicating an increase of impulsive behavior, in parkinsonian but not in sham rats. Both doses of PPX significantly decreased the accuracy of responding (correct/total number of responses) and increased the incorrect and perseverative (compulsive behavior) responses in both parkinsonian and sham treated groups when compared with saline-treated groups. In conclusion, PPX induced attention deficit (lack of accuracy) as well as compulsive behavior in control and parkinsonian rats, but increased impulsivity only in the parkinsonian animals. This model could constitute a valid tool to investigate the pathophysiology of ICD.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Light modulates important physiological features of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum during the colonization of tomato plants

Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum GMI1000 (Rpso GMI1000) is a soil-borne vascular phytopathogen that infects host plants through the root system causing wilting disease in a wide range of agro-economic interest crops, producing economical losses. Several features contribute to the full bacterial virulence. In this work we study the participation of light, an important environmental factor, in the regulation of the physiological attributes and infectivity of Rpso GMI1000. In silico analysis of the Rpso genome revealed the presence of a Rsp0254 gene, which encodes a putative blue light LOV-type photoreceptor. We constructed a mutant strain of Rpso lacking the LOV protein and found that the loss of this protein and light, influenced characteristics involved in the pathogenicity process such as motility, adhesion and the biofilms development, which allows the successful host plant colonization, rendering bacterial wilt. This protein could be involved in the adaptive responses to environmental changes. We demonstrated that light sensing and the LOV protein, would be used as a location signal in the host plant, to regulate the expression of several virulence factors, in a time and tissue dependent way. Consequently, bacteria could use an external signal and Rpsolov gene to know their location within plant tissue during the colonization process.Fil: Tano, María Josefina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Ripa, Maria Belén. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Tondo, Maria Laura. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Carrau, Analía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Petrocelli, Silvana. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Rodriguez, María Victoria. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Ferreira, Virginia. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Química; UruguayFil: Siri, María Inés. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Química; UruguayFil: Piskulic, Laura. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; ArgentinaFil: Orellano, Elena Graciela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentin

Eating Disorders in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review

Background and objectives: Pregnancy is a stage associated with various biopsychosocial changes. These changes, along with concerns about keeping an adequate weight, can modulate an individual’s risk for psychological disorders, especially eating disorders (EDs). The aim of this review was to investigate the prevalence, associated risks, and consequences of eating disorders in pregnancy and in breastfeeding mothers. Materials and Methods: A systematic review was carried out following the PRISMA guidelines in the scientific databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and PsycINFO. Search terms related to EDs, pregnancy, and breastfeeding were used. The evaluation of the methodological quality of the studies was carried out using different scales; CASP (Checklist for Cohort Study), NICE (Methodology Checklist for Cohort Study), ARHQ (Methodology Checklist for Cross-Sectional), and NOS (Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for Cohort). Results: From 2920 studies, 16 were selected to study EDs in pregnant women and 2 studies in nursing mothers. Most of the studies used questionnaires and scales as tools for the diagnosis of EDs. Binge eating, anxiety, and depression were the most common comorbidities of EDs, accompanied in most cases by excessive concern about weight gain. The consequences of EDs are diverse. The prevalence of EDs in this population is estimated to be 1 out of 20. Conclusions: Eating disorders are related to anxiety and depression and have negative consequences for both mothers and fetuses (cesarean, miscarriages, premature births). More research on the field to determine the risk factors for EDs in the population of pregnant and lactating women is needed