bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Outline of the Psychophysical Educational Problem in the Work of Walter Benjamin
Authors: Lewis Tyson E.
Published: March 2023

This article contributes to the growing literature on Walter Benjamin as an educational philosopher. In particular, it reassesses the claim made by prominent Benjaminian scholars that education can be defined as a form of awakening. To further develop this central educational claim, the article turns to Benjamin’s early essay “Outline of the Psychophysical Problem” and in particular, its emphasis on the existential categories of nearness and distance in relation to corporeal substance (Körper) and collective body (Leib). Subsequently, Benjamin’s reflections on various educational practices are evaluated in terms of how well they balance nearness and distance to produce the ethical, political, epistemological, and embodied dimensions of freedom. The dialectic that emerges between nearness and distance can become a powerful interpretive lens for understanding Benjamin’s criticisms of instruction and indoctrination while also giving new insight into his embrace of proletarian children’s theater and epic theater as preferred educational practices.
The Body is (Not) the Land
Authors: Madarieta Ethan
Published: March 2023

This article concerns the ongoing hunger and death strikes of the Mapuche, Indigenous peoples whose territories, or Wallmapu, are currently settler-occupied territories of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. It argues that these hunger strikes are acts of territorial precedent and corporeal autonomy that stand in opposition to the continuum of Chilean racism and its myriad devastating sociocultural and ecological effects. These hunger strikes wrest the ordering of life, and the processes and temporality of dying, from the state. In this way, the hunger strikes directly intervene in state claims to biopolitical and territorial sovereignty imposed via the settler metonymy that conflates the Mapuche body and land in order to dispossess them of a “proper” relation with land. In arguing that the Mapuche hunger strike is also an embodied and discursive precedent for territorial repossession within Mapuche kimün (knowledge), this article complicates assertions of the body as land and questions the very foundations of Chile's recursive claims to territorial sovereignty and the possibility of Mapuche territorial reclamation juridically. The Mapuche hunger strike thus should not be solely, or primarily, framed as resistance to an ongoing colonialism but rather as ongoing acts of corporeal autonomy and the establishment of body-land relationality as territorial precedence.
Revisiting and Recreating the Strike
Authors: Vega Cristina , Phillips Tara
Published: March 2023

Since 2016, feminist mobilizations have reactivated the practice of the strike. Some countries have experienced mass expressions of it; in others, the term was simply adopted and with it a forceful idea: the power of social disruption. Partial strikes were carried out around the world with varying degrees of support, as were sit-ins, marches, actions, and calls to stop the various productive and reproductive circuits in which women are involved on a daily basis. For feminists the call to strike entails a number of pressing problems, since traditional models of the strike do not account for reproductive and other forms of unwaged or marginalized labor. The question then becomes what kind of strike would best serve those who tirelessly perform the labor of social reproduction and who at the same time are most denigrated and devalued. Yet looking back on the history of the strike, we are reminded that many strikes were connected to elements of working-class life that did not directly concern production. Looking to recent historical instances of the feminist strike recorded in the visual archive, this article seeks to broaden the feminist understanding of the strike by uncovering how women have used it on their own terms and in their own ways to effect change.
Hit the Tire
Authors: Pithouse Richard
Published: March 2023

The meaning of the strike has evolved across space and time. In contemporary South Africa it has come to include the road blockade, which is now a ubiquitous tool of popular politics in general and forms of politics organized from shack settlements in particular. This essay, drawing on many years of participation in popular politics in the city of Durban, shows that the road blockade is often, although not always, articulated to a politics presented in the language of dignity and marked by defiant humanism.
Πληθυσμιακή δομή, κατανομή και αφθονία ειδών
Authors: Καραμήτρος Γρηγόριος
Published: March 2023

Η διερεύνηση της κατανομής των θαλάσσιων θηλαστικών σε μια ευρύτερη περιοχή, όπως η Μεσόγειος Θάλασσα, αποτελεί μια ουσιαστική διαδικασία στην προσπάθεια για τη διατήρησή τους, καθώς συμβάλλει ουσιαστικά στον εντοπισμό των κρίσιμων ενδιαιτημάτων τους. Η κατανόηση των μοτίβων ενός πληθυσμού μπορεί να βελτιωθεί σημαντικά μέσα από τη διαδικασία της μοντελοποίησης των κατανομών τους στον χώρο και ειδικότερα ως συνάρτηση περιβαλλοντικών μεταβλητών. Τα μοντέλα επιφανειακής πυκνότητας (DSM) μπορούν να ενισχύσουν σημαντικά αυτή την προσπάθεια, παρέχοντας προβλέψεις χωρικής κατανομής των θαλάσσιων θηλαστικών. Η εφαρμογή των μοντέλων αυτών προϋποθέτει τον συνδυασμό Γεωγραφικών Συστημάτων Πληροφοριών (GIS), καθώς και τη χρήση Γενικευμένων Αθροιστικών Μοντέλων (GAM), παρέχοντας μια καλύτερη κατανόηση των βιοτικών και περιβαλλοντικών παραγόντων που επηρεάζουν την κατανομή των κητωδών. Στην παρούσα διατριβή αναλύθηκαν δεδομένα δειγματοληψίας αποστάσεων (DS), τα οποία συλλέχθηκαν κατά τη διάρκεια επτά ετών με τη χρήση πλωτού σκάφους καταμαράν. Τα δεδομένα που αναλύθηκαν αφορούσαν στην οπτική παρατήρηση των ειδών ζωνοδέλφινο (Stenella coeruleoalba) και κοινό δελφίνι (Delphinus delphis), καθώς και την οπτική και ακουστική παρατήρηση του φυσητήρα (Physeter macrocephalus). Η περιοχή μελέτης τους περιελάμβανε ένα μεγάλο μέρος της Μεσογείου Θάλασσας, καθώς και τμήμα του βορειοανατολικού Ατλαντικού Ωκεανού. Για την εφαρμογή των μοντέλων διερευνήθηκε μια σειρά περιβαλλοντικών μεταβλητών, όπως η επιφανειακή θερμοκρασία,η συγκέντρωση χλωροφύλλης, το βάθος, η κλίση του πυθμένα καθώς και η απόσταση από την ακτή ή συγκεκριμένες ισοβαθείς, ανάλογα με το είδος. Το ζωνοδέλφινο βρέθηκε να είναι το κυρίαρχο είδος με εκτεταμένη εξάπλωση στην περιοχή μελέτης, ενώ η αφθονία του φαίνεται να επηρεάζεται τόσο από το βάθος όσο και από την απόσταση από την ισοβαθή των 200 m. Η κατανομή του κοινού δελφινιού εμφανίστηκε να επηρεάζεται από τους παράγοντες γεωγραφικό μήκος και πλάτος καθώς και τη συγκέντρωση χλωροφύλλης. Το βάθος, η απόσταση από την ακτή και η συγκέντρωση χλωροφύλλης βρέθηκαν να επηρεάζουν την κατανομή των φυσητήρων, προτείνοντας την ελληνική τάφρο ως μια σημαντική ζώνη παρουσίας του είδους στη Μεσόγειο Θάλασσα. Επίσης, ως σημαντικές για το είδος καταγράφηκαν οι θαλάσσιες περιοχές του Πράσινου Ακρωτηρίου, των Καναρίων και του νησιωτικού συμπλέγματος των Αζορών στον βορειοανατολικό Ατλαντικό.
The house as a mind
Authors: Gamble Clive
Published: March 2023

Palaeoanthropologists and evolutionary psychologists have successfully used the increasing size of the brain during human evolution to infer cognitive and social outcomes. Archaeologists have applied similar reasoning to the development of technology in deep history. This paper goes beyond these approaches by considering the house as a metaphor for the structure of hominin minds. It is argued that the study of the mind in deep history requires, (1) a recognition that mind is distributed between bodies, brains, and the world. The implications are examined through a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study (that unwraps the cerebellum and which suggests that folding rather than cortex size may be more important for understanding cognition.; (2) unmasking the ingrained container-habitus that has been used to describe and investigate minds either in the present or deep past. This bias is explored by entering the eccentric house-mind of Sir John Soane (1753-1837) with its many compartments, paintings, and antiquities; and (3) an exploration of alternative embodied metaphors to enable archaeologists to study distributed mind in deep history. The metaphor ARCHITECTURE WITHOUT WALLS is discussed and briefly compared to the evidence for ‘houses’ in the Middle and Upper Pleistocene. The evidence indicates that hominins have always had complex, distributed minds but only recently in our deep history did we come to think predominantly through and with artificial containers such as houses. Late in human history these constructions became a common-sense habitus that expressed and fashioned our cognitive experience of the world.
Lego® bricks assisted training of the novice debriefers
Authors: Capogna Emanuele , Ingrassia Pier Luigi , Capogna Giorgio
Published: March 2023

Lego® Serious Play® is a guided workshop in which participants construct Lego creations to represent symbolic and metaphorical ideas in response to assignments. How to encourage inexperienced debriefers to concentrate on dialogue and communications strategies rather than engage in an unstructured debate on technical or behavioral abilities is one of the main challenges in training people to debrief a high-fidelity simulation session.

We explore the use of Lego bricks in this study to build straightforward, standardised situations that debriefers in training can use to practice leading discussion. With this method, the different debriefing methodologies may be practiced focusing exclusively on method and dialogue, without getting involved or having to concentrate on the technical aspects.
In Their Own Words: Student Perceptions of Technical Poetry Writing in Discipline-Specific Undergraduate Engineering Courses: Opportunities and Challenges
Authors: Akçalı Elif , Williams Jade , Burress Rachel , Aguila Albert , Buraglia Mariana
Published: March 2023

Although some studies have incorporated poetry into engineering courses, no studies exist that explore the use of writing poetry about technical topics to develop creative thinking skills in undergraduate engineering education. This study explores engineering students’ perceptions of incorporating poetry writing within an upper-level discipline-specific engineering course. Two research questions are considered: (RQ1) Do students think that the poetry assignments will be beneficial to their careers? (RQ2) What beneficial gain, if any, do students report from the poetry assignments? Sixty-one students from an industrial and systems engineering course at the University of Florida completed a four-question, open-ended survey. Data were qualitatively coded and analyzed. For RQ1, 63.3% of participants considered the assignment beneficial to their future engineering careers, 13.3% did not see it as beneficial, and 23.3% were uncertain. For RQ2, 11 code categories and four themes emerged; three themes addressed benefits related to professional skills (creative thinking, problem-solving, communication) and one theme suggested the enhancement of technical skills via deepened conceptual knowledge acquisition. Poetry writing on technical topics has the potential to cultivate creative thinking skills in upper-level discipline-specific courses in undergraduate engineering education. Additional research is warranted.

Funding: This work was supported by the University of Florida Creative Campus Program as well as The Cottmeyer Family Innovative Frontiers Faculty Fellowship awarded to E. Akçalı.

Supplemental Material: The e-companion is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/ited.2023.0284 .
Childbirth experiences for women in a Kenyan county referral hospital
Authors: Okwako Joseph Mukobe
Published: March 2023

Background/Aims

A woman's experience of childbirth can be positive or negative, although pregnant women have the right to a positive experience. A woman's experience should be fulfilling, and meet expectations that may be informed by personal and sociocultural beliefs. This study aimed to explore women's childbirth experiences at a county referral hospital.

Methods

This study used a transcendental phenomenological design. A total of 11 postnatal women were recruited until data saturation was achieved. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and responses were recorded. Data were transcribed and manually coded, and major themes and sub-themes were identified using thematic analysis.

Results

Women reported unbearable and traumatic labour pain with little intervention from caregivers. The majority of women had friendly and caring midwives as well as a clean and spacious postnatal ward. This experience shaped their courage, self-belief and the desire for a subsequent pregnancy and birth.

Conclusions

Generally, most women had a positive and satisfying childbirth experience despite labour pains. To ensure an optimally positive childbirth experience for all women, there is a need to promote privacy, comfort and respectful maternity care while offering alternative labour pain management.
The impact of COVID-19 variant 501Y.V2 on maternal and perinatal mortality among pregnant South African women
Authors: Basu Jayati Kusari , Chauke Lawrence , Magoro Terrance
Published: March 2023

Background/Aims

The COVID-19 variant SARS COV 501Y.V2 was responsible for the second wave of COVID-19 in South Africa from October 2020 to March 2021. There are no studies that report on maternal mortality from this variant globally. This study's aim was to determine the impact of the variant on maternal deaths in the Ekurhuleni health district, South Africa.

Methods

A retrospective record review of all maternal deaths in COVID-19 positive cases in the Ekurhuleni health district from October 2020 to March 2021 was conducted. Demographic details, comorbidities and obstetric data were assessed.

Results

A total of 11 women who tested positive for COVID-19 died. In these cases, there were high rates of hypertension (67%), stillbirth (50%) and preterm caesarean section (67%). Laboratory abnormalities, including anaemia (64%) and high levels of lactic dehydrogenase (100%), aspartate transaminase (67%) and D-dimer (80%), were observed.

Conclusions

This study adds to the growing global knowledge of COVID-19 infections. Routine COVID-19 testing of all comorbid pregnant women at each antenatal visit is recommended. All pregnant women should be counselled to follow strict COVID-19 prevention protocols.
‘I want us to divorce so that I will stay alone and be free’: the social experiences of women living with advanced cervical cancer in Ghana
Authors: Hobenu Kafui Abra , Naab Florence , Amakpa Eric
Published: March 2023

Background/Aim

Cervical cancer is the second most common form of cancer and second leading cause of mortality for women in Ghana, with most being diagnosed at the advanced stage. A late diagnosis affects women's social wellbeing. However, there is a dearth of information on the social implications of advanced cervical cancer among women in Ghana. This study's aim was to explore these social experiences.

Methods

A qualitative exploratory descriptive approach was used. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 15 women aged 33−67 years old who had been diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using a semi-structured interview guide. Data were analysed using content analysis.

Results

Four themes emerged: impaired relationships, social isolation, economic burden and support networks. Participants found that their diagnosis impacted their relationships with their partners and their family. They also reported isolating themselves from social events, either as a result of others' attitudes once they learnt of the diagnosis, or because of the symptoms of the disease and side effects of treatment that affected their physical appearance. The cost of treatment and living expenses, as well as the impact on women's ability to work, had considerable effects on the participants' lives. Many participants had the support of their spouse, family and place of work, although some reported a lack of support from their partner or coworkers.

Conclusions

The findings highlight the need to formulate policies to support women diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer to improve social wellbeing. A public awareness campaign is needed to educate the public to encourage acceptance of women living with advanced cervical cancer.
Mathematics Teachers’ Geometric Thinking: A Case Study of In-service Teachers’ Constructing, Conjecturing, and Exploring with Dynamic Geometry Software
Authors: Obara Samuel , Nie Bikai
Published: March 2023

Many research studies have been conducted on students’ or pre-service teachers’ geometric thinking, but there is a lack of studies investigating in-service teachers’ geometric thinking. This paper presents a case study of two high school teachers who attended the dynamic geometry (DG) professional development project for three years. The project focused on the effective use of dynamic geometry software to improve students’ geometry learning. The two teachers were interviewed using a task-based interview protocol about the relationship between two triangles. The interviews, including the teachers' work, were videotaped, transcribed, and analyzed based on the three levels of geometric thinking: recognition, analysis, and deduction. We found that the participating teachers manifested their geometric skills and thinking in constructing, exploring, and conjecturing in the DG environment. The study suggests that the DG environment provides an effective platform for examining teachers' geometric skills, and levels of geometric thinking and encourages inductive explorations and deductive skill development.
Preservice Teachers’ Noticing Skills in Relation to Student Misconceptions in Algebra
Authors: Johar Rahmah , Desy Desy , Ramli Marwan , Sasalia Putri , Walker Hannah-Charis O.
Published: March 2023

Many students have misconceptions about mathematics, so preservice teachers should be developing the skills to notice mathematical misconceptions. This qualitative study analyzed preservice teachers' skills in noticing student misconceptions about algebra, according to three aspects of noticing found in the literature: attending, interpreting and responding. Participants in this study were seven preservice teachers from one university in the capital of Aceh province, Indonesia, who were in their eighth semester and had participated in teaching practicums. Data was collected through questionnaires and interviews, which were analyzed descriptively. The results revealed the preservice teachers had varying levels of skill for the three aspects of noticing. Overall, the seven preservice teachers' noticing skills were fair, but many needed further development of their skills in interpreting and responding in particular. This university’s mathematics teacher education program should design appropriate assessment for preservice teachers’ noticing skills, as well as design and implement learning activities targeted at the varying needs of individual preservice teachers regarding noticing student misconceptions, in order to improve their overall teaching skills.
Readiness of Higher Education Institutions for Horizontal Typology, Institutional Sustainability and Quality Assurance
Authors: Ormilla Rashid Ceazar Galanto , Dupra Eileen Baptista
Published: March 2023

This study was undertaken to assess the level of readiness of higher education institutions (HEIs) for horizontal typology, institutional sustainability, and quality assurance in the key result areas (KRAs) for the enhancement of mechanisms, systems, and policies for the HEIs’ effective operation. It is a descriptive correlational design using the modified self-evaluation document (SED). The study showed that all the seven HEIs that participated in this study had been operating for 40 years and above, offering more than sixteen program courses with more than sixteen accredited programs. Four of the HEIs were Level 2 in accreditation status and five were ISO Certified. The level of readiness of HEIs for horizontal typology was moderately ready, which means the HEIs need some improvements in horizontal typology.  The most identified challenges affecting the level of readiness of HEIs in horizontal typology were the lack of innovation, technology, and sustainability; the lack of administrative strategies, leadership competencies, and management skills; and the lack of financial allocation for institutional development and advancements, respectively. There is no significant relationship between the institutional profile and terms of observing the standards in the KRAs. The study recommends further re-assessing the level of readiness of the HEIs in terms of documentation/evidence, observance for the improvement of the systems, processes and practices towards a more effective and efficient delivery of academic services to young people by conducting the more focused study in every KRAs and institutional self-assessment as future researches for the further improvement of the operations of HEIs.
Smart Teaching Based on Lesson Study Promoting Stundent's Digital Literacy in The Rural Area
Authors: Bahri Arsad , Arifin Arifah Novia , Jamaluddin Asham Bin , Muharni Andi , Hidayat Wahyu
Published: March 2023

Education for all and education equality has been an important issue to be payed attention to, especially in the rural areas in Indonesia. Education in rural areas is very underdeveloped due to the lack of the equitable distribution of education services. The main factors behind this problem are the pedagogic competence of teachers and inadequate infrastructure. These factors have a direct impact on the digital literacy of students in rural areas, even though digital literacy is very important in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. This research is a development research that is aimed at developing a valid, practical and effective Lesson Study (LS)-based smart teaching model. The study was conducted at a junior high school in Jeneponto Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The results showed that the LS-based smart teaching model developed was valid, practical, and effective to promote students' digital literacy. The development of this teaching model is expected to improve the quality of educators' pedagogic competence in teaching and be able to form educators' creative innovations that can directly have an impact on improving the quality of learning in the classroom.
PRE-EXISTING KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS AND JOINT DEPRESSION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY REQUIREMENT AFTER TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURE IN PATIENTS ≥60 YEARS OF AGE
Authors: Gupta S. , Sadczuk D. , Riddoch F. , Oliver W. , Davidson E. , White T. O. , Keating J. F. , Scott C. E. H.
Published: March 2023

We aimed to determine the rate of and risk factors for post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) requirement after operative management of tibial plateau fractures (TPF) in older adults.

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 182 operatively managed TPFs in 180 patients ≥60 years old over a 12-year period with minimum follow up 1 year. Data including patient demographics, clinical frailty scores, mechanism of injury, management, reoperation and mortality were recorded. Radiographs were reviewed for: Schatzker classification; pre-existing knee osteoarthritis (KOA); severe joint depression >15mm; and development of PTOA. Kaplan Meier survival analysis was performed. Regression analysis was used to identify risk factors for radiographic indication for TKA and actual TKA.

Forty-seven percent were Schatzker II fractures. Radiographic KOA was present at fracture in 32.6%. Fracture fixation was performed in 95.6% cases and acute TKA in 4.4%. Thirteen patients underwent late TKA (7.5%). At five-years, 11.8% (6.0-16.7 95% CI) had required TKA and 20.9% (14.4-27.4 95% CI) had a radiographic indication for TKA. Severe joint depression and pre-existing KOA were associated with worse survival for endpoints radiographic indication for TKA and actual TKA. Severe joint depression (HR 2.49(1.35-4.61 95% CI), p=0.004), pre-existing KOA (HR 2.23(1.17-4.23), p=0.015) and inflammatory arthropathy (HR 2.4(1.04-5.53), p=0.039) were independently associated with radiographic indication for TKA.

In conclusion, severe joint depression and pre-existing arthritis are independent risk factors for both severe PTOA and TKA after TPFs in older adults. These features should be considered as an indication for primary management with acute TKA.
Carbon nanotube–glass composite with high dielectric constant and low dielectric loss for energy storage device applications
Authors:   University of Engineering & Management Kolkata, Ghosh Arnab , Ghosh Sujan ,   CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Mukherjee Jonaki , Banerjee Rajat
Published: March 2023

Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) have been embedded as electrically conductive filler inside a borosilicate glass matrix to fabricate SWCNT–glass composites with enriched dielectric properties. The composite shows significantly increased dielectric constant (ε’) at room temperature which is 103 times higher than that of the base glass. Dielectric loss of the SWCNT–glass composite is also observed to be relatively low especially at higher frequencies. In correlation with the morphology, high dielectric constant of the composite is explained by the formation of microcapacitor networks of the carbon nanotubes and Maxwell–Wagner–Sillars polarization at nanotube/glass interface.
Establishment of Production Standards for Web-based Metaverse Content: Focusing on Accessibility and HCI
Authors: Jeong Won-Jun , Oh Gi-Sung , Oh Seok-Hee , Whangbo Taeg-Keun
Published: March 2023

Metaverse technology is expanding to industries in various fields, such as medical, national defense, and education, and training simulation programs have been mainstream so far.
However, there have been increasing attempts to apply metaverse content to web-based platforms linked to social media services and, as a result, we face the problem of access to web-based metaverse content. Unlike traditional content, metaverse content interacts with many users, so content accessibility is the first important part to consider. In other words, to maximize the quality of metaverse content, it is essential to pull out the optimal UX through a detailed HCI (human computer interaction) design. Metaverse content development methodologies have effective methods proposed by many researchers. However, they are limited to web-based metaverse content that limits the use of high-end hardware. They are ineffective for platforms such as PCs and VR devices, as most studies focus on improving the visual performance of PCs or high-performance VR devices. Therefore, unlike existing research, the key theme of our research is to study optimized development standards that can be applied to web-based metaverse content and find out their effects through experiments. We created a development standard to be applied to a Web-based platform based on the existing metaverse content development methodology. Then, we redeveloped the VR content into the metaverse content and named them the VR build and the metaverse build. We had 25 people play virtual reality builds and metaverse builds simultaneously. Then, we measured the overall experience with an evaluation tool called the Game Experience Questionnaire (GEQ); the GEQ is a proven tool for evaluating content experiences by dividing them into positive/negative scales. When comparing the results measured from the two builds, the metaverse build showed consistent results with a higher positive scale, and a lower negative scale, than the VR build. The results showed that users indeed rated metaverse content positively. The bottom line is that the web-based metaverse content development standards that we have produced are practical. However, since generalization is limited, continuous research will be needed in more experimental groups in the future.
MalVulDroid: Tracing Vulnerabilities from Malware in Android using Natural Language Processing
Authors: Garg Shivi , Baliyan Niyati
Published: March 2023

The Android operating system is often inflicted with mobile malware attacks, which occur due to some system loopholes or vulnerabilities. One malware can exploit numerous vulnerabilities and multiple malware can exploit a single vulnerability, thus, causing many-to-many ( X : Y ) mapping between malware and vulnerability. Therefore, it is crucial to understand malware behaviour to reduce the vulnerabilities. This paper presents the concept of a “MalVulDroid” framework that maps malware to vulnerabilities using a two-dimensional matrix. The many-to-many ( X : Y )  mapping matrix is obtained by using natural language processing techniques such as Bag-of-Words (BoW) leveraging n-gram probability generation and term frequency-inverse document frequency (TF-IDF), in addition to supervised machine learning classifiers such as multilayer perceptron (MLP), a support vector machine (SVM), a ripple down rule learner (RIDOR), and a pruning rule-based classification tree (PART). This study is the first of its kind where malware-to-vulnerability mapping can be leveraged to measure the rigorousness of unknown vulnerabilities and malware during the early phases of application development. The study considers extensive datasets such as Androzoo, AMD, and CICInvesAndMal2019 with 150 malware families and 48,907 malware samples, and nine major vulnerabilities affecting Android. MalVulDroid exhibits highly promising results with an accuracy of 98.04% for unigrams, and precision and F1-scores of over 90% using ensemble classifiers.
Estimation of Carrying Capacity in Historic City of Yazd for Walking Tourists during Nowruz Holidays
Authors: Aslani Ehsan , Dehghan Pour Farashah Mohammadhossein , Fadaei Nezhad Bahramjerdi Somayeh
Published: March 2023

The purpose of this study is to estimate the physical, real, and effective tourism carrying capacity of one of the three pathways defined for walking tourists based on the Historic City of Yazd document in the UNESCO World Heritage List. In recent years, this pathway has been renovated. Mass arrival of tourists select it because of its older and larger number of historical buildings, boutique hotels and handicraft stores. In this research, a library-documentary approach, together with an analytical method, has been implemented. The data was collected from official sources and field studies as well as the data was consolidated by convening a panel of professionals. The total area of the main tourism pathway was first calculated using AutoCAD software based on urban map and, along with other information required in carrying capacity formulas, was embedded. Then, the number of allowed visitors was estimated based on existing limitations. The research findings show that the number of visitors in this area, based on official statistics, is far from its carrying capacity. Thereby, it is suggested that for high seasons, Nowruz Holidays in particular, measures should be taken to control the crowd of this area such as developing alternative tourism attractions, leading the crowding population towards other pathways, planning distribution of tours, specifying time limit for tours, increasing the time spent visiting the site in the first half of the year, enhancing qualities of urban spaces, as well as organizing tour guides and local trained people to manage tourists.
Blockchain adoption in tourism:Grounded theory-based conceptual model
Authors: Tyan Inessa , Yagüe Mariemma , Guevara-Plaza Antonio
Published: March 2023

This study aims to move forward a blockchain tourism research and add understanding regarding blockchain adoption in the tourism industry. Grounded theory method based literature review was applied as a research methodology. Based on the literature review, the authors developed a conceptual model of blockchain adoption in tourism by defining casual, context, intervening conditions that affect blockchain adoption and outlining the consequences of blockchain adoption on the tourism sector. This research will contribute to the blockchain adoption literature as well as will give answers to the industry practitioners on how this innovative technology can be adopted and whether it worth investments or not.
Propuesta de estudio del desarrollo local en destinos turísticos
Authors: Peralta Castrejón Uriel Salam , Palafox Muñoz Alejandro , Martínez González Oscar
Published: March 2023

El desarrollo local es un tema recurrente en la literatura académica de los últimos años, concluyendo que este tipo de desarrollo busca incrementar la calidad de vida de los residentes a través de la cohesión social y dinamismos que provoquen crecimiento económico en la región. Además, se ha establecido que, para alcanzarlo, es necesaria la colaboración entre el sector público y privado. Cabe destacar que existen comunidades en las cuales su principal actividad productiva es el turismo, siendo esta, la única manera de conseguir beneficios económicos y elevar su calidad de vida. El objetivo de este documento es proponer un modelo, basado en la literatura académica relacionada con el tema, que permita determinar en qué medida la actividad turística genera costos y beneficios en el desarrollo local de comunidades dedicadas a dicha actividad productiva. Razón por la cual se hace un análisis de la dimensiones, constructos y variables que inciden en el desarrollo local y la actividad turística. Como resultado, se genera un modelo conceptual compuesto por 7 variables.
Ethnographic Enquiry Towards the Influences and Behaviour on Food Choices of Long-Term Tourists in Urban Malaysia
Authors: Dewan Mayukh
Published: March 2023

Despite its importance, food habits of an individual in a foreign location has not received adequate attention in Asian research. Most of the previous studies were based in the US and Europe and focused on the students from a specific discipline (Greaney et al., 2009, LaCaille et al., 2011) or specific backgrounds (Nelson et al., 2009, Cluskey and Grobe 2009). Since the host culture is an important influence towards food consumption behaviour, this ethnographic study provides a unique, Malaysian perspective on international student’s food consumption patterns. The objective in this research was to ethnographically explore the food choice behaviour and influences on international students in private universities around Subang Jaya, Malaysia. Participant observation along with semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with the respondents. The various emerging themes of the food consumption behaviour of international long-term education tourists included food neophilia, stress eating, convenience and health and the influences comprised of price, social networking sites, friends, and word of mouth. Difference in age between researcher and other international students along with the limitations of conducting semi-structured interviews were some of the major limitations. This research can help policymakers make informed choices regarding sustainable developmental and tourism marketing for similar long-term tourists. It can help sensitize local population on the challenges and issues faced by foreign students in a new country. Furthermore, this can help the F&B industry as well as the society get a deeper understanding on how to cater to foreign long-term tourists.
Programa QualityCoast: Estudios piloto en dos destinos de sol y playa
Authors: Fernández-Palacios Yaiza , Cecilia-Ruano Candelaria , Haroun Ricardo J. , Cózar Eduardo , De la Peña Pablo , Ferreira Maria , Pickaver Alan , Salman Albert
Published: March 2023

En el marco del las actividades de cooperación inter- nacional de la Red de Prácticas Costeras (CoPraNet), una red INTERREG IIIC, se ha logrado el desarrollo de un programa de calidad internacional para destinos turísticos costeros – QualityCoast –.El Programa QualityCoast para destinos costeros certifica a un municipio, condado o región que demuestre un trabajo activo por una gestión más responsable y soste- nible. La implementación del Programa QualityCoast se determina mediante una serie de indicadores denomina- dos Hitos QualityCoast (QCMs), que señalan la calidad de la información disponible a los usuarios. Los QCMs se agrupan en las áreas temáticas de naturaleza, capacidad de carga, calidad ambiental y del agua y socio-economía. Se ha incorporado una categoría denominada ‘Otros’, con el fin de permitir la inclusión de criterios relevantes a áreas particulares no incluidas en los cuatro grupos principales. Este trabajo presenta el Programa QualityCoast, una de las contribuciones y resultaos principales de CoPraNet y, en particular, los resultados de las actividades piloto desarrolladas en distintas áreas de la Isla de Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias) y en el Municipio de Calvià (Islas Baleares), destinos maduros de sol y playa en España. Se ha hallado que este sistema de certificación puede ser de interés para este tipo de destinos.
St. Kitts en una encrucijada
Authors: Dodds Rachel , McElroy Jerome L.
Published: March 2023

Como muchas economías isleñas, St. Kitts está en una encrucijada. La aceleración de la globalización y la decisión de la Unión Europea en el 2005 de eliminar el tratamiento preferencial para su industria principal, la caña de azúcar, han dejado opciones limitadas a la isla. El turismo se ha convertido ahora en el factor clave para su desarrollo económico. Los destinos pasan por varios ciclos, tanto de popularidad como de inestabilidad, afectados por las tendencias del mercado y del turismo, así como por factores ambientales y sociales. Para muchos destinos turísticos, especialmente las islas, existe una competencia intensa, los factores diferenciales son débiles y el producto se ha mercantilizado. Habiéndose presentado el turismo como el factor clave del desarrollo económico y sostenible de la isla, es necesario implementar estrategias a largo plazo para adaptarse a unos mercados y a unas tendencias cambiantes. Es necesaria una fuerte dirección y gestión de los recursos en un marco integrado y holístico. El modelo del ciclo de vida del destino proporciona un marco útil para discutir sobre los factores que impiden el desarrollo sostenible del turismo en las islas y las diversas medidas que son necesarias para asegurar una economía estable. St. Kitts será utilizado como un caso específico para ilustrar estos factores en un contexto insular.
Turismo internacional en el caribe. Su contribución durante los últimos 25 años: 1980 / 2005
Authors: Célimène Fred , Marques Bruno
Published: March 2023

Desde hace años el turismo internacional se ha convertido en una especialización de la región del Caribe. La pregunta sobre si la contribución de las ganancias del turismo internacional ha repercutido en las rentas de la población del Caribe, ha generado un ámbito de estudio tanto teórico como práctico. Estructurando el concepto de contribución alrededor de las nociones de causalidad y elasticidad, este artículo presenta varios datos resumidos y aplicables a todo el conjunto del Caribe, por lo que mira más allá de la diversidad que caracteriza la región. La econometría del panel de datos proporciona el marco para las observaciones siguientes y las regresiones que de ellas pueden ser estimadas nos proporcionan información sobre la contribución dinámica del turismo internacional a los ingresos de la región.
Patrimonio, naturaleza recreada y gestión turística: el parque eco arqueológico de Xcaret (Quintana Roo, México)
Authors: Checa-Artasu Martín Manuel
Published: March 2023

Este trabajo es un análisis de una serie de aspectos en torno al parque eco arqueológico de Xcaret, en la región turística de la Riviera Maya, en el estado de Quintana Roo, México. En primer lugar, la capacidad de reciclar y reconstruir un medio natural complejo adecuado para el turismo. En segundo lugar, el uso del patrimonio cultural de la zona como excusa temática. En tercer lugar, el modelo de negocio en si mismo y la trama empresarial que apunta a los valores de sostenibilidad y una política de comunicación como estrategias para la atracción de los visitantes al parque.
Fiscalidad y turismo en la República Dominicana
Authors: Jiménez Félix
Published: March 2023

La asignación incorrecta e injusta de recursos presupuestarios al sector turístico ha sido históricamente la causa del déficit acumulado por el desarrollo de las infraestructuras en esta área tan vital para el progreso de la sociedad dominicana. Este déficit llegó a poner en peligro la sostenibilidad de la industria turística dominicana, un sector que si en ese momento generaba más del 51% de las divisas y proporcionaba al Estado una recaudación de más de 3.600 millones de pesos, sólo recibía en promedio un 2.8% de los ingresos fiscales relacionados con el turismo. Sin embargo, el examen exhaustivo e histórico de la evaluación tanto de la demanda como de la oferta turística dominicana, permite llegar a la conclusión de que el “déficit”, en realidad, fue producto del modelo de desarrollo turístico adoptado hace 35 años: el enclave, el cual no contempló en ningún momento el desarrollo integral de los destinos, ni la integración de las comunidades al mismo. No obstante, el modelo era ideal para un estado pobre, pues las inversiones en infraestructuras en zonas turísticas se limitaban a las imprescindibles: aeropuertos y carreteras que los conectaran con los enclaves, y en algunos casos agua potable. El modelo probó ser exitoso a lo largo de casi 30 años, hasta que la evolución misma de la demanda y el tamaño alcanzado por el sector hizo necesario delinear un nuevo modelo. A partir del año 1999 la SECTUR formuló el Plan Estratégico de Desarrollo Turístico, incorporando el concepto de “desarrollo sostenible”, cuyos resultados son hoy día ostensibles.
El proyecto turístico del grupo SETAP para el concurso internacional de ideas de Maspalomas Costa Canaria
Authors: Alvarez León Iván
Published: March 2023

La ciudad de Maspalomas comenzó a construirse en 1961, año de la celebración del Concurso Internacional de ideas para el desarrollo para Maspalomas Costa Canaria. El evento fue patrocinado por el dueño de la tierras, el señor Alejandro de castillo y Bravo de Laguna, Conde de la Vega Grande. El grupo de arquitectos franceses y los planificadores urbanos ATEA y SETAP fueron otorgados el primer premio en el concurso. El proyecto destacó debido a la alta calidad de sus detalles, la respetuosa distribución del paisaje y la majestuosidad de las formas urbanas en los diferentes enclaves que comprendía el proyecto. El análisis del trabajo profesional de ATEA y SETAP, el modelo de ciudad desarrollado en el atelier, la experiencia académica de trabajar con ateliers de la École Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Francia de algunos miembros de SETAP, y el concurso, son algunas de las ideas desarrolladas en esta investigación.
En sus Propias Palabras: Las Percepciones de los Stakeholder de la Copa del Mundo de Golf, 2006
Authors: Sealy Wendy
Published: March 2023

Este documento presenta un marco para la formulación de una política de evento Turismo de deporte de la isla de Barbados. Aunque se ha realizado algunas investigaciones sobre las percepciones de los residentes de grandes eventos deportivos como los Juegos Olímpicos, eventos pequeños pero importantes a nivel mundial como la Copa del mundo de Golf han recibido poca atención de los investigadores. Se ha prestado menos atención al deporte eventos en el Caribe. Esta escasez de conocimientos ha inspirado a la dirección de este estudio, que es, para explorar las percepciones de las partes interesadas de la Copa del mundo de Golf que se celebró en Barbados en diciembre de 2006. El proceso de recopilación de datos aprobado incluye entrevistas semiestructuradas con el sector de privado de Turismo de Barbados. Los 65 participantes en este estudio destacaron una diversidad de principalmente congruentes vistas. Los participantes del sector privado afirman que la Copa del mundo de Golf era socialmente exclusiva y perpetúan las divisiones sociales en lugar de les mejorada. Muchas partes interesadas consideraron que el evento fue culturalmente alienante y puso de relieve el fracaso de los organizadores para realizar consultas con los interesados. Las conclusiones de este estudio pueden hacer un aporte valioso a la comercialización, la gestión y el diseño de futuros eventos y la dirección de formulación de políticas para eventos deportivos en la isla de Barbados y el gran Caribe.
Turismo de cruceros en Dominica: Beneficios y Beneficiarios
Authors: Marques Bruno , Cruse Romain
Published: March 2023

Dentro de una zona tan competitiva como la del Caribe, el impresionante progreso del turismo de crucero otorga a Dominica un aspecto simbólico de éxito para el desarrollo de dicha actividad. Este artículo adopta un enfoque sistémico y demuestra que tres protagonistas concentran más de 70% de los beneficios financieros de la actividad crucerista : las agencias de viajes,  el comercio del recuerdo y las compañías cruceristas. La escasa dispersión del número de beneficiarios es concomitante con la concentracion espacial de la actividad, como con la falta de beneficiarios macro económicos del sector crucerista en Dominica. Este análisis consagrado a Dominica sugiere un modelo del sector crucerista fuertemente concentrado que se apoya en cuatro pilares : los tours organizados como principal recurso para descubrir la isla, la fuente de recetas para las compañias cruceristas, cuyos contratantes (las agencias locales) son los primeros canales del impacto económico de esta actividad concentrada tanto a nivel geografico como financiero, generando un escaso impacto macroeconómico.
Barcelona más allá de Barcelona. La ciudad cinematográfica transformada en otras ciudades
Authors: Bonet Balaguer Carlota , Campos Hernández Andrea , Marcos Cladellas Carla , Tejedor Parodi Blanca , Osácar Marzal Eugeni
Published: March 2023

Desde finales del siglo XX, el binomio turismo y cine, denominado habitualmente turismo cinematográfico, se ha convertido en una de las modalidades turísticas más emergentes y dinámicas. Entre las diversas tipologías de turismo cinematográfico aceptadas en el ámbito académico, esta investigación se ha basado en aquella que tiene una doble identidad fílmica, como destino de rodaje y como destino donde sucede la trama de la película. Es decir, una película se rueda en un lugar determinado pero en realidad está representando otro lugar. El objetivo principal de la investigación es identificar y analizar las producciones o coproducciones audiovisuales internacionales que se han rodado parcial o totalmente en Barcelona y que en la ficción representan otras ciudades. Los resultados se han obtenido a partir de una metodología fundamentalmente analítico-descriptiva. Como principal conclusión del estudio se puede extraer que las películas internacionales rodadas en Barcelona, pero que representan otros lugares, tienen gran potencial para reforzar o crear una oferta competitiva de turismo cinematográfico en Barcelona.
Gastrodiplomacia 2.0: turismo culinario más allá del nacionalismo
Authors: Tettner Samuel , Kalyoncu Begum
Published: March 2023

La gastrodiplomacia es un concepto revolucionario cuyas diferentes aplicaciones se extienden no solo a los estudios del turismo sino además a las ciencias sociales y humanidades en general. Se describe como el uso de las culturas gastronómicas y culinarias para objetivos diplomáticos. Uno de estos usos es la forma en las cuales provee información a proyectos de turismo gastronómico que se extienden más allá del gastro-nacionalismo y fomentan el turismo regional. La discusión es sobre las formas como el concepto de gastrodiplomaciapuede ser expandido más allá de las tendencias nacionalistas para ajustarse a un mundo global. La metodología se basa en una revisión de la literatura, y entrevistas con tres figuras prominentes en el campo de turismo y gastrodiplomacia. Concluimos con una exploración visual creativa de cómoesta reconfiguración de la gastrodiplomacia sin nacionalismo puede ser usada para intensificar y mejorar el turismo regional y cristalizar esfuerzos de cooperación.