bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
HF Radar observations of the Dardanelles outflow current in North Eastern Aegean using validated WERA HF radar data
Authors: KOKKINI Z. , POTIRIS M. , KALAMPOKIS A. , ZERVAKIS V.
Published: June 2016

A two-site WERA HF radar station was installed in November 2009 at the eastern coast of Lemnos Island in North Aegean Sea, aiming to monitor the surface inflow of Black Sea waters exiting from the Dardanelles Strait, as well as to constitute a coastal management tool for incidents of oil-pollution or save-and-rescue operations. Strong interference by foreign transmissions is a source of noise deteriorating the quality of the backscattered signal, thus significantly reducing the HF radar’s effective data return rate. In order to ameliorate this problem, further quality-control and data gap interpolating procedures have been developed and applied, to be used in addition to the procedures incorporated and used by the manufacturer’s signal processing software. The second-level processing involves traditional despiking in the temporal domain, preceding Empirical Orthogonal Function analysis. The latter is used not only to filter high-frequency noise but also to fill data gaps in time and space. The data reconstruction procedure has been assessed via comparison of (a) HF radial with CODE-type drifter radial velocities as well as (b) HF-derived virtual drifter tracks with actual drifter tracks. The main circulation features and their variability, as revealed by the reconstructed fields, are presented.
Sensitivity of the N. AEGEAN SEA ecosystem to Black Sea Water inputs
Authors: PETIHAKIS G. , TSIARAS K. , TRIANTAFYLLOU G. , KALARONI S. , POLLANI A.
Published: June 2016

The effect of Black Sea Water (BSW) inputs on the North Aegean Sea productivity and food web dynamics was investigated, by means of sensitivity simulations, investigating the effect of the inflowing BSW, in terms of inorganic nutrients and dissolved organic matter. The model used has been successfully applied in the area in the past and extensively presented. Considering the importance of the microbial loop in the ecosystem functioning, the role of the dissolved organics and in order to achieve a more realistic representation of the Dissolved Organic Matter pool, the bacteria sub-model was appropriately revised. The importance of the microbial loop is highlighted by the carbon fluxes where almost 50% of carbon is channelled within it. The impact of dissolved organic matter (DOM) (in the inflowing to the Aegean Sea, BSW) appears to be stronger than the impact of dissolved inorganic nutrients, showing a more extended effect over the N Aegean. Bacterial production and biomass is more strongly affected in the simulations by modified DOM, unlike phytoplankton biomass and production, which are more dependent on the inflowing nutrients and particularly phosphorus (inorganic and dissolved organic). In the phytoplankton composition, the dinoflagellates appear to be mostly affected, being favoured by higher nutrient availability at the expense of all other groups, particularly picoplankton, indicating a shift to a more classical food chain.
Production of Basal Bodies in bulk for dense multicilia formation
Authors: Yan Xiumin , Zhao Huijie , Zhu Xueliang
Published: June 2016

Centriole number is normally under tight control and is directly linked to ciliogenesis. In cells that use centrosomes as mitotic spindle poles, one pre-existing mother centriole is allowed to duplicate only one daughter centriole per cell cycle. In multiciliated cells, however, many centrioles are generated to serve as basal bodies of the cilia. Although deuterosomes were observed more than 40 years ago using electron microscopy and are believed to produce most of the basal bodies in a mother centriole-independent manner, the underlying molecular mechanisms have remained unknown until recently. From these findings arise more questions and a call for clarifications that will require multidisciplinary efforts.
Neck keloids: evaluation of risk factors and recommendation for keloid staging system
Authors: Tirgan Michael H.
Published: June 2016

Importance: Health care providers have long struggled with recurrent and hard to treat keloids.   Advancing our understanding of natural history and risk factors for development of large, very large and massive neck keloids can lead to improved treatment outcomes.

Clinical staging system for the categorization of keloid lesions, as well as grouping of keloid patients according to the extent of skin involvement is both fundamental for design and delivery of proper plan of care and an absolute necessity for methodical trial design and interpretation of the results thereof.

Objective:  To review clinical presentation and natural history of neck keloids; to explore risk factors for development of large, very large and massive neck keloids; and to propose a clinical staging system that allows for categorization of keloid lesions by their size and grouping of keloid patients by the extent of their skin involvement. 

Setting:  This is a retrospective analysis of 68 consecutive patients with neck keloids who were seen by the author in his keloid specialty medical practice.   

Intervention:  Non-surgical treatment was offered to all patients. 

Results:  Neck-area keloids were found to have several unique characteristics.  All 53 African Americans in this study had keloidal lesions elsewhere on their skin. Very large and massive neck keloids appear to be race-specific and almost exclusively seen among African Americans.   Keloid removal surgery was found to be the main risk factor for development of very large and massive neck keloids. 

Conclusions and relevance:  Surgical removal of neck keloids results in wounding of the skin and triggering a pathological wound-healing response that often leads to formation of a much larger keloid.  Given the potential for greater harm from surgery, the author proposes non-surgical approach for treatment of all primary neck keloids.

Author’s attempts to properly categorize keloid lesions and to group the study subjects was hampered by the lack of a previously defined methodology.  A clinical staging system is proposed to address the deficiency in grouping of keloid patients according to the size and extent of skin involvement with keloid lesions.
Corona during the total solar eclipse on March 20, 2015, and 24 cycle development
Authors: Язев Сергей , Yazev Sergey , Мордвинов Александр , Mordvinov Aleksandr , Дворкина-Самарская Антонина , Dvorkina-Samarskaya Antonina
Published: June 2016

We analyzed the structure of coronal features, using data on the March 20, 2015 total solar eclipse. The Ludendorff index characterizing the flattening of the corona is 0.09. The solar corona structure in the Northern and Southern hemispheres corresponds to the maximum and post-maximum phases of solar activity, respectively. The asynchronous development of mag-netic activity in the Sun’s Northern and Southern hemi-spheres caused a substantial asymmetry of coronal features observed at the reversal of polar magnetic fields in the current cycle. The polar ray structures in the Southern Hemisphere are associated with the polar cor-onal hole, while in the Northern Hemisphere a polar hole has not been formed yet. We examine the relation between large-scale magnetic fields and location of high coronal structures.
Chromospheric telescope of Baikal Astrophysical Observatory. New light
Authors: Скоморовский Валерий , Skomorovsky Valery , Кушталь Галина , Kushtal Galina , Лоптева Любовь , Lopteva Lyubov , Прошин Владимир , Proshin Vladimir , Трифонов Виктор , Trifonov Viktor , Чупраков Сергей , Chuprakov Sergey , Химич Валерий , Khimich Valeriy
Published: June 2016

A chromospheric telescope is an important instrument for synoptic observations and solar research. After several decades of observations with the chromospheric telescope at Baikal Astrophysical Observatory, a need arose to improve the characteristics of this telescope and filter. A new reimaging lens to produce full-disk solar images 18 mm in diameter at the CCD camera Hamamatsu C-124 with a detector 36×24 mm (4000×2672 pixels) was designed and manufactured to replace the out-of-operation 50×50 mm Princeton Instruments camera. A contrast interference blocking filter and a new Iceland spar and quartz crystal plates instead of damaged ones were made and installed in the Hα birefringent filter (BF), manufactured by Bernhard Hallе Nachfl. The optical immersion in the filter was changed. All telescope optics was cleaned and adjusted. We describe for the first time the design features and their related BF passband tuning. The wavefront interferograms of optical elements and telescope as a whole show that the wavefront distortion of the optical path is within 0.25 λ. The BF and pre-filter spectral parameters provide high-contrast monochromatic images. Besides, we give examples of solar chromospheric images in the Ha line core and wing.
Influence of meteorological storms on ionospheric parameters in Baltic region in 2010
Authors: Карпов Иван , Karpov Ivan , Борчевкина Ольга , Borchevkina Olga , Дадашев Руслан , Dadashev Ruslan , Ильминская Александра , Ilminskaya Aleksandra
Published: June 2016

The paper presents observations of atmospheric and ionospheric parameters during strong meteorological disturbances (storms) in the Kaliningrad region. The critical frequency of the F2 layer (foF2) and the total electron content (TEC) were observed at the station Kaliningrad (20 °E, 54.20 °N). Atmospheric pressure and wind were taken to be the atmospheric parameters under study. The analysis of ionospheric observations has shown that during meteorological storms the amplitude of diurnal variations in TEC decreases to 50 %; and in foF2, to 15 % as compared to quiet days. The revealed changes in ionospheric conditions during meteorological storms are regularly registered and represent a characteristic feature of the meteo-rological effect on the ionosphere.
Organization and management of gold mines activity under exploration of placer mines
Authors: Краденых Ирина , Kradenykh Irina , Барчуков Алексей , Barchukov Alyeksyey
Published: June 2016

For the purpose to achieve the growth of efficiency of gold mines it is necessary to wipe out the lag in technological expansion and development, provide high quality of mining and recycling of gold-blearily rock as well as realize organization adjustment, suggest reconstruction of business activity and change of existing system of management.
Cluster approach in the development of Russian education system
Authors: Григорьева Анна , Grigoreva Anna
Published: June 2016

The essence of the cluster approach application to education

system, as well as its development, is revealed in the paper.

The author cites an overview of the clusters and the cluster approach,

the possibilities of its application in the educational system

within the framework of the Concept of development of Russia.

Also author defines benefits for the subjects of educational cluster

and for the integration of educational institutions different types,

shapes and levels
TO THE QUESTION ABOUT ECOLOGICAL-ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN URBAN AREAS IN THE NEW ECONOMIC ENVIRON
Authors: Таранова Анна , Taranova Anna , Борисова Наталья , Borisova Natalya , Борисов Александр , Borisov Alyeksandr
Published: June 2016

The analysis of aspects of ecological and economic efficiency

in environmental management in urban areas under the

new economic conditions is given. The main task of evaluating

economic efficiency, cost and profit, research, indicators of the

ecological-economic efficiency and address key methods of economic

evaluation of environmental activities identified. the need

to analyse the economic efficiency and its organization, defining

objectives, through which to ensure the conservation and installation

of the dependence of efficiency on different factors also reviewed.
MANAGEMENT INTERACTION OF ENTERPRISES IN INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS
Authors: Герасимов Кирилл , Gerasimov Kirill , Просвиркин Николай , Prosvirkin Nikolay
Published: June 2016

The article is devoted to the development of methodological tools to address the problem of existence of the negative aspects of clustering. For this purpose, a special author’s technique and the system for monitoring the effectiveness of interaction between enterprises as part of the industrial cluster are developed. The advantages of the developed control system areits ease of use, speed of obtaining results of the evaluation, the availability of source data for the calculations, and the ability to use it not only for existing clusters, but also for projected clusters, which helps prevent the possible negative aspects of clustering. The authors also performed testing of the developed system for monitoring the effectiveness of interaction between enterprises within an existing industrial cluster as an example of the Volga Automobile Cluster of Russia and the planned metallurgical cluster in Russia.
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS MOTIVATION ANALYSIS
Authors: Войнова Ольга , Voynova Olga
Published: June 2016

The purpose of the current article is to analyze behavior of social entrepreneurs and their motivation. In line with this goal article includes analysis of the notion “entrepreneurial behavior”, review of Russian and foreign literature concerning entrepreneurial motivation. Theories of entrepreneurial motivation and factors influencing entrepreneurship are considered. Analysis of the literature issued on social entrepreneurship motivation is conducted. The motives of social entrepreneurs and factors that influence social entrepreneurship are pointed. On the base of the provided analysis unified classification of social entrepreneurs’ motivational factors is developed. This classification can be used as a tool that consolidates different points of views into one integrated approach. Article also suggests possible further research direction.
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE MODERN CONTEXT: TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS
Authors: Левчаев Петр , Levchaev Petr
Published: June 2016

The article examines the problems and prospects of scientific knowledge formation in modern conditions.The processes of spatial-temporal perception and transmission of information, the formation of figurative forms of thinking in the knowledge economy analyzed.
Air-ice carbon pathways inferred from a sea ice tank experiment
Authors: Kotovitch Marie , Moreau Sébastien , Zhou Jiayun , Vancoppenolle Martin , Dieckmann Gerhard S. , Evers Karl-Ulrich , Van der Linden Fanny , Thomas David N. , Tison Jean-Louis , Delille Bruno
Published: June 2016

Given rapid sea ice changes in the Arctic Ocean in the context of climate warming, better constraints on the role of sea ice in CO2 cycling are needed to assess the capacity of polar oceans to buffer the rise of atmospheric CO2 concentration. Air-ice CO2 fluxes were measured continuously using automated chambers from the initial freezing of a sea ice cover until its decay during the INTERICE V experiment at the Hamburg Ship Model Basin. Cooling seawater prior to sea ice formation acted as a sink for atmospheric CO2, but as soon as the first ice crystals started to form, sea ice turned to a source of CO2, which lasted throughout the whole ice growth phase. Once ice decay was initiated by warming the atmosphere, the sea ice shifted back again to a sink of CO2. Direct measurements of outward ice-atmosphere CO2 fluxes were consistent with the depletion of dissolved inorganic carbon in the upper half of sea ice. Combining measured air-ice CO2 fluxes with the partial pressure of CO2 in sea ice, we determined strongly different gas transfer coefficients of CO2 at the air-ice interface between the growth and the decay phases (from 2.5 to 0.4 mol m−2 d−1 atm−1). A 1D sea ice carbon cycle model including gas physics and carbon biogeochemistry was used in various configurations in order to interpret the observations. All model simulations correctly predicted the sign of the air-ice flux. By contrast, the amplitude of the flux was much more variable between the different simulations. In none of the simulations was the dissolved gas pathway strong enough to explain the large fluxes during ice growth. This pathway weakness is due to an intrinsic limitation of ice-air fluxes of dissolved CO2 by the slow transport of dissolved inorganic carbon in the ice. The best means we found to explain the high air-ice carbon fluxes during ice growth is an intense yet uncertain gas bubble efflux, requiring sufficient bubble nucleation and upwards rise. We therefore call for further investigation of gas bubble nucleation and transport in sea ice.
Development of an aphasia-friendly warfarin consultation tool for patients after stroke
Authors: Bhandal Satinder , Barnett Nina , Clarkson Katrina
Published: June 2016

The medicines use and safety division of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service in England has created a variety of tools for use in primary and secondary care, including those developed during learning events and in clinical practice. The work is enhanced through collaboration with other professional groups and multidisciplinary colleagues to consider the different ways in which a tool might be developed. The following paper describes the development of a clinical tool, which improves the safety and quality of medications-related care and was co-created by pharmacists, speech and language therapists and patients.
Preconception to postpartum care: the need to maximise the safety of women with epilepsy
Authors: Shepley Sheila A
Published: June 2016

Despite advancement in national epilepsy guidelines, which include key recommendations based on evidence for best clinical practice, for women in pregnancy epilepsy continues to be one of the main contributors to maternal mortality; sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) being the major cause. Women with epilepsy need to be counselled about the use of contraception, the need to plan a pregnancy from time of diagnosis, and these issues need to be revisited by health professionals regularly during contact in clinical practice. This article reviews updated national epilepsy guidelines and literature and highlights what constitutes as good clinical practice in the management of women with epilepsy, and what we should be informing women in order to maximise their safety preconception, during pregnancy, labour, and in the postpartum period.
Anxiety and depression in individuals with Parkinson's disease: perspectives of the nurse specialist
Authors: Theed Rachael , Eccles Fiona JR , Travers Vicky , Simpson Jane
Published: June 2016

Aim:

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease, most usually associated with motor problems, although psychological difficulties are also commonly experienced. In the UK, Parkinson's disease nurse specialists (PDNSs) are often the key health professionals involved in the management of PD, with regards to both the motor and psychological aspects of the disease. This qualitative study sought to investigate the experiences of PDNSs in recognising and managing psychological difficulties in people with PD.

Design:

Five female participants—four PDNSs and one neurology nurse specialising in PD—from the north west of England took part in the study. Participants were all female and had been in their roles for between 2.5 and 14 years. The study used a qualitative methodology aimed at providing a detailed account and analysis.

Method:

Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted and subsequently analysed using thematic analysis.

Results:

Five overarching themes were developed summarising participants' experiences. These included understanding the causes of psychological difficulties; accessing psychological support; the recognition and management of psychological difficulties; the improvement of psychological care and the personal resilience of the nurse specialists.

Conclusions:

The specialist nurses were closely involved in the assessment and support of anxiety and depression of people with PD but concerns were expressed that there were limited resources for further help and management.
Increased use of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in hospitals
Authors: Griffith Richard
Published: June 2016

In this article Richard Griffith discusses the impact of the Supreme Court's ruling in Cheshire West and Chester Council v P [2014] on the use of the Mental Capacity Act's Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in hospitals (Mental Capacity Act 2005, sections 4A and 4B).
Research Roundup
Authors: Costello John
Published: June 2016

John Costello provides a synopsis and brief review of a selection of recently published research articles of interest to neuroscience nurses, highlighting the key points to keep you up to date. A full reference is provided for those who wish to read the research in more detail.
Development of a logic model to support a network approach in delivering 24/7 children's palliative care: part two
Authors: Maynard Linda , Lynn Deborah
Published: June 2016

Background:

This is the second of a two-part article that discusses a research project that aimed to develop and evaluate a 24/7 symptom-management service for children with palliative care needs and a nursing logic model to enable a novel service approach to be generalised and replicated.

Results:

Findings demonstrated that the service standards were met and exceeded expectations. Families valued the role, which enabled choice in location of care and perceived the service as a ‘lifeline’.

Discussion:

Team composition with the right level of specialist and advanced nursing skills, anticipating symptom-management planning, clinical supervision and funded on-call processes were key success criteria. The nursing logic model demonstrated relationships between context investments into the service and outcomes for children and families.
Help is just a phone call away: after-hours support for palliative care patients wishing to die at home
Authors: Baird-Bower Debbie , Roach Julie , Andrews Morven , Onslow Fiona , Curnin Emma
Published: June 2016

The 24-hour support for palliative patients is the gold standard of health care in Australia. However, in the state of Tasmania after-hours telephone support was spatially fragmented and inequitable. In 2014, hospice@HOME, a pilot programme introduced in Tasmania in that year, implemented a state-wide after-hours palliative care support service—1800HOSPICE—offering 24-hour support, 7 days a week for palliative patients, caregivers and the public. Six months of after-hours call logs in combination with additional patient data, were analysed to evaluate the use and wider implications of a state-wide after-hours palliative care support number. Family and caregivers mainly used the after-hours support to request changes to support services (25.1%), report changes in patients' overall condition (23.6%) and request acute medical assistance (16.2%). Through the use of the after-hours services by all individuals involved in the care, end-of-life patients were able to reduce ambulance contact and emergency department admission, and thereby increase their likelihood of dying at home (for patients whose preference was to die at home). Overall, 24-hour palliative care telephone support was found to be a valuable tool for all individuals involved in the care of end-of-life patients.
A preliminary study examining chaplains' support for veterans at the end of life
Authors: Kopacz Marek S , Feldstein Bruce D , Asekoff Cecille Allman , Kaprow Maurice S , Smith-Coggins Rebecca , Connery April L
Published: June 2016

This descriptive study examines the involvement of professional chaplains in addressing loss of dignity, inconsequential life or not having a legacy, fear of burdensomeness, and fear of pain in veterans at the end of life. A convenience sample of Jewish chaplains responded to an online survey gauging their involvement in these areas. Results are presented descriptively. Most respondents stated either rarely (≤1 x month) or sometimes (≥1 x month) encountering veterans with end-of-life issues. Respondents reported varying degrees of involvement in supporting veterans at the end of life with respect to the aforementioned areas. As research into the end-of-life care needs of veterans continues to develop, recognising chaplains as a source of both spiritual and psychosocial support can serve as an opportunity for better meeting the needs of this population.
Research roundup
Authors: Costello John
Published: June 2016

Synopses of a selection of recently published research articles of relevance to palliative care.
Politics and palliative care: Sudan
Authors: Smyth Dion
Published: June 2016

Dion Smyth's review of the internet for palliative nursing
Open Science and eGEMs: Our Role in Supporting a Culture of Collaboration in
Learning Health Systems
Authors: Holve Erin
Published: June 2016

“Open science” includes a variety of approaches to facilitate greater access to
data and the information produced by processes of scientific inquiry. Recently, the
health sciences community has been grappling with the issue of potential pathways and
models to achieve the goals of open science—namely, to create and rapidly share
reproducible health research. eGEMs’ continued dedication to and milestones regarding
the publication of innovative, useful, and timely research to help contribute to the
push towards open science is discussed, as well as the EDM Forum’s new data sharing
platform, CIELO. Although strides have been made, there is still more work to be done to
help health sciences community truly embrace open science.
Cuban Medical Internationalism: The Ebola Campaign of 2014–15
Authors: John M. Kirk  , Chris Walker
Published: June 2016

This article examines the Cuban response to Ebola in West Africa, specifically in the three countries where the Cuban medical personnel focused their efforts – Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It analyses the situation in West Africa as the disease rapidly spread, the international response and the Cuban reaction. In particular, it assesses the impact of Cuba's contribution and concludes with some thoughts about what can be learned from this short (6-month) campaign of the Henry Reeve Contingent, which specialises in responding to natural disasters and medical emergencies. The article finds that there are important lessons for the international community regarding responses to future outbreaks. Diseases such as Ebola do not respect international borders and cannot be overcome with promises of resources or money. In this case, Cuba's response – of a highly trained healthcare workforce of doctors, nurses, technicians and others – remains unique.
Party membership, social ties and upward mobility in Cuba
Authors: Sara Romanò
Published: June 2016

Several studies from transitional economies focus on the role of political credentials and personal networks in favouring upward mobility. Nevertheless, both topics remained empirically rather unexplored in Cuba. The present article quantitatively explores these topics, thereby trying to fill these gaps. Survey data were collected in 2010–11 in Havana. The sample is composed of workers (N = 269) and includes information about their social networks. Research findings from this study suggest that (1) political credentials are not a prerequisite for reaching highly remunerated jobs (on the contrary, according to my results, Party members are less frequently found in highly remunerative positions than non-members) and (2) Cubans commonly turn to personal ties, especially if they are strong, in order to successfully complete a job search. Both results are consistent with research findings from transitional economies at a comparable kind of market penetration and with first findings from a social mobility study carried out by the Cuban Centro de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Sociológicas (CIPS 2009).
Anglo-Cuban Diplomacy: The Economic and Political Links with Britain (1945–60)
Authors: Servando Valdés Sánchez
Published: June 2016

Following the Second World War, after a period when European markets were disrupted and Anglo-Cuban bilateral links had stagnated, Cuban diplomacy engaged in a diplomatic offensive aimed at regaining this market. This article starts by showing how the thinking of the ruling elite of the island was guided by a proactive foreign policy implemented at two interdependent levels: using normal diplomatic channels combined with economic and trade missions. In the second part, the stage immediately following the victory of the revolutionary forces in Cuba will be evaluated, during which time policy making was dominated by commonly held ideas about the importance of commercial and economic links. Finally, the combination of factors that interacted to upset this dynamic will be evaluated: US pressure, British promises to the American government and the growing close relationship between Cuba and the Soviet Bloc.
God and the Nation: Protestants, Patriotism and Pride in Cuba, 1890–1906
Authors: James A. Baer
Published: June 2016

The career of Evaristo Collazo demonstrates the nuanced aspects of Cuban-American relations within the Protestant community at a critical moment in the history of Cuba at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. US influence on the Cuban political system and economy is well documented. The significance of Protestant activity in Cuba is less studied but often conforms to the notion of US hegemony. Collazo and other Cuban Protestant pastors operated in an environment strongly influenced by US teachings and values. Nevertheless, they responded in ways that suggest Cubans found some space for leadership and authority within a transnational bond of religion. This study of Collazo and the Presbyterian Church in Cuba provides a deeper understanding of the importance of transnational approaches to issues that transcend national boundaries and offers a clearer picture of the ways Cubans reacted to and resisted US hegemony.
Is video-case an efficient tool to complement the practical learning in real contexts? Effects on satisfaction and performance in Social Work Degree students
Authors: Aranda López María , García-Domingo Marta , Fuentes Gutiérrez Virginia
Published: June 2016

The study aims to assess the impact of the video-case as an additional support tool in Social Work learning practice. The practical character of the discipline requires assessing the practical knowledge acquisition through different teaching and learning methodologies. The research was conducted with 118 Social Work Degree Students at the University of Jaén (Spain). Participants were randomly assigned to two conditions: face-to-face class (control group) vs. audiovisual class (experimental group). Both video-cases and learning were focused on Family Treatment Teams functioning in Spain. After watching the video or attending the class, participants filled in two questionnaires: The General Satisfaction Scale and the Performance Test. Among other results, ANOVA showed that participants in the audiovisual condition assessed the acquisition of skills and cognitive processes (memory and attention) better than those in the face-to-face condition. Meanwhile, the performance was not affected by the condition assigned. In conclusion, this research proves the positive effect of video-cases in Social Work practical learning processes as an extra tool.
Enlaces. Relatos sobre la conexión de tiempos y lugares
Authors: Martínez García-Posada Ángel
Published: June 2016

A través de algunos relatos en torno al espacio se ensaya un discurso sobre la conexión entre arte y vida, que postula la relación entre escenas, la continuidad entre arte y lugar, y el entrelazamiento creativo y narrativo entre disciplinas artísticas. El artículo pretende registrar la conexión, en ambos sentidos del vector, entre lugares y proyectos, un vínculo inasible pero real. Todo escritor persigue las marcas de la actividad humana sobre los objetos, la probatura de una teoría de los objetos inanimados que registramos desde nuestras herramientas de analogía y contraste antropométrico. Ése es también el empeño del arte y ésa era la definición del propio origen de la pintura de Plinio, el intento de retener la compañía de la persona amada dibujando la sombra de su perfil sobre una superficie, convertida en un museo espontáneo al fresco. Las obras de arte, como algunos proyectos, deberían ser hilos, en el tiempo y el espacio, enlaces del arte y la vida: entre nuestra mesa y el territorio, entre la mente y la materia, entre el hombre y el mundo.
Postproduciendo (casi) nada
Authors: López Ujaque Jose Manuel
Published: June 2016

Postproducción es un término extraído de la industria audiovisual que alude a todas las operaciones realizadas sobre un material YA grabado o existente: música, fotografías, videos, películas, pinturas, etc. Tiene mayoritariamente un carácter entrópico, de liberación continua e irreversible de energías y nuevos productos reprogramados que revisan productos ya anteriormente reprogramados, y así de manera sucesiva hasta el infinito. ¿Podríamos imaginar una postproducción de sentido contrario? ¿Una postproducción cuyo esfuerzo tienda a cero? ¿Y si ahora preferimos seguir postproduciendo pero haciéndolo desde (casi) nada? Si extrapolamos esta otra acepción directamente hacia la práctica arquitectónica, estaríamos reivindicando una forma explícita de eficacia donde la manera de proceder (la mejor opción, la más sostenible) puede ser precisamente ‘no hacer’ o ‘hacer muy poco’. Una semejanza que nos emparentaría con Bartleby, el personaje de Herman Melville y su célebre frase: “preferiría no hacerlo”.
La aplicación de stop-motion en arquitectura: materia y luz
Authors: Jorge Camacho Cristina
Published: June 2016

Se inicia un análisis de los procesos de trabajo de stop-motion porque ayudan a comprender las diferentes escalas en arquitectura donde las maquetas se convierten en futuros prototipos de infraestructuras de edificios o de paisaje. Stop motion es una técnica de animación fotograma a fotograma de objetos estáticos mediante la manipulación de figuras de plastilina en entornos fijos con cambios de luz, color y sonido. Igual que dicha técnica reúne lo mejor del rodaje tradicional -story board, escenografía, fotografía, personajes, iluminación- la animación de maquetas de interiores sintetiza micro-procesos de mayor repercusión -habitaciones con cambios de humedad, de temperatura, de ventilación y de iluminación- incorporando efectos especiales que son procesados digitalmente en post-producción. Se construyen varios prototipos de habitación con parámetros fijos como el tamaño y la posición de la cámara y otros variables como los materiales, los personajes y la iluminación. Representan un mundo en miniatura que intenta aportar un acercamiento sensorial y atmosférico analizando la magia y la fantasía que Junichirô Tanizaki describe en la penumbra de las construcciones tradicionales japonesas y estudiando las imperfecciones de los escenarios que Tim Burton manipula en su películas de animación con una textura que las tecnologías digitales no pueden igualar. El objetivo es utilizar una escala micro para realizar unos modelos interiores donde las condiciones atmosféricas están controladas y reducidas, y tomar datos que se podrían aplicar a un proceso de modelado a escala intermedia para testar prototipos de edificios como el túnel de viento; o, finalmente, a una escala macro con maquetas de un sector de la costa o de un río donde los fenómenos meteorológicos son los protagonistas para simular inundaciones y diseñar futuras medidas de prevención y seguridad.
Narraciones espaciales desde el cuerpo. Una aproximación arquitectónica a las relaciones de sumisión, violencia y armonía
Authors: Cano Ciborro Víctor Manuel
Published: June 2016

Este trabajo de investigación pretende poner en valor una comprensión del espacio desde la vinculación existente entre el cuerpo y el complejo e inestable ambiente que habita. Por un lado, el cuerpo, con sus relaciones, acciones y afectos, se erige como la herramienta clave para entender las dinámicas de producción espacial contemporánea, por otro, la inclusión de la escala humana, hace que los grandes relatos se desvanezcan en favor de una serie de vínculos sensibles que re-humanizan la arquitectura y atienden a las sensaciones del individuo. Así, se pone de manifiesto una narración que sitúa al cuerpo como protagonista y en la que su vinculación con la espacialidad fluctúa entre la sumisión, la violencia y la armonía para con los otros cuerpos y el espacio. Como caso de estudio, se ha tomado la más abyecta y violenta de las construcciones: el campo de concentración de Auschwitz, en un intento de re-pensarlo desde los afectos del individuo y de problematizar las relaciones y acciones contemporáneas –que de acuerdo con el filósofo Michael Foucault- derivan hacia derroteros de control y violencias invisibles. Dicha tarea se nutre de una multiplicidad de cartografías como instrumento de conocimiento para visibilizar narraciones arquitectónicas a través del cuerpo, con el objetivo tanto del análisis de situaciones acontecidas, como de operar sobre nuevas oportunidades espaciales.
An Architecture by means of Anthropology. Beyond learning the tools of social science
Authors: Gisbert Alemany Ester
Published: June 2016

Architects and urban planners have traditionally considered social sciences to learn their tools, particularly the ones that allow them to analyse and describe the environments and the people for whom they work. This has led architects to develop better tools of observation and description of the social realm and not only the material one. Nevertheless, most of the times this interdisciplinary approach has identified social sciences, and specially anthropology, with ethnography. This paper departs from the critique of this identification made by anthropologist Tim Ingold and focuses in what he proposes is the core method of anthropology, participant observation. Then it reviews several recent proposals of social scientists who are searching for a non-representational more future oriented discipline. Which is an aim more related to that of architects. This paper tries to imagine how this transdisciplinary practice could look like.
Digital Fabrication and Free Culture. One More Minor Becoming?
Authors: Pérez de Lama Halcón José
Published: June 2016

Digital fabrication is meant to be a Third Digital Revolution, after those of computation and communication. As happened with the two preceding revolutions, great expectations have arisen around its political virtualities to promote freer and more horizontal production relations and more autonomous individuals. However, as happened before with computation and communication, actual events are showing that these alleged virtualities won't become actual without strong determination, organization and work by social and technical activists. The case of the corporate acquisition of open hardware pioneering company, Makerbot, is discussed as an example and turning point of the initial optimism among the new generation of tech-visionaries. A set of possible strategies to promote a free and open source digital fabrication ecosystem is discussed as a conclusion.
El armario. Una serie de kits tecnoafectivos
Authors: Gil Delgado David
Published: June 2016

El Armario es el espacio donde somos nosotros mismos. Es lo contrario de lo que se espera que seamos en el espacio público. En él guardamos las máscaras que usamos en el exterior. Contiene tanto nuestro material biológico como nuestro material socialmente producido. No es un espacio metafórico, sino un espacio que siempre llevamos con nosotros mismos y que sólo se abre cuando el contexto nos lo permite. Quizás, los verdaderos afectos humanos sólo sean reales cuando el espacio del armario se activa.Cada persona puede tener un tipo de armario. Más grande o más pequeño, más fijo o más transportable, más cerrado o más abierto. No obstante, el uso y el contenido que cada uno puede hacer de su armario viene condicionado por los espacios que atraviesa a lo largo de su vida. Si el contenido “per se” no es aceptado por estos espacios exteriores, quizás ese armario nunca se atreverá a abrirse y a posibilitar la realización afectiva de su propietario. Este proyecto nace motivado por todos aquellos armarios que resisten y que tratan de buscar un espacio en el que poder abrirse. Se desarrolla mediante dos campos de trabajo: una cartografía fragmentada –ejercicios para intentar definir una ecología afectiva– y una investigación propositiva –diez escenarios materiales–. Ambos campos de trabajo son simultáneos y permanecen en proceso, susceptibles de seguir desarrollándose. No obstante, los dos tratan de articular la aplicación de una ecología afectiva a la arquitectura como método de trabajo para la crítica y la proposición de espacios afectivos.La cartografía fragmentada se basa en conocer, descubrir y catalogar –que no desvelar– diversos agentes humanos y diversas tecnologías –dispositivos tecnoafectivos– que consiguen desmontar la normativa de ciertos espacios. Sus esfuerzos alcanzan satisfacciones afectivas que no serían aceptadas en el contexto espacial y social dominante. Estas personas, comunidades y tecnologías pueden abrir un debate y generar unas enseñanzas aplicables a las propuestas arquitectónicas. El objetivo es evitar la opresión sobre las minorías o los “outsiders” del contexto donde nos encontremos. La serie de kits tecnoafectivos se centra en crear n escenarios, narrados en n capítulos –en este momento y en este contexto serán diez– con la intención de construir una crítica hacia algún tipo de opresión afectiva ligada a la arquitectura. Las propuestas buscan potenciar las “desviaciones” antinormativas para conseguir la realización sentimental y corporal de uno o más agentes humanos. 10 historias afectivas, 10 propuestas arquitectónicas, 10 desafíos a lo normativo, 10 reivindicaciones contra el control, 10 debates sociales, 10 espacios queer, 10 institucionalizaciones, 10 multi-performatividades, 10 intentos de libertad, 10 esfuerzos por la igualdad. Podemos llamarlos de diferentes formas. También podemos leer cada propuesta de forma aislada o de forma conectada al resto. Pero todas tienen el mismo objetivo: abrir el armario.
Del PFC a hoy
Authors: Gómez Javaloyes María
Published: June 2016

La vida no empieza en el Proyecto Final de Carrera, de arquitectura o de cualquier otra disciplina, porque antes, como estudiantes, hay vida y puede ser muy intensa. Pero desde luego un PFC puede ser un momento clave en el desarrollo posterior de la profesión. A mi debió pasarme eso.En las siguientes páginas extraigo partes del PFC que realicé hace cinco años y trazo conexiones con algunos de los trabajos, de las formas de ser arquitecta y de habitar territorios, que he vivido posteriormente. Mi interés al hacer esto es profundizar un poco más en lo que pueden ser prácticas arquitectónicas desde mundos rurales, desde perspectivas de ecología política feminista y desde el deseo de poesía. Son puntos de vista en los que me he situado, motor de los trabajos de prueba y error a continuación expuestos. Y son puntos de vista periféricos, en los bordes de la disciplina arquitectónica (principalmente los dos primeros).Si este documento tuviera que formularse en clave de pregunta sería: ¿Cuales son los procesos y resultados de proyectar arquitectura desde aquí? Trataré de responder definiendo estos bordes.
Crisis
Authors: Motosierra Mikel
Published: June 2016

Serie de dibujos de Mikel Motosierra, arquitecto:Cráneo privilegiadoCrisisLa llamadaTe lo dice RemMimbrea comercialCalatravaVida de RobinsónBartlebooth Salus (en colaboración con David Cárdenas, arquitecto)
Estructuras del líder
Authors: Gómez Radioboy Rubén
Published: June 2016

Serie de dibujos de Rubén Gómez, artista
¡…Prescindible Organizado!: Agenda Docente para una formulación afectiva y disidente del Proyecto Arquitectónico
Authors: Nieto Fernández Enrique
Published: June 2016

El texto que a continuación se presenta se corresponde de manera bastante fidedigna con el texto que el autor leyó en el acto de defensa de su tesis doctoral, realizada en la Universidad de Alicante el 14 de junio de 2012. El tribunal estuvo compuesto por Remedios Zafra, Federico Soriano, Jessica Jaques, Miguel Angel Hernández y Juan Freire. Los directores del trabajo fueron José María Torres Nadal y Pedro Alberto Cruz. Después de lo vivido, lo pensado, y lo contado, descubro perplejo al final de esta investigación que la relevancia de lo que hemos realizado junto con otrxs muchxs en la Universidad de Alicante, radica precisamente en una obsesión infantil por organizar lo prescindible, todo aquello que no nos es requerido para el cumplimiento de nuestras estrictas funciones académicas. O por utilizar otros términos, descubro con un cierto horror que casi nada de lo que en algún momento nos ha llegado a excitar parece atravesado por los dispositivos maquínicos institucionales.
La importancia del Higienismo y la Potabilización del agua en la ciudad de Valencia (1860 -1910)
Authors: Palomero González José Antonio , Alvariño Serra Patricia
Published: June 2016

El siglo XIX se caracteriza por numerosos cambios tanto a nivel social como estructural de la población: se produce un acelerado desarrollo urbano sin planificación y carente de servicios que da lugar a una mala calidad de vida y numerosas epidemias. Estos cambios tienen como resultado un nuevo movimiento, el Higienismo, que pretende mejorar las condiciones de vida de la población. En España, todas las reformas higiénicas se desarrollaron mediante los planes de Ensanche. Uno de los puntos clave de este pensamiento es el abastecimiento de agua potable como medio para evitar enfermedades. La ciudad de Valencia es un claro ejemplo de la importancia de este movimiento y cómo el abastecimiento de agua es un elemento clave en la mejora de la calidad de vida de las personas.
Caza y espacios naturales protegidos en Extremadura
Authors: Rengifo Gallego Juan Ignacio , Sánchez Martín Jose Manuel
Published: June 2016

La superficie protegida ha crecido, en poco más de un siglo, de forma muy rápida, logrando alcanzar cifras significativas que, no obstante, pueden oscilar de forma muy notable entre unos países y otros. Este interés por proteger los espacios naturales responde, en el contexto actual, a la consecución de una amplia serie de fines de carácter científico, educativo, recreativo y socioeconómico. Como consecuencia de ello, ha surgido un nuevo escenario en el que determinados aprovechamientos tradicionales se están viendo afectados.La caza es, sin duda, uno de los mejores ejemplos de actividad tradicional que se está viendo perjudicada por este proceso. Con estos antecedentes, en el presente trabajo se analiza con carácter general la situación de los espacios naturales protegidos en Extremadura en relación con la actividad cinegética. Este análisis se lleva a cabo teniendo en cuenta que un tercio de la superficie regional está protegida por algunas de las figuras existentes y que, además, estos espacios se distribuyen por áreas en las que la caza ha sido un aprovechamiento tradicional que ha contribuido a mantener los espacios en mejor estado de conservación.
Córdoba en las “Minutas Cartográficas” del Instituto Geográfico Nacional (1871-1900) y su hábitat rural como herramienta cartográfica
Authors: Torres-Márquez Martín
Published: June 2016

El señalado valor paisajístico y patrimonial del poblamiento rural está fuera de toda duda. La amplia bibliografía ha puesto de manifiesto la importancia de los pueblos, cortijos, caseríos y haciendas en el contexto de la España rural. Pero esa infinidad de valores ha de completarse con el significado que el hábitat rural adquirió en los orígenes de la cartografía contemporánea. En el presente estudio examinamos, de forma suscita, la perspectiva técnica de la construcción cartográfica y topográfica de finales del siglo XIX, así como su estrecha relación con el hábitat rural como recurso cartográfico en la primera serie topográfica 1:50.000 del Instituto Geográfico. Para ello recurrimos a los itinerarios topográficos realizados entre 1871 y 1893 y a sus resultados en las “minutas cartográficas” para una muestra municipal de la provincia de Córdoba: La Carlota, Conquista, Fernán Núñez, Palma del Río, Valsequillo y Zuheros. Las deducciones concluyentes aspiran a ser un veraz ejemplo del significado cartográfico del hábitat rural como herramienta para el desarrollo de la primera cartografía topográfica cordobesa y española.