bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
De monstruos, presas de cacería y presos en la novela Trágame tierra de Lizandro Chávez
Authors: Ríos-Quesada Verónica
Published: January 2017

La novela de Lizandro Chávez Trágame tierra (1969) representa dos hitos literarios: ser la primera novela contemporánea centroamericana y ser la primera novela sandinista. En este artículo interesa analizar la representación de la otredad política, manteniendo presente esa doble inserción historiográfica. Por una parte, el texto plantea una deconstrucción de la asociación política-monstruosa común en las novelas regionalistas, de la dictadura y las novelas bananeras que preceden al ciclo revolucionario en Centroamérica. Por otra parte, el texto, a diferencia de los textos revolucionarios, no se caracteriza por marcar la subjetividad heroica del revolucionario ni por construir la montaña como espacio de transformación. En vez de haber un marco referencial de regularidades contra el cual proyectar el fenómeno para destacar su anomalía, lo que se presenta es la imposibilidad de definir un código ideológico que integre nociones elementales de lo bueno/lo malo, lo positivo/lo negativo y que, así, nos permita una clara definición de lo monstruoso de la otredad política. De esa manera la otredad política adquiere rasgos monstruosos desde ambos bandos: somocista y sandinista. El futuro de la revolución y la implantación de una nueva sociedad resultan problemáticos, pues lo monstruoso es familiar, está entre nosotros.
La doble marginalidad del monstruo humano moderno: El cíclope Polifemo en Los peor, de Fernando Contreras Castro
Authors: González-Muñoz Irene
Published: January 2017

Según lo afirman Chevalier y Gheerbrant, en la cosmovisión clásica grecorromana, el cíclope se concibe como una fuerza primitiva o regresiva. En este sentido, su monstruosidad se fundamenta en lo anormal de su constitución física y de su comportamiento salvaje; sin embargo, se trata de seres propicios para los dioses, lo cual se justifica por su origen divino. En la novela Los Peor, de Fernando Contreras Castro, la cual se desarrolla en el submundo de la sociedad contemporánea, el cíclope Polifemo Peor deviene, tanto por su condición humana como por su anomalía física, en el monstruo humano moderno, tal como se desprende de las propuestas de Canguilhem. Además, su monstruosidad reside en la transgresión del límite natural, al darse en él la mixtura vida/muerte, según lo plantea Foucault. Así, como monstruo humano moderno sufre de una doble marginación. La primera, en el mundo mostrado de la novela por ser un marginado dentro de los marginados; la segunda, al ser conceptualmente atenuado como monstruo, gracias al logos de la modernidad.
Parodia, simulación y canibalismo en "Hechos de un buen ciudadano I" y Hechos de un buen ciudadano II" de Claudia Hernández
Authors: Caamaño-Morúa Virginia
Published: January 2017

En este estudio se analizan los cuentos de la salvadoreña Claudia Hernández “Hechos de un buen ciudadano I” y “Hechos de un buen ciudadano II” a partir de la estética fantástica sostenida en la parodia, el absurdo y la simulación. Lo paródico aparece como una nueva forma de realismo donde se expone una realidad concreta: un Estado de derecho simulado, en el cual se invisibilizan situaciones de brutalidad y violencia que afectan a los habitantes de esa sociedad. La violencia es representada en los numerosos cadáveres que aparecen en las casas y en la ocurrencia de otros hechos grotescos y siniestros, vistos como normales por todos los personajes. El “buen ciudadano”, protagonista de los textos, en armonía con la sociedad donde vive, simula ser un buen hombre, sin embargo, su narración y actuaciones lo descubren al final como un monstruo.
Lo monstruoso desde el humor en el poemario Érase este monstruo de Floria Jiménez
Authors: Vásquez-Vargas Magdalena
Published: January 2017

En esta ponencia se analiza el texto Érase este monstruo de la escritora costarricense Floria Jiménez Díaz. Este libro obtuvo el Premio Carmen Lyra en el 2003. El objetivo principal es determinar cómo esta autora logra invertir el efecto de terror que lo monstruoso ha provocado en los lectores infantiles, ya que en sus poemas, los monstruos adquieren una nueva caracterización que los lleva a provocar risa en vez de miedo. Se estudian de forma específica los recursos retóricos que contribuyen a la producción del humor, así como el modo en que se resignifican los monstruos, cuyo origen se encuentra en el folclor universal y en el costarricense. También se analiza en qué medida este texto se relaciona con la concepción que Floria Jiménez tiene sobre la literatura y poesía infantil, expuesta en su libro Literatura para niños (2001). Lo anterior con el propósito de explicar la función que para ella cumple este tipo de literatura, definir su proyecto estético y precisar su aporte a la literatura infantil costarricense.
Sobre el atractivo social atribuido a las variantes regionales del español: Mitos lingüísticos
Authors: Calvo-Shadid Annette , Castillo-Rivas Jacqueline
Published: January 2017

En esta investigación, las autoras tratan como mitos lingüísticos las opiniones de los hablantes sobre las características atribuidas a las diversas variedades regionales del español. Se observan los resultados sobre Costa Rica y se integran los de los demás países hispanohablantes integrados al proyecto LIAS de la Universidad de Bergen. Se llegan a establecer los siguientes mitos:Mito 1: El español de España es el mejor por ser la cuna del idioma y viene de la “madre patria”.Mito 2: Se da una exaltación del patriotismo mediante el chauvinismo lingüístico.Mito 3: Estados Unidos sigue siendo el sueño, el país de las oportunidades, muy relacionado con altos recursos económicos.Mito 4: Dentro de España, el habla más correcta es la de los dialectos septentrionales y la menos correcta es la de los dialectos meridionales.
El lunfardo: ¿Un habla de delincuentes que quedó en el pasado?
Authors: González Daniela Soledad
Published: January 2017

En la segunda mitad del siglo XIX se formaron conglomerados alrededor de la ciudad de Buenos Aires cuyos pobladores fueron inmigrantes o porteños de escasos recursos. Este nuevo grupo social creó una especie de subcultura, presente en muchas letras de tangos y en el lenguaje, en el cual hizo su aparición el fenómeno llamado lunfardo. En este trabajo se intentará demostrar que el lunfardo no se limita a ser un habla perteneciente a criminales y que sigue realmente vigente en la actualidad, en el habla cotidiana de los argentinos de todos los niveles sociales. En primer lugar, se hará una breve referencia al estado actual de los estudios sobre el lunfardo; en segundo lugar, se lo definirá; en tercer lugar, se observará en él la presencia de italianismos; en cuarto lugar, se desarrollará brevemente su influencia en la literatura. Luego, se hará un breve comentario de su impronta en el tango; a continuación, se fundamentará la presencia del lunfardo en el habla cotidiana, sobre la base de un corpus de expresiones utilizadas en la actualidad. Finalmente, se presentará una conclusión.
Lo real y lo fantástico en un relato de Alfonso Reyes
Authors: Vidaurre-Arenas Carmen V.
Published: January 2017

En este trabajo estudiamos la forma en que la fantasía se manifiesta como resultado del empleo de ciertos recursos literarios, pero también como producto de la exploración en lo subjetivo y lo irreal, y como una modalidad de reactualización de un tópico que puede localizarse en la cultura clásica greco-latina, pero también en el arte modernista, presente en un cuento, escasamente estudiado, de Alfonso Reyes, publicado por primera vez en 1970, aunque escrito en 1915. Texto que corresponde a la definición que Tzvetan Todorov ofrece de lo fantástico, pero que también involucra aspectos que sobrepasan la definición formulada por el analista. El relato estudiado ofrece, además, la caracterización de un contexto real, desde una perspectiva que al ser contextualizada históricamente manifiesta una crítica respecto a los fenómenos y políticas de industrialización que afectaron al país en las últimas décadas del siglo XIX y las primeras del siglo XX.
Elementos de transgresión en Llamadas telefónicas, Putas asesinas y El gaucho insufrible de Roberto Bolaño
Authors: López Quintans Javier
Published: January 2017

La narrativa de Roberto Bolaño ofrece diversas constantes que permiten proponer líneas narrativas maestras. El presente trabajo analiza tres libros de relatos, Llamadas telefónicas (1997), Putas asesinas (2001) y la póstuma El gaucho insufrible (2008), con el fin de establecer los puntos de conexión y los planteamientos temáticos que perviven de una propuesta a otra. El recorrido de estas páginas nos permite comprobar una preeminente inclinación por elementos que implican transgresión, sea como visión descarnada del sexo, sea a través de la violencia, la deformación paródica de la realidad o el sufrimiento.
La caja de Pandora: cinco personajes femeninos de Silvina Ocampo
Authors: Murillo Chinchilla Verónica
Published: January 2017

El presente artículo propone un acercamiento a la narrativa breve de Silvina Ocampo desde el punto de vista de los estudios de género, con el objetivo de examinar en cinco relatos: dos cuentos denominados “La boda” y tres cuentos llamados: “El goce y la penitencia”, “La oración” y “El asco”, las diferentes construcciones de los personajes femeninos y esbozar puntos de reflexión acerca del estilo de la autora argentina y los alcances que su obra reviste actualmente.
Los fundamentos arcanos de la creación poética. La tesis de León Hebreo sobre el verso y el mito
Authors: Pintado Diego
Published: January 2017

Este estudio se concentrará en unos pasajes de los Diálogos de amor de León Hebreo en los que se plasma concisamente toda una teoría de la creación poética: sus elementos estructurales, sus sentidos, su finalidad última y sus fundamentos constitutivos y originarios. Se intentará analizar y desarrollar las tesis y premisas de los pasajes citados: la codificación de secretos y distintos niveles de lectura en una obra artística, así como una detallada caracterización de los sentidos y alegorías presentes en la creación poética clásica y arcaica, y asimismo la razón de ser del verso, de la métrica, de las fábulas y de los mitos. A su vez, se harán comentarios y observaciones sobre las reflexiones que hace Filón, el personaje eminente del diálogo, acerca de la postura tomada por Platón y Aristóteles frente al problema del ocultamiento y la difusión de las ciencias y los conocimientos más sagrados.
Ideologias em questões de prova de português: Uma análise discursiva crítica
Authors: Valdez Fosaches Gabriel , Machado Caetano Carmen Jená
Published: January 2017

Com este trabalho, temos por escopo evidenciar as atuais ideologias sobre a língua presentes nas avaliações, concretizadas no gênero discursivo questão de prova. Para isso, elegemos como corpus de pesquisa uma questão de prova do Enem – Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio, uma do Enade – Exame Nacional de Desempenho dos Estudantes do Ensino Superior e uma do concurso para professor da educação básica do estado de São Paulo. Selecionamos essas questões com base em seu tema comum: variação linguística. Como ferramenta de análise, adotaremos as categorias de operação da ideologia fornecidas por Thompson (2002), a fim de detectar as ideologias sobre a língua presentes nos textos selecionados. Assim, tomaremos como referencial teórico Chouliaraki & Fairclough (1999), no que concerne ao método-teoria da Análise de Discurso Crítica; Thompson (2002), em relação à concepção de ideologia que adotaremos; e Bagno (2011), no que diz respeito à discussão sobre norma(s). Com esse aparato teórico-metodológico, mostraremos como a abordagem da variação linguística pode sustentar ideologias (relações de dominação) quando baseada no modelo de adequação linguística.
Fluorinated Amorphous Carbon as a Low-Dielectric-Constant Interlayer Dielectric
Authors: Endo Kazuhiko
Published: January 2017

Low-k organic polymers such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) are promising materials for use as interlayer dielectrics (ILD) because their dielectric constants are generally lower than those of inorganic materials. However poor adhesion with Si substrates, poor thermal stability, and production difficulties have hindered their use in microelectronics.

On the other hand, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) of polymer films (plasma polymerization) has many advantages that help to overcome these problems. Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition uses a glow discharge to create activated species such as radicals and ions from the original monomer, and the polymer films are deposited through various gas-phase and surface reactions of these active species, including ablation of the deposited film. No water is generated during plasma polymerization, and the influence of a solvent can be ignored. Also a layered structure that promotes adhesion can be easily fabricated by changing the source compounds.

Recently the use of fluorinated amorphous carbon thin films (a-C:F) as new low-dielectric-constant interlayer dielectrics has been proposed. These thin films have an amorphous C–C cross-linked structure (including sp3 and sp2 bonded carbon) and have the same C–F bonds found in PTFE. The strong C–F bonds decrease the dielectric constant, and the C–C crosslinked structure maintains the film's thermal stability. The a-C:F film can be deposited from fluorocarbon source materials using PECVD. Typically fluorocarbons such as CF4, C2F6, C4F8, and their hydrogen mixtures are used as source materials. First the a-C:F films for low-k ILD, with a dielectric constant of 2.1, were deposited from CH4 + CF4 mixtures by using parallel-plate PECVD.
KONSENTRASI FOSFAT PADA PEMELIHARAAN UDANG VANAME (Litopenaeus vannamei ) SISTEM TRADISIONAL PLUS
Authors: Kurniah Kurniah , Sutrisyani Sutrisyani
Published: January 2017

Budidaya udang vaname secara intensif berkembang pesat di Indonesia. Namunbudidaya secara tradisional hingga tradisional plus belum banyak dilakukan.Percobaan ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perubahan konsentrasi fosfat padabudidaya udang vaname tradisional plus. Percobaan dilakukan di Instalasi TambakPercobaan (ITP), Balai Riset Perikanan Budidaya Air Payau (BRPBAP) di Maros. Sebagai perlakuan dalam percobaan ini adalah (A) pupuk susulan (B) pupuk susulan dan pemberian pakan hari ke-70 (C) pupuk susulan dan pemberian pakan hari ke-80. Hasil percobaan fosfat air selama pengamatan berkisar antara 0,0031–0,5568 ppm
DIVERSITY OF REEF FISH FUNGSIONAL GROUPS IN TERMS OF CORAL REEF RESILIENCES
Authors: Edrus Isa Nagib , Abrar Muhammad Abrar
Published: January 2017

Infrastructure development in the particular sites of  Seribu Islands as well as those in main land of Jakarta City increased with coastal population this phenomenon is likely to increase the effects to the adjacent coral waters of Seribu Islands.  Chemical pollutants, sedimentation, and domestic wastes are the common impact and threatening, the survival of coral reef ecosystem. Coral reef resiliences naturaly remained on their processes under many influences of supporting factors. One of the major factor is the role of reef fish functional groups on controling algae growth to recolonize coral juveniles. The  aim of this study to obtain data of a herbivory and other fish functional groups of reef fishes in the Pari Islands that are resilience indicators, or that may indicate the effectiveness of management actions. A conventional scientific approach on fish diversity and abundance data gathering was conducted by the underwater visual cencus. Diversity values of the reef fish functional groups, such as the abundance of individual fish including species, were collected and tabulated by classes and weighted as a baseline to understand the resilience of coral reed based on Obura and Grimsditch (2009) techniques. The results succesfully identified several fish functional groups such as harbivores (21 species), carnivores (13 species) and fish indicator (5 species) occurred in the area. Regarding the aspects of fish density and its diversity, especially herbivorous fish functional group, were presumably in the state of rarely available to support the coral reef resiliences. Resilience indices ranged from 1 (low level) to 3 (moderate level) and averages of the quality levels ranged from 227 to 674. These levels were inadequate to support coral reef recolonization.
ESTIMATION OF YELLOWFIN TUNA PRODUCTION LANDED IN BENOA PORT WITH WEIGHT-WEIGHT, LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIPS AND CONDITION FACTOR APPROACHES
Authors: Jatmiko Irwan , Hartaty Hety , Nugraha Budi
Published: January 2017

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is one of the important catch for the fishing industry in Indonesia. Length-weight relationship study is one of important tools to support fisheries management. However it could not be done to yellowfin tuna landed in Benoa port since they are in the form of gilled-gutted condition. The objectives of this study are to determine the relationship between gilled-gutted weight (GW) and whole weight (WW), to calculate length weight relationship between fork length (FL) and estimated whole weight (WW) and to assess the relative condition factor (Kn) of yellowfin tuna in Eastern Indian Ocean. Data were collected from three landing sites i.e. Malang, East Java; Benoa, Bali and Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara from January 2013 to February 2014. Linear regression analysis applied to test the significance baseline between weight-weight relationships and log transformed length weight relationship. Relative condition factor (Kn) used to identify fish condition among length groups and months. The results showed a significant positive linear relationships between whole weight (WW) and gilled-gutted weight (GW) of T. albacares (p<0.001). There was a significant positive linier relationships between log transformed fork length and log transformed whole weight of T. albacares (p<0.001). Relative condition factor (Kn) showed declining pattern along with length increase and varied among months. The findings from this study provide data for management of yellowfin tuna stock and population.
Metodyczne aspekty oceny orientacji przedsiębiorczej w organizacji
Authors: Wodecka-Hyjek Angelika
Published: January 2017

The study presents the methodological aspects of evaluating entrepreneurial orientation in the organisation. The assumptions behind and the essence of the concept of entrepreneurial orientation are presented. The components of entrepreneurial orientation – innovativeness, being proactive, taking risks, autonomy, competitive aggressiveness – are characterised. Guidelines and tools for and the problems that may be encountered in measuring the orientation of entrepreneurial organisation are introduced. The study also presents the results of multifaceted research into how the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and the results an organisation produces is shaped, based on a review of the foreign literature on the subject. It also shows the need for a widened examination perspective of that relationship, and emphasises the importance of the organisation’s intangible resources and dynamic abilities in developing strategy.
Zastosowanie metody participatory action research w diagnozowaniu organizacji pozarządowych
Authors: Kafel Tomasz
Published: January 2017

The knowledge about the research instruments which make up the methodology of management science, together with the ability to select and use them properly, continues to play a crucial role, not only in academic surveys, but also in the decision-making of managers. The application of a specific method in a given situation affects the quality of research results, and defines the boundaries of knowledge explored in the organisation’s reality.Scientific reflection is therefore important when measuring the possibility of using specific methods under certain conditions. The primary goal of this study was to present a method that is relatively unknown in Poland – Participatory Action Research (PAR), which is based on the idea of cooperative research. To examine both the opportunities and limitations of cooperative research, I present an attempt to apply this approach to assess non-governmental organisations.
Spór o możliwość i sensowność przypisywania korporacjom moralnej odpowiedzialności. Analiza argumentacji
Authors: Kwarciński Tomasz
Published: January 2017

The article seeks to determine if corporations can be expected to act in a morally responsible manner and what possible factors can make such a view sensible. In the article, I analyse three different views of corporate moral responsibility: first, that it is not possible; second, that such a responsibility is based on an appropriately understood conception of moral corporate subjectivity; and, third, that it is not necessary to acknowledge its moral subjectivity in order to assign moral responsibility to a corporation. I consider different types of argumentation, the implications regarding stakeholder theory and social expectations included in the concept of corporate social responsibility.
"What Today's University Students Have Taught Us”
Authors: Head Alison J.
Published: January 2017

Today, more students in the US are attending university than ever before. An unprecedented number of these students were born digital—meaning digital technologies have been a constant feature in their lives. For these young adults, information literacy competencies are always being formed, practiced, and learned. Project Information Literacy (PIL) is a series of ongoing quantitative and qualitative research studies in the US that investigates what it is like to be a university student in the digital age. This research study has investigated how students find information and conduct research—in their words and through their experiences—for coursework, use in their everyday lives, and, once they graduate, in the workplace and their communities. Since 2008, more than 11,000 university students at nearly 60 US higher education institutions have been surveyed or interviewed, making PIL the largest study of information literacy ever conducted. Results from PIL’s studies have concluded students’ information competencies are put to the test in the vast information landscape they inhabit. Furthermore, finding and using information is exponentially more complex than it was a generation ago, especially since the information landscape has shifted from one of scarce resources to one of overload. In this keynote, five research takeaways were presented from PIL’s eight studies: (1) Students find research more difficult than ever before, (2) getting started is the hardest part of research, (3) frustrations begin with finding context, i.e., big picture, information-gathering, language, and situational context, (4) search strategies are based on predictability, familiarity, and efficiency, and (5) evaluation is the one information skills most learn to use. Discussion included implications of these findings for teaching, learning, work, and librarianship in the 21st century.
How Much Do Nursing and Teacher Education Students in Norway Learn about Information Literacy in Their First Months of Higher Education?
Authors: Nierenberg Ellen
Published: January 2017

This paper presents the findings of recent research at Hedmark University of Applied Sciences (HUAS) in Norway. Information literacy (IL) skills of first-year nursing and teacher education students were documented twice during their first year:early in the first semester, before the library’s IL-instructionafter both library instruction and the submission of a paper in which students had use for course materialAll new students at HUAS attend two IL-classes from the library: “Searching for information” and “Evaluating and citing sources,” where students learn to:critically evaluate sourcesavoid plagiarismcite sourcesResearch questions in this study were designed to best reflect the content of the second library course, and did not address search skills. Questions in the pre- and post-surveys were nearly identical, making it possible to compare results and determine whether or not IL-skills had improved after the combination of library instruction and academic writing. The intention of the post-survey was not to measure short-term memory of library instruction, but rather to see what information students retained after writing a paper which required them to evaluate and cite sources and avoid plagiarism.The largest faculties at HUAS are nursing and teacher education, and this research focuses exclusively on students in these professional studies. Before-and-after results, measuring students’ self-assessments and their actual IL-skills, were analyzed to determine whether or not there are significant differences between student groups.Results show a substantial increase in IL-skills for both student groups in all three topics: evaluating sources, avoiding plagiarism, and citing sources. Although there were only small differences between their skills, self-assessments differed significantly, with nursing students showing more confidence in their abilities than teacher education students. Another difference between student groups is that nursing students believe more often than teacher education students that the sources of easily found facts must be cited in academic work, although this is not necessary.
Smart Tools for Academic Information Seeking
Authors: Koponen Eeva , Puputti Tiia
Published: January 2017

Systematic information seeking is an essential part of academic work. Research and information seeking go hand in hand, and both need planning. In the academic world you can hardly avoid the research plan, but you probably won’t hear that much about the information seeking plan. The information seeking plan guides you through the research process from the first sparks of an idea to the last dot in the bibliography from the point of view of the often invisible process of systematic information seeking.Systematic Information Seeking Framework designed in the Jyväskylä University Library has its roots in Carol Kuhlthau's Guided Inquiry Design Process. Our model, designed for more contextual adjustability, is presented in our Library Tutorial (https://koppa.jyu.fi/avoimet/kirjasto/en/library-tutorial), an open self-study material.The process starts with “Defining the topic and finding search terms”. This stage requires extensive reading about the subject matter, understanding the basic differences between everyday knowledge and scientific knowledge and distinguishing information resources for different kinds of needs.Analysis of concepts and understanding of their contextuality are at the core of scientific knowledge. With the information seeking plan and a mind map one can work on the search terms, discover connections and construct search statements for different resources and the search strategies they require.The second section is about “Finding sources”, which students often understand as the starting point for systematic information seeking. Knowledge of the publication cultures in different disciplines guide the information seeker to the different types of sources needed.Finally, “Citing and managing references”. One of the most essential skills in all academic work is the appropriate use of scientific sources, citing and managing references correctly. As academic dishonesty hurts the whole community, academic fraud, e.g. plagiarism, is taken very seriously. Sufficient skills in seeking and managing information are the key to avoiding it.
Implementing Team Based Learning in an Information Literacy Course
Authors: Post Marijn , Duizendstraal Marja , De Waal Renée , Van Harmelen Marian
Published: January 2017

Introduction: Motivating students to improve their Information Literacy (IL) skills can be a challenge. As a pilot, we implemented Team Based Learning (TBL) in our IL lessons. TBL is an interactive learning approach based on the “flipped classroom” concept, offering students opportunities to gather skills via immediate feedback during individual and team activities. Moreover, TBL promises to be an attractive and activating way of learning. We were interested if TBL, A) indeed activates students and B) improves their IL skills more than with lectures and self-tuition.Methods: TBL was implemented in a first year bachelor IL course in the year 2015-2016. Student were asked to study three IL e-learning modules before class. The obtained knowledge was assessed individually during an Individual Readiness Assessment test (IRAT) and in a team via a Team Readiness Assessment test (TRAT) using “scratch and win cards”. After this, teams were given an IL case and the members had to come to a consensus about the best solution out of a couple options provided. Finally, students took a written exam, which was the same as used in this course in the year 2014-2015, when TBL was not applied yet.We compared the grades of the written exam between the two academic years using a Mann Whitney U test (P<0.05). Students’ opinion about TBL was polled using a 34 question student survey.Results: The mean written exam grades were significantly higher in the TBL year than in the preceding year without TBL (respectively, 7.6 ± 1.42 vs 6.5 ± 1.31, P<0.001). The student survey showed that students were positive about the IRATs and TRATs, but neutral about other TBL parts.Conclusion: TBL seems to be a good didactical method to motivate students and enhance their IL skills.
How can the digital library contribute to employability?
Authors: Harbo Karen , Jensen Thomas Skov
Published: January 2017

The DEFF project, E-learning, Information literacy and Library services, supports the education policy ambition of enhancing links between education and employment. The project consortium includes libraries from all Danish universities, university colleges and one business academy. Timeframe for the project is 2014-16.The project understands employability as:In close cooperation with study programmes libraries will strengthen students’ abilityto perform independently and critically in a professional context by being able to identify, collect, evaluate, organize and present information via digital platforms.A partnership is made between the digital library (partner libraries involved) and the virtual learning environment (educational institutions), based on the above definition of employability. This is done within the framework of Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The libraries and academic programmes will collaborate to create e-learning objects based on the relevant digital library systems and information resources.Departments from three Danish universities will contribute by strengthening the project participants’ skills in e-didactics and the development of e-learning objects (SDUUP, University of Southern Denmark), developing a range of flexible concepts for the integration of the virtual library into learning environments (IVA, Copenhagen University) and evaluating the project’s activities (E-Learning Lab, Aalborg University).Sustainable results include the training of library staff to work together with academic programmes via the virtual learning environments, the development of flexible concepts for integrating the virtual library with study environments and knowledge on how inputs, created by the project for each study programme, should function.
From Quest to Conquer: Traversing General Education at a Diverse Alaskan University to Integrate and Assess Transferable Information Literacy Skills in Foundational Courses
Authors: Bjartmarsdóttir Anna , Mole Deborah L.
Published: January 2017

The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is an open enrollment university that offers vocational, academic, and professional degrees in a northern region. UAA serves a culturally and demographically diverse population. Given this diversity, students display varying levels of information literacy (IL) competencies. Library Professors Anna Bjartmarsdóttir and Deborah Mole partner with faculty teaching composition and communication courses to create increasingly sophisticated and transferable IL learning opportunities. Strategies include: assessing students’ IL competencies; creating engaging activities; integrating IL throughout the semester; developing reflection opportunities to reinforce IL skills. UAA librarians, partnered with faculty, integrate and scaffold IL activities in foundational GE courses to develop increasingly sophisticated, transferable IL skills and knowledge practices. From team-based learning application exercises to workshops for teaching assistants, students learn how creativity partnered with initiative has helped to integrate transferable IL skill education at this diverse arctic university.
Flipped versus Traditional Classroom Information Literacy Sessions: Student Perceptions and Cognitions
Authors: Låg Torstein
Published: January 2017

Teaching effectively with limited classroom time is a challenge for information literacy teachers. In the flipped classroom (FC) teaching model, information transmission teaching is delivered outside of class, freeing up class time for learning activities. I adopted the FC model in sessions that were previously taught using a traditional classroom (TC) model. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the FC model's relative impact on (1) student perceptions of usefulness and quality, and (2) student cognitions about the IL sessions. Responses to evaluation forms from the TC model (N = 65), were compared to those from FC model (N = 78). Students judged usefulness and quality on two 4-point rating scales. Student cognitions were elicited with an open-ended question asking for suggestions for improvement and other comments. Responses to the latter were coded by an assistant blind to the conditions. Ratings were near ceiling and similar for both conditions. Responses to the open-ended question revealed interesting trends. Students in the FC condition provided wordier comments, were more concerned with what they themselves did and could do, and with the subject matter of the session. Students in the TC condition were more concerned with how information was presented to them.Results indicate that the FC teaching model is a viable alternative for IL sessions, and that it may encourage students to engage more with IL and their own learning process.
Hooking Up Data with Literacy: Creating an Educational Framework for Uppsala University Library
Authors: Duffner-Ylvestedt Nadja , Rayner Johanna
Published: January 2017

Uppsala University Library offers a range of workshops and lectures for students and researchers in order to help them improve their information seeking skills, academic writing and critical scientific thinking. Our library education program mainly focuses on sources such as books or scholarly articles but students in many subject fields often face additional challenges since they have to handle large amounts of data. We identified the fact that we were hardly incorporating data management in our library education as a potential weakness.  This project was developed in order to determine if the library should get involved in teaching data literacy.The project involved gathering knowledge on how data is being taught at the university by conducting a student and teacher survey. A data module was developed and incorporated to the existing framework focusing on information literacy. The module was tested and evaluated by a pilot group of students. Our findings indicate that the University Library should begin teaching data literacy. We believe data to be one of the current challenges for Academic libraries and a key for staying relevant for students and researchers.
Variations on the Theme of Information Literacy – Implementation of Information Literacy into the First-Year Curriculum at Åbo Akademi University
Authors: Costiander-Huldén Eva , Nisula Linda , Sundberg Anna
Published: January 2017

How can information literacy (IL) courses be organized into the curriculum in the best possible way for first-year students at Finnish universities? This question has been discussed time and time again. At Åbo Akademi University we have, since fall 2015, developed a course in Academic study skills where IL is included in the course. This means that IL is now for the first time included in all study programmes at the university. The IL module is, however, implemented in different ways in different faculties. In this article, we will focus on the method of embedded learning of IL in the study programme of Chemical Engineering, as it was implemented during the fall semester 2015 for all freshmen. For the first time the library was involved in a “hands-on” project with practical tasks at the Faculty of Science and Engineering. The students were motivated to learn how to search for information and how to improve their skills in reference management, and they passed the course.
Educational investment towards the ideal future: South Africa’s strategic choices
Authors: Shay Suellen
Published: January 2017

Although there has been rapid expansion of higher education around the globe, such expansion has not resulted in a more equitable system. Drawing on the work of Nancy Fraser, equity in higher education is conceptualised as ‘parity of participation’ and includes both equity of access and outcomes. The tensions between expansion and equity are illustrated by comparing South Africa’s equity challenges with those of Brazil and the USA. Focusing on South Africa’s critical choices, four scenarios or possible futures are provided to illustrate some of the trade-offs and strategic choices. The main argument is that if South Africa’s higher education system continues to expand without a concomitant investment in the effectiveness of teaching and learning, it will not achieve the policy goals of equity of access and outcomes. Furthermore the investment needs to be strategically targeted to interventions that can serve as systemic levers of change for reducing drop-out rates and improving graduation rates. To this end, over the next decade the state needs to prioritise an investment in an undergraduate curriculum more ‘fit for purpose’. The investment needs to be in curriculum reform that normalises different levels of foundational provision, identifies and removes curriculum obstacles that delay or impede graduation, and provides opportunities for ‘breadth’ for all students, not only those who come from privileged backgrounds.

Significance: 

If South Africa’s higher education system continues to expand without a concomitant investment in the effectiveness of teaching and learning, it will not achieve the policy goals of equity of access and outcomes.
Aksara-Aksara Penyimpan Informasi di Banten
Authors: Pudjiastuti Titik
Published: January 2017

Banten is one of the 34 provinces which helped to establish the Republic of Indonesia. Although it was just acknowledged as a province of Indonesia in 2000, as a pepper producer Banten had been known around the world long before its sultanate even existed. The various written sources consist of scripts, archives, and inscriptions from various backgrounds, such as history, literature, and religion. This research found that there are several scripts used as a written medium in Banten, such as Arabic, Jawi (Malay-Arabic), Pegon (Arabic-Javanese), Hanacaraka, and Latin. From the text content point of view, it has been found that these scripts also function as an information depositor of Banten.
User Education Programs in Universit Libraries:Feedback from Faculty
Authors: Bandi Ishappa , Ramakrishnegowda K. C.
Published: January 2017

This article is based on analysis of data gathered from Social Science faculty in ten State Universities in Maharashtra that are conducting user education programs. 291 (82.97%) Social Science faculty responded to the questionnaire. Data analysis reveals that only 35.05% of the respondents attended user education programs. Most professors were 'Not aware' of the programs while more than half of 'Associate Professors' (54.29%) attended these programs. Majority (58.42%) of the Social Science faculty have 'not attended any program' - 'No time to attend' (43.20%), 'Lack of information' (36.80%) are the primary reasons for not attending these programmes. But majority of the faculty have indicated that these programs are useful to them (68.73%) and 97.50 percent of these respondents indicated that their 'accessing the Online Sources' will improve immensely.
A Scientometric Analysis of the Doctoral Theses Submitted to Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Authors: Naika Manju , Kanamadi Satish , Sutar Anil , Kadli Jayadev
Published: January 2017

The growth of research activity in IIT Bombay in terms of PhD theses is analyzed for the period of 1958-2015 using data from Annual Reports, Library Catalogue, Electronic Theses and Dissertations of IIT Bombay. Data related to 4, 268 PhDs awarded during the period have been analyzed to identify active departments, supervisors, research collaboration, and topics based on high frequency keywords; Keyword visualization map is generated using VosViewer software. The study is intended to provide useful information to policy makers and funding agencies.
Use of Knowledge Management Tools and Techniques in Academic Libraries in India: A Study
Authors: Sudarshan Rao S.
Published: January 2017

Defines Knowledge Management (KM) and explains its importance in both corporate business organizations and also in not for profit service organizations, including libraries, as a means of improving performance and to develop quality products and services. States that KM tools play an important role, and institutions use more than one KM tool in general for effective KM implementation. The objective of the study is to find out the use of different KM tools and their preferences in academic institutions / libraries in India. The study used Survey Method. Random Sampling method is used to collect the data from a sample of 50 university libraries comprising of central, state, private and deemed universities in India through questionnaire technique. The major findings of the study are: only 34.0% of the university libraries in India are implementing KM in their libraries. Internet, Intranet, Help Desk Technologies and Document management Systems are the preferred KM tools in the decreasing order of importance in the academic institutions. 'Communication and Messaging' is observed to be the most important purpose of use of KM tools in the universities or university libraries in India.
Developments in Diabetology in 2016
Authors: Kalra Sanjay ,   Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India
Published: January 2017

Two major trials, LEADER and SUSTAIN 6, published in 2016, reported the cardiovascular and microvascular benefits of liraglutide and semaglutide respectively. This communication describes the results of these trials, and analyses the subtle differences in their outcomes. While semaglutide significantly reduces the risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction (primary prevention), liraglutide reduces the risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality (secondary prevention). Both drugs significantly improve renal outcomes, but semaglutide increased the risk of retinal events. The time taken to achieve benefit was much less (4-6 months) with semaglutide than with liraglutide (12–18 months). LEADER and SUSTAIN 6 have made 2016 a landmark year in the history of diabetes care. Their positive results will help promote better, comprehensive diabetes care, using minimal drugs (therapeutic parsimony), encourage use of rational combinations to improve outcomes, and stimulate exaptation of these drugs for non-glycemic purposes.
Key Developments in Pediatric Endocrinology in 2015
Authors: Eshragh Nazaneen ,   Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, US, LaFranchi Stephen H ,   Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, US
Published: January 2017

The year 2015 brought many exciting discoveries and key developments in the field of pediatric endocrinology. Examples range from reports of a family with the first discovered insulin-like growth factor-2 gene mutation to a description of the first clinical trials of an ‘artificial pancreas’ in children with diabetes mellitus, along with publication of important society guidelines, such as those for management of thyroid nodules and cancer in children, the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescents, and for neonatal hypoglycemia. This short review will describe some of these key developments over the past year that we believe to be of interest to pediatric endocrinologists, organized by endocrine categories.
Study of environmental and genetic factors determining warfarin toxicity
Authors: Sahay Ravindra Nath , Salagre Kaustubh Dilip , Dedhia Khushali Rajesh
Published: January 2017

Background: Warfarin is widely used anticoagulant in treatment and prevention of thrombosis. Despite its common use, warfarin can be associated with bleeding complications because of its narrow therapeutic index. A review of many studies show average yearly rates of warfarin related bleeding as high as 0.5% , 4.9% , 15% for fatal, major, minor bleeding complications. The study is to determine age, gender, pharmacogenetics, drugs influencing warfarin toxicity in Indian patients.Methods: Observational and cross-sectional study was conducted over period of 1 year after obtaining institutional ethics committee permission. Written and informed consent was taken from patients admitted in tertiary care hospital who fulfilled inclusion and exclusion criteria.Results: Most common age for Warfarin toxicity in our study was between 30 to 39 years (22.5%) with mean of 42.9 years. Bleeding risk was higher in elderly with 14 out of 26 patients with age >50 years had bleeding manifestations. Toxicity was more prevalent in female (60%). 40% patients were on drugs interacting with warfarin; NSAIDS (Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatary Drug) and antibiotics were the most common interacting drugs. In our study, 17.5% patients had acute liver disease and one patient had deranged creatinine (2.6). 40% of patients had VKORC1 variants and 35% of patients had CYP2C9 variants. Maximum patients developed toxicity within 15-30 days of initiation of warfarin.Conclusions: Warfarin toxicity has multifactorial cause. Drugs and Genetic variation are most common factors influencing warfarin toxicity. Warfarin toxicity has low mortality rate, although it increases with (International Normalised Ratio) INR>10 and with increasing age.
Brachial plexopathy in breast cancer: is it radiation related? An analysis technique and dose volume parameters to brachial plexus in breast cancer radiotherapy
Authors: Kunheri Beena , Radhakrishnan Anand , Stephen Toyce , Mon Renil , Menon Anjali
Published: January 2017

Background: Brachial plexus dysfunction is a rare but well-recognized complication of breast cancer surgery and radiotherapy. Most of the time it presents as paraesthesia of the arm. In an earlier publication Dan Lundstedt et al from Sweden, quantitatively assessed the radiation related brachial plexopathy (mainly paraesthesia) with the help of dose volume histograms and its co relation between patient reported paraesthesia. Paraesthesia was reported by 25% after radiation therapy to the supraclavicular fossa, with a V40 Gy 13.5 cm3 and maximum dose to brachial plexus (Dmax) was not found to correlate with paraesthesia. In order to predict the risk brachial plexopathy in our patients we decided to analyze the dose volume parameters for brachial plexus in carcinoma breast patients treated at our institution with modern radiotherapy techniques.Methods: Twenty five consecutive patients who received post mastectomy radiation during the period September 2015 to January 2016 with a dose of 50Gy in 25 fractions were included for this analysis. Brachial plexus contoured using RTOG guidelines, and dose volume parameters for brachial plexus were documented from the existing treatment plans.Results: The maximum dose to the brachial plexus ranged from 5045cGy to 5679cGy with a mean value of 5312.8cGy. The mean dose received by the brachial plexus ranged from 3093cGy to 4714cGy and the mean value was 4137.28cGy. Volume receiving 40Gy, that is V40, ranged from 2.0078cc to 11.56cc with a mean value of 7.57cc.Conclusions: Maximum dose and V40 Gy values were well below the tolerance limit of plexus, and hence post mastectomy irradiation with modern techniques is unlikely to produce significant brachial plexus neuropathy.