bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Understanding and supporting neurological conditions among the incarcerated
Authors: Nath Audrey
Published: April 2024

Understanding and supporting neurological conditions among the incarcerated

Samuel Han and Audrey Nath discuss neurological conditions among the incarcerated, who they argue are a medically underserved population. In prisons, jails, and immigration detention, neurological complaints are common, accounting for around 10% of medical complaints in this marginalized population. (1) Additionally, there are neurological conditions that present a higher prevalence within the population of incarcerated people than the general population, and these conditions may affect rates of false confessions, prison violence, deaths, and decreased functioning after release. Within the incarcerated population, there is a higher prevalence of intellectual disabilities (ID) compared to the general population. (2-6) Prisoners with intellectual disability may also experience other negative health outcomes, such as higher rates of heart disease, obesity, and hearing problems, plus fewer preventative care interventions and immunizations. (7)
Enhancing marathon safety: The role of low-dose aspirin in cardiac arrest prevention
Authors: Siegel Arthur J
Published: April 2024

Enhancing marathon safety: The role of low-dose aspirin in cardiac arrest prevention

Arthur J. Siegel, Medical Director at MGH Internal Medicine Associates, Belmont, MA, USA tells us how low-dose aspirin can support primary prevention of marathon-related cardiac arrest in middle-aged men with coronary atherosclerosis. While habitual endurance exercise such as training for a marathon is quintessentially cardioprotective, running the 26.2 mile race transiently increases the risk for cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death. (1) Male gender and the marathon were identified as significant and independent risk factors for race-associated cardiac arrest in a ten-year registry of United States road races beginning in the year 2000, in which events increased significantly in frequency during the study. (2)
Astrophysical and planetary sciences: Exploring the local interstellar medium and the next space frontier
Authors: Linsky Jeffrey L
Published: April 2024

Astrophysical and planetary sciences: Exploring the local interstellar medium and the next space frontier

Prof Jeffrey L Linsky from the University of Colorado Boulder, sheds light on exploring the next space frontier in this exciting astrophysical and planetary sciences focus. Beyond the planets, the solar system, and even the outer reaches of the solar wind lies interstellar space – the next domain that mankind can and will explore. In addition to illuminating the Earth and solar system planets, the Sun’s ionized wind and magnetic field control a region of space extending to about 120 times the Earth’s mean distance from the Sun.
Energy harvesting for unlimited lifetime systems
Authors: Rusu Cristina
Published: April 2024

Energy harvesting for unlimited lifetime systems

The Internet of Things (IoT) and services, wireless sensor networks (WSNs), trillions of sensors, Industry 4.0, and digitalisation – all these are hungry for data, and their common challenge is energy. Can you imagine how many batteries need to be manufactured and replaced and how many kilometres of power cables are required to deploy the enormous number of sensor systems needed and wanted today? Creating energy-autonomous smart systems—compact, self-contained, and powered by lifelong energy sources— facilitates easier installation and maintenance. These systems can thrive in challenging environments, remote locations, and scenarios requiring large quantities. From a broader perspective – economic, social and political – energy, as water, is becoming a universal currency, making renewable energy even more important.
On the trees with maximum Cardinality-Redundance number
Authors: Mohammadi Elham , Rad Nader Jafari
Published: April 2024

A vertex $v$ is said to be over-dominated by a set $S$ if $|N[u]\cap S|\geq 2$. The cardinality--redundance of $S$, $CR(S)$, is the number of vertices of $G$ that are over-dominated by $S$. The cardinality--redundance of $G$, $CR(G)$, is the minimum of $CR(S)$ taken over all dominating sets $S$. A dominating set $S$ with $CR(S) = CR(G)$ is called a $CR(G)$-set. In this paper, we prove an upper bound for the cardinality--redundance in trees in terms of the order and the number of leaves, and characterize all trees achieving equality for the proposed bound.
A Coloured Petri Net-based approach and Genetic Algorithms for improving services in the Emergency Department
Authors: Louhab Zouaoui , Boufera Fatma
Published: April 2024

The Emergency Department (ED) plays an important role in the healthcare field, due to the nature of the services it provides, especially for patients with urgent cases. Therefore, good management of ED is very important in improving the quality of services. Good management depends on the effective use of material and human resources. One of the most common problems that the ED suffers from is the long waiting period and the length of the patient’s stay. Many researchers have proposed many solutions to reduce waiting time and length of stay (LOS). One of the best solutions for resource optimization is modeling and simulation based on inputs such as patient length of stay and door-to-doctor time (DTDT). In this study, the ED was modeled using a Coloured Petri Net, and to determine the number of resources needed, genetic algorithms were used. This study was conducted in the ED of Hassani Abdelkader Hospital in Sidi Bel Abbes, and several simulation models were evaluated, which reduced the waiting time and the length of stay for the patient.
Exploring the Depths of Digital Marketing: A Systematic Literature Review on Segmentation, Targeting, Differentiation, and Positioning Strategies
Authors: Nashiroh Abdillah Agustya Siwi , Shiddiqy Isymayati Ash , Hidayat Mohammad Nurul
Published: April 2024

This research aims to find out in depth about digital marketing strategies, namely segmentation, targeting, positioning and differentiation strategies, using methods favorite announcing thing (Preferred Reporting Items) andmeta examinations (meta analysis) or commonly called the PRISMA method. using 4 (four) journal websites, namely Google Scholar, Sciencedirect, Emerald, and Taylor & Francis. The results of this research show that segmentation of a brand will have a sustainable competitive advantage. A product will have a competitive advantage if the product is considered important and unique by customers. Targeting is the process of evaluating each segment's attractiveness and then selecting one or more characteristics to serve. Targeting discusses the issue of how to select, select and reach the market.
Six-month Follow-up of Hepatitis A Antibodies in Newborn Infants in Diyarbakir Province and Its Region
Authors: Onur Hakan , Rahmanali Onur Arzu
Published: April 2024

Objective: In this study, we aimed to determine the frequency and persistence of maternally transmitted anti-HAV antibodies in healthy newborn infants of people living in Diyarbakır province, which is located in a high HAV endemicity area, and its neighbourhood.
Material and Method: In our study, infants born between October 1999 and January 2000 in the Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic of Diyarbakır Dicle University and registered in the Department of Paediatrics were followed up for 12 months. Blood samples were collected from all babies at birth, third and sixth months.
Results: A total of 112 healthy newborns were included in the study. Of the infants, 62 (55.3%) were boys and 50 (44.7%) were girls. Demographic and medical information was obtained from the parents. Seropositivity was 90.2% at birth, 87.5% at 1 month, 39.3% at 6 months and 28.6% at one year.
Conclusion: It was emphasised that our region has a high endemicity for HAV and in order to reduce HAV infection, socioeconomic level should be increased, hygiene should be given importance and immunisation with vaccine should be performed when appropriate conditions are met.
Potential effects of Linh Loc Son hard capsule – a Vietnamese herbal combination in immunodeficiency induced by cyclophosphamide on mice
Authors: Pham Binh Quoc , Nguyen Ngan Kim Thi , Pham Su Quoc , Nguyen Cuong Duy , Trinh Lam Vu , Dinh Hang Thu Thi , Trinh Quang Vinh , Pham Van Anh Thi
Published: April 2024

Context: Traditional medicine and herbal extracts have long been recognized for their immunomodulatory effects, enhancing patient immune responses. The use of traditional medicine to target specific pathogens and support the immune system is increasingly studied. Linh Loc Son (LLS) hard capsule, a product derived from nature, consists of the main four natural ingredients: Curculigo orchioides Gaertn., Dioscorea persimilis Prain et Burk., Morinda officinalis F.C.How. and Fallopia multiflora (Thunb.) Haraldson. Aims: To evaluate the potential effects of LLS hard capsules in complementary treatment of immunodeficiency state in mice. Methods: An experiment was conducted to assess the impact of LLS hard capsules on an immunosuppressed model of cyclophosphamide-induced Swiss mice of either sex. Two doses of LLS hard capsules (0.69 and 1.38 g/kg body weight) and levamisole (100 mg/kg body weight), serving as a positive control, were administered orally for seven consecutive days; cyclophosphamide (200 mg/kg i.p.) was administered on the fourth day. Results: Both doses of LLS hard capsule did insignificantly ameliorate the immunosuppressive effects of cyclophosphamide on the delayed-type hypersensitivity response but maintained leukocyte counts, relative organ weight, and cytokines as compared to the levamisole group and showed a significant improvement in micro-histological images. Conclusions: This study has demonstrated in vivo the immunostimulatory effect of LLS hard capsules, highlighting their potential to boost and regulate the immune response in mice models of immunodeficiency.
Advancing Innovation through Biomimicry and AI: Inspiration to Implementation
Authors: Dhamdar Tejaswini S , K V Sandhya , Basavaraj B. V.
Published: April 2024

The integration of biomimicry principles with artificial intelligence (AI) presents a compelling approach to addressing complex challenges across various domains. This article explores the synergy between biomimicry and AI, elucidating how the emulation of natural processes and structures can inspire innovative solutions. Beginning with an overview of biomimicry's historical roots and notable achievements, the narrative progresses to highlight AI's role in accelerating biomimetic research and innovation. Various applications of biomimicry, ranging from material development to biotech and climate change mitigation, are discussed, showcasing the breadth of possibilities offered by this interdisciplinary approach. Challenges and ethical considerations inherent in combining biomimicry and AI were also examined, emphasizing the need for multidisciplinary collaboration and ethical awareness. Looking ahead, future directions in research are outlined, including the development of AI algorithms that integrate knowledge from diverse biological sources and the incorporation of moral considerations into biomimetic design processes. Ultimately, the article concludes by suggesting that the convergence of biomimicry and AI holds promise for fostering sustainable, efficient, and ethically informed technological advancements, facilitating a harmonious relationship between humanity and the natural world.
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La calidad educativa como categoría controversial: un análisis desde la complejidad socioeducativa
Authors: Pérez López Rosalinda
Published: April 2024

El presente artículo analiza las variantes conceptuales sobre la calidad educativa, el punto de partida se establece con la problemática de la percepción economicista y tecnocrática sobre la calidad de la educación en los sistemas formales. Los ejes procedimentales y analíticos contemplan el estudio de los enfoques institucionales, así como las posturas interdisciplinarias de los estudiosos del tema. Se sostiene que existen conceptos más difundidos que otros en relación con la calidad educativa de una determinada región o país, se identificaron diferentes criterios que forman parte de las buenas prácticas de los actores educativos para potenciar la calidad de la educación. Se encontraron diferencias considerables entre los criterios de calidad establecida por el marco normativo nacional y los criterios que se consideran por el constructo social y laboral. Se concluye que el termino de calidad educativa es una construcción social en permanente cambio según el marco histórico y social de los actores y sujetos educativos
Políticas públicas para garantizar el acceso a una educación de calidad
Authors: Roncal Malpartida Jorge Luis
Published: April 2024

Frecuentemente, se habla de “calidad educativa” en Latinoamérica. No alejado de lo expuesto se encuentra el Perú, donde hay una falta de calidad educativa, que responde a un sistema tradicionalista, de ahí que el propósito del presente documento es investigar la relación entre las políticas públicas y el acceso a una educación de calidad. Este estudio se propone analizar el impacto a largo plazo de las políticas públicas para mejorar la calidad educativa a través del acompañamiento pedagógico. Se analizó la asociación entre las políticas públicas y el acceso a un sistema educativo de calidad en una muestra diversa de niños y adolescentes de un colegio de la región San Martin, a través de un acompañamiento pedagógico. El tipo de investigación que se realizó es descriptivo, debido a que permitió dar fundamento teórico a la investigación, los métodos que se utilizaron fueron el analítico-sintético e inductivo-deductivo, y la técnica es la encuesta; gracias a ello se pudo estudiar la problemática y emitir conclusiones, asimismo después de todo el trabajo se observó que; el 90% de los docentes escolares presentó una actitud positiva frente al acompañamiento pedagógico, los estudiantes mejoraron su rendimiento académico y los docentes ahora hacen uso de las TIC que existen en la institución educativa. La evidencia sugiere que el proceso de autoevaluación juega un papel importante para mejorar la calidad educativa en los colegios de nivel primaria y secundaria. Estos hallazgos respaldan la importancia de promover diferentes estilos de aprendizaje para mejorar el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes.
Bonos verdes: potencial financiamiento para proyectos regionales-ecológicos-ambientales
Authors: Hernández González Darío Fabián , Lara Serna Leonel , Martínez Herrera Brenda Marina
Published: April 2024

Desde su creación, los bonos han permitido a las entidades emisoras financiar proyectos que generan beneficios financieros y sociales, convirtiéndose en un instrumento de financiación crucial para el desarrollo de proyectos ecológicos y ambientales a nivel nacional. Estos proyectos reciben financiamiento a través de la deuda para abordar los impactos humanos urgentes y crecientes sobre el clima y los ecosistemas. Una tendencia notable ha sido la aparición de bonos temáticos dedicados al financiamiento de proyectos ambientales, impulsados por la conciencia adquirida en las últimas décadas sobre los efectos del desarrollo industrial y sus consecuencias adversas en el cambio climático. La utilización específica de los fondos para apoyar el financiamiento de proyectos concretos distingue a los bonos verdes de otros tipos de bonos. Por lo tanto, además de evaluar características financieras estándar como la madurez, el cupón, el precio y la calidad crediticia del emisor, los inversionistas también consideran el objetivo ambiental específico de los proyectos que los bonos pretenden apoyar.
AN ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL CONTENT FOR TEACHING NARRATIVE TEXT AS A CURRENT IMPLEMENTATIONS OF ICTS IN EDUCATION AT THE THIRD GRADE OF SMAN 1 SELAYAR
Authors: Purnamasari Ayu , Sangkala Ismail , Syam Ummi Khaerati
Published: April 2024

The purpose of this thesis was to find out the types of digital content for teaching narrative text at the third grade of SMAN 1 Selayar and to find out how an English teacher used digital content in teaching narrative text. This research used a descriptive qualitative method, the instruments used in this research are observation checklist and structured interview. The observation checklist used to observe an English teacher about the implemented of digital content in teaching process and the structured interview used to know more specific about types of digital content that an English teacher used and how it used in teaching narrative text at the third grade of SMAN 1 Selayar. The results of analysis are: An English teacher in the third grade of SMAN 1 Selayar used power point and video. The teacher used the types so good with some preparations before showing digital content, the process of English teaching used three process; first, introduction of using digital content. Secondly, show the material using digital content and third, giving questions for the students about learning material about narrative text that have shown using digital content.
STUDENTS’ CHALLENGES IN ONLINE ENGLISH SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING THROUGH GOOGLE MEET
Authors: Suaib Nurul Afiah , Nappu Syamsiarna , Sangkala Ismail
Published: April 2024

This research aimed at finding out the students’ challenges on the synchronous learning through Google Meet focused on online English learning. The researcher used descriptive qualitative research as research. The population of this research was the students at the eight-grade students of SMPN 1 Bontonompo who have been learning online synchronous learning through Google Meet. Ten students were chosen for the study using a purposive selection approach. Semi-structural interviews were used in this study. The findings of the research indicated that there were challenges and difficulties associated with English online learning via Google Meet, which was implemented at SMPN 1 Bontonompo. These challenges and difficulties included unstable internet connections during learning, limited learning media due to students' lack of laptops or smartphones, limited time and techniques for providing online explanations, and students who did not comprehend the material during online learning. As a result, it can be stated that the online learning process presents certain difficulties for those who do not comprehend the subject offered. Some of the students who did not get a signal struggled to comprehend the content during the learning process, and the instructor was also unable to immediately communicate the students' comprehension of the teacher-provided material. The findings of solution for English students to face the challenges of online learning through Google Meet is to keep trying their best following online learning and following the rules and decisions of their respective teachers because studying in the classroom with the teacher directly cannot be replaced by anything
TEACHERS’ CREATIVITY IN USING DIGITAL LEARNING MEDIA DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AT SMP NEGERI 13 MAKASSAR
Authors: Zamzani Aulia , Anugrawati Nunung , Junaid
Published: April 2024

This research aimed to find out the form of teachers’ creativity in using digital learning media during the COVID 19 pandemic, the problems that faced by teacher in using digital learning media and how the teacher overcome the problem in using digital learning media. Three English teachers from SMP Negeri 13 Makassar were the subjects of the study. The method used was descriptive qualitative research that describes teachers’ creativity in using digital learning media during the covid 19 pandemic. The researcher used observation and interviews as an instrument in data collection. In analyzing the data, the researcher used three steps, the first was data reduction, the second was data display, and the last was data verification. The result of the analysis showed that the English teacher has three forms of creativity. The first fluency was teachers have the initiative and idea in using digital learning media. The second is flexibility, teachers have varied ideas in terms of combining the media. And the last originality, teacher has been unable to create new media. With limited abilities, teachers tend still to use the available media. On the other hands, the problem faced by the teachers in using digital learning media was signal interference which caused the learning process stop, and not all students have smartphones, so learning was not optimal. Meanwhile, the way to overcome problems in using digital media was to make learning videos that can be accessed even when the internet was down, so that students view the material without fear of signal interference. Regarding students who do not have smartphones, the teacher provides flexible time for students to take part in learning.
El desafío de alfabetizar en el siglo XXI: dimensiones y propuestas en torno a la alfabetización
Authors: Núñez Cortés Juan Antonio , Rodríguez Tablado María Sol
Published: April 2024

No hay duda de que la alfabetización es un factor clave para el cambio social. Todos lostratados internacionales y legislaciones nacionales reconocen que la alfabetización comoprioridad educativa. Sin embargo, el término ha ido adoptando diferentes acepciones yusos en contextos y períodos históricos diversos. El objetivo del presente artículo escomprender qué significa estar alfabetizado en el mundo de hoy para así delinear losdesafíos de las políticas educativas en este campo. Para ello, se realiza una revisión de laalfabetización desde la perspectiva de algunos organismos internacionales y llamando laatención sobre su esencia como derecho. Posteriormente, se definen conceptos vinculadoscon él termino, sus sentidos metafóricos y las dimensiones que se desprenden de laspropuestas de los últimos años. Por último, y a tenor de los presentado, se proponen unaserie de lineamientos que se han de tener en una política educativa de alfabetización.
El suave yugo de Cervantes: Latinidad, hispanidad y soberanía lingüística en Hispanoamérica
Authors: Eymar Marcos
Published: April 2024

A partir del reciente manifiesto "Por una soberanía idiomática" (2013), firmado pordecenas de escritores e intelectuales argentinos, el presente artículo recuerda el debate entorno a la necesidad de emanciparse cultural y lingüísticamente de España que tuvo lugartras la independencia de las colonias hispano-americanos, y pone de manifiesto cómodicho debate influyó en el desarrollo de los conceptos de latinidad e hispanidad desdefinales del siglo XIX. Frente a una concepción antagónica de lo español y de lo cosmopolita,las figuras del peruano Ventura García Calderón y de Jorge Luis Borges sirven parademostrar que la apropiación de una tradición extranjera – la francesa y la inglesa,respectivamente – permiten una reapropiación de la tradición española más allá de ladialéctica colonial.
The Female Man de Joanna Russ: reivindicando el feminismo y la sexualidad en las comunidades utópicas
Authors: Morales Jareño Isabel
Published: April 2024

The American feminist writer Joanna Russ (1937-2011) finds her way to claim women’sposition not only in society but also in ‘life’ in the feminist utopian genre. It is thereforeour aim to delve into the analysis of the author’s hallmark, The Female Man (1975), as afeminist science-fictional novel of the 1970s and in particular discern to what extentutopia and dystopia are at stake, and how gender identity plays its role in only-womencommunities. In this sense, Russ wittily claims women’s place in US society by an apparentpraise of the ‘hero male’ and its superiority in front of the women and dealing with sexualambiguities, ‘female man, male woman’. Finally, mentioning how, according to her theoryof ‘the rescue of the female girl’, she affords an alternative to young women education outof the frame of the overprotective and controlling patriarchy allowing the adolescent girlto move into a full and free opening to adulthood.
Realidad y literatura en Cervantes: la otra brava y descomunal batalla sobre el vino
Authors: Olmedo Ramos Jaime
Published: April 2024

Con motivo del IV centenario de la publicación de la segunda parte del Quijote, el artículoreflexiona sobre el vínculo entre literatura y realidad que recorre toda la obra cervantina.Para ello, se ejemplifica con las referencias al vino, mudando la interpretación que hastaahora se ha tenido sobre este asunto.
“Bring What you Know of Life to Life”: Alice Munro's Storytelling
Authors: Rodríguez Nieto Natalia
Published: April 2024

When asked about her impressions on being called a feminist writer in 2001, Alice Munroexplained that, although at the beginning she used to affirm she was, she neither practicednor knew anything about feminist theoretical approaches whatsoever. She stated: “I thinkI'm a feminist as far as thinking that the experience of women is important” (Feinberg'Bringing Life'). It is precisely part of this female experience what she explores in hershort story “Family Furnishings”, included in Hateship, Frienship, Courtship, Loveship,Marriage (2001).
Landscape in detective fiction. A view of Julian Symmons’s Thirty First of February and The Players and the Game, P.D. James’s Shroud for a Nightingale and Sarah Dunant’s Under my Skin
Authors: Sola Buil Ricardo J.
Published: April 2024

El ensayo estudia el paisaje y la descripción de mundo natural en la novela policíaca,prestando atención, brevemente, a la evolución del género y analizando másespecíficamente tres autores que hemos conocido personalmente: Julian Symmons,P.D.James y Sarah Dunant, citando sus propias palabras, cuando sea necesario, enreferencia a la novela policíaca. Hemos seleccionado como material para nuestro análisis,de Julian Symmons , Thirty First of February y The Players and the Game, de P.D. JamesShroud for a Nightingale, y de Sarah Dunant Under my Skin. Nuestra conclusión es que lejosde ser meramente ornamental, los paisajes en estas narrativas tienen todos ellos las tresfunciones básicas de: conectar al lector al mundo religioso, mágico, misterioso,desconocido; conectar al lector al género literario y conectar al lector a la vida diaria desueño y realidad, de felicidad y tristeza, de trabajo y sufrimiento, de amor y muerte.
La comunidad de aula y sus beneficios: trabajando para la optimización del proceso de aprendizaje del alumnado
Authors: Giménez Gómez Virginia
Published: April 2024

El rendimiento de los alumnos suele verse afectado por un número de factores tales comoel nivel de implicación y la atmósfera de aula. Con el propósito de optimizar el proceso deaprendizaje del alumnado, deberían considerarse todas las variables que determinan el

rendimiento de un grupo específico de alumnos en función de su contexto. Esto implicatomar en cuenta no sólo su nivel de conocimientos previos, sino también sus emociones ynecesidades específicas. Con tal fin, es esencial crear una atmósfera de trabajo y confianzaen la cual los aprendientes compartan un propósito común y se sientan lo suficientementecómodos como para desarrollar su potencial, algo denominado “comunidad de aula”. En elpresente artículo, se explorarán varios métodos para mantener una atmósfera deaprendizaje favorable a través de la creación de una comunidad de aula, intentandoproponer una forma de optimizar el rendimiento del alumnado, así como su bienestar.
Los intercambios lingüísticos en el aula de inglés a través de las TIC para la mejora de la motivación, la participación y las emociones negativas de los alumnos de secundaria
Authors: Serra Comas Ana
Published: April 2024

El presente artículo propone los proyectos de intercambio lingüístico interculturales eintercentros como solución a tres de los grandes problemas del aprendizaje del inglésdurante la ESO: la motivación, la participación y las emociones negativas en el aula. Paratal propósito, se realiza un análisis teórico de los tres aspectos previamente mencionados,desde la perspectiva de cómo los intercambios lingüísticos interculturales entre centrospara el estudio del inglés, realizados a través de las TIC, pueden significar una mejora deéstos y un progreso en el aprendizaje. Además, se ofrecen propuestas didácticas paraproyectos de intercambio lingüístico entre centros de países diferentes de habla noinglesa. A través de este estudio, se concluye que el contacto intercultural entreadolescentes en el aula de inglés a través de la TIC, mejora su motivación e implicación enel proceso de aprendizaje, y palia los sentimientos negativos que surgen durante el estudiodel inglés.
Aproximación a las metáforas de la vida cotidiana en el corpus PRESEEA de Granada
Authors: Martín García Lorena
Published: April 2024

El análisis realizado en este trabajo considera los factores sociales que influyen en el uso de las metáforas de la vida cotidiana en el Corpus PRESEEA de Granada (Moya y otros 2007-2012). Se ha seguido la clasificación que hacen Lakoff y Johnson (1980) acerca de las metáforas. El objetivo principal de este análisis es conseguir que nuestro estudio aporte información sobre el influjo de factores sociolingüísticos en el uso de metáforas de la vida cotidiana. Elegimos una muestra de estudio de 18 hablantes seleccionados a partir del Corpus PRESEEA de Granada, que comprendía a su vez a 54 informantes. Estos aparecen distribuidos por niveles de estudio, edad y sexo, y llevamos a cabo un análisis descriptivo transversal sobre dicha muestra.
Text Messaging and its Impact on Written Standard English
Authors: Sarasola Ormazábal María Arantzazu
Published: April 2024

Texting has produced new forms of interaction possible. My aim has been to analyze the impact new technologies employing acronyms, emoticons and the like have had on Standard written English. Electronic language is a written text that has absorbed and become transformed through novel semiotic forms. These new codes, used to interconnect and interact among users, have started to change the way people express themselves and at the same time, the written language which has led to placing less importance on spelling. Linguistics has had a considerable influence on text messaging: we examine here three major fields: semantics, phonetics and sociolinguistics. From a self-designed questionnaire (15 items, 90 respondents) it was found that whilst participants were aware of the various forms of texting they preferred to keep their messages as close as Standard English as possible.
The Twilight of Vampires: Byronic Heroes and the Evolution of Vampire Fiction in The Vampire Diaries and Twilight
Authors: Gómez Galisteo M. Carmen
Published: April 2024

Contemporary teenage vampire fiction has helped revitalize the genre by attracting a new generation of readers. In so doing, some changes have been introduced so as to make the figure of the vampire more appealing to a largely female teenage readership. Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the publication of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, this article analyzes how the Twilight series and the earlier The Vampire Diaries by L. J. Smith update and modernize the Byronic hero on which vampires are largely modeled. It also explores the possible effects of this new characterization on readers’ minds and the alarm it has created.
“My Baptismal Name is Egaeus”: Assessing Hellenic Allusions in Poe's “Berenice”
Authors: Tsokanos Dimitrios
Published: April 2024

Edgar Allan Poe's “Berenice” has been investigated from a number of different perspectives and, over the years, scholars have particularly connected this story to Poe's biography. Furthermore, Poe's choice to name his main protagonist Egaeus, fact which may indicate a Hellenic influence on the author's literary production, has not been overlooked. However, even in meticulous studies such as Silverman's (1992) one can observe that Poe's engagement with the Hellenic past in “Berenice” has not been examined in depth. The present paper aims to delineate Hellenic allusions that are apparent in the tale, offering an additional connection between Poe's narrative and ancient Greece which has not been sufficiently emphasized by relevant literature in this field of Poe studies.
La violencia intragénero en el teatro lésbico español
Authors: Casado Vegas Alicia
Published: April 2024

A partir de 2005, con la ley del matrimonio igualitario empiezan a aparecer obras queretratan la realidad homosexual, sin embargo, pese a que existen ya un buen número detextos tanto teóricos como de ficción dramática que abordan la violencia de género,apenas encontramos un puñado de obras que se atrevan a retratar la violenciaintragénero.Este trabajo por tanto pretende visibilizar la violencia en el seno de la pareja lésbica y laanaliza como un proceso de dominación y control similar al que se produce en las parejasheterosexuales. Para ello se toma como base las obras de Alicia Casado, Mar GómezGonzález, Gorka González Carazo, Marta Mangado y Ramón Paso.
“To be born again, first you have to die”. Καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν πᾶν πρόσφατον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον1 or the hyped Salman Rushdies´ Satanic Verses
Authors: Manzano Redondo Álvaro
Published: April 2024

In this paper, I aim to offer an innovative analysis of the vigorous structure which has illustrated Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses (1988) in order to make a different approach and, in addition, to debunk false myths that revolve around Rushdie´s “universal novel.” More specifically, I will focus on the Verses and make a comparative analysis of similarities, connections and literary technique usages with other masterpieces which will take me as back as to the Greek/Latin world: with Apuleius´ The Golden Ass (158/9 AD), García Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), and Kafka’s Metamorphosis (1915) to demonstrate that Verses is a compendium of portentously erudition but devoid of originality. Even though in Rushdie´s book the narration is written thanks to a number of prestigious passages of impeccable style, the staple knowledge, the scaffolding construction is processed as a tripod.
Oralidad y escrituralidad en la recreación del español coloquial – Araceli López Serena
Authors: Albitre Lamata Paula
Published: April 2024

La relación entre lengua hablada y escrita ha generado gran controversia a lo largo de la tradición lingüística. En este libro, López Serena analiza en profundidad dicha relación para tratar de esclarecerla, primero planteando los problemas teóricos a los que se ha enfrentado y después con una aproximación a un estudio crítico del español coloquial. Las líneas de investigación en las que se enmarcan los trabajos de esta autora son la epistemología o fundamentación metateórica de la lingüística y, como se refleja en esta obra, el análisis de la relación entre lengua hablada y escrita.
Using Cat (Computer Assisted Translation) Tools In Scientific And Tourist Texts
Authors: Montalbán Martínez Nicolás
Published: April 2024

The aim of this work is to analyse the benefits of introducing CAT tools to improve thequality in translation, specifically in the final year dissertation of two students who havealready finished a degree in translation and interpreting but have never used this technology before. How can we evaluate translation performance using CAT tools?According to Papineni, Roukos, Ward & Zhu (2002: 311-318) “the closer a machinetranslation is to a professional human translation, the better it is”. This is the central ideabehind our proposal. By comparing the reference translation with the machine translation,positive results were achieved in this research.
Aplicación del enfoque de Lectura Guiada para la mejora de la comprensión lectora en español en alumnos que participan en un programa bilingüe inglés-español
Authors: Romero Javier
Published: April 2024

Este artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación sobre la aplicación de unenfoque de lectura, llamado Lectura Guiada, para la mejora de la comprensión lectora enespañol de alumnos de Educación Primaria que participan en un programa bilingüe inglésespañolen Estados Unidos. Como instrumentos de valoración, se han empleado los nivelesde lectura y preguntas estandarizadas de comprensión para determinar el grado decomprensión lectora inicial y final de los alumnos que han participado en la investigacióndurante seis semanas. Los resultados muestran que los estudiantesque han tenido clasesde Lectura Guiada han mejorado su comprensión lectora más que aquellos alumnos queno han empleado este método. En este artículo analizamos estos resultados y debatimossobre la idoneidad de este enfoque para enseñar lectoescritura en español en programasbilingües. Finalmente, haremos una valoración sobre las implicaciones de este estudio yuna reflexión sobre futuras investigaciones en este campo.
Natural Urges as (Mis)Leading Forces in Annie Proulx’s Naturalistic New England and Newfoundland Fiction
Authors: Daniel Maja
Published: April 2024

This paper’s premise is that Annie Proulx is a naturalistic writer; the mode she adapts inher narrative is recognized as the twenty-first century variety of naturalism. Theimportance of the environment, of the surrounding society’s collective characteristics andthe historical context its members happened to live in, are crucial and inestimable for the plots. Very special attention is given to sexuality; sexual desire seems to be anuncontrollable power. Natural urges govern protagonists’ lives and, together with mostbasic instincts, impulses and vices, lead, or rather mislead them in their choices. The goalof this paper will be to point these urges out and analyze their importance as vital factors.The examples provided will aim to reflect some of the characters’ archetypicallynaturalistic features Annie Proulx displays in her New England and Newfoundland fiction.
Introducción
Authors: Canales Gustavo Sánchez
Published: April 2024

volumen pretende rendir un homenaje a los millones de víctimas del Holocausto como él, así como, entre otros, a Jean Améry, Aharon Appelfeld, Edith Bruck, Charlotte Delbo, Primo Levi, David Rousset, Jorge Semprún, Ernst Wiechert, Elie Wiesel y Simon Wiesenthal. Por otro lado, el año 2018, al principio del cual empezamos a preparar este número especial, fue el centenario del final de la Primera Guerra Mundial, una de las masacres más devastadoras del siglo XX. El 2018 también fue el centenario del nacimiento de Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, un superviviente del Gulag y escritor muy destacado. Este volumen, titulado «Literatura y Genocidio», tiene igualmente por objeto rendir tributo no solo a Solzhenitsyn, sino también a los millones de personas que, como Georgy Demidov y Varlam Shalamov, por citar solo dos nombres, sufrieron las penalidades del horror del Gulag.
Un enfoque a las representaciones literarias del siglo XXI sobre el Holocausto
Authors: Sánchez Canales Gustavo
Published: April 2024

En este artículo me centro en dos novelas de dos escritores judeoamericanos de tercerageneración que se aproximan al tema del Holocausto de manera distinta. En primer lugar,el análisis de imágenes que recuerdan al Holocausto y que aparecen en La solución final(The Final Solution, 2004) de Michael Chabon. Esta novella muestra las secuelas del horrorde los campos de concentración a través de la experiencia traumática de un niñosupervivientede nueve años. La otra novela, Todo está iluminado (Everything IsIlluminated, 2002) de Jonathan Safran Foer, una historia narrada desde dos puntos devista (uno cómico y el otro serio), parece ser la manera en la que Foer pretende mostrar siambos puntos de vista son (o no) reconciliables.
“You were never anything ...you were never born!”
Authors: Matlok-Ziemann Ellen
Published: April 2024

Drawing on Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception, this paper discusses how in Eudora Welty’s short stories “A Visit of Charity” and “Asphodel” and Alice Munro’s “The Bear Came over the Mountain” memory is used to undermine a character’s sense of self or how access to “new” memories can empower characters diagnosed with dementia. The texts demonstrate not only how access to memory enables characters to commit themselves in the future but also what the dangers are if a character appears to be locked in the past. The texts further show how the denial of shared memories is employed in different ways. In Welty, it becomes the desperate means of an old lady to stay sane in a nursing home. In Munroe, the old wife suffering from dementia with no reliable access to the past undermines her husband’s sense of self. She seems to create her new past.
Past, Loss and Nostalgia in Louise Bourgeois´ and Sylvia Plath´s Oeuvre
Authors: Martín Castillejos Ana M.
Published: April 2024

The weight of the past and the presence of loss in each individual´s life are undeniable. This is clearly so in the cases of Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) and Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), as loss is the driver of most of their production. The recreation of painful moments in Bourgeois´ life is the key to understand most of her work, especially her ‘Cells’. In Sylvia Plath´s case, her father´s death without a possible mourning and the later break-down of her marriage are drivers for some of the writer´s best poems.This article analyses the presence of loss and nostalgia in the artist and the writer´s work, focusing on the many similarities between the artist and the writer and pointing out the psychic landscapes they give place to (Douglas Porteous´s Landscapes of the Mind).Finally, there is also a vindication in the article of the feeling of loss as a powerful creative tool that stimulates action. In that respect, the article supports Alastair Bonnett´s point of view about the importance of acknowledging the feeling of nostalgia (The Geographies of Nostalgia).
La Ausencia del Padre en el Cine Independiente Contemporáneo
Authors: Orellana Gutiérrez de Terán Juan
Published: April 2024

En el cine contemporáneo independiente son cada vez más frecuentes las tramas que tratan de la búsqueda del padre o del reencuentro con él. En otros casos se indaga en la búsqueda de la figura paterna, aunque ésta carezca de lazos biológicos. Entre los paisajes de pérdida de nuestro tiempo, la paternidad perdida o ausente tiene un espacio propio en la expresión cinematográfica. Actualmente dicha figura ha vuelto a hacer su aparición en los guiones de manera transfigurada, reivindicada desde una perspectiva nueva. En este artículo tratamos de describir este resurgimiento, tomando como base una variedad de films de distintas nacionalidades estrenados en el último lustro. Se trata de desvelar una coherencia temática a pesar de la pluralidad de culturas que representan estas películas. Una coherencia que pone de manifiesto la globalización de un “paisaje de pérdida” que parece sentirse como urgente, a tenor de la frecuencia con la que se aborda en la gran pantalla.
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Authors: Martín Castillejos Ana M.
Published: April 2024

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Representing Dissenting Voices in the Digital Press: Victims of Sexual and Physical Abuses in Irish Industrial Schools
Authors: Cantueso Urbano Elena , Romero Ruiz María Isabel
Published: April 2024

According to Butler, we are all engaged in constant power relations as political individuals, but minority groups are more exposed to violence; their lives are worth less and their recognition in the public sphere is negated (Butler, Precarious Life 20, 34). In Ireland, those dissenting voices were children who did not conform to the Catholic moral code of behaviour, being banished from the public sphere, and confined in Industrial Schools during the twentieth century. After their release from these institutions, where they suffered physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, these victims were silenced and concealed in the public sphere. Using Butler’s theory of power and Trauma Studies (Kaplan, Herman, Laub), our intention in this article is twofold: firstly, to see how the digital press challenged normative power by giving visibility to displaced subjects and secondly, to see how the digital press asked both society and perpetrators for ethical responses to heal the wounds of victims.
A Ghost ‘Dressed in Deepest Black’? Evoking Dracula through Victorian Gothic and Gender Archetypes in Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black
Authors: Miquel-Baldellou Marta
Published: April 2024

Susan Hill has published a series of ghost novels which pay homage to classic Victorian narratives. Neo-Victorian criticism looks into contemporary works that evoke the Victorian past with the purpose of revisiting and reinterpreting this historical period from a current perspective. Susan Hill’s novel The Woman in Black (1983) presents important parallelisms with Bram Stoker’s late Victorian novel Dracula (1897), especially in its characterisation of the Woman in Black, since, despite being a ghost, this character bears significant resemblance with the female vampire Lucy Westenra and even with Dracula himself, together with Victorian archetypes of gender, such as the fallen woman and the figure of the dandy, which the gothic archetype of the vampire symbolises.
Research in Technology-Enhanced Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
Authors: Villalba Salvador Montaner- , Sanz Ana M. Gimeno-
Published: April 2024

Learning English through Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) has become popular due to the increasing implementation of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). This issue offers diverse empiric research and various pedagogical practices combining ICT and CLIL. Gimeno-Sanz explores CLILStore, a multilingual dictionary interface, authoring tool and materials repository. Bellés-Fortuño and Bellés-Calvera analyse written competence in English in History of Classical World through Google My Maps. Montaner-Villalba focuses on blogging as a tool to enhance EFL written competence in Geography. Piquer, Morgado and Zverinoa examine two interdisciplinary approaches within the CLIL approach to design open educational resources (OER). Pérez Agustín and Mortimore analyse the advantages of implementing story-telling techniques through StoryJumper. Lastly, García-Laborda and Kassemi Serrouk contribute a critical review of the book The Changing Face of ESP in Today’s Classroom and Workplace.
Presentación de la investigación llevada a cabo para elaborar una herramienta con la que valorar los cursos de formación de profesorado de Español como Lengua Extranjera
Authors: Eusebio Hermira Sonia
Published: April 2024

El incremento de estudiantes de español como lengua extranjera o segunda (ELE) ha aumentado el interés por la profesión de docente ELE y ha originado un crecimiento considerable de la oferta formativa. Este panorama ha suscitado el interés por determinar los criterios que deben cumplir las tareas de los cursos de formación de profesorado que posibiliten a sus destinatarios un desarrollo profesional y laboral, puesto que estas son el medio con el que se comprueba la asimilación de la información y la adquisición de las capacidades y habilidades de los futuros profesores.

El objetivo del estudio que se describe en este artículo es la creación de una herramienta que permita a los usuarios de los cursos (creadores y destinatarios) medir la adecuación de sus tareas. En este trabajo se presenta dicha herramienta y el estudio llevado a cabo para determinar los conceptos y el metalenguaje que la configuran
Seamus Heaney and his Translation of Beowulf: Strategies for Simultaneously Highlighting the Source-Text and the Translator’s Cultures
Authors: García Carreño Ariadna
Published: April 2024

This article consists of a comparative analysis between the original Old English manuscript of Beowulf and its translation into Standard English by the Irish author Seamus Heaney. It aims to show that, through the inclusion of Hiberno-English dialectal terms, Heaney’s translation succeeds in 1) making visible the cultural and linguistic differences between the source-text and target-text culture; and 2) to challenge Standard English domination as a form of protest against Britain’s cultural and linguistic colonizing role over Ireland. The analysis focuses on identifying the translation strategies employed according to the classifications provided by Aixelá (1996) and Bastin (1998) and determining how they meet the goals of Heaney’s task as a translator