The origins of the foreign language press in Málaga

El asentamiento de residentes foráneos en España ha estimulado desde mediados del siglo XIX la creación de una prensa escrita en lengua extranjera con el fin de informar y de fortalecer una cohesión social entre las comunidades procedentes del exterior. El artículo que se presenta ha tomado como objeto de estudio Málaga, siendo ésta una de las provincias con mayor número actual de prensa en lengua extranjera en toda España. Esta investigación ha centrado su foco de interés en analizar dos de las primeras cabeceras escritas en lengua inglesa a principios del siglo XX: British Colony Gazette y la sección en inglés que La Unión Mercantil incorporó a sus páginas, Weekly English News.The settlement of foreign residents in Spain has led since the mid- nineteenth century the creation of a foreign language press in order to inform and serve as a vehicle for social cohesion in these communities. This article studies Málaga because it is one of the provinces with the highest current number of foreign language press in Spain. This research has focused on analyzing two of the first newspapers written in English at the beginning of XX century: British Colony Gazette and the English section of La Union Mercantil, Weekly English News

Business plan - global international business

This thesis project expects to announce a business idea about a web page called GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS. In this document there will be demonstrated the viability that has the creation of a company focused in the technological services and learning of English, with an approach in the business and the business administration. There were approached the most important steps that must be take into account to create a company. Those are the most important: the summary of the business, the market study, the technical analysis, the investment study, and the financial study. In this document will be possible analyze how two students of Modern Languages of ECCI university could carry out a business plan based on the knowledge acquired during the career.Dedicatory Acknowledgements Abstract Resumen Introduction Rationale General Objective Specific Objectives Chapter I: Summary of the business 11 Main information of the business • Name • Location • Type of Company • Description • Justification • Innovative or distinctive characteristics • Competitive Analysis (SWOT • Business objectives • Strategies • Investment required • Environmental impact • Conclusions Chapter II: Market study 21 Definition of the market profile • Companies and businessmen with internationalization projects • Schools and/or institutes of education with some emphasis on business 22 Analysis and forecast of demand 23 Competence analysis • Name of the company • Location • Markets • Strategies • Prices • Characteristics • Capacity • Advertising Media • Points of sale • Strengths • Weakness 24 Marketing analysis 25 Why the best option ist Global International Business Chapter III: Technical analysis 31 Procedures in the company • Production • Advertising • Quality control • Sales 32 Functional areas • General management • Financial department • Human resources • Production department • Technical support and customer service department • Marketing/Sales department Chapter IV: Investment study Chapter V: Income and expense study Chapter VI: Financial study Conclusion of the project Conclusion of the thesis Further recommendations ReferencesPregradoProfesional en Lenguas ModernasLenguas Moderna

Los orígenes de la prensa en lengua extranjera en Málaga

El asentamiento de residentes foráneos en España ha estimulado desde mediados del siglo XIX la creación de una prensa escrita en lengua extranjera con el fin de informar y de fortalecer una cohesión social entre las comunidades procedentes del exterior. El artículo que se presenta ha tomado como objeto de estudio Málaga, siendo ésta una de las provincias con mayor número actual de prensa en lengua extranjera en toda España. Esta investigación ha centrado su foco de interés en analizar dos de las primeras cabeceras escritas en lengua inglesa a principios del siglo XX: British Colony Gazette y la sección en inglés que La Unión Mercantil incorporó a sus páginas, Weekly English News

Biodiversity patterns of macroinvertebrate assemblages in natural and artificial lentic waters on an Oceanic Island

The Azorean islands have been historically affected by human activities, mainly due to the combined effects of habitat degradation and fragmentation, and the introduction of exotic species. We here aim to analyze the role of environmental characteristics and spatial descriptors in supporting regional biodiversity of macroinvertebrates by considering natural ponds and artificial tanks. After the monthly variation of macroinvertebrate assemblages was assessed in three temporary and two permanent ponds in the Azorean island of Terceira during a complete inundation-desiccation annual cycle, the assemblage differences of 12 ponds (three temporary and nine permanent ponds) and 8 closely-located artificial tanks were analyzed across a range of landscape disturbances. Macroinvertebrate assemblages were found to differ according to hydroperiod and sampled months. Although the former explained the highest variance, macroinvertebrate differentiation by hydroperiod was also dependent on the study month. Our results also revealed a consistent monthly pattern of species replacement. However, the contribution of nestedness to the macroinvertebrate β-diversity was notable when temporary ponds were close to desiccation, probably indicating a deterministic loss of species due to the impoverished water conditions of the ponds facing desiccation. When the macroinvertebrate assemblages were analyzed in relation to physico-chemical variations and spatial descriptors, the artificial tanks were not clearly segregated from the natural ponds, and only differentiated by pH differences. In contrast, those natural ponds exhibiting high concentrations of total phosphorous (likely signs of anthropization) also discriminated the ordination of ponds in a distance-based redundancy analysis, and showed impoverished assemblages in comparison with well-preserved ponds. The macroinvertebrate assemblages of the natural ponds showed a significant spatial pattern, but this spatial influence was not significant when tanks and ponds were considered together. Our results suggest that tanks may act as possible reservoirs of biodiversity during the desiccation period of temporary ponds, but are unable to establish successful populations. These fishless permanent tanks can complement the conservation of a biodiversity that is largely maintained by the pristine high-altitude natural ponds. The establishment of a guideline for conservation management that also considers the artificial tanks is necessary to benefit the local and regional Azorean macroinvertebrate diversit

Empathy among health science undergraduates toward the diagnosis of chronic pain: An experimental study.

Objectives: To analyse the empathetic response of future health professionals toward people diagnosed with chronic pain differentiated by the degree of visibility and credibility of symptoms. Methods: A total of 203 undergraduates performed an experimental task using vignettes depicting different diagnoses of chronic pain and completed questionnaires measuring dispositional and situational empathy. A MANCOVA analysis was conducted. Results: The main effects of chronic pain diagnoses did not significantly affect situational empathy (p = .587, η2 = 0.007, d = 0.229). The dispositional empathy variables perspective-taking and personal distress affected the situational empathy scores (p = .002, η2 = 0.072, d = 0.906, and p = .043, η2 = 0.032, d = 0.547, respectively). Conclusions: It would seem appropriate to foster intra-individual empathy factors among health science undergraduates such that they can more readily understand the process of individual adaptation to chronic pain and thus manage it more effectively. Practice implications: It would be useful for dispositional empathy to form part of the transversal competences of the training programmes of future health professionals from the beginning of their studies

Ensayo: La cultura de la educación virtual desde la escuela

El siguiente ensayo tiene como objeto presentar la idea de implementar la educación virtual desde los colegios utilizando las plataformas virtuales. Este ensayo se encuentra dividido en cuatro partes, la primera abarca los conceptos de educación y aprendizaje enfatizando en los tipos de aprendizaje que necesita la educación virtual, la segunda hace referencia a las herramientas que ésta emplea para su correcta ejecución, la tercera habla acerca de los recursos del aprendizaje, es decir el papel que juegan el tutor, las clases y las actividades que se realizan; seguido de las ventajas y desventajas de este tipo de educación. Para terminar, en este ensayo se expondrán algunas conclusiones las cuales se espera sean valiosas y fructíferas para las instituciones educativasPregradoProfesional en Lenguas ModernasAdministración de empresas (Virtual

Prevention of Emotional Disorders and Symptoms Under Health Conditions: A Pilot Study using the Unified Protocol in a Fertility Unit

Emotional Disorders (EDs) are common in women who undergo fertility treatments. The Unified Protocol (UP) is a transdiagnostic intervention that has demonstrated efficacy in preventing EDs under different health conditions. The aim of this pilot study is to: 1) improve emotional dysregulation for the prevention of anxiety and depressive symptoms in women undergoing intrauterine inseminations (IUI); 2) assess their acceptability (e.g., satisfaction and adherence rates). Method: Five women undergoing IUI, with no clinical diagnoses, responded to measures of mood (anxiety and depression), affect, quality of life and emotional dysregulation in the pre- and post-assessments, and at the 1-, 3- and 6-month follow-ups. The UP was adapted to be applied during six face-to-face group sessions lasting 2 h. The COVID-19 pandemic situation implied changing to an online format to end the program. Results: The results showed that women did not develop EDs, and no statistically significant pre-post and pre-follow-up differences were found for anxiety, depression, quality of life and emotional dysregulation (all p > .050). A tendency towards improvement in the post-assessment evaluation was noted. Satisfaction with the format and UP program was high. Conclusions: It would seem that programs focusing on therapeutic common factors like the UP could have an emotional preventive effect during IUI

Phosphorus availability drives mycorrhiza induced resistance in tomato

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis can provide multiple benefits to the host plant, including improved nutrition and protection against biotic stress. Mycorrhiza induced resistance (MIR) against pathogens and insect herbivores has been reported in different plant systems, but nutrient availability may influence the outcome of the interaction. Phosphorus (P) is a key nutrient for plants and insects, but also a regulatory factor for AM establishment and functioning. However, little is known about how AM symbiosis and P interact to regulate plant resistance to pests. Here, using the tomato-Funneliformis mosseae mycorrhizal system, we analyzed the effect of moderate differences in P fertilization on plant and pest performance, and on MIR against biotic stressors including the fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea and the insect herbivore Spodoperta exigua. P fertilization impacted plant nutritional value, plant defenses, disease development and caterpillar survival, but these effects were modulated by the mycorrhizal status of the plant. Enhanced resistance of F. mosseae-inoculated plants against B. cinerea and S. exigua depended on P availability, as no protection was observed under the most P-limiting conditions. MIR was not directly explained by changes in the plant nutritional status nor to basal differences in defense-related phytohormones. Analysis of early plant defense responses to the damage associated molecules oligogalacturonides showed primed transcriptional activation of plant defenses occurring at intermediate P levels, but not under severe P limitation. The results show that P influences mycorrhizal priming of plant defenses and the resulting induced-resistance is dependent on P availability, and suggest that mycorrhiza fine-tunes the plant growth vs defense prioritization depending on P availability. Our results highlight how MIR is context dependent, thus unravel molecular mechanism based on plant defence in will contribute to improve the efficacy of mycorrhizal inoculants in crop protection