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Un texto académico del ocaso del siglo XVII: el "Discurso sobre el microscopio" de José Ortí y Moles (Estudio y edición)

2010

El Discurso sobre el microscopio del Dr. José Ortí Moles (1650-1728) es el texto de una conferencia impartida en Valencia a finales del siglo XVII. Su autor un conocido jurista, dramaturgo y poeta fue invitado por alguna de las academias a las que perteneció ¿del Conde de la Alcudia? ¿Valenciana? a disertar sobre un tema que supuestamente dominaba como amateur. La exposición superficial, obsoleta, sesgada hacia la metáfora político-moral y basada en la obra de los jesuitas PP. Kircher, Schott y Milliet Dechales nos proporciona un magnífico testimonio del estado de conocimientos y del grado de aspiraciones intelectuales alcanzado por las academias valencianas de notables. (A)

Carboxylated-xyloglucan and peptide amphiphile co-assembly in wound healing.

2021

Abstract Hydrogel wound dressings can play critical roles in wound healing protecting the wound from trauma or contamination and providing an ideal environment to support the growth of endogenous cells and promote wound closure. This work presents a self-assembling hydrogel dressing that can assist the wound repair process mimicking the hierarchical structure of skin extracellular matrix. To this aim, the co-assembly behaviour of a carboxylated variant of xyloglucan (CXG) with a peptide amphiphile (PA-H3) has been investigated to generate hierarchical constructs with tuneable molecular composition, structure, and properties. Transmission electron microscopy and circular dichroism at a low c…

Effect of in-class group clicker-quiz competition on student final exam performance.

2019

Reducing disruptive behaviours and improving learning climates with class-wide positive behaviour support in middle schools

2014

Disruptive behaviours in classrooms pose a significant challenge for learning in schools and are, at the same time, a risk factor for students’ academic achievement and a major source for work-related stress among teachers. Earlier research suggests that clarifying the classroom rules and behavioural expectations, monitoring students’ adherence to them and using behaviour-specific praise are simple and effective practices to reduce disruptive behaviour. Most of the interventions have been developed for elementary schools, although behaviour problems tend to be more common in middle schools. This two-month pilot study using a pre–post design evaluated the effects of a class-wide intervention…

Extended music education enhances the quality of school life

2013

The claim of whether music education can create social benefits in the school environment was tested in 10 Finnish schools with an extended music curricular class and control classes. The quality of school life (QSL) was assessed by a representative sample (N=735) of pupils at years 3 and 6 (9- and 12-years-olds). The results showed that extended music education enhances the QSL, particularly in areas related to general satisfaction about the school and a sense of achievement and opportunity for students. Differences related to the schools and gender did not account for the results. A follow-up study examined whether the increase in critical QSL variables was related to music. This analysis…

Classroom management practices and their associations with children’s mathematics skills in two cultural groups

2014

The aim of the study was to examine the extent to which contextual factors predict children’s mathematics skills in different cognitive domains. The sample consisted of 1734 students from 26 Estonian- and 17 Russian-language schools in Estonia. Mathematics and non-verbal reasoning tests were carried out at the beginning of the third grade. In addition, teachers were asked about their classroom management practices. The results of multilevel modelling showed that applying supportive practices in the classroom contributes to higher achievement in mathematics. Teachers from Estonian- and Russian-language schools were also found to differ with regard to their management practices, and these pra…

The socio-ecological and personal determinants of school performance and motivation of high school students

2022

For decades, and with the work of Moos (1979) and Walberg (1969), educational research has consistently demonstrated the importance of the personal characteristics of students and the socio-ecological characteristics of the classroom in determining the affective and cognitive development of students.Unfortunately, no research on this subject has been done in France with high school students. This is why we set ourselves the objective of studying the environmental and personal determinants of high school students' academic performance and motivation. Using the L.E.I (Walberg, 1969) and EMMAS (Ntamakiliro et al., 2000) measurement scales, as well as data collection from 405 students enrolled …

Effects of a Complex Physical Activity Program on Children’s Arithmetic Problem Solving and Arithmetic Reasoning Abilities

2023

Research has shown that higher levels of physical activity are associated with better cognitive performance in children. However, the benefits of physical activity on academic achievement and specifically on mathematics performance need to be further explored. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of a complex physical activity (CPA) intervention program, including cognitive involvement, on children’s mathematics performance. The participants were 128 children (aged 12–13 years) attending third grade in three middle schools. They were randomly allocated into a CPA intervention (n = 64) or a waitlist control group (n = 64), the latter of which was given a regular…

New ECCO model documents for Material Deposit and Transfer Agreements in compliance with the Nagoya Protocol

2020

The European Culture Collections Organisation presents two new model documents for Material Deposit Agreement (MDA) and Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) designed to enable microbial culture collection leaders to draft appropriate agreement documents for, respectively, deposit and supply of materials from a public collection. These tools provide guidance to collections seeking to draft an MDA and MTA, and are available in open access to be used, modified, and shared. The MDA model consists of a set of core fields typically included in a deposit form to collect relevant information to facilitate assessment of the status of the material under access and benefit sharing (ABS) legislation. It a…

Use your languages! : From monolingual to multilingual interaction in a language class

2015

This reflective paper presents a new course concept for multilingual interaction, which was piloted at the University of Jyväskylä Language Centre in the spring of 2014. The course, implemented as part of the centre’s action research, is the result of a development process aimed at enhancing students’ multilingual and multicultural academic communication competences along with promoting use of their entire linguistic repertoire. The course concept was inspired by the EU project Modularising Multilingual and Multicultural Academic Communication Competence (MAGICC), whose main intent is “to integrate multilingual and multicultural academic communication competences as graduate learning outcom…