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This paper presents the different scenarios to be faced as a result of the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean Sea, and the rescue operations carried out. These consequences are of a very diverse nature, since some of them affect only specific individuals, but others, however, affect society as a whole. On the one hand, there are the short-term consequences, which refer to criminal proceedings, either against NGOs and the crews of their ships, or against State officials. On the other hand, the long-term consequences (and that we have not faced yet), would be the threat to the free movement system (Schengen), and the possible knock-on effect. In this regard, a recent predictive mathematical model created ad hoc to try to measure this knock-on effect is analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main goal of the present study was to analyze the differential effect of paternal and maternal parenting styles on aggressiveness during adolescence. The sample was made up of 271 students, aged 10-14, who completed questionnaires. The analysis of the data shows that boys display higher scores in physical and verbal aggressiveness than girls, with physical aggressiveness increasing with age. A high level of coincidence between paternal and maternal parenting style's dimensions was found, as well as higher scores for mothers than fathers in all the dimensions. Correlation analysis shows significant negative values in almost all dimensions of paternal and maternal parenting styles. Regression analysis reveals differences in paternal vs. maternal parenting style regarding aggressiveness. The effect of psychological control and promotion of autonomy on the level of aggressiveness during the transition from childhood to adolescence is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the influence of parents' educational practices on aggressive behavior during the last phase of primary education and the first cycle of secondary education, as well as the agreement between different measures of aggressiveness in a group of 326 male and female students aged 10 to 16 from a number of schools and high schools in Jaen (Spain). Educational practices analysed include affection/rejection by parents and three types of discipline-inductive, strict and indulgent. Aggressiveness in turn has been assessed from three tell-tale ways: the adolescent, their classmates and their teacher. The results of the study indicate that aggressiveness is better predicted by negative educational practices such as critique-rejection and rigid and indulgent discipline approaches. High levels of agreement are also found in aggressive behavior between different informants especially teacher and classmates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to study the effect of co-inoculation with Ensifer meliloti and Halomonas maura of the leguminous Medicago sativa L., on growth, nutritional and functional value, grown under salinity conditions.Methods: plants of M. sativa were grown in a solution with a mixture of salts (CaSO4, MgCl, NaCl and NaHCO 3) and were co-inoculated with its specific rhizobium and the halophilic moderated bacterium H. maura. Different physiologic parameters were determined, as well as, nitrogen and minerals content. Furthermore, an assay of in vitro digestibility was carried out.Results: salinity had a negative effect on the plants; however, co-inoculation increased yield, nitrogen content, total minerals, Ca and Mg. Moreover, physiologic parameters as water potential and leghemoglobin content in fresh nodules were higher compared to those of plants inoculated only with E. meliloti. Both, salinity and bacterial treatment with E. meliloti and H. maura increased the antioxidant capacity of the legume, in dialyzates and retentates collected after an in vitro digestibility assay.Conclusion: co-inoculation of plants with E. meliloti and H. maura could improve the alfalfa yield under specific salinity conditions, increasing the nutritional and functional value of the plants. M. sativa could be considered in the formulations of nutritional supplements for the human diet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]