bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impact of heavy metals on the food web in the Mediterranean lagoon, Lake Burullus, Egypt
Authors: Hegab Mahmoud H. , Ahmed Nasr M. , Kadry Shadia M. , ElSayed Radwa A. , Goher Mohamed E.
Published: September 2020

Research on the impact of heavy metals and their accumulation in ecosystem elements of Lake Burullus is still scarce. Therefore, this study focuses on the relationship between the levels of heavy metals in the lake water, plankton communities and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). The mean annual concentrations of Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, Pb and Cd in water and fish samples were 527.8, 366.7, 162.6, 137.3, 119.8 and 3.6 μg l−1, and 70.8, 43.6, 8.05, 1.2, 0.14 and 0.045 μg g−1 dry weight (d.w.), respectively. The study demonstrated the relationship between the accumulation of metals in fish muscles and their levels in the lake water (p < 0.05; r = 0.7–0.9), with the metal content in O. niloticus muscles being mostly below the permissible limits. The obtained results showed that the levels of the metals in the lake water are not correlated with phytoplankton and zooplankton, and their groups, except copper and zinc, are negatively correlated with phytoplankton (r = −0.45 and −0.58, respectively). The study concluded that the concentrations of the analyzed metals in Lake Burullus did not reach the effective levels that would have a significant impact on the distribution of phytoplankton and zooplankton, or a hazardous effect on O. niloticus and its safety for human consumption.
Sampling native and non-native mobile epifauna with baited traps and habitat collectors – Port of Gdynia case study (southern Baltic Sea, Poland)
Authors: Normant-Saremba Monika , Hegele-Drywa Joanna , Marszewska Lena
Published: September 2020

The effectiveness of two artificial habitat collectors, crab condo (HC1) and habitat crate (HC2), providing a refuge for small mobile fauna, was tested along with two commercial baited traps, Chinese box trap (BT1) and Gee’s Minnow trap (BT2) recommended for only single deployments under a harmonized survey of the Baltic and the North-East Atlantic. Our objective was also to determine whether a multi-deployment of baited traps in the growing season increases the diversity and abundance of collected mobile epifauna. Nineteen species of benthic mobile epifauna, including six non-indigenous species (NIS), were collected between May and October 2014 using all tested types of traps in the Port of Gdynia (southern Baltic Sea). Crustaceans, represented by 16 taxa, constituted the group with the highest diversity and abundance. Our study showed that HC1 and HC2 are more effective gear than BT1 and BT2, as both species richness (including NIS) and abundance were higher. Furthermore, the double deployment of BT1 and BT2 increased the diversity and abundance of the captured fauna. The use of artificial habitat collectors as an additional method to the already recommended baited traps for mobile epifauna monitoring in ports should be considered and the number of baited trap deployments should be increased during the growing season.
Separation procedures in the identification of the hydrogenation products of biomass-derived hydroxymethylfurfural
Authors: Soszka E. , Ruppert A. M.
Published: September 2020

Lignocellulosic biomass is considered an attractive and most abundant renewable carbon feedstock. Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is one of the platform molecules obtained from biomass. HMF transformation in the reductive atmosphere allows to obtain numerous value-added molecules with applications in several recently emerged sectors, e.g. biofuels and biopolymers. This process is still intensively investigated, and more efficient, stable and sustainable solutions are envisaged. Therefore, the choice of efficient analytical methods is of great importance. This review covers the methodologies used for the analysis of HMF hydrodeoxygenation, including chromatographic and spectrometric methods. Techniques such as gas chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass spectrometry are mentioned as well in this review.
Organodiphosphines in Pt{η2-P(X)nP}Cl2 (n = 9–15, 17, 18) derivatives – Structural aspects
Authors: Melník Milan , Mikuš Peter
Published: September 2020

This review covers over 20 monomeric platinum complexes of Pt{η2-P(X)nP}Cl2 (n = 9–15, 17, 19) type. The chelating P,P-donor ligands create wide varieties of the metallocyclic rings: 12-membered (PC9P, PC3NCNC3P), 13-membered (PC3NC2NC3P), 14-membered (PC11P, PO(SiO)5P, PC2OC2OC2OC2P), 15-membered (PC12P), 16-membered (PCOC9OCP), 17-membered (P(C2O)4C2P), 18-membered (PC2OC9OC2P, PC4NC2NC2NC4P), 20-membered (P(C2O)5C2P), and 21-membered (POC2NC10NC2OP). For these complexes the most common is a predominantly cis-arranged with 17 examples and only four examples with trans-configuration. The total mean values of Pt–L bond distances in the complexes with cis- versus trans-configuration are: 2.252 Å (P trans to Cl), 2.355 Å (Cl trans to P) vs 2.288 Å (P trans to P), and 2.304 Å (Cl trans to Cl). There are examples which exist in cis- and trans-isomeric forms and distortion isomers. A brief survey on the structural data of almost 180 examples of Pt{η2-P(X)nP}Cl2 (n = 1–8) type complexes is added and discussed.
Genetic algorithm (GA)–based delay feedback control of chaotic behavior in the voltage mode controlled direct current (DC) drive system
Authors: Emiroglu Selcuk , Uyaroglu Yilmaz
Published: September 2020

In this paper, the chaotic behavior and chaos control in a voltage mode controlled DC drive system are investigated. The dynamical behavior of the system changing from the fundamental state to chaotic regime is obtained by the variation of some parameters. Two kinds of delay feedback controllers are designed to induce and control chaos in the voltage-mode DC drive system that exhibits chaotic behavior under certain conditions. The proposed control scheme is able to suppress chaos on the voltage mode controlled DC drive system operating in continuous conduction mode. With variation of controller parameters, the transition of dynamical behavior in the system has been demonstrated from different possible states to regular state, which may be named as period-1 operation. Unlike the traditional delay feedback control method, not only the feedback gain parameter K but also the delay parameter τ is used as variable parameters of the controller. Moreover, the genetic algorithm is used to simultaneously optimize both the feedback gain parameter K and delay parameter τ to improve the effectiveness of the controller. Numerical results show that the proposed method can control unstable periodic orbits and suppress chaos in the system, and also, optimized controller parameters provide fast response for transition from chaotic operation to normal operation.
Exercise Programming for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Recommendations for Strength and Conditioning Specialists
Authors: Coffey Craig , Carey Marie , Kinsella Sharon , Byrne Paul J. , Sheehan Damien , Lloyd Rhodri S.
Published: September 2020

The purpose of this article is to introduce strength and conditioning specialists to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and to identify the many benefits of delivering exercise programs to children with ASD. In addition, the article aims to inform strength and conditioning specialists on how to minimize some of the inherent challenges associated with the delivery of such programs by highlighting critical issues for practitioners to consider when designing and implementing exercise programs for children with ASD.
Thought Patterns in the Space of an Eighteenth-Century French Curiosity Cabinet
Authors: Cannady Lauren R.
Published: September 2020

In Thought Patterns in the Space of an Eighteenth- Century French Curiosity Cabinet, Lauren R. Cannady demonstrates how formal and conceptual affinities were forged between the various evocations of the natural world within Joseph Bonnier de la Mosson’s curiosity collection and the embroidered parterre garden on his property. The discourse around the patterned garden, the display of shells and natural specimens, and the decorative paintings inside Bonnier’s rooms reflect early modern modes of comparative and visual thinking about the natural world that brought aesthetic philosophy into dialogue with metaphysics and natural philosophy at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Reconsidered in the context of contemporary garden treatises and manuals, Bonnier’s curiosity collection is revealed as an important site of naturalist and artistic thought in the emerging European Enlightenment.
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Viral bronchiolitis and the detrimental effects of sleep
Authors: Hughes Daniel
Published: September 2020

Infants recovering from bronchiolitis and no longer requiring supplemental oxygen will have brief episodes of oxygen desaturation during sleep when monitored with pulse oximetry. These episodes can be explained by the inhibition of the tonic activity of the inspiratory muscles during rapid eye movement sleep. Pulse oximetry monitoring should be discontinued, and these infants considered for discharge.
EFFECT OF MONETARY POLICY INSTRUMENTS ON SHADOW BANKING
Authors: OKUR Fatih , SOYLU Özgür Bayram
Published: September 2020

Shadow banks are financial mediators. There are maturity, credit, and liquidity transformation without access to central bank liquidity and public sector credit guarantees in their performance. The principle purpose of this study is to answer the question of the relationship between shadow banking and monetary policy, all financial activities that require a private or public payment guarantee other than traditional banking. This study analyses the short and long-term effects of national income, policy rate, CPI and money supply (M1) on shadow banking by using Panel ARDL method in selected ten countries throughout 2002-2016. The findings of the analysis point out that there is a short- and significant long-term relationship between the indicators discussed. Short-term PMG estimation results indicate that the long-term equilibrium will be reached over for approximately four years. Also, long-term PMG estimation results also pointed to the existence of a significant relationship between indicators, apart from national income. It is determined that the money supply and policy interest rate had a positive relation and the consumer price index had a negative relation with shadow banking.
ENTELEKTÜEL SERMAYENİN AKTİFLEŞTİRİLMESİ VE BİR UYGULAMA ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: DAŞTAN Kadir , BAYRAKTAR Osman
Published: September 2020

İşletmelerin sahip olduğu entelektüel sermayenin aktif bir değer olarak bilançoda gösterilmesi, dünyada 1990’lardan itibaren giderek artmaktadır. Entelektüel sermayenin muhasebeleştirilmesinde Amerikan Genel Kabul Görmüş Muhasebe İlkeleri (US-GAAP) ve Avrupa kökenli Uluslararası Finansal Raporlama Standartları (IFRS) yaygın olarak kullanılan iki sistemdir. Bu çalışmanın, entelektüel sermaye ilkelerinin belirlenmesi ve örnek bir uygulama ortaya konulması olarak iki temel amacı bulunmaktadır. Makalede önce entelektüel sermayenin aktifleştirilmesine ilişkin kuramsal bilgiler aktarılmış, ardından bir uygulama örneği sunulmuştur. Uygulama örneğinde, ülkemizdeki mevzuatın düzenlenmesi halinde işe alım, eğitim ve sosyal harcamalar gibi pek çok insan kaynağı harcamasının bilançoda piyasa değeri-defter değeri, katma değer entelektüel katsayısı yöntemleriyle nasıl aktifleştirileceği gösterilmiş, bilanço analizleriyle bankaların entelektüel sermaye birikimleri ortaya konmuştur.  

Örnek uygulama için halka açık iki bankanın verileri kullanılmıştır. Söz konusu verilerin aktifleştirilmesinde IFRS’in benzer ilkeleri esas alınmıştır. Makalenin Türkçe alanyazında entelektüel sermayenin aktifleştirilmesi konusunda kuramsal katkı yapması beklenmektedir. İçerdiği uygulama örneği, işletme yöneticileri için yol gösterici niteliktedir. Yapılan değerlendirmelere göre, incelemeye konu her iki bankanın entelektüel sermayelerinin 2016-2018 yılları arasında, artış eğiliminde olduğu, müşteri sermayesinin ise dalgalı bir seyir izlediği bulgusuna erişilmiştir.
ÇEVRE YÖNETİMİ UYGULAMALARININ ÖRGÜTSEL PERFORMANSLA İLİŞKİSİ ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA: ÇEVRESEL PROAKTİFLİĞİN ARACILIK ETKİSİ
Authors: AYAZ ARDA Özlem , ASLAN Tuğçe
Published: September 2020

Çevre yönetimi uygulamalarının temel boyutlarının ve öncülerinin araştırılması, artan bir araştırma ilgisini hak etmektedir. Kuramsal açıdan dinamik yetenekler kuramının argümanlarını değerlendiren bu çalışmanın inceleme alanlarından biri çevre yönetimi uygulamalarının çevresel proaktiﬂik üzerindeki etkisinin değerlendirilmesidir. Buna ek olarak, araştırma, çevre yönetimi uygulamalarının benimsenmesi ile örgütsel performans arasındaki ilişkide çevresel proaktifliğin aracılık rolünü araştırmaktadır. Örneklemini çeşitli sektörlerden 208 Türk firmasının oluşturduğu araştırmanın sonuçları, çevre yönetimi uygulamalarının çevresel proaktifliği olumlu yönde etkilediğini göstermektedir. Çevre yönetimi uygulamalarının örgütsel performans üzerindeki etkisinin çevresel proaktiflik ile anlam ve önem kazandığı görülmektedir. Bununla birlikte çevresel proaktiflik ve örgütsel performans arasında da olumlu bir ilişki olduğu görülmektedir. Başka bir deyişle, çevresel proaktifliğin çevre yönetimi uygulamaları ile örgütsel performans arasındaki ilişkide tam aracılık etkisi gözlemlenmiştir.
THE SCALE FOR THE ATTITUDES OF CUSTOMERS TOWARDS PURCHASING TENDENCY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF BUSINESS, MARKETING AND SALES OFFICERS' GENDERS: A VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY
Authors: İRİ Ruhan
Published: September 2020

The purpose of the study is to develop a scale that will allow measuring the attitudes of customers towards purchasing tendency within the context of the business, marketing and sales officers' genders. Items were developed by the related literature, and content validity was determined through the opinions of 28 field experts. The participants of the study consist of 511 consumers who shopped at corporate or brand business stores that were selected through judgemental sampling method in the city centre of Niğde between 01-31 December 2019. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis conducted to ensure the construct validity of the scale, a four-factor structure consisting of 16 items was obtained. Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient for the whole scale was found as .894. Confirmatory factor analysis results, which were carried out to understand whether this structure fitted the sample data, showed that the fit index of the scale was at an acceptable level. Based on the findings of the study, it can be stated that the scale is valid and reliable, and that it can be used to analyse customers' attitudes towards purchasing tendency within the context of the genders of business, marketing and salespeople in corporate business (brand) stores.
ANALYSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE AND ORGANISATIONAL AMBIDEXTERITY
Authors: AJDAROVSKA Zejnepe , ATTAR Melis
Published: September 2020

Nowadays, despite the increased number of investigations on organisational ambidexterity in business environment, theoretical and practical literature still face a gap, and there is a lack of phenomenon construction. Besides, the organisational culture is a variable that has been studied for an extended period by many researchers from different fields. However, so far in the literature, the investigation of the relationship between organisational culture and organisational ambidexterity is rare and not exclusive. In this regard, this study is original in that it attempts to examine the relationship between organisational culture and organisational ambidexterity, as well as exploring the effect of the former on the latter in two companies that operate in the same sector but in two different countries – Turkey and North Macedonia, thus allowing a room for comparative analysis as well. The results indicate that the effect of organisational culture on organisational ambidexterity is significant and positive. Also, findings show that organisational culture plays a principal and decisive role in the exploration and exploitation strategy of organisational ambidexterity.
OECD ÜLKELERİNDE DOĞUŞTA YAŞAM BEKLENTİSİNİN BELİRLEYİCİLERİNİN EKONOMETRİK ANALİZİ
Authors: TIRAŞ Hacı Hayrettin , ÖZBEK Sefa
Published: September 2020

Doğuşta yaşam beklentisi toplumun sağlık statüsü ve refah düzeyinin en önemli göstergelerinden biridir. Ülkeler arasında sağlık düzeylerinin karşılaştırılmasında sıklıkla kullanılmakta ve gelişmişliğin en önemli göstergelerinden birisi durumundadır. Bu çalışmada 28 OECD ülkesinde 1980-2018 dönemi verileri ile kişi başı GSYİH, kaba doğum oranı, kentleşme oranı ve kişi başı karbondioksit emisyonunun doğuşta yaşam beklentisine olan etkisi, dinamik panel ekonometrik tahminler yoluyla analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular, 28 OECD ülkesinde, kişi başı gelirin ve kentleşmenin doğuşta yaşam beklentisi üzerindeki etkisinin istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olduğu; fakat kaba doğum oranı ve karbondioksit emisyonunun eş bütünleşme katsayılarının istatistiksel olarak anlamsız olduğunu göstermiştir. Panel genelinde, kişi başı gelirde %1’lik artışın doğuşta yaşam beklentisini yaklaşık %0,007 oranında azaltırken, kentleşmede meydana gelen %1’lik artış doğuşta yaşam beklentisini yaklaşık %0,27 oranında artırmaktadır. Ayrıca, doğuşta yaşam beklentisini etkileyen faktörlerin paneli oluşturan OECD ülkelerinde farklı etkilere yol açtığı görülmüştür.
KOBİ YÖNETİCİLERİNİN GİRİŞİMCİLİK VE ETİK DEĞER ALGISININ BELİRLENMESİNE YÖNELİK AMPİRİK BİR UYGULAMA
Authors: BAYDAŞ Abdulvahap , ERCAN Salih
Published: September 2020

Günümüzde bilişim, iletişim ve internet teknolojilerindeki ilerlemelere bağlı olarak pazarın yapısında, müşteri davranış ve beklentilerinde, örgüt yapısı ve kültüründe meydana gelen değişim ve dönüşümler hiç kuşkusuz ki girişimciliği ve girişimcilikle ilgili etik ikilemleri de oldukça yakından etkilemektedir. Bu bağlamda çalışmanın amacı KOBİ düzeyindeki işletme yöneticilerinin girişimcilik ve etik değer algılarının belirlenmesidir. Araştırmanın örneklemi İstanbul ilinde KOBİ düzeyindeki işletmelerde görev yapan 427 yönetici ve girişimciden oluşmaktadır. Araştırma değişkenlerine ilişkin veriler, Girişimcilik ve Etik Değer ölçekleridir. Araştırma verilerinin analizinde SPSS paket programı kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Bu çalışmayı benzerlerinden ayıran temel özellik, etik ve girişimcilikle ilgili yapılan çalışmaların genel olarak büyük ölçekli işletmelerde yapılmasıdır. Bu çalışma ise KOBİ’leri dikkate aldığında çalışmanın farklılığını göstermektedir. Yapılan faktör analizi sonucunda etik değer ölçeğinin değişmediği ve tek faktör olduğu, girişimcilik değerlendirme ölçeğinin ise dokuz (9) faktöre ayrıldığı görülmüştür. Buna göre girişimciler; Stratejik Davranan, Kararsız Kalan, Risk Alan, Değişime Direnen, Cesaretli (Atılgan), Finansal Duruma Odaklı, Bireysel Hareket Eden, Belirlilik Durumuna Odaklı ve Kararlı Hareket Eden Girişimci olarak isimlendirilmiştir. Buna göre en önemli faktörler; stratejik davranan girişimci, bireysel hareket eden girişimci ve kararsız kalan girişimci boyutlarıdır. En önemsiz faktörler ise; kararsız kalan girişimci ile cesaretli (atılgan) girişimci boyutlarıdır. Stratejik Davranan Girişimci boyutunun altındaki bütün ifadelerin yüksek derecede öneme sahip olduğu ayrıca bu faktörün ortalama değerinin de yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Öte yandan, üçüncü boyut altındaki “sorumlulukların çalışanlara yayılmasının önemli olması” ve “fırsatları kollamanın yararlı olması”, altıncı boyut altındaki; “Hakkında hiçbir şey bilmediğim bir konuda yeni bir girişime kalkışmam” ve yedinci boyut altındaki; “bireysel çalışmanın daha çok başarı getirdiği” ifadeleri de yüksek katılım düzeyine sahiptir. İkinci, dördüncü, sekizinci ve dokuzuncu boyutun altındaki bütün ifadelerin katılım düzeyleri ise orta derecede kalmıştır.
FINANCIAL KUZNETS CURVE, GLOBALISATION AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION: THE ELEMENTS OF TRIPARTITE RELATIONSHIP
Authors: ÖZDEMİR Onur
Published: September 2020

This paper reexamines the empirical validity of financial Kuznets hypothesis in terms of looking for functional income distribution and economic globalisation for OECD countries over the 1980-2017 period. In doing so, the current study applies the panel fixed-effects and the system-GMM approaches to show that the estimates are complemented with the traditional assumptions on the financial Kuznets hypothesis. From a functional income distribution perspective, the empirical findings highlight the importance of financial sector development in reducing the income distribution between labor and capital. Also, the paper then provides new evidence on economic globalisation dynamics in exacerbating a more uneven distribution of income. Finally, the empirical findings imply that if any economic unit opens its borders without developing its financial sector, the labor’s share accruing in national income would be narrowed on behalf of capital over time.
COVİD-19 SALGIN DÖNEMİNDE OTELLERİN PAZARLAMA STRATEJİLERİ: KUŞADASI ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: YAZICI AYYILDIZ Ahu
Published: September 2020

COVİD-19 küresel salgını tüm dünyayı etkisi altına alarak ülkelerin sosyo-ekonomik yapısnıı durma noktasına getirmiş, turizm sektörü için de olumsuz sonuçlar doğurmuştur. Bu çalışmada COVİD-19 salgınının turizm sektörüne ve otel işletmelerine etkileri incelenmiş, salgın sonrası yeniden faaliyete geçen otellerin, aldıkları tedbirler ve uyguladıkları pazarlama stratejileri hakkında bilgiler elde edilmiştir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda Kuşadası’nda faaliyette bulunan 13 tane 5 yıldızlı otelin yöneticisiyle görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiş, görüşmeler sonucu ortaya çıkan bulgular değerlendirilmiştir. Verilerin analizinde nitel araştırma tekniklerinden betimsel yöntem kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda otel işletmelerinin COVİD-19 salgınından derinden etkilendikleri, oda fiyatlarının büyük oranda düştüğü, seyahat kısıtlamaları nedeniyle kaybedilen pazarlar yerine farklı pazarlara yöneldikleri ortaya çıkmıştır. Satış-pazarlama faaliyetlerinin de alınan güvenlik önlemlerini vurgulayarak, buna yönelik olarak şekil değiştirdiği, sosyal medya reklamlarına ağırlık verildiği belirlenmiştir. Daha az temas gerektiren, QR kod okuyucular kullanılarak yapılan dijitalleşme uygulamalarına da yer verildiği ve gelecek yıllarda daha da fazla kullanılacağı dikkat çeken bulgular arasındadır.
THE EFFECT OF ORGANISATIONAL CLIMATE ON THE AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION
Authors: ŞENER Süreyya , BALLI Erdinç
Published: September 2020

Organisational climate is expressed as the atmosphere/mood perceived indirectly or directly by the employees of the organisation. Organisational climate may be useful on several organisational variables, especially the behaviours and attitudes of the employees within the organisation. In this study, the organisational climate's effect on affective commitment and job satisfaction was investigated. The data were collected with a survey applied to 362 employees who were working in 4 or 5-star hotel enterprises in Adana and Mersin. Consequently, it was discovered that there is a significant positive relationship between the organisational climate, affective commitment (r=0,661; p<0.001)  and job satisfaction (r=0,766; p<0.001) of the employees, and that the organisational climate affects the organisational commitment (R2=0,455) and job satisfaction (R2=0,596)  levels of the employees in a positive way. Moreover, as a result of the multilinear regression analyses, the dimensions of organisational structure, rewarding, work environment and support, which are among the sub-dimensions of the organisational climate, were seen to play a role in the affective commitment and job satisfaction of the employees.
El binomio expectativas-intención en las decisiones académicas en el bachillerato
Authors: Romero Valseca Amparo , Gaeta González Martha Leticia
Published: September 2020

Este trabajo centra la mirada en dos constructos que intervienen en la construcción que los estudiantes de bachillerato hacen de sí mismos, respecto a sus decisiones académicas. El primero, son las expectativas como elemento base, en cuanto a lo que los estudiantes desean realizar en su actividad académica y en las que inciden varios elementos personales y del contexto, que permitirán (o no) concretarla. A partir de ello, creemos necesario considerar, además, a la intencionalidad, para generar acciones concretas hacia el logro de las metas académicas. El objetivo de este estudio es reflexionar sobre la contribución conjunta que las expectativas y la intención tienen en las decisiones académicas de los estudiantes de bachillerato. Con tal propósito, se plantea realizar un recorrido por diferentes aproximaciones teóricas y avances investigativos sobre el tema, a través de una revisión documental. Lo anterior, esperamos nos permita contribuir en nuestro papel como educadores a la comprensión de las decisiones que toman los estudiantes para enfrentar los desafíos y aprovechar mejor las oportunidades de este nivel educativo hacia el éxito académico.
Retos contemporáneos en la labor docente: ¿cómo es la situación en Latinoamérica?
Authors: Medina Alvarado Iván Leonardo
Published: September 2020

La situación que viven los sistemas educativos en Latinoamérica y el mundo entero es el reflejo de los resultados obtenidos desde la gestión de las políticas educativas y la contextualización de la educación en relación con el desarrollo de las regiones. Es por lo que a continuación se describen algunos aspectos que tienen como intención identificar la labor de los docentes en este conjunto de cambios, que hacen de la educación un pilar fundamental de la sociedad contemporánea. Para comprender las dinámicas actuales por las que la labor del profesorado está atravesando, este documento presenta tres retos para los docentes: a. La participación docente en las políticas educativas, para lo cual se analizan las situaciones que algunos países latinoamericanos comparten como sus avances en términos de vinculación docente en la agenda pública educativa. b. Formación académica en la labor docente, este reto se consolida como un punto clave en la cualificación docente y la objetividad de esta formación en la función transformadora de la educación. c. Nuevas competencias en el quehacer docente, quizás esta situación es un común denominador que con el transcurrir del siglo XXI se ha establecido como un reto para transformar la educación desde las aulas, teniendo en cuenta los contextos en los que el mundo globalizado está avanzando. En última instancia, se comparten las conclusiones a las cuales se llega posterior a este análisis, junto con los referentes bibliográficos que confeccionan este escrito.
La violencia en el período escolar
Authors: Lledó Pilar
Published: September 2020

Youth violence is a very complex problem that requires an in-depth analysis from different perspectives, but there is something of which we can be sure: It is a phenomenon that occurs within a given society, and, therefore, society as a whole has the duty to be involved in the solution of this problem.
Yo no leía a Paco y Lola
Authors: Reyes Roxana
Published: September 2020

Since I reached adulthood, I have been happy that I did not have to use Paco y Lola as a textbook when I learned my first letters. However, that has not exempted me from the gender biases to which girls are subject in the Costa Rican educational system.
Las maestras "rudecindas"
Authors: Prada Ortiz Grace
Published: September 2020

Long before gaining the right to vote, women in Europe and America struggled to educate themselves. The multiple voices that defended the participation of women in education soon found detractors, obscurantist arguments that denied the education of women jumped everywhere. Various and perverse were the arguments used to exclude women from knowledge and wisdom.
Planeación estratégica, táctica y operativa de un proyecto de @-capacitación docente en la Universidad Quintana Roo, México
Authors: Baltodano Enríquez Manuel , Escobar Garfias Judith Verónica , Figueroa de la Fuente Mariana , Prince Machado Marcella Solange
Published: September 2020

The purpose of this essay is to analyze the strategic planning of a teacher training project based on the use of educational technology or @-training in order to strengthen the processes of formation of higher education in a Mexican public institution. Breakthroughs in the use of information technology have enabled educational and operational benefits, such as lowering the costs of education, allowing more flexibility in time and space, increasing educational coverage, promoting self-learning and helping develop digital and collaborative skills of the participants, among others. The administration of @-training in the present essay is conceptualized as a process that, on the one hand, establishes a series of activities and the order in which they have to be accomplished with the aim of exploring the limitations and, on the other hand, achieves the results established in the several stages comprised in the life cycle of the project as a tool for the improvement of educational interventions and help to make more efficient the training processes, so the application of a project management methodology makes it easier to perform actions focused on meeting any training requirement in the same way in such a way that successes that emerged from previous projects may be repeated and risks may be avoided. New models of teachers training will be proposed according to the above mentioned perspective, under the e-learning and b-learning modalities.
La realidad del uso de las TIC y su mediación pedagógica para enriquecer las clases de inglés
Authors: Chaves Carballo Olga , Chaves Fernández Lindsay , Rojas Cerdas Didier
Published: September 2020

The main objective of this paper is to identify and analyze the use of ICTs and the pedagogical mediation that professors of the English Department at the School of Literature and Language Sciences (ELCL) at Universidad Nacional (UNA) use to enhance their English classes. By complying with the quality standards of an accredited major by SINAES, professors of the English majors recognize the importance of being up-to-date when it comes to innovative strategies with the support of ICT. It is plausible that these state-of-the-art technologies promote learning through a series of virtual tools that foster the students’ learning styles, multiple intelligences, and special needs, in order to improve their academic performance. This study was carried out in February, 2015 with a sample of 27 professors who have shown an effort and interest in knowing how to implement the different technological resources in their classes. Moreover, the results of this study demonstrate that the School of Literature and Language Sciences has gone to great lengths to improve in this area by offering constant professional development activities on a regular basis.
Aprender a aprender: implicaciones psicopedagógicas del uso del conocimiento estratégico en los procesos de aprendizaje
Authors: Sánchez Chacón Giovanni
Published: September 2020

This article describes the conceptual and methodological framework that provides the basis for the analysis of psycho-pedagogical implications of strategic knowledge use in learning. For this purpose, key concepts are developed around this paradigm, and some working methods aimed at this purpose are presented.
La pizarra digital: recurso didáctico para la visualización e interacción académica en educación superior
Authors: Aguilar Álvarez Rolando , Ramírez Martinell Alberto
Published: September 2020

In this paper, we reflect on the role of the interactive digital board as a central element for visualizing and interacting with other digital tools used to enhance university students’ educational experiences. Particularly, the different possibilities for interactivity that can be achieved with the existing programs on a computer that integrates an interactive digital board are analyzed. We will also discuss the combined use of interactive digital boards with interactive response systems in the classroom and concept maps that can be created with a digital board. We will also comment on some previously reported findings and make a series of concrete proposals for potential uses of the interactive digital board in other didactic situations.
El éxito del fracaso escolar
Authors: Arenas Ferríz Francisco
Published: September 2020

When we talk about the problems of teaching, the idea of ​​school failure comes to mind in the first place and without possible competition. This is the concept that seems to describe, better than any other, the teaching situation in the world.
Escuela y poder: Un enfoque contestatario
Authors: Meoño Soto Rodolfo
Published: September 2020

With the appearance in highly industrialized countries of a youth movement of a rebellious nature towards the so-called globalization process of the market economy, interest in North American Critical Pedagogy has resumed in intellectual circles. The purpose of this essay is, then, the examination of the fundamental critical theories of these pedagogical currents in North America, developed by Henry Giroux, an American and Peter McClaren of Canadian origin.
Notas sobre Joaquín Rodrigo
Authors: Hernandéz Madriz Walter
Published: September 2020

The intention of these notes about Joaquín Rodrigo is to become familiar with the most successful composer in Spanish musical history, someone exceptional in the twentieth century in the world, not only for the extensiveness of his production but also for its excellent quality.
Inteligencias y creatividad: Teoría, metáfora, vivencia
Authors: D'Antoni Maurizia , Malavassi Humberto
Published: September 2020

Indeed, knowing how the "emotional brain" evolved, that is, the part of the brain that is the seat of emotional responses in human beings, allows us to better understand these functions; what is interesting without a doubt is that this part of our brain is born with an olfactory function (Le Doux, 1996).
Conflictos bioéticos en investigación clínica: una perspectiva histórica
Authors: Estévez Agustín
Published: September 2020

The Nuremberg Code closed a shameful past for clinical research and began the merit of claiming the ethical and social value of experimentation as an essential moment in the medical process.
El tamaño de Costa Rica en el Mundo no geográfico de la globalización
Authors: Sibaja Núnez Enrique
Published: September 2020

What is something small? Small is an adjective, which refers to a relative condition; if we qualify something as small, we must necessarily do it in front of a reference point in relation to what is considered such. Thus, there is nothing that can be small by itself.
El conflicto y la agresión en los adolescentes
Authors: Alfaro Rodríguez Magdalena
Published: September 2020

In Costa Rica, a wave of violence and aggression has been unleashed among adults, both on the street and within the family. This, in some way, has been assimilated or learned by young people, and they have transferred it to schools.
La orilla latinoamericana. Imperialismo, migración y la nueva condición latinoamericana
Authors: Ogarrio Gustavo
Published: September 2020

For some years now, Mexico has faced a difficult and complex situation regarding its Latin American condition. On the one hand, the accelerated North Americanization of its cultural models and the conservative turn of its dominant political power are based on a trend that since 1994, with the Free Trade Agreement signed with the United States and Canada, wants to establish as definitive: think about ourselves and plan our future in the shadow of the empire, which would imply distancing ourselves from the new cycle of political and social organization that Latin America is experiencing.
La formación interdisciplinaria de los profesores: una necesidad del proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje de las ciencias
Authors: León León Giselle
Published: September 2020

Contemporary education must be characterized within pedagogical practice by its curricular structure, by its methodological development and integration of the contents (knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values) and by experiences that facilitate a more reflective and critical understanding of reality. Hence, the need arises for an education that trains "unfragmented" individuals and prepares them for a permanent education.
América Latina, el gran latifundio mediático
Authors: Mora Ramírez Andrés
Published: September 2020

In his foreword to the book Periodistas y magnates, Armand Mattelart (2006) states that, after the fall of the Berlin Wall and with the emergence of new information technologies, a "project of society" determined by the use and control of the informational resource has been started globally.
La pedagogía crítica como herramienta idónea para desarrollar una posición crítica y reflexiva ante las NTICs en Latinoamérica
Authors: Gómez Torres Juan
Published: September 2020

This essay addresses, in a preliminary way, a series of aspects related to critical pedagogy as an ideal pedagogical tool to develop a critical and reflective position before the New Information and Communication Technologies (hereinafter NICTs) in Latin America; it is part of a much larger research project. The main thesis that we hold in this paper is that ICTs respond to the socio-historical context and to the interests of those who created, administer, and make decisions about their use.
José Martí, precursor de la pedagogía nuestroamericana
Authors: Wainstok Carla
Published: September 2020

The main idea of this work is to reflect on José Martí's contributions to OurAmerican pedagogy. It is known thatthere are a lot of concrete, varied and rich experiences regarding Latin American teaching practices; however, there is a lack of reading interest in order to create our own thinking matrix. That is, the systematization of practices is fragmented and particular which hardens the interpretation of a proper account. In this essay, we move toward a Latin American pedagogy definition.
Hacia una nueva espiritualidad desde la pedagogía holística
Authors: Castillo Cedeño Rocío
Published: September 2020

This paper proposes, from a holistic perspective, a critical reflection on pedagogy as a vital activity that can contribute to building a more just and inclusive society. For that purpose, some fundamental insights in the search for new pedagogical meanings are presented, according to approaches based on exploration and imagination; playfulness and sensitivity; self-regulation, integration and inclusion; ecology and sustainable development, and complexity.
Diego Domínguez Caballero y algunas cuestiones nucleares de la filosofía en Panamá
Authors: Rodríguez Abdiel
Published: September 2020

In this essay, the author makes a historical account of the work of Diego Domínguez Caballero, renown Panamenean philosopher and teacher. In addition, the author, discusses the critical role played by Domínguez in the teaching of philosophy in Panamenean higher education, the conceptualization of Panamenean philosophy, and the search for the Panamenean.
Educación en derechos humanos en universidades públicas costarricenses: posibilidades y necesidades
Authors: Méndez Coto Marco Vinico
Published: September 2020

The article addresses the inconsistencies in the State’s obligation to provide and promote human rights education, specifically analyzing the Costa Rican public universities? role. Part of the most important conclusions are the scarcity of formal and non formal educational programs in Human Rights, as well as deficiencies in Human Rights organizations, particularly related to the professionalization on Human Rights, and the expectations of high school students facing a new career on Human Rights. Its main reference is the data provided by the research project “Social needs of university education on promotion and protection of Human Rights” by Latin American Institute of the National University of Costa Rica (May 2011 - May 2012). With the participation of multiple institutions involved in the issue, the project mentioned above analyzed social needs of university education on Human Rights.
La interacción con angloparlantes y su influencia sobre la competencia comunicativa
Authors: Méndez Pérez Henry
Published: September 2020

English has become the language of the knowledge society in which modern human beings live. To acquire it, every day thousands enroll and begin the dream of being able to communicate using this language. However, truancy is the worst enemy and a number quite similar renounce and leave the classrooms, frustrated by the feeling of not being able to reach the goal. What are the factors that lead many students to make this decision? Whatever the reasons, learning English as a foreign language is something that very few complete. The following scientific article aimed to identify the areas of the communicative competence that students improve by weekly interacting with English speakers. To achieve the goal, a group of twelve students were selected. They were studying English as a foreign language in the Universidad Técnica Nacional in Costa Rica. The results obtained were very interesting because the aspect of the communicative competence that they find the most difficult is the one being positively affected by these conversational sessions. As a conclusion, the collaboration of an English speaking volunteer in the classroom is an easy, fun, dynamic, innovative, different and very easy issue.
Algebraic Thinking: Conceptions of Elementary School Teachers
Authors: Rodrigues Rézio Ana Sofia
Published: September 2020

Students’ algebraic reasoning, at the beginning of their schooling years, includes the development and promotion of functional thinking and the understanding of mathematical properties, which can be stimulated by solving problems. In the latest Portuguese Program for Mathematics Elementary Education, we do not see the topic Algebra in the first year of school although some other topics include objectives of algebraic nature. This fact showed the importance of research about the introduction of concepts and development of algebraic skills by elementary school teachers. We investigated the concept of algebraic thinking and how it has been addressed, by interviewing 50 teachers from Portugal. The results showed that the respondents agree with algebraic experiences in the early years of school; however, the data showed a considerable distance when compared to the concept of “algebraic reasoning” adopted by the current scientific community have of algebraic reasoning. With regard to activities that contribute to its promotion, problem solving was considered to play an important role in the development of algebraic skills as well as its representation and generalization.
Las humanidades entre las cuerdas del neoliberalismo
Authors: Rodríguez Reyes Abdiel
Published: September 2020

This article problematizes the situation of the humanities in the rise of neoliberalism. It proposes that to understand the modern world, it is necessary to problematize and interrelate humanistic fields of knowledge, science and technology. It is also critical to consider the vision we have of education at the exclusive service of the market society and the financial elites
Liderazgo docente: una mirada al camino de lo posible
Authors: Brais Quirós Teresa
Published: September 2020

Much has been said and written on the subject of leadership. This essay does not intend to take the role of a manual (of those studies that abound in bookstores) to turn readers into leaders, nor is it organizational training material for the formation of leaders. Rather, it is an invitation to reflect, a proposal to look at the subject from one's own perspective to take ownership, not of the concept, but of the action.
Elementary English teaching: a door to the American and native culture
Authors: Cubero Vázquez Karol
Published: September 2020

Last year a friend of mine was dating an American girl. During their passionate relationship, he tells his American girlfriend, «Til give you a ring tomorrow.» Trying to say that he would call her by phone, but she understood that he had offered her a jewel. Unfortunately, the relationship didn't survive due to this misunderstanding and my friend got a broken heart.
Redes sociales digitales y juventud universitaria: Un tema emergente en investigación educativa
Authors: Domínguez Pozos Fernando de Jesús
Published: September 2020

In this article, the lines of research that have permeated the way to analyze the relationship between Mexican university students and online social networks in the period 2010-2015 are described. The findings show centralization in research on the topic of digital social networks because most research is carried out in the context of Mexico City; a second finding is the evolution of the social networks that have been favored among university students in such a short span of five years, beginning with networks such as Hi-5, Myspace to existing social networks like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, which speaks of a constant transformation of the networks that are positioned in youth’s imaginary. It is considered a first approach that identified progress and challenges in this emergent topic in educational research, thereby making appear a period of transition from descriptive studies to studies of the interpretive sort, which lead us to understand the phenomenon of digital social networks and their interaction with university youths.
Redes sociales en educación superior: Transformaciones tecnológicas, de socialización y de colaboración entre estudiantado universitario
Authors: Martínez Rámila Karla Paola , Ramírez Martinell Alberto
Published: September 2020

In this chapter, the use of digital social networks in the community of university students as a tool for socialization and collaboration is analyzed, specifically in a group of law undergraduate students aged between 17 to 28 years old at the Universidad Veracruzana, in Xalapa region, in an institution-based program. The information is recovered through the survey elaborated in the “Digital divide between students and teachers of the Universidad Veracruzana: Capital Cultural; school pathways and academic performance; and degree of technological appropriation” and “Digital knowledge of university teachers” research projects; the questionnaires and observation proposed in the pilot of the PhD project named “The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) integration in the university curriculum: the case of the Universidad Veracruzana” also are used. The result of the study reveals that most of undergraduate students are using digital social networks at the university mainly for non-academic purposes rather than academics, establishing the access from mobile devices instead of personal computers. Also, we identified in the classroom some cultural change processes from the Network Society defined and described by Van Dijk (2012), the fragmentation associated with cultural content is being the most obvious. Generally it is considered that this work provides elements of analysis and research lines to support studies to understand the relationship between the use of ICT, university undergraduates and the teaching practices of university professors.
Los aventurados en el espacio digital: Desde la máquina de escribir al correo electrónico
Authors: Hernández y Hernández Denise
Published: September 2020

In this study, we analyzed the history of the first contact of a group of graduate students in Barcelona, Spain, with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) which includes the typewriter, computer, the Internet, and email. Data provided in this research were collected through interviews designed to recover information regarding: the student’s first experience with computers, the mechanisms used to learn how to use them, whether they learnt by themselves or were guided by an instructor, and the student’s age at the beginning of this process. We also were interested in understanding the learning process with email accounts: the first time students opened their accounts, whether students received or not assistance, and how did they find out what an email account was.  Finally, we recovered their opinions about the ICT.