bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PREDICTORES DEL RENDIMIENTO ARITMÉTICO EN 4º DE EDUCACIÓN PRIMARIA
Authors: Iglesias-Sarmiento Valentin , Alfonso Gil Sonia , Conde Rodríguez Ángeles , Deaño Deaño Manuel
Published: September 2016

Abstract:PREDICTORS OF ARITHMETICAL ACHIEVEMENT IN PRIMARY EDUCATION 4TH-GRADERSIn this investigation, the cognitive mechanisms underlying arithmetical achievement in Primary Education 4th-graders were analyzed. For this purpose, using the Digit Span test of the WISC-R and the scales from the batteries D.N:CAS and BANEVHAR, the performance in verbal memory, processing speed, planning, simultaneous and successive processing, attention, and numeric competence was assessed in 74 students. The correlational analyses showed that, except for planning, all the variables selected were significantly related to arithmetical achievement. Simultaneous and number processing emerged as predictors of arithmetical performance in the hierarchical regression analysis carried out.Keywords: arithmetical achievement; Primary Education; cognitive processes.Resumen:Esta investigación analizó los mecanismos cognitivos subyacentes al rendimiento aritmético en el 4º curso de Educación Primaria. Con este fin se evaluó, a través de las pruebas de dígitos del WISC-R, y de las escalas correspondientes de las baterías D.N:CAS y BANEVHAR, el rendimiento en memoria verbal, velocidad de procesamiento, planificación, atención, procesamiento simultáneo y sucesivo y competencia numérica de 74 alumnos. Los análisis correlacionales mostraron que todas las variables seleccionadas, salvo la planificación, se relacionaron significativamente con el rendimiento aritmético. El simultáneo y el procesamiento numérico emergieron, en el análisis de regresión jerárquico realizado, como predictores del rendimiento aritmético.Palabras clave: rendimiento aritmético; Educación Primaria; procesos cognitivos.
ESTRÉS COTIDIANO Y PRECISIÓN LECTORA EN NIÑOS DE EDUCACIÓN PRIMARIA
Authors: González Mª José , Díaz-Giráldez Félix , Martín Isaías , Delgado Myriam , Trianes Mª Victoria
Published: September 2016

Abstract:The aim of this study is to analyze if accuracy reading is modified by quotidian stressors variables, in students who start Elementary Education. In this transversal study, accuracy reading processes and daily stress, were studied in a group of 111 students of Elementary Education from two different schools, a private/state-subsidised school and a state one. The design is transversal. Accuracy and daily stress are assemented. After variance analysis, results indicated significant differences in accuracy reading with respect to school stress. The importance of daily stress was highlighted in first course of obligatory education.Keywords: Quotidian stress. Accuracy reading. Primary Education.Resumen:El objetivo de este estudio es analizar la influencia del stress cotidiano en la precisión lectora en, en el inicio de la Educación Primaria. La muestra esta formada por 111 alumnos de Educación Primaria, pertenecientes a dos centros escolares, uno privado/concertado y otro público. El diseño de este trabajo es transversal, evaluándose la precisión lectora y el estrés cotidiano de manera individual. Los resultados obtenidos con el análisis de varianza muestran diferencias significativas en la precisión lectora con respecto al estrés escolar. Se resalta la importancia del estrés cotidiano en la precisión lectora en el primer año de la enseñanza obligatoria.Palabras claves: Estres cotidiano. Precisión lectora. Educación Primaria.
PRECISIÓN LECTORA Y NIVEL LECTOR INICIAL EN NIÑOS DE EDUCACIÓN PRIMARIA
Authors: González Mª José , Díaz-Giráldez Félix , Martín Isaías , Delgado Myriam , Trianes Mª Victoria
Published: September 2016

Abstract:The aim of this study is to analyze if reading efficiency is modified by initial reading level, type of school and sex, in students who start Elementary Education. In this transversal study, accuracy reading processes and initial reading level were studied in a group of 111 students of Elementary Education from two different schools, a private/state-subsidized school and a state one. After compared average and variance analysis, results indicated significant differences in accuracy reading with respect to initial reading level, but not differences in accuracy reading with respect type of school and sex. The importance of initial reading level in Primary Education was highlighted as well as the effects of initial reading level in Preschool in school and home education.Keywords: accuracy reading, initial reading levelResumen:El objetivo de este estudio es analizar si existen diferencias en precisión lectora en cuanto al nivel de lectura inicial, sexo y tipo de colegio, en el inicio de la Educación Primaria. La muestra esta formada por 111 alumnos de Educación primaria, pertenecientes a dos centros escolares, uno privado/concertado y otro público. El diseño de este trabajo es transversal, evaluándose el rendimiento lector (precisión lectora) y el nivel de lectura inicial en Educación Infantil, de manera individual. Los resultados obtenidos con el análisis de comparación de medias muestran diferencias significativas en la precisión lectora con respecto al nivel de lectura inicial, pero no en cuanto al tipo de colegio y el sexo. Se resalta la importancia en Educación Primaria del nivel de lectura inicial alcanzado en la educación infantil en el ámbito escolar y familiar.Palabras claves: exactitud lectora, nivel de lectura inicial.
OPINIÓN, VOLUNTARIEDAD Y MOTIVACIÓN DE ESTUDIANTES Y PROFESORADO UNIVERSITARIO DE PARTICIPAR EN UN PROGRAMA DE EDUCACIÓN BILINGÜE
Authors: Rohlfs Paloma
Published: September 2016

Abstract:OPINION, VOLUNTARINESS AND MOTIVATION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO PARTICIPATE IN A BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMThe present research has examined the opinion, motivation and the degree of willingness from professors and students of Psychology Bachelor‘s Degree of the University of Huelva during the academic year 2012/2013, to participate in a hypothetical bilingual education (Spanish and English), according to the new teaching and learning CLIL program. As a result, it can be concluded that both groups show a relatively high degree of willingness to participate in this program, and are intrinsically motivated, while only the group of students are extrinsically motivated to participate in this program.Keywords. University Education. Bilingualism. Psychology. CLIL programs.Resumen:El presente trabajo de investigación ha examinado la opinión, la motivación y el grado de voluntad del profesorado y del estudiantado del Grado en Psicología del curso académico 2012/2013 de la Universidad de Huelva, de participar en un hipotético programa de educación bilingüe (español e inglés), conforme al nuevo paradigma de enseñanza-aprendizaje AICLE. Como resultado, se puede concluir que ambos colectivos muestran un grado relativamente alto de voluntad de participar en dicho programa, y están motivados intrínsecamente, mientras que sólo el colectivo de estudiantes está motivado extrínsecamente para participar en dicho programa.Palabras clave. Educación universitaria. Bilingüismo. Psicología. Programas AICLE.
ROSAS Y ESPINAS EN LAS RELACIONES DE PAREJAS DE NOVIOS: AMOR, EXPECTATIVAS Y PROBLEMAS
Authors: Isidro de Pedro Ana Isabel , Peñil Fernández Isaac
Published: September 2016

Abstract:ROSES AND THORNS IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: LOVE, EXPECTATIONS, AND PROBLEMSThe intimate relationships have a great value in the life of the persons and, for most of them, to find and to maintain a stable couple relation, well-established and happy continue to be occupying a preponderant role in his/her “ideal” of life (to short, half or long-term), while either his absence or failure is frequently detected as a negative or stressful condition that affects the life of their protagonists. The present work deals with a psychosocial approximation to the study of the sentimental relations in youngster’s couples that are not yet living together neither they have done it in the past. In this phase it is accustomed to give rise the germ of future-conflicts and the couple behaviour patterns become established to be perpetuated and to constitute the guideline or the posterior relation model for it. Thus the way to understand love, the couple relationship, the conflict and the management skill to solve it, will be analyzed.Keywords: Romantic relationships, Love, ConflictResumen:Las relaciones íntimas tienen un gran valor en la vida de las personas y, para la mayor parte, encontrar y mantener una relación de pareja estable, consolidada y feliz sigue ocupando un papel preponderante en su “ideal” de vida (a corto, medio o largo plazo), mientras que su ausencia o fracaso es frecuentemente percibida como una condición negativa o estresante que mediatiza la vida de sus protagonistas. El presente trabajo pretende una aproximación psicosocial al estudio de las relaciones sentimentales en parejas jóvenes que aún no conviven juntas ni lo han hecho en el pasado, es decir, lo que popularmente se denomina pareja de novios. Es en esta fase cuando suele fraguarse el germen de futuros conflictos y cuando se establecen los patrones de comportamiento de pareja que tenderán a perpetuarse en el tiempo y a constituir la pauta o modelo de relación posterior entre ambos. Así se analizará la forma de entender el amor y la relación de pareja, el conflicto y las estrategias y habilidades exhibidas para resolverlo.Palabras clave: Relaciones de pareja, amor, conflicto
ANTECEDENTES DE VIOLENCIA EN LA INFANCIA Y REPERCUSIÓN PSICOPATOLÓGICA EN MUJERES QUE HAN VIVIDO VIOLENCIA POR SUS PAREJAS. ESTUDIO EXPLORATORIO
Authors: Martínez Sanz Alicia , Mañas Viejo Carmen , Iniesta Martínez Almudena
Published: September 2016

Abstract:VIOLENCE HISTORY DURING THE CHILDHOOD AND THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL IMPACT IN WOMEN WHO EXPERIENCED INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE. EXPLORATORY STUDYTraumatic experiences during the childhood may be the cause of a large psychopathological impact in the adulthood. Some researches show that suffer physical and sexual abuses in the childhood may be related to intimate partner violence. The main purpose of this research is not other that to analyse if abuse during childhood may increase the symptoms of female victims of intimate partner violence in their adulthood. It is also examined if an abused experience during the childhood could be related to with intimate partner violence. It has been studied 60 women real cases who were in a woman public support service and reported intimate partner violence (V group). The control group was 20 women real cases who went to the same service, however, reported no partner violence (NV group). The results show that suffer violence during the childhood may increase the anxiety level and PTSD’s symptoms of female victims of intimate partner violence, although it would be necessary increasing the sample and using a retrospective method acting to deepen in traumatic childhood experiences in future researches.Keywords: violence, woman, partner, impact, psychopathological, abuse, childhood.Resumen:Las situaciones traumáticas vividas en la infancia pueden tener una gran repercusión psicopatológica en la vida adulta. Otros estudios han mostrado que haber vivido abuso físico o sexual en la infancia puede estar relacionado con vivir una situación de maltrato por la pareja. El objetivo principal de esta investigación fue comprobar si vivir algún tipo de violencia en la infancia puede aumentar la sintomatología de las mujeres que han sufrido violencia por sus parejas en la vida adulta. Además se exploró si la existencia de antecedentes de violencia en la infancia podía estar asociada a la violencia en la pareja. Se estudió una muestra de 60 mujeres que acudieron a un servicio público de apoyo y asesoramiento la mujer y manifestaron haber vivido violencia por sus parejas(grupo V). El grupo control lo formaron 20 mujeres que acudieron al mismo servicio, pero que afirmaron no haber sufrido violencia por sus parejas (grupo NV). Los resultados ponen de manifiesto que los antecedentes de violencia en la infancia pueden aumentar el nivel de ansiedad y los síntomas del TEPT en mujeres que han vivido violencia por sus parejas, aunque sería necesario en futuras investigaciones ampliar la muestra y utilizar una herramienta retrospectiva que profundice en las situaciones traumáticas vividas en la infancia.Palabras clave: violencia, mujer, pareja, repercusión, psicopatológica, maltrato, infancia.
LA PSICOLOGÍA POSITIVA: ANTIGUA O NUEVA CONCEPCIÓN
Authors: Morán Astorga Consuelo , Vicente Castro Florencio , Sánchez Cabaco Antonio , Montes Velasco Eduardo
Published: September 2016

Abstract:POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: EARLY OR NEW CONCEPTIONThis paper presents the most important concepts and contents of the field of positive psychology. The psychology born with a positive approach, with three main objectives: to cure mental disorders, make life more accomplishing and productive, and identify the talent and intelligence of the people and develop them. Historically suffers a break from the great wars, which focused interest in solving the damages and their consequences. In the second millennium, rising again from the hand of Martin Seligman and is consolidating with great potential and depth of influence in society. To improve our skills, develop as persons, be happy, enjoy life, are the topics of interest in scientific research of positive psychology.Keywords: positive psychology, positive emotions, resilience, human strengths, happiness.Resumen:Este trabajo presenta los conceptos y contenidos más importantes del campo de la psicología positiva. La psicología nace con enfoque positivo, con tres grandes objetivos: curar los trastornos mentales, hacer la vida de las personas más plena y productiva, e identificar el talento y la inteligencia de las personas y desarrollarlos. Históricamente sufre un parón por las grandes guerras, las cuales centraron los intereses en resolver los daños y las consecuencias derivadas. En el segundo milenio, vuelve a resurgir de la mano de Martin Seligman y se está consolidando con un gran potencial de influencia y calado en la sociedad. El objetivo de mejorar nuestras capacidades, desarrollarnos como personas, ser felices, disfrutar de la vida, son los temas de interés en la investigacióncientífica de la psicología positiva.Palabras clave: psicología positive, emociones positivas, resiliencia, fortalezas humanas, felicidad.
COGNICIÓN INSTRUCCIONAL POSITIVA: IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE UNA EXPERIENCIA PILOTO CON JÓVENES CUBANOS
Authors: Barahona Esteban Mª Nieves , Sánchez Cabaco Antonio , Urchaga Litago José David
Published: September 2016

Abstract:The present communication describes the pilot implementation of a program based on Positive Instructional Cognition (PIC), carried out among young people from Cuba. First, there is an explanation of the basis of this model, which is founded in the comprehensive human education proposed by the most important international organizations (OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) and by the psychological models of world-acknowledged authors such as Viktor Frankl and Martin Seligman. In it we develop the three-dimensional competence in the comprehensive education of the person (‘learning to know’, ‘learning to do’ and ‘learning to be’) operativizing it in five different levels: Analysis of the problem, Emotional expression and emotion recognition, Self-knowledge, Reflection and Well-being. And secondly, we explain the implementation of this program and the results of changes in the character strengths and the other dimensions that we have studied (gratitude and capacity of forgiveness).Keywords: Positive Instructional Cognition, Happiness, Well-being, Positive Psychology.Resumen:La comunicación recoge la implementación piloto de un programa, basado en la Cognición Instruccional Positiva (CIP) (Cabaco, 2009), con jóvenes cubanos. En primer lugar, exponemos la fundamentación del modelo que se apoya en la formación humana integral propuesta desde los más altos organismos internacionales (Organización de Cooperación y Desarrollo Económicos, OCDE) y en los modelos psicológicos de reconocidos autores como Viktor Frankl y Martin Seligman. En él se desarrolla la tridimensionalidad competencial de la formación integral de la persona (Saber, Saber hacer y Saber ser) operativizándola en cinco niveles: Análisis del problema, Expresión y reconocimiento emocional, Autoconocimiento, Reflexión y Bienestar. Y en segundo lugar, mostramos la aplicación experimental del programa y los resultados obtenidos en el cambio en las fortalezas personales y en otras dimensiones estudiadas (gratitud y capacidad de perdonar).Palabras clave: Cognición Instruccional Positiva, Felicidad, Bienestar, Psicología Positiva.
DETERMINACIÓN DE LOS CONTENIDOS INCLUIDOS EN LOS PLANES DE ACCIÓN TUTORIAL EN EUROPA
Authors: Calleja Barcia Iria Iria , Pino-Juste Margarita
Published: September 2016

Abstract:Tutoring action is an essential part of the teachers work, specially the one referred to values teaching. In Spain, this work is determined by the Tutoring Action Plan and by the joint effort of teachers and the guidance services in school. However in european setting, this assignment differs in contents and working methods. The present communication´s aim is to demarcate the included contents in tutoring work in the european setting, through de content analysis of spanish, english, irish, swedish and finnish National Curriculums.Keywords: Tutoring, cross-curricular themes, values, Primary Education, Secondary Education.Resumen:La acción tutorial es una parte esencial del trabajo de los docentes, especialmente el relacionado con la educación en valores. En España, este trabajo está determinado por el Plan de Acción Tutorial y por el esfuerzo conjunto de los docentes y los servicios de orientación en la escuela. Sin embargo en el entorno europeo, esta tarea difiere en los contenidos y métodos de trabajo. La presente comunicación tiene por objeto la determinación de los contenidos que se incluyen en la labor tutorial en el entorno europeo, a través del análisis de contenido de los Curriculums Nacionales español, inglés, irlandés, sueco y finlandés.Palabras clave: Tutoría, temas transversales, valores, Educación Primaria, Educación Secundaria.
VALORES PERCIBIDOS POR LOS ADOLESCENTES E IDENTIFICACIÓN CON PERSONAJES TELEVISIVOS
Authors: Medrano Samaniego Concepción , Martínez de Morentin de Goñi Juan Ignacio
Published: September 2016

Abstract:VALUES PERCEIVED BY ADOLESCENTS AND IDENTIFICATION TELEVISION CHARACTERSThe aim of this study was to examine the relationship between 1238 adolescents from a cross-cultural sample encompassing eight different contexts and their favorite television characters, in accordance with the following aspects: identification or degree of empathy and values perceived in them. Our work was based on the idea that the study of identification and values perception in favorite characters would provide us with important information for understanding the effects of the medium on adolescents. The three variables were then analyzed in order to identify any possible relationship which may exist between them. Two measurement instruments were used: the CHTV.02 and the Val. TV 02. The results revealed statistically significant (although moderate) differences in the sample group as a whole. In conclusion, it can be said that the majority of adolescents tend to favor characters who embody prosocial values.Keywords: Adolescence, television, cross-cultural study, favorite characters, empathy, perceived valuesResumen:El objetivo de este estudio fue examinar la relación que, 1238 adolescentes de una muestra transcultural, pertenecientes a ocho contextos diferentes, establecen con los personajes favoritos de la televisión atendiendo a la identificación o grado de empatía y los valores que perciben en él. Partimos de la idea básica de que el estudio acerca de la identificación y la percepción de valores en sus personajes favoritos nos proporcionan claves importantes para la comprensión de los efectos del medio sobre los adolescentes. Las dos variables se analizarán buscando una posible relación entre ellas. Se utilizaron dos instrumentos de medida: el CHTV.02 y el Val. TV 02. Los resultados han demostrado que existen diferencias estadísticas significativas en el conjunto de los contextos culturales estudiados; no obstante, son moderadas. En las conclusiones hay que señalar que la mayoría de adolescentes se inclinan por personajes que encarnan valores prosociales.Palabras clave: Adolescencia, televisión, estudio transcultural, personajes favoritos, empatía, valores percibidos.
'Darker shades of blue': A comparison of three decades of South African Police Service culture
Authors: Steyn Jean , Mkhize Sazelo
Published: September 2016

Research and thought on the public police have emphasized the value of police culture in comprehending the various aspects of policing. Recently a ‘contemporary police culture’ school of thought has risen, challenging prevailing traditional portrayals of homogeneity and universality. Aficionadas of this method argue that new developments in police and policing have dramatically changed police culture and conventional characterisations do not reflect the complex minutiae of the police character, and as such are antiquated, illogical and useless. This manuscript is an attempt to contribute towards this debate by gauging indicators evincing police culture solidarity, isolation, and cynicism amongst a representative sample of South African Police Service (SAPS) functional police officials with ten (10), twenty (20), and thirty (30) years SAPS experience.
Book Review: Don Pinnock, Gang Town, Cape Town, Tafelberg, 2016.
Authors: Van der Spuy Elrena
Published: September 2016

Gang Town, so promises the back leaf, ‘tells a tale of two cities’. The front cover juxtaposes the two cities – Cape Town and Gang Town. The outline of Table Mountain beckons in the distance. Superimposed onto that world heritage emblem of the city is the body of a young man. A crude tattoo is visible on his naked torso. The arms of the body are stretched outward. The hands clasp a handgun.  The torso, the tattoo and handgun signify ‘the gangster’. He hails from Gang Town. The gangster-subject is not without agency. The body is tilted in anticipation of the deadly velocity of the gun.  But that agency, we know, is painfully circumscribed by the debilitating conditions of social exclusion that characterise Gang Town. So it is with anticipation that one turns to Pinnock’s account of the interplay between structure and agency and gangs.
Semantic query in a relational database using a local ontology construction (Retraction)
Authors: Editorial Office
Published: September 2016

The Editor-in-Chief is retracting the paper entitled ‘Semantic query in a relational database using a local ontology construction’ by Saeed M. Sedighi(corresponding author) and Reza Javidan, published in the November/December 2012 issue (volume 108 number 11/12).After an extensive investigation by expert, external assessors, the paper has been found to be a plagiarised version of the following article:Munir K, Odeh M, McClatchey R. Managing the mappings between domain ontologies and database schemas when formulating relational queries.IDEAS ’09: Proceedings of the 2009 International Database Engineering & Applications Symposium. New York: ACM; 2009. p. 131–141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1620432.1620446
snow forecasting decision tree for significant snowfall over the interior of South Africa
Authors: Stander Jan Hendrik , Dyson Liesl , Engelbrecht Christien J.
Published: September 2016

Snowfall occurs every winter over the mountains of South Africa but is rare over the highly populated metropolises over the interior of South Africa. When snowfall does occur over highly populated areas, it causes widespread disruption to infrastructure and even loss of life. Because of the rarity of snow over the interior of South Africa, inexperienced weather forecasters often miss these events. We propose a five-step snow forecasting decision tree in which all five criteria must be met to forecast snowfall. The decision tree comprises physical attributes that are necessary for snowfall to occur. The first step recognises the synoptic circulation patterns associated with snow and the second step detects whether precipitation is likely in an area. The remaining steps all deal with identifying the presence of a snowflake in a cloud and determining that the snowflake will not melt on the way to the ground. The decision tree is especially useful to forecast the very rare snow events that develop from relatively dry and warmer surface conditions. We propose operational implementation of the decision tree in the weather forecasting offices of South Africa, as it is foreseen that this approach could significantly contribute to accurately forecasting snow over the interior of South Africa.

Significance: 

A method for forecasting disruptive snowfall is provided. It is envisaged that this method will contribute to the improved forecasting of these severe weather events over South Africa.

Weather systems responsible for snowfall are documented and the cloud microphysical aspects important for the growth and melting of a snowflake are discussed.

Forecasting methods are proposed for the very rare events when snow occurs over the interior of South Africa when the air is relatively dry and somewhat warmer.
Reducing substance use and sexual risk behaviour among men who have sex with men in South Africa
Authors: Petersen Williams Petal , Carney Tara , Parry Charles D.H.
Published: September 2016

Men who have sex with men have been identified as a population at risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV. Studies in South Africa have reported a high prevalence of HIV, as well as high levels of alcohol and other drug use, among men who have sex with men, and the use of substances (alcohol and drugs) to facilitate their sexual encounters. Since 2007, interventions focused on prevention have been rolled out to vulnerable men who have sex with men and who also use alcohol or other drugs. The interventions include community-based outreach; provision of information on HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and safer sex practices; and the development of risk-reduction plans. Among 195 men who participated in our study, there were significant reductions in the proportion who used cannabis and ecstasy, including the use of these drugs during sex. No reduction was observed in the use of any other substances. In general, after the intervention our participants reported less frequent use of alcohol and drugs and greater engagement in safer sexual practices. Despite these encouraging findings, the combination of substance use while engaging in sex had actually increased. The study findings suggest that interventions that target men who have sex with men, and who use alcohol and other drugs, could reduce risk behaviours in this population.
Significance: 

Contributes to knowledge about risk reduction strategies.
Describes strategies for reducing drug and sexual harm among men who have sex with men.
PRO and (Under)Specification of Person in Imposter Constructions
Authors: Furuya Kaori
Published: September 2016

This paper examines a particular type of English control constructions that exhibits morphosyntactic variation. The constructions that are investigated are control that appears in the imposter phenomenon studied by Collins & Postal (2012). Using minimalist syntax in combination with the framework of Distributed Morphology (DM), a syntactic account is offered that validates such variation and shows evidence for PRO in infinitives with imposter constructions, rather than a trace of NP via movement. Furthermore, comparing PRO and pro for the subject gap of control, it shows that PRO can account for binding alternations unlike pro. The current analysis demonstrates that the lack of the underspecification of phi-feature valuation does not result in ungrammaticality whereas the failure of Agree itself leads to ungrammaticality. Moreover, the current analysis offers a systematic picture of the morphosyntactic variation of English nominals in terms of the person feature and it also accounts for cross-linguistic morphosyntactic variation in agreement displayed in Chinese and Japanese.
Means of Expression of Temporal Deixis by Demonstrative Pronouns in the English Language
Authors: Mahmudova Shafagat Abdulla
Published: September 2016

The article has been written on the basis of synchronic descriptive method in the study of the English language. It explores some ways of expressing the temporal deixis by means of demonstrative pronouns in the English language. It is noted in the article that demonstrative pronouns in the English language do not have any temporal meaning. The temporal meaning appears in the English language only in combination with nouns which denote time. In the English language temporal deixis is realized in the system of demonstration with the help of word combinations: this + noun, that + noun. The above mentioned word combinations fulfil anaphoric and cataphoric functions and can take different positions in the sentence. The article also covers discussion of linguistic views of scientists in this field. We think that urgency of the work just lies in the theoretical problems discussed in the article. The article is also of both theoretical and practical importance in the view of learning English and developing the science of linguistics as a whole.
About the Different Kinds of Meanings of a Sentence
Authors: Aliyeva Khayala Shahverdi
Published: September 2016

The article investigates a sentence. It states that a sentence is a unit of speech whose grammatical structure conforms to the laws of the language; it serves as a chief means of conveying the thought. The works regarding English grammar by foreign and Azerbaijani linguists such as O. I. Musayev, V. L. Kaushanskaya, R. L. Kovner, J. Lyons, F. R. Palmer, S.Potter and others have been studied by the author and theories suggested by them have been thoroughly considered. The author also writes about the importance of the the sentence not only the means of communicating something about reality but also a means of showing the speaker’s attitude to it. The author explains the differences between declarative, interrogative, negative sentences using various linguistic sources as well. She comes to the conclusion that the kinds of sentences are very important to be used either in speech or in written language.
Adaptation of Authentic Materials in English Listening Comprehension Classes
Authors: Liu Jiangfeng
Published: September 2016

This paper examines the notion of authenticity in language teaching. Based on the definition of authenticity and related debates of the notion in the existing literature, this paper illustrates that authentic materials could be used in L2 listening classrooms by material adaptation. An example from a published L2 listening course book in the Chinese context is adopted as an example to illustrate this point. Implications for teaching are also discussed. Language teachers should understand the notion of authenticity, use authentic materials through graded tasks in class, and keep updated with the notion by learning from the existing literature.
How the Diversity of Values Matters in Intercultural Communication
Authors: Xin Shuping
Published: September 2016

Communication is one of the most common feathers of human beings that is different from other animals. People of different countries connect with each other through languages and other ways of communication tools. People’s values diversity really matters a lot in intercultural communication and sometimes may keep them apart because of misunderstanding if they don’t know how to deal with it properly and efficiently .Values are ,according to Rokeach,” a learned organization of rules for making choices and for resolving conflicts.” (Rokeach, 1973, 161) .It is inevitable that values diversity has impact on different fields of human society. It may cause communication problems in intercultural communication. How to improve intercultural communication? How to deal with and solve the problems in intercultural communication and avoid misunderstanding? In this article, the causes and approaches of improving intercultural communication will be further discussed. Values diversity really matters in intercultural communication.
The Image of Woman as Motherhood in Rabindranath Tagore’s Gora
Authors: Karami Negin , Faghfori Sohila , Zohdi Esmaeil
Published: September 2016

This article evaluates the image of a traditional Indian motherhood in Gora written by Rabindranath Tagore. In Gora, Tagore portrays a divine mother and a goddess as well as the conception of the central character in relation to development of social, political, religious, and economical decisions of male. Yet, he insists that woman has the important roles in man’s life and she should make the best identity for her own life in the family or in the larger society. However, This essay can be read as the ideology of a feminine ideal that compares nature of India motherland with mother of everyone in all aspects of life but it examines distinctions between Tagore and Wollstonecraft concerning women’s role as mothers within the family because as a feminist she argues that the rights of women are demanded within the republic. In order to explore Rabindranath Tagore’s treatment of motherhood, Virginia Woolf’s perspective will be analyzed in respect to her feministic approach. So, disregarding how Tagore demonstrates the idea of words, Woolf realizes ideal of motherhood was essential in women’s life and develops a female atmosphere in which women portray their status in the real world and fight against their patriarchal mother.
A Study of Relationship between Translation Studies Students’ Critical Thinking Ability and the Quality of Literary Prose Text Translation
Authors: Jahromi Parissa Pezhman , Suzani Samad Mirza
Published: September 2016

This study aims to find the relationship between students of translation studies’ Critical Thinking Ability and the quality of translation of prose text. To this end, a Ricketts Critical Thinking Ability questionnaire (2003) which contained 33 items and some paragraphs of Mrs Dalloway novel by Virginia Woolf, which is literary text, were given to the 60 MA students of translation study at Fars Science and Research Azad University. The students’ translation corrected based on Vinay and Darbelnet’s model. The obtained data were analyzed by using SPSS software and the correlation between Critical Thinking ability and Translation Quality Scores found to be .320 and significant at .013. Thus the results indicated that there was a relationship between Critical Thinking Ability of translators and their translation quality of literary text.
A Summary of Research on Informatization of Specialized Language in the Framework of Sino-foreign Cooperative Education
Authors: Zhu Hongyu , Lan Yanzhen
Published: September 2016

This paper narrates firstly characteristics of specialized language teaching, educational informationization and Sino-Foreign cooperative education. Then it reviews briefly the research situation of informatization of specialized language both at home and abroad, introduces the development of specialized language teaching in colleges and universities in China. This paper mainly discusses the content of research on informatization of specialized language teaching with a specific case, and proposes that the problems of specialized language teaching could be solved with the aid of educational informationization.
The Impact of Teaching Critical Thinking Skills on Reading Comprehension of Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners
Authors: Karimi Lotfollah , Veisi Farshad
Published: September 2016

the purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of teaching critical thinking skills on reading comprehension of Iranian intermediate EFL learners. A sample of 50 students from Arshia Language Institute in Ilam, Iran participated in this study. They were both male and female students who were selected among 80 students based on their performances on PET. The participants were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. First, the two groups were exposed to the pre-test of reading comprehension in order to evaluate their knowledge on reading before the treatment. Based on scores obtained from the Pre-test, no significance differences were observed between two groups. After that the treatment was started and the experimental group was exposed to teaching critical thinking skills. Meanwhile, traditional methods of teaching reading comprehension were used for teaching reading comprehension to the control group. Finally, post-test of reading comprehension was delivered to both groups at the end of treatment to check possible differences.  To analyze the collected data, ANCOVA was run using SPSS Software Version 16. The results showed that teaching critical thinking skills positively affect reading comprehension of intermediate EFL learners, but the interaction of gender and teaching critical thinking was not significant.
The Impact of Feedback Provision by Grammarly Software and Teachers on Learning Passive Structures by Iranian EFL Learners
Authors: Qassemzadeh Abolfazl , Soleimani Hassan
Published: September 2016

A major concern in today's world of pedagogy in general and language teaching, in particular, is the application of computer-assisted learning to improve students' achievement. There has been a long time that in the classroom setting only the teacher's feedback in a traditional way has been used in teaching. Due to the fact that this kind of notion can be traced back to a traditional attitude toward feedback, we looked for a new alternative in order to bring some innovation in an educational environment, namely Grammarly Software feedback provision. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to explore the impact of feedback provision by Grammarly Software and teachers on learning passive structures by EFL learners. Through convenience sampling, 70 intermediate male and female EFL learners were selected, then they were randomly assigned to two main groups: the experimental and control group. A grammar pre-test, a post-test, and a delayed post-test were administrated to the participants in six sessions. The results of the data gathered from pre-test and post-test reveal that the effect of teacher on learning passive structure, in pre-test and post-test, were more than the effect of Grammarly Software on learning passive structure of the learners, and the effect of Grammarly Software on learning passive structure in delayed post-test scores was more than the effect of teacher on learning passive structure of learners. The results might have implications for language teachers, learners, and materials developers.
The Harvesting Effect on a Fish Population
Authors: Абакумов А.И. , Abakumov A.I.
Published: September 2016

Fishery is one of the main environmental factors affecting fish population. In this paper we study the dynamics of population’s dimensional distribution
under the influence of environmental variations with and without a fishery impact. The characteristics of population under consideration correspond
to pelagic or semi-pelagic population, such as the populations of pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) inhabiting the northern
seas of Pacific Ocean. To study the effect of fishery upon a population the problem of harvesting optimization with the amount of profit for a given
time period as a criterion function is solved. The impact of population replenishment on the population and catch dynamics was studied and the smoothing
influence of dimensional structure on the changes of environment and fishery was revealed. The seasonal changes of environment only increase
the population stability.
Dipeptidyl Peptidase-IV Activity and Neuropeptide Y in the Mouth: The Relationship with Body Composition and the Impact of Carbohydrates
Authors: Neidert Leslie E , Babu Jeganathan Ramesh , Kluess Heidi A
Published: September 2016

Dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-IV) is an enzyme present in the saliva, and its interaction with satiety related hormones is poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to determine possible relationships between salivary DPP-IV activity and body composition. Further, the response of salivary DPP-IV activity to carbohydrates was investigated. We tested 111 people for plasma and saliva DPP-IV activity using a fluorometric assay and Neuropeptide Y (NPY) protein using an EIA. Body composition was determined via a DEXA scan. Relationships were determined using regression analysis. In the second part, we tested 35 people on four separate occasions, where the participants either swished and spit or ingested a commercially available sucrose or aspartame sweetened beverage. Saliva and plasma were collected before and after each condition and were processed as described above. Blood glucose was also measured. No relationship was found between salivary DPP-IV activity or NPY and any body composition measurement. For Part 2, no change in plasma DPP-IV occurred with any of the conditions, despite an increase in blood glucose with the sucrose-beverage ingestion condition (p
Reflexiones sobre bioética e ingeniería biomédica: intrínseca complementariedad
Authors: Pineda Romero Margarita María , González Guerrero Karolina
Published: September 2016

El presente artículo de reflexión intenta un acercamiento al estudio de la relación entre la Bioética y la Ingeniería Biomédica, por considerar que dichas ramas del saber no pueden seguir aisladas, debido a la multidisciplinariedad de los conceptos que ellas abordan. Es importante entender que la labor del ingeniero biomédico no puede de ninguna manera desconocer los principios fundamentales de la bioética, debido a que su trabajo tiene como finalidad el diagnóstico y tratamiento de personas, lo que implica que debe tener conocimiento de los principios básicos éticos para hacer un trabajo comprometido y de calidad, recordando que su actuación en algunos casos está directamente relacionada con la preservación de la vida del paciente.
El valor de la Autonomía y las prácticas comunitarias: de la reflexión a la acción en el ámbito académico
Authors: Villegas Múnera Elsa María
Published: September 2016

La tendencia creciente en Colombia a la negación de la Autonomía profesional en la Medicina se sustenta en estudios como la investigación Decisiones médicas en ambientes controlados en el contexto del Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud colombiano, 2007 -2008 (Molina, Muñoz y Ramírez, 2009) liderado por el Grupo en Gestión y Políticas Públicas en Salud de la Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública de la Universidad de Antioquia. En relación con esa investigación, este artículo propone una reflexión sobre aspectos éticos y Autonomía profesional en la formación del pregrado, para fortalecer ese valor. Esta vez, la perspectiva se hace desde el eje social curricular, como uno de los que se requieren para la formación en Autonomía de los profesionales de la salud y como complemento a otros ejes que se centran en lo material y en lo individual. Así, el aprendizaje de las normas y criterios que servirán de base para el autogobierno en la práctica profesional, puede incorporar la consideración intersubjetiva con los individuos, las familias y las comunidades.
Una hermenéutica más de cara al debate sobre la valoración moral del aborto
Authors: Roldán García Santiago
Published: September 2016

Desde una nueva lectura hermenéutica, se comprende desde la bioética que el tema sobre la inquietud moralmente valorativa frente a la terminación de un embarazo, no se encuentra enmarcada solamente en una perspectiva académica y ad intra de la misma. Se propone la inclusión y el análisis de otros factores y tipos de agentes implicados en el debate sobre la hominización y sus respectivas consecuencias valorativas en cuanto a lo ético y moral que, asumiendo la comprensión de la génesis del pensamiento, la tendencia de evolución del mismo y su innegable extensión, se proyecten a comprender muchos de los hechos, tanto empíricos como racionales con los que cuenta el ser humano para acercarse a una toma de decisiones al respecto.
Trípode en el que se sustenta una sociedad civilizada: ciudadanía activa, estado democrático y economía ética
Authors: Lema García Marcela
Published: September 2016

El trabajo elaborado constituye una revisión temática que pretende la reflexión en torno a la ética cívica desde la mirada de Adela Cortina, quien con su claridad expositiva, permite la comprensión conceptual de la misma, como asimismo la urgencia de su búsqueda. El enfoque se realiza en relación al papel que juegan tres elementos fundamentales a la hora de intentar construir una sociedad mejor y los que se constituyen en un trípode sobre el cual ésta descansa: una democracia participativa, una economía ejercida desde empresas éticas y una ciudadanía activa.
Modernización reflexiva sobre Bioética Un punto de conjunción entre la ciencia positivista y la Bioética principialista
Authors: Kottow Miguel
Published: September 2016

La Bioética contemporánea es vista alternativamente como una disciplina en crisis, o una ética aplicada en pleno desarrollo expansi­vo. Persisten también las polémicas académicas y sociológicas sobre si la Bioética es un campo de acción o una disciplina propiamente tal. Su carácter transdisciplinario es indiscutidamente constitutivo de ella, pero tampoco hay acuerdo sobre cuál sea su método episte­mológico, más allá de la deliberación, ni faltan opiniones que le niegan toda importancia política o social. Los severos problemas socio-económicos de Latinoamérica, con sus negativas consecuencias sanitarias, deben robustecer su deliberación sobre sus necesidades médicas y sanitarias, y el apoyo que la Bioética pueda brindar a la solución de las falencias en estas áreas.

La globalización (mundialización) y la secularidad moderna (mundanización) requieren una elaboración ética basada en las humani­dades, más que en convicciones teológicas, a fin de dar cumplimiento a las esperanzas de V.R. Potter de un mundo donde la supervi­vencia humana no se vea amenazada por la expansión biotecnológica y sus consecuencias.

Diversas iniciativas proponen renovar el discurso bioético desde la biopolítica o desde el robustecimiento del sujeto individual. Los problemas de la Bioética se encuentran tan vinculados a los asuntos económicos, políticos, sociales y tecnocientíficos, que se plantea la posibilidad de una autoreflexión y la aplicación del pensamiento complejo.
Filosofía del cuerpo de Jean-Luc Nancy y Bioética de la trasplantología
Authors: Quesada Rodríguez Francisco
Published: September 2016

El artículo presenta un análisis ético de la donación y trasplante de órganos a partir de la filosofía del cuerpo de Jean-Luc Nancy comprendida como ontología narrativa, considerando la noción antropológica que subyace en la historia de la trasplantología.
Bioetica. Lugar y problema. Una aproximación a la investigación en Bioética.
Authors: Meneses Carmona Daniel
Published: September 2016

Este escrito esboza cuestiones acerca del lugar y el problema de la Bioética, tanto como preguntas que no tienen respuestas pre-establecidas y, como tal, exigen investigación. Como lugar, en Bioética se heredan las transformacio­nes de la racionalidad, la Epistemología y la Ética ocurridas en las interacciones sociales asumidas como contexto; la “Bioética” no tiene un lugar establecido y propio, se sitúa en un campo que se configura sólo al asumir la pregunta por la vida y por lo vivo. Propongo la tesis siguiente: La Bioética se constituye en la acción de introducir la vida como problema en lo cotidiano; esto conlleva la creación de nuevas sensibilidades a lo aún no sentido, lo aún no pensado, lo aún no valorado. De esta manera, el lugar de la Bioética se muestra como un juego de figuras diversas en y con las que se crean opciones de otras vidas aún no vividas y que remite a los aprendizajes como exposición al cambio y a las narrativas en las que éstos ocurren y son posibles. Esta tesis se perfila, en la perspectiva de la Bioética, como el conocimiento de cómo usar el conocimiento.