Barcelona’s got talent: migration, residential change and socioeconomic polarisation

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Antonio López-Gay
Keyword(s):  
Residential Mobility ◽  
Household Income ◽  
City Council ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Social Segregation ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Place Of Origin ◽  
First Time ◽  
The City ◽  
Residential Change

The Barcelona City Council has, for the first time, provided to researchers the educational level of the population among the results of its register for migration and residential mobility. With these data, in addition to the well-known structure by age, sex and place of origin of migrants, it is now possible to know the educational profile of people arriving in the city and those moving within it. This is a key factor for understanding the processes of polarisation and social segregation in the city of Barcelona and its neighbourhoods. The data show that Barcelona has power, considerable power of attraction for a highly-qualified youthful population, but little power when it comes to distributing this population homogeneously among its neighbourhoods. The central part of the city is more attractive for the well-qualified population which is arriving, while hardly any of the less-educated population is moving into these neighbourhoods. Moreover, the internal residential mobility of the Barcelona inhabitants tends to perpetuate pre-existing socioeconomic differences in the city. The neighbourhoods of higher household income retain and attract more educated people, while lower-income areas retain and attract less-educated people with fewer chances of moving up the housing ladder. The combination of these dynamics is, then, contributing towards the process of socioeconomic polarisation in the city of Barcelona

scholarly journals Launching a Graduate Education Course in Educational Neuroscience

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Educational Neuroscience ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Qualified Personnel ◽  
New Graduate ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Future Viability ◽  
First Time ◽  
Academic Year

An increasing number of education facilities and faculty members are working in a new area of educational research known as educational neuroscience. A key factor for the success and future viability of educational neuroscience concerns training highly qualified personnel who can assist in establishing this new area and move it forward. As an educational researcher currently instituting an educational neuroscience laboratory, this issue is no longer solely an academic interest; it has become a pressing practical matter of vital concern. This discussion paper reports and reflects on the design, approval, implementation, conduct, and reception of a new graduate course, entitled “Educational Neuroscience: Background, Theories, and Methods,” offered for the first time in the 2005-2006 academic year.

scholarly journals CONSIDERATIONS ON THE JOINT RECOVERY OF THE MONUMENT AND ITS ENVIRONMENT: THE TOWN WALLS OF ALBARRACÍN (SPAIN)

2020 ◽  
Vol XLIV-M-1-2020 ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
J. L. Baró Zarzo ◽  
J. Díaz Morlán ◽  
F. J. Gómez-Patrocinio
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
City Council ◽  
Conservative Approach ◽  
Space System ◽  
Joint Effort ◽  
Global Vision ◽  
First Time ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
Santa Maria

Abstract. The city walls of Albarracín (Teruel) show an exemplary trajectory of restoration and conservation works, thanks to a fifty year-long trajectory of interventions carried out by different architects. The last of these projects, promoted by the City Council and driven by Fundación Santa María de Albarracín, was drafted in 2019 and involved the restoration of the southern end of the wall. For the first time, this project has addressed the recovery of the monument and its surroundings in a joint effort that bets on a global vision for the city’s public space system. The keys to this binomial are based on the following premises: a well-coordinated monument-environment relationship, the emphasis on a conservative approach to the restoration works, the promotion of public use and the dignification of the space in a coherent way with its context. The joint treatment of the building and its environment goes far beyond an aesthetic or functional issue – which may have been achieved through independent projects – and verifies the criteria adopted for both dimensions of the project: minimal intervention, distinguishability, preservation of the authenticity, reversibility, compatibility, character, readability and sustainability. In general, this approach reduces the risks of unilateral, partial or limiting visions ending in the loss of heritage value and embraces the understanding of the immediate environment as an inseparable extension of the monument itself.

scholarly journals Mariupol State University as a center of transformation of the city of Mariupol

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (28-29) ◽  
pp. 270-281
Author(s):  
Mykola Trofymenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Students ◽  
City Council ◽  
State University ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Community Transformation ◽  
University Development ◽  
State Administration ◽  
The University ◽  
University Scientists ◽  
The City

The article examines the process of transformation of Ukrainian universities into centers of community transformation in the conditions of decentralization on the example of Mariupol State University (MSU). The conditions in which MSU operates after 2014-2015 are considered. The defining directions of the university development that influence the development of the community are analyzed, in particular: the work of the educational center "Donbass-Ukraine" MSU, research, implementation of international research projects of the university, training of foreign students. The contribution of Mariupol City Council and Donetsk Regional State Administration to the development of MSU is analyzed. The article draws the following conclusions: firstly, modern Ukrainian universities in the context of decentralization are becoming centers of community transformation. Secondly, in 2014–2015, the universities of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts found themselves in completely new conditions. Three universities have moved to Mariupol (8 in total today), competition between the institutions of higher education has increased enormously, as the number of graduates is about 2,000 each year, there is an outflow of students from MSU, including foreign ones, international contacts, trips and events have been limited. Thirdly, in an effort to ensure transparency of governance and attract financial resources for development from international institutions, the city develops and implements strategies for its development. Universities actively provide the necessary scientific and professional expertise in the preparation of such documents. The example of Mariupol also shows that universities are given an important part of the Strategy to increase the number of foreign students, increase the number of students to 10% of the population, develop the material and technical base of the institutions of higher education, and create conditions for the most talented graduates to stay in Mariupol. The implementation of these provisions ultimately provides additional revenues to the city budget, training of highly qualified specialists for the economy of the city and region, attracting the results of scientific research of university scientists for the needs of the city and region and more. The implementation of these provisions ultimately provides additional revenues to the city budget, training of highly qualified specialists for the economy of the city and region, attracting the results of scientific research of university scientists for the needs of the city and region and more. Fourthly, MSU, in its new environment, has transformed threats into opportunities by making community development and transformation one of its main tasks. These issues were included in the MSU Development Strategy until 2025. Fifthly, the defining areas of university development that affect the development of the community, including socio-economic, its transformation, contribute to the reintegration of the occupied territories is the work of the educational center "Donbass-Ukraine" MSU, research, scientific support of police power and local government, international university projects, training of foreign students. The university also serves as a base for important international, socio-political forums, conferences, etc., which help to attract attention to the city and the region, attract investment, international expertise and more. Sixthly, the university today performs many functions and offers many opportunities. In addition, one of the most valuable is the opportunity for dialogue with everyone. Moreover, this is what is needed to solve the problem of reintegration and development of the region. Seventhly, the Mariupol City Council and the Donetsk Regional State Administration, recognizing the role of the university in the socio-economic, socio-political development of the territories, the transformation of communities in every way contributes to the activities of MSU.

Portuguese Sardines - from the ritual to the brand

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-120
Author(s):  
Cecília Avelino Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Place Branding ◽  
Symbolic Capital ◽  
City Council ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
City Branding ◽  
The Past ◽  
Behavioral Expression ◽  
The City ◽  
City Identity

Place branding is a network of associations in the consumer’s mind, based on the visual, verbal, and behavioral expression of a place. Food can be an important tool to summarize it as it is part of the culture of a city and its symbolic capital. Food is imaginary, a ritual and a social construction. This paper aims to explore a ritual that has turned into one of the brands of Lisbon in the past few years. The fresh sardines barbecued out of doors, during Saint Anthony’s festival, has become a symbol that can be found on t-shirts, magnets and all kinds of souvenirs. Over the year, tourists can buy sardine shaped objects in very cheap stores to luxurious shops. There is even a whole boutique dedicated to the fish: “The Fantastic World of Portuguese Sardines” and an annual competition promoted by the city council to choose the five most emblematic designs of sardines. In order to analyze the Sardine phenomenon from a city branding point of view, the objective of this paper is to comprehend what associations are made by foreigners when they are outside of Lisbon. As a methodological procedure five design sardines, were used of last year to questioning to which city they relate them in interviews carried in Madrid, Lyon, Rome and London. Upon completion of the analysis, the results of the city branding strategy adopted by the city council to promote the sardines as the official symbol of Lisbon is seen as a Folkmarketing action. The effects are positive, but still quite local. On the other hand, significant participation of the Lisbon´s dwellers in the Sardine Contest was observed, which seems to be a good way to promote the city identity and pride in their best ambassador: the citizens.

Treading Angels: Edinburgh and its Festivals

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-317
Author(s):  
David McCrone
Keyword(s):  
City Council ◽  
The City ◽  
Public Bodies

How did Edinburgh become ‘festival city’? Despite appearances, it was not always so, and it acquired the accolade by happenstance; in the view of one observer, a ‘strange amalgam of cultural banditry, civic enterprise and idealism’. The official Festival's survival was down to the City Council, and it was funded almost entirely by public bodies. This was the central structure around which The Fringe developed, and The Traverse prospered, along with smaller festivals and events to become Festival City. The story sheds considerable light on how Edinburgh ‘works’, its strengths and weaknesses combined.

HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL EXPERTISE AND THE SOURCES OF THE RUSSIAN WOODEN SCULPTURE "NIKOLA MTSENSKY" ORIGINATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-100
Author(s):  
M.A. KOMOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
First Time ◽  
The City

The purpose of the article is to present the history and the analysis of the Russian wooden sculpture “Nikola Мtsenskiy” results of the examination from Peter and Paul Cathedral in Mtsensk. For the first time, the author conducted a historical and cultural examination of this object for religious purposes. The article defines the historical and cultural context of this object existence, its veneration as a relic, the problem of comparing the “The Legend of the appearance of the miraculous icon of St. Nicholas Wonderworker in the city of Mtsensk” and the preserved sculpture. The author also examines the historical and artistic sources of origin of similar items in the culture of the medieval Moscow state. The author dates the preserved fragment of the sculpture from Mtsensk Peter and Paul Cathedral to the late 1600s.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Hoffmann
Keyword(s):  
Chief Editor ◽  
City Council ◽  
The West ◽  
Son Of God ◽  
Warm Summer ◽  
The City

On a warm summer afternoon in 1561, Calvin’s chief editor donned a heavy stole, thick robes, and a gleaming tiara and proceeded to strut and fret his hour upon the stage in a comedy of his own devising. For little more than a century, Christians in the West had celebrated on August 6th Christ’s Transfiguration as the son of God in shining robes. But on this Sunday in Geneva, the city council, consistory, and an audience fresh from having attended edifying sermons at morning service gathered to applaud the transfiguration of the learned Conrad Badius into the title role of ...

Delhi in Transition, 1821 and Beyond

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
English Translation ◽  
East India Company ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Original Manuscript ◽  
English East India Company ◽  
The Times ◽  
First Time ◽  
The City

Commissioned by the English East India Company to write about contemporary nineteenth-century Delhi, Mirza Sangin Beg walked around the city to capture its highly fascinating urban and suburban extravaganza. Laced with epigraphy and fascinating anecdotes, the city as ‘lived experience’ has an overwhelming presence in his work, Sair-ul Manazil. Sair-ul Manazil dominates the historiography of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century compositions on Delhi in Persian and Urdu, and remains unparalleled in its architecture and detailed content. It deals with the habitations of people, bazars, professions and professionals, places of worship and revelry, and issues of contestation. Over fifty typologies of structures and several institutions that find resonance in the Persian and Ottoman Empires can also be gleaned from Sair-ul Manazil. Interestingly, Beg made no attempt to ‘monumentalize’ buildings; instead, he explored them as spaces reflective of the sociocultural milieu of the times. Delhi in Transition is the first comprehensive English translation of Beg’s work, which was originally published in Persian. It is the only translation to compare the four known versions of Sair-ul Manazil, including the original manuscript located in Berlin, which is being consulted for the first time. It has an exhaustive introduction and extensive notes, along with the use of varied styles in the book to indicate the multiple sources of the text, contextualize Beg’s work for the reader and engage him with the debate concerning the different variants of this unique and eclectic work.

scholarly journals The Dose of Somatostatin Analogues during Pre-Surgical Treatment Is a Key Factor to Achieve Surgical Remission in Acromegaly

Endocrines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-250
Author(s):  
Marta Araujo-Castro ◽  
Eider Pascual-Corrales ◽  
Héctor Pian ◽  
Ignacio Ruz-Caracuel ◽  
Alberto Acitores Cancela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Surgical Outcomes ◽  
Pituitary Adenomas ◽  
Somatostatin Analogues ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Long Acting ◽  
First Time ◽  
Endocrine Complications

Purpose: to determine whether pre-surgical treatment using long-acting somatostatin analogues (SSAs) may improve surgical outcomes in acromegaly. Methods: retrospective study of 48 patients with acromegaly operated by endoscopic transsphenoidal approach and for first time. Surgical remission was evaluated based on the 2010 criteria. Results: most patients, 83.3% (n = 40), harbored macroadenomas and 31.3% (n = 15) invasive pituitary adenomas. In this case, 14 patients were treated with lanreotide LAR and 6 with octreotide LAR, median monthly doses of 97.5 [range 60–120] and 20 [range 20–30] mg, respectively, for at least 3 months preoperatively. Presurgical variables were comparable between pre-treated and untreated patients (p > 0.05). Surgical remission was more frequent in those pre-treated with monthly doses ≥90 mg of lanreotide or ≥30 mg of octreotide than in untreated or pre-treated with lower doses (OR = 4.64, p = 0.025). However, no differences were found between pre-treated and untreated patients when lower doses were included or between those treated for longer than 6 months compared to those untreated or pre-treated for shorter than 6 months. Similarly, no differences were found either in terms of surgical or endocrine complications (OR = 0.65, p = 0.570), independently of the doses and the duration of SSA treatment (p > 0.05). Conclusions: the dose of SSAs is a key factor during pre-surgical treatment, since the beneficial effects in surgical remission were observed with monthly doses equal or higher than 90 mg of lanreotide and 30 mg of octreotide, but not with lower doses.

scholarly journals Observations on Palaeogeographical Evolution of Akrotiri Salt Lake, Lemesos, Cyprus

Geosciences ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 321
Author(s):  
Miltiadis Polidorou ◽  
Niki Evelpidou ◽  
Theodora Tsourou ◽  
Hara Drinia ◽  
Ferréol Salomon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Landscape Evolution ◽  
Salt Lake ◽  
Active Tectonics ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Progressive Change ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Holocene Sediment ◽  
First Time ◽  
The City

Akrotiri Salt Lake is located 5 km west of the city of Lemesos in the southernmost part of the island of Cyprus. The evolution of the Akrotiri Salt Lake is of great scientific interest, occurring during the Holocene when eustatic and isostatic movements combined with local active tectonics and climate change developed a unique geomorphological environment. The Salt Lake today is a closed lagoon, which is depicted in Venetian maps as being connected to the sea, provides evidence of the geological setting and landscape evolution of the area. In this study, for the first time, we investigated the development of the Akrotiri Salt Lake through a series of three cores which penetrated the Holocene sediment sequence. Sedimentological and micropaleontological analyses, as well as geochronological studies were performed on the deposited sediments, identifying the complexity of the evolution of the Salt Lake and the progressive change of the area from a maritime space to an open bay and finally to a closed salt lake.

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