Jueves, 06 de Noviembre de 2003
UGR students are trained to detect and evaluate binocular vision
The effects of this experience –which aims to extend the laboratory of the Binocular vision subject and optics/optometry studies in general to students´ daily life and to help students while in universities to be able to detect and value binocular vision in normal population and not only in laboratory conditions as well as to increase intellectual and scientific about essential questions on vision and optometry—have been very positive for students according to the persons in (...)
Jueves, 06 de Noviembre de 2003
Muslim women inherit from their parents half than their brothers do
The Muslim inheritance system is one of the most complex matters in Islamic law. In the Middle Ages, one of the most dangerous moments for the family fortune was the compulsory transfer of properties after a relative’s death. According to the professor of Medieval History of the Universidad de Granada and coordinator of the conference “Women, family and lineage in the Middle Ages” held in the Faculty of Humanities”, “Muslim women usually receive half than (...)
Martes, 04 de Noviembre de 2003
Public education system can manipulate an “education for loyalty” in favour of nationalism
The extension of the education system has been implemented, both in the classic European state-nations and in postcolonial foreign countries, as a monoculturalization project, according to the book “Multiculturalism, Interculturality and Education” by Professor Gunther Dietz, of the department of Social Anthropology. The book, published by Universidad de Granada press, maintains that, even in societies exclusively made up of emigrants, such as the US, the assimilatory policy of the melting pot resorts to a hegemonic (...)
Lunes, 03 de Noviembre de 2003
More than a quarter of the Andalusian public companies have indebtedness higher than 150 %
Andalusian public companies´ indebtedness exceeds 150 % in 32 % of the whole, such as Santana Motor S.A. and Sociedad Andaluza de Componentes Especiales, S.A. However, the study, carried out by professors Antonio M. López Hernández and Isabel Román Martínez, of the department of Financial Economy and Accounting of the Universidad de Granada, and published by this institution in the book: “Consolidation and analysis of the economic-financial situation of public companies in the Autonomous Region (...)
Jueves, 30 de Octubre de 2003
The integration of Moroccan women in the west of Almería, main objective of a UGR study
The research work has been supervised by the professor of the Department of Sociology of the UGR, Julio Iglesias de Ussel. The author, Rosa Mª Soriano Miras, has described, analysed and interpreted the before-and-after of women immigration from Morocco to Spain: why they have left their native country, why they have chosen Spain, how people received them and how they adapted to the new situation.Spain has experienced an exponential increase of migrations, which leads to (...)
Lunes, 27 de Octubre de 2003
A thesis of the UGR tackles the question of the sturgeon, one of the treasures of ecological production in Granada
This thesis, supervised by Ana Sanz Rus and Manuel García Gallego, finishes a wide research work developed by Alberto Domezain Fau, director of the department of R&D of the company Piscifactoría Sierra Nevada of Riofrío (Granada). In an attempt to diversify the supply of Spanish continental aquaculture, they have chosen the Acipenser naccarii, a species of sturgeon indigenous of the Iberian Peninsula. Different universities have collaborated in this work, apart from the University of Granada.The (...)
Viernes, 24 de Octubre de 2003
Emigrants' children back in Spain affirm that this country “is not as they imagined it”
The book “Remigration in the adolescence. The return of Spanish young second generation emigrants: sociolinguistic, psychological and social-labour aspects”, written by professor Karin Vilar Sánchez, of the Department of English and German Studies and published by the Universidad de Granada, is an essay in which a detailed and wide survey releases the personal and school situation of the young emigrants back in Spain in their host countries, their situation in Spain immediately after they arrive (...)
Martes, 21 de Octubre de 2003
Experts study the possible connection between seismic activity and fissures in the walls of the Alhambra
In this work, the researchers have determined that the small displacement produced by these faults may be due to earthquakes of moderate magnitude caused by them, or to movements caused by first-rate earthquakes generated by other fults of the same system. “Both assumptions –the risponsibles for the research work maintain—are possible as the orientation and nature of the faults of the Alhambra coincides with the regional guideline of major seismic activity in the depression of (...)
Miércoles, 15 de Octubre de 2003
University students prefer sex with love
The most surprising --says Francisco Javier Jiménez Ríos, of the department of Pedagogy of the Universidad de Granada—is that "sex with love" has turned out to be the most grateful value both by the 1,200 persons who have answered the questionnaire in the Faculty of Education Sciences of Granada and the 61 who did so in Melilla as a contrast test. Likewise, the fact that provokes the most negative feeling is unwanted pregnancy, which coincides (...)
Martes, 14 de Octubre de 2003
The UGR starts a study about the water of the Vega of Granada using space remote sensing
Data about our planet can be obtained from space satellites which would be impossible to obtain at our height, with human sight or conventional photography. Satellites´ electromagnetic sensors provide repetitive images of most part of the Earth, including inaccesible areas like polar or desert areas. Remote sensing allows to carry out applications like collecting images of large icebergs and detecting oil spills or fires. Such images provide a global dimension that helps to understand the (...)