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Self-Directed Learning Strategies in Adult Educational Contexts
Authors: Aljafari Roaa
Published: May 2021

Self-directed learning is a teaching model where the learning content which is predetermined by the educator as well as the students tends to learn at their own pace to enable them to master the content provided. The features of self-directed learning may include individual autonomy, learner control, and autoindexing. In addition, self-directed learning has grown to become a generic training model for medicine, business, and adult education. Problem-based learning also tends to involve elements of self-directed instructions in its model. Self-directed learning also has evaluation tools that enable it to measure the impact of the self-directed learning on the students such as the ability for the students to perceive themselves as having the skills as well as attitudes required for successful learning.
Promoting Reflective Thinking in Adult Learners
Authors: Nolfi Tricia S.
Published: May 2021

Case studies delivered in the online discussion environment offer many benefits for adult learners, including development as a reflective practitioner. The online case-based discussion helps learners develop into reflective practitioners and understand the finer points as to why things are done rather than simply how they are done. This approach is an effective tool for adult learners to enhance their ability to address ill-structured problems, those that are complex and controversial in nature. They become adept at engaging in salient dialogue, which, in turn, expands their reflective thinking skills. This chapter, grounded in a heutagogical approach, explores the use of the case studies in an online discussion format to promote reflective judgment capabilities. Focus is placed on the function and structure of online case-based discussions and methods for assessing learning outcomes.
Mentoring in the Web-Class for Adult Learners
Authors: Setlhodi Itumeleng Innocentia
Published: May 2021

Conventional learning, as we have come to know it, is rapidly changing due to the advancements in education provision. Strategies that focus on adult learners, particularly in ODL environments, have to be developed. This chapter endorses a discourse regarding web-mentoring as a principal form of ODL supervision that is suitable for adult learners and highlights the codes influencing their learning. It provides the quintessence and recognition of learning difficulties by determining issues arising from critical perceptions and identifying the significance of advancing learning in relation to the virtual mentor-mentee relationship. The discussion draws on both perspectives of UTAUT and the benefits of web-mentoring for adult learners. It gives prominence to features influencing technology acceptance and detects possibilities that strengthen or limit the essence of these factors by accentuating the value of netting socio-economic and techno-cultural differences to understand reception and need. Finally, it presents a framework for launching a sound mentoring relationship.
Designing “Concentrated Listening” for Advantageous Adult Learning With Multimedia
Authors: Hai-Jew Shalin
Published: May 2021

In the online learning space, adult learners have access to a wide variety of sound-based content (podcasts, audio books, audio recordings, and others) and multimodal contents of which the audio element is a central part. This work explores research methods used to enhance “concentrated listening” to enable learners to acquire the most from the following: pre-recorded sound files, live audio, natural language discussions through speech, and other types of auditory-based learning online. This work explore some aspects of (1) learning designs to enhance both adult “concentrated listening” in an online learning context (both synchronous and asynchronous) and (2) some tactical designs of learning based around sound for general learning (vs. domain-specific case-based learning).
Adapting to the Needs of Adult Language Learners
Authors: Calo Stephanie M.
Published: May 2021

Many language teacher training programs prepare teacher candidates to teach in a K-12 setting. However, some of these teacher candidates may one day find themselves in adult education whether as part-time or full-time employment. This chapter will focus on teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), but the majority of what is discussed in this chapter can easily be applied to teaching programs targeted towards other second languages. The main purpose of this chapter is to note some of the flaws in many ESOL adult textbooks and how many teaching programs can easily modify their curriculum to prepare their candidates to overcome these flawed materials by providing more age appropriate and relevant lessons to adult learners. By incorporating minor changes to a current program, teacher candidates will become well-rounded educators who are well-equipped to serve learners of all ages.
The Control of Continuing Education Based on the Digital Economy
Authors: Tolstykh Tatyana Olegovna , Vasin Sergey Mikhailovich , Gamidullaeva Leyla Ayvarovna , Nedelko Sergey , Eremina Ekaterina , Koshevoj Oleg , Mkrttchian Vardan
Published: May 2021

The chapter deals with the methodology of creating a unified information educational environment, providing the implementation of continuing education, the development and implementation of educational models, programs, environments, implemented with the use of digital technologies. The concept of “open educational system” was determined. The necessity of system analysis at the macro and micro levels with views of subsystems, which are its elements, was sufficiently justified. The notion of “system of continuous education” was determined. The related problems were analyzed and the solutions for the management of system of continuous education in the market economy and in terms of accession to the digital economy, were proposed. Were classified digital learning technologies in order to implement them in the open education systems. The paper shows that shaping of creative potential of future specialists can be performed through the introduction of digital technologies on the basis of educational technology and information and telecommunication technologies.
Transformation of Higher Education in China
Authors: Wang Victor , Torrisi-Steele Geraldine
Published: May 2021

Facilitated by the explosion of technologies, globalization is the catalyst for many changes in society and its workings. Higher education is no exception. In the present chapter from a teaching methods perspective, the authors consider China's higher education system and the transformations it is undergoing, largely as a response to globalization. Given that the employment capabilities of graduates are influenced by teaching methods they experienced throughout their education, and in turn, once gaining employment graduates' capabilities make some on the nation, it is appropriate and useful to adopt a teaching methods perspective on educational transformation. Thus, to further understanding of the status of teaching methods in China, the chapter reports on a study comparing Chinese adult education methods with Western educational methods. A conceptual framework of the principles of andragogy is used. The study results, consistent with other literature of adult education in China, indicate that some andragogical elements are used by Chinese educators.
Implications for E-Learning in Adult Education Curriculum
Authors: Parkavi R. , Karthikeyan P. , Ellington Linda
Published: May 2021

Technology plays a vital role in the field of e-Learning in adult education curriculum. The intent for this chapter is to explore the implications for e-Learning in hopes to stimulate attention as it relates to the acquisition of knowledge and inferences for higher education practitioners and program designers in terms of the contexts of students, embedded technology, and faculty. Conquering the challenges facing technology implications in any educational system is vital and ideally this chapter offers a means of collective literature to increase the quite extensive and potentially overwhelming components of effective curriculum programs within the field of adult education, using embedded technology. This chapter highlights briefly some of the concepts and identifies simple and applicable suggestions for increasing effectiveness of embedded technology into higher education curriculum and adult education teaching.
Exposing Oppressive Systems
Authors: Wright Ursula T. , Rocco Tonette S. , McGill Craig M.
Published: May 2021

Institutional ethnography (IE) is a useful and systematic process for examining organizations and work data through the lens of stakeholders, at different levels, and different forces. Drawing from ethnomethodology, IE focuses on how everyday experience is socially organized. As an analytic focus, power crosses boundaries, providing researchers a view of social organization that illuminates practices that marginalize. This chapter provides the conceptual underpinnings for considering IE as a methodological tool and affords researchers the opportunity to see how IE has been used in adult and workforce education settings to make invisible practices visible to the victim. The result can often be information that leads to exploring or engaging in emancipatory efforts that lend to different and better future outcomes for other victims in similar situations.
Excavating and (Re)presenting Stories
Authors: Zimmerman Aaron Samuel , Kim Jeong-Hee
Published: May 2021

Narrative inquiry has been a popular methodology in different disciplines for the last few decades. Using stories, narrative inquiry illuminates lived experience, serving as a valuable complement to research methodologies that are rooted in positivist epistemologies. In this article, we present a brief introduction to narrative inquiry including narrative data collection, analysis and interpretation. Situating narrative inquiry under the umbrella of post-qualitative research, we argue that, because of its ability to communicate evocative stories and to inspire empathy, narrative inquiry is an indispensable methodology in the study of human being and becoming, making this methodology an important contribution to the field of adult vocational education and technology.
By Means of Critical Theory
Authors: Strohschen Gabriele
Published: May 2021

So-termed non-traditional adult students have become a key target for marketing efforts in higher education, and non-conventional, accelerated paths to university-issued degrees are the lure du jour in the business of selling education programs. A key ethical challenge in our profession remains how we align the education of adults according to the higher education institutions' mission statements to the education adults seek and actually receive.  This chapter calls for considering the realities and possibilities of socially responsible educating when institutions are accountable to myriad stakeholders to peer at this issue through the lens of emancipatory education informed by tenets of critical theory. The argument hopes to engage the readers in problem-posing so that cross-sector, collaboratively designed education options can be considered that are contextual rather than prescriptive in nature and which align to the indigenous needs of teachers, learners, institutions, and communities.
Dis-Aggregated Effect of Market Orientation on Firms' Performance
Authors: Yadav Seemant Kumar , Tripathi Vikas , Goel Geetika
Published: May 2021

Due to ambiguity in the market orientation and performance relationship, the basic aim of the study to investigate the nature of relationship exists between market orientation and performance of the manufacturing SMEs in India. Data for this study were collected from the 388 managers/owners of SMEs indulged in the manufacturing sector through well-established scales. The utilized scale's reliability and validity were assessed through CFA, and various hypotheses related to the environmental moderators and innovation mediation were tested. This study is relevant for owners/managers and policymakers responsible for improving the performance of small and medium enterprises, working in the manufacturing sector. The study necessitates the significance of catering express needs of customers to boost up the effect of market orientation on performance. The study tested the relationship between the market orientation and performance relationship at the disaggregated level. The important insight about the direct, indirect, and the moderated relationship was reported in the study.
TGFU e coordenação motora: os efeitos de um programa de ensino no desempenho tático-técnico no handebol
Authors: Mazzardo Tatiane , Monteiro Gabriella Nelli , Silva Willian José Bordin da , Araújo Nayanne Dias , Silva Schelyne Ribas da , Aburachid Layla Maria Campos
Published: May 2021

Objetivou-se categorizar as sessões de aula via TGfU e TGfU+CM para determinar a consistência da aplicação dos conteúdos dos modelos de ensino e analisar o impacto do desempenho tático-técnico de escolares iniciantes da modalidade de handebol, após o programa de ensino. A amostra compôs-se de 43 sujeitos (14,3±0,46), divididos em dois grupos (G1 - TGfU e G2 - TGfU+CM), sendo que ambos receberam unidades didáticas de 20 sessões de aula com a mesma duração. A categorização das aulas trouxe fidedignidade a aplicação dos programas de ensino empregados e, após a intervenção pelo TGfU, apenas o sexo masculino apresentou melhoras em ambos os grupos na performance de jogo, apresentando TE grande para o G2 (0,610) e TE médio para o G1 (0,487). Quanto à análise entre grupos não se encontrou diferença significativamente estatística após a intervenção para nenhuma das variáveis do estudo. Conclui-se, por meio do teste de aderência, que os programas de ensino aplicados aos dois grupos experimentais foram semelhantes, modificando apenas a inserção do conteúdo de coordenação motora para o G2, sendo ambos capazes de proporcionar melhoras significativas para o sexo masculino, considerando o efeito tempo para o desempenho tático-técnico.
Quadratic Mixed Convection Stagnation-Point Flow in Hydromagnetic Casson Nanofluid over a Nonlinear Stretching Sheet with Variable Thermal Conductivity
Authors: Fatunmbi Ephesus Olusoji , Okoya Samuel Segun
Published: May 2021

An analysis of nonlinear mixed convection transport of hydromagnetic Casson nanofluid over a nonlinear stretching sheet near a stagnation point is deliberated in this study. The flow is confined in a porous device in the presence of thermophoresis, Ohmic heating, non-uniform heat source with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity associated with haphazard motion of tiny particles. The transport equations are translated from nonlinear partial differential equations into ordinary ones via similarity transformation technique and subsequently tackled with shooting method coupled with Runge-Kutta Fehlberg algorithm. The significant contributions of the embedded parameters on the dimensionless quantities are graphically depicted and deliberated while the numerical results strongly agree with related published studies in the limiting conditions. It is found that a rise in the magnitude of Casson fluid parameter decelerates the fluid flow while enhancing the viscous drag and thermal profiles. The inclusion of the nonlinear convection term aids fluid flow whereas heat transfer reduces with growth in the thermophoresis and Brownian motion terms.
LoRaWAN IoT Technology for Energy Smart Metering Case Study Lebanon
Authors: Zaraket Carine , Papageorgas Panagiotis , Aillerie Michel , Agavanakis Kyriakos
Published: May 2021

Internet of things (IoT) technology is based on connecting each real object to the internet. Every single object is uniquely recognized and reachable over the network. IoT last mile connectivity is based on different communication technologies and protocols, where the majority is categorized as short-range networks that operate in ISM band like Zigbee, Wifi and Bluetooth. Short-range technologies were successfully tested and deployed in different industrial sectors. However, in the energy sectors its deployment is challenging in certain hard to reach areas where a reliable last mile connectivity is required between the home area network (HAN) smart meters and the meter data management system (MDMS). Therefore recently, Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technology, which offers a long range connectivity, has emerged as a promising technology for IoT. Within LPWAN, variety of platforms exist and operate in licensed and unlicensed spectrum respectively like NB-IoT, and LoRaWAN, Sigfox. In this paper we discuss both the performance of LoRaWAN in a real-world environment and its deployment as a low cost, long range and reliable last mile solution for energy smart metering in urban area scenario where short range solution may not work the best. Furthermore, a prototype that is adapted to the existing Lebanese traditional energy sector was developed to test LoRaWAN usefulness in Lebanon.
Preparation and Characterization of Gold Coated Super Paramagnetic Iron Nanoparticle Using Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid Method
Authors: Haider Adawiya J. , Al-Kinani Maha A. , Al-Musawi Sharafaldin
Published: May 2021

Fe@Au is a type of nanoparticle that contains magnetic Fe NPs core with a fine layer of Au NPs synthesized using the Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid (PLAL) Method. These Fe@Au NPs characterized by Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), and UV-Visible Spectrophotometer. The result was obtained at different laser fluences (1.9, 2.2, and 2.5) J/cm2 with fixed pulse duration 5 ns, wavelength 532nm and number of pulse equal 100 pulsed. The obtained mean size of Fe@Au NPs at laser fluence (1.9, 2.2, and 2.5) J/cm2 was (63.65, 32.47 and 31.18) nm respectively. UV-Visible Spectrophotometer carves was showed a redshift toward longer wavelength by increasing particle size. Obtained results exhibited that the laser fluence plays a key role in the size, and dispersity of Fe@Au NPs.
Inducible ATP1B1 Upregulates Antiviral Innate Immune Responses by the Ubiquitination of TRAF3 and TRAF6
Authors: Cao Wei , Guo Yifei , Cheng Zhikui , Xu Gang , Zuo Qi , Nie Longyu , Huang Yu , Liu Shi , Zhu Ying
Published: May 2021

The antiviral innate immune responses are crucial steps during host defense and must be strictly regulated, but the molecular mechanisms of control remain unclear. In this study, we report increased expression of human ATPase Na+/K+ transporting subunit β 1(ATP1B1) after DNA and RNA virus infections. We found that the expression of ATP1B1 can inhibit viral replication and increase the levels of IFNs, IFN-stimulated genes, and inflammatory cytokines. Knockdown of ATP1B1 by specific short hairpin RNA had the opposite effects. Upon viral infection, ATP1B1 was induced, interacted with TRAF3 and TRAF6, and potentiated the ubiquitination of these proteins, leading to increased phosphorylation of downstream molecules, including TGF-β–activated kinase 1 (TAK1) and TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1). These results reveal a previously unrecognized role of ATP1B1 in antiviral innate immunity and suggest a novel mechanism for the induction of IFNs and proinflammatory cytokines during viral infection.
Asymptotic first boundary value problem for holomorphic functions of several complex variables
Authors: Gauthier Paul M. , Shirazi Mohammad
Published: May 2021

In 1955, Lehto showed that, for every measurable function
$\psi $
on the unit circle
${\mathbb T}$
, there is a function f holomorphic in the unit disc
${{\mathbb D}}$
, having
$\psi $
as radial limit a.e. on
${\mathbb T}$
. We consider an analogous boundary value problem, where the unit disc is replaced by a Stein domain on a complex manifold and radial approach to a boundary point p is replaced by (asymptotically) total approach to p.
COMPACTION AND WATERPROOFING OF THE SOIL IN THE URBAN FLUVIAL CHANNELS
Authors: Nunes Elizon Dias , Rosa Lucas Esp´´índola
Published: May 2021

The expansion and the urban densification have implied phenomena related to the degradation of watersheds. This work aims to evaluate the influence of anthropic pressure increase on the imbalances involving erosive processes and consequent degradation of the river plain of a watershed in Aparecida de Goiânia - GO. The methodology comprehended the spatial-temporal correlation between reduction of concentration time, increase of surface runoff estimates, and the consequent degradation of the lowlands in 1992, 2005 and 2016. The results indicate an increase of erosions in segments of convergence of channels, low altimetric gradient and occurrence of Fluovian Neosol, resulting from the increase of volume and peaks of flow coming from areas of significant densification process in the last 24 years. Thus, it is important to use indicators of anthropic pressure increase in the understanding of impacts related to urban density.
Molecular Examination of Trichomonas vaginalis Infection and Risk of Prostate Cancer in the Biopsy of Patients with Different Prostate Lesions
Authors: Zeinab Kamarkhani  , Raheleh Rafiei-Sefiddashti  , Leila Haghighi  , Alireza Badirzadeh
Published: May 2021

BACKGROUND፡ Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted infectious disease caused by a flagellated protozoa, Trichomonas vaginalis (T.vaginalis) and is often asymptomatic in men. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (PCA) are the most common urological diseases in the elderly. Scientists have proposed various factors which trigger prostate cancer, including sexually transmitted diseases. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the potential role of T. vaginalis as a risk factor for various prostate lesions such as hyperplasia and prostate cancer.METHODS: A total of 250 paraffin-embedded of different prostate lesion biopsies were analyzed by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) using the beta-tubulin gene for identifying T. vaginalis.RESULT: All 250 pathologic specimens were negative for this parasite by using PCR technique.CONCLUSION: It seems that T. vaginalis may have not had a causative role for different prostate lesions and it seems proposed PCR technique is an insufficient method to find the parasite in paraffin-embedded tissues. Therefore, other diagnostic techniques to identify the parasite in biopsy samples are suggested.
Review of Installation Status and Major Environmental Issues of Floating Photovoltaic Power Plants (FPVs)
Authors: Ahn Chae Min , Joo Jin Chul , Kim Jin Ho , Choi Sun Hwa , Jang Jin Seon , Go Hyeon Woo
Published: May 2021

Objectives : After investigation of types, characteristics, and domestic and overseas installation cases of floating photovoltaic power plants (FPVs), both power generation capacity and coverage ratio of the FPVs were analyzed, and the major environmental issues impacting on water quality and aquatic ecosystem were reviewed.Methods : Both information and data of the FPVs extracted from existing literature and provided by the FPVs installation companies were statistically analyzed.Results and Discussion : FPVs divided into three types such as pontoon type, frame type, and solar tracking type are installed in various ways by country and region. As of the second half of 2018, the global power generation capacity of FPVs is 1.3 GWp, and FPVs have been intensively installed in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and UK. While the pontoon type has been mainly installed in other countries except Korea, the frame type was mainly installed in Korea. Among various water resources, FPVs installed in agricultural water resources have various power generation capacity and coverage ratio whereas FPVs installed in industrial, rainwater storage, and other water resources have relatively high power generation capacity and coverage ratio. Compared to FPVs installed in other water resources, FPVs installed in drinking water resources have relatively low power generation capacity and coverage ratio. After reviewing the major environmental issues related to FPVs (i.e., leaching of hazardous substances, deterioration of water quality and aquatic ecosystem, changes in water temperature and illumination, and disturbance of aquatic ecosystem), the impacts of the FPVs on water environment are found to be insignificant, and the positive effects (i.e., mitigation of green tide and restoration of the aquatic ecosystem) are confirmed.Conclusions : Although the impacts of the FPVs on water environment (water quality and aquatic ecosystem) are found to be insignificant, additional experiments reflecting extreme conditions and long-term continuous monitoring of water quality and aquatic ecosystem in terms of coverage ratio, array and type of FPVs are required.
Suspect Device: British Subsidised Theatre’s Response to the Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Authors:   , Cotterell Laurence
Published: May 2021

This thesis explores the most significant British subsidised theatre that was created in response to the Iraq War. Suspect Device: British Subsidised Theatre’s Response to the Iraq War, 2003-2011 looks to examine how British theatre’s contemporary forms became increasingly politicised and adapted to critique the material circumstances of a contentious Middle Eastern war. This work analyses the theatre of the Iraq war using Cultural Materialism and a range of postructuralist and postmarxist methodologies. Suspect Device investigates the key plays of the period in terms of their presentation of the politics of the initial invasion, as well as the ensuing issues of war trauma and the British soldier’s experience as a part of the coalition. The British domestic response to the publicised issues of new forms of prison, war crimes and the presentation of the victim is extrapolated in terms of contemporary plays. This thesis also explores selected plays for domestic youth created in response to the PREVENT strategy and how theatre became a contentious politicised instrument. The work examines how an apparent shortfall in cultural empathy for the victims of the war was understood and explained in terms of a theatre working within a climate of wide-scale commodification. Suspect Device investigates pivotal plays across a number of British locations and genres with the aim of establishing common trends and styles of form and content. It attempts to determine if the postmodern forms of contemporary theatre responded with a re-emergent sense of the material. There has been much work on theatre around the ‘War on Terror’ but, as yet, little that considers the Iraq War specifically and in terms of its response, commercialisation and domestic form.
The Creation of the Database for Mobile Robots Navigation under the Conditions of Flexible Change of Flight Assignment
Authors:   Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine, Kharkiv, 61000, Yeromina Nataliia , Kurban Volodymyr , Mykus Serhii , Peredrii Oleksandr , Voloshchenko Oleksandr , Kosenko Vitalii , Kuzavkov Vasyl , Babeliuk Oleh , Derevianko Maksym , Kovalov Hennadii
Published: May 2021

The necessity to find a rational way of creating a database regarding the sighting surface taking into consideration the features of construction and functioning of correlation-extreme navigation systems (CENS) of aerial mobile robots (MR), including in particular the conditions of flexible change of flight assignment, is shown in the article. It is proposed to use invariants, which have been obtained based on a correlation analysis of the scene according to the brightness index with the subsequent and allowing to form selective images, as a database information content. The results of the evaluation of the quality of formed selective reference image (RI) for scenes with various object impletion under conditions of limitations in time and number of calculations are given
The effect of sleep deprivation and exercise on reaction threshold in peanut-allergic adults: a randomised controlled study
Authors: Dua Shelley , Clark Andrew , Ruiz-Garcia Monica , Bond Simon , Durham Stephen , Kimber Ian , Mills Clare , Roberts Graham , Skypala Isabel , Wason James , Ewan Pamela , Boyle Robert
Published: May 2021

This was a randomised cross-over trial that investigated whether common extrinsic factors, such as exercise and sleep deprivation can modulate the threshold of responses to allergenic foods in a representative group of adults from the peanut allergic population.
POVERAVANjE SPROVOĐENjA OSTAVINSKOG POSTUPKA JAVNOM BELEŽNIKU – NEKOLIKO NAPOMENA IZ UGLA MEĐUNARODNOG PRIVATNOG PRAVA
Authors: Đorđević Slavko
Published: May 2021

Pursuant to Art. 110a of Non-Litigious Proceedings Act, the court can decide to delegate the conducting of the succession non-litigious proceedings to the notary public, but only if Serbian law is applicable to the succession. In this paper author explains in which cases the condition with regard to the applicability of Serbian law has been fulfilled as well as whether the notary public can decide on some other conflict-of-law issues which can arise in delegated proceedings. Bearing this in mind, author deals with application of conflict-of-law rules for succession contained in Art. 30 and 31 of Serbian Private International Law Act in order to clarify in which situations Serbian law is applicable to all succession law issues. After that, author analyses whether notary public can decide on some procedural issues with foreign element, such as the international jurisdiction, the capacity of a person to be a party and to act independently in the proceedings, lis alibi pendes and preliminary recognition of foreign court decision.
Low-Speed Zone Guide
Authors: Bray Sharpin Anna , Adriazola-Steil Claudia , Job Soames , Obelheiro Marta , Welle Ben , Tolga Imamoglu Celal , Bhatt Amit , Liu Daizong , Lleras Natalia , Luke Nikita
Published: May 2021

Every year approximately 1.35 million people lose their lives due to road traffic crashes. In many road crashes, speed plays a key role. As a result, managing speed has taken on great importance in cities around the world. An effective method for reducing speed and improving road safety, especially in high-risk areas, has been to establish low-speed zones. This Low-Speed Zone Guide presents strategies for planning, designing, building, and evaluating low-speed zones. The guide intends to equip communities and decision-makers with the tools to implement low-speed zones that will suit their specific context.
Mathematical modeling on the base of functions density of normal distribution
Authors: Pinkovetskaia Iuliia , Nuretdinova Yulia , Nuretdinov Ildar , Lipatova Natalia
Published: May 2021

One of the urgent tasks in many modern scientific studies is the comparative analysis of indicators that characterize large sets of similar objects located in different regions. Given the significant differences between the regions compared, this analysis should be carried out using relative indicators. The objective of the study was to use the density functions of the normal distribution to model empirical data that describe the compared sets of objects located in different regions. The methodological approach was based on the Chebyshev and Lyapunov theorems. The research results focus on the main stages of the construction of normal distribution functions and the corresponding histograms, as well as the determination of the parameters of these functions. The work possesses a degree of originality, since it provides answers to questions such as the justification of the necessary information base; performing computational experiments and developing alternative options for the generation of normal distribution density functions; comprehensive evaluation of the quality of the functions obtained through three statistical tests: Pearson, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk; identification of patterns that characterize the distribution of indicators of the sets of objects considered. Examples of empirical data models are given using distribution functions to estimate the share of innovative firms in the total number of firms in the regions of Russia.
Expectativas y actitudes frente al COVID-19 de estudiantes de enfermería de una universidad pública peruana
Authors: León Montoya Gladys Bernardita , Tejada Muñoz Sonia , Chotón Calvo Mariel del Rocío , Saavedra Chinchayán María Esther
Published: May 2021

Estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo, transversal, cuyo objetivo fue describir las expectativas y actitudes frente al COVID-19, de los estudiantes de enfermería de la Universidad Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza (UNTRM) Amazonas – Perú. Se aplicó el instrumento de manera virtual a 182 estudiantes, empleándose la estadística descriptiva y regresión logística binaria. Resultados: De enfermar sólo el 29,1% se atendería en un hospital; el 94,0% sí se aplicaría la vacuna. El 78,0% se siente preparado psicológicamente para desempeñarse en la profesión y el 90,1% está dispuesto a atender pacientes, pese a no tener buenas condiciones laborales. Referente a las expectativas, el 56,6% considera que este virus llegó para quedarse; el 89,6% se desempeñaría en el área asistencial, aunque el 20,9% considera que su expectativa frente al post COVID-19 es incierta, insegura, desalentadora; la probabilidad de una expectativa laboral buena es aproximadamente 4 veces más, por lo que el 98,9% desea seguir estudiando Enfermería.
Ageism in clinical practice and improving educational programmes based on anti-ageism principles
Authors: Kuzminov Oleg Mikhailovich , Prashchayeu Kirill Ivanovich , Bochko Olesya Viktorovna , Mudrakovskaya Eleonora Viktorovna , Krupenkina Lilia Aleksandrovna , Sinitsa Irina Viktorovna
Published: May 2021

The purpose of the article is to study the manifestations of ageism in clinical practice, the relationship of ageism with the presence of senile asthenia and comorbidity in the picture of the disease, substantiation of the improvement of educational programs based on anti-age approaches. Methodology. To assess the subjective perception of discrimination, patients of mature, elderly and senile age were examined; “Questionnaire for Citizens aged 75 and Over”, “Ageism Questionnaire” by E. Palmare was used; the Charlson polymorbidity index was calculated; to improve the training programs for medical specialists, their awareness of the main problems of aging was studied. Results. Ageism manifestations were correlated with the development of senile asthenia and comorbidity in the clinical picture of the disease. It has been shown that the psychological discomfort of elderly and senile patients associated with ageism increases with age, which may exceed in importance the immediate health problems in the overall picture of the disease. The most important manifestation of the subjective perception of bias is the justification by the attending physician of the disease mainly by the age of the patients, which indirectly implies ignoring other causes of pathology and reduces the activity of carrying out therapeutic and diagnostic measures. As a result of the study, the need to improve educational programs for the training of medical specialists was substantiated, taking into account the gerontological and anti-aging approach.
The impact of confinement on school-aged children
Authors: Nicolás Ángela García , Martinez Lucía Martinez , Lázaro Nuria Muñoz , Faura Valeria Simaro , Alonso Jose María Rabal
Published: May 2021

Confinement is affecting the health of the entire society, although, to a greater extent with the little ones, causing them stress, fear, anxiety, worry, depression and irritability along with all the consequences that this entails. This has been caused by the health status of family members, friends or your own; conditions of confinement; school closings; loss of contact with peer groups; limitations for movement and recreational activities; teaching activities and restrictions on psychological interventions. This has affected children with physical, emotional and psychological effects. For this reason, it is pointed out that families should be aware of children to detect the symptoms of these disorders and prevent them from going to more.
Las dificultades de aprendizaje de la lectoescritura: implicaciones del diagnóstico de dislexia y la disortografía en Educación Primaria
Authors: Muñoz Juani González , Calderón Belén Cánovas , Melgar Rocío Muñoz , Alonso Jose María Rabal
Published: May 2021

Actualmente las aulas de Educación Primaria están formadas en líneas generales por grupos heterogéneos cuyo alumnado presenta diferencias en cuanto a ritmos de aprendizaje, no todos los niños aprenden igual, ni de la misma manera. Sin embargo, cuando existen dificultades que cumplen con algunos criterios diagnósticos, surgen los llamados trastornos específicos del aprendizaje.

En el caso de la lectoescritura, son muchos los factores que podrían explicar un trastorno específico. Debemos tener en consideración determinados aspectos durante el aprendizaje de la lectura y la escritura para identificar cuáles afectan e interfieren en su rendimiento escolar de manera notable para evaluar bien el porqué de esas dificultades, así como descartar posibles factores que puedan ser la clave del trastorno, tales como una inteligencia límite, un trastorno visual o auditivo etc.

Algunos aspectos a tener en cuenta durante el proceso de aprendizaje lectoescritor de los alumnos pueden ser: la velocidad, precisión y fluidez a la hora de leer y escribir, la comprensión en todas sus dimensiones tales como el conocimiento del significado de las palabras o la comprensión global del texto, así como ideas generales y secundarias. Asimismo, es importante observar el esfuerzo que emplea el alumno y el análisis de los fallos que comete, ya sean ortográficos, de expresión, puntuación o interpretación.

La dislexia es el concepto que utilizamos para englobar a este grupo de síntomas, sin embargo, no existe un único tipo de dislexia y además esta no siempre se presenta de manera aislada, sino que puede combinarse con otras dificultades como el razonamiento matemático o un déficit motriz, por ejemplo.

A continuación, a lo largo del artículo se presenta una explicación de este trastorno, su origen y una clasificación según el tipo de dificultad específica que se presente.
Development of the L-type CaV / BK Complex Simulator (I): electrophysiological interaction
Authors: Monreal Marleni Reyes , Pérez Jessica Quintero , Escalera Miguel Felipe Pérez , Lazalde Arturo Reyes , Bonilla María Eugenia Pérez
Published: May 2021

Complexes formed by voltage-activated calcium channels (CaV) and high-conductance potassium channels activated by Ca2+ (BK) have been studied in smooth muscle, secretory cells and in synaptic terminals, where they regulate muscle contraction, secretory activity, and neurotransmission. However, the complex formed by L- type CaV channels and BK in the soma has been poorly treated. Based on immunostaining studies showing the coexistence of these channels in the neuron soma, their possible interaction was theoretically studied. Two simulators based on the Hodgkin and Huxley formalism were developed to perform virtual experiments on current and voltage clamp. The mathematical models were implemented in Visual Basic® 6.0 and were solved numerically. The results indicate that the BK channels were activated with internal Ca2+ at mM concentrations. The BK channels follow the kinetics of L-type CaVs. The interaction of L-type CaV – BK complex in the soma produced a decrease in neuronal excitability.
Los programas de movilidad estudiantil en la Educación Superior: el caso de una universidad española
Authors: Salgueira Sandra Arroyo , Martínez Marcos Jesús Iglesias , Cabezas Inés Lozano
Published: May 2021

En el proceso de construcción del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES) se inicia una reforma de las instituciones universitarias que trae consigo muchos cambios en la Educación Superior. Entre ellos, la adopción de un sistema de titulaciones que favorezca la equiparación de los estudios, la calidad en la enseñanza y la movilidad estudiantil. Con respecto a esta última, la Unión Europea (UE) pone a disposición de las universidades programas de movilidad para toda la Comunidad Educativa. Con el objetivo de conocer la disponibilidad de estos programas en la Universidad de Alicante (UA), nos proponemos recopilar la información disponible y realizar un análisis de sus características que nos permita determinar si se promueven las mismas oportunidades de movilidad para todo el alumnado de los diferentes centros. Los resultados nos muestran que algunos centros ofertan pocos programas de movilidad y no todos disponen de ayudas para prácticas. Además, las cuantías de las ayudas son pequeñas y, aunque la UA intenta compensarlo con aportaciones propias, parte del alumnado no podrá permitirse realizar movilidad durante sus estudios. En general, esto crea un contexto de discriminación del alumnado, por cuestiones de disponibilidad de programas en algunas facultades y por cuestiones económicas, que debe ser resuelto en el seno de la UA y la UE respectivamente.
Shredding an EFL textbook: methodological implications in Secondary Education
Authors: Ponce Sonia María Martínez
Published: May 2021

The purpose of this paper is to show the qualities, methodology and characteristics of an EFL textbook. To do this, a detailed bibliographic review was carried out that served as the foundation to obtain the vision and background necessary to face, in the most objective way and with the broadest possible vision, the main objective  —to show the qualities, methodology and characteristics of a EFL textbook— of research. The approach of the present work has been carried out in such a way that it can be easily understood not only by professors and researchers who are experts on the subject but also by the general population  —due to the importance of the involvement of families in the teaching-learning process—
Impacto en el aroma de vinos Tannat producidos por diferentes levaduras en tres sistemas de vinificación
Authors: Medina Karina , Boido Eduardo , Fariña Laura , Ares Gastón , Dellacassa Eduardo , Carrau Francisco
Published: May 2021

Las vinificaciones realizadas consistieron en cultivos puros de Saccharomyces cerevisiae, y cultivos mixtos con inoculación secuencial de una cepa Hanseniaspora vineae (T02/5AF) y Hanseniaspora clermontiae (A10/82F), con una cepa convencional de Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Los sistemas de vinificación realizados con uvas Tannat fueron: semipiloto, piloto y escala industrial. Fueron identificados 51 compuestos volátiles De un total de 51 compuestos volátiles cuantificados para el total de las vinificaciones, se encontraron  16 compuestos con unidades de aromas mayores a la unidad, y por lo tanto con potencial contribución en el perfil sensorial. La caracterización sensorial aromática se realizó mediante la técnica de mapeo proyectivo, con 48 consumidores que realizaron la evaluación sensorial del total de los tratamientos para las tres vinificaciones. El análisis factorial múltiple realizado permitió comparar los resultados químicos y sensoriales con el fin de encontrar correlaciones.  Se encontró que existió concordancia entre ambos estudios lo que confirma las diferentes tendencias aromáticas encontradas en las diferentes vinificaciones. En ambos estudios se observó que las vinificaciones semipiloto estuvieron caracterizadas por los descriptores “químico” y “floral”, las vinificaciones piloto por el descriptor “especiado”, y las vinificaciones industriales por “frutado” y “madera”.
Physical education and the comprehensive model in the inclusion of the university student. Year 2019
Authors: Cantos Carlos Freddy Macías
Published: May 2021

The research focused on the use of the comprehensive model as a pedagogical instrument in the physical education class for university students.  Theoretically, it was based on the contributions that originated in the proposals of Bunker and Thorpe (1982), at the University of Loughborough, who proposed the so-called comprehensive approach to the teaching of games or sports, Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU)  , Didactic Manual of the Socio-Sports Foundation Real Madrid (2015), Martin, Nicolaus, Ostrowski and Rost (2004), Benedek Endre (2006), among others.  Content analysis was used for the development of the research.  Among the methodological principles, the following stand out: -Integrative tasks for different contents, encourage maximum student participation (inclusion), development of perception, decision and execution mechanisms, problem solving (improvement of self-esteem, autonomy and creativity);  Regarding pedagogical principles, it is based on the comprehensive model (appendix of constructivism), where the center of learning is the student and therefore the author of their own knowledge.
Mujeres académicas frente al techo de cristal. Un estudio de caso en educación superior
Authors: Reyes Mireya Martí , Delgado Cirila Cervera
Published: May 2021

Dada la fuerte raíz y tradición patriarcal que prevalecen en nuestro tiempo y países, se ha normalizado la ausencia de mujeres en puestos de alta jerarquía en cualquier tipo de organizaciones. El conjunto de obstáculos que impiden a las mujeres acceder a los puestos del más alto nivel recibe el nombre de techo de cristal: un conjunto de barreras invisibles, que es necesario revelarlas. El techo de cristal está presente también en las instituciones de educación superior (IES), de allí que hayamos emprendido esta investigación con la finalidad de dar cuenta de las relaciones asimétricas entre académicas y académicos, tomando una de ellas como unidad de análisis particular. Los hallazgos informan que la cúpula de los organigramas la ocupan los hombres, cediendo a las mujeres puestos a partir del tercer nivel; de aquí que hacemos una descripción del techo de cristal en esta entidad, de acuerdo con el análisis documental realizado.
El temor a la racionalidad instrumental
Authors: Rentería Salvador Mancillas
Published: May 2021

El presente trabajo expone la capa mitológica moderna que esconde el miedo a la maquinización de la vida social. Las relaciones despersonalizadas y la cosificación de todo tipo de procesos, productivos y organizacionales, constituyen una realidad, cuyas precarias salidas son las válvulas de escape de las narrativas estéticas y cinematográficas. No obstante, se sugiere que −encerrados en esa jaula de hierro utilitaria que es la sociedad− se esconde una verdad que suele pasar desapercibida: la tecnología y las máquinas de las que tanto renegamos, poseen una función liberadora, intuida ya hace más de dos mil años por Aristóteles. Se vislumbra, entonces, que una tarea emancipadora de la sociedad no dependería de luchar contra la maquinización y la «razón instrumental», como proponía el programa de la Escuela de Frankfurt, sino todo lo contrario. Se requiere un proyecto político y social que busque sistemática y deliberadamente la automatización absoluta de la sociedad, precisamente para liberar al hombre de ser un apéndice de sus propios procesos.
La apuesta por la filosofía en el Instituto Mártires 20 de Febrero Secundaria: una retrospectiva
Authors: Campos Cuitláhuac Rodríguez
Published: May 2021

En el presente texto se da a conocer cómo ha sido el proceso de la apuesta por la filosofía en el Instituto Mártires 20 de Febrero Secundaria, ante la problemática de la carencia de competencias por parte de los alumnos. El recuento incluye lo que ha sido la justificación de la introducción de las asignaturas filosóficas en los documentos rectores de la educación; el objetivo del enfoque de las distintas disciplinas filosóficas, y algunas de las dificultades y logros que se han tenido al apostar por la filosofía, junto con el resto de las asignaturas, como generadora de competencias en los alumnos. Así también, se da a conocer qué se está trabajando y qué falta por hacer.