An evolving concept
The adjective rural has traditionally referred to life and activities linked to the countryside. It is used to refer to environments in which people live by making direct use of resources.
Rurality, however, is seen in an increasingly multifaceted way. For instance, we can identify several types of rural area depending on their relationship with cities. These include periurban areas, agricultural spaces (industrialized or not), intermediate cores with services, mountain areas used for second residences and others.
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climate change can still offer opportunities, for instance, exploiting new farming methods or marketing extended tourist seasons
Local participants can learn about Chinese culture and phrases in Chinese for daily use through conversation with Chinese students
This ranking weighs the results of 13 indicators corresponding to the areas of teaching; research, citations, internationalisation and transfer
URV researchers are taking part in this research work that is paving the way to finding effective treatments that can counteract the virulence of necrotizing fasciitis caused by a bacterium in water
The professor and director of the URV’s Unit of Human Nutrition is on the list of most influential scientists in the world thanks to the impact of his research, according to the list “Highly Cited Researchers 2019”
The research, led by CNIO and in which URV researchers participate, has found that the FASN enzyme is crucial for one of the essential processes by which a normal cell becomes cancerous. Blocking this enzyme in an animal model slows the onset of tumours and extends their survival
URV students will be able to participate in summer schools in Russian universities and to undertake joint assignments in different subjects with Russian students
This mathematical model, developed by URV researchers, has a success rate of 75%
Researchers at the URV and UOC have evaluated the impact of these games on the learning processes of students enrolled on bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes, observing that, in addition to increasing student’s levels of motivation, these simulators also deliver improvements in terms of the learning process and skills acquired
Their one-year course focuses on improving the autonomy and educational level of the intellectually disabled student
Ethiopia’s young prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, is the new and, as from now, eternal winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2019, for his leading role in the peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
The contribution made by Goodenough, Whittingham and Yoshino, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is the discovery, 30 years ago now, that adding a lithium electrode enormously improves the performance of rechargeable batteries without significantly increasing production costs
The Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded twice to three leading scientists pioneers in the field of exoplanets.
The studies carried out by the prize-winners William G. Kaelin, Gregg L. Semenza and Peter J. Ratcliffe describe the mechanisms of one of life’s most essential adaptive processes
One third of the participants were international students from countries including the Netherlands, Portugal, France and China
More than 300 students have come to the University this year through mobility programmes
The programme aims to improve research results by improving the relationship between researchers and doctoral students
The essay explains the importance of transdisciplinary knowledge in order to be a good management practitioner
The URV-coordinated project has trained almost 260 staff members at 6 European universities in the skills they need to attend to an international public and to open their institutions up to the world