Miércoles, 27 de Diciembre de 2006
For one in every ten people, excessive Christmas shopping can turn into a pathology just as serious as alcoholism or drug addiction
Something as common as Christmas shopping can develop into a serious psychological problem, whose long-term consequences are disastrous. Nearly every Spaniard goes on a shopping spree during Christmas, but for one in every ten people this habit turns into a serious problem: they are addicted to Christmas shopping.
Francisca López Torrecillas, a lecturer at the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment of the University of Granada and an expert in psychological additions, explained that the effects of this pathology are similar to those of alcoholism, compulsive gambling or Internet addiction. The researcher remarked: “These people will ...
Francisca López Torrecillas, a lecturer at the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment of the University of Granada and an expert in psychological additions, explained that the effects of this pathology are similar to those of alcoholism, compulsive gambling or Internet addiction. The researcher remarked: “These people will ...
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Social, Economic and Legal Sciences
Martes, 26 de Diciembre de 2006
Scientists from the UGR are using olive stones to depollute industrial sewage water
A question arises whenever olive oil is obtained: what can we do with its agricultural residues, such as olive vegetable water, browse leaves, or the solid waste known as ‘alperujo’? A study carried out by Dr. Germán Tenorio Rivas, a member of the research group “Solids concentration and bioremediation” from the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Granada has found an interesting use for the apparently useless olive stones: they eliminate hard metals –chrome, to be precise- by biosorption in sewage water from
industries such as painting, tannery or ...
industries such as painting, tannery or ...
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Natural Resources and Environment
Jueves, 21 de Diciembre de 2006
One of the most enigmatic chapters in the history of the Spanish monarchy has been clarified: Prince Sancho was not poisoned
The circumstances surrounding the death in 1370 of Prince Sancho of Castile and Sandoval are one of the most enigmatic chapters in the history of the Spanish monarchy. The prince died when he was around 7 years old and he was a natural son of King Pedro I of Castile, called "Pedro the Cruel". The historic data available do not totally clarify how he died. Some historians suspected that he could have been poisoned while he was imprisoned with his brother Diego.
A multidisciplinary group of researchers, coordinated by Doctor Miguel C. Botella, head of the Laboratory of Physical Anthropology ...
A multidisciplinary group of researchers, coordinated by Doctor Miguel C. Botella, head of the Laboratory of Physical Anthropology ...
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Social, Economic and Legal Sciences
Martes, 19 de Diciembre de 2006
63.1% of young people from Granada think that there are “too many” foreigners in their environment
Are young people from Granada racist? After posing this question, a group of researchers from the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies of the University of Granada, has carried out a survey among 400 people between 14 and 25, and the results are quite revealing. Two out of three young people (63.1%) think that there are "too many" foreigners in their surrounding area (especially Moroccan and Senegalese people). These figures have increased in relation to 1996, when another similar study was conducted.
Francisco Jiménez Bautista, the lecturer responsible for this study, points out that “people from Granada, although they are not racist, ...
Francisco Jiménez Bautista, the lecturer responsible for this study, points out that “people from Granada, although they are not racist, ...
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Viernes, 15 de Diciembre de 2006
High cholesterol diets modify gene expression in atherosclerosis
Experts carried out research on atherosclerosis from its earliest stages to discover the origin of atheromatous plaques – fatty deposits gradually and irregularly formed in the main arteries, causing the narrowing of the blood vessel. Although there are many causes for this disease, UGR scientists focused on smooth muscle cells (SMCs) transformation into dedifferentiated and proliferative cells, able to carry lipids in culture. In this sense, cells from animals fed with control diet represent a difference. Experts carried out an early cell atherosclerosis experimental model with chickens, as these birds develop atherosclerosis very rapidly: a 20-day high cholesterol diet is enough ...
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Health Science and Technology
Jueves, 14 de Diciembre de 2006
A warning about the need to fight obesity and bad eating habits in children in order to prevent them from suffering from diabetes when they are older
Childhood or youth diabetes is a disease that typically affects children and teenagers. It is also called ‘insulin-dependent’, since treatment with subcutaneous insulin is necessary for the rest of their lives. Nowadays, from the conceptual point of view, Type 1 Diabetes (DM 1) is caused by the destruction of the pancreatic cells that produce insulin.
According to approximate figures, there are 29,000 children suffering from diabetes in Spain and 1,100 new cases are diagnosed every year. Figures related to age show that the incidence is of 11.3 people from 0 to 15 years of age in 100,000 inhabitants and 9.9 people from 15 to 29 years of age in 100,000 ...
According to approximate figures, there are 29,000 children suffering from diabetes in Spain and 1,100 new cases are diagnosed every year. Figures related to age show that the incidence is of 11.3 people from 0 to 15 years of age in 100,000 inhabitants and 9.9 people from 15 to 29 years of age in 100,000 ...
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Health Science and Technology
Martes, 12 de Diciembre de 2006
A pilot experience can reduce by half the number of patients who visit the health centre too often
Surgeries in health centres often have to deal with far more appointments than necessary. According to a study carried out in the University of Granada by the researcher Antonina Rodríguez Bayón from the Department of Forensic Medicine, Toxicology and Psychiatry, half of the appointments dealt with by family doctors in a year are set aside for 15 % of the patients in the primary health care service.
Her study represents the first random control test that shows that overall control of patients who ‘overuse’ the primary health care service ...
Her study represents the first random control test that shows that overall control of patients who ‘overuse’ the primary health care service ...
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Health Science and Technology
Lunes, 04 de Diciembre de 2006
A study analyses the management of education in Ceuta during the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco
The absence of studies on the educational history of Ceuta prompted the research carried out by Vicenta Marín Parra, Professor in the Department of Pedagogy of the University of Granada, who for the first time has analysed the way that different governments of the Spanish State acted in the field of education field during the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco (1912-1956). The Spanish Protectorate of Morocco was founded in 1912 by means of the peaceful occupation of Tetuan, turning the city of Ceuta into a stopover. From 1910 to 1920 the number of inhabitants increased from 13,000 ...
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Social, Economic and Legal Sciences
Jueves, 30 de Noviembre de 2006
A compound from olive-pomace oil gets 80% slowing down of HIV spread
Olive oil has become part of the fight against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) – the cause of AIDS – thanks to the research carried out by the Bionat team, from the University of Granada, headed by Prof. Andrés García-Granados, senior lecturer in Organic Chemistry. Their work shows that maslinic acid – a natural product extracted from dry olive-pomace oil in oil mills – inhibits serin-protease, an enzyme used by HIV to release itself from the infected cell into the extracellular environment and, consequently, to spread the infection into the whole body. These ...
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Health Science and Technology
Martes, 28 de Noviembre de 2006
One out of four children involved in a divorce and custody litigation undergoes the so-called Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS)
One out of four children involved in a divorce and custody litigation undergoes the so-called Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS), consisting of the manipulation of children by the custodial parent, who incessantly tries to turn them against the other parent by arousing in them feelings of hatred and contempt for the target parent, as explained in the book Marital Conflicts, Divorce, and Children’s Development (Conflictos matrimoniales, divorcio y desarrollo de los hijos, edited by Pirámide), by professors José Cantón Duarte, Mª Rosario Cortés Arboleda, and Mª Dolores Justicia Díaz, from the Department of Evolutionary and Educational ...
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