Grammatical Rhapsody: a new perspective on learning grammar using songs

Grammar is the core and essential part when learning a second language. Music is an authentic, wide-ranging, and rich resource, suitable for all levels and interests, that could bring the motivational component needed in every teaching setting. This undergraduate dissertation aims to present an innovative perspective on learning grammar and fortifying B1 levels using songs as the primary motivational tool. Besides, promoting creativity and reinforcing the four skills (reading, listening, speaking, writing) are also comprised to complete the overall students’ learning progress. The presentation of personal teaching experience with B1 students, plus the analysis of grammar teaching methodologies, the use of songs for educational purposes, and learning/teaching factors, will lead to the creation of a six lessons plan proposal, where all sorts of B1 learners, intelligences, and learning styles will be considered.La gramática es un elemento esencial para el aprendizaje de una segunda lengua. La música es un recurso auténtico y enriquecedor para todos los niveles que puede convertirse en el elemento motivador necesario en un aula. El objetivo de este TFG es ofrecer una perspectiva innovadora para aprender gramática y fortalecer los niveles B1 utilizando canciones como principal herramienta motivacional. Además, se centrará en promover la creatividad y reforzar las cuatro habilidades (lectura, escucha, habla, escritura) para hacer que el progreso de aprendizaje sea más completo. La experiencia como docente con niveles B1, junto con el análisis de metodologías de enseñanza de la gramática, el uso de las canciones con fines educativos y los factores de aprendizaje y enseñanza, permitirán la creación de una propuesta con seis lecciones, en las que se tendrán en cuenta los estilos de aprendizaje, inteligencias y tipos de alumnos.Departamento de Filología InglesaGrado en Estudios Inglese

Predictors of Response to Exclusive Enteral Nutrition in Newly Diagnosed Crohn´s Disease in Children: PRESENCE Study from SEGHNP

Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) has been shown to be more effective than corticosteroids in achieving mucosal healing in children with Crohn´s disease (CD) without the adverse effects of these drugs. The aims of this study were to determine the efficacy of EEN in terms of inducing clinical remission in children newly diagnosed with CD, to describe the predictive factors of response to EEN and the need for treatment with biological agents during the first 12 months of the disease. We conducted an observational retrospective multicentre study that included paediatric patients newly diagnosed with CD between 2014–2016 who underwent EEN. Two hundred and twenty-two patients (140 males) from 35 paediatric centres were included, with a mean age at diagnosis of 11.6 ± 2.5 years. The median EEN duration was 8 weeks (IQR 6.6–8.5), and 184 of the patients (83%) achieved clinical remission (weighted paediatric Crohn’s Disease activity index [wPCDAI] 15 mg/L and ileal involvement tended to respond better to EEN. EEN administered for 6–8 weeks is effective for inducing clinical remission. Due to the high response rate in our series, EEN should be used as the first-line therapy in luminal paediatric Crohn’s disease regardless of the location of disease and disease activityS

Entre artistas y restauradorӕs. Nuevos formatos de interacción e intercambio de conocimiento

Este proyecto ha tenido como objetivo la consolidación de una red de cooperación horizontal e intercambio interdisciplinar, internivelar, interdepartamental e interfacultativa entre artistas y conservadoræs-restauradoræs, así como la exploración de nuevas formas de interacción para generar conocimiento. Esta red conecta entre sí a los departamentos de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de la UCM (Dibujo y Grabado; Diseño e Imagen; y Pintura y Conservación-Restauración), al tiempo que fomenta interacciones con estudiantes y docentes de departamentos de arte y conservación-restauración de otras universidades públicas y privadas como son la Universidad de la Laguna, la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, la Universidad Francisco de Vitoria y la Universidad Antonio Nebrija. Así mismo, incorpora a la red un organismo externo al ámbito de la universidad y vinculado al ámbito profesional de la práctica artística, como es la Asociación Cultural Atelier Solar. El proyecto ha abarcado la realización de tres encuentros, un curso, una mesa redonda, la dirección de TFGs, la visita a estudios de artistas y el desarrollo de una investigación en torno a nuevos formatos de interacción entre conservadoræs-restauradoræs y artistas. Esta memoria recoge los objetivos propuestos y evalúa los alcanzados en base a una serie de indicadores, describe la metodología utilizada en el proyecto, analiza las características del equipo de trabajo y expone las actividades desarrolladas durante el curso 2021-2022. Los Anexos incluyen documentación sobre las actividades desarrolladas e imágenes sobre los procesos de investigación

RICORS2040 : The need for collaborative research in chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a silent and poorly known killer. The current concept of CKD is relatively young and uptake by the public, physicians and health authorities is not widespread. Physicians still confuse CKD with chronic kidney insufficiency or failure. For the wider public and health authorities, CKD evokes kidney replacement therapy (KRT). In Spain, the prevalence of KRT is 0.13%. Thus health authorities may consider CKD a non-issue: very few persons eventually need KRT and, for those in whom kidneys fail, the problem is 'solved' by dialysis or kidney transplantation. However, KRT is the tip of the iceberg in the burden of CKD. The main burden of CKD is accelerated ageing and premature death. The cut-off points for kidney function and kidney damage indexes that define CKD also mark an increased risk for all-cause premature death. CKD is the most prevalent risk factor for lethal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the factor that most increases the risk of death in COVID-19, after old age. Men and women undergoing KRT still have an annual mortality that is 10- to 100-fold higher than similar-age peers, and life expectancy is shortened by ~40 years for young persons on dialysis and by 15 years for young persons with a functioning kidney graft. CKD is expected to become the fifth greatest global cause of death by 2040 and the second greatest cause of death in Spain before the end of the century, a time when one in four Spaniards will have CKD. However, by 2022, CKD will become the only top-15 global predicted cause of death that is not supported by a dedicated well-funded Centres for Biomedical Research (CIBER) network structure in Spain. Realizing the underestimation of the CKD burden of disease by health authorities, the Decade of the Kidney initiative for 2020-2030 was launched by the American Association of Kidney Patients and the European Kidney Health Alliance. Leading Spanish kidney researchers grouped in the kidney collaborative research network Red de Investigación Renal have now applied for the Redes de Investigación Cooperativa Orientadas a Resultados en Salud (RICORS) call for collaborative research in Spain with the support of the Spanish Society of Nephrology, Federación Nacional de Asociaciones para la Lucha Contra las Enfermedades del Riñón and ONT: RICORS2040 aims to prevent the dire predictions for the global 2040 burden of CKD from becoming true

TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

Plant traits - the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants - determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of trait‐based plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits - almost complete coverage for ‘plant growth form’. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and trait–environmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives

Las emisiones atmosféricas generadas por la industria textil

Dans ce travail les processus textiles sont classés dans 4 catégories, d'après l'U.S .EPA et la pollution atmosphérique qu'ils produisent: lavage de la laine, finissage de la laine, traitement en sec et finissage de fils et tissus. Les types de pollution plus fréquents correspondant à chacun d’eux sont indiqués: brumes d’huiles et d’acides, vapeurs de solvants, odeurs et poussière et fibres. De même, les principaux systèmes pour le contrôle de ces émissions sont décrits: caméra de déposition et scrubbers d’eau, cyclons, filtres (sec et visqueux), précipitateurs électrostatiques (WESP et Dry Esp) et stérilisateurs d'air. Ces systèmes sont comparés et les variables à considérer pour leur sélection sont indiquées

Ls emissions atmosphériques produites par l'industrie textile

En este trabajo se clasifican los distintos procesos textiles en 4 categorías, según la contaminación atmosférica que producen y partiendo de la base establecida por la U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: lavado de lana, acabado de la lana, procesado en seco y acabado de hilos y tejidos. Se indican los tipos más frecuentes de contaminación atmosférica producida en cada uno de estos procesos: neblinas de aceites y ácidos, vapores de disolventes, olores y polvo y fibras. Por otra parte, se describen los principales sistemas para controlar estas emisiones: cámaras de deposición y pulverizadores de agua (scrubbers), ciclones, filtros (secos y viscosos), precipitadores electrostáticos (WESP y Dry Esp) y esterilizadores de aire. Se comparan estos sistemas de tratamiento y se indican las variables a tener en cuenta a la hora de seleccionar uno de ellos.In this work, the textile processes are classified in 4 categories, on the basis of the atmospheric pollution they produce and according to the U.S. EPA: wool scouring, wool finishing, dry processing and fabric and yarn finishing. The most frequent types of atmospheric contamination corresponding to each class are indicated: oils and acids haze, solvent vapours, odours and dust and lint. * M. Carmen Gutiérrez Bouzán, Dra. en Química, Investigadora de la Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, en el Laboratorio de Control de la Contaminación Ambiental ** Marta Droguet Rifà, Ing. Industrial, Lasem *** Dr. Ing. Martí Crespi Rosell, Catedrático de la Escuela Universitaria en el Departamento de Ingeniería Textil y Papelera (U.P.C.). Jefe del Laboratorio de Control de Contaminación Ambiental, INTEXTER (U.P.C.) Also, the main systems to control these emissions are described: deposition cameras and water scrubbers, cyclone separators, filters (dry and viscous), electrostatic precipitators (WESP and Dry Esp) and air sterilizers. These treatment systems are compared and the variables to consider for their selection are indicated.Dans ce travail les processus textiles sont classés dans 4 catégories, d'après l'U.S .EPA et la pollution atmosphérique qu'ils produisent: lavage de la laine, finissage de la laine, traitement en sec et finissage de fils et tissus. Les types de pollution plus fréquents correspondant à chacun d’eux sont indiqués: brumes d’huiles et d’acides, vapeurs de solvants, odeurs et poussière et fibres. De même, les principaux systèmes pour le contrôle de ces émissions sont décrits: caméra de déposition et scrubbers d’eau, cyclons, filtres (sec et visqueux), précipitateurs électrostatiques (WESP et Dry Esp) et stérilisateurs d'air. Ces systèmes sont comparés et les variables à considérer pour leur sélection sont indiquées

Ls emissions atmosphériques produites par l'industrie textile

En este trabajo se clasifican los distintos procesos textiles en 4 categorías, según la contaminación atmosférica que producen y partiendo de la base establecida por la U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: lavado de lana, acabado de la lana, procesado en seco y acabado de hilos y tejidos. Se indican los tipos más frecuentes de contaminación atmosférica producida en cada uno de estos procesos: neblinas de aceites y ácidos, vapores de disolventes, olores y polvo y fibras. Por otra parte, se describen los principales sistemas para controlar estas emisiones: cámaras de deposición y pulverizadores de agua (scrubbers), ciclones, filtros (secos y viscosos), precipitadores electrostáticos (WESP y Dry Esp) y esterilizadores de aire. Se comparan estos sistemas de tratamiento y se indican las variables a tener en cuenta a la hora de seleccionar uno de ellos.In this work, the textile processes are classified in 4 categories, on the basis of the atmospheric pollution they produce and according to the U.S. EPA: wool scouring, wool finishing, dry processing and fabric and yarn finishing. The most frequent types of atmospheric contamination corresponding to each class are indicated: oils and acids haze, solvent vapours, odours and dust and lint. * M. Carmen Gutiérrez Bouzán, Dra. en Química, Investigadora de la Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, en el Laboratorio de Control de la Contaminación Ambiental ** Marta Droguet Rifà, Ing. Industrial, Lasem *** Dr. Ing. Martí Crespi Rosell, Catedrático de la Escuela Universitaria en el Departamento de Ingeniería Textil y Papelera (U.P.C.). Jefe del Laboratorio de Control de Contaminación Ambiental, INTEXTER (U.P.C.) Also, the main systems to control these emissions are described: deposition cameras and water scrubbers, cyclone separators, filters (dry and viscous), electrostatic precipitators (WESP and Dry Esp) and air sterilizers. These treatment systems are compared and the variables to consider for their selection are indicated.Dans ce travail les processus textiles sont classés dans 4 catégories, d'après l'U.S .EPA et la pollution atmosphérique qu'ils produisent: lavage de la laine, finissage de la laine, traitement en sec et finissage de fils et tissus. Les types de pollution plus fréquents correspondant à chacun d’eux sont indiqués: brumes d’huiles et d’acides, vapeurs de solvants, odeurs et poussière et fibres. De même, les principaux systèmes pour le contrôle de ces émissions sont décrits: caméra de déposition et scrubbers d’eau, cyclons, filtres (sec et visqueux), précipitateurs électrostatiques (WESP et Dry Esp) et stérilisateurs d'air. Ces systèmes sont comparés et les variables à considérer pour leur sélection sont indiquées

Towards women-inclusive ecology: Representation, behavior, and perception of women at an international conference

Conferences are ideal platforms for studying gender gaps in science because they are important cultural events that reflect barriers to women in academia. Here, we explored women's participation in ecology conferences by analyzing female representation, behavior, and personal experience at the 1st Meeting of the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL). The conference had 722 attendees, 576 contributions, and 27 scientific sessions. The gender of attendees and presenters was balanced (48/52% women/men), yet only 29% of the contributions had a woman as last author. Moreover, men presented most of the keynote talks (67%) and convened most of the sessions. Our results also showed that only 32% of the questions were asked by women, yet the number of questions raised by women increased when the speaker or the convener was a woman. Finally, the post-conference survey revealed that attendees had a good experience and did not perceive the event as a threatening context for women. Yet, differences in the responses between genders suggest that women tended to have a worse experience than their male counterparts. Although our results showed clear gender biases, most of the participants of the conference failed to detect it. Overall, we highlight the challenge of increasing women's scientific leadership, visibility and interaction in scientific conferences and we suggest several recommendations for creating inclusive meetings, thereby promoting equal opportunities for all participants

Towards women-inclusive ecology : Representation, behavior, and perception of women at an international conference

Conferences are ideal platforms for studying gender gaps in science because they are important cultural events that reflect barriers to women in academia. Here, we explored women's participation in ecology conferences by analyzing female representation, behavior, and personal experience at the 1st Meeting of the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL). The conference had 722 attendees, 576 contributions, and 27 scientific sessions. The gender of attendees and presenters was balanced (48/52% women/men), yet only 29% of the contributions had a woman as last author. Moreover, men presented most of the keynote talks (67%) and convened most of the sessions. Our results also showed that only 32% of the questions were asked by women, yet the number of questions raised by women increased when the speaker or the convener was a woman. Finally, the post-conference survey revealed that attendees had a good experience and did not perceive the event as a threatening context for women. Yet, differences in the responses between genders suggest that women tended to have a worse experience than their male counterparts. Although our results showed clear gender biases, most of the participants of the conference failed to detect it. Overall, we highlight the challenge of increasing women's scientific leadership, visibility and interaction in scientific conferences and we suggest several recommendations for creating inclusive meetings, thereby promoting equal opportunities for all participants