bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Production of the Information Architecture Related to Libraries
Authors: Taga Vitor , Inomata Danielly Oliveira , Vaz Caroline Rodrigues , Uriona Maldonado Maurício , Varvakis Gregorio
Published: January 2018

Objective. Information architecture is a determinant guiding element for content layout and user navigation. This work aims at identifying and characterizing the scientific production about information architecture related to libraries.Method. In order to achieve the objective, a bibliometric review and a systemic analysis were conducted, the first to identify the most cited articles, the most productive authors in the field, the main journals; and the latter to characterize the debate and results presented in the articles. For the structured literature review, the Proknow-C method was utilized. The search was made in the Web of Science, Scopus and Science Direct databases.Results. One hundred fifteen articles were identified. Three peaks in the number of publications in 2001 (5), 2002 (6) and 2006 (4) were identified.Conclusions. The publications were concentrated in the Social Sciences and Computer Science. The main keywords (Digital libraries, Information architecture and World Wide Web) already contextualize and represent the content of the recovered articles. In relation to content analysis of the articles, a possible convergence in papers aimed towards studies of information architecture and digital libraries is discussed, which is very coherent with the current literature. We point out information architecture makes digital information environments better labelled and facilitates information access.
Del libro tradicional al libro alternativo: formas, materiales y variantes denominativas
Authors: Martínez Musiño Celso
Published: January 2018

Objetivos. Describir el proceso de transición del libro tradicional al libro alternativo; investigar la conversión denominativa de los libros de artista, o el libro objeto (y otras maneras de mencionarlos) al libro alternativo; referir los materiales utilizados en la elaboración de los libros alternativos como objetos escriturales.Método. Estudio, descriptivo-aproximativo, cuyo procedimiento de la investigación fue el siguiente: investigación documental y visitas a museos; selección y análisis de los datos compilados; redacción de los resultados y las conclusiones.Discusión. El término libro alternativo, tiene su origen tanto en el libro tradicional como en otras manifestaciones artísticas libro arte objeto, los libros de viaje o, los libros de artista, por mencionas algunos y, por otro lado, algunas obras, producto de los artistas, presentan formatos tan diversos como los orígenes de libros manuscritos o impresos.Resultados. Del estudio indican que los libros alternativos tienen distintos orígenes denominativos, siendo los libros tradicionales el punto de inicio del libro objeto.Conclusiones. De un conjunto de denominaciones, el término libro alternativo es el vocablo que la comunidad artística de las obras analizadas para nuestra investigación ha adoptado. Por otra parte, la forma de los libros tradicionales puede cambiar casi en su totalidad, tanto por el rediseño o intervención de los artistas, así como por la diversidad de materiales y técnicas utilizadas.
Análise de atos normativos por meio do comportamento de busca de usuários: O caso da Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica – Aneel
Authors: Marins Roberta Penha e Silva , Moreno Fernanda Passini
Published: January 2018

Objetivo. Apresenta pesquisa sobre a análise dos atos normativos emanados pela Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica – Aneel sob o ponto de vista do usuário da informação. O objetivo geral da pesquisa foi comparar a estratégia de pesquisa que os servidores da Aneel utilizam no momento da busca de atos normativos por meio do sistema de busca da agência com os comportamentos de busca apresentados na literatura, a fim de elicitar convergências e demonstrar inconsistências na representação de conteúdo do ato normativo.Método. A pesquisa teve como ponto de referência o trabalho realizado dentro do Centro de Documentação da Agência com o tratamento e representação de atos normativos e sua recuperação pelos servidores da agência e buscou insumos na literatura sobre análise documentária, informação jurídica, Sistemas de Recuperação de Informação e comportamento de busca do usuário de informação. Apresenta como método geral de pesquisa o Estudo de Caso descritivo e utilizou como como técnica de coleta de dados a observação e o protocolo verbal pensar alto.Resultados. Os resultados demonstraram a dificuldade do usuário em recuperar os atos normativos e a constante comparação entre o sistema de busca utilizado na Aneel, com o buscador Google, que influencia o comportamento de busca dos usuários ao realizar as suas buscas no catálogo da biblioteca.
Aplicabilidad de la Teoría de la Actividad Histórico-Cultural en los estudios de comportamiento informacional
Authors: García Rodríguez Raciel
Published: January 2018

Se expone un panorama de las potencialidades de aplicación de la Teoría de la Actividad Histórico-Cultural a los estudios de comportamiento informacional, como una herramienta holística en el empeño por lograr una mejor comprensión de losdistintos modos en que los individuos buscan, encuentran, recuperan y usan la información que necesitan, desde una aproximación transdisciplinar que fortalece esta visión.
Mejora de la competencia literaria con un club de lectura escolar
Authors: Alvarez-Alvarez Carmen , Vejo-Sáinz Rocío
Published: January 2018

Algunos centros educativos que buscan hacer una mejor animación a la lectura ponen en funcionamiento clubs de lectura escolares, sin embargo, esta práctica sigue siendo minoritaria en el contexto de las acciones que los centros implementan para mejorar la competencia lectora de los alumnos. En este artículo se analiza etnográficamente el aporte que ha hecho un club de lectura escolar a la mejora de la competencia literaria de sus participantes a lo largo del primer curso académico que se pone en funcionamiento. Los resultados muestran que los miembros del club han aumentado la comprensión lectora, la educación en valores y el gusto por la lectura. Es posible concluir que la puesta en marcha de un club de lectura en la escuela permite mejorar la competencia literaria de los niños participantes.
Trouble at the Mill: Madness, Merrymaking, and Milling
Authors: Parsons Ben
Published: January 2018

The Miller's links to festive discourse and popular celebration are well documented. Yet milling itself has often proven difficult to interpret in such terms: for most existing scholarship, the Miller's trade is the one detail in his portrait that cannot be accommodated into merrymaking. It has instead invited either political or social readings, being interpreted as a signal of active rebellion or as a confirmation of Robyn's peasant status. However, as this article seeks to demonstrate, the mill can be securely ranked among the festive meanings Chaucer evokes through Robyn. The mill frequently serves as a symbol of carnival across northern Europe, with a wide range of sources associating it with clowning, foolishness, and general revelry. This article reviews some of the points at which milling crosses into the practices and iconography of festivity and related discourses, highlighting the prominent role the mill played in medieval and early modern celebration.
“Who-so wylle of nurtur lere”: Domestic Foundations for Social Success in the Middle English Emaré
Authors: Vines Amy N.
Published: January 2018

This article explores the interdependent and mutually beneficial relationships between the late medieval Breton lay Emaré and its courtesy-text companions in the fifteenth-century manuscript London, British Library MS Cotton Caligula A. ii. It suggests that the conjoining of these two types of text demonstrates how lessons found in the conduct manuals can be made more palatable and exciting for young readers by being placed in a romance setting. Moreover, the romance's incorporation of the courtesy material suggests that the path to chivalric success may be forged solely through polite conduct rather than through the traditional performance of knightly prowess.
“In fourme of speche is chaunge”: Final -e in Troilus and Criseyde, Book II, Lines 22–28
Authors: Barootes B. S. W.
Published: January 2018

This article posits that the fourth stanza of the proem to Book Two of Troilus and Criseyde, a passage that reflects on linguistic change, calls attention to such change by deploying the already-antiquated but still-recognized final -e. The discussion considers first how Chaucer positions language change in Troilus, including the envoy (V, 1793–98), before addressing the careful construction of II, 22–28. Chaucer thus highlights discrepancies between written and oral forms of language as well as geographic and temporal differences. A consideration of the extant manuscripts of the poem demonstrates the attention Chaucer's early copyists paid to his deliberate use of written, but silent, final -e.
Style and Stylistics in the Work of Charles Muscatine: A Retrospect
Authors: Davlin Mary Clemente
Published: January 2018

Charles Muscatine (1920–2010) was one of the most important stylists and students of style and stylistics in the twentieth century. This brief article analyzes the methodology he devised for literary analysis of style, how he applied it to Chaucer and to Piers Plowman in particular, and what difference that has made. In describing his methodology, this article uses his own words as much as possible, which will clarify distinctions between the New Criticism and Stylistics and show the place of history in stylistic analysis long before the advent of “New Historicism.”
Unmasking the Big Bluff of Legitimate Governance and So-Called Independence: Creolizing Rousseau through the Reflections of Anna Julia Cooper
Authors: Gordon Jane Anna
Published: January 2018

This article explains what is meant by the creolizing of ideas and then demonstrates it through exploring a political observation about political illegitimacy made by eighteenth-century Genevan social and political thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau and creolized when the nineteenth-century African-American educator and social critic Anna Julia Cooper argued that the ideal of independence that lay at the core of political doctrines of republican self-governance relied on forms of willful blindness that cloaked the ongoing dependence of all human beings on one another. In conclusion, the article considers what Cooper's expansion of Rousseau's insight and creolized readings of political philosophy imply for our pursuit of just political institutions today.
A ESTRUTURA DA REDE SOCIAL DA MÃE/ACOMPANHANTE DA CRIANÇA HOSPITALIZADA
Authors: De Morais Rita de Cássia Melão , De Souza Tania Vignuda , Oliveira Isabel Cristina Dos Santos , Moraes Juliana Rezende Montenegro Medeiros de
Published: January 2018

Objetivo: Analisar a estrutura da rede social da mãe/acompanhante durante a hospitalização da criança. Método: pesquisa qualitativa, em hospital pediátrico do Rio de Janeiro. Foram entrevistadas dez mães/acompanhantes de fevereiro a dezembro de 2015. Utilizou-se o referencial teórico-metodológico e a análise de rede social de Lia Sanicola. Resultados: as redes primárias configuraram-se de tamanho médio e laços fortes, principalmente as redes das crianças que estão na primeira hospitalização, pois se mostraram mais numerosas comparadas com aquelas que já tiveram outras hospitalizações. Das redes secundárias, foram mencionadas: redes formal, terceiro setor e mercado. Não foram citadas as redes mista e informal. Conclusão: hospitalizações prolongadas e frequentes da criança interferem na dinâmica da rede social, tendo em vista que, ao longo das hospitalizações, ela se torna menor, porém com laços mais fortalecidos. A rede de atenção primária não foi mencionada e é justificada através do diagnóstico de doença crônica desde o nascimento.
INFORMAÇÃO COMO INSTRUMENTO DA ASSISTÊNCIA AO PACIENTE SUBMETIDO A CIRURGIA ORTOPÉDICA
Authors: Vital Isabel Cristina Oliveira , Cameron Lys Eiras , Da Cunha Thays Regina , Santos Caroline Intorne
Published: January 2018

Objetivo: identificar as informações recebidas pelos pacientes, relacionadas aos períodos perioperatório e alta hospitalar de Artroplastia Total de Quadril. Método: pesquisa observacional, tipo survey, realizada em três hospitais públicos no Rio de Janeiro em 2010, 2011, 2013 e 2015. Dados coletados com 113 indivíduos hospitalizados com indicação de cirurgia ortopédica, por entrevista, organizados em um quadro categorizando as informações pelos períodos perioperatórios e alta, e analisados utilizando estatística descritiva simples. Resultados: predominaram mulheres, idosos e a principal indicação foi fratura. Dezesseis informações foram mencionadas pelos pacientes: oito sobre pré-operatório, uma sobre transoperatório e sete sobre pós-operatório das quais somente quatro estavam relacionadas ao período após a alta. Conclusão: os resultados demonstram a insuficiência de informações sobre o perioperatório de cirurgia ortopédica para atender às necessidades dos pacientes e que o conhecimento deficiente do paciente e seu cuidador pode levar a complicações evitáveis e causar deterioração do estado de saúde.
ALIMENTAÇÃO COMPLEMENTAR DE LACTENTES ATENDIDOS EM UMA UNIDADE BÁSICA DE SAÚDE DA FAMÍLIA NO NORDESTE BRASILEIRO
Authors: De Oliveira Edcarla da Silva , Viana Veridianne Vasconcelos Ponte , Araújo Thábyta Silva , Martins Mariana Cavalcante , Cardoso Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão , Pinto Luisa Maria Oliveira
Published: January 2018

Objetivos: identificar a oferta de alimentos complementares às crianças com idade inferior a dois anos, e sua conformidade com o Ministério da Saúde. Método: estudo realizado com 52 crianças em uma Unidade Básica de Saúde do Nordeste brasileiro, entre dezembro/2015 e fevereiro/2016. Realizou-se entrevistas com as mães aplicando-se um questionário socioeconômico e relacionado ao perfil alimentar infantil. Analisou-se os dados no programa estatístico R®. Classificou-se os alimentos consumidos em “não adequado” e “adequado” segundo o Ministério da Saúde. Resultados: dos maiores de 1 ano, uma (3,3%) estava em aleitamento complementar, já os menores de 1 ano (n=22/100%) faziam uso de mingau e 20 (90,9%) haviam consumido refrigerantes. Refrigerante, mingau, salgadinhos e biscoitos foram os alimentos mais consumidos. A alimentação “inadequada” prevaleceu nos menores de 1 ano. Conclusão: a alimentação é em sua maioria de produtos industrializados, tornando-se um problema de insegurança alimentar para a população do estudo.
O PROCESSO DE RESILIÊNCIA EM MULHERES VÍTIMAS DE VIOLÊNCIA SEXUAL: UMA POSSIBILIDADE DE CUIDADO
Authors: Fornari Lucimara Fabiana , Labronici Liliana Maria
Published: January 2018

Objetivo: Conhecer o processo de resiliência em mulheres vítimas de violência sexual. Método: Pesquisa exploratória qualitativa, fundamentada no conceito de resiliência, realizada com 12 mulheres vítimas de violência sexual, em um Serviço de Atendimento Especializado e uma Delegacia da Mulher. O conteúdo das entrevistas semiestruturadas foi submetido a análise de conteúdo temática. Resultados: O sentimento de cuidado e responsabilidade foi responsável pela mobilização interna, início do processo de resiliência. A presença de pessoas dispostas a ouvir sem julgar ou discriminar tornou possível a representação do trauma vivido pelas participantes. A religação com Deus e a reativação da fé forneceram estímulos para acreditar que sobreviver era mais relevante do que ser vítima. Considerações finais: A pesquisa propiciou a construção do conhecimento relacionado à resiliência das mulheres vítimas de violência sexual, e mostrou a importância da incorporação do tema no ensino e na prática de cuidado de enfermagem.
FATORES ASSOCIADOS À PRESSÃO ARTERIAL INADEQUADA DE PESSOAS COM HIPERTENSÃO
Authors: Rêgo Anderson Da Silva , Laqui Victória Dos Santos , Trevisan Fernanda Gatez , Jaques André Estevam , De Oliveira Rosana Rosseto , Radovanovic Cremilde Aparecida Trindade
Published: January 2018

Objetivo: avaliar os fatores associados à pressão arterial inadequada em pessoas com hipertensão acompanhadas pela Estratégia Saúde da Família. Método: estudo transversal, realizado com 417 pessoas, no município de Maringá, Paraná. A coleta de dados foi realizada no primeiro semestre de 2016, por meio do instrumento satisfação do usuário com hipertensão arterial com os serviços prestados pela Atenção Primária à Saúde, utilizando as questões referentes ao perfil sociodemográfico, nutricional e clínico. Na análise dos dados, aplicou-se estatística descritiva e inferencial. Resultados: a maioria dos entrevistados, 62,4% era idoso, 67,8% do sexo feminino e 55,2% aposentado/pensionista. Houve associação da pressão arterial inadequada com pessoas de idade superior a 59 anos, aposentados/pensionistas, moderadamente ativos, não praticantes de atividades físicas e fragilidade nas orientações sobre a doença. Conclusão: os resultados sinalizam a necessidade de reorganização do processo de trabalho, com o fortalecimento das orientações e educação em saúde às pessoas com hipertensão arterial.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Fair Value Mandate: Are Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Being Measured Accurately?
Authors: Cochran Robert J.
Published: January 2018

This study asks the following question with respect to level 3 fair value assets and liabilities: are level 3 fair value assets and liabilities being measured accurately?  An argument is made that since level 3 markets do not exist (as defined in ASC 820), it is not possible to determine a level 3 value.  Data is examined, both pre- and post- SFAS No. 157 with respect to a specific level 3 asset that can be found on the balance sheet of most publically traded financial institutions, mortgage loan servicing rights.  The data suggests that the FASB’s attempt to clarify fair value had no effect on the levels of capitalization of mortgage loan servicing rights.  An additional argument is made that the language in ASC 820 undermines the requirement that level 3 fair values reflect a “market” value rather than an “investment” value.
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Traditional Open Versus Minimally Invasive Techniques
Authors: Lee Michael J. , Mok James , Patel Pranay
Published: January 2018

Recently, minimally invasive spine arthrodesis has gained popularity among spine surgeons. Minimally invasive techniques have advantages and disadvantages compared with traditional open techniques. Comparisons between short-term outcomes of minimally invasive transforaminal interbody fusion and open transforaminal interbody fusion in terms of estimated blood loss, postoperative pain, and hospital length of stay have been well documented and generally favor the minimally invasive technique. However, the advantages of minimally invasive transforaminal interbody fusion must be evaluated in the context of long-term results, such as patient-reported outcomes and the success of arthrodesis. Because the literature is equivocal in identifying the superior technique for successful long-term outcomes, more study is needed. Patient safety, the risk of complications, and the cost of these techniques also must be considered.
A Class Validation Proposal of a Pedagogic Domain Ontology based on Clustering Analysis
Authors: Alemán Yuridiana , Somodevilla María J. , Vilariño Darnes
Published: January 2018

The knowledge bases of the Web are fundamentally organized in ontologies in order to answer queries based on semantics. The ontologies learning process comprises three fundamental steps: creation of classes and relationships, population and evaluation. In this paper the focus includes the classes creation, by introducing a class validation proposal using clustering analysis. As case of study was selected a pedagogical domain, where a corpus was semi-automatically built, from articles written in Spanish published in Social Sciences. Moreover, a dictionary containing classes, concepts and synonyms was included in the experiments. Clustering analysis allowed to verify the concepts that the experts considered as the most important for the domain. For the case of study selected, the cluster analysis step reports clusters with the same instances that the clusters defined by the experts.
The Flower of Service Concept and Its Influence on the Customer Satisfaction: Case Study of Jordanian Private Hospitals Sector
Authors: Hashem Tareq N.
Published: January 2018

Service and service quality is becoming the hottest topics within the institutions and organizations that present services to their customers regardless of their orientation and field of interest. Generally speaking, services appear as core services which are the basic benefit that a customer gets from purchasing a certain item/service and supplementary services which are the non-routine services that follow the process of acquiring the item/service. Through the literature there appeared an interest in caring for the level of core services on the expense of supplementary services. In that sense, the current study aimed at examining the influence of 'flower of service' dimensions–as supplementary service dimensions-on customer satisfaction within the private hospitals and healthcare givers in Jordan. The sample of the study consisted of (431) individuals who are benefiting from services of private hospitals. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed on the sample which consisted of questions regarding the service quality within the private hospitals in Jordan based on the dimensions of 'flower of service'. The results of the study indicated that the dimensions of the flower of services appeared to be influential on the satisfaction of customers which included (Information, Order Taking, Consultation, Hospitality, Billing Payment) while two dimensions were found to be not influential (Exception , Safe Keeping). It was recommended through the study that the management should increase the awareness among its employees of the difference between the supplementary service and the core service and how each one of them is important in its own way. In addition to that, there should be extra care about the importance of service quality which can take place through the awareness that can be spread through the quality control department. Also, it was recommended that –based on respondents' opinion – to increase the level of hospitality within the private hospitals and present more effective payment solutions for patients and their families considering that a person is mainly waiting to be charged in accordance with the service that they get.
Service Quality from Customer Perception: Evidence from Carter Model on Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD)
Authors: Ali Qaisar
Published: January 2018

The main focus of this study is to examine the relationship between service quality and customers’ perception. The study deployed modified Carter model by introducing two unique dimensions of corporate social responsibility and innovation to examine this relationship. A self-administrated questionnaire based field survey was conducted. The research instrument was designed using eight dimensions of service quality. The content of the questionnaire was adjusted for relevance and friendliness purpose through pilot testing. Data was collected from 155 Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) customers from Muara district of Brunei. The sample data were statistically analyzed through descriptive, Cronbachs’ Alpha, Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin and Bartlett’s test, Pearson correlation test and confirmatory factory analysis (CFA). Pearson test was used to represent significant relationship between service quality and customer perception and CFA test was done to suggest the fitness of proposed Carter model suitability for Brunei’s Islamic banking. Results of the study revealed that service quality and customer perception are significantly related and Carter model is suitable for Islamic banking system in Brunei. Furthermore the study has practical implications for BIBD policy makers and managers to understand customer perception and adjust its service quality according to customer desire.
Corporate Governance, Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Firm’s Performance: Evidence from Construction Business, Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia
Authors: Azhar Hussain Malik , Razak Abdul Hadi Abdul
Published: January 2018

Utilising agency theory, this research used primary data to identify the depth of the underlying structure and test the relationship between the variables. In addressing these issues, the study applied logistic regression to data collected from questionnaires, the study identifies the underlying structure of 9 items via factor analysis. The relationships between board committee size, board composition, remuneration committee, gender diversity, risk management committee, ownership concentration, audit committee, duality and firm’s performance measured by return on assets (ROA) were analysed by using logistic regression with the application of SAS(9.4) on data collected from 380 small and medium enterprises under the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia. It was found that board size, board composition, remuneration committee, risk management committee and gender diversity has no significant impact on firm’s performance. While  duality and audit committee have a significant positive relationship with firm’s performance. Meanwhile, ownership concentration has a significant negative relationship with firm’s performance. As a conclusion, the corporate governance mechanism has a significant impact on firm’s performance in the CIDB construction industry in Malaysia. The contribution of this study is deemed significant as this is the first study applied on CIDB registered enterprises in the Klang Valley, using a quantitative research design.
Research on the Risk Prevention of Government Purchase of Public Services
Authors: Yanfang Chen , Hong Geng
Published: January 2018

How to prevent the risk has become the proper meaning of perfecting the government purchase of public service system arrangement. According to the basic process: public resources investment - configuration and conversion - output and feedback process, the paper analyzes the main factors influencing the government purchase of public service risk, and puts forward the risk prevention countermeasures. That is, reasonable guidance of private capital into the field of public services, improvement of government management, promotion of social autonomy, market allocation function, and convergence with supporting reforms.
The Why and How of Fostering International Academic Exchange at Schools in Taiwan
Authors: Lee Shih-Chang , Hu Tien-Ling , Ho Hsuan-Fu
Published: January 2018

A high quality workforce with global competence is the key to survive today’s globalized market. The Taiwan government published its White Paper of International Education for Primary and Secondary Schools in 2011. This research examined the relative importance of objectives of international education announced by the government, and to determine the most efficient international academic exchange approaches for achieving the objectives. Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was adopted as the major calculation instrument, and a self-developed questionnaire was administered to school principals in Taiwan. The research results indicated that cultivating keen observation capability for international comparison, understanding critical global issues, and understanding interdependence of global relationships are the most important objectives for international education at the primary and secondary levels. Moreover, as different implementation approaches may contribute to different objectives, it is important for school principals to select the right implementation approaches to fit their unique environmental and educational focus.
Update on Molecular Testing for Cytologically Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules
Authors: Nishino Michiya , Nikiforova Marina
Published: January 2018

Context.—

Approximately 15% to 30% of thyroid nodules that undergo fine-needle aspiration are classified as cytologically indeterminate, presenting management challenges for patients and clinicians alike. During the past several years, several molecular tests have been developed to reduce the diagnostic uncertainty of indeterminate thyroid fine-needle aspirations.

Objective.—

To review the methodology, clinical validation, and recent peer-reviewed literature for 4 molecular tests that are currently marketed for cytologically indeterminate thyroid fine-needle aspiration specimens: Afirma, ThyroSeq, ThyGenX/ThyraMIR, and RosettaGX Reveal.

Data Sources.—

Peer-reviewed literature retrieved from PubMed search, data provided by company websites and representatives, and authors' personal experiences.

Conclusions.—

The 4 commercially available molecular tests for thyroid cytology offer unique approaches to improve the risk stratification of thyroid nodules. Familiarity with data from the validation studies as well as the emerging literature about test performance in the postvalidation setting can help users to select and interpret these tests in a clinically meaningful way.
El conflicto sobre el conflicto. Una instancia de los principios de visión y división de lo político, en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Authors: Gambarotta Emiliano
Published: January 2018

Este trabajo parte del análisis estadístico de una muestra representativa de la población de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, con el objetivo de estudiar algunas características de (lo que bourdieunamente llamamos) los principios de visión y división de lo político. Específicamente, se enfoca en cómo se percibe al conflicto político a través de tales principios. Para ello se confecciona una escala de Likert, a través de la cual se elabora un conjunto de variables cuyo entrelazamiento conforma la dimensión que denominamos “Rechazo del conflicto político”. Junto con lo cual se realiza una reflexión metodológica acerca de cómo aprehender ese objeto central a este escrito: el modo de di-visión de lo político.This paper uses a statistical analysis, of a representative sample of the Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires’ population, with the goal of studying some characteristics of (what with Bourdieu we call) the principles of vision and division of the political. Specifically, this paper focuses in how political conflict is perceived through those principles. For that it is prepared a Likert’s scale, through what are elaborated a group of variables whose entwine conform the dimension that we call “Reject of political conflict”. With which this paper realize a methodological reflection about how we get that main object of this study: the mode of the political di-vision.
Evaluation Method for Ship Hull Plates’ Process Molding
Authors: Jinxiong Xu , Lianglun Cheng
Published: January 2018

The evaluation procedure is an important step for the ship hull plates automatic processing, which serves as a basis for secondary processing. In this paper, an evaluation method was proposed, based on the experienced workers' knowledge. The design surface and the measured surface were registered by transforming to the new coordinate system. Then the profile errors were evaluated and decomposed into three directions: transverse, longitudinal, and torsional. Finally, the experiment results shown that the evaluation indexes, which were based on the errors decomposed result, can be served as the basis for secondary processing of the ship hull plates.

1. Introduction

Ship hull plates are thick large steel plates with arbitrary threedimensional (3D) shapes. Usually, the steel plates are plastically deformed to the design shape by line heating process. And the shapes of the machining plates are evaluated by the wooden bending templates, which are generated by ship's design data. Experienced workers can evaluate the transverse bending, longitudinal bending, as well as torsional angle of the plates by this process, and get the essential factual basis for the secondary processing. However, this process has no clear-cut methodology, the evaluation results and the secondary processing plan are heavy, depending on the tacit knowledge, skill, and experience of the craftsmen during the line heating processing (Woo-Jae et al. 2010; Hiekata et al. 2011; Seong et al. 2013; Sun et al. 2013).

For ship hull plates profile error evaluation, Hiekata et al. (2011) had put forward an accuracy evaluation system, using 3D laser scanner to measure the ship hull plates, and then evaluated the displacement errors by comparing the measured surface with the design surface. This system had achieved digital evaluation, but the evaluation indexes were difficult to guide the secondary processing. Sun et al. (2013) evaluated the ship hull plates by the virtual templates, and generated the processing plan, according to the evaluation results. Nevertheless, this method only evaluates the longitudinal bending and torsional condition. it still needs to be improved. Also, other researchers (Wen et al. 2013; Liu 2014; He et al. 2015; Nasri et al. 2015) had put forward various evaluation methods, but the purposed methods were aimed to improve the evaluation accuracy, seldom consider the line heating process. Thus, these methods have failed to provide the factual basis for the secondary processing.
Learning Outcomes of African Engineering Students in a Chinese Context: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Zhu Jiabin , Yang Bo , Liu Niancai
Published: January 2018

China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ national strategy has brought about both opportunities and challenges to its higher education system and that of neighbouring countries. Increased internationalisation of higher education has resulted in Chinese universities attracting a large number of international students, including those from Africa. However, few studies have been conducted to assess the learning outcomes of African students in a Chinese context. This article provides insight into African engineering students’ self-reported learning outcomes and experiences after studying in China. The fndings reveal that academic and cultural knowledge, cross-cultural communication skills, teamwork skills and changes in personalities and professional vision are common areas of development. The article concludes with recommendations for the design of eﬀective learning experiences. La stratégie nationale chinoise “une ceinture, une route” a généré des opportunités et des défs pour son système d’enseignement supérieur et celui des pays voisins. Avec l’internationalisation croissante de l’enseignement supérieur, les universités chinoises attirent un grand nombre d’étudiants internationaux, y compris des étudiants en provenance d’Afrique. Cependant, peu d’études ont tenté d’évaluer les acquis de l’apprentissage des étudiants africains dans le contexte chinois. Cet article oﬀre un aperçu des acquis autodéclarés des étudiants ingénieurs africains et de leur expérience des études en Chine. Les résultats de ce projet exposent plusieurs domaines communs de développement : les connaissances académiques et culturelles, les compétences de communication interculturelle, la capacité à travailler en équipe et des changements de visions professionnelle et académique. Cet article conclut par des recommandations visant à créer des expériences d’apprentissage efcaces.
Internationalisation of the Malaysian Higher Education System Through the Prism of South-South Cooperation
Authors: Wan Chang-Da , Sirat Morshidi
Published: January 2018

Many of the internationalisation eﬀorts in Malaysia have focused on enhancing collaboration with developed economies and Western systems. This article seeks to fll a gap in the literature by examining six initiatives to internationalise higher education within the Malaysian higher education system through the prism of South-South cooperation. It showcases the ways in which Malaysia participated in such initiatives and illustrates four levels of engagement ranging from government-to-government, institution-to-institution, international organisation-to-government using universities as intermediaries, and regional networks with Malaysian universities playing a signifcant role. Un grand nombre d’eﬀorts d’internationalisation de l’enseignement supérieur en Malaisie s’est concentré sur le développement de collaborations avec les économies développées et les systèmes occidentaux. Cet article cherche à combler une lacune de la littérature en examinant six initiatives visant à internationaliser l’enseignement supérieur au sein du système malaisien grâce à des coopérations sud-sud. Il expose l’engagement de la Malaisie dans de telles initiatives et illustre quatre niveaux d’engagement : intergouvernemental, interinstitutionnel, entre une organisation gouvernementale et un gouvernement en utilisant des universités comme intermédiaires et au sein des réseaux régionaux en donnant un rôle essentiel aux universités malaisiennes.
South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the Mexican Higher Education System
Authors: Didou Aupetit Sylvie
Published: January 2018

Academic collaboration in Mexico mainly follows a traditional pattern of North-South cooperation (primarily with the United States as well as some central European Union countries). Higher Education Institutions have also developed South-South cooperation in Latin and Central America and some are now exploring new opportunities in Asia, essentially with China, Japan and Korea. While there are fewer alternative schemes for student mobility, scientifc exchanges or joint degrees, innovative opportunities have emerged. It is important to consolidate such initiatives in light of the Trump administration’s position on migration that could negatively impact the current Mexican internationalisation model for higher education and research. La collaboration académique au Mexique suit principalement le schéma traditionnel d’une coopération nord-sud (principalement avec les EtatsUnis et quelques pays majeurs de l’Union Européenne). Les institutions d’enseignement supérieur ont aussi développé des coopérations sud-sud en Amérique centrale et latine, et certaines poursuivent aujourd’hui de nouvelles opportunités en Asie, essentiellement avec la Chine, le Japon et la Corée. Bien qu’il y ait peu d’alternatives à la mobilité étudiante, aux échanges scientifques ou aux diplômes communs, des approches novatrices émergent. Il est important de renforcer de telles initiatives étant donné la position du gouvernement de Trump sur l’immigration qui pourrait avoir un impact négatif sur le modèle actuel d’internationalisation de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche au Mexique.
Contrapublicidad en la ciudad del consumo. Subvirtiendo el sentido en la piel del asfalto
Authors: González Marí Ximo
Published: January 2018

La sociedad del consumo determina las condiciones sociales en la Postmodernidad. La ciudad, configurada como un espacio de tránsito sin identidad ni historia, está definida como una continua reconfiguración de sí misma. Una ciudad convertida en mera fachada, en un escaparate de múltiples estímulos que cambian rápidamente para seducir al ciudadano relegado al papel de consumidor. Desde esta posición, el sujeto deberá construir alternativas que posibiliten un papel actante en la eterna reformulación que caracteriza la ciudad como suceso y no como espacio. En estos espacios para el consumo sobre el que se proyectan las ciudades postmodernas, recreadas como verdaderos centros comerciales, el ciudadano debe encontrar su propia voz como sujeto transformador de la sociedad. Daremos fe del potencial creativo y renovador de los espacios del consumo de masas, convertido en el nuevo campo social de encuentro y enunciación. Veremos cómo los movimientos activistas se apropian del lenguaje publicitario que configura el discurso urbano para subvertirlo y, mediante la tergiversación y la parodia, desenmascarar el vacío y miseria moral que la lógica mercantilista trata de esconder. De este modo, evidenciaremos el potencial creativo en estas prácticas contraculturales que ocupan los espacios públicos y los templos del consumo para expresar su crítica a una sociedad construida para el consumo. Los culture jammers o piratas publicitarios, mediante la técnica de guerrilla contrapublicitaria, ocupan los espacios de visibilización consumista antes monopolizados por las corporaciones, como vallas publicitarias o anuncios, para difundir su mensaje. Utilizarán el distanciamiento y el humor para, a través del collage y el montaje, difundir su mensaje de forma visual e impactante. En consecuencia, surgirán nuevos significados que contradicen el discurso del consumo que domina las ciudades y construyen una crítica a la ciudad desde el centro mismo de los espacios mediatizados por el mercado.
Creativity: A Driver and Enabler of Social Cohesion
Authors: García Alcaraz Teresa
Published: January 2018

Caracas, a city that has been shaped by decades of spatial, social and political division, struggles daily to overcome its complex legacy. Despite government attempts to combat these severe disparities among the population, urban form combined with constrained social imaginations have resulted in the routine replication and deepening of division in the city.Leaving behind the urban dichotomies normally used to describe contemporary cities, which further exacerbate the idea of difference, ‘in-between spaces’ are identified as areas of encounter among ‘strangers’, capable of engendering new relationships and building citizenship.Creativity, in all its senses, is seen as an excellent mechanism for transforming and reshaping the urban and social fabric in these ‘in-between spaces’, revealing multiple languages that are responsible for generating a change of paradigm in the cities of tomorrow.
Del cuerpo a la ciudad: repensando nuestros territorios desde la investigación colectiva con cartografía social
Authors: Leivas Vargas Monique , Boni Aristizábal Alejandra , Mendoza Crespo Montse
Published: January 2018

En tiempos urbanos nuestros cuerpos han sido desconectados de su medio natural. Nuestros hogares han invisibilizado desigualdades estructurales. Nuestra individualidad ha roto lazos comunitarios y poco a poco hemos perdido nuestra capacidad de actuar para el bien común. Ante tal escenario, es necesario desarrollar metodologías innovadoras desde procesos de investigación colectiva capaces de reconectar a las futuras generaciones con las problemáticas y desigualdades de nuestros territorios. Somos territorio y el territorio es el reflejo de las personas que somos. En este sentido, el presente artículo pretende explorar la experiencia de innovación pedagógica desarrollada desde la investigación colectiva con cartografía social junto con el alumnado de 4º de Primaria del ceip Vicente Gaos de la ciudad de Valencia. El proceso es una iniciativa piloto impulsada por el Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento – Ingenio (CSIC – UPV) y la maestra tutora de la clase, que han participado activamente en el co-diseño y facilitación de la cartografía social. La experiencia pretende conectar al alumnado con el territorio, desde la reflexión-acción sobre sus propios cuerpos, hogares y ciudad, con el fin de facilitar el desarrollo de habilidades, aptitudes y capacidades para el ejercicio del derecho a la ciudad hacia el desarrollo humano y sostenible.
Participación ciudadana en la arquitectura y el urbanismo. El caso del barrio de La Isleta
Authors: Díaz García Vicente Javier
Published: January 2018

Para comprender la importancia de la participación ciudadana en la ciudad del siglo xxi nos hemos fijado en las consecuencias que provoca la ausencia de esa participación, por ejemplo, en un barrio singular de la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. A esta ausencia la denominamos pobreza participativa; una pobreza que, como la pobreza alimentaria o educativa, puede estar relacionada con aspectos cuantitativos (participamos poco) o cualitativos (participamos mal). En un momento en el que las ciudades están sometidas a un proceso acelerado de cambios, la aspiración de la participación en la arquitectura y el urbanismo no debe ser la creación de alternativas a dicha aceleración, sino más bien la creación de «zonas temporalmente autónomas» en las que exista una mayor y mejor participación.
Human Building. Construir para y con las personas. Conclusiones a partir de cinco casos de estudio
Authors: Marquez Martin Sara
Published: January 2018

El presente artículo propone la definición del concepto de human building como una actitud frente a la arquitectura, el urbanismo y el diseño que implica que, como profesionales somos, ante todo, personas que construimos espacios para y con las personas.A través del análisis a posteriori de las experiencias y trabajo de campo recogido por la autora como arquitecta, cooperante y enseñante en tres continentes y en seis casos de estudio, se plantea cómo puede la actitud ante la profesión tener un impacto eco-social sobre la realidad que se construye.Se observa el significado de vivir y trabajar para y con las personas, los componentes de la actitud y procesos participativos. Dichos procesos incluyeron: construcción comunitaria, técnicas adecuadas para cualquier edad y género, uso de materiales naturales y técnicas vernáculas, gestión de proyectos orientada a personas, derecho a la ciudad y a los asentamientos rurales, apropiación de las técnicas constructivas (belleza e identidad) y transferencia tecnológica.Se concluye que en los casos de estudio la empatía y el disfrute facilitaron la confianza en las negociaciones, los acuerdos y la coherencia ante los compromisos. Esas decisiones participativas potenciaron la apropiación de los procesos.Se propone replicar los resultados en tanto que en los casos analizados, las personas y ecosistemas se vieron beneficiados, tomando la actitud como elemento horizontal que conecta un mundo complejo para hacer los asentamientos humanos más humanos.
Hvordan kan teknologi påvirke pædagogiske og didaktiske praksisser?
Authors: Jørnø Rasmus Leth , Gynther Karsten
Published: January 2018

Denne artikel introducerer en bestemt forståelse af uddannelsespraksisser som socio/tekniske begivenheder. Formålet er at fremkomme med et bud på teknologiens betydning for pædagogiske og didaktiske praksisser uden at forfalde til teknologisk determinisme (Heilbroner, 1967) eller blot at konstatere teknologiens effekter som en ‘kulturkraft’ (Hasse & Storgaard, 2015). I artiklens første del præsenteres en analyse af en skoles økologi som en heterogen socio/teknisk konstellation der muliggør bestemte begivenheder. Analysen baserer sig på en teori om bindingers (eng. constraints) (Bjørn & Østerlund, 2014; Fraser, 1989; Shogan, 1999) betydning for iværksættelsen af begivenheder, hvor teknologi forstås som social først og teknisk sekundært (Deleuze, 1999). Ud fra denne forståelsesramme bliver det muligt, i artiklens anden del, at analysere empiri fra den igangværende introduktion af læringsplatforme i danske folkeskolers økologier. Vi konkluderer at teknologier såsom læringsplatforme på sigt vil revolutionere uddannelse, men at brugerportalsinitiativet i dets nuværende form ikke ændrer afgørende på bindinger på didaktisk og pædagogisk praksis.