bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Benchmarking practices among single sex boarding secondary schools in Western Kenya
Authors: Jane Amunga
Published: September 2020

This study investigated benchmarking practices by single sex boarding secondary schools in the Western region of Kenya. The purpose was to establish why these schools engaged in benchmarking, whether they prioritised different or common benchmarking activities, and the factors militating against benchmarking. The study was guided by the theory of the learning organization. The target was 66 (37 Boys boarding and 29 Girls boarding schools, previously classified as provincial schools) engaged in benchmarking at the time of the study. A total of 20 schools representing 30% were randomly selected. Of the 240 who formed the study sample (20 principals, 20 DOSs, 100 HODs and 100 teachers) 215 (89.58%) responded. Data were collected using questionnaires with closed and open ended items, and analysed both descriptively (means and percentages) and inferentially (Chi-square and Z-test) using the Predictive Analytical Software (PASW) Version 19.0. All responses on the open ended questions were paraphrased and others reported verbatim in triangulation of findings. The study found that, schools benchmarked national and county schools. Most of the programmes benchmarked were targeted improvement in academic performance. Both categories of schools had common benchmarking interests and therefore sought information on similar practices and programmes. While most respondents reported it the practice had improved examination results, a number of challenges were pointed out. These were lack of time, lack of resources, too much focus on exams and poor implementation of benchmarked programmes. It was therefore recommended that, schools create ample time for the exercise, allocate sufficient resources for implementation of programmes and go beyond the focus on academics to benchmark on other practices that build an all round student.
Finance Digitalization and its impact on labour market
Authors: Mosteanu Narcisa Roxana
Published: September 2020

Finance digital transformation has become the most commonly used words in the last decade. Enhancing the efficiency and the survival of institutions is related to the adoption of innovation of digital changes. Redesigning the organizational structure of any institution starts with employees and their skills and competencies. This article aims to show how the process of digitalization of the financial system and the adoption of new technologies have changed the approach of the workplace, the way of doing business and redefined the parameters of the financial products and services offered. The research presents the challenges faced by organizational design in the banking industry and how the structure of employees it is changed. Starting to form financial institutions cases and extrapolating to the labour market, in general, the paper underlines the movements of the job market and the possible solutions to redirect the specialization curriculums in order to equip people with those qualifications and skills which will make them employable on the current digitalized business environment.
Analysis of the effect of organizational structure and culture on refugee problem and pandemic crisis management with artistic expression
Authors: Akkoyun Bülent , Uyar Saime
Published: September 2020

After the pandemic of COVID-19 and refugee problems that took hold of the world, the citizens and administrations of each country have been trying to survive by becoming nearly closed systems. This situation brought forward the societies that create the countries and their culture, which is the most important element of the societies, and deeply affected them. For this reason, it has been inevitable to examine the theoretical studies carried out so far. In this study, which has an interdisciplinary feature, it is aimed to reveal the effects of societies, which is the most extensive and widest one among organized structures and cultural differences, which constitute the basic building blocks of societies on the refugee and pandemic crisis management of countries. For this purpose, after making a theoretical evaluation of some societies in the light of studies conducted based on cultural differences, it has been revealed that these differences have strong effects on refugee and pandemic crisis management. On the other hand, communities and their cultures were also significantly affected by predicting that it would be permanent. To reach this result, a method with the lowest margin of error and art discipline was used as a methodology.
Why Turkey? Afghans heartwarming migrating destination
Authors: Hakim Abdul Ahad , Abdul Ghafoor Hatifie 
Published: September 2020

In the latest year, Turkey is the destination country for illegal Afghan migrants, as Directorate general of migration management of Turkey report shows that Afghanistan has a high number of the illegal migrants in Turkey in 2019. (7) This study concentrated to determine the factors associated with the area of destination (pulling factors), social demography of immigrants, income comparison, satisfaction, and re-integration of Afghan illegal migrants in Turkey in the last five years. The data collected by a well-structured questionnaire and applied to 384 illegal Afghan immigrants in Turkey (Istanbul, & Ankara) during June, 2019. The finding shows that Security 9.14, rights (women rights 8.52, human rights 8.43) and desire of having more regular life are the main reasons that attracts migrants. Dis-satisfaction of being in Turkey and being dis-agree to re-integrate back to Afghanistan is the finding of this research.
Effect of method of learning and the ability to think of critical of learning outcomes IPA (Experiment Student Class V SDN Limbangan Central III District of Bl Limbangan Garut 2017)
Authors: Septie Elpridha  , Yetti Supriati  , Riana Bagaskorowati
Published: September 2020

This study aims to know Influence Learning Method (Group Investigation and Guided Inquiry) and the ability to think critical of the results ipa learning. The research was conducted on students at Central Elementary School III Kecamtan Limbangan BI Limbangan Garut, with research subjects are students of class V. This study is an experimental method with 2 x 2 (factorial design). In this study, there are three variables that were examined are: Learning Outcomes IPA as the dependent variable (Y). While the independent variables are (1) Method of learning (Group Investigation and Guided Inquiry) (2) Critical Thinking Skills (high Critical thinking skills and critical thinking skills high). In this study, Yang became the target population (target) is all students of State Elementary School Middle Limbangan III Kecamtan BI Limbangan Garut. While the population is affordable is the class V SDN Middle Limbangan III Garut. The number of samples in this study are numbered students. Sampling using simple random sampling.Hasil showed that: (1). Learning outcomes IPA students that using model Group Investigation more high of Learning Outcomes Science students use learning methods Guided Inquiry, (2) There is an interaction effect between the use of teaching methods and ability Berpkiri Critical to the ability of learning outcomes IPA. (3) Students who have the ability Critical thinking high value IPA higher learning results when using the learning Group Investigation. (4) Students with Low Critical thinking skills, value learning outcomes IPA lower when using Guided Inquiry Learning.
Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse - Pakistan's Context
Authors: Khaliq Jamshed , Rumman Iqbal Khattak
Published: September 2020

The aim/ Objective of the study were to analyze the graph of child sexual abuse in Pakistan over the past ten years and to figure out the possible cause in prevalence of the same. Data for the said purpose was collected through Secondary source i.e. internet, newspapers, victims itself. Whereas, authentication of the data has been ensured through cross check from various other sources. CSA was found to be dominant mainly because of the silence of the victim, poor financial background, lack of strict implementation of rules & laws etc. Role of media has also been found to be an effective tool in prevention of this vicious act.
Projects Based Learning Model to Increase Results and Student Activities
Authors: Mesterjon  , Suwarni  , Diah Selviani
Published: September 2020

The implementation of this research is Classroom Action Research (CAR). The data of SMKS 4 PGRI Bengkulu city. students from 14 students were only 5 students (36%) who had received Good grades, while 9 students (64%) needed guidance or had not reached KKM and based on the above background, the research problem can be formulated, namely how to apply the Project Based Learning model to improve student learning outcomes. The Method was conducted in two cycles with the flow of research, namely: action plan, implementation of action, observation and reflection. The results of the research that have been carried out can be concluded that the application of the Project Based Learning model can improve the quality of student learning process activities, by giving projects to students, providing feedback to students and motivating students. Learning models based on Project Based Learning can also improve the quality of student learning outcomes and activities. In each cycle there is an increase, this is seen from the results of the analysis of the cycle I test until the second cycle. Student learning outcomes, namely for the first cycle the average value of students is 71.66 with classical learning completeness 83.33%, increasing in the second cycle with an average value of 80.42 with 100% classical learning completeness. This research had a weakness which is the students had not ability to their kognitif aspect because to lowest the teacher was not creativity to leraning process in the classrooom.
Judicial oversight and the impact of laws to prevent liability
Authors: Median Jamal Al Mahasneh  , Mohamad Baraa Basel Abuanzeh
Published: September 2020

The authority based on martial law or the state of emergency is accustomed to issuing legislation that works to prevent the judiciary from considering its actions that are in implementation of the customary law, and that is either during the establishment of exceptional circumstances or after its expiry meaning that it prevents individuals from resorting to the judiciary to challenge their exceptional authority Authorized to it according to the texts governing the exceptional circumstances ().

The most dangerous thing that the legislative or executive authority usually does regarding a state of emergency is what it issues from laws or instructions called the laws of inclusive (laws of lifting responsibility) even though the correctness of its name in estimating some of them should be the laws of exemptions from implications ().

This is because this immunization according to these laws will inevitably lead to the inability of any victim to resort to the judiciary, in the event that those who implement martial law or the state of emergency exceed their competences entrusted to them under exceptional circumstances.

The Raising the Liability Law or the Implications Law is defined as legislation whose purpose is to legitimize actions that were at the time of their unlawful act, and to exempt the persons who are subject to them from the responsibility of assaulting the law, and this is what Jordan and other countries followed like France and Egypt, and that was in times of declaring martial law and a state Emergency.

The methods of immunization vary and its extent varies, it may be partially preventing the appeal of cancellation or requesting the suspension of the implementation of the administrative decision only, so individuals are permitted to even seek compensation for the damage caused by the immune decision, and it may be totally, thus giving the administrative decision total immunity, whether in terms of cancellation or suspension of execution or Compensation, and it may be an absolute immunization, as it stipulates that the decision may not be appealed in any way of appeal before any judicial or administrative authority, and the immunization may be proportional, that is, with regard to preventing the appeal of the decision before the judiciary with the assignment of jurisdiction in relation to it to an administrative authority or committee, In terms of the immunization tool, it may be either by a law issued by the legislative authority, and this is the overwhelming majority, and it may be inferior to the law, such as regular systems such as customary management instructions in Jordan .

 

In this paper, I will discuss the position of the judiciary in Jordan and the comparative judiciary regarding these legislations. To determine the impact of these laws on the right of individuals to seek legal redress when they are harmed through two topics:
The factors of acceptance and use of HRIS
Authors: Dani Safaâ  , Faridi Mohamed
Published: September 2020

In a context of digital transformation where companies are seeking to integrate new collaboration technologies, the implementation of an HRIS remains necessary to acquire real decision-making tools, essential for better strategic positioning. The acceptance and use of HRIS depends on several factors that we will study through the different theories and models that deal in one way or another with the acceptance, use and success of a technology, which will allow managers and HR professionals a better use of the system and user satisfaction .
Evaluation of the Implementation of the Adiwiyata Program in Riau Islands Province
Authors: Yunus Muhammad , Mukhneri Mukhtar  , Ma'aruf Akbar
Published: September 2020

The objective of this research was to evaluate the implementation of the adiwiyata program in Riau Islands Province. This evaluation research used a qualitative method with the CIPP evaluation model. The data in this research was got through observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation studies. Data analysis concluded that: (1) adiwiyata program policies had met standards, (2) adiwiyata program implementation plans did not meet standards, (3) adiwiyata program implementation did not meet standards, and (4) adiwiyata program results were not optimal. The recommendation given is that the implementation of the adiwiyata program in Riau Islands Province runs well, the school is consistent with the predicate adiwiyata school and the assessment of the adiwiyata school is carried out objectively.
Issues in Fintech Regulation: What can Peru learn from other countries?
Authors: Coloma Maria Gabriela
Published: September 2020

Today, Peru is witnessing an exponential growth in Fintech, both in number local start-ups being founded and international scale-ups arriving to the country. However, the lack of government regulation on the topic slows down the growth of Fintech because it depletes such industry of consumer and investor confidence. This research aims to explore what regulatory framework Peru should adopt as a response to the unstoppable growth in Fintech within the nation. The study takes a comparative approach, analyzing Fintech regulation in three different countries: Mexico, Brazil and the United Kingdom. The study finds that Peru should follow Brazil´s footsteps in enacting strong, detailed and strict regulation which will result in improving local consumer trust and in attracting foreign investment into the Peruvian Fintech industry. Plus, the study suggests that Peru should centralize Fintech regulation with one single authority, such as the Financial Conduct Authority in the case of the United Kingdom.
Social perception on mental illness
Authors: Sandu Mihaela Luminita , Rus Mihaela , Tasente Tanase , Djellouli Zine
Published: September 2020

Psychiatric disorders are among the top of the conditions that cause disability worldwide and attract one of the highest levels of stigmatization in today's society, which has a strong impact on the quality of life of patients suffering from these conditions. In Romania, mental health develops more difficult than the other medical and social sciences due not to the lack of professionals or lack of interest of the scientific community, but because it still carries the stigma of "madness". This stigma gives him a gloomy aura and over time has led to profound prejudices related to both the beneficiaries of mental health services and their specialists. Many people who need or want to call for services in the field of mental health, refuse or fear to appeal to specialists for fear of stigma and prejudice. Due to these prejudices, the society is reluctant to integrate people who have suffered from a mental illness, they are often stigmatized and rejected by others, being viewed with suspicion due in particular to the unpredictability of its potentially antisocial behaviors and actions. The reason that justifies this research is that by determining the way in which psychic patients are perceived, the interest with which the society relates to their problems is highlighted. The results obtained have a practical involvement in the sense that it demonstrates the necessity and usefulness of informing the general population about mental illness. By correct information it is envisaged to change the attitude towards the illness and the mentally ill, thus preventing their stigmatization and discrimination.
Some new research about Vlaicu network during the Second World War
Authors: Marian Zidaru
Published: September 2020

George Beza (1907-1997) joined the Iron Guard. He acquired the title “Commander” of the legion but soon left the organization. He worked for a while with Mihai Stelescu (excluded from the Iron Guard on September 25, 1934) to publish the magazine "Crusade of Romanism", in which they criticized the legion. In April 1936, he and Stelescu were placed on the watch list of those who were to be punished for their treachery. Beza joined PNȚ and played and played an important role in World War II a monument was erected in Jerusalem in honor of Beza. He played an important role in the plans of SOE to organize anti-Antonescu propaganda in Romania. He was the author of the Vlaicu anti-axis resistance in Romania. This paper presents some aspects of SOE's organizational activities related to the Vlaicu program.
Students` perceptions about the impact of COVID-19 on learning process. A sociological approach
Authors: Apostol Alexandru-Cosmin
Published: September 2020

The last six months have been marked by the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) which has triggered a global pandemic crisis. Thus, among the most affected fields of activity is education, educational institutions being forced to transfer all the curricular activities in the online environment, by using various digital tools and also Social Media. Due the rapidly spreading of the novel coronavirus, since the beginning of this year, thousands of higher education institutions around the world have been gradually constrained by local gouvernments and public authorities to replace traditional in-person educational activities with distance education, mediated by the digital environment. In turn, the Romanian educational system, as in the case of other countries, has been forced to respond promptly to the arising pandemic crisis challenges. Over the past decades, several researchers from various scientific fields have shown a growing interest in studying the ways in which technology (Marchello and Kelly, 1989), information and communication technology – ICT (Campbell, 2006; Aczel and Hardy, 2007; Saadik, 2008) or digital tools (Säljö, 2010) can be successfully integrated into curricular activities. Nowadays, all these contributions acquire a special significance, once the educational system has had to adapt, willingly or unwillingly, to the current context. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to present several results of an exploratory quantitative sociological research conducted between 26th of March - 20th of April  2020, at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, on a sample of 643 students. The main purpose of this research was to highlight the impact of the pandemic crisis on the learning process among students. Among the main research objectives were: (a) to identify students perceptions about the closure of face-to-face university courses and seminars; (b) to measure the proportion of students who were considering, at the time of the study, that the Romanian educational system is ready to switch traditional learning activities with online courses and seminars; (c) to analyze the main concerns among students toward the effects of pandemic crisis on their future educational path and educational outcomes.
Social Integration and Psychological Wellbeing in a Sample of the Swedish-speaking Minority of Western Finland
Authors: Ingrida Grigaitytė  , Karin Österman  , Kaj Björkqvist
Published: September 2020

The role of social integration in determining subjective psychological wellbeing in a sample of Swedish-speaking Finns in Ostrobothnia was investigated. A questionnaire was completed by 298 respondents (208 females, 90 males). The mean age was 32.7 years (SD 13.4) for females and 28.9 years (SD 13.4) for males. The age span was between 16 and 90 years. The questionnaire consisted of four scales measuring social integration. Females scored significantly higher on access to social benefits, positive social relations, and trust in the Finnish judiciary system. No sex difference was found for satisfaction with the neighbourhood. The mean values were overall high for both females and males. Respondents over 30 years of age reported significantly more positive social relations and more satisfaction with the neighbourhood compared to respondents under the age of 30. Respondents belonging to a group with high scores of social integration scored significantly lower on anxiety, depression, and somatisation. Conclusively, social integration can be regarded as a resource for psychological health.
Outcomes-based performance management through measuring indicators: Collaborative governance for local economic development (LED) in South African municipalities
Authors: Kamara Richard Douglas
Published: September 2020

Undoubtedly, there is a lag in the scholarships on performance outcomes of collaboration aimed at improving the system management and responsiveness to socio-economic issues in local government. Whilst most scholarships on collaborative governance in LED focuses on what we do (processes), some others research addresses the outputs in terms of the goods and services produced from the activities as well as the social outcomes. Very little discourse on collaboration addresses collaborative outcomes in LED. Put simply, we are acquainted with what collaborative actors do, but we know very little about the impact of collaboration on the system management and responsiveness to socio-economic issues within municipalities. Now the question is how do we know what to measure? The dearth in scholarship on how to assess collaborative outcomes in LED provide an impetus to present this paper as it helps to address the knowledge gap on LED and collaboration. The paper aims to present some innovative indicators which can be used to assess, monitor and review collaborative performance in LED, with special focus on the processes and outcomes of the collaboration. Using secondary sources, the paper argues the desirability and constraints of assessing performance outcomes in collaborative governance of development pathways in local municipalities. Moreover, the paper presents some criteria for selecting effective indicators used in measuring outcomes performance of collaboration. A synopsis of major determinants of effective outcomes in collaboration for LED is presented in the paper. Finally, the paper presents proposed innovative quantitative and qualitative indicators which can be used to assess, monitor and review collaborative performance in LED in local municipalities.
Rwanda’s Inyangamugayo: Perspectives from Practitioners in the Gacaca Transitional Justice Mechanism
Authors: Gasanabo Jean-Damascène , Nikuze Donatien , Nyseth Brehm Hollie , Parks Hannah
Published: September 2020

The Gacaca courts have been the subject of much academic work. Yet, few studies have examined the elected individuals who presided over Gacaca court trials, reflecting a broader paucity of research on local practitioners of transitional justice. Accordingly, this study asks two questions: (1) How did the Gacaca court judges, known as Inyangamugayo, perceive their duties to fight impunity and facilitate reconciliation? And (2) What challenges did the Inyangamugayo face as they sought to implement these duties? To address these questions, we interviewed 135 former Inyangamugayo. Our interviews shed light on the Inyangamugayo’s understandings of punishment and accountability, as well as on their perceptions of reconciliation at personal and societal levels. The interviews also illuminate the problems the Inyangamugayo faced while presiding over trials. Taken together, these findings contribute to scholarship on transitional justice pursuits by highlighting the perceptions and experiences of the individuals who implement transitional justice mechanisms.
“The Jews love numbers”: Steven L. Anderson, Christian Conspiracists, and the Spiritual Dimensions of Holocaust Denial
Authors: Brittingham Matthew H.
Published: September 2020

From his pulpit at Faithful Word Baptist Church (Independent Fundamental Baptist) in Tempe, AZ, fundamentalist preacher Steven L. Anderson launches screeds against Catholics, LGBTQ people, evolutionary scientists, politicians, and anyone else who doesn't share his political, social, or theological views. Anderson publishes clips of his sermons on YouTube, where he has amassed a notable following. Teaming up with Paul Wittenberger of Framing the World, a small-time film company, Anderson produced a film about the connections between Christianity, Judaism, and Israel, entitled Marching to Zion (2015), which was laced with antisemitic stereotypes. Anderson followed Marching to Zion with an almost 40-minute YouTube video espousing Holocaust denial, entitled “Did the Holocaust Really Happen?” In this article, I analyze Anderson's Holocaust denial video in light of his theology, prior films, and connections to other Christian conspiracists, most notably Texe Marrs, I particularly show how Anderson frames the “Holocaust myth,” as he calls it, in light of a deeper spiritual warfare that negatively impacts the spread of Christianity.
Book Review: The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey's Destruction of its Christian Minorities 1894-1924
Authors: Usitalo Steven A
Published: September 2020

Steven Usitalo's book review of Benny Morris and Dror Ze'evi's The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey's Destruction of its Christian Minorities 1894-1924.
Spatial variability of northern Iberian rainfall stable isotope values: Investigating climatic controls on daily and monthly timescales
Authors: Moreno Ana , Iglesias Miguel , Azorin-Molina Cesar , Pérez-Mejías Carlos , Bartolomé Miguel , Sancho Carlos , Stoll Heather , Cacho Isabel , Frigola Jaime , Osácar Cinta , Muñoz Arsenio , Delgado-Huertas Antonio , Blade Ileana , Vimeux Françoise
Published: September 2020

Abstract. This article presents for the first time a large dataset of rainfall isotopic measurements (d18Op and d2Hp) sampled every day or every two days from seven sites in a west-to-east transect across northern Spain for 2010–2017. The main aim of this study is to: (1) characterize rainfall isotopic variability in northern Spain at daily and monthly time scales, and (2) assess the principal influencing factors determining rainfall isotopic variability. This comprehensive spatio-temporal approach allows exploring the role of air mass source in determining the isotopic composition of rainfall in northern Iberia by using back-trajectories; Atlantic fronts are found to be the dominant source of northern Iberia rain events studied. The relative role of air temperature and rainfall amount in determining the stable isotope composition of precipitation changes along the west-to-east transect. Air temperature appears to be the most significant influence on d18Op at daily and monthly time scales with the highest air temperature-d18Op dependency found for the Pyrenean station while a few sites in the transect show a significant negative correlation with precipitation amount. Distance from the coast, site elevation, and moisture source region (Atlantic versus Mediterranean) also significantly modulate the d18Op values and ranges but the type of precipitation (convective vs frontal rainfall) plays a key control, with convective rainfall associated with higher d18Op values. This dataset of the rainfall isotopic composition represents another step forward towards developing a more detailed, mechanistic framework for interpreting stable isotopes in rainfall as a palaeoclimate and hydrological tracer.
Effects of projected climate change on the distribution of Mantis religiosa suggest expansion followed by contraction
Authors: Steger Johanna , Schneider Alexandra , Brandl Roland , Hotes Stefan
Published: September 2020

Abstract. Climate change influences the global and regional distribution of many species. For thermophilic insects, range expansions towards the north and to higher elevations are expected in the course of climatic warming across the Northern Hemisphere. The distribution of the European mantis (Mantis religiosa) has recently expanded from Mediterranean regions in France to Hesse in central Germany. This is interpreted as a response to rising mean temperatures, and further northward expansion is expected to occur with increasing climate warming. In this study, potential changes in the regional distribution across Hesse were modeled for Mantis religiosa using the present distribution and climate across Europe as the baseline. We estimated potential changes in the regional distribution for two time periods until 2080 based on two climate change scenarios. The results showed that the current range of M. religiosa in Hesse is smaller than expected based on its climatic niche, i.e., the distribution is not in equilibrium with the present climate. With climate warming the model predicts an expansion of the potential distribution for the period 2041–2060. For the period 2061–2080, our model predicts, however, a range contraction in spite of continued warming. This unexpected result warrants further investigation in order to elucidate whether the ongoing climate change may have negative consequences for thermophilic species such as M. religiosa.
Argumentación y acción política: el discurso periodístico en el conflicto catalán
Authors: Lahoz Fco. Javier Vellón
Published: September 2020

El artículo aborda el papel de los medios en el problema catalán y su participación como agentes implicados en el conflicto. Para ello, estudia 25 editoriales de cada uno de los seis periódicos más relevantes de tirada nacional: El Mundo, El País, ABC, La Razón, El Periódico y La Vanguardia. El análisis, de índole cuantitativa y cualitativa, se centra en los mecanismos del discurso argumentativo: el enfoque de los temas más relevantes; la cohesión léxica; los recursos léxicos vinculados con la modalización; las modalidades lógicas y los mecanismos de la conectividad. Con los datos obtenidos, se determina si en el componente verbal predomina el reflejo de lo emocional, como categoría asociada al discurso beligerante, o lo racional, como exponente de una actitud reflexiva. En este sentido, se observa la incidencia de tres factores en la actitud institucional de cada medio: el factor ideológico, el territorial y el vinculado con el estilo comunicativo.
Un estudio empírico del alcance de la traducción automática del español al chino. Caso de estudio de GNMT sobre las expresiones metafóricas y metonímicas
Authors: Chen Zhi
Published: September 2020

La traducción automática es un tema fascinante. GNMT (Google Neural Machine Translation) por el uso del aprendizaje profundo, según Google, puede reducir la tasa de error en un 60%. Pero, ¿GNMT realmente es tan milagroso? ¿Cómo funciona en cuanto a la traducción entre el par de lenguas más habladas en el mundo: chino y español? Sobre todo, ¿cómo funciona respecto a la traducción de las expresiones metafóricas y metonímicas? Ya que en el lenguaje natural está repleto de esta clase de expresiones. En este artículo intentaremos contestar a estas preguntas. A través de un pequeño muestreo de 37 expresiones metafóricas y metonímicas sobre el sustantivo «cabeza», vamos a observar la correlación entre la frecuencia de uso de un sintagma y su correspondiente calidad de traducción. Mediante la prueba t de student, hemos podido comprobar la hipótesis de que cuanto más alta es la frecuencia de uso, mejor resultado de traducción se da.
Las emociones básicas en un cuento: percepción audiovisual de los niños
Authors: Etxebarria Lejarreta Aintzane , Gaminde Terraza Iñaki , Romero Andonegi Asier , Iglesias Chaves Aitor
Published: September 2020

El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar si la elección lingüística coincide con la visual al escuchar una emoción. Para ello se grabó el cuento de Caperucita Roja en el que aparecían tres emociones básicas simuladas por una joven bilingüe procedente del País Vasco y se diseñó un test específico para la investigación, en el que los 178 participantes bilingües con edades comprendidas entre los 8 y 15 años, (99 son de género masculino y el 79 son del femenino), estudiantes de tercer y cuarto curso de Educación Primaria y de primero y segundo de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, de un colegio concertado tenían que elegir la emoción básica a la que correspondía lo escuchado. Según los resultados, vincular el estímulo auditivo con el tipo de emoción verbalizada no es complicado, genera contradicciones y parece que entraña una mayor dificultad para los sujetos relacionar éstos con los estímulos visuales.
Léxico e ideología sobre la gordofobia en la comunicación digital
Authors: Guerrero Salazar Susana
Published: September 2020

El siguiente artículo analiza el léxico en una muestra de los discursos que versan sobre la gordura en el ámbito digital. El corpus lo componen 100 textos, 50 obtenidos de las páginas web de activismo feminista hispanohablante más importantes y 50 artículos sobre la gordura, procedentes de páginas web, de revistas de moda y de artículos de prensa digital de secciones diversas (salud, ciencia, corazón, mujer, dieta y nutrición). El marco temporal abarca desde 2012 (fecha en que el activismo antigordofobia se afianza en el ámbito hispanohablante) hasta 2019. Para llevar a cabo el análisis nos hemos basado en los aportes del Análisis (Feminista) del Discurso. El objetivo es registrar qué términos y expresiones en torno a la gordura se emplean en estos textos; cuáles de ellos se refieren a las mujeres, a los hombres o a ambos sexos y qué relación hay entre los términos empleados y la ideología que subyace en el discurso.
El currículo discursivo en los manuales de ELE: análisis de contenidos de cuatro series de los niveles B1 y B2
Authors: Muñoz Pérez Julián
Published: September 2020

En este trabajo nos proponemos analizar en qué medida los materiales de ELE de enfoque comunicativo desarrollan en su diseño curricular los contenidos de la subcompetencia discursivo-textual. Con este fin, analizamos un corpus de 116 unidades didácticas pertenecientes a cuatro series de manuales publicados recientemente en España de los niveles B1 y B2 del MCER basándonos en los ítems de un cuestionario elaborado ad hoc para esta tarea. Los resultados revelan que, aparte de relegar la subcompetencia discursivo-textual a un espacio marginal, para los diseñadores de dichos materiales comprender y producir textos supone principalmente controlar los mecanismos de conexión gramatical y de cita, mientras que apenas dedican espacio a otros aspectos como la cohesión léxica, la coherencia o los tipos textuales expositivo y argumentativo.
Escalas de legibilidad aplicadas a informes médicos: límites de un análisis cuantitativo formal
Authors: Porras-Garzón Jorge M. , Estopà Rosa
Published: September 2020

La alfabetización en salud pretende mejorar la capacidad para tomar decisiones sobre nuestra salud y, por lo tanto, mejorar nuestra calidad de vida. Es por eso por lo que desde el proyecto JUNTOS se planteó hacer lo posible para favorecer esta alfabetización en salud, partiendo de un problema sociolingüístico en concreto. Uno de los objetivos de este proyecto fue hacer un análisis cuantitativo de legibilidad de informes médicos escritos recibidos por familias con un niño afectado por una enfermedad rara, como mecanismo para dar cuenta de la dificultad de comprensión que estos textos suponen para dichas familias. Para llevar a cabo este análisis aprovechamos diferentes herramientas de legibilidad que existen en la actualidad para textos escritos en español y en inglés. Los resultados que obtuvimos nos llevaron a darnos cuenta de que existen algunos limitantes que no permiten que este tipo de análisis cuantitativo sea completamente fiable se aplica a textos especializados, en concreto, de medicina y más específicamente de informes médicos; y al mismo tiempo nos llevan a destacar la necesidad de realizar en paralelo análisis cualitativos cuando se pretende hacer un análisis de legibilidad de textos especializados de esta índole. De aquí que los resultados de esta investigación nos planteen nuevas ideas para seguir trabajando en esta línea de investigación.
Unpacking EFL textbook content: A focus on teachers’ role in the textbook-based classroom
Authors: Xiaodong Zhang
Published: September 2020

This theoretical paper first explores how English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) teachers’ beliefs impact their delivery of textbook content. In response to this important pedagogical relationship, as well as the trend of de-contextualized teaching in EFL settings, this paper argues for the compatibility of systemic functional linguistics (SFL) as an intervention tool to shape teachers’ beliefs and facilitate their deconstruction of textbook content in terms of the co-play between language form (i.e., grammar/vocabulary) and meaning representations. The paper ends with pedagogical strategies for pre-service and in-service EFL teacher education, enabling teachers to conceptualize the dynamic relationship between language form and meaning embedded in textbook content and to enact contextualized instruction in textbook-based classrooms.
Reseña de La fraseología del desacuerdo: los esquemas fraseológicos en español, de G. Angela Mura Sevilla, EUS, Editorial Universidad de Sevilla, 2019. ISBN: 978-84-472-2856-0. 139 páginas.
Authors: Aliaga Aguza Laura Mª
Published: September 2020

Reseña de La fraseología del desacuerdo: los esquemas fraseológicos en español, de G. Angela Mura Sevilla, EUS, Editorial Universidad de Sevilla, 2019. ISBN: 978-84-472-2856-0. 139 páginas.
Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Retórica
Authors: Editorial Equipo
Published: September 2020

Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Retórica
Cinema, eurocentrismo e história: (re)construção do imaginário colonial em filmes de Hollywood
Authors: Desidério Plábio Marcos Martins , Júnior Dernival Venâncio Ramos , Barbosa Augusto César Ferreira
Published: September 2020

Este artigo problematiza a relação entre eurocentrismo e produção cinematográfica realizada pela indústria do cinema mainstream de Hollywood. Utilizando subsídios teórico-conceituais dos estudos pós-coloniais e decoloniais, o trabalho aqui apresentado se propôs a associar a teoria camítica com o cinema hollywoodiano. Tal associação parte da premissa subjacente a tal produção cinematográfica (de que povos não europeus e não ocidentais seriam incapazes, por si só, de ter produzido uma cultura significativa para a humanidade) e chega à constatação de que discursos explícitos nas tramas carregam uma matriz de pensamento eurocêntrico.
R-Expressions and the Interrogative Use of Anaphora in Najdi Arabic
Authors: Al Mahmoud Mahmoud S.
Published: September 2020

This paper endeavors to explain how Najdi Arabic (NA), one of the dialects spoken in the central region of the Arabian Peninsula, diverges from Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) in its anaphoric treatment of R-expressions and pronominals. Data from a native Najdi Arabic informant suggest that only a subset of NA verbs allow proper names to be referentially bound by their antecedent pronouns in interrogative structures. Although this property is characteristic of Najdi Arabic not MSA, it yields certain challenges to the basic tenets of the Binding Theory. While Principle C of the Binding Theory requires R-expressions to be free, a referential reading of the NA data, which syntactically binds proper names with their pronominal referents, violates such principle.
Qasem Soleimani: A Caesar Interrupted?
Authors: Kazimi Nibras
Published: September 2020

Uskowi's framing of the Quds Force as independent of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) offered an opportunity to ask profound questions about the agency of ideas, or the agency of men with ideas, especially as the Quds Force commander Major General Qasem Soleimani loomed so large in the trajectory of this organization. Uskowi could have asked basic questions such as what was the Quds Force before Soleimani's tenure, and what did he turn it into? Uskowi, however, in neatly folding the present unto the past, failed to use this writing exercise, done over a year's time, to transition from the role of a briefer to that of the historian.
Libya: From Uprising to War, 2011–2019
Authors: Varvelli Arturo
Published: September 2020

Libya's crisis has lasted nearly a decade. Since the death of the dictator Muammar Qaddafi in 2011, the country has experienced instability and turmoil that has progressively escalated into a state of civil war. After such a long period of violence and armed struggle, the consequences for the Libyan economy, infrastructure, and the social fabric of its population have been dramatic and severe. The country is failing to find a balance for a solution to its problems, and the impact of this deadlock is reverberating throughout the region and beyond. Even though the war in Libya is one of the longest conflicts that is affecting the region, the crisis remains largely neglected. The attention given to Libya is generally limited to counterterrorism operations or, especially for Europeans, to its role as a node in the flow of human migration into Europe. However, it is evident that the consequences of this conflict are considerably affecting the major geopolitical dynamics of Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.
Bringing the State Back In: Between Fragility and Overstatement
Authors: Zisser Eyal
Published: September 2020

The institution of the state in the Middle East, including even those territorial states whose roots go back only to the Western presence, are of much greater importance than recent scholarship would suggest. Furthermore, following the outbreak of the “Arab Spring” in the winter of 2010, which degenerated into widespread regional turmoil, questions of religious affiliation, family and clan, ethnic communal, and tribal identity generated renewed interest, especially in regard to their interaction with the institution of the state. The violence that erupted in 2010–11 destabilized the unity of some of the states in the region and led to the collapse of others. This article addresses four recent books that attempt to grapple with the nature of the state in the Arab world and the attenuation of the regional order in the Middle East.
The Missing Involvement of Athletes in the Governance of International Athletics: A Historical Perspective
Authors: Krieger Jörg
Published: September 2020

In recent years, an increasing number of academic studies have highlighted the fact that athletes have little influence on decision-making in international sport. However, these studies have omitted historical perspectives on the organizational structures of the governing bodies of sport that prevented the facilitation of athletes’ representation. This paper explores the struggle for athletes to gain a voice in one of the biggest and most influential Olympic federations, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). In particular, it focuses on the processes of professionalization and commercialization during the 1980s that culminated in the foundation of the Athletes’ Commission in 1989. Drawing on historical documentation from various archives, it is argued that the amateur ideology in athletics and the conservative beliefs of leading IAAF officials prevented active athletes from participating in policy-making. Thus, today’s lack of athletes’ involvement is also a result of sport’s amateur past.
CONTROLE DE QUALIDADE DE CÁPSULAS MANIPULADAS CONTENDO ATORVASTATINA CÁLCICA
Authors: Ribeiro Diego da Silva , Silva Nayra Mendes da , Gomes Ana Julia Pereira Santinho
Published: September 2020

Atorvastatin calcium (ATC) is one of the most used drugs in the treatment of dyslipidemia. The compounding of capsules containing ATC has often been requested as it is an exceptionaldispensing drug (continuous use and high cost). ATC presents low solubility and high permeability, therefore, pharmaceutical ingredients are capable of interfering with its solubility. The aim of this work was to evaluate the quality of ATC capsules prepared incompoundingpharmacies in Divinópolis,Brazil.Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to identify the ATC. Tests for weight determination (WD), content uniformity (CU) and dissolution were also carried out. The FTIRconfirmed the authenticity of ATC. All batches were approved in relation to the WD, however only 67% were approved in relation to the CU, although all have been approved for acceptance value.It was also observed that 1/3 of the products did not display the specified dissolution rate. This is due to the excipient composition impacting on a significantly slower dissolution profile compared to the others. It was noted that the choice of a specific excipient for ATC together with an appropriate encapsulation procedure play key roles in ensuring the quality of an exceptional dispensing drug, whose dissolution behaviorcan influence oral absorption. In conclusion, the importance of monitoring the compounding process was demonstrated, expanding the relevance of the constant evaluation of the quality of pharmaceutical dosage forms, bringing to light the difficulties of the compounding sector, as well as the effectiveness of the approval criteria employed to date.
Welding Residual Stresses to the Electric Arc
Authors: Alberto Soares Rodrigues Lino , da Silva Costa Ednelson , dos Santos Cabral Tárcio , Magalhães Braga Eduardo
Published: September 2020

Arc welding processes are widely used in the industrial sector, mainly for productivity and continuity. However, these processes have several undesirable results, such as distortions and residual stresses (RS). When compared to other welding processes, the RS level can make the welded joint unfeasible. Many studies on these arc welding discontinuities have been carried out in experimental and numerical areas about their measurement, analysis, and control, however, not yet clearly enlightened, since it is a complex topic, both for industry and academia, needing to be deepened. This study aims to present a contextualized approach to destructive and non-destructive techniques used to measure RS generated by arc welding, as well as the influence of these distortions and stresses on the welded structures and, finally, to present possible control techniques. Finally, this study highlights the use of CW-GMAW welding, which achieved a reduction in stress and distortion levels, due to the introduction of a non-energized wire in the arc of the GMAW process, as evidenced by the results of RS measured by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and acoustic birefringence (AB). Thus, in this context, the approach to RS in arc welding presented here is extremely relevant for researchers involved with the topic.