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The Landfilling of Municipal Solid Waste and the Sustainability of the Related Transportation Activities
2022
The management of municipal solid waste is a crucial issue to address as we move toward the decarbonization of urban contexts. Not by chance, this sector plays a relevant role in the Covenant of Mayors program, whereby municipalities are called to design their own Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SECAPs). However, despite new regulations strongly pushing the recycling and reuse of materials contained in municipal waste, many cities still use large landfills. As part of the overall environmental pressure exerted by these urban systems, the transport of waste from collection points to landfills or treatment facilities must be considered in order to correctly assess the full environmental burd…
La psicología positiva: El mindfulness como herramienta para mejorar la atención del alumnado de Educación Infantil
2021
La atención es un proceso cognitivo básico para el buen desarrollo de la conducta y el conocimiento humano y, en consecuencia, para el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. El propósito de este estudio es conocer, desde el ámbito de la psicología positiva, si el mindfulness puede ser una herramienta para mejorar la atención del alumnado. En el presente trabajo de fin de grado se lleva a cabo una investigación en el segundo ciclo de Educación Infantil, concretamente en un aula de 23 niños y niñas de edades comprendidas entre 4 y 5 años. Tras conocer que el grupo-clase presenta dificultades para atender a las propuestas y que esto repercute en su aprendizaje, se investiga sobre ello. Se realiza u…
Rola Internetu w kontekście edukacji obywatelskiej dorosłych
2015
Promoting Sustainability: The Effects of Workplace Mindfulness Training
2018
Mindfulness training is enjoying growing popularity in workplaces. In the current study, the effects of workplace mindfulness training were evaluated using quantitative and qualitative methods. The study’s novelty value arises from the implementation of workplace training among factory employees and the mixed-methods approach to evaluation. The quasi-experimental design with training and control groups included pre- and postmeasurements and four focus group interviews. The results of the pre-post-test indicated that, compared with the participants in the control group, the participants in the mindfulness-based training group displayed significantly greater increases in mindfulness, positive…
The analysis of methods for measurement of methane oxidation in landfills
2003
Landfills and dumps are important sources of atmospheric methane. There is no generally accepted estimate of the influence of methane oxidation on landfill methane emissions. The present work aimed to analyse different methods for the investigation of methane emission and oxidation in methane-producing environments (wetlands, landfills, sludge checks), and to develop the precise procedure for the landfills. The combination of geochemical and microbiological methods to estimate and monitor the oxidation and emission of methane in landfills during different seasons is proposed. It includes the measurements, both on the surface and at different depths (up to 1 m) of landfill ground of the foll…
Positive mood induction procedures for virtual environments designed for elderly people
2012
Positive emotions have a significant influence on mental and physical health. Their role in the elderly’s wellbeing has been established in numerous studies. It is therefore worthwhile to explore ways in which elderly people can increase the number of positive experiences in their daily lives. This paper describes two Virtual Environments (VEs) that were used as mood induction procedures (MIPs) for this population. In addition, the VEs’ efficacy at increasing joy and relaxation in elderly users is analyzed. The VEs contain exercises for generating positive-autobiographic memories, mindfulness and slow breathing rhythms. The total sample comprised 18 participants over 55 years old who used t…
Happiness in advanced adulthood and the elderly
2016
The purpose of this study was to critically analyse the role that positive emotions, flourishing and mindfulness have among the elderly. It was explored how these concepts can contribute to successful aging and higher levels of happiness in this population. To this end, we conducted a non-experimental correlational study with 329 participants, aged from 55 to 98 years. Questionnaires were used to collect data through the following instruments: a socio-demographic questionnaire, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) and PANAS (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule), FS (Flourishing scale), PST (Positivity test), MHI-5 (Mental Health Inventory -- 5).
Cannabis and Psychosis: A Causal Association
2021
Nowadays, the use of cannabis is widespread around the world and THC content of confiscated cannabis has increased in the last years. This fact has raised some consequences, especially in the mental health of the people. Although there have existed some initial controversies about the relationship between cannabis and psychosis, at the present time there are some certainties of the causal association between them. Through the Bradford Hill postulates, we will try to demonstrate that cannabis produces psychosis. The strength of the association, the consistency along the studies, biological gradient, temporality, plausibility, coherence, experimentation, and analogies support the cause-effect…
Motor development and Down syndrome
2019
Abstract The chapter aims to analyze motor development in Down syndrome (DS) population. In the light of a holistic perspective to typical and atypical development, there is a renewed scientific interest on the role of motor skills to promote general health. A multidisciplinary approach, that involves findings from psychology, neuroscience, kinesiology and education is employed. Motor proficiency is a set of functions necessary for everyday life which allow moving around in the environment and manipulating tools; it's typically articulated into posture, gross motor and fine motor skills. Ample research highlighted a strong correlation among Intellectual Quotient and motor skills demonstrati…
Valūtas kursa ietekme uz Latvijas ārējās tirdzniecības bilanci
2020
Ārējās tirdzniecības bilance ir viens no svarīgākajiem rādītājiem, lai analizētu valsts ārējo tirdzniecību, kā arī tā ir svarīga daļa no maksājumu bilances. Latvijas ārējās bilances saldo jau vairākus gadus ir bijis negatīvs (Pēc pasaules bankas datiem), tāpēc šajā darbā tiek apskatīts kādi faktori vispār ietekmē ārējo tirdzniecības bilanci un kā valūtas kurss teorētiski varētu ietekmēt valsts ārējo tirdzniecības bilanci. Diplomdarba mērķis ir izvērtēt valūtas kursa ietekmi uz Latvijas ārējo tirdzniecību no 1995. gada līdz 2018. gadam, balstoties uz reālo efektīvo valūtas kursu, Latvijas IKP uz vienu iedz. un ārzemju eksporta partneru IKP. Pirmajā nodaļā vispārīgi tiek aprakstīta ārējā tird…