bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effects of a Mindfulness Activity on Nursing Service Staff Perceptions of Caring Behaviors in the Workplace
Authors: King Camille , Rossetti Jeanette , Smith Thomas J. , Raison Megan , Gallegos Deana , Gorman Rodney , Moscatel Sarah , Smyth Siobhan , Watson Jean
Published: July 2019

Research on caring in nurse-to-nurse relationships is not extensive, but studies have shown that health care workers can experience incivility in the workplace and unhealthy relationships can increase stress and influence nurse retention. The current study examined nurse perceptions of caring in the workplace and the effect of a mindfulness activity. A mixed method design was used, and data were collected on 164 nursing staff members after a 1-minute mindfulness activity. Pre- and post-survey growth in caring behavior indicated a statistically significant positive effect for the treatment group. Qualitative reports showed that after completing a mindfulness activity, staff members were more focused, and willing to set a good example, off er help to others, and encourage a positive overall work environment. Mindfulness activities can improve nurse-to-nurse caring and reduce incivility in the workplace. [
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 57
(11), 28–36.]
Immunization Considerations in Pregnancy
Authors: Khan Leah
Published: July 2019

Immune status during pregnancy is an important consideration, and all women who are pregnant should be screened for immunity to certain diseases. Women who are pregnant are at higher risk of contracting infections, and many infections can cause serious problems for a growing fetus. For this reason, remaining up-to-date on immunizations throughout life and especially leading up to pregnancy is important. In addition, there are certain vaccines that provide added benefit if given during pregnancy. The Tdap (tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, acellular pertussis) and inactivated influenza vaccines can provide protection not only for the pregnant mother but also for the newborn baby by passing immunity through the placenta. All pregnant women should be encouraged to receive the appropriate vaccines and be treated according to their immune status to ensure the best possible protection for this population.

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Pediatr Ann.
2019;48(7):e251–e254.]
The Involvement of Students in Social Network Sites Affects Their Learning
Authors: Tartari Elda , Tartari Alban , Beshiri Dilina
Published: July 2019

The issue taken in consideration for this study is related to the extensive involvement of children in social media web pages and especially Facebook’s social network. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the level of engagement of pupils in social network sites and their performance of academic achievement. The methods used in the study are secondary data review and quantity methods.
The population of this survey is school pupils between 10 to 15 years old. The sample was 1323 pupils surveyed in this study, selected at random from elementary and secondary schools. The data analysis focuses primarily in regressive models of the logistic binary. The study findings revealed a high level of pupils' involvement in social networks and mainly on Facebook's social network. It was also shown that the social network Facebook has a negative impact on the learning objectives of pupils who have opened an address compared to others who don’t have an address in this network. Modern technologies are developing rapidly and the relationship between teachers, parents and pupils must function effectively through continuous communication on the effects of social network sites on their learning process.
Development and Implementation of Computer Assisted Instruction System in Physical Education Based on ASP.NET Technology
Authors: Yang Jing , Zhao Zhen
Published: July 2019

Due to the practicalness of physical education (PE) teaching, the computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in PE can deepen students’ understanding through vis-ual teaching methods. The purpose of this paper is to study the development and implementation of CAI system in PE. To this end, based on hardware such as campus network and internet, B/S/D three-layer system was adopted in this paper as the system architecture, and ASP.NET technology was used to realize system functions. The research results show that the system is divided into four parts: the teaching resource module, the online Q&A module, the coursework module and the exam module according to the system requirements analysis. Then, taking the system login, teacher module and system test module as examples, the system operation process was designed in detail to achieve its specific functions. This re-search enriches the theoretical and practical research results of CAI system in PE and promotes the reform of physical education teaching mode.
The Role of Cloud Computing for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Saudi Arabian Universities in Accordance with the Social Constructivism Theory: A Specialist’s Point of View
Authors: Alenezi Farhan Yetaim
Published: July 2019

This study aims to evaluate the role of Cloud Computing in enhancing teaching and learning in Saudi Arabian government universities in the backdrop of the four principles of Social Constructivism Theory - social interaction, previous experience, activity of a learner, and the development of mental skills; all these have to be examined form the specialist’s point of view as he will be responsible for integrating technology into the processes for supporting the whole ecosystem.

The study was conducted at 29 Saudi Arabian government universities, using a quantitative approach based on a Questionnaire. The study sample consisted of 84 Deans and Vice Deans of E-learning across all Saudi government universities, in the Academic Year 2016/2017. The results revealed a significant role for Cloud Computing for teaching and learning enhancement in the Saudi Arabian universities in accordance with the construct outlined above.
On Morrey and BMO Regularity for Gradients of Minima of Certain Non-Differentiable Functionals
Authors: Daněček Josef , Viszus Eugen
Published: July 2019

We consider minima of variational integrals with non-differentiable integrands in the form

f(x,u,Du)= \langle A(x)Du,Du\rangle+g(x,u,Du)

. Assuming that the part

g(x,u,z)

is equipped by sub-quadratic growth in

z

only for big value of

|z|

(but the growth is arbitrarily close to the quadratic one), we prove the everywhere Morrey and BMO regularity for gradients of minima.
Health Through Activity: Initial Evaluation of an In-Home Intervention for Older Adults With Cancer
Authors: Lyons Kathleen Doyle , Bruce Martha L. , Hull Jay G. , Kaufman Peter A. , Li Zhongze , Stearns Diane M. , Lansigan Frederick , Chamberlin Mary , Fuld Alexander , Bartels Stephen J. , Whipple Jessica , Bakitas Marie A. , Hegel Mark T.
Published: July 2019

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of conducting a future full-scale trial to test the efficacy of an in-home occupational therapy intervention designed to reduce disability in older adult cancer survivors.

METHOD. Participants reporting activity limitations during or after cancer treatment were enrolled in a Phase 1 pilot randomized controlled trial comparing the 6-wk intervention (n = 30) to usual care (n = 29). Descriptive data on retention rates were collected to assess feasibility of intervention and study procedures. Potential efficacy was explored through participants’ self-reported disability, quality of life, activity level, and behavioral activation at 0, 8, and 16 wk after enrollment.

RESULTS. Retention rates were high regarding completion of the intervention (90%) and outcome assessments (90% of usual-care participants and 80% of intervention participants). Outcomes consistently favored the intervention group, although group differences were small.

CONCLUSION. The procedures were feasible to implement and acceptable to participants.
Dignified Public Expression: A New Logic of Political Accountability
Authors: Paller Jeffrey W.
Published: July 2019

Research on political accountability emphasizes elections and popular control, but often neglects how ordinary people hold their leaders to account in the context of daily life. Dominant scholarly approaches emphasize the logic of electoral sanctioning and removal, missing the importance
of mutual respect between representatives and citizens. This article introduces a new logic of democratic accountability based on the social practices, daily political behaviors, and public deliberation between representatives and citizens. Using urban Ghana as a study site, this article uncovers
the mechanisms through which a theory based on respect works in practice. By reconciling theories of political representation with deliberative democracy, the article places the voices of urban Ghanaians in conversation with Western political thought to broaden understandings of accountability
in African democracies.
Incorporation of pollen data in source maps is vital for pollen dispersion models
Authors: Kurganskiy Alexander , Skjøth Carsten Ambelas , Baklanov Alexander , Sofiev Mikhail , Saarto Annika , Severova Elena , Smyshlyaev Sergej , Kaas Eigil
Published: July 2019

Abstract. Information about distribution of pollen sources, i.e. their presence and abundance in a specific region, is important especially when atmospheric transport models are applied to forecast pollen concentrations. The goal of this study is to evaluate three pollen source maps using an atmospheric transport model and study the effect on the model results by combining these source maps with pollen data. Here we evaluate three maps for the birch taxon: (1) a map derived by combining land cover data and forest inventory; (2) a map obtained from land cover data and calibrated using model simulations and pollen observations; (3) a statistical map resulting from analysis of forest inventory and forest plot data. The maps were introduced to the Enviro-HIRLAM (Environment – High Resolution Limited Area Model) as input data to simulate birch pollen concentrations over Europe for the birch pollen season 2006. 18 model runs were performed using each of the selected maps in turn with and without calibration with observed pollen data from 2006. The model results were compared with the pollen observation data at 12 measurement sites located in Finland, Denmark and Russia.We show that calibration of the maps using pollen observations significantly improved the model performance for all three maps. The findings also indicate the large sensitivity of the model results to the source maps and agree well with other studies on birch showing that pollen or hybrid-based source maps provide the best model performance. This study highlights the importance of including pollen data in the production of source maps for pollen dispersion modelling and for exposure studies.
Holocene floodplain evolution in a central European loess landscape – geoarchaeological investigations of the lower Pleiße valley in NW Saxony
Authors: Tinapp Christian , Heinrich Susann , Herbig Christoph , Schneider Birgit , Stäuble Harald , Miera Jan , von Suchodoletz Hans
Published: July 2019

Abstract. Undisturbed sediments are an important source for the reconstruction of the Holocene development of valleys. Wide floodplains with relatively small rivers in a region settled since 5500 BCE offer opportunities for investigations regarding climatic and anthropogenic landscape change. In the context of a motorway construction, excavations were carried out by the Saxonian Heritage Office in the year 2015. At one of the sites it was possible to get a view of the sediments of the Pleiße valley less than 100 m distance from large cross sections described by Neumeister (1964) in a former open cast mine. Archaeological finds and features, plant remains and radiocarbon dating as well as micromorphological and geochemical investigations helped to decipher the age and the characteristics of the Holocene sediments: above Weichselian loamy sands a sedge peat developed in small depressions during the Preboreal and Boreal. The sands and the sedge peat are covered by a “black clay”, which was still the topsoil during the Atlantic period. The sedimentation of 2.3 m thick overbank fines began after 4000 BCE. A depth of 1 m below the surface a medieval Slavic find layer was excavated. These results show that sedimentation processes in the lower Pleiße valley significantly changed after 4000 BCE. It is obvious that the increase in silty material in the floodplain is caused by the land clearance in the Neolithic period. More than half of the silty overbank fines were deposited before the Middle Ages began.
An Arctic watershed observatory at Lake Peters,
Alaska: weather-glacier-river-lake system data for
2015–2018
Authors: Broadman Ellie , Thurston Lorna L. , McKay Nicholas P. , Kaufman Darrell S. , Schiefer Erik , Fortin David , Geck Jason , Loso Michael G. , Nolan Matt , Arcusa Stéphanie H. , Benson Christopher W. , Ellerbroek Rebecca A. , Erb Michael P. , Routson Cody C. , Wiman Charlotte , Wong A. Jade
Published: July 2019

Abstract. Datasets from a four-year monitoring effort at Lake Peters, a glacier-fed lake in Arctic Alaska, are described and presented with accompanying methods, biases, and corrections. Three meteorological stations documented air temperature, relative humidity, and rainfall at different elevations in the Lake Peters watershed. Data from ablation stake stations on Chamberlin glacier were used to quantify glacial melt, and measurements from two hydrological stations were used to reconstruct continuous discharge for the two primary inflows to Lake Peters, Carnivore and Chamberlin Creeks. The lake's thermal structure was monitored using a network of temperature sensors on moorings, the lake's water level was recorded using pressure sensors, and sedimentary inputs to the lake were documented by sediment traps. We demonstrate the utility of these datasets by examining a flood event in July 2015, though other uses include studying intra- and inter-annual trends in this weather-glacier-river-lake system, contextualizing interpretations of lakes sediment cores, and providing background for modeling studies. All DOI-referenced datasets described in this manuscript are archived at the National Science Foundation Arctic Data Center at the following overview webpage for the project: https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/urn:uuid:517b8679-20db-4c89-a29c-6410cbd08afe (Kaufman et al., 2019e).
Scientific workflows applied to the coupling of a continuum (Elmer v8.3) and a discrete element (HiDEM v1.0) ice dynamic model
Authors: Memon Shahbaz , Vallot Dorothée , Zwinger Thomas , Åström Jan , Neukirchen Helmut , Riedel Morris , Book Matthias
Published: July 2019

Abstract. Scientific computing applications involving complex simulations and data-intensive processing are often composed of multiple tasks forming a workflow of computing jobs. Scientific communities running such applications on computing resources often find it cumbersome to manage and monitor the execution of these tasks and their associated data.
These workflow implementations usually add
overhead by introducing unnecessary input/output (I/O) for coupling the models and can lead to sub-optimal CPU utilization. Furthermore, running these
workflow implementations in different environments requires significant adaptation efforts,
which can hinder the reproducibility of the underlying science.
High-level scientific workflow management systems (WMS) can be used to automate and simplify complex task structures by providing tooling for the composition and execution of workflows – even across distributed and heterogeneous computing environments.
The WMS approach allows users to focus on the underlying high-level workflow and avoid low-level pitfalls
that would lead to non-optimal resource usage while still allowing the workflow to remain portable between different computing environments.
As a case study, we apply the UNICORE workflow management system to enable the coupling of a glacier flow model and calving model which contain many tasks and dependencies, ranging from pre-processing and data management to repetitive executions in heterogeneous high-performance computing (HPC) resource environments. Using the UNICORE workflow management system, the composition, management, and execution of the glacier modelling workflow becomes easier with respect to usage, monitoring, maintenance, reusability, portability, and reproducibility in different environments and by different user groups. Last but not least, the workflow helps to speed the runs up by reducing model coupling I/O overhead
and it optimizes CPU utilization by avoiding idle CPU cores and running the models in a distributed way on the HPC cluster that best fits the characteristics of each model.
The Nexus Solutions Tool (NEST): An open platform for optimizing
multi-scale energy-water-land system transformations
Authors: Vinca Adriano , Parkinson Simon , Byers Edward , Burek Peter , Khan Zarrar , Krey Volker , Diuana Fabio A. , Wang Yaoping , Ilyas Ansir , Köberle Alexandre C. , Staffell Iain , Pfenninger Stefan , Muhammad Abubakr , Rowe Andrew , Schaeffer Roberto , Rao Narasimha D. , Wada Yoshihide , Djilali Ned , Riahi Keywan
Published: July 2019

Abstract. The energy-water-land nexus represents a critical leverage future policies must draw upon to reduce trade-offs between sustainable development objectives. Yet, existing long-term planning tools do not provide the scope or level of integration across the nexus to unravel important development constraints. Moreover, existing tools and data are not always made openly available or are implemented across disparate modeling platforms that can be difficult to link directly with modern scientific computing tools and databases. In this paper, we present the Nexus Solutions Tool (NEST): a new open modeling platform that integrates multi-scale energy-water-land resource optimization with distributed hydrological modeling. The new approach provides insights into the vulnerability of water, energy and land resources to future socioeconomic and climatic change and how multi-sectoral policies, technological solutions and investments can improve the resilience and sustainability of transformation pathways while avoiding counterproductive interactions among sectors. NEST can be applied at different spatial and temporal resolutions, and is designed specifically to tap into the growing body of open access geospatial data available through national inventories and the earth system modeling community. A case study analysis of the Indus River Basin in South Asia demonstrates the capability of the model to capture important interlinkages across system transformation pathways towards the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, including the intersections between local and regional transboundary policies and incremental investment costs from rapidly increasing regional consumption projected over the coming decades.
Towards early warning of gravitational slope failure with co-detection of microseismic activity: the case of an active rock glacier
Authors: Faillettaz Jérome , Funk Martin , Beutel Jan , Vieli Andreas
Published: July 2019

Abstract. We developed a new strategy for disaster risk reduction for gravitational slope failure: we propose validating on a case study a simple method for real-time early warning of gravity-driven failures that considers and exploits both the heterogeneity of natural media and characteristics of acoustic emissions attenuation. This method capitalizes on co-detection of elastic waves emanating from micro-cracks by a network of multiple and spatially distributed sensors. Event co-detection is considered to be surrogate for large event size with more frequent co-detected events marking imminence of catastrophic failure. In this study we apply this general method to a steep active rock glacier, a natural heterogeneous material sharing all relevant properties of gravitational slope failure, and demonstrate the potential of this simple strategy for real world cases, i.e., at slope scale. This new strategy being theoretically valid for all types of failures, it constitutes a first step towards the development of a new early warning system for gravitational slope failure.
High-frequency glacial lake mapping using time series of Sentinel-1A/1B SAR imagery: An assessment for southeastern Tibetan
Plateau
Authors: Zhang Meimei , Chen Fang , Tian Bangsen , Liang Dong , Yang Aqiang
Published: July 2019

Abstract. Glacial lakes are important component of the cryosphere in the Tibetan Plateau. In response to climate warming, they threaten the downstream lives, ecological environment and public infrastructures through outburst floods in a short time. Although most of the efforts have been made to extract glacial lake outlines and detect their changes with remotely sensed images, the temporal frequency and spatial resolution of glacial lake datasets are generally not fine enough to reflect the detailed process of glacial lake dynamics, especially for potentially dangerous glacial lakes with high-frequency variability. By using a full time-series Sentinel-1A/1B imagery during a year, this study presents a new systematic method to extract the glacial lake outlines with fast variability in southeastern Tibetan Plateau at the time interval of six days. Our approach was based on the level-set segmentation, combined with a median pixel compositing of SAR backscattering coefficients stacks as regularization term, to robustly estimate the lake extent across the observed time range. The mapping results were validated against with manually digitized lake outlines derived from GF-2 PMS imagery, with the overall accuracy and Kappa coefficient of 96.54 % and 0.95, respectively. In comparison with results from classical supervised SVM and unsupervised ISODATA methods, the proposed method proves to be much more robust and effective to detect glacial lakes with irregular boundaries and that have similar backscattering with surroundings. This study also demonstrates the feasibility of time-series Sentinel-1A/1B SAR data in continuous monitoring of glacial lake outline dynamics.
Impact of the External Audit Quality and Corporate Governance on the Tunisian Company’ Financial Performance of Before and After the 2011 Revolution
Authors: Olfa Nafti
Published: July 2019

The latest financial scandals have challenged the accounting systems adopted and the quality of external audit and corporate governance.The purpose of the study is to analyze the impact of the determinants of the external audit quality and corporate governance on the Tunisian company’s financial performance before and after the 2011 revolution.Using a sample of 31 companies listed on the Tunis Stock Exchange this impact is tested for a period of eight years, divided into two periods. The first period spans from 2007 to 2010, before the revolution, and the second period spans from 2013 to 2016, after the revolution.The results show that after the revolution, a significant relationship exists between the financial performance of the companies and their size and indebtedness, whereas before the revolution, the relationship was significant between financial performance of the companies and the existence of an audit committee and managerial property. The behavior of Tunisian companies changed after the revolution and the 2011 revolution allowed the various parties who were against good governance to negatively affect investor confidence in auditors and the performance of the company. It's a crisis of the crisis.
“To Transcribe Them in a Fair and Legible Hand”: Hartford Female Seminary's Handwritten Newspapers
Authors: McCown Julie
Published: July 2019

The School Gazette (1824–26) and The Levee Gazette (1828), handwritten newspapers produced by students at Hartford Female Seminary, comprise a previously overlooked archive of texts worthy of serious scholarly consideration. The wide-ranging content of the gazettes, coupled with their insights into nineteenth-century women's education and early American periodical culture, suggests their broad appeal to scholars in multiple literary and historical fields. The gazettes, this article argues, represent a distinctive form of early nineteenth-century American authorship and literary production through their mixture of personal, academic, and public literacies. This article also highlights the potential value of the digital humanities, both as a tool for conducting research on the gazettes and as a way to make them accessible to a wider range of scholars, educators, and students by creating digital editions of all eighteen issues of The School Gazette and The Levee Gazette.
Fuller and the French Socialist Women's Movement: New Evidence in a Transatlantic Conversation
Authors: Cole Phyllis
Published: July 2019

This article argues that Margaret Fuller's conversation with French Socialist women, directly in 1846–47 and for more extended time through textual exchange, provided a strong Parisian influence on her later allegiances in the Italian Revolution and that likewise these women responded positively to her writing. Her work held especially strong affinities with the Saint-Simonian vein of feminist socialism embodied in her editor and colleague Pauline Roland, who not only assisted her at the Paris Revue Indépendante but also had written for this group of dissident women since the early 1830s. Fuller knew at least partially of their work before her European trip but met it directly in Paris. Though Roland's promise to translate Woman in the Nineteenth Century into French for the Revue was apparently unfulfilled, the French Socialist women's long-term embrace of her Romantic feminism is apparent in the post-revolutionary Almanach des Femmes/Almanack of Women for 1853, where it was excerpted and celebrated even as Roland was also memorialized.
Prospects for the Study of Arthur Miller
Authors: Abbotson Susan C. W.
Published: July 2019

Despite a growing body of scholarship on the works of Arthur Miller, numerous opportunities remain for further inquiry and study. This essay outlines what would be the most useful and engaging areas to pursue in consideration of what has so far been accomplished, and the upcoming release of a wealth of archival material at the Harry Ransom Center for Research in Texas. Prospects abound as much primary material has been neglected, and there is a growing need for newer bibliographies, detailed production histories, teaching guides, and varied other approaches to not only Miller's plays but also his work with film, his fiction, and his nonfiction writing. More can be accomplished in exploring those who influenced Miller and those whom he has influenced, as well as in undertaking deeper considerations of his development as a writer, particularly through the many manuscript drafts that will soon be available at the Ransom Center. Also, the realms of Miller's stagecraft and innovations are ripe for further study.
Henry James: His Name in the Papers, 1867–1903
Authors: Monteiro George
Published: July 2019

Henry James was sensitive to what newspapers said about him and his work, including the one- and two-sentence statements he called “paragraphs.” The examination of several databases (principally America's Historical Newspapers 1690–1922) yields myriad references to James. The preponderance of these so-called “paragraphs” are quoted and listed chronologically. Oddly, James's story “Papers” (1903) plays on his preoccupation but turns on the disappointment of a watcher of “paragraphs” when he discovers that the papers never mention his name.
La doctrina social de la Iglesia Católica y la guerra de monedas
Authors: Zocco Roberto
Published: July 2019

En este texto se aborda el tema de la moneda como instrumento de poder y dominación desde el punto de vista de la doctrina social de la Iglesia católica. Aunque no podamos encontrar en ella una enseñanza explícita sobre la moneda como instrumento de dominación, es posible deducir algunas pautas éticas sobre el uso de la moneda
Hegel, el dinero y la "economía política"
Authors: González Díaz J. Rafael , McCadden Martínez Carlos Jeffrey
Published: July 2019

A Hegel se le acusa de ser un pensador totalitario, un abogado del "estatismo" y un "enemigo de la libertad". Se supone que no tiene un pensamiento económico y que, si logró hacer algunos esbozos al respecto, deben ser ignorados. Una exégesis rigurosa de las obras de Hegel no permite que se le atribuya el título de pensador totalitario. Al contrario, Hegel es un pensador liberal. No solo estudió la economía política de James Steuart (1707-1780) y de Adam Smith (1723-1790), sino que dedicó una parte de su reflexión a temas económicos como el "dinero”, el "sistema de necesidades" y la "sociedad civil". Para Hegel, el desarrollo de la libertad individual consolidó al "dinero" como medio de cambio universal y este, al mismo tiempo, posibilitó unas relaciones más justas entre los hombres
Blockchain: un tutorial
Authors: Zozaya-Gorostiza Carlos , Incera Diéguez José Alberto Domingo , Franzoni Velázquez Ana Lidia
Published: July 2019

La innovadora tecnología con la que opera la criptomoneda bitcoin, llamada blockchain, permite el intercambio de valor entre individuos sin la necesidad de una autoridad central de confianza. En este artículo se da una explicación del funcionamiento general de blockchain
El trabajo socioeducativo en proyectos de incorporación de las TIC en los centros educativos: una experiencia en el sistema educativo público de El Salvador
Authors: Minero Luis González
Published: July 2019

Este artículo sistematiza el trabajo socioeducativo impulsado desde el Viceministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (Ministerio de Educación), el cual tiene como objetivo coadyuvar al proceso de incorporación de las TIC en las aulas de clases de las instituciones educativas públicas de El Salvador. En ese sentido, el análisis vertido en las siguientes páginas señala, por un lado, las experiencias que se han ganado y que han servido para retroalimentar y reconfigurar el trabajo (a lo largo de más o menos cinco años) en diferentes proyectos y programas que integran las TIC en educación: asambleas con padres y madres de familia, talleres de trabajo con líderes comunitarios, entrevistas a docentes, directores de centros educativos y líderes locales, diagnósticos socioeducativos de las comunidades educativas involucradas en Proyectos TIC y visitas de seguimiento al proceso de incorporación de las TIC dentro del proceso educativo. Y por el otro, se establecen algunas conclusiones y se proyectan expectativas y estrategias sobre el camino que debería tomar este tema.
Militancias pedagógicas: un estado del arte sobre las trayectorias de las prácticas políticas de maestros
Authors: Meléndez James Alexander , Saldarriaga Jaime A.
Published: July 2019

El presente artículo expone algunos aspectos relevantes de la construcción del estado del arte frente a las trayectorias de las prácticas políticas de maestros entr e2008 y 2018, el cual forma parte de la tesis doctoral adscrita al Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud del CINDE y la Universidad de Manizales. El trabajo implementa una revisión documental basada en cuatro momentos (preoperatorio, heurístico, analítico y hermenéutico), la cual busca recuperar, comprender, resignificar y trascender reflexivamente el conocimiento construido y acumulado, yendo más allá de la estructuración técnica de rastreo y caracterización de corrientes y avances en el área de estudio o problema de indagación, abordando las lógicas analíticas, comprensivas y transformadoras presentes en los trabajos encontrados. El estudio arrojó, en primera instancia, una caracterización a detalle de los trabajos encontrados. La presencia de la Documentación Biográfica-Narrativa y el Campo (Auto) Biográfico Narrativo como principales referentes metodológicos en la construcción de las trayectorias de vida y de prácticas de los docentes. Finalmente, se realiza una construcción categorial que guiará la construcción del marco teórico de la tesis.
Principios para la humanización de la educación
Authors: Cruz María Teresa , Henríquez Alan Marcelo
Published: July 2019

Se presentan en este artículo tres principios que deberían estar presentes en una educación humanizadora: correspondencia histórico-contextual, educación abierta e integradora y educación crítica. Se necesita recuperar el verdadero sentido humano de la educación y dar lugar a una educación crítica, histórica, consciente, sensible, flexible y con un claro posicionamiento político en favor de los históricamente excluidos, para construir una educación que desarrolle todas las potencialidades del ser humano, reconociendo su compleja multidimensionalidad, su carácter humanizador, y su importancia en el proceso de socialización y transformación de la realidad, a través de acciones públicas de resistencia en los territorios, contrarrestando la empresa positivista de disminuir, fragmentar y estandarizar al ser humano y su experiencia social e histórica.
Sentidos de la paz en el aula de formación de Licenciados en Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Caldas
Authors: Toro Luz Elena
Published: July 2019

En los últimos años, la paz ha sido un tipo de ingente preocupación e importancia; más aún en un país como Colombia que ha estado construyendo su tránsito de un período de guerra, de más de 50 años, a una paz a la que la mayoría de la población no está acostumbrada. Este cambio ha generado más que alegría, incertidumbre. Para una sociedad que ha vivido con temor durante largo tiempo es confusa la idea de la paz. Más aún cuando esta implica el asunto del perdón y la reconciliación. Y, en tal escenario, la educación se constituye en uno de los principales ejes convocados para liderar procesos que potencien la cultura de paz. Así, este proyecto —de manera dialógica, participativa y crítica— buscó comprender el sentido que le otorgan los estudiantes universitarios, particularmente de la Licenciatura en Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Caldas, a este tema. Sobre todo, a su importante articulación con la educación. Se abordó desde la Investigación Acción Educativa y se encuentra, de manera específica, que la educación para la paz (más que un contenido temático) es una actitud que debe ser transversal a todas las prácticas educativas y que para lograrlo el maestro debe estar en apertura a aquello que los estudiantes ofrecen a su formación. Es decir, un escenario de educación para la paz se da en la construcción mutua del conocimiento y no de manera unidireccional.
Ocular toxoplasmosis with surprisingly good retinal function
Authors: Morisbakk Tove Lise , Lundmark Per O
Published: July 2019

Ocular toxoplasmosis is an infection in the eye caused by the parasite Toxoplasma Gondii. A common retinal finding in its inactive stages are pigmented retinochoroidal scarring. The retinal function in the affected area assumingly reflects the amount of retinal involvement. This case report presents a 48-year-old woman who has a long-standing large retinochoroidal scar in the temporal posterior pole of her left eye. She had not experienced any visual symptoms, and no recurrent infections had occurred as far as she knew. She has a scotoma in her nasal visual field that her optometrist detected by a coincidence when she was in her twenties. The corresponding visual field defect is smaller and less deep than what may be expected from the structural appearance of the scar. The reported case demonstrates, that the visual function may be well preserved in the visual field corresponding to a retinochoroidal scarred area due to toxoplasmosis, in spite of loss of structures in the outer retinal layers as seen with OCT.
Aladdin Almighty: Middle Eastern Magic in the Service of Western Consumer Culture
Authors: Marzolph Ulrich
Published: July 2019

The tale of “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp” is internationally the most popular fairy tale of Middle Eastern origin. Dominated today by the overwhelming impact of the Disney animated feature film (1992) and its theatrical adaptations, the tale’s appropriation by the Western audience dates back some three centuries. In Western consumer culture, the complex tale has boiled down to the promise of magic solutions to all kinds of daily challenges, epitomized in the icon of the wish-fulfilling lamp. The present contribution studies this feature through a detailed assessment of Aladdin’s (or his lamp’s) appearance on the internet.
Infection prevention and control curriculum in undergraduate nursing program: Internship nursing students’ perspectives
Authors: Abdelaziz Thoraya , Dogham Rawhia , Elcockany Nermine
Published: July 2019

Undergraduate nursing education plays a vital role in acquiring the necessary competency for patient safety. Infection prevention and control is a very critical topic for providing patient safety so, undergraduate and graduate nursing students should be competent in infection prevention and control. The aim of this study was to measure the undergraduate nursing program effectiveness in improving knowledge and practice of infection prevention and control of internship nursing students and to identify their learning needs. A descriptive research design was used. Students were selected using convenience sampling which included 400 internship nurses. Data was collected using a self-reported questionnaire. The results of the current study displayed that more than half (59.5%) of the intern nurses had poor knowledge and also 43.2% of them had poor practice.  In addition, it was found that more than half of them reported that infection control program is neither irrelevant nor meaningful, and 48.5% of the students suggested that participation in infection prevention and control training is most important for the improvement of nursing program. This study concluded that infection prevention and control topics in undergraduate nursing education may be insufficient and need to be updated, as well as the need for reviewing the intended learning outcomes of nursing program to ensure the addition and implementation of infection control guidelines in all undergraduate in the last academic year of nursing program as well as internship. The students also are in need for continued training and education regarding guidelines of infection prevention and control practice.
Measuring the Remode Entreprenurship Training Programme at Behaviour Level of Kirkpatrick Model in Aquaculture Industry
Authors: Rahman Anis Amira Ab. , Yaacob Mohd Rafi , Ibrahim Mohd Asrul Hery Bin , Shaupi Nor Shuhada Ahmad , Permarupan P.Yukhamarani A/P , Shuaib Azlinda Shazneem Md
Published: July 2019

The objective of this paper is to reveal the findings which regard to the behaviour level of the Bottom 40 that involved in REMODE training programme. Bottom 40 is a group of household income that lower than RM3,900 per month. The aim of REMODE training programme is to increase the entrepreneurship knowledge that relates to aquaculture industry for poverty eradication. Previous studies on entrepreneurship training programme indicate that utilisation of Kirkpatrick model to measure the impact at behavioural level is still scarce. Most of the study only focuses on the reaction and learning Level. Therefore, this study measured the behavioural level of Bottom 40 who involved in REMODE training programme in order to evaluate the effectiveness of entrepreneurship training programme to fill in the empirical gaps. A qualitative approach using Focus Group Discussion was used to gather data from five groups that consist of twenty three participants. The findings from narrative thematic analysis show that the participants experienced business growth, business diversification, product innovation and business records management due to the knowledge application. This study contributes to the entrepreneurship body of knowledge from the entrepreneurship training perspective. Future research should explore the different type of entrepreneurship training programme measurement and also application to the different type of participants.
The Challenges of Implementing Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Based Online Learning in Chinese Independent High Schools (CIHS) in Malaysia
Authors: Vien Mak Vee , Ai Joanna Tan Tjin , Sung Cheah Kok
Published: July 2019

The use of ICT in the teaching and learning process is one of the most discussed topics in education for the past twenty years. It has, particularly, put education in Chinese Independent High Schools (CIHS) in Malaysia into a more challenging place due to their distinctions that revolve around self-funding, medium of instruction and syllabus. Past studies have indicated that most teachers had positive attitudes towards ICT integration in education. However, there are also some barriers that have prevented them from fully utilizing ICT in schools. This study focuses on investigating teachers’ perceptions and challenges faced while using ICT based online learning in the process of teaching and learning. A total of 180 questionnaires were randomly distributed to CIHS English teachers in West Malaysia. The questionnaire was adapted from Qasem & Viswanathappa (2016) and Salehi & Salehi (2012). A pilot study was also done to ensure the reliability and validity of the instruments. Besides using descriptive analysis, t-Test and One-Way ANOVA were also used to analyse the data. About two-third of the respondents in this study had the awareness towards the use of technology in education and perceived positively towards ICT in the teaching and learning process. The major challenges faced while using ICT included unstable internet connection, lack of training, lack of support from the school, lack of time. In order to ensure a more successful implementation of ICT in education, appropriate training on the usage of ICT in teaching should be provided. Apart from this, adequate ICT resources must be made available for teachers. This study might be significant to the educators, researchers and school managements to help develop useful guidelines to assist the teachers in overcoming the challenges of using ICT in teaching and learning.
Assessing the Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction on Islamic Banking by Using SERVQUAL Model
Authors: Salleh Muhammad Zulfaris Mohd , Abdullah Azwan , Nawi Noorshella Che , Muhammad Mohd Zulkifli
Published: July 2019

The quality services demanding by Islamic bank’s customers are increased due to the increasing of customer’s awareness on the quality services in Islamic banks. In evaluating the service quality, SERVQUAL instrument that divided by five dimensions which is reliability, responsiveness, tangibility, assurance and empathy will be used. So that, the main objective of this research is to investigate the impacts of (reliability, responsiveness, tangibility, assurance, empathy) on the satisfaction of the customer in the Islamic banking industry. The questionnaires are designed by adapting SERVQUAL model then distributed by employing the convenient sampling technique. Then, the data analysed using Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS). The result indicated the relationship between assurance and empathy are very significance on customer satisfaction while reliability, responsiveness and tangibility are not significance on customer satisfaction.
Comparison Between Conventional and Digital Essay Writing Assessment System: Consumer Concept and User Friendly
Authors: Ayob Adenan
Published: July 2019

Significant changes occurred in education system; teaching and learning technology in this new era. The changes can be revised through the existence of digital assessment system for essay writing. In utilizing and interpreting these changes, this study was conducted to examine the use of digital and conventional assessment system for Form Three among Malay teachers. The survey method was used in this study. The samples of the study are 60 teachers of the national secondary school which taught Malay Language for form three in Selangor and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. The data are described descriptively and inferentially. Descriptive data are mean and standard deviation. Inferential data was analyzed using ANCOVA statistics. The findings show that there is a significant difference in teachers' opinion on the use of digital assessment system and the use of conventional assessment materials that based on consumer concept and user friendly. From that perspective, digital scoring system make teachers more dynamic in scoring the essay writing for form three. Therefore, it is recommended to the Ministry of Education to implement and revise the use of digital assessment system to improve the process for primary and secondary schools.
Os legados e rugosidades do ciclo cafeeiro em Cornélio Procópio-PR: uma proposta didático-pedagógica com HQ’S
Authors: Teixeira Jhonatan da Silva , Ludka Vanessa Maria , Pereira Sérgio Augusto
Published: July 2019

O município de Cornélio Procópio possui legados inseridos em sua infraestrutura, como a ferrovia São Paulo-Paraná, a estação ferroviária e os armazéns do IBC. Esses legados deixados pela temporalidade do ciclo cafeeiro demonstram a influência na criação e organização espacial do município, que moldaram seu espaço conforme as necessidades desse ciclo. A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo compreender os principais legados deixados no município de Cornélio Procópio durante o ciclo cafeeiro no Paraná, apresentando uma proposta de material didático-pedagógico com o uso de histórias em quadrinhos. Metodologicamente, este trabalho foi realizado por meio de pesquisas bibliográficas, pautando-se em autores como Brasil (2014), Wachowicz (2001), Raffestin (1993), Castellar (2005), entre outros, que serviram como embasamento teórico para a discussão e compreensão dos conceitos, além de auxílio na elaboração da história em quadrinhos sobre Cornélio Procópio. Os legados observados diariamente na estrutura social e urbana do município, bem como sua linha férrea, são frutos do ciclo cafeeiro, que trouxe influências para o desenvolvimento do município, expressas em seu território no transcorrer das épocas, que pode ser analisado e compreendido. Nesta perspectiva, a história em quadrinhos auxilia na compreensão de forma lúdica dessas análises.
A segurança hídrica domiciliar e os serviços ecossistêmicos na Serra de Martins - RN
Authors: Silva Helania Pereira , Santos Jader de Oliveira
Published: July 2019

A injustiça ambiental não acontece apenas em países desfavorecidos, ela ocorre também no seio de nações desenvolvidas e em desenvolvimento, concentrada, principalmente, nas desigualdades de raça e de gênero, na apropriação de áreas indígenas, nos grupos minoritários e nas divergências pelo uso da água. Entretanto, é fato que os conflitos socioambientais são muito mais visíveis e danosos nos países mais pobres: eles não adotam uma governança integrada à conservação dos serviços ecossistêmicos, aspecto essencial para o bem-estar das populações e para o equilíbrio ecológico. Dessa forma, uma nação que busca por segurança hídrica deve assegurar as funções ecossistêmicas da natureza, lutando por justiça ambiental. Assim, o objetivo deste artigo é entender a segurança hídrica domiciliar na Serra de Martins - RN, analisando a oferta dos serviços ecossistêmicos de provisão e a justiça ambiental. Como procedimento metodológico, adotou-se: base cartográfica; campo; análise bibliográfica; visita a setores dos recursos hídricos e gestão municipal; aplicação de questionário sobre segurança hídrica domiciliar; e proposta de tratamento dos dados. Destacou-se a relação de injustiça ambiental no acesso às fontes de água subterrânea na Serra de Martins e a não segurança hídrica domiciliar, o que revela conflitos ecológicos distributivos. E, ainda, o uso infrene dos serviços ecossistêmicos de provisão, expondo ineficiência para uma governabilidade mais ecológica.