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3 - A Decade of Biomedical Research in West Africa (2005–14): A Bibliometric Analysis of the Ten Most Productive Countries in MEDLINE
Authors: Nwagwu Williams Ezinwa
Published: July 2023

The objective of this research is to determine the quantity and quality of publications in biomedical research in top-producing countries in West Africa during 2005–14 as well as the characteristics of the journals and collaborative evidence in the area. Data was drawn from MEDLINE/ PubMed and Google Scholar while the impact factors of the journals were retrieved from the SCImago Journal and Country Rank portal. Quantity of publications was measured by counting the number of publications attributable to a country while h-index was extracted to measure quality. Productivity was analysed by sorting the data according to their first authors, journals and publication dates, and analysed using MS Excel and LOTKA®. Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Mali had the highest number of publications. In respect of productivity, apart from Côte d’Ivoire that had an α value less than 2, indicating a higher level of productivity, all other countries had an α value greater than 2. West African Journal of Medicine is the only journal of West African origin in the list of top ten journals where the authors from the sub-region published their papers, and it ranked tenth. Nigeria and Ghana published a lot more of their research papers in local journals in comparison with other countries, but these journals have very low mean impact factors. This study reinforces the need for improved research collaboration between the big and small countries.
1 - Research-based Honours Degrees: The Perspective of Bachelor of Commerce Students at the University of South Africa
Authors: Antwerpen Sumei van , Ferreira Edmund
Published: July 2023

The study was conducted among Bachelor of Commerce Honours students at the University of South Africa, an open distance learning institution. The main problem pertains to the reasons students pursue this degree, the value and significance of the degree as well as the reasons for doing the honours degree instead of a postgraduate diploma in a similar field of study. The most important reasons found for doing the BCom Honours degree were that it would improve future job perspectives, that the field of study was interesting and that having the degree would make one eligible for a master’s degree. It seems that the ‘image’ of obtaining an honours degree is an overriding factor in choosing the honours qualification above the postgraduate diploma. The BCom Honours degree should be marketed and presented simultaneously with postgraduate diplomas, so that prospective students can make more informed decisions to meet their specific needs. Policy makers should consider making the research modules optional for the honours degree. This initiative would give all students the opportunity to obtain an honours degree with the required modules that meet their career as well as personal needs.
0- Editorial - Building the Vision: Higher Education and Quality Assurance in East Africa
Authors: Petrucka Pammla
Published: July 2023

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7 - Reflections on an Innovative Mentoring Partnership Facilitators and Inhibitors to Success in Faculty Development
Authors: Chapman Marilyn , Khamis Tashmin
Published: July 2023

The need for more interactive, learner-centred pedagogies at Aga Khan University in East Africa led to the development of a partnership with Academics without Borders (AWB). AWB recruited three nursing faculty volunteers to provide mentorship to the nursing faculty at the three Aga Khan University Advanced Nursing Studies campuses in East Africa. As part of the evaluation and as a strategy to improve the quality of the mentoring and the project, the authors developed an action research study to identify facilitators and inhibitors to the success of this inter-cultural initiative. In this article, the authors share their observations and reflections as recorded in journal entries and postings to an online site as well as the results of a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis completed by mentees, mentors and project coordinators. Finally, the authors share their thoughts on the implications for future cross-cultural mentoring relationships at Aga Khan University and the potential for assisting others in similar relationships.
2 - Enhancing Doctoral Supervision Practices in Africa: Reflection on the CARTA Approach
Authors: Fonn Sharon , Ezeh Alex , Egesah Oma , Cole Donald C. , Izugbara Chimaraoke , Bondjers Göran , Manderson Lenore
Published: July 2023

High quality research supervision is crucial for PhD training, yet it continues to pose challenges globally with important contextual factors impacting the quality of supervision. This article reports on responses to these challenges by a multi-institutional sub-Saharan Africa initiative (CARTA) at institutional, faculty and PhD fellow levels. The article describes the pedagogical approaches and structural mechanisms used to enhance supervision among supervisors of CARTA fellows. These include residential training for supervisors, and supervision contracts between primary supervisors and PhD fellows. The authors reflect on the processes and experiences of improving PhD supervision, and suggest research questions that CARTA and other training programmes could pursue in relation to PhD supervision in Africa and other lower- and middle-income countries.
4 - Implications of Social Media on Student Activism: The South African Experience in a Digital Age
Authors: Ntuli Mthokozisi Emmanuel , Teferra Damtew
Published: July 2023

While the phenomenon of student protest in South Africa is not new, what characterizes the current wave is the successful use of social media to communicate and galvanize students to participate in protests across the country. Recent studies on the use of social media have noted that this form of communication greatly enhances the strength of student movements. However, some scholars have argued that the resulting leadership vacuum, undermines the achievement of their demands and makes it more difficult for the government and higher education authorities to effectively respond to such action. Through the lens of the learning community theory, this article reviews the current literature on social media and student activism in order to establish the effectiveness of its use and the shortcomings thereof. It argues that higher education institutions and the government need to become more conversant with the implications of digital infrastructure. It further suggests that these institutions should create an environment that supports and encourages effective use of social media through provision of the necessary infrastructure. The article provides a deeper understanding of the role that social media can play to galvanize students to advance their causes.
6 - Effet des caractéristiques pré-admissions et de l’expérience du système universitaire sur la persévérance aux études en enseignement supérieur : perspective de recherche en Afrique
Authors: Kobiané Jean-François , Frenette Eric , Loye Alexis Salvador
Published: July 2023

L’enseignement supérieur est considéré comme un moyen privilégié pour former une main-d’œuvre hautement qualifiée visant à assurer le progrès économique et social d’un pays. Romainville et Michaut 2012
...mais les universités publiques africaines peinent généralement à maintenir les étudiants qui y accèdent . Zagré 2007
 Le but de cet article est d’analyser l’effet des caractéristiques pré-admissions (contexte familial, caractéristiques personnelles, expérience scolaire antérieure) et de l’expérience du système universitaire (expériences de classe, ressources universitaires dont les bourses, prêts ou subventions) sur la persévérance aux études en enseignement supérieur au moyen d’une revue systématique des écrits scientifiques selon les neuf étapes proposées par Gough (2007). Malgré différentes opérationnalisations selon les études, les caractéristiques pré- admissions, l’expérience du système universitaire et la persévérance aux études sont interreliées. Une étude a proposé le rôle médiateur de l’expérience du système universitaire dans la relation entre les caractéristiques pré-admissions et la persévérance aux études en enseignement supérieur. Ce rôle se traduit par le fait que celle-ci permet de réduire des inégalités liées aux caractéristiques pré-admissions. L’utilisation de données sur plusieurs années est appropriée pour estimer l’impact longitudinal du rôle médiateur avec un modèle robuste comme celui de Tinto (1997).
6 - Moving beyond Poststructural Paralysis: Articulating an Ethic of Diaspora Collaboration
Authors: Nkhoma Nelson Masanche
Published: July 2023

Scholars in African higher education agree on the importance of collaboration with scholars in the diaspora. Despite this agreement, two major obstacles affect the implementation of collaboration: the politics of identity and difference and the common view of ethics as power. Literature on diaspora and collaborations tends to gloss over fundamental issues on the ethics of collaborations. In this article I reflect on how these two points of paralysis can be overcome by adopting an African humanist ethic that can drive the building of functional institutions to foster collaboration between and among scholars in Africa and those in diaspora. The article argues that in order to contribute to meaningful development in Africa, scholars need to move beyond the politics of identity and ethics as oppressive power.
8 - Advancing Collaboration between African Diaspora and Africa-Based Scholars: Extracts of Interviews with Selected African Diaspora Scholars
Authors: Langa Patrício V. , Swanzy Patrick , Uetela Pedro
Published: July 2023

A considerable number of African scholars who have migrated to the West have done so due to upheavals in their home country’s economy, poor working conditions, political instability, and a lack of academic freedom and autonomy in their homeland’s higher education systems, many of which are in the process of decolonisation/indigenisation. Drawing on the experiences of four African diaspora scholars – experts in the domains of social sciences and humanities, engineering and education – who visited and collaborated with the Doctoral Programme in Higher Education Studies at the University of the Western Cape’s Institute for Post-School Studies in 2017, this article explores the range of motives for their migration to Western institutions. The article also investigates the importance of the academic diaspora’s contribution to teaching and research in both the West and in Africa, concluding that African diaspora scholars and Africa-based scholars are interdependent when it comes to empowering global science.

Patrício V. Langa, University of the Western Cape, South Africa & Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique. Email: planga@uwc.ac.za; patricio.langa@uem.mz

Patrick Swanzy, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Post-School Studies, Faculty of Education, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Email: ipssdphes@gmail.com

Pedro Uetela, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of the Western Cape and Eduardo Mondlane University. Email: uetelaha@yahoo.com
5 - Junior Academics within Middle Level Academic Leadership in Emerging Universities in Nigeria
Authors: Omotosho Babatunde Joshua
Published: July 2023

One of the emerging developments within middle level academic leadership in Nigerian universities relates to the inclusion of academics who are at the very beginning of their careers within middle level leadership. The term junior academics is used here to refer to academics who are on staff development terms, registered for doctoral studies, or just graduated from doctoral studies and starting the process of being socialized into institutional academic cultures. In most emerging (3rdgeneration) universities, such academics are often allocated academic and administrative roles that would otherwise be performed by middle level academics in well-established universities. This trend, occurring majorly among emerging universities, appears to be a response to the dearth of middle level academics to occupy middle level leadership positions. While this development appears to serve as an emergent response to the challenges on hand, the implications on middle level academic leadership, university administration and governance as a whole need to be critically explored. This article interrogates on how junior academics serving within middle level leadership came to be, implications on university leadership, and finally a conclusion on how this challenge can be addressed to pave the way for effective middle level academic leadership within university administration.
JHEA, Volume 18, n°2, 2020 - Full Issue
Authors: Journal
Published: July 2023

Contents

Editorial: Reimagined University Bureaucracy and Mid-level Academic Leadership in AfricaIshmael I. Munene.................................1

The Hybrid Administrator-scholar Paradigm in Higher Education Leadership in AfricaSindiso Zhou.............................................5

Middle-level Academics as Institutional Managers: A Study on Leadership and Organisational Change at a Ugandan University Alex Ronald Mwangu .............................. 29

Leadership Philosophy and Interventions to Support Middle-level Units within Large Academic Institutions: Experiences atthe Makerere Peace and Conflict Studies Centre

Helen Nambalirwa Nkabala & Dickson Kanakulya............. 55

Barriers to Middle-level Academic Leadership for Female Academics in Nigerian Higher EducationSharon Adetutu Omotoso ......................................... 77

Compassionate Imagination and Respect for Student Diversity in Effective Doctoral Supervision in African UniversitiesSaidah Mbooge Najjuma ................................... 99

Navigating the Delicate Balance between Academia and Administration through Transformational Leadership in a South African UniversityNhlanhla Landa...........................131

Leading an Academic Staff Union as a Middle-level Academic (2003–2013)Richard Makhanu Wafula.............................147
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Authors: Journal
Published: July 2023

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3 - Academic Freedom, the Autonomy of Institutions of Higher Education and the Social Responsibility of Academics
Authors: Kanywanyi Josaphat L.
Published: July 2023

This paper critically examines ‘The Dar es Salaam Declaration on Academic Freedom and Social Responsibility of Academics’ (1990), in view of arousing interest around and stimulating discussion concerning the provisions of the declaration. It argues that for the declaration to serve its purpose, it needs do more than generate an African debate on academic freedom and social responsibility of intellectuals generally, and on the use of a legal format in crystallising democratic political per- spectives in particular. The paper stresses the need for more concrete action by scholars in the interest of academic freedom and social responsibility of academics, if they are to be taken seriously.
4 - Gender and Research Attainment in Nigerian Agricultural Universities
Authors: Oloruntoba Abayomi , Ajayi Michael Tunde
Published: July 2023

The study uses data on the research outputs of 219 academics in three Nigerian universities of agriculture to compare gender with research attainment. The find- ings show that research attainment is slightly higher for male academics than for female. Academic qualifications and rank are significantly associated with gender and, although there was no significant association between promotion time and gender, male academics have higher publishing rates in journals and proceedings of repute. A high correlation also exists between gender and age, length of service and representation in management. More male faculty members are employed at top management positions, while the majority of female faculty members occupy mid- dle management and entry levels. A policy of gender mainstreaming that would ensure gender balance in recruitment, training and research opportunities could provide a passage through which females gain greater access to positions hitherto dominated by their male counterparts.
3 - Les collaborations université-industrie en Afrique*
Authors: Masinda Mambo Tabu
Published: July 2023

Cet article traite des collaborations université-industrie comme stratégie de moder- nisation industrielle en Afrique. En présentant les avantages liés aux collaborations université-industrie, l’objectif est de mettre en relief l’amplitude de l’apprentissage collectif par le partage des ressources et la circulation des connaissances. Je ne prétends pas fournir des solutions miracles à l’échec industriel en Afrique mais susciter un débat sur des questions comme celle-ci : quelles sont les limites et les forces des universités africaines dans d’éventuelles collaborations avec des entre- prises nationales et multinationales? La discussion met en relief les cultures du monde industriel et universitaire avant de se pencher sur l’expérience des collabo- rations université-industrie des pays aux différents niveaux de développement dans les sciences et technologies en Afrique pour ensuite suggérer des pistes d’actions adaptées aux réalités des entreprises et des universités d’Afrique.
4 - Apartheid’s University: Notes on the Renewal of the Enlightenment
Authors: Lalu Premesh
Published: July 2023

This paper sets to work on strategies for forging new and critical humanities at the institutional site of the university that appears to be trapped in the legacies of apart- heid. The paper suggests that the university’s responses to apartheid might hold the key for the realignment of its critical commitments in the post-apartheid present. Rather than merely invoking the Enlightenment traditions of the modern university as sufficient grounds for proclaiming a post-apartheid reorientation, I track the career of notions of academic freedom and university autonomy in the outlines of complicity. I show how the concepts of academic freedom and autonomy obscured a prior contract with the state and how that complicity extended a process of sub- jection. By deploying the postcolonial strategy of ab-using the Enlightenment, the paper outlines the failure of opposing apartheid in the name of academic freedom and autonomy. That failure, I argue, resulted in an inability to investigate the relationship be- tween the university and the state and blinded the university to its role in the crea- tion of racial subjects. Rather than merely casting the university in terms of the foundational concepts of academic freedom and university autonomy, I suggest that it might be more productive to consider the epistemological and political potential of a renewed reference to the Enlightenment. Apartheid’s University, cast as conti- nuity of the Enlightenment legacy, might allow us to rewrite its abject script in the direction of resisting the forms of subjection supported by that process of normali- sation.
2 - Analysis of the Emergence and Development of Private Universities in Nigeria* (1999–2006)
Authors: Obasi Isaac N.
Published: July 2023

One of the devastating consequences of the prolonged period of military dictator- ship in Nigeria is the non-development of a private higher education system. How- ever, with the emergence of democratic rule in 1999 and the liberalization of higher education, there has been a surge in the provision of private higher educa- tion. From a modest number of three pioneer private universities in 1999, there were 23 licensed private universities as at June 2005. This article provides an assessment of the development of these universities using the older ones as the basis of empirical analysis. Also, based on the available evidence, the article con- cludes that private universities are currently setting the pace, and serving as a source of positive challenge to the public universities, thereby providing the much- needed healthy competitive environment for the future growth and diversification of the entire higher education system in Nigeria.
8 - Private Provision and Its Changing Interface with Public Higher Education: The Case of Kenya
Authors: Otieno Wycliffe
Published: July 2023

Like the rest of the continent, Kenya has a relatively long history of public provi- sion of higher education. Policy reforms in the 1980s resulted in the legitimate recognition of the private sector. Emerging competition has forced both sectors to adopt specific coping strategies, and foster different types of provision such as: traditional setting up of private institutions; privatization of public sector institu- tions; franchising and other forms of partnerships; and internationalisation. Pri- vate universities are also venturing into alternative modes of delivery like evening programmes. On the legal front, intense regulation of the private sector is leading to evident seriousness, but at the same time is giving the public sector an undue advantage over the private, as it remains largely unchecked.
1 - Higher Education, the State and the Marketplace*
Authors: Mamdani Mahmood
Published: July 2023

This essay is an overview of the historical development of higher education through three different periods – colonial, nationalist and neoliberal – as well as an argu- ment for the strategic importance of higher education. In contrast to the World Bank’s attempt to marginalize higher education as an elitist preoccupation, it argues that higher education is where teachers are trained, where curricula are developed, where the range of leadership of an independent country is cultivated, and where research is located. In sum, higher education is where we develop the range of choices which make democracy meaningful in different spheres of life. Higher education is the strategic heart of education; those who wish to transform general education must begin with higher education. The essay closes with a critical discussion of two paradigmatic reform experiences in higher education in tropical Africa – developmentalist reform at the University of Dar-es-Salaam in the 1970s and market-based reform at Makerere University in the 1990s – so as to draw lessons from a half century of experience.
JHEA, Volume 7, n° 1 & 2, 2009 - Full Issue
Authors: Journal System
Published: July 2023

Journal of Higher Education in Africa, Volume 7, n° 1 & 2, 2009
L’appui de la France à la Réforme de l’Enseignement supérieur (ES) au Maroc : quelles finalités et quels enjeux ?
Authors: Abdelfettah Benchenna
Published: July 2023

L’objectif de cette contribution est de tenter d’identifier les finalités de l’intérêt porté par la France à l’accompagnement de la réforme en cours de l’ES. Tout en contextualisant de part et d’autre, cette entreprise, l’auteur tente de montrer que cet appui :
s’intègre dans une politique plus globale, dite de coopération avec les pays francophones du Sud. Cette action permet, d’une part, à la France de renforcer sa position internationale, en formant autour d’elle des alliés constitués essentiellement de ses anciennes colonies et, d’autre part, de jouer un rôle de « traducteur » des orientations européennes, en matière d’éducation et de formation, auprès des pays partenaires de l’Europe ;
n’est pas une fin en soi mais un moyen pour introduire des logiques de rationalisation et de marchandisation, de plus en plus promues dans les systèmes éducatifs des pays développés. Une telle orientation n’est pas sans déplaire aux décideurs marocains, enclins à sortir l’ES d’une crise que celui-ci traverse depuis le début des années 80.
Creativity Within Limits: Does the South African PhD Facilitate Creativity in Research?
Authors: Judy Backhouse
Published: July 2023

One view of the PhD student is that of the independent scholar, with the thesis being an original work that contributes to the body of knowledge. National plans make much of the notion that graduating doctoral students will increase the degree of innovation in the country and make new ideas available for economic benefit. At the same time, the process of completing a PhD takes place within frameworks of institutional and disciplinary tradition; student and supervisor expectations, practi- cal resource limitations and, increasingly, national and international quality stan- dards – all of which place boundaries on what can be studied and how it can be studied.
Based on interviews with doctoral students at South African universities, this paper explores the extent to which they experience themselves as independent scholars and the role of creativity in their PhD studies. It explores the boundaries that limit creativity in doctoral programmes and whether PhD candidates experience these boundaries as restrictive or not. It asks whether innovation can realistically be expected to result from doctoral programmes.
La domestication des étudiants du campus de Ouagadougou : la crise de juin 2008
Authors: Lila Chouli
Published: July 2023

Après plusieurs mois de latence, le conflit entre les étudiants de deux UFR de l’université de Ouagadougou et les autorités universitaires s’est trans- formé en juin 2008 en crise ouverte – la plus grave depuis la refondation de l’université et l’invalidation de l’année académique en 2000 – symbolisée par le retour des militaires sur le campus, les affrontements entre les étu- diants et les forces de l’ordre et la fermeture de l’université et de ses œuvres sociales.
En inscrivant cette crise, non pas dans le temps immédiat ou événementiel, mais dans le temps moyen, celui du régime post-révolutionnaire, cet article démontre qu’elle a été, dans le contexte du retour aux mobilisations secto- rielles, l’opportunité pour le pouvoir de concrétiser les projets de « reprise en main » de l’université de Ouagadougou qui a été traditionnellement un des centres de la contestation sociopolitique. Cette entreprise a été facili- tée par le recours devenu habituel à la justice comme outil de répression du mouvement social, l’exploitation des conflits d’intérêt entre étudiants, la situation de dénuement dans laquelle se trouvaient les étudiants dépendant des œuvres sociales, et le risque d’une année blanche.
5 - GATS and Higher Education in Nigeria: A Preliminary Investigation of the Indicative Patterns of Consumption Abroad by Nigerians
Authors: Olanrewaju Olaniyan  , Abiodun S. Bankole  , Olugboyega A. Oyeranti
Published: July 2023

This article presents some preliminary evidence on the existence and magnitude of consumption abroad and the type of trade in higher education, using a combination of advertisement survey data by Nigerians during 2001-2006 and secondary data on Nigerians enrolled in universities outside the coun- try. We found that higher education consumption abroad is increasing with- out explicit regulation by Nigeria’s regulatory bodies. The findings also point to the development of a market for local recruiting agencies and the need for regulation not only for quality control but also to avoid collusion between local students recruiting agencies, foreign higher education providers and foreign embassies. The study therefore proposes the setting up of a techni- cal committee to advise on issues concerning negotiations on higher educa- tion during the WTO rounds and also provide a clear framework on the process and dynamics of the trade for the benefit of the citizens and the country.
Peer Review Mechanisms: The Bottleneck of Academic Freedom
Authors: Elizabeth Ayalew
Published: July 2023

Academic freedom in higher education institutions (HEIs) entails not only the protection of the rights of faculty to teach and of students to learn, but also the freedom to create and disseminate knowledge. The literature, especially in Africa, mainly portrays the violation of academic freedom due to external interference into universities’ autonomous functioning. This article, by focusing on academic publications and the peer review process, how- ever, suggests that the internal governance of HEIs also has equally serious implications on academic freedom. By analyzing data collected from editors, reviewers and authors of three research institutions that publish journals at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, this article reveals that peer review mecha- nisms in academic institutions constrain the production of knowledge and hence undermine academic freedom.
A new locality of Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris (Scopoli, 1769) in Algeria (Aves: Prunellidae)
Authors: El Bouhissi Mayssara , CHEDAD Abdelwahab
Published: July 2023

Alpine Accentor, Prunella collaris (Scopoli, 1769), is one of Algeria’s rare birds. During the monitoring campaign, which was run between 2020 and 2023 using direct observation, a pair of Alpine Accentor was spotted in the Tessala mountains (North of Sidi Bel Abbes, western Algeria) on November 12, 2022. This newly documented locality is important because it likely expands the currently known range of this rare species in Algeria
Phytoremediation of Lead Contaminated Soil with the Help of Bambusa vulgaris
Authors: AGRAHARI POOJA , SettingsNavneet  , Neeru  , Sushma  , Shahnaz  , Ankit  , Vinay  , Dinesh
Published: July 2023

Phytoremediation is a green emerging technology used to remove and degrade pollutants from soil and water. In this study, plants of B. vulgaris were grown in the soils, which are artificially contaminated by lead below the WHO level (12 mg/kg) and above the WHO level (72 mg/kg). After 3 months, accumulations of the lead metal were analysed in roots, leaves, and stem with the help of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (Perkin Elmer analyst 400). Significant decrease in level of Pb has been noted in both the treatments. Decrease in Pb level was 3.6% and 18.7% of control (0.09 and 0.43 mg/kg). It was concluded that the plant B. vulgaris is a very good phytoremediation tool to remove Pb metal from the soil
İyimserlik ve kötümserlik düzeylerinin yaşam amacı ve yaşam doyumu ilişkisinde aracı rolü
Authors: Daşkıran Sena , Dişkaya Ayça Nur , Arıcak Osman Tolga
Published: July 2023

Bu çalışmada üniversite öğrencilerinin yaşam amaçları ile yaşam doyumları arasındaki ilişkide iyimserlik ve kötümserlik düzeylerinin aracı rolü incelemiştir. Katılımcılar 18-25 yaş arası (Ort. = 20.03) 407 kişiden oluşmaktadır. Katılımcıların 229’u (%56.3) kadın, 178’i (%43.7) erkektir. Araştırmada Yaşam Yönelimi Ölçeği, Yaşam Doyumu Ölçeği ve Yaşam Amaçları Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında iyimserlik-kötümserlik düzeylerinin, yaşam amacı ve yaşam doyumu ilişkisindeki aracılık rolü yapısal eşitlik modellemesi bağlamında incelenmiştir. Bu modele alternatif model olarak yaşam amacının, yaşam yönelimi ve yaşam doyumu arasındaki aracılık rolü de test edilmiştir. İlk model için uyum düzeyi kabul edilebilir iken alternatif modelde uyum indeksleri kabul edilebilir çıkmamıştır. Yaşam yöneliminin, yaşam amacının sosyal sorumluluk ve maddi kazanç alt boyutları ile yaşam doyumu arasında anlamlı aracılık etkisi olduğu görülmektedir. Buna karşın bireysel farkındalık, fiziksel görünüm ve kişisel gelişim alt boyutlarında aracılık etkisi bulunmamıştır. Bulgular sonucunda sosyal sorumluluk ve maddi kazanç yaşam amaçları olan bireylerin iyimserlik düzeyleri yüksek olup yaşamdan aldıkları doyumun daha fazla olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Meninas Digitais Mato Grosso: uso do Instagram como estratégia de comunicação e mobilização de ações
Authors: Costa Maria Fernanda Abalem Franca Nunes , Pereira Leihge Roselle Rondon , Maciel Cristiano , Nunes Eunice Pereira dos Santos
Published: July 2023

Mídias Sociais, como o Instagram, auxiliam no compartilhamento de informações e na criação de laços entre pessoas com interesses em comum. Este trabalho apresenta o levantamento e a análise descritiva qualitativa das postagens de um perfil no Instagram, a fim de identificar as contribuições dessa mídia social com a mobilização das ações do Meninas Digitais Mato Grosso e projeto parceiro. Foram levantadas 88 postagens. Observou-se pelas cinco categorias geradas que as postagens contribuíram por meio do engajamento, como performance educativa, bem como acesso às ações do projeto.
Investigating the Effectiveness of Self-care Training on Improving the Physical Health Status of Pregnant Women
Authors: Bulbul Haghighi Nahid , Sharifzadeh Masoumeh , Houshmand Delir Razieh , Alizadeh Narges , Ebrahimi Mohammad Hossein , Garkaz Omid
Published: July 2023

Background: Self-care during pregnancy includes principles and care programs that lead to clinical outcomes and effectively reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes. Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of self-care training in improving the physical health status of pregnant women. Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted on 116 pregnant mothers referred to the health centers of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences in a simple random fashion with permutation blocks with two intervention (58 people) and control (58 people) groups. Demographic, skeletal, and muscular discomfort questionnaires were used to collect data, and data were collected before and after the intervention in both groups. After collecting the data, it was entered into SPSS 18 and analyzed with the help of descriptive and analytical statistics. Results: In this study, the results showed that out of 116 pregnant mothers participating, 58 were in the intervention group and 58 were in the control group, and between the variables of age (P = 0.001) and occupation (P = 0.003), job status (P = 0.042), gestational age (P = 0.001), number of deliveries (P = 0.001), exercise (P = 0.002), also there was a significant relationship between exercise time (P = 0.003) and physical health, and there was no significant relationship with the rest of the variables, and the average physical health in the control group before the intervention was 29.74 ± 6.97 and after the intervention was 28.41 ± 7.44 and in the intervention group before the intervention, it was 30.82 ± 6.38, and after the intervention, it was 27.7 ± 6.33, and there was a significant relationship between physical health and intervention. Conclusions: The results showed that self-care training increases the physical health of pregnant women; on the other hand, it is a very important tool for designing and implementing educational interventions to improve women's health.
A contribution to the incorporation of sociability and creativity skills to computers and robots
Authors:   , Raya Giner Cristóbal
Published: July 2023

This dissertation contains the research and work completed by the PhD candidate on the incorporation of sociability and creativity skills to computers and robots. Both skills can be directly related with empathy, which is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. In this form, this research can be contextualized in the framework of recent developments towards the achievement of empathy machines.

The first challenge at hands refers to designing pioneering techniques based on the use of social robots to improve user experience interacting with them. In particular, research focus is on eliminating or minimizing pain and anxiety as well as loneliness and stress of long-term hospitalized child patients. This challenge is approached by developing a cloud-based robotics architecture to effectively develop complex tasks related to hospitalized children assistance. More specifically, a multiagent learning system is introduced based on a combination of machine learning and cloud computing using low-cost robots (Innvo labs's Pleo rb). Moreover, a wireless communication system is also developed for the Pleo robot in order to help the health professional who conducts therapy with the child, monitoring, understanding, and controlling Pleo behavior at any moment.

As a second challenge, a new formulation of the concept of creativity is proposed in order to empower computers with. Based on previous well established theories from Boden and Wiggins, this thesis redefines the formal mechanism of exploratory and transformational creativity in a way which facilitates the computational implementation of these mechanisms in Creativity Support Systems. The proposed formalization is applied and validated on two real cases: the first, about chocolate designing, in which a novel and flavorful combination of chocolate and fruit is generated. The second case is about the composition of a single voice tune of reel using ABC notation.
A mixed qualitative quantitative self-learning classification technique applied to situation assessment in industrial process control
Authors:   , Aguado Chao Juan Carlos
Published: July 2023

Aquesta memòria s'ha escrit amb l'ànim d'exposar els punts de vista i els resultats nous que l'autor ha pogut obtenir. No s'hi troba, per tant, una descripció detallada de tots els temes que conformen la teoria dels operadors de T-indistingibilitat, el Raonament Aproximat ni, per descomptat, la Lògica Difusa. S'ha glossat només els aspectes necessaris per fer la memòria autocontinguda, i s'ha reforçat l'exposició amb un conjunt ampli de referències bibliogràfiques. L'excel·lència de moltes d'elles fa absolutament innecesari i pretenciós l'intent de l'autor de reescriure sobre els mateixos temes amb l'ànim de fer-los entenedors.

La memòria està dividida en dues parts:
1) Operadors de T-indistingibilitat (Capítols 1, 2 i 3)
2) Aplicacions al Raonament Aproximat (Capítols 4 i 5)

En la primera part s'estudia qüestions relatives a l'estructura dels operadors de T-indistingibilitat.

El Capítol 1 tracta dels aspectes previs: les t-normes i, sobre tot, les seves quasi-inverses. Són les operacions bàsiques sobre les que es construeixen els operadors de T-indistingibilitat.
En el Capítol 2 s'estudia l'estructura del conjunt HE dels generadors d'una T-indistingibilitat E, des del punt de vista reticular i dimensional.
Finalment, el Capítol 3 està dedicat als morfismes entre operadors de T-indistingibilitat i a l'estructura dual.

A la segona part es proposa un principi general de Raonament Aproximat que es basa en els operadors de T-indistingibilitat.

En el Capítol 4, s'analitza les diferents formes de CRI a través d'aquest principi, i es proposa nous mecanismes d'inferència diferents de CRI (Operador Natural d'Inferència), mentre que en el Capítol 5 s'estudia l'estructura dels nous mecanismes introduïts i el seu comportament en interpolació, en presència de múltiples regles.

Cada capítol s'encapçala amb una introducció en forma de sumari i amb un llistat de les aportacions de la memòria (resultats nous).
Implicaciones del calcio extracelular y su receptor en mebrana (CaSR) en la angiogénesis y la osteogénesis. Relevancia en ingeniería tisular.
Authors:   , González Vázquez Arlyng Gyveth
Published: July 2023

Bone injury is a major health problem nowadays. Bone tissue engineering is a promising strategy to solve it. In this field many reports pointed out the role of scaffolds containing a calcium phosphate glass, such as G5, in the promotion of bone regeneration. These kinds of biomaterials release Ca2+ during degradation. Moreover, extracellular calcium (Ca2+0) is able to activate a special extracellular receptor called Calcium Sensing Receptor (CaSR), which can modulate migration, chemotaxis and differentiation. In that sense, present work aims to evaluate the role of extracellular calcium and CaSR as key factor in the induction of bone regeneration.
We isolated endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and Mesenchymal Stromal cells (MSCs) from young rat’s bone marrow and they were stimulated with 10 mM Ca2+0. Results provided strong evidences about the role of Ca2+0 and CaSR in the modulation of chemotaxis, and angiogenic differentiation on EPCs, whilst on MSCs calcium exerted osteoinduction and proliferation through the CaSR. Furthermore, using biodegradable releasing calcium composite (PLA/G5) was measured the ability of that kind of biomaterials in the induction of bone and blood vessels formation in vivo. Finally, using a shell-less chick embryo model was compared the effect of the Ca2+0 and the ionic compound released by PLA/G5, demonstrating that the released Ca2+0 is the key factor in the promotion of angiogenesis and bone formation in vivo. The knowledge developed during this project will be a valuable tool to enhance the efficiency of biomaterials used in bone tissue engineering
Skeletal representations of orthogonal shapes
Authors:   , Martínez Bayona Jonàs
Published: July 2023

Skeletal representations are important shape descriptors which encode topological and geometrical properties of shapes and reduce their dimension. Skeletons are used in several fields of science and attract the attention of many researchers. In the biocad field, the analysis of structural properties such as porosity of biomaterials requires the previous computation of a skeleton. As the size of three-dimensional images become larger, efficient and robust algorithms that extract simple skeletal structures are required. The most popular and prominent skeletal representation is the medial axis, defined as the shape points which have at least two closest points on the shape boundary. Unfortunately, the medial axis is highly sensitive to noise and perturbations of the shape boundary. That is, a small change of the shape boundary may involve a considerable change of its medial axis. Moreover, the exact computation of the medial axis is only possible for a few classes of shapes. For example, the medial axis of polyhedra is composed of non planar surfaces, and its accurate and robust computation is difficult. These problems led to the emergence of approximate medial axis representations. There exists two main approximation methods: the shape is approximated with another shape class or the Euclidean metric is approximated with another metric.
The main contribution of this thesis is the combination of a specific shape and metric simplification. The input shape is approximated with an orthogonal shape, which are polygons or polyhedra enclosed by axis-aligned edges or faces, respectively. In the same vein, the Euclidean metric is replaced by the L infinity or Chebyshev metric. Despite the simpler structure of orthogonal shapes, there are few works on skeletal representations applied to orthogonal shapes. Much of the efforts have been devoted to binary images and volumes, which are a subset of orthogonal shapes. Two new skeletal representations based on this paradigm are introduced: the cube skeleton and the scale cube skeleton. The cube skeleton is shown to be composed of straight line segments or planar faces and to be homotopical equivalent to the input shape. The scale cube skeleton is based upon the cube skeleton, and introduces a family of skeletons that are more stable to shape noise and perturbations. In addition, the necessary algorithms to compute the cube skeleton of polygons and polyhedra and the scale cube skeleton of polygons are presented. Several experimental results confirm the efficiency, robustness and practical use of all the presented methods.
Mesurant amb escaires lo medieval : catàleg exposició (Col·legi Oficial d'Arquitectes de Catalunya. Demarcació de Tarragona)
Authors: Lloveras Montserrat Joaquín , Bassa Victòria , Taberna Torres Judit , Ayala Núria
Published: July 2023

Catàleg en català, anglès, francès i castellà de l'exposició que va tenir lloc a la Demarcació de Tarragona del Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya, del 7 de gener al 12 d'abril de 2019
Laboratorio Internacional de Arquitectura Colaborativa : Tètouan / Chauen / Barcelona (2017-2018)
Authors: Serrano Lidia , Olivella Jordi , Tous Victoria
Published: July 2023

El presente proyecto se apoya en la valiosa experiencia desarrollada por la ONGD Al Karia, en colaboración con la asociación Base-A y con el CCD UPC, en los varios talleres realizados en la medina de Xauen, tales como "Diagnóstico arquitectónico de la medina de Xauen" (2009) y la "Rehabilitación del horno de la plaza Sidbanin" (2015). En agosto de 2017 se realizó el viaje de identificación para sentar las bases del presente programa 2018 Laboratorio Internacional de Arquitectura Colaborativa, durante el cual se estudió la historia, arquitectura y conflictos entre tradición e innovación de la medina de Chauen. Mediante el análisis de dos espacios públicos propuestos por la municipalidad (dos plazas con gran relevancia en la trama urbana) se pudieron valorar a nivel técnico las actuaciones de rehabilitación llevadas a cabo, y se estudió su función social mediante análisis de usos y recorridos, y entrevistas a los propios usuarios, y de esta manera tener una primera lectura del territorio. Además, se realizaron reuniones con asociaciones miembros representativos de la sociedad civil Xauní, así como con miembros docentes de las escuelas de arquitectura del país, para tener un mayor conocimiento de la realidad local y para el diseño conjunto de las siguientes fases del programa.
Redes internacionales de la arquitectura española : 1r Seminario AEMCI : Barcelona, 9 de julio de 2019, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona, ETSAB-UPC
Authors: Álvarez Prozorovich Fernando V. , Franchino Magalí , García Estévez Carolina Beatriz , García-Vergara Marisa , González-Bárcena Julio Garnica , Granell Trias Enrique , Graus Ramon , Guerrero Salvador , Lahuerta Alsina Juan José , López Gadea Álvaro , Navas Ferrer Teresa , Pizza de Nanno Antonio , Rodríguez Pedret Carmen , Tormenta Paulo
Published: July 2023

Contribucions del primer Seminario AEMCI, celebrat a l'Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona, el 9 de juliol de 2019, en el marc del projecte competitiu "La arquitectura española en los medios de comunicación internacionales: publicaciones, exposiciones, congresos (primera parte: 1940-1975)". Els textos recullen els avenços de les investigacions en curs que formen part del projecte HAR2017-85205-P
Measuring sustainable environment-food system interactions
Authors:   Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, Latter Rebecca , Wentworth Jonathan
Published: July 2023

This POSTnote describes environmental impact metrics for food systems, which are complex networks of decision-makers, natural processes and human activities.
Local area energy planning: acheiving net zero locally
Authors:   Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, Collins Abigail
Published: July 2023

This POSTnote considers the relatively new process of local area energy planning that aims to deliver net zero targets more effectively at the regional level.
Moving Images, Static Lives: Interwar Polish Jewish Documentary Films
Authors:   Copper Union, New York, Zarrow Sarah Ellen
Published: July 2023

This article examines two sets of films—those produced by amateur home movie-makers, Polish Jewish immigrants to the United States, on return visits home as well as the Six Cities series produced professionally by Sektor Films—in the context of the larger project of the creation of an image of Polish Jewish life in the interwar period. It uses the concepts of nostalgia delineated by Svetlana Boym to argue that even more than fundraising, the filmmakers intended their documentation to create a nostalgic souvenir for Americanized Jews and their children, a pre-facto memorialization of Polish Jewish life.
BOUND TO THE COLUMN: ANTICHRIST ICONOGRAPHY IN THE LAST JUDGMENT SCENES IN THE MEDIEVAL KINGDOM OF HUNGARY
Authors:   History and Theory of Art Department, National University of Arts, Bucharest, MIHAIL MIHNEA ALEXANDRU
Published: July 2023

This study aims to investigate the relationship between visual culture and theological disputes during the pre‑Hussite and Hussite eras. By looking at fourteenth‑century Last Judgment scenes from the Hungarian Kingdom that contain an image of a demon bound to the column inside Leviathan’s jaws, I analyze the connections between this figure and the eschatological and Antichrist‑related discourse used by both Church representatives and preachers of the Reformation in Bohemia.